The Qing Salt Merchants

This film (drama)Also known as大清盐商，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2014Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating8.4(For reference only)。

The majestic Qing Dynasty entered the prosperous era of Kangxi and Qianlong, with the Emperor Qianlong (played by Ni Dahong) enjoying the legacy established by his grandfather and pushing it to an even more brilliant yet extravagant peak. At that time, the country was stable and the people were at peace, with the treasury full. Yangzhou, the land of fish and rice, was rich beyond compare, and the salt industry of Lianghuai supported a quarter of the court's financial revenue. To support military expenditures, the emperor ordered the salt officials of Lianghuai to collect taxes, but to his surprise, the salt merchants evaded responsibility in various ways, even Wang Chaozong (played by Zhang Jiayi), who was a close associate of the royal family, refused to cooperate. The newly appointed salt inspector Akezhan (played by Zhang Zhijian) was urgently assigned to the task. After arriving locally, he discovered that the salt merchants had a deficit in their silver reserves, and he realized that they held a secret account book, which was their trump card for defying the emperor’s orders. The resolute Akezhan acted swiftly, while the Lianghuai salt merchants devised various schemes, forcing Wang Chaozong, caught in the vortex, to undertake the perilous task of mediation. The hidden truths behind the account book gradually came to light, involving all interested parties...