() "Because if they don't do this, the price of new salt imports will be lower than the cost of their old salt imports, and they will inevitably not be able to compete with the new salt imports. Therefore, they will need to exchange a large amount of grain for salt imports to reduce their own costs." Zhong Jinwei
explained.
These are all considerations from the perspective of market economy, which are not common in feudal society. Officials in the imperial court are accustomed to the idea of ​​officialdom. It is simple and direct, so they would consider so many things.
"However, there must be a balance between the cost of the new salt import and the cost of the old salt import. We cannot let the old salt import holders go bankrupt in large numbers. This will cause strong resistance to the New Deal and may also cause social unrest." Zhong Jinwei said smoothly.
, I unconsciously took this into consideration.
Wen Tiren listened on the sidelines, stroking his long beard, smiling and nodding. It seemed that Uncle Zhongxing had made some progress as a person and could take this into consideration.
"Do you have any other questions?" Zhong Jinwei is like a stager, waiting for the challenge from the people under the stage.
Bi Ziyan thought for a moment, and shook his head as he couldn't think of any other questions for the time being.
Emperor Chongzhen saw that the salt policy reform had almost been sorted out, so he said to the Minister of Household Affairs: "Bi Qing, as soon as possible you should sort out which parts of the country are in need of food, and then make a prioritized list for me to review."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Bi Ziyan quickly agreed.
"Your Majesty, there are still some things that need to be confirmed." Zhong Jinwei saw that everyone had no questions, so he asked the question himself.
"Oh, Master Zhong, please speak." Emperor Chongzhen heard that he still had questions and asked Zhong Jinwei to continue.
"The minimum quantity limit of salt import, price of salt, sales area, etc. all need to be determined by professionals. If there are any deviations, the effect of the salt policy reform may be unsatisfactory." Zhong Jinwei proposed an easy way.
Ignored issues.
"What is a professional?" Bi Ziyan was quite sensitive to this.
"Oh, you don't have to be a professional. It means that you need to go through market research first and know the current salt quantity, inventory, Japanese production, official salt price, private salt price, price in each region, etc. All these must be clear.
, Only in this way can the determined data be more in line with the interests of all parties and achieve the best effect of salt policy reform."
Zhong Jinwei thought of the so-called professionals in ancient times, who were probably just a few people in charge of salt. He simply changed his way of talking, hoping to attract the attention of the decision-makers in North Korea and China to pay attention to this basic data.
The reason why Zhong Jinwei attaches great importance to it is that he has had an understanding of it. His college classmate is engaged in game development and is very creative. However, because he did not pay attention to various data, the player experience was too poor and the server was stopped. Later, he was replaced by others.
After the acquisition of the company, it focused on sorting out the data relationships, such as the experience required for character levels, damage data of various monsters, etc., to achieve the best balance effect, and the game suddenly became one of the most popular games of the year.
"Your Majesty, this is very important. It is best to have an investigation result before the salt reform policy is announced." Zhong Jinwei emphasized again.
Emperor Chongzhen saw that Zhong Jinwei was very concerned about this point, and knew that this must be important. So, he said to Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs: "Bi Qing, you must arrange a special person to investigate clearly all the matters mentioned by Master Zhong."
Bi Ziyan has always been dealing with numbers. Although he doesn't pay as much attention to it as Zhong Jinwei does, he still feels that this is still necessary. Besides, it was the emperor's request, so he quickly agreed.
Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment and then said to Wang Chengen, the admiral of Dongchang: "Dad companion, Dongchang also sent people to conduct an investigation. Finally, it will be combined with the investigation of the Ministry of Household Affairs for mutual confirmation."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Wang Chengen's agreement, he turned to Zhong Jinwei and said, "Master Zhong, do you think this arrangement is good?"
"Okay, okay, your Majesty is wise." Zhong Jinwei felt that Emperor Chongzhen's arrangement was very good, and he sincerely flattered the emperor.
"Then, ministers and ministers, do you have any other suggestions to make regarding this salt policy reform?" Emperor Chongzhen asked everyone.
