Li Yunze would not go back and forth with the salt merchants and have many rounds of overt and covert confrontations.
He pays attention to doing things neatly and neatly, cutting through the mess quickly. When the strength is strong enough, then crush it.
The emperor had great righteousness in his hands, but he didn't know that the sand sculpture he was using was a sand sculpture.
Since he is the emperor, he can use his imperial power to directly suppress it and sweep away all the demons and monsters to implement it.
You can rebel if you can.
Li Yunze was eager for them to rebel, so he just got a spoonful of it.
When it comes to money and materials, Li Yunze, who is backed by the modern world, has more money than these guys.
As for the powerful soldiers and horses, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years is still there, and soldiers and horses everywhere still obey the emperor in terms of civil and military affairs.
If they really dare to rebel, not many people will follow them.
Since there are so many advantages, Li Yunze must choose the simplest, most convenient and fastest way to solve the problem.
The annual salt sales revenue is 20 million taels.
No matter who you are, anyone who dares to steal this way of making money from him is a special member of the group!
"Long live!"
Xu Hongji, who was so anxious that he knelt down and saluted directly, "Many people are entangled in the matter of salt affairs. Even the palaces of vassals and princes in various places have salt guides! Long live the salt guides of the kings, too!"
This matter is Zhu Yuanzhang's fault.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was crazy about poverty when he was young, in order to get more money for his descendants, stipulated that a certain amount of salt should be distributed to the princes' palaces in various places every year to increase the income of the princes.
More than two hundred years have passed, and the feudal kings have already exceeded the prescribed quantity, selling salt and destroying the market.
The royal family and relatives took the lead in doing this, so the private salt dealers in various places naturally became more unscrupulous in selling private salt.
As for the so-called private salt dealers, their origins are very complicated.
Outlaws who work alone or in small groups, small businessmen and hawkers are all out of date.
The real big private salt dealers are all real official salt dealers, noble gentry and high officials from all over the country.
In their opinion, they can do whatever the princes can do.
Anyway, even if the sky falls, there will still be tall people holding on.
The result of these people being salt lords is that the official salt cannot be sold, and naturally they cannot collect much money from selling salt.
This is the real reason why the Ming Dynasty paid 20 million taels of salt every year, but the salt tax received by the court was only 670,000 taels.
Xu Hongji, who was furious and red-eyed, opened this layer of paper at this time, which was the last glimmer of hope for everyone present.
Even if he is an emperor, he cannot ignore his family ties.
If all the royal family members were offended, the world would be unstable.
If the royal family and relatives can pass the test, then they will have something to say.
These people have no perspective, and have no idea what kind of despair Ming Dynasty will face in the next ten years or so.
At that time, it didn’t matter what kind of vassal you were, you would be blessed with happiness, wealth and longevity.
Li Yunze, who knew this, never worried about them.
If it weren't for replacing Chongzhen, he wanted to save the Ming Dynasty. He had already gathered his team, smashed everything and started from scratch.
"Kings?" Li Yunze looked at the beauty of the garden in front of him, but what he was thinking about was how bloody and cruel it would be when the city of Yangzhou was destroyed.
"In my eyes, a vassal king who can protect the Ming Dynasty is a good vassal king. Those who harm the interests of the Ming Dynasty are all national thieves! I will never be soft on national thieves."
As soon as these words came out, there was silence on the platform. Everyone's hearts were filled with despair.
This emperor is so cruel, he doesn't even care about family ties.
"Xu Hongji."
After sighing with emotion, Li Yunze began to work: "I will remove you from the post of admiral of Jiangfang. From now on, all naval military and military posts in the south of the Yangtze River will be commanded by Cao Wenzhao. Are you willing to accept the order?"
The first thing to do is to seize military power everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River. There is no doubt about this.
Whether it is to facilitate future work or to reduce the damage to Jiangnan, gathering military power is what must be done.
Xu Hongji, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head to argue, and happened to see Luo Yangxing standing not far away with a ferocious smile on his face, his hand already holding the handle of the Xiuchun knife.
He suddenly came to his senses. The emperor had already made up his mind to attack them before going south!
There is no doubt that if he dares to say even half of the word 'no', then next year's day will be the death anniversary of his family.
The trembling Xu Hongji bowed his head and said, "I obey the order."
"You know what's going on." Li Yunze looked regretful. "In fact, after we crossed the river, Cao Bianjiao had already taken over Yingtianfu's city defense and navy with an imperial edict."
Many people on the platform suddenly turned pale. The emperor struck too quickly and too harshly.
"Wen Tiren, go handle the salt affairs."
Wen Tiren, who knew he was going to take the blame, also had no choice but to "accept the decree."
"Cao Wen issued an edict to seal the city and send out troops to destroy the salt lords everywhere."
Cao Wenzhao, who had already been prepared for the edict, immediately responded loudly, "Your Majesty, accept the order!"
"Luo cultivates his character, arrests people and interrogates them strictly."
"I accept the decree!" Luo Yangxing, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, waved his hand after receiving the decree, "Take it!"
A group of royal guards swarmed up and captured all the salt merchants and gentry.
Li Yunze pointed at the trembling Jiangnan civil and military officials and nobles with his hand, "You are with me and you are not allowed to leave without permission."
He knows very well what it means to shoot a man first, shoot a horse first, and to capture a thief first, capture the king.
With these people under control, even if Jiangnan wanted to cause chaos, they would not be able to find a few people with enough prestige to lead it.
There's nothing much to say, this group of people must be taken with you and brewed slowly one by one.
