The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Peeling is a technical job that most people really can't do.

And skinning is a laborious task because it lasts a very long time.

Peeling straw, also called "peeling straw", the execution process is that the executioner peels off the prisoner's skin completely, then makes it into a bag, and finally fills it with straw and hangs it for public display.

Just hearing this horrific description was enough to make people shudder, and now Tang Hao was even more fortunate to witness it with his own eyes, but the process was too long and cruel.

A living person, a third-grade Yun Sidu envoy, was stripped naked, and his limbs and whole body were nailed to wooden stakes to ensure that he would not move and affect the skinning effect.

When peeling, cut the skin from the spine and divide the skin on the back into two halves. Use the knife to slowly separate the skin and muscles, and tear them apart like a butterfly spreading its wings.

A ruthless official?

"Tu Zongxian, don't put such a big label on me, I really can't afford it!"

Tang Hao said coldly: "You treat the Zaohu Salt Ding as a human being, and you have to force the person to death completely before you are willing to accept it. Then when these Zaohu Salt Ding are dead and run away, you literati and doctors will fry it yourself." Salt boiling salt?”

Hearing this, Han Wen and Tu Yu were even more furious, wishing they could fight this damned Marquis of Zhongshan to the death!

The huge profits from salt are evident from this, and no one is unmoved.

But Tang Hao just gave him a cold look, which frightened the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance into retracting his hand.

As soon as these words came out, Han Wen was dumbfounded.

Tang Hao ignored them and looked back at Zuo Yidao.

"Why?" Tang Hao was too lazy to pay attention to him and simply turned his head to coax the child to sleep.

This is also the sentence most commonly used by these civil servants and gentry to persuade the little emperor!

Luo Guanzhong, who supported Liu and rebelled against Cao, wrote a book called "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that directly transformed Cao Cao's historical image of mixed reputations and reputations, making him an outright rebellious minister and traitor.

On the side, Tu Jing said in a deep voice: "Salt class accounts for half of the national economy!"

While Han Wen was angry, he noticed the smile on the corner of Tang Hao's mouth, and his heart suddenly moved.

"Don't talk about these things with me here."

"Tang Hou is interested."

Han Wen finally couldn't help but speak.

Wang Shu was forcibly expelled from the court!

As he took office, this move was immediately stopped, that is, "the people will die and the government will cease"!

Civil and military policies are based on strategic policies. As long as the person survives, the government will flourish; if the person dies, the government will cease.

At first, all the officials thought that Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, was just relying on His Majesty's favor to show off his power. No one believed that he really dared to act in accordance with the "Great Edict" and would skin the third-rank local officials!

But now, everything has happened. He, Tang Hao, really dared to do this, and he did it in broad daylight and in full view of the public!

He, Tang Hao, why?

So angry!

I really want to beat this bitch to death!

After understanding this, Han Wen immediately glared at Tang Hao.

Han Wen suppressed the anger in his heart and said solemnly: "Please give me some advice from Marquis Tang!"

"Hey, Han Shangshu has become smarter!"

There is also Zhang Shicheng, who competed with Emperor Taizu Gao for the world. In his early years, he was just a private salt dealer. He accumulated a huge wealth. Taking advantage of the chaos in the late Yuan Dynasty, he proclaimed himself king and turned into a warlord.

It’s not just women who are ruined, but men as well.

"Tang Hou, you have already planned it, right?"

After all, Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, is a complete lunatic, and he kills without blinking an eye!

How dare he bet? Does Tang Hao dare to beat himself?

At first, all the officials thought that the "Da Gao" was just a joke, and no one took this kind of torture seriously!

Of course it's good, and it can be said to have immediate results. This move makes "everyone works hard for a while, and each department is called a winner."

No matter what nonsense, the overall situation must be the priority, then just sit back and watch the Ming Dynasty collapse!

Moreover, the "overall situation" in the words of these gentry and gentry is not the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty, but to maintain and stabilize the vested interests in front of them and prevent anyone from destroying and infringing upon their vested interests. This is the "overall situation" in the words of the civil servants and gentry!

But Tang Hao still spoke. After all, he was still soft-hearted and couldn't bear to watch those Zaohu saltmen continue to suffer.

This is the sentence Tang Hao hates the most!

