son-in-law

Chapter 682 The princess also shows off

Due to the particularity of metals, the imperial court hoped to control metallurgy just like controlling salt channels.The smelting industry is different from the salt industry. After all, the threshold for smelting is much higher than that of salt production.If the control is too strict, it will reduce the total output and ultimately affect the national power.

So the imperial court took the next best thing and allowed merchants to mine and smelt.

Taking iron as an example, merchants must obtain a mining license issued by the government before mining, and must truthfully report the amount of iron produced to the government.Merchants can also sell, but they must pay heavy taxes and cannot sell to foreigners.But if it is sold to the government, there is no need to pay taxes.

If you sell enough, you may even be granted a title.

The court's system is good, it encourages merchants to make more metal for the country.But the facts have proved that as long as there is capital infiltration in the industry, it will definitely change its taste.In fact, no one sold it to the government, because the people who hold the mining rights don't care about those little officials with sesame and mung beans at all.

No matter how perfect the various rules formulated by the state are, there are loopholes.And capital is like the devil's hand, invisible, invisible, and pervasive.Finally, the six chaebols and the imperial merchants controlled the smelting in the whole country.The Sanmen Valve and the Imperial Merchants rely on their "natural" advantages to naturally produce metals and even money by themselves.

Fortunately, due to the backward exploration and smelting technology, privately coining coins will not cause inflation, because coinage itself is very expensive.If you buy copper on the market and make coins at home, you may even lose money.And some people had a big brain hole and melted copper coins to make copper utensils.But if caught by the government, it is against the law.

"The king of Qin is in charge of the household department now, and the household department is responsible for issuing mining licenses. When he comes back, I will discuss it with him."

Tang Ling'er sat on the couch, discussing important matters with Tang Kuan, Tang Dian, and Tang Yan.

Tang Kuan and Tang Dian looked at each other tacitly.Because from Tang Linger's address to Su Yu, they noticed the change in their sister.

I couldn't help saying in my heart: Look, my little sister is showing off her energy, she stopped calling "Jinfeng" and changed her name to "Qin Wang", and she is showing off with her brothers.

Relying on the military strength of the Tang family, the spirits of the young masters are quite high, although the titles are still two grades lower than King Qin.

For example, when Tang Kuan, Marquis of Bin, went to see King Geng Zhao Zhun, he also raised his neck and spoke.

"It may not be so easy for the Tang family to open mines in the pass. If your King of Qin forces the Tang family to apply for a mining license, he will not be able to explain to the royal family. Aren't you worried that the virtuous king will also complain about him? I heard King Kang say, The reason why Cao Yuzan failed to apply for a mine license to the Tang family was because the King Xian did not agree."

Tang Kuan said something, then smiled, and stared at Tang Ling'er like a tester.

Tang Dian also smiled.

Tang Yan remained calm.

Tang Linger said unhurriedly: "I told you, wait for him to come back to discuss. I think he knows it well."

Tang Kuan nodded with a smile, and stood up with a flick of his sleeves: "If it can be done, that's naturally the best. If it can't be done, my little sister, don't force it. Hahahaha."

Tang Kuan laughed, waved his sleeves and left.Then Tang Dian and Tang Yan also left.

Originally, Su Yu was at home when Tang Linger invited the three older brothers, and she only wanted to discuss with the five of them.Unexpectedly, Su Yu left home suddenly to file a lawsuit against a man named Dongfang Xiaoer.

Tang Linger often reads books and newspapers, and knows the chief writer of Wanma Books and Newspapers.The princess also found that this humanistic style is changeable, and the information provided is accurate and bold.Of course she didn't know that those articles were written by the "eighteen nobles".

The princess suddenly became curious, frowned and muttered: "What does this have to do with Jin Feng?"

……

Dali Temple Minister Feng Zhao, Liang Dynasty's Master Qingtian, in Su Yu's mind is a figure like Bao Gong.

Enforce the law impartially and impartially.

It is really not an easy task to catch people from him.Some common means, such as bribery with money, or use of the prince's status to suppress, should not be used at all to avoid embarrassment.

Su Yu could only tell him the inside story, reason, and exonerate this "puppet" chief author from a serious crime.In addition, Su Yu emphasized that most of the articles published by Wanma Books and Newspapers are true.

This sentence is very important to Feng Zhao. He said: Since it is true, where does the crime of slander and slander come from?
But this case was allocated by Cao Yuzan, so Feng Zhao went to the Queen Mother to talk about it.Seeing that Feng Zhao was being stubborn again, Cao Yuzhan quickly transferred the case to Jingzhao Mansion and demanded that Yin Zhang Yishou of Jingzhao Mansion must be convicted.

Su Yu also had a headache.

I really don't know which powerful person brought the lawsuit to Cao Yuzan, which caused her to block Wanma Books and Newspapers and convict the chief writer.

Dongfang Xiaoer must be fished out now, otherwise if he can't bear it and confesses these eighteen "sages", it will be a disaster.

Consort Gao Liang of Ningzhou, Consort Xue Gui of Anding, Ma Lin Jiahan of Xiangle County, Ma Gongjiao of Lepan County, and others looked anxious and sighed.

Su Yu was also a little worried, because damn Tian Gan insisted on bringing Su Yu's name in, otherwise it would not be enough for "Eighteen Sages".The matter of accepting the side concubine tomorrow has been forgotten, Su Yu went to Zhang Yishou's house overnight, and continued to talk about it.

