Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 507 Give in?

Chapter 5 and seven give up?

Is it really related to the salt administration?
Patriarch Li thought about it carefully, and felt that this matter is not impossible!
His face suddenly became ugly.

If what Changsun Wuji is going to do is really related to the Yan government, it will be more serious than he originally guessed!
After all, for their aristocratic families, why can they check and balance the court?
This naturally has the reputation of the family!
But rely on their powerful strength!
Because they have been passed down from generation to generation, their heritage is very profound!

In the Tang Dynasty, there are many lifelines that can get stuck in the throat of the imperial court, and they are pinching them!
It is precisely because of this that the imperial court did not dare to completely tear themselves apart with them.

With so many aristocratic families, big and small, once they completely break up with the court, it will deal a huge blow to the court!
But what if the imperial court secretly wants to break the lifeline out of their hands?
If you let it go, can the court really gain more advantages?

For people like them, what kind of terrible consequences should they have?
They have no way to check and balance the court, will the court continue to suppress them?
How many generations of accumulation, is it going to be weakened in their generation?

Just thinking of this possibility, Patriarch Li's head is buzzing!

He opened his mouth and realized that he didn't know what to say.

Patriarch Zhao beside him lost his voice and said, "Salt administration? You mean to increase taxes on our saltworks?"

These people here more or less have some salt farms in their hands.

Even the smallest family basically has one or two small salt lakes.

After all, if you want to become a family accumulated from generation to generation and survive the troubled times, you must first have a certain ability to be self-sufficient.

And salt is really important to human beings.

Can not eat sugar, but absolutely can not eat salt.

Most people cannot live without salt for a long time.

The faces of the other Patriarchs with five surnames and Qiwang also changed greatly.

The same is true for Patriarch Lu.

"Salt? Is it related to salt?" He thought quickly in his mind, "It's not impossible. If it is related to salt, what will happen? Tax increase? No, if it is tax increase, it is unlikely. Could it be... "

Could it be that a new salt lake has been discovered?

This realization made Patriarch Lu's eyelids twitch!
He hardly dared to think about it, what would he do if the court really discovered the salt lake, a super big salt lake that Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji valued so much!
He is also one of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes!

He is also from a family!
He also has a salt field in his hand.

Although he supports Wu Wang Li Ke, in terms of common interests, he and other aristocratic families are still in the same camp!

Is he going to give up this piece of interests?

It will never be tolerated!
Patriarch Lu secretly said: "If it really has something to do with salt, if it is true that the imperial court discovered a large salt lake, it would be a big deal!"

Even if he supports Wu Wang Li Ke, he must not betray the camp of the aristocratic family!
Even Patriarch Lu thought so, and the reaction of the others after hearing that sentence naturally became more intense.

"Salt? If salt is taxed, why is there such a situation? I guess, it is very likely that the imperial court discovered the salt lake! A big salt lake!"

"It must be the discovery of a salt lake that is enough to make the emperor and Changsun Wuji's heart beat! This salt lake is definitely huge!"

While everyone was discussing, Patriarch Li also came to his senses, and he clapped his hands again.

The clear voice made everyone quiet.

The head of the Li family said: "If this incident is really related to salt, it is likely that a large salt lake was discovered. If this is the case..."

He glanced at the people present, and said with a calm face: "Then this matter may be very troublesome. As we all know, people cannot do without salt for a day. Salt is closely related to the people and is the most important thing! If If the imperial court really discovered the big salt lake, the chips in our hands will become lighter. Think of the Boling Cui family, we can’t follow in the footsteps of the Boling Cui family!”

The Boling Cui family that was mentioned again made these aristocratic families feel sympathetic.

Naturally, they don't want to become the next Boling Cui family!
In terms of strength, besides the five surnames and Qiwang, who can be stronger than the Boling Cui family?

Among the five surnames and seven surnames, the Boling Cui family is also a powerful and tyrannical family!
It's not some nameless cat or dog, nor is it a small family with a random name!If they have no means to check and balance the imperial court, then what good will they get for those who have been dancing on the imperial court's nerves in the past?

Even in addition to salt, they also have something else in their hands.

But everything is afraid of the beginning!
Just like a shell, once a gap is pried open, it will be much easier to open later!
Same thing!

Hearing Patriarch Li's words, the people present all said one after another that Patriarch Li and the others should come up with the solution. If it really has something to do with salt, they are willing to listen to Patriarch Li and the others!

After holding a meeting, I accidentally guessed that this incident may be related to the newly discovered salt lake, which is no small gain.

The following matters need to be discussed in a small meeting.

So this big gathering ended in the uneasiness of everyone.

When the party was over, Patriarch Lu looked at the other people who obviously had no intention of calling him back, shook his head, and followed the leaders of other aristocratic families out.

Seeing this, Patriarch Zhao asked in a low voice, "Aren't you going to keep Lao Lu?"

"Hmph! I'm afraid he has already hooked up with King Youzhou, so it's better not to keep him, so as not to spoil our affairs." The head of the Cui family in Qinghe snorted coldly.

Patriarch Li didn't speak, but there was no sign of objection on his gloomy face.

Patriarch Zhao looked at other people with the same attitude.

He knew that Master Lu was not trusted by others.

In fact, Patriarch Zhao doesn't trust Patriarch Lu very much.

But this matter is too serious, he actually hopes that it would be better to have one more alliance.

After all, the five surnames and Qiwang have been in a group all the time in the past, and only then have they survived the troubled times in the past.

Now that the Great Tang was established and peace has come down, they each have more careful thoughts, and their relationship with each other is not as good as it was in the troubled times.

However, it is also understandable. In troubled times, each of their families is actually like a piece of delicious meat.

If you don't want to be eaten by people, you have to change from delicious meat to a living beast!

Although they are all meat, one is to be eaten by others, and the other is to eat others!
Now, the days of peace have passed for a long time, and they have indeed relaxed.

While thinking this way, the few of them went to the study, where they discussed what to do next.

"If we really found the salt lake, what can we do? If the court really wants to build a salt farm, can we still send people to stop it?" Patriarch Zhao couldn't help asking.

Master Li stroked his beard and said, "We can't, but someone can."

(End of this chapter)