I clearly wanted to be a tyrant, but how did I become the greatest emperor of all time?

He personally wrote a letter to Igawa Hirozo, told him about the mountains and rivers of Japan, and shared with him the refined salt he had obtained when attacking Japan.

Igawa Hirozo said to Quan Minhao: "Thank you for your help, brother Quan!"

In order to support Igawa Kozo's ambition, Jeon Min-ho took out a thousand of his personal soldiers to help Igawa Kozo attack Japan.

This is the greatest personal assistance Jeon Min-ho can give to Igawa Kozo.

Because although Jeon Min-ho was the ruler of Goryeo, he was not afraid to order Goryeo's troops to attack Japan.

In name, Wakoku was still a vassal state of the Great Zhou.

If a war breaks out between the two vassal states, the suzerain state will definitely intervene, so Jeon Min-ho can only assist Igawa Kozo's personal soldiers.

Igawa Hirozo was very grateful.

Quan Minhao said: "After this separation, I don't know when I will return to Kyoto."

Igawa Hirozo sighed, "In fact, according to my original intention, participating in the imperial examination in the Great Zhou and becoming a county magistrate under the rule of the Great Zhou is much better than being a lieutenant to protect the Japanese!"

Jeon Min-ho also said sincerely: "I thought the same when I became the ruler of Goryeo!"

"Pingcheng is poor and not even as good as a county town in the Great Zhou."

"Koreans often say, 'How comfortable it would be if I were the ruler of Goryeo!'"

"But they had no idea that after seeing the prosperity of the Great Zhou, the Pingcheng of Goryeo was simply desolate."

"If possible, I would also like to stay in Da Zhou as an official, rather than return to poor Goryeo to be the ruling Khan."

Igawa Hirozo added: "I want to be the captain of the Japanese defense army! Let Japan completely imitate the Great Zhou!"

"Only if I become the ruler of Wa can I submit to Da Zhou forever and will not do anything to disobey Da Zhou!"

"Otherwise, it will be a catastrophic disaster for Japan!"

"The Great Zhou only needs to move its fingers, and Japan will be destroyed."

"So we must be respectful to the Great Zhou!"

Igawa Hirozo added: "I have another idea."

"Only by following the Great Zhou can Japan gain space for survival in the future."

"Brother Quan, you should also take a good look at the theory of colonization and expansion! If you look at the world, it is not a warm paradise, but a battlefield between nations!"

In Yuhang District, Huang Xiao was about to go to bed when a man in black suddenly appeared at the door and said:

"Sir Huang, I am the commander of the Western Factory Yuhang, and I have something important to report to you!"

Huang Xiao stood up immediately.

When he was in Zhejiang Prefecture, he worked closely with the Western Factory.

The Western Factory was the emperor's eunuch department and also the most powerful spy agency.

Huang Xiao originally wanted to stay away from the Western Factory.

So after leaving Zhejiang Prefecture, Huang Xiao parted ways with the Western Factory.

I didn’t expect that after arriving in Yuhang Prefecture, the Western Factory would find me again?

Huang Xiao asked the captain from the Western Factory to come in.

"Sir Huang, the salt merchants in Yuhang are going to rebel!"

Huang Xiao was shocked when he heard this.

The news that the imperial court abolished the salt permit system and opened a salt monopoly store had already spread throughout Yuhang.

Now the people of Yuhang are cheering, as they no longer have to buy high-priced salt from salt merchants, but they did not expect the Yuhang salt merchants to react so violently.

The West Factory Captain said again:

"This group of salt merchants is also connected to the remnants of the river transport rebellion."

"They plan to kill you first, and then rebel!"

Huang Xiao was startled at first, but he quickly calmed down.

He was the governor of salt administration in Yuhang and Huaihe River, so it seemed normal for him to kill himself as a chess sacrifice.

Huang Xiao's mind was clear, and he immediately asked, "How far is Zhenhai Prefecture from here?"

There is a newly established Zhenhai Prefecture Yamen in Huajiang Prefecture.

That is the department responsible for maritime safety, with 1,500 naval officers under its command.

Before leaving Kyoto, Huang Xiao discussed the situation in various places in Yuhang with many ministers.

He also consulted Lu Weibin.

At that time, Lu Weibin mentioned the Zhenhai Army.

"Zhenhai Prefecture is less than 600 miles away from here. If we travel day and night, we can get there in two days."

Huang Xiao said again: "Master Qian Hu, take my token and go to Zhenhai Prefecture to ask for troops to be dispatched along the rivers!"

"I am an imperial envoy from the imperial court, and I have the power to mobilize nearby troops!"

"Also, please ask the captain to pass the information to the court immediately!"

The commander of the Western Factory immediately said, "Of course, the information has been transmitted to Kyoto at the fastest speed!"

Huang Xiao nodded: "I want to stay in Yuhang Prefecture and stay here to deal with these salt merchants."

In the following days, Huang Xiao, who had been silent, suddenly became active.

He began to visit salt merchants everywhere, shaking their hands and saying that the court would never forget the salt merchants' contributions.

The imperial court will definitely give the salt merchants a way out.

Although these words did not dispel the salt merchants' idea of rebellion, they made them hesitate.

Huang Xiao began to visit various government offices and ordinary people in Yuhang, constantly promoting the court's policies to them.

Now, everyone in Yuhang Prefecture said that Huang Xiao was a good and honest official.

Huang Xiao kept visiting and promoting the idea that the price of salt would drop immediately after the cancellation of salt permits.

At the same time, he began to recruit personnel in Yuhang to establish a new salt store.

Of course, the personnel recruited were from the salt merchants' salt workers.

Many salt workers originally wanted to rebel with their employers because they felt they had no food to eat.

But now that the imperial court has set up a salt monopoly store, they can work for the court.

The salaries of the imperial court may not be as generous as those of the salt merchants.

But the imperial court is protected!

And the work intensity is much less than that of working for the salt merchants.

The imperial court not only wanted to establish salt monopoly stores in counties, but also wanted to sell salt to every village.

This also requires a lot of people.

Huang Xiao came up with an idea to directly set up a new department, the Salt Tax Department.

Creatively combining the tax collectors and the salt sellers in one place.

The salt tax department was responsible for transporting official salt to the villages and was also responsible for collecting various taxes.

This also requires a large number of manpower.

Huang Xiao recruited salt workers and sent them as executors.

At the same time, they recruited local scholars who had failed the imperial examinations and sent them to work as clerks in the salt administration department.

This time, Huang Xiao poached many of the salt merchants' private salt workers.

Everyone saw the consequences of the river transport chaos.

Everyone knows what the result will be if we follow this group of local gentry in rebellion.

Who would want to rebel if they could have enough food to eat?

Thanks to Huang Xiao's operation, the salt merchants who had originally organized the rebellion were actually delayed.

Yu Yuanhui was anxious and kept visiting.

However, this group of salt merchants still felt that the timing was not right and they needed to win over more people.

"My lords, if you don't start the war, you will miss the best opportunity!"

"To be honest, I have already contacted Beimang. As long as we take advantage of the chaos, they will attack at the same time!"

"As long as Yuhang is in chaos and the imperial court wants to suppress the powerful, those scholars will support us!"

"At that time, destiny is on our side!"

After Yu Yuanhui said this, many salt merchants began to back off!

If the riot had been a protest, the imperial court might have only punished the ringleaders and even tried to appease them.

But if you collude with Beimang, you will definitely be dead!