The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

How many? !

Tang Hao was a little surprised!

"More than one hundred and sixty-nine thousand three hundred citations!"

The little emperor repeated it again, very satisfied with Tang Hao's reaction.

When he heard this number, he was just as surprised as the savage and was speechless.

"Dongchang and Xichang have investigated clearly. The situation is more serious than you said!"

"I really didn't expect that my two good uncles would be so heartless and heartless!"

The little emperor added another sentence, saying: "Who knows how much gold and silver my two good uncles have embezzled?"

For a moment, Tang Hao really wanted to raid the old Zhang family. He might find a million silver patterns, which would be enough for him to train his troops!

If he had other choices, he would naturally not want to break up with his mother!

Tang Hao was not in a hurry to speak, but gave the little emperor enough time to think about it.

"So you'd better be prepared to take advantage of the Yanyin incident between Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo to attack the civil servants and gentry, and clean out these borers and rice worms that are reaching out to Yanyin!"

If you can't even withstand the pressure of Queen Mother Zhang, how can you, Zhu Houzhao, gather power, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and revive the Ming Dynasty?

"Don't worry, I just asked Gu Da to catch those businessmen with them."

If the little emperor chickens out, then everything will stop there, and Tang Hao won't be bothered with any new troops, and will just be his own Marquis of Zhongshan.

As for the Empress Dowager Zhang, her evening scene was also desolate, with a hint of retribution.

How can I swallow this bad breath?

He, the emperor, is so poor, but his two good uncles are extremely rich!

"Ye Tang Hao, do you know?"

Historically, his two good uncles, Shouning Hou Zhang Heling and Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling, once their patron Queen Mother Zhang died, their homes were confiscated and imprisoned by Emperor Jiajing, and then they were pushed to Xishikou and beheaded.

Ordinary people can lack anything, but salt is a life-saving thing, how can they lack it?

Hearing this, the little emperor couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.

Now it's interesting.

It's really "unfortunate for the family" to have such two bastard relatives on the same street!

Tang Hao glanced at the little emperor in surprise, but he didn't expect that this kid really had a long-term vision.

Salt and iron are indispensable daily necessities for the people, so there are huge profits.

A piece of salt can get two hundred kilograms of table salt. According to the average price of five cents per kilogram, it is one tael of silver. Excluding transportation costs, you can make a guaranteed profit of at least six cents of silver.

Because in the name of weaving, asking for salt from the household department was a specialty of his father, Emperor Hongzhi.

Not to mention the cost, one salt quote is worth about one tael of silver, and one thousand salt quotes can get one thousand taels of silver!

Is it too much for the emperor to ask for ten thousand taels of silver?

Enriching a country and strengthening its military is never an easy task.

"But the trouble is that the Zhang brothers may suffer, and you have to withstand the pressure from your mother. Do you understand?"

Nonsense, you don’t even know, where can we go?

"That's almost enough. Don't touch those two brothers, otherwise you will be accused of being "unfilial"."

He, the mighty Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was no match for a few humble businessmen!

After that, in the tenth and twelfth years of Hongzhi, Xiaozong approved 20,000 salt quotas for weaving. In the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, the 20,000 salt quotas were not enough, and he ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to increase the price of Huai salt by 30,000 taels of silver.

To put it simply, a piece of salt is equivalent to about one tael of silver.

It's really not excessive, and it's quite reasonable.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he had to have twelve thousand salt guides, and he had to argue with the cabinet and the civil servants and gentry!

Tang Hao had only told the young emperor that his merchants were reselling salt for profit. He told the other things later before going to see the Queen Mother Zhang. As a result, the young emperor wanted to chop up his two good uncles with a knife.

"As for my two good uncles, let them suffer, they deserve it!"

The Ming Dynasty was already in ruins, so we had to smash it all and start over.

What makes money the fastest?

Of course it was the salt that caused it!

So Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling and Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling were the two pieces of fat that Tang Hao threw in front of the little emperor!

In this comparison, it is no wonder that the little emperor was so angry.

The so-called "Kaizhong method" is a simple process where merchants deliver the grain to border towns, then use the delivery documents to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to collect the corresponding salt imports. After getting the salt imports, they go to the salt farm to collect the salt, and finally sell it through their own channels. Make profit from this.

"But I can't swallow this bad breath, Ye Tanghao!"

This "Kaizhong method" is actually a form of bundled sales. It takes advantage of merchants' pursuit of profit to release salt monopoly rights, thereby completing food rationing through merchants' sales channels and transportation channels, thereby solving the food shortage in Jiubian's important towns. The problem.

But the problem is that he, Zhu Houzhao, is the Ming Emperor!

The last time the little emperor asked for 12,000 taels of salt, it was almost 12,000 taels of snowflake silver. Of course, there were certain market fluctuations, but it would not be less than 10,000 taels of silver!

It is indeed a bit excessive for you to ask someone for ten thousand taels when you open your mouth like this.

Not to mention ten thousand pieces of salt, the profit of ten thousand taels of silver caused the price of the note to rise, and there was even a business of selling salt.

When Zhu Houzhao heard what he said, his eyes were full of hesitation.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Ye Qi was able to reform the salt policy and corrupt the salt policy was that the "Lord of ZTE" in the Ming Dynasty put a lot of effort into it. He was the one who fueled the flames, and he was also responsible for corrupting the salt policy. He was the one who couldn't be cut away with a knife. !

