allendalepharm Chapter 840: Following Jiang Youzhen to Pick Up Leaks
Chapter 840: Following Jiang Youzhen to Pick Up Leaks
Chapter 840: Following Jiang Youzhen to Pick Up Leaks
"These are all unavoidable, but the Censorate always has some concerns when increasing the number of salt inspectors every year."
Jiang Youzhen feels that these are all inevitable, and the gray income brought about by this policy cannot be eliminated.
As long as the corruption is not too serious, you can turn a blind eye.
Of course, Jiang Youzhen actually has other countermeasures, which is to raise fish.
Human desires are insatiable, and the amount of money embezzled will increase. Then the money will be reaped, which will serve as a deterrent and a warning to others.
But it is too early to say this now. Besides, we cannot be afraid of corruption and be afraid to implement new policies that benefit the country and the people.
"I hope so!" Tong Huaian nodded.
"You guys are truly talented young men. You analyzed the pros and cons so quickly."
Qi Shanghui said something polite, saying that he was not in charge of the new policy anyway, he was just assisting, and the real credit would not belong to him. Therefore, he only needed to do what he was told.
Jiang Youzhen then briefly explained his plan, "I plan to start implementing it tomorrow."
As she spoke, she asked Qing Lang to take a map and said, "All the prefectures along the border are here. I have listed them all. The price of buying salt permits is different in each place. These are carefully compared based on geography and local culture.
The validity period of salt permits was from half a year to a year. Before each delivery of food and fodder, the quantity of goods needed by the army had to be checked. At that time, the local food and fodder prices were calculated, and the official documents with the seal of the local garrison officers and officials were obtained, indicating the quantity and price, and then submitted to the Salt Transport Commissioner for verification and retention of the files.
As Jiang Youzhen spoke, he circled the list of provincial capitals he had listed so that everyone could have a direct feeling.
Basically, these are the places where troops are stationed at the borders, and these places require more food and grass. However, after listing them, there are actually only seven or eight prefectures. In this way, the number of places is really limited.
In fact, the simplest method is for merchants to first transport food and grass to the border garrison, and then immediately purchase salt permits locally, and sell them locally after receiving the salt.
However, Jiang Youzhen felt that he could not maximize his benefits in this way. Moreover, the frontier officials stationed at the border were likely to enrich themselves. They already held military power and obtained wealth, which was very dangerous and could easily make themselves kings.
After local merchants obtained salt permits, they could not only sell the salt locally, but also send it to designated prefectures at the border for sale.
However, this depends on personal preference, because some merchants feel that the transportation cost of selling them to border areas is too high.
The four of them discussed for more than two hours and finally agreed on the plan.
However, the chief transport officer of the Salt Transport Commissioner's Office has passed away, and the court has not yet sent a new official, so Jiang Youzhen still has to deal with the affairs of the salt transport as well.
As soon as the notice was posted, everyone started talking about it, especially the merchants in the city, who were all very excited.
Soon, invitations from the new prefect to a banquet were sent out like snowflakes, and when everyone received the invitations, they found that it would be the next night.
The purpose of holding this banquet was to let everyone get to know the new prefect, and secondly, to discuss the issue of salt permits.
Only then did they think of Jiang Youzhen’s previous words, and they immediately felt regretful.
Wan Niansong and the others were all smiling, they really had found the right person. Clan leader Qu and Clan head Zhou were glad that they had made the right decision, because Jiang Youzhen had revealed that they had been allocated two states.
The next evening, the new prefect hosted a banquet for everyone. When everyone heard about the purchase of salt permits and heard that Patriarch Qu and Patriarch Zhou had already been selected to the provincial capital, they sighed inwardly.
Jiang Youzhen saw Yang Xingwei in the crowd, but discovered that he was talking to Wen Ruyu and they looked very familiar with each other.
"The direct branch of the Yang family is the in-law of Xu Haiti, the director of the Imperial College in the capital." At this time, Tong Huaian walked up to Jiang Youzhen and said.
Jiang Youzhen finally understood what was going on. Although Xu Haiti was only a sixth-rank official, he was a student of the Prime Minister Lin Juhui.
Wen Ruyu is the Prime Minister's last disciple. Although the two are somewhat distantly related, it is better to have some connection with him than to rely on a stranger like her.
Besides, isn't the Prime Minister a more reliable backer than her? No wonder Yang Xingwei didn't come to see her afterwards.
However, Jiang Youzhen was planning to do Wen Ruyu a favor. And Lin Juhui sent Wen Ruyu because he knew that she would not refuse Wen Ruyu's face, right?
Not only can you share the credit, but you can also promote your own people and gain tangible benefits.
"What about Brother Huai'an?" Tong Huai'an understood what Jiang Youzhen meant.
"That's not my intention! But the Fourth Prince asked me to tell you something. Someone will be appointed as the Transport Envoy soon."
Jiang Youzhen turned her head and looked at him. Was he telling her that things had to be done quickly, and that it would not be her turn to make the decisions at the Salt Transport Office soon?
"Who is it?"
"Luo Zhonghe!"
Jiang Youzhen was stunned for a moment, then he recalled carefully, did the heroine's father in the book hold this official position? It seems not!
It turned out that after the crown prince was deposed prematurely, she changed the fate of many people.
Luo Zhonghe is the father of the heroine Luo Shuhuan. The Fourth Prince has already requested an imperial decree to grant the marriage and wants to take her as a concubine. The wedding will be next month.
But so far, there seems to be no news that the heroine is close to other male protagonists. Everything is different from the book.
Especially Li Dongsheng, he had contact with Luo Shuhuan before, but I don’t know how he is doing now.
She remembered that Luo Zhonghe had ordinary abilities, and if it weren't for the support of his father, who was the Minister of Rites, he would not have become the Junior Secretary.
Now that the crown prince has been deposed, he has not been transferred to another official position, which is indeed a bit embarrassing. But is he really competent given his lack of ability?
However, having real power in the future would be convenient for the Fourth Prince.
Unexpectedly, this time, the heroine got a bargain by eliminating the Salt Gang. She suddenly felt that something seemed to be wrong?
Could it be that Luo Shuhuan and the Fourth Prince followed her around to pick up the spoils? Jiang Youzhen twitched his lips, feeling unhappy.
Tong Huaian, who was beside her, saw that she was lost in thought, and suddenly felt that the Fourth Prince and he seemed to have taken advantage of Jiang Youzhen, and felt even more embarrassed.
Jiang Youzhen thought of the Second Prince. Why couldn't the Second Prince defeat the Fourth Prince this time?
"Young man, in fact, the Fourth Prince has always admired you. He heard that your two brothers-in-law are taking the imperial examinations, and he said that if they can pass the examinations, he will let them enter the Imperial Academy in advance."
Tong Huaian's words interrupted Jiang Youzhen's thoughts. She just smiled when she heard it. Is it important for her to enter the Imperial College now? Even if she spends a lot of money to invite a teacher to teach her personally, it will be fine.
At least the Second Prince did give her a powerful official position, although he also plotted against her.
"Brother Huai'an, thank His Highness for his kindness. But we need to ask my two brothers-in-law about this matter and respect their wishes. Besides, they are only students now, so it's too early to say these things."