Chapter 73 Jokes
I have to say that the provincial capital Tobacco Bureau, which is as arrogant as supervising tribute, cannot see the leaves of private tobacco in its eyes.
The tobacco bureau has his head, his eyes are on his head, and he is still immersed in the past. However, he doesn't know that there are people from the Xiangyin Chamber of Commerce in the provincial capital. They have long been unable to stand the corpse position and are about to fall in love with them, and are about to secretly give them eye drops.
The fairy leaves are small in quantity and ship less, so they don’t enjoy enough at home, so they will naturally not take them out and slap them in the face. When they are sent to the buyers from the big home, they are naturally the best leaves from the people of Xiangyin Xin County.
I have to say that paper cannot contain the popularity! The prescriptions held by several core merchants of the Xiangyin Chamber of Commerce, no matter how they hide them, they were still moved by the heavy profits and sold them.
After all, preparing tobacco leaves is a low-key craft. How could a few of them rich and wealthy businessmen do it themselves like the little captain Tang Mo?
Not to mention anything else, the master who has been dug up a lot of money is used to hiding one's hands and spending other people's money to learn the skills of processing the best leaves for themselves. This is a business that can be done.
Even if the family is large and small, it is under the control of several new county wealthy merchants in the Xiangyin Chamber of Commerce. Isn’t it normal for a private tobacco dealer to ask him to give me some advice after learning the news?
The master gave a few casual comments, and the quality of tobacco sold by the man in private increased sharply, and the benefits of dozens of taels of silver were indispensable.
Money can make ghosts push the grind, but the gates of ghosts without money will not be opened.
The tobacco spread in Xinxian County in Xiangyin, which finally aroused the interest of the palace in purchasing eunuchs. After tasting the taste personally, the tributes of this year, the private leaves of the Chamber of Commerce, which were cheap and affordable, finally got to the end.
Such quality tobacco leaves will definitely satisfy the officials and all the favorite concubines in the palace, and at the same time save a large price difference - the tributes purchased in the palace are far beyond the market price, and you can openly transfer them to the eunuchs' pockets.
As a result, the Xiangzhou Tobacco Bureau's Golden Leaf Lost Choice List deeply hurt the people and others in the bureau.
This is not a matter of thousands of taels of silver. The gold leaves that were secretly shipped to the black market secretly under the name of tribute cigarettes are not a small amount.
The money in and out is measured by tens of thousands of taels, hundreds of thousands of taels, or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Once the golden leaves of the provincial capital Tobacco Bureau are not selected, how many people’s jobs on this line are not guaranteed? How many people’s income is eliminated?
The most touching thing is the interests!
No matter how much the people in the provincial capital Tobacco Bureau are exposed, they will not be able to grab the arms of the eunuchs who buy the palace and press them on their backs, forcing them to buy the golden leaves produced by their own bureaus.
When core interests were seriously damaged, inbreeding brought about a large number of redundant staff, resulting in bloated institutions, and thus the tobacco bureau, which was in trouble, quickly launched action.
Their counterattack was quick and ruthless. They immediately asked the Censorate to issue a red-description approval document, and drove all the idle people in the bureau out, sweeping all the public and non-disclosures in the provincial capital like a comb. They were not disclosed, Feiyefang, and the tobacco from the private bureau.
Although these people are usually as stupid as pigs and are slow to react, they will change their faces when they cut their flesh on them. They are more cruel than anyone else, and they will be suspicious of everyone.
Unfortunately, there is no airtight wall in the world! People from the Xiangyin Chamber of Commerce have long heard of the news, scattered away from the provincial capital in advance, returned to their own territory in Xinxian County with boldness, escorted Gongyan to Beijing with timidity, or chose places to avoid the limelight in ez, Ganzhou, Yuezhou, Guizhou and Qianzhou.
Because of this, the preparation process of high-quality leaves spread, especially Qianzhou, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, crops with high added value and premium value as tobacco have spread rapidly, almost causing disasters.
Under the official suppression of the provincial capital, the private tobacco leaf was swept away by the Tobacco Bureau and the tax. The wealthy merchants who grasped the source of the channels were no longer there, so they could only take the next-level subcontractors.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t check it, but you’re shocked. Many subcontractors are relatives and relatives of the Tobacco Bureau. In the eyes of the tax office, they become their own family members and the flood rushes to the Dragon King Temple.
