Red Mansion: No Empty House Fight

Under the expectations of the old Shangshu and the paving calculations of the emperor, Tu Zhe took 3000 people to the south of the Yangtze River.This trip not only fulfilled the emperor's expectations and the wishes of the Minister of the Household Department, but also brought back a Lin family Daiyu who was about to become the county head.

When he arrived in Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, the newly appointed censor of Yanyan went to hand over his new position, so Tu Jie took Xie Jing to find Lin Hai.

Lin Hai naturally wanted to salute when he saw Tu Zhe. Seeing Lin Hai's bony and sickly appearance, Tu Zhe directly pushed him on the couch: "Don't get up too. I think you are struggling to sit still and you still have to give me a hand." After saluting, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to pass in one breath?"

Lin Hai had been an official for so many years, and this was the first time he saw such a style of royal child, and he was a little dazed for a while.

"Okay, I'm dying, and I'm still in a daze. To tell you the truth, I really annoy you. When my father was the prince, he treated you so politely, and you ignored him. , Uncle Nine Emperors, you won’t know what to do until my father ascends the throne! If my father hadn’t asked me to settle your Lin family for the sake of your devotion to the country for so many years, I wouldn’t bother to talk to you.”

"I'm terrified!" Lin Hai immediately cupped his hands after hearing this.In my heart, I feel relieved that my family will be reliable in the future, and the life of my only daughter will be assured.

"Don't worry, your daughter doesn't need to go back to Jia's house anymore. I'll let the people in the palace follow...according to...according to the county lord's rules. When your daughter grows up, find someone with good facial features and qualified talents to marry her." Continuing the incense of your family. But!" Tu Zhe's tone suddenly became severe, "You must explain to me the backstage inside story that you have been digging out in Yangzhou all these years as the inspector censor! My trip is to control Jiangnan Economy!"

"...Thank you, Lord Long En." Lin Hai finally got used to Tu Zhe's straight-forward manner, and kept up with the rhythm.

Because of Lin Hai's help, Tu Zhe still has a certain understanding of the various characters in Jiangnan.After returning to the post station, he made a self-made form, listing all the properties of famous people in Jiangnan.In fact, it is not others who profit from it, but these salt merchants in Jiangnan.

Originally, when the emperor was in power, all the princes who were capable used the hands of salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River to collect money, and established a large network of mature profit operations.Now the masters behind these salt merchants are gone, but the operation network is still there, so it is naturally used to make profits for themselves.Every year, as long as you follow the road paved by the original master and pay a very small salt tax, you can swallow the rest of the benefits yourself.

"These idiots! Don't you think that the source of his huge wealth is unknown?" Tuo felt that the IQ of the inspectors including Lin Hai was really hopeless.

After taking the drafted list and asking the new Salt Patrolling Censor to reverse the profit that each salt merchant should have earned in the past 20 years, he sent someone to post a notice at the gate of the state capital, demanding that Yangzhou City be closed for three days from today. Starting tomorrow, people are not allowed to go out unless they are sick, and even if they want to be buried, they have to wait until the city gates are opened.

As soon as such an overbearing notice came out, there were indeed people who found fault and came to mourn, saying that the city gate must be opened for burial.

"Which Feng Shui master can show you the day? Look, it is written in the peasant calendar that these three days are not suitable for burial!" After following Tu Zhe for a long time, even the ordinary guards are a little bit Tu Zhe look.No, just hold the peasant calendar and tell the mourners.

The mourners froze, not knowing what to say.But the onlookers couldn't help laughing out loud!The laughter all around made this group of people carrying the coffin and wearing mourning clothes very ridiculous.

"Come here! Open the coffin! In order to prevent the corpse from being infected for a long time, sprinkle quicklime powder inside the coffin! Execute immediately." The guard put away the almanac and asked his brothers to open the coffin.

"The dead are the greatest! How dare you bully my old father, An Ning?"

"Father? Didn't you say it was my mother just now? Let me tell you, our fifth master said that even if you are pouring slops and night fragrance, you have to prepare an empty bucket and pour it twice before you finish! Who knows what is in your coffin? What? Open the coffin!"

The guards led the government officials from the state capital to open the coffin, and threw aside those who resisted.When the onlookers saw that they were about to open the coffin, they hurriedly backed away for fear of causing bad luck.But after opening the coffin, there was not even a trace of strange smell.

"Oh, our fifth master really guessed it! Someone really hid money in the coffin!" The guard said loudly.The onlookers rushed over again, and although there were government officials blocking it, they could still clearly see the golden and silvery metallic luster.

"Come here, take everyone into jail and ask them who they belong to. It seems that the news is obtained very quickly! It is definitely not the first time to do this. Ask!" He said to the people watching, "Everyone hurry up and buy food for three days! Tomorrow, everyone can't go out! Our fifth master has always been the same, and if anyone is really hungry, we can only admit it to ourselves." isn't it?"

