Li Shimin

Chapter 252 Family: Wei Zheng turned against the water?

"Coarse salt?"

Hearing this, Wei Zheng was full of doubts and felt something was wrong.

Why does the snow grain salt shop still have coarse salt?

Moreover, how does His Majesty know so much about the situation of the Snow Salt Shop?

"Returning to Your Majesty, coarse salt can be boiled more than five times faster than refined salt. Currently, there are already [-] stones stored in the city."

Li Wei clapped his hands and replied.

"Very good!"

After listening, Li Shimin chuckled, extremely satisfied.

As for Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others, their faces were full of surprise.

They didn't expect that His Majesty had already quietly stored [-] shi of coarse salt in Chang'an City.

I just don't know how His Majesty transported the coarse salt back to the city without hiding the truth from those aristocratic families.

"Is there really ten thousand stones of coarse salt?"

Among the group of people, Wei Zheng was the most shocked.

Wei Zheng was born in a poor family. He was lonely and poor in his childhood.However, getting used to being poor, Wei Zheng developed great ambitions.First, he became a Taoist monk, and he read all the books in the Taoist temple thoroughly, and he dabbled in a wide range.

Afterwards, seeing that the world was about to be in chaos, he began to speak favorably and vertically and horizontally, in order to save the people from suffering.

It's just that Wei Zheng is good in everything, but his temper is too straightforward. As long as he doesn't let the people suffer, he can accept anything, commonly known as obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Fortunately, the world is in chaos, heroes are competing, relying on unknown luck, following a few changes in the boss, Wei Zheng climbed higher and higher, and the road to fulfill his ambition is getting closer and closer.

"What doubts does Wei Qing have?"

In a good mood, Li Shimin didn't care about Wei Zheng's stubborn words.

"Your Majesty, I wonder how coarse salt compares to the bitter salt on the market?"

Wei Zheng hurriedly cupped his hands and asked.

No matter what Li Shimin's attitude towards him is, he is not annoyed at all, and only cares about the issues he cares about.

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others also looked at Li Shimin curiously.

The matter of salt is more important.

Li Shimin did not allow them, the close officials of Qin Wang's old mansion, to join the group, so Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others, although they knew about Kuyan.

However, kosher salt was never seen.

"Coarse salt is yellowish in color and has a slightly bitter taste when eaten, but it is hundreds of times better than bitter salt!" Li Shimin explained.

"May I ask Your Majesty, what is the price of crude salt?"

Wei Zheng is not stupid, Li Shimin has already said so clearly, the relationship between Xueli Salt Shop and Li Shimin is ready to be revealed.

Li Shimin glanced at Wei Zheng, and said softly, "A catty of coarse salt and three liters!"

"Three texts?"

A flash of surprise flashed in Wei Zheng's eyes, and then he was overjoyed and directly bowed his hands to Li Shimin to thank him.

"Your Majesty is wise, all the people in the world can be saved!"

As for whether this price will make those aristocratic families even more angry, Wei Zheng will not bother.

As long as the people can afford salt, that's fine. With His Majesty around, even if the sky falls, it won't be his turn to top the vat.

On the side, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and the others had a flash of worry in their eyes, and then nodded hastily.

This time, they have to be serious!
Similarly, like Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others, in Chang'an City, all the officials of the aristocratic families gathered together, sipping tea with satisfaction, while listening to the servants report what happened in the city.

……

The next day.

early morning.

Just after seeing the ceremony, a supervisory censor held up a wat board and stood up to give advice.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I heard that there are treacherous merchants in the city who maliciously sell salt at a low price, disrupting the order of salt, and causing millions of people to have no food, so I spontaneously surrounded Wannian County and Chang'an County. The two county magistrates in Chang'an cried out, asking the imperial court to make decisions for them and arrest that profiteer who maliciously sold snow grain salt!"

Li Shimin didn't need to look at it, but he knew that this upright censor must be an official from a family and faction.

