King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 97 Impeachment! Crazy impeachment!
  Cao Mansion.

Cao Wenlong was respectfully serving tea to someone.

The man took the tea and sniffed it.

He shook his head and blew on it, taking a gentle sip.

After drinking the hot tea soup, the aroma seems to explode in the body.

He couldn't help but moan as he felt so comfortable.

He smiled and said: "The green spring gently boils the crushed gold leaves, and the breeze carefully drinks the heart of the jade liquid. The mountains and rivers are intertwined with the green waves, and the fragrance of the pot enters the soul of the poem! Shopkeeper Cao has put a lot of effort into this tea!"

Cao Wenlong smiled respectfully and said: "There are not many left of the serious Anxi mother tree Tieguanyin. Since you like it, I will take all the rest later and take it back to you!"

The man looked at Cao Wenlong and said with a smile: "Zhao will not be rewarded for his meritless work! I know that your Shanxi businessmen have been having a hard time recently! However, behind this is King Lu! You come to me for a little Waiter, it’s of no use!”

Cao Wenlong smiled apologetically and said: "Mr. Zhao, besides Guo Huan and Mr. Guo, you are the one in the household department now! If you can't speak, then who can we count on?"

Mr. Zhao smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, King Lu, the Holy Family is now in great glory!
  A few days ago, the emperor had just rewarded him with a double salary as a prince, allowing him to travel freely in and out of the vassal territory!
  Such a reward is unprecedented since the founding of the People's Republic of China! The court estimated that it was he who gave the court 1000 million taels of silver to solve His Majesty's major issues, and that was why these rewards came later!

At this juncture, if you ask me to impeach His Royal Highness King Lu, aren't you making yourself unhappy? "

Cao Wenlong said bitterly: "The villain really has no choice, so he begged the adults!

King Nalu sold the salt from Lu Shang Salt Shop at such a low price and with such high quality!

This is driving our other salt merchants to death.
  How can one person monopolize all the benefits in this world?
  It’s against the rules and there’s no reason for it!

If this continues, I'm afraid all of us will go bankrupt just to pay it back, and the adults in the court will also lose a piece of their benefits! "

Mr. Zhao smiled.

"Cao Wenlong, do you think I am someone who only cares about money at the expense of my life? The risks in this matter are so high. If you let me fight alone, aren't you looking for death?"

Cao Wenlong smiled and said: "Sir! This time it's not just Mr. Zhao himself! There should be more than a dozen adults from the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment and even the Ministry of War in the court, big and small, will write to impeach His Royal Highness King Lu!
  Of course, you are the only one who holds a high position, but the one you are responsible for is the Salt Division, so it is your duty to talk about this matter."

Mr. Zhao frowned and said: "The last time I allowed you to increase the price of salt, it was already very illegal!
  I still don’t know what His Majesty will think if he finds out!
  I am taking a huge risk!
  Now you ask me to come forward to impeach His Royal Highness King Lu!

Once it fails, it will be very difficult to handle! "

Cao Wenlong hesitated.

Smiling and handing over a wad of treasure money.

"Sir, here are 5 yuan of treasure money! I also know that you are taking risks, and you must not let you take this risk in vain."

Mr. Zhao took the treasure note, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Forget it! The matter of Yan Yin has been revealed! Then His Majesty will punish him, and I will admit it! Who makes Shopkeeper Cao happy?"

Cao Wenlong was stunned when he heard Master Zhao's words.

According to you, I gave you 5 guan of treasure money just for the sake of Yan Yin?

You must know that Shanxi merchants had already given them a full 30 yuan of treasure money before!

They even promised to pay dividends at the end of the year!

Now that I have given away the 5 yuan of treasure money, it feels like it has been wasted!
  Do not!
  When you throw water into it, you can still see splashes and hear the sound!
  What is this?

"Thank you very much, Shopkeeper Cao, for your hospitality today! I have finished my inspection in Yangzhou and have to respond to Tianjiao's mission before I take my leave!"

talking.

Mr. Zhao stood up with a smile and was about to leave.

Cao Wenlong smiled bitterly and said: "Master Zhao, don't leave! I still have something to ask for! We really can't continue doing this salt business!

If there were no adults speaking out for justice in the court, within three or two days, everyone would be on the streets begging for food!
  Mr. Zhao, you can't just die without saving me! "

Mr. Zhao looked at Cao Wenlong and smiled.

"This matter is really difficult to handle!"

Cao Wenlong sighed.

As a businessman who often deals with officials, how could he not know this kind of rhetoric?

If he says it can't be done and can't be done, then the matter will definitely be useless, and no matter how much money you give, it will be in vain.

But now Mr. Zhao says it is very difficult to handle, and he obviously wants more money.

If it were normal times, Cao Wenlong would have given it.

However, at this time, everyone has suffered miserably.

I don’t have much liquidity in my hands!
  Giving Mr. Zhao 5 taels of treasure is already a lot of money, equivalent to more than 1 taels of silver!
  Unexpectedly, he was greedy and continued to ask for money.

This made Cao Wenlong a little unable to bear it.

But there is no other way, who can let me ask him now?
  If Minister Zhao cannot stand up and take the lead, His Majesty will not pay much attention to it!

By then, if King Lu’s Lu Shang Salt Store continues to sell like this, everyone will be squeezed to death!

suddenly.

Outside the secret room.

