The eldest princess pampered the beautiful, strong and miserable proton queen

Chapter 278
The house was quiet.

Ji Ruxuan closed her eyes and adjusted her breath for a while, then opened her eyes to look at her.

Jiang Fuguang shook the book in his hand, with small dimples on his cheeks, delicate and sweet: "I'm here."

He stared at it for a while, closed his eyes, and continued to exercise.

Before he knew it, two hours passed, and Ji Ruxuan's aura gradually calmed down. He opened his eyes, and a bowl of dark soup was handed to him.

Fu Guang smiled: "Drink the medicine."

Ji Ruxuan's expression was a little broken.

Fu Guang handed the medicine in front of him again: "Drink it while it's hot."

Ji Ruxuan froze and did not move.

Jiang Fuguang pretended not to see his stiff expression: "Let me feed you."

"No need." Knowing that he couldn't escape, Ji Ruxuan took a bowl of dark soup with trembling hands, the long-term pain was worse than the short-term pain, and he poured it into his mouth with his head raised, his tongue was almost bitter.

"Open your mouth."

He subconsciously opened his mouth.

A candied fruit was stuffed into his mouth, and the sweet taste melted in his mouth, instantly suppressing the bitterness in his mouth.

Jiang Fuguang put a pack of candied fruit in his hand: "From now on, you must take the medicine obediently, and you are not allowed to stop taking the medicine because the medicine is bitter. If you don't take the medicine, I will worry, so that you will not be able to take a good rest."

Ji Ruxuan had a toothache expression on his face, and dared not speak out.

"That's cute." She smiled.

After drinking the medicine, Ji Ruxuan felt a little drowsy.

Jiang Fuguang took off the pillow at the back of his head, but he still refused to sleep, and looked at her with wide eyes, Fuguang said softly, "Go to sleep, I will stay here with you, and I won't go anywhere."

Then he closed his eyes in peace.

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Login.

The eldest princess lowered the price of official salt, increased the commercial salt tax, and curbed private salt proposals, which also caused an uproar between the ruling and opposition parties.

Shi Shangshu immediately took the counting chip and settled an account for His Majesty and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Official salt cannot meet the needs of most people, and the higher the price, the more profitable it is, which encourages the rampant trend of private salt."

"Reducing the price of private salt will of course lead to a reduction in salt tax and a reduction in tax revenue from the household department."

"However, adding commercial salt and collecting salt tax from salt merchants can not only make up for the loss of salt tax reduction caused by lowering the price of private salt, but the Ministry of Households can also generate an extra tax of nearly 1000 million taels of silver every year."

All the eyes flickering up and down.

In the Southern Dynasties, the major families shared [-]% of the salt wealth, the imperial court monopolized [-]%, local officials [-]%, and business gentry [-]%.

The eldest princess's move undoubtedly touched the interests of countless private salt merchants throughout the Southern Dynasty, as well as the officials and families behind them.

Shi Shangshu is also aware of this, but he will not care about it.

The Ministry of Households is in charge of taxation. Only when the Ministry of Households increases their income can they achieve political achievements. The work of offending people is not done by the Ministry of Households. With the eldest princess in front, they are right to wave the flag.

"For one thing, the tax revenue of the Ministry of Households has increased."

"Secondly, using business to restrain private interests, in order to protect their own interests, salt merchants will work together to curb the local private salt business."

"Three, the people can afford clean and healthy salt, and the prestige of the imperial court will also be greatly enhanced."

After slamming on the plan, Shi Shangshu said: "Without harming the interests of the imperial court, I can count on one fell swoop. The eldest princess's move is beneficial to the country and the people. It is really righteous. I support the eldest princess to reduce the price of official salt. Proposal to add commercial salt and collect commercial salt tax."

Dr. Liu was the first to stand up and support: "Private salt is rampant, and the harm is serious. This trend must not rise."

Yushitai has always taken the lead in matters that are beneficial to the imperial court.

Marquis Cheng'an's face was not very good-looking. The merchants moved the interests of the aristocratic family, and took out the big pie that belonged to the aristocratic family and redistributed it.

The big head let the court go, and the small head let the businessman go.

It would be nice for the family to have a sip of soup.

