Serious business? What serious business can be related to me?
Now I go to work and come home every day, my life is very regular, and I am extremely happy.
Don't cause trouble for me!
Fang Zheng was nervous at first.
"The Northern Rong envoys are still discussing trade recently, but Paba has sent many people to the capital to inquire."
"That includes you! Be careful when you meet him next time."
"Also, we can't let them exchange the rewards prepared for Paba for silver. What are you going to do?"
Fang Zheng felt relieved, this is what happened.
This is easy to say. It’s nothing as long as I’m prepared.
"Your Majesty, the most valuable gifts in return are nothing more than the Grand Fairy Tea and diamonds."
"Diamonds are not a big problem. The diamonds I gave them should be digested by the nobles of Beirong. Maybe they are not enough."
"As for the Grand Fairy Tea...after that, as long as we announce that tea has been planted on a large scale, the price will naturally fall. Your Majesty can rest assured."
Emperor Jing nodded: "That's great!"
"There is one more thing. There is some progress in Liu Xun's case, but it is still very difficult to solve."
"No clues were found in the capital."
"The East Factory has been investigating in Jianjiang for a long time and has interrogated many local officials but has found nothing! But there is a man named Wei Shan around him that you should know."
Wei Shan? Fang Zhengyi quickly recalled and soon remembered.
He was Liu Xun's lackey, and was the first person to receive him when he went to Jianjiang.
"I remember, but I didn't get many useful clues from Wei Shan at the time. Did the factory guards get any clues?"
Emperor Jing sighed and said, "The factory guards investigated from top to bottom one by one, and only when they reached the top of Wei Mountain did they get any clues."
"According to Wei Shan, Liu Xun usually has close contacts with local salt merchants. But the East Factory has checked the salt merchants and found no problems."
Fang Zheng asked in reply, "Then doesn't that mean we get nothing?"
Emperor Jing shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, there have been many cases of corruption among salt merchants and local officials. The problem is that the East Factory has gained nothing."
"People like Liu Xun died for money, and their relationship with the salt merchants was too clean, which made me feel that there was something fishy going on."
"There must be something wrong here!"
As he spoke, Emperor Jing's brows began to frown: "If this case is just an ordinary corruption case, even if it is embezzlement of disaster relief funds, it is nothing."
"But once it has something to do with the salt administration, it will be the biggest case in the world! More than half of the income of my Dajing treasury comes from the local salt administration. You must know this."
Fang Zheng nodded solemnly.
Just kidding, of course I know about this kind of thing!
Salt is a necessity in life. Without it, people will collapse.
But the salt sold in the market was very expensive, 4 qian per dou. The reason for the high price was that the production of salt was not high, the transportation cost was high, and the tax burden was too heavy.
Thinking back to the time when he had no money to buy salt, and the only food he ate every day was bland soup, Fang Zheng felt nauseous whenever he thought about it.
Even though he had a little wealth later, he was reluctant to buy salt, and still spent a lot of effort to buy cheap private salt.
The price of private salt is much lower, half the price of official salt.
Until now, the county still uses private salt, and because Taoyuan County buys more private salt, it can be 20% cheaper.
Even so, the cost of buying salt for ordinary people is still high, so Taoyuan County still has a huge expense to subsidize county residents to buy salt.
Fang Zhengyi sometimes thought about this after he had eaten his fill. He felt ashamed to think that as a time traveler, he had to work hard to find a salt dealer...
"The person behind Liu Xun is so secretive and may have a connection with the salt administration. I even suspect that this person is capable of planting a spy in the palace, so I dismissed the people around him."
"I'm telling you this alone because I trust you!"
Fang Zheng felt a chill in his spine when he was looked at by Emperor Jing.
You don't want me to do that! I can't afford to offend this guy!
I dare not take any job from the East Factory!
"Fang Qing, what do you think about this matter?"
"Uh...I dare not look."
"You must watch it!" Emperor Jing slammed the table in anger and squinted his eyes at him. "I haven't asked you anything yet! Why are you backing off? Do you think I don't know that you slept during the court meeting? How dare you! Are you scared if I don't ask you a few questions now?"
Seeing that he was exposed, Fang Zhengyi smiled awkwardly: "I think... since Your Majesty suspects that there is something wrong with the salt administration, why not let the Ministry of Revenue start investigating."
"The number of people in Dajing and the amount of salt consumed are fixed and there won't be too much deviation."
"Major loopholes in the salt administration will definitely be reflected in the accounts, so we can continue to look for clues."
"Yes!" Emperor Jing's eyes lit up: "It seems that my East Factory really has a bunch of good-for-nothings! They didn't even think of this."
"But...what if there's a thief in the Ministry of Revenue?"
"Then your majesty can first put Zhang Shi in jail and replace him with a minister of finance!"
“.......”
The smile on Emperor Jing's face froze.
Small-minded! He had never seen Fang Zhengyi be so narrow-minded!
Even if you two have a grudge against each other, you can't say such things, right?
How dare you frame a minister in public in front of me!
\"I'll give you one more chance, speak nicely." Emperor Jing said with a bad look.
Fang Zhengyi lowered his head and smiled: "About this...Your Majesty, can you ask someone to check it out?"
"The person behind the scenes was able to make Liu Xun commit suicide so secretly. His methods must be so powerful that it is hard to imagine."
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