By doing this, he not only harmed the interests of the court, but also harmed the interests of all forces!

“You’re all burning your butts off, you’d better think about how to appease these Zaohu Yanding!”

"..."

"Thirdly, any state or county government is no longer allowed to assign corvee labor to these kitchen households. This is also the most important point!"

Blood was spurting out, and it was splashing everywhere as Zong Yue struggled wildly.

There were two Jinyi guards who carried out the execution, both of whom were masters of this kind of torture. They took turns to ensure that Zong Yue could fully enjoy the entire process.

Because all parties are involved in it to profit from it!

No matter what, no one likes free money!

Salt profits are huge, this is something that all fools know!

Whoever controls table salt is equivalent to owning an inexhaustible mountain of gold and silver!

Liu Bi, the king of Wu in the Han Dynasty, made his country east of the sea. He boiled the sea to make salt, mined copper, and cast coins. He accumulated wealth enough to rival his country. Wu's wealth surpassed all other princely states. Finally, the king of Wu, who had a strong army and horses, named him Chao Cuo. He united with Chu, Zhao and other seven kingdoms to raise troops to rebel, which was known as the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" in history.

"I also ask Marquis Tang to put the overall situation first and not hesitate to teach me!"

The most difficult thing is for fat people, such as Zong Yue, a pampered fat man, because there is still a pile of fat between his skin and muscles, which is difficult to separate, which further tests the skills of the two Jin Yiwei.

In fact, these two Jinyi guards have done such things as skinning more than once. Zong Yue is the same as the officials they executed in the past. There is no difference. When the knife is cut, the skin and flesh gradually separate and the blood flows out. In fact, they are all the same. ah!

It's just that Zong has been pampered for so many years, so he is fatter and has more fat in his flesh and blood. These are the people's fat and the people's cream that he lays on the people's bodies to knock the bones and suck the marrow!

Tang Hao sneered disdainfully.

"Furthermore, I sent people to report the situation of the Changlu Salt Field to the other salt fields to inform the Zaohu saltmen. I guess the other salt fields are not far away from the riots!"

He is forcing the court to reform the salt industry system!

Again, the salt tax accounts for half of the national budget, and the salt tax accounts for half or more of the country's total fiscal revenue, so no one dares to change the salt tax anytime soon!

But it was because of the reform of the Yunsi that he affected the interests of too many people. In the end, he was forced to retire and return home, and was expelled from the court by various forces!

This is the result of rashly changing the salt policy!

Therefore, only if Yunsi is corrupted can all parties profit from the salt farm more conveniently, and can they profit from the salt!

At that time, Wang Shu, a virtuous veteran, responded to the imperial court's call and restructured the Transportation Department. "The second-level Jinshi was used to select deputy envoys, and the third-level Jinshi was selected to select judges and miscellaneous people. Before the examination, the candidates were listed and supplemented. If the results were checked for three years, they would be recommended or promoted by the festival. Those who are excellent in both examination and speech will be promoted to wailang, a member of each ministry, by the deputy envoy according to the magistrate, and to the head of each ministry by the magistrate, according to the county magistrate."

Starting from the first blow, the onlookers all burst into cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Tang Hao said in a deep voice: "If you want the horse to run, you have to let it eat grass. Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

Even if the report is reported to His Majesty, His Majesty will not be angry after reading it, but will only praise the Marquis of Zhongshan, "What a damn talent"!

Tired, destroy it!

If he is escorted back to Beijing for trial, the forces behind him will probably try their best to keep him, and the most he will do is to be dismissed from office.

Either the reform of the salt field will be better for the kitchen households, or you can fry and cook the salt yourself!

The strike and riots at the Zaohu salt shop are tantamount to draining the firepower. The imperial court no longer has any room for cover-up and mediation!

Why is Yunsi corrupted?

"Tanghou, give him a happy life!"

What else can be done?

But what's the final result?

Now, Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao has chosen a different path.

Not a good reputation anyway.

To be honest, Han Wen's words were a reminder to Tang Hao not to go too far in everything.

You're not fucking sick, are you?

Do I, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, have a grudge against you?

"Zhongshan Hou, you..."

"The salt farm riot will cause the imperial court's fiscal revenue to plummet. Can you, Marquis Zhongshan, shoulder this responsibility?"

