Emperor Yongtai narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Chen Zhouheng and said, "Mr. Shen means reducing the salt tax for official salt." He shook his head slightly, "This is not OK, the court is pointing at the salt tax!"

The treasury was empty and the salt tax was lowered, so I couldn't live this day.

"Your Majesty, I'll finish my words." Chen Zhouheng bowed and looked at him respectfully, "Reduce the salt tax on official salt, so that if the profits on both sides are not large, the salt dealer will be shaken."

"No one is willing to do illegal business, and being arrested will have to be sentenced to a heavy sentence." Emperor Yongtai said, looking at him thoughtfully.

"The salt dealer is standing on the side of the government, and it's time to deal with the big salt dealers next." A faint light flashed through Chen Zhouheng's eyes, "There are so many big salt dealers in Liangjiang area, and their families have made a living by selling salt for generations, and their family property and connections are very large."

"Yes! This is not easy to deal with!" Emperor Yongtai said gritting his teeth, "Some people here are standing on this temple."

"So the people-friendly services are convenient for the people to buy salt, increase the setting points for salt sales, and disintegrate the sales power held by the big salt merchants little by little." Chen Zhouheng looked at Emperor Yongtai with bright eyes and said, "Now the annual taxes of the big salt merchants are paid in proportion. As one goes up and down, I believe that many big salt merchants along the river have poor economic capabilities, and more salt administration is in the hands of the court."

After pausing, he said, "With the court guaranteed the interests of salt dealers who faced the people, the power of salt merchants in the middle was basically emptied. Without the interests, more and more salt merchants began to withdraw from this industry and it was time to change their careers."

"What you said must ensure that the court has enough salt." Emperor Yongtai said, staring at him.

"Most of the salt nowadays are salt wells, and the salt making technology is backward." Chen Zhouheng pointed at the index finger and said, "I remember historical records that Duke Huan of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period was close to the seaside, so the whole country was relatively wealthy by selling salt. The handicraft industry was also relatively developed, but salt was not controlled by the country at that time."

"There is no salt well in Qilu land." Emperor Yongtai also remembered, "By the sea, the salt drying method."

"Yes!" Chen Zhouheng's face smiled, and his bright brown eyes looked at him and nodded.

"With too much salt, there is no need to control the supply, and both officials and private enterprises can operate it. Officials and private enterprises have the support of the court, and private enterprises are not profitable, so they will naturally not intervene and will be quickly dragged down." Chen Zhouheng looked at him with quiet eyes and said.

"It's best not to cause great turmoil, it's just that they are too cheap. They have made a lot of conscience money with salt." Emperor Yongtai said with a gentle expression at him.

"The Emperor is not that simple." Chen Zhouheng looked at him with deep eyes as deep as ink and said, "The Emperor disintegrated and divided the salt merchants and dug the salt merchants' roots. They will definitely not stop there. They have money in their hands, and money can make the devil push the mill. I don't know what risky things will happen."

"It's so easy to make money, and it's a huge profit. How could it be possible to simply give up!" Chen Zhouheng said to him with a cold look in his eyes.

"Mr. Shen means they will fight back." Emperor Yongtai snorted coldly, "It's okay to fight back! I don't have the chance to deal with them! I really want to start to rectify the Jiangnan and it's in chaos!"

"Actually it's simple." Chen Zhouheng glanced at him with a treacherous look through his eyes, "After the layout, tie your pockets and catch them all in one go."

Emperor Yongtai rubbed his hands excitedly, "What should I do?"

"This requires the help of the navy." Chen Zhouheng said with a bright look at him.

"The navy, it should be that the two sides of the river really need to be rectified." Emperor Yongtai nodded seriously and said.

"No! The canal transportation along the river is a small matter." Chen Zhouheng clenched his fists and said, "The navy should be able to provide other evidence."

"Any other evidence?" Emperor Yongtai looked at him in confusion and said, "What is Lord Shen referring to?"

"Uh..." Chen Zhouheng raised his sword-brow and asked, "Isn't it?"

"What can I say to me?" Emperor Yongtai said anxiously at him.

"In the absence of evidence, I dare not speculate." Chen Zhouheng bowed and bowed.

Emperor Yongtai looked at him with his lips tightly pursed and thought about it. He looked at the file on the imperial case carefully. Between the lines, "What Lord Shen wants to say is colluding with Japanese pirates."

Chen Zhouheng looked at him with joy and nodded heavily.

Emperor Yongtai's face turned pale, "I said that this navy is powerful and waiting for labor, so why can't even wipe out a Japanese pirate? It turns out that there are dogs who are scattered inside and outside. I want to chop them all." He said with a dark face, "No one can stop me this time."

"This requires careful layout to ensure the stability of Jiangnan." Chen Zhouheng looked at him with a serious face and said, "The emperor must clean up the worms and not hurt the porcelain in the house."

"I understand, I'll be afraid of you and say everything you think." Emperor Yongtai said anxiously at him.

"These thoughts are not very comprehensive." Chen Zhouheng took out the memorial from his sleeve and presented it with both hands, "Please check it out."

Emperor Yongtai smiled when he saw this, "I knew you were prepared." After taking the memorial, he opened it and read it carefully word by word.

Time flies by the sound of the bell swaying left and right. I don’t know how long it took for Emperor Yongtai to look away from the memorial.

In fact, Chen Zhouheng’s writing was not that long, but Emperor Yongtai read it too carefully. After reading it, he looked at Chen Zhouheng with great enthusiasm, "Can this happen in Jiangnan? Don’t think about making waves again in the future."

"This is just my idea. I have never been to Jiangnan and I don't know how to fight against the Japanese pirates. So it needs to be further improved." Chen Zhouheng bowed and bowed.

Emperor Yongtai looked at him who was cautious and smiled, "I understand." He changed the topic, "I heard that your umbrella of Wanmin in Pingyi has been sent." He said curiously, "Do you bring it? Let me see."

"Where are you in the waiting room! I'll get it now." Chen Zhouheng looked at him with his eyebrows and eyes.

"No, no, let Li Zi get it." Emperor Yongtai raised his voice and ordered.

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Li took the order and immediately took the Wanmin umbrella in and presented it to Emperor Yongtai with both hands.

Emperor Yongtai took it with a curious look and opened it, "Wow... it's full of names! The umbrella of the people I have seen is much more gorgeous than this one."

"Pingyi County is poor, and the villagers cannot come up with a good umbrella." Chen Zhouheng looked at him calmly and said.

"This is all the people's hearts." Emperor Yongtai was stunned when he heard this, and then said.

Chen Zhouheng curled the corners of his lips when he heard this and smiled.

Emperor Yongtai looked at him with a frown and said, "This is different from the words written on the Wanmin Umbrella I have seen."
Chapter completed!