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The imperial court sent an order to make the ministers feel very deeply. Everyone dared not look at the Southeast King and Princess sitting at the head of the palace, but focused on Ma Shiying and other cabinet members!

In fact, the salt abuse case cannot be concealed from the officials. Everyone knows that the water inside is very deep.

Now that the incident has happened, Ma Shiying and others have passed the test without a single thing. It seems that the word forbearance takes the lead, and it is really thick-skinned and useful!

However, the corruption case can be resolved smoothly. There is no big prison, only the leading officials are killed, and they are all exiled. Only the King of Southeast Asia can control such a big thing.

The salt case involves a huge amount. The salt merchants have full hands and eyes, and the general rulers do it. The city has long been full of storms, and it is not allowed to send troops into Nanjing for martial law, and a curfew is imposed!

Now even if the army chief dare not confront the Southeast King, he will be arrested obediently. If he doesn't resist, he may avoid death. At least his family will be saved. If he really wants to resist, no one will follow them, and he will be punishable by the Nine Clan.

Had to hand over the ransom money, such a huge amount, the Southeast King really dared to start, eating it without any psychological burden.

The value of the confiscation of officials and salt merchants amounted to 65 million silver dollars!

Including property, land, shops, etc., the reason there are so many is that half of the country in the south has not been poisoned by the war, and the merchants have not been cut leeks. It should be noted that at that time more than one-third of the world's silver flowed into Daming, and the savings were abundant!

When Yan Changwu became a country, the economy was on the fast lane, and the businessmen made a lot of money, and they were so fat that they were slaughtered.

"The court is raising pigs, and slaughtering pigs for a fat New Year!" The officials thought to themselves, with awe-inspiring meaning. It seems that they still can't do bad things, otherwise they don't know which day they will be slaughtered and eat more. Fat, the happier slaughter!

The implementation of the salt monopoly system is the responsibility of the state, and some officials are worried about the poor management of the state and the destruction of salt affairs in the future.

The Ming Dynasty broke through the salt and iron monopoly of the past dynasties and transferred the government-run salt industry monopoly rights to merchants. At first, good results were achieved. However, after the Ming Dynasty, the government and businessmen colluded, and the salt administration was bad. The officials and the salt merchants reaped huge profits. The high price of salt and the emptiness of the national treasury have finally reached the point where it is hard to return. The salt merchant has also come to an end.

Salt is the longest monopolized commodity in Chinese history, longer than the currency monopoly. In ancient China, the salt industry monopoly was also called banned. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, various dynasties have monopolized the salt industry to varying degrees. Other commodities that were monopolized may also include iron, wine, tea, and mineral products. Such legally sold salt is called official salt, and illegally sold salt is called illegal salt.

In ancient times, the profit of selling official salt was huge, and private salt was even more profitable. For example, the private salt producers involved in private salt activities in the Ming Dynasty, including salt-producing stoves, sold privately; salt merchants carried private salt, and some salt merchants sold more than 70 fixed amount of salt every year. Wanyin made a profit of more than 600,000 taels, and the income from the private salt was 1.6 million taels. There were also salt lords who sold salt by officials and soldiers, armed salt lords, and the private belts of water transports by boats, and so on. This is a bit of "private salt for the whole people".

China's crackdown on illegal salt has been considerable in the past dynasties, and those who arrested illegal salt. Private salt dealers want to decapitate, and even relevant officials have to sit down. In the Five Dynasties, the salt law was the coolest, and one or two pound of salt could be used to rectify the law. In the Song Dynasty, it was a bit wider, and the standard for decapitation was only three catties or ten catties. The average person who sells salt is less than ten catties, and all of them are decapitated.

Yuanming's punishment for illegal salt trafficking is in the same line, and the crackdown on and punishment for illegal salt has never been relaxed. Reading the laws and cases of salt administration, you can feel **** so far.

