The emperor acted as an envoy to promote and demote, which was a great shock to some officials.

However, this also reflects from the side that the benefits of salt are huge.

So, Li Jia handed over the important task of rectifying the Laizhou Bay Salt Field to Deng Bin, and the prime minister was unable to rest assured.

The salt farm in Laizhou Bay supplies the entire Shandong region of Hebei, and millions of people rely on their salt. In order to maintain the profits of the salt industry, they have been severely punished for six generations. For example, in the Later Zhou Dynasty, those who sold ten kilograms of private salt were sentenced to death.

Official salt is dozens of coins per kilogram, while private salt is only about ten coins at most. Once private salt is flooded, it will lead to a shrinking salt tax and financial difficulties.

There is no doubt that there are many tricks in the salt farm work that thousands of people are engaged in.

However, the emperor did not deal with it himself. He came to inspect, not to manage the government.

Qingzhou is very close to Denglai. In other words, it has the advantage of HNA, which can connect Goryeo and Liaodong and establish trade exchanges.

When Li Jia came to Qingzhou, all the officials from nearby prefectures and counties came to him, and he did not dare to be careless at all. The emperor could really decide his life and death with just one word.

After contacting some officials, Li Jia was also a little irritated, so he simply met two merchants engaged in maritime trade.

The two of them were fat and thin, which was eye-catching.

"Common people Zhang Qi and Li Ji, please pay attention to His Majesty the Emperor—"

"Get up!" Li Jia waved his hand, sat upright, looked at the two of them, and couldn't help but ask: "I heard that you two have been in the sea trade since time of the time, and have been with Goryeo and Liaodong several times. Now, what's wrong with Goryeo?"

"Report to Your Majesty, King Goryeo is named Wang Zhao, and he is also a capable king. Especially in the battle with the royal army a few years ago, he simply learned from his mistakes, imitated the court, and carried out the so-called reform strategy."

Zhang Qi bent over and said with a smile.

"Oh?" Li Jia was in high spirits and asked quickly, "What are the innovative strategies?"

"The common people dare not speak nonsense, but they know that they have opened the imperial examinations, imitated the imperial camp, established imperial guards, etc. In short, they are very busy in the country."

"And we have also heard that the Goryeo Kingdom is preparing for its troops, as if it is ready to use troops to the Northeast and Northwest regions..."

"That's it!"

Li Jia nodded. It seemed that the imitation spirit of the Goryeo people was still not broken, but it was just a wealthy alliance. If the reforms were made, how could it be better?

"You guys go down!"

After waving his hand, Li Jia stood up and found a map of East Asia from a box, where Goryeo's location was extremely conspicuous.

The Goryeo people have always wanted to expand northward, and among them, the Bohai Kingdom region is their dream location. The area where agricultural production matures here is richer than that of the Goryeo Kingdom.

Even if the Khitans kept intimidating, they could not erase their covetousness towards the north.

"This is a good thing!"

Although a tribute relationship was established, Li Jia never believed in the Goryeo. To be honest, a country that keeps learning and innovation is actually even more terrifying.

However, Goguryeo had long been destroyed, and the newly emerging Khitans in the Northeast replaced it, and even had a greater threat.

At this time, Goryeo became an object of use. Before, Goryeo was besieged by the Khitans, and Goryeo would definitely be interested.

"It's actually very good to have Goryeo as cannon fodder."

Li Jia thought to himself that he had many sons, and with such a vast territory as Goryeo, he could at least have two.

If he could defeat the Khitans.

After a little bit of imagination, Li Jia became energetic and continued to travel with beauty, traveling throughout Shandong Prefecture for more than a month.

At this time, the land survey had just begun, and the rectification of the salt field had already shown some results.

"The Laizhou Bay Salt Field has a total of 3,600 salt minus people, and can produce 35,000 stones of salt per month, which is actually nearly 10,000 stones more than before. These salts are sold by corrupt officials, thus forming private salt and impacting the sales of official salt."

Deng Bin respectfully reported: "There are 59 corrupt officials and clerks found this time, and nearly 3 million yuan of property were confiscated. There are countless merchants and local tyrants. Because the connection is too wide, the weak ministers can stop and are not involved."

"You did it right!"

Li Jia praised: "Now in Xin'an, Shandong Prefecture, don't let Qiqi go again. It's better to let them go for the time being and wait for the opportunity."

"By the way, have you ever recorded it?"

"This, Weichen did not-"

Deng Bin didn't know that the emperor was so vengeful, and said with a helpless smile.

"That's fine!"

Li Jia said regretfully that these noble people are good candidates to fill in immigration. No matter how poor they are, they can migrate to Luoyang and contribute to the prosperity of the capital.

However, after thinking about it, Shandong Prefecture was in chaos for too long last year, so don’t bother to leave more essence.

"Three million guan, 500,000 guan will be left with Shandong Prefecture, and the rest will be sent back to Bianliang. The court's life is not good!"

"Here—" Deng Bin responded, and then he spoke again and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, although you have thoroughly investigated the salt farm this time, it has cured the symptoms but not the root cause. The salt industry has many disadvantages and needs to be reformed-"

After Liu Yan's reform, the salt administration of the Tang Dynasty formed five major links, including "civil system, official collection, official sales, commercial transportation, and commercial sales", saving government expenses and using salt merchant channels to expand sales.

"On-site sales" is a policy of taxation on the price. When the government acquires salt, the salt tax is included in the salt price and sold to the salt merchants. After the salt merchant pays the money to get the salt, it will be freely transported and sold. Passing prefectures and counties are not allowed to be taxed.

However, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the central government had lost its authority, and many warlords and vassal states spent their time on salt. After the central government collected taxes, they frequently levyed taxes, which made the salt price rise and the people could not afford salt.

Li Jia said regretfully that these noble people are good candidates to fill in immigration. No matter how poor they are, they can migrate to Luoyang and contribute to the prosperity of the capital.

However, after thinking about it, Shandong Prefecture was in chaos for too long last year, so don’t bother to leave more essence.

"Three million guan, 500,000 guan will be left with Shandong Prefecture, and the rest will be sent back to Bianliang. The court's life is not good!"

"Here—" Deng Bin responded, and then he spoke again and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, although you have thoroughly investigated the salt farm this time, it has cured the symptoms but not the root cause. The salt industry has many disadvantages and needs to be reformed-"

After Liu Yan's reform, the salt administration of the Tang Dynasty formed five major links, including "civil system, official collection, official sales, commercial transportation, and commercial sales", saving government expenses and using salt merchant channels to expand sales.

"On-site sales" is a policy of taxation on the price. When the government acquires salt, the salt tax is included in the salt price and sold to the salt merchants. After the salt merchant pays the money to get the salt, it will be freely transported and sold. Passing prefectures and counties are not allowed to be taxed.
Chapter completed!