Yuzhu felt a little strange. How did the emperor know that his little fifth-grade censor came to the palace on errands?
On the way to Qianqing Palace, Yuzhu figured out that there must be something wrong with the number 13 badge he handed into Xihua Gate.
Alas, next time I enter the palace, I will never hand over the badge given by the emperor.
After Yuzhu arrived at the steps of Qianqing Palace, he waited for half an hour before the emperor summoned him in Dongnuan Pavilion.
"Jiangnan Road, the Censor of the Censor, Yuzhu, respectfully greets you." Yuzhu bowed obediently and in accordance with the etiquette.
"Yili!"
The jade pillar was left to dry for half an hour. Under the steps of Qianqing Palace, the wind blew through it, and my mind should be clearer.
The emperor didn't embarrass him anymore, he just shouted...
“Why avoid the truth and give in to the imaginary?”
There were only the emperor, Wei Zhu and Yuzhu in the room. Kangxi didn't bother to beat around the bush and questioned Yuzhu directly.
The emperor's words were vague, but Yuzhu knew clearly in his heart. What Kangxi asked was, why not impeach Lao Shi directly?
The tacit understanding between the emperor and his ministers was originally broken by Kangxi. Yuzhu had to think a few more times.
"When I return to the emperor, I think that although Mr. Shi is a little reckless, he is actually of a true nature. On the contrary, the one who hides behind him and makes plans to cause harm is particularly hateful." Yuzhu knew very well in his heart that Lao Shi's mother The clan was extremely powerful, even Kangxi could not help but be wary of it.
Kangxi understood immediately that Yuzhu was referring to Lao Jiu who had been hiding behind Lao Shi and coming up with bad ideas.
There is no need to talk too much between people who understand each other.
Yuzhu's explanation naturally aroused Kangxi's resentment towards Lao Jiu.
Lao Jiu came up with the idea and asked Lao Ten to come to provoke him, which almost disturbed Sun Chengyun's happy event.
In Yuzhu's little black book, he naturally made a note of Lao Jiu.
Not impeaching Lao Jiu does not mean that Yuzhu will let Lao Jiu go. Today, since the emperor asked him personally, if it does not take root in the emperor's heart, he will not be called Yuzhu.
"You did a good job." When Kangxi was calm, he was extremely wise and understood everything.
Yuzhu deliberately did not mention the tenth elder brother. In fact, he wanted to save face for his father Jun, so as not to expose his fault to outsiders.
"Just now, I have issued an order to order Lao Shi to go to Heilongjiang to offer sacrifices to the mountains on my behalf."
Kangxi was angry because the old lady had no brains. She forgot the rules as soon as she was instigated by others. She was simply not like his son.
Yuzhu smiled in his heart. Kangxi had this kind of temper. The more you stand in his position and plan for him, the more he will plan for you.
It is said that being with a king is like being with a tiger.
Tigers also have feelings, it all depends on fate.
Regardless of whether it's a gangster or a princeling, Yuzhu is not afraid of anyone, but he is a bit taboo about the idiot Lao Shi who likes to use violence.
When it comes to using violence, even if Yuzhu is successful, it is almost impossible to win, and both sides will suffer losses.
Although Lao Shi is not studying at home, going to Heilongjiang to worship mountains is an extremely hard job.
In the era before trains and planes, it was really good to stay at home for a thousand days, but it was difficult to go out.
Especially when traveling by land for more than thousands of miles, the roads are not hardened and bumpy, making it extremely difficult.
The sacrificial mountain of the Qing Dynasty, unless otherwise specified, must be Changbai Mountain.
The emperor's meaning was actually very clear. It was tantamount to punishing Lao Shi in disguise. He encouraged Yuzhu to continue to be a sword, cutting Lao Ba on the left and the prince on the right.
However, what Ling Yuzhu didn't expect was that the emperor suddenly changed the topic and asked him: "The cash collection of the Lianghuai Salt Administration is getting smaller and smaller. Do you have any good strategies?"
