My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 154 This salt tax is obviously wrong

""Please tell me to establish a postscript""

"Did Yuan Keli send it when he was in Tianjin?"

With this memorial on the table, Zhu Youxiao turned to look at Liu Shimin and asked.

"Go back to the emperor, yes."

Bowing, Liu Shimin lowered his head, unable to see the expression on his face.

"Lao Wu's recent studies have been bad?"

Zhu Youxiao asked as he clapped his hands on the memorial.

"I heard that the Fifth Highness had his hand slapped by Magistrate Yuan because of his endorsement."

"Oh~"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded suddenly.

Yuan Keli understood his plan to use Zhu Youjian as the crown prince and expressed his opposition.

Zhu Youjian is not qualified.

You'd better give birth to one yourself.

However, looking down at his little arms and legs, Zhu Youxiao put Yuan Keli's memorial aside.

not the right time yet.

"Stay in the middle but don't send out."

Just after throwing aside Yuan Keli's memorial, Zhu Youxiao then opened the memorial of Yuan Shizhen.

Then, the more he looked, the darker his face became.

"The benefits of boiling the sea have been obtained by officials in all dynasties. When Taizu first started, he established the Salt Law, set up bureaus and officials, ordered merchants to sell vends, and took one out of twenty to pay for the army. After that, he doubled the levy and used Hu Shenyan to return to the early days. System. In the year of Bingwu, two salt officials of Huaihe were established. In the first year of Wu, two salt officials of Zhejiang were established. In the early years of Hongwu, officials were established in each salt-producing land."

"The salt envoy Si Liu is called Lianghuai, Liangzhe, Changlu, Shandong, Fujian, and Hedong."

"Salt Class Examination Division Seven: Sichuan, Haibei, Guangdong, Black Salt Well, White Salt Well, An Ning, Wujing, Chahan Nao'er (Hebei)."

Lianghuai has three branches, two batch inspection offices, and thirty salt farms. The remaining salt silver imported into Taicang was 60 taels in the previous year, and the current annual income is 1103 million taels.

Liang Zhejiang has four branches, four batch laboratories, and 35 salt farms. The annual surplus salt and silver in Taicang is 14 taels.

Changlu has two branches, two batch laboratories, and 24 salt farms. It has an annual surplus of 12 taels of salt and silver in Taicang.

Shandong has two branches, one batch laboratory, and 5 salt farms. It has an annual surplus of [-] taels of salt and silver in Taicang.

Fujian has seven salt farms and one salt department under its jurisdiction, with an annual income of more than [-] taels of Taicang silver.

Hedong has jurisdiction over Jieyan, with an annual income of 24 taels.

There are 1000 salt factories under the jurisdiction of Guangdong and [-] salt factories in Haibei, each with a salt department and an annual income of [-] taels of Taicang silver.

Sichuan has seven salt divisions under its jurisdiction, with an annual income of more than [-] taels.

Yunnan has twelve salt divisions under its jurisdiction, with an annual income of more than [-] taels of Taicang silver.

Holding the pen, Zhu Youxiao sketched on the draft paper. According to the calculations made by Yuan Shizhen before he changed the salt law, the total salt tax revenue for the next year would be 1306 million taels.

The first function of this money is to provide food and wages to Jiubian, and the rest is the money that truly belongs to the national treasury.

In the historical Battle of Songjin, Chongzhen deducted the food and wages for Jiubian, causing Jiubian to mutiny, providing a wave of blood to Li Zicheng, and helping the king of Chuang Li Zicheng to live.

If you draw one out of twenty in the salt class, then the annual GDP of salt is 720 million taels.

The price of salt in the Ming Dynasty is basically eight cents to one tael of silver per hundred catties. Calculating the highest price, you can get the annual salt production in the Ming Dynasty - 27 billion catties.

Including waste, pickles, livestock consumption, industrial use, etc., the amount of salt used by a person per day is calculated as [-] grams, which is approximately [-] kilograms per year.

Dividing the upper and lower numbers is how many people the salt produced by the Ming Dynasty can supply every year.

Then, Zhu Youxiao got a magical number - the salt produced by the Ming Dynasty every year could supply almost 3000 million people.

