The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The ruler, the tool used by the ruler to rule the world, cannot be moved down in a day.The ministers should not overstep without a hair.

Today, Cai Jing is abusing the power of the prime minister, deceiving the emperor, monopolizing power over the family, harming the people with money, corrupting the law and ruining the country, so that the officials of the world do not come out of the Ministry of Officials, but come out of Cai's house.

Tong Guan is in the northwest, playing frontier victories in vain, thinking that he has made great achievements.To attract small groups, it is easy to set up generals and officials to plant private parties.

When Yang Lin was in the court, he repeatedly made slanderous words. First, he played Cuju Tianxi, and then built a long-lived camp.

I feel that the emperor is too kind to bear the burden, and the grace of the rebirth of the emperor cannot be forgotten. There is no place to be grateful, so I will not avoid death. For this reason, please depose the three thieves and send them overseas. "

After Cai Jing finished reading, he asked, "This is the memorial made by Yushi Zhongcheng Chen Dong in the hall today. What do you think Wen Yuan?"

What do I think?There is such a sensible person in the court, and he must not be kept.

Of course, this kind of heartfelt words can only be walked in the heart, and cannot be spoken.

Yang Lin spread his hands and said: "Why should you worry about your kindness, he is just a gossip, as long as the officials are not suspicious, we can sit back and relax."

Cai Jing laughed twice and asked, "Wen Yuan, who do you think the official family is?"

"Uh, hehe, the words of kindness are serious, how dare the students speculate on the Holy Majesty."

Cai Jing glared at him, and said: "The official is a very smart person, but his smartness is not used where some people want him to use it."

Yang Lin broke into a layer of cold sweat, wiped his forehead, and asked, "Master En, does the student stop first?"

"It must not be done. The arrow has already left the string, and the diversion will hurt yourself. If you stop at this time, wouldn't it be clear to tell others that you have another heart."

"Students understand."

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A memorial did not achieve any effect, or in other words, it did not have any apparent effect.

As for what the emperor was thinking, no one knew, but Yang Lin suddenly woke up. What he had done recently was a bit out of the ordinary. Although Zhao Ji was stupid, he was not a fool.

Cai Jing, an old thief, is indeed a little dastardly, and he is still very immature in this aspect. Only by asking him for advice, can he do his job as a treacherous minister well.

The Wansui Building was built in the east of Bianliang City, where the water transport was developed, and various ships on the Bian River transported materials from all over the country into Bianjing, and the flow of people was huge.

Yang Lin sat at the bottom, not to say that there is someone in the camp who is more senior than him, but that Yang Tong is here.

After Yang Tong settled the business in Yangzhou, he came to Bianliang in person to help his son make suggestions.

"Cars and horses are easy to handle. Our Yang family has several, and the scale is not small."

Yang Lin smiled wryly and said, "Father, I'm afraid these few are not enough. What we want are car and horse dealerships all over the country."

Yang Tong didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "Lin'er doesn't know about shopping malls. This car dealership can cooperate with us. I'm afraid I'll wake up from a dream. Most of their drivers are some powerful people in the local area, in order to make a living. They have to spend money on the white roads to clear the way, and they also have to spend money on the underworld to buy peace.

At the beginning, my father wanted to open up the water transportation line between Suzhou and Bianliang, share a cup of Suzhou weaving soup, and send up and down the magistrate's money.If these car and horse dealers are willing to cooperate with us, they will provide money and goods, and we will provide people, and they will not dare to make things difficult at various checkpoints, and they will not dare to charge various miscellaneous taxes. The money saved in this way is enough to make them tempted. "

After all, he is a professional. Yang Lin was overjoyed, patted his thigh and said, "Since this is the case, we still need merchant ships for water transportation. I don't know if it is the same reason."

"What difference does that make?"

Wang Chaoli came in with two cups of tea and said, "Tiju, the government didn't send any troops this time, we are the people of the Long Live Battalion"

"It's okay, we recruited ourselves. The Imperial Guards are all arrogant soldiers, and they are not easy to order. It's better to recruit them ourselves."

Yang Tong hesitated to speak, but his son looked straight at him and asked, "Father has something to say, just say it."

"Father doesn't understand officialdom, just like Lin'er, you don't understand the way of shopping malls. Don't make fun of me if you say something wrong. Why don't you recruit people from the Long Live Camp?"

Yang Lin is well aware of Father's temperament, so there must be something left to say, otherwise he wouldn't be so hesitant.

"Wang Chaoli, you go to coordinate our start-up fund, how much money will it cost? I don't want to ask the court this time, but also let them know my means, and let Your Majesty rest assured."