"Your Majesty, the price of the previous warehouse notes has been falling because the court cannot pay for the salt. If the court announces that it will increase salt production, people who have received the news in advance will buy the warehouse notes that have fallen in price, causing the original warehouse notes to be held
The company suffered serious losses and caused dissatisfaction. Therefore, what I mean is that this salt policy reform needs to be kept secret. It will be announced in one fell swoop after it is officially implemented, and it cannot be copied to the official newspaper first."
Wen Tiren was very dissatisfied that the things that were still discussed in the court were copied to the newspaper and spread all over the world. Even the military intelligence reports from various places were copied all over the world at the first time. Taking this opportunity, Wen Tiren raised the issue of confidentiality.
This was the first time Zhong Jinwei heard that major events discussed in the ancient court would be reported at any time. This Ming Dynasty was too advanced!
So Zhong Jinwei asked Wen Tiren what was going on. Wen Tiren told him all his dissatisfaction.
Zhong Jinwei was shocked. No one with brains would do this. Some of them are state secrets, how could they be spread all over the world?
In fact, Zhong Jinwei didn't know that the Confucian scholars in the opposition were unwilling to be left alone and often commented on government affairs and national policies. One was to build prestige, and the other was to gather popularity and form gangs. The most outrageous thing was said to be the "rehabilitation" of Zhou Yanru in the late period of Emperor Chongzhen.
After assuming the position of chief minister, he was given a list to exclude dissidents in the court. From this, there is a folk saying that there were two emperors in the Chongzhen Dynasty, one in the Forbidden City and one in the southeast.
With such a huge demand for information, many people who sell information appeared, competing for speed. In addition, the civil servant group and the opposition Confucian scholars were inextricably linked. After going back and forth, there was news that Emperor Chongzhen had not yet learned.
It may have been leaked by the officials who handled it.
The famous saying of the Donglin Party members, "Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, concern about everything." is not without background. However, these people often have no political experience or practical experience. They can only talk verbally without taking responsibility, so they confuse public opinion.
This mess affected the officials in the court. Some people who could only talk and talk were able to become officials in the court through this accumulated reputation, and they brought this bad habit into the court. In the end, they became civil and military officials in the court who were capable and capable.
There are not many practical people.
Zhong Jinwei feels that this situation is a good thing if we consider this situation in the mature minzhu society of later generations, where each political party has its own program needs and represents a class and a region.
But now in the Ming Dynasty, only a certain proportion of people are literate. Those who are in opposition represent a very small group of people, or simply criticize the government indiscriminately for their own future interests. They have become a character who fails to achieve anything but fails.
But it cannot be denied that this is the germ of later political parties. Zhong Jinwei started to think divergently from Wen Tiren's words. He thought a little too much and decided to go back and sort it out to see how to guide it better.
However, it is necessary to talk about the confidentiality of policy and military information, so he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I also think that what Mr. Wen Ge said is reasonable. There is one thing that needs special attention here, that is, policy and military information
Such very important information needs to be kept confidential."
Emperor Chongzhen began to listen attentively to Zhong Jinwei's speech.
"Your Majesty, for example, if I were to build a captive army, I only need to send a few agents to the capital or within the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If I read the imperial newspaper, I would know the court trends of the Ming Dynasty and the military situation in various places. It is easy to do.
Know yourself and your enemy. How can the soldiers at the front defeat the enemy?"
This is an exaggeration, but the importance of intelligence cannot be denied.
"Also, those big salt merchants who have a lot of money will have to hear the details of the salt policy reform currently being discussed and know that it is not good for them. Will they pay the courtiers to influence this policy, modify it, or oppose it? This situation is possible.
Will it happen?"
Emperor Chongzhen knew that among his ministers, few were disciplined in attacking silver bullets. So, he said: "Okay, Master Zhong, I know this. This matter needs to be kept secret first. In addition, I
Next time, I will discuss with the six ministers and all cabinet ministers a confidentiality charter to classify various matters into confidentiality levels. Master Zhong, do you think this is appropriate?"
No one is stupid, and everyone in the court can draw inferences from one instance. Of course Zhong Jinwei has no objection.
Wen Tiren was very happy when he saw that his proposal was passed. The result was even better than he thought, thanks to Zhong Jinwei's push.
Now that the discussion on this matter was finished, Wen Tiren said to Emperor Chongzhen again: "Your Majesty, I have one more thing to say about the reform strategy of salt policy."