Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 135 Salt conquers the world
Benefits of private salt?

As soon as he said these words, Zhu Yuanzhang felt as if there was a huge treasure in front of him, waiting to be mined.

However, how difficult is it?
"It's not that we haven't thought about the benefits of private salt. We are so greedy that our mouths are watering. "Introduction to Salt" states that among the 60 million people in the Ming Dynasty, each person ate five kilograms of salt per year. There are thirty million taels of silver, do you want to hear this number?"

"We all felt scared after hearing this!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he quickly said: "But, how many private salt stores have been suppressed in recent years? Is it effective? There is a sentence in the "Introduction to Salt" that is right. The degree of transportation difficulty in different places is different. In some places Convenient transportation is easy to manage. But there are places where it just can’t get involved.”

After talking about the troublesome areas.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of business.

"Also...can't you see the attitude of this guy behind the scenes? He also said that our country's sharp weapon rests on a piece of salt? Doesn't this mean that we should abolish the salt? "

The more he thought about it, the more he came to his senses.

"We have guessed what he was thinking. Hu Weiyong felt sorry for them before, so this guy just wants to use this matter to bring down Yan Yin who is in charge of Hu Weiyong!"

"Bang" sound!
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became angry.

Another eunuch hurriedly came over to report. Zhu Yuanzhang just listened for a while and then couldn't help but look up at Queen Ma.

It's just that it was already dilapidated. In this short period of time, the recruited craftsmen only cleaned up the front yard and carved out two small courtyards. The craftsmen and a group of students were temporarily responsible for it.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said, "A piece of paper cannot support the military and state affairs of the Ming Dynasty, but it is enough to be the pillar of a country!"

One sentence revealed a lot of information, but even Queen Ma didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking.

"Sliding the world's great joke!"

"What I said just now is fine. It's not even June yet, so you can change whatever you say!"

"A little boy wants to overthrow a prime minister?"

Su Xian looked through these envelopes.

Ever since the Gewu Express was sent out, Su Xian has been waiting.

"Because we reacted!"

"But the problem is, we don't want to waste people and money by using merchants to transport it. We can also use the hands of merchants to reclaim the land. This is a good strategy!"

They couldn't tell either.

"Can't you tell me?"

"Look at what this guy said, it's all about painting cakes. What's the benefit of private salt? What's a way for the court to transport grain and grass without using salt."

He looked at Zhu Biao, who had also stood up.

Queen Ma and Zhu Biao looked more and more helpless.

"This is selfish revenge for public motives. Has our Ming Dynasty's national policy of Yan Yin become a tool of this beast?"

As soon as these words came out, it was the final word.

Hearing this, Queen Ma and Zhu Biao fell silent.

"Let's go. One thing has been suppressed, but another thing has arisen. I don't know if Su Guiyuan has found out the counterfeit banknotes. This guy's methods are really accurate!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Just watch, there will be a meeting at court tomorrow, no! I'm afraid the memorials for all the officials have already started to be written. When we return to Jinshen Hall later, there will be another mountain of memorials!"

The Shiohiki system was adopted in the first place, but it was just a helpless move like the guard military household system.

Say it.

Su Xian glanced at it and found that apart from the analysis of the answer to the "copper ball", the rest was actually about the "salt introduction system".

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to sit down and looked at the "Introduction to Salt" very carefully.

Jia Xian came here with Huang Ke and other Guozi students. He was specifically responsible for collecting these letters and bringing them to Su Xian.

At the front door, a small room was specially opened to collect answers submitted by various "craftsmen" or students.

……

And in such an afternoon, many envelopes have been handed over.

"Look, those memorials are here right now!"

"It seems that there are not just one or two people who approve of us."

"It's not something he came up with. They all sound grand and lofty, but upon closer inspection they are all just words on paper!"

Queen Ma felt helpless as she watched the other party become angry again as he spoke.

Although Gewuyuan is dilapidated, it covers an area of ​​seven or eight acres, and there are pavilions and pavilions in the backyard. It looks like it was once the residence of a wealthy family.

And waited a while.

Seeing that Queen Ma wanted to speak, Zhu Yuanzhang looked directly at the former and Zhu Biao.

Gewuyuan.

Just saying that.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Although he has good insight, he has no ability to solve it. He only throws the problem to others, but he underestimated the importance of Yanyin."

"Then you two, let's talk about this issue in "Salt Introduction Theory". What method are we going to use to replace Yan Yin? Can we still reap the benefits of private salt?"

Even he was surprised that among the first batch of envelopes, there were a lot of approvals for the Salt Introduction Theory. Some of them came from their hometowns and said that they could not afford official salt since they were young, so they just dug mineral salt from the mountains.

There are also some people with beautiful handwriting who also complain that the price of official salt has increased dramatically in recent years.

Some people even came up with ideas to answer the questions they raised in "Introduction to Salt".

For example, the government can pay to hire people to go to the border to cultivate fertile land, without having to borrow money from merchants.

