Wanli Xinming

Chapter 98 Salt Fields
The place where Li Chengliang met was in the Hall of Mental Cultivation on the west side of Qianqing Palace.This hall was built by Emperor Jiajing, covering an area of ​​more than 7000 square meters.The second-entry palace is I-shaped, with warm pavilions and rolling sheds in the east and west, and many wing rooms on both sides.

Because it is very close to the Qianqing Palace, the emperor's bedroom, and can be separated from the inner palace and the outer court by Longzongmen, inner right gate, etc. - the inner palace is closed when the door is closed, and the outer court is connected when the door is opened. After Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, this It became the political center of the Qing Dynasty.

Because Zhu Yijun wanted to set up an attendant room, seeing that there were many houses in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he arranged for the inner court to pick it up and prepare to put the attendant room here to work.He also ordered people to set up a kang in the Dongxi Nuan Pavilion as his living place in the future.

Li Chengliang was led by Zhang Jing and did not go through Longzong Gate. Instead, he entered the passage between Qianqing Palace and Yangxin Palace from the inner right door, turned left at the small door opposite Yuehua Gate, and entered the Yangxin Palace. Turn right and you will arrive at Dongnuan Pavilion.

The inner supervisor rolls his name and announces his will.Li Chengliang followed behind Zhang Jing and did not dare to raise his head, so he leaned over and bowed as soon as he entered the door. Long live the mountain.

Zhang Jing didn't wait for the emperor to give him his sanctuary, so he held the paper recording the financial resources that Li Chengliang turned over to his head, and Wei Chao, who was beside Zhu Yijun, took it and forwarded it to Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun took it and glanced at it, very satisfied.He smiled and said, "Be flat, give a seat."

The two thanked and sat on the small pier.Zhu Yijun said to Li Chengliang with a smile: "Ning Yuanbo made a series of triumphs in Liaodong, and Huang Kao and I both rely on Gancheng. This time, in order to protect you, I took your money. Don't say that I covet something like you."

When Li Chengliang heard the words, he knelt down and replayed: "I have asked Zhang Gonggong to convey the sincerity of the minister. The emperor's love and love for the minister can't be better than words. As long as there is a trace of resentment in the heart, God Strike five thunders!" He swore and said some words of loyalty and retribution.

Zhu Yijun heard it, waved the paper in his hand and said, "Your family is rich and rich, and you can't enjoy the princes. The so-called transition from frugality to luxury is easy, but from luxury to frugality is difficult. After that, don't be miserable because of handing over wealth."

Li Chengliang's small life was indeed extravagant, and he was already impeached by the Censor and Kedao in this regard.Today, I handed over most of my family's financial resources, and I am also secretly worried, and it is estimated that the standard of living may drop a lot in the future.

Hearing what the emperor said, he pleaded guilty: "The minister has acted absurdly in the past, but fortunately, the emperor's love and care was not pursued. Since then, the minister has been diligent and thrifty in managing his family, and he has also set an example for future generations."

When Zhu Yijun heard this, he laughed and said, "It's right to be diligent and thrifty and keep a family. Although I am rich in the world, I don't dare not be self-denying and frugal. The so-called 'luxury heart is hard to come by, and the most pure interest is the longest'. Let’s share this.”

Li Chengliang listened to the emperor's words of "common encouragement", his shoulders shrugged on the ground, and he exchanged tears and said:
"Since the emperor has practiced extremes, he has been benevolent and thrifty, and his internal affairs have been refined. All the subjects in the world are praised. Today, it is the fault of the subject's selfishness, and he speaks earnestly and earnestly. The subject is only a warrior, and a dull talent. How can he afford it? Grass, in order to repay the emperor's generous favor."

Zhu Yijun heard what he said, and guessed that he had already figured out how to be a frontier general in the future.Wen Yan called him up and asked Wei Chao to pour him a cup of tea.

When he calmed down, Zhu Yijun said again: "You have probably heard that the salt farms in the world will be distributed and contracted."

When Li Chengliang heard this, his heart jumped.Listening to the emperor continued: "Zhen, I also want to leave some good examples for future generations, and I can't take the things of my ministers in vain. Well, I have arranged for Zhang Jing to spend money to buy a dozen small salt fields for your family. Although the income It's not as good as your family's original business, but this family business can be preserved forever and passed on to future generations, a real 'golden rice bowl'. In this way, you can focus on the military instead of planning for your children and grandchildren."

By this time, Li Chengliang was completely convinced of the emperor in his heart.

Everything the emperor did, said and thought, all followed the right path, and there was no conspiracy or conspiracy.His beatings and encouragements are on the bright side, and his words and actions are very open.

He had indeed heard about the contracted sale of the salt farm, but he had never received an invitation letter, and he had been diligently inquiring about it in the capital these days. ——I didn’t expect that the emperor would directly compensate him a lot today.This industry is indeed as the emperor said, not as much as Dongzhu and other shops, but his Li family has a salt field, so he no longer has to think hard to control Liaodong.This salt field is indeed a "golden rice bowl", and everyone in the dignitaries knows it!
Although Li Chengliang has only vague ideas about the future planning of the Li family at this time, he is also clear: in order to keep his business profits from Northeast specialty products, the premise is that it is possible to always hold the position of the general soldier in Liaodong.In his opinion, this difficulty is comparable to ascending to the sky, but if the Li family is to be prosperous for a long time, they had to face the difficulties before.

