On the shore of Changchun Lake, on the edge of the willow forest, several guards were scattered around, and two people sat on the horse, with two fishing rods hanging on the water.

"Brother, it's been two days, and you can still sit still. The sentence was gentle, and he looked at Gu Wei who was staring at the fish drift attentively.

Since the announcement was issued, merchants from all over the country have gathered in Yangzhou, but the local Yangzhou Salt Chamber of Commerce has not taken action, and now any salt number under the Salt Chamber of Commerce has not registered.

This made Ju Yi very anxious, three million taels of silver, in Ju Yi's opinion, except for the Yangzhou Salt Industry Chamber of Commerce, no other chamber of commerce could take it.

But Gu Wei was not in a hurry at all, he swam every day, either boating on the lake, or wandering in the streets and alleys, and today he was dragged to the lake to fish.

"My lord, don't worry," Gu Wei said calmly, his eyes still staring at the fish drift: "The autumn fish is fat, the fish in this Changchun Lake is famous in the world, and the fish meat is delicate and delicious." ”

Ju Yu smiled bitterly, sighed long, his fish drift moved slightly, Gu Wei saw this and hurriedly grabbed the fishing rod, the fish drift moved continuously, Gu Wei quickly lifted the fishing rod, and a fish hung on the hook.

The boy who was guarding the side came and picked the fish into the fish basket, and when he saw this, he shook his head constantly, and simply got up and sat down under the tree, leaning against the trunk of the tree.

Ju Yi was very annoyed, it stands to reason that he is the real Qincha, Gu Wei is his deputy, but he has been in Yangzhou for so long, and Gu Wei is taking the idea at every critical moment, and Gu Wei has been the long history of Pan Lian, who is now in power, and he is labeled with the Pan family, which makes him jealous, and slowly, the dominance of salt policy innovation is taken away by Gu Wei.

Three million taels of silver, like a mountain pressed on his heart, the court after the edict, as if to know that this matter is difficult, Pan Lian then sent a special letter, telling them that the war outside the Saiwai and Liangzhou are suspected of expansion, the imperial court is now empty treasury, can not take out the military salary, they must understand the difficulties of the imperial court, make every effort to complete the levy, in the future the imperial court will be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

Looking at Gu Wei's back, he smiled bitterly, Gu Wei was originally from Yangzhou, but he was born in Yuhai County, south of the Yangtze River, and legend has it that his ancestors used to be scholars and were expelled many years ago, but this is just a legend.

Yu Hai is east of Jianye, Gu is not a big family in Yu Hai, but there are many rich families in the clan, but the specific Gu Wei family is relatively poor, his father is very talented, once made "Autumn Color Fu", the literary style is flying, it is widely spread in the south of the Yangtze River, his mother is the daughter of the Lu family of the Wu County Shi clan, Lu Father appreciates his father's talent very much, and his daughter is allowed to match, and the husband and wife are very affectionate.

Two years later, Gu's mother died in childbirth, Gu's father was heartbroken and seriously ill, and since then he has been haunting the sickbed, Gu Wei died of illness when he was three years old, Gu Wei was raised by the clan, when he was four years old, Gu Wei was picked up by Gu's father's friend, and there has been no trace since then, and when it is known again, Gu Wei is already seventeen years old, often traveling the world in white.

Ju Yu noticed that Gu Wei was very familiar with Yangzhou Shilin, but he didn't really have many contacts, he shouldn't have participated in Yangzhou autumn products, but think about it, with the pride of the man in white, I'm afraid he can't look down on Yangzhou autumn products.

But Gu Wei was indeed amazed, whether it was a poetry meeting or a debate, he could not stump him, he was very familiar with the Taoist classics and the classics of various schools, and he could casually quote the treatises of various famous masters and explain them.

Although Gu Wei explained the purpose of the auction, he didn't say how to do it, which made Ju Yi feel uneasy, and he couldn't help but get anxious as he saw the time pass day by day.

Leaning on the trunk of the tree, thinking about his thoughts, the sentence gradually fell asleep, and he didn't know how long it took, he was awakened by a wisp of fragrance, he opened his eyes and saw that Gu Wei's figure was no longer on the lakeside, and he turned his head to look at the fragrance, Xiao Tong was concentrating on grilling fish, and the fragrance came from there.

Looked for Gu Wei contemplatingly, but didn't see it, he quickly got up, looked around, still didn't see it, hurriedly went to the grill and asked Xiao Tong, Xiao Tong signaled over there, and looked back at the tree where he was sleeping, and he was leaning on the side of the tree, he couldn't help but shake his head laughingly.

He looked around, several Tiger Ben Guard soldiers were guarding the periphery, he walked towards Gu Wei, and when he came to him, he was about to speak, Gu Wei opened his eyes and smiled at him.

"Immovable as a mountain, it is the highest realm of Taoism, Brother Zhongren, you have really reached this realm. There was a bit of sourness in the tone of the sentence.

Gu Wei smiled faintly: "Brother Tingshi, you can't look at the surface, if you and I are panicked, wouldn't some people be secretly happy." ”

"Tell me, what do you think in the end, three million.....! ," Ju Yi shook his head with a wry smile, undisguised his dissatisfaction.

