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

This is not just a protest against the imperial court, but also an act of being a traitor!

That will be nailed to the pillar of shame!

This time, Yu Yuanhui was inciting connections and linking up with the wealthy academies in Yuhang, and the process was delayed for another two days.

The Western Factory took the imperial envoy's letter and seal and sent them to Zhenhai Prefecture.

This governor of Zhenhai Prefecture was also Lander's deputy general who helped him quell the rebellion on the Huai River.

After learning about the situation in Yuhang, the commander-in-chief was very decisive and started to recruit troops and march towards Yuhang!

"The army is entering the city!"

The people of Yuhang Prefecture cheered and told each other the news.

Where has the usually peaceful Yuhang City ever seen such a scene?

Soldiers wearing armor and armed with flintlocks quickly took over the defense of Yuhang Prefecture.

After the army entered the city, Huang Xiao had backup.

According to the list, the salt merchants who were plotting rebellion were arrested house by house.

This time, the evidence that the salt merchants were plotting a rebellion was solid, so Huang Xiao was able to seize every piece of evidence when he confiscated their property.

Salt merchants, gentry, and officials gave out a long list of names.

According to the list, Huang Xiao continued to arrest people.

The officialdom of the entire Yuhang area was shaken!

Many of these salt merchants were local wealthy families and sponsors of the academy.

For a time, all the scholars in Yuhang were criticizing Huang Xiao, the cruel official who had donated money to buy an official position, for harming the scholars in Yuhang.

But Huang Xiao has a very good reputation among the people of Yuhang.

This group of scholars were all spat upon by the common people, and in the end, they could no longer discredit themselves.

The Yuhang Salt Rebellion was put down by Huang Xiao before it even broke out.

A total of 38 Yuhang salt merchants were arrested, involving more than 40 local tycoons and hundreds of officials.

There are also several local academies.

Several sects in the Yuhang martial arts world were also involved.

The only pity was that Yu Yuanhui, who instigated the salt rebellion, had already fled Yuhang Prefecture.

Yu Yuanhui is missing, but there is solid evidence about the others.

Huang Xiao directly reported the situation to the court and waited for the court's arrangements.

The gentry in Yuhang were at a loss, and the situation was turbulent.

The Yan Ding rebellion was suppressed by Huang Xiao before it even started.

When the Yuhang governor learned about this, he was still frightened.

If there was really a riot in Yuhang, then he, the governor of Yuhang, would definitely not be able to escape responsibility.

Moreover, after interrogation, it was learned that the rebellion was also related to Beimang.

The Yuhang governor was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

The imperial court then immediately issued an arrest warrant to capture the escaped Yu Yuanhui!

The Yuhang case completely exposed the Yuhang gentry.

Now, the whole Yuhang has settled down.

No one is sure whether their family and friends are involved in the case.

Huang Xiao's salt tax department was successfully established under this stability.

Let some poor scholars work as clerks, and let the salt workers work as yamen runners.

The salt tax department delivered affordable salt to the countryside while collecting taxes from scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.

The landlords in Yuhang originally had some complaints.

The salt tax department not only taxed the land, but also taxed their factories.

However, they were more or less involved in the case of the Salt Ding Rebellion.

Now I no longer have the courage to protest.

Huang Xiao's integrated taxation strategy had no obstacles in Yuhang.

When the Minister of Revenue received Huang Xiao's memorial, he was also shocked to see the taxes in Yuhang.

In the early days of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yuhang’s annual tax revenue amounted to 12 million taels of silver!

At that time, it really accounted for half of the treasury income of the Great Zhou!

The saying that Yuhang's taxes accounted for half of the world's total came about at that time.

However, as the Great Zhou Dynasty was established, the tax revenue in Yuhang gradually decreased.

Before the land tax was distributed according to the acreage, there were only four million taels of silver.

Only after the implementation of the land-based tax system did the price rise back to five million taels of silver.

This is because the influence of the gentry in Yuhang gradually increased through the imperial examination system.

All the land in Yuhang is concentrated in the hands of this group of influential gentry.

It would be difficult for the imperial court to collect taxes from this group of wealthy people.

The continuous decline in taxes in Yuhang was also the reason why the Ministry of Revenue was facing financial difficulties when Li Tiangang succeeded to the throne.

But this time, the amount of silver Huang Xiao handed over was as much as nine million taels!

These are all the salt deficits made up after the salt merchants were confiscated!

In addition, the newly established salt tax department collected 2.8 million taels of industrial and commercial taxes in one month!

The Minister of Revenue was overjoyed!

If this continues, Yuhang's tax revenue will once again reach tens of millions of taels!

Then the imperial treasury will be even more abundant!

Some people are happy, of course some people are sad.

When Li Tian learned that Huang Xiao had suppressed the salt-dwelling rebellion, he was so angry that his head felt dizzy!

Good job Huang Xiao!

I promoted you, but you stabbed me in the back!

We saw how Huang Xiao used both kindness and force to delay the salt merchants' opportunity to rebel, and how he acted decisively and mobilized the Zhenhai Army to quell the rebellion.

Is this something that a donated official can do?

You have such a smart mind, why don't you go and take scientific research?

And there are those guys in the Ministry of Personnel!

The result of this kind of person's investigation in Beijing is actually lower grade?

Who on earth was the one who assessed Huang Xiao?

Li Tian was furious, and the system also began to backstab him.

[The Yuhang Salt Rebellion has been quelled, the situation in Yuhang has stabilized, the treasury revenue has increased, prestige +30, Great Zhou National Fortune: plus 5000 points! ]

This time Li Tian was really about to vomit blood!

Huang Xiao!

Li Tian put Huang Xiao's name into the list of dangerous elements.

Next, when Li Tian saw the silver that Huang Xiao sent to Kyoto, his eyes darkened!

This guy actually made so much money!

No!

Huang Xiao must not be allowed to stay in Yuhang any longer!

This guy must be transferred!

Wouldn't it be more money for me if I stayed in Yuhang?

Absolutely not!

But where to let this guy go?

correct!

Li Tian thought of a good location!

Huang Xiao is a guy who can barely read a single word, and can be said to be semi-illiterate!

Let this guy supervise the official school!

This guy is not well educated, he will never be able to cause any trouble in this job!

I am so smart!

Li Tian immediately said:

"Xiao Weizi, prepare a decree!"

"The slave is here!"

"Huang Xiao, the governor of Yuhang Huaihe Salt Administration, has made outstanding contributions in suppressing the Yuhang Salt Rebellion!"

"He is now promoted to the position of Governor of the Southeastern Official Schools, to oversee the establishment of official schools in the southeastern counties!"

"As you command, Your Majesty!"

Finally, Huang Xiao was arranged to leave.

Li Tian fell into self-doubt again.

Why are the results of searching in Beijing no longer reliable?

It was clearly a low-level assessment, so how come he was able to show off his skills once he got there?

Whose problem is this?

Li Tian became angrier the more he thought about it, and said to Xiao Weizi:

"Send an imperial decree to severely reprimand the Ministry of Rites and Examinations. How did they investigate the capital?"

"Who is Huang Zhidao, the person in charge of investigating the capital? Ask the Ministry of Personnel to send a letter of apology!"

After the two edicts were issued, they were quickly dispatched to the Ministry of Personnel.

Tang Xiaoren sighed and said, "I didn't expect that I was wrong this time. This Huang Xiao is really a talent!"

Jia Renyi also said: "Your Majesty is a man of great insight. He saw that Huang Xiao is a talent after just a brief conversation with him and entrusted him with an important task. I really admire him!"