Listening to the report of the chamberlain, those imperial envoys had been "driven out" of the palace, and Lu Chengqi had been holding back in the vertical arch hall for a day, and finally sent this group of plague gods away. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info breathed a sigh of relief before standing up from the dragon chair. I just sat for a long time, and my back hurt.

"It's not a way to go on like this, you have to think of a way to ......let these stones in the pit retreat in the face of difficulties," Lu Chengqi was surrounded by the inner guards and the imperial guards, and thought about this problem while walking towards the Renming Palace.

"Is it possible, really want to hide from them? I can't be provoked, I can't hide! A sly smile appeared at the corner of Lu Chengqi's mouth, like a teenager who stole corn from someone's field.

It wasn't dark yet, but it was almost dusk. The sun was still scorching, as if it were going to dissipate the heat of the day in the last hour. In the Renming Palace, Zhou Zhiruo was already waiting.

After Lu Chengqi pushed open the Zhu Gate of Renming Palace, Zhou Zhiruo came back to her senses from a report and smiled at Lu Chengqi who entered the hall: "Your Majesty, you can be regarded as boiling those stubborn imperial envoys away, it really hurts you." With that, he laughed out loud.

Lu Chengqi said proudly: "These people, they still want to use this trick to force me to comply, it's just wishful thinking. If it is more patient, there is no one than me! ”

Zhou Zhiruo pretended to be flattering and said, "Yes, Your Majesty is patient, and your patience is great." If you have patience, you will move so big, and you can plan everything at once. Otherwise, how could these envoys find ways to knock on His Majesty's new law? Lu Chengqi wants to listen to such a counter-argument, isn't Zhou Zhiruo ridiculing his mistakes in governance!

Lu Chengqi was stunned and said, "Zitong, how do you know so many things, could it be that someone is chewing the root of the tongue again?" He really didn't believe it, the previous servant was killed by his cane, and he still remembered it vividly, who dared to be so bold. Doesn't live and die and still chew the root of the tongue?

Zhou Zhiruo sighed: "Your Majesty, your suspicion is too serious. The concubine didn't tell anyone such a truth, but figured it out by herself. Presumably Your Majesty also forgot, Da Shun Min Newspaper House. It's still the concubine who is in charge. These pieces of news have been written by those literati. It's just that when the concubines are tried, they are not allowed to send them. Your Majesty, the concubine thinks. They are not unreasonable, you are in a hurry. Take the salt tax as an example, the sudden change of government-run salt to private ownership, can we know that this move has caused turmoil? ”

Lu Chengqi had never heard the secret report in this regard, and he was surprised, perhaps because his concept was deviated. How could he, whose soul came from the afterlife, know that salt, a thing that was almost worthless in the afterlife, was actually a luxury in this time and space?

Lu Chengqi asked puzzledly, "What turmoil has it caused?" ”

Zhou Zhiruo sighed: "It seems that Your Majesty really doesn't know anything. Dashun towards the inside. It was originally a system of two governments and three divisions, Your Majesty should always have an understanding, right? ”

The system of two governments and three divisions refers to the prime minister in charge of the government, the Privy Council is in charge of the military, and the three divisions refer to the financial organs. The original intention of the establishment of the three divisions was to divide the powers. Later, the Third Division developed into an almost omnipotent department. Its terms of reference covered the affairs of the former Ministry of Soldiers, Households, Workers, and Rites, and even the powers of the Supervision Department were violated, and it also took care of all the financial affairs of the local prefectures and counties.

Although the three-division system was able to maximize the financial capacity of the imperial court at the beginning, it inevitably led to excessive bloated institutions over time. The administrative efficiency is low, and this situation of monopolizing the lifeline of the national economy is not in line with the former emperor's concept of separation of powers and checks and balances, and preventing any kind of power from becoming bigger, so in the time of the first emperor, the three envoys have been abolished. Divide the three divisions into three divisions.

The first is the Salt and Iron Division, and the chief is the Salt and Iron Envoy, and the official of the fifth grade. Generally speaking, the Salt and Iron Division is engaged in some government-run business and is in charge of the affairs of tea, salt, mining and metallurgy, rivers and canals and weapons throughout the country. The second is the degree branch department, which is in charge of coordinating financial revenue and expenditure and grain transportation, and the chief is the degree branch secretary, who is also the fifth grade official. The third is to take charge of the household registration and pay taxes, and the chief is the household department, which is also a five-rank official. However, the household department is subordinate to the household department, and the other two divisions are independent of each other, dividing the financial power into three, effectively weakening the relative power and strengthening the centralized rule.

Of course, Lu Chengqi knew about the system of two governments and three divisions, nodded and waited for Zhou Zhiruo's next words. I only heard Zhou Zhiruo continue: "The second government has been split into the cabinet, the Privy Council, and the military staff by His Majesty, which can be regarded as the three-government system. The third division, on the other hand, is the source of turmoil. His Majesty suddenly delegated the salt from the official camp to the people, but the salt merchants all over the world hated His Majesty to death. The salt money in their hands is no longer valuable, can they not make trouble? Maybe Your Majesty doesn't know that the salt merchants in Jingzhao Mansion and Sichuan and Shu have been resentful for a long time. Now that the price of salt is falling again and again, these people are desperate and will definitely make trouble. ”

Lu Chengqi was very incomprehensible: "Isn't it a good thing that the price of salt has fallen, is it like before, every catty of salt costs more than 100 yuan, and it is only coarse salt." The price of refined salt is comparable to gold, how can the people afford it? ”

Zhou Zhiruo sighed: "Your Majesty, this is because the treasury had no money left before, so it was not able to regulate the price of salt. If it was during the Wenzong period, if the price of salt exceeded 35 yuan, it would be stored in the warehouse and not sold, so that the price of salt would rise; If it exceeded 40 yuan, a large number of salt stocks were distributed to curb the profiteering of merchants and keep the price of salt stable. The distribution of salt banknotes is fixed, and it has been implemented for decades, and the imperial court relies on it for profit. But after His Majesty's one-size-fits-all approach, it has harmed the interests of too many people, and now it is only 12 yuan per catty of salt, and even the freight cannot be compared, and it is even more difficult for people everywhere to eat salt......"

Listening to Zhou Zhiruo's words, Lu Chengqi felt like someone had been knocked on a stick. He thought that this was a good thing for the people of the world, but he didn't expect that the reality was 108,000 miles away from his imagination. The price of salt has dropped, but it is more difficult for the people to eat salt. Lu Chengqi felt that his face was being fanned hot, and he didn't know what to say.

After a long time, Lu Chengqi said: "I never thought that the harm of imposing a new policy without investigation would be so great. Thanks to Zitong's reminder, I didn't make a big mistake! "I am also very palpitating in my heart, if it causes public resentment, the consequences are unimaginable.

Zhou Zhiruo said faintly: "Your Majesty may not know that the concubine is in charge of the imperial village and has already transported a lot of salt in various places for sale. Although the supply exceeds the demand, the price still cannot go up. Every time you transport it, you lose thousands of dollars. If there is no such drag, with the benefit of Huangzhuang's ocean-going trade, why is it that only 600,000 yuan is entered in a month? Your Majesty, you have to think carefully about how to regulate the salt administration. "She is in charge of Huangzhuang, and she really has a lot more knowledge than Lu Chengqi. Even if Lu Chengqi is from a financial background, he is not as good as Zhou Zhiruo, who has practice. Practice brings true knowledge, which is the best reason in the world! (To be continued.) )

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