Datang: God-level son-in-law, salted fish will become stronger

In the past few days, the number of corrupt officials arrested has doubled.

Things have come to this point, it is definitely not in Li Er's character to be cowardly.

He would rather Datang be hit hard again than Five Surnames and Seven Hopes would nibble away at Datang little by little.

Li Er wants to let the world know that he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the lord of the world, and he is not threatened by anyone, let alone the clumsy methods of any force.

Chapter 1 and Five: Wang Yuetian's Madness

Chang'an City.

Wang's mansion.

Chamber.

The head of the Wang clan, Wang Yue Tianduan, sat on the first seat, with a gloomy complexion, lowered eyes, and his left thumb was rubbing the jade wrench on his right thumb.

This finger wrench has been worn by him since he practiced archery.

"Patriarch, these are the No. 30 six officials related to my Wang family arrested by Li Shimin." Wang Yueshan stood in the hall, looking at Wang Yuetian with a pale face, "It seems that Li Shimin will not make peace with us Now, with such a thunderous method, I'm afraid it's not because they want to burn the boat."

For several days in a row, bad news spread to Wang's mansion frequently, causing Wang's officials everywhere who had affairs with Wang's to be panicked.

"Hmph!" Wang Yuetian stood up, with murderous intent rising, "Li Shimin is so courageous. Back then Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty did not dare to oppose our five surnames and Qiwang like this. He is a young man who has just been enthroned for a few months. Emperor, where does the confidence come from?"

Wang Yueshan stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Patriarch, how about we communicate with the other families and let them contribute a bit? This burden can't just be carried by our family. The five surnames and Qiwang are not alone. Only our Taiyuan Wang family."

"The other families?" Wang Yuetian showed disdain, and lowered his eyes and said: "Now Li Er is targeting my Taiyuan Wang family, and the people who are arrested have nothing to do with them."

"They are eager to take away the right to sell salt from my Wang family, so how can they help us kindly. Don't look at how many families intermarry on weekdays, and the relationship is good. But if something goes wrong, there may not be a few families waiting Look at our joke."

From the very beginning, Wang Yuetian didn't want to borrow the power of other families. He originally wanted to rely on the strength of the Wang family to counter Li Er, if he could use the strength of the Wang family alone to make Li Er compromise.

That Wang family will become the head of the five surnames and seven Wangs, and there will be an endless stream of virtuous people who will come to join their Wang family.

But now it seems that Wang Yuetian underestimated Li Er's ability, and even underestimated Li Er's determination and courage.

Wang Yueshan anxiously said: "Then what should we do? We can't sit still and let Li Shimin decide. If this continues, big trouble will happen."

"Also, the Shandong salt field has been blocked by Li Shimin's troops, and our salt road has been cut off."

"Careful." Wang Yuetian sneered with a gloomy face, "Li Shimin really thinks that with these heresy ways, he can make me, Mrs. Wang, succumb."

"My Wang Yuetian has more than just that bit of salt."

As Wang Yuetian said, he picked up a letter from the case and handed it to Wang Yueshan, "It's not indecent to come and not to reciprocate. Li Shimin gave me Wang's big gifts one after another. If we just continue like this, don't we not understand etiquette."

Wang Yueshan opened the letter, his face was shocked, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, he stared blankly at Wang Yuetian, "Patriarch...this...wouldn't this be a little big."

"Big?" Wang Yuetian didn't take it seriously, "This is just an appetizer. If we don't have to be ruthless at the time of life and death, even if Li Shimin finally compromises with my Wang family, we will suffer heavy losses."

"Okay." Wang Yueshan calmed down, and a chill gradually appeared on his face, "Since Li Shimin wants to drive my Wang family to extinction, he must also pay the price for what he has done."

After the words fell, Wang Yueshan turned around and left the meeting room, and Wang's counterattack officially began from this moment.

Three days later.

Gyeonggi-do.

Lantian County, Wang's Salt Store.

Wang Yueshan looked at the official salt that was piled up in the warehouse, with a bit of reluctance in his eyes, and then his eyes flashed, revealing a bit of ruthlessness, and he turned and left the salt warehouse.

"Three...three elders..."

The treasurer of the salt warehouse looked at the piles of official salt, then at Wang Yueshan who was going out, and hurriedly followed.

Beads of sweat covered his forehead.

The truth of what Wang Yueshan said just now made him a little flustered.

"What? Do you want me to repeat it?" Wang Yueshan looked at the treasurer with cold eyes and sharp words.