When the common people heard this, they took it seriously, and scattered to buy vegetables.Then the guard asked the yamen servant to carry the coffin into the yamen.

"Shangguan, it's not good to carry this thing in, is it?" The little boss in the yamen servant showed his hard work to the guards.

"Our fifth master didn't say anything, who else can say no? Hurry up and carry it!" Everyone had nothing to say, and carried the coffin from the gate of the yamen into the back hall.

At this time, Tu Zhe was leading 3000 people to copy the homes of salt merchants around the city of Yangzhou.Some salt merchants even scolded Tujue plausibly, but Tujuequan ignored it and explained in a good voice: "Look, the salt tax you pay is just so little, so naturally it is impossible to have such a big family business. Yes. Since you don’t know where you got the silver from elsewhere, then you must have taken someone’s silver. Naturally, I want to uphold justice for the people... Don’t tell me about your daughter-in-law’s dowry, just bring me the bill. I will pay you back after checking the original marriage certificate from the government! But if you can produce evidence, I will pay you back. If you can’t, don’t worry about it.”

"Fifth Master, this family made a rough calculation, and it's nearly ten million taels." A accountant came over with the beads on his abacus. It’s a result of the good valuation not being included in the calculation.”

"1000 million taels, the national treasury is not as rich as yours! You are so capable!" Tu Jia knew it. With such a huge wealth, it is no wonder that the daily struggle for wealth is unmatched in the world.

This was the first one, and it was raided by Tu Zhe without any preparation.The remaining salt merchants did everything they could to hide the money after getting the news.

In the pond, under the low wall, in the hearth of the kitchen, there is another family that was found out of the secret room, and the inside is full of gold bricks.Tu Zhe laughed out of anger.Very well, the money was collected from the salt merchants. It is impossible for Tu Zhe not to return some to appease the salt merchants, otherwise he would not be the same as these salt merchants?Furthermore, after the First World War in the Northwest, he had to report to his father to ask the other party to cede land and pay compensation, and then opened a mutual market, starting from Beiguan and advancing to the nomadic areas to build cities, so that those people in the Northwest would gradually get off their horses.

The best thing about opening an exchange market is that there is a reason to make salt a less expensive and less strictly controlled thing.He wants to set up salt drying farms along the coast, so that the salt merchants will no longer be rich!

In September, Lin Hai closed his eyes with emotion after hearing about Tu Ji's series of thunderous tactics.Tu Zhe didn't even see Jia Lian and Lin Daiyu, so he asked the accompanying tent to dispose of Lin Hai's property, filed a record with the government, and sent people to follow Lin Daiyu back to Suzhou to guard the coffin.

The Zhen family, he didn't move.Not yet.It is simply a matter of getting hundreds of millions of taels of silver from the salt merchants, and all of them were transported to the ship by people, and they returned to Beijing by water day and night.He himself walked around Jiangnan with his guard of honor and touched Jiangnan all over.

People in the Jiangnan officialdom breathed a sigh of relief when Tu Zhe left.Good guy, during the time when I was looking for Jiangnan, if there was anything wrong with the officials I met, demotion or dismissal would be light, and if it was serious, the whole family would be escorted to the capital.Tu Zhe doesn't care what background you have behind you or who you are related to by marriage.As long as you do something you shouldn't do, or don't do something you should do, it's "wrong".

When Jiangnan officials learned that Tu Zhe was going back to Beijing, it was like sending off the plague god. They prepared the official ship and route as quickly as possible, and sent Tu Zhe to the pier.

Tu Zhe looked at the expressions of "Go back quickly" on the faces of these people, and gave his final farewell speech: "Don't think I'm harsh, it's not your family to catch up with this world! Good thing, naturally I have to do my best to manage the world better, and I am doing my filial piety to my father. So don't blame me for being cruel!"

This is the truth, and the people who heard it closer nodded in their hearts.The prince took the ill-gotten gains from the salt merchants, some of them were given to the salt households who have been oppressed and exploited for many years, and some of them, together with Lin Hai’s donation to Yangzhou City, wanted to establish a Mongolian Academy in the south of the Yangtze River. Every child can read a few words.Although the Mongolian Academy has just chosen a place and hasn't built it yet, this release still gives ordinary people a boost in their hearts and a chance to learn how to read!

As far as the money Tuzhu allocated to compensate the salt households was actually not much, only 20 taels of silver per household.The sum of tens of thousands of salt households is only a few 10 taels.But the salt households have suffered for too long, so long that for 20 taels of silver, every household set up a longevity tablet for Tujia.

Tu Zhe didn't know about this, but the emperor couldn't help laughing when he saw the news in the newspaper: what the people want!When one day you have to ascend to the throne of God, let me see how you refuse!