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Chapter 484

Chapter 259

"So fast?" The Empress Dowager asked in surprise.

Today is the first day of the primary election for the Grand Prix, and there is great attention from all over the court. The emperor's harem and the late emperor's harem gathered together, and there are also Fujin from all walks of life come to have fun, so the focus of discussion is naturally the Grand Challenge.

Bafujin smiled and said, "Isn't it? After all, the empress presided over it."

As soon as she said this, ahem, many people's faces were not very good-looking.The empress dowager also followed suit: "The old eighth daughter-in-law is right, you need someone in charge to make your family prosperous."

I rely on!The concubines scolded in unison.Isn't this scolding the bald donkey at the monk?Kangxi's harem has been in a state of leaderless for a long time, and each palace master has his own thoughts. Even the imperial concubine and the noble concubine claim to be in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, which is different from having a queen.

The two of you said something to each other, and they gave their decades of court career a "non-quality" impression.The Empress Dowager was also speaking, and they couldn't refute yet.

Looking at Ba Fujin again, they all shut up again.This is also a pungent person, and her mother-in-law didn't say anything, so everyone had to shut up.Concubine Liang has nothing to complain about: she has never been in charge of palace affairs.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Sanfujin quickly changed the topic: "If this goes on, we can finish the job early today, and we will know how many people are left behind, right?"

Si Fujin interjected: "It's natural."

Shujia smiled reservedly, but suddenly felt dull again.Everything is done too according to the rules, so... a lot of fun is lost, and everyone has lost a lot of gossip.In previous years, it can be seen that which force value is higher in August [-], and it just squeezed to the front.Which one was more unfortunate, the person was sent in first, and the escort was beaten into a panda.Etc., etc.

Shujia thought: Is it good or bad to do so?
The Empress Dowager didn't care too much about this. There are quite a few girls in the Mongolian Banner today, and she wanted to know their future: "When will the order come? This time it will come out sooner?"

Shujia bowed her body and said: "There are quite a few people this year, daughter Xiu came in sooner, and the eunuchs and nuns will take some time to check, and it will always be later in the afternoon. The old ancestor is going to be tired, why not rest for a while, As soon as I have a letter, I will report it to you."

"It's going to be half an hour later..." Narrowing his eyes, he still couldn't see the chiming clock clearly, and simply asked, "What time is it now? Can the meal be served? Pass the meal earlier, and I will also take a break earlier. I will wait for the rest of the day." News, you all go too. Empress, be urged to go outside."

Shujia smiled helplessly: "Okay~"

The concubine Gong and Fujin are both sensible people, and they all dispersed for a while, giving the old lady a space to eat and rest.

There is no need for the old lady to urge, Shujia is also very concerned about the situation of the show girls.This is a "reform" she presides over herself, and if successful, will be custom made.Moreover, this is a suggestion made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to report to her that this year's big election has started.

Yunqi and Yunxuan are a little more rigid in the background, but they are not ignorant people. After listening to Shujia's suggestion, they both feel that it is feasible.Ma Wu could better see the benefits and agreed to carry it out.These three people had already reported to Yinreng about the big pick and got an answer of "you go ask the queen." They knew who should be in charge of this matter.

Speaking of which, Master Kong's dead wife attribute has indirectly tricked him. There is no queen in the harem, and the empress dowager is an unreliable old lady. The wives are not justified, but also a multi-headed politics. Come to control.

He has been in power for a long time, making everyone think that the emperor's job also includes an examination of his daughter-in-law from beginning to end.Pit father ah!The head of the family decides what kind of family to marry, the mother-in-law should be responsible for inspecting the daughter-in-law, right?Husband and father-in-law look at their daughter-in-law for nothing... This, no matter how you look at it, is weird.

In Yinfeng's view, apart from formal work and teaching his son, other things are under the jurisdiction of his wife.Even when the son was young, his wife was responsible for his enlightenment education, and the results were not bad. Why should he be like his father and take care of everything and be busy with everything?

