In the Taiqing Palace, the atmosphere was very depressing, the emperor's face sank like water, three of the six auxiliary ministers came, Pan Lian Gantang and Zuo Chen, the three of them were also silent, and a note was placed on the bookcase in front of the emperor, and all three of them had read the content of this note. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The fourth person is the king of Yanping County, who was recruited to the Taiqing Palace, and he just saw this recital.

This is a note from Yangzhou, and it is a joint name between Ju Yu and Gu Wei.

The four of them were summoned to the Taiqing Hall today because of this sparseness.

"Let's talk about it, Ju Yu and Gu Wei said that they can make a slight concession. The emperor's expression was indifferent, and his tone was even colder.

Before Pan Lian could speak, Zuo Chen stepped forward and said loudly: "Absolutely not!" Your Majesty, the reform of salt administration has already benefited the people, and if you retreat like this, giving benefits to the people will become benefiting business, and what will the people gain!!

The emperor was still expressionless, and Zuo Chen immediately turned to Pan Lian and Gan Tang: "Two lords, Gu Wei's move is definitely not feasible, Yangzhou salt merchants are just holding the imperial court hostage, if the imperial court bows its head, in the near future, the people will inevitably suffer from high salt prices!"

"Zuo Lao's words are alarmist," Pan Lian said slowly: "According to the sentence and Gu Wei, the two adults, the biggest reason why the salt policy reform cannot be implemented is that no one participates in the auction, Yangzhou Guantian is seriously damaged, the imperial court is unable to repair, the salt field controlled by the merchant is insufficient, if the imperial court wants to increase the salt tax, it must first invest a lot of silver to repair the salt field, but the court does not have this money, the emperor, the minister thought that he would give in first, and after the salt field was repaired and the output came up, it would be repaired. ”

"How can this be done!" Zuo Chen glared, almost jumping up: "The court should act above board! How can you be untrustworthy! Master Pan! Where do you want to put the emperor!"

"Prime Minister Gan, what do you think!" The emperor didn't want the two to quarrel, so he turned his head and asked Gan Tang.

Gan Tang sighed heavily, this Yangzhou salt policy reform should have been presided over by the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the emperor put this matter under the Shangshu stage, so he has been deliberately avoiding it, if it wasn't for the emperor's consultation today, he still didn't want to care about this matter.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been taking care of the spring income during this time, in addition, there is also the matter of supervising the storage of wheat in Yongzhou, and I don't know much about Yangzhou Salt Administration," Gan Tang said slowly: "Today, I saw the performance of Lord Ju and Lord Gu to know that the salt government innovation is actually difficult, the emperor, if it is really difficult to implement, it is better to stop for the time being, and then slowly act when the time is ripe." ”

The emperor's nostrils silently spewed out a rough breath, and before he could open his mouth to reprimand, Zuo Chen had already refuted with dissatisfaction: "Prime Minister Gan Cheng's words are ridiculous! Yangzhou salt policy reform, the imperial court has already issued an edict to the world, and it is related to the world's observation, how can it be easily stopped!

The emperor endured his breath, turned his head and asked, "Old Eleven, do your math, if you follow Gu Wei's method, how much tax and silver can the imperial court collect?"

The king of Yanping County ranked eleventh in the royal generation, he had seen this letter before he arrived at the Taiqing Palace, just now he just read it again, so he had already prepared, at this moment the emperor consulted, he had already prepared, so he replied without hesitation: "Back to the emperor, the minister did not calculate, but just now the minister roughly estimated in his heart, about 300,000 to 400,000 taels of silver, if the emperor wants to detail the number, he has to wait for Lord Ju and Lord Gu to report the number of Yangzhou salt fields and the approximate output." ”

"300,000 to 400,000, last year, how much was the salt tax in Yangzhou?" the emperor asked.

"Seven hundred and eighty thousand taels!" the king of Yanping immediately replied, which was recorded in the account book of Duzhi Cao.

"That is to say, it should be reduced by half," the emperor laughed: "This change is really good, it is a good thing to say Gu Wei!

"Your Majesty, Gu Wei has worked hard in Yangzhou for several months, found out the truth about Yangzhou Yantian, and put forward this law, which is also a last resort. Pan Lian hurriedly argued for the two of them.

"It's been a few months of hard work!" The emperor glared at Pan Lian coldly and said mockingly: "They are really hard, the truth about Yangzhou Yantian is really important! It is really difficult to investigate! It takes me to send two important ministers from the imperial capital to find out, Yangzhou Assassin History, Yangzhou Taishou, local officials at all levels, county soldiers, tens of thousands of people, but they can't find out Yangzhou's Yantian, is it because they are incompetent, or Yangzhou's Yantian is more difficult to find out than the Brotherhood!"

Gan Tang lowered his head, silently reciting the Taoist scriptures in his heart, Zuo Chen was angry, the king of Yanping County looked calm, he couldn't see his thoughts, and Pan Lian's eyebrows were full of worry.

"It's been a few months, have they really found out about Yantian!" The emperor shouted angrily, Zuo Chen was stunned, the king of Yanping County looked at the emperor strangely, Gan Tang still lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Why did the emperor say this?!" Pan Lian asked in confusion.

The emperor snorted, took out a secret piece from the recital on the side, and threw it in front of Pan Lian: "You can take a good look!"

Pan linked over, just looked up and knew that this was the secret music of the internal guard, he quickly finished reading, and couldn't help but gasp, this secret music will be the truth of Yangzhou's salt policy innovation clearly, yes, the best salt field in Yangzhou is in the hands of a few salt merchants, but behind these salt merchants is the Yangzhou local gate valve, in fact, it is not the salt merchant at all, now the reason why Ju Yi and Gu Wei are difficult step by step, the biggest reason is the secret obstruction of the Yangzhou door valve.

