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, and His Majesty the Emperor have been commissioned to investigate the pros and cons of the Horse Protection Law on the East and West Roads in Beijing. It has now been written..."
"The Empress Dowager Fu Qi, the Empress Dowager, the Emperor Yu Lan..."
Therefore, Liang Weijian, the chamberlain 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 that really the case?"
Really, the content of Li Ding's report was 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 Empress Dowager 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 Roads 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 the Jingdong Road and Jingdong East Road to protect the armor and protect the horse, and use the Jingdong Road to limit the Ten years, the 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!"
After saying that, she ordered Yan Shouqin beside her: "Take this to Brother Six and have a look!"
As a result, 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, but also specific cases are listed.
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 lifted, 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 law of loving and protecting the people into such a law that harms and harms the people!"
"It's really hateful!"
After saying that, he stood up and bowed deeply to the two palaces inside the curtain: "I beg my great mother and queen to investigate this matter thoroughly!"
"We must not let these rebellious ministers and cruel officials 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, Zhao Xu knew that his father might know something about the situation on Jingdong Road.
but……
Wu Juhou can really make money!
And not just a little bit, but a lot of money!
That’s one to two million yuan per year!
Before Wu Juhou took office, Jingdong Road could only contribute more than 200,000 yuan to less than 300,000 yuan a year, including salt, iron, tea and commercial taxes.
In the third year of Yuanfeng, Wu Juhou took office, and his contribution exceeded 500,000 yuan that year, which was doubled.
Yuanfeng reached new highs in four, five, and six years in a row.
In the seventh year of Yuanfeng, he became the best in the world and became the leader of the 24 transfer 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 for the entire Hedong Road, the archer rewards for Shaanxi Road, and the Baojia method for 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 as 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 right-hand man Huo Xiang on Jingdong Road and Jingdong West 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 was 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 that Wu Juhou is using methods? How can we 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?
They had to return the horse before the foal even had time to get off!
How much is the market price of a horse?
The government said it was twenty-seven thousand, but any fool knew that the market price must be higher than that.
Therefore, this so-called "Bao Jia Bao Ma" law is a policy to squeeze people's wealth.
Not for breeding 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 Jingdongxi 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 culprit behind 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 southeast water transportation routes, as well as tea, salt and other matters.
Just doing a great job.
Maybe he learned the lesson from Jingdong Road, so Wu Juhou didn't squeeze the local people 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 in their honor.
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, he must of course educate Wu Juhou.
Make money, make money, don't squeeze the common people like beans.
Who can help me farm, do business, or serve as a soldier in 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.
"Sixth Brother, don't worry, the Queen Mother will definitely not burden these ministers with the holy name of Emperor Daxing!" He gave the first assurance to the Queen Mother.
"Officials, please rest assured, I will never allow the holy virtue of Emperor Daxing to be harmed!" 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 speaking.
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 things on Jingdong Road.
In particular, the chaos that occurred at Quetie and Queyan 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?
(End of chapter)
