When Zhu Gaoxu came to the Ganqing Palace, some court officials also began to enter the house.

It can be seen that they were all frozen very much.

After all, most of the important officials in the court, Xia Yuanji and Jian Yi, were over fifty years old, and basically no one was less than forty.

Of course, Gu Zuo is an exception. He was forcibly carried up by the Prince of Han.

Once a person becomes forty at this age, all kinds of problems in his body will appear.

Many military officers and generals who were extremely brave on the battlefield suddenly fell ill after getting older. It was precisely because of their decline in physical fitness that their previous secret disease recurred, and they fell like a mountain of illness and died directly.

When Xia Yuanji and the others saw Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu, they were obviously stunned.

They were not sent to the imperial prison, why did they come out now?

Could it be that they surrendered to the Prince of Han?

For a moment, everyone's faces were not very good-looking.

Yang Shiqi was the old god, but Yang Pu lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking about.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw that everyone was coming, he immediately spoke: "Announce an appointment, and Yang Shiqi will be restored to his post. Because Jin Zhong, the Minister of War, was ill, he will temporarily take over the affairs of the Ministry of War."

"Also, Yang Pu was awarded a bachelor's degree in Hanlin and joined the cabinet to participate in the maintenance service!"

Hearing this, the faces of the giants changed slightly.

The Prince of Han just used the excuse to arrest several princeling officials. Now he has asked Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu to restore his posts, and even entered the cabinet to participate in the memory.

Then it can only prove that Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu may have become the Han King Party!

Jian Yi, the Minister of Personnel, sighed and frowned and asked, "King of Han, does the emperor know about this?"

He is the Minister of Personnel, in charge of the appointment and removal of civil servants in the world, examination, promotion, honorary title, transfer and other matters.

At the moment, the Han prince bypassed him and suddenly appointed Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu as an official, which was a bit of a violation of the rules.

After all, he is just the prince of Han, not the emperor!

Zhu Gaoxu explained with a smile: "Zero has been sent to the Northern Expedition Army, so Secretary Jian can rest assured."

"By the way, Lao Xia, how is the new salt method going?"

Compared with these trivial matters, Zhu Gaoxu was more concerned about how his new salt law was implemented.

After all, salt and iron are the top priority of the country. The former involves half of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, while the latter is a fundamental military material. If any court is missing, it will be suspended.

Whether it is the Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang or the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, the reason why these two emperors were able to defeat the Mongolian Tartars and flee in a hurry was that most of the funds were supported by salt tax.

When talking about the serious matters, Xia Yuanji also had a solemn expression.

"With the support of technical talents in the Hanwangfu, the salt wells in the salt fields in various places have completed reforms, and the coarse salt originally produced is being improved into fine salt!"

"His Royal Highness, with the current reserves of new salt in the Ming Dynasty, you may be able to try to implement the new salt method!"

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded with satisfaction.

Zhou Chen has not been working in vain these days, at least he has consolidated the foundation of the new salt method very well.

"Since that's the case, let's release the news and let Zhou Chen hold the third tasting meeting!"

Xia Yuanji nodded with a smile, his eyes almost narrowed together.

Every time the Prince of Han held a tasting meeting, the court received a lot of money from the silver.

Especially for this tasting meeting, the transaction amount is probably much higher than the previous two times!

After all, the things to be auctioned at this tasting meeting are qualified by salt merchants from all over the country!

In the past, when the imperial court implemented the "Kaizhongfa", the transaction of salt needed to rely on the salt intake issued by the imperial court to go to the designated salt farm to exchange for salt.

In other words, if you are not salt exchanged for salt, then it is private salt!

It would be fine if someone sells private salt if you don’t find it.

However, once it is found out, not only will I beheaded, but my family property will be confiscated, and even my wife and daughter will not end up in a good way.

The "Ming Dynasty Law" stipulates that anyone who sells private salt will be 100 sticks and will be slaughtered for three years; if there are military weapons, the first level will be added, the third level will be added, and the person who refuses to arrest will be killed.

However, even so, the shocking profits of selling private salt still stimulated a large number of people to sacrifice themselves for this, and private salt dealers in Lianghuai and other places emerged one after another.

But now it’s different. With the efforts of the Han prince, the court successfully launched a new salt method based on refined salt!

Rich businessmen only need to participate in the auction and give a high enough price to compete for the official qualifications of salt trading in a certain place, becoming the official salt merchants protected by the imperial court!

When he thought of the operation method His Highness Han Wang mentioned last time, such as "margin", "liquidated damages", and "franchise fees"... Xia Yuanji's eyes were almost squinted, and he wanted to hold the third tasting meeting now.

"Prince, the specific date of the tasting meeting can be set. Please participate in it yourself..."

Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that Old Xia was also a person who wanted money and life.

"Don't worry, let the bullet fly for a while, and it's tentatively set to go after ten days!"

The economic center of the Ming Dynasty is naturally Yingtian Prefecture, Nanzhili, and the most prosperous Jiangnan area is right next to it.

Ten days are enough for those wealthy businessmen to arrive in time.

Under the rule of this feudal dynasty, wealthy businessmen were not the kind of existence that was rich and lawless in later generations.

At least in the eyes of the current prince Han, they are just a large piece of green leeks!

When it is time to cut, you must cut it. You cannot be merciful. After all, instead of letting them pile up the silver in the warehouse and get moldy, it is better to hand it over to the court to develop people's livelihood.

But you should also apply fertilizer when it is time to apply fertilizer, otherwise you will wave your knife before the leeks grow, which will be a fishing place!

Then Zhu Gaoxu handled some ordinary government affairs and cared about the progress of major projects. For example, the construction of the Daming Money House has begun, and he was relieved after confirmation.

But there is no bad news.

Xia Yuanji stroked his beard and said worriedly: "His Highness of the King of Han, Hebei, Shandong and other places have suffered snow disasters. Local officials have submitted a report to the court for grants of disaster relief."

"Especially in Shandong, the drought just passed not long ago, and now it has suffered another snow disaster, and the people are suffering from such a great suffering!"

After hearing this, the big guys frowned.

There were many natural disasters during the Yongle period. Often, they finally survived, and a new round of natural disasters came again. Those who really suffered will always be ordinary people.

If the Han Prince had not done many ways to make money, the court would have been anxious long ago.

Zhu Gaoxu understood that the Ming Dynasty had continuous natural disasters, and there was no way to do so.

Although auspicious snow indicates a good harvest, this snow may not be all auspicious snow!

At least for ordinary people, winter is the most difficult time every year.

"Immediately allocate funds to the disaster area to provide relief to the people, and let local officials adopt a labor-for-relief approach."

"Gu Zuo, let your censors take action. I don't want to hear about corruption in disaster relief anymore!"

"Who dares to stretch out his claws in disaster relief? I will make him regret coming to this world!"

Zuodu Censor Gu Zuo nodded quickly and rarely recognized the arrangements of the Prince of Han.

This sudden snow disaster dispersed Zhu Gaoxu's good mood.

When he truly sat in the position of a state supervising state, he found that he could not sit idly by and watch the people suffer.

As soon as he thinks of the ice and snow, he can't help but starve to death.

"Come, go and call Eunuch Haishou!"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned. The Second Bureau must be asked to speed up the production of cement and then promote it to the world!

At least ordinary people live in cement rooms, so they don’t have to worry about the loss of their homes when a heavy snow falls.
Chapter completed!