Chapter 72 Pulling and Beating Combination
"Just vassal is the rule of ancestors. Why don't I want to be vassal?" Zhu Yili smiled and said, "I also want to go to the place to do something and become a praised wise king!"
Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhu Yili, and he could clearly feel the dishonesty in Zhu Yili's words.
However, Zhu Yijun understood, and nodded with a smile and said, "Be prepared first!" As he said that, Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhu Yili: "Your mother has put a lot of effort into your wedding, don't worry about her."
"I understand!" Zhu Yili agreed and said respectfully.
Zhu Yijun did not say anything to Zhu Yili anymore, but stood up and prepared to go back.
In fact, there is one problem that you can't get around in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, which is a problem that must be solved. There are many royal families in the Ming Dynasty, like a group of borers lying on the Ming Dynasty to suck blood.
It is impossible to exile and kill them. Finding a way out for them is the key point.
Zhu Yijun always felt that the Ming Dynasty had been too precautions against the royal family, but this was understandable. After all, the Ming Dynasty had Jingnan. If it weren't for Jingnan, it would be not certain whether his own branch would be left or not.
In fact, the strategy of the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty was also useful. After King Ning rebelled, no other vassal kings had rebelled.
Can the reform of the Ming Dynasty royal family be launched through Zhu Yiliu? This is a question!
When he returned to the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Yijun sighed. Zhang Siwei left and his affairs about salt could begin. After looking through the memorial, Zhu Yijun found that nothing big was going on. He looked back at Zhang Jing and said, "Go and find Cao Yikui for me!"
In fact, Zhu Yijun has been thinking about the salt matter, what method should he take to do.
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yijun felt that public-private partnership might be a good idea. But he subcontracted the salt farm and asked the merchants to spend money to buy the salt farm. However, the court needs to invest in every salt farm.
The same thing is 70%, 70% of the profits belong to the court and 30% of the profits belong to the merchants.
There were many salt areas in the Ming Dynasty, such as Lianghuai Salt District, Liangzhe Salt District, Shandong Salt District, etc. The output of each salt area was different. If you sell the salt farm to merchants, there would be no concealment or private salt sales.
Anyway, you can sell it for as much as you produce, all of which are your legal income.
From this perspective, it will definitely greatly increase the production of salt. Unlike now, officials have transferred it away after working for a while. It is obvious that there is more salt drying, but it is very laborious to promote it.
The stove owners along the coast are squeezed and live a life worse than death every day, which are all problems that must be solved.
If military households are slaves to officers, then the stove households are not much better. Perhaps this part of the problem can be solved through public-private partnerships. Merchants will naturally worry about transportation and sales, and they will not have to worry about the court.
The salt needed by the imperial court can be purchased from the salt merchants, and the salt merchants will be responsible for transporting it.
As for the salt merchants raising the price of salt and confronting the court, Zhu Yijun did not believe that any salt merchant would have the courage. Now the matter of the salt merchants is very chaotic and it is difficult to investigate at all. There are too many twists and turns involved.
If the salt farm is sold to the salt merchant, it will become better to investigate. Whoever is in trouble will be found.
If you sell salt farms, you can also get a lot of money in a short period of time. This lot of money is the support of your initial reform. However, before doing this, you still have to beat it up!
When Cao Yikui came, there was still no expression on his face. Could this be the legendary coffin face?
After looking at Cao Yikui, Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Your Love looks very good. It seems that the rest of the day should be good. So now it's time to do things. I wonder if you are ready?"
Cao Yikui said with a stern face: "Please give me the order!"
"As the saying goes, you can ride a crane to Yangzhou!" Zhu Yijun looked at Cao Yikui and said with a smile: "This time you go to Yangzhou! Check the transfer envoy from Yangzhou. Someone will cooperate with you when you arrive in Yangzhou."
Yangzhou is a key place for salt merchants, and the foundation of the salt administration of the Ming Dynasty was, and basically all salt merchants were concentrated in Yangzhou.
"I will let the young master of the Duke of Wei's Mansion go back with you!"
Who is the largest local snake in Jiangnan? Of course, it is the Duke of Wei’s Mansion. Even when his imperial edict arrives in Jiangnan, there is no such thing as the Duke of Wei’s Mansion. A five-army governor’s mansion that has been entrenched in Nanjing for dozens or hundreds of years and has led Nanjing can be said to be full of tentacles throughout Jiangnan.
Xu Weizhi, the young master of the Duke of Wei’s Mansion, is now in the martial arts lecture hall and sending him there, which can help a lot.
At the same time, this represents one's own attitude. If the Duke of Wei is not stupid, he will naturally not stand on his own opposite.
If the Duke of Wei was not involved with the salt merchants, Zhu Yijun did not believe it, but his intention was expressed, and the Duke of Wei knew what to do. With their support, Cao Yikui's affairs would go much smoother.
Once there is nothing to do or there is a chaos, you can directly punish the Duke of Wei.
