Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 506 Could it be related to the salt administration?
Could Chapter 5 be related to the salt policy?
"I have invited you all here today to discuss a matter." After sitting down, the head of the Li family spoke first.

The head of the Li family said in a deep voice: "Two days ago, Changsun Wuji came out of the palace gate and convened a secret meeting of 19 people! All the fields involved are related to us! All involved are the lifeblood of various industries! But we These people still don’t know what they discussed and whether they want to attack us! I’ve called everyone here to invite everyone to speak freely and express your opinions!”

This incident has really been heard by other families.

In the past, they didn't pay much attention to Datang, who had not been founded for many years.

An iron-clad family, a flowing dynasty!
Whether it is the Sui Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, isn't it just a court?

When the emperor of the Sui Dynasty wanted to suppress the aristocratic family, wasn't it finished by the alliance of these aristocratic families?

The Tang Dynasty is now only two generations long. How many years has it been since the founding of the country?These aristocratic families still have pride and always believe that they can influence the court!

If the royal family of the Li family didn't know each other, they could do a big job and overthrow the Li family!
Anyway, why did the Sui Dynasty not exist? How could the Tang Dynasty not exist?

Even if troubled times come, what if the people are unlucky?
Anyway, it won't affect their aristocratic family much, at most it will cause them to bleed and have to choose the master again!

It's all the little things!
But after Li Shimin succeeded in destroying the Bolingcui family, which directly cast a haze on the reputation of the Five Surnames and Qiwang, these aristocratic families finally "awoke".

It turns out that the Tang Dynasty is really different from the previous dynasty!
In other words, the emperor Li Shimin is different from those emperors in the previous dynasty and the previous dynasty!
Even compared with the founding emperor Li Yuan, Li Shimin is much stronger!
Although this is not a founding emperor, they should have recognized Li Shimin by the standards of the founding emperor!
They didn't realize until now that Li Shimin's superficial kindness was all deceitful!

This is a lying tiger!When it's not moving, it's just like that, but when it moves, it's really deadly!
After realizing this, the aristocratic family became a little flustered.

They sent people to watch the palace and the residences of several ministers, all because of their inner uneasiness!
What Patriarch Li just said was actually what they were worried about!

With the lessons learned from the Boling Cui family, they were naturally worried whether this matter would have something to do with them!Wouldn't the emperor also want to deal with them?

Do you want to check something?Will it have a bad effect on them?How should they respond?

These questions are all surrounding them in their hearts, making them uneasy!
But in this case, after hearing the words of the Li family leader, these people expressed their guesses one after another.

"I think the court is going to take action against the water? We have a lot of ships. Will the court want to seize the ships or send more tolls?"

"I do think they are planning to attack the private soldiers and the fortress? I saw that officials who knew about this were called. Although I don't know what they said, but when it comes to this aspect, it is nothing more than It’s private soldiers and fortresses.”

Private soldiers, this is the rule handed down from previous dynasties. Generally, large families have their own guards.

As for aristocratic families, as long as they are old and not very short of money, they all maintain a group of private soldiers!

These private soldiers all have high combat effectiveness. During the previous years of war, they were the guarantee to protect the aristocratic families from being affected!

If the court wants to use private soldiers, the family will definitely not agree.

The forts are basically owned by every aristocratic family. They are usually built in places where the elites of the aristocratic family have long occupied, and they are all located in relatively sparsely populated places outside the city.

Not only one generation will use this thing, but the fortress will usually be passed down for several generations, and will be strengthened from generation to generation. In times of war, if you take people to escape into the fort, you can live in it for a long time!

Because the fort not only has high walls, just like the original tower, but as long as the suspension bridge is lifted and the gate is closed, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The fortress can usually accommodate at least a few thousand people or more. It not only has rooms inside, but also has at least one piece of land used for growing vegetables and other things.

And the stored grain can generally feed thousands of people for at least a year!

This is the fortress, and it is also something that the aristocratic families value very much.

Naturally, others are not allowed to touch such guarantees and hole cards.

So as soon as such a guess came out, there was obviously some commotion in the hall.

The head of the Li family raised his hand and pressed it down.

The sounds in the hall subsided again and became quiet.

The head of the Li family said: "So, everyone thinks that Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji, or increased taxes for water transportation, said they wanted to reduce our armed forces? Is that so?"

In the face of his inquiry, some people hesitated to speak.

The head of the Li family saw it at a glance and immediately said: "The head of the Huang family, what do you want to say? Please say it!"

The head of a family that was attached to the Li family sat there, frowning, and said hesitantly: "I think that if these two things are true, Changsun Wuji shouldn't be allowed to mobilize troops like this, right? He called so many people, How do you know it’s not just to confuse us?”

This point, in fact, everyone present knew it well.

Now that the head of the Huang family has made it clear, other people have also responded.

Patriarch Li looked at each other with several other patriarchs, and he said: "You are very reasonable. Many people here should think so, right? This is the scheme used by Changsun Wuji. He knows that we are Staring at him, knowing that he invited someone to discuss things, we will definitely find out. So he called so many people directly, just to make us guess his real purpose."

Some people said: "After going to more than a dozen people, can't you just buy one of them?"

The head of the Li family smiled mysteriously, and said a little proudly: "Why can't we buy it? We have already bought the two of them."

But then he said: "But both of them said that after Changsun Wuji called them over, they asked them one by one about some things. Who is he coming for, and who is called over on purpose. This old fox is really cunning enough. However, no matter how cunning he is, as long as he does something, there will be traces. We just have to guess now, he has the most It may be that they want to attack something."

Patriarch Huang frowned, and said hesitantly, "Could it be related to the salt administration?"

As soon as this voice came out, everyone at the scene was stunned.

The originally not too noisy hall suddenly became completely silent.

(End of this chapter)