Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 74
The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, maybe he doesn't remember, but Fu Donglai is clear that the decree issued by the imperial court to Lin Ruhai to rectify the salt administration in the south of the Yangtze River was not drafted by the cabinet at the beginning, but was drafted by him. of.

At the beginning, Fu Donglai also kept an eye out for showing the papers approved by the emperor to Li and Xu, but the two old foxes directly issued the papers on the grounds that "His Majesty's imperial approval" does not need to be drafted by the cabinet. sent.

Now, they won't take this as an issue, will they?

Fu Donglai is worried!
But Zhou Quan suddenly came out of class and said: "Your Majesty, officials from all the states in the south of the Yangtze River collectively wrote a letter. If it is just an order to reprimand, I am afraid."

Emperor Jiade frowned, stared at Zhou Quan and said coldly: "I'm afraid what? I have already said that Lin Ruhai is in Yangzhou to raise military expenses for the imperial court. I know about this!"

Zhou Quan smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that the old ministers are holding on to it, it's just that the impeachment of Lin Ruhai is not limited to local officials in Jiangnan. The price of local salt has more than doubled, and there is still a price but no market, and now people can no longer afford official salt, and the price of salt may still rise."

Emperor Jiade's face was gloomy, and he didn't speak!

Only to hear Zhou Quan say again: "Among the six ministries in Nanjing, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Officials, the three ministers also impeached Lin Ruhai to the cabinet. The salt shortage in the south of the Yangtze River has endangered Jinling. Yuzuo said that under Lin Ruhai's insistence on going his own way, the price of official salt remains high, and private buyers are prevalent in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. A riot broke out! If things go on like this, there will be great chaos in Jiangnan!"

"Then what do you want from me? You have to force me to kill Lin Ruhai!" Emperor Jiade was angry in his heart, but he couldn't say these words in front of all the officials.

At this time, the Zuodu Yushi of the Procuratorate came out and said: "Your Majesty, the cabinet should be investigated for crimes! All the major government orders come from the cabinet. When the cabinet elders drafted the votes, didn't they think that there would be today? ?"

Fu Donglai's heart trembled, and he looked at Li Endi, worried that he would lead this matter to Jiade.

Unexpectedly, Li Endi immediately went out to plead guilty and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty!"

Xu Zhemu, Fu Donglai and other cabinet ministers also came out of the class and knelt down and begged: "Your servant is guilty!"

Let’s stop here, but when Xu Zhemu turned his gaze to Fu Donglai, he said coldly: “Master Fu, if I remember correctly, you drafted the Jiangnan Salt Administration, right? It was not drafted by the cabinet.” , but directly reported it to His Majesty, now that there is such a big disturbance, Mr. Fu, shouldn't you give an explanation to all the officials in the court?"

Jia De on the dragon seat lamented in his heart, and kept silent at this moment!

There was a wry smile in Fu Donglai's heart. He was naively worried that they would blame the emperor for their fault, but he didn't expect that they were teaming up to attack him!
That's right, how could a few old foxes blame the emperor for their faults!What is the cabinet for?
But if Fu Donglai is called to admit defeat, it won't be that easy!

"Old Xu Ge, my lords, do you still remember the shipments of smuggled salt seized on the Jiangning Canal last year? 90 shi!"

Fu Donglai's eyes were burning, and he looked at everyone and said: "The imperial court stipulates that one grade of salt is 20 yuan, and one price is three hundred catties, and 90 stones of private salt, that is nearly two grades of official salt! Illegal salt in Jiangnan is prevalent because Did Lin Ruhai just start?"

"Let's talk about Yangzhou's salt policy! Before Guardian three years ago, Yangzhou never provided more than 150 million taels of salt to the state treasury, but the salt merchants in Jiangnan could transport official salt to Jiangxi and Huguang for sale. Do you think this is reasonable? ?
Only one place in the south of the Yangtze River occupies the gang salt of the three places. The subscription price given by the imperial court to the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River is about one tael for one rock salt, and the cost of three gang salts is more than 150 million taels!This is not to mention the interest money generated every year, as well as the reissued salt money every year!What if tax money, banknotes, and envoys are counted?How much should it be? "

Everyone was silent. Others may not know how much money the Yanzheng in the south of the Yangtze River should provide to the imperial court in a year, but Li Endi and Xu Zhemu knew it well. Yang and Zhou Zhou had been in the cabinet for many years, so naturally also know.