And today in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the emperor means that you don't have to think about this matter, it has already been arranged for you.This reward is more effective than the emperor directly giving him a marquis!

Li Chengliang knelt down again, fell on his face, and said in a trembling voice, "The emperor is so kind, if the minister has any more unreasonable thoughts, how is it different from beasts?!"

Seeing that Li Chengliang was completely subdued, Zhu Yijun was relieved.After letting Zhang Jing send him out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he took out Zhang Juzheng's title book and detailed rules about the sale of the salt farm from the drawer, and scrutinized it again.

After the sale policy of the saltworks was decided, Zhu Yijun communicated with Zhang Juzheng and Wang Guoguang many times.

Zhang Juzheng is worthy of the name of a capable minister. He reversed the idea of ​​Zhu Yijun's original design of auctioning, and whoever got the highest price, used this salt field as a bait, and tried his best to eliminate the resistance of the border towns and fields.

After many revisions, the auction process of the salt field has become completely different from the first auction method proposed by Zhu Yijun after the joint research of Zhu Yijun, a later generation, and Zhang Juzheng and Wang Guoguang, two spicy old radishes.

In terms of purchase qualifications, priority is given to Xungui.Different grades are divided according to the grades of Gong, Hou, and Uncle, and exquisite invitation letters are made.Let the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces, Zhang Juzheng, Lv Tiaoyang, Wang Guoguang, Zhang Jing, and other close officials send them to a small area in the honorable circle first.

Additional conditions were stated at the time of delivery: the salt farms to be auctioned in the future will be divided into ten grades according to region, location, and output.Each order has a different number, and the Tianxia Salt Works is divided into 750 small pieces in total, and one-half of it is auctioned for the first time, that is, 870 and [-] pieces.

At auction, the rank is sold rather than a specific salt farm.After the buyer has taken the order, they can choose the salt field they like from the salt field of the same order.So who chooses first?The meat of the show is here: according to the nine-sided land you donate, you can exchange points for the points.

After Xungui finishes the shooting, send another invitation letter to the civil servants and military generals in Bianzhen. This time the points rules are different from the last time. Points are no longer based on the number of points, but based on the proportion of the land donated to their own land. , plus the side work integral.

What does it mean? The court cannot let poor officials and generals suffer. If one civilian or military general occupies only [-] acres of land, and the other occupies [-] acres of land, if the number of points is still used, then the clean and honest will suffer, and the court's anti-corruption goal is oriented Serious discrepancies, so prorated points.

What if there is no land at all and no money to participate in the auction?The side credits he has accumulated in the past can be authorized in this auction.For example, a certain Zhang killed a Han, and he had no money in his hand, but he had thirty first-class merits.The rich can buy his authorization with money or shares in the saltworks, so as to use this first-level merit in this auction, and the price of this merit is determined by the market.The two points are added together and the final total points are sorted out to determine the priority.

In order to prevent the superiors from suppressing the inferiors, let the inferiors sign unequal treaties.The detailed rules also stipulate that the Shangguan who buys the authorization shall not buy in the jurisdiction, but only in the outer jurisdiction.At the same time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will send a working group to inspect the border towns, accept anonymous reports, and picket immediately if a superior oppresses a subordinate.

In this wave of auctions, half of the remaining 870 yuan will be auctioned, which is 930 eight yuan.The remaining 930 seven yuan is the last wave of the auction, which is Zhu Yijun's original plan - spread invitations widely, and the highest bidder wins.

Doing so has several direct consequences.First, the price of land in Jiubian has soared, which has brought a wave of direct benefits to the landowners who had previously implemented commercial reclamation in Jiubian; second, the authorization of military merit points allows the border troops and generals who have no money to benefit, which is conducive to stimulating them to work hard in the future. Killing the enemy; third and most important, the interests of the honorable and noble are guaranteed, and the loyalty to the royal family will be sharply increased - plus the examples of Li Chengliang and Qi Jiguang, it will stimulate the enthusiasm of other side generals to exchange credit for their honors.

When the salt fields were auctioned, the court scattered all the auctioned salt fields from Shandong to Fujian and even the southwest. The main purpose was to stimulate the enthusiasm of nobles and nobles to donate soil.For example, the Jingshi Xungui must give priority to the nearby salt farms such as Beizhili and Shandong. Otherwise, the salt farms that have been photographed with a lot of money are in Fujian or Southwest China, and it will be too troublesome to manage.

In order to prevent collusion between nobles and nobles, the detailed rules also stipulated a major decision of the imperial court: the salt field in this auction will be treated the same as Jitian before the first transaction - assuming that the house is raided when convicted in the future, As long as it is not treason and other serious crimes, and there is no transfer of ownership, the saltworks are not included in the confiscated list.Zhang Juzheng judged that this rule would increase Xungui's enthusiasm for buying the salt field to an unbelievable level.

At the same time, the rules also stipulate that the court will impose a heavy tax on the sale and purchase of the ownership of the saltworks, which is one-third of the auction price!

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