Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1048
Besides, he, the Jiedu envoy of Jiangsu, can't actually do such a big thing.

For this kind of thing, it is clear that the minister of the government; the third master, the third master, and the three orphans;What I can manage is the production of Lianghuai salt and the collection of salt tax.

As a Jiedu envoy of Jiangsu, let alone the three masters, three masters and three orphans, he is almost becoming the governor of Xuzhou Prefecture and the governor of Jiangning Prefecture. How can he manage the affairs of Ji'an Prefecture in Jiangxi?How big is my face that a Jiangsu Jiedu envoy is in charge of Jiangxi's affairs?

Now this Jiangsu official is the most difficult.

There are a lot of people who are directly sent by the central government, such as nobles from towns, governors of the Yellow River and Huaihe River, sea transportation of rice, Huaihe River management, canal abandonment and rectification, water labor resettlement, industrial and commercial customs, wasteland reclamation, tax reform, and garrison.

No one can afford it.

There are a lot of father-in-law and mother-in-law, and she is a little daughter-in-law.

So don't export to me, I'll be an assistant official, and I can manage the production of salt and the change of votes for salt.

Otherwise, you can just ask Duke Xingguo directly.

Lin Min exposed the rotten scars of the salt government, and the emperor, who was just making use of the topic, had no choice but to scold the officials for only considering their own self-interest, but disregarding the court's great interests.

Officials who have seen through the essence of this matter and really know how to do it are silent.

Those who like to slander all think that the two Huaiyan affairs were originally created by the imperial court itself.

It is the financial system of the imperial court and the previous salt cooking method, which do not support the old Tang Dynasty system of official salt collection at all.

Besides, the reform of the Lianghuai Salt Administration, no matter how it is repaired, was used to keep capital in captivity, and ask them to help when they are short of money.

In essence, the imperial court "reserves taxes on salt", salt merchants take money from the common people, and the imperial court takes money from salt merchants when they are in urgent need of money.

Now you have overseas trade, industrial and commercial taxes for emerging industries such as glass, and cinnamon betel nuts from Ceylon. Now your pockets are shaking, and you don’t recognize it.

Wasn't it because the former salt government collapsed that the evaluation was tied to the salt tax? Do you want to collect money?
Since it is a binding evaluation, you think that everyone who has come out of the imperial examination with thousands of troops is here to serve the common people?Isn't it still for promotion and fortune?Since it is for promotion and wealth, it is natural that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.

Don't pretend to be so shocked now, if it wasn't for the overseas trade that made you collect money, if it wasn't for the end of the Northern War, if it wasn't for borrowing money in other ways, would you dare to disturb the Yanzheng government?

This is essentially no different from land tax thirty tax one.Could it be that the emperors are all fools, really don't know how to do this, and the local finances are not enough?

Those who really understand the changes here are all silent.

I don't understand what the essence of the reform of the salt administration and the canal is. At this time, I still have the old way of thinking, following the words of the emperor, and talking about the issue of local officials.

But it didn't help either.

Once caught, it will die, and once released, it will cause chaos.

Unless the salt tax is no longer collected, otherwise, if the official salt area does not supervise and is not linked to the evaluation, it will take ten years at most. If the court can collect half of the current salt tax, it will be hell.

However, this time Liu Yu really didn't complain.

After listening to Lin Min's discussion on "Why Jiangxi's official salt can only be sold at 50%, and why the official salt of several prefectures in southern Jiangxi has completely collapsed", I thought, what Zhenyi said was true. Support for redistricting salt districts.

Regarding the reform of the salt administration, Tian Zhenyi and Liu Yu had analyzed the alliance with the reformists, and they had said this.

Tian Zhenyi said that the achievements of Lianghuai salt envoys do not lie in the amount of salt sold in Lianghuai, but in the proportion of official salt.

Even if Hubei and Hunan are all cut down, as long as the Lianghuai Salt Envoy can ensure 100% of the quota sales in the remaining places, then this is the Lianghuai Salt Envoy's achievements.

Even if all the provinces are incorporated, the total sales of Lianghuai Salt will increase, but compared to the calculated sales rate, it will only be 70%, so it is also the responsibility of the Lianghuai Salt Envoy.