"Marquis Tang, if you do this, where will you leave the imperial court? Where will you leave your majesty?"

"If the salt farm is not restructured and gives them no hope of survival, these salt cookers will definitely not continue to cook salt."

"Yidao, write these words down and send them back to the capital to show to your majesty. Please ask your majesty to immediately order the reform of the salt administration and promote it throughout the world!"

Why did Tang Hao do this?

Because of the salt policy!

Of course, this idea was quickly dispelled. The ten of them combined were not enough to beat this reckless man with one hand!

Han Wen and Tu Yan's faces were hot and they lowered their heads silently.

This is the truth since ancient times!

Wang Shu was a virtuous veteran minister who served in the four dynasties of Yingzong, Daizong, Xianzong and Xiaozong. He had served at home and abroad for more than 40 years, and he had always been renowned for his "uprightness, purity and strictness" in both the government and the public.

"First, ensure the livelihood of the salt farmers in the kitchen. The salt farm collects salt from them. The price should be strictly set within a reasonable price range. It should not be less than 30 yuan. That is the fruit of people's hard work. You fucking Why would you buy it for a few pennies and then resell it to make a profit? "

The overall situation is important!

Why?

Because the benefits of the salt farm are so exciting!

If you have offended the world's literati, you, Tang Hao, will never be able to leave a good reputation in this life, even if you die, you will be infamy for thousands of years!

When Tang Hao heard this, his face was expressionless and he sneered: "I am a reckless man, what do you want with that bullshit reputation?"

Hearing this, Han Wen and Tu Yu were startled, and then looked at each other.

Throughout the process, Zong Yue kept struggling and begging for mercy, crying and confessing, accompanied by extremely sad and painful wails from the depths of his soul...

"how?"

"Want to try?"

All the officials from the Transportation Department had pale faces and their bodies were trembling with fear!

Those who are corrupt and accept bribes of sixty taels or more will be stripped of their skins and reap the benefits. This is indeed the ancestral precept set by Emperor Taizu Gao!

But which one of these Transportation Department officials has embezzled tens of thousands of taels of silver?

"After all, he comes from a gentry clan. If you act like this, you are declaring war on the gentry of the world!"

"Tsk, tsk, what a group of "loyal and virtuous ministers". If Emperor Taizu Gao knew that the Ming Dynasty had "loyal and virtuous ministers" like you, he would probably be so happy that he would climb out of the coffin board and skin you one by one. Light the sky lantern!”

You wiped out the whole family, killed the only son of the family, and now you want to skin him and make him a straw. How much hatred and resentment are there?

After all, no matter how wrong this Zongyue is, he is still a serious scholar-bureaucrat, an elite scholar from a noble family!

Han Wen and Tu Yan trembled slightly, then nodded heavily.

"Han Shangshu, rather than caring about this Zongyue, you should care more about yourself!"

"Why did the Kato Salt Company go on strike?"

"If you dare to scold me, I will beat you!"

"These Zaohu Yanding are not just cattle and horses, but living people with flesh and blood!"

Imperial gentry, local gentry, military generals, relatives of the emperor...

The Ming Dynasty's intellectuals and officials even dared to attack Emperor Chenghua, let alone Tang Hao, a mere Marquis of Zhongshan!

Let's play, let's make trouble, don't make fun of Emperor Taizu Gao!

"Secondly, in addition to paying the corresponding salt on time, the salt produced by Zao households can be sold at designated places. Proving their identity as Zao household with the yellow registration household registration is enough to limit the proliferation of private salt. They just want to If life is better, what will happen if this little salt flows into the market? Will it affect you gentry and gentry to make a lot of money?"

This is the real reason why Yunsi is becoming increasingly corrupt!

This is so disrespectful, I'll kill you!

Zuo Yidao rolled his eyes fiercely at the side, pretending not to hear at all.

Han Wen was so angry that he pointed at Tang Hao's nose and wanted to curse.

"Anyway, I didn't make any profit from it, so I'm not in a hurry at all, hahaha!"

"Tang Hao, you are so presumptuous!" Tu Yan scolded sternly.

After a moment of silence, the two of them walked up to Tang Hao with livid faces and bowed.

Therefore, reputation is really meaningless to Tang Hao.

A literati's pen is comparable to a warrior's sword, and it kills people without blood!

