The eldest princess pampered the beautiful, strong and miserable proton queen

Chapter 270 Back to the light and back to the light?

A group of people from Chuzhuanglou got the news and rushed to the isolation resettlement site. Yingluo was already waiting outside the resettlement site.

Chu Zhuanglou quickly asked: "How is the eldest princess? Why is it so urgent?"

Yingluo's eyes were red, and there were tears in her eyes, and her voice became hoarse: "Everyone, come with me to see the eldest princess!"

Several people couldn't help but feel a thump in their hearts. Could it be that Princess Chang's condition has worsened?

A group of people from Chuzhuanglou followed Yingluo into the isolation point. The isolation point was built in an open space with straw huts and tents. Physicians and apprentices walked between the tents non-stop.

I never expected that there would be such a scene inside, a tragic scene like purgatory on earth.

Everyone was stunned.

Chu Zhuanglou felt stuck in his heart: "I still have a secluded house in Xin'an County, why don't the princess go there to recuperate her body!"

Yingluo said hoarsely: "The eldest princess said, this is the best arrangement, so don't worry about it."

Yue Chen's eyes trembled slightly, and he immediately understood, what kind of profound righteousness lies behind the understatement.

There are not enough doctors in the isolation point, and each doctor has to take care of dozens of people at the same time. If the eldest princess moves to another place, at least two imperial doctors should be around to take care of her, which means there will be dozens of people without doctors to take care of them.

Huang Jingzhou's face was solemn: "But the eldest princess is golden and precious, how can she recuperate in this kind of place?"

Yingluo lowered her head and said nothing.

A group of people passed through the isolation point and came to a remote place. Yingluo stood outside the tent: "The eldest princess is waiting for you in the tent."

A group of people in the Chuzhuang Building opened the curtain and entered.

The camp tent is very simple, except for some living utensils, only a long table in the tent is the most eye-catching, on which are placed pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and some official documents.

The anti-epidemic incense is smoked inside, and the strong smell makes people feel uncomfortable.

The eldest princess wore Xuanxun gown and sat in front of the long desk, looking at them with a smile on her face, without waiting for them to come forward and salute, she said, "Let's all sit down and talk!"

Chu Zhuanglou saw that the eldest princess looked quite good, but she didn't look like a patient, and felt a little uneasy. Thinking of the attitude of the female official Yingluo just now, an incredible idea emerged in her heart.

He was horrified, and the hands in his sleeves couldn't help trembling slightly.

Jiang Fuguang didn't pay attention to their expressions, and said in a gentle voice: "Wen Shaoqing of Dali Temple has investigated a large number of illegal salt in Hangzhou County. According to statistics, the annual quota of private salt in Hangzhou alone is as high as more than [-] yuan. The smuggling is rampant. Outrageous."

As soon as this remark came out, all three people in the field were shocked.

Yue Chen's heartstrings trembled: "It is because the higher the price of official salt, the more smugglers, the stricter the prohibition on smuggling, the greater the profit of smuggling, the greater the profit, the more unforbidden the activities of making and selling illicit salt, so the more smuggling If it is strict, the private salt will flourish."

"Then don't ban it." Jiang Fuguang said indifferently.

Chu Zhuanglou is a businessman after all, and there are some speculations in his heart: "The eldest princess wants to start with official salt, lower the price of official salt, so that the common people can afford salt?"

He doesn't doubt the ability and means of the eldest princess, but it's just that private affairs are a big deal, and the eldest princess alone may not be able to fight against the vested interests behind the private affairs.

Huang Jingzhou frowned: "Salt tax has been regarded as the foundation of the country since ancient times. Salt occupies one-third of the country's tax revenue. If the eldest princess wants to start by reducing the official salt, it is absolutely impossible."

"How about lowering the price of official salt without harming the interests of the court and making the court profit?" Jiang Fuguang asked aloud.

Huang Jingzhou's expression became serious: "If the eldest princess really has such a way to get the best of both worlds, Huang is willing to join forces with the familiar censor in Yushi Taizhong to lead the battle for the eldest princess."

Whenever the new law is promoted in the court, it is indispensable for Yushitai to promote it.

But it is not easy for the imperial court to implement new policies and laws. Behind every new policy and new law is a tragic power struggle.

If it succeeds, it will certainly be famous in history.

But once it fails, it will also bring disaster to the whole family.

Huang Jingzhou trusted the eldest princess and was willing to trust her with his life.

"Official salt is four hundred renminbi per bucket (one catty), which is not a low price in all dynasties. An ordinary family's annual expenditure on salt alone will not be less than two taels of silver. It’s a huge expense for the family.”

"They can't afford official salt and can only eat private salt, because private salt is cheap, and the price is only three hundred yuan per bucket. The worse the quality, the lower the price. The worst yellow and black salt only costs one hundred yuan per bucket. Wen, or even lower."

"At least half of the people in the Southern Dynasties ate private salt. It is equivalent to the fact that the imperial court collected at least half of the salt tax every year. The high price of official salt actually harms others and benefits oneself. It is harmful but not beneficial, so why continue to implement it? The higher the price of salt, the real profit is not the imperial court, not the common people, but the conscienceless salt sellers."

Huang Jingzhou was speechless immediately.

"On my way to Hangzhou, I stayed for one night in a village near a private ferry in Huai'an. There are [-] people in a village, and the average life expectancy is over forty. Short, thin, and dull-looking, they were all victims of illegal salt."

"If private salt is allowed to flood, this will be the future of my Southern Dynasty."

Yue Chen couldn't help but look moved: "It's actually very easy to curb private salt. The Ministry of Households selects well-known merchants in the locality, and gives some of the salt production to the merchants. Let the merchants make and sell salt, and the imperial court collects salt from the salt merchants." Taxes, to ensure the court tax revenue, to make the court profitable."

"At the same time, in order to protect their own interests, salt merchants will naturally prevent private salt from entering the market and harming their own interests. Without fertile ground for development, private salt will not develop rampantly."

Use business to suppress private interests.

A well-known businessman in the local area not only has a huge family business, but also has the protection of officials and officials behind him, as well as the support of the imperial court, so he can easily seize the development of private salt.

Huang Jingzhou shook his head: "There are advantages and disadvantages to doing this. In case local salt merchants increase salt production privately, flow it into the market, and evade salt tax, it will damage the interests of the imperial court."

The imperial court gave a quota of 20 yuan to introduce salt.

The salt merchants made 30 yuan of salt privately, which is equivalent to underpaying the salt tax of [-] yuan each year, and the loss is still the court.

Salt has flowed into the market, and there is no way to check it.

"Of course, this situation is unavoidable," Yue Chen said helplessly, "but salt merchants will not over-intensify salt production and bring a large amount of commercial salt into the market. First, it will annoy the imperial court; The price of salt will drop, which will harm their own interests."

"The famous merchants in the local area are different from ordinary merchants in that they not only have the mind and courage to make money, but also have far-sightedness far beyond ordinary people. They will not be greedy for small profits. They must first maintain the salt price of the court and protect their own Interests, within a controllable range, privately increase salt production to make profits for yourself.”

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