eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 349 Angry

"Your Majesty! Those two ignorant things dare to chew their tongues in the palace, and this servant will cut off their tongues!"

The emperor was no longer walking slowly like before, and now he was rushing to the Qianqing Palace with the wind.

As for what happened in the back garden just now, he didn't say anything, he didn't do anything, and he didn't show his identity in front of the eunuch in charge of the Shangshan Supervisor.

People who don't know the emperor still think that it should be no big deal, and it's like they haven't heard it.

But Liu Jin knew that not only was something wrong, but it was serious!

"No one is allowed!"

Hearing what he said, the emperor turned around and said viciously, "If what the eunuch in charge said was the truth, why should he cut his tongue? If what he said was not the truth, then there must be an inside story. If you cut his tongue, he still How to explain?"

"Then..." Liu Jin thought about it again, "The servant girl must first find someone to arrest her and keep him under strict supervision!"

The old eunuch is flustered!

He is the eunuch in charge of the chief of ceremonies, after all, he should take care of those who have no roots in the palace. Now that this matter is not known how big the storm is, he is naturally worried!
Zhu Houzhao frowned tightly,

In fact, he wasn't worried about these bad things in the palace. There were tens of thousands of eunuchs gathered here, and there were not many people with complicated and bad hearts. He didn't expect these people to be honest people.

But Gu Zuo was different, he poured a lot of hope into Gu Zuo.

In fact, as an emperor, it is hard not to put hope in such an official. If such a talent is not reused, I really don't know who else should be reused.

Can……

Similar things have happened many times in history.

Just like Emperor Yongzheng, who liked Nian Gengyao so much at first, but later tortured him so much that his life was worse than death.

"Liu Jin, you are the eunuch with the palm seal of the Supervisor of Rituals. I know that everyone inside and outside the palace wants to give you face. You may know more than me. I don't mention anything else now. You tell me the truth. As far as you know, what kind of person is Gu Liqing in private? Do you believe that he is greedy?"

Liu Jin knelt down with a 'plop',
The so-called companion is like a tiger, it is similar to these questions, a wrong answer means that the head is different!
"Your Majesty, this servant is dedicated to serving His Majesty and has no other thoughts, and has very little contact with foreign ministers. Furthermore, the scholars in the outer court are arrogant and arrogant, and they themselves don't look down on this rootless person. Apart from Your Majesty, this servant has nothing in his heart. Don't think about anyone else!"

Zhu Houzhao was a little impatient, "I'm not asking you to show your loyalty, I'm asking you if you believe Gu Liqing is greedy!"

"This..." Liu Jin thought anxiously, "Knowing people, knowing the face, but not knowing the heart, the servants can't tell whether Gu Shilang is greedy or not. But the servants have heard that Gu Shilang's official voice is very good in private, and it is by no means a sham. Greedy official. If... If His Majesty really has doubts in his heart, I can go and call those two people here, and order them to explain the whole story in detail."

Zhu Houzhao was still impetuous in his mind, so he rejected the proposal, "I think this matter is a bit strange. And I haven't thought it through yet, it's not appropriate to make a decision at this time, so let's leave them alone, and you are not allowed to startle the snake, wait until I think it over. .”

"The servant obeys the order." Liu Jin's heart was still trembling.

For the emperor, when he was upset and angry, it was not easy to make a decision.This is his habit.

So he went back to Qianqing Palace to lie down quietly.

There have been a lot of things going on recently, Zhou Yanzhang doesn't know if he can win, and the salt law has to be changed...

As a future soul, he has reached this level in this era, but in fact, many things are beyond his control.The road ahead is boundless, no one can give him similar experience, and the resistance to reform is already huge. When he has doubts about whether he is going the right way, he only relies on the belief of "never give up halfway".

Of course, his desire to restore the prosperity of the Central Plains Dynasty has never changed.

No matter how many people he wants to kill on this road.

At a certain moment, he thought again, no matter what, he was still the emperor after all. In the feudal era, the emperor held the power of life and death, and he was the one who stood at the top of the world.

That's right, he is the emperor, and he shouldn't be the one who is depressed. According to his own ideas, to strengthen a country, he should be the one who does such exciting things!
And going back to this incident,

After all, Gu Liqing has two possibilities of being greedy and not being greedy.

If you are not greedy, nothing will happen naturally.

If you are greedy, you will be punished.

What's the matter, the world belongs to him, not Gu Liqing, everything was fine without this person in the past, so what?
And he reckoned that the sudden news of this matter in the palace was very likely to be true.

But... if it is false, what kind of logic will there be in it?

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened suddenly: there is indeed one.

Gu Liqing will definitely offend many people this time because of the salt law, and among those offended by him, naturally some will try to put him to death.

If there is such a motive, then it is not surprising that anything will be done.

But these are all his guesses. In any case, the eunuch is less likely to dare to speak nonsense, so he is more likely to be greedy for ink.It's just that the possibility of Gu Zuo being framed is not zero.

