The tea, salt and wine monopoly in the Song Dynasty were divided into regions and were not allowed to be sold across borders. Violators were punished with severe punishment. The systems of each region were different. The area where the Huainan tea merchants were located was also called the Southeast Tea Area, which occupied a special place in the tea monopoly in the Song Dynasty. Because the tea here supports the tea entering the middle side of Shaanxi, which directly affects the stability of the border.

In the first year of Tiansheng, Li Zi reformed the tea method, and at the same time implemented the arch-stitching method in Huainan, also known as the trade law. Simply put, it was changed from the previous official closing sale to the commercial closing sale, and the government only charged fixed profits.

The biggest advantage of the sticking method is to make the tea trade flexible. Since the government no longer directly participates in tea business activities, the mountain of old tea in the officialdom disappeared, and the disadvantages of forcibly placing old tea to merchants were gone. Merchants should consider sales. In the past, low-quality tea began to be classified, good tea can be sold at a good price, and tea growers can also get benefits. The government has saved the trouble of direct management and has a fixed income.

After such tea reform, the entire society has two main benefits. One is that the official business and official marketing was in the past. Due to the extremely serious dereliction of duty by officials, a large amount of tea was scrapped during the transportation process and in the warehouse. Of course, the government would not praise it, and would forcibly suppress this part of the loss to tea merchants, making tea merchants full of complaints. After the reform, this part of the loss was reduced, which was considered a wealth that was extra out of thin air. Another is that tea merchants wanted to compete for the market, and good tea had a good price, which forced the park households to improve management and technology.

Of course, there are negative effects. Capital is a monster that pursues profits. Once the reins are relaxed, it will swallow everything. With the implementation of the Trade Law, the profit growth of tea merchants slowed down over time, and their ideas went to other aspects. For example, joining together to raise the price of tea, such as jointly reducing the price of tea, and finally finally came to jointly make false accounts and embezzle the fixed income of the government. So in the third year of Tiansheng, the sticking method was abolished with the restoration of the old tea method.

The reason why Huainan tea merchants are so active is that when they hear that the tea method has changed, they can't wait to come to the capital to write a letter, and then they have the idea of ​​applying the archery method again. This is the most beneficial system for them.

When Xu Ping was studying tea method, the changes to Huainan tea method were really familiar. In his previous life, this kind of reform was in full swing, and from theory to practice, it was not comparable to that of officials of this era.

The so-called sticking method and business method are nothing more than the poor management of the government, resulting in losses or low profits, so management and operation are pushed to private capital. There are not too many stories like this in Xu Ping's previous life, and they have always been regarded as advanced experience. Of course, there are actually good and bad results, and it only depends on what angle you comment from.

History is so interesting. When future generations are happy to think that they have discovered a new world, they look back and actually have only completed a historical cycle and are still following the steps of their predecessors.

Nie Guanqing received the letter submitted by the tea merchant, read it from the beginning, pondering without saying a word.

The format of this letter is in a normal manner and has no special details. If you do not explain it in advance, you will mistakenly think of an official document written by a bureaucrat for many years. It is no wonder that Mr. Peng was born as a member of Liu Taishi. These old officials are more sophisticated in writing these words than the two-type lyric ministers. How could they find faults?

The content in the book is nothing more than a list of the many inconveniences after the abolition of the archery method in recent years. Tea merchants are unprofitable and the gardeners live in a difficult situation. After the difficulties, I recalled the benefits of implementing the archery method in the past. It was simply joyful and the whole country was joking. The final summary is just one sentence: For the sake of peace in the world and peace in the country, the Southeast Tea District will resume the archery method.

After thinking for a while, Nie Guanqing raised his head and asked, "Have you ever posted a letter to the place before you come to the capital?"

The tea merchant who was pushed out whispered: "We merchants deal with the government every day. They said what they said in the book and talked to the officials they contacted thousands of times. They said this was not something that could be managed by the local government, so let us come to the capital."

Mr. Peng squeezed into the crowd and said loudly: "Changing the tea method is a major policy of the court. What's the use of telling the local government? Besides, we tea merchants should also enter the capital to lead the exchanges. If we want to write a letter, we will naturally come to the court!"

As soon as the words fell, the tea merchants around him nodded and said yes.

Nie Guanqing said: "What you said makes sense, so I will accept this book. However, it will not take a day or two to reply. You can go home and wait for news, leaving only one or two people in the capital to wait for news."

The tea merchants hurriedly thanked each other and pushed the person standing in front of him and said, "As long as Shangguan receives the books we are waiting for, it will be a great kindness. Today, the Holy Emperor understands the sufferings of the people and will definitely not take it lightly. Let's leave people in Beijing to wait for news."

Nie Guanqing asked the tea merchants' hometown and name guarantor, and wrote them one by one, so he asked everyone to leave. He personally sealed the book and found an honest and reliable official to send it to Tongjinsi.

A group of tea merchants left the Dengwen Drum Courtyard, and Mr. Peng said happily: "This time it's done. As long as the book is delivered, the tea method will be changed soon. All the ministers in the court want to change the tea method. With this reason, it is to give a pillow when you are sleepy!"

The tea merchants around them bowed to Mr. Peng: "Thank you, Mr. Peng, for your kind help, otherwise, we outsiders would not know the way? If it was still early today, why not go to Changqing Building near Xiangguo Temple to have a banquet together."

"It is hard to refuse your kindness. If you say this, I will disturb you."

Mr. Peng said, a flower blooming on his face and walked towards Daxiangguo Temple with everyone.

With the change of tea method, tea quotations will inevitably change, and even the salt quotations that can be changed in Shaanxi can change. As long as you are well-informed, this is the time for the Jiaoyin Shop to make a fortune. If you can seize this opportunity, it will be no problem for several related Jiaoyin Shop to earn hundreds of thousands of yuan.

As a hero of this incident, Mr. Peng will definitely receive a great gift, so how could he not be happy?

Shi Zhongli was sitting in the yamen. The officials on duty took the letter from Nie Guanqing to send someone to him and hurried in to pay a gift to report: "Shangguan, the letter from the Guyuan has been sent."

When Shi Zhongli heard this, he frowned: "The censors have just been quiet for two days, why is there another stir in the Drum Courtyard? Take it to me! What a great thing is to go to the Drum Courtyard to write a letter!"

The official handed over the letter, Shi Zhongli took it, took it in his hand and took it carefully. Seeing that the fief was in compliance with the regulations, he then opened it.

Tongjinsi first checks the format of the book sent. The format does not match, so I just call it back and there is no need to read it.

After reading the book, Shi Zhongli said, "This is not like the book written by a tea merchant. It is the work of many veterans! Could it be that these tea merchants have found an old official to write for their writing? This is really not easy!"

As for the reform of tea method, Shi Zhongli was not interested in it. Shi Zhongli had seen this tea method many times, but none of them were reliable.
Chapter completed!