Li Ding slowly took out the folded paper hidden in his sleeve, and then presented it in his hand.
"The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Emperor, have been ordered to investigate the pros and cons of the Horse Protection Law on the East and West Roads in Beijing. This has now been written..."
"The Empress Dowager Fu Qi, the Empress Dowager, the Emperor Yu Lan..."
Therefore, Liang Weijian, a minister beside the Empress Dowager, walked to the palace at the instruction of the Empress Dowager, took Li Ding's letter, and carried it into the curtain.
The Empress Dowager opened it and took a look. After reading only a few lines of words, her expression changed drastically.
"Long Tu, the horse protection method on Jingdong Road, is it really so?"
Really, the content of Li Ding’s report is too shocking!
Li Ding held the fluorene and bowed before him, confidently saying: "What I said in the letter is false, but one word is false. I beg you to kill Xuande's disciples!"
The Queen Mother immediately sighed, lowered her head, and continued to read what Li Ding had written.
She looked at it for almost two quarters of an hour, and looked at it several times before saying to Liang Weijian: "Take it to the Empress Dowager to see!"
Even though she has lived in a deep palace since she was a child, she doesn't know the sufferings of the people.
But I also know some common sense and common sense.
For example, she at least knows that it takes time for a horse to grow up.
The horse protection method on the East and West Road in Beijing is completely contrary to common sense.
Empress Dowager Xiang got the letter, read it briefly, and said to the Empress Dowager: "Mother, the Emperor Daxing issued an explicit decree last year to use Jingdong Road and Jingdong East Road to protect the armor and protect the horse, and use Jingdong Road to limit the number of horses and armor."
Ten years, Beijing East-West Road is limited to fifteen years..."
"These rebellious ministers dare to blatantly disobey the imperial edict of Emperor Daxing, compete to win over the common people, and disrupt the laws of the country. It is really unforgivable!"
With that said, she ordered Yan Shouqin beside her: "Take this to Brother Six to have a look at!"
Therefore, Li Ding's petition was sent to Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu took it over, put it in front of him, and read it again. To be honest, Li Ding's report was well written.
Not only is the data detailed, it also lists specific cases one by one.
Although it is just a simple text description, there are no diagrams and no intuitive local scene pictures.
But it still opened the lid of Jingdong Road.
Once the cover is opened, the dirt hidden inside will be exposed to the sun.
Therefore, Zhao Xu raised his head and expressed his position softly: "How dare these cruel officials blatantly disobey the emperor's will and turn the original laws of loving and protecting the people into such laws that harm and harm the people!"
"It's really hateful!"
After saying that, he stood up, bowed deeply to the two palaces inside the curtain, and said, "I beg my mother, my mother, to investigate this matter thoroughly!"
"We must not allow these rebellious ministers and cruel officials to harm our father's reputation and his virtue!"
"If this is the case, my son is unfilial! I will see my father in the Jinling Palace without a face!"
As he spoke, he knelt down.
In fact, what Zhao Xu knows is that his father may know something about the situation on Jingdong Road.
but……
Wu Juhou can really make money!
And it’s not just a little bit, it’s a lot of money!
That’s one to two million yuan per year!
Before Wu Juhou took office, the combined annual salt, iron, tea and commercial taxes of Jingdong Road could contribute more than 200,000 yuan to less than 300,000 yuan to the country.
When Wu Juhou took office in the third year of Yuanfeng, his contribution exceeded 500,000 yuan that year, which was doubled.
Yuanfeng's four years, five years, and six years have reached new highs year after year.
In the seventh year of Yuanfeng, he was the best in the world and became the leader of the twenty-four transshipment envoys of the Song Dynasty!
Moreover, while making such extraordinary achievements, Wu Juhou and his Jingdong transfer envoy system were also responsible for the Baojia rewards of the entire Hedong Road, the archer rewards of Shaanxi Road, and the Baojia method of buying horses including Hedong and Hebei.
Fees and part of the military and civilian rewards on Fuyan Road and Huanqing Road.
This is Heshen of the Song Dynasty!
How could Zhao Xu's father not like it?
So how did Wu Juhou do it?
Simple, just two words: Baker.
If you don’t understand, then in modern terms it is: adding layers of weight!
Just like what Li Ding’s investigation report said.
Zhao Xu's father, the emperor, ordered Wu Juhou to implement the "Bao Jia Bao Ma" method advocated by him and his capable general Huo Xiang on Jingdong Road and Jingdong East Road in February last year.
Originally, the emperor's decree set a deadline of ten years for Jingdong Road and fifteen years for Jingdong East Road.
