lied to Kangxi

Chapter 154 Kangxi's Gentleman

"Chen Yuzhu leads the order."

Yuzhu felt a little strange, how did the emperor know that he was a fifth-rank censor in the palace on business?
On the way to Qianqing Palace, Yuzhu figured it out. It must be the No. 13 waist card he handed in to Xihuamen, and something went wrong.

Alas, the next time I enter the palace, I will never hand over the badge bestowed by the emperor.

After Yuzhu arrived at the steps of Qianqing Palace, the emperor waited for half an hour before the emperor summoned him in Dongnuange.

"Jiangnan Dao's palm seal supervisory censor, minister Yuzhu, respectfully invite Shengan." Yuzhu obediently saluted according to the etiquette system.

"Eli!"

The jade pillar was left to dry for half an hour, under the steps of the Qianqing Palace, the wind was blowing through, and the mind should be clearer.

The emperor didn't embarrass him any more, and shouted directly.

"Why avoid the truth?"

There were only the emperor, Wei Zhu and Yuzhu in the room, and Kangxi didn't bother to go around in circles, and directly questioned Yuzhu.

What the emperor said was vague, but Yuzhu knew it very well in his heart. What Kangxi asked was, why not impeach the old ten directly?
The tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers was originally broken by Kangxi, and Yuzhu had to think a little more.

"If you go back to the emperor, I think that although the tenth master is a little reckless, he can be regarded as a true character. On the contrary, the one who hides behind him and tries to make trouble is especially hateful." Yu Zhu understood very well in his heart, the old ten's mother The power of the family is extremely strong, even Kangxi has to be scruples.

Kangxi understood as soon as he heard it, Yu Zhu was referring to the old nine who had been hiding behind the old ten and came up with bad ideas.

Understand between people, don't need to talk too much.

Yuzhu's explanation naturally aroused Kangxi's resentment towards Lao Jiu.

The old nine came up with an idea and asked the old ten to come to provoke him, which almost disturbed Sun Chengyun's happy event.

In Yu Zhu's little black book, Lao Jiu naturally memorized a stroke.

Not impeaching Lao Jiu does not mean that Yuzhu will let Lao Jiu go.Today, since the emperor personally asked, if he didn't take root in the emperor's heart, he wouldn't be called Yuzhu.

"You did a good job." When Kangxi was calm, he was extremely wise and understood everything.

Yuzhu deliberately did not mention the tenth elder brother, in fact, he wanted to save face for Junfu, so as not to expose the fault of not being a godfather to outsiders.

"Just now, I have decreed that the old ten will go to Heilongjiang to sacrifice mountains for me."

What made Kangxi angry was that the old tenth lady had no brains, and she would forget the rules as soon as she was instigated. She didn't look like his son.

Yuzhu laughed in his heart, Kangxi has this kind of temper, the more you stand in his position and think for him, the more he will think for you.

It is said that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger.

Tigers are also affectionate, it all depends on fate.

Whether it's the Baye Party or the Princeling Party, Yu Zhu is not afraid of anyone, except for the idiot who likes to be rough.

Even if Yuzhu stud is used to such a thing, it is almost impossible to win, and it can only hurt both sides.

Although the old ten did not stay at home to study, it was an extremely hard job to go to Heilongjiang to worship mountains.

In the era when there were no trains and planes, it was really good to be at home, but it was difficult to go out.

Especially when traveling by land for thousands of miles, the unhardened roads are bumpy and difficult, which is extremely hard.

The mountain of sacrifice in the Qing Dynasty, as long as it is not specified, must be Changbai Mountain.

The meaning of the emperor is actually very clear, it is tantamount to punishing the old ten in disguise.Encourage Yuzhu to continue to be a knife, chopping the old man on the left and the prince on the right.

However, what Yuzhu didn't expect was that the emperor suddenly changed the subject and asked him: "The Lianghuai Salt Administration is getting less money, do you have a good plan?"

As soon as Yuzhu heard it, he knew that Kangxi wanted him to help Cao Yin get out of trouble.

Cao Yin owed too much money, and he had already paid it off.

But the problem is, Kangxi treated Cao Yin really well, and let him and Suzhou weaving Li Xu take turns serving as the salt censor of the Lianghuai tour to make up for the shortfall owed by the southern tour.

