Chapter 2974 Hint

Bai Shan also washed up and leaned on the bed, "Senior Brother Yang always has to make a choice, not now, but also in the future."

He said: "The Jiangnan family is too powerful and the government decrees are unreasonable. Both your majesty and the prince are ambitious people. They will not tolerate it for too long."

"Moreover, if local wealthy families are too powerful, not only will the court be restricted, but it will also be difficult for ordinary people to get ahead and become rich." Within certain conditions, survival resources are limited. If a wealthy family controls too many resources, then the common people will not be able to share them.

There are even fewer.

Moreover, the opponent is powerful, and at the same time, it can escape the taxes that should be paid to the country. The national finances are in poor condition, and in the end, it can only be passed on to ordinary people.

Bai Shan, who has read a lot of unofficial history books, has seen that several dynasties have died because of this. Although those dynasty changes seem to be fabricated and have never appeared in history, he just feels that everything written in it is true.

of.

If the aristocratic families of the Jin Dynasty are not restrained, there will definitely be hidden dangers in the future.

Not only the aristocratic families, but also the royal family...

But the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the steps must be taken step by step. He does not want to think about too lofty things now, but only looks at the present. The salt tax in Jiangnan needs to be rectified.

He said in a low voice, "When I was in Zhongshu Province, I saw the documents handed over from various places in Jiangnan. In order to prepare for the Eastern Campaign last year, I also went to check the treasury money of the Transfer Department on behalf of Your Majesty. Among them, Jiangnan handed over the money from the previous year.

The salt tax is only one-fifth of what is due."

Zhou Man opened his mouth in surprise, "So few?"

Bai Shandao: "The salt tax was in short supply. The Ministry of Revenue and Yushitai sent people to Jiangnan several times to investigate, but no actual evidence was found. However, they killed a few people and exiled a few officials, but they didn't care.

use."

"This is the salt tax that came after His Majesty took over some things from the Yang family after the Yang family's accident. I heard that the salt tax paid by Jiangnan in the past few years was less. There are various excuses because it is difficult to make salt.

, the population is small, the salt brine is reduced, and there is also the loss during transportation, and bridges and roads have to be built. Anyway, we are losing money every year." He said: "Although Senior Brother Yang comes from the Yang family, he has long been dissatisfied with this matter.

Your Majesty intends to cultivate him, so he must know these things, so he specially mentioned him to go to Jiangnan."

Zhou Man's voice was low: "I'm afraid other families won't look at him as being from the Yang family and just give him a pass, right?"

"Not only other families, but even the Yang family has many different voices," Bai Shan said: "Destroying someone's money is like killing one's parents. Those people have long regarded Jiangnan as theirs, so how can they be willing to hand it over so easily?"

Zhou Man only felt depressed for a moment before he perked up and lowered his voice and asked, "What can we do to help Senior Brother Yang?"

Bai Shan also lowered his voice, "Build the salt farm bigger and build the ferry so that the sea salt from Beihai County can reach every inch of land in Dajin unimpeded."

He said: "This is not only helping Senior Brother Yang, but also helping ourselves."

Haiyan Heqing naturally requires the joint efforts of everyone. Yang Heshu alone cannot do it. What Bai Shan and the others can do now is to pave his way back so that he will not be isolated and helpless in Jiangnan.

Bai Shan sighed, "I wonder if we can communicate safely when he goes to Jiangnan."

Zhou Man: "The prince must have a way."

They sent the people out, and they must ensure the security of communications.

She thought of something and asked quickly: "With so many people coming to see the salt field today, the salt drying method must not be kept secret. Your Highness won't restrain it?"

Bai Shan put his hands behind his head, crossed his legs and shook his head, saying: "Your Highness did it on purpose. Even if someone went to Jiangnan to spread the news, it would not be easy for them to believe it. It would take at least half a year for Jiangnan to try it out, and longer.

Yes, maybe it will be done in two or three years."

He said: "Your Majesty and the Crown Prince wish that there would be more and more salt fields drying salt, and there would be more and more salt on the market."

They are not afraid of too much salt, they are only afraid of too little salt. After all, things work better when there is more. Anyway, the salt tax is only one-fifth. The emperor and the prince are obviously happy to spend all the fifth and

The wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River are just having fun.

Many people didn't sleep well that night, but Zhou Man and Bai Shan felt much more relaxed after chatting, and fell asleep deeply after ending the topic.

Early the next morning, the prince went to the beach with Bai Shan and others.

Although I took a look at the sea from a distance yesterday, the feeling of standing on the beach today and letting the sea water wash directly to my feet is still very different.

Mingda put on her curtain hat and walked happily on the beach. She didn't want to go with these officials. Bai Erlang took her to play.

The prince only glanced at it and then looked away. The two of them were here to play anyway, and he had already accepted this.

Governor Guo held the prince in his arms and asked with a smile: "Is this the first time for your highness to see the sea?"

"No," the prince thought for a while and said, "let's count it as the second time."

He had been to the seaside once before when he accompanied the emperor on a trip, but he was still young at that time and didn't have much impression of the sea.

The prince saw a boat on the sea, narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Is that a fisherman?"

"Yes," Bai Shan said, "Xiaowa Village is still mainly about fishing."

The prince nodded and stood on the seaside looking around. This coastline is indeed very long. Apart from the mountains, there are stretches of wasteland with few people. As Bai Shan said, there are too few people.

Bai Shan also secretly hinted that there were too few people here and they were in urgent need of population resources.

Originally, he thought it would be good to develop slowly. After his official salt was sold and he had money, he could send people around to recruit refugees and recruit refugees from outside to settle down. Although there are no natural or man-made disasters, the refugees from outside are also

Few, but certainly some.

But after hearing that Yang Heshu was going to Jiangnan yesterday, Bai Shan felt that time was much tighter, so he kept following the prince to advise, hinting: "The salt field needs soldiers to protect it, but it cannot be just soldiers without civilians. Your Highness, if it is somewhere else

There are too many people and there is no land division. Why not move some people here?"

The prince was annoyed and asked: "There are no fields in other places. Do you have them in Beihai County?"

Bai Shan thought for a while and said, "It's still possible to squeeze in."

In fact, Beihai County is a vast and sparsely populated area with a lot of wasteland. It is still possible to open up a lot of land, but the problem is that the land here is not very good. Even if it is opened, the planting value is not high. Not only the manpower is lost, but also the seeds are lost.

You may not even get the money back.

But Bai Shan believes that the problems can be solved one by one. If there is not enough food, they can temporarily buy it from outside. The most important thing is to have people first, and then slowly think about landing.

They have a salt farm and can still feed a lot of people.

Zhou Man, who had traveled to many places in Beihai County during this period, added, "You can also grow some medicinal materials. Some land is not suitable for growing food, but it is suitable for growing medicinal materials. Even if it takes a long time, it will take a long time."

Bai Shandao: "It doesn't matter, we don't lack time now, we just lack people."

After saying that, he went to see the prince suggestively.

Ning Yushi coughed heavily and kept passing behind the two of them, his eyes warning them not to slander.

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