Qianming was no exception. Originally, it did a good job, but when the bureaucratic governance was ruined, the salt administration was in a mess. Now that the salt administration is re-monopolized, everyone depends on the new measures of the court.

There are still many new meanings. There are two major adjustments to the division of labor among the cabinet members. One is that blocking Yinxi is in charge of the economy. This was originally the job of the second assistant Yang Tiansheng, but it is now handled by Du Yinxi, and the salt administration must be under his control. .

It was a bit tricky, and the officials exchanged glances in secret.

This master Du is upright, and he is good at adding to the crowd. He is in charge of the economy, but I am afraid that many people will suffer.

Sure enough, I heard the southeast king Kaiyukou talk about the meaning of blocking Yinxi.

"Yang Cifu was in charge of the economy. It was a time when China's economy was advancing by leaps and bounds. The gross national product was operating above double digits. Various economic laws, systems, and policies were complete. The next step is to give play to, promote and improve these economic systems. , So Du Qing's family can take this important task!" Yan Changwu said.

Obviously, it is for Du Yinxi to watch the market. Yang Tiansheng has taken too much economic steps and has many problems. Du Yinxi is responsible for maintaining and advancing the national economy and ensuring the smooth operation of the economy.

"Three years!" Yan Changwu announced: "Every five years, the net profit of the salt industry in the first five years is 50%, and the net profit of the salt industry in the second five years is 30%. The net profit of the salt industry is 10%!"

Everyone was stunned by the gradual decline. It should be noted that the net profit of the salt industry has reached 100%!

It was reduced by half in one fell swoop. Will His Highness Southeast King count? Do you know that the salt industry monopoly is usually one of the best ways for a strong government to control financial resources. The fastest way to get money, how can you pay everyone if you don’t have money?

The ministers ignored the etiquette, staring at him, and the temple was so silent that the needle fell to the ground and could be heard.

"In the past, the tax revenue of the salt industry was used to maintain the country's fiscal revenue, but now, look at how much money we have!" Yan Changwu saw that all the officials below were helpless, as if they were bankrupted and the money was unsuccessful. He couldn't help being annoyed~www.wuxiaspot.com~ What he said made people wonder, and it really made sense!

Mingguo now has many more channels for silver, domestic demand is strong, taxation is abundant, and the output of gold and silver is increasing year by year, not to mention foreign trade, a ship of silver is transported back to the country, so that the paper banknotes issued by Ming Long-term strength, because banknotes use gold and silver as a deposit, which can really be exchanged.

On the contrary, the taxation of the salt industry caused a decline in the taxation status of the imperial court due to previous actions, and the imperial court can also support it!

"Therefore, the monopoly of table salt in our country has the effect of increasing the fiscal revenue of the court, stabilizing the price and circulation of table salt, and controlling the quality of table salt. However, the king has given the monopoly of table salt a new meaning, that is, let the people Everyone can eat cheap salt!" Yan Changwu said.

"The times are different. The salt tax will only become less and less. Let salt be like rice. People like to eat and use as much as they like!" Yan Changwu was so proud, officials called him crazy and flattered. The words are like a tide, and the Southeast King is called the bird's raw fish soup, which is very wise, nothing more!

It is that some officials can't tell the mandarin, saying that Yaoshunyu soup is called Chengminniaoshengyu soup.

Zhu Zhenzhen looked at his husband with admiration, and there was really nothing that could make him difficult.

What made her gratified was that due to the imperial court's war on the north this year, silver dollars have poured into the north like water. The financial gap is huge. The recently issued 40 million silver dollar treasury bonds have not sold well, and they can't be sold if they only sell half of them.

But when Southeast Wang Yi returned to Nanjing, there was nothing to do, and the remaining 20 million silver dollar treasury bonds were robbed.

Facts have proved that the buyers of national debt have foresight and confiscated so many silver dollars at one go, so there is no need to worry about being unable to repay them.

It’s great to have a husband, and it’s great to have money. Zhu Zhenzhen is very happy!