The treasurer still couldn't believe it, he hesitated and said, "This...this warehouse full of official salt...burn it all? This...what is this..."

"You don't have to worry about it, just do it. If the salt is gone, you can pick it up again. If the Wang family is gone, why do you need this warehouse of salt!" Wang Yueshan left without looking back. Salt warehouse.

To be honest, he also felt very distressed, liver pain, lung pain, kidney pain...

The official salt of a treasury is all white money.

The treasurer looked at Wang Yueshan's back, turned his head to look at the boys around him, and scolded: "What are you doing here, take out all the kerosene and dry firewood for me, and burn the salt warehouse for me!" , burn the whole damn thing!"

The treasurer yelled at the top of his voice.

The servants around were taken aback by the treasurer's sudden change of face, and rushed into the treasury with kerosene and dry firewood.

The salt in this treasury was about to be burned, but these boys felt a little bit of secret joy in their hearts, anyway, the salt was not theirs, and it seemed to be a kind of schadenfreude.

For a moment.

Buckets of kerosene were spilled into the treasury, and a lot of it was poured out. Salt cannot be burned, so they can only melt at high temperature.

Holding the torch in his hand, the treasurer looked at the salt warehouse, and then threw the torch heavily into the salt warehouse.

boom---!

The torch fell onto the kerosene, and the fire soared into the sky. The fire was fierce, and the billowing smoke floated into the air like a black hurricane.

"Withdraw!" The treasurer waved his hand and led a few servants to leave quickly.

Not far away, Wang Yueshan reined in the reins, turned around and looked at the billowing smoke behind him, with indescribable anger in his heart, "Li Shimin wait and see, you will not feel better if you force my Wang family to a dead end."

"Drive!" Wang Yueshan turned around and galloped away. He still had a lot to do.

"Look, is there a fire there? My God, what is it burning, such black smoke..."

"That direction, it seems to be Lantian County, it can't be that there is a fire in Lantian County..."

"I don't know what kind of monsters are going on this year. Nothing good happens one after another. It's really hard for us poor people..."

Around Lantian County, looking at the black smoke rising into the sky, the people stopped one after another.

Only half a day.

The news of the burning of the salt warehouse in Lantian County spread throughout Gyeonggi-do. The Lantian salt warehouse is the largest of Wang's many salt warehouses, and it is also the one with the most salt storage.

Almost instantly, the price of official salt in Gyeonggi-do increased fivefold.

This is the result of Li Er throwing out all the official salt in his hand, if not, the price of this official salt must be sky-high.

Wang Yuetian's hand of cards was not crazy, it was so crazy that it exceeded everyone's expectations.

Chapter 1 and Six: Two Tigers Fighting

Chang'an City.

Royal Palace.

Ganlu Temple.

The messengers broke into the palace one by one.

In addition to bad news, it is worse news.

Rao is that Li Er has prepared for the worst, but the bad news still gives him a headache, and the bad news makes his heart ache.

Snapped!

Li Er's eyes were icy cold, and he burst into anger, "He, Wang Yuetian, really dared to burn the salt warehouse, this bastard who has brought disaster to the country and the people!"

"Sooner or later, I'll cut this bastard alive, it's really a fucking Tang Dynasty."

Hearing that Wang Yuetian burned the Lantian salt warehouse, Li Er was so angry that he breathed out fragrance.

"Your Majesty, calm down." Changsun Wuji hastily stepped forward to persuade, "I have already released all the official salt purchased by the Ministry of Households. Although I can't restrain the crazy rise in salt prices, I still managed to stabilize the salt price to a certain extent. .”

"Hey!" Li Er sighed helplessly, "I'm still too kind. I should have robbed the Wang family's salt warehouse in the first place. This is great. They don't dare to rob even if they want to. They have already made up their minds."

Du Ruhui stood aside and walked forward. After Qin Mu's treatment, his body has recovered a lot.

Now that the imperial court is in need of people, he has no mood to recuperate in the mansion.

"Your Majesty, the crazy price increase of official salt is one aspect. We cannot just sit idly by and ignore the dismissal of officials from all over the country."

In addition to asking Wang Yueshan to set fire to the Lantian salt warehouse, Wang Yuetian also asked officials of the Wang family and those officials who had an affair with the Wang family to strike out and demonstrate.

Ruffians, bandits, mobs...

All of them jumped out at once, and the hearts of the people everywhere have fallen to a terrible level.

This is the confidence of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs. Financial, material and human resources can all compete with the imperial court.