However, before Li Shimin spoke.

Below, another group of officials jumped out one after another, admonishing Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, such a vile and vile businessman should be imprisoned and all his salt and snow should be confiscated!"

"I heard that there are already tens of thousands of people who haven't eaten salt for many days!"

"Your Majesty, spring is just around the corner, and this matter cannot be delayed!"

"Your Majesty, you cannot let millions of people in Chang'an City suffer because of a lowly salt merchant!"

"I implore Your Majesty..."

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing out of breath.

Threats and lures, even mixed with strong persuasion, these aristocratic families are indeed a pack of wolves.

However, with the method of cooking salt presented by Xuan Ba, plus the accumulation of these months, these aristocratic families would never want to make him compromise on the matter of salt.

"Hey, a bunch of blind dogs, how do you know that this must be the fault of that snow grain salt shop?"

Cheng Zhijie opened his mouth wide open and jumped out.

"Anyone with eyes can see that the snow grain salt is only ten yuan a catty, but it is much better than the Qinghai salt that is thirty yuan a catty. This matter is for those merchants who sell salt. Cracking down on snow grain salt shops will increase the price of bitter salt, which will make millions of people in Chang'an City unable to afford table salt!"

"You are a sour Confucian, but after accepting bribes from those salt merchants, you dare to deceive Your Majesty in front of us and other officials. The old man sees you as a sordid and sour Confucian, and you are the one who should be punished the most!"

"Your Majesty, Su Guogong's words are true. This is all about those lowly salt merchants who raised the price of salt without authorization in order to exploit the people's hard-earned money. They should be killed!"

Wei Zheng also stood up and reported to Li Shimin with a solemn face.

"Everyone, I don't know what Wei Qing said, how do you explain it?"

Li Shimin stared closely at the crowd of censors who jumped out, and asked in a cold voice.

Hearing this, all the officials were full of surprise.

As early as when Wei Zheng stood up to speak for the snow grain salt shop, the officials of these aristocratic families and factions were all taken aback.

According to what they knew about Wei Heizi, even if the snow grain salt was His Majesty's shop, for the sake of millions of people in Chang'an, Wei Heizi would definitely stand by their side and demand that the snow grain salt shop be severely punished.

Afterwards, they added another fire. Under the pressure of the millions of people in Chang'an City, His Majesty would definitely compromise with them and throw out the shopkeeper of the snow grain salt shop. As for the price of snow grain salt, the price will be increased by dozens Money, this matter is over.

After all, Li Er is the current emperor anyway, if he really wants to fight to the death, the probability of death is still poor, haha, it is not good for anyone!
After a long while, a censor seemed to come back to his senses, and hurriedly bowed his hands to Li Shimin with a sad face and replied: "My Majesty, the ministers and others are loyal to His Majesty, but in Chang'an City, the price of salt has doubled, and many The common people could not afford salt.

Weichen and others really don't want to see thousands of people suffer so much, and hope your Majesty will learn from them! "

"Hey, you salty bastard, you are so shameless, you have read the sage's books for so many years, and you don't even understand the truth of distinguishing right from wrong. It is obvious that those salt merchants who raised prices have committed a heinous crime. What is the intention of the Snow Grain Salt Shop?"

Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie vomited directly, with disgust on his face.

On the side, Zhang Liang, Yuchi Jingde and other generals were also disgusted.

"Your Majesty, what Su Guogong said is very true. It is the crime of those lowly salt merchants that the people in the city can't afford to eat salt. It is reasonable for Marquis Wu to arrest all the salt merchants who took the opportunity to cause chaos and put them in prison!"

"Your Majesty, those salt merchants don't follow the laws of the Tang Dynasty, so they should be arrested!"

Although I don't know why Cheng Zhijie repeatedly speaks out for that snow grain salt shop, but all the generals, all the generals, still speak up to help.

Anyway, it's just a spoiler, this is their specialty!
(End of this chapter)