Wang Chaoli sighed, turned and left, Yang Lin said: "Father, what do you have to say, can you say it now?"

"Lin'er, we can recruit some people. Dad has some friendship with them."

"Oh? Who?"

"Salt seller!"

Salt dealers were an amazing group of people in ancient times. The entire Tang Empire was raped by a group of salt dealers.

On the land of China, since the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty more than 2000 years ago, salt can only be monopolized by the government.It is precisely because of this self-produced, self-operated and self-sold reason that a new industry was born at the same time: private salt dealers.

Although private salt dealers are profitable, they are in a very dangerous situation. If they are caught by the government, they can only stick their heads out and suffer the knife.Just look at the ancient laws.The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that anyone who smuggled a stone of salt would be sentenced to death.One stone is more than 100 catties.During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there were private salt dealers. Once caught, no matter how many, they would be beheaded.

The Song Dynasty was the most benevolent and abolished the death penalty, but it was also a heavy punishment.The salt gangs along the coast of Zhejiang and other places are even more aggressive, and even formed an operating system of production, trafficking, distribution, supply, and guarantee.First of all, the salt people along the coast will provide them with cheap salt products, and then the salt will be sailed offshore to other coastal provinces by sea ships.There are also small boats prepared at the mouth of the river, which are responsible for river transportation and terminal sales, and then hand over the money obtained, and the gang will distribute it uniformly.

These salt gangs even established their own production and living bases on the coastal islands, and engaged in long-term armed confrontation with the Song Dynasty, and the government was unwilling to provoke them.One is that these private salt dealers are all desperadoes, and the result of the extermination may hurt both sides.The second is that if there is no hindrance, they will only sell salt for profit and will not disturb social order too much.The third is the most important thing, catching the "salts" is nothing luscious, it's purely drudgery - if you offend the "salts", the whole family will die!

Yang Lin's eyes gradually became playful, and Yang Tong smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Otherwise, why do you think Dad can get up so quickly? You paid copper coins that day, and it's not as easy for poor people to turn over."

Salt dealers are experts who run around the country. They are alert, capable, and experienced, and they are born to be spies.

The big waves wash the sand, those who are unqualified have long been arrested and assassinated, and the rest are elites.

This is indeed a suitable candidate, Yang Lin asked: "Father, were you in it?"

Yang Tong's face turned red, and his tone was a bit twitchy, he said: "Back then, they called me the Prince of Lianghuai Salt."

Chapter 53 Ten Years of Tibetan Clumsy Yang Yanwang

Yang Lin's heart skipped a beat, fortunately his father Jinpen washed his hands, otherwise he, as the number one scholar, might become the young master of a group of desperadoes and salt dealers.

The Great Song Dynasty is a paradise for literati, and it is the most comfortable to be a champion. The salt dealers and the like will know how dangerous it is.

"Father, why have I never heard you talk about it?"

Since Yang Tong was born as a salt dealer, he must keep this secret. Once it gets out, the consequences will be disastrous.

Yang Tong thought about the past, brought back memories, his eyes blurred, and with a twitch of his eyelids, he said: "Since you have grown up, there are some things that I should tell you. We are not from Yangzhou Prefecture. We are from Jiangning, Jiangsu and Zhejiang East Road. A native of Taiping Prefecture. When Jiangnan was hit by floods, heavy rains flooded Taiping Prefecture with starvation. Five brothers and I met in a refugee camp.

The hometown was destroyed, wolf officials and eagles exploited layer by layer, and the relief food issued by the imperial court arrived at our place, and there were still a few grains of rice left, which were not even as good as clean water when boiled in a pot.People are so hungry that they dare to eat and do anything. Dad was chosen as the person who cooks the porridge. The cruel officials who came to distribute the food that day took it away. The plague officials want to take it away! "

Yang Lin's scalp tingled when he heard this, his father, who was wide and fat, always smiled, but his eyes were still burning when he talked about this matter after decades, which shows the deep hatred back then.

"When I saw this, I begged him to leave a bag and let dozens of people live. The thief insisted on refusing, so your third uncle knocked him unconscious with a stone from behind. Although Lao Liu is young, he has the strongest temper. There was a burst of biting and beating when we went up, the little official's head was smashed, and the eyeballs fell out."

Yang Lin could feel the scene at that time, it was really a rebellion by the government, not only did he not feel the cruelty, but he even felt a little happy.

"So you came to Yangzhou Mansion incognito?"

Yang Tong said with a smile: "When a catastrophe strikes, human lives are like ants. How can we avoid them? Father saw that the third and sixth murdered people, so he just kept going and took five of them to rob the local area. The other courtyard of the corrupt officials started a lucrative business with a sum of money."