Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

For the aristocratic family, their biggest advantage is actually only one word, money.

The aristocratic family is rich, so they can compete with Li You on price.

"Isn't the Salt Supervisor selling cheaply, then we will be cheaper than him!"

"We use the price to make up the difference in quality."

The housekeeper suggested to Wang Gui.

"Housekeeper, you are confused!"

"The Salt Supervisor, there is no way to drag it down!"

Wang Gui has now realized the seriousness of the problem.

The Salt Supervisor is backed by the Shence Mansion, and Li You, the general of Shence, is also the Secretary of the Household Department.

In other words, even if the salt from the Salt Supervisor is not retailed, it can be resold to the Ministry of Households.

Thinking of this, Wang Gui suddenly realized something even worse.

You must know that the biggest customers of Datang Salt are not these ordinary people, but the army.

The army's salt has always been purchased by the Ministry of Households.

If they really pushed the Salt Supervisor into a hurry and Li Youyi sold all of them to the household department, that would be a bigger loss for the family!
Immediately, Wang Gui asked the steward not to take care of the Salt Prison, and sent his ideas to other aristocratic families.

Soon, all the major aristocratic families replied.

In the reply, the major families also agreed with Wang Gui's idea.

However, everyone couldn't bear it.

On the second day after replying to the letter, representatives of the major families in Chang'an secretly gathered together.

"Master Wang, I, Boling Cui, can't bear this tone!"

Cui Mingan, the servant of Huangmen, vomited bitterness.

The Boling Cui family was the one most affected by the salt attack this time, so they were eager to show Li Shimin a good look.

In their view, Li You was just a child, and he was not capable of doing such a big thing as a salt prison.

Standing behind the Salt Supervisor must be His Majesty today.

And the reason why the Salt Supervisor has such an endless supply of goods without external supplements must be supported by the entire Li Tang clan.

With the beginning of the Boling Cui family, people from several other aristocratic families were also excited.

However, at this time, Zheng Shanguo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, said, "I think it's because we raised the prices of paper and books that angered Li Shimin, and he gave us this embarrassment."

"But everyone feels that the salt monitoring is exhausted, so why should we continue to consume it like this!"

"Why don't we simply restore the prices of the books and send a signal of truce to His Majesty."

"The matter of the salt prison will naturally be resolved!"

Zheng Shanguo belongs to the moderate faction of the aristocratic family and does not want to see the aristocratic family and the royal family go to war.

However, Zheng Shanguo's proposal was unanimously rejected by everyone.

"Zheng Shangshu is a woman's benevolence. If we shrink back like this this time, we won't be oppressed by the royal family in the future!"

"This time, we must fight to the end!"

"It seems that the price of this book needs to be raised again!"

"And he suppressed the price of salt in Chang'an, so let's raise the price of salt across the country and see how much he can suppress!"

As soon as Cui Mingan said this, representatives of several other aristocratic families nodded in agreement.

However, just when they were furious and ready to go home and raise their prices, someone suddenly came to inform them.

And this time, it wasn't the servants of one family who came, but the servants of every family.

Hearing the servant's report, Wang Gui's expression changed instantly.

"Your Majesty's move is really ruthless!"

After half a month of preparation, Guozijian Bookstore finally opened for business.

The two museums and six schools under the Imperial College, as well as the bookstores of the prefectures and counties opened at the same time, and began to sell the enlightenment textbooks "San Zi Jing", "Hundred Surnames" and "Thousand Characters".

Also on sale are the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as other classics.

Not only that, Guozijian also distributes initial consonant tables and final vowel tables for teaching Pinyin to Mongolian schools all over the country for free.

A slightly larger place can basically have a set of staff, and some remote places can at least meet the needs of teaching.

Immediately, scholars all over the place were excited, buying books at unimaginably low prices while shouting long live.

Then they spontaneously came to the library and bookstore of the family to reprimand them for their injustice.

If it wasn't for the aristocratic prestige of the aristocratic family, it is estimated that these angry crowd would rush in and smash the shop down.

Hearing this news, the aristocratic families from all over the world were shocked.

"How is it possible, how could His Majesty suddenly print so many books!"

"We've been beaten!"

"Your Majesty must have been planning this matter for a long time. Your Majesty must have planned it long ago."

"This is the new emperor's prestige to the great families!"

In these aristocratic families, it is absolutely unbelievable that it has spread all over the country in such a short period of time. Such a thing must not start after the price of books has increased.

After a while of commotion, the crowd finally calmed down. They turned to look at Wang Gui and asked, "Master Wang, what should we do this time?"

As the oldest person in this group of people, Wang Gui is in charge of many things in Chang'an.

A ruthless look flashed on Wang Gui's face: "Hmph, the Li family released a little doll, so you think we have nothing to do!"

"This is the first provocation against the family since the new emperor came to power. If we can't fight back effectively, then we will have to bear it in the future."

Wang Gui's words obviously won the approval of people from other aristocratic families.

Compared to Zheng Shanguo's compromise, they liked Wang Gui's aggressiveness more.

"My lord, stop teasing us, tell us what we should do!"

Hearing this, Wang Gui smiled lightly and said, "Who said we have to fight back ourselves?"

"The emperor's own butt hasn't been wiped clean yet!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Wang Gui blankly.

Soon it was Cui Mingan who thought of something, he tentatively said: "Master Wang, you mean to use the old arrangements of Crown Prince Li Chengqian and King Qi Li Yuanji?"

"It's just that these people are now attached to His Majesty, what should we do?"

Although he understood what Wang Gui meant, he also knew how troublesome Li Shimin would be if these old ministries broke out in chaos.

But Cui Mingan had no idea what to do.

After being awakened by Cui Mingan, the others offered their strategies in a hurry.

"Does Master Wang mean to incite them to rebel?"

"The two brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche are not bad. They are not only the former His Majesty of King Qi, they even almost broke into Prince Qin's mansion back then."

"Besides, their two brothers are still Luo Yi's old subordinates. Now that the influence of Luo Yi's rebellion is still there, it is estimated that these two people have long been panicked!"

"Well, it's not just the two of them, they also have a big brother named Xue Wanshu, who is the governor of Yingzhou and holds military power. There are many people like him in Hebei."

Seeing the people talking more and more excited, Wang Gui immediately said: "Enough, we are loyal ministers of Tang Dynasty, how can we say such a thing!"

"Aren't you afraid that these words will be heard by Li Junxian's Baiqisi, and your heads will be chopped off first!"

As soon as Wang Gui said this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, all eyes falling on Wang Gui.