This is an inference based on the assumption that Lin Min is thinking about his own future.

If Lin Min really cares for the people in his heart, then he should support the major reform of re-dividing the salt area, so that places like Ji'an Prefecture can eat Lianghuai salt, and the places where Lu Xun burned his company back then don't eat Sichuan salt. Eating Huainan salt is obviously not good for the people.

Lin Min is not the national governor of salt administration, and Dashun does not have a national governor of salt administration at all.

Holding on to this point, Tian Zhenyi told Liu Yu that it is absolutely possible to draw the reformers as allies in the matter of reforming the salt area.

Now, although Lin Min didn't say it so bluntly, the subtext was very obvious when he took the example of Ji'an Mansion's division from the Guangdong Salt District to the Lianghuai Salt District.

After a while, the emperor, who had been talking about the issue of officials for a long time with those officials who hadn't changed their minds and didn't see the essence of the problem, finally said: "Since this is the case, then Ji'an Mansion and other places should re-divide the salt area. And Jiangxi will also split up the salt area."

"Eat Lianghuai salt in the north, and Fujian and Guangdong salt in the south. In this way, the common people benefit and the merchants benefit."

"That also means that according to your opinion, the problem of Huainan's salt administration in Jiangxi is neither in production nor in the general business system. As long as the salt area is re-divided, it can be solved."

"Mr. Xingguo, since you insist on reclaiming wasteland in Huainan, cutting off Ji'an and other state capitals in Huaiyan, you can also make those salt households reclaim wasteland, so that the salt households will not be unemployed, which is just right."

"However, it is difficult to say that the pilot project of the Huainan Salt Administration is in Jiangxi. Then how should Jiangxi be reformed? Where should the pilot project be now?"

Many people actually have the answer in their hearts, and that is Hubei.

The two major problem provinces of Huainan Salt, one is Jiangxi and the other is Hubei. Both of them are places where sales are seriously below the standard.

Jiangxi's sales are only 50%, and Hubei's sales are not much better, only 70%.

And given that Hubei is too far away, there are often cases of fooling fools such as "wrecking ships to make up for catties" and "submerged ships to make up for shipping".Knowing that he was fooling a fool, he had to hold his nose and admit it, as long as he didn't go too far.

The imperial court has no salt in hand, and no transportation capacity. If you don’t pinch your nose to admit it, if you insist on knowing the details, you will have to make a "people have no salt and people's grievances are boiling" tomorrow.

However, Liu Yu did not mention the Hubei matter at this time, but said: "Your Majesty, I think that Jiangxi does not need to be considered for the time being."

"Oh? What do you mean by your words?"

Liu Yu hurriedly said: "I think that if Jiangxi is to be reformed, it must be greatly reformed. Under minor reforms, tossing and tossing will be troublesome."

"Moreover, whether it is Sichuan well salt or East China Sea sun-dried salt, in essence, this dynasty has solved the problem of 'insufficient production' that has plagued dynasties through the development of technology."

"Since the situation is different from previous dynasties, I think that it is best to collect taxes on the production side of this salt."

"As long as large-scale well salt factories and large-scale sun-dried salt factories develop, even if taxes are collected on the production side, private salt will surely die."

"I take the Huaibei sun-dried salt factory as an example. Even if the tax is directly levied on the production side, it is cheaper than the Huainan salt that is not taxed."

"So, since this is the case, the imperial court should change the experience of previous dynasties and set up a general manager of salt administration. It is directly subordinate to the household government and coordinates the salt administration of various places."

"As for the division of the salt area, this is something that should be planned in the future when the salt administration chief is set up."

"And whether to change like this, whether to change business like this, will the oranges in Huaibei still be oranges in Huainan, or a pilot reform is needed. After all, the salt government is a big issue, and it is an important tax source for the court."

"It's so involved, if you want to change it, you have to make a big change. Whether the big change can be done or not is about to be proved. Since Jiangxi is not enough to prove it, except for Jiangxi, Huainan salt area, you can choose at will."

When he said that, there were even fewer options left.

He is full of confidence, no matter how stupid the opponents are, it is impossible to say, hey, then you can try it in Jiangsu and Anhui first.

