The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 19 Jiangnan Shakes
Yangzhou City is the core of salt affairs in the Huaihe River.

The Lianghuai salt business occupies more than half of the world's share.

But it's only half of it, most of the salt lords from all over the Ming Dynasty are.

In the northwest, salt from salt ponds is used, in Sichuan, salt from wells is used, and in Zhili in the north, salt from Changlu and other places is used.

The reason why the salt of Lianghuai is so famous is because they sell it in the Jiangnan area and make too much money.

When it comes to production, it is just over half.

Most of these production were sold as private salt.

Li Yunze rectified the Lianghuai salt affairs, and directly announced the abolition of salt imports. From then on, all the salt in the world became a monopoly.

This is to cut off the source of income of the people in the world who rely on this money to make a living, and it will inevitably lead to their counterattack.

The counterattack of these people is nothing more than civil and military methods.

The purpose of the article is to invite influential bigwigs to come forward to make peace, hoping to make a major incident into a minor one.

Wu's goal is to directly destroy the salt market, so that people all over the world cannot eat salt.

If the common people can't eat salt, big troubles will happen to force Li Yunze to back down.

Of course, the more extreme thing is to directly kill the emperor and pull him down.

When you are in a hurry, you can do anything.

"Long live, the ministers and others seized salt warehouses in and around Yangzhou City, and seized countless private salts."

Li Yunze, who came back from the meal, directly interrupted Wen Tiren's words, "How much is infinity? I know how to calculate and tell you the exact number."

"this."

Wen Tiren, who was eager to come over to claim credit, was a little numb, "It's about 20 shi."

Picking up the tea bowl to drink tea and rinse his mouth, Li Yunze smiled angrily, "Wen Qing's family, next time there is such an unreliable thing, I will arrange for you to go to Qiongzhou Prefecture to be the county magistrate."

Wen Tiren shrugged his shoulders and kowtowed like a quail, a group of cowardly "I dare not."

What this person wants all his life is to climb up the ladder. Let him be the magistrate of the county, it would really kill his old man.

"It doesn't matter how much private salt is seized, I have plenty of salt. And this is the work of Jin Yiwei, what you have to do is not these."

Li Yunze earnestly educates, "At the source, you must immediately control the salt farms in various places. For transportation, you must rely on naval ships. In the final market, you must arrange salt shops in various places."

"The saltworks are rotten to the root. The previous management of saltworks in various places must be washed away. Improve the salaries of salt workers and ensure that their living standards can be raised to the point where they can live without selling illegal salt."

"The naval division will review everything above the general level, improve the treatment of sergeants and sailors, and clarify the strict implementation of rewards and punishments. Design good shipping capacity and routes to ensure timely and sufficient transportation to various places."

"At the final end, we need to take over the salt shops in various places as soon as possible. Improve the salaries of salt workers, give them father-son succession arrangements, and pass the torch from generation to generation. This way they will cherish it, and will take the initiative to maintain the salt shops and crack down on illegal salt."

"You also need to count production, calculate consumption quotas, and infer overall income. The banning of salt imports across the country must be pushed forward with a schedule, and how to deal with counterattacks must be arranged, etc."

After talking for a long time in one breath, Li Yunze took a deep breath, "The most important thing is to determine a unified national retail price!"

"The price can't be too high, as it will affect people's livelihood. It can't be too low, and it can't be so low that you lose money."

He got up and walked in front of Wen Tiren, who was completely dumbfounded, and said softly and kindly, "These are the things you, the Minister of Salt Management and Supervision, should do. It's not some bullshit looking for private salt!"

"Are you short of the salt that can be sold for silver? I don't lack salt or silver! What I want is the entire market, to ensure supply, and to stabilize people's hearts!"

Seeing Wen Tiren who was trembling in shock, Li Yunze sneered, "If I didn't have the skills to do my best, could I use you?"

Wen Tiren was really convinced, the kind who threw himself into the ground.

The emperor really knows everything, the holy son of heaven without a doubt!
He kowtowed respectfully, "I obey the order."

Don't look at what I said before, in fact, most of them belong to specific implementation steps.

No matter how difficult these implementation steps are, they can be implemented in the end.

The real core key point is to determine the national unified retail price.

As long as there is still money to be made, the private salt cannot be banned.

But if the quality of official salt is improved, and a price acceptable to the common people is set, this will be a great weapon to drive out private salt.

There is cheap, clean and safe official salt to buy, who would buy private salt?
Without the consumer market, private salt will naturally die out.

"To solve the salt affairs, the most important thing is to get more money. To solve the fundamental conflicts of the Ming Dynasty, it still lies in the annexation of land. After solving the salt affairs, it is time to talk to those big landlords."

On Li Yunze's side, the emphasis on salt affairs has been reduced.

But the group of people who have huge interests in salt affairs don't think so.

When the imperial decree that the salt system was abolished and all salt affairs were transferred to the government came out, it immediately aroused a turbulent sea.

The annual income of 2000 million taels of silver, the imperial court takes a fraction, and those who take the bulk are now impatient.

Memorials from all over the country flew towards Yangzhou City like snowflakes.

Either complaining about the disadvantages of official salt monopoly, or touting the benefits of Yanyin.

There is also the wanton impeachment of Wen Tiren, the black pot king. The impeachment memorial simply described him as a treacherous minister far surpassing Qin Hui and Yang Guozhong.

To be honest, although Wen Tiren is a treacherous minister, he is not in the name of Qin Hui and Yang Guozhong. This is simply out of temper.