According to the Xiangyin Chamber of Commerce, if you are willing to sacrifice yourself, you will not pull the Tobacco Bureau into the water and get the biggest handle, you will definitely not be able to continue doing this industry.
Without any help, they could only vent their anger with a higher level of sharing service.
Unfortunately, the people who can get these leaves have more or less old age with the officials in the provincial capital.
The members include the family members of the local officials who have been transferred to the country, the confidant of local corrupt officials, the aides of the white horse and the Qing dynasty with good reputation, and even the well-known Jinshi in the Shilin, and the veteran juren who controls the direction of public opinion in the country.
They were all guilty of being punished. No matter how cruel the Tobacco Bureau was, it could not resist it. It could only pinch its nose and endure the breath.
Finally, the people from the Tobacco Bureau's inspection team arrested several three-no-person personnel who had no background, background, and backing, and determined the phased victory and became intoxicated by themselves.
Secretly, more people sank directly to Xinxian, the old camp of Xiangyin Chamber of Commerce. After some secret talks, all three classes and six rooms in the county government took action and began to confiscate private goods directly on the market.
It was said that it was confiscated, but in fact he had already said hello. After all, Ye Zi's business is so profitable. Which person from three classes and six rooms did not share the benefits? Of course, someone informed him immediately.
As a result, 180 yamen runners acted together and did not catch the tail of the smugglers. They just caught a few hawkers who were unattended, and Ye Zi was the worst in quality.
This scene is like the mountain dog who went down to the countryside. The large tobacco field around the county town, and the green tobacco leaves are just invisible. Instead, they are working tirelessly in the deep mountains and forests, and they have caught a mountain guard who planted a few tobacco trees for their own use.
The private cigarettes that are flooded in Xiangzhou are only 70,000 to 80,000 shi of public disclosure, but the undisclosed secret is a secret, and it is estimated that there are at least 200,000 shi, which is only a lot or less.
As a result, the Tobacco Bureau and the Tax Office swept the provincial capital and surrounding counties, causing a lot of noise. In the end, they only arrested a few old farmers who guarded the mountain, but they could not be sentenced to death. After all, some people don’t want to see this precedent.
The provincial capital Tobacco Bureau was laughed at and scolded, but even more miserable one after another.
The palace bought the best leaves sent to the palace by eunuchs, which were very popular among the officials and all the favorite concubines.
The Empress Dowager had an old problem of headache. After burning a few leaves in the fumigation furnace, the symptoms were not so obvious. She was happy. After many years, it was rare to write back and write the three words "Take the Worry", which was considered as the grace of buying eunuchs for the palace.
In this way, the golden leaves of Xiangzhou Tobacco Bureau were completely eliminated and were withdrawn from the tribute list from then on. It is said that even if this institution can exist, it is hard to say.
After all, they failed the great emperor's kindness and mobilized a large number of troops to suppress the Xiangyin Chamber of Commerce, which created the "worry-relieving grass", and the people were disturbed and complained.
For the royal family, it is common to lose the election of tributes and enter the book. Since its founding, it has been a Jiazi period. How many tributes have been replaced back and forth? I can’t count them!
As for a group of officials who dereliction of duty and overstepping power, the royal family doesn't care. Don't make trouble. If you go to the imperial court to fight, everything is easy to say.
However, this incident caused resentment from the people and affected the majesty of the royal family, so the crime was unforgivable.
Fortunately, there are people in the court who speak for them, after all, officials are the prime ministers!
The censor who was born in the Xiangzhou Tobacco Bureau and entered the court took the lead in proposing that the tobacco industry has a good prospect and abundant profits. It is advisable to conduct salt and iron in accordance with the specialty of salt and iron, and the court will take charge of it, and draw high taxes from it to fill the national treasury.
In this way, not only will it win the favor of the Ministry of Revenue, but the newly established Tobacco Administration can also install many of its own people in it.
The censor's words successfully diverted the royal family's attention after being eliminated and beaten. The Xiangzhou Tobacco Bureau not only did not make any mistakes, but also made little contributions and quickly recovered its vitality.
The only regret is that the Tobacco Administration, which was originally established with them as the backbone, had to be thrown out and several major factions in the court sent people to get the seats.
This is also helpless! Similarly, this is also the foundation for laymen leading experts in the court.
Chapter completed!