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Chapter 311 Fake News Fake News, Ticket Salt Law

The situation in Houjin is bad. Some people are depressed, some are depressed, some are angry, and some are thinking hard about a solution to the situation.

For example, Huang Taiji, who has never been beaten violently, still wants to learn from Fan Hanjian, attack Jinzhou's idea, or wait for the Ming army to repair the city and make a quick mobile attack.

And thousands of miles away, in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, in the imperial palace, Zhu Youxiao, the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, was also reading a copy of the "Daming Tribune".

This is not unusual at first, but it is indeed very strange. Zhu Youxiao actually held a fake newspaper and read it with a smile on his face.

Fake newspapers are fake newspapers, but they are not falsified and stolen names, but made by Zhu Youxiao.Readers, no one would think that it was specially prepared for Jiannu.

Zhu Youxiao thought it was all right, so he casually handed the newspaper to the palace servants and forwarded it to Luo Sigong.

Luo Sigong took the newspaper and glanced at it, his eyes widened.When did this news come out, he, the leader of Jinyiwei, didn't even know about it?
Seeing Lao Luo's surprised look, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing, and said, "Luo Qing doesn't have to take it seriously, it's fake news, it's just for Jiannu."

Luo Sigong blinked his eyes and finally understood.

His son Luo Yangxing was watching the Fan family in Shanxi, and the information he sent back mentioned that "Daming Forum" was a source of information for Jiannu.

The emperor is compiling a fake newspaper, through Fan Dafu, the steward of the Fan family who has been subdued, and giving it to Jiannu as a secret work, causing Jiannu to make a wrong judgment!

"There are two or three holidays in the ten issues, and even one newspaper is not completely false. There are one or two articles, Jiannu shouldn't be aware of it?" Zhu Youxiao touched his chin, a little proudly, but also a little bit cunningly He laughed and said, "Let's not make big news for now, and lead Jiannu away little by little."

Luo Sigong obeyed, this trick can be thought of, it is really hard to detect.

For example, in the newspaper in hand, one of the reports said that the imperial court intends to mobilize elites from the nine sides, gather 10 people to join the war in Liao, and strive to completely eliminate the slaves this year and complete the plan to pacify Liao.

This is definitely a big event that will make Jian Nu feel heavy pressure and will be fully prepared for it.

As far as the current situation in Houjin is concerned, the [-] reinforcements of the Ming army can enter Liaodong in three ways.The land route in the west of Liaoning, the sea route in Lvda in the south of Liaoning and the sea route in Pidao in the east of Liaodong is simply an offensive like the top of Mount Tai!
Jiannu must also have doubts, and almost all the elites from the Nine Borders have been withdrawn. Does the Ming Dynasty not guard against the Mongolian tribes?But such doubts did not affect the preparation and prevention of slavery.

It is a tradition for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to order and command indiscriminately. What's so great about going crazy once in a while?Concentrate on destroying powerful enemies first, and then go back to clean up the mess. There is also such a strategic play in history.

"Long live the wisdom is extraordinary, the Eastern Captives must fall into the trick." Luo Sigong bowed and cupped his hands, expressing his admiration sincerely, at least this trick was beyond his imagination.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand pretending to be reserved, and said: "How to make it seamless requires careful planning. In addition, it is not necessary to obtain it for Jiannu only through one channel."

"I understand." Luo Sigong felt that his thoughts had broadened, and he bowed and replied: "I will plan and arrange when I go back, and I will definitely complete the long-term plan."

Zhu Youxiao nodded admiringly, and asked some other things before letting Lao Luo leave.

Hey, it's just a few newspapers, the cost is so small, even if it doesn't work, it's not a loss.

Zhu Youxiao touched his chin, still immersed in his creativity.Even if it's a prank, scaring Jiannu a bit is still fun and joyful.

As the saying goes, heaven and earth are united in time and time, but heroes are not free when they are transported away.

Zhu Youxiao felt that through his own hard work and shameless tossing, his fortune had turned to Daming's side, and he would no longer be as unlucky as in history.

Don't say that the old slave and the emperor's slave are not heroes, even if they are forced to praise them, they still cannot turn over in the hands of the wise and mighty Emperor Tianqi.

Thinking of Jiannu flipping through fake newspapers, reading fake news, and thinking hard about countermeasures, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help laughing.

"Long live the report, the imperial doctor Yang Hanyi is waiting to see you outside." The palace servants came inside to report, interrupting the emperor's lustful pleasure.

Zhu Youxiao sat up straight and put on the appearance of an emperor before letting the palace servant Xuan XX into the palace.

The female doctor Yang Hanyi knelt down to meet her in the hall, followed by a little girl, or Yaotong, who was also polite.

"Exemption, flat life." Zhu Youxiao paused for a moment, then waved the palace servants to move to Xiudun, and gave him a seat.

