Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

He said with great ambition: "In the future, I will definitely change these!"

"Then come on." Zhu Zhankan was not interested in this.

"Sixth brother, don't you want to change the current situation of officials chasing fame and wealth?"

"Brother, what can be changed about this? Corruption and profit-seeking have been going on for many years, but they have not been completely eradicated. Even Grandpa Taizu's efforts to catch corruption have not completely eliminated corruption..."

Not to mention the methods of combating corruption in this era, even after modernization is completed, the same problems still exist.

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Han Dynasty Palace.

An atmosphere of approaching storm.

Zhu Gaoxu sat in the hall with a hint of sadness, drinking wine.

Above the court, the extremely vicious and wallowing King of Han looked very melancholy while holding a wine glass.

His concubine Wei Fei stood outside the door with a worried look on her face.

She has never seen such a tired prince.

She walked into the hall carrying a cup of hangover soup.

"My lord, why are you so sad?"

Concubine Wei thought that the king of Han was worried about the competition with the prince.

And the struggle between the military generals and the civil servants in the court.

She was still thinking about how to comfort her husband.

King Han waved his hand and said, "You don't understand... By the way, the boss and the third boss are coming later, so you can prepare a table with food and drinks."

"Yes." Concubine Wei withdrew with some doubts.

She couldn't figure out what the prince planned to do.

Also, when did you invite the prince to your home for dinner? When did the relationship between their brothers become so good?

After a while, the prince and King Zhao actually arrived at the Han Dynasty palace.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't drink much. He sat on the couch with his eyes in a daze.

Sitting on both sides were Prince Zhu Gaochi and King Zhao Zhu Gaosui.

A few people chatted occasionally, but most of the time they just ate and drank.

None of the three looked very happy.

"Boss." Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu was the first to speak: "Aren't you a good prince supported by civil servants? You haven't handed over the salt administration bill to the Ministry of Revenue for so long?"

The prince shook his head helplessly.

"Second brother, don't rush to say it. Is the veteran general in the army willing to abolish Yan Yin?"

Zhu Gaoxu said nothing.

The human heart is made of flesh. They are cultivators, but they are still a human being.

Whether it is Prince Zhu Gaochi or King of Han Zhu Gaoxu, whether he is a civil servant or a military general.

There is always a passion between them.

There are some blind, senior-minded guys who point fingers, but they can also be ruthless and directly order the other party to make corrections at a later date.

However, some old ministers, you come to discuss salt policy and salt introduction.

The old ministers and their families cried and complained that their families were poor and strapped, and what would happen if they lost another income.

on the other hand.

The prince and the king of Han were not so keen on completely controlling salt production.

The main reason is that they don't think there will be much money left.

According to the best estimate of the Ministry of Revenue, after the salt policy reform, the imperial court can increase its income by approximately 20 to 30 million taels of silver per year on the original basis.

If everything really belongs to the imperial court, this matter will be easier to handle.

But His Majesty wants to take this finance into his own hands.

This is difficult to handle. The imperial court does not belong to your family alone. How much income does the salt administration bring?

It is not a problem to collect a total of thirty million taels of silver. The imperial court's annual tax is only ten million taels of silver.

Including various other incomes such as horse administration, corvee service, iron administration, etc., the amount is only 50 to 60 million taels of silver.

But Ma Zheng, Tie Zheng, etc., that’s just income! It's not profit.

At least half of the income will be deducted for various subsidies and costs.

In the hands of the central court, there was probably less than 10 million taels of income left.

But after the salt policy reform, those are real benefits!

The transportation of salt is entrusted to merchants, transport teams, and escort agencies.

There is no need for the court to contribute money or effort. All that is needed is to make and store salt.

Kitchen households are specially used to make salt, and most of them are sinners. There is no need to consider the labor cost at all.

However, the prince has really grasped the issue of salt administration, and he understands a lot about how salt administration operates.

Although the knowledge is still a bit shallow, it is definitely more knowledge than Zhu Di has learned.

He, Yongle, was a general who conquered the north, and he knew how to handle salt politics with a hammer!

The cost of transporting and producing salt may not be that high.

But in order to ensure that there are not so many people taking action, the officials of the Salt Administration must be expanded.

Only a few salt patrol censors and salt transport envoys from a few large salt fields are definitely not enough.

After the reform of salt administration, various localities will probably be equipped with some relevant officials.

These expenses are definitely a lot.

And in order for people in remote areas to eat salt, some salt must be transported at a loss.

"What about you, the third child?" Prince Zhu Gaochi asked, "Have you communicated well with the vassal princes, county princes, and clan members you are responsible for?"

Now the third child was speechless.

After a while, the third child sighed and said: "I finally understand that changing the clan system and reducing titles and court services will not have much impact on the clan at all!

Money and food are their bottom line. "

Not all feudal lords want to work hard to get in. We are at home, eating hot pot and singing songs.

Occasionally, they exploit and exploit the people, and annex and annex land. Isn't this life rich enough?

You suddenly changed the system, so it's fine. You, Yongle, have a big fist, so we can't say anything.

But now you want to take the money bag from us again?

I'm really sorry, we can't stand it.

We can't beat you, but can't we disgust you? Kneeling in the ancestral hall, they cry every day.

It's best to spread the news all over the city, and the whole Ming Dynasty knows it!

"Why is it so difficult to get some luck and merit!" Han Wang sighed sincerely.

These days, he has been angry a lot, but there is no benefit at all!

Thanks to the elixir for cultivation given by his sixth nephew, he barely supported it.

"Oh, luck and merit are such good things, how can you get them so easily?" Zhu Gaochi said.

"The old man fought in the south and the north, and spent so much effort, didn't he have some luck?"

Zhao Wang said casually: "Don't think about those useless things, let's think about how to get the salt administration income into our hands."

After a moment of silence, Prince Zhu Gaochi came up with an idea that was not an idea.

"How about asking Zhan Kan?"

"That's fine. I'm almost out of pills. Let's go buy some from my nephew."

"Let's go together. Let's go together."

The King of Han arranged for his servants to prepare the carriage. Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaosui waited, thinking whether there was a solution that would satisfy both parties.

Chapter 117 Still short of money

Jingxin Mansion.

Zhu Gaoxu got off the horse and saw Jingxin Mansion again, and felt different.

Seeing the three words Jingxin Mansion again, he felt different.

It was as if he had a hypocritical heart that had gone through thousands of sails and returned to his hometown.

When he walked into Jingxin Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu found that things didn't seem simple.