The salt introduction was not burned, and Shen Xi served the entire Guangdong Salt Class Lifting Division to the pot, and Shen Xi's temporary governor Fu Yamen became the new Salt Lifting Division Yamen, responsible for selling the salt introduction in the new year. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seeing that the summer is about to pass, the summer salt in Guangdong has not yet been adjusted, and the local salt prices have been rising, and even the price of salt in Guangzhou has risen from about 40 wen per catty to 50 wen.

The political envoy is ready to give Shen Xi a salt guide to find trouble.

The Yamen of the Salt Section was uprooted by Shen Xi, but the salt farms under its jurisdiction were all good. These salt farms have the local government as a backer, although Shen Xi is in a high position but cannot directly intervene in the affairs of the salt works, the culprit Chen Huaijing and others were taken down, but they have no right to convict them, they can only wait for further instructions from Tianfu.

“…… Lord Shen, I'm afraid that your salt introduction is not easy to come out, the clan has already explained that this year's salt introduction would rather rot in your hands than allow anyone to buy it, even if you buy it, you won't put salt on the salt farm. ”

In order to facilitate the introduction of salt, Shen Xi invited some salt merchants in the city to come back to inquire about the situation, but the first news he got was not very good.

The snake is in power!

Didn't you Shen Xi want to use the sale of salt to raise money, food, and materials? I sent the political envoy to the locality, issued a warning to the salt works, and forbade them to go out of the salt. Even if you have salt, don't think about bringing salt out of the salt works.

Since you said that you are responsible for shouldering the responsibility, then in the end you can't sell the salt, you can't solve the problem of local salt use, and at the same time affect the imperial court and local financial revenue, once you are held accountable, the responsibility can only be borne by you.

Dismissal is light!

If you are lost, you can come to our political envoy and let the political envoy preside over the sale of salt, and the matter can be treated as if it never happened, and the political envoy will even share some benefits with you as a "meeting gift".

Shen Xi asked: "If the salt field doesn't put salt, is it waiting for it to break in your hands?" ”

"Lord Shen, you may not know that as long as this salt is stored well, it will not be a problem to keep it for ten years and eight years, even if it is damp, go back and dry it again, this salt is not afraid of insects and ......."

A salt merchant in his forties told Shen Xi about the seriousness of the problem, "The people from the Yamen of the Domain Division said that this year's salt cannot be sold, and the blame is not in the salt farm, but in you, Lord Shen, because Lord Shen has made a military order before, and you can only be approached if something happens." In addition, the feudal division and the division have jointly signed a petition to the imperial court to report Lord Shen's seizure of the salt class to the promotion of the division, so as to impeach Lord Shen. ”

The Guangdong political envoy and the probationary envoy made one move after another, and this head had just set fire to the Yamen of the Salt Division, but he did not burn the salt, and immediately took advantage of the head snake to greet the local gentry and businessmen, and was not allowed to buy Shenxi's salt, and at the same time, the salt field did not release salt, even if there was an unknown person who came to buy the salt, it would rot in his hands.

He did not give up, and impeached Shen Xi to the imperial court.

The impeachment of the governor by the local three divisions rarely happens, after all, the three divisions are nominally subordinates of the governor's yamen, and it is very rare for subordinates to impeach their superiors, and even if they are justified, they will cause a lot of commotion. However, Guangdong Cheng announced that the political envoy and the criminal envoy were angry, and anyway, they had already torn each other's faces, so they were not afraid of making things bigger.

Shen Xi estimated that those nobles in the two capitals knew that he was "misbehaving" in Guangdong, and they would definitely jointly ask the emperor to play and remove his governors of the three provinces, as for whether to return to the capital to continue to be a Hanlin official, or transfer to other places to be demoted, it all depends on the emperor's mood.

From this point of view, Shen Xi's supervision seems to have come to an end.

The middle-aged salt merchant continued: "Lord Shen, as the saying goes, take a step back and open the sky, I think it is better for you to rebuild the old with the clan and the yamen, this salt can be easily sold, and your official should be a good one, even if you suppress bandits, as long as the clan and the clan follow up and report, you have merit in the place, who will question it?" In this way, everyone can get by, my lord......"

When Shen Xi heard this, he suddenly realized, it turned out that this salt merchant was a lobbyist sent by the political envoy, and he actually said that there was a lot of money, and all the coercion and temptation were used, in order to make me compromise, right? Shen Xi pretended not to know, and said in a calm tone: "This official knows what to do, please go back." ”

Sending these salt merchants away, Tang Yin, who had been listening, pouted and said, "I already knew that it would be troublesome...... Now the feudal division and the division are not easy to stop, and there is no salt on the salt farm, so what if there is no salt to lead? Did you send troops to the salt works to grab salt? ”

Shen Xi looked at Tang Yin and suddenly smiled: "Brother Bohu is really a reminder of the dream person!" ”

Tang Yin was startled, and looked at Shen Xi with wide eyes: "Shen Zhongcheng, don't mess around...... The state endowment, the salt law is half, the imperial court has always had strict regulations on the salt farm, and it is a big crime to bring troops to break in without permission, even if you are the governor of the three provinces, you do not have such authority. If it is known by the imperial court, at least it will be dismissed and questioned! ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Brother Bohu, don't worry, even if I mess around, it won't affect you." Do you think I'm the kind of person who doesn't know how to measure? ”

Tang Yin was speechless, and thought: "I don't know if others know the proportion, I only know that you don't know the most about proportion, it's only been less than three months since you came to the land of Fujian and Guangdong, and you have killed a right-hand political envoy and a salt class promotion division...... Feelings, you are not here to suppress bandits, but to suppress the officials of the three provinces as pirates! ”

