Zhang Shixun listened to Xu Ping's words with sarcasm and was angry in his heart. But looking left and right, no one helped him speak, and even the emperor Zhao Zhen, who was sitting on it, had an unhappy look on his face. No matter how old the East Palace ministers, they can't mess around at this time, and when it comes to the relationship with the emperor, Xu Ping is closer to Zhang Shixun because of Li Yonghe's family.

Thinking of Li Di, who was deposed not long ago, who was the emperor's teacher when he was the crown prince, Zhang Shixun was shocked and stopped talking.

"Xu Ping, according to your meaning, do you want to implement the Yongzhou Tea Law to the whole country?"

Lu Yijian didn't seem to see Zhang Shixun's appearance just now, and asked in a deep voice.

Xu Ping: "You can learn from it, but you can't learn it all." Yongzhou is only a frontier, which is different from the mainland. ”

There is another sentence that Xu Ping did not say, the bulk of Yongzhou's tea profits come from foreign trade, and the money earned is Dali and Tubo, and the mainland obviously does not have this condition. Although there is also a tea and horse market in the northwest, the majority of the market is still in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Arching his hand to Zhao Zhen, who was seated, Xu Ping said loudly: "Weichen thinks that the tea method can't last now, so make plans as soon as possible." The ministers requested to allocate three from the thirteen tea fields in the southeast and change them to official camps, recruit people to plant, and recruit people to harvest. The tea harvested in these three fields is no longer sold to merchants in the tea farms, but is sold by the government to various places. In the prefectures and counties where these three teas were sold, officialdoms were set up, allowing people to buy tea with money, and perhaps merchants selling it in large quantities and giving reasonable discounts. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, looking at Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng sitting on both sides.

Lu Yijian said: "What about the remaining ten?" ”

"It's still according to the old tea law, and you can change it as you want. In the future, comparing the effect of the three games of the new law and the ten games of the old law, if the three games are obviously more profitable than the other ten games, it will gradually expand. The new law and the old law go hand in hand, so that it will not cause confusion all at once. If this method is obviously not suitable for the Southeast Tea Farm, it can also be changed in time. ”

At this time, Han Yi, who had not spoken since entering the palace, said: "The key to the government-run tea farm is the officials who take care of the field. If you don't do things well and are bullied by the officials, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it well. ”

Xu Ping laughed secretly in his heart, Han Yi was only afraid that his son would be thrown away by Xu Ping to take care of the tea, so he brought it up in time. As Xu Ping's subordinate for many years, Han Zong is now the person Xu Ping relies on, but Han Yi doesn't want his son to do this errand. Although the salt and iron judge has complicated affairs, in the capital, he may be promoted by the big man at some point.

Since he mentioned it, Xu Ping said: "Mention the officials of the tea field, I have a candidate here, I don't know what Your Majesty and the ministers think, whether it is appropriate." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "But it's okay to talk about it." ”

"Fang Tianyan, the former chief bookkeeper of Taiping County, Yongzhou, once managed the nearby tea farms, whether it is the detailed rules of various systems or the skills of roasting tea and making tea, he is familiar with his chest and should be competent."

A person selection book, still far away in Yongzhou, the transfer envoy of this road was directly appointed, which of these court ministers here will hear about it? However, Xu Pingti proposed this candidate, and he also determined the status of promoting the official of the tea field, or the supervisor official, and even the selection and military ministers can be served.

At this time, Han Yi was in charge of the Imperial History, and when he heard Xu Ping propose a candidate, he immediately nodded: "Yes, Taiping Shengzhou, the main book of Fukuo County is redundant, and it can be omitted." ”

This kind of insignificant candidate didn't make Zai Zhi worry about it, so he immediately decided to let Fang Tianyan preside over the tea field.

Lu Yijian said: "The tea farms are separated, and the distribution areas must also be separated. Since it is an official sale, it is not suitable to be too far away, so the tea of these three tea fields was distributed on Jingbei Road during the Taiping Xingguo period, plus Henan Mansion and Zhengzhou. Since it is a new law, it will be tested once a year to see how effective it is, and then make a decision. ”

Jingxi Road was divided into two roads in the north and south for a short time during the Taiping Xingguo period, but at that time it did not include Xijing, Luoyang and Zhengzhou. Because the southeast tea farm is basically located in the south of Jingxi Road, it is close to the north of Jingxi Road as the sales area.

Xu Ping said: "This is the best, but the distribution also has to be mentioned, so the salt and iron judge Guo Jian will also serve as the assistant, and the Yamen of the Jingxi Road Transfer Division will assist from the side." ”

This is the manpower allocation of Xu Ping's own department, and Guo Zheng is already in charge of the salt, tea and iron cases, what else can others say? The moment was settled.

In fact, what Xu Ping cares about most is not the tea field, as long as it is a clear-headed official who can correctly use the talents under his command, there will be no problems there. Fang Tianyan has long been accustomed to Xu Ping's data management in Yongzhou, and has many years of grassroots experience, and the small officials below can't make waves at all.

What Xu Ping really wants to do is a tea distribution system.

At this time, commerce was basically unrestricted, and in this era, it was quite fully developed. However, in order to manage it, the government divided the country into many districts, which were basically independent. And there are also some restrictions, such as the need to collect taxes on long-distance travel with copper coins, which are not cost-effective, and essentially restrict the circulation of money.

Based on the experience of previous lives, the more commercial circulation there is, the greater the profits and the higher the tax revenues of the regime. Xu Ping wants to break through this kind of shackles through the tea distribution system and build a unified national market. Even relying on this system, the establishment of a nationwide supply and marketing system like in the previous life will certainly greatly promote the development of commerce.

