Fang Yankai slapped Li Xia's desk with his palm and said, "Just because you indulged the illicit gangsters, look at the chaos the county is in now. There's a murder case every day..."
"Housekeeper's book, private salt belongs to private salt, and murder cases belong to homicide cases. They should not be confused."
"Don't fight with me. Which recent murder case has nothing to do with private sex?"
Li Xia said: "I think these people were really not killed by private salt dealers."
"Huh?" Fang Yankai laughed angrily and said, "Listen to what you said. If he wasn't killed by a private salt dealer, who else could he be?"
"Housekeeper, calm down. You haven't been so easily emotional in the past. What's wrong?"
"You're still asking me? Who am I easily excited about?!"
Li Xia looked at Fang Yankai quietly and stopped talking.
After a while, Fang Yankai sighed and sat down in front of him.
"To be honest, last time Jiang Zhan was almost falsely accused as the murderer of Tang Ergeng, I thought that I would no longer care about personal matters. Why should I be so stubborn? But I figured it out, I can't ignore this matter.
Do you know who are those who traffic in smuggled salt? There are all three religions and nine streams, and even officials and soldiers openly participate. In addition, according to the criminal law of our dynasty, those who sell smuggled salt for more than three kilograms can be beheaded, so salt dealers are often outlaws. The punishment is slightly different.
If you are not careful, it may lead to chaos.
During the Jianyan period, Fan Ruwei in Fujian was involved in the rebellion; during the Qingyuan period, the islanders in Daxi Mountain were in rebellion; during the Shaoding period, there was the Tingjiu rebellion in Fujian and Jiangxi; and more recently, in the second year of Xingchang, there was a rebellion along Taihu Lake in Anji Prefecture.
The Puyan Bandits Rebellion and the Zongzong Rebellion all started because of illegal salt..."
Li Xia said: "Doesn't this just mean that there is a problem with the court's salt policy?"
Fang Yankai was stunned and said: "How dare you say such words? Yes, the salt tax of the imperial court is heavy, but you see that the country is in danger now. If there is no salt tax, how can we fight against Mongolia..."
"I'm not talking about the heavy salt tax." Li Xia said: "But the salt administration system of the Song Dynasty is completely rotten. Not to mention, I recently checked the Tuijing Supervisor. Officials are corrupt and demand bribes, and they do anything; there are endless names for the officials.
, demanding business travel; there are various tricks to signal when hastily weighing, or adding mud to the salt.
Up and down, salt money is being deducted, salt taxes are being misappropriated, and personal pockets are being enriched. If I were a salt merchant, I would like to sell official salt, but anyone with any conscience would not know how to sell this salt mixed with mud to ordinary people. The owner's book,
What do you think?"
"Yes, the accumulated shortcomings in the salt affairs are getting deeper and deeper. Is it possible that, as an official of the Song Dynasty, you condoned private salt?"
"I have never said that illegal activities should be tolerated. What I have always said is that illegal activities must be paid."
"Stop talking in circles with me." Fang Yankai said: "You don't know who Wu Tong is. Let me tell you, he was not desperate and had no choice but to sell smuggled salt. Instead, he relied on the Tibetan soldiers in Jizhou Prefecture to bully the imperial court into not daring to suppress him.
, roam the countryside, act recklessly, and bribe people from top to bottom, making it easy and difficult to move. These people are extremely dangerous, and if you deal with them, it will cause disaster if you are not careful!"
"Yes, Changning Army Yidu Qianjia also said that I should have less contact with Wu Tong."
"Since you know it, stop now and don't let Wu Tong's forces enter Qingfu County. Isn't it chaotic enough now..."
At this point, Jiang Yan shouted outside the door: "Dong Weng, Dong Weng! It's not good!"
Before Fang Yankai could answer, Jiang Yan had already opened the door and stood up.
"What happened again?"
"Wu Hou led his men to rob and smash up the Luji Salt Shop, injuring many people, and a clerk was killed."
Fang Yankai stroked his forehead and murmured: "There is really a murder case every day... Mingguang, you go out first."
"Dong Weng?"
"go out!"
Fang Yankai shouted and turned to Li Xia with a persuasive expression.
"I have been working hard for two years. I am afraid that this salt lord will cause chaos under his rule. You really can't condone the salt smugglers anymore..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Yan opened the door again and said directly as if he was telling Li Xia on purpose: "Dong Weng, Lu Gui is here and said that if the county government doesn't make the decision for him, Lu Wenyang will leave for Xuzhou today.
File a complaint and ask the state to make the decision."
"go out."
With a "bang" sound, Jiang Yan closed the door again.
