Li Yunze would not go back and forth with salt merchants and engage in many rounds of overt and covert confrontations.
He pays attention to doing things neatly and quickly, and cuts through the mess quickly. When he is strong enough, he will crush it.
The emperor has great righteousness in his hand, but he doesn't know what to use.
Since he is the emperor, he can use his imperial power to directly suppress it and sweep away all the evil spirits and monsters to implement it.
You can rebel if you can.
Li Yunze was just waiting for them to rebel, so he just stewed them in a spoonful.
When it comes to money and materials, Li Yunze, who is backed by the modern world, has a lot more money than these guys.
When it comes to powerful soldiers and horses, the prestige that the Ming Dynasty had for more than 200 years is still there, and soldiers and horses from all over the country still obey the emperor in terms of civil and military affairs.
If they really dare to rebel, not many people will follow them.
Since there are so many advantages, Li Yunze must of course choose the simplest, most convenient and fastest way to solve the problem.
The annual salt sales revenue is 20 million taels.
No matter who you are, anyone who dares to compete with him for this way of making money is a special member of the group!
"Long live!"
Xu Hongji, who was so anxious that he knelt down and saluted directly, "There are many people entangled in the matter of salt affairs. Even the palaces of vassals and princes in various places have salt guides! Long live, maybe even the salt guides of the kings will be abolished?"
This matter is Zhu Yuanzhang's fault.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was crazy about poverty when he was young, in order to get more money for his descendants, stipulated that a certain amount of salt should be distributed to the princes' palaces in various places every year to increase the income of the princes.
More than two hundred years have passed, and the feudal kings have already exceeded the prescribed quantity and sold salt in large quantities, destroying the market.
The royal family and relatives took the lead in doing this, so the private salt dealers in various places naturally became more unscrupulous in selling private salt.
As for the so-called private salt dealers, their origins are very complicated.
Desperate outlaws who work alone or in small groups, small businessmen and hawkers are all out of date.
The real big private salt dealers are all real official salt merchants, noble gentry and high officials from all over the country, etc.
In their opinion, they can do whatever the princes can do.
Anyway, even if the sky falls, there will still be tall people holding on.
The result of all these people being salt lords is that official salt cannot be sold, and naturally they cannot collect much money from selling salt.
This is the real reason why the Ming Dynasty paid 20 million taels of salt every year, but the salt tax received by the court was only 670,000 taels.
Xu Hongji, who was furious and red-eyed, opened this layer of paper at this time, which was the last glimmer of hope for everyone present.
Even if he is an emperor, he cannot ignore his family ties.
If all the royal family and relatives were offended, the world would be unstable.
If the royal family and relatives can pass the test, then they will have something to say.
These people have no perspective, and have no idea what kind of despair Ming Dynasty will face in the next ten years or so.
At that time, it didn't matter what kind of vassal you were, you would be blessed with happiness, wealth and longevity.
Li Yunze, who knew this, never worried about them.
If he hadn't replaced Chongzhen and wanted to save the Ming Dynasty, he would have gathered his team, smashed everything and started from scratch.
"Kings?" Li Yunze looked at the beauty of the garden in front of him, but what he was thinking about was how bloody and cruel it would be when the city of Yangzhou was destroyed.
"In my eyes, a vassal king who can protect the Ming Dynasty is a good vassal king. Those who harm the interests of the Ming Dynasty are all national thieves! I will never be soft on national thieves."
As soon as these words came out, there was silence on the platform. Everyone's hearts were filled with despair.
This emperor is so cruel, he doesn't even care about family ties.
"Xu Hongji."
After sighing with emotion, Li Yunze began to work: "I will remove you from the post of admiral of Jiang's defense. From now on, all naval military and military posts in the south of the Yangtze River will be commanded by Cao Wenzhao. Are you willing to accept the order?"
The first thing to do is to seize military power everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River. There is no doubt about this.
Whether it is to facilitate future work or to reduce the damage to the Jiangnan area, gathering military power is something that must be done.
Xu Hongji, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head to argue, and happened to see Luo Yangxing standing not far away with a ferocious smile on his face, his hand already holding the handle of the Xiuchun knife.
He suddenly came to his senses. The emperor had already made up his mind to attack them before going south!
There is no doubt that if he dares to say even half of the word "no", then next year's day will be the death anniversary of his family.
The trembling Xu Hongji bowed his head and said, "I obey the order."
"You know what's going on." Li Yunze looked regretful. "In fact, after you crossed the river, Cao Bianjiao's side had already taken over Yingtianfu's city defense and navy with an imperial edict."
Many people on the platform suddenly turned pale. The emperor acted too quickly and too harshly.
"Wen Tiren, go handle the salt affairs."
Wen Tiren, who knew he was going to take the blame, also had no choice but to "accept the decree."
"Cao Wen issued an edict to seal the city and send out troops to destroy the salt lords everywhere."
Cao Wenzhao, who had already been prepared for the edict, immediately responded loudly, "My lord, accept the order!"
"Luo cultivates his character, arrests people and interrogates them strictly."
"I accept the decree!" Luo Yangxing, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, waved his hand after receiving the decree and said, "Take it!"
A group of royal guards swarmed up and captured all the salt merchants and gentry.
Li Yunze pointed at the trembling Jiangnan civil and military officials and nobles with his hand, "You are with me and you are not allowed to leave without permission."
He knows very well what it means to shoot a man first, shoot a horse first, and to capture a thief first, capture the king.
With these people under control, even if Jiangnan wanted to cause chaos, they would not be able to find a few people with enough prestige to take the lead.
