In Liu Han's view, the auction of management rights, the promotion of business development, and the increase of taxes are something that middle school students know in the previous life, but it is a great move in this world, even before Emperor Wu's salt and iron official camp, salt and iron are not auctioned, but taxes are collected like ordinary commodities, and the Great Jin Dynasty has never auctioned commodity management rights, and more importantly, this is still salt and iron. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The production of salt and iron is widely distributed, and the output is huge, which is difficult to quantify, so the emperor raised questions when Xue Mi proposed the auction of management rights last time.

"The government can come forward to issue a kind of tax stamp, with this kind of tax stamp, it shows that the salt has been taxed and is a normal operation, otherwise it is illegal salt, and the illegal salt must be investigated and punished!" Xue Mi further explained: "In addition, the salt factory production can be opened, and the salt and iron supervisor can send people to the salt factory, and the salt produced in the salt factory must have a brand when it is sold, and the government must collect taxes." ”

After the emperor was surprised, he began to slowly examine Xue Mi's suggestion, and the more he thought about it, the more he realized that the feasibility of this suggestion was very high, but before he could ask, Ma Song had already asked first: "Lord Xue, even if you send someone to the salt farm, can you guarantee that this person will not be bribed by the salt farm?

"No, you can't. Xue Mi replied confidently, but he was secretly smiling in his heart, which was also his doubt, Liu Han gave a detailed explanation: "Master Ma, the risk of illegal salt is very high, if the illegal salt dealer knows, he only needs to pay a small amount of money to do business in the open, do you say that they are willing to pay money to buy a legal identity, or continue to risk killing their heads to sell illegal salt? ”

Ma Song did not refute, this is an obvious thing, since it can be done legally, no one is willing to take risks, Xue Mi then said: "The imperial court wants to auction the right to operate the salt farm, the imperial court does not invest a cent, you build the salt field yourself, Your Majesty, Qingzhou did not suffer a typhoon, Yangzhou did not have a flood, the imperial court can choose a few counties in these two states to try this law, allowing the merchant family to pay for the construction of the salt field iron field, after the imperial court acceptance, issued a business license, pay taxes according to the output every year, the same is true for the traders, do not pay taxes when buying salt, but pay taxes when selling salt." Why do you do this, after doing this, the tax will be divided between the two sides, and the burden on both sides will not be large, and they can bear it, and they will not risk selling illicit salt. ”

The emperor couldn't help but nod when he heard this, with such a distribution, there would indeed be no one to risk selling illicit salt, looking at Xue Mi's foaming at the mouth, he couldn't help but wonder a little, this Xue Mi legend is a gentleman, how can he still have this understanding.

It's easy for Xue Mi to hide from others, but it's still very difficult to hide from the emperor, the emperor was very familiar with Xue Mi when he was still the crown prince, and he knew what kind of person he was, to be honest, if it weren't for the queen's sake, he would never mention Xue Mi to the middle secretary, but he didn't expect him to give himself such a big surprise.

"But how long will it take to increase the revenue of the government treasury to implement this strategy?" Ma Song asked a key question: "Are Yangzhou and Qingzhou willing to do this?"

These two questions are very critical, the emperor's expression became serious, Xue Mi smiled: "Good question, good question, good question, Emperor, the salt tax is now a year can no longer be less, a little earlier, I think that within two to three years, if it is implemented throughout the country, the salt tax revenue can increase by at least five billion yuan, if it is more, it can be tens of billions; ”

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Ma Song, and then looked at the emperor and said: "The salt tax has dropped so much, where has these salt taxes gone? It has gone to the hands of the gate valve family, the smuggler salt dealers, and more importantly, to the gate valve family.

Where does so much salt come from in the market, most of the salt farms are controlled by merchants controlled by the gate valve family, the imperial court does not collect their taxes, nor can they collect their taxes, the emperor, the imperial court stipulates that salt and iron are monopolized, the imperial court does not have salt fields, the salt fields are all operated by salt households, but these salt households have entered the shadow households of the gate valve family, so, how can the imperial court collect their taxes?"

