Chapter 279: The place is not monolithic either!
Hua Lun and Lian Zining spent most of the time cleaning up and finally sorted out the salt factory information that Lu Cang brought back.
Compared with the number of salt factories reported by salt transportation departments in various places, the number is not large.
Less than ten.
But without exception, they are all big manufacturers.
Lian Zining put the roster compiled on the gray cloth on the table, glanced at Xia Zhibai and said: "These people have really taken great pains to deal with you. They not only made false accounts, but also teased people's hearts. They used all kinds of underhanded tricks. Just to hide these less than ten salt factories?"
He looked puzzled.
As far as he was concerned, it wasn't worth it.
The chaos in the kitchen households in the south has been spreading for a long time. This is undoubtedly a huge political issue for the local government. Although it can be explained that the expansion of the salt factory is too large and they want to save money for the court. But in the final analysis, local supervision is still insufficient.
The place is guilty.
Moreover, in order to fool the people sent by the court, he made false accounts and concealed information. Once discovered by the court, this would be enough to lose his head. He couldn't figure out why the local government was willing to take such a big risk.
Xia Zhibai smiled.
He knew that not only Lian Zining couldn't figure it out, but Hua Lun, Jie Min, and even Tang He couldn't figure it out either.
I didn’t understand it either.
In the eyes of many of them, this is completely thankless.
Gaining very small benefits with great risks.
Although salt is hugely profitable and can be smuggled and shipped out to sea, it is not that safe after all. Compared with making people angry, it is obviously not worth it, and there is no need to take such a big risk. You can just put it first Wouldn't it be better to fool the court and then do it privately?
He looked around and saw everyone looking at him. He pondered for a moment, patted the water stains on his sleeves, and said calmly: "Although I have given some simple descriptions, they are not comprehensive, and there is no It’s normal for you to have some confusion about all aspects of the explanation.”
“But you can’t figure it out, but many people can see it clearly.”
“In the final analysis, it’s a benefit! ”
Hua Lun and Lian Zining looked at each other, their eyes still full of confusion.
Xia Zhibai looked at Hua Lun and said, "Hua Lun, do you still remember the accounting method I gave you at that time?"
Hua Lun nodded.
Of course he knows this.
But what does this have to do with the salt policy in the south?
Xia Zhibai said: "I deliberately mentioned a point at that time, which was to add eyes and ears to the court by opening state-owned enterprises, and the salt factory was one of them."
Hearing this.
Hua Lun’s face changed suddenly.
He vaguely understood the root cause.
Xia Zhibai sighed softly and said quietly: "This matter was not actually covered up. It was told directly to the officials at the time, so it naturally fell into the ears of other people. At first, Not many people cared, and they all regarded it as a joke.”
"Even if the Kyoto Salt Industry succeeds."
"But the success of Yingtianfu does not mean that it can succeed in other places."
"It just means that as I go north, I will gradually persuade the north. The local vassal kings, especially after arriving in Peiping, made King Yan listen to my suggestion, and I directly made it clear that the salt factory would be the eyes and ears of the court. I am afraid that this news will gradually spread to other interested people. In the ears."
"Some people are panicking!"
Hua Lun said: "So since then, someone has had your idea?"
"Privately bribing Li Sheng and others, stealing steam engine blueprints, poaching your workers at high prices, etc. These are actually expressing dissatisfaction to you, or warning you, but you were far in the north at the time and didn't know it at all. "So they changed the situation in another way?"
Hua Lun's eyes lit up and he looked a little excited. , seems to have clarified some situations based on this point of view.
Xia Zhibai looked at Hua Lun, smiled and nodded, then shook his head and said: "What you said is right or wrong. They never thought of warning me or expressing dissatisfaction with me. They I am not in their eyes at all, what they are afraid of is the court's 'hand'!"
“They know one thing very well.”
“His Majesty has a strong obsession with power today.”
“And he can’t see his subordinates doing things behind his back, especially corruption and bending the law. , but the inertia of hundreds of years in the world has pushed them forward on the road of greed. They cannot look back, and they will not look back."
"They know that if they continue to allow the Kyoto Salt Industry to expand, Sooner or later, Kyoto Salt Industry will reach out to the south.”
“And Kyoto Salt Industry is a state-owned enterprise.”
"That is to say, it itself is already the eyes and ears of the imperial court."
"It's just that I am the one in charge now, but sooner or later, it will still return to the hands of the imperial court."
"Now the imperial court supervises Among the hundreds of officials, in addition to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there is also a Jinyiwei. However, the local supervision is much simpler. Only each province has a punishment inspector. Establishment of inspection divisions in prefectures (prefectures) and counties, and all prefectures (prefectures) and counties across the country are included in the supervision system of the inspection and envoy divisions. However, overall, the intensity of local supervision is not enough, and there are no Jinyiwei to supplement it. "
“The further down you go, the less effective the supervision becomes.”
