Chapter 327

If Zhang Hao wants to rectify the salt business, if he wants to recover the salt intake controlled by the salt merchants, he needs to let them cause big enough trouble. Moreover, those salt merchants dare to unite and control the market now, that's OK. Isn't this the root cause of the chaos in the Ming Dynasty?

The key is that those salt merchants controlled a large amount of land, united with the King of Jin, and basically controlled the land in Shanxi. Even in other places, they also controlled a large amount of land. The land annexation was serious, and this matter must be resolved as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably become chaotic by then.

"That sir, what do we do next?" Chen Lian looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"You just continue to interrogate. In addition, you start to focus on those pig iron matters. If you have any situation, report to me at any time. What about me? I need to wait for news now!" Zhang Hao said to Chen Lian with a smile.

"Yes, sir!" Chen Lian bowed and said immediately. Soon, Chen Lian went out.

The next morning, after Zhang Hao got up, he sat in the living room and ate breakfast, and then continued to see what confessions were.

In the capital, Hu Zongxian has been setting off for more than an hour. This time he serves as the salt inspector, although he is a low-level member.

But he knew that as long as he did this, he still had to upgrade to the fifth grade. It was just because he had improved before, so he would not be so fast now and he still needed to do things by himself. This time, Zhang Juzheng also had to follow him, and they wanted to assist Zhang Hao in doing things.

"This time it's very dangerous. If it's not handled properly, maybe Lu Anhou will be in trouble!" Hu Zongxian rode on the horse and said to Zhang Juzheng.

"Well, the interests of the salt merchants are the interests of many ministers in the court. Although Zhang Hao had arrested many people before, they have not yet dispatched people who are really powerful. This time, we must persuade Mr. Lu An to not be reckless. Although Mr. Lu An is capable, these abilities are still protected by the emperor, otherwise it would be difficult!" Zhang Juzheng nodded and said.

"I don't agree with you saying this. Mr. Lu An is a person with real skills. Otherwise, he would not have come to this point. Do you think anyone can gain the trust of the emperor? Do you know that I still have a letter from the emperor to Mr. Lu An?" Hu Zongxian shook his head and looked at Zhang Juzheng and said.

"Ah, the emperor has only been writing a letter to Mr. Lu An, how many days have you been?" Zhang Juzheng looked at Hu Zongxian in surprise and asked.

"I guess he was telling Mr. Lu An how to handle the errand of salt and iron tea. Think about it, except Yan Song, who is trusted by Zhang Hao, but now Emperor Yan Song doesn't believe it anymore, just believe Zhang Hao. So far, have you said that Zhang Hao has ever been corrupt? Who has taken money and done things for whom? He has arrested so many corrupt officials now, which gives me some hope of recovery in the Ming Dynasty. I really hope that Mr. Lu An will continue to kill like this. If he keeps killing like this, my Ming Dynasty will have hope of revival!" Hu Zongxian rode on a horse and looked into the distance and said.

"Well, that's right, I just don't know if Mr. Lu An can withstand this time!" Zhang Juzheng nodded, a little worried about Zhang Hao.

"Support it? Who can shake Lu Anhou? He is the Qianhu of the Jinyiwei, the commander of the Jinyiwei, or the general, the general of the Imperial Guard. Now he is the imperial envoy for the reorganization of the salt and iron tea. He holds absolute power in his hand, which is greater than the power of the cabinet. There is absolutely no problem for whom he wants to kill, and even kill a prince, there will be no major problems. At most, he will be exempted from some useless positions.

But there will definitely be no problem with the title of Mr. Lu An. You don’t know that since Zhang Hao arrived at the Danfang, the emperor changed and began to rectify the court. From last year to now, you know how many corrupt officials have been killed. How many positions are vacant in the capital? Now everyone hopes to go up.

However, I don’t know how Lu Anhou arranged the two of us. There were so many vacant positions, so I don’t know why he didn’t arrange them for us!” Hu Zongxian had never considered this clearly, but this time he arranged a good position for himself, the Yan Yushi, who specialized in managing Shanxi.

The salt merchants in Shanxi controlled nearly half of the salt in the entire Ming Dynasty. This position is very important, but he doesn't know what the future will be like.

When it was dark, they rode their horses to Taiyuan, and changed three horses at the inn on the way, hoping to get to Taiyuan quickly. After arriving in Taiyuan, they found out where Zhang Hao was and went to visit immediately.

"Please!" Zhang Hao said happily when he heard the notification from the people outside. Soon, the two of them came in.

"Hahaha, okay, I thought you would be here tomorrow, why did you come today?" Zhang Hao said with a smile and holding their hands.

