King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 55 I want the salt farm!

Zhu Tan continued: "I shouldn't make the decision on my own and order my subordinates to send troops to save the people of Rizhao without waiting for the court's order. Nor should I make a decisive decision and use Anton Wei's navy to go to sea to wipe out the Japanese pirates' nest!

Alas, now that I have received 500 million taels of silver, my father is still angry! "

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and said angrily: "Shut up! Are you pleading guilty or taking credit?

Also, was the seizure really 500 million taels? Do you think our Jin Yiwei is blind?

Even if the people in Jinyiwei are blind, the people in Antonwei are still alive!
  How dare you hide 500 million taels of silver without silencing them all?

Do you think we are fools? "

Zhu Biao also sighed.

This tenth brother is indeed a bit ridiculous.

Zhu Tan saw Lao Zhu getting angry and knew it in his heart.

This persona of mine is finally established.

He laughed dryly and said: "Father, you can say it is 1000 million taels of silver! But with such a large sum of money, my son must have some benefits, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Tan and said, "Benefit? You hid and seized it and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor! Does it count as a benefit for me to exempt you from the death penalty?"

Zhu Tan cursed secretly in his heart.

Isn't this free prostitution?

Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu
  The child is connected to you heart to heart, but you are using your brains with the child?
  Zhu Tan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang sincerely and said: "Father, we only captured 500 million taels! There is not even one tael more!"

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes, looked at Zhu Tan, and said, "Zhu Tan, don't be arrogant because of your favor! Do you really think we dare not deal with you?"

Zhu Tan was all smiles.

The King of Qi was so bad at his work that you just moved him to Kaiping and fined him half a year's salary.

How much do you indulge your son, do you think I don't know?

Who are you trying to scare?
  Zhu Tan complained: "Father, it's not easy for me to go out for a trip. It's hard to make money. Speaking of which, I borrowed Anton Wei's soldiers and paid 40,000 Ming Dynasty treasure coins in return! You can't help but Be reasonable."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he felt even more heartbroken.

This bastard Yang Chang!

It is obvious that Pingshan Island is only sixty or seventy miles away from Anton Guard, but it has been allowed for so long without going to suppress the Japanese!
  It is simply unreasonable to force King Lu to get tens of millions of taels of silver!
  More importantly, that stupid Anton Guard commander Yang Chang!
  He actually gave up everything just for 40,000 Ming Dynasty treasure notes, a mere 10,000 taels of silver!
  It makes me so passive now that I can't even share the stolen goods with Zhu Tan!
  There is no excuse for all the seizures!

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "Tan'er, stop fooling around! We know that you want to exchange some benefits with us! Otherwise, you wouldn't have brought all the seizures to Beijing!"

Zhu Tan was surprised and said, "Does this father also know about this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "If our Jin Yiwei is willing, he will even know which woman you sleep with at night!"

suddenly.

Zhu Yuanzhang realized that what he said to his son was inappropriate.

He coughed crazily to hide his embarrassment.

Zhu Tan suddenly felt sad.

Do you know that your son is now shooting at the speed of light?
  Maybe you don’t know yet.
  After all, I was not in a hurry to see the doctor.

I still have to take a look when I go back.

I have felt sorry for the princess for so long, and I cannot continue to feel sorry for her.
  Even if he doesn't mind, his little brother will.

Seeing Zhu Tan staring at him, Zhu Yuanzhang blushed.

He became angry and said: "What do you want! If you don't tell me, we will send people to rob you of all your money! By then it will be too late for you to cry!"

Zhu Tan heard this.

Everyone was shocked. At the beginning, I told my uncle Wudinghou Guo Ying that my father would be embarrassed to really rob him, right?

Now it seems that he is really embarrassed!
  Zhu Tan said hurriedly: "Father! I want Changlu Salt Farm!"

Changlu Saltworks?

Hear the name.

Even Zhu Biao, who was standing aside, was slightly shocked.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "That's the salt farm in Ming Dynasty that produces the best salt, has the highest output, and earns the most money every year! You are too greedy! This won't work! Find another one!"

talking.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but persuade: "Tan'er, don't blame your father for being stingy! In fact, the imperial court's annual income is a fixed amount. No matter where the income is less, the imperial court will be stretched! What's more, it is such a salt farm!

Although we don't care about the Ministry of Household Affairs, we still look at the annual revenue of the treasury. The annual contribution of the Changlu Saltworks to the court, converted into silver, is as high as one million taels!
  If you take away a salt farm, we will make up for the one million taels of silver from elsewhere! That day, the burden on the people was increased by 10%!
  Our national policy is to hide wealth among the people! Over the years, Ming Dynasty has been transformed from ruins into a world of flowers and splendid mountains and rivers, all because the country does not compete with the people for profit!
  So this salt field can never be given to you! "

Zhu Biao also advised: "Tenth brother! What the father said is true! This salt and iron is a weapon for enriching the country! Except that the court has no way to give it away, giving you a vassal king will not be good for your reputation! It's better to find another one. Conditions!"

Zhu Tan frowned and said, "I only want Changlu Salt Farm!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to get angry when he saw Zhu Tan was so stubborn.

Then I thought about it and calmed down.

He hummed: "You can even go to Changlu Saltworks!

We just want the annual tax on the saltworks!
  Who cares about the salt field, we don’t care!
  In this way, the salt farm belongs to you, but you must pay 100 million taels of silver to the court every year!

If the imperial court needs to send out a large army for conquest, the salt quotations issued at that time will be distributed to Changlu Salt Fields, and you will have to pay the quotations! "

Zhu Tan smiled slightly when he heard this.

This incident was naturally expected by him.

Lao Zhu would not be willing to give such a large salt farm to himself!
  There must be some conditions set.

One is that the original court income cannot be reduced.

One is that if the court needs to send additional troops temporarily, the salt farm must bear the burden.

In fact, this is normal operation.

The Ming Dynasty has been promoting the Kaizhong method.

The so-called Kaizhongfa was to encourage merchants to provide horses, grain, grass and other military supplies to the court.

After the imperial army received the supplies, they opened salt guides to the merchants, and the merchants took the salt guides to the salt fields to collect salt.

In this way, the food supply in the border areas can be greatly stimulated, while reducing the pressure on the imperial court to supply military rations.

After all, the efficiency of state-owned enterprises has been worse than that of private enterprises since ancient times.

Later, merchants simply opened up fields in border areas to form large commercial cultivated fields. In this way, after the grain was produced, it could be sent directly to the front line, thus greatly saving transportation costs for the merchants and increasing Yanyin's profits.

This method of Shangtun was also something the imperial court was happy to see.

Zhu Tan thought for a while and said: "I agree to this condition!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was stunned.

if so
  There is nothing wrong with leaving the Changlu Salt Farm to Tan'er!
  In short, there was no change in the money received by the imperial court.

If Zhu Tan has the ability, let him make money.

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