After more than ten years of married life, forming the habit of Yinfeng is also a major achievement of Shujia.

There is no need for Shujia to take care of the primary election, and the eunuchs and nuns don't have the guts to make people lose the election.Those with a good family background, they dare not; those with a poor family background... ahem, the queen doesn't care if they are really going to lose the election.As far as personal quality is concerned, there are checks on subsequent procedures such as re-selection and accommodation, so there is no need to worry about quality issues.

The subsequent selection is still going on, and Shujia also ordered to pass on the meal. After the meal, she will arrange matters such as re-selection and overnight stay.Also, the two princesses have already indicated their marriage, and their dowry will be arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As a foster mother, Shujia has to show something.

After half an hour, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent someone to hand over the list.Yinreng in front also received a copy.In the excerpt, the members of the House of Internal Affairs highly praised the queen, who would dare to take the credit for the queen's reforms?The Ministry of Internal Affairs also paid extra flattery to the emperor and empress, saying that after decades without an empress, everyone finally has a backbone, which is the blessing brought by the empress and empress~

Shujia glanced over the list roughly, and she was relieved that all the children of the rich and powerful were not missed.Take the list and report to the Empress Dowager.

Most of the writings written by the Qing court were in Manchu and Chinese, which the Empress Dowager did not quite understand.Shujia asked the eldest princess to read the names of people, read one, and she and the empress dowager commented on one.

The Empress Dowager was quite satisfied when she heard that there were a lot of Mongolian women this year, but after listening to it, she found that the background of the beautiful women in the back was getting lower and lower, and she could hardly understand who was with whom: "Okay, okay, you are doing things for people. Don't worry, it's enough for me to hear a little taste, so don't tell me any more."

"Don't say that. This is the first time I've done something like this, and I'm beating my heart. I'll call them in to take a look in two days. If you don't give me a hand, I'm clueless."

The Empress Dowager happily said, "Okay. Hey, does the Emperor know?"

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs must have a note for the emperor. He is busy with the work ahead at the moment, so I don't want to disturb him. After a while, I think his affairs are almost done, so I will send someone to report."

"Yeah, ask the emperor more." The first rule of survival of the old lady is to always be consistent with the emperor.

"嗻"

The draft has touched the nerves of many people in the court, and they all performed enthusiastically in front of the emperor.If he can't become the prince's father-in-law, the third elder brother has reached the age to consider marriage.Take a step back, is it possible to get married in the palace!No matter how poor the qualifications are, it is good for the girl in the family to marry a Baylor or Beizi.

But the emperor acted as if he didn't know there was such a thing as a big pick. The House of Internal Affairs wrote a booklet. He opened it and took a look. He saw that the previous key object was listed, wrote "I know", and threw it to the back of his mind.

People who don't know what's going on here can see that the emperor seems to be focusing on his idea of ​​"controlling fire consumption in various places so as not to disturb the people".King Yong was a little horrified: "Salt class is going to be used? This...the tax law has not yet..."

Yinfeng smiled wryly: "I'm afraid Cewang Allah Butan will cause chaos if we can't wait until we have all the people in the family. You don't know what's going on with the treasury right now. If this battle is really fought, the treasury will be empty." .There is money in the account, but it is not in your and my hands. It is a deficit. You can recover the deficit, but you can pay it back in a short time? It is a fluke to make up for it within two years. Cao Yin’s deficit With Li Chenchang as the replacement of the salt government, it is still a short end, let alone other things!"

There is going to be a war, and the country has the money to fight it, but once the war is fought, the treasury will be empty, and we can't give everyone IOUs as wages.

In order to prevent the treasury from running rats, it is best to start raising money now.

Originally, reforming the tax system was a good idea, but the effect was slow.From the pilot project to the implementation, it will take three to five years to achieve initial results, which is still fast.Moreover, the tax reform will also cause a certain degree of social unrest.The last years of Kangxi was a period when... many people rose up, and I was really worried that some people with knowledge and culture would be thrown into the ranks of overthrowing the old society.Zaozuo foreign enemies invaded, the taste is even more ecstasy!

