Chapter 113 What kind of treasure is this traitor?
Back in the palace, both Li and Li were almost excited.
Think about it a few days ago, because of the sudden emergence of paper mills, the Cui family in Qinghe was hit hard, and most of the paper mills under their name were closed almost instantly.
Such a huge financial source directly hit the Cui family of Qinghe hard.
And now?
When Li Sheng came out with his charcoal pen, not only did the Fan Yang family behind it suffer heavy losses?
Once this charcoal pen comes out, I'm afraid the pen and ink industry won't even be able to survive.
It all has to disappear!
Li Er could almost imagine the expressions of the traitors like Fan Yang and Lu!
Price increase?
Seeking huge profits?
Very cool, right?
Sheng'er will make a move at will and send you to heaven directly, so that you will have a great time!
…
A few days later.
Daming Palace, Ganlu Palace!
Early morning.
Li Er walked into the hall and sat on the royal chair. He didn't say anything and took a sip of tea first.
I don’t know why, but today’s tea soup is particularly fragrant!
But at this time, compared to Li Er's leisurely mood.
The civil and military officials below were exchanging glances from time to time, as if they were planning something.
After a while, an old minister with white beard and hair came out of the queue and bowed:
"Your Majesty, I have something to tell you!"
This old man's surname is Xu Jingzong, and he does not belong to the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes. However, he has another identity, that is, the wife of his family, whose surname is Pei. In other words, he belongs to the Pei family.
Pei was quite low-key in the early Tang Dynasty and seemed to have no conflict with Li Er.
But in fact, it is inextricably linked to the Five Surnames and Qi Wangs.
Especially with the Wang family in Taiyuan, the relationship is even more unclear. It is said that he also has many connections with the Lu family in Fan Yang. The relationship is called a close relationship.
It's just that the boss of the family, Pei Ji, is very secretive and low-key.
Therefore, Xu Jingzong is the main voice of the Pei family in the court, the spokesperson of interests!
"Oh, if anything happens, please tell me."
…
Li Er was in a particularly happy mood that day, for no other reason than that he had already known in advance that Zichengzhai's charcoal pencils would be on sale starting today!
Therefore, no matter which family these officials come from, no matter what they say, he will not be dissatisfied at all.
What you said is right!
Everything you say is right!
Your family has won, really.
Xu Jingzong considered it for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty!"
"Recently, the price of pen and ink in various parts of the Tang Dynasty has been rising continuously. Because of these situations, there has been quite a discussion among the people, and the scholars are even more dissatisfied. If this continues for a long time, I am afraid that it will hurt your majesty. Please make a decision and solve the problem as soon as possible.
This matter!"
"Oh..." Li Er smiled and continued with a smile, "Then Jingzong, do you have any clever ideas to solve this problem?"
Xu Jingzong was stunned for a moment.
Looking up, he found Li Er smiling.
Really laughing.
This made Xu Jingzong very surprised.
Let me go, does Li Er have such a good attitude? Is he admitting the wrong person or is he crazy?
He calls me "Jingzong"?
When did I become Li Er’s confidant?
However, at this time, there were no clues to follow, so Xu Jingzong continued to act according to the plan.
"Your Majesty, the recent increase in pen and ink is not due to others. I have already investigated and found that more than half of the world's pen and ink came from Fan Yanglu's workshop."
"The price of this ink has risen entirely because of the Fan Yang Lu family!"
Xu Jingzong's words were as sonorous as gold and stone and had a ringing sound.
In an instant, the entire court, who came from aristocratic families, or were related by marriage to aristocratic families like him, all looked here in disbelief.
Each look in their eyes was more astonished than the other.
Even Pu She Pei Ji frowned without leaving any trace.
Several of Pei Ji's cronies around him were frightened. Did Xu Jingzong take the wrong medicine? Did he perform surgery on Fan Yanglu?
Isn't this guy afraid of Pei's revenge?
Are you crazy!?
Even Li Er was stunned for a moment.
For a moment, he thought he hadn't woken up from sleep today.
Isn't this Xu Jingzong a bitch raised by a noble family? Why did he suddenly become upright?
The sun rises from the west?
But the next moment, Xu Jingzong continued:
"I thought that the Lu family of Fan Yang was maliciously controlling prices and taking advantage of His Majesty's issuance of the imperial examination edict to seek huge profits. But after conducting a private investigation, I found out... that there was a fire in Fan Yang territory a few days ago!"
"Both the mines that produce gelatin and the pine forests that produce pine gum have suffered greatly. In order to save the victims, the Lu family has issued more than 200,000 taels of loans. The Lu family was originally the home of Zhongmingdingshi.
He also ate Guanyin soil, Your Majesty..."
"In order to stabilize the price of pen and ink, Fan Yanglu has done his best. This is actually a model for us in the Tang Dynasty and an example of good deeds!"
"Your Majesty should immediately open the treasury, allocate money, and reward the Lu family of Fan Yang. Firstly, it will set an example for the world! Secondly, it can also alleviate the disaster of Zhurong, help the people, and also stabilize the price of pen and ink!"
Snap!
Click, click, click…
Xu Jingzong made an impassioned speech and burst into tears.
In an instant, countless imperial huts from all the officials fell to the ground. At this moment, the same sentence passed through the hearts of all the officials.
No wonder Xu Jingzong, whose father Xu Shanxin died in the troubled times of the late Sui Dynasty, is still climbing so fast.
So shameless!
Li Er was drinking tea just now. When he heard Xu Jingzong's words, he took a sip and sprayed it.
This... what kind of treasured traitor is this Xu Jingzong?
…
After staying for a while, Li Er finally regained his composure.
Awesome, so awesome.
No wonder these aristocratic families are still standing. With the shamelessness of these scoundrels, isn’t it true that the country will be forever strong?
Li Er was choked by Xu Jingzong's words and was speechless for a long time before he uttered, "That's quite true. In that case, do you have any opinions?"
Li Er was also amused. These officials from aristocratic families are all geniuses.
then,
Although he secretly scolded Xu Jingzong for being extremely shameless, but thinking about his own identity...countless bureaucrats from aristocratic families still came out with huts.
"Your Majesty, what Mr. Xu said is true!"
"Your Majesty, the Fan Yang Lu family is truly a model of the gentry in our country. If we don't reward him generously, we won't be able to thank the world!"
"Your Majesty, heroes have always had great ambitions since ancient times. It is truly a prosperous age to have an example like Fan Yanglu's in the world!"
"Your Majesty, reward the Lu family generously!"
In the Manlu Hall, everyone was in one voice for a while.
No one objected to Xu Jingzong's remarks, but they all agreed!
Wei Zheng looked at the faces of these people and got angry on the spot.
"That's nonsense! A few days ago, Wei Chen received news from Mr. Mulu of Fanyang Prefecture. Fanyang suffered from continuous drought in winter, and finally there was a heavy rain in the spring, which continuously moistened the earth, and the long drought was replaced by sweet rain!"
"It's still raining, how could a fire suddenly break out?!"
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Changsun Wuji couldn't stand it anymore. No matter how tactful they were, they were not fools.
Xu Jingzong was talking so plausibly in the Ganlu Hall. If he didn't care about it, wouldn't future generations think of Zhao Gao as a horse after reading the history books?
Immediately they also came out one after another.
"Your Majesty, this Fan Yang's fire must be a false report!"
"Your Majesty, Fan Yang's matter should be thoroughly investigated!"
The generals of Tiance Mansion stood up one after another!