The health of the daughters-in-law was left to Yang Hanyi, and Zhu Youxiao tried to treat her as courteously as possible.Moreover, he doesn't have too many feudal thoughts that men are superior to women.

"Thank you Long Live Long En." Yang Hanyi sat down after saluting again, Yaotong blinked and stood behind her.

This little Yaotong is very interesting, Zhu Youxiao has seen it two or three times, and he is deeply impressed by the little girl's poker face.She's not ugly, but it's like she doesn't know what happiness, anger, sorrow and joy are.

The name is also interesting, called Tao Yan, or Tao Yan'er.Coupled with that expressionless little face, I don't know what she "hates" or "hates" everything.

After inquiring about the physical condition of several concubines, especially Zhang Yuer, Zhu Youxiao was even more concerned.

Yang Hanyi replied respectfully one by one, which made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied.

As long as there is nothing wrong with the body, it is God's will whether you can conceive.They are still young, so there is no need to worry about it.

Zhu Youxiao ordered the palace people to bring a few medical books, all of which were collected by the royal family, and there are also folk books, but they are hard to see.

It is the same principle no matter which industry is progressing, to learn from others' strengths, take the essence and discard the dross.

Yang Hanyi saw that he had made a rash request, but the emperor agreed so readily and completed it, and knelt down in surprise to thank him.

"You don't need to be too polite." Zhu Youxiao raised his hand to signal, and said gently: "I can improve my medical skills and manage women's medicine well, which is the most gratifying thing for me."

"Yes, I will live up to Long Live's expectations." Yang Hanyi still got up and sat down after saluting.

Zhu Youxiao felt that nothing was wrong, and was about to order him to leave when Li Chengcheng hurried in, stopped at the entrance of the hall and looked anxiously at the emperor.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Youxiao didn't blame him. Anyway, this was not a formal summoning of the courtiers. Although Li Chengcheng was a little rude, he heard her reasons before speaking.

"Report to the emperor." Li Chengcheng bowed his head and hurriedly said: "Xiaobai is about to give birth!"

Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows. He is really not familiar with the habits of cats.Besides, this is not his specialty, not to mention giving birth to kittens, even giving birth to little people can't help!

Yang Hanyi really didn't know that Xiaobai was a cat. Seeing the emperor frowning, he hurriedly got up and said, "Long live, let the minister go and see!"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Yang Hanyi and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Then it will be hard work for Yang Qing."

Yang Hanyi saluted again, and followed Li Chengcheng to the Nuan Pavilion with "hate".

Cats should be able to take care of themselves. I haven’t heard of midwifery cats in the cat world!
Although Zhu Youxiao was a little worried, he didn't join in the fun. He took the question book and read it.

Last year, we tried planting sweet potatoes in Huangzhuang, which can be said to be a success.More importantly, under the guidance of Xu Guangqi and others, a group of farmers who mastered planting techniques were trained.

Although the vast majority of these farmers were illiterate, they still received money and went to various provinces in the North to become experts.

This year, it will be planted on a larger scale. Next year, the year after, and the year after that, Zhu Youxiao calculated that God should give him at least three more years.Depending on the yield of sweet potatoes, the amount that can be stored is still very large.

Although it cannot fundamentally solve the problem, it can alleviate a little bit.Planting high-yielding crops early and widely is certainly the right approach.

The key point is that Zhu Youxiao didn't know much about the impact of climate change in the Little Ice Age on Daming.He can only analyze and estimate based on some data from his previous life.

For example, Sun Chuanting's Qingtun pays his wages. Since he can train "Shaanxi soldiers", he can also accumulate a lot of money and food.It can be seen that even Shaanxi, the hardest-hit area, is not plagued by disasters every year and has no harvest.

After further analysis, Zhu Youxiao came up with an inaccurate answer.The so-called natural disasters and man-made disasters, at the end of Ming Dynasty, it should be that man-made disasters were greater than natural disasters, right?

Although the Little Ice Age did have a great impact, several provinces in the north were hit by disasters one after another, and disasters such as locusts, floods, droughts and floods occurred in turn, lasting for decades.

But the most important reason for the common people to rise up and cause wars and chaos is the extra faction of the imperial court.

Although Zhu Youxiao was not very sure, he also began to pay attention and tried his best not to repeat the same mistakes.

Of course, he has other methods, such as purchasing grain from overseas, immigrating to Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, and even expanding to Nanyang to fight for living space for the people of Ming Dynasty.

There are always more solutions than difficulties, and problems that can be solved with money are not real problems.

After Zhu Youxiao finished approving the title book written by Zuo Guangdou, Governor of Gansu Province, he let out a long breath with emotion.

