You used to be noisy in the court, but today I would like to give me an explanation! On the highest seat in the Luoyang Palace Hall, a roar full of depression and aggrievance came.

The emperor sat high on the dragon throne and said to himself in a daze: Since I ascended the throne, the court has gathered 500,000 troops from all over the world in the first year, and failed to attack Zhao Xing, Bingzhou, but instead saved tens of thousands of lives; the second year, Bingzhou forced the court to sign a contract under the city, and the land of one state was enfeoffed; then in the middle of the year, Zhang Chun from Yuyang in the north became emperor, and Zhao Xing jumped out to steal the Youzhou under the banner of helping the court to quell the rebellion; then the two forces in Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo and Ma Teng, were in conflict, and Dong Zhuo was secretly defeated by Zhao Xing, and another Liang Kingdom was separated from the border of the Han Dynasty\u2026\u2026

In the third year, there was a heavy snow in the north. I originally thought that Zhao Xing would be able to calm down for a while so that the man could take a breath, but unexpectedly, he set up another trade fair to collect all the money in the world. Now it is not the end of the year, the Jin Dynasty's own snowflake salt swept across the Central Plains, causing the court's income to drop sharply, and now it is less than 40% of the previous years. In the long run, your monthly salary may be only half-deal, and you will not be yelling in the court at that time! Liu Bin continued to ring with sarcastic words, as if he had poured out all the depression in his heart so that he could have dinner at night.

The emperor questioned and ridiculed the ministers in the court, all of whom were holding a donkey face, and their faces were already turned black or purple. It was not for the emperor's roaring at the Dragon Court. It was because the Zhao family was too bullying. Now they actually wanted to get involved in the salt and iron business where the court's taxes were the core. This behavior has seriously touched the interests and bottom line of the big guys in the court, and aroused everyone's public outrage.

Sikong and Zhang Wen, who had a genocide with Zhao Xing, was originally from Shangdang, Bingzhou, and was very familiar with the properties and situation of Bingzhou. He had the same doubts as Chen Qun. He was very puzzled about the sudden large amount of salt in Jin State.

Hedongchi salt and Yizhou Jingshen are two major salt-producing places in the world. The salt owners produced in Hedong Salt Pond are sold in the Central Plains and the north, while Yizhou Jingshen is sold in the Yangtze River Basin. The imperial court directly sent people to control both salt mines, and it is strictly prohibited to enter and intervene in private.

According to Zhang Wen's understanding, perhaps Zhao Xing had purchased and hoarded a batch of high-priced salt from the Western Regions and took the opportunity to launch a salt price war, intending to retaliate against the price increase of Hedong Chi salt in March, and took the opportunity to demonstrate to the court, asking to reduce the current salt price. So Zhang Wen said: I think Jin is just bluffing the situation, intending to force the court to raise the previous price and lower the salt price.

The emperor did not expect that Zhang Wen would come to this conclusion. Although he felt a little angry, he still asked Zhang Wen patiently: Why did Zhang Sikong think that Jin was bluffing? Judging from the situation reported by Liu Tingwei, the snowflake salt was coming in a fierce manner this time, which was obviously a long-term plan, and it was not an accident.

Zhang Wen replied: I was born in Bingzhou and am very familiar with the mountains, rivers, landforms and mineral output in Bingzhou. Although there are some small salt ponds in Xihe and Shangjun, the output is not rich and cannot be compared with Hedong Salt Pond. This spring, blizzards fell from the sky in the north of Jin State, and countless livestock were frozen to death. In order to appease the herdsmen, Zhao Xing came up with the idea of ​​pickling the corpses of livestock with salt, and ended up exhausting domestic storage. At that time, the price of the Hedong Salt Pond increased by 30%, and the Jin State happened to spend a lot of money out of thin air. Zhao Guochang was a vengeful person, secretly annoyed that the Hedong Salt Pond took advantage of the price increase. Perhaps after secretly buying a large amount of salt from the Western Regions and hoarding it for several months, it broke out in a concentrated manner, intending to force the court to lower the salt price.

Whether it is correct or not, Zhang Wen's analysis sounds reasonable, which has attracted many officials in the court to meet it.

Sili's captain He Miao said: According to Zhang Sikong's analysis, if the dumping of snowflake salt in Jin this time was a bluff, it would not last long. Let's wait for a while. Once Jin hoarded high-priced salt in the Western Regions and sold out, the storm would naturally disappear. It was just that Zhao Guochang paid for the cheapest money in the world.