"I received the order!" Cao Yikui bowed and said. He would not be so stupid that he refused the help of the Duke of Wei's Mansion. That would be a great help!
You should know that Yangzhou is not Hejian Prefecture. If you get there, you don’t know whether you are a strong dragon. Those salt merchants must be local tyrants. In addition, there are government help from the government and collusion between officials and businessmen, the Yangzhou website is not so easy to break.
"The Jinyiwei will not send people there, but I will let Zhang Jing follow you at the East Factory."
In fact, Zhu Yijun had no choice when Zhang Jing left Beijing. There were also many eunuchs in Yangzhou and Nanjing. These eunuchs had long been used to being local emperors and sent Wang Zhong over, but they could not suppress them at all.
Only the old eunuch Zhang Jing has a high status, great power and a great reputation.
In addition, he is very good at doing things and his methods are also very clever. If he goes there, many things will be easier to do.
This time, he would break the Yangzhou salt merchant website in one fell swoop and completely set the curtain for his salt administration reform. Zhu Yijun knew very well that if he didn't defeat these salt merchants, he would be afraid of them, and he would be unable to do anything at all.
If you want to use it, you have to fight first. Only after the fight is over will they be obedient.
When Cao Yikui heard that Zhang Jing was going with him, he raised his eyebrows. This time, Cao Yikui in Hejian Prefecture saw Zhang Jing's method. That method was definitely not comparable to that of Wang Zhong. It was not only sophisticated, but also very vicious!
He is simply a person who basically does not talk about means to achieve his goal.
Although Cao Yikui had some resistance, Cao Yikui also knew that even if he opposed it, it would be useless, and the emperor would definitely let Zhang Jing go. In addition, he also knew that Zhang Jing would have many benefits for him.
At least I don’t have to pretend to be a white face, I just need to sing a red face. I guess the news about Zhang Jing going to Yangzhou will definitely scare many people if it spreads.
When Zhu Yijun saw Cao Yikui, he nodded and said, "Then you can set off as soon as possible!"
"I follow the order!" Cao Yikui said the order again, and then bowed and left.
When Cao Yikui and Zhang Jing go to investigate the case in Yangzhou, it will definitely cause a bloody storm. However, Zhu Yijun is not considering this, but reconstruction after this. The salt administration cannot be chaotic, everything must be carried out under the condition of maintaining stability.
In fact, there were too few wealthy businessmen in the Ming Dynasty, which highlighted the salt merchants. When their reforms were launched, many people would find that salt merchants actually made hard money.
"It seems that the goal of the Office of the Interior needs to be changed!"
Li Zhongxing was studying looms, but the time was too short and the progress was slow. Zhu Yijun felt that he should go to Yangzhou. Li Zhongxing was the most suitable for him to clean up this mess in Yangzhou.
Li Zhongxing himself was a Shanxi merchant and a salt merchant. His appearance could make many salt merchants believe him.
In this industry, Li Zhongxing also has a large number of connections, so it will not make people feel that the court is cutting leeks this time. If people feel that the court is cutting leeks, then no one dares to buy their own salt farm.
Kill a group and pull a group. This is the kingly way. Cao Yikui and Zhang Jing go to kill a group, and Li Zhongxing go to pull a group.
As for the batch brought over, it is definitely not enough to hand it over to Li Zhong Bank’s management. At that time, just arrange a new official to master the Salt Department. Zhu Yijun’s most suitable candidate was Cao Yikui, but Cao Yikui was not suitable in the early stage.
After understanding this matter, Zhu Yijun felt that he wanted to call Li Zhongxing into the palace and gave him some instructions.
As for whether Li Zhongxing can do this well, Zhu Yijun is not worried at all. With Li Zhongxing's ability and vision, this matter will definitely not be difficult for him. I guess this guy can still get a lot of benefits from it, such as promoting some businessmen who have a good relationship with him.
Zhu Yijun is not worried about such things, because such things are inevitable at any time. As long as you don’t cause trouble and do things well, there is nothing unacceptable.
When Zhu Yijun was preparing to carry out salt administration, a group of people came to the gate of the capital.
This is a wave of soldiers with evil spirits. You can tell that they are border troops, especially the horses they ride. This kind of good horse is obviously a war horse. This kind of good horse is rare in the capital.
Among the crowd, a general in his fifties sat upright on the horse, and the red tassel trembled with the ups and downs of the war horse.
On his red face, his eyes were bright and bright. This person was nothing but Qi Jiguang, the general of Ji Liao.
Looking at the gate of the capital, Qi Jiguang breathed a sigh of relief. After the imperial edict arrived in Jizhou, he arranged the matter there himself, and it can be said that he had rushed to the capital. This time, Qi Jiguang was transferred from Ji Liao to the capital camp, but Qi Jiguang had no resistance.
In fact, Qi Jiguang was still very curious about the new emperor. Since taking power last year, the new emperor has shown unprecedented favorability for the army. When Zhang Juzheng died, Qi Jiguang was worried for a while, but now he has no worries at all.
Chapter completed!