Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 132 "Introduction to Salt"

"What can't be written about this?" Su Xian asked: "You guys studied in Guozi before. As long as you come out, you can get an official status in the dynasty. As a candidate for the Ming Dynasty, is there anything you can't talk about about the actions of the dynasty? ?”

"Let's talk!" Su Xian made the final decision and simply shouted what Zhu Yuanzhang told him at the beginning, "When we arrive at Gewuyuan, there will be no taboos on anything."

At this moment, his thoughts were also very pure.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very concerned about the mastermind behind the Hu Weiyong case mentioned above the treasure banknotes in the capital, and he might really go on a killing spree if pressed.

But in Su Xian's view, after Liu Bowen died of illness, some people actually thought in the direction of conspiracy, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, do you still want to escape?

No matter how big the turmoil seems to Zhu Yuanzhang, even if the prince is replaced and the prime minister is beheaded...

In the eyes of the grassroots people, it is just a casual chat after dinner. Far less attractive than the bowl of noodles I had for lunch today.

And the reason why Su Xian has the confidence to suppress the turmoil in the capital.

The most fundamental purpose is that what he wants to bring to the people of Ming Dynasty is not just a bowl of noodles!

After saying some nice words, Su Xian shouted coldly again:
"After entering the Gewuyuan, I dare not do this or talk about that. How about going home and farming? Why should I be an official of the Ming Dynasty in the future?"

"Let's mention the necessity of Yan Yin, and put forward a hypothesis: if Yan Yin is cancelled, can our Ming Dynasty achieve the same goal as Yan Yin?"

"Right now……"

Su Xian paused, then just thought about it in his mind, and then said immediately:
"Since the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong of Qi State has proposed in "Guan Shan Hai" that everything produced by mountains, rivers and lakes is owned by the government. The largest number of them is salt and iron. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the official camp of salt and iron was established."

At this moment, in the eyes of Huang Ke and others, the words coming out of Su Xian's mouth would scare them to death.

After hearing such firm and decisive words, Huang Ke secretly complained in his heart.

Su Xian smiled and said: "Isn't that good? Don't worry, I won't let you take the trouble. I said, you guys write it!"

"Okay..." Huang Ke finally nodded.

But precisely because of this, he had to force himself, "Did the Holy Spirit give the object to you? If you can negotiate this, and the rumors in the capital disappear this time, it will be regarded as a great achievement for you."

moment.

"Also, if you don't want to, there is no one in Gewu Courtyard for the time being, but there are too many people!"

"What are you afraid of?" Su Xian knew that these people knew the hidden dangers behind them.

I really thought everyone was you.

When the last sentence came out, Huang Ke was already covered in cold sweat.

In addition to these, of course there is Su Xian's fundamental purpose - Hu Weiyong.

It involves the daily necessities of food, clothing, housing and transportation for the 60 million people of the Ming Dynasty!
MSG is a condiment and a beauty to the taste!
And salt is a necessity!

The memorandum given to the sage will be praised as Qilinzi. Can you fly to the sky by fooling the emperor's eldest grandson in the palace?
However, even though I thought so in my heart, with Su Xian carrying it, the worst thing I could do was not sign it and just send it out in the name of Gewuyuan.

"Young Master, if this... if this is revealed, I am afraid that our Gewuyuan will be gone the next day. This can be said to be unfavorable to the government. Once the people understand it, I am afraid that no one will be able to stir up heated discussions. That’s acceptable.”

"Now?" Huang Ke was stunned.

"Let's talk about well salt, lake salt, mineral salt, and even sea salt...from the production techniques to the quality of the salt! Let's start with Yan Yin. We should not only talk about the benefits, but also talk about possible corruption, perversion of the law, and official cover-up due to Yan Yin. .”

"We also need to discuss where the people of the Ming Dynasty can eat salt, where the salt is expensive, and where the people can't afford it at all... Yanyin's deduction, possible changes in the future, and whether the people of the Ming Dynasty can accept Yanyin's autocratic?"

"The original intention of the Ming Dynasty's salt diversion system was to guard against private salt traders who would trade for the enemy invaders on the grassland. In addition, it did not waste people or money, but borrowed merchants to transport grain and grass, maintain border stability, and reclaim border land. In this way, our Ming Dynasty's border guards no longer needed Too worried about the lack of food in the army."

After hearing this, Huang Ke wrote quickly and he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the young master's words were all about praising the Yanyin system.

If this article is published, the Holy Spirit will definitely be happy.

However, the next moment, Su Xian's conversation changed.

"However, even if there is a good strategy, the enemy's heart will not be corrupted!"

"When the salt introduction system came out, it was beneficial for the court to guard the border. However, there were traitors in the court and greedy businessmen among the people, which caused the Ming Dynasty to have unclear governance. There were too many people in the area and there was no salt to eat, so they were affected by the salt. The salt introduction system , I may not have cultivated a public spirit for the country and the people."

"With huge profits, selfish motives are at work. Some people enrich themselves for personal gain. Such people should be cut to pieces!"

The brush in Huang Ke's hand shook, but with the preparation he had just made, he gritted his teeth and persisted.

"1. Salt, this is a necessity for the 60 million people of the Ming Dynasty. Calculated as one pound of salt and one cent of silver per year, for 60 million people, it is six million taels of silver! But for our people of the Ming Dynasty, one penny How can one pound of salt per year be enough? At least four or five pounds, that’s 24 million taels to 30 million taels of silver!”

"With such huge profits, how can we not give birth to a great rat?"

"[The big rat, the big rat, has no food for me] This is what the sixty million people of the Ming Dynasty want in their hearts..."

