With Li Er's rage, the ministers also became indignant.

"Zheng's shamelessness is so shameless, it's simply terrifying."

"Not to be a son of man!"

"This is taking advantage of the situation, it's simply outrageous."

"It will make the Zheng family rich, but it will make the people in the world suffer!"

"The merchants should be killed. The prophecy of the former Shangjun was realized today. Your Majesty, it is time for the Tang Dynasty to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce..."

The ministers expressed their opinions angrily.

Li Er's face turned pale.

After a while, Fang Xuanling stood up and analyzed: "Your Majesty, Zheng's power is great, so it is probably impossible to let them stop. However, other gentry may have a breakthrough. As court officials, we will eat the king's salary to share the worries of the king. Please allow us to find other gentry involved in the cloth business and negotiate with them to let them stop hoarding cloth. What do you think?"

Li Er's eyes lit up.

He thought to himself that this world may not be like Zheng, who is jealous of relatives and relatives.

Fang Xuanling’s idea is a good idea.

Li Er nodded and said, "Since that is the case, I'll have to work hard for you, but this matter must be kept confidential and not let more people know about it."

"I will do my best."

"Don't worry, your Majesty, I will keep the secret."

The court actually fell to asking for help from the gentry. Such a thing is not well known when it is spread.

Especially it cannot be recorded in historical books, otherwise His Majesty Li Er's glorious and great image would be ruined.

At this time, Li Er had just ascended the throne.

The years before he ascended the throne, he was consuming with the Turks.

After destroying the Turks, their strength was greatly weakened.

The famous Zhenguan rule in later generations has only begun to show signs. His Majesty Li Er's back will begin to gradually become harder after a few years. At that time, it was the end of the aristocrats.

Now, the great gentry like the Five Clans and Qi Wangs will not give Li Er face at all.

...

Two days later.

Ganlu Temple.

Changsun Wuji and others appeared at the same time.

Li Er asked anxiously: "How about auxiliary machines? Are other gentry willing to take out cloth to sell?"

I saw Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wang Gui and others shook their heads dejectedly.

Li Er asked, "Why is this?"

Changsun Wuji sighed and said, "Your Majesty, I have been waiting these few days and went around to discuss the cloth in various gentry's palaces. Who knew that these gentry, just like the ones who had agreed in advance, were consistent with the Zheng family's words. They denied hoarding cloth, and only a few gentry were willing to take out the cloth for sale."

Wang Gui yelled: "Your Majesty, what should I do? These gentry did not think about the people of the Tang Dynasty and the country."

Bang.

Li Er slapped the table with a punch and roared, "It's so unreasonable, it's simply outrageous... Do these gentry really think I dare not deal with them? They dare to do whatever they want and don't even want to see them... Aristocrats like Zheng occupy countless land and forests, and have mastered much business in the Tang Dynasty, but because they are scholars, the court has always treated preferentially in taxes, and they are not satisfied..."

In this era, the land under the name of the gentry, including scholars, did not need to be taxed.

Therefore, many people incorporated their land into the names of the gentry to evade taxes.

The consequence of this is that the gentry is becoming stronger and stronger, while the court is becoming poorer.

As for other taxes, they are collected by local prefectures, but the officials of these prefectures have close ties with the aristocratic people, and it is impossible to pay the tax in full.

Therefore, although the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, the taxes collected every year were pitifully small.

Now, the court is asking for Zheng, but it is not supported.

Li Er was immediately furious.

Seeing Li Er get angry, for a moment, Ganlu Palace is silent and no one dares to speak.

There is silence.

At this moment, the close servant Gao Chen ran in and said breathlessly: "Your Majesty, there are cloths sold in Chang'an City. The mansion of Duke Lu, General Qin, General Li, General Niu and other generals, took out all the cloths to sell, and the price was high. *** The current price of cloth is much higher, and now everyone knows the whole city of Chang'an..."

The ministers were shocked.

All the officials present were important officials in the court, and many of them had a lot of cloth in their homes.

But no one was willing to take it out, and even wanted to seize the opportunity and make some money.

However, no one dared to start this.

Because all the civil and military officials in the court were staring at it.

Whoever dares to set the stage is a sinner.

Not to mention that His Majesty Li Er will not pursue you, those censors will also impeach you to death.

Especially at the forefront of this storm, whoever dares to emerge will be the target of public criticism.

However, unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda and Li Jing were the first to sell cloth.

Awesome!

As expected, they were a few vulgar military generals, and they were not afraid of death.

I don't want my face anymore.

Li Ergang's anger slightly calmed down suddenly, and suddenly, he couldn't hold back.

Bang.

He punched the table hard.

Click.

The solid wood table was shattered in response to the sound.

Everyone lowered their heads.

"Hahaha……"

Li Er suddenly burst into laughter.

The laughter is a bit cunning.

He stood up suddenly and roared, "Look, this is my minister. They should have cared for the people and thought about the court. But look, in this difficult time, they actually made money like those gentry. Cheng Zhijie... He was a salt dealer at the beginning, and he had no choice but to sell private salt. Did he forget so quickly that he was also a poor citizen. And Qin Qiong, although he was not from a poor family, had also fled in Dengzhou, Shandong for many years. After living a hard life, could he not see the suffering of the people in the world?"

"I'm so disappointed."

"Come, come and go to Duke Lu's mansion."

"I want to go and ask Cheng Yaojin clearly. I want to ask if his conscience will hurt."

The close servant Gao Chen hurried to prepare the car.

Not long after, Li Er took Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other important officials out of the palace and headed straight for Duke Lu's mansion.

...

The backyard of Duke Lu’s Mansion.

Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Qin Qiong, Li Jing, and the four of them gathered together.

On the table, there was warm wine and gust of heat.

Several people drank and talked happily.

Cheng Yaojin said happily: "This time, thanks to my fifth brother. If he hadn't made any advice, Lao Cheng would have wanted to hide all the cloth in the mansion. Now, when I released it, I thought the price was too high and no one wanted it, but I didn't expect it to be bought by the gentry... Lao Cheng made a lot of money in this meal..."

Li Jing said with some concern when he heard this: "A few people, I heard that in the past few days, Your Majesty has been angry about hoarding cloth for the wealthy people... Do you think that if we sell cloth at a high price now, will your Majesty be unhappy?"

The words have not ended.

A cold voice suddenly sounded at the door: "Unhappy? I wish I could kill you... I could give an explanation to the people of the world."
Chapter completed!