Ye Qi was just one of the people who corrupted the salt administration. There was also Emperor Hongzhi!

You know, the reason why Ye Qi changed his policy was because he listened to the advice of a fellow villager and the advice of some salt merchants.

The savage said the same thing as Chen Kuan, he was very considerate for his emperor.

"But I didn't ask for much. I just asked the cabinet scholar Liu Jian and others for 12,000 salt to use in weaving. As a result, these civil servants and gentry refused to give up, and only agreed to give silver. After several haggling, these civil servants and gentry finally finally I still gave it, but half of it was salt and half of it was silver."

Several businessmen under the Zhang family brothers searched and found more than 169,300 yin and almost 170,000 salt yin, which could make a profit of at least 170,000 taels of silver!

These were just a few of their merchants, and they found 170,000 taels of silver!

Whoever would do this kind of thing would not feel good inside.

So Tang Hao spoke up first to give the little emperor a heads up to avoid the trouble that would never end.

To put it bluntly, the corruption of the Ming Dynasty’s salt policy began here.

The young emperor also had reason to be angry. When his father Xiaozong was in power, 20,000 yin of salt was used for weaving every year. He only asked for 12,000 yin. Why didn't the cabinet give it?

And if you want to give it, why should you only give half?

Why, the little emperor is no longer the emperor?

As official corruption and collusion between officials and businessmen continued to intensify after orthodoxy, the salt policy had been corrupted during the Chenghua period. Emperor Chenghua himself also contributed to the situation and began to give salt to eunuchs, princes and powerful family members. For example, he once gave salt to ten thousand people at once. Xu Da, the family member of the imperial concubine's younger brother Wantong, received 30,000 salts.

As long as Queen Mother Zhang is not dead, the little emperor cannot touch the Zhang brothers, and they will not fall!

The Zhang brothers must not die. This is the bottom line for Queen Mother Zhang, and even more so for the little emperor!

Zhu Houzhao cursed angrily with hatred.

Finally, Ye Qi promoted the salt coup law, and Emperor Hongzhi added fuel to the flames. After accepting silver in Lianghuai, Huizhou merchants could "get easy benefits" by being close to Lianghuai. A large number of Huizhou merchants poured into the salt areas of Lianghuai and Liangzhe. Salt merchants gradually occupied a dominant position. For example, salt merchants Huang Wubao and Huang Bao from She County entered Lianghuai and engaged in the salt industry after Ye Qi's reform and became rich.

Tang Hao was happy when he heard this.

Shouning Hou Zhang Heling and Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling are famous villains!

These two guys started to do evil during the Hongzhi period. They relied on the fact that they were the biological brothers of Queen Zhang. They relied on Queen Zhang and Emperor Hongzhi to indulge them, almost bullying men and dominating women, and doing all kinds of bad things.

However, it is precisely because of the huge profits of this salt bait. Therefore, after the imperial court implemented the Kaizhong Law, many powerful people saw that there was a profit, and began to find ways to sue the salt bait, resell it to businessmen in exchange for profits, or openly smuggle it into the normal salt. Private salt and profiteering.

After all, she was his mother, who had loved him since childhood, and the relationship between mother and son had always been very good.

During the Ming Dynasty, the production of salt grains in the area along the Great Wall in the northwest was very limited due to high temperatures and cold temperatures. This resulted in insufficient reserve reserves for military deployment. Therefore, the imperial court implemented the "Kai Zhong Law" to encourage merchants and common people to pay for grains containing salt.

Zhu Houzhao roared viciously: "Any humble businessman under my two good uncles can easily take out tens of thousands of salt coins. It's really ridiculous!"

It's a pity that I can only think about it and can't actually do it.

"As a result, do you know what Dongchang and Xichang found out when they checked those businessmen?"

Tang Hao's face became rarely solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Little emperor, salt introduction and even salt policy will be the key to making our country rich and our army strong!"

"When I came to the throne, I held my father's funeral, coronation ceremony, and queen's establishment ceremony. Because the internal treasury was short of money, I reached out to the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask for money."

Shiohiki is a certificate for receiving and selling salt.

Thirty thousand salt quotations, what is the concept?

Hey, how fresh!

"And this large amount of salt was only found from the homes of those businessmen!"

Facts have proved that the little emperor's determination is far stronger than Tang Hao imagined!

"I understand the savages. I have my own decision on the mother's side and will not let her ruin our plan!"

The master of the Ming Dynasty's resurgence requested 28,000 salt for weaving in the ninth year of Hongzhi. This was the first time the Ming Dynasty used salt for the emperor's longyi weaving, and it was also a bad start.

But if the little emperor touches them, the Empress Dowager Zhang in Renshou Palace will definitely not sit idly by.

Ha, it’s all because of his father’s good teaching!

"If we don't discipline these two people, they will die sooner or later!"

And a humble businessman under the family of Shouning Hou Zhang Heling and Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling can easily spend tens of thousands of salt!

"Then let's settle it!"

"Please take the salt policy seriously and give me some money, food, and soldiers first!"

Today’s second update, readers and friends, happy New Year’s Eve, may your family be happy, and may all the best!