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Chapter 131 Conspiracy

Yang Reform, who has recovered, has restored the punctuality of working in the 21st century, stepping on the clock every day to go to get off work, get off work, and dream back to Baidu every night, search how to dry salt, search how to deal with salt merchants, salt rats, prepare and salt merchants Let's kill the fish and break the net.People fight for one breath, Buddhas fight for one stick of incense, those pigs, it’s okay to embezzle money, and I can bear it, and it’s not counted as embezzlement, but I also show it off, and educate myself to use pig-like IQ to think about problems, Yang Reform couldn't bear it.

Dealing with salt merchants, intervening in the salt industry, and completely collecting the "salt tax" still requires a strategy, a method, and a layout. Yang Reform believes that even if he sells some private salt, his annual income will not exceed 100 million taels of silver , so no matter how you do it, it is better than this result.

In the Qianqing Palace, Yang Reform is working hard, reviewing the memorials, and the young eunuch is responsible for reading the memorials. If Yang Reform feels a little impressed, he asks people to stay and look over it carefully. If he has no impression, throw it to the cabinet, and the cabinet decides No, it depends on the situation, yes or no, the playbook will be finished soon.Anyway, these things, no matter what the result is, the impact is good or bad, and it will not be worse than the original Chongzhen in history. Yang Reform quickly reviewed the memorials accumulated in these days with peace of mind.

After reviewing the pile of memorials accumulated over the past few days, Yang Reform focused on picking up those memorials that he had left some impressions on, and read them carefully.

"Hey... Qing Jin Yiwei's trick?" This person is not afraid of death!Dare to put a knife on Jin Yiwei's head, and then look at his position, the military department is in the middle of the matter, and he is dedicated to the Ministry of War and the army. This is a bit interesting. Now I want to use Jin Yiwei to kill those salt merchants...

"Big companion." Yang Reform immediately called Wang Chengen.

"The servant is here."

"Here, send that Fang Hongzan quickly. I have something to ask him." Yang Reform's impression of Jin Yiwei mostly stayed with Fang Hongzan.

"Obey." Wang Chengen went to deliver the decree.

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Soon, Fang Hongzan arrived at Qianqing Palace.

"The subject Fang Hongzan kowtowed to my emperor, long live my emperor." Fang Hongzan was very happy these days, and recently moved money into the inner treasury with great effort, presumably the emperor is quite satisfied with his work, presumably, This position will also be promoted step by step.

"Fang Hongzan, thank you for your hard work on the money recently, and you did a good job." Yang Reform checked his internal treasury, and the atonement money in the Wei case was already close to 500 million taels.Yang Reform will never forget Fang Hongchan's contribution.For those who concentrate on their own affairs, they can't treat him badly.

"Return to Your Majesty, this is what a courtier should do." Fang Hongzan was very humble on the face, but beautiful in his heart.

"The money for the Wei case has been collected almost, so it's almost over."

"Returning to Your Majesty, almost all the money for the Wei case has been collected. There are only some odds and some that can't be handed over, or are still collecting money. The rest have been put into the treasury." Fang Hongzan participated in this whole process. As for the matter of chasing money, he naturally knows the progress of chasing money like the palm of his hand.

"Well, that's very good. I will never forget your contribution..." Yang Reform was thinking about how to use Fang Hongchan.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment, minister..." Fang Hongzan was very excited. It could be seen that the emperor was very satisfied with him. It seemed that he was going to be promoted.I can't help being excited, and I can't help being humble.

"I have something to tell you..."

"Dare to ask Your Majesty why?" Fang Hongzan expected the emperor to give him some errands, and become the official commander of Jinyiwei?
"Hey! I don't know if I should tell you about this matter. This matter is very dangerous and may lead to death." Yang Reform betrayed it.

"I will do my best to go through fire and water for His Majesty, and I will do my best."

"Okay, what I want is your words. Since you said that you will go through fire and water and will not hesitate to say anything, then I will treat this matter as your consent. It may lead to death in the future. You can think about it clearly. Before telling you about this matter, you can still refuse, and I won’t blame you, just treat it as if it never happened, and those who deserve credit will still be rewarded. Once you know about this matter, besides working hard to move forward, If you create a world for me, there is no other way, if you retreat halfway or are afraid to move forward, I will not forgive you, and I believe that some people will not forgive you either."

