The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 15 Chaoguan and Salt Affairs

When Wang Chengen ran into the Chaoguan, Li Yunze was looking through the ledger.

"It's pure nonsense, and it doesn't even match the accounts."

Li Yunze, who has received nine years of compulsory education, can see the tricks inside after looking through it for a while.

No matter whether it is an account or an account, all the accounts are not correct, and it feels like it is completely filled out for errands.

He casually threw the accounts at Wang Chengen's feet, "You guarding eunuchs, is this how you work for the emperor?"

Wang Chengen didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he kowtowed and declared the death penalty.

Looking at the submissive Wang Chengen, Li Yunze, who was out of breath, walked out of the bank waving his whip.

Daming is really rotten to the bone, a mere banknote is already rotten to this extent, let alone the whole world.

At this moment, he even regretted replacing Chongzhen. If it was so easy to replace Li Zicheng, he would just smash everything and start over.

In that case, it would not be regarded as saving Daming, but building a new Dashun.

Depressed, Li Yunze came to the edge of the canal, and was about to let out a long sigh, when he saw an official ship with a flag flying across the bank without any hindrance.

Squeezing the horsewhip in his hand, he pointed at the official ship, turned his head and looked at Cao Wenzhao, "Stop it!"

It has been a while since I came to Daming Time and Space, and Li Yunze has gradually understood what the main mission is.

It is not the most important thing to pacify the bandits or even wipe out the Tartars, the most important thing is to wipe out the filth of Ming Dynasty!
Daming, with a population of almost [-] million, was economically advanced and technologically prosperous, yet more than half of them were slaughtered and reduced to slavery.

It's not that Da Ming can't fight, nor is it that Da Ming has no strength, but that there are too many sores and rotten flesh in his body!

Daming himself is fine, even if there are natural disasters and side troubles, it's nothing.

Li Yunze took this aspect very seriously, and happened to be ignited because of the banknote pass. Now seeing the official ship full of goods passing through the pass, this anger has already broken through the sky.

Cao Wenzhao has outstanding abilities and is loyal to the emperor.

When he heard the order, he got on his horse immediately, and led more than a hundred guards to catch up along the river bank, draw a bow and set an arrow.

Arrows rained down like rain, and the official ship was immediately nailed into hedgehogs.

There was chaos on the official ship, and when Cao Wenzhao yelled and threatened to use rockets, the official ship lowered its sails and docked.

"Which guard do you belong to?" As soon as the boat touched the shore, a fat man dressed as a foreigner jumped off, and yelled angrily, "This is the boat of Xu's family in Songjiang! My master handed a piece of film into the Yamen, and you can get it." Take your dog's life!"

Cao Wenzhao and others sneered, holding the handle of the knife.

If it wasn't for Li Yunze coming over on horseback, they would have drawn their knives and chopped off this scorching dog thief on the spot.

The army of the Ming Dynasty has always had a bad reputation.

"Songjiang Xu's family?" Li Yunze who rode over was a little confused, "Which Xu's family, Xujiahui's Xu's family, or Huating Xu's family?"

There are two famous Xu families in Songjiang Mansion.

One is the Xu family in Xujiahui, also known as Xu Guangqi.

The other is the Xu family in Huating, that is, Xu Jie who moved to Yan Song.

"Of course it's the Huating Xu family!"

The member looked proud, "Our Xu family's ancestor, Duke Wenzhen, was the chief minister of the cabinet!"

"It's the Chief Assistant of the Jiajing Dynasty." Li Yunze reminded him, "After so many years, the bones have melted."

"Bold!" Yuanwai pointed at Li Yunze, "How dare you insult Wenzhen!!"

Cao Wenzhao drew his saber and stepped forward, chopping off his palm.

Li Yunze frowned slightly, "I haven't finished my question yet."

Cao Wenzhao, who jumped off his horse, stepped forward, tied a rope to the wound on the wrist of the screaming member, and then called his own soldiers to come over and apply wound medicine to wrap it up.

"Who is in the Xu family now?"

Faced with the questioning, the pale-faced member asked puzzledly, "Who are you?"

"Emperor Ming."

'Σ(°△°|||)︴'

The terrified members looked at the many elite sergeants in bright armor, with a miserable expression, "I deserved it for colliding with the holy driver."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Li Yunze waved his hands impatiently, "I ask you, is there anyone from Huating's Xu family who is now an official?"

".none."

"Since no one is going to be an official, why can you use the official ship?"

"Why don't you stop the boat to pay taxes when you pass through Chaoguan?"

"This is an official ship, why are you transporting goods on board?"

Facing Li Yunze's question after question, the staff members were speechless.

What can he say?
You can't tell the emperor that this is something everyone in Daming knows well, and it's okay for you and me!
Looking at the dead-faced member, Li Yunze was silent for a moment, "There are still people on the road with me on the boat. When I arrive at Songjiang Mansion, I will ask the people in Xu's family why it is all based on it! Just because their family has 40 mu land?"

Seeing the back of Li Yunze turning his horse's head and leaving, the staff shouted eagerly, "Long live, long live! This is all Xiaomin's fault, it was Xiaomin who did it behind the back of the master's back! It has nothing to do with the Xu family~~~"

"Stop yelling, it's useless to yell."

Cao Wenzhao lazily got on his horse, "When it is in the hands of Jin Yiwei, you have to say whatever they tell you."

Back in the barracks, Li Yunze immediately called Wen Tiren who was accompanying him.

"The decree is to recruit tax collectors from all over the world. Children from good families can apply, and they can become tax collectors after passing the exam."