In that case, it is better to just give up resistance and let it reform.

Jiangsu and Anhui are sent.Jiangxi is a pit at all.Then the rest of the place is really ready to come out.

Now the counter-reformists have been cornered by Liu Yu.

Taking Yanhu as an example, Liu Yu is engaged in land reclamation, and the experimental land reclamation has paid off.Huainan's salt administration reform, the moral high ground of "survival of the small people", has actually been strangled by Liu Yu.

Let's talk about the effect. Huaibei's salt reform, the corruption of the canal is the power of the salt reform, and Huaibei's official salt sales will stabilize and double next year.

The only thing that can be said now is the stability of the salt market in remote areas.

The emperor took advantage of the situation and asked: "Since Duke Xingguo has confidence in this, Jiangxi Yanzheng will not move for the time being. What else do you have to say?"

After a long while, no one spoke, and the emperor said: "So, whether it is successful or not depends on two things."

"First, are the people benefiting? Is the price of the salt they eat reduced? Is the salt they need enough?"

"Secondly, the ratio of the actual value of Hubei official salt in the past few years to the sales after the reform."

"Besides, if we talk about reclamation in Huainan, then reclamation and salt administration complement each other."

"Then there is one more thing to add, to ensure the survival of Yanhu in Huainan. Do you have anything else to say?"

Among the ministers, Lin Min stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

After getting the emperor's permission, Lin Min gritted his teeth and said, "Everything reformed, there will be winners and losers."

"If Duke Xingguo carries out reforms, change the route, change the law, and change the place of production, the people involved will not be limited to Yanhu?"

"Excluding the salt households, the number of those who rely on salt merchants for a living is more than 60? And their parents and wives are no less than [-] to [-]."

"The governor of the local government, the shepherd of the state, and the county magistrate have no means to deal with this matter. This is an unprecedented change."

"For this matter, it is necessary for the minister to go out of town to take charge of the overall situation. Otherwise, the evaluation alone will make the officials timid."

"In the pain point, it is necessary for the imperial court to allocate money to postpone it. The imperial court must allocate money, and it must not be divided into various state capitals, and someone must be in charge and plan it."

"The minister boldly said that whoever is the chief of the town will bear this responsibility. If you are not a public minister, you can't suppress it or take it on. You are the envoy of Lianghuai Salt and the Jiedu envoy of Jiangsu, but you oppose Xingguo Gong's reform methods. The Duke insists on doing it, and the Duke-General takes responsibility."

"I don't want to be greedy for meritorious deeds, but I also need to clearly define powers and responsibilities. If a tiger grows out of a scorpion, it is also the responsibility of Dian Shou. But if due to reforms, Huai and Yang decline, what is the responsibility of Dian Shou?"

"If the name is not correct, the speech will not be smooth. If the speech is not smooth, the government will not work."

Lin Min knew that it was not pleasant to say such things at the court meeting.

But there was nothing he could do.

Back then on the boat, Liu Yu's probing words frightened him.

It's not that he was discouraged, but he knew that he had been tricked by the emperor.

At this time, the matter here must be done, so an authorization is required.

He is a reformer, but the idea of ​​reform is definitely not the same as Liu Yu's.

Obviously, according to Liu Yu's previous overt and covert remarks, I'm afraid that this reform will definitely lead to major accidents.

This is not the same as the abandoned canal.The ruined canal not only bleeds, but also a lot of it, and many people have been arrested just by the Xiangjiao Wuwei Bailian from all walks of life.

However, the emperor was directly responsible for the waste of the canal.

That was the emperor's betting with the prestige of several big victories in the northeast, northwest, and Japan.

Without these few battles of prestige, the emperor couldn't bear it.

Reformists like Lin Min danced too well before.In the end, when I was actually doing things, I realized that what I thought was a radical reform was actually just a younger brother... whoever was shouting for reform in the court before thought about directly abolishing Huainan's salt industry and engaging in economic development? Transformation of cotton?

It's too scary.

Now that the emperor has cheated him, he can only go one way to the dark at this time, and let Liu Yu's name be justified, otherwise he will not be able to argue with local forces and local officials.

(End of this chapter)