After listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhu Youtang suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He had done this a lot. Every year, he rewarded nobles, ministers, ministers and the clan with a lot of gifts, especially the last time he gave it to his wife.

Each time was a reward of one hundred and fifty thousand. I didn't take it seriously at first, but now I heard my son say it, and there was a big problem.

Although it sounds simple to say this, it is for later generations. In this era, these things are still ahead of their time.

"There are actually many benefits to taking sodium supplements!" Zhu Houzhao didn't stop when he saw his father's appearance, but gritted his teeth and continued.

"Nai Liang Kaizhong has been changed to Nai Yin Kaizhong. Salt yin represents money. Anyone holding salt yin in his hand represents money. No matter he is a noble, noble, relative or official, as long as he has salt yin in his hand,

, businessmen are willing to pay a lot of money to buy it. Of course, the nobles and relatives must ensure that these people's salt quotations can produce salt."

"It's also good for the court. The salt you send out can be directly exchanged for money. How simple."

The more Zhu Houzhao talked about the benefits of accepting money, the darker Zhu Youtang's face became. What's the benefit? This clearly gave the nobles, relatives and officials the opportunity to harm the public and enrich their private lives.

As for the imperial court's over-issuance of salt coins, there is obviously a limit to this over-issuance. Once too many salt coins are issued, the salt coins will become less and less valuable. The Ming Dynasty is not without precedent. The earliest precedent is the Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes. Originally

The treasure banknotes are good things, and they have not depreciated so much. Not because of over-issuance, the treasure banknotes are now completely useless paper.

Just as Zhu Youtang was about to open his mouth to ask something, he suddenly saw his son smiling, and he suddenly felt confused.

"Father, my son and I all want to do the salt business!" Zhu Houzhao said and turned to look at Zhu Youtang: "As long as we hold the salt field and ensure that others cannot withdraw salt from the salt field, we can then purchase Chaofa on the market.

I believe the price of the salt will not be very high, and both relatives and merchants will definitely be willing to sell it."

"It doesn't take much. As long as we control a few large salt fields in the Ming Dynasty, Erchen will be the largest salt merchant in the Ming Dynasty. How much money will Erchen have by then?"

"Others have salt in their hands, but they can't get it out. At that time, the salt of the entire Ming Dynasty will be decided by the ministers."

Zhu Youtang looked at his son and finally became angry this time. He slapped the table and said, "Nonsense!"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head: "I think it's feasible. As long as we win the Yangzhou transportation envoy and the salt farm steward, it won't be difficult. Use power to suppress them and use force to induce them, and everything will be successful."

With the salt field to open the way, the ministers can earn a lot of money, and at the same time use the money to open the way in the officialdom."

"Not to mention other places, Erchen is confident that in the entire Jiangnan officialdom, there will be people like Erchen everywhere within five years."

"When the time comes, whether it's through training or spending money, the ministers will be able to insert themselves into the center of the court, or even the cabinet."

After listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhu Youtang felt cold all over, his face changed drastically, and the look he looked at his son became very strange. Staring at Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Youtang didn't speak for a long time.

Zhu Houzhao looked at his father with a wry smile. In fact, this is what the Donglin Party and other Qi, Zhejiang and Chu parties did in later generations. They tied up with economic interests and then dominated the officialdom. To put it bluntly, these people's cronies were behind the scenes.

In fact, it is business interests, and what everyone is playing with is capital.

Why is the Donglin Party so powerful? Because behind it is the capital of the entire Jiangnan. Why can’t the imperial court do anything to them? How much money does the imperial court have, and how much do they have?

After arriving in Wanli, the mobilization of millions of taels by the big businessmen of the Ming Dynasty was no longer considered a big deal, it could only be regarded as a routine operation. What about the court? It burned tens of millions of taels in Liaodong every year, which was already stretched. You must know that after Yongzheng's reform,

The annual salt course in the Qing Dynasty was 36 million taels. How much was that?

So what if all the salt classes were burned in Liaodong? There are also land taxes and commercial taxes. It is ridiculous that such a big country can be destroyed by burning more than 10 million taels a year.

Zhu Houzhao brought a cup of tea to his father, and then said with a smile: "Father, I am not the only smart person in the world. I don't need to check to know that there are already people in the world who have done this. Not to mention others, from all provinces.

Governor, how many high-ranking officials in the court do this? Just check if there is a salt merchant in their house."

"The nobles and nobles get involved because of money. For example, in my uncle's family, if he gets rich, he can at most build more gardens and marry more women. It's nothing."

"But what about the officials in the central government? What about the officials below?" Zhu Houzhao sighed and said, "You don't have to think about it to know!"

Of course Zhu Youtang knew it without thinking, but he still felt it was impossible. What his son said was too alarmist. Are all officials in the world like this? They are all scholars. Where have all the books of sages gone? This case

Things should never be like this, no!

"Father, you don't need to check other people, go check the Ye family!" Seeing that his father didn't believe it, Zhu Houzhao added.

Why is Zhu Houzhao so sure? Because later on, these people worked hard like this. The Shanxi merchants had a Wang Chonggu, governor of the three sides, and a high official in the court. His family was a big salt merchant, a leading figure in the Shanxi merchants. Zhang Siwei, the chief assistant of the cabinet,

He did the same thing. He was the second assistant during Zhang Juzheng's reign.

After Zhang Juzheng's death, he followed Emperor Wanli to clear out the new party. His family was also a leading Shanxi merchant and a big salt merchant in Shanxi.

Apart from these two people, how many people from the Qi, Zhejiang and Chu parties had their hands in the salt administration, and how many members of the imperial court had wealthy families? Talk about Yan Song being corrupt. Yan Song was a traitor, but after Xu Jie fell, his family

How much land is there? How much wealth is there? If it weren't for Hai Rui, everyone would still regard Xu Jie as a good official!

If Zhang Juzheng had not been a student of Xu Jie, what would have happened to Xu Jie? Zhu Houzhao could tell from these people that none of them were good.

These people have all become cabinet bachelors, and they are all the best at reading sages and sages, but what happened in the end? The most upright official in the Ming Dynasty was Hai Rui, who was just a civil servant. Although Hai Rui was not perfect in many ways, he was really

Serving the country wholeheartedly and adhering to poverty, many people may say that honest officials are not as good at doing things as corrupt officials. When Zhu Houzhao heard this sentence, he had only two answers: Haha!

An official's inability to do things has nothing to do with whether he is an honest official or a corrupt official. It only has to do with his ability. He is divided into capable officials and mediocre officials.

The two words "corrupt officials" and "honest officials" are opposite to each other. It is ridiculous to confuse these four words. Corrupt officials are not necessarily mediocre officials, and honest officials are not necessarily capable. These are two different things. What if they are honest and capable?
Chapter completed!