My wife is Wu Zetian

Chapter 59 The Merchant's Counterattack

Mrs. Cheng didn't give him a chance to explain, so she just walked Cheng Yaojin towards the back hall.

The news that Li Yanran and the others had prepared spread out immediately, and Hao Zitong, who was in the Jinwu Guard, was stunned when he heard the news.

Not daring to stay, he drove to Zhou Shen's mansion immediately.

"What did you say? We were deceived? The Jinwu Guard has no black information about us at all. These are all rumors deliberately released by someone? To punish us?"

Zhou Shen stood up abruptly, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, he was pecked by a house sparrow while hunting geese all day long, and he knew who the one who released the news was with his toes.

It must be the people from Lan Kwai Fong, and the only one they have offended recently is the other party.

"What should we do now? This is selling the shop and collecting money. We will lose a lot this time."

Hao Zitong was about to cry. Counting the loss from selling the shop, each of them lost more than [-] guan. How long would it take him to earn back so much money.

"I can't get out of this bad breath. Even if I die, I don't want to be reconciled. I didn't expect that people from Lan Kwai Fong made a mess. It's really courageous."

Zhou Shen raised his eyebrows. He came out to work when he was 14 years old. He has never seen such a big storm. He never thought that today he would be played with by others.
If he doesn't get his breath back, he really won't close his eyes.

"If it doesn't work, let the four heavenly kings smash the shop in Lan Kwai Fong, and set their shop on fire."

Hao Zitong's eyes were full of resentment, even Lan Kwai Fong, he should say, couldn't swallow the anger.

"What kind of cat and dog are you when you are the Four Heavenly Kings? Commanding them to burn Lan Kwai Fong? Crazy?"

Zhou Shen put his arms behind his back and began to circle on the ground.

"The four heavenly kings don't give orders, so why don't we give orders to others? At worst, I'm gritting my teeth to borrow some money and ask others to help me. I can't bear the anger.

And if the perfume is not removed, we will have no way out in the future. "

Hao Zitong is aggrieved, he has lived most of his life, and this is the first time he has been played like this.

"You're right, take some more money, let's do this."

Since you're such a fool, don't blame me. There are people behind you, and now your family is not the only one in the court. I pay and have people to deal with you.

"The officials will play early if they have something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do."

The eunuch Ryan cleared his throat, and shouted at the civil and military officials below.

"Your Majesty, I have the original play."

The advising doctor Pei Jingzhi suddenly came out and saluted Li Zhi.

"speak."

Seeing Pei Jingzhi, Li Zhi scratched his head for a while, this Pei Jingzhi regards Wei Zheng as an idol, his favorite thing is to make himself uncomfortable, I don't know what the hell this time is.

"Your Majesty, recently, there has been an item called perfume in Chang'an City. The cheapest ones cost a hundred guan, and the higher ones cost thousands of guan.

The minister believes that such extravagance should not be encouraged, otherwise it will be a disaster rather than a blessing for the empire.
I also hope that His Majesty will order that Lan Kwai Fong, which sells perfume, will be seized immediately, and the owner behind the scenes will be brought to justice, so as to restore the thrifty style of the previous dynasty. "

After Pei Jingzhi finished speaking, the officials were also taken aback, why did this Pei Jingzhi change his mind?

Instead of attacking the emperor, attack the perfume.

Only a few officials who knew the situation smiled slightly. It seemed that I was right to choose Pei Jingzhi, and the other party was worthy of the name of vicious dog.

"Pei Jingzhi, you said that perfume is extravagant. I'm here to ask you. There are countless antiques and jewels in Chang'an. Those are more valuable than perfume. Why don't you say that, but deal with this perfume? Did you take advantage of someone? "

Li Zhi slapped the top of the table with a slap, waiting for his eyes to yell at Pei Jingzhi.

He knew that the appearance of the perfume would definitely affect the interests of some people, but with the golden sign of Changsun Yan, some people had to think about it even if they had an idea. He really didn't expect the other party to make trouble in the court.

Lan Kwai Fong is my industry, and perfume is also my product. If you want to seal up Lan Kwai Fong now, won't you cut off my money by stopping the sale of perfume?
"Your Majesty is wronged."