There’s not much to say, you have to take all these people with you and brew slowly one by one.
Anyway, there was Wei Ni's big basket before, and now there is the Yanwu trap. It's too easy to pretend to be someone.
Because these guys are not clean.
"Your Majesty~Your Majesty~~The common people have been wronged~~~"
Li Yunze, who strode off the platform with his hands behind his back, stopped when he heard the cry of injustice.
He turned his head and looked at Jiang Chun, whose nose was running with snot and tears. "Three months ago, I had already sent Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's personnel to investigate secretly."
He walked up to Jiang Chun, who was being held down by the Jin Yiwei, and looked down at him, "You are a salt merchant on the surface, but secretly you are the largest private salt dealer in Lianghuai. Do you think I don't know? You are already a salt dealer."
You are blatantly selling it as an official!"
Raising his hand, he made a big move and slapped Jiang Chun down.
"Are you still shouting about injustice? Don't insult the word injustice!"
"And you!"
He stretched out his hand and looked around at the many salt merchants and gentry, "One by one, they use official salt channels to sell private salt. It's really lawless!"
Li Yunze pointed his finger at the civil, military and nobles of Jiangnan, "You can feed them with money and beauties, but you can't feed me. I want them all!"
He left this beautiful platform, leaving behind a large group of mourners.
No matter how famous or powerful these people were before.
But when faced directly with the pressure of imperial power, everything in the past became a joke.
With all the prominent figures in Jiangnan under control, the situation is already over.
That is to say, in this period of time, Li Yunze can still do so smoothly.
If it were to be done after Hou Jin broke through the barrier and completely shattered the last majesty of the Ming Dynasty, it would definitely cause huge waves.
Looking at Li Yunze's leaving figure, Gu Hengbo, who had been ignored until now, covered his heart, breathing rapidly and his cheeks felt hot.
Of these people on the platform, in the past, every one of them was a big shot who could make the whole of Jiangnan tremble with just a stomp of his feet.
But at this time, in front of the emperor, they were as humble as ants.
Is this the power of the emperor?
Gu Hengbo was mentally shocked, and only Li Yunze's back was left in his eyes.
This is a kind of charm that completely surpasses the talented and handsome scholar! The charm that belongs to a real man!
The bustling city of Yangzhou fell into unprecedented panic.
A large number of Longxiang Army sergeants, in cooperation with the Jinyi Guards, filled the city to arrest people and ransack their homes.
Yangzhou City is the largest gathering place of salt owl in the entire Huaihe River area.
Most of the smugglers in smuggling salt are brave men. The smugglers who do not want to be caught resist desperately, and fierce battles break out from time to time.
They dare to fight and fight hard, and their martial arts skills are also very good.
For example, the private salt team maintained by Jiang Chun numbered in the thousands, and they were all desperadoes recruited from all over the world.
However, when the fight actually broke out, the situation was completely one-sided.
On the one hand, private salt dealers only have swords, guns, bows and arrows in their hands. It would be great to have a few crossbows.
As for armor or something like that, there is none at all.
It’s not that I can’t afford it, but which private salt dealer would wear bright armor to sell private salt? Isn’t this a reminder to the officials everywhere to come and arrest me~~~
In the Ming Dynasty, selling illegal salt was naturally a capital crime, but hiding armor was also punishable by beheading.
All Longxiang soldiers wore armor, and the coverage rate of iron armor was as high as over 70%.
It's not that Li Yunze can't buy enough armor, but that the crossbowmen and musketeers don't need them.
The huge gap in equipment is enough to determine victory or defeat.
What's more, the Longxiang Army is an army, well organized, well-trained, and has a reputation for righteousness.
Against those private salt dealers who fought solely with blood and courage, the battle was naturally one-sided.
The salt merchants in Lianghuai are all surface salt merchants, secretly salt lords.
They use their identities as salt merchants to connect with others and gain channel share.
Then use the identity of a salt lord to sell private salt and earn huge wealth.
Because he has fed Jiangnan, he does things without any scruples and even blatantly.
Jinyiwei and Dongchang's spies easily found various warehouses storing salt.
Now, these warehouses are all the main targets.
In addition, the mansions, manors, and villas of the salt lords were all taken down.
Seeing the weeping families and children of the salt merchants being taken away, Li Yunze didn't feel the slightest sympathy.
While they were enjoying the luxurious life brought by private salt, they had no sympathy for the people of Ming Dynasty who suffered deeply from private salt.
The salt merchants deliberately left the official salt in bad condition, causing no one to care about the official salt, and then sold the private salt at high prices to make wealth.
Their family's fine clothing and food were all derived from the hard-earned money of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
We have enjoyed the luxury of the people’s hard-earned money to buy salt, and now is the time to pay the due price.
The next thing will naturally be done by the ministers.
Li Yunze, who had been busy for most of the day, went to rest and sleep when he returned to Yanzheng Yamen.
When I woke up, it was already evening.
Wang Chengen, who came to serve, asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to pass on the meal?"
"No need, you all get out."
Li Yunze knew very well that he had offended too many people by rectifying the salt affairs.
Cutting off people's money and money, when they are forced into a desperate situation, there are many people who dare to do things such as "willing to kill themselves, and dare to pull down the emperor".
For his own safety, Li Yunze chose to go back to the modern world to eat.
After Wang Chengen and others went out, he changed his clothes and opened the time and space door, returning to the modern world.
As soon as he came out, he was in the warehouse he rented. Looking at the mountains of salt piled up in the warehouse, Li Yunze rubbed his chin and smiled.
"I'm just waiting for you to fight a salt war. I have unlimited bullets."
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