Lin Haoran only glanced at the busy scholars, and after tasting the fragrant pineapple tea, he said to the four protégés with a straight face: "For the teacher or the sentence of Fang Cai, you should watch and listen more now, but do less, and don't get involved in this whirlpool." ”

With Wu Shan's proposal to rectify the salt administration at the financial management meeting, it is destined that this battle with Xu Jie and the two Huai salt merchants is inevitable, and the two sides will engage in a long-term struggle.

The reason why he chose to come to the south of the city suddenly and summoned these four disciples to this teahouse for a secret conversation was because he was worried that the four newborn calves were not afraid of tigers and had done some reckless things.

At the moment, Lin Haoran only hopes that these four protégés will be divided in An'an, first, their official positions are very low, and secondly, they can't really help much at this time.

"Disciple obeys!"

Wang Honghai, Wang Jun, Shen Tao and Liu Fushan knew that this time was not trivial, so they nodded solemnly.

Wang Jun was born in a military family, and he didn't have so much restraint in front of Lin Haoran, but he suddenly asked: "Teacher, what they just said doesn't seem to be completely unreasonable, the high price of salt is really not good for the people!" ”

Shen Tao immediately answered: "Brother Ziyong, you are really confused by these remarks!" After the teacher cleaned up the salt malpractice in Guangzhou, and all sides stopped reaching out, the price of salt was suddenly halved. Now Guangdong salt is less than 30% of the price of Huai salt, but the profit is still very rich! ”

Liu Fushan also echoed: "In fact, in many prefectures and counties, salt has been monopolized by the two Huai salt merchants, especially in the north and south of Huguang, and they are allowed to bargain at will. The so-called sharp rise in salt prices this year is just an excuse for them to knock on the bones of the people! If we choose to retreat today, although the price of salt will fall somewhat, the salt profit of our court will still be stolen by these maggots! ”

Shen Tao and Liu Fushan are both from wealthy families, so their vision is stronger than Wang Jun's. Although serving as a trainee supervisor in the sixth department has exposed them to a lot of facts, they already have a clear judgment.

The most important thing is that when they were in Guangzhou, they had already seen all kinds of changes in Guangdong salt, so they knew that the real reason for the so-called rise in salt prices was not here in the imperial court.

Wang Jun slowly came to his senses, and immediately saluted Lin Haoran: "Teacher, it's the student who is stupid!" ”

"No, you should be so skeptical, it's a good thing for you!" Lin Haoran raised his hand to stop it, and said to the protégés in a serious voice: "You have entered the officialdom for a short time, and you don't have much understanding of the situation in Daming. After a pause, he earnestly admonished: "If the teacher is forced to dismiss in the future, and you also agree with what the teacher and your master have done, the teacher hopes that you can finish the road we have not finished!" ”

Although compared to the opening of the sea, the pause of salt politics is secondary. However, Lin Haoran understood that the solution to the problem of salt administration was not only to increase the financial revenue of the imperial court, but also to smash this force that brought disaster to the country and the people.

"Remember, students!"

The eyes of Wang Jun and the others were different, and they gave a deep salute to Lin Haoran.

Wang Jun felt the righteousness in Lin Haoran's body, and even made a serious promise: "If this is the case, even if the students are broken, they will not let these villains succeed!" Not only did the quasi-salt not return to the old routine, but also the maggots in Huaiyan had to be cleaned up. ”

"Which of you is making a big deal of nonsense here, isn't it related to Yan Maoqing?"

It was at this time that those scholars came here with a joint name, and a strong scholar seemed to hear some bad words, and even rolled up his sleeves and shouted.

Wang Jun is tall and has learned a little martial arts, so when he stood up and pointed at the other party, he said: "Whoever is related to Yan Maoqing, I said that you are someone else's lackey!" ”

"I really don't know whether to live or die, I'll make you remember it today!" The sturdy man immediately changed color, and his posture pounced, as if he had long forgotten that he was a Sven.

"Stop!"

Lin Haoran saw that the two sides were about to stop, and immediately took out his official authority to stop.

When Wang Jun heard the teacher's words, he also retracted the idea of wanting to fight.

The strong soldier glanced at Wang Jun with disdain, but his gaze fell on Lin Haoran, his eyes immediately froze, and he opened his mouth in great surprise and said, "Mansion...... Lord Fu Yin! ”

Lin Haoran originally wanted to stop this conflict, but in the face of the scholar's reaction, he immediately stared at him and asked, "Do you know me?" ”

"No...... I don't know! ”

The strong man suddenly reacted, but shook his head again and again.

When Wang Yuan, who was holding the petition, saw Lin Haoran, he also didn't dare to breathe, and turned around silently, ready to slip away.

"King monkey, horse three, big dog! Lao Tzu just looked at a few of you faces, I don't want to be really the three of you! Zhang Hu acted as a guard, and at this time he had blocked the way of Wang Gao and the others, and laughed loudly.

This......

Wang Gao and the others looked at Zhang Hu who suddenly appeared, and they were suddenly frightened away, and they stood there with their faces as white as earth.

Lin Haoran had already seen that something was wrong with these people, so he asked in a deep voice: "Zhang Zhutou, do you know them?" ”

"Why don't you know! I'm ...... with Tiger The eldest lady has caught them three times, and the three of them often cheat in the area of the Drum Tower, but they never thought that they would be crowned with a monkey today, pretending to be a reader! Zhang Hu's big hand slapped on Wang Yuan's back, and said loudly in a playful voice.

The movement here naturally attracted everyone to watch. When I learned that these three scholars were pretending to be ruffians, many people had a sense of shame and indignation about being deceived.

Lin Haoran didn't expect this to be the case, and his face immediately sank and said, "But is this really the case?" You don't enter the official school, you don't have the fame of the students, and you actually wear the students' shirts? ”

"Lord Fu Yin, open grace!"

Wang Monkey and the other three saw that the matter had been revealed, and immediately begged Lin Haoran for mercy.

Lin Haoran did not answer, but said to the onlookers: "What do you think should be done with the three of them?" ”

"Please punish Lord Yin according to law!"

Each group has its own natural interests, and for scholars, it is natural that they do not want the fame they have gained by studying hard to be easily used by others.

If the joint petition just now is to ask for the people's lives, then now it is to defend their own interests, and they hate Wang Monkey and his gang even more.

Wang Monkey looked at the scholar who had just called him a brother and a brother suddenly like this, and his heart was suddenly like ashes.

"Escort back to the palace!"

Lin Haoran's gaze fell back on Wang Monkey and the others, and he commanded lightly.

"Let's go!"

Zhang Hu and the others pulled up Wang Monkey and the others, and even if they were taken outside, they planned to let the arresters of the outer city arrest hall quickly escort people back to the Shuntian Mansion Ya Prison in the north of the city, and listen to the fate of Lord Yin.