The emperor and Ma Song nodded almost at the same time, and Xue Yu continued: "Therefore, the auction of salt and iron management rights is actually to take money from the hands of the gate valve family, so most of the local people are unwilling, but the court does not care about them, and the way to eliminate their interference is to let the salt and iron supervisor preside over the auction, and the tax is under the supervision of salt and iron, Your Majesty, in this way, if those gate valve families want to continue to make money from salt and iron, they can only honestly pay taxes to the imperial court, and in this way, the lost taxes of the imperial court will be recovered." ”

The emperor nodded happily and immediately said, "Xue Qing, is there any specific recital?"

Without hesitation, Xue Mi took out a note and sent it to the emperor: "The minister has already prepared." ”

Ma Song was a little puzzled: "Master Xue, why didn't you take it out just now?"

Xue Mi smiled and didn't make a sound, the emperor knew it, and said that this kid has learned to be cautious, well, this is also a good thing.

The recital is very detailed, so detailed that it is not like a recital, but like a plan, almost all possibilities have been taken into account, the emperor looked at it very carefully, and thought while reading, Ma Song was full of doubts, but he did not speak, speaking at this time would disrupt the emperor's train of thought, he looked at Xue Mi's gaze was also very strange, and Xue Mi also subverted the previous impression in his mind.

Xue Mi was not proud but satisfied now, seeing the emperor's expression becoming more and more satisfied, Ma Song's gaze became more and more confused, and the satisfaction in his heart became stronger and stronger.

The emperor looked at half of the incense for a long time, and after reading it, he didn't speak, and handed the song to Ma Song, who quickly took it and looked at it carefully.

Ma Song saw it faster than the emperor, and it only took less than half of the time to finish it, Ma Song put the music together, thought about it a little and asked: "At the same time, the trial is in Yangzhou, Qingzhou, is the scope too big, Lord Xue, if you choose a trial between Qingzhou and Yangzhou, which one do you choose?"

Xue Mi was happy in his heart, Liu Han reminded him of this question, and he smiled very confidently and said, "I choose Yangzhou." ”

"Why?" the Emperor immediately asked.

"Qingzhou is too close to Qi State, Yangzhou, hehe, Yangzhou Gate Valve has fewer officials in the imperial court. Xue Mi said meaningfully.

Enough, these two reasons were completely sufficient, and neither the emperor nor Masson could argue with it.

"Well, Lord Xue is very worried," Ma Song nodded, then frowned and asked, "Your Excellency said in the song that you will send competent personnel to preside over the execution, what do you mean?"

"I'll just say it straight," Xue Mi looked left and right, except for Ma Song in the study, Huang Gonggong, Ma Song was the old man when the emperor was in the palace, Huang Gonggong was the person next to the first emperor, loyal, and had never heard of any interaction with that courtier, Xue Mi paused and said: "Your Majesty, the minister recommends Lord Ju Ju and Lord Gu Wei Gu to preside over this plan." ”

Ma Song couldn't help but blurt out when he heard this: "Sentence?!How can he do it!And, Gu Wei, he just presided over Du Zhicao, how can he leave!?"

The emperor was not surprised, but frowned slightly, looked at Xue Mi and said, "I am also very puzzled, why do you choose these two people?"

"Your Majesty," although he knew that the people in the study were trustworthy, Xue Yu still lowered his voice and said: "The key to the success or failure of this strategy lies in the support of the imperial court, and whether the executor is effective. As for Gu Wei," Xue Mi paused again, and lowered his voice again: "Master Gu has a very high reputation in Shilin, and with him, Shilin's reaction to this will be smaller, but this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Du Zhicao cannot be handed over to Lord Gu." ”

The emperor's eyes showed a strange light, Xue Mi immediately understood, he and Liu Han guessed correctly, the emperor had already understood, Ma Song didn't understand at first, then suddenly realized, and immediately nodded: "Lord Gu is the right person, Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that Lord Gu is very suitable!"

Xue Mi tried to suppress the excitement in his heart, and the emperor looked at him with a slight smile and nodded at him: "Brother Mi, well, all these years the people in the imperial capital have said that you are a gentleman, and I see that there is still a little furrow in your chest." By the way, do you know anything about the grassland?"