When Yuzhu heard this, he knew that Kangxi wanted him to help Cao Yin get out of trouble.
Cao Yin owed too much money and could no longer repay it.
But the problem is that Kangxi treated Cao Yin really well, letting him and Li Xu, the Suzhou weaver, take turns serving as the salt censor of the Huaihe and Huaihe patrols to make up for the shortfall owed by the southern patrol.
Unexpectedly, after becoming the censor of the Salt Patrol, Cao Yin's deficit not only did not decrease, but increased by 30%.
"Back to the emperor, I have really thought about this problem. I have three strategies. The best strategy is to change the salt sales area every two years. Open bidding to salt merchants across the country regardless of region. Whoever pays more will be awarded a certain salt sales area.
To whom. Zhongce, the salt sales areas of the top ten salt merchants, rotate every two years through bidding. Lower policy, copy several salt merchants, half of the income goes to the court, and half of the income is used to pay off the debts of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"
Yuzhu's thinking is very clear. Only with competition can progress be achieved.
The existing salt sales system is full of shortcomings. It enriches the salt merchants and salt officials, but the court does not get much benefit.
"Tendering? Oh, I understand." Kangxi was a scholar from the university. Although the word "tendering" is unfamiliar, you will understand it if you think about it carefully.
In his later years, Kangxi always wanted to conquer the Junggar Khanate. However, the imperial treasury had very limited money and could not support a long-term war.
Bidding, as the name suggests, the one with the highest price wins!
The main disadvantage of salt in the Qing Dynasty was that the field of salt merchants was completely a closed monopoly. No matter how rich the salt merchants were, they could not get involved in the field of selling salt.
Yuzhu's meaning is very clear. Regardless of whether he is a salt merchant in the traditional sense or not, as long as he has money, he is allowed to participate in the bidding.
There is no need to worry about whether they will lose money, because when they invest their own money, they will definitely do it with care.
Using other people's money to invest will always harm the public and enrich one's own interests, and nepotism will be exposed. All the money will be lost, but the abbot will be extremely rich.
"How can we explain that the governors of various places are not very careful?" Kangxi's question was very profound.
Some of the governors in various places have severely cracked down on illegal salt trading, while others have just sat back and watched the proliferation of illegal salt trading. In the final analysis, it is just a waste of money and nothing more.
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he forcibly returned the fire to the public while raising honest money, which showed that he saw through the essence of being an official.
After ten years of studying hard in a cold window, once he was named in the gold medal list, and thousands of miles away to become an official, just to become an upright official who can't afford meat?
Give me a break!
Knowing Kangxi's worries, Yuzhu smiled and said: "I have a plan that will enable the governors of various places to seize the illicit salt."
"Oh, tell me quickly." Kangxi was so short of money that he couldn't wait.
Yuzhu doesn't know too much about ways to stimulate subordinate officials to achieve political performance.
He smiled slightly and said: "Back to the emperor, I have an extremely philistine policy. If Guangdong Province sells a lot of official salt, the governor will be rewarded with a certain proportion of silver. In the same way, if the prefect or county completes the underwriting of salt and silver
, all will be rewarded heavily, and the shortage of the national treasury will be alleviated."
To rule the world with virtue, from the emperor to his ministers, everyone is ashamed to speak of profit.
But who would risk their lives to do it if there is no profit?
This creates a paradox. He talks a lot about morality, but in his heart he is neither official nor greedy.
Yuzhu's status is too low. If it weren't for chance, it would be difficult to summon him alone.
The opportunity was rare, so Yuzhu naturally had to establish a deep impression in the emperor's mind that he could make money.
There is no shortage of flatterers around the emperor, but there is a shortage of capable officials who are good at making money.
Why did Yongzheng favor Tian Wenjing so much? In the final analysis, wasn't it because Tian Wenjing was not afraid of offending the officials and gentry, and he did not hesitate to resort to violent means to vigorously promote the sharing of grains between farmers and officials and the officials and gentry, which brought in a lot of money?
He Shen could get as much money as Qianlong wanted to spend without causing too much trouble.
