Chapter 706 Lin Ruhai: This is the way of sages and music, and the wisdom of the world
The law of the country...
Yangzhou, Yanyuan Yamen
The misty rain was hazy, the sky and the earth were vast, the entire Yanyuan Yamen was shrouded in rain and mist, and the raindrops gathered in rows on the green roofs and slowly flowed down along the tile eaves.
Here, Daiyu and Lin Ruhai were talking. At this time, Lin Ruhai's concubine, Mrs. Zhou, moved lightly and got close to Daiyu. She smiled and said, "It's Yu'er. Your father, these two
I have been thinking about you all day long, so stop talking here and go inside to say yes."
Daiyu followed Zhou into the flower hall, and the two sat down. The father and daughter talked about their situation in recent years.
Lin Ruhai sighed and said softly: "My father has been busy with official duties these years and has not called you back. I don't know what your situation is in the house."
Previously, the two places were far apart and isolated from each other. If Jia Heng hadn't suggested that Daiyu write a letter to Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai would have only learned about Daiyu's recent changes in the letter from his wife's brother Jia Zheng.
Daiyu said softly: "My grandmother and sisters are very good to me, and Brother Heng also takes good care of me."
Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "Zi Yu mentioned in his letter before that your body bones are not in good condition and that you need to take good care of yourself."
Zijuan smiled and said softly: "The girl is much better now."
In fact, it's not just Daiyu. Children have poor immunity and are prone to getting sick easily. However, Daiyu is just born with a weak body. As long as she is not constantly consumed internally and is nursed back to health for a period of time, she will be fine when she grows up.
At this moment, a servant's report came from outside, saying softly: "Master, Uncle Heng is here."
Lin Ruhai and Daiyu both stood up and raised their eyes to look at the person who came. They saw a boy in a python suit, accompanied by a guard in brocade robes holding an umbrella, coming to the courtyard and getting close to them.
"Ziyu." Lin Ruhai stepped forward quickly and called out to Jia Heng.
Jia Heng said: "Uncle, long time no see."
I met Lin Ruhai once when I came to Yangzhou Prefecture for a secondment at Jiangbei Camp.
The two were chatting, and while Lin Ruhai was talking, he introduced Jia Heng into the study. Daiyu saw it and hesitated because she didn't know if the two were talking about business.
But the young man smiled and said, "Sister Lin is coming too, it's okay."
Daiyu turned to look at Lin Ruhai, and was met with kind eyes. A flash of joy flashed in her heart, she responded softly, and then entered the side room.
Lin Ruhai and Jia Heng sat down again, with a look of inquiry on their elegant faces, and asked: "Did Zi Yu just meet the salt merchant in Yangzhou?"
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Yuan Jichong invited a group of salt merchants to test my attitude, but I ignored them."
Lin Ruhai's eyes narrowed a bit, and he said: "Yuan Jichong is particularly good at doing business, and he is obsessed with fame and fortune. He has been in Yangzhou for three years, and he has been fighting fiercely with those salt merchants."
Jia Heng said softly: "I also know about this person. When he was the governor of Henan, I heard from his subordinates that he was corrupt, perverse and unscrupulous when he was the governor of Nanyang. Later, he was impeached by the censor.
, used the Zhejiang Party’s connections in the civil service department, moved to Yangzhou, and went from a barren land to one of the few prosperous places in the world, which shows his skill.”
Lin Ruhai heard this and said: "It's good that Ziyu knows what's going on. Although this person is not directly involved in the salt affairs, his parents and officials in Yangzhou will attend every discussion. He is really good at making mud."
Jia Heng nodded, indicating that he understood.
Lin Ruhai said: "In two days, Mr. Qi Ge will come back from Jinling to discuss the write-off assessment of Yanyin. What are Ziyu's plans at that time?"
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said in a clear voice: "From the beginning of the year to now, there has been little progress in rectifying the salt affairs. I think it is better to rectify the salt affairs first than to rectify the people."
Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Zi Yu's words have hit the nail on the head, but where to break through remains to be considered."
The Yangzhou magistrate's office, Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department, salt merchants, Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs, and even the palace were all intertwined. Whichever one was moved first would have different chain reactions.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said, "Does uncle know who Liu Shengzao is, the transfer envoy of the Huaidu River?"
The highest official of the Yangzhou Yanguan system was the Lianghuai Capital Transport Envoy, and both transport envoys had a nepotistic relationship with the Supreme Emperor.
"How come I don't know? I've had a lot of dealings with him. He lives a luxurious life and behaves arrogantly. His relatives are quite famous throughout Yangzhou." Lin Ruhai looked gloomy and sighed softly.
After all, he was a relative of the emperor, and his arrogance was unparalleled. The Yanyuan Yamen had the power to collect taxes and conduct inspections over the salt affairs. The relationship between them and the Salt Transportation Department was that of supervisor and supervised, so the relationship was naturally tense.
Jia Heng said: "Let's start with this person first?"
Before entering Yangzhou City, he had secretly sent spies to investigate Liu Shengzao's person and social relations.
After he came to Yangzhou, he married the concubine of the thirteenth bedroom. Now he is pursuing an oiran in Huanhua House and is preparing to take over the concubine of the fourteenth bedroom. Recently, he often goes to Huanhua House to show his courtesy to the courtesan.
Daiyu listened to the conversation between the two, her shining eyes blinked under her smokey eyebrows, and there were ripples in her heart.
How can two people act like they have known each other for many years?
This... her previous worries were all unnecessary.
Jia Heng said: "My uncle is in Yangzhou. Previously, Mr. Qi Ge was rectifying the salt affairs. What did the salt merchant say?"
"It's nothing more than the same old rhetoric. Illegal salt is rampant and official salt is not easy to sell. If we continue to charge more gold, it will become unsaleable. Previously, the Yanyuan Yamen sent salt guards to crack down, but selling salt was originally about huge profits. It is said that
I’ve been banned repeatedly." Lin Ruhai said softly.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and asked: "Is selling illegal salt common in all counties in Yangzhou?"
"Yangzhou is not a bad place. It is an area where salt from the Huaihe River and Huaihe River is exported, such as Jiangxi, Jiangnan, Henan, and Huguang provinces. Private salt dealers are corrupting all places, especially Jiangxi, Jiangnan, and Huguang.
The local government cooperated, but in the past two years there have been a lot of pushbacks by local officials, coupled with the overcrowding of bandits, the crackdown has been ineffective." Lin Ruhai sighed.
Jia Heng narrowed his eyes and said, "The Governor of Liangjiang, Shen Fang, mentioned earlier that he wanted to comprehensively manage salt affairs. Did my uncle know about it?"
The Salt Patrol Censor has the power to investigate and arrest smugglers. As Dahan Huidian said to the Salt Patrol Censor: "The Salt Patrol Censor of the Lianghuai River has no fixed title. He is in charge of patrolling the Salt Course of the Lianghuai River and has jurisdiction over Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Henan. All prefectures, prefectures and counties are responsible for supervising sales, supervising the transportation departments, branch departments, farm kitchens, officials, pavilions, and strictly guarding all departments designated by the Ministry of Household Affairs to arrest smugglers."
In other words, for such a vast territory as Jiangnan, Jiangxi and other provinces, you do not have direct leadership, but you can take notice of the provincial guards. Some officials may not necessarily listen to your greetings. There is a connection.
Although Lin Ruhai has already held the title of Zuo Qiandu Censor, he can go to Shu to impeach all the guards.
Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment and said: "Shen Jiefu, the governor of Liangjiang, has always wanted to take back the power of patrolling salt and comprehensively managing salt affairs. He once went to the imperial court and mentioned that the Lianghuai area was very vast. To suppress smuggling and ban malpractice, the official rank was often regarded as the same. Outside the film, the salt policy response is not working well."