In this era, it is difficult to form this kind of national commercial circulation only by relying on the spontaneous power of private capital, and the simplest thing is to rely on the power of the state. Since there is such a department as the three divisions that oversees the economy of the world, it would be a pity not to form a national market. The world's financial forces are concentrated here, and of course we must concentrate our efforts on doing great things.

The tea distribution system is the first step.

At this point, the general direction of the reform of the tea law has been decided. In addition to the original old system, Xu Ping opened a new system, and then decided which system to focus on after seeing the future effect.

The tea law involves too many interests, and the whole system does not know how many dignitaries and elites are implicated in it, Xu Ping is not so noble and conscious, and uses his own officialdom future as a bet to fight to the death with these people. He would rather start all over again, even if it would be harder, than fighting against the intertwined forces.

Xu saluted and sat down in his seat.

Kou Ying nodded to Xu Ping, he played better than expected today, and encountered less resistance than expected.

Seeing Xu Ping sitting down, Wang Zeng said to Li Shi beside him: "Since the third division has agreed with you to preside over the change of the tea law, let me talk about it in detail, especially what chaos may be caused and how to prevent it." ”

After speaking, he said to Lu Yijian and Kou Ying: "Lu Xianggong, Kou Provincial Lord, how is it?" ”

The two nodded: "Yes." ”

Every time the tea law is changed, it will cause chaos in the capital for a while, and some of them will take the opportunity to make a fortune, and some will lose all their money. These people are later implicated in the families of the powerful, and there are often channels to reach the emperor's side, which may lead to some accidents, and must be prevented as soon as possible, which is also an important content when the tea law is changed.

Among the officials of the three divisions, the three envoys are naturally the highest officials, and the status of the three deputy envoys is also high and low. According to the rules, the status of the deputy envoy of salt and iron is higher than that of the other two deputy envoys, Xu Ping started a new stove because of the tea method, but he actually took himself out, so Kou Ying also had to arrange a special person to cooperate with Li Shi.

Li Shi got up, saluted the emperor and the minister, and said loudly: "As soon as the tea law is changed, the most affected are naturally the merchants who enter the middle school, as well as the shops in the capital. The merchant is just fine, as long as the law is set, this time the Rao is much more favorable than the first year of the Heavenly Sage, and there is nothing to do. There may be accidents, but the only one in the capital is the traffic shop. ”

Seeing that when it came to the Jiaoyin shop, the faces of the people present, including the emperor Zhao Zhen, were heavy, obviously knowing that behind these huge capitals was not simple, and they were not as good as ordinary businessmen, so they did it in one sentence.

Li Shi said: "In the past, when the 'three sayings' were practiced, there were many contradictions between the Northern Merchants and the Southern Merchants. And Nanshang, the main one is the traffic introduction shop in the capital, and the Huainan tea merchant is still second. Most of the northern merchants did not really go to Huainan to sell tea, but resold them nearby. The exchange of goods to enter the merchant must have a traffic shop as a guarantee before it can be counted as tea, and the merchants who enter the country have already been full of complaints. ”

The people who handed over the shops colluded with the people who carried the goods, and if they wanted to exchange the tea for the tea, it would not work without giving them a large amount of benefits. In the chain of production, transportation and marketing of tea, there is actually no place for the introduction shop. However, they relied on their special relationship with the government, and it was not so easy to exchange them for physical goods, so they actually grabbed the lion's share of profits.

To a large extent, Li Zhixing's "cash method" is to crack down on cross-referral shops, use cash, no longer use cross-reference, and see where they still go to make money! However, the fact is that after all, you can't get around it, and they can always take advantage of it.

This time, if the tea law is changed again, Li Shi simply draws his salary from the bottom of the kettle, and he doesn't even need to hand over the shop as a guarantee for the goods.

After listening to Li Shi's explanation, Cai Qi, the governor of the political affairs, said: "The transfer of shops is really unbearable, and it makes profits in vain, so that many businessmen who enter China have lost their capital in vain. But if there is a merchant who holds a fake tea guide, or fabricates the amount, and flies away after receiving the money, what if the goods there lose the money in vain? ”

The abolition of the guarantee actually hit the interests of NCB, but some risks were transferred from the traffic shop to the government, and how to avoid these risks had to be considered. This link is similar to Xu Ping's insurers in his previous life, but they are too greedy and charge too high insurance premiums.

Li Zhidao: "There is no need to pay the shop as a guarantee, you can let the businessmen in China protect each other, and if one family has an accident, several families will be held accountable." In this way, the businessman took the responsibility, and did not dare to take it lightly, and it was better than entrusting it to the shop. ”

In fact, the insurance cost of the transfer shop is still passed on to the businessmen, in this case, it is better to directly let the businessmen in the middle of the responsibility of the businessmen, they are all businessmen, and it is convenient to supervise each other.

However, this can completely draw the reliance of the cross-introduction shop, which is a fatal blow to their business.

Xu Ping couldn't help but think of Taishi Liu that Xu Chang had told him, Li Shi didn't know what those people were doing, but it should be clear. Even his new deputy envoy of salt and iron came to the door, and he didn't hide his meaning at all, not to mention that the old man of the three divisions of Li Zhi was much more senior than himself.

A group of imperial ministers are talking lively in this Chongzheng Palace, I don't know what those people are like now, whether they are also holding an emergency meeting, and what results will be discussed.

This is a duel between officials and officials, and let's see if Li Shi can overwhelm these slippery officials. (To be continued.) )