Even though Fang Hongzan achieved the high position of the commander of the Jinyiwei, he still felt cold when he heard the emperor's words, but this Jinyiwei did all the dark things, so he quickly calmed down and said without fear : "Jin Yiwei was originally the emperor's pro-army, and what he did was to overcome obstacles for the emperor. The minister must die to be loyal to His Majesty and win a world for His Majesty." Is there another way to live the life of the emperor?If you are afraid of getting into trouble and dare not kill for the emperor, then you shouldn't be in the Jinyiwei business. You have known this result since the first day you were a Jinyiwei.

"Okay, as long as you don't abandon yourself or give up, I will not abandon you. Whatever happens, I will take care of you." Yang Reform waved the big stick of imperial power and commanded Jin Yiwei, preparing to attack the salt merchants up.

"Here is a piece of information, top-secret, you should take a look first."

Wang Chengen quickly took it and gave Fang Hongzan the materials prepared by Chongzhen.

Fang Hongzan took the "information" given by Wang Chengen, opened it and looked through it, the more he read it, the colder his heart became.There is only one thought, the emperor is crazy, he wants to fight the salt merchants all over the world, and all the officials in the salt industry. I don’t know how many salt merchants and bureaucrats are involved in the interest disputes of the salt industry. The emperor wants to fight these people , the result...Fang Hongzan did the killing of officials and ransacking his home, and he was also shocked by this kind of thing. He lacked the courage to face such a huge conflict of interests. These salt merchants profited from the salt industry. I don't know how many officials, relatives and relatives of the emperor, the emperor wants to do something to them?This... Sure enough, the emperor was right, this matter requires fighting to create a whole world.Either you die or I live.

In this matter, if the emperor wins, Fang Hongzan may be saved from death. If the emperor loses, obviously, the salt merchants and officials will not be able to vent their anger on the emperor. Come out to top the tank and be a scapegoat.

Fang Hongzan said: "Your Majesty, as long as your Majesty says to arrest someone, there is no problem for me to go to the ends of the earth." Fang Hongzan did this kind of swearing, and what he did was to eliminate disobedient people for the emperor. If you kill someone, then you are the knife, Fang Hongzan is very conscious.

"Well, this matter is top-secret. You have to arrange it in secret. The secret should not be disclosed to anyone."

"I obeyed...it's not because I didn't dare, but I really don't know. Once His Majesty announces the exemption of salt tax, this..." Fang Hongzan was really puzzled. The emperor lost his mind and wanted to exempt the world from salt tax, which would be a loss for the court. What a tax on salt!Didn't it mean that the household department has a big hole now?This is good or bad.It is hard to predict what the consequences will be.

"Well, yes, as long as you know about it, I will announce that the world will be exempted from the salt tax..." Jin Yiwei is just a sword, not a staff member. Yang Reform thinks that Fang Hongzan is asking too much.

"Your Majesty... I really don't know that the exemption of the world's salt tax is a favor bestowed by His Majesty on all peoples. Why does Your Majesty want you to make preparations?" Although Fang Hongzan knew that the emperor was going to attack the salt merchants, he felt that the salt tax was exempted. , why bother with those salt merchants?Don't those salt merchants feel happy when they don't pay taxes?Tired of not paying taxes?Do you have to be whipped if you don't pay taxes?
Sitting on the dragon chair, Chongzhen sneered when he heard Fang Hongzan talking about what he had to prepare for not paying taxes.

"Look in the middle, is there something like 'sun salt'?"

Fang Hongzan got the emperor's reminder, so he took a closer look. Among them, there was indeed a thing called "salted salt". He was too anxious to pay attention to it just now.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is indeed sun-dried salt. It's just that I don't know, what is this sun-dried salt?"

"Sun-drying salt is a new technology of salt production. It can produce salt in large quantities at an extremely low cost. First, I exempt the world's salt tax, so that all the salt in the world can be freely distributed, produced and sold at will, and no longer There are no shackles, and then use this new salt-making technology to defeat those salt merchants, so that the world's salt-making is all in my hands, so the Qing family understands?"

This is how Yang reformed his calculations. First, he completely exempted the salt tax on the grounds that his new emperor ascended the throne, amnesty the world, bless and benefit the people, revoked the salt road and salt administration, and stopped taking part from the salt tax. The salt in the world can be sold and sold at will. Presumably those elites are confused, and then they use the technology of drying salt to dry salt on a large scale. The salt industry of the Ming Dynasty was unified, and the price of the salt was up to him. The money he got from the salt industry every year was probably faster than opening a lot of gold fingers, and it came in more.

