Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Chapter 2809 2811 [Stealing chickens is not enough to lose money]

Although Xiang Nanming's order prohibits it, the case of the Nightmare Curse must not be circulated.

But the empress dowager, empress, emperor, and prime minister soon got wind of it.

After all, they have eyes and ears in the East Palace, and it is impossible to hide such a big matter from them.

After they heard the whole incident, they couldn't help but have their own considerations.

"Cheng Yin is really smart, he handles things decisively, but his methods are a bit softer." Li Xie sighed to Cao Ji, "It's not too much for a poisonous woman like Gao Ruyi to be demoted to a commoner."

"It is estimated that His Highness the Crown Prince is also concerned about the relationship with the high-ranking officials, so he made an exception." Cao Ji explained.

Li Xi nodded.

Now that the reform of the salt administration is being carried out, the Gao family, who is in charge of the household department and the six departments, must be used, suppressed, and appeased.

So Xiang Nan's move was not bad. He got the real evidence and punished Gao Ruyi justifiably. At the same time, he punished Gao Ruyi for kneeling for a month, which was only a small punishment.

Compared with the crimes she committed that were enough to behead her, kneeling scriptures and punishing copying of "The Commandments for Women" are already the lightest crimes, and they are enough to make Gao Ruyi afraid of Wei Huaide and make the Gao family vigilant.

The handling is really good, even he can't jump out of the fault.

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"Gao Liangdi is really confused! With the current situation of the Gao family, it is too conspicuous to keep a low profile, yet she dares to do such a thing, she is an idiot!" Empress Zhang Meiniang scolded.

As soon as Gao Xian died, the Gao family lost an arm, and their power was not as good as before. Many political opponents are ready to move now, hoping to overthrow Gao Xiang's party.

The more it is at this time, the less you can make mistakes, try to keep a low profile, accumulate strength, and wait for the counterattack. At this time, Gao Ruyi was playing tricks and accidentally screwed up.

Stealing chickens is not enough to lose money, not only did not harm others, but exposed oneself, it is really not worth the gain, it is embarrassing. Her city mansion, compared to the high-profile, is really far behind.

"Yes." Rong Shuang nodded, "By doing this, the Crown Prince's good opinion of her has been ruined. Even if the confinement is lifted in the future, how can she stay in the East Palace?"

"Cheng Yin is really smart, with three punches and two kicks, Gao Liangdi was dragged out." The Empress Dowager said happily, "As expected of my great great-grandson, I did not misjudge him.

The same goes for Gao Liangdi, there are only three sisters right now, she is not satisfied, and she wants to harm others again. In the future, when Cheng Yin ascends the throne, there will be three thousand beauties in the harem, won't she die of anger? "

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After Gao Ming heard about this, he was so angry that he dropped his teacup.

He didn't punish Gao Ruyi harshly because of his temperament, but because he hated his daughter for being too unintelligent.

Now that Gao Xian is dead, the Gao family's influence in the western region, I dare not say it has been uprooted, but it is also shattered, and there is not much left.

The Gao family's forces in the court and the western region support each other and cover each other. Just like the word "person", it is not stable if it is missing either side.

The current situation of Gao's family is unstable and crumbling. In this case, he also had to choose to hide his strength and bide his time.

When the imperial court elected the governor of the Anhu Mansion in the Western Territory, he did not dare to fight hard; when the imperial court implemented the salt policy, he tried his best to support it, for fear of being targeted by those political enemies.

But the daughter is not sensible, and she still has to mess around in the palace. Fortunately, there were still three thousand nails left in his wrecked ship. The crown prince was scrupulous, so he just punished him by kneeling and copying "The Commandments for Women".

Otherwise, practicing witchcraft in the palace will cost you your head.

It was because of the witchcraft that Emperor Wudi killed the empress, the prince and many other adults. Tens of thousands of people died and hundreds of thousands were implicated, which turned the Han Empire from prosperity to decline, leading to the later "Huo Guang Dictatorship".

