Xue Kui and Ye An have no conflict of interest. They both know this, so Xue Kui helps Ye An vent his anger. Of course, these people will not have a hard time when they return to Ye An.
Although the public house originally had a small number of people, it could still complete the task according to Ye An's schedule. Now, although these extra people share the workload of the original officials, they will also share the credit!
Ye An had previously promised that they would share the credit. The fewer people there were, the more everyone would share.
Now these officials from the third division who have taken up their posts have become a stumbling block for those who came first.
No one wants their credit to be shared by others, so they increasingly exclude these latecomers. The latecomers were originally forced by Xue Kui, and now they are being squeezed out. Naturally, they blame Ye An for their resentment.
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But what they didn't expect was that Ye Anzhengchou had no chance to punish them, and now he came to their doorstep. Those who were passive and slow in their work were directly "sent back to their place of origin", and those who were not careful in their work were directly reprimanded in public, but they did not dare to talk back.
A senior official can crush people to death, let alone one with so many senior officials. When Ye An reprimanded him in person, he could only swallow his anger and vent his anger behind others by constantly cursing.
Ye An knew about these situations, but was not in a hurry to take action against them. This was the Third Division after all, and these officials were not his direct subordinates. At best, they were just "temporary workers" who were temporarily transferred here.
But "temporary workers" have many uses, such as taking the blame...
In just two months, as many as ten officials were kicked out by Ye An, and they were all kicked out for making mistakes. What Ye An said was so reasonable that it was impossible to argue with it.
These officials were even a little happy after being kicked out of the tea-cooking office, and they were glad to leave, because in their eyes, the new tea-cooking law compiled by Ye An was simply slow in progress and full of loopholes!
What is the problem with the tea farming method? Whether it is the pasting method, the cross-referencing method, or the compromise method, it cannot balance the interests of all parties. And Ye An actually wants to benefit the tea farmers, but at the same time,
It is simply a ridiculous thing to keep the imperial court's tax revenue from being reduced and to allow tea merchants to make profits!
Ye An did not panic, because he had thought of the solution from the beginning, and these people only saw the performance, not the substantive content. It is not a bad thing to let them go out to "spread rumors".
In Xue Kui's words, "Hide people's ears and eyes, accumulate a lot of money, and do your best to live forever!"
Yes, from the very beginning, Ye An and Xue Kui had a close relationship. Fan Yong was optimistic about Xue Kui, and he was also optimistic about Ye An, so the two people had a natural closeness.
Coupled with their political ties, it has to be said that there is a natural interest between Ye An and Xue Kui.
Politics is always so mysterious. Friends come when you need them, and enemies come when you don’t need them...
In the court, many people have already begun to criticize Ye An before Ye An came up with the new tea law. The reasons used are also very simple. Even those officials who were kicked out of the tea ceremony by Ye An personally said
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There are many memorials, but they are all written by a few specific people, such as Gong Shouzhen, the imperial censor, Liang Jindao, a scholar of Hanlin, and Sun Shi, a scholar of Longtuge.
Ye An didn't understand why Mr. Sun, who valued his reputation, would become like this. Is this the same gentleman who gave him the book?!
Logically speaking, scholars cherish their reputation more than their own lives. Many people can see that this matter is related to the interests of tea merchants in the Southeast, and the Sun family is one of the four major tea merchants in the Southeast.
Before the new law came out, it would be too ugly to impeach Shangshu in such an impatience. Even the noble officials in the court could not stand it, let alone the young and energetic Zhao Zhen?
Therefore, all the memorials to impeach Ye An were ignored by Zhao Zhen, but in this matter, Liu E chose to hide behind the scenes and did not stand up to interfere.
Firstly, this matter was troublesome, and secondly, she did not want to offend the tea merchants in the southeast, let alone Sun Shi.
Sun Shi was the most prominent representative of local forces in the court. Why did people from poor families continue to be appointed from Taizu to Emperor Zhenzong? It was because they were worried that such a wealthy family would appear in the local area.
But sometimes it is impossible to guard against it. Sun Shi represents the interests of the Southeast Tea Farm and the southern power of the Song Dynasty. Tea is mostly produced in the south, and the climate and humidity in the north are not rich in tea.
The people in the south are extremely united, so Southeast Tea House dared to take action on this matter. In Sun Shi's view, Ye An was too arrogant this time and even overestimated his capabilities.
Even today's saints would not easily offend the Southeast tea merchants. As a newcomer in the court, Ye An actually dared to take action against the four major tea merchants and the tea brewing method that they have controlled for many years!
Sun Shi didn't want to kill Ye An, but unfortunately, the tea tea law is related to the interests of the family, and even more to the interests of the four major tea merchants in the southeast tea field. This is not a momentary calculation, but will last for hundreds of years, or even hundreds of times. rules!
For the future of Southeast Tea Farm and for the sake of future generations, Sun Shi had no choice but to attack Ye An.
He knew that Zhao Zhen protected Ye An, but this kind of thing could not be ended by simply protecting him. The emperor's blessing was only temporary, and more had to be competed in the court. Of course, the most important thing was for Ye An to take care of it himself. Show your true ability.
There were people in the Third Division, and Sun Shi and others knew very well about the trends in the Tea Cultivation Law. The news they received was that Ye An was making slow progress and was not getting the point at all.
As a result, Sun Xi and others naturally continued to alienate Zhao Zhen, trying to create an image of Ye An as a young, ignorant and daring person. Of course, they hoped that Zhao Zhen would think that Ye An was struggling because he was in a difficult situation. .
But what they don't know is that Ye An will report to Zhao Zhen on the progress of the "Supervision Law" every day when he enters the palace. The reason why it is called the Supervision Law is that the imperial court is responsible for supervising the quality of tea every year. Appraisal, and the result of the appraisal also has a selling price range.
This is equivalent to the official guide price, which is similar to the previous sticking method. Tea transactions in the market must follow this guide price, but there is room for floating.
This depends on the annual tea production and the tea growers' own pricing. As long as the price is within the government's guidance, both buyers and sellers can trade on their own, thus ensuring the basic tax base. On this basis, the premium will make the tea growers A profit will be made, and if no premium occurs, the tea merchant will make a profit.
Of course, it is impossible for any party to control the price of tea. As for the quality appraisal of upper, middle and lower third-class tea, it must be evaluated by officials at the market.
"Since it's like what Mr. Wang said, how can we ensure that the officials in the market will not engage in malpractice for personal gain?"
Zhao Zhen raised his own question, which was also what Ye An most wanted to ask for Zhao Zhen's help: "Then officials from the capital should be sent to supervise the tea collection every year. As for who to send, I believe no one can compare with the court.
The censor in China is more suitable."
Zhao Zhen waited and looked at Ye An, and after a long time he said: "Sir, what do you mean, sir, is to send a censor to the southeast tea farm to supervise every year?"
Ye An smiled and said: "They will definitely get what they want!"
After seeing Ye An's teasing smile, Zhao Zhen suddenly realized: "Yes! You can't ask for it! Even bad appearance and bad personal ethics can be impeached for several days, let alone those scandalous things in the Southeast Teahouse! Let them have something
In order to increase the chances of surveying and grinding, those censors will probably flock to you! Sir, you are so careless!"
Ye An shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This is not the minister's calculation, but it should be the way it is. The central government's management of local areas requires the intervention of the censor."