I am the carpenter king

Walking slowly into the cell, Emperor Tianqi turned his head and waved to Dang Han, and said with a smile: "Put the food and wine on, I want to have a few drinks with Mr. Ren, this is the first time this Mr. has eaten in prison!"

Facing Emperor Tianqi, Ren Changle said with a smile, "The little brother looks young, but he speaks very funny. I don't know what to call the little brother?"

Looking at Ren Changle with a smile, Emperor Tianqi's eyes flashed a trace of surprise, he nodded and said, "Bai Yu, Brother Ren is really in a good mood. It's really difficult to have such a good attitude in the cell."

"Life is alive, and everything has to be experienced. Besides, I have no power to change all of this, so I resign myself to fate!" Ren Changle also became interested in the Emperor Tianqi in front of him.I came here to look for myself, I don't know why, thinking of these things, Ren Changle put a little scrutiny on his eyes.

"Brother Ren seems to be a little pessimistic. No matter what time it is, people should be full of hope, and the turning point is just around the corner!" Holding up the wine glass with a smile, Emperor Tianqi said with a smile: "Brother Ren, don't be disgusted by Bojiu! please!"

Ren Changle was not polite either, picked up the wine glass on the table, smiled at Emperor Tianqi, and said, "Little brother, this is a big gift, Ren has it in mind."

After the two of them took up the wine glasses and drank it down, Dang Han immediately helped them fill it up, and Emperor Tianqi and Ren Changle began to chat.

"Brother Bai, I don't know why you came here to see us today? Brother Bai has a noble status, and Ren doesn't remember any friendship with Brother Bai, so Brother Bai should tell the truth!" Said with sincerity.

"I was the one who was abrupt, and I should have told Brother Ren the whole story. Baiyu, a person from the capital, came to Yangzhou this time to do some business. Brother Ren and I have never met each other. This time, I came here to meet Brother Ren because of being accepted by others." Entrusted!" Emperor Tianqi did not hide anything, and told the story of how he met Chen Yuanyuan, of course it was just a brief introduction.

He stood up, straightened his clothes, and saluted Emperor Tianqi.Ren Changle said gratefully: "Brother Bai, Ren has nothing to repay, please accept Ren's respect!"

Helping Ren Changle up, Emperor Tianqi said with a smile: "Brother Ren, you are polite, people in the world are in charge of the affairs of the world. Seeing injustice in the road, helping the poor and the poor is what we should do, brother Ren, don't worry about it!"

Ren Changle was slightly taken aback by Emperor Tianqi's words.He nodded slowly, and said with emotion: "Ren grew up in Yangzhou, and he is used to the intrigues among businessmen. It is really an honor for Ren to see the demeanor of Brother Bai today!"

"I came out of Yangzhou as a beginner. Since brother Ren grew up in Yangzhou, I wonder if I can give you some advice?" Emperor Tianqi looked at Ren Changle with a smile.asked in a soft tone.

"Brother Bai helps the poor and helps the poor, and saves my sister from the fire and water. No matter what it is, Ren Mou knows everything!" Ren Changle was slightly taken aback, then nodded solemnly, and said quite seriously.

Emperor Tianqi also straightened his body, and said in a rather serious tone: "It is said that the salt merchants in Yangzhou City are as rich as a country, but I really don't know how the money is earned. I wonder if Brother Ren can enlighten me?"

Taking a deep look at Emperor Tianqi, Ren Changle narrowed his eyes slightly, and said hesitantly: "Brother Bai, it's not a good thing to know some things too clearly. I don't know what business Brother Bai does? Let me know?"

"Of course. I am the young owner of a company in the capital. This time I went south to find some business. Our family has some business in the north. This time we want to bring the business to the south. Our company is called Longchanghao, no Do you know if Brother Ren has heard of it?" Emperor Tianqi looked at Ren Changle with a smile, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, saying.

Looking at Emperor Tianqi with shock in his eyes, Ren Changle really did not expect that this was actually the young owner of Longchang Company.Although he is in Yangzhou, there are very frequent business contacts here every day, so he naturally knows about the affairs of the capital.

Now whether in the south or the north, there is only one name for the Longchang, and that is Huangshang.Not only strong financial resources, but also the support of the palace, it can be said that no firm can match.

"Brother Bai, since you are the young owner of Longchang Company, I can guess the reason for your visit. To be honest, I have been waiting for this day for a long time!" Ren Changle looked at Emperor Tianqi with a serious expression on his face. road.

Now it was Emperor Tianqi's turn to be in a daze, and it was not surprising that Ren Changle could guess the purpose of his visit, after all, there was only one purpose for coming to Yangzhou, and that was salt.However, Ren Changle said that he had long been looking forward to his coming, so Emperor Tianqi was a little surprised, where did he start?

"Brother Ren, can you speak bluntly? There are no outsiders here!" Emperor Tianqi looked at Ren Changle and said tentatively.

