"In order to express gratitude for God's grace, he sacrificed his life to repay the favor, and prayed for the Holy Judgment to kill the traitors, clever and treacherous men, and the ambitious and traitorous ministers in the Qing Dynasty.
I observe that Yang Lin, who will serve as the prison chief, steals power, makes friends with powerful people, flatters the superiors, harms the country and harms the people, he is the greatest thief in the world!
Nowadays, among the thieves outside, Tong Guan is the most urgent, and among the thieves inside, Cai Jing is the most important. Tong Guan is Cai Jing’s minions, who else can he do without Yang Lin?
Power is the tool that a ruler uses to control the world. He cannot change it in one day. His subordinates cannot overstep it without even a hair.
Nowadays, Cai Jing has abused his power as prime minister, deceived the emperor, monopolized power and favored his parents, squandered money and harmed the people, destroyed the law and ruined the country, so that the officials in the world did not go out to the official department, but out of the Cai Mansion.
Tong Guan was in the northwest, pretending to be victorious on the border, thinking that he had achieved success. He promoted small groups, and easily appointed generals and officials to establish private parties.
When Yang Lin was in court, he repeatedly made slanderous remarks. He first started playing Cujutian, and then built a long-lived camp, stacking rocks to make mountains, consuming the national treasury, deceiving the Lord with clever words, and charming people with a black heart.
I feel that the emperor knows how generous I am and cannot bear to bear the burden, and I cannot forget the kindness of the emperor in rebirth. I am extremely grateful, so I will not avoid death. For this reason, I request that the three thieves be deposed and sent overseas."
After Cai Jing finished reading, he asked: "This is the memorial that Chen Dong, the censor Zhongcheng, gave in the hall today. What do you think, Wenyuan?"
What do I think? There is such a sensible person in the court, and he must not be left behind.
Of course, such heartfelt words can only be spoken in the heart and cannot be spoken out.
Yang Lin spread his hands and said: "Why should I care about my kindness? He is just a gossip. As long as the officials are not suspicious, we can rest easy."
Cai Jing laughed twice and asked: "Wenyuan, who do you think the official family is?"
"Uh, hey, I'm so serious about my kindness. How dare students speculate on the Holy One?"
Cai Jing glared at him and said, "Guan Jia is a very smart person, but he just doesn't want to use his intelligence where some people want him to use it."
Yang Lin broke out in a cold sweat, wiped his forehead, and asked, "What does Enxiang mean by saying that the students should stop first?"
"Absolutely don't do it. The arrow has already left the string and changed its path to hurt yourself. If you stop now, you will clearly tell others that you have second thoughts."
"Students understand."——
A memorial has achieved no effect, or in other words, no apparent effect.
As for what the emperor was thinking, no one knew, but Yang Lin suddenly woke up and realized that what he had done recently was a bit out of line. Even though Zhao Ji was mediocre, he was not an idiot.
Cai Jing, an old thief, indeed has some skills. He is still very immature in this regard. Only by asking him for advice can he do his job well as a traitor.
Wansui Construction was built in the east of Bianliang City, where water transportation was developed. Various ships on the Bianhe River transported materials from all over the country to Bianjing, and the flow of people was huge.
Yang Lin is sitting at the bottom. It's not that there is someone in the camp who is more senior than him, but Yang Tong is here.
Yang Tong settled the business in Yangzhou and came to Bianliang in person to help his son make plans.
"The carriage and horse business is easy to handle. We have several in the Yang family, and the scale is quite large."
Yang Lin smiled bitterly and said: "Dad, I'm afraid these few are not enough. What we want is horse and carriage shops all over the country."
Yang Tong didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "Lin'er doesn't know about the mall. This horse racing business can cooperate with us. I'm afraid it won't make me laugh out of my dreams. Most of the people driving the horse racing business are some powerful people in the local area. They just want to make a living.
On the white road, they have to spend money to clear the way, and on the underworld, they also need to spend money to buy peace. They are always accompanied by careful smiles, and they have to be made things difficult for them along the way.