The Governor-General of Liangjiang has jurisdiction over Jiangnan and Jiangxi. He is also a high official in the border areas. He can also mobilize the Jiangnan camp. Not to mention other things, he has direct control over the two provinces of Jiangnan and Jiangxi in his own region. Other provinces further away will also sell the Governor-General of Liangjiang. To save face, there will always be time to deal with raising and borrowing money and food.
Jia Heng said: "It may not be a good idea to hand over the power of salt affairs to Liangjiang. The governor of Liangjiang has a lot of power and complicated affairs. Even if he takes charge of the affairs, he also recruits staff again. There may be omissions here."
In fact, in the 11th year of Daoguang reign in the Qing Dynasty, the salt patrol censorship system inherited from the previous Ming Dynasty was completely abandoned, and the governor of Liangjiang was in charge of both.
At that time, Tao Shu, the governor of Liangjiang, was the governor of Liangjiang who wanted to thoroughly investigate the Yunsi's deficit.
In the twelfth year of Daoguang's reign, he completed less than 20% of the salt tax. Emperor Daoguang asked when the salt tax would be replenished and whether it would be postponed. When he was in charge of the salt tax in Chenlianghuai, he had a brief history of the malpractice of the salt tax in Chenlianghuai, and he used his official position to If the assignment is too complex, please simplify the salt administration coursework.
He also mentioned in the memorial that "Tao Shu, the former governor of Jiangsu, was promoted to the governor of Liangjiang and was familiar with the affairs of Huaihe and Liangjiang. Therefore, when he asked to abolish the salt administration and transfer it to the governor of Liangjiang, he issued an edict and approved it. If Huaiyan salt is exhausted and it is really difficult to rectify it, why didn't you think about it when you were ordered to take up the job? Why didn't you say anything about it?"
The general meaning is that you were the one who wanted the power in the first place, and I gave the decree with grace, but now it is difficult to handle it. What were you thinking at that time?
After that, he warned that if things are not handled well, the crime will be punished according to the law, "...If the handling is not done well and you are responsible for the commission, I can only enforce the law and punish the crimes that you deserve, without any leniency."
"What do you think Ziyu should do?" Lin Ruhai asked softly.
The young man in front of him is not only a young martial artist, but also a military aircraft minister who is in charge of the privy council and foresees aircraft maintenance.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said: "It is still necessary to regulate the power of affairs. The personnel assessment of the various departments of the Guard Office is under the Ministry of War, and the investigation and assessment of arresting smugglers is under the Military Aircraft Department. Every Yanyuan censor has the responsibility to arrest traffickers." Those who are unfavorable will be dismissed from their posts and wait for participation, and commissioners will be sent to investigate. If they are indeed perfunctory, passing the blame, and indulging private traders, they will be severely punished. If this happens again and again, the superiors and subordinates will be vigilant and do their jobs with sincerity."
Of course, it is hard to make a living as an official and complain endlessly.
In this case, we must either expand the power of the Salt Patrol Censor, or use supporting systems to ensure the Salt Patrol Censor's exercise of power. Every intervention must be investigated, and he will be overthrown if he is impeached.
Anyway, the people the Salt Patrol Censor offended were military generals and local officials. There was no entanglement of interests, so as not to get involved. Since he was solely responsible for the work, he would not give the local government an extra mother-in-law, because the arrest of smugglers alone was divided into separate areas.
Terms of reference.
But new problems will also arise, or they are old problems originally. The Salt Patrol Censor has particularly heavy powers, and there may be problems such as the Salt Patrol Censor's abuse of impeachment, corruption and bribery. At this time, it is necessary to select honest and capable officials.
That is another problem of supply guarantee of the supporting system, and the previous problem has been solved. If you have a headache, endure it...well, no, you can't treat the headache with the treatment of the feet.
