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Princess Jingming smiled when she heard this: "Lord Xue is worried about the government, which makes the palace admire, in this case, you can listen to the piano later, when it comes to the reform of Yangzhou salt administration, I heard that Lord Xue still admonished the imperial court, today's salt government reform is difficult, I don't know what other tricks Lord Xue has?"

"Miaoce?!" Xue Mi smiled bitterly, and was about to open his mouth to complain, but Liu Han's voice suddenly came from his ears, and he couldn't help but perk up slightly: "Miaoce didn't, everything I thought of was written on the strategy of salt policy innovation, specifically to Yangzhou, from the perspective of Lord Ju and Lord Gu, the most important thing is that the local merchants, with the support of the gate valve, put forward too high requirements to the imperial court, and the imperial court could not agree, so they conspired to resist the salt political reform, hum, these merchants are getting bolder and bigger!

"Lord Xue is right, businessmen use business to disrupt the government, and the court should punish it severely!" Lu Xiu echoed.

Xue Mi didn't have the slightest pride, on the contrary, he was a little modest, but his expression had been greatly relaxed, only the last sentence of this paragraph was added by himself, and the previous ones were all secretly transmitted by Liu Han.

Unexpectedly, Xue Mi's "modesty" made the people present have a good impression of him.

"Punishing merchants is not a way," the king of Yanping County said, glanced at Liu Han, and said: "If you punish the merchants, it may have the opposite effect, the purpose of the Yangzhou Salt Policy Reform is to let the merchants participate in the salt and iron business, the salt and iron are no longer monopolies, the purpose is to increase taxes, if the merchants are punished, the merchants will not dare to operate the salt and iron." ”

"Brother Wang's words are reasonable," Yuan Wang sighed: "The success or failure of Yangzhou's salt policy reform actually lies in whether or not businessmen can actively participate. ”

"Mr. Yuan said well," Princess Jingming said, looked at Liu Han and said: "Mr. Liu said well last time, the key to the reform of Yangzhou's salt policy is to let enough businessmen participate in the production of salt, so as to promote the production of salt, but now, the salt merchants in Yangzhou actually use this to fight against the imperial court, I don't know what Mr. can do?"

Liu Han frowned and thought about it, shook his head, Princess Jingming showed a look of disappointment, but Liu Han said: "Is there anything strange in this? The taxes and strategies proposed by the imperial court are reasonable, and the salt merchants have made a lot of profits, I don't understand why they would open their mouths and open a lock with a key, I don't know much about this matter, I dare not say anything." ”

"Oh," Princess Jingming sighed softly, looked at the king of Yanping and said, "Brother Wang, can you explain to Mr. Liu, is there anything strange here?"

The king of Yanping smiled bitterly in his heart, and the Yangzhou gate valve supported the salt merchants in the back, which was an unspeakable secret, and there was no evidence in the hands of the imperial court. Slightly contemplative, the king of Yanping County said some of the contents of the sentence and Gu Wei's joint name.

"The crux of the matter now is that the salt merchants believe that the initial investment in the restoration of the salt fields is too large, and the ten taxes of the imperial court are too high, and they require the implementation of the fifteen taxes set by the Taizu, and in addition, the salt merchants in each state are required not to exceed three, and at this moment they are required to limit the salt merchants participating in the auction, requiring at least 10,000 taels of silver, which will restrict the entry of most small merchants. ”

Liu Han couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, the king of Yanping frowned, looked at him puzzled, Liu Han smiled: "I'm afraid this condition is not their last condition, the asking price is so high? ”

The king of Yanping County smiled bitterly, and Yuan Wang nodded: "Lord, although I don't do business, I also know the thoughts of some businessmen, they generally don't dare to put forward such conditions to the government, Lord, I'm afraid the matter in Yangzhou is not so simple." ”

The King of Yanping still didn't speak, Le Fan couldn't help it, frowned and asked, "Could it be that the Gate Valve Family is behind it again, what do they want to do?"

There was silence in the field, Xue Mi picked up the wine glass, pretended to drink, and glanced at Liu Han, Liu Han didn't look at him, he was also drinking, and he blocked his mouth by drinking, and Liu Han's voice sounded in his ears.

"You pretend not to know, don't say anything, let the prince say it, this matter is very strange, by the way, pay attention to that Lefan, this person is worth wooing. ”

Xue Mi was stunned in his heart, what is the strange? However, he still listened to Liu Han's words, pretended to drink, and didn't say anything.

When Princess Jingming saw this, she smiled, and then sighed: "I also thought that this matter was not so simple, I doubt that there are people behind these merchants, without the support of the gate valve family, I am afraid they will not dare to be so bold." ”

"The princess is reasonable," Le Fan sighed: "The gate valve family is the cancer of the Great Jin, and if this cancer does not disappear, the world will not be at peace." ”

Liu Han frowned slightly, what does it mean that this Jingming princess directly singled out the gate valve? The emperor instructed behind his back, in order to create a kind of public opinion pressure and force the Yangzhou gate valve to give in, or did he have other purposes?

The imperial capital is far away from Yangzhou, but all the gate valves in Yangzhou have children who are officials or studying in the imperial capital, and some rumors of the imperial capital will be transmitted to Yangzhou in the shortest possible time.