"Mr. Lu An, we dare not delay. We were tired of riding a horse in the middle. We let the horse walk slowly for a while, and we were running fast and fast. Now both spans are painful!" Hu Zongxian also explained to Zhang Hao with a smile.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, haven't eaten yet, come here, prepare the meal immediately!" Zhang Hao said happily, and then asked them to sit down. Neither of them sat down and wanted to stand for a while. They had been riding a horse today for too long.

"Okay, you can stand. I'll tell you about the current situation here and how to change the situation for salt. You two need to do this now. Now Hu Zongxian, you are the salt inspector of Shanxi, this is just a temporary position. Zhang Juzheng, you come here now, and you will also make a temporary transition. At that time, Hu Zongxian, I'm going to let you serve as the prefect of Taiyuan. This is a fourth-rank position, and Zhang Juzheng, I'm going to let you serve as the deputy envoy of the Dushi Salt Transportation Envoy, and you are from the fifth-rank position!" Zhang Hao sat there and looked at the two of them and said.

"Ah!" The two of them looked at Zhang Hao in shock. At this moment, Hu Zongxian was equivalent to crossing the fifth and fourth grade levels and directly entering the fourth grade. If Zhang Juzheng had crossed the sixth grade position and directly entering the fifth grade position,

"For the time being, I am the appointed deputy envoy for the time being, but it is not ruled out that I will serve as Tongzhi. If I serve as Tongzhi, then I will be in the fourth rank position. However, I have a little requirement. If I have no money, you can borrow it from me, but you are not allowed to make money. If I know, I will not let you go. I don't have to wait for the emperor to issue an imperial edict. I will kill you two first!" Zhang Hao looked at them and said.

"Sir, we dare not!" The two of them immediately bowed their hands, very excited.

"In the past few days, Zhang Juzheng, you have assisted Hu Zongxian in handling the salt matter. Now we have more than 400 tents of salt on our hands. I will tell you how to send it out and send it to the place. You will be very busy these days. From then on, you can only sell salt in the government and set up salt selling points in various places.

It is necessary to ensure that the people in all regions have enough salt, and they are not allowed to sell it or raise the price. This price will be announced nationwide at that time. We will charge money according to a certain discount ratio, but we will still check the accounts. No matter how much salt is sold or how much, those who sell salt cannot take away the money, and they can only pay in the court!" Zhang Hao sat there and explained to the two of them.

"This, sir, the benefits of this move are huge!" Hu Zongxian looked at Zhang Hao in shock when he heard this. He said that the salt merchants used to sell money, but now they have all taken them all, so there are more people who will offend them.

"How many years can I survive in the Ming Dynasty if I don't touch the interests of those people? The Ming Dynasty looks okay now, but there have been no rebellions in that year. Every year, people will rebel. Once the court is negligent, it will be a chaos. No matter who I offend or who I touch, I will not care about whose interests I have touched. This money is from the court, and no one can move it!" Zhang Hao said excitedly at this moment.

"Sir, if this is the case, you need to be mentally prepared!" Zhang Juzheng stood there, reminding Zhang Hao.

"What are you mentally prepared?" Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked. Zhang Juzheng looked at Hu Zongxian, then looked at Zhang Hao and said, "Those ministers will not let you go by then. The benefits of salt are not only obtained by salt merchants, but many officials in the court have obtained it. If they are taken back to the court now, they will work hard!"

"I'm afraid they will fight to the death, but I'm afraid they won't dare to come. As long as they dare, you can see how I deal with them. You don't have to worry about these things. Just handle this matter well. If someone stops you, come and tell me. I'll deal with them at that time!" Zhang Hao said to the two of them.

"Yes!" The two of them nodded.

"Well, I will write down the specific structure after rectifying the salt business. I will leave it to you. You can build it according to the structure!" Zhang Hao continued to look at them and said.

"Yes!" the two of them bowed again.

"By the way, I almost forgot. This was a letter that the emperor asked me to bring to you!" At this time, Hu Zongxian thought that he had not completed his mission, so he immediately took out the letter and handed it to Hu Zongxian with both hands.

"Sir, I really forgot. I deserve to die!" Hu Zongxian immediately bowed his hand and said to Zhang Hao.

"Don't make such a mistake next time. If someone outside knows it, you will be dead if you impeach me!" Zhang Hao glanced at Hu Zongxian, then took the letter, looked at Zhuqi, then opened it, and looked carefully. Jiajing wrote a lot to Zhang Hao in the letter.

It clearly told Zhang Hao that this time, Zhang Hao must completely solve the problem of Shanxi salt merchants. At the same time, suppressing King Jin, the wings of King Jin must be cut off. At the same time, more than half of the land controlled by King Jin will be taken back, and whether it is distributed to the people or sold to the people, Zhang Hao will do this according to the situation.
Chapter completed!