Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

royal palace,

Tai Chi Hall,
After Duan Lun's statement of killing nine generations of the clan came out, who would dare to take over the honeycomb coal business? The incident of Feng Deyi had just passed, and the blood of Feng Deyi's family members in Caishikou in the west of the city has not yet dried up.

Among the many officials from the Five Surnames and Seven Family Names, who can guarantee that his family will not raise the price? If they do not raise the price, how will they make money then?

If you want to take this business into the family’s hands, you want to raise the price and make money.

Duan Lun blocked their way in one fell swoop.

Li Shimin was sitting on the dragon throne. Hearing Duan Lun's words, he burst into laughter. "Just as the Minister of Works said, if anyone dares to guarantee that the price will not be higher than the current price, I will personally authorize it. If anyone dares to disobey in public, the entire clan will be executed."

But Li Shimin sneered in his heart, if you really dare to accept it, I will really kill all nine generations of your clan.

The people from the five surnames and seven families were instantly silenced and kept their mouths shut. It was indeed difficult to snatch the royal business.

But the Five Surnames and Seven Families naturally have a way, as many of them have united to monopolize the business. For example, salt is something that humans cannot do without.

In the Tang Dynasty, monopoly business was extremely profitable, especially monopoly on the salt industry.

Everyone then praised the kang designed by Zheng Zhengjin. After all, it benefited the people in the north.

The people of the Five Surnames and Seven Families were still frightened by Li Shimin's ruthlessness in dealing with Feng Deyi's stalemate, but no one dared to plead with Li Shimin. After all, the Xuanwu Gate Incident had become a taboo topic today.

After everyone discussed state affairs for a while,

Zheng Zhengjin stood up.
As soon as he stood up, many people who had been traumatized by him before quickly stepped aside. Even some people who had only made minor mistakes were very dissatisfied with this idle king.

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial to report." After Zheng Zhengjin finished speaking, the court, which was originally noisy one second ago, became as quiet as a chicken the next second.

Li Shimin, sitting on the dragon throne, narrowed his eyes. He really didn't expect that Zheng Zhengjin would come to court again. It was very strange. He smiled and said, "Accurate."

"Your Majesty, yesterday I went to the West Market with the Imperial Astronomical Observatory's Imperial Master and found that many houses were extremely shabby and in danger of collapsing. Winter is about to come, and it snows in Chang'an in winter. By then, I'm afraid those houses won't be able to withstand the weight of the snow. Your Majesty, please issue an order to let the people reinforce their houses." Zheng Zhengjin said, looking into Li Shimin's eyes.

Li Shimin knew that there would be a snowstorm in Chang'an at the end of the Wude period, and Zheng Zhengjin's method was good, which could be prevented in advance. It was a good idea.

"Prince Xian, aren't you exaggerating too much?" Another scholar stood up and argued with Zheng Zhengjin.

"Am I exaggerating? You seem to be a scholar, right? How come you have read so much that you have lost your temper? Haven't you heard that a man without far-sightedness will have near worries? Moreover, what do I call this? I call this taking precautions in advance. If it doesn't snow, everyone will be happy. If it snows heavily, the people of the Tang Dynasty will naturally benefit from it." Zheng Zhengjin was so angry with these so-called scholars that he immediately shrank back with a red face and thick neck.

The main reason was that Zheng Zhengjin had no martial ethics and just started scolding him.

And he was scolded so hard that he dared not refute.

"Prince Xian, continue." Li Shimin showed great interest in the dragon throne.

Zheng Zhengjin continued, "Your Majesty, what I am doing is called early prevention. Now we have kangs, coal stoves, and honeycomb coal. If the houses are strong enough, even a heavy snowfall will not harm the people. It's not that a disaster has occurred. When the disaster relief is provided, the people will suffer." Li Shimin said, "If someone deliberately delays the issuance of this edict, how should we deal with it?"

Cheng Yaojin stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think this man should be executed along with his entire clan."

"Your Majesty, I second the motion." Zheng Zhengjin and Cheng Yaojin's words frightened those who had a little hope in life and made them tremble in fear. They thought, these two guys are really too cruel. They would kill all nine generations of the clan at any time.

Cheng Yaojin and Zheng Zhengjin smiled at each other.

Li Shimin immediately said, "Pass on my order, and ask the people of the Tang Dynasty to reinforce their houses and be prepared for the coming of heavy snow. Do you understand?"

"Your Majesty, I guess that during this period of time, many people will raise the prices of the goods they usually sell, so I beg Your Majesty, for the sake of the people of the world, if there are such merchants who take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, their property should be confiscated and their entire clan should be exterminated." When Zheng Zhengjin said this, the people of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans were so scared that their legs were shaking.

They were really scared by Zheng Zhengjin.

They knew that Zheng Zhengjin was a great hero who had defeated DTZ and invaded the Tang Dynasty, so he was named the idle king. As for the rumors that one person killed more than 100,000 people, were the Turks pigs? In short, they didn't believe it.

When Zheng Zhengjin made the proposal just now, they were thinking that after returning from court, they would ask the people in the family business to take this opportunity to raise the price. Now, let alone raising the price, it would be good enough if they were not asked to lower the price.

Li Shimin would not believe Zheng Zhengjin's words about confiscating property and exterminating nine generations of the clan, but he probably did it to intimidate those who had ulterior motives.

As for businessmen, after Li Shimin came to power, he was obviously very tolerant towards them.

You must know that in ancient times, the status of merchants was extremely low.

Moreover, the sons of merchants were not allowed to pass the imperial examinations, which was actually a practice created by the aristocratic families at the time.

"Hehe, I will first issue an order to let the people reinforce their houses in advance and take precautions in advance. Of course, I will never tolerate those businessmen who want to take the opportunity to make money." Although Li Shimin did not say that he would execute all nine clans, he would not be polite to them. What did Li Shimin mean by impoliteness? Of course, it was like putting a knife to the neck.

After Zheng Zhengjin finished speaking, he retreated behind Li Xiaogong.

Li Xiaogong said, "I wonder if my palace needs to be reinforced?"

Zheng Zhengjin smiled and said, "It's not necessary to reinforce the entire palace, but it's better to reinforce the sleeping area so that I can feel at ease, right?"

Li Xiaogong and Li Daozon who was standing in front of him also nodded, thinking it made sense.

After adjourning the court, Zheng Zhengjin waited for Li Leyan's arrival at the palace gate with He Yong.

Little did he know that his wife had encountered something that made her laugh and cry in the Queen's Palace.

Originally, this matter had little to do with Zheng Zhengjin, but the problem was that the other party had seized on Zheng Zhengjin as a straw. And according to what the other party said, this matter did have a little to do with Zheng Zhengjin.

Li Leyan was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. (End of this chapter)