According to He Miao, Zhao Xing spent a higher price to buy salted salt from the Western Regions and then sold it at a price lower than the court's salt. This was a foolish act of losing money and making money. The court's salt price did not follow Jin. After Zhao Xing spent all the money, the salt price would still return to the standard set by the court.

Yang Biao, the two of them were a little wishful thinking, and stood up and said: I think the focus of the current discussion is not whether Jin State is bluffing, but that Jin State should be severely punished for selling salt without the permission of the court. If it cannot be severely rectified this time, all states in the world will follow suit. If you sell private salt and iron tools, the Han Dynasty will be disgraced and have all the prestige, let alone taxes will be sharply reduced, which will shake the foundation of the country.

He kept watching everyone performing Yuan Wei, and was waiting to secretly say this to his group of Yang Biao, directing the emperor and ministers to how to punish Zhao Xing, instead of analyzing the situation without any pain, and then thinking about how to fight a salt price war with Jin State. Then Yang Biao said: Mr. Yang, the inner-level Jinwu, said something thought-provoking, and was worried after hearing it. The salt and iron specialty is the system of the Han Dynasty, which is related to the national system and the court rules, and must not be taken lightly. I think the court should make a quick decision, resolutely punish and crack down on private salt vendors selling in various places, seal the Jin State Chamber of Commerce, and gave Zhao Xing a blow!

After hearing Yuan Wei's words, Situ Wang Yun was surprised that he did not come out to help, but instead spoke for Zhao Xing. Wang Yun said: I don't think Zhao Xing had any doubts about the court's laws on salt and iron. Since he dared to touch the taboos of the court, he must have made sufficient preparations for selling salt salt produced in Jin State in various places. If this matter is handled too ruthlessly and annoys Jin State, I am afraid there will be more trouble in the future.

Wang Yun's words were to remind some officials who had a deep hatred with Zhao Xing, who were always thinking about punishing Zhao Xing severely. He first considered his own strength so that he would not lose his rice without stealing the chicken. In the end, he would hand the handle to Zhao Xing.

Unfortunately, Wang Yun, as Zhao Xing's father-in-law, made the analysis of his inner thoughts closest to Zhao Xing, and became the fuse for everyone's criticism. Everyone raised a group of questions about Wang Yunan's intentions and actually helped his son-in-law speak. And how many benefits did the Wang family secretly get from Zhao Xing this time?

After being sarcastic by everyone, Wang Yun closed his lips tightly, looked at his nose and his heart, and said nothing more. He was hesitating before speaking. After saying that, he found that the people in the court were indeed as expected, using himself as a punching bag indiscriminately, but few people calmly thought about Zhao Xing's intention to do so.

After serving on behalf of the court, Wang Yun gradually became interested in Zhao Xing's reforms and no longer held the stick loyal to the Han court. He heard that in order to appease the herdsmen who were seriously affected, Zhao Xing could mobilize the whole country to support the victims, and even provide the herdsmen with a lot of salt for free, so that they could marinate the meat of undeteriorated livestock. This was obviously a loss-making business, and others would definitely not be able to do it, but Zhao Xing could do it. However, the court took advantage of the fact that Jin needed a lot of salt to use, and suddenly 30% of the salt was used, not only to make money from Jin, but also to let the people of the world suffer losses.

Wang Yun was very disgusted with this behavior and knew his son-in-law more deeply than others. Zhao Xing had never done better than court officials in matters concerning the interests of the people and livelihoods. This time, since Jin State dared to sell salt openly and cheaply in various places, he must have done a good job of banning and punishing measures and would never end in a slight manner. Once these hot-headed people in the court did something that made Jin State very annoyed, the consequences were really unimaginable.

Wang Yun wanted to be in the long run, but unfortunately few people had such vision. So after everyone attacked, General He Jin also stood up and expressed his opinion. He Jin said indignantly: The Han and Jin are incompatible, and now they are just a temporary relationship to seek peace. Even if we give in, Zhao Guochang is unsatisfied. Today we have a state and occupy a county tomorrow. In three to five years, I am afraid that even Luoyang City will be lost. Instead of doing this, it is better to stand up and confront Jin and fight against Jin. Perhaps there is still a way out!

He Jin's words immediately made Chaoying calm down the court, and everyone began to seriously think about how to confront Jin State, or think about some unspeakable things.

In short, He Jin's words about the Han Dynasty and Jin State are incompatible, and they completely show that a fact that everyone is unwilling to mention. Since the fig leaf has been torn off, whether to wait for someone to be pushed down or push others is a problem that needs to be taken seriously and thought about. ~
Chapter completed!