Pan Lian sighed after reading it, and handed the secret music to Gan Tang, Gan Tang glanced at ten lines, and soon handed it to Zuo Chen.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, it will be more difficult to promote the reform of Yangzhou Salt Administration," Pan Lian said slowly: "Chen Guo cleared the land, Yangzhou Salt Administration Innovation, and the results were all entangled with the local gate valves, the emperor, the scholar clan is the cornerstone of the country, I was initially decided, Emperor Taizu made a statement, and the scholar clan ruled the world together." ”

"I don't want to rule the world with the scholars!" the emperor interrupted unceremoniously, "But... For the sake of the family, they don't care about the safety of the world! I can't agree!"

"The emperor's words are very true! Lord Pan is ridiculous!" After Zuo Chen saw the secret recital, he was so angry that he shouted loudly: "Taizu has said that he will rule the world with the scholars! But not with this kind of moth! Take advantage of the difficulties of the imperial court and disregard the safety of the world! Only for his own interests, such a gate valve, what is the benefit of the country! It is just a moth! Your Majesty, for the world, you should get rid of this moth!"

"Lord Zuo, don't be too excited, beware of losing your honor in front of the palace. Pan Lian smiled bitterly, sighed softly, turned his head to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, with the ability of the sentence and Gu Wei, how can you not know where things come from, don't they know the crime of bullying the king, the emperor, the ministers don't think so."

Your Majesty, the imperial court now has the difficulty of being displaced inside, the trouble of the Hu nationality outside, and the treasury is empty, so the imperial court has no choice but to check the land in Chen State and implement the salt policy reform in Yangzhou. Can ,..."

Pan Lian sighed heavily: "Chen Guo cleared the land, and as a result, there was a big case of rebellion, this case implicated thousands of people, and the aftermath has not yet subsided. ”

The emperor was silent, Chen Guomou went against the shore, and the aftermath has not been extinguished so far, Shilin has a lot of discussions, although he did not dare to publicly overturn the case, but he also accused Pengzhu of improper handling, and the impeachment of Pengzhu has been piled up in half of the room in Shangshutai.

When receiving Gu Wei's recital, the emperor was very angry, and after receiving the secret music of the internal guard, the emperor was very angry, so he summoned the three of Shangshutai, he wanted to concoct it according to the law, and completely pulled out the door valve that hindered the innovation of Yangzhou Salt Administration, but after Pan Lian's words, he couldn't help but hesitate.

"Your Majesty, this involves the Lu family, the Yu family, and the Zhang family in Yangzhou, these three are all first-class gate valves in Yangzhou, especially the Lu family, which is deeply rooted in Yangzhou Jiangnan, and is the head of the gate valves in Yangzhou Jiangnan, which is very different from Chen Guo. ”

The emperor heard it, Pan Lian was warning him that the means used in Chen Guo could not be used in Yangzhou, let alone on the Lu family's Yu family, otherwise it might force the Lu family to rebel and lead to the erosion of the entire Jiangnan.

"Lord Pan's words are inappropriate," the king of Yanping County suddenly said, the emperor turned around, looked at him a little surprised, and the king of Yanping County said steadily: "The Lu family is the chief gate valve in Yangzhou, and has always been loyal to the imperial court, Xiao Wang does not believe it, they will take advantage of the difficulties of the imperial court, take the opportunity to coerce, is it possible that the subordinates or outsiders advocate without authorization, the minister suggested that the emperor ask the emperor to ask the two adults Gu Wei." ”

"The prince is reasonable!" Zuo Chen immediately expressed his support.

Gan Tang also nodded: "Your Majesty, this matter can't be rushed, Gu Wei didn't give up completely in the sparse, the minister guessed that they had been in Yangzhou for several months, the situation in the salt fields was almost touched, and the meaning of the salt merchants was also understood, they were afraid that if they retreated, the court would suffer huge losses, but they still went to this sparseness, why is this?" The ministers speculated in their hearts that they actually did not want the imperial court to approve their plan, and the reason why they went to this was to tell the imperial court that the affairs of Yangzhou were very complicated, and on the other hand, they were also shirking some responsibility. ”

Speaking of this, he paused before continuing: "The emperor should severely refute this recital, and clearly tell them that they cannot give in, but the emperor should not urge them, but give them time, and this matter should be done slowly." ”

The emperor nodded first, then frowned again, Pan Lian sighed: "King Qin, this spring outside the Xianbei Xiongnu is unstable, the possibility of a large-scale war this spring is extremely high, the King of Qin is already preparing for war, the military resources of the Chang'an treasury have been sent to Wuguan, and the imperial court is urging the imperial court to allocate funds to supplement the Chang'an arsenal, and the imperial court is waiting for rice to go to the pot." Lord Gan, this is going to slow down, how long is it going to be slow?"

King Qin's urging for money and grain had already arrived in Shangshutai, and Shangshutai had not been approved, the reason was very simple, there was no money in the treasury, and the king of Yanping County was looking forward to the spring harvest all day long.

The imperial court tax is divided into two seasons, namely spring and autumn, wheat is harvested in spring, and rice is harvested in autumn, but there are still a few days before this spring arrives, and wheat is still harvested in half a month.

"Or, increase the business tax. Zuo Chen proposed, and the king of Yanping shook his head resolutely: "Absolutely not." ”

The nominal commercial tax of the imperial court is one of ten taxes, but the commercial tax is alive, and officials at all levels can adjust it according to the actual local situation, so the commercial tax is not much in the eyes of the imperial court, but in fact, some places have already received five taxes and one tax, and the merchants have been miserable, and if they increase, I am afraid that the merchants will go bankrupt and become homeless.