“Therefore, there is a lot of room for the local government to take action.”
“If a state-owned enterprise like Kyoto Salt Company falls to the local government, to a certain extent, it will fill up the supervisory authority, which will undoubtedly be a burden on local officials. There is a sharp knife hanging, and it may fall down and chop off your head at any time. ""Especially in my original description, state-owned enterprises are directly managed by the court and are not subject to local control."
“This is a nightmare for local officials.”
“They can’t accept it.”
"So they want to destroy the form of state-owned enterprises?" Lian Zining already understood something.
Xia Zhibai nodded.
Xia Zhibai sat upright, smiled faintly, and said: "As for why the south turned like this, in fact, in my opinion, this incident itself was unexpected by many people, because they just wanted to destroy it at first.' The "eyes and ears" of state-owned enterprises have not cared about the profits of salt factories at all."
"It's just that some people are interested in the huge profits."
"Therefore. After fighting with each other, it became the mess it is now.”
“Places are not monolithic!”
“Wherever there are people, there will be fights and entangled interests. Some people will get more, and some will get less. Salt itself is a huge profit, especially some people can take advantage of it. After obtaining political achievements and secretly withholding the money and food that should be paid to the kitchen households, the internal conflicts in the local area intensified."
"In the end."
"No one buys from the other. Account, after a period of time, it will become a disaster."
Hearing this.
Several people suddenly realized.
They feel that things in the south are very contradictory.
Something that shouldn't have been a big issue suddenly became a big deal. What was supposed to be properly resolved was never resolved in the end. All parties have been trying to shirk the blame and take credit for themselves. It's not at all like that. It is a whole. After Xia Zhibai explained it, they finally understood it.
There were also struggles within the South.
And the struggle is not small.
It's just that there is high pressure from the court, so they must maintain a certain degree of harmony, and sometimes they must unite to deal with the court, but privately they may have been at odds with each other, or even become enemies with each other in private.
In the final analysis, the spoils are still unevenly distributed.
The emergence of salt factories is equivalent to a new profit point, and some people just want to use this to bring disrepute to state-owned enterprises, while some people want to get a share of the pie, and others They wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money, but in the end they couldn't adjust and each dealt with their own affairs, so that things got out of hand.
Just seeing the court come down, these people reluctantly sat together again.
However, judging from the current situation, there are still some people who are unwilling to give up the benefits they have obtained. If they want to maintain a certain status quo, they must at least leave a few ways to make money.
Now it just shows that it is calming down.
Hua Lun said: "So, they are not monolithic and can also disintegrate from the inside?"
Xia Zhibai shook his head and said in a deep voice: "At present, it is unlikely. ”
“Their current conflicts are just different views and practices on newly emerging profit points, but it does not involve the past profit sharing. They are generally consistent, especially since they have been rooted in the place for so long. , You have me, and I have you."
"Self-destruction, they will not do it."
"During the time we came to Yuhang, the place has put a lot of effort into it, so why aren't we trying to cover up things for other people?"
"Then what should we do now?" Xie Min looked over. .
Xia Zhibai did not answer Jie Min's question and continued: "Now under my pressure step by step, the minority should choose to obey the majority, abandon the interests of this part of the salt market, and then seek concessions Let’s leave as soon as possible.”
“Otherwise, if we continue to delay and dig out other things, it will be more than just three ounces.”
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"Now I am a plague god in their eyes. They just want to send me away as soon as possible. Although there will still be some obstruction and reluctance in the process, in the end they will choose to agree after 'weighing the pros and cons'."
"In the current situation, all local governments lose."
"The local chief secretary will therefore allow households to move north, and the salt transportation department will be supervised by the Ministry of Household Affairs. As for the salt factory, it will be merged directly. Those who are hidden, They will all be taken back one by one, but this is just my guess, but now that the matter has come to this, if you want to end it as soon as possible, you can only cut off your wrists!"
Hearing this.
Hualun was thoughtful.
He finally understood why Xia Zhibai did not emphasize the need to 'acquire it as a state-owned enterprise'. He was probably deliberately leaving a way out for the local government. Although the local government suffered heavy losses in the salt administration this time, it still retained a little face and did not Completely wasted effort.
And Xia Zhibai is equally clear.
The local government has put so much effort into trying to prevent this.
If you insist on it, you may be forced to take risks, and it will end badly.
Take a step back in order to move forward better.
But Xia Zhibai has just retreated here. It is impossible for him to retreat anymore. Moreover, these officials in the south may not dare to gamble. If they lose the bet, Xia Zhibai will be completely angered and Xia Zhibai will do anything. If they all report to the higher authorities, something might happen.
Currently Xia Zhibai is promoting salt policy reform.
And local governments realized their original intention of ‘abolition’ of state-owned enterprises.
It is true that both parties can reluctantly agree.
(End of this chapter)