Shen Xi came to the back hall, sat in front of the table, picked up a brush to write a notice, and said while writing: "Later, Brother Bohu will post the notice, explaining that the official will sell the salt in two days, and it will be sold at the market price, and there will be no price increase, and no gentry, merchants, or households can come to buy and sell the salt." ”

Tang Yin was puzzled: "Shen Zhongcheng, didn't you listen to those people who are proficient in salt affairs, the political envoy has given a death order to the salt field below, even if there is salt, salt is not allowed, now the salt merchants are waiting, they may buy a few salts and bring them back to try, if they really can't bring out the salt, they won't buy it in large quantities...... These businessmen are the most shrewd, how can they make a loss-making business? ”

Shen Xi smiled: "If you don't try, how can Brother Bohu know that it can't work?" In addition, I would like to add that whether it is a businessman in Guangzhou, or a businessman in Fujian, Huguang, Zhejiang, and Guangxi, you can come to buy and sell salt. As for whether anyone buys it, it has nothing to do with you, Brother Bohu. ”

Tang Yin thought to himself, I'm just a leader who eats and waits for death, if you ask me to post a notice, I'll go, just don't go back and make trouble for me.

After Shen Xi prepared the notice, he changed into civilian clothes and took people to the wine shop in the city to eat, he wanted to find out the rumors in the city and see the attitude of the salt merchants.

In fact, as Tang Yin expected, the salt merchants would not make loss-making transactions, and they all knew that the strong dragon could not suppress the local snake of the political envoy, even if it was profitable to sell official salt, they had to wait and see first.

The biggest advantage of doing salt introduction business with the governor and the yamen is that you don't have to pay harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and you don't have to consider bribery, which will reduce the cost of a salt introduction very low, but the disadvantage is also quite obvious.

The salt introduction is time-sensitive, and after the salt is introduced in winter, the salt introduction in the summer will be invalid, and the cost will be lost.

After having lunch in the wine shop, Shen Xi personally went to Hui Niang and Li Jin and told them his intentions, in fact, the political envoy was actually equivalent to fulfilling him in disguise, and the salt merchant refused to buy the salt lead, so the salt lead was handed over to Hui Niang and Li Jin's newly established business at a low price, which helped the second daughter to open a gap in Guangzhou and rise rapidly.

Hui Niang was a little worried: "Master, this ...... We only have more than 2,000 taels of silver on hand, according to the market price, but how can we afford this big business if we buy back 1,000 small salt leads? ”

Li Jin also looked at Shen Xi curiously, they are both businessmen, Li Jin and Hui Niang understand the truth in the business field, that is, how big a head you wear, how big a hat you wear.

This time, there are more than 80,000 major salt introductions in the Guangdong Salt Division, according to the market price, it is equivalent to the price of three or four hundred thousand taels of silver, even in the heyday of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, it is impossible to eat half of the salt, not to mention that the current Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce has long been destroyed.

The salt behind the more than 80,000 major salt introductions is related to the daily salt consumption of tens of millions of people in Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places.

Shen Xi said: "The salt is all in my hands, I will give it to you, but it is just a left-handed transfer to a right-handed, what is the cost?" ”

Hui Niang's eyes couldn't help showing a little consternation, and then frowned and thought, but Li Jin couldn't hide the words in his heart, and said directly: "Master, even if the left hand turns to the right hand, the saltless class can be handed over to the imperial court in vain!" ”

Shen Xi explained with a smile: "I thought of this, you just have to do what I say, I have a way to let you get the salt, and at the same time, I can also provide enough salt to be trafficked to various places, so that the people on the southeast coast can eat cheap salt." ”

Li Jin and Hui Niang glanced at each other, and they both noticed that Shen Xi's ambition was too big.

Now there are many problems that have not been solved, and Shen Xi actually wants the people in the southeast to eat cheap salt. But with their current status, they are not qualified to question Shen Xi's decision, Hui Niang is a little blind to Shen Xi, even she can be rescued by Shen Xi while waiting to die in prison, and now Shen Xi is the governor of the three provinces, powerful and powerful, but it is just a matter of salt, how difficult can it be? Li Jin was not optimistic about this matter at all, but he did not dare to say it.

Shen Xi said: "The previous silver is ready, although the cost of buying salt is slightly insufficient, but each small salt introduction is only two dollars taxed, and two thousand taels of silver is enough to buy 10,000 small salt introductions, this is your capital, you must learn to be small and broad." ”

Hui Niang and Li Jin are both businessmen, and they immediately understood that they had 2,000 taels of silver in hand, and they only needed to pay the tax part without paying the principal price of the salt, and they could exchange it for 10,000 small quotes, that is, 2 million catties of salt.

If you can sell all these two million catties of salt, even if you sell them at a fair price, it will be a huge fortune. After that, you can continue to buy about 50,000 small leads of salt from Shen Xi, and if you change hands in two or three, you can digest all the salt that Shen Xi has on hand.

But this is based on the fact that salt can be brought from the salt works, which at the moment seems to be very difficult.

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PS: The fourth update is here!

The salt politics of the Ming Dynasty was far more complicated than what was written in the book, and the information in the hands of the Son of Heaven alone was more than 300 pages thick, but as a popular novel, the Son of Heaven felt that it was not necessary to be so professional, so he tried to write it as simple and easy to understand!

Tomorrow the Son of Heaven is going to the orthopedic hospital to change the dressing, and the update may be delayed, please understand! It's late at night, and the Son of Heaven continues to beg for subscription and monthly pass support! Thank you! (To be continued.) )