Instead of collecting the 100 million taels of silver leaked from the mouths of salt merchants every year, Yang Reform feels that even if he uses Jinyiwei as the salt gang to protect the salt, he can earn more money than the 100 million taels of silver every year. In the Ming Dynasty, at least half of the people ate private salt every year, and there were only ten guidelines, which could only satisfy 6000 million people to eat salt at most, and the actual population of the Ming Dynasty had to double at least, so, this The profits of private salt can be imagined.Yang Reform doesn't mind using Jinyiwei as a gangster to protect private salt. In this way, his profit is definitely not the one million taels of silver that the salt merchants picked out between their teeth.You know, in the Song Dynasty, which also had a population of only 100 million, the annual salt tax was 6000 to 3000 million taels of silver.This method was used when it was necessary. Now, Yang Reform was disgusted by those pig-like teammates, and decided to "perish together" with those salt merchants and salt rats regardless of the consequences.No matter how bad the Ming Dynasty was, could it be worse than perish?
The abolition of the salt class is definitely a great thing in the eyes of the common people. There is no tax on this salt, and there is no such thing as private salt. It must be much cheaper to eat salt, and it can save a lot of money every year. This is definitely a great good deed done by Emperor Chongzhen for the people of the world. As soon as this incident happens, Emperor Chongzhen's reputation will surely flourish.

But the salt merchants and bureaucrats will definitely not be happy, and they will fight back desperately. They will definitely find trouble with the emperor. What kind of way to live for Yan Ding!The life of the kitchen household!And so on to challenge the emperor.Trouble with those salt farms. At this time, people need to come to see the place. This requires the use of Jin Yiwei, killing the organizers, and gathering the salt farmers to start production again.

When Fang Hongzan heard this, it was like a fairy tale. This is a bet on the fate of the country!If he wins, the emperor's annual salt income is incalculable. If he loses, the whole country will be in turmoil, and all the officials will fight back desperately. The emperor is really crazy.Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. How many people in the world have been cut off by the emperor!Fang Hongzan felt that he was really a little impatient for taking this job.But what can be done, there is no other choice but to bite the bullet.

In fact, Fang Hongzan still didn't understand how the emperor used the new salt drying technology to defeat those salt merchants. Didn't those salt merchants know how to use the new salt drying technology?But looking at the emperor's face, he didn't seem very happy. Maybe he asked too much, so he shut up and didn't dare to ask.

"Return to Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty gives His Majesty instructions, I will definitely kill all possible people for His Majesty." Fang Hongzan found that there was only one way for him, and that was to help the Emperor to fight all the way to the end.

"Well, it's good for you to understand. Jinyiwei is the knife in my hand. Now, I want to use this knife to chop down salt merchants and the salt industry. You should be mentally prepared. I'm going to set up several salt farms along the coast. In these places, you plant hidden lines and covertly protect them. If necessary, I will authorize you to seconded and command the garrison to wipe out those who dare to destroy. Don't be afraid of bloodshed. If these moths of the Ming Dynasty are eradicated, the Ming Dynasty can survive."

Fang Hongzan had a guilty conscience. Facing the interest entanglement of most of the official circles in the Ming Dynasty, Fang Hongzan didn't know that his knife could not be slashed, and the emperor would kill him. The bureaucratic class is all enemies with him, and it is even more terrible. The job that Jin Yiwei does is really not a good job!

Just when Fang Hongzan couldn't help lamenting his own fate.The emperor spoke again.

"Fang Qing's family, you may think that these salt merchants and salt rats are too difficult to deal with. You are not sure, and you are afraid that they will come back, right? Hehe, you know, there are tens of millions of people in my Ming Dynasty, and the salt tax should be levied twice a year. More than 500 million taels, but actually only 100 million taels a year is collected, and the emperors of the past dynasties had to take out a little... It is their greed that caused me to lack food and pay at the border, to resist foreigners, and to lose my teacher. The soil and the root cause are all here; internally, continuous natural disasters are coming, and the imperial court is even more powerless to relieve the disaster. If this continues, tens of millions of people will be displaced, the flames of war will rage, and the land of China will be devastated. If it is not rectified, In the future, there must be foreign invasions, willfully killing and humiliating the people of my celestial dynasty. At that time, my Huaxia will surely die and injure tens of millions of people, and the whole of Huaxia will be reduced to foreign slaves again. Fang Qing’s family, when you have time, you may as well think about it What about these? I took these salt merchants and salt rats, not because I got a few more silver, I can't eat a few catties of rice every day, I can't sleep in two beds, I can't wear a few sets of clothes, so it is also for the common people of the world. A way to survive is also to strive for a pure land for my land of China, so as not to reduce my kingdom to the slaves of barbarians."