"Lord Xue, the strategy for the reform of the salt administration is personally drafted by the adults, I don't know what the adults think about this?" Princess Jingming is like a host, in fact, there will be a host for such a Qing Talk gathering, and this host is generally the convener of the party.

"Hehe, what do I have a high opinion," Xue Mi smiled faintly, but his brows furrowed slightly, this time there was no Liu Han's voice in his ears, he could only deal with it by himself: "The imperial court can't make concessions on this, otherwise there will be endless troubles, I think Lord Ju and Lord Gu are too weak, so these people kicked their noses in the face." ”

"Lord Xue is right," Liu Han immediately said: "Actually, this matter is easy to solve, it's a very simple way, aren't the salt households out of money, the government lends them money, if the government has no money, the government can come forward to guarantee it, let Huitong Qian Zhuang lend money to the salt households, as long as there is a gap, those merchants can panic, and the matter will be resolved." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Han picked up the wine glass and was about to drink it, but suddenly put it down again: "Actually, there is another trick that is even more ruthless, that is, to investigate smuggling and completely cut off the smuggling channel of Yangzhou salt, of course, this requires the assistance of the national soldiers of Yangzhou County." ”

"Check smuggling?" Hearing this, the king of Yanping County nodded after a little thought: "This move has the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger, which is very wonderful!"

"Can you check smuggling?" Yuan Wang asked suspiciously: "Yangzhou's county soldiers are in the hands of the protégés of the Yangzhou gate valve family, Yangzhou Thorn Shi Fenglie was born in the Jingzhou Feng family, the Feng family is a small gate valve in Jingzhou, but it has a close relationship with the Jingzhou Ma family and the Cai family, his wife is from the Ma family, and the Ma family and the Lu family are also in-laws, and Yangzhou Sima is recommended by the king of Huainan, and, according to the rules of the imperial court, the king of Huainan governs the soldiers of Yangzhou County, Lord Ju and Lord Gu are probably not unexpected, but they can't do it. ”

Liu Han looked at Yuan Wang, slightly surprised in his heart, how did he understand the situation in Yangzhou so clearly, he didn't have time to think about it, so he nodded: "What Brother Yuan said is extremely true, but there are tax collectors in the salt and iron prison, and the tax collectors can come forward to investigate, of course, this move is just a gesture, a warning, if those merchants still want to resist, then you don't have to be polite, go to the imperial court, and ask for the county soldiers to be temporarily placed under the jurisdiction of the Qin Mission." ”

"This method is not bad, but the question is whether the imperial court will agree?" Yuan Wang said and looked at Xue Yu and the king of Yanping.

Xue Yu said casually: "What's this, Pengzhu is checking the land in Chen State, isn't the county soldiers of Chen State under his command, and Yangzhou is the same." ”

The king of Yanping County was about to speak, and when he heard what Xue Mi said, he immediately closed his mouth and pretended to listen attentively.

"I don't think it's that easy," Le Fan shook his head and said, "Shang Shuling Pan Lian won't agree easily." ”

"Why is this?" asked Liu Han, not only was he a little surprised, but even Xue Yu was puzzled.

"Since Pan Lian became the Shangshu Order, his family has been in the market, and he has not entered empty-handed," Le Fan looked disdainful: "The housekeeper of Pan Mansion said publicly that the county order is 10,000 to 20,000 silver, the Taishou is 50,000, and the state shepherd is 100,000. ”

Liu Han was so shocked that his jaw was about to fall, Pan Lian was so bold and unscrupulous.

Not only was he stunned, but even the king of Xue Yanping was stunned, Emperor Taiding was corrupt in the later period, but he was not corrupt to this extent, and openly sold his official !!

"Master Pan, it won't be so ridiculous!" Xue Yu weakly argued: "Besides, what does this have to do with the reform of Yangzhou Salt Administration!"

Le Fan sneered: "Lord Xue is too kind in his heart, if the Yangzhou gate valve wants to blackmail the imperial court and does not collude with the ministers of the court, how can he be satisfied." ”

Xue Yu looked left and right, and then looked at Princess Jingming, Princess Jingming nodded silently, Liu Han gasped, it seems that this matter is about to become an open secret in the imperial capital;

Liu Han thought about it for a moment and felt that what Le Fan said might be true, and he sighed softly: "Even so, even if Taishi Pan doesn't agree, there is still the emperor, as long as the emperor agrees, Taishi Pan has to agree in the end, but this move is a little rude, and it can be done more subtly." I feel that Yangzhou Gate Valve will not be monolithic, there are friends and enemies, you can dig out the people in Yangzhou Gate Valve who will cooperate with the imperial court, let them come forward to participate in the auction, or directly sell Guantian to them cheaply, stimulate a few merchants. ”

"It's a possible idea. Yuan Wang nodded after a little thought, and then said: "Brother Liu, I heard that Hanhai Trading Company also has a branch in Jiangnan, why not let Hanhai Trading Company come forward and buy a few salt pans." ”

Liu Han was greatly surprised when he heard this, others were still there, how did Yuan Wang know that he had a branch in Jiangnan? Could it be that he thought about it and looked up at Princess Jingming, who was looking at him with a smile.

Liu Han's heart has increased the alarm, could it be that tonight's banquet is aimed at him!!