I Have 100,000 Dead Warriors

The salt industry was different. As the Imperial Inspector of Salt, Lin Ruhai didn't even have to ask for his permission. A large number of salt merchants would rush to give him money in order to obtain the business license - the salt permit - from him.

Lin Ruhai had no choice but to accept it because that was the trend in the entire salt merchant circle.

It’s just like the drinking culture in modern society: don’t even think about doing business if you don’t drink.

If Lin Ruhai insists on not accepting it, the salt merchants will think that you are deliberately looking for trouble and will not feel at ease. They will try every means to trip you up and prevent you from becoming an official.

Of course, the emperor also knew the unspoken rules, so when he appointed the Imperial Inspectors to inspect the salt, they would turn a blind eye, accept the tributes, and do things according to the rules, as long as they didn't go too far.

After receiving honors, the Imperial Censor of Salt would often offer the bulk of the reward to the emperor and only eat a small portion himself.

Since the emperor had gained benefits, he naturally would not pursue the matter of corruption.

The emperor even sent his confidants to serve as salt inspectors specifically to make money.

Why are salt-related official positions considered lucrative?

That's the reason.

The salt merchants showed their respect, the emperor ate meat, and the salt officials drank soup, thus forming a complete chain of interests.

Many people think that the emperor is confused and allows his officials to engage in corruption without seeing it, which makes him a tyrant.

Little did they know that the emperor was pretending to be ignorant even though he knew the truth.

The salt merchants spent a lot of money to build connections, and once they got the salt permits, they would definitely make double the money back from the people who bought the salt.

Therefore, throughout the dynasties, the salt merchants involved in selling salt had dirty hands.

The Bai family, the salt merchants, are naturally no exception.

Some things are too heavy to be weighed.

But if I were to weigh it, I'm afraid it wouldn't even weigh a thousand pounds.

With Lin Qinshuang's advice, Xiao Qin sent people to Yangzhou to collect evidence early on, just waiting for this day.

After obtaining the evidence, the official immediately sent people to investigate.

It would be fine if I didn't check, but when I did I was shocked.

Gu Tingye's maternal grandfather, Master Bai, not only participated in the contraband salt trade, but also, because his daughter married into the Ningyuan Marquis's family, he used the power of the Marquis's mansion to wantonly annex the people's land, lend money at high interest, and even forcibly abducted women and forced them into prostitution, causing countless Yangzhou people to lose their families.

As soon as this incident happened, an imperial censor wrote a letter to impeach Ningyuan Hou Gu Yankai, saying that he indulged the Yue family, oppressed the good, took human lives lightly, and protected the weak.

Seeing that the matter had become so serious that he could no longer suppress it, Gu Yankai immediately issued an announcement to the public that he had never had a wife named Bai.

joke!

Of course, in order to fill the deficit of the Marquis' Mansion, this scumbag Gu Yankai was so cruel that he divorced the woman he loved deeply, Da Qin.

The problem now is even more serious than before. If things go wrong, the entire mansion will have to pay the price.

Gu Yankai was such a selfish person that he divorced Bai without even thinking about it.

Since Gu Yankai was forced by his parents to divorce his original wife and marry Bai, the wedding was not a grand one.

Because Bai died not long after she got married, Gu Yankai married Xiao Qin.

Both Qin and his wife were daughters of the Marquis of Dongchang. Over time, outsiders who were unaware of the real situation came to realize that Gu Yankai had only married Qin as his wife.

Now that Gu Yankai said that he did not have a wife named Bai, many people believed him.

As for why he didn't marry Bai, why did he have a son named Gu Tingye?

Gu Yankai explained that when Da Qin was pregnant, he was unable to vent his sexual desire for a long time, so he kept a mistress, the daughter of a merchant.

Gu Tingye was the son of him and Bai, the daughter of this merchant.