"Recruiting Xiangyong...I think this matter must not be agreed to. Not only that, the emperor should also issue an order to reprimand Han Du, don't let him think that no one can control him after running away for two days. Let's
He is self-righteous and has become so lax." Tang He sternly rejected Han Du's request and even thought that he should issue an edict.
Lao Zhu hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "But he is talking about recruiting villagers, not villagers."
"Your Majesty, the difference between villagers and bravery cannot set this precedent." Tang He quickly persuaded and said at the same time, "Even if the corvee is not enough, then just recruit corvees from surrounding counties. Why recruit any villagers?"
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After a moment of silence, Lao Zhu sighed and said: "Okay, since you said so, let's recruit corvees from surrounding counties. Originally, I wanted to directly agree to him recruiting villagers."
"Your Majesty, although Han Du is a great talent, you should not be too partial to him. If you want Han Du to be a leader in the future, you have to hone him more now." Tang He's words were roughly summarized.
Listening to it, it seemed that he was deliberately trying to embarrass Han Du.
However, there is no standard for the depth of love and the depth of responsibility, and who is good, who is bad, who is right and who is wrong.
"Do I prefer him?" Lao Zhu asked rather unexpectedly.
Tang He glanced at Lao Zhu speechlessly. If this is not a preference, then what is? Your Majesty, your heart is already in the East China Sea, and you actually want to agree to Han Du's private recruitment of villagers. If someone else brings this up,
, I’m afraid the people escorting him back to Beijing have already set off.
"Okay, okay, let's let this matter go." Lao Zhu also felt that his idea was a little too in line with Han Du, so he was embarrassed to expose the matter.
"What about opening fields to dry salt? What do you think about this?" Lao Zhu continued to ask.
After hearing this, Tang He blushed even more and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is absolutely impossible."
"Why?" These Lao Zhu were a little unhappy. Originally, he had intended to agree with Han Du on both matters. When asking Tang He, he just wanted him to express an attitude. It was just an attitude. He did not let Tang He refute.
Understand?
"Your Majesty, we are short of food at the border. In order to allow merchants to transport food to the border, we have developed the Kaizhong method, using salt lures to attract salt merchants to transport food to the border for the needs of the soldiers guarding the border." Tang He pointed.
Han Du's memorial, "If it is true as Han Du said, opening fields can produce inexhaustible salt. With such a simple method, a large amount of salt can be obtained, and the salt
The price will inevitably plummet. If the salt merchants were unprofitable, why would they transport the grain all the way to the border?"
What Tang He said is reasonable and well-founded. Merchants are all driven by profit. If there is no profit, the merchants will no longer transport food to the border. Then what will the hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border eat? Once there is a shortage of food, they will be raided by residual money.
, what should we change?
After Lao Zhu was silent for a while, he sneered and said: "In my opinion, what Han Du said is right. Food, salt, and minerals are related to the lifeblood of the people and the imperial court, and they must not be in the hands of others.
Otherwise, we will be constrained as we are now."
Tang He was silent for a while, what could he say? Although the emperor was not the first to make this salt bait, it was also the emperor who ordered the salt bait to be exchanged for grain? Thinking that salt bait was used to solve the food needs of the Ming Dynasty border, the court
Shang Xia was very satisfied with this.
After all, the food problem at the border was solved without spending an extra penny. Who can help but say that this is a good method?
Lao Zhu stood up suddenly and said in a deep voice: "Fortunately, the royal grain industry of the Ming Dynasty has been established. Sooner or later, I will get back the salt profit."
"The establishment of the Ming Dynasty Royal Grain Industry is indeed a clever move. Not only can it stabilize grain prices, but it can also independently transport grain to the border. In the future, salt can even be sold throughout the Ming Dynasty with the help of the Ming Royal Grain Industry's tentacles." Tang He laughed.
He agreed, but was still a little worried, "But Your Majesty, I believe that this matter can only be dealt with slowly and cannot be rushed."
The Ming Dynasty's royal grain industry is still not strong enough. If we take action now, those grain merchants and salt merchants will definitely be dealt a fatal blow. If the grain supply at the border is cut off, big trouble will happen.
Although the emperor also understands such things, Tang He still needs to be reminded in place.
Lao Zhu had a sullen face and nodded, "Of course I won't take action now."
Tang He felt relieved.
"Let's talk about Han Du's salt production. I'm going to allow him to open fields to produce salt."
"Your Majesty!" Tang He's heart that had just been relieved suddenly started to rise again.
Lao Zhu waved his hand to stop what Tang He wanted to say, and continued: "There is no way to do it. If there are so many fishes, if they are not treated with salt, they will all be rotten in a short time. If the Ming Dynasty does not need these fish, it will be rotten."
Okay, but this year's drought is inevitable, and a grain harvest is a foregone conclusion. Ming Dynasty must need these fish to survive the grain shortage. In this case, what do you think Han Du should do if he is not allowed to dry out salt?"
Tang Hemo, he didn't have any good ideas. If he wanted to preserve the fish, he had to use salt. It would be embarrassing if Han Du was not allowed to dry the salt and yet he was required to preserve the fish.
With Han Du's temper, it is not impossible to give up his career, and it is very likely.
Seeing that Tang He had nothing to say, Lao Zhu sat down with his back straight and said in a deep voice: "I have made up my mind to allow Han Du to open a field to dry salt. However, the salt obtained can only be used to pickle marine fish, not
Use it for other purposes, let alone sell it privately."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Tang He bowed sincerely.
This can be regarded as a compromise, which not only solves the problem of salt shortage in Handu, but also does not affect the price of salt sold in Yanyin.
After Tang He resigned, Lao Zhu said to the old eunuch on the side: "Go ahead and the fish brought back by the navy will be sold on the market immediately."
"According to the decree."
Lao Zhu has no choice. If you don't buy these fish, you won't be able to eat them. You can't just pickle them all, that would be too uneconomical. How much salt is needed for more than 300,000 kilograms of fish?
It's better to sell it quickly. Anyway, this is just the first attempt. I'm afraid what Handu will send in the future won't be fresh fish, but dry goods that are easy to store.
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Daming Royal Grain Industry!
Although it was only established less than two years ago, it has now become a famous and resounding brand throughout the capital and even the Ming Dynasty.
The source of this famous name comes from two moves by the Ming Dynasty Royal Grain Industry. The first time was to purchase grain at a fixed price. Although not much grain was harvested this time, this move directly made the people happy.
, the favorable impression of the royal family increased greatly. The second time was at the beginning of this year, the Ming Royal Grain Industry began to quietly purchase grain. With its own efforts, the grain price in the Ming Dynasty was more than doubled. Until the final grain price was too high.
When it was too high, it stopped further acquisitions.