It's not that I'm afraid of things, and I feel that I can survive.It's just that if these things break out at the same time, it will be a test of the limits of the state regime's ability to bear.Unless it is a last resort, no brain-dead leader will play this kind of challenging extreme sport.

After much deliberation, the core ruling class in an agricultural country is ready to use business as a knife.Unfortunately, the salt industry is a monopoly industry with huge profits and many disadvantages. Salt tax is very important to the country's tax revenue, so it is it!
Yinreng's memory was inherited from Kangxi, and he also had a posture of being green and blue. He was thinking about money like crazy, so he dug out a memory from his mind.I still remember that old Mr. Li Guangdi impeached a guy named Zhang Lin, who sold private salt for more than 160 to 800 taels!
When this matter broke out back then, he thought, this is really a huge profit!In contrast, the salt merchants who enjoy national advantages and are supported by the state are simply weak!Oh, he was also worrying about money at that time, the memory is very deep.

If he didn't take action on this item, he wouldn't be a money-deprived emperor!
Just do it, Yinreng called the backbones to hold a briefing, and everyone had the same idea as the emperor.It doesn't make sense for the money that should go to the country to go into the pockets of private salt dealers, and then let us people worry about money, right?That was a strong support.

Even people like Wang Jie, who talked about benevolence, righteousness and ethics, said indignantly: "It is the right thing to do if you can't record the facts. Please make an order to order the governors of all provinces to strictly investigate illegal salt. In all salt-producing places, it is strictly forbidden to flow out of illegal salt." He even proposed measures such as strengthening the personal control of Yan Ding, and the attack was ruthless enough.

Yinfeng praised Wang Jie's attitude of wholeheartedly serving the country, and then said: "So, I have made up my mind."

Fortunately, the news of Cewang Allah Butan was only spread in a small area, and the government and the public were peaceful.There are also big things that have attracted a lot of attention. The fact that the emperor wants to use the salt law because of a copy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's participation in today's rampant illegal salts did not shock everyone too much.Quite a few people who want to express themselves said that illegal salt is rampant, it is lawless and challenges the authority of the government, it should be done!
Yinfeng also gave the order.

The effect is not ideal.When Southern Yanwo began to produce a small amount of salt, and Xiunv Dachao entered the retest, the sales of official salt did not increase much.

There is no other reason, but the laws of economics.Official salt has to be taxed, which is very expensive, while private salt is cheap.People don’t have much money, even if you ban private salt, official salt can’t be sold, and there are no banks to promote mortgages on a large scale.For example, he can only afford 10 yuan to buy salt, official salt, he can only buy 1 catty, and private salt, he can buy 10 catties.Without private salt, official salt can be sold for 1 catty at most, not 10 catties.Total benefit...not as much as expected.

This is just an ideal situation, at least it adds a little bit of salt consumption.Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to make a decree, and private salt in the world is forbidden.The market needs private salt, and private salt dealers will take risks.Even if he raises the price to 5 yuan a catty, everyone would rather buy his than official salt.

The life of the people at this time is not in a "prosperous and prosperous age", and there are still quite a few people who are willing to take risks and smuggle.Forced by life and tempted by profits, there are still people who are willing to smuggle salt.Official salt is still under attack.

Seeing this scene, Yinreng was very anxious to get angry, and had to move another idea: to change the salt method.Anyway, it’s not going to work right now, so we have to get rid of Cewang Allah Butan first, and we need to raise money, so he has to fight with the salt class.

Of course, there is also a very dark thought in it: it is supposed to suppress business, and after doing this, no one can say that I am not good!The proliferation of private salt is also a manifestation of Gangji's corruption. I will start from now on, and everyone in the government and the opposition can only support it!
King Yong was called again.

After hearing his second brother's thoughts, King Yong's tone became a little sluggish: "I'm thinking, I'd better recover the deficit first. The old debts pile up more and more, and in the end, people die like a lamp going out. If the family business is ruined, you won’t be able to recover a few dollars.” The tax reform that had been prepared for a year was shelved and a new task was assigned, so he couldn’t get excited.