Li Xia thought for a while and said, "Housekeeper's book, you haven't understood what I mean. I've said many times that you must pay the private salt."
"That's enough! Stop using the official tone! I've had enough of Jiang Chun! Don't even try to imitate him!"
"It's not official talk." Li Xia said, "I'm telling the truth."
"Let me tell you, if you don't make the decision for the salt merchant today, you won't have the chance to pay again when Lu Wenyang takes the matter to the state office and the transshipment department..."
"Dong, dong, dong." Someone knocked on the door again outside the public room, not in a hurry.
"Come in." Li Xia said.
Han Chengxu opened the door and looked much more calm than Jiang Yan.
"I've seen the landlord's book." He bowed his hands and bowed. Then he walked to Li Xia and whispered softly.
Li Xia nodded, and Han Chengxu retreated.
"Let's do this. The landlord will give me two days." Li Xia said, "In two days, I will kill the salt owl. How about that?"
Fang Yankai narrowed his eyes, stared at Li Xia, and suddenly asked, "What do you want to do?"
"If I tell you, do you want to come with me?"
Qinxiang Tea House.
"Wu Tong is preparing to leave to celebrate the talisman." Jiang Fan said: "He is very angry and has ordered two hundred Tibetan soldiers to set off tomorrow."
"Did you tell the county captain?" Yan Yunyun asked.
"yes."
Yan Yunyun said: "Then these two hundred Tibetan soldiers are no longer under our control... Let's talk about what Wu Hou plans to do."
"Of course it's killing, killing Lu Wenyang."
"Great, when will we start?"
Jiang Fan said: "I have told Wu Hou that Lu Wenyang plans to go to Xuzhou to file a complaint. Wu Hou will lead people to ambush outside the city, kill him first, and then attack the Lu family."
Yan Yunyun smiled and said: "Then I have to go and put down the Yin family's salt shop."
"What about me? What should I do?" Jiang Fan asked.
"Why do you always ask me? It's so annoying that I can't think for myself."
Her tone was charming, but the scar on her face gave Jiang Fan a pimple.
"Lu Wenyang must die." Jiang Fan said, "But when will I capture Wu Hou?"
Yan Yunyun said: "If I had to choose, of course I would wait until Wu Hou kills all the Lu family."
Jiang Fan frowned and said, "Too many innocent people."
"It's ridiculous. Just ask those people who use their hard-earned money to buy salt mixed with sand. These salt merchants are all innocent." Yan Yunyun said calmly.
Jiang Fan said: "As soon as Lu Wenyang dies, can I just take down Wu Hou?"
"This is your business, you are not my business."
"That means it's okay?"
Yan Yunyun said: "There are a few people who must be killed. I will write their names to you."
Jiang Fan breathed a sigh of relief and felt that Han Qi'an was more measured in his actions and only killed the necessary people when dealing with the Zhang family. Yan Yunyun was a little crazy.
"Remember, wait for me to take over Yin's Salt Shop first, and don't touch Wu Hou until then."
"What if you can't hold it?" Jiang Fan asked.
Yan Yunyun smiled and said: "Then let Wu Hou kill the Yin family too..."
"Please ask Mr. Han to tell Yan Yunyun that it is best to buy the Yin family's salt shop, Yanyin. This is very important." Li Xia said.
Han Chengxu said: "If you don't have to spend money, wouldn't it be good?"
"When we don't have the strength to establish new rules, we can't always break the rules, otherwise things will get messy." Li Xia said, "After I met Fang Yankai today, I have a deeper understanding of this.
The killing of Zhang Yuanming aroused too much fear, and I spent a lot of energy to deal with it afterwards. Therefore, this time I only dared to use Wu Tong's hand to kill Lu Wenyang, but Fang Yankai would be able to guess it sooner or later.
Only by spending capital on business can people know that we are capable of doing business and can abide by the rules, instead of just killing people and taking wealth. Otherwise, the resistance to doing things in the future will only become greater and greater."
Han Chengxu said: "So, the landlord will not stop A Lang this time?"
"Yeah." Li Xia said: "But we are not only making it for him to see, but also for everyone to see. It must be beautiful enough."
"Yes. Wu Tong fought with Lu Wenyang and sent people to kill Lu Wenyang; Alang led the troops to destroy the salt owl; Yan Yunyun took the opportunity to take over the Yin family's salt shop and monopolize the Qingfu Salt Industry... Wu Tong was the one who did not follow the rules,
Alang only has merit."
"What is Mr. Han laughing at?"
"I'm glad. When Alang encountered problems before, he would just rush around and break the rules to solve them. Now he can use the rules to solve problems, and he has learned an extra layer of means..."