Chapter 152: Cutting Leeks Is a Technical Job!
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Zhu Gaoxu came to Qianqing Palace, and some courtiers began to enter the house.
It was obvious that they were all very cold.
After all, most of the important officials in the court, such as Xia Yuanji and Jian Yi, were over fifty, and basically no one was younger than forty.
Of course, Gu Zuo was an exception. He was forcibly carried up by the Han prince.
Once a person reaches the age of forty, various problems in the body will appear.
Many military attachés and generals who were extremely brave on the battlefield suddenly fell ill after getting older. It was precisely because of the decline in physical fitness and the recurrence of previous hidden diseases that the illness came like a mountain and they died immediately.
When Xia Yuanji and the others saw Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu, they were obviously stunned.
The two of them were not sent to prison, so why are they out now?
Could it be said that they surrendered to Prince Han?
For a moment, everyone looked unhappy.
Yang Shiqi looked like the old god was there, but Yang Pu lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking about.
When Zhu Gaoxu saw that everyone was here, he immediately said: "An appointment has been announced. Official Yang Shiqi has been reinstated. Since Jin Zhong, the Minister of War, is ill, he will temporarily take charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War."
"In addition, Yang Pu was awarded a Hanlin bachelor's degree and joined the cabinet to participate in machine maintenance!"
Upon hearing this, the faces of the giants changed slightly.
The Prince of Han had just used some pretext to arrest several princeling officials, and now he reinstated Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu to their posts, and even joined the cabinet to participate in machine affairs.
Then it can only prove that Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu may have become the Han Dynasty Party!
Jian Yi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, sighed, frowned and asked, "King of Han, does the Emperor know about this?"
He is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, in charge of the appointment and removal, examination, promotion, promotion, transfer and other affairs of civil servants all over the world.
Now the Prince of Han bypassed him and suddenly appointed Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu as officials, which broke the rules.
After all, he is just the Prince of Han who oversees the country, not the emperor!
Zhu Gaoxu explained with a smile: "The Zhezi has been sent to the Northern Expedition Army, so Minister Jian can rest assured."
"By the way, Lao Xia Tou, how is the new salt law going?"
Compared with these trivial matters, Zhu Gaoxu is more concerned about how his new salt law is being implemented.
After all, salt and iron are the top priority of the country. The former is related to half of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, and the latter is a fundamental military material. Without any of them, the court will stop functioning.
Whether it was Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor, or Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor, the reason why these two horse emperors were able to defeat the Mongolian Tatars was because most of their funding sources were supported by salt taxes.
When talking about business, Xia Yuanji also looked serious.
"With the support of the technical talents of the Han Dynasty, salt wells in various salt fields have been reformed, and the coarse salt originally produced is being improved into fine salt!"
"Your Highness the King of Han, with the current reserves of Ming Dynasty's new salt, you may be able to try to implement the new salt method!"
Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded with satisfaction.
Zhou Chen's hard work these days has not been in vain, at least he has solidified the foundation of the new salt method.
"In that case, let's spread the news and let Zhou Chen hold the third tasting party!"
Xia Yuanji nodded with a smile, his eyes almost squinting together.
Every time the Prince of Han held a tasting party, the court received a lot of money.
Especially for this tasting, the transaction amount will probably far exceed the previous two!
After all, the items to be auctioned at this tasting are qualified salt merchants from all over the country!
In the past, the imperial court implemented the "Kaizhong Law", and the sale of salt required the salt quota issued by the imperial court in order to exchange salt at designated salt farms.
In other words, if the salt is not exchanged for salt, it is private salt!
It would be better if those who sell illegal salt are not found out.
However, once found out, not only will he be beheaded, his family property will be confiscated, and even his wife and daughter will not end up with a good end.
The "Da Ming Code" stipulates that anyone who sells smuggled salt will be given a hundred sticks and three years of probation; if he has weapons, he will be given a first class; if he falsely accuses an ordinary person, he will be given a third class; if he resists arrest, he will be killed.
However, even so, the astonishing profits from selling illegal salt still motivate a large number of people to sacrifice their lives for it, and illegal salt dealers emerge in endlessly in Lianghuai and other places.
But things are different now. With the efforts of Prince Han, the imperial court successfully launched a new salt method based on refined salt!
Wealthy businessmen only need to participate in the auction and give a high enough price to compete for the official qualification to buy and sell salt in a certain place and become the local official salt merchant protected by the court!
Thinking of the operation method that His Highness the King of Han Dynasty mentioned last time, such as "deposit", "liquidated damages", "franchise fee"... Xia Yuanji's eyes almost narrowed, and he wished he could hold the third tasting party now.
"Your Majesty, the specific date of the tasting can be set. Please participate in person..."
Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this old Xia Tou was also a master who wanted money rather than his life.
"Don't worry, let the bullets fly for a while. Ten days later!"
The current economic center of the Ming Dynasty is naturally Yingtian Mansion in South Zhili, and the most prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River is right next to it.
Ten days were enough for the wealthy businessmen to arrive in time.
Under the rule of this feudal dynasty, the wealthy merchants were not the kind of lawless beings that would become lawless in later generations.
At least in the eyes of the current Prince Han, they are just a big piece of green leeks!
Cut when it's time to cut, and don't be merciful. After all, instead of letting them pile up the money in the warehouse to mold, it is better to leave it to the court to develop people's livelihood.
But you must also fertilize when it's time to fertilize, otherwise if you swing the knife before the leeks grow, you will be depleting the lake and fishing!
Zhu Gaoxu then dealt with some ordinary government affairs and paid attention to the progress of major projects. For example, the construction of Daming Bank had begun. After confirmation, he felt relieved.
But it's not without bad news.
Xia Yuanji stroked his beard and read a book www. uukanshu.net said worriedly: "Your Highness the King of Han, Hebei, Shandong and other places have suffered from snow disasters, and local officials have reported to the court to request funds for disaster relief."
"Especially in Shandong, the drought just passed not long ago, and now we are suffering from a snow disaster. The people are suffering unspeakably!"
After hearing this, all the big guys frowned.
There were not a few natural disasters during the Yongle period, and they often managed to survive, but then a new round of natural disasters came again, and the real sufferers were always the common people.
If it hadn't been for the many ways to make money that Prince Han had come up with, the court would have been in a state of panic.
Zhu Gaoxu understood that there had been continuous natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty for many years, and there was nothing that could be done about it.
Although auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, it does not necessarily mean auspicious snow!
At least for ordinary people, winter is the most difficult time every year.
"Immediately allocate funds to the disaster areas to provide disaster relief and help the people, and let local officials adopt a work-for-relief approach."
"Gu Zuo, ask your censors to take action. I don't want to hear about anyone being corrupt in disaster relief!"
"Whoever dares to stretch out his claws for disaster relief, I will make him regret coming to this world!"
Gu Zuo, the censor of Zuodu, nodded hurriedly, rarely approving Prince Han's arrangement.
This sudden snowstorm ruined Zhu Gaoxu's good mood.
Once he truly sat in the position of supervising the country, he found that he could not sit back and watch the people suffer.
As long as he thought of how many people starved to death in the ice and snow, he couldn't calm down.
"Someone, go and summon Eunuch Haishou!"
Zhu Gaoxu frowned. He must ask the Second Bureau to speed up the production of cement and then promote it to the world!
At least the people living in cement houses don't have to worry about losing their homes when a heavy snow falls.
When it prospers, the people suffer; when it dies, the people suffer!
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