Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 77
Li Er asked people to spread the news, apparently because he was planning to play on the pressure of public opinion.

However, how did he know that Li Ke had already taken the lead.

The court of the Tang Kingdom has not had time to spread public opinion.

As a result, a minister reported to Li Er:
"Your Majesty, there are already many words among the people, and the public opinion is in an uproar!"

Li Er smiled: "See? Li Ke is unwilling to give the law of coal, which will obviously make many people dissatisfied. These people started to hate Li Ke of the Dragon Kingdom on their own initiative!

In this way, all countries began to hate the Dragon Kingdom and Li Ke.At that time, Long Guo and Li Ke will be the target of public criticism.Even with the excitement of the crowd, I am afraid that all countries may besiege the Dragon Kingdom! "

Li Er thought very self-righteously.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the minister said nervously:
"Your Majesty, public opinion...is not so..."

Li Er was stunned and said, "That's not the case? What is public opinion?"

The minister took a deep breath and said:

"Right now, there are rumors among the people that the Dragon Kingdom is willing to give the Coal Law, but because they paid a lot of money for the Coal Law, they are willing to share it with the Tang Kingdom and at the same time want Tang to pay some, which can be regarded as compensation to the Dragon Kingdom. ..."

As soon as this word comes out!
The pride on Li Er's face instantly froze.

After a long time, Li Er's face darkened.

Now, once such public opinion comes out, the public opinion he was going to spread before has become a joke, and it is impossible for anyone to believe it.

So he looked at the minister: "The public opinion I asked you to spread before...has it been spread?"

The minister bowed his head: "Yes..."

Li Erqi's chest hurts.

This is a slap in the face. Two public opinions are together, and a fool knows that it is true.

Ever since, it was Li Er who was really kidnapped by morality.

Whether or not to save the people of the Tang Kingdom is up to him now.

If he saves, he has to pay the price.

If you don't save it, the persona of the benevolent sage and Mingjun may not be able to stand.

Li Er struggled with this matter for a long time.

As public opinion grew, so did Li Er's pressure.

In the end, Li Er compromised.

There is no way, the saying that water can carry a boat can also overturn it, after all, it was he who said it.

He still understands this truth.

Therefore, it is more clear that the interests of the people cannot be damaged.

So, he reluctantly prepared the things Li Ke proposed, and asked Cheng Yaojin to take them with great fanfare and send them to Longguo.

The reason for the big fanfare is to eliminate public opinion. After all, when he was hesitating during this period of time, the direction of public opinion had already begun to directly favor the method that he was unwilling to pay a price in exchange for coal.

Even public opinion has said that he allowed the people to freeze to death for some silver, silk, cotton and the like.

It is no longer possible to eliminate public opinion.

The second is that it has always been Li Er's style to make a big fanfare.

Especially for this kind of thing, he has to maximize his interests and let the common people know that he is a good emperor...

Ever since, under such a big fanfare, Li Ke asked for 200 million taels of silver, 100 million bolts of silk, 200 million pieces of cloth, and 50 tons of cotton!
Just like that, he was taken by Cheng Yaojin and sent to Longguo.

On the Longguo Hall, Li Ke watched.With these things Cheng Yaojin brought, a smile appeared on his face.

Now that the goal has been achieved and Li Er has paid the price, then Li Ke will naturally keep his promise.

So he said to the minister of the Ministry of Industry:

"Since that's the case, leave the method of finding and identifying coal to Tang Guo!"

The Minister of Household Department nodded, and then took out a piece of paper, on which was written about the identification and finding methods of coal.

After handing this piece of paper to Cheng Yaojin, Cheng Yaojin looked at it carefully.

Then he looked up at Li Ke and said:

"It's that simple?"

Li Ke nodded and said, "It's that simple."

Cheng Yaojin immediately made a dumbfounding expression.

Obviously, he also realized that Li Ke had screwed Li Er.

For such a simple method of finding and identifying, Long Guo actually said that they paid a huge price...

Cheng Yaojin thought it was funny.

I even helped Long Guo once, saying how hard it was for them to find and identify coal.

Looking at it now, it's hard work.

There is no way, the loss has already been suffered, and it is not Cheng Yaojin's.

Naturally, he couldn't say anything more.

Anyway, this method of coal can indeed save countless people.

So he left, returned to the Tang Kingdom, and handed over the portion that the Dragon Kingdom had given to Li Er, the emperor of the Tang Kingdom.

When Li Er looked at the piece of paper, his angry face turned pale.

He never expected that the method of finding and identifying coal was so simple.

However, it was used by Li Ke to deceive him so many things.

It's just that the loss has already been eaten, and there is nothing to do.

After all, no matter how simple this method is, if Long Guo is unwilling to disclose it, they will have nothing to find.

And for a face-saving person like Li Er, after suffering such a loss, it is obvious that the news will not spread.

It's like suffering a dumb loss.

At the same time, this incident also planted some seeds of hatred in his heart again.

The hatred for Li Ke continued to rise.

(End of this chapter)