Not too late.
Lin Ruhai thought for a moment and said loudly: "What Zi Yu said is that this strategy is indeed a fundamental solution. It is a strategic solution."
The young man in front of me is really a minister who plans for the country. He is indeed knowledgeable about government affairs and has a noble spirit.
Jia Heng sighed and said: "It's still the benefit of the salt class. The method of using officials to supervise business operations has been passed down a lot. Everyone covets the profits, so they use their hands to hide their evildoers, one after another."
Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "But more than half of the world's financial resources come from this. If we want to discuss the benefits of collecting salt, we have to deal with it by salt officials and tax officials. If we let go of the ban, the people of the world will be able to
If everyone eats cheap salt, perhaps there will no longer be such accumulated disadvantages."
The price of official salt is many times the production cost, which can be described as huge profits. Generally, in order to control the price, the government will control the sales volume and the salt sales area.
The salt class started from the time when Guan Zhong of Qi State made his fortune by selling salt, then to Sang Hongyang in the Han Dynasty who benefited from collecting salt and iron, and in the Tang Dynasty when he discussed the system of salt. It can be said that the history of the development of the salt industry is not a simple issue of supply and demand, but the government's limited write-off of salt.
, as a means of raising taxes.
Because the production cost is really not high, the method of drying salt already exists, but it failed to be implemented in the Huaihe River during the Ming Dynasty because it hindered the government from controlling the amount of salt production and was not conducive to cracking down on illegal salt.
In ancient times, the tax management system and technology were underdeveloped. Only salt could reach the most remote mountain valleys through the circulation of commodities.
What, you are a recluse without even household registration? The government can’t collect your taxes? Then you have to eat salt. If you buy a pound of salt, you have to pay the tax. The tax is paid to you at the production end.
pass.
It seems that taxes are added to the steamed buns eaten by later generations. As for the tax on fuel, there is value-added tax when buying a mobile phone, there is purchase tax when buying a car, personal income and labor remuneration are all taxed. This is a fact that everyone knows
, but there is also tax in the steamed buns, how many people are aware of it?
As for expanding production and making small profits but quick turnover, is there any tax collection method that is more convenient than salt? Imposing heavy taxes on grain? Imposing a head tax? Promulgating an order? All these are either cruel to the people or difficult to implement.
These are often major events that shake the foundation of governance.
In the final analysis, the tax sources of agricultural society are too few, the tax base is too thin, the cake is too small, and productivity is backward.
Adult laborers dig food in the soil and have no other livelihood. There are always "smart people" who are flexible and want to be great. They study and become officials, annex land, hire tenant farmers, and work hard to manage people, while the emperor and his relatives
, bureaucrats and other ruling elites are also the largest landowners.
Chaos rises and falls, and the cycle begins again and again.
Jia Heng muttered: "Uncle, there will be a day."
If we seek to innovate to become stronger, we should still expand our financial resources and make the pie bigger. In fact, running a country is the same as running a company to a certain extent. The purpose is to make profits. If you always lose money, you will go bankrupt.
Lin Ruhai looked solemn and said with emotion: "This matter is too difficult. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the former Song Dynasty, and the former Yuan Dynasty, salt tax was used as the source of national tax revenue and high prices were imposed on salt. However, salt traders took desperate risks and cultivated
It became the source of turmoil, such as Huang Chao, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, and even the Taizu of this dynasty... In short, there is no other way. A family of five can only manage a hundred acres of land for one day.
If you have enough food for three meals, you will be destroyed by natural or man-made disasters and become thieves. You will not know the world. It is like having no salt and iron. You will have nothing to gain. Where will the wealth of the officials, people and soldiers come from? If things go on like this, the country will be poor and the people will be poor, and the country will be in turmoil."
Jia Heng looked at the middle-aged man with an elegant face, and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart. He was worthy of being the top pick in the imperial examination. Although he used classical Chinese, it was actually the same thing as the vernacular he had just thought about.