"All the customs officers and guarding eunuchs in various places were dismissed and investigated."

"Wang Cheng'en, you re-select a group of guard eunuchs. From then on, they will only be responsible for supervision in the Chaoguan. Then order Jin Yiwei to install concealed clothing in each Chaoguan."

"Whether it's tax collectors, eunuchs or Jin Yiwei, there must be a guarantor. If there is another problem, the guarantor will sit on the seat."

"Furthermore, from now on, all the banknotes and customs will pay taxes to me, regardless of whether they are civil or military, common people, nobles or royal relatives! Anyone who dares to refuse to pay will be punished as deceiving the emperor."

"That's it for now."

Wen Tiren over there quickly wrote the imperial decree. Of course, it couldn't be Li Yunze's original words, but he used his literary talent to embellish it.

Afterwards, Li Yunze took out the big seal and stamped it, and Wen Tiren attached it with the cabinet seal.

An imperial decree to pass through the world is completed.

"Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the Ministry of Household Affairs. At least two joint inspections must be organized every year to check the accounts of each bank."

In this era of very primitive means of communication, this is the only way for the time being.

After arranging the affairs of Chaoguan, Li Yunze didn't stop much, and led three battalions of the Longxiang Army with tens of thousands of horses, and quickly headed south along the Grand Canal.

All the way through Linqing, Huai'an and other places, they also directly checked the accounts and cleared them. If they saw any ships that did not pay taxes, they were directly detained and taken away along the way.

In less than a month, Yu Jia has arrived outside Yangzhou city.

"Ten days in Yangzhou, three massacres in Jiading."

Looking at the bustling and bustling Yangzhou city in front of him, the first thought that came to Li Yunze's mind was, "Even if I have a broken tooth, I must not allow the Tartars to enter the customs!" '

The warriors in Jinyiwei erected a large flag, and the sergeants of the tens of thousands of dragon troops were neat and tidy, just looking at them was extremely oppressive.

Although he only trained for a few months, Cao Wenzhao was capable and trained well.

Secondly, the two armies of tiger, ben and dragon are practicing every day, with two rests in seven days.

Compared with those Ming soldiers who exercised once every ten days, once a month, or even held hoes all day long, their spirits were not at the same level at all.

The reason is also very simple, willing to spend money.

Eat well, dress warmly, pay well, and be regarded as the son of heaven and the army, of course it is different.

Many people greeted Li Yunze outside the city gate.

In addition to the people from Yangzhou Mansion and Yanzheng Yamen, there were also a group of high officials from Ying Tian Mansion who came from the other side of the river, Ying Tian Mansion's left-behind eunuchs, Wei Guogong Xu Hongji headed by a group of nobles and so on.

It can be said that all the prestigious and powerful figures in the entire south of the Yangtze River are concentrated here.

After everyone greeted them, Xu Hongji took the initiative to speak out, "Long live, I have repaired the palace for Long live by the Slender West Lake."

"Don't be so troublesome."

Li Yunze flicked his whip resoundingly, and rode his horse straight to the city gate, "To the Yanzheng Yamen."

As soon as these words came out, how many people immediately changed their expressions.

Since ancient times, there has been a word called 'salt and iron franchise'.

Because it is too profitable, it must be in the hands of the court.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the salt tax revenue was even close to half of the fiscal revenue.

People can live without iron, but they cannot live without salt.

Considering the population base of Ming Dynasty, the annual consumption of salt is astonishing.

Correspondingly, the salt tax that should be collected will also be a huge sum of money.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the salt tax in Lianghuai was as high as more than 500 million guan.

In the later Manchu Qing Dynasty, the population in the early days was far less than that of the Ming Dynasty, and the salt tax was more than 500 million taels, and it was as high as more than 300 million taels in the later period.

And what is Daming's salt tax revenue?
Lianghuai salt course silver 67 taels!

Compared with previous dynasties and later generations, the gap in salt tax income is dozens of times.

The annual salt output of Daming was as high as 7000 million catties. At this time, due to successive years of disasters and rising prices, the salt price in the Jiangnan area had soared to a high price of [-] yuan per catty.

This is not the highest. In the last years of Chongzhen, the price of salt per catty was even as high as [-] Wen.

Calculated on the basis of 2000 Wen per catty, the annual consumption of salt by the people of Ming Dynasty exceeded [-] million taels.

And Daming's income from the salt industry is only a mere 67 taels, not even a fraction.

A soul-pounding question arises.

Where did all this money go?

Take a look at this extremely prosperous city of Yangzhou, look at the houses of salt merchants who are full of beauties, and are full of pavilions, pavilions, rockery and pools, and maybe you can get a general idea.

Li Yunze decided to rectify the salt affairs, and thoroughly rectified from the source, completely abolishing those extremely chaotic salt introduction systems.

This is also an important thing he must do when he goes to Jiangnan this time.

In order to win this war with the salt merchants, Li Yunze not only brought the dragon army, but also ordered a huge amount of salt in the modern world.

Li Yunze, who is backed by the industrialization era, is least afraid of fighting a material war.

Da Nian produces 7000 million catties of salt, which is about [-] tons in the modern world.

In the modern world, the salt output of Huaxia alone is as high as tens of millions of tons.

This is the power of the industrial age!

In the modern world, Li Yunze ordered 30 tons of salt through an offshore company, and the total price was more than a small target.

He brought hundreds of kilograms of gold from here, and he could handle it easily.

Li Yunze, who came straight to the Yanzheng Yamen, came up to do one thing.

Check accounts!

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