Besides, merchants have always relied on heavy profits, and the method of salt introduction is the temptation of heavy profits. If you come with heavy profits, you will definitely leave with heavy profits.

Educate the people and unite the army and the people! They even let young farmers go north and settle on the border.

What's more, it is also proposed that "the kitchen households in Fuzhou Prefecture and other mountains and forests can be relocated to produce official salt on the vast plains or in places with convenient waterways." 】

Su Xian looked at the above two and immediately shook his head.

First, if the court had money, it would not borrow the help of merchants.

2. Salt itself is a mineral. If you leave the mountains and forests of Fuzhou Prefecture and come to the plains, where will you go to mine salt? For the sake of salt, we have to give up the place where our ancestors have lived for generations.

Until this one... Su Xian immediately became serious after seeing it.

[Both official salt and private salt are all salt! Merchants attach great importance to profits and lead them by profit. As long as the salt produced in one place is greater than the loss on the road, merchants will come. 】

[However, in order to prevent merchants from using salt to trade with each other and using salt to exploit each other, merchants selected from various places must be recorded in the official roster. 】

[The government selects the first batch of merchants to transport, and conducts an assessment every three years. Those who transport more will participate in the next round of salt introduction, and those who transport less will be eliminated and selected from other salt merchants. 】

Su Xian was a little surprised when he saw this answer.

Because of this method, it was almost the same as the reform of the salt introduction system in later generations.

But it is slightly different from what I thought.

Su Xian looked through the suffix names.

Rujun!

Su Xian was stunned, for no other reason than because he had heard the name before.

Before the New Year's Eve, he still had a stall writing Spring Festival couplets not far from Xinghua Lane, and his father also visited it.

But what concerned Su Xian even more was its name, which was exactly the same as a ministerial book in the Ming Dynasty.

Should it be this person?
"Write this down." Su Xian looked at Huang Ke next to him.

"Hey!" Huang Ke was stunned.

"what happened?"

"Ru Yun, Ru Liangyu, is a tribute student from Hengshan who was sent to Guozixue. He just passed the championship this year and is considered a talented person!" Huang Ke said enviously: "I heard that he is going to accompany His Highness the Crown Prince, and Zhan Shifu has named important people. "

"Oh?" Su Xian suddenly understood. It seems that the Ming Dynasty has never lacked talented people.

From the official schools in various places, the selected students entered the Guozixue, and the imperial court selected people from the Guozixue. This method of selecting officials, under a strict supervision environment, was enough to allow the talented and arrogant to enter the court as officials.

I thought about it in my mind.

Su Xian looked at the other letters again. There were too many others, all about how to obtain private salt profits and other ways to transport food and grass... "Okay, you guys sort it out, I'll go back first."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Su Xian stood up.

Although he was young, after "Salt Introduction", everyone in Gewuyuan who saw Su Xian's actions with their own eyes no longer looked down upon him.

They all got up and saw each other off.

"There is no need to give it away to me. You guys are busy with your business. Selling MSG, making good deals with various merchants, whether it can be profitable, and how important the Gewuyuan will be in the imperial court in the future, all have to do with what you are doing now."

Hearing this, Huang Ke, Jia Xian, Lu Shan and others all showed serious faces.

After this incident.

Only then did they truly realize that the Gewuyuan was different from the Imperial Court. Although it had no official position, to some extent it was more noble than the Imperial Academy because of this.

Even...directly to Tianyan!
In other departments, where official positions are strict, there is far less opportunity than this.

A new place, who can take advantage of this to ascend?

It’s better to come first than to arrive last!

Just watching Su Xian leave.

Just craftsmen like Lu Shan.

Huang Ke smiled bitterly and said, "Let's not be too happy. The sky is big and the earth is big, and your majesty is the biggest. Besides, don't think about it now. The whole country is trembling. People on the side of Prime Minister Hu will definitely not give up!"

"Alas, in the eyes of others, you and I are just people trying to make ends meet, and we don't know what will happen."

Lu Shan listened on the sidelines and couldn't help but shake his head.

Although these young people are studying together in Guozi School.

But there is also a gap. Some people are outstanding in knowledge and are valued by others as early as when they enter Guozixue. Just like Ru Rui just mentioned, if she is lucky, she will directly serve as the prince's companion.

As long as his performance in the future is up to standard, he will not be able to escape the important responsibilities of the country and the DPRK.

And there are still some people who are middle-aged and have good family backgrounds. They have already taken care of themselves. As long as they graduate from Guozixue, they can be editors and imperial ministers from the noble Hanlin Academy.

No matter how bad things are, you can immediately take up some official positions such as school inspector, governor, and registrar.

Others have their names listed in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, waiting for others to pick and choose them.

Even during the Hongwu period, officials were updated and iterated quickly, but when it will be your turn and whether it will be a good job, you still need to think carefully.

