Chapter 395 Master, Don’t Be Used as a Gun (Please Subscribe)

It's late summer and early autumn, and the weather is still hot, making people anxious.

The current emperor suddenly and frequently summoned his close ministers for small meetings, which immediately aroused great attention in the court.

The cabinet bosses are quite dissatisfied. What do you want to do, the current emperor?

Is there anything that cannot be said openly and openly, but must be ‘planned’ through small meetings?

Do you have a problem with them, the cabinet bosses, that you don’t want to play with them?

I don’t know if I felt the dissatisfaction of the cabinet bosses now, but later they were indeed included in the group that held a small meeting.

Then, the breaking news came out.

Now he actually wants to sell his private salt share directly to a group of royal family members at a price of two million taels of silver per year.

According to today's theory, the royal clan has mastered the method of drying sea salt and can provide massive amounts of low-grade sea salt so that all common people can afford salt.

This alone is a great deed of immeasurable merit!

The most important thing is that the price of the sea salt provided by the royal clan is so low that it is even cheaper than the private salt sold everywhere. It is too exaggerated.

How could the cabinet bosses agree? Isn’t this nonsense?

The reason is easy to find. The dignified royal family members actually want to compete with private salt dealers for business. Did we hear wrongly, or have the world become completely unfamiliar?

In short, this matter has seriously damaged the face of the royal family and must not be done.

At the same time, such news spread completely among the powerful, naturally causing an uproar.

Did you make a mistake? The royal family members want to get involved in the private salt business. Are they crazy for money?

People like Master Zheng, who had nothing to do with private relationships, shook their heads and sighed after hearing the news, and said in front of Jia Huan: "It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this!"

Anyway, one stone stirs up a thousand waves!

Many officials related to Yanli were fully prepared to stop it.

It is a pity that this matter has not been directly discussed openly today.

Seeing the current emperor's behavior, many courtiers breathed a sigh of relief, and obviously they also knew what was going on. Knowing that it was unlikely to pass, I simply didn't bother with it.

Otherwise, there will definitely be a bloody storm in the court!

The connections between salt and profit are huge, and if one mistake is made, it will cause turmoil in the DPRK. It is really no joke.

However, before the courtiers could be completely relieved, another even more exciting news came out.

The current emperor is still unwilling to accept the private share of salt. This time, he wanted to increase the revenue of the treasury from other aspects.

The fire consumption returns to the public!

Officials and gentry all receive their food as one!

No matter which one is implemented, it will be an earth-shattering event!

It can be said that it can directly shake the foundation of the country!

Of course, the current emperor also did not bring it up for discussion. He only let it out through certain channels to see the reaction of the courtiers.

As a result, I naturally saw the fierce reaction of the courtiers!

What a joke, once these two policies are implemented, the courtiers will really lose their fundamental interests.

Why are the local squire families so arrogant at this time? Isn't it just because they are eligible for tax exemption?

Not to mention, it is a matter of course that officials are exempt from tax. But now the emperor wants to break this tradition. Which vested interest class can bear it?

As for the matter of returning Huo Hao to the public, it is also quite difficult.

That affects the fundamental interests of the officials. Who knows what serious consequences it will cause?

Not to mention others, even within the Ning Rong Second Mansion, there was a lot of discussion about this matter.

The masters could still sit still, but some of the children couldn't help it anymore and began to say strange things in an angry manner.

Recently, because of his marriage to Lin Daiyu and the request of the second master Zheng, Jia Huan often came over to talk and talk about things. When he heard the rumors in the mansion, he immediately informed the second master Zheng.

"Master, the sons of these families in this house are too courageous!"

"The current emperor is just blowing the air and has not issued a formal decree. The sons and daughters of the family in the palace dare to make random remarks about the evil and strange things. If the current spies hear it, wouldn't it be the master of the city who takes the blame in the end? That would be unfair, right? ?”

"Besides, aren't we rich and powerful people who own a lot of land the ones who should be anxious about this kind of thing? Who can show them their anxious imitations?"

After hearing these words, Mr. Zheng's face turned dark, and a rare look of coldness appeared on his face.

"Brother Huan, you are right. Some families in the house have children and they really need to be rectified!"

"Otherwise, I, the head of the family, will be responsible for whatever they cause!"

"Even if they do this, it will affect the queen in the palace. We must not tolerate it!"

After all, Mr. Zheng had been practicing in the officialdom for many years, so he could still tell whether Jia Huan's words were alarmist.

He even drew inferences from one instance and implicated Yuanchun in the harem.

Not to mention, if the nonsense about the birth of a child in the mansion were really heard today, Yuanchun, who had successfully given birth to a prince and was promoted to a concubine, would definitely be affected.

Of course, Mr. Zheng probably also wants to talk about Yuanchun, otherwise the old lady and Mrs. Wang will not pay attention to it at all, and they will not easily go to war against the children in the house.