If you want to move these deep-rooted family members without any means, it will really hurt some muscles and bones.

"Dismiss the government, these bastards really dare." Changsun Wuji thumped the copy with his clenched fist, "After this matter subsides, chop them off one by one."

Li Er glared at him, and said in a deep voice: "What's the point of what you're saying now? The things have already happened, and it's just a matter of solving the problem. If the sky falls, I, the eternal infamy, will have to bear it alone."

Li Er was really angry this time, and Wang Shi had already touched his bottom line.

"Go, let me find out all the people with clean backgrounds in the Guozijian, and push them to the place where they are dismissed. I will dismiss whoever dismisses the government. Now I am not afraid of chaos. The Wang family was uprooted."

"You guys have all seen the situation in Datang now. In this situation, if there is still trouble, all of them will be recorded for me. Don't leave any one behind. Let's settle accounts together after the autumn."

"Isn't it just an increase in the price of official salt? Isn't it just a strike? I have nothing to fear!"

Li Er stood in the hall, his gaze was like a torch, and he was full of confidence.

This time, he will never bow to anyone.

"Your Majesty is right." Wei Zheng stepped forward with a firm face, "I am a great Tang Dynasty, and I am not afraid of even 20 Turkic cavalry, let alone a small Wang family."

"As long as our monarchs and ministers are of one mind and work together, there will be no obstacles we cannot overcome."

"Your Majesty, the resignation of officials from all over the country is to be handled by my officials. I have known some officials who were afraid of being affected by Prince Yin and retired after the Xuanwumen Mutiny. For them, it is now a good opportunity to make contributions."

"By relying on my three-inch tongue, I have the confidence to lobby them out of the mountain and take up positions in places where they are dismissed."

"As long as they are willing to come out, the government affairs in various places will be sorted out in a few days."

"Okay, very good, very good!" Listening to Wei Zheng's words, Li Er laughed from ear to ear.

This is the best news he has heard these days.

"Have you seen it? This is Wei Aiqing's temper, neither admit defeat nor admit defeat." With a smile on his face, Li Er looked at Wei Zheng, "I will leave this matter to you. You don’t have to report to me, you have the right to make decisions.”

"In short, no matter what method you use, let me pick up the government affairs in the strikeout areas from the ground."

Wei Zheng stepped forward with firm eyes, "Wei Zheng takes orders."

Hearing these words, Rao's eldest grandson Wuji, who had always had a prejudice against Wei Zheng, also cast admiring eyes on Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng's handling of this matter is really convincing.

"Officials are dismissed and the price of official salt is raised. What else can he, Wang, do other than these two dirty tricks?" Li Er sat on the futon and picked up the file on the case, "Now the local officials are gone. The affairs of politics have been taken over by Wei Aiqing, and the matter of raising the price of official salt, has anyone claimed it?"

After the words fell, Changsun Wuji stood up, "Your Majesty, you can leave the matter of the official salt to this official, and this official will definitely handle it clearly for you."

Seeing Wei Zheng stand up, Changsun Wuji was also unwilling to show weakness, this limelight cannot be given by Wei Zheng alone.

"Okay." Li Er's gloomy mood eased a lot.

Regardless of the success or failure of the matter, until now, their morale has not been broken by Wang.

Li Er looked at Changsun Wuji, and asked, "Auxiliary machine, then I will entrust you with the full power to handle the matter of the official salt. How is that bastard Qin Mu doing with his preparations?"

Changsun Wuji's eyes were firm, and he responded: "Half a month, this is Mu'er's promise to my minister."

"He told Weichen, no matter what, no matter what method is used, he must last for half a month. After half a month, he will make the Wang family beyond redemption."

"Half a month..." Li Er got up and walked around the hall, "How much money is left for the household department to use?"

Changsun Wuji lowered his head in thought, and said in a deep voice: "I have calculated, at least I can last for another month, and now the other expenses of the household department have been cut in half, and all the money in the treasury of the Changsun Mansion will be taken by me. Come out to raise official salt."

"One month..." Li Er thought to himself.

If he could uproot the Wang family, it would be fine for him to spend all the silver in the treasury. After all, after the Wang family was raided, all their property would be confiscated.

The wealth accumulated by the Wang family for hundreds of years is as rich as an enemy.

After a pause, Li Er pondered and said: "Give me all the money to buy official salt. In half a month, I don't want to see the price of official salt skyrocketing again. I can only see it fall."

"The more Mrs. Wang wants to do something, I don't want him to succeed. I want to see what kind of waves Wang Yuetian can make."