What do scholars do best?

Destroy people’s innocence!

Is his approach good?

In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Ye Qi carried out the political reform. In the sixth year of Hongzhi, Wang Shu became an official.

"Dare you scold me?"

What these scholars are best at is making up stories and making insinuations to slander people!

Doesn't that mean that after this Zongyue, they are likely to be the next?

Especially after seeing with their own eyes that Zong Yue was really skinned, all the officials of the Transportation Department were so frightened that they did not even dare to express their anger!

"What a nice thing to say!" Tang Hao raked his ears lazily, "You just sit back and watch the transportation department corrupt, and watch the gentry, the powerful and powerful embezzling national interests, just for the sake of the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty?"

Tang Hao said coldly: "The riot among the saltmen in the kitchen of Changlu Salt Farm was indeed secretly instigated by someone under my command, but their lives would have been difficult to survive!"

Holding the blood-stained "Da Gao", he skinned local officials and stripped them of their skins!

Han Wen and Tu Fu's faces were pale, with some feeling sad for their misfortune, angry with them, but also pitiful and dejected.

"If you have the ability, kill all the salt cooks in the world, and then go fry and boil the salt yourself!"

"You have been to the Changlu Salt Farm before, and you have seen with your own eyes the miserable life of the Zaohu salt workers. As long as you have some conscience, you should know what to do!"

But now, Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, skinned him and killed him. Not only did he kill Zong Yue, but he also ruined his name, making Zong Yue infamy for thousands of years and nailed to the pillar of historical shame for the rest of his life!

Such cruel methods are too chilling!

"Because they can't live any longer and they can't see any hope of living!"

To put it more bluntly, the emperors, generals and ministers all knew that the profits from the salt administration were never made by the court, but by too many forces who profited from it, and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.

But as the skin continued to be peeled off from the human body, as the "butterfly" continued to take shape, as Zong Yue's screams and wails became more and more shrill, the entire scene suddenly fell into a deathly silence, and he could only vaguely I heard some people retching, it was because they were sick.

Even during the Hongzhi period, officials collectively were unwilling to take up the post of Transportation Secretary, and there were endless calls from the government and the public for revitalizing the Transportation Department. Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi tried to reorganize the Saltworks Operations Division, but it was only the Saltworks Operations Division, and nothing else was touched.

From then on, Emperor Hongzhi no longer cared about the affairs of the Yunsi Salt Farm. He only cared about whether the annual salt tax was that high, and that was enough.

Now, it was Han Wen and Tu Yu's turn to be dumbfounded.

Jin Yiwei's hand was very steady and he used the knife skillfully. Even though Zong Yue had been struggling wildly, his whole body and limbs were firmly fixed on the wooden stake, which only caused his body to tremble. Under this situation , the peeling work is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Since the road from the central government to the salt field is not feasible, Tang Hao will do the opposite!

Don’t you want to make money from the salt farm?

Can't you collectively suppress anyone who wants to reform the salt policy?

Okay, then everyone should stop working. All the salt workers in the kitchens will go on strike and riot, which will directly shut down all the six major salt fields of the Ming Dynasty!

Now, the imperial court had to take action to reorganize the salt administration and purge the transportation department!

Otherwise, if the salt works are shut down for one day, the salt tax will be reduced by one cent. In the end, even the most basic salt tax revenue will not be guaranteed!

Even for the money, His Majesty the Emperor can support Nayin Kaizhong. When the powerful officials and ministers see it, what else can they think about? They should continue to make money from the salt administration, and they will continue to engage in corruption and bribery unscrupulously!

Han Wen was so angry that his face was livid and his whole body was shaking, but he couldn't get angry.

If this matter is publicized today, how will the people in the world treat you, Tang Hao?

A ferocious eagle dog?

"Marquis Zhongshan, you are doing this without caring about the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty!"

Tang Hao chuckled lazily and said: "Why do I do this? You two know better than anyone else. We are not fools, so there is no need to talk nonsense here!"

Tang Hao didn't even need to think too much. At the end of his life, his end would definitely be more miserable than that of Cao Ah Man. He might be tricked into something by these literati and doctors.

"If not, then just wait for the six major salt farms to shut down and wait for the salt tax to plummet!"

Zuo Yidao: "..."