On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 112 Candidate for General Manager

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 112 Candidate for General Manager

On the tenth day of October in the third year of Kaihuang's reign (583), Yan Rong got into the spacious prison car prepared for him by Cui Che.

The people blocked the road. Not only the residents of Licheng, but also people from neighboring counties and counties came over. While singing praises to Cui Che and Su Wei, they threw stones at Yan Rong in the prison car.

Even several of the cavalrymen guarding the prison cars suffered disasters and were injured by stones.

After finally squeezing out of the crowd, Su Wei sighed:

"Su's trip will not be in vain if we can eliminate this scourge for the people of the four states."

After saying that, he and Cui Che looked at each other and laughed.

Everyone boarded the boat at the Qingzhou border ferry, and Zhang Wu led three thousand cavalry back to Boling, waiting for news about Cui Che's appointment as the general manager of Qingzhou.

When Cui Che and Su Weidong went out, Yang Jian had allocate guards, so there was no need to worry about safety issues.

The ship docked in Hongnong County, but at this time the name of Hongnong County was no longer there.

Not long ago, Yang Shangxi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War of Henan Province, took the lead in writing a letter describing the harm of redundant personnel, which aroused heated discussions between the government and the public.

Yang Jian followed the trend and issued an edict to abolish the counties, retain only the prefectures and counties, and implement a two-level system of prefectures and counties.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves. As I said before, removing a county is not just destroying the jobs of one or two people. There were a total of 580 counties in the Sui Dynasty before.

For county-level officials, the court will arrange their own way out. For example, officials from the upper county will go to Xiazhou to serve, and officials from the lower county will go to the upper county to serve as officials. If there is no background support, they will wait for the vacancy.

But where the larger number of officials will go is not what the court needs to worry about.

There was an emperor in the Ming Dynasty who, in order to reduce expenses, abolished post stations, forcing a postman named Li to embark on the path of armed rights protection.

But the emerging Sui Dynasty was different from the Ming Dynasty on the verge of extinction.

During the Ming Dynasty, rebellions were widespread, and unemployed people could easily join the promising career of rebellion.

Nowadays, the world is at peace in the Sui Dynasty, the country is strong, and there is no basis for rebellion.

The scholar rebellion failed in three years. These individuals were dissatisfied with the status quo, so they could only talk and talk, and they could not cause big troubles.

Along the way, Cui Che saw many county-level officials who had been dismissed from their posts complaining in the wine shop, but he pretended not to hear them. People were deprived of their jobs, why shouldn't they be allowed to complain?

Even Su Wei turned a deaf ear to this, so how could Cui Che worry about it.

Those who are truly capable do not have to worry about having no way out.

Frustrated people like Huang Chao and Zhang Yuan are not hopeless, but their ambitions are too high.

After passing Tongguan, we entered the Guanzhong Plain. After a lot of hard work, we finally arrived outside Daxing City.

Without time to return home to reunite with their families, Cui Che, Su Wei and others took Yan Rong to Daxing Palace to meet the saint.

The two brought all Yan Rong's personal entourage to Guanzhong. They knew Yan Rong's daily words and deeds best. As Yan Rong was imprisoned and sent to Guanzhong, the wall fell and everyone pushed. Officials from all over Henan and Hebei filed memorials to impeach Yan Rong.

Honor crime.

Yan Rong also accepted his fate and confessed to the crimes he committed. He just wanted to see his mother before he died.

Although Yang Jian was extremely angry, he agreed to the request and allowed him to say goodbye to his mother before the execution tomorrow.

Yan Rong was immediately taken away and imprisoned, waiting to be beheaded outside the palace gate tomorrow for official execution.

After praising Su Wei, Yang Jian looked at Cui Che again. To be honest, he was still a little dissatisfied with his son-in-law's handling of things.

It was not that Cui Che attacked Licheng at night without an order and arrested Yan Rong without authorization. After interrogation, Yang Jian also knew that Yan Rong knew that he could not escape the guilt and wanted to attack and kill Cui Che and Su Wei. Cui Che had no choice but to strike first.

Yang Jian's main dissatisfaction was that Cui Che made things worse.