Therefore, the imperial courts of all dynasties took lessons from it and banned witchcraft and nightmare curses.

"Laws of the Tang Dynasty" records, "Those who make livestock poisons and teach orders will be strangled. Although those who make Gu will be pardoned, they will live together in the same household and teach people to travel three thousand miles."

"Father, my sister is also annoyed that Zhao Jingyu was promoted to the governor of the Anhu Mansion in the Western Territory, so she attacked Zhao Sese." Gao Kun explained for his sister.

"Zhao Jingyu, Wang Badan, was originally supported by our Gao family, but now he wants to ride on our heads." Gao Zhen also scolded.

If it wasn't recommended by Gao's family, how could Zhao Jingyu be qualified to be Marquis of Zhenbei. Now he has snatched Gao Xian's seat, and he is indifferent and alienated to the Gao family, without any remembrance of old kindness, what a fool.

What is even more hateful is Zhao Shixuan, who wants to rob Miss Mingyue from him, even more damn it!

Gao Ming let out a long sigh.

At the beginning when he recommended Zhao Jingyu to be Marquis of Zhenbei, he thought it would be a wonderful move.

He cooperated with Gao Xian in Danchi, and his daughter Zhao Sese will cooperate with Queen Gao Ruyi in the future. The western region and the harem complement each other, and the Gao family can still hold down the Zhao family.

But now, the Zhao family wants to dominate the Gao family.

It's really that the plan can't keep up with the changes. Who would have thought that Gao Xian died suddenly at a young age, only in his thirties.

...

After Gao Ruyi's accident, Gao Ming had no choice but to do his best to support the reform of the salt administration in order to perform.

With the emperor's will and the promotion of the ministers, the reform of the salt administration was finally promoted smoothly.

Eight general merchants were selected across the country to be responsible for the management and operation of Tianxia Salt.

They sit in the production area, monopolize the output of salt, and then sell it to distributors in various provinces, and distributors in each province continue to distribute it, and finally sell it to the salt stalls in various townships and villages. Then through these stalls, the salt is sold to every household.

In this way, the government no longer directly intervenes in the manufacture, transportation, and sales of table salt, but only supervises, taxes, checks against illegal salt, and regulates salt prices. Its functions are similar to those of today's Tobacco Administration.

After the reform of the salt administration, the annual salt tax of the Rich Dynasty was only three million guan. But now the eight major general merchants are competing for the national salt distribution rights, and the bidding has risen to more than one million guan.

In this way, the rich dynasty received an additional five million guan each year, equivalent to one-sixth of all tax revenues, which can be said to have made a fortune.

According to Xiang Nan's estimate, with the implementation of the salt policy, the general merchants will earn more and more money, and the price of the eight major distribution rights will also rise, eventually reaching more than 1.5 million guan.

The Rich Dynasty will also increase taxes by nine million guan every year, which will help consolidate the rule, arm the army, relieve victims of disasters, develop the economy, and nurture the people...

And because the reform of the salt administration was proposed by Xiang Nan, Li Yu became more and more satisfied with him as the prince.

"Cheng Yin, it's all thanks to you." He smiled and said to Xiang Nan, "After all, what reward do you want?"

"As the crown prince, it is my duty to share the worries of my father, how dare I ask for rewards." Xiang Nan bowed.

"Well said." Li Yu nodded with a smile, "But if you have meritorious service, you should be rewarded, otherwise, who else will give me advice in the future."

"Father, my son is keen on making small gadgets, but he is a single-handed man, so his ability is really limited. My son hopes that my father will allocate funds to help me build a workshop so that I can tinker with some small things." Xiang Nan said to Li Yu.

Li Xi was taken aback for a moment, thinking that Xiang Nan had indeed done a lot of small things.

For example, tin frogs, music boxes, cosmetics, perfumes, etc., are indeed very innovative.

"Well, since you like it, then I'll let you do it." Li Yu nodded, "But I want to remind you, don't lose your mind. If you want these strange skills, just play with them occasionally, don't indulge in them. "

"My son obeys the order."