"Therefore, the salt introduction system must be clean and honest. Did the Ming Dynasty conduct inspections every year? Go to various salt fields, provinces, prefectures and counties for detailed inspections?"

Huang Ke's heart trembled, and he became even more frightened.

He suddenly thought of recent rumors that Su Guiyuan seemed to have offended Prime Minister Hu several times!
Everyone knows that the Yanyin System is the heel of Prime Minister Hu.

This is not the fourth page of Gewu Xue...

This is a declaration of war!

The more I think about Huang Ke, the more my heart trembles, but he is "holding the pen" at the moment, right! I'm just holding a pen, it's none of my business!
"Keep writing..."

Su Xian had actually thought about it many times in his mind before, and now he had no scruples.

"In our Ming Dynasty, there are salt fields in Shandong, Shanxi, Nanzhili, Fuzhou, Guangdong and Guangxi... and other places. They can be divided into mineral salt, lake salt, and sea salt..."

"For example, the lake salt from Yuncheng, Shanxi, can be easily transported to the border. As soon as the salt diversion system was introduced, a large business group - Shanxi merchants - has appeared here!" , is still loved by merchants. However, Fuzhou is mountainous and difficult to transport. The salt produced in salt fields like this place every year has no one to transport it and can only be consumed internally. Therefore, illegal salt is rampant!"

"Merchants transport grain and grass to obtain salt, and the sale and purchase of salt are all in the hands of merchants. Where the emperor lives, merchants do not dare to be bold, so the price of salt is normal... But if it is other places, the price of salt sold by salt merchants is ours. Can the people of Ming Dynasty accept it?"

"If the price is high, people will naturally ask for salt from it, and private salt will become rampant again!"

"Therefore, if the Shiohiki system continues to be implemented, the following possibilities may arise in the future."

"1. Merchants continue to raise the price of salt. As the price of salt increases, the value of salt increases. With high profits, it is inevitable for salt transport envoys and salt merchants to collude!"

"After that, Yanyin was probably owned by corrupt officials and giant merchants. Instead of transporting grain and grass, they sold the salt to other merchants. Once such salty importers came out, the merchants who actually transported grain and grass in the Ming Dynasty were unprofitable, and they were peeled off layer by layer. Next, can the Shiohiki system continue?”

"2. The common people no longer care about official salt, because private salt is rampant. Without taxation, the official salt government will inevitably be corrupted. From then on, the salt quota system will also exist in name only!"

"3. The original intention of Yanyin was to cultivate fields for our Ming Dynasty border town. If the government and businessmen colluded, once this policy was abolished, the original intention would be lost. By then, who would be going to transport grain and grass for our Ming border guards? Who would go to the bitter cold in Mobei To reclaim the land?”

"If there is a mistake in the border transportation of grain and grass, financial corruption will accumulate on the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty! Collusion between government and businessmen, and so on!"

"The salt policy of our Ming Dynasty is not a policy that benefits the country, but is actually a disaster for the country's destruction!"

Swish!
After the last sentence fell, Huang Ke didn't dare to write at all.

He looked up slowly, his eyes a little dazed, and he was obviously frightened.

"Write!"

Huang Ke made no move.

"I come!"

Seeing this, Su Xian was a little annoyed. Anyway, this was going to be printed in the end, and when the time came for movable type printing, woodblock engraving would also be used.

As long as you can read the word "self" clearly.

In an instant, the four big characters "Disaster of national subjugation!" were different!

After finishing writing, Su Xian threw the pen to Huang Ke.

The latter took it, but his legs were shaking with fear.

"Keep up the writing."

Su Xian just pondered for a moment and then continued:
"The original intention of Yanyin is to protect the country and benefit the people!"

"But if this continues, what is the original intention?"

"Also...can we, the 60 million people of the Ming Dynasty, accept that under the Yanyin system, the poor people have no salt to eat and can only engage in private salt production?"

"If it is really for the country, private salt is also a huge profit. Why can't I, the Ming Dynasty, take advantage of private salt?"

Huang Ke himself dared to write these words.

Su Xian paused and continued:

"The first priority of Yanyin is to provide food and grass for the border guards of the Ming Dynasty."

"If we give up the salt guide, is there any other way to attract people to reclaim the border land? Or transport grain and grass to the border?"

This was the previous question, and Huang Ke dared to write about it.

However, the next words made his right hand tremble again.

"Place the lifeblood of a country on a mere salt..."

"Can a piece of salt lead really hold up the weapon of the Ming Dynasty's military and state?"

Having said this.

Su Xian stopped talking.

"It's over?" Huang Ke raised his head. Around him, other students were also shocked and speechless. He felt like he was breaking out in cold sweat!

The craftsmen who could understand were too frightened to breathe.

Can this letter be sent?
What I didn’t understand was that I felt horrified hearing the salt related to “vital interests” and those bold and shocking words!
"It should be over!"

"Huh!" Huang Ke finally took a breath.

He looked up in shock, his eyes filled with shock and even understanding!
He admitted it, he admitted why the Holy Spirit called this child who was several years younger than him, Qilinzi!
When "Gewu Express" comes out, what a sensation it will cause, not to mention the people in the capital!

At that time, what kind of rumors from the Holy One will make the people too busy to pay attention to these?
On the contrary, this article, this article... I am afraid it will alarm the people, shake the country, and even tremble the sky!

As for the Shiohiki system, Yiying officials had just what he had thought before - a declaration of war!

Thinking of this, he suppressed the horrified expression in his heart.

Then I suddenly remembered that it didn’t have a name yet.

"May I ask, young master, since it is sent to Gewu Express, what name should it be given?"

Su Xian was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

Since it is Shiohiki.

Then let’s get to the point directly——

"Salt Introduction"!
(End of this chapter)