broken!Li Er's son turned out to be a hidden boss

"Qibi Heli let Hou Junji handle it on his own."

Li Shimin said.

"Okay, Hou Junji has experienced hundreds of battles, and there are Li Ji, Zhang Liang, Chai Shao and others in the north echoing from afar, so Hou Junji can make his own decision. Now we still have to devote ourselves to Beijing."

Li Wenhao followed suit, and he was very assured of Hou Junji's ability to command troops. After all, although Li Jing's apprentice had some stains on him later, these stains were not enough to obliterate his brilliance in commanding troops.

"Tell me, that Jia Xu, what's going on?"

Li Shimin asked in a condensed voice.

"he……"

Li Wenhao organized his language. He believed that Jia Xu definitely had his own opinion, but Jia Xu didn't talk to him about anything. He is also very passive now.

"Forget it, since you trust him, let him do it, anyway, he can't jump out of your palm."

Li Wenhao breathed a sigh of relief at Li Shimin's words, he was really afraid that Li Shimin's haste would ruin Jia Xu's plan.

Based on his understanding of Jia Xu, the longer Jia Xu's foreshadowing in the early stage is, the more ruthless the attack will be. It is estimated that Jia Xu has resorted to some kind of desperate scheme.

"Cough cough!"

"You continue to discuss, I'm going to rest."

Li Shimin was helped down weakly, and as soon as he walked to the back hall, his face instantly became relaxed and cheerful.

"It feels so good not to worry about political affairs, and it's great to have a son!"

He happily went to the harem to find the eldest grandson, Empress Qingqing, and I went, leaving behind the hard-pressed Li Wenhao who was still struggling with the current situation.

In the next two consecutive days of court, the courtiers did not mention any substantive issues other than singing praises until the third day.

Wei Zheng suddenly stood up and began to criticize Jia Xu.

In the beginning, he was very confident in Jia Xu, whom Li Wenhao personally named, but after several days of observation and some gossip, he, as a censor, had to pay attention to this new third-rank official in the court.

But this observation almost didn't take his eyes off him. He received those grain merchants and officials in the mansion every day, the dancers and singers in the mansion, and the gold and silver treasures almost filled Jia Xu's small mansion. Such behavior, Wei Zheng It would be remiss of me not to play one of his books.

"Your Highness, Jia Xu has a heavy responsibility, but he doesn't want to serve the country. He feasts and drinks in the mansion every day. He wants to make everyone happy, but he sees the price of food soaring. Your Highness, please give me a lesson."

"Your Highness, please be aware that Jia Xu took advantage of the power His Highness gave him to accept bribes and blackmail subordinate officials and grain merchants. Please His Highness deal with Jia Xu's crime of abusing his power."

"Your Highness, please enlighten me!"

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, a group of followers stood up behind him and began to criticize Jia Xu.

"Wei Zheng, what should be done about Jia Xu's crime?"

"Return to Your Highness, according to the law, at least he will be dismissed from office and exiled, and at worst, the nine clans will be exterminated."

"En." Li Wenhao nodded, "Jia Xu!"

"Chen is here!"

"What do you have to say?"

"I just want to say that the world of my Tang Dynasty is not as clear and bright as His Highness thinks."

"continue!"

Li Wenhao tapped the table lightly with his index finger, and he couldn't see any fluctuations on his face, let alone trying to detect Li Wenhao's happiness and anger through his expression.

"My lord, in three days I received a total of 270 to 27 yuan in bribes, received countless rare treasures, [-] beauties, three mansions, and [-] acres of land, of which six floors were given by grain merchants, and the remaining four All the layers were given by the ministers of the court, and what's more, they conspired with the ministers to control the price of grain, causing a food shortage, with the intention of asking the emperor to abolish the prince."

Every time Jia Xu said a word, the mouth of the courtier grew bigger, and when he finished speaking, the entire court could no longer calm down, and what was even more serious was that his body was like a sieve, and his legs were shaking.

"go on!"

Li Wenhao slapped the table hard, not because he was angry, but because he was happy, because Jia Xu did not live up to his expectations.

"I have the guts to compile the list of these people and the list of gifts into a book"

"Bring it up!"

The eunuch next to Li Wenhao tremblingly presented a pamphlet in Jia Xu's hand. The eunuch's palms were full of sweat, because what he held in his hand was not only a pamphlet, but also those of these ministers and great merchants. head.

"Where is Jin Yiwei?"

"Sir, Lu Wenzhao has met His Highness!"

"Go to work!"

Li Wenhao threw the booklet into Lu Wenzhao's hand, and he didn't have to worry about the rest.

With Lu Wenzhao's method, the truth will definitely come to light.

"Everyone, I have something, and I would like to ask your opinions."

"Prince, please speak."

The courtiers were very curious. This was the first time Li Wenhao raised his opinion in court.

"It's not a big deal. I want to nationalize the grain, salt, and other businesses, and unify the state-run business in the future, so as to avoid wanton price adjustments by those big and small merchants in the market. Everyone, what do you think?"

Li Wenhao asked with a smile.

"Your Highness, no. Since ancient times, officials have never competed with the people for profit. If this is the case, how will the grain merchants in this world survive?"

"Exactly. This salt industry has been owned by the royal family since ancient times. What does His Highness mean by this statement?"

In the middle of the court, two fourth-rank officials whom Li Wenhao didn't know asked.

"Let's talk about the salt first, Lu Wenzhao, tell them about your investigation results."

"Yes!"

Lu Wenzhao took out a small notebook in his arms and started to read.

"From the first year of Wude to the second year of Zhenguan now, in the ten years, there are a total of [-] private saltworks in the north and south of the Tang Dynasty, and their output and sales account for half of the entire Tang Dynasty. Private to the public, selling private salt as official salt, especially in Yangzhou, Suzhou, and the Yangtze River.”

After finishing speaking, the people in the court whispered again.

"Everyone, you have all seen that the salt industry is the same as the royal industry, not to mention the grain industry."

"My Palace wants to take him into the state. I wonder if there is anything wrong with it?"

"Your Highness, this is a big matter, why don't we wait until His Majesty returns?"

Wei Zheng said cautiously.

"Then now that the Turks are calling, do we have to wait until my royal father is still discussing whether to send troops?"

"If your ministers are here to govern the country, you don't come here to drag two or two, but you don't know, tomorrow will be tomorrow, and there will be so many tomorrows?"

Li Wenhao patted the table heavily, showing a very dissatisfied expression.

"Your Highness, I just don't know how to handle this nationalization?"

Changsun Wuji didn't object or agree. After all, some of their state officials also have some grain business, so it's better to ask first.

"Bring together all the grain merchants in the market, and the state will make the revenue uniformly. In other words, the imperial court will help them operate, and the state will charge a certain operating fee at that time. I have already asked people to set the specific standards. It will be handed over to you adults every day."

Li Wenhao opened his mouth and said that the establishment of his Fanyang Trading Center is to coordinate the price of goods across the country. When the price of grain is stable, the people will naturally live and work in peace and contentment, and Datang will naturally become stronger gradually.