This time, he was really angry!

Jia Huan is not surprised at all. It would be strange if Master Zheng was not angry.

Although Mr. Zheng is pedantic and dull, that is because of his behavior and his official habits.

In essence, he is an out-and-out son of a powerful man!

How could he tolerate a servant in the family who did something wrong, but need him as the master to take the blame?

Jia Huan guessed it right. After Mr. Zheng told the old lady and Mrs. Wang about the matter, he got the two people's extreme attention. Then at least hundreds of children in the mansion were sent out of the city. Zhuangzi went to 'study'.

Among them, there are many ordinary and respectable family members, and there are even old ladies and Mrs. Wang who work for them, but this time they are all unlucky.

Who told them that they were so ignorant that they dared to talk nonsense about the emperor?

Compared to the empress in the palace, what does it mean to have children from a few confidants?

If the old lady hadn't been older, and Mrs. Wang wasn't too young either, and they didn't have the idea of ​​​​killing people easily, it would have been hard to say whether the children of these families would have been able to get out alive.

Jia Huan just stood outside and watched all this indifferently, without saying any nonsense.

The family in Rongfu should have been rectified long ago. There are many dishonest people in it.

Of course, he had no intention of actively participating. Aunt Zhao was still living in the house.

As for Yuanchun, at the end of spring, she successfully gave birth to a prince, who happened to be the nineteenth among the princes. This shows that there are so many princes under her knees today.

Because of this, Yuanchun did not encounter any conspiracy during her pregnancy and delivery.

After all, there are so many princes under his knees today, and there are only a few of them who are adults. Yuanchun's own status was just like that, so the birth of the Nineteenth Prince would naturally not attract too much attention.

Even when the Nineteenth Prince was born, there was no big banquet in the palace, just a few small tables and a drink with the concubines.

It was just as usual that she was promoted to the rank of Yuanchun and became an official concubine.

On the Rong Mansion side, the old lady and Mrs. Wang were so happy that they wanted to beat gongs and drums to announce it to the world. They even took the initiative to set up a running water mat for seven days, which was quite heroic.

There are so many smart people in the capital, how can they not see what the old lady and Mrs. Wang are thinking?

It's just wishful thinking, and it doesn't matter how old the Nineteenth Prince is at this time.

Of course, the Nineteenth Prince of the Emperor also had his own advantages. His maternal grandfather's family was very powerful and had a very strong influence in the military.

If you can be a prince with peace of mind in the future, your life will definitely be quite moist and carefree.

Without further ado, after the unrest in the house has been cleared up, Mr. Zheng can safely ask Jia Huan what he thinks of the wind blowing today.

"Master, does our government care about the land tax that needs to be paid on the fields every year?"

Jia Huan smiled and said, "I don't care anyway!"

Mr. Zheng Er was stunned for a moment and said subconsciously: "You really don't need to care too much!"

"Then what else is there to say!"

Jia Huan said with a smile: "Then just pay taxes and food according to the rules!"

Seeing that the second master Zheng had a tangled look on his face, as if he had something to say that he was unhappy about but couldn't say, he said funnyly: "Master, we have nothing to say, let's just follow the crowd!"

“I always feel like something is wrong, but I can’t tell what is wrong!”

Mr. Zheng Er smiled bitterly and said: "Since you said so, then let nature take its course!"

Seeing his sad expression, Jia Huan felt quite funny.

How could he not understand what Mr. Zheng was struggling with?

But I just felt that the Rong Mansion was a high-ranking family, and I was a dignified official of the third rank. It was hard to accept that I had to pay taxes and food like ordinary people.

As for paying taxes and grain to the court, he was not opposed to it and had no intention of safeguarding his own interests. Just as Jia Huan asked, how much is the output of the field, and how much field tax can be paid?

For Rongfu, it was nothing at all, it was just a difficult situation in his heart.

"Master, it seems that the current emperor wants to do something great!"

Jia Huan changed the topic and reminded: "Otherwise, we wouldn't have been exposed continuously. It's all to increase revenue for the national treasury. I should be able to understand this clearly!"

Mr. Zheng Er nodded to express his approval. The purpose of the current emperor's continuous secrecy is easy to guess.

If it were ten years ago, or even before he presided over the collection of money owed to the national treasury, he would have scorned the current performance and felt that money is too important today.

But now, Master Zheng has a clear understanding of the importance of money.

Under such circumstances, it was very simple and easy for Jia Huan to persuade him: "Master, no matter what we want to do this time, we should not jump out and express our stance easily!"

"Anyway, whether it's private money or whether officials and gentry pay for it together, it has little to do with us!"

"I'm worried that someone will trick the master into putting pressure on today. This is no joke. Maybe today will hold grudges for the rest of his life and settle accounts later!"

When Mr. Zheng Er heard this, his face suddenly turned pale and he nodded repeatedly to express his understanding.