Gu Wei also sighed cooperatively: "How dare I say in the camp, how many of them are from Yangzhou, this matter is going to leak, three million can't be completed, how can we explain to the imperial court." ”

Ju Yi scolded in his heart, he didn't plan in the camp last time, and he had to pretend this time, but on the surface, he praised: "Zhongren is cautious." ”

"It's not okay if you're not careful," Gu Wei sighed: "I'm from Yangzhou, I know that these city foxes and rats in Yangzhou can do whatever they want, you forgot, what happened last time, if we weren't cautious, then Zhen Niang wouldn't have had an accident." ”

Ju Yu's expression froze, and he nodded silently, Gu Wei continued: "My idea is that we will auction five hundred mu first, fifty mu each, but each must be equipped with a salt number license, and in addition, each will be exempted from salt tax for three years." ”

Gu Wei said and took out a notice: "This notice will be posted tomorrow." ”

Ju Yi took the notice and read it again, his expression was not happy, his brows were deeply twisted, and he said with a wry smile: "Brother, you are really bold, has the court agreed to this salt tax?"

Gu Wei smiled: "My lord forgot, in the imperial court's edict, there is such a sentence, 'Three million is the current priority, you can act cheaply for this, and you can report it to the imperial court afterwards.'" ’”

The sentence came to mind, there was such a sentence in the order of the imperial court, but he wanted to sell the salt fields and deal with the salt industry chamber of commerce, but he didn't expect this aspect at all.

But then he thought again, his brows were still twisted: "Is this okay? These salt pans have low yields, and even if they are exempt from salt tax, they will not be exempted from much silver." ”

"Adults don't know," Gu Wei smiled meaningfully: "I mean that if you buy the salt number of Yantian, you will be exempted from salt tax for three years." ”

The sentence was slightly stunned, and his brain suddenly flashed, and he understood in an instant, any salt number, those big salt numbers of the Salt Industry Chamber of Commerce, some of them have thousands of acres of salt fields, and their salt taxes are all exempt, which is a shocking amount, and there is such a bait, and those salt numbers are not fighting for their heads.

Thinking about it, Ju Yu couldn't help but gasp, looked at Gu Wei in a daze, and sighed half-loudly: "Brother, you are so bold, this..."

Gu Wei looked at the sentence and sighed softly in his heart: "My lord, besides, I really can't think of any way to raise three million taels of silver in ten days." ”

The sentence was silent, and he remembered the edict again, the words on it were rarely urgent, and it seemed that the imperial court had spared no expense in order to raise three million taels of silver.

Of course, in addition to this method, there is another way, that is, to raise donations from the gate valve wealthy family, but their current situation, it is impossible at all, in addition, Yangzhou Thorn Mansion must also have received an edict to raise two million taels of silver, thinking with his heels, Sheng Huai can only persuade the gate valve wealthy family.

"Maybe. Ju Yi muttered to himself, and then said, "However, we still have to report to the imperial court." ”

Gu Wei was silent for a while, and his heart was full of disdain, this sentence was really cowardly, if he didn't report to the imperial court, there was a reason not to report to the imperial court, and the imperial court didn't expect this time to fail in the use of troops outside the country! There must be a lot of people, in case they make trouble from it, this plan will be in vain.

"The three-year salt tax, according to last year's salt tax revenue, is only more than 1.3 million," Gu Wei muttered to himself, Gu Wei shook his head: "My lord miscalculated, according to the current tax system, I estimated that the salt tax should be more than four million in three years." ”

Slightly stunned, Gu Wei explained: "The salt tax system is reformed, and next year's salt tax should be less, about 800,000 taels, but in the second and third years, it should be around 1.3 million taels and 1.8 million taels." ”

Ju Yu gasped lightly, and was about to speak, when his face suddenly changed: "Brother, this salt tax belongs to Shaofu, let's..."

"I thought of it," Gu Wei nodded solemnly, this Shaofu is equivalent to the emperor's inner treasury, it is the emperor's private money, and Duzhi Cao is the imperial court's treasury, and the exemption from salt tax is equivalent to taking out the emperor's private money.

"But the society is important, the world is the public, the Hu clan is guilty of my Great Jin, the people are suffering, and the emperor should solve the difficulties of the world. Gu Wei said sternly.

Ju Yu looked at Gu Wei and couldn't help but smile bitterly, the emperor's inner treasury silver, you kid moved like this, what would the emperor think.

In addition to paying for the expenses of the palace, this Shaofu has many uses, such as who the emperor wants to reward, part of the cost of the emperor's mausoleum, and... , the cost of the internal guard.

The cost of this internal guard, in the time of Taizu, was paid by the imperial court, but during the Wenzong period, the famous minister at that time, Shangshu Ling Yan Shun, resolutely refused to allocate funds to the internal guard, on the grounds that the actions of the internal guard were not reported to the imperial court, and if the internal guard was to be funded, the internal guard must report to the imperial court, and at the same time the internal guard establishment was included in the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Yan Shun's move caused a great turmoil, he was widely supported by Shilin and court officials, Emperor Wenzong had no choice, and finally had to issue an order, and the internal security funds were paid by the Shaofu to suppress the turmoil.

"No, no," the sentence shook his head again and again, the first emperor had raised the emptiness of Shaofu several times, and asked Du Zhicao to transfer arrears to Shaofu, but Du Zhicao had no money, so he did not succeed.

Gu Wei was even more contemptuous of him in his heart, and he sighed: "My lord, I'll do this thing, I'll go back later, my lord will be sick, let's still be like last time, success, my lord will reap the credit; ”

He glanced at the tiger guard outside, Gu Wei shook his head slightly, and took out a white pill: "My lord go back and take this pill, and after an hour, my body will be hot, and the doctor will think that the adult feels the wind cold." ”

Ju Yi carefully took the pill, looked at it carefully, his expression was a little complicated, and he sighed half-loudly: "It's just that I'm bitter for you." ”

"As long as you can complete the task of the imperial court, you can do it. Gu Wei also sighed.

It is also a good thing to let the sentence be avoided for the time being, to some extent, this man behaves despicably, cowardly and greedy, and without him making trouble on the side, this thing can go smoothly.

(End of chapter)