Anyway, there was Wei Ni's big basket before, and now there is the Yanwu pit. It is too easy to pretend to be someone.
Because these guys are not clean.
"Your Majesty~Your Majesty~~The common people have been wronged~~~"
Li Yunze, who strode off the platform with his hands behind his back, stopped when he heard the cry of injustice.
He turned his head and looked at Jiang Chun, whose nose was running with snot and tears. "Three months ago, I had sent Jin Yiwei and Dongchang personnel to investigate secretly."
He walked up to Jiang Chun, who was being held down by the Jin Yiwei, and looked down at him, "You are a salt merchant on the surface, but secretly you are the largest private salt dealer in Lianghuai. Do you think I don't know? You are already a salt dealer." You are blatantly selling it as an official!"
Raising his hand, he made a big move and slapped Jiang Chun down.
"Are you still shouting injustice? Don't insult the word injustice!"
"And you!"
He stretched out his hand and looked around at the many salt merchants and gentry, "They are using official salt channels to sell private salt one by one. It's really lawless!"
Li Yunze pointed his finger at the civil, military and nobles of Jiangnan, "You can feed them with money and beauties, but you can't feed me. I want them all!"
He left this scenic platform, leaving behind a large group of mourners.
No matter how famous or powerful these people were before.
But when faced directly with the pressure of imperial power, everything in the past became a joke.
With all the prominent figures in Jiangnan under control, it was already over.
That is, at this time, Li Yunze can still do it so smoothly.
If it were to be done after Hou Jin broke the barrier and completely shattered the last majesty of the Ming Dynasty, it would definitely cause huge waves.
Looking at Li Yunze's leaving figure, Gu Hengbo, who had been ignored, covered his heart, breathing rapidly and his cheeks were hot.
Of these people on the platform, in the past, every one of them was a big shot who could make Jiangnan tremble with just a stomp of his feet.
But at this time, in front of the emperor, they were as humble as ants.
Is this the power of the emperor?
Gu Hengbo was mentally shocked, and only Li Yunze's back was left in his eyes.
This is a kind of charm that completely surpasses that of talented and handsome scholars! The charm of a real man!
The bustling city of Yangzhou fell into unprecedented panic.
A large number of sergeants from the Longxiang Army, working with the Jinyi Guards, arrested people and ransacked their homes everywhere in the city.
Yangzhou City is the largest gathering place of salt owl in the entire Huaihe River area.
Most of the smugglers were brave men. The smugglers who did not want to be caught resisted desperately, and fierce battles broke out from time to time.
They dare to fight and fight hard, and their martial arts skills are also very good.
For example, the private salt team raised by Jiang Chun numbered in the thousands, and they were all desperadoes recruited from all over the world.
However, when the fight actually broke out, the situation was completely one-sided.
On the one hand, private salt dealers only have swords, guns, bows and arrows in their hands. It would be great to have a few crossbows.
As for armor or something, there is none at all.
It's not that I can't afford it, but which private salt dealer would wear bright armor to sell private salt? Isn’t this just a reminder to people in the government everywhere to come and arrest me~~~
In the Ming Dynasty, selling illegal salt was naturally a capital crime, but hiding armor was also punishable by beheading.
All Longxiang soldiers wear armor, and the coverage rate of iron armor is as high as over 70%.
It's not that Li Yunze can't buy enough armor, but that the crossbowmen and musketeers don't need them.
The huge gap in equipment is enough to determine victory or defeat.
What's more, the Long Xiang Army is an army, well organized, well trained, and has a reputation for righteousness.
Against those private salt dealers who fought solely with blood and courage, the battle was naturally one-sided.
The salt merchants in Lianghuai are all superficial salt merchants and salt lords secretly.
They use their identities as salt merchants to connect with others and gain channel share.
Then he uses his identity as a salt lord to sell private salt and earn huge wealth.
Because he has fed Jiangnan, he is completely careless and even blatant when doing things.
Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's spies easily found various warehouses storing salt.
Now, these warehouses are all targets.
In addition, the mansions, manors, and villas of the salt lords were all taken down.
Seeing the weeping families and children of the salt merchants being taken away, Li Yunze didn't feel the slightest sympathy.
While they were enjoying the luxurious life brought by illegal salt, they did not sympathize with the people of Ming Dynasty who suffered from illegal salt.
The salt merchants deliberately left the official salt in bad condition, causing no one to care about the official salt, and then sold the private salt at high prices to make wealth.
Their family's fine clothing and food were all derived from the hard-earned money of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
We have enjoyed the luxury of the people’s hard-earned money to buy salt, and now is the time to pay the due price.
The next thing will naturally be done by the ministers.
Li Yunze, who had been busy for most of the day, went to rest and sleep when he returned to Yanzheng Yamen.
When I woke up, it was already evening.
Wang Chengen, who came to serve, asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to pass on the meal?"
"No, you all get out."
Li Yunze knew very well that he had offended too many people by rectifying the salt affairs.
Cutting off people's money and money, when forced to a dead end, there are many people who dare to do things like "willing to cut themselves off, dare to pull down the emperor".
For his own safety, Li Yunze chose to go back to the modern world to eat.
After Wang Chengen and others went out, he changed his clothes and opened the time and space door, returning to the modern world.
As soon as he came out, he was in the warehouse he rented. Looking at the mountains of salt piled up in the warehouse, Li Yunze rubbed his chin and smiled.
"I'm just waiting for you to fight a salt war. I have unlimited bullets."
