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Chapter 137 Salt and Iron Replace the Shaofu

"Your Majesty wants to see me?"

Ye Qing asked, "Do you know what's going on?"

Zhang Rang glanced at him from both sides and replied in a low voice: "I don't know! Your Highness will know when he goes."

Ye Qing followed Zhang Rang all the way to the Imperial Study!

This time Ye Zhen was no longer making a mystery.

He sat on the dragon throne to correct the memorial. After Ye Qing came in to pay homage, there was no echo. After the correction for a moment, he asked without stopping:

"You burned the Chu Palace!"

"Um!"

Why did Ye Qing suddenly ask this? He shook his head and denied it: "No!"

Ye Zhen stopped writing, stared at Ye Qing, his eyes were full of invasion, and he snorted coldly: "I dare not recognize it, but I still want to do something big!"

"It's really not what I did. I don't have time and energy!" Ye Qing said unconfessedly.

I did it all for you to say today.

"Okay! That's not what you did!" Ye Zhen asked again:

"What do you think about the first time I went to court!"

The topic is a bit quick and makes people unable to control their pulse.

I don’t know what Ye Zhen was going to do.

However, Ye Qing still thought about it seriously and said, "Tired!"

"Tired..." Ye Zhen asked again: "Why are you tired?"

"It's tired while standing, sitting, pretending to be tired, acting, intrigue, and intrigue." Ye Qing replied truthfully.

Such a court meeting was fought with a war at one time, without gunpowder, I don’t know where the war started, and I don’t know when it will end.

Can you not be tired?

Ye Zhen seemed to be thinking.

It seems that Ye Qing is right.

After a brief silence, Ye Zhen asked again:

"The idea I came up with today is indeed to help the court relieve some of the pressure on money and grain, but those are far from enough. The Ministry of Revenue has been spared. What other ways do you have to fill the Ministry of Revenue?"

In fact, Ye Zhen was also a dead man, so he asked.

The problem of money and food has always been the most fundamental problem that plagued the Great Zhou Dynasty.

No matter how many smart people or how many capable ministers can solve it.

Ye Qing did not answer immediately, there are many ways to make money.

There are many ways to make the Great Zhou rich.

But whether to say it or not, what should be said, is a big concern.

The dangers of the court are so dangerous that today I have gained some knowledge.

If you want to gain benefits, you will violate the inherent interests of others.

Especially the more money you make, the more you can gather wealth.

After thinking about it, Ye Qing asked back: "Your Majesty, is this salt and iron part in the Ministry of Revenue?"

"What are you asking about this?" Ye Zhen was confused.

I ask you how to make money, how to solve the problem of the emptiness of the treasury, and why do you do with salt and iron?

Could it be that Ye Qing wants to make salt and iron?

These two items are indeed something that gathers huge wealth.

But they are all in the hands of the aristocratic families.

Among them, the salt industry is in the Liu family in Hedong, and the iron industry is in the Yang family in Hongnong.

It is the aristocratic family where Yang Mingtao is located.

There are also reasons why Ye Zhen took action in the court today.

The Yang family controls the iron industry. Now that Ma Zhong Sanbao is fully equipped, the iron ore required has been increased sharply. If the Yang family does not support it, it will be fine, and the price will be raised secretly.

It really made him a trick.

That's why he beat Yang Mingtao, a junior of the Yang family, to the end and sent him back to his hometown.

Ye Qing said: "If so, then please ask Your Majesty to take back the salt and iron management rights of the Ministry of Revenue and change it to at least the name of the government. In this way, there is a way to make the Shaofu fill the money and grain."

Shaofu is the emperor's personal money bag.

He is in charge of mountains, seas, land and zodiac signs, imperial clothes, treasures, precious foods, food and food (utensils), weaving and dyeing, etc.

In short, the emperor's income and expenses are under its jurisdiction.

The source of income of Shaofu is very single, relying entirely on the taxes produced in the imperial villages, pastoral areas, mountains and lakes under its name.

Of course, if the Ministry of Revenue has money, it will allocate some basic expenses for the emperor to the Shaofu every day.

It was just that the Ministry of Revenue in the Great Zhou Dynasty was so poor that he owed money every year, so he could not give the emperor any tips.

So Ye Zhen’s life was not very comfortable.

"Why is this?" Ye Zhen was puzzled.

Could it be that if you can get rich by changing iron smelting to the name of Shaofu?

The salt industry is okay because its technology is not as good as that of the Liujia in Hedong, and the official salt price is high and it is not competitive.

The Ministry of Revenue will not hold back.

If the blame can be passed on to the Shao Mansion, those guys will be happy to give up this burden.

The iron industry is a little troublesome.

But there must be a reasonable reason.

Ye Zhen is not a fool either. He doesn't make money and will not take these two burdens.

Ye Qing said: "Because the Ministry of Revenue is not Your Majesty's Ministry of Revenue, even if salt and iron really make money, it will never be able to fill the deficit of the Ministry of Revenue. However, the Shaofu is always His Majesty's Young Mansion. The Shaofu has money, and no one interferes with His Majesty's No. 1. If His Majesty wants to spend money, no one will interfere. If His Majesty wants to reward the army, he will reward the army. If he wants to reward the ministers, he can reward them at will."

Ye Qing said it is also true.

Shaofu is the emperor's private wallet.

The emperor has no right to interfere with his own money, no matter how he uses it.

But... Ye Zhen was a little moved, but still didn't understand what was going on. He snorted: "Tell me directly, I'll keep you from your Xiaoyao Mansion!"

"Your Majesty, after the salt and iron are included in the Young Mansion, Your Majesty can authorize others at will. The most feared thing about doing business is monopoly business. Because there is no competition, the only one will dominate the family and will not flourish with all the flowers.

With competition, Your Majesty can support several salt and iron giants, let them grow and develop. When Your Majesty holds salt and iron, there will naturally be someone to send money, and the Shao Mansion will naturally be filled with it." Ye Qing said.

Hey!

That's true.

In the past, only the Ministry of Revenue and the Liu family and the Yang family made salt and iron.

The Liu family and the Yang family are big heads, and they can be said to be monopoly operations, and others can't interfere.

Gradually, the Liu and Yang families became dominant.

The Ministry of Revenue’s money bags naturally gradually shrank.

Most of the officials of the Ministry of Revenue are controlled by aristocratic families. They should cooperate inside and outside, and the Ministry of Revenue is not empty.

After thinking about this, Ye Zhen's face turned cold and a huge resentment and murderous aura emanated from his body.

"However, who dares to risk the revenge of the Liu Yang family and come forward to manage this salt and iron business." No matter how clear he understood, Ye Zhen was even more stupid. There were only a few people who could come out to compete with Liu Yang in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

People with strength or families are doing other businesses.

Every nation that has established itself has long had its own unique business.

No one will break this flat side and provoke a war, and finally do both sides and lose money to others or the court to get a bargain.

Ye Qing smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, there is one person who dares, and that person's eyes are in the sky and near in front of him."

The eyes are in the sky, and the eyes are near!

Ye Zhen's eyes lit up, and his eyes looked at Ye Qing with a little enlightened understanding.

Ye Qing shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this person is not a minister, but your Majesty, you yourself!"

Um!

Me myself?

Ye Zhen was confused!

Why did you become yourself? Aren't you?

If Ye Qing is used to compete with Liu Yang's two families, it seems to be a good way.

Ye Zhen can be condescending and putting it aside, and can make a killing shot at a critical moment.

If you fail, you can watch the show calmly and unhurriedly in the backcourt.

Ye Zhen is used to using others to attack, and he rarely comes to fight in person, so he can't help but be confused.
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