At the same time, according to Wu Juhou's suggestion, seven burdens were exempted from the people of Jingdong Road and Jingdong East Road.
In addition, each horse will be paid ten thousand to the horse-raising household as a fee.
Normally, if this were the case, the people might not suffer too much.
Even if you suffer a loss, you can still endure it by pinching your nose.
After all, they were allowed to use the horses raised by the imperial court for themselves - they were just prohibited from leaving the jurisdiction of their own road.
But the question is, if this is the case, how can it appear to be Wu Juhou's method? How can it achieve results?
Therefore, Wu Juhou made a super double backhand and assigned the task to Huo Xiang and Lu Gongya, who were responsible for the Jingdong Road and Jingdong East Road Baojia Baoma method.
Eight years on Jingdong Road and 12 years on Jingxi Road!
After Huo Xiang and Lu Gongya returned, of course they followed suit and made another super double on their backhand.
Six years, ten years!
How can the people below follow the wishes of their superiors when promoting?
Five years, seven years!
Compete with each other, compete with each other.
How can the horse protector bear this?
Before the foal even had time to get off, they had to return the horse!
How much is the market price of a horse?
The government said it was twenty-seven thousand, but any fool knows that the market price must be higher than this price.
Therefore, this so-called "Bao Jia Bao Ma" law is a policy to squeeze people's wealth.
It's not for raising horses at all.
But to take away the wealth that they have worked so hard to save from the people!
This policy was only implemented last year. Otherwise, as conflicts accumulate, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang may emerge from Jingdong Road and Jingdong East Road.
wrong!
Zhao Xu thought of the historical materials he had read in modern times.
He knew that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang should be coming out soon.
Because the method of protecting armor and protecting horses is just the end of the madness of Wu Juhou and his Jingdong Road Transport Secretary, not the beginning.
Before that, they had offended all the people on Jingdong Road and Jingxi West Road, from the richest households to the poorest customers.
The so-called Jingdong iron horse, Fujian tea method, and Jiangxi salt method are the three evils of Yuanfeng recognized by the modern Song history research community.
It is also believed by many to be the main culprit for the failure of Wang Anshi's reform.
Zhao Xu thought about what Wu Juhou did on Jingdong Road and Jingdongxi Road, and shook his head in his heart and sighed: "The method is too crude, too simple, and too primitive!"
"How can you make money like this?"
"The method is wrong and the path is wrong!"
"Let me wait a few years before I can discuss the matter with Aiqing face to face!"
Although Wu Juhou is a cruel official, he is also a capable official who can do things and do good things!
During the Shaosheng period, Wu Juhou was in the hands of Zhao Xu and served as the transshipment envoy to Jiang, Huai, Jing, and Zhejiang. He was in charge of the six southeastern water transportation routes, and also controlled tea, salt and other matters.
Just did a great job.
Maybe he learned the lesson from Jingdong Road, so Wu Juhou didn't squeeze the local people so much that time.
Instead, he began to care about civil affairs and did many things that benefited the country and the people.
Dredging canals, digging water conservancy projects, and irrigating land have gained a good reputation in the local area, and local people have built temples for them.
On the contrary, even after more than ten years, people on Jingdong Road are still frightened when they hear the name of Wu Juhou and Wu Dunlao.
Now that Zhao Xu has returned from his studies, of course he must give Wu Juhou a good education.
Make money, make money, don't squeeze the common people like beans.
Who can help me cultivate the land, do business, and serve as soldiers to fight the war?
…
The emperor knelt down.
The two palaces behind the curtain immediately stood up.
"Hurry up and help the officials!"
Therefore, Liang Weijian and Yan Shouqin, the ministers around the two palaces, walked out of the curtain and helped the kneeling Zhao Xu up.
"Don't worry, Sixth Brother, the Queen Mother will definitely not burden these ministers with the name of Emperor Daxing!" He first assured the Queen Mother.
"The officials can rest assured, I will never allow the holy virtue of Emperor Daxing to be harmed by others!" the Empress Dowager also assured.
Zhao Xu shed tears and bowed and thanked him again. Then he was supported and sat on the throne again, wiped away his tears and regained his composure.
Li Ding in the palace was a little frightened at this moment.
He swallowed, knowing that he had to be careful when he spoke.
He must pass all the blame on Wu Juhou and others in the following duel.
We must also find a way to deal with other matters on Jingdong Road.
Especially the chaos on Quetie and Queyan completely wiped out the Daxing Emperor.
Otherwise, not only the young master will not let him go, but the two palaces will not let him go either!
Who dares to accuse the emperor of being unfilial?
