Salt is the best tool used to collect taxes from the people in ancient times.
Because everyone needs to eat salt, as long as they monopolize the salt farm, they can rely on their qualifications to sell and buy salt to collect taxes.
That is, a salt guide. With a salt guide, you can buy salt and then sell it in a designated area.
That's what they say, but in practice, the space is too big.
It was through Xiawang that the emperor saw clearly how he was fooled below.
For example, a salt farm will increase its production. As long as it can be sold, its scale will gradually expand, its manpower will increase, and its skills will become more proficient.
However, the total amount of salt sold was set decades ago, and the tax collected was naturally also set decades ago.
No one would tell the emperor this.
The officials will not waste the extra salt.
After selling, the salt merchants would give them a large sum of money, eat the salt, and then sell it.
This is just a theoretical flaw on paper.
In other words, for one tael of salt, the salt merchant can actually use it to buy three taels, or even five taels, or ten taels of salt!
How much tax is missed?
Seeing this, the emperor laughed angrily.
Going up and down together, I am the only one who is confused.
But then again, how could he succeed with his diligence and diligence against the greed of the entire official class?
He has 12 hours in a day, while others are thinking about how to exploit loopholes every day.
So he needs to seek reliable foreign aid.
The most reliable people are naturally those who have been harmed by officials.
If he were the Tatar emperor, he would definitely not rely on these small people, but would only rely on the Tatars' own people to suppress these officials.
But he is not, he can trust Xiaomin, after all, even the Queen comes from a small family.
The ancestor emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty never believed in big households.
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The emperor has opened a new factory!
The news quickly spread throughout the government and the public.
This time I opened an in-house factory!
After the internal factory was established, he rushed to Jiangnan to organize the salt affairs.
Before, there were Xuanyiwei's North and South Town Fusi, and two East and West factories, and now there are more inner factories.
Moreover, the internal factory only accepts people from poor backgrounds.
Those who have no place to stand.
The ministers were well aware of the emperor's purpose, but they said nothing on the surface and only responded by sabotaging work.
Anyway, yamen matters should be put off as long as possible, until there is a rebellion.
Everyone has long been accustomed to the emperor's behavior.
If you don’t believe us, then we won’t work.
If you don't work, you are right. If you are right, you can't kill us. If you kill your ministers without wrong, you are a tyrant.
The emperor saw everything in his eyes, and he yelled at the queen: "These bastards, I see them defecting to the Tatars and being whipped every day as slaves, but they work hard, how can they pretend to be reserved here?"
The emperor is also a human being, and he will not curse in classical Chinese when he is anxious...
"Your Majesty, that's because the Tatars are divided into two sides, the Tatars. They don't do the work, but others do." The queen saw it clearly.
Her interests and those of the emperor are one and the same. If the emperor is gone, she will not be better off and will die in depression in a few years.
"What you're saying is, these ministers think no one can replace them, right? I have an idea." The emperor sneered.
A week later, the emperor directly issued a decree: "Any minor official who has served for more than five years and has outstanding achievements can be promoted to deputy director, and the grade will be temporarily from the ninth grade..."
Take officials as officials!
Don’t officials collude with each other?
Then when the imperial examination officials discover that the practical officials pose a threat to their positions, can they still collude together?
The emperor thought to himself.
Different from the calm when the internal factory was opened, this time it was like cold water pouring into a hot oil pan, and the government and the public were shocked!
"Your Majesty, the junior officials do not read poetry and books, and have no morals in their hearts. They only know how to covet money... They must not be officials!" said the Minister of Rites, who was the first to speak righteously.
"Hey!" The emperor got down from the throne, rushed over, and hit him with a slap in the face!
The Minister of Rites was kicked five meters away on the spot. If the crowd had not blocked him, he would have almost died on the spot!
"You have read a lot of poetry! When you are on duty, you hook up with the oiran, and you have no regard for the dignity of the saint!"
"You don't talk about silver taels, but the cellar at home is full of silver taels! If a nine-thousand-jin thief sees trouble, there are five of them!"
The minister suddenly fell silent and had nothing to say.
Everyone knows this very well. Who doesn’t have some big silver balls hidden in their home for emergencies?
The Minister of Rites fell to the ground, breathless.
The emperor is so tyrannical, he no longer has the appearance of a holy king like before.
As for hiding some silver, I have worked hard to educate the world and preside over etiquette. Isn't that what I should do?
Don’t my children and grandchildren want to eat?
But I felt very aggrieved in my heart.
It's just that I can't say it.
He just gritted his teeth secretly and resigned when he got back to see who would be the Minister of Etiquette!
However, before he could finish his thoughts, the emperor said: "XXX, Minister of Rites, is corrupt and perverts the law. He is unworthy of being a descendant of a saint. He should be dismissed from his post and handed over to Dongchang for investigation!"
The Minister of Rites fainted immediately.
Then the emperor replaced another person as the Minister of Rites, and the person he replaced had spent a long time in the Hanlin Academy.
Someone disagreed and said: "Your Majesty, this person has no experience at all. I'm afraid he will make a fool of himself in etiquette."
"I heard on Xia.net that the six ministers still work even if they tie a dog in their main hall!"
Everyone was puzzled.
"This is impossible." Someone said subconsciously.
"Because they don't work, and they are not helping. At least the dog won't be helpful!" the emperor sneered.
Today I broke up with the ministers.
In fact, he wanted to endure it for a few years.
However, the more I read on, the more I couldn't bear it.
Those people are right, he has an impatient temper and wants to get things done, but can't wait for time.
I wish I could give the instructions today and it will be effective tomorrow.
"It is my decree that from now on a dog should be tied up in the main hall of the capital!" he decreed.
All the ministers were as silent as cicadas.
This person's face was taken to grandma's house and thrown into a manure pit.
This is going to be in the history books!
Historians must have recorded that in XX years, Emperor XX personally said that court officials were not as good as dogs...
What should I do if I don’t want to be scolded?
Work hard, there is no such thing.
The more you do, the more mistakes you make.
It is only right to call the emperor a coward.
If the emperor is a foolish king, just like King Zhou, who will remember that the princes are wreaking havoc and lawlessness? Who will remember the misdeeds of the ministers?
After the next court session.
Soon, rumors began to spread among the government and the public, in the Jiangnan area where the literary style was prevalent, that the emperor was a coward.
Of course you can't say that.
"There are villains around the emperor, and he wants to let his subordinates become officials. Isn't this the most ridiculous thing in the world?"
"I recall that the emperor had just ascended the throne and the court was full of good people, but now, evil is everywhere."
"Okay, the Zhengying Dynasty has not managed the government well. Otherwise, how could there be a day when treacherous people come to the fore?"
"That's because villains are good at bewitching kings with all kinds of fun things, and gentlemen can't do those things!"
For a time, the emperor's reputation suffered greatly.
If it were normal, the emperor would be very worried when he heard these words.
Often, under pressure from Shilin, he would change positions and generals.
But today is different. He has Xiawang and can see the real situation.
Public opinion is no longer controlled by these imperial examination scholars.
"Your Majesty has done a good job. Let those corrupt officials fight against themselves."
"Yes, the junior officials have been fed, but the new officials all have good appetites."
"None of them are good."
"When will the common people be able to rise to the top?"
"The emperor has reduced his training salary and will no longer be deceived by the ministers. Life will get better."
"We knew about this, but the county magistrate still accepted it."
"It's easy. If you go to the capital to complain in your dream, the factory boss will come and arrest you half a month later."