As the emperor, he holds great power, and this power must be used with caution at times.

"Come on."

There are voices in the house,
Liu Jin hurriedly rolled over, "Your Majesty, the servant is here."

After some careful thinking and calmness, Zhu Houzhao has recovered his original appearance at this time.

There is something he wants the supervisor to do...

But... Liu Jin was actually not honest. At such a critical moment, he had some doubts about this person in his heart.

So he changed his mind temporarily, "Go and call You Zhi."

"Yes."

Liu Jin murmured in his heart, but he wasn't sure if the emperor's anger had dissipated, so he didn't dare to say too much at this point.

You Zhi also moved quickly, not daring to delay.

After arriving, according to the will, except for him, no one else can go in, and no one can even get close to it.

"Slave and servant, please refer to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao dragged his long clothes and stepped down from the dragon chair, "The eunuch in charge of the Shangshan Supervisor in the palace... You should go to get to know this person secretly, remember not to let him notice, it is best to put someone beside him. See who he is in contact with on weekdays and whether he has any relationship with the outer court. When necessary, as the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, you can also arrange for him to leave the palace without anyone noticing."

You Zhi listened carefully, "Your Majesty, do you need Eunuch Liu to know about this matter?"

"If you want him to know, what do I want you to do?"

"The servant understands. The servant will make arrangements now."

Zhu Houzhao's thinking, if what the chief eunuch said is true, then Gu Zuo can be arrested, if what he said is false, Gu Zuo can also be arrested,
Grab it... Let's see how the eunuchs in the palace will react, whether they are in collusion with someone outside.

In fact, a few days ago, the memorial in Korean was also a little strange, and it may also be related to this matter.

Anyway, there are unusual things everywhere now, which makes Zhu Houzhao feel somewhat ominous.

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Yangzhou,

What Gu Zuo received was a letter from the Supervisor of Rites, ordering him to leave for Beijing.

That's fine.

The main reason is that Liu Da and Liu Er, who he sent out before, haven't come back yet, so he had to wait an extra day.

After Liu Da and Liu Er came back, they went straight to report the situation to him.

Liu Da said: "The two of us checked along the way. Nowadays, there is very little private salt, at most [-]%, and the flood of illegal salt is unstoppable. Some salt merchants passed down from their ancestors. They obviously have several generations of experience, but because of the salt in their hands Brought salt and bankrupt. According to them, "

"Originally the imperial court stipulated that adults above the fourth rank and noble families such as kings, dukes, and earls were not allowed to receive Yanyin, but since the orthodoxy, this rule has gradually become useless. There are a hundred ways for adults and nobles to obtain Yanyin. Moreover, they are also afraid of hard work, and they don't want to run errands to do business, they just want to sell the salt to ordinary people at a high price, so that they can make a lot of money."

"Furthermore, the price of Yanyin sold by the nobles is also different. If someone with enough energy comes forward and goes to the salt field to supply salt as soon as possible, the price of Yanyin will be high. If the grade is lower, the price of Yanyin will naturally be lower. So every A successful salt merchant has noble people from the imperial court behind him."

Liu Er continued, "Most of the officials in the salt transportation department set up by the imperial court are not good people. After the imperial court recognized the existence of 'surplus salt', Yousi would use rice and wheat to buy "surplus salt" in the early years, and then resold it to the owner. A salt merchant in Yanyin; later, the reserves of rice and wheat were insufficient, and no one was willing to use the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty.

"However, the kitchen households are short of food and clothing. How can there be any silver to pay for taxes? Helpless, the kitchen households have no choice but to sell the salt they produce in private to private salt dealers in exchange for the silver needed for life, and part of it The money was handed over to the Secretary, and it was difficult to survive. Even so, many Zao households were destroyed, and Zao households fled from time to time."

The more Gu Zuo heard it, the angrier he became. Speaking of which, in fact, the court's salt class has become a place with no rules at all.People up and down are staring at the little money of the salt class, and everyone decides the amount of income according to their own power. In the end, the court salt class is getting less and less.

People with greater power live a more prosperous life, while ordinary kitchen households have been oppressed to the point of fleeing in order to survive.

boom!
Gu Zuo couldn't help but slapped the table violently, "The dignitaries and officials are extorting too much from top to bottom, and the Yan government is so corrupt. If we don't rectify it, our Ming Dynasty will perish!"

I think back then, when Taizu and Taizong established the Chinese Salt Law, it was such a good system. As a result, it has completely changed after more than a hundred years, and the internal order has been completely lost. It is simply to do whatever you want.

Now that the Ming Dynasty wants to rejuvenate, what kind of resurgence is ZTE with such a salt law?
"Let's go back to Beijing!"

Gu Zuo has made up his mind, this time he will be smashed to pieces, and he has to report the matter to the emperor clearly!
(End of this chapter)