With the authority of the police, everyone realized that this imperial envoy was not easy to mess with.
At the same time, pressure from local governments and the public suddenly came.
Everyone is lying on the Yan Zheng vine sucking blood, how can it be allowed to be easily broken?
For example, when he borrowed troops, he was immediately warned by the governor of Jiangsu that troops and horses should not be mobilized at will, especially for anti-smuggling. Are there still fewer salt soldiers in the three battalions in the salt field?
Zhu Jing had expected this and didn't care.
Because he has already achieved his goal.
The salt policy was full of shortcomings, but after the Salt Law was changed to the Salt Law, salt merchants were no longer an obstacle.
On the contrary, most small and medium-sized salt merchants who do not have adequate connections are willing to have the Yamen crackdown on smuggling to provide more markets for their salt sales.
Now that we have supporters, things will be easier to do.
Coupled with the prestige of the previous anti-smuggling operation, Zhu Jing immediately set her sights on the five bars and ten dams.
More than a dozen villages, thousands of people, and thousands of strong vampires constituted the biggest obstacle to transporting salt northward.
What is surprising is that Zhu Jing did not choose to be tough, but found another way:
Since this road is blocked, then find another way.
If the land route is blocked, use the water route; if the water route is blocked, take the land route.
Although it is not a straight line and the distance has expanded a lot, this cost is nothing compared to exploitation.
Because crossing these ten dams requires ten taels of silver for each salt introduction, and the market price of one salt introduction is only six taels and four cents.
There are nineteen salt fields in Huaibei, with an output of 600,000 taels. Just by crossing these five bars and ten dams, 6 million taels are lost.
Compared with this money, what is the cost of traveling?
In addition, due to the implementation of the official-supervised commercial operation model, all salt merchants must go to a certain distribution center to sell official salt.
For example, salt merchants in Huguang had to collect and distribute official salt in Hankou, so they were blackmailed by the yamen on the shore and related to salt transportation.
The carrier pays these people a fee called the box fee.
There are many places where this kind of rain and dew are evenly distributed, which has caused the price of official salt to remain low for a long time. It is still less than 20% to 30%, and at the highest it can be several times that.
The salt industry is like a big fat meat, everyone wants to take a bite.
For example, in Nanjing, when the price of salt was at its lowest, it cost one cent or two cents (one hundred and twenty cents) per catty, while the market price of salt was only twenty cents per catty.
The price of private salt is only forty or fifty cents, so it is naturally very popular.
Therefore, Zhu Jing no longer regards Hankou as a distribution center, but gathers them all in Yangzhou Prefecture to reduce exploitation and lower salt prices.
As soon as these plans came out, the official salt price plummeted, and it was rare to lose about a hundred yuan.
At the same time, the control over salt households has become more stringent. Rich salt is never allowed to be taken away or sold, and it is controlled from the source.
With a few measures, most of the shortcomings of the salt policy were immediately eliminated, and everyone praised its vigorous and resolute actions.
Of course, the conflicts are also fierce.
Not to mention those in the officialdom, they are all gentlemen, and no matter how much they gnash their teeth, they will never confront someone.
The unscrupulous people in Shidaoba, who were accustomed to reaping the benefits, immediately started to cause trouble and attacked the salt fields in various places, making it extremely noisy.
"The Sword Comes"
As a result, he was also labeled as a fool in officialdom.
Unfortunately, Zhu Jing didn't take it seriously.
His future is in the hands of the emperor, and there is no need to curry favor with the civil servants, let alone any taboos about reputation.
It is precisely because of this that he did not hesitate to instruct the salt soldiers to beat out these unruly people, injuring and killing dozens of people.
In just a few months, the output of Huai salt increased significantly, and the price of official salt fell by several percent, reaching the lowest level in history - 60 Wen per catty.
Price cut in half.
Even so, with the disappearance of private salt, the common people had no choice but to buy official salt, which led to a huge increase in expenditure and a lot of criticism.
By the end of the year, everyone in Yangzhou disliked him. The common people cursed secretly, the bureaucrats were unhappy, the big salt merchants cursed, and Zhu Jing almost offended everyone.
However, he did not put any thought into the floating money, and did not rule out the welfare of the salt patrol censor and the transfer envoy to the Yamen.
Because we have to rely on the Salt Transportation Yamen to run the salt administration, we can't do this kind of thing by letting the horses run and not eating grass.
It is precisely because of this that the price of salt has not fallen to the bottom and has remained high in a certain sense.
"Compared to a few months ago, salt merchants are more free and the price of salt has also fallen."
Zhu Jing looked on coldly, not caring about the outpouring of public opinion.
Next to him, Jin Yiwei Qianhu Chu Yu said softly: "The official salt sales are going smoothly. The quantity of salt is more than twice that of before. The salt price has increased greatly!"
"Yes, the imperial court's income has also increased significantly."
Zhu Jing chuckled and said, "If it lasts for a few years and becomes a habit, then someone will be considered blessed by great merit."
"Brother Zhu has a bright future, I admire him."
Chu Yu couldn't help but raise his glass, his face full of admiration.
He has done something like this at such a young age and is so simple in the emperor's heart. Who wouldn't fawn over him?
A bunch of short-sighted guys only know about money.
"No, I will keep Chu Qianhu's help in mind."
Zhu Jing also raised her glass in response.
In Beijing, after being covered with thick snow, the city turned white, and the Winter Solstice Festival also ended in a bustle.
This is a summary of Shaowu's five years, and it is also a reward.
Zhu Meng, Duke of Xuan Kingdom, was granted a title of eight thousand stones, and Enze's son was granted the title of baron.
An Guo Gong Li Jizu, Fu Guo Gong Chen Yongfu, Yi Guo Gong You Shiwei, and Yi Guo Gong Li Jingwu were all granted titles of eight thousand stones, and Enze's son was made a baron.
They all became a double noble family.
Liu Tingjie, the duke of Cheng, and Yan Guochao, the duke of Yong, were both awarded seven thousand stones by the Jin Dynasty and belonged to the second batch of the duke's team.
And Jinghou Wu Sangui, who was promoted to Duke Jingguo and had a salary of five thousand shi, was the third group.
In addition, Li Dingguo was promoted to marquis for his role in pacifying Yunnan and expelling Sun Kewang; Gao Yigong was promoted to marquis for conquering Turpan; You Shilu, Wang Shiguo, etc. were also promoted from earl to marquis.
Other important ones include the Korean War, Li Yingren was promoted to earl, and Li Chengdong was promoted to earl.
Due to the Battle of Liaodong, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses were mobilized, most of the Beijing camp was deployed, and countless achievements were made.
The number of earls exceeded sixty, the number of viscounts exceeded one hundred, reaching one hundred and ten, and the number of barons was one hundred and forty-five.
Together, the number of Dukes, Princes and Bozinan exceeded 400 people, which was a huge number.
Just to pay these people the annual salary, the court needs more than 500,000 silver coins every year.
Of course, if compared with the Qing Dynasty in history, it seems to be less. Excluding its clan, the number of meritorious officials and nobles exceeded one thousand. If the clan and Mongolian nobles were included, the number would be over two thousand.
In the Qing Dynasty, the clan clan was Jiang etc., while the civil nobility was hereditary.
For a time, many people were promoted and made a fortune, and even several cabinet ministers received rewards, in addition to promotions.
"Oh? Zhu Jing is quite noisy."
Reading the impeachment letter sent from the south, the emperor threw it aside without comment.
It's been a long time, and even the cabinet knows about him. It's just a routine to have two servings every day, which makes people aware.
