It seems that it is impossible to change Chen Xi’s seat!

As the new governor, Chen Xi raised the problem of the officials and gentry present as soon as he came up. Even if everyone present had "had been through a long battle", he could not withstand the strong pressure given by Chen Xi.

Fortunately, Guo Shaoheng was smart, so he greeted him and asked the two tables of guests to sit down. It didn't matter who was closer to Chenxi and who was far away.

I used to try my best to sit close to Chenxi, but now I want to keep a distance so as not to cause unintentional disasters because of angering Lord Shen.

As the host of the banquet, Guo Shaoheng, after everyone sat down, asked the singer invited by the yamen of the magistrate from the Wuchang Prefecture Jiaofangsi to pour wine for the guests. After the full amount, he raised his glass and said, "Shen Zhongcheng, I am here to represent the officials, gentry and people in Huguang. I would like to welcome you to the present. I will respect you first!"

Before Chen Xi could pick up the wine glass, Guo Shaoheng had already fucked it on his back. He could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

On the second cup, Guo Shaoheng, together with the officials and gentry present, toasted Chen Xi.

Chen Xi looked up and didn't want to drink anymore, but for the sake of socializing, he had to drink another drink.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone sat down one after another. Guo Shaoheng was still standing there and said with a smile: "Shen Zhongcheng, you have arrived in the new place and don't know much about the customs and customs of Huguang. I can't introduce it to you in detail. I am not from Huguang. If you have any questions about the local situation in the future, just ask the gentry here!"

Guo Shaoheng called himself "low", meaning that he did not attend as an official today, but regarded himself as an ordinary person.

But Chen Xi would not lower his value. If he was too approachable, local officials and gentry would not be afraid of him, and might even trip him up.

These days, it is just a comparison of who has the biggest fist. Chen Xi has served as a governor and learned from Fujian and Guangdong. Most officials have the mentality of perfunctory bosses and bullying good and fearing evil.

Chen Xidao: "I will know where I am responsible for my position. If I should know, I will know. If there is really something unclear, I will not be polite!"

Guo Shaoheng smiled and nodded, and recommended two people among his deskmates who were not officials to Chen Xi: "Shen Zhongcheng, let me introduce you separately. This is the head of the Wen family in Wuchang Prefecture, Mr. Wenqin and Zhuwen. This is Mr. Zhong An, Mr. Zhong of Xiangyang Prefecture... If you have anything, you can ask the two old men for advice and you will definitely gain something!"

Two old men with crane hair and a young face hurriedly stood up and saluted Chen Xi. Among so many people present, they could be listed as chief without an official position, which shows that their status is extraordinary.

Chen Xi thought about it carefully and probably understood. He did not get up, but looked up at the two of them and asked, "Which family of them is in charge of the tea business?"

Wen Qinzhu and Zhong An were obviously stunned, and Guo Shaoheng had already answered on his behalf: "Sir, it's Wen's family!"

Chen Xi asked again: "Then the Zhong family is the one who runs the official salt business?"

Guo Shaoheng smiled bitterly and explained: "Mr. Zhongcheng, many things are not defined in this way. Local gentry have some business transactions in food, rice, oil and salt, and have made outstanding contributions to the court's class and tuition, and have made outstanding contributions to the stability of the party. Many of the gentry on the scene are actually doing these transactions, not exclusively for the Wen family and Zhong family!"

Chen Xi nodded. Some things were actually not recommended by others. He had a rich resume in the officialdom for many years, so of course he understood the secrets.

When Chen Xi was in Guangdong Province, he knew that the operation of salt tea in Daming was monopolized by the imperial court, and the salt induction method and the tea induction method were implemented. No one except for specific officials and businessmen could operate this business.

Most of the officials and businessmen who operate salt in the local area are hereditary, and generations have been responsible for the transaction of salt tea in the local area, one level higher than another, just like pyramid schemes, the profits of the top level are the most abundant, diluted at each level. When it comes to the salt merchants at the bottom, the tea merchants basically have no profits, because the government has a guide price for salt tea in the local area, and the merchants on the street make hard money.

As the top merchants in the Wenjia and Zhongjia, who are salt and tea trading in Huguang Province, have extremely amazing profits. Due to their long-term roots in the local area and Guangluo, they can be said to be a real local snake with great power at hand. They can even use money and wealth to go to Beijing or Nanjing to keep the appointments of local officials.