Unexpectedly, after becoming the censor of salt inspection, Cao Yin's deficit not only did not decrease, but increased by [-]%.

"Back to the emperor, I have really thought about this issue. I have three strategies. The best strategy is that the salt sales area is changed every two years. It is open to salt merchants all over the country, regardless of the region. Whoever pays the most will buy a certain salt sales area. To whom. The medium strategy, the top ten salt merchants’ sales districts are rotated through bidding every two years. The worst strategy is to copy a few salt merchants, half of the income goes to the imperial court, and half of the income is used to pay off the debt owed by the Ministry of Households. "

Yuzhu's thinking is very clear, there is competition to make progress.

The existing salt sales system has numerous drawbacks, which have enriched salt merchants and salt officials, but the imperial court has not benefited much.

"Bidding? Oh, I understand." Kangxi is a scholar, although the word "bidding" is unfamiliar, you can understand it after careful consideration.

In his later years, Kangxi always wanted to fight the Junggar Khanate.However, the treasury of the imperial court is very limited, and it cannot support a long-term war at all.

Bidding, as the name suggests, the highest bidder wins!

The salt disadvantages of the Qing Dynasty were mainly that the field of salt merchants was completely a closed monopoly field.Non-Lianghuai salt merchants, no matter how rich they are, cannot set foot in the field of selling salt.

The meaning of Yuzhu is very clear, whether it is a salt merchant in the traditional sense or not, as long as he has money, he is allowed to participate in the bidding.

There is no need to worry about whether they will lose money at all, because if you invest your own money, you will definitely do it with your heart.

Investing with other people's money will always be detrimental to the public and personal interests, and the nepotism will be stained.The money was gone, but the abbot was very rich.

"Governors from all over the country don't pay much attention, what's the reason?" Kangxi asked deeply.

Some governors from all over the country severely cracked down on illegal salt, while others sat back and watched the flood of illegal salt.In the final analysis, it's just a waste of time.

After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he forcibly returned Huoxue to the public and raised Lianyin at the same time, which is to see through the essence of being an official.

After ten years of studying hard, once he was named on the gold list, he became an official thousands of miles away, just to be a clean official who can't afford to eat meat?

Give me a break!

Knowing Kangxi's worry, Yuzhu smiled and said, "I have a plan to make the governors of all places pay close attention to illegal salt."

"Oh, tell me quickly." Kangxi was so short of money that he couldn't wait.

Yuzhu doesn't know too much about ways to stimulate officials below to make achievements.

He smiled slightly and said: "Back to the emperor, I have an extremely philistine policy. If there is a lot of official salt sold in Guangdong Province, the governor will be rewarded with a certain percentage of silver. In the same way, if the magistrate or county has completed the sale of salt and silver , are rewarded heavily, and the emptiness of the national treasury can be alleviated."

To rule the world with virtue, everyone from the emperor to his ministers is ashamed to speak out.

However, who would work hard for no profit?

This has formed a paradox, the mouth is full of moral articles, but the bottom is that there are no officials and no corruption.

Yuzhu's status was too low, if it wasn't for a coincidence, it would be difficult to have the opportunity to summon him alone.

This is a rare opportunity, Yuzhu will naturally impress the emperor with his ability to make money in the mind of the emperor.

Around the emperor, there is no shortage of sycophants at all, but what is lacking are capable officials who are good at making money.

Why did Yongzheng favor Tian Wenjing so much?In the final analysis, isn't it because Tian Wenjing is not afraid of offending the officials and gentry, and he does not hesitate to use violent methods to forcefully promote the sharing of food into the mu and the integration of officials and gentry, which has brought in a lot of money?

As much as Qianlong wanted to spend, Heshen could get as much money as he wanted, without causing too much trouble.

Of the tens of thousands of officials in the Manchu Dynasty, the Hegent were the most able to make money to spend. How could Qianlong not rely on them in his later years?
Hey, Kangxi's peace and gentry, Yuzhu's wish!

Kangxi thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Yu Zhu said was very reasonable.

However, this strategy is indeed extremely philistine, and it is easy to provoke criticism from the Qingliu of Han Zhan Kedao.

Kangxi, that is an old expert in war.Ping San Francisco, conquer Taiwan, conquer Junggar three times, and attack Raksha country in the north. I have fought for almost half my life, and I have extremely rich experience in war.

All he needs is money!

