The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 88: The success is in the present time but the sin is in the future!
The lecture ends.

The little emperor angrily drove away the lecturers.

Including Yang Tinghe, Mao Ji, Jin Gui, Jiang Mian and others.

These people were previously his lecturers in the East Palace, and in a sense, they were the little emperor's confidants.

It's a pity that their qualifications are too young and they are not qualified to take the position directly. At least they have to stay in the Hanlin Academy for three to five to seven or eight years before they can hope to officially enter the court and take charge of power.

At least, if the old guys like Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng, Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia are still there, they won't give newcomers a chance to take power!
As for why the little emperor was angry, it was because Yang Ting and these guys had no eyesight at all.

I didn't see the savage and the old chief minister waiting for me. They were still chattering there non-stop, and they were full of "nonsense", which made people have a headache.

After finally finishing the lecture, the little emperor immediately found Tang Hao and Liu Jian.

Seeing that the two people who had been quarreling and sarcastic during the court discussion were now talking and laughing, the little emperor was immediately stunned.

What's going on?
Could it be that my savage Tang Hao has "rebelled"?

"What are you talking about? Are you so happy?"

"Talk about how to kill Ye Qi's whole family!"

Tang Hao opened his mouth with murderous intent, making the little emperor shrink his neck in fright.

This savage is getting more and more murderous!
"Ye Qi became an official in the ninth year of Hongzhi and died of illness in the fourteenth year of Hongzhi. Li Dongyang, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, personally wrote his epitaph!"

Tang Hao looked at the old chief assistant Liu Jian with a smile and said this meaningfully.

Ordinary Confucian scholars would not easily write epitaphs for others, because there is a problem of political stance, and they may be implicated because of this trivial matter.

Liu Jian couldn't understand what he was saying. Ye Qi had a deep entanglement with Li Dongyang. In other words, the people who benefited from Ye Qi's reform inevitably included the current Li Dongyang group.

"Ye Qi's reform led to the corruption of the Salt Administration. The merits of the present generation are the faults of the future. It's time for Your Majesty to bring order to the chaos!"

Liu Jian said solemnly, then took out Tang Hao's memorial and handed it to the little emperor.

Zhu Houzhao had been very curious for a long time, so he immediately took it and took a look, and then his face gradually turned pale.

There is actually very little content in Tang Hao's memorial, but every word has been carefully considered and carries great weight!
"The establishment of the Salt Law is focused on footing, its key is to expand business, its foundation is to support the stove, and its use is to benefit the people!"

The first sentence of this opening chapter explains the importance of the Kaizhong method.

"The purpose of salt production is to raise stoves and use it for practical purposes. If trade is not practical, it will not be utilized. If you do not raise stoves, you will not be able to make money. If you do not cultivate fields, you will not be able to meet the needs of the country. If you do not trade, you will not be able to traffic. We can’t stop questioning it in the end.”

In the second sentence, I emphasize again that the purpose of opening up the Chinese law is not to make money and profit, but to promote trade and support the country!

Just these two sentences successfully moved Liu Jian, the veteran first assistant, especially the series of data listed later, which is even more shocking!
"Benefiting business and the country, caring for the people, paying equal attention to justice and interests", this is the core content of Tang Hao's memorial.

Benefiting business and benefiting the country means that merchants can make profits from it through the opening of the Central Law, while the state and the dynasty can avoid the loss of transporting grain to Jiubian Military Town; caring for the people means caring for the salt industry producers and salt farm residents. Living situation, pay attention to and work hard to solve the problems of Zao people; attaching equal importance to justice and benefit means paying attention to the value of salt profit on the basis of not violating morality, and affirming the financial management ability of officials and the pursuit of profit of the people.

Ye Qi's reform changed the kaizhong method from "transporting grain to kaizhong" to "receiving silver to kaizhong". In the past, merchants had to transport grain to Jiubian in exchange for salt, but now they directly pay for it. Paying silver to the Ministry of Household Affairs can be exchanged for salt.

It may seem like there is not much difference, but in fact it completely destroys the salt policy!
The purpose of opening up grain transportation was to mobilize the people's enthusiasm for transporting military grain. The disadvantage was that profits were given to salt merchants, which reduced the government's income.

However, the benefits of the open-central system for grain transportation go far beyond saving national and people's power. It also promotes the development of borders. As soon as the open-central system was introduced, salt merchants recruited a large number of young farmers to open up wasteland and cultivate land near the border in order to save grain transportation costs. , enriched the military towns on the border between China and North Korea, stabilized the food prices in major military towns, and had positive significance for the stability and development of border towns between China and North Korea.