Yinfeng took a look at his fourth younger brother: "The salt government has also started to lose money, private salt is rampant, prohibition continues, and merchants are increasingly out of support. It can be seen that it is not that the state is not strict, but something is wrong at the root. But the situation is not as good as The household department’s deficit is so serious, it also means to squeeze pustules, and it will save a little effort if you start one day earlier.”

King Yong still did not agree. In his opinion, there are priorities and urgency. The tax reform cannot be done without reform. The same is true for fire consumption. The salt administration has not been corrupted enough to support it: "Salt tax is very important to the national endowment. National taxation, one is the land tax and the other is the salt tax. Now that the land tax has to be moved, the salt tax must be postponed." You can't pull two legs at once, or you will "squat" to the ground.

Yinfeng said: "Don't change the land tax first, but change the salt method!" He waved his hand, and his thoughts became clear, "This saves effort, I have to enrich the treasury before Cewang Allah Butan takes action. Let's talk about this news It is big, but it is only about business. The salt law has been changed, and the salt tax has been increased, so I have the confidence to change the tax law.”

King Yong was silent for a while, and Fang said: "You mean... because of the matter of Tse Wang Allah Butan, we must first save some family background?" I understand, but... I still have a bit of trouble Come on, "What about the stalls in the mu?"

"It must be done!"

The two brothers have a subtle intuition about the situation. The situation in this country has occurred frequently in recent years, and it is impossible to change it.Reform is a consensus, and what needs to be discussed is only the sequence of steps.It's okay not to discuss it, but once we discuss it, we will find out: So there are so many problems in the country!

This matter is not an emperor or a prince who closes the door and chats, and after the chat is over, let the subordinates carry out the matter and get things done.You know, the implementation still depends on the bottom, and what's more terrible: the two of them haven't come up with a reform plan, so they have to discuss it now.

At this time, the Gangsalt Law was implemented, which divided the salt introduction into ten classes, listed the franchised merchants, and Xu Yongyong took it as the nest book, but it was hereditary.It's like a besieged city.Capital from the outside can't come in, and people inside can't get out easily.

Monopoly must lead to corruption, coupled with the urging of a more corrupt government, official salt is becoming more and more difficult, and private salt is becoming more and more rampant.

Another nonsense.

It is better to try it out first. It just so happens that this matter is handed over to Li Chenchang, and the central government is supervised by King Yong and the prince, who are directly responsible to the emperor.

Yinreng had planned and prepared many things in advance, and now one of them is still in the works. The first thing to do is the salt policy that has not been discussed!
Li Chenchang is also quite capable, and he is also familiar with the situation in his own job, and he is also clear about the tricks in the salt administration.It is proposed to replace key salt with ticket salt and carry out a pilot project.

Surprisingly... very little resistance from the salt merchants!
Of course, they themselves will be forced to smuggle salt.At the beginning, the government "rewarded capital" to let them do business, which made up for the lack of capital of the merchants.National loans to support private business, sounds very moving, doesn't it?

Nonsence!At this moment, it is not some kind of preferential loans to support the development of enterprises. The capital given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is charged at high interest rates.It's usury!Borrowing usurious loans from the underworld would at most cut off limbs. It would be a great death, and you could still hide around.Borrowing the emperor's usury, is it possible that the whole world is a king, and if you want to escape, you have to go to sea. How can it be so easy to go to sea?

It is said that it does not compete with the people for profits, but in fact it does not take business risks. It not only collects dividends, but also collects loan interest.If there is anything, you have to "donate happily".

How can you not be happy when you have gone to the shackles?After changing the salt law, they lost their monopoly status.They have a family and a business, they haven't been blackmailed thoroughly, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and they have experience and connections accumulated by several generations, who is afraid of whom in competition?
By the end of the year, the salt class had actually increased a lot.Many private salt dealers have also become regulars because of this, which is a later story.

(End of this chapter)