"Wei Zhu, bring a brocade stool, serve tea, and let this kid talk slowly." When Kangxi wanted to make money, he was extraordinarily lenient.

After Yuzhu thanked her, she sat down on the brocade stool with peace of mind, took the teacup calmly, moistened her lips, but didn't drink it.

If you drink too much tea and are in a hurry to go to the official room, you will be in big trouble.

"Other than that, what else can we do?" Kangxi's question was already expected by Yuzhu.

In his later years, Kangxi belonged to the category of both acting and establishing. He wanted to get money to fight Junggar, but he didn't want to be stigmatized as exploiting the people.

"Returning to the emperor, I have a plan to solve the urgent need. Jiangsu and Zhejiang, these two provinces, can be said to be the land of fish and rice, rich land, and you can try to spread it into the mu."

It is not complicated to divide the land into the mu.The difficulty is that after the full spread, the officials and gentry complained.

Yuzhu's suggestion concealed his own little thoughts.

The money from the rich and the province is used to subsidize the imperial court. This is the so-called financial transfer.

This is nothing!
The main reason is that the backers of the officials and gentry in these two provinces are all Hanchens.In the imperial court, the real power is the Manchen.

To put it bluntly, if the officials and gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces were offended, they would be offended.It would not bring too much risk to Yu Zhu, a son of a wealthy Manchurian family.

"People's grievances must boil, so why not?" Kangxi has been emperor for 45 years, and he has extremely rich political experience. He quickly grasped the core issues.

Yuzhu knew in his heart that what Kangxi didn't say was actually, if a civil uprising is stirred up, how can it be cured?

"Returning to the emperor, the people of Zhejiang Province all like to go into business. In the opinion of my humble minister, Ningbo Prefecture can be opened and allowed to do business with foreign merchants. It will certainly solve the people's grievances and worries." Yuzhu said, It's very clear.

After the stalls entered the mu, it was tantamount to the imperial court poaching the flesh of officials and gentry from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

In line with the principle of demolishing the east wall to pay the west wall, the imperial court collected more money out of thin air. If no compensation is made, the civil uprising will be inevitable.

The theory of economy, that is, how to make money, no matter how to discuss it, is the most concerned issue of the emperor.

Yuzhu sat in Qianqing Palace for an hour and a half.

Finally, Kangxi asked Yuzhu again: "Why not promote it in Zhili?"

Hey, this is a bit embarrassing.

Where is Zhili?
The boundary between yellow belts and red belts crawling everywhere.

After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the nobles of the Eight Banners aggressively encroached on land, and the entire Shuntian Prefecture and Zhili, the best high-quality fertile land, were all taken up by the bannermen.

The Zhuangzi of the rich and powerful are all near Sijiu City.

If Yuzhu suggested to set up a stall in Zhili to pay for his mu, hehe, don't worry about taking advantage of the collapse of the mountain. The spittle of all the Manchu nobles is enough to drown him.

To put it bluntly, if Yu Zhu dared to poach the flesh of the rich and powerful in Manchuria, they would dare to take Yu Zhu's life.

"Returning to the emperor, such a major national policy naturally needs to be tried out, and it must not be rushed. It will hurt everyone and cause too much resistance. It is definitely not a good strategy."

Yuzhu's answer was watertight, which satisfied the emperor, and he rewarded him with a sumptuous lunch.

(PS: Thank you for your support, young and old, the results of this book have far exceeded expectations, and Yuzhu wishes everyone a happy new year.)
　Regarding the update of the Chinese New Year, because there is no time code at all when you go out to pay New Year’s greetings and accept New Year’s greetings at home, you can only guarantee an update every day.

　　Reminders are also meaningless. People are in the circle, and the arrival and departure of the Spring Festival is a great way of life.

　　The old leader who promoted me, can I not go to pay New Year's greetings?Happy New Year, can you not stay for a few drinks?
　　The problem is, there is definitely more than one old leader who promoted me.

　　Also, what about the current leadership?Everyone is going to pay New Year's greetings, but if I don't go, isn't it because I'm out of my mind?
　　In addition, the relatives of the seven aunts and the eight aunts all need etiquette in place.

　　Anyway, I try my best to work harder and try to make two updates every day.

　　If there are two updates, please encourage the monthly tickets of the young and old.

　　If there are three changes, it is really vomiting blood and desperately. If there is no reward, there will be no motivation to add changes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)