Dad originally wanted to open up the water transport line between Suzhou and Bianliang, share a piece of Suzhou's weaving soup, and do it up and down. The prefect alone sent no less than 10,000 yuan. If these carriages and horses are willing to cooperate with us, they will provide money and goods, and we will pay.
People, they must not dare to make things difficult at various checkpoints, and they must not dare to charge more miscellaneous taxes. The money saved in this way is enough to make them tempted."
After all, he is a professional. Yang Lin was overjoyed and patted his thigh and said: "In this case, we still need merchant ships for water transportation. I don't know if this is also the case."
"What difference does that make?"
Chao Chaoli came in with two cups of tea and said: "Tiju, this time the officials did not send soldiers and horses. We have the men of the Long Live Battalion."
"It doesn't matter, we just recruit them ourselves. The imperial guards are all arrogant and powerful generals, and they are difficult to command at ordinary times. It is better to recruit them ourselves and use them smoothly."
Yang Tong hesitated to speak, but his son looked him in the face and asked, "If you have something to say, Dad, just say it."
"My father doesn't understand officialdom, just like Lin'er, you don't understand the ways of the shopping mall. If you say something wrong, you can't make fun of me. Why don't you recruit the people of the Long Live Battalion from our own company?"
Yang Lin knew his father's temperament well, and there must be something he had not finished saying, otherwise he wouldn't be so hesitant.
"Cha Li, please go and plan our start-up fund and how much money it will cost. I won't ask the court for this. I also want them to know my methods and reassure Your Majesty."
Wang Chaoli snorted and turned to leave. Yang Lin said, "Dad, if you have anything to say, can you say it now?"
"Lin'er, we can recruit some people. Dad has some friendship with them."
"Oh? Who?"
"Salt seller!"
Salt traders were a great group of people in ancient times. The entire Tang Empire was corrupted by a group of salt traders.
On the land of China, starting from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, salt could only be sold exclusively by the government. Because of this self-produced, self-operated and self-sold reason, a new industry was born at the same time: private salt
dealer.
Although private salt traders are profitable, they are in a very dangerous situation. If they are caught by the government, they can only stick out their heads and get stabbed. Just look at the ancient laws and you will know. The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that anyone who smuggles a stone of salt will be sentenced to death.
.One stone is more than a hundred kilograms. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, private salt dealers were beheaded once they were caught, no matter how much.
The Song Dynasty was the most benevolent and abolished the death penalty, but it also imposed heavy penalties. Salt trafficking gangs along the coast in Zhejiang and other places were even more arrogant, and even formed an operating system of production, trafficking, distribution, supply, and security. First of all, the coastal salt people's association provided them with
Cheap salt products, and then the salt is sailed offshore to other coastal provinces by sea-going ships. There are also small boats prepared at the river estuary, responsible for river transportation and terminal sales, and then the money obtained is turned over and distributed uniformly by the gang.
These salt-trafficking gangs even established their own production and living bases on coastal islands, and engaged in long-term armed confrontation with the Song Dynasty. The government was unwilling to provoke them. First, these private salt traders were desperadoes, and the result of their eradication might be that both sides would suffer.
Second, if there is no obstruction, they are just selling salt for profit and will not disturb social order too much. Third, and most importantly, catching "salts" is not profitable, it is just hard work and may offend "salts".
The whole family can't survive!
Yang Lin's eyes gradually became playful, and Yang Tong smiled sheepishly and said, "Why else do you think dad could start a business so quickly? You were making copper coins that day. It's not as easy for a poor man to turn around."
Salt dealers are experts who travel all over the country. They are alert, capable and experienced, and are born to be spies.
The waves are raging, and those who are unqualified have long been caught and raped, while the rest are elites.
This is indeed a suitable candidate. Yang Lin asked: "Dad, who were you among them?"
Yang Tong's face turned red, and his tone was a little twitchy as he said, "Back then, they called me the Salt Prince of Lianghuai."