Of the tens of thousands of officials in the dynasty, He gentry was the best at raising money to spend. How could Qianlong in his later years not rely on them?
Hehe, Kangxi's harmony and gentry are what Yuzhu wants!
Kangxi thought about it carefully. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Yuzhu said was very reasonable.
However, this policy is indeed extremely philistine and can easily arouse criticism from the elites of Hanzhanko Road.
Kangxi was an old expert in fighting. He defeated the Three Feuds, conquered Taiwan, conquered Junggar three times, and attacked the Rakshasa Kingdom in the north. He had been fighting for almost half his life, and he had extremely rich war experience.
All he lacks is money!
"Wei Zhu, bring us a brocade stool, serve tea, and let this guy speak slowly." Kangxi was very tolerant when he wanted to make money.
After Yuzhu thanked him, he sat on the brocade stool with peace of mind. He calmly took the tea cup and moistened his lips, but did not drink.
If you drink too much tea and are eager to go to the official office, you will be in big trouble.
"Besides this, what else can be done?" Kangxi's question was already expected by Yuzhu.
In his later years, Kangxi fell into the category of being both responsible and established. He wanted to get money to attack Junggar, but he also did not want to be known as exploiting the people.
"Back to the emperor, I have a plan that can solve the urgent problem. Jiangsu and Zhejiang, these two provinces, can be said to be the land of plenty and fertile land. We can try to spread the land into acres."
The strategy of dividing a small family into an entire land is not complicated. What is difficult is that after it is fully implemented, both officials and gentry will complain.
Yuzhu's suggestion concealed his own thoughts.
Taking money from a wealthy province to subsidize the use of the imperial court is the so-called fiscal transfer.
This is nothing!
The main thing is that the backers of the officials and gentry in these two provinces were all Han ministers. In the imperial court, the real people in power were Manchu ministers.
To put it bluntly, if the officials and gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are offended, they will be offended. It will not bring too much risk to Yuzhu, a descendant of a wealthy Manchu family.
"People's resentment will boil over, how can we explain it?" Kangxi had been emperor for forty-five years and had extremely rich political experience. He quickly grasped the core issue.
Yuzhu understood in his heart that what Kangxi did not say was actually, if a civil uprising was provoked, how could it be cured?
"Your Majesty, the people of Zhejiang Province are all interested in doing business. With the opinion of the humble ministers, Ningbo Prefecture can open a port and allow business with foreign merchants. This will surely relieve the people's worries and resentments." Yuzhu meant, said
It's very clear.
After the stalls were brought into the land, the imperial court was poaching the flesh of the officials and gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
In line with the principle of tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall, the imperial court collected more money out of thin air and left. If no compensation was made, a civil commotion would be inevitable.
Economic theory, that is, how to make money, no matter how it is discussed, is the issue that the emperor is most concerned about.
Yuzhu sat in the Qianqing Palace for an hour and a half.
Finally, Kangxi asked Yuzhu: "Why not implement it in Zhili?"
Hey, this is a bit heartbreaking.
Where is Zhili?
A land where yellow and red ribbons are everywhere.
After the Qing troops entered the customs, the nobles of the Eight Banners encircled the land aggressively. The entire Shuntian Prefecture and Zhili, the best farmland, were all occupied by the bannermen.
The villages of the powerful are all near the Forty-Nine City.
If Yuzhu suggested setting up a small business in Zhili, hey, don't worry about taking advantage of the collapse of the mountains. The saliva of all the Manchu nobles would be enough to drown him.
To put it bluntly, if Yuzhu dared to dig the flesh of Manchu dignitaries, they would dare to take Yuzhu's life.
"Back to the Emperor, such an important national policy naturally needs to be implemented on a trial basis. We must not do it too hastily. It will hurt everyone and cause too much resistance. It is definitely not a good policy."
Yuzhu's answer was impeccable, which satisfied the emperor and gave him a sumptuous lunch.
(ps: Thanks to the support of young and old men, the results of this book far exceeded expectations. Yuzhu wishes everyone a happy new year.)