After the new officials took office, they did not dare to offend them openly, and even deliberately curry favor with them and ask for peace and stability.

In return, these big merchants would send gifts to officials on their three holidays and two birthdays every year. What they asked for was tacit understanding. After several generations of management, the relationship network was complex.

The iron-clad soldiers of the camp are like the camp, welcoming and sending all kinds of officials. Even if there are honest officials who do not accept wealth, they will not go against these officials and businessmen, because according to the Confucian attitude towards moderation, everyone is in peace and there is no need to tear their faces apart, and finally they will be defeated.

The salt tea franchise system was appointed by Taizu. If officials want to change, they are full of difficulties. The aristocratic families are not afraid of officials going to the local area and they can ask the censor to impeach officials at any time.

In this way, no officials dared to attack these officials and businessmen rashly.

But Chenxi is different.

When Chen Xi was in Guangdong Province, in order to raise the military expenses of suppressing bandits, he insisted on his own initiative and changed the salt method to the billing and salt method. Merchants of all sizes could transport and sell salt when they had salt. In this way, the specialty was changed to public service.

Chen Xi encountered great resistance in this move, but he had the courage to reform, of course, mainly because he was forced to go to the forefront at that time, which was a helpless move to burn his boats.

At that time, the local governor's office, the Censor's Office and the Censor's Office also impeached the court, but Chen Xi had evidence of corruption among the officials of the Yankee Prefecture Department. In addition, Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng and others were escorted by the court. Zhu Youzhe considered that there was no money at hand to allocate it to Chen Xi to suppress the bandits in the local area, and finally agreed to Chen Xi's reform.

The method of scavenging salt still uses salt to induce salt. People of this era do not realize that this is a major reform of the salt tea monopoly system. Most officials in the court thought that there is no essential difference between the two and believed that the form of salt tea extraction is different. As a result, the public system of salt tea was preserved in the three southeastern provinces.

Although the three southeastern provinces are not the main production areas of salt tea in Daming, this greatly shocked the local officials and businessmen who monopolized the transaction of salt tea. When local officials and businessmen in Huguang and Jianggan heard that Chen Xi was the governor of the two provinces, the first thing they thought was that the court was dissatisfied with the amount of money and grain donated by the two provinces during the war, which made Chen Xi, a great hero in the Battle of Tatars, come to the local area to reform taxes. After Chen Xi arrived, his attitude of refusing to cooperate made local forces tremble.

If it were someone else, it would be fine. At worst, spend more money to walk around the court and let the ignorant officials get out earlier.

But who is Chen Xi? The second-class minister in the battle in the northwest, the youngest rank of the imperial court, the extraordinary genius who passed the third grade at a young age, and the governor of the two provinces appointed by the emperor!

In terms of paper governance, Chenxi has the merit of reforming the salt tea system in the southeast, increasing treasury taxes, and improving people's livelihood; in terms of martial arts, Chenxi has the merit of leading troops to the southeast and northwest, to eliminate local bandits and expelling the Tartars.

Chen Xi's reform of the salt induction law touched the interests of relevant groups. Many people were afraid that Chen Xi would become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and would directly reform the salt tea franchise system. Many people went to the important officials in the court to slander and slander them. This was also an important reason why Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others tried their best to oppose Chen Xi as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

But no matter how powerful the local forces are, it is difficult for Tatars to deal with? No matter how powerful the Tatars are, they still escaped back to the grassland with their tails under the tyranny of the top scholar?

If you fight against Chen Xi, you won’t have a good ending!

So when he knew that Chen Xi was coming, the local forces had already surrendered, waiting to express their loyalty to Chen Xi and beg his men to show mercy.

The local forces knelt down and said to Chen Xi: "Mr. Shen, please be proud of your kindness. If you want military pay, we will provide military pay. If you want political achievements, we will create political achievements for you. If you go to the local area, we can follow you behind you to spread money to the people. If you want to fight, we are responsible for recruiting soldiers and grains for you. Please don't change the local salt and tea specialty system."

I felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, Chen Xi suddenly stood up, and the officials and gentry who were sitting anxiously stood up quickly. Because of panic, they fell down a stool and chair.
Chapter completed!