In fact, from last year to the present, there have been many reports of disasters in various places.Although the area is small and the disaster is not too serious, Zhu Youxiao takes it seriously.The relief is immediate, without delay.

In his view, this is an exercise in dealing with larger-scale disasters.If this cannot be dealt with, one can imagine how bad the situation will be when the disaster peak arrives a few years later.

He raised his head and looked at the door, but he still didn't see Li Chengcheng coming back to report, Zhu Youxiao hesitated for a while, but still didn't act rashly.

Regardless of whether it is good news or good news, if there is any news, Li Chengcheng will definitely come to inform him, so that he can feel at ease.

The current situation can only show that there is no result yet.It's the same if you go by yourself. If you can't help, you will make trouble.

Zhu Youxiao forced himself to calm down, took a memorial with a special mark, and read it casually.

This is a letter from the chamber of commerce. Although the emperor gave it the right, the chamber of commerce dare not use it lightly, fearing that too many letters will annoy the emperor.

When Zhu Youxiao saw that it belonged to the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, he didn't pay attention at first, but after watching it, his expression became serious.

Reforming the salt law is Zhu Youxiao's idea, but he has no perfect plan for how to change it.But there is one point, the cost of sun-dried salt is lower than that of boiled salt, and the quantity is larger. It is certain that boiled salt will be eliminated eventually.

Lianghuai mainly uses boiled salt, and the salt price is very high, which is called cooked salt; Guangdong mainly uses sun-dried salt, which is called raw salt, and the price is about twice as low as Huai salt.

And this is one of the main reasons why Huaiyan salt has to be sold in different areas. It cannot compete with raw salt. If the sales scope is not specified, it is likely to be squeezed out by Guangyan.

Zhu Youxiao also realized this, so he sent Dong Yingju to manage and expand the Changlu Salt Factory, and sent another cadre to Rizhao, Shandong to open a factory to dry salt.

These two measures are to replace the preparatory work done by Huaiyan. Zhu Youxiao is also planning to change the hereditary occupation and class division of Yanhu.

Increasing the production of raw salt, eventually replacing cooked salt, and then producing refined salt is already the development route planned by Zhu Youxiao.

The disadvantages of the guidelines and laws also made Zhu Youxiao think that the salt law also needs to be reformed.But how to change it, he hasn't fully figured it out yet.

Tang Mo, the chairman of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, presented Zhu Youxiao with a breakthrough in thinking about Zhongxia's memorabilia.

Xia Zhongshi put forward his own innovative thinking on the salt law in his letter, generally speaking, he changed the "guide salt system" to "ticket salt system".

According to the "ticket salt system" in the middle of summer, Yanyin was abolished, the hereditary monopoly of salt merchants was broken, and line tickets were used instead.

To put it bluntly, whether you are a salt merchant or not, if you want to do salt business, you can go to the salt factory to buy salt, and after paying enough salt lessons, you can get a ticket to transport the salt.

Zhu Youxiao lowered his eyes, thinking about the possibility of implementing the "Ticket and Salt Law" and its imperfections.

In his opinion, what he likes most about the ticket and salt law is to cancel the monopoly of Yanyin and the introduction of merchants on Yanyin, thus basically eliminating the layers of exploitation by officials.

At the same time, the implementation of the "Salt Ticket Law" can also suppress the price of salt and benefit the people, but it does not reduce the income of the court's salt tax, but instead increases the national tax revenue.

Simplified the procedures for selling salt and transporting salt, and expanded the scope of business of salt merchants. "Invite sales tickets, take lessons at the bureau, buy salt and receive tickets, and ship directly to the shore. It is simpler than commercial transportation. Regardless of the amount of capital, you can do it according to your ability." Run, come and go.

After paying the salt tax, you can buy salt from the salt factory and sell it. It doesn't specify your sales scope, and it doesn't matter whether you have the qualifications to sell table salt.

good very good.Zhu Youxiao figured out the key points, and couldn't help but praise him.

There are no salt merchants who monopolize salt imports and make huge profits. Everyone can buy salt and operate. Naturally, there is no possibility of them arbitrarily lowering the buying price, raising the selling price, and making huge profits...

"My lord, my lord." Li Chengcheng ran in sweating, blushing with excitement, and announced to Zhu Youxiao: "Xiaobai gave birth to six, six cute kittens."

Oh, Zhu Youxiao was not annoyed by the interruption, but happy and excited for Xiaobai's safety and the birth of six little cats.

That's right, a litter of six pups.

Zhu Youxiao stood up with a smile, and walked out of the hall.

Zhu Youxiao smiled happily when he saw the six cute little milk cats with their eyes closed in their mother's arms.

Looking out of the corner of his eye, Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised again.

The "disgusting" expression on the poker face has been relaxed, and the eyes are shining with envy and love, staring at the kittens without blinking.

(End of this chapter)