"????"

Looking at the population he calculated, Zhu Youxiao had a few question marks on his forehead.

Biting the pen barrel, Zhu Youxiao thought carefully.

How many people there were in the Ming Dynasty at this time has always been a mystery.

If we use a conservative estimate of 5000 million, this amount of salt production would be less than enough for 2000 million people.

Moreover, thirty grams of salt per person per day is a conservative estimate because there are other costs.

Not only does repetitive and high-intensity work like farming require a lot of salt, but also industrial production such as weaving also requires salt. In addition, the way Chinese people cook consumes a lot of salt.

Moreover, the salt of the Ming Dynasty was not only eaten by the family, but the Mongolian tribes in the north bought a lot of salt from the Ming Dynasty every year. "With so much salt produced in a year, what the heck is going on?"

Putting the pen back into the inkstone, Zhu Youxiao thought angrily.

I'm afraid this number won't be able to stop even if it doubles.

At this moment, a young eunuch came in to report.

"Your Majesty, Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, would like to see you."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows.

Why is Xu Xianchun here? It seems like he doesn't have much role in the show lately.

"Xuan."

"The commander of the Jinyi Guards and my colleague Xu Xianchun respectfully send his greetings."

"Be flat."

Putting away the rice paper he used to calculate his salt production, Zhu Youxiao looked at Xu Xianchun.

"what's up?"

"I have been ordered to secretly inspect the salt class examination department, and I came here to reply to the order."

Hearing this, Xu Xianchun took out a memorial from his sleeve and raised it above his head.

"Oh?"

After hearing Xu Xianchun's words, Zhu Youxiao remembered that he asked Xu Xianchun to touch the background of the salt class.

"read."

Hearing this, Liu Shimin quickly walked over and took away Xu Xianchun's memorial.

"Commander Xu Xianchun, the commander of the imperial guards, paused."

"Skip the beginning and read the key words."

Hearing that Liu Shimin planned to read from the beginning, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand.

"..."

After hearing the emperor's words, Xu Xianchun and Liu Shimin were silent for a moment.

"...I'm investigating some personnel in the transportation department, lifting department, and salt field in Beijing. Among them, corruption is very serious. Some officials have a collection of millions of silver, and the owner of a private salt farm in Changlu has purchased thousands of hectares of land, and all the salt taxes have been embezzled. ..."

"boom!"

Before Liu Shimin finished reading, Zhu Youxiao picked up Yuan Shizhen's memorial and smashed it on the table.

"Stop reading it. The more you listen to it, the worse it gets."

Taking Xu Xianchun's memorial from Liu Shimin, Zhu Youxiao glanced at it briefly, then looked at Liu Shimin and said.

"The imperial edict was passed to Yuan Shizhen to abolish the salt department, transportation department, and salt households in various places, and set up a special Salt and Iron Department to manage the salt administration and recruit civilians to make salt."

"The Gangyan method he implemented in Lianghuai started from Changlu and was promoted all over the world."

"Civil system, commercial transportation, commercial sales, official supervision."

"Select loyal and obedient merchants from all over the country, replace them hereditary, sell salt in different areas, and strictly investigate those who embezzle salt taxes."

"Xu Xianchun, bring someone to assist Yuan Shizhen. Anyone found to be corrupt will be punished according to the Ming Dynasty Law."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Hearing this, Xu Xianchun's eyes lit up and he immediately cupped his hands.

"Xu Xianchun, remember this for me. Anyone who objects has a dirty butt. You will bring someone to check it out for me!"

"I remember."

Hearing this, Xu Xianchun nodded hurriedly.

Jin Yiwei has something to do again.

Outside the old Yamen courtyard, Ding Xiu, wearing a new Feiyu suit, looked at Xu Xianchun who came in a hurry and left happily.

He is now a member of a hundred households. Last night, more than 200 Jinyiwei competed. He single-handedly defeated seven of them. He earned this position by relying on the long sword in his hand.

"Is there another job to do?"

Wiping his nose with his hand, Ding Xiu looked curiously at Xu Xianchun as he left.

"He's full of murderous intent. I don't know who he's trying to kill."

(End of this chapter)