Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 748 Winter Solstice Promotion
Everyone realized that this imperial envoy was not easy to mess with.

At the same time, pressure from the local and non-government came suddenly.

Everyone is lying on the vine of Yanzheng to suck blood, how can they allow it to be easily twisted?

For example, when he borrowed soldiers, he was immediately warned by the governor of Jiangsu that he should not move troops at will, especially for anti-smuggling. Could it be that there are still fewer salt soldiers in the three major battalions in the salt field?

Zhu Jing had expected this and didn't care.

Because he has already achieved his goal.

There were many problems in the salt administration, but after the salt law was changed to the bill salt law, the salt merchants were no longer an obstacle.

On the contrary, most of the small and medium-sized salt merchants who are not well connected are willing to go to the government to crack down on smuggling and provide them with more markets for selling salt.

Now that you have supporters, it's easy to do things.

Coupled with the prestige of the previous anti-smuggling, Zhu Jing's goal was immediately aimed at five bars and ten dams.

There are more than a dozen villages, thousands of people, and thousands of strong blood-sucking men, which constitute the biggest obstacle to transporting salt to the north.

What is surprising is that Zhu Jing did not choose a hard bar, but found another way:

Since this road is blocked, then change another road.

If the land route is blocked, the water route will be replaced, and if the water route is blocked, the land route will be used.

Although it is not a straight line, and the distance has expanded a lot, but compared to exploitation, this cost is nothing.

Because to cross these ten dams, it costs ten taels of silver for each introduction of salt, and it is only six taels of silver to know that the price of salt is only six taels or four.

There are 600,000 saltworks in Huaibei, with an output of 6 yuan. Just passing through these five bars and ten dams, [-] million taels will be lost.

Compared with these money, what is the cost of the journey?
In addition, due to the implementation of the government-supervised business model, all salt merchants must go to a certain distribution center to sell official salt.

For example, the salt merchants in Huguang had to collect and distribute official salt in Hankou, and thus were blackmailed by the yamen on the shore and related to salt transportation.

A fee paid by the carrier to these people is called the box fee.

There are still many places where the rain and dew are evenly exposed, which has caused the price of official salt to remain unchanged for a long time. It is still less than [-] to [-] percent, and it can be several times that at the highest.

The industry of salt is like a big piece of fat, everyone wants to take a bite.

For example, in Nanjing, when the price of salt was the lowest, it cost one cent and two cents (120 Wen) per catty, while the market price of salt was only [-] Wen per catty.

The price of private salt is only forty or fifty yuan, so it is naturally a big seller.

Therefore, Zhu Jing no longer regarded Hankou as a distribution center, but gathered them all in Yangzhou Prefecture to reduce exploitation and lower the price of salt.

As soon as these plans came out, the official salt plummeted in response, and it was rare to reach about Baiwen.

At the same time, the control over salt households has become more and more stringent. Fuyu's salt is never allowed to be taken out or sold, and it is managed from the source.

With a few measures, most of the shortcomings of the salt administration were eliminated immediately, and everyone praised it for its vigorous and resolute actions.

Of course, the conflict is also fierce.

Not to mention those in the officialdom, they are all gentlemen, no matter how much they grit their teeth, they will not face each other.

But those unruly people in Shidaoba, who are used to reaping the benefits, immediately made a fuss, attacking the saltworks everywhere, and it was extremely noisy.

As a result, he was also labeled as a stunned young man in the officialdom.

Unfortunately, Zhu Jing didn't take it seriously.

His future is in the hands of the emperor, and there is no need to curry favor with those civil servants, let alone taboo his reputation.

It was precisely because of this that he ordered the salt soldiers without hesitation to beat out this group of troublemakers, injuring dozens of people.

In just a few months, the production of Huai salt has increased greatly, and the price of official salt has dropped by several percent, reaching the lowest level in history - [-] yuan per catty.

Cut the price in half.

Even so, with the disappearance of private salt, the common people can only buy official salt, the expenditure has increased greatly, and there is a lot of criticism.

By the end of the year, everyone in Yangzhou didn't like him. The common people cursed secretly, the bureaucrats were upset, and the big salt merchants cursed him. Zhu Jing almost offended him all over.

It's just that he didn't bother with floating money, and he didn't sweep away the benefits of inspecting salt censors and transferring envoys to the yamen.

Because it has to rely on the salt transport yamen to run the salt administration, let the horses run and let the horses not eat grass, this kind of thing can't be done.

It is precisely because of this that the price of salt has not fallen to the bottom, maintaining a high salt price in a sense.

"Compared to a few months ago, salt merchants are more free, and the price of salt has also dropped."

Zhu Jing stood on the sidelines and didn't care about the surging public opinion.

Beside him, Chu Yu, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, said softly: "The official salt sales are going well, the number of salt imports is more than twice that of the previous one, and the salt class has skyrocketed!"

"That's right, the imperial court's income has also risen sharply."

Zhu Jing smiled softly: "If you keep it for a few years and it becomes a habit, then it will be regarded as a great merit blessing."

"Brother Zhu has a bright future, I admire that."

Chu Yu couldn't help raising his glass, his face full of admiration.

With such a deed at such a young age, and the simplicity in the emperor's heart, who would not flatter him?

A bunch of shallow-sighted guys who know money.

"Where, Chu Qianhu's help, I will keep it in my heart."

Zhu Jing also raised her glass in response.

But in the capital, after being covered with thick snow, the city of Beijing turned into a piece of white, and the winter solstice dynasty also ended in a bustle.

This is a summary of Shaowu's five years, and it is also a reward.

Zhu Meng, the Duke of Xuanguo, was granted the title of eight thousand stones, and Enze's son was made a baron.

Anguogong Li Jizu, Fuguogong Chen Yongfu, Yiguogong You Shiwei, and Yiguogong Li Jingwu were all conferred up to eight thousand stones, and Enze's son was a baron.

They all became a double noble.

Liu Tingjie, Duke of Cheng, and Yan Guochao, Duke of Yong, were both promoted to Qiqianshi, and they belonged to the second batch of Dukes.

And Jinghou Wu Sangui, the Duke of Jingguo in Jin Dynasty, and the food salary of five thousand stones are the third batch of teams.

In addition, Li Dingguo was promoted to marquis because of his pacification of Yunnan and expelling Sun Kewang; Gao Yigong was promoted to marquis because of his conquest of Turpan;

Other important ones, during the Korean War, Li Yingren was promoted to earl, and Li Chengdong was promoted to earl.

Due to the Battle of Liaodong, nearly [-] soldiers and horses were mobilized, and most of the Beijing camp went out to fight. There are countless meritorious achievements.

The number of earls exceeded 110, viscounts exceeded 140, reaching [-], and [-] barons.

The total number of Gonghou Bozi men exceeds four hundred, which is a huge number.

Just to pay these people the annual salary, the imperial court has to spend more than 500,000 silver dollars every year.

Of course, if compared with the Qing Dynasty in history, it will appear to be less. Excluding the clan, the number of meritorious officials and people exceeds 1000 people.

In the Qing Dynasty, the imperial clan was Jiang et al., while the Minjue was hereditary.

For a time, not a few got promoted and made a fortune, and even a few cabinet ministers got rewards, except for the promotion.

"Oh? Zhu Jing is quite noisy."

Reading the impeachment letter sent from the south, the emperor threw it aside without comment.

It's been a long time, even the cabinet knows about him, and it's just a routine to get two copies every day, which makes people know.

(End of this chapter)