"How to deal with the impeachment of the officials in the court who supported the salt merchants?" Chen Yue nodded approvingly, Shan Minglei's analysis was very comprehensive.

"It's very simple, as long as we are famous for our salt merchants, they can't do anything about us. Master Hou, you hold the military and political power in Jiangbei, and many things are within your scope of responsibility. In addition, His Majesty has high hopes for you, Lord Hou, and our Pingnan Army, so naturally you will not be easily moved because of the impeachment of officials.

But we also have to let His Majesty see hope, that is, the salt administration will not be chaotic because of this, let alone reduce the tax and silver, you must know that the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is too dependent on the salt tax of the two Huai. ”

Shan Minglei sighed.

"As for the methods used by the salt merchants in private, we have tens of thousands of troops, and we are not afraid that they will incite the people of the stove to make trouble. On the contrary, they can take advantage of the troublesome season to pull them up, and the situation in Yangzhou will be very different from then on. ”

"Hehe, it's not advisable to use the army to deal with the people of the stove who are making trouble, once the chaos starts, it is so easy to exterminate it." Chen Yue shook his head with a smile and said, "It's best to solve the problem before the chaos starts, and nip all variables in the bud." ”

Shan Minglei nodded, "The subordinates will think carefully and come up with countermeasures." ”

"Okay, let the salt merchant surnamed Jiang come in, I'm afraid I'm in a hurry after waiting for a long time." Chen Yue said with a smile.

......

Jiang Heming was restless in the side hall, since he entered the Governor's Palace, he was led here, and he didn't even have a cup of tea, and he didn't even have a person to accompany him to talk and entertain.

With Jiang Heming's status and status, even when he sees third-grade and fourth-grade officials, he has always been an equal, how could he have been treated so coldly!

But now he had to endure it, because the person he wanted to meet was extraordinary! As a marquis, he opened the town of Yangzhou, and there was only one part of the entire Ming Dynasty. Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping Thief, is also a marquis, and he has more troops in his hands, but he has no power to manage civil affairs, and in terms of power, he is not as good as Chen Yue, the governor of Jiangbei, which shows Chen Yue's status in Chongzhen's heart!

Outside the side hall, there were servants of the Governor's Mansion walking by from time to time, and there were not many people making noise, and no one disturbed Jiang Heming, the guest, but Jiang Heming's heart could not settle down. Asking to see Chen Yue this time is too important, it is a huge crisis for him, and it is difficult to say whether he can survive it.

Finally, someone walked in and brought Pingnan Hou an order to see him.

Jiang Heming tidied up his appearance and followed into the main hall.

"Student Huizhou Jiang Heming has seen Master Hou!" Jiang Heming hugged his fists and bowed, he had the reputation of lifting people, and he didn't need to kneel to Chen Yue.

"Hehe, I'm busy with official business, so I've been waiting for Squire Jiang for a long time!" Chen Yue smiled.

"How dare you." Jiang Heming hurriedly said.

"I don't know what happened when Squire Jiang came to see Ben Hou?" Chen Yue was reluctant to go around in circles and get straight to the point.

"......" Jiang Heming said secretly, what are you pretending to be confused, if you don't want to rob my business, why didn't I come to see you, don't you know something?

But if you know it, you still have to scruple about the face of the official, and everyone can't talk about interests nakedly, which would be a loss of identity.

"Hou Ye opened a town in Yangzhou to train troops, in order to resist a strong enemy to recover the country, it is really hard work, the student is a native of Yangzhou, there is a little industry in his hands, and he is willing to make a little effort for Hou Ye to expand his territory."

Jiang Heming said and took out a gift slip from his arms and respectfully presented it with both hands.

Shan Minglei walked from Chen Yue's side to Jiang Heming, took the gift list, and handed it to Chen Yue.

"Fifty thousand taels of silver, three thousand stones of grain, one thousand horses of cloth of all kinds, and thirty quintals of salt. Squire Jiang is so generous, but he has no merit, and he doesn't dare to ask for so many gifts. ”

Chen Yue glanced at the salute, put it on the table casually, and said to Jiang He with a smile.

There are a lot of gifts, but if you want to pass this little thing, you are underestimating yourself.

"This gift is just a little bit of the student's heart to Hou Ye, and there will be labor and military resources later, which will definitely satisfy Hou Ye." Seeing that Chen Yue's face seemed to be dissatisfied, Jiang Heming hurriedly said.

"Oh, that's right. I'll accept the gift, and let Master Shan talk to you, I'll miss it first. Chen Yue nodded, turned around and walked towards the back hall.

The next thing is the negotiation between the two sides, of course, as Chen Yue, he will not go into battle shirtless, so Shan Minglei will negotiate with this Jiang Heming on his behalf.

"Congratulations to Master Hou!" Jiang Heming stood respectfully and watched Chen Yue leave, turned his head and smiled at Shan Minglei.

"Single!" Jiang Heming greeted Shan Minglei with a smile on his face, but secretly slandered in his heart what kind of position was the principal?

"Let's get down to business and don't waste time." After the greetings, Shan Minglei didn't say much and went straight to the point.

"Presumably, Mr. Jiang also knows the conditions of Hou Ye, and Hou Ye wants the salt franchise in the land of six prefectures and two states."

"This is impossible, four of the six prefectures and two prefectures are in my hands, if I hand them over, my business will shrink by half." Jiang Heming shook his head and said.

"Since that's the case, then there's no need to talk about it, Mr. Jiang, please go back." Shan Minglei said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I can't hand over the nest area, but it's not that there is no other solution. In this way, I have discussed with other salt merchants, and I am willing to sacrifice 500,000 taels of silver to pay the army, and please tell the Hou Ye to let me wait for a horse! ”

Jiang Heming said solemnly, if he could use 500,000 taels of silver to eliminate the disaster, it would be cost-effective, after all, it would be necessary to honor the officials at all levels of the government and the opposition every year. It's just that this year's income has dropped a lot, and it is necessary to increase the price of salt sales to make up for this part of the loss, Jiang Heming secretly calculated in his heart.

"It's not impossible to be reluctant to give land. But it's not enough to give only 500,000 taels of silver! Shan Minglei shook his head and said.

500,000 taels is not enough? Jiang Heming's eyes bulged, the annual income of the Ming treasury was only more than two million taels, which was already a quarter of the national treasury, and the military salary allocated by the imperial court to the Pingnan army was only 500,000 taels!

"It's not good to be greedy and not greedy!" Jiang Heming said lightly.

The reason why he came here in a low voice and offered so much silver with both hands was because he didn't want to provoke Chen Yue, an upstart in the court, and spend money to eliminate disasters, but now he was regarded as a wronged boss and was destined to be stabbed, and the clay man still has three points, not to mention Jiang Heming, who can do such a big business.

"My lord said that you don't want land or silver, but the Governor's Mansion wants to occupy dry shares in the business of all salt merchants, and it doesn't occupy much, only 30%!" Shan Minglei put up three fingers and said with a smile.

"What?" Hearing this, Jiang Heming's face suddenly became gloomy.

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