Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 975
In this salt confrontation, the main force of the rich salt merchants suddenly became a mad dog under the command of the Minghou Mansion. The sudden change of position stunned countless people.

And the force of a mad dog is great.

Dong Guofeng returned to Qianwei, he mobilized the power of the entire Dongguo family, cooperated with Qianwei prefect and six gates, took down some private salt sales channels, and took out a lot of private salt wells.

At the same time, all the salt stocks of Dongguo's family were handed over to Jingping Commercial Bank, and sold through the Jingping Salt Store.

The market was originally short of salt, but now it is beginning to be replenished.

Prices also started to come down.

In less than ten days, it fell from [-] yuan a stone to [-] yuan a stone, falling below the lowest price in history.

The wealthy salt merchants began to be in chaos.

They store up salt as a source of support.

But now the salt has become a bit rotten. The salt in their hands seems to be insignificant. However, the whole family is waiting for dinner. If this continues, the family will collapse sooner or later.

Most importantly, even if they have salt in their hands, there is no way to release it now.

That's tantamount to them holding onto their salt and waiting to die.

It's a matter of life and death, and they can't care about anything anymore. At this time, unconditional surrender to the Minghou Mansion is their only way out. As for the most stubborn salt merchants, the Dongguo family has already started to do it without the Minghou Mansion. .

At this time, the Minghou Mansion took advantage of the heat and directly launched a new salt policy. First, all salt officials in various places were dismissed, and salt affairs were unified under the control of the Salt Affairs Department, and then all salt wells and salt workers were registered.

This is tantamount to putting all the development of salt under the eyes of the Minghou Mansion, and the development of transparent salt wells allows the Minghou Mansion to guarantee the production of salt.

Then there is the formulation of the salt introduction system.

The Department of Salt Affairs announced that the salt in Yizhou needed salt imports for trafficking and trading, and only merchants with salt imports were allowed to transport and sell salt.

It's not just the collection of the guaranteed salt tax.

More importantly, all the power of salt was placed in the Salt Affairs Department, under the Minghou Mansion.

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Under a series of systems, the wealthy salt merchant group that once controlled the entire Yizhou salt has collapsed, and the salt rights have been completely taken back by the Minghou Mansion.

This is something worth making Mujing happy.

He was a little surprised that this matter went smoothly.

He immediately began to reflect on himself, and he also began to realize one thing, not everything needs to be broken to the point of death, although it is not a win-win situation, but the interests are negotiable.

For the governance of Yizhou, he cannot limit the old rules and regulations.

He wants the courage to reform.

The establishment of the Salt Affairs Department and the change of the regulations on salt production and sale of salt are all his tentative plans for the future administration of Yizhou. At present, the effect is particularly good.

Yizhou is able to accept the changes of the new rules.

As long as he realized this, he was very firm in his reform of Yizhou governance.

With this success.

Let Mujing's confidence greatly increase.

Next, Mujing is going to adjust the management system of the county government.

The Minghou Mansion is in charge of Yizhou. The first-level administration is naturally the Minghou Mansion, and then the second-level administrative system is the county government. The third-level administrative system is the county government, and the county government is the core.

To govern a county, pay more attention to people's livelihood.

However, Mu Jing didn't tell anyone about this matter, he needed to make preparations first, and then thunderously acted. Before that, he was not going to reveal any thoughts, even to Hu Zhao and Liu Jin, he kept his mouth shut.

It's not that they don't trust the two, but that Hu Zhao and Liu Jin are both concerned with local governance, and their thinking is still limited to this era. If they can't keep up with their own rhythm, they will easily cause opposition.

At this time, Mujing told himself that he must have the courage to be authoritarian, otherwise he would not be able to change the fundamentals.

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Time passed unknowingly, and walked into August of the seventh year of Chuping.

News from the front kept coming back.

Due to large-scale floods in Jiangdong and Jingzhou, the war in Jiujiang has changed.

Jiangdong's foreign wars this year are not only limited to Jiujiang, but also to Jiaozhou. Because of the disaster in the territory, not only the attack on Jiujiang is not smooth, but even the battle against Jiaozhou is somewhat stranded.

The campaigns in the Central Plains were not mainly based on plunder, and the way of fighting to support war rarely existed. Once there was a problem in the backyard, the front line would collapse immediately.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang's continuous northern expeditions and continuous failures in history, without the support of the rear, no matter how strong the army is, it is difficult to move an inch.

At the beginning of August, Sun Jian had to withdraw his troops from Jiujiang.

Then there is Liu Biao, Liu Biao's Jingzhou, especially the section of Jiangxia, was also flooded, and at least 10 people were affected. Liu Biao had no choice but to end the attack on Runan and try his best to stabilize the territory.

With the withdrawal of the two princes, this battle has changed.

All the pressure on Yuan Shu on the southern front was relaxed, and troops began to move west and north continuously.

Yuan Shu's troops are not weak.

Back then, he was considered the most powerful prince in the world. Although he lost half a cup of Yuzhou and even Nanyang, his strength was greatly reduced, but even if he was a rotten ship, he still had three points of nails.

Yuan Shu also has Runan in his hands, which is a county side by side with Nanyang. In terms of population, it can be regarded as second only to Nanyang, and the second in the world. Moreover, the Yuan family has been in business for many years, and its prestige is flourishing. To the whole people as soldiers.

This time, Yuan Shu appeared to be crazy. He not only sent out all his troops, but also recruited young men to the battlefield. In the small Runan, he invested 10,000+ troops, which is terrifying.

In addition, in the north of Jiujiang, he has also invested in the elite, and he is fighting with Cao Jun non-stop.

The tougher he acted, the more he aroused the fighting spirit of the princes from all walks of life. Although Jiangdong and Jingzhou had already withdrawn from the battlefield, there were still Cao Jun, Mu Jun, Guan Zhong Jun, and three parties on the battlefield.

Cao Jun attacked from north to south.

The Guanzhong Army and the Mu Army are both attacking Runan.

Throughout August, the sky was blazing with fire, and the ground was raging with floods. Runan and Jiujiang were in a mess...

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Zhaoming Pavilion.

Mu Jing crossed his legs and rested half-raised. He is in a good mood recently. The systems of salt production license, salt sales license, and salt importation have all been promoted smoothly.

"Lord!"

Tan Zong walked in from the outside.

"Sit!" Mu Jing said indifferently, "Any news?"

"On the morning of the day before yesterday, Huangfusong's Guanzhong army broke through Runan, but last night, the Guanzhong army arrived at Shouchun City!"

"So fast?" Mu Jing raised his head, a flash of surprise flashed across his eyes: "Is your news true?"

"The news has been verified, and it is undoubtedly confirmed!"

"Tell me about the process!"

"Originally, when Huangfusong's Guanzhong army broke through Runan, it suffered a loss, and there were more than [-] Yuan troops on his left flank looking down, but Zhang Liao and Zhou Cang made a sudden move and wiped out Huangfusong's left flank, leaving Huangfu Song has no worries at all. Even so, he should rest for a few days before continuing to Jiujiang, but no one thought that Huangfu Song would go into danger together. , take the trail, give up the attack on the city, and go directly to Shouchun, marching rapidly all day and night, at least six hundred miles!"

"Too cruel!"

Mu Jing took a deep breath: "Not only is the line of troops dangerous, but the fact is that the physical strength is overdrawn, and the weakest one is the most powerful. The first soldier to come to Shouchun City, this Huangfusong, is really unexpected. ah!"

(End of this chapter)