Pei Jingzhi trembled all over, and immediately knelt down on his knees and shouted at Li Zhi for injustice.

"Injustice? Then why do you say that perfume has become extravagant? Those antique gems are fine. Let's just say, I also bought this perfume. She is very happy to give it to the queen. If you can't explain why, maybe Forgive you."

Li Zhi looked at Pei Jingzhi, usually you say a few words, I'll bear it, just put on a show, you will be an admonishing minister and I will be a virtuous lord,
But if you want to touch my purse, then don't blame me.

If you don't beat you to death with a stick, how can you deter those tigers, leopards and wolves, who are ambitious.

Pei Jingzhi was dumbfounded, and other officials were also dumbfounded.
The emperor is usually not like this, but today it will explode.

Could it be said that anger can still be accumulated, is it the peak?

Where did the good monarchs, virtuous and ministers go?

"Your Majesty, minister, minister."

Pei Jingzhi faltered and couldn't speak. Although a bottle of perfume was worth a hundred ounces, it was nothing compared to those antique jade wares that cost thousands of ounces. If he was really asked to pick a fault, he would never have thought about it.

Turning his head to the side, Zhou Youde, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, shook his head slightly and stood up: "Your Majesty, I have an answer."

"Zhou Youde, I didn't let you out, you have a play, hold back for me."

Li Zhi stared at Zhou Youde with staring eyes. He knew that the other party belonged to Empress Wu, but so what?
I didn't let you talk, you jumped out, do you want to die?
"Your Majesty, I think what Pei Jingzhi said is true. Antiques and jade are expensive because they are works of art and the essence of national art. They have their own culture. What is perfume?
It is nothing more than the powder used by women. It is really inappropriate to be so expensive. "

Zhou Youde directly explained the essential difference between perfume and antique jade.

"A bunch of nonsense."

Li Zhi was also taken aback when he heard this voice, and just about to refute, he heard a sentence from outside, Changsun Wuji had already strode into the Jinluan Hall.

"Prime Minister Grandson?"

"The prime minister is well."

"Prime Minister."

Seeing the figure of Changsun Wuji, all officials immediately bowed to each other, after all, he is the head of all officials.

"Your Majesty, I think what Zhou Youde, the Minister of Rites said, is too vulgar. Antiques and jade are elegant. Are women's things vulgar? Where did you come from without women, Zhou Youde, you are really narrow-minded."

Changsun Wuji glanced at Zhou Youde and Pei Jingzhi, and greeted Li Zhi directly.

"Well, what the prime minister said is true."

Li Zhi glanced at the old and strong eldest grandson Wuji, this was the first time that the two monarchs and ministers had the same opinion in several years.

Li Zhi is for his own pocketbook, while Changsun Wuji is for his son Changsun Yan and his own pocketbook.

Changsun Wuji knew that someone was going to attack Lan Kwai Fong, so he didn't have the mood to study the history of the Tang Dynasty. His son finally did some serious work to add bricks and tiles to the Changsun family, so you come to break the way of my Changsun family.

His father is not dead yet!This can bear it!

"His Majesty."

Zhou Youde was stupid, Pei Jingzhi was also stupid, the emperor actually teamed up with Changsun Wuji, what kind of script is this?
The emperor, you do this, does the empress know?

"Okay, Pei Jingzhi, I don't think you are suitable for the position of advising a doctor, so I passed the decree to cut off Pei Jingzhi's post of advising a doctor and send him to Qianzhou.

As for Zhou Youde, he was fined three months' salary, and anyone who dared to speak out about perfume would be severely punished and resigned from the court. "

Li Zhi glanced at the civil and military officials, announced his decision directly, and then left the Golden Luan Hall with his sleeves thrown.

"Retreat."

Ryan was dumbfounded, Li Zhi's lying down was a bit too abrupt, so he hurriedly talked, and then left with Li Zhi.

Although Changsun Wuji doesn't understand why Li Zhi is so supportive of Lan Kwai Fong, as long as his son can make money with peace of mind, everything is not important.

Xu Jingzong looked at Changsun Wuji's back, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)