Chapter 2477 Chongzheng Palace Questioning Government

Author: Sheep Little Star

Chapter 2477 Chongzheng Palace Questioning Government

The next day.

Li Jie summoned all the ministers and attendants of the two governments to Chongzheng Hall.

Daqing Hall, Wende Hall, Chuigong Hall, Zichen Hall, Chongzheng Hall, and Yanhe Hall are all the places where court meetings and political affairs are heard.

Among them, the Chongzheng Hall is also known as the Bian Hall and the Back Hall. Since the last years of Zhenzong, Zhenzong has often used the double-day imperial hall to listen to government affairs.

Occasionally, this hall is also used as a banquet place.

However, since Li Jie succeeded to the throne, he rarely summoned ministers to the Chongzheng Palace, but he often visited the Yiying Pavilion next to the Chongzheng Palace.

Because, it is a place for listening to books and lectures.

Inside the palace.

Li Jie sat on the imperial stage with an expressionless expression, his eyes scanning the faces of the ministers one by one.

"Gentlemen, what is the price of salt in Beijing?"

As soon as these words came out, the officials in the audience finally understood the reason why the officials summoned them here.

Generally speaking, unless there is an emergency, the ministers will be informed of the matters discussed in the court in advance before the meeting.

Today, Li Jie did not notify them in advance.

As a result, the ministers who were summoned thought something had happened at the border.

As a result, the officials summoned them just to ask about the price of salt?

This must be impossible!

Salt price?

Yan Zheng is the one!

In fact, if the first question Li Jie asked was the salt policy, then all the ministers present could answer a few sentences.

After all, who can stand at the scene who is not a person who has read poetry and books?

Even Cao Yongli, who was born as a military official, is not the kind of person who is ignorant and has no skills. After seeing a lot, he can always have a few words.

However, what Li Jie is asking now is the price of salt.

This stumped all the ministers present.

After officials have achieved this level, their income can beat 99% of the people based on the salary from the court alone.

If additional income is included, it must be even more.

To use a more modern description, they are all price-insensitive people.

Not to mention a pound of salt costing 44 Wen, but even a pound of salt costing a hundred Wen, there is no difference to them.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the price of salt in Beijing should be around forty cents."

After a while, Lu Yijian took half a step forward. In fact, the reason why Lu Yijian paid attention to the price of salt was not because he cared about the suffering of the people.

It's just related to his resume.

During the Xianping period, Lu Yijian passed the imperial examination and was first sent to Jiangzhou as an official. However, he was soon transferred to Yancheng as a supervisor and judge.

Yancheng, named after salt, as its name suggests, is an important producing area of ​​salt.

Later, Lu Yijian took over Xixi Salt Officer as the official of Dali Temple Cheng.

Putting aside his short career as an official in Jiangzhou, Lu Yijian basically dealt with salt matters when he first entered the officialdom.

Although he has now become an official and participates in politics, he still pays attention to the salt issue.

(PS: I don’t know when the term “Xixi Three Prime Ministers” came into being, that is, there were three prime ministers in Xixi Yanguan, namely Yan Shu, Lu Yijian, and Fan Zhongyan.

Lv Yijian and Fan Zhongyan do have this experience, but Yan Shu probably does not. Whether it is research on Yan Shu, Yan Shu's poetry, or Yan Shu's chronology, there is no experience of Yan Shu as a salt officer.

Moreover, until the age of 36, Yan Shu was an official in Beijing. Even if Yan Shu was demoted, he would not go to Xixi to serve as a miscellaneous official such as salt supervisor.

To give an inappropriate example, it is impossible for a department-level cadre to be beaten to the bottom and sent to a remote area to become a section-level cadre, right?

If such a thing really happened, how could it not be recorded in historical materials?)

Forty articles?

As soon as this number came out, the courtiers present were shocked.

Although they don't pay much attention to the price of salt, they still know what the price represents.

Expensive!

We are almost reaching the warning line!

"To be precise, it's 44 cents per pound."

Li Jie took a deep look at Lu Yijian. It was not unreasonable for this guy to become a powerful prime minister in the future.

Originally, he thought that the first person to answer would be Zu Shiheng, the envoy of Quan Sansi.

After all, the Third Secretary is in charge of the world's money. If Zu Shiheng doesn't understand the prices of forbidden goods such as salt and tea, then he, as the Third Secretary, will come to an end.

Who would have thought that Zu Shiheng just looked like he was thinking hard, but Lu Yijian actually answered.

Whoosh!

As soon as these words came out, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Zu Shiheng's forehead.

44 articles!

44 articles!

He kept thinking about this number in his mind.

It’s over!

Immediately afterwards, a feeling of impending disaster emerged in his heart.

The price of salt has reached such a high level, but he, the "accurate plan prime minister" in charge of the third division, has no idea at all.

This is a serious dereliction of duty!

"Envoy Zu Quan, the price of salt has reached such a high level, do you have any internal response plan within the third department?"

As expected, after announcing the price of salt, the officials turned the topic to themselves.

what to do?

In an instant, Zu Shiheng was speechless when asked.

Recently, he has never had the time to observe the price of salt. Even for matters involving salt settlement, he only looks at the plan.

He really didn't pay attention to the specific numbers.

Right now, all his energy is focused on how to raise money.

Food and grass on the border, and building forts along the border, neither of which costs money?

After a few breaths, Zu Shiheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

yes!

Can you refer to the tea method?

He was so nervous just now that he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Reporting to the official family, I think we can refer to the Tea Law and use the Tea Law as an example to carry out some pilot projects on the salt policy."

"How to pilot?"

"Are there any specific regulations?"

'This this……'

'broken!'

At this time, Zu Shiheng suddenly remembered what Ding Xiang had said before.

Officials don't like perfunctory answers, they must be meaningful. In short, officials don't like those who talk too much. Being pragmatic is the key point.

Before, he only wanted to deal with the officials as soon as possible, but in the end, he only focused on one thing and lost the other.

"How do you think the salt policy should be reformed?"

Fortunately, Li Jie did not continue to exert pressure. Although Zu Shiheng was unworthy of his moral integrity, Li Jie would not directly remove him until his mission was over.

Someone has to take the blame, right?

"I believe that we should abandon the small and aspire to the big, be anxious first and then slow down."

This time, Lu Yijian stood up again.

Although he had just learned that the government was going to discuss the salt policy and had not made any preparations earlier, the gap between people is sometimes bigger than that between people and dogs.
To be continued...