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Even under the current conditions, there is no so-called permanent solution to the salt problem, and the people can only suffer in this way.
Daiyu caught a strange look in the young man's eyes, and the starry eyes under her smoky eyebrows twinkled, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in her heart.
What does Brother Heng think of her father?
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then looked at Lin Ruhai and said: "The way of the country is to focus on farming, but without farming there will be no stability, and without business there will be no prosperity."
At this moment, the two of them were discussing the truth. This scene naturally made Daiyu tilt her head, and a look of confusion flashed across her starry eyes.
No, where is she? Who is she?
Why did the two of them ignore her?
Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up and he agreed: "This is the way of sages and music, and the way to manage the world and build a country."
Obviously, this person from Kejia was born in the right way, and he was not a corrupt scholar who was ashamed of being a gentleman.
Jia Heng said: "When commerce and trade prosper, people have a livelihood, and the prosperity of the people will automatically make the country strong, I think the land south of the Yangtze River can be opened to the sea for trade. Just like in the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates were raging. By the time of Taizu of this dynasty, there was a huge invasion in Fujian."
With the policy of opening up the sea, the traces of Japanese pirates have been hidden since then. If Guangdong Province opens up the sea and promotes trade, the southern land will be full of vitality and all things will flourish. The country will have no shortage of financial resources to provide it."
In the history of this world, Japanese rebellion also occurred, and Taizu of the Chen and Han Dynasties reproduced Longqing's strategy of opening up the sea to a certain extent, but it was limited to Fujian.
Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "The day before yesterday, I wrote to Guangdong Chief Secretary Liu Xiaoyuan and mentioned this matter in a letter. Now that merchant ships from Fujian and other places go to sea, it is very cumbersome to approve and approve quotations and go through many departments. Liu Xiaoyuan proposed to go to various departments in Guangdong.
The Ming Dynasty's shipping regulations reappeared along the coast, and maritime bans were enacted, but Zhou Zao, the governor of Guangdong, hesitated."
Lin Ruhai, as a first-class talent, naturally had many friends in the same year, some of whom had reached high provincial positions, so Lin's father had his own political resources.
Jia Heng wrote down the name of the political participant surnamed Liu and said: "The maritime ban should be relaxed. Not only Fujian but also Guangzhou can develop trade. At that time, I, a big man, can also rebuild the navy and become powerful.
At the same time, we can move our troops to the north to regain Liaodong and plan for the great rejuvenation."
Once people can cultivate land with peace of mind, they will not want to go sailing and explore, and there will be no need to cultivate the adventurous spirit of great voyages. There will be no great geographical discoveries, industrial technology will not develop explosively, and there will be no scientific spirit in culture. There will be only
The sky is round and the earth is round, with kings and ministers, and the bureaucratic elites influenced by culture naturally scorn trade.
Therefore, on this basis, it matches the endogenous and closed agricultural Confucian civilization.
The four provinces of Mountains and Rivers where China originated, except Xia and Shang, began to intimidate the barbarians and expand their living space, and then fell into self-isolation and crazy involution.
External conquests and recoveries were either done by tyrants or vassals. Because of the high cost of governance, they could not bring sustainable profits and instead became a land of bloodshed. However, from the perspective of future generations, land is wealth, and there are mineral resources underneath.
"In addition to paying tribute every year, Guangdong Province actually smuggles specialties from Southeast Asian countries to the south of the Yangtze River and Shenjing, where they are sold all over the world. The local officials receive bribes from merchants and turn a blind eye to this, which in turn endangers the country's wealth.
Use it to lose money." Lin Ruhai frowned and said in a deep voice: "In the land of Haojing, red-haired ghosts steal property. They sell Nanyang spices and various utensils to our big man, bribe officials, escape from currency customs, and pay taxes every year.
The losses are huge."