The housekeeper Lao Cao walked in.

With a panic expression on his face, he looked at Cao Wenlong.

Cao Wenlong frowned and said, "Is something wrong?"

Lao Cao whispered to him several times.

Cao Wenlong's pupils suddenly widened!
  I couldn't help but lost my voice and said: "Lu Shang Salt Store is still selling!"

Lao Cao smiled bitterly and said: "Yes! Since we lowered the price of salt to three cents of silver per catty, Lushang Salt Company immediately lowered it to four cents of silver per catty! We still can't sell it now!"

Cao Wenlong laughed sadly and looked at Mr. Zhao.

"Master Zhao, you have seen it! This Lu Shang Salt Company has gone too far! It must drive us all away!
  The friendship we have had for so many years, I have no other hope, it all relies on Master Zhao to speak out for justice! "

talking.

Cao Wenlong took out another stack of treasure notes from his arms.

"Master Zhao, this is 50,000 yuan! I only have so much money in my hands now!

I also ask Mr. Zhao to serve the country and the people and advise His Majesty not to let His Royal Highness King Lu compete with the people for profit and bring disaster to the country and the people! "Master Zhao smiled slightly when he saw the treasure note.

He took it and said, "It's a disaster for the country and the people? Why do I always hear people being grateful to His Royal Highness King Lu? How can this be considered a disaster for the country and the people?"

Cao Wenlong said angrily: "The people of the world and His Royal Highness King Lu are standing on the opposite side of the people of the world! Sooner or later, you will regret it!"

Mr. Zhao nodded and said with a smile: "Since Shopkeeper Cao said this, I understand!

Don’t worry, I will talk about His Majesty’s affairs in front of His Majesty!

All the salt tax in the world cannot fall into his pocket!
  What does Hubu eat?
  What will happen to the imperial court’s expenses next year?
  We can't make him, King Lu's family fat, and lose the whole world! "

Cao Wenlong said happily: "In that case, thank you so much, Mr. Zhao!"

With that said, Cao Wenlong stood up and was about to see off the guests.

Mr. Zhao suddenly bent down, picked up his tea cup, and said, "I am suddenly thirsty! If I drink another sip from the Anxi mother tree Tieguanyin, I will never have the chance to drink it again."

Cao Wenlong cursed secretly in his heart.

But he smiled and said: "Old Cao! Hurry up and wrap up all the Tieguanyin trees in Anxi in Nanfu and give them to Mr. Zhao!"

Mr. Zhao laughed and said: "Isn't this appropriate? There is no reason to drink and take at the same time."

Cao Wenlong bowed and said with a smile: "It's appropriate, it's appropriate! If the adults like this tea, the little ones will be truly happy!"

"Haha. Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Cao!"

at the same time.

Yingtian, Yangzhou, Fengyang.
  In various places, there were Shanxi merchants meeting privately with officials.

There was a lot of drinking and drinking, and people were in a state of dissipation.

Behind everything.

There is only one requirement.

That is to impeach King Lu and drive him away from Changlu Salt Fields!
  Or at least stop his perverse behavior!
  soon.

About an impeachment action by King Lu.

it has started!

Forbidden City.

Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair with a serious face.

"If you have this early warning, you will leave the court if nothing happens!"

As the words fell.

The daily morning routine began.

After Zhu Yuanzhang handled several government affairs.

He frowned and looked at the ministers.

suddenly.

Zhang Huanian came out during the Li Ke incident.

"Your Majesty, I have a script!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "Take it!"

talking.

The old eunuch Chen beside Zhu Yuanzhang walked towards Zhang Huanian and took the memorial from him.

Subsequently.

Zhang Huanian said: "Your Majesty, I have heard that the price of salt among the public has plummeted recently! It has far exceeded the minimum price stipulated by the imperial salt industry, causing chaos in the salt market!
  If this continues, some merchants may close their stores, which may even affect the imperial salt farm operations!

Salt farms in various places are related to the livelihood of nearly one million kitchen households!

I have found out that the person disrupting the salt market is a newly opened Lu merchant salt store. This salt store has a rich background and has opened stores all over the country!

Nowadays, people everywhere only buy salt from Lushang Salt Store, while salt from other places is unsaleable!

If this continues, there will be financial problems for the imperial court this year! "

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhang Huanian and smiled.

"Li Ke has actually taken charge of the affairs of the Household Department in Shizhong! Yes, I heard you tell me that everything is in order!"

Zhang Huanian bowed and said: "Your Majesty set up a public speaking officer just to rectify the government's agenda and report on the news!
  Although I am a minister of etiquette, I must also fulfill my responsibilities as an official! "

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

In fact, he has never objected to his ministers freely expressing their opinions.

Especially Yan Guan.

The six-subject system was established by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The main purpose is to limit the power of the six ministries and strengthen the supervision and inspection of the six ministries.

Among the six departments, the chief of the department with the highest official position is only the sixth rank, but he can supervise hundreds of officials and six ministries, and can even join forces to refute the opinions of the court.

This is also to use small to make big.

So that the six departments will not be hindered by everything, and there will be one more boss above them.

But it can also play a very good role in supervision and checks and balances.

Therefore, Zhang Huanian's memorial did not arouse Zhu Yuanzhang's resentment.

He was just curious about what today's court officials thought of Zhu Tan's Lu Shang Salt Shop.

Is his problem really that big?

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