There were also people who directly attacked Li Yunze, saying that he violated the law of his ancestors, and that he would be ashamed to see his ancestors and ancestors in the future.

For other memorials, Li Yunze was "overwhelmed" by "Liu Zhong".

And the memorial to scold him is that the Dongchang fanzi went back with the imperial decree, and taught them what it means to not offend the authority of the king!
The salt merchants spent a lot of money, and even Sun Chengzong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, couldn't bear the sympathy, so he wrote a memorial of exhortation.

Everyone has relatives and friends, and everyone has feelings to talk about, even Sun Chengzong is no exception.

Regarding Sun Chengzong's memorial, Li Yunze directly replied to him with a letter.

The general meaning is to say, 'You are born in Liaodong to supervise the border defense, don't meddle in your own business. '

In addition to the official actions, the salt merchants poured out large sums of money and began to stir up public opinion among the people.

Those famous officials and scholars began to lobby and speak everywhere, denouncing the official salt monopoly as a bad thing that oozes pus, which really inspired many people to riot.

The public opinion trend is useless to Li Yunze. In the modern world, there are all kinds of insults on the Internet, and he has long listened to it.

However, things still need to be done, instigating the people of Ming Dynasty to make trouble, that is to be responsible.

Li Yunze's response was very simple. First, he directly announced the national unified retail price of official salt.

The price of official salt per catty was fixed at ten Wen.

This price is even cheaper than private salt.

Although this will lead to a sharp drop of more than two-thirds of income, it is like a magic needle in stabilizing people's hearts.

As soon as the price came out, most of the people went home immediately.The rest of the famous officials and scholars faced Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi directly.

Those who have fame on their bodies will directly strip off their blue shirts and deprive them of their fame.

Afterwards, he was thrown into prison and interrogated strictly.

Where have the famous officials and scholars who have been treated preferentially all the year round suffered such grievances?
Immediately, Zhang Pu, who is very well-known among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, came forward and led a large group of literati and students to attack the government office, drove away Jin Yiwei and rescued the arrested famous officials from the prison, and even set fire to them in order to vent their anger. Lost the government office.

As soon as this incident happened, Jiangnan was shocked.

"I'm asking you something."

Inside the Yanzheng Yamen in Yangzhou City, Li Yunze asked softly, "Why was Jin Yiwei driven away by a group of students? Is it because there is not enough manpower, or did he not bring an embroidery knife when he went out?"

Luo Yangxing, who was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed vigorously, "I have no way to govern, and I am guilty."

"Did you not understand what I said?" Li Yunze frowned slightly, "I ask you why Jin Yiwei was driven away by a group of students!"

"Yes."

Luo Yangxing, with his forehead on the ground, gritted his teeth and responded, "The hundred households leading the team said that they are all students and scholars, so they didn't dare to do anything."

"Hey Hey."

Li Yunze, who sneered again and again, put his hands behind his back, "Is Jin Yiwei the emperor's eagle dog, or the minions of those scholars?"

'Boom! '

Luo Yangxing kowtowed heavily, "I'm guilty!"

"You." Li Yunze shook his head and looked at Luo Yangxing, "Originally, I planned to let you take over your father's post as the commander of the Jinyiwei Capital when I returned to Beijing. It's too different from your father."

The meaning in the words is already very clear, Luo Yangxing's teeth are about to be gritted.

He swore that when he got out, he would chop up that damn Baihu immediately!
"I don't need Jin Yiwei to take care of this matter, and leave it to Cao Wenzhao to deal with it."

Li Yunze waved his hand, turned around and walked to the back, "It's enough to judge the crimes of hundreds of households, and his subordinates also obey orders."

"Sir, obey the order!"

Zhang Pu led people to rob the prison and burned down the Yamen.

From a legal point of view, this is already a rebellion.

The Fushe led by Zhang Pu essentially represented the big landlords, big businessmen, and big capitalists in the south of the Yangtze River.

If Li Yunze doesn't deal with it now, when he starts to solve the land issue, there will be even bigger disturbances from Zhang Pu's side.

Since they drove away the Jin Yiwei who handled the case, well, the nature of the matter has escalated to the army to deal with the rebellion.

Flushed, Luo Yangxing returned to Jinyiwei's residence, and stared at the Baihu who had done something wrong with red eyes, "Zhang Quan, don't say I don't take care of you. Go and get Jinyiwei's family law by yourself, and your family will not be involved."

That Zhang Quan fell to his knees with a 'plop' and begged, "My lord, help me~~~"

Luo Yangxing, who turned around, only said, "Long live just now asked me whether our Jinyiwei is the emperor's eagle dog or the scholar's minions! How do you ask me to save you!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Quan's wailing stopped immediately.

Needless to say anything, there is no salvation.

"Brothers."

Zhang Quan kowtowed to many of his colleagues around him, "Zhang Quan is incompetent, and has ruined the reputation of Jinyiwei. It is not a pity to die. I just ask all brothers to look after the former comrades, and take care of Zhang's family. I am here, kowtow to my brothers! "

All the people around are concerned about each other.

Jinyiwei has been passed down from generation to generation, and many people are relatives and friends of several generations. Seeing Zhang Quan's fate is inevitable.

But this matter is indeed his own fault, so he can only vent his anger on those famous official students.

All of a sudden, the torture intensity of the arrested famous official students was called a rapid escalation.

Jin Yiwei had saved some face for these scholars before.

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Thinking about how to use Zhang Pu's affairs to uncover the land issue, Li Yunze strolled in the back garden of the Yanzheng Yamen with his hands behind his back.

Inadvertently, he spotted a girl painting in the stone pavilion not far away!

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