Jia Heng said: "What my uncle said is true. Nowadays, it is open and closed at times, with little customization, resulting in frequent chaos. It is not a long-term solution."
"Yes, I remember when I read Ziyu's book "Pinglu Policy", it coincided with me to widen the maritime ban and rebuild the navy." Lin Ruhai said with emotion, looking at the young man, feeling inexplicably shocked.
Jia Heng said: "My uncle has given me too much praise. In fact, there is still a matter of opening the sea. I still need to ask my uncle for advice."
"Oh?" Lin Ruhai was surprised when he heard this and asked doubtfully: "What's the matter?"
Jia Heng said: "If trade surges, or silver pours in, silver is cheap and commodities are expensive, or silver flows out, the price of rice soars. Nowadays, various provinces, prefectures and counties use discounted silver to collect grain taxes and use it in the national household treasury.
There are also disadvantages.”
If the currency cannot be controlled stably, it will easily cause some unpredictable financial problems. Serious loss of silver will lead to deflation. Too much silver inflow will lead to inflation.
In history, after the Longqing Switch, a large amount of cheap silver from the Americas poured into the Han Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty gradually lost its dominance over the currency, laying the foundation for its demise.
Of course, these are not important. What is important is that he wants to see how Lin Ruhai solves this problem, or whether he has some financial thinking.
The financial concepts of the ancients cannot be underestimated. From Guan Zhong, Sang Hongyang, to the creation of the bank account, the history books are clear.
Lin Ruhai thought for a moment and said: "It was like this for a while during the Taizong period. At that time, a whipping method was implemented, but the low price of silver hurt the farmers. Gao Xian, the Minister of Household Affairs at that time, thought it was the influx of silver and thought that the sea ban was strictly enforced, so he changed his tune.
, there are constant turmoils.”
This is also the reason why Chen Hanhai banned first, then opened, and then banned again, repeatedly tossing and jumping left and right.
Because when one problem is solved, subsequent problems are exposed. If the bureaucratic elite cannot solve the subsequent problems, they will use this as an excuse to start party struggles. After fighting for power and profit, they will return to the old ways.
Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment and said: "I have thought about this before. If there is a lot of silver, the court can collect taels of silver. If there is little silver, the court can put in taels of silver, like flying coins in the Tang Dynasty, friends in the Song Dynasty, and treasure notes in the Ming Dynasty... Now I
The official salaries given by the Han Dynasty were also mixed with silver and mixed with cash and rice. It was nothing more than promoting the people and ensuring food, rice, cloth and other clothing and food needs."
Jia Heng said: "Uncle, I mean the same thing. It's just that the banknotes need to be reputable. Otherwise, if things go on like this, the people won't recognize them. Moreover, it can only be bulk commodity trade, exchanging gold and silver. I, a big man, should have a bank to save people's savings."
Wealth, control of gold and silver."
The Han Dynasty must have its own currency system. Maybe one day, it can use its navy to make trade-related countries recognize the currency, and then it can harvest other countries.
Of course, if money is issued indiscriminately and becomes a tool to plunder people's wealth, then soon the treasure banknotes will become paper that can even be used to wipe people's butts.
"Ziyu, Shanxi Shanxi merchant bank borrowed silver coins from each other, and all the banknotes were circulated. Most of them established business based on credibility. If the people don't believe in banknotes, I am thinking that if the tax collected by the court is partially offset by silver hairpins, then
Recycle some of it, such as the silver bank set up by the imperial court, so that people can exchange silver banknotes, and also use banknotes for official salaries. If things go on like this, people will become accustomed to it, and people's expectations will be settled." Lin Ruhai agreed.
When Jia Heng heard this, his face was slightly shocked. At this moment, he was really shocked. It was not that his ideas were novel, but that an ancient man had such insight and asked, "Uncle, where did you get these?"
Instead of being the censor of the Salt Patrol, you should be the minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Now that we have even figured out how to use treasure banknotes to collect taxes, this method eliminates the need for the waste of scattered silver taels to be cast into official silver, and there is no need to waste money.