Sighing softly, Ren Changle said rather helplessly: "Yangzhou City looks like a colorful and prosperous scene, but in fact it is a place that eats people without spit out bones. There are salt merchants in the world here, and there are salt merchants in the world. Salt, but people here are very dark-hearted!"

After drinking the wine in front of him, Ren Changle said with a serious face: "Salt is the foundation of the people, and the imperial court controls it. Firstly, the common people can eat salt, and secondly, it can increase the income of the imperial court. My Ming Dynasty At the beginning of the founding of the country, Li Shanchang and Master Li established the Lianghuai Salt Administration, which is a great contribution. But after more than 200 years, this salt administration not only failed to increase the annual income of the Ming Dynasty, but became a persistent disease of the Ming Dynasty!"

Emperor Tianqi listened very seriously, he didn't expect Ren Changle to have such an opinion, he originally thought it meant talking about his grievances.Unexpectedly, Ren Changle didn't talk about himself at all, but instead talked about the Ming Dynasty's salt administration.

Salt played a pivotal role in the Ming Dynasty. This is a question that many officials avoid. Now that Ren Changle actually said this, it was because the imperial court was planning to attack the salt administration.It is not easy for Ren Changle to be able to analyze these things through his own identity and a few words!

Slowly nodded, Emperor Tianqi took a deep look at Ren Changle, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Ren, just say anything!"

"The salt government itself is good, but because of the huge interest entanglement, the salt government has become a burden to Ming Dynasty. These businessmen are all for their own benefit, enriching their own pockets, and bribing officials and local guarding eunuchs. Even Even though the officials and guarding eunuchs were changed, they didn’t dare to speak out. They tried various methods to refuse to pay the taxes that should have been handed over to the imperial court. At the same time, they smuggled salt and made huge profits. The people dared not speak out!” Ren Changle smiled wryly, with deep powerlessness in his tone!

Emperor Tianqi frowned slightly. He knew all this, so he asked Ren Changle: "Brother Ren, since the salt administration is so ruined, why didn't the court rectify it?"

Sighing deeply, Ren Changle said helplessly: "It's easy to say but hard to do! Such a big matter requires the emperor to make up his mind, but who dares to report this matter to the emperor? If there is a report, I'm afraid that before the memorial reaches the emperor, the person who submitted the letter will be imprisoned!"

Wei Wei was a little bit taken aback, but Emperor Tianqi believed that what Xin Changle said was true, this is indeed a huge grassroots interest, and it is not easy to destroy them.After quietly contemplating for a while, Emperor Tianqi said to Ren Changle: "Brother Ren, what do you think this salt government should be like? After all, people have selfish motives. Even if the people here are changed, who would dare Guaranteed to change a batch of masters, it will not be the same as now?"

"As the saying goes, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government. These are the schemes of meat eaters. Let's not talk about it! It is useless to say it. There are salt merchants in front of Yangzhou. They have done too much, but they don't know what the court said. It's time to rectify it!" While speaking, Ren Changle looked at Emperor Tianqi's face, as if he wanted to see something from Emperor Tianqi's face.

Emperor Tianqi was stunned, looked deeply at Ren Changle, nodded slowly, his face changed, and said with a smile: "Meat eaters are despicable, I wonder if Brother Ren has any good ideas?"

"I'm just a businessman. Since Brother Bai wants to ask, then I'll talk about it! Maybe the court will choose a new batch of gangsters if these gangsters are changed, but Ren thinks this is not a good way! Among them, corruption There are too many things like this. There are also a lot of imperial court taxes that have been missed. To solve this problem, the imperial court needs to master the link of merchants. Starting from the top to the bottom, instead of tightly dispatching officials and eunuchs, There are too many disadvantages in this." Ren Changle stopped here, staring at Emperor Tianqi for a while, and did not continue.

He stared blankly at Ren Changle, he was listening with gusto, why did he stop here.Seeing Ren Changle looking at him, Emperor Tianqi asked: "Brother Ren seems to have something to say, why don't you say anything?"

"Brother Bai, it's not that Ren stopped talking, but someone is here!" Ren Changle said with a wink to the outside, and said with a smile.

Emperor Tianqi glanced back and found that the jailer who let him in had come in. Knowing that this time was almost over, he could only shake his head helplessly.

"Brother Ren, we hit it off today. Brother Ren will get out of prison in the future. Let's talk at night while holding candles!" Facing Ren Changle, Emperor Tianqi stood up with a smile and said.

"Brother Bai, my younger sister is entrusted to you. If Ren can get out of prison, he will definitely repay today's kindness." Ren Changle bowed to the ground in front of Emperor Tianqi, with an extremely serious expression on his face.

Leaving the prison, Emperor Tianqi and Yuan Keli were walking on the road, the three of them didn't speak, obviously they were thinking about what happened just now.

"My lord, this person is not simple!" Yuan Keli didn't appreciate it in his tone, but frowned slightly, with a bit of caution on his face.

"Let's talk when we go back!" Emperor Tianqi shook his head lightly, and said solemnly. (To be continued..)

ps: Just one chapter today!Get off work after eight o'clock!Make up tomorrow!Sorry everyone!