The most frightening thing is that, compared to aristocratic families, merchants are more likely to be controlled by the imperial court. The imperial court has mastered the lifeline of commercial salt, and salt merchants will be controlled by the imperial court, and the imperial court can firmly control the entire Southern Dynasty commercial salt.

This is a conspiracy, which makes people shudder.

Due to the current flood, the private salt case in Hangzhou has grown like a snowball, and now the entire Hangzhou County officials, as well as many aristocratic families, are involved.

The harm of private salt has been put on the table.

Recently, His Majesty has been furious over this more than once, and it is imperative to rectify illegal salt. No one dares to stand up and openly oppose His Majesty.

The official who had a good relationship with Huang Jingzhou from Yushitai stood up and said: "The harm of private salt is unscrupulous. It not only endangers the interests of the imperial court, but also provokes the majesty of the imperial court. The imperial court distributes 50 yuan of salt to the states every year. Of the 30 counties in the state, the quota for smuggling in one county alone is as high as [-] yuan. Could it be that the government can’t produce more salt?”

Everyone gasped, but no one dared to speak.

Yu Shi said bluntly: "It is an interest group formed by local officials, salt inspectors, aristocratic families, business gentry, etc., who concealed and lied about the consumption of salt in various places. It is an unforgivable crime for you to seek personal gain, commit corruption and pervert the law."

"Salt dealers bribe local officials to seek protection and try to escape the court's laws."

"There are aristocratic families standing behind the salt sellers. Local officials, either actively or passively, join the net of private salt and become a link in the spider's web."

"On behalf of the imperial court, patrolling the salt taxation of various places and arresting smuggled salt, but they are alone and helpless. Fearing the huge and terrifying interest groups behind the local smuggling, they deceive the top and bottom to cover up the smuggling of salt in various places. Fish and shrimp, let the salt inspector find out the illegal salt and stolen silver, and hand over the business to the imperial court, so as to gain both fame and fortune."

The censor's words directly lifted the fig leaf of the entire Southern Dynasty salt smuggling industry, revealing the corrupt and ugly side inside.

The more banned the imperial court, the more rampant the illegal salt. It is not a day or two for the imperial court to rectify the illegal salt, but there has been no breakthrough.

This time, the eldest princess took advantage of the flood to open a gap in the private salt interest group from Hangzhou County. This is the best opportunity for the imperial court to take the opportunity to rectify the private salt, and Yushitai almost overwhelmingly supports it.

Emperor Nanxing was condescending: "Gu Qing, what's your opinion?"

"The history of disaster relief and supervision mentioned in the report that nearly half of the people in Hangzhou County have eaten private salt all year round. Almost all the people have eaten private salt. If you think about it carefully, you will be terrified. Hangzhou County is already a prosperous place in the Southern Dynasty. Then In other areas that are not rich, private salt must be more rampant."

"The national policy is to benefit the country and benefit the people, so that the people will be happy and the country will be safe. But at present, the official salt benefits the private salt traders who sell salt, and benefits the private salt traders. It is not good for the country at the top, and it is not good for the people at the bottom. There are indeed omissions."

To put it bluntly, the smugglers are still too arrogant, eating meat by themselves, but the majesty can't even drink the soup. The little salt tax collected by the court every year is not as much as the smuggling money in the whole prefecture of Zhejiang Province every year. If it is revealed, there must always be an explanation to His Majesty and the court.

What the emperor cares most about is not necessarily that officials corrupt the law and form cliques for personal gain. After all, there are too many people, and the food has to be shared.

However, the premise of all this is to protect the interests of the imperial court and His Majesty first.

　Continue to ask for monthly tickets. Emperor Jiajing knew that Yan Song was greedy, but he could still tolerate it. It was because Yan Song was greedy. But when it came to the interests of Emperor Jiajing, he was never ambiguous. Later, Yan Song collapsed because his son Yan Shifan did not follow the rules of the game , moved the interests of the emperor, such as Wei Zhongxian, He gentry, etc. These people, who are clearly corrupt and perverted the law, have done all kinds of bad things, but they still win the emperor Pang Xin, because they are unwavering imperial faction, compared with the loyal ministers, they are For the sake of fame, for integrity, for the people, but not for the emperor, these people who only care about the emperor's interests are often more liked by the emperor~
　　
　
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