Xue Yu replied with a smile: "I heard what Master Ma said when I was waiting for the decree just now. ”

"Then what do you say about the imperial court?" the emperor asked.

Xue Mi sorted out his thoughts a little and said: "I think it's not appropriate to send troops now, the weather is too cold, and I'll look at the situation of the treasury after the spring next year," Speaking of this, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, the emperor was expressionless, but there were already two points of disappointment in his eyes, Xue Mi didn't notice it, he was two points excited: "Your Majesty, before the first emperor and the emperor, the Taiwei made adjustments to the camp and the forbidden army, and the minister thought that he could take this opportunity. ”

Before he finished speaking, the emperor had already smiled, waved his hand to interrupt him, and kept nodding at him: "Brother Yu'er, it seems that the middle secretary is still condescending to you, so tell me again, after Gu Wei leaves, who will Du Zhicao hand over?"

Xue Yu deliberately thought for a moment before saying, "The minister recommends two people, the king of Yanping County and the prince of Xiao Zhao." ”

The emperor couldn't help laughing when he heard this, got up and stood up, and was in a very comfortable mood: "I used to hear the queen say that you played badly, but now it seems that the queen doesn't know much about you, well, yes, yes!"

Ma Song obviously didn't understand what Xue Mi meant, and after thinking about it for a long time, he understood, and at this time, his eyes when he looked at Xue Mi were obviously different from before, and he was a little more respectful.

Xue Mi's heart was overjoyed, he knew that from today onwards, he would be different in the eyes of the emperor.

At this time, he remembered the agreement with Liu Han, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a few friends, and the cultivation is not bad, it is said that there are samurai who are high-grade and cultivated, and the minister also has a few retainers, and the minister wants to recommend them to the forbidden army, and he doesn't want to be a big official, just give a captain." ”

Ma Song's heart trembled, don't be a big official, just do it, you should be a lieutenant is a petty official, the forbidden army is directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, but the personnel are still under the management of the Taiwei Mansion, the supreme commander of the forbidden army is the lieutenant of the forbidden army, the rank of the lieutenant of the forbidden army is equivalent to the lieutenant, below is the general of the left and right guards, below is the general of the palace, the lieutenant of the palace, and then the lieutenant of the palace.

The emperor couldn't help but be happy, looked at Xue Mi and teased: "Hehe, the tone is not small, the lieutenant is fine, the entire forbidden army is only a few lieutenants in the palace, tell you, there are only eight lieutenants, you can recommend a few at once, just said that you still have a few talents, what's the matter, it's a joke again." ”

Xue Mi's eyes narrowed into a line, and he smiled happily: "Your Majesty, don't the ministers understand, those who don't know are not guilty, or the camp is fine, you have to bring a few people, their cultivation is quite good, the emperor, the ministers will never dare to deceive Your Majesty in this matter." ”

The emperor looked him up and down, and nodded with a little contemplation: "The forbidden army needs to be adjusted, so let's let them be a team leader first, and see if they have the ability to lead the troops, well, by the way, Gonggong Huang!"

Huang Gonggong came out of the corner, as if he had been there just now, and he didn't know what the emperor and Xue Yu were talking about.

"I remember the last time they said that the forbidden army was not satisfied, how many people were missing?"

"Hou Yang Hui of the Forbidden Army reported that the Forbidden Army had a quota of 8,400 people, and there was a shortage of 1,700 people. Huang Gonggong replied quietly, the forbidden army is not satisfied, it existed in the time of the first emperor, the first emperor thought it was not a big deal, there were city guards in the imperial capital, and there was a mountain camp outside the city, a palace city could not be watched by so many people, and the treasury was empty, and the treatment of the forbidden army was twice that of other troops, and there were fewer people and less expenses.

"These people have to make up for it," the emperor thought and said: "The generals of the forbidden army have to adjust recently, well, mainly because they have not seen the battlefield for too long, tell Gonggong Mu to prepare a list, transfer some useful talents, go to the border army to train for a few years, and then transfer them back." ”

Huang Gonggong bowed down to receive the order, and the forbidden army was under the command of the emperor, but how could the emperor have so much time, and the affairs of the forbidden army were usually taken care of by Gonggong Mu.