The Gewuyuan was opened and there were no official positions.

But there are countless people who want to come here.

But once you really come in, you will be looked down upon by people outside, saying that you are someone who is seeking tricks and speculation.

It can be said that they have bet their future and destiny on the development of Gewuyuan. If Gewuyuan has a bright future in the future, then they will naturally have good things to do. But if it is just a place for the emperor and his grandson to have fun, as the world thinks, then it is really over.

Simply speaking, it seems that it is still good for now.

"I don't want anything now but the storm to come!"

"We, the Gewuyuan, who have just gained their eyebrows, should resist it."

The two of them were discussing, but Lu Shan, who was originally indifferent, felt uneasy in his heart.

……

And Su Xian walked out of the gate of Gewuyuan.

Not far away, the children who distributed the "express" waved to me, looking very happy.

Su Xian also smiled and prepared to go home.

Then I will go to Guozi School tomorrow and face the coming storm.

……

"Okay, little bastards, it's time to leave. You made a lot of money today, so hand it over quickly."

In the corner, the three men led by them looked at a group of Meng children.

The oldest of these children is no more than ten years old, they are all very young.

Upon hearing this, one of the older ones immediately refused, "We earned it ourselves!"

"You little beast! Eat us and drink from us, now you have to pay the debt, hurry up!"

One of the middle-aged men laughed ferociously and slapped the boy who had just spoken, causing the latter to fall to the ground immediately.

"You've grown up too. Since you want to make money on your own, then go out with your sister after a while..."

Hearing this, the boy couldn't help but shudder, and the other children also trembled and quickly handed over the money in their hands.

"Hmph! You are a bunch of ungrateful brats. You are an official. Who are you? Do you really think you can redeem yourself by doing something for some institution?"

The man cursed a few times.

Suddenly he looked at one of the little girls with a smile, put the banknotes in his hands back into his pocket, and took out a copper plate instead, "This is to reward you."

"Continue to build a good relationship with him. Whether we will be rich in the future and whether you can go home depends on you."

As he said this, a group of children immediately looked hopeful.

The middle-aged man waved his hand, and soon the group of people headed in the other direction.

"When are we going to do it?"

"No hurry!" The older bald beggar next to him smiled when he heard this.

"The boss said that we should first give them a big contribution and let them hand over the task, and then we can work together well."

"That's true! Either the boss is good at calculating things, but this kid is really devilish. Although we can't read, we can understand what those people outside say. It's really scary. We all have to fight with Hu Xiang. !”

The bald old man nodded when he heard this, "It's really bold, so we pay attention to safety. After this time, we can also be stable..."

……

When Su Xian came back.

Seeing Su Guiyuan, he was sometimes happy and sometimes worried. Su Xian felt strange for a while. After some questioning, he found out...

"Has the counterfeit banknote case been solved?" Su Xian looked at Su Guiyuan.

"It's almost broken!"

Mentioning this matter, Su Guiyuan felt relieved, "Speaking of which, this is all thanks to the help of Lin Yide, the magistrate of Yingtian Mansion. The last time my father was in Yingtian Mansion Prison, he made friends with this magistrate."

"This time they were also successful in their work. They found a house named Yang in Liuhe County, one of the eight counties in the capital. They were all involved in the counterfeit banknote case. The leader was Yang Jinmu. Privately, he is also known as the so-called gold digger in the world!"

"We have surrounded him now. Anyone who catches him will be punished by being cut into pieces with a thousand knives!"

After simply saying this, Su Guiyuan looked at Su Xian.

"But one wave just subsides, and another wave rises."

"Xian'er..." Su Guiyuan sighed facing the building, "As a father, I really don't want to go to prison again."

Su Xian had a strange expression.

The latter had a depressed look on his face, "My father has received news from the officialdom. The memorials from the Yushitai rained down on Zhongshu Province, and then Zhongshu Province sent them all to Jinshen Hall without missing a single one!"

"Your "Introduction to Salt" will probably burn off Hu Xiangyi's eyebrows!"

"Don't worry." Su Xian said nonchalantly: "The Holy One has said it, there are no taboos."

Su Guiyuan smiled helplessly, how could this matter be as good as what he said before? If all the officials insist on not letting go, how can Xian'er escape?
"Well, I hope that catching this gold digger as soon as possible this time will put the Lord at ease. At least Xian'er, you have good intentions and will help the Lord quell the rumors."

Seeing that his father was still worried, Su Xian simply told the truth.

However, the next words shocked Su Guiyuan!
"rest assured!"

"This "Introduction to Salt" is just the beginning. After you go to court tomorrow, write down all the ones that jumped high. Since I raised the question, I naturally won't hit the target without aim."

"Is there a solution?" Su Guiyuan was extremely happy, and then extremely curious!
Su Xian smiled, but there was a cold glint in his eyes.

"Salt has no high or low status, it is only divided into categories, combined into one class, to rule the world!"

(End of this chapter)