But the problem of anti-counterfeiting has not been solved in this technologically advanced future.
Therefore, the complete paper currency was a big step forward, so he proposed to abolish the two yuan reforms and issue other auxiliary coins and small denomination banknotes. Because the coins were customized, official silver was not minted with scattered silver from various places, which could withstand the attacks of local officials.
Up and down his hands.
As for arbitrage of silver dollars, not to mention that there is no foreign exchange, and the government also uses violent methods. The purpose of this move is to solve the problem of fire consumption. As for foreign trade, treasure notes or banknotes are more used as financial transaction tools to purchase goods.
However, this control requires relatively professional financial talents who can estimate the total amount of currency based on prices. As for minting coins, it is simple. In fact, the Ministry of Accounts also has a minting bureau, which is nothing more than minting coins.
Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "I have been patrolling salt in Yangzhou for several years. In my free time, I often read and think about this matter. It is not surprising that I made money and made friends in the past. It is just a one-shot opinion."
Jia Heng said: "This matter is very complicated. Let's discuss it with my uncle."
Daiyu sat quietly aside, as if she were an outsider, her bright starry eyes blinked, and her heart felt somewhat strange.
He and his father talked happily, so they almost became brothers with different surnames, right?
Well, what is she thinking about? Doesn't that mean she is calling Uncle Heng?
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said: "As for opening up the sea for trade, I originally wanted to go to the land of Haojing to learn the art of artillery in preparation for captivity. At that time, I will have a discussion with Zhou Zao, the governor of Guangdong, to inquire about the situation.
Let’s go back and report to the imperial court.”
This trip is not only to rectify the salt affairs, but also to implement some measures in the plan to pacify the captives. As for abolishing the two reforms and reforming the Yuan Dynasty, it is not an immediate matter.
Lin Ruhai nodded and said with a smile: "Ziyu is now the Minister of Military and Aircraft and a minister of national affairs. He cannot be limited to salt affairs."
It is rare that they are not only relatives, but also have generally similar political views.
Compared with the last time when Jia Heng came to Yangzhou to mobilize troops and had a hasty farewell, this conversation between the two involved more "like-minded" speculations because it involved the financial planning of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Jia Heng said, glanced at Daiyu who was stunned on the spot, raised his eyes to look at Lin Ruhai, and asked: "Uncle, is there anything to eat at home? I was talking to the group of salt merchants just now, and I didn't use my chopsticks much.
Come here, I'm a little hungry."
Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then a broad smile appeared on his elegant and handsome face, and he said: "I think by noon, I will be hungry. You and Yu'er can talk here first, and I will give you the instructions."
People sweep the yard."
Daiyu pursed her pink lips gently, feeling a surge of joy in her heart, and said softly: "Daddy, I haven't eaten at the moment. I'm a little hungry."
Lin Ruhai nodded, then left the study and gave orders.
Under Daiyu's smoky brows, her starry eyes blinked, as if on purpose, but also as if she was curious and asked: "What did Brother Heng just say to Daddy? I can't understand it."
In fact, for the girl, she could understand the salt tax when she heard about it, but when it suddenly came to business matters later, she couldn't understand it.
Jia Heng turned to look at Daiyu, who had bright cheeks and watery eyes, smiled, and said warmly: "Sister, you should study more."
At this age, I just don’t study hard and think about puppy love all the time.
Daiyu: "..."
Is she being disliked? She thinks she doesn’t study enough? She just thinks her father studies a lot, right?
Okay, you two just talk, huh, I want to play chess and chat with her next time, but I can’t.
Starry eyes flickered, and he glanced at Jia Heng angrily.
The two of them got along for a long time along the way, and Jia Heng could occasionally get one or two looks like this.
Jia Heng smiled and said softly: "Go back and finish eating. When we tell the story, I will explain the details to my sister."