Datang: Eight-year-old general

Chapter 288
Changan.

Daming Palace.

At this time, Li Longji was sitting on the dragon chair, resting his forehead in thought, his old face was slightly angry.

Below stood the ministers.

He also fell into deep thought, but the difference was that all the ministers were frowning.

why.

Because merchants from surrounding countries began to boycott Datang goods, so that tea, silk, pottery, and other goods from Datang were backlogged in the warehouse, causing heavy losses in money and silk.

Spices, medicinal materials, jewelry, etc. from various countries are no longer imported to Datang.

Even if there is, it is still a ghost market circulation, and the volume will not be too large.

As a result, the merchants of the Tang Dynasty began to tremble, and they wrote to the Ministry of Accounting one after another, asking for an explanation.

If things go on like this, it's a trivial matter that they can't live, and Datang will fall into market chaos, which will affect the lives of the people.

The economy and the circulation of goods are the foundation of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

The household department is actually a headache. They are officials and businessmen, and they trade with wealthy businessmen from various countries and earn huge money.

In addition to [-]% of the national treasury is tax revenue from various places, the remaining [-]% is obtained through trade.

a long time.

Li Longji raised his head, glanced at Yang Guozhong and the others, murderous intent flickered in his cloudy eyes, and shouted, "Who will tell me what's going on, don't give me the perfunctory words before, otherwise Cut it!"

Before that, Li Longji had already asked these ministers what was going on, why wealthy merchants from all over the world, regardless of their own interests, began to boycott Datang goods.

But these old fritters are all asking three questions.

So Li Longji was so angry that he had a headache.

Only then did he fold his forehead and ponder.

"Your Majesty, the ministers really don't know." Hearing the words, the ministers immediately knelt down on the ground and shouted aggrievedly.

"It seems that you all think that I am old and have no desire to kill, so I will satisfy you today!" Li Longji was furious, and his murderous intentions would be revealed.

At this time, the officials are still pretending to be stupid, so they will see blood today.

So he stared at the servant of the household department with both eyes, and shouted to the outside, "Come on, I will pull the servant of the household department out and chop it up!"

"what!!"

The household servant exclaimed in shock, and quickly kowtowed tremblingly, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, please forgive me, Your Majesty, I really don't know..."

"As the servant of the household department, you are in charge of trade. If you don't know, then what use is there for you!" Li Longji scolded angrily.

Even if he was not in charge of the servant of the household department, he cried and begged for mercy, and stared at the other ministers, "Don't say that I won't give you a chance. Anyone who clicks on it and doesn't know the reason, then go and accompany the servant of the household department." .”

As soon as this sentence was finished, the golden melon guard dragged the servant of the household department out, no matter how much he wailed, he couldn't shake the golden melon guard's heart.

The ministers see this.

He bowed his head even more and began to tremble.

They knew that Li Sanlang was really angry.

Afraid that Li Longji would call his name, he buried his head deeply between his hands.

"king……"

"Your Majesty, I know, I know..."

As soon as Li Longji named a surname, a court official hurried out of the queue on his knees, his face pale.

Because his surname is Wang, his name is Wang Pan, and he is a doctor in the household department.

"Tell me what you know, and if you hide something, I will not only kill you alone!" Li Longji's cloudy eyes flashed red.

This is a symbol of rage.

Sure enough, these ministers were deceiving him.

"I understand, I understand." Wang Pan nodded quickly, and said with trepidation, "Return...Return to Your Majesty, this matter all started because His Highness Tang Wang destroyed the Slave Chamber of Commerce in Bian Seoul."

"The Slave Chamber of Commerce in Bian Seoul (Speer City) was originally the headquarters jointly established by wealthy businessmen from various countries. The wealthy merchants were so angry that they all threatened to stop doing business with Datang."

"Unless...unless..." At this point, Wang Pan's throat seemed to be stuck with phlegm, and he hesitated to speak.

But Li Longji became impatient, and immediately shouted angrily, "Unless something, tell me clearly!!"

"Unless Datang punishes His Royal Highness the King of Tang and gives them an explanation, they will resume business with Datang." Wang Pan said hastily, trembling from Li Longji's yelling.

Then he felt as if his strength had been drained, and he lay on the ground, his face ashen.

Because of him, it was only at this time that he came to his senses, and he became someone else's first bird.

When Li Longji heard this, his eyes shone with a strange color.

No wonder the ministers dare not speak, it turns out that it is about Li Yi.

Now Li Yi can be said to be quite powerful, they dare not offend Li Yi, and they are not good at speaking, fearing that Li Yi will get revenge if he finds out.

Don't you know, did the important minister Yu Wenrong fall at Li Yi's feet?

Who knows, if that poor kid Li Yi designed Yu Wenrong on purpose.

Immediately afterwards, Li Longji said angrily, "Okay, these wealthy businessmen dare to threaten me and Datang!"

"Don't they know that the Silk Road was opened by our Chinese ancestors?! If there is no trade, they are still a group of beasts drinking blood!!"

"Your Majesty, calm down, be careful of the dragon's health." Li Longji's repeated roars made all the officials speak out to persuade them.

"Calm down?!" Li Longji sneered, and asked the officials, "How do you let me calm down? Now that the business of the Tang Dynasty has been damaged, and the interests of more than [-]% of the people in the Tang Dynasty have been damaged. It is bound to decline and lead to war!"

"As ministers of the Tang Dynasty, don't you have anything to say?!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Linfu, the leader of the ministers, knew that the opportunity had come, so he looked sideways at a minister and winked.

Now there is an early bird who broke the topic and led to Li Yi. Then the rest is easy to say, but it can be discussed.

The minister who received the instructions immediately knelt down and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I feel that the only immediate solution is to appease wealthy businessmen from various countries and allow them to temporarily resume trade, which is an urgent need."

"How to appease?" Li Longji asked coldly, frowning.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I can only make His Royal Highness Tang feel a little wronged." The minister said here, his tone paused, mustered up his courage, and said again, "I implore Your Majesty, remove all the official positions of His Royal Highness Li Yi, and relegate him to a commoner." , has solved the crisis of my Datang business."

"Presumptuous!" Li Longji scolded angrily when he heard the words, "The king of Tang has made great achievements for the Tang Dynasty. How can he erase the achievements of the king of Tang because of threats from wealthy businessmen from all over the world? How can our Tang Dynasty bow to people outside the region? You can kill your heart!"

"Your Majesty, calm down, please listen to my explanation." The minister's heart trembled, and he said quickly, "Your Majesty, this is just a stopgap measure. After this matter is resolved, Your Majesty will let Tang Wang enter the court."

"The ministers are also willing to bow their heads for the common people. If the wealthy businessmen from various countries still refuse to let go, it's okay to discuss countermeasures at that time."

"Now the situation is serious, and we are no longer allowed to find countermeasures. We can only wrong the king of Tang and try the attitude of wealthy businessmen from all over the world."

(End of this chapter)