While this pleasant transaction was going on, suddenly a group of people gathered around.

Both parties were shocked.

Salt Owl even rose up to resist.

No matter in which dynasty, salt lords were punishable by death, so they were naturally desperadoes.

"Fire the arrow——"

Hurrah!

Hundreds of arrows were thrown, wounding more than a dozen people at once.

The Salt Owl team was instantly in chaos.

Immediately, the officers and soldiers rushed to kill the salt owl. The salt owl was defeated and all of them were captured.

It was over in a moment.

At this time, Xia Wanchun Shi Shiran came over. Regarding the dead and injured salt owl, he couldn't live together at all, and said condescendingly: "A group of rentiers deserve to die."

"Take them all."

Xia Wanchun was a little more magnanimous towards those salt men. After all, they were all eating royal food.

Pan Zhuo stood aside and said with admiration: "It's really a good idea to dispatch patrol battalions from other counties."

Xia Wanchun nodded slightly: "Tianjin Mansion is relatively close to Cangzhou. I asked them to take the overland route, so they were delayed for a few days. Otherwise, these birdmen would have been captured long ago."

After a busy night, King Xia Wanchun returned and directly took control of the entire Changlu Salt Farm.

At this time, with thousands of salt cubes from the salt field in hand, he didn't need to be afraid of the Cangzhou government office at this time.

And it is indeed right to start with the salt field.

Xia Wanchun understood everything in an instant.

As expected, he is a murderer for profit.

Changlu Salt Fields There are hundreds of miles of salt fields in Cangzhou, and the coastline is covered with salt fields.

Under such circumstances, local collusion has become commonplace.

The salt ticket method was to auction salt. As long as there was money, everyone could become a salt merchant. This cut off the monopoly of the big salt merchants, expanded the market, and the court gained great benefits.

But everything is profitable.

The official salt is still high, so buying private salt has become normal.

Because official salt has a prescribed price, while private salt is dark salt and cannot be seen in the light, so the price is only 20 to 30% of official salt.

As a result, Changlu Salt Farm has been recruiting salt farmers in recent years to expand production. Then, in addition to the prescribed salt quota, the remaining salt is sold to salt merchants for private profits.

Therefore, on the canal where people come and go, in addition to the official salt ships, at least 20 to 30% are private salt traders.

In this way, since ancient times, catching salt lords and banning illegal salt can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. The key lies in the salt field.

As long as those officials continue to commit corruption, the salt lords will not be cut off, and private salt trading will never be banned.

Of course, for ordinary people, official salt is not only unpalatable, but also very expensive, so private salt is the best choice.

As a judge, the pedantic Goude is not only responsible for administering justice, but also has supervisory responsibilities over the local area.

Therefore, after discovering something fishy in the salt farm, he wanted to investigate thoroughly and report it to the court. Naturally, people who were interested in salt consumption discovered it and poisoned him.

"Judge Gao is a good judge!"

After Xia Wanchun understood the general situation, he couldn't help but be filled with emotion.

If it is an ordinary official, he will generally ignore it, but if he is a little responsible, he will report it to the court and wait for someone to accept it.

Like Gaode, you investigate on your own and only prepare to report after getting tangible evidence. It's too late.

In this way, he could only write something down and put it in a secret box to show it to the emperor.

A few days later, the imperial edict arrived.

A large number of officials, including the Hejian magistrate and the Cangzhou magistrate, who were involved in eucalyptus smuggling in the salt works or had unfavorable inspections, were all dismissed from their posts and exiled to Luzon.

The salt patrol censors who directly made plans to kill Gao De were transferred to salt transportation envoys and other officials, their homes were ransacked, they resigned, they were sentenced to death, and they were executed.

His family was exiled to Luzon.

From the magistrate to the local magistrates and local officials, hundreds of people were investigated and punished, thousands of people were exiled, and Cangzhou was emptied out.

It can be said to be the largest eucalyptus in Shaowu.

This caused huge waves throughout Hebei.

The governor of Hebei also committed unfavorable supervision and was forced to resign, ending his official career.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate was also not immune. Several censors were demoted and went to work in local places.

If the public is concerned about corruption, then in the officialdom, people are focused on the lack of official positions.

Zhengguan and Zuoerguan are both popular and popular to many people.

Especially the salt farm, even if you don't smuggle salt, you can make a lot of profits every year. It is a good choice for those who are preparing for retirement.

Xia Wanchun then brushed himself off, hid his identity and reputation, and left Cangzhou.

Pan Zhuo, who cooperated, could only be recommended as the general magistrate of Cangzhou County due to his status as a scholar.

Before leaving, Pan Zhuoyi said goodbye: "Xia Gong has left. I don't know when we will see him again."

"Imitate your brother-in-law and be a good official."

Xia Wanchun chuckled and said: "I would rather be pedantic than opportunistic."

Pan Zhuo nodded fiercely.

In fact, in Yuquan Mountain, Zhu Yixi saw hidden details:

The amount of smuggled salt has exceeded one million stones, reaching 1.29 million.

One stone salt requires one silver coin, which means its scale exceeds about two million coins.

What an exaggeration.

The tax revenue of Guizhou Province is only two to three million.

Such a huge profit was siphoned off by the entire Cangzhou government, causing the imperial court to suffer losses.

But Zhu Yixi saw the follow-up:

"When you find a cockroach in your home, those hidden corners are already full of cockroaches."

Behind Shaowu's prosperous age, how much darkness is buried?

Corruption is a stubborn disease that cannot be cured.

"Since there are cockroaches, they must be killed."

Zhu Yixi became ruthless. For those corrupt officials, his favorite was to confiscate their homes and send them into exile.

Not only can you benefit from internal funds, but you can also have a group of high-quality immigrants.

Qin, Qi, Liao, etc. have been coveting it for a long time.

All of a sudden, inspections were launched from all walks of life. The Supervisory Office had been reformed and the censorship team was established, which was perfect for showing off its power.

However, for the imperial court, a happy event was enough to wash away all the mess.

The princess gave birth to a son, weighing six kilograms and three taels.

For a time, the government and the public were in joy.

Even the emperor, who had been solemn for many days, smiled.

According to convention, princes and grandsons cannot be given a famous name without enlightenment in reading, so they are nicknamed Yue Geer.

Needless to say, there is a corresponding reward.

There is a festive atmosphere everywhere in Beijing.

Naturally, it was not possible to grant amnesty to the whole world. Because of this, the emperor rarely issued several edicts, hoping to be kind to the world and bless his eldest grandson.

The first step is to universally absolve the people of money and food owed by Shaowu eighteen years ago, which will benefit the world.

The second is to exempt people in various parts of Hebei from owing official rent.

The third way is to show favor to close relatives, bachelors, school masters, Hanlin officials, and frontier ministers who can "actually promote the country", and either receive promotions or promotions, or bestow rewards, or give preferential awards.

The fourth path is for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build 199 social schools across the country to benefit civilian students.

Although this is not as good as Amnesty for the World, it is a real benefit and makes people excited.

For a time, countless people prayed for the emperor's eldest grandson.

…

At this time, it was far away in Europe.

The mission has been in the Netherlands for many months and already knows it well.
To be continued...