When Zhang Yishou heard this, he grinned with his big teeth bared: "Oh, His Royal Highness Qin Wang, you have turned over, what else is there to worry about."

Su Yu smiled wryly and waved his hands.

Zhang Yishou said again: "As for Dongfang Xu, I will come to interrogate him in person, and I promise not to beat him. But you'd better talk to him in advance to find out the ins and outs, so that I can confront him in court. As for the sentencing, it’s easy to handle. Wanma Books and Newspapers ceased publication, their assets were confiscated, and they were taken over to the Jingzhao Mansion. As for Dongfang Xu, he was sentenced to three years and made to sit for a few months, and then he was released.”

If Su Yu hadn't come to look for him, the case had started ten years ago, and with the strict demands of the Empress Dowager, he would have no idea what crime he would be sentenced to.Fortunately, Cao Yuzan only asked Zhang Yishou to be sentenced, and did not say that he must be sentenced severely.

Zhang Yishou had given Su Yu some face, but this result was not what Su Yu wanted to see. Su Yu hoped that Dongfang Xiaoer would be sentenced to serve a sentence outside prison.In other words, you don't have to go to jail.

Although Zhang Yishou failed to do it, Su Yu could understand it.Not to mention others, even if Cao Yuzan asked Su Yu to go to work, it is impossible for Su Yu not to give Cao Yuzan face.For example, Cao Yuzan asked Su Yu to escort the bus.

If you want to solve this matter thoroughly, you still have to go to Cao Yuzan.But unfortunately, tomorrow is the big court, and it is impossible to say such disgusting things in the court.After the court, the little widow will meet her eight generals and the censor in the apse, and then Su Yu will go talk to her again.

Talk to yourself, remind yourself to take the billiards with you.

After leaving Jingzhao Mansion, Su Yu looked around.

For such a big event today, Tian Gan, the leader of the eighteen sages, did not show up. Su Yu couldn't help asking, "Why didn't Brother Tian come?"

Gao Liang, Consort of Ningzhou, said: "To tell you the truth, Zijian almost died today."

Su Yu was startled: "Just because of this?"

Gao Liang said shamelessly: "It's not just about this matter, but it's also related. Zijian was disheartened when the book and newspaper office was shut down, but he felt that while the book and newspaper office was still alive, he mustered up the courage to go to Nanyang princess to ask for a concubine. Being beaten and scolded by the princess, he hanged himself when he couldn't think about it for a while. He almost died on the beam of the house."

"Oh..." Su Yu nodded sympathetically.

Later, a group of people went to the prison to comfort Dongfang Xu. Seeing that everyone had come, Dongfang Xu felt more at ease.He was even more relieved when he heard that he would not be sentenced to death during the trial.He only said to wait for His Royal Highness King Qin to fish him out.He is full of confidence in the future.and so on.

In order to do this, Su Yu didn't go home until midnight.When I got home, I saw that the lights on the second floor of Xiaofeng Pavilion were still on.The princess was lying on the couch, closing her eyes and resting her mind. When she saw Su Yu came back, she brought up the issue of the mining certificate.

Su Yu sat down and thought for a while, then said: "You have to talk to the virtuous king about this matter. The key is to make the virtuous king reap the benefits. It's either money or iron."

"Give it to Tie, so we can save some trouble." Tang Linger said quickly.

Su Yu nodded: "After the land tax reform, it's time for a good harvest. Now that all the divisions are not short of food, I guess the virtuous king is more likely to need iron."

Then the two talked about the commercial tax reform.Su Yu said that this time the monopoly capital in various cities was targeted, and the action was also very big.Except for Gyeonggi-do, all other provinces will experience earth-shaking changes.

For example, if Zhang San monopolizes an industry, if Zhang San colludes with officials again, Zhang San can pay less taxes, and the officials will get rich.lead to huge losses for the country.

In this tax reform, Zhang San was arrested, his property was confiscated, and the monopoly industry was divided and "auctioned".Arrest the fat-headed and big-eared officials and let them buy their lives with money.Don't worry that they won't be able to get the money, it's like Dorgon went to Beijing and went down with a big whip, beating those who cried poor in front of Emperor Chongzhen until hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

I lamented that Emperor Chongzhen would not come if he wanted millions of dollars to fight the war.

Tang Linger asked Su Yu, who is Dorgon?Who is Emperor Chongzhen?

Su Yu said, male Jia, you don't know him.

At this time, the little princess Wan Yanqing ran over, tilted her head and asked, "Do you know me?"

Su Yu took the child's little hand to play, and changed the topic: "The small and medium-sized gentry will not be able to get better this time. But they can't be wiped out. This time the tax reform court only wants money, not life. There are also the three major chaebols in Gyeonggi Province. They are The big gentry should not be too harsh. If the Fan, Qian, and Han families are forced to flee to other countries with huge sums of money, it will deal a heavy blow to the Liang Dynasty. Therefore, the tax reform will also give them some compensation. For example, the deer Bridge Station Forest Farm."

"Luqiaoyi Forest Farm?"

"Yes, it has been assigned to the Fan family by default."

"Then they will definitely know how to make paper. But it's better to fall into the hands of the Fan family than to fall into the hands of others." Tang Ling'er seemed to have realized something: "No wonder the Fan family always came to look for my brother a while ago, and it seems that they also heard some rumors. "

Su Yu nodded: "I didn't hide it from them at all. I have told them to shrink their tentacles as soon as possible and return the money scattered all over the country to the capital. But this tax reform, the three of them are enough to bear, at least it is a loss of tens of billions."

(End of this chapter)