No matter how you say it, Yan Rong is the model official he has set up. If he has any problems or sins, he can go back to Guanzhong and report to him privately.

At worst, Yan Rong would be recalled to Daxing City and executed. Instead, the two of them would attack each other and cause a storm in the city.

This made him lose Yang Jian's face.

Yang Jian originally planned to give Cui Che a good scolding after Su Wei left.

A person who usually cares about the Holy Will was confused this time. He was still too young and energetic. When he saw Yan Rong impeaching him first, he couldn't help but get angry and started fighting with him.

But before Su Wei could say goodbye, Cui Che presented the method of making salt to Yang Jian and boasted:

"If your Majesty sets up 100,000 acres of beach fields, he can produce tens of millions of dendrobiums of salt a year."

Yang Jian was stunned when he heard this. When he came to his senses, he said eagerly:

"What you say is true! If you dare to lie and deceive, I will not forgive you lightly!"

The current poor financial situation not only worries Su Wei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, but also Yang Jian has trouble sleeping and eating.

He also knew that Cui Che was not a person who liked great achievements, but the figure of tens of millions of dendrobium still made Yang Jian unable to believe it.

"How dare I deceive you? If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask Su Shangshu for proof. That day, I was taught this salt-making method by a stranger. I still had doubts. Fortunately, Su Shangshu made the decision for me, so I tested this method."

Cui Che gave Su Wei a share of the credit as promised in Qingzhou.

Yang Jian saw that Cui Che was so steadfast in his oath and had already believed most of it. He immediately looked at Su Wei.

Solvay testified:

"Reporting to your Majesty, I have indeed verified the output of the salt field. The prince-in-law is not lying. It is estimated that the annual output of one acre of beach field can indeed reach one hundred dendrobiums."

In fact, the actual output of one acre of beach land is far more than 100 dendrobium. Cui Che's family has been making sea salt for generations, and he knows the output best. One acre can produce 10 tons of sea salt annually.

Before the Song Dynasty, one dendrobium weighed 120 kilograms, which was equivalent to an annual output of about 166 dendrobium per mu. Considering that one mu in the Sui Dynasty was equal to 0.78 acres in later generations, the annual output was close to 130 dendrobium.

Cui Che gave Yang Jian an estimate of one hundred dendrobes per acre, which was relatively conservative.

When Yang Jian heard that Su Wei had verified the method of making salt proposed by Cui Che, Yang Jian's eyes shone unconsciously and he looked at Cui Che. Instead of the father-in-law looking at his son-in-law, it was clearly his own father looking at his son.

"Okay! Okay! If it is true as the prince consort said, if we open 100,000 acres of beachland and get tens of millions of dendrobium of salt, I will definitely give you a heavy reward!"

Cui Che said calmly:

"I am so loved by Your Majesty, how dare I not do my best to repay Your Majesty's kindness as your princess, wife, and minister."

After Cui Che said goodbye and left the palace, Yang Jian immediately ordered people to summon Gao Jiong, Yu Qingze, and Yang Su to discuss the candidate for the general manager of Qingzhou. Naturally, he made up his mind to dry salt in Qingzhou, Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, and Juzhou.

Originally, the four nobles in the court were Gao Jiong, Su Wei, Yu Qingze and Yang Xiong.

However, Yang Xiong was tolerant, courteous to virtuous officials, and favored by both the government and the public. He was jealous of Yang Jian. Now he has lost his original favor and his position was replaced by the imperial censor Yang Su who was good at flattery.

When the three of them heard that Cui Che had introduced a salt-drying method that could produce up to 100 dendrobiums per mu, they were no less shocked than Yang Jian before them.

When recommending candidates for the general manager of Qingzhou, Su Wei took the lead in speaking:

“Opening fields to produce salt is related to the national economy and people’s livelihood, and the benefits will be huge, so it needs to be handled by trusted people.

"Cui Che, the consort, has a reputation of being incorruptible, and he is also an official of Qiandi. He once opened a field on the coast of the Bohai Sea to conduct experiments. When it comes to his understanding of salt-making techniques, no one can match him.

"I think Cui Che should go out to herd Qingzhou and take charge of opening fields and making salt!"

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