More than 100 million taels!Hey!What a fool!

I just heard Fu Donglai continue to say emotionally: "Then what about the remaining money? Shouldn't we check it out? Shouldn't the salt administration in the south of the Yangtze River be rectified?"

Facing Fu Donglai's impassioned statement, Xu Zhemu was unmoved, but just retorted: "Master Fu, we have no objection to you rectifying the Jiangnan salt administration! Today's court meeting is about Lin Ruhai making a mess in Jiangnan. How should we deal with the mess! Mr. Fu, it's better not to change the concept secretly!"

Fu Donglai stared at Xu Zhemu, and said with a sneer, "I forgot. Last year, Feng Hengshi reported that Huguang officials used the embargoed military rations and Yangzhou salt merchants in exchange for private salt and sold them at a high price in Huguang. At that time, I wanted to propose Thoroughly investigate Jiangnan salt merchants, I remember being dismissed by Mr. Xu Ge?"

Xu Zhemu's complexion changed for a while, and he shouted in a cold voice: "Fu Donglai! Today's discussion is about Jiangnan affairs, what does it have to do with Huguang? Above the court, you will not be allowed to make trouble for no reason, wanton biting! You."

"His Majesty!"

But at this moment, Ye Baichuan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly came out to report and interrupted the dispute between the two!

"Your Majesty, as Master Fu said, the Jiangnan salt administration should have been rectified long ago, and those salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River should also be thoroughly investigated! Now that Lin Ruhai has opened up this situation, what the court needs to discuss now is not whose mouth to deal with, but how to deal with it." Let's deal with the follow-up questions!"

Jia De's eyes lit up, and without giving others a chance to interrupt, he hurriedly said, "Oh? What good advice does Ai Qing have?"

Just listen to Ye Baichuan's way: "There is a serious shortage of salt courses in the south of the Yangtze River. This is an ironclad fact. The root cause is that the Lianghuai salt merchants still monopolize the export channels in Jiangxi and Huguang. If one family dominates, they will naturally do whatever they want. Lin Ruhai may have acted a little too extreme, but he is right in one thing!

That is to use the ticket salt system and open the Chinese law to break the export qualification of Lianghuai salt merchants dominating Hunan and Jiangxi. Each company will export to Huguang and Jiangxi according to the amount of salt tickets they claim. This will not only change the disadvantages of Jiangnan salt roads It can also restore the grand occasion of the salt class in the past and alleviate the shortage of the national treasury!I hope His Majesty will make a clear decision! "

Fu Donglai took the lead in saying: "Minister, second!"

With the seamless cooperation of the two, some officials from Shanxi, Guangdong and Guangxi also said: "The minister waits for second!"

Jia Defu turned to Li Endi and asked, "What do you think, Ai Qing?"

Li Endi glanced at Ye Baichuan, and then slowly said: "Master Ye's words are reasonable! Using the Chinese law to ease the burden of food and payment in the border towns, and the ticket and salt system can make the Lianghuai salt market no longer a stagnant pool. It can kill two birds with one stone. The veteran has no objection!"

Xu Zhemu glanced at Li Endi, the two acted in tacit understanding, and launched a joint sniper attack on Fu Donglai, which was about to succeed, why did they give up at this time?Xu Zhemu couldn't figure out what Li Endi, an old fox, was thinking!
It would be difficult for him alone to break the cooperation between Fu and Ye, so he didn't make any noise.

Emperor Jiade heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "According to Ye Baichuan's words, the next decree reprimands Lin Ruhai and asks him to do things seriously! If there is nothing else, then retreat!"

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