As for Ye Qi's reform, to put it more bluntly, it put the cart before the horse and directly abandoned the main purpose of opening the Central Law. It attracted merchants and common people to support the border military town by giving away profits. Instead, the Ministry of Household Affairs personally took the lead in directly selling the salt monopoly to Businessmen make profits!

Why did Ye Qi do this?
Because Emperor Hongzhi wanted him to do this, the Lianghuai salt merchants also needed him to do this!
Emperor Hongzhi wanted to make more money to perform Zhaijiao rituals!
So what’s the best way to monetize it?
Of course it’s selling salt!
The Lianghuai salt merchants were eager to accept the silver, so that they no longer needed to transport grain to the border and only needed to pay silver to do salt business.

As a result, after Ye Qi's reform, it had an immediate effect. Within one year, the national treasury received an additional million taels of silver.

But the problem is that this is consuming the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, and the first thing to be corroded is the Jiubian Military Town!
Tang Hao gave a very superficial example. The rice and beans transported in Hetao are worth 940,000 taels of silver and 600,000 taels of grass. Each person transports six buckets of rice and beans and four bunches of grass, which requires 4.7 million people, and the approximate cost is 8.25 million taels.

To transport 1.5 million military grain and fodder, the travel expenses would cost more than 8 million taels, which is enough to show how high the cost of transporting grain to Bian Town is!

The more troops are stationed on the frontier, the greater the cost of purchasing and transporting food and grass. This money cannot be saved under any circumstances.

In addition, with the cancellation of the grain payment campaign, salt merchants can directly exchange silver for salt. Naturally, no one will be stupid enough to go to Jiubian to open up wasteland and cultivate land. The major military towns at the border will gradually become sparsely populated, and business people will Naturally, there are less of them, so "everything becomes more expensive", and sergeants' rations and salaries directly depreciate in disguise!
For example, when Na Liang is successful, the price at the border is about one tael of silver and one stone of lumi, but after Na Liang is successful, it is sold for 5 taels and one shi of lumi!
why?
Because there is a shortage of food at the border, it is expensive!
It’s hard not to be moved by the clear and clear comparison of data before your eyes.

The little emperor looked at this memorial and turned red with anger.

"Yuan Fu, that Ye Qi, why do you want to change the law?"

Liu Jian was startled when he heard this and hesitated for a long time, but he did not dare to tell the truth.

Tang Hao spoke coldly on the side and said: "Because of the life and death of the soldiers and civilians on the nine sides, no one in the court will care about the Gonggun princes. After the reform, a large amount of money can be made immediately, and the money will be available immediately." You can get it!”

"The late emperor needs this money for religious rituals!"

"After the opening of Nayin, it became more convenient for civil servants and gentry to make profits from it, especially those who had interests in Lianghuai salt merchants, such as Ye Qi himself. The annual filial piety he received was worth ten years of salary. Already..."

"Damn it! These damn worms!"

The little emperor was furious and kicked the desk over!

"Let's do some shitty Zhaijiao ceremony!"

"Father was deceived by Ye Qi!"

"I must investigate this matter and find out all these borers and rice bugs!"

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, then suddenly turned his head to look at the old chief assistant Liu Jian.

"Master Yuanfu, what do you think about this time?"

"For the sake of the country, we should resume food distribution!"

Liu Jian made it clear that he would not protect Li Dongyang and others this time.

The power of the civil servants and gentry was certainly important, but the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty were even more important.

If Jiubian is rotten, then who will resist Tatar Oara?

If we don’t resume grain transportation, the military expenditures on the nine sides will only increase day by day, and eventually the Ming Dynasty will be exhausted, and the Ming Dynasty will not be far away from collapse!
"Okay!" The little emperor showed a rare smile.

This is the first time that Liu Jian, the old chief assistant, has clearly supported his actions!
"The Marquis of Zhongshan has heard the order, and you will be personally responsible for this case!"

Zhu Houzhao ordered in a cold voice.

"The Second East and West Factory, including Jinyiwei, will fully cooperate with you!"

"We must catch up with Ye Qi's entire family and don't let anyone go!"

Tang Hao was startled when he heard this, but he still knelt down to accept the order.

In fact, he had a better candidate, but unfortunately the little emperor had already opened Chrysostom.

Asking me to investigate this case is overkill, isn't it?

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