Yang Reform told Fang Hongzan the feelings in his heart in one breath, hoping that these words would move Fang Hongzan and become the strength for him to strengthen his faith when he hesitated and flinched.

Fang Hongzan cried, really cried, moved to the point of crying, the emperor is such a good emperor, for the sake of the common people, he went out to fight the salt merchants and salt rats, this kind of feeling moved heaven and earth, Fang Hongzan I was moved and cried.Tears flowed down my face: "Your Majesty's words from the bottom of my heart, I don't feel very teary, I just know that all this is because of His Majesty's consideration for the people of the world, I will definitely follow His Majesty's footsteps to the death..."

Looking at Fang Hongchan who was crying in a mess, Yang Reform hoped that he was not mistaken.Said: "Fang Aiqing, please keep this matter a secret, and carry out surveillance in secret. When necessary, suppress the rebound of the salt merchants with a thunderous force, and wipe out these salt rats like a catastrophe."

"The minister takes orders." Fang Hongzan replied in response.

"Very good, big companion, drafting an order. Fang Hongzan is of good character and capable in handling affairs. He is worthy of a heavy responsibility. Fang Hongzan will be removed from the position of Commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Fang Hongzan will be appointed as the Commander of the Jinyi Guard. He is the commander of the Jinyi Guard. I commend you. "Yang Reform very "officially" removed Fang Hongzan as the commander of the Jinyiwei, and then "officially" appointed Fang Hongzan as the commander of the Jinyiwei.Tongzhi means "vice" now.

After a while, Wang Chengen finished the imperial decree and said, "Your Majesty, it's finished."

"Use the seal, Fang Aiqing, now you are the official commander of Jinyiwei, I hope you will not disappoint my expectations, and use your best efforts to complete this matter, and fight for the lives of my thousands of people in China. Qi, fight for a piece of sky for me to conquer the kingdom of heaven."

The official positions in Jinyiwei are not like other local officials. They have fixed seats. If the emperor wants to insert someone, he has to plan and act a bit to see if there is a seat. You can do whatever you want, and you don't have the turn of foreign ministers to interfere. It's the most convenient way to make a wish for someone.

"I thank your majesty for your kindness, and I will surely live up to your majesty's high expectations." Fang Hongzan finally became a commander of the official brand. Although the pressure was extremely heavy, the emperor would definitely support him. Need to be too scared, kill whoever the emperor asks, as long as there is the support of the emperor, this Jinyiwei can go on.

"Fang Aiqing, after you go back, take a look at this memorandum. Someone suggested that I clear up the secrets of Jin Yiwei. I agree. You are now the commander of Jin Yiwei. I will leave this matter to you. Clean up those tricks for me, don't put all the rubbish in the Jinyiwei, and also select a group of reliable people as the backbone of this matter in the future, understand?" Yang Reform also ordered Fang Hongchan to select candidates , planning to kill salt merchants in the future, the deceitfulness of the Jinyiwei in the Qing Dynasty is a good excuse to sort out the top and bottom of the Jinyiwei, and some people in key positions can just be arranged in place.

"I obey." Fang Hongzan kowtowed again.Fang Hongzan had learned about Emperor Chongzhen’s employment principles. Last time, he guessed what the emperor was thinking, secretly prepared several names, and planned to recommend these people who had a good personal relationship with him to the navy. He didn’t want the emperor to hear about it. Yes, it was recommended by Xu Guangqi, and it was reused immediately, even those Westerners. Fang Hongzan yelled that it was a pity that he wasted a good opportunity to expand his power. People who know what the emperor wants must be knowledgeable , Those who are capable, should not make a mistake this time.

"In addition, big companion, you will be rewarded with 1 taels of silver. As a reward for Jin Yiwei's contribution and hard work in this Wei case, Fang Hongzan, the new commander, will be responsible for distributing it." He gave Fang Hongzan the actual amount of money, and asked Fang Hongzan to use the money to take care of his appointment, so as to win people's hearts and make it easier to handle affairs.

Fang Hongzan was overjoyed, and immediately thanked him, saying: "I thank Your Majesty for the reward, Jin Yiwei and his subordinates will swear to serve His Majesty to the death." Fang Hongzan was really touched this time. When has the emperor ever rewarded Jin Yiwei so generously? up?Jin Yiwei has always been regarded as the emperor's dog, and now, being able to receive a reward of this scale shows that the emperor still values ​​Jin Yiwei.

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