"Chen Yanyan: Heaven will be a great task with people, and people will be tempered. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info day will be prosperous with the country, and the country will encounter chaos first. And today, the wolf is out of the north, and Rong Di is coming, although it is said that the momentum of the plate is swinging, is it not a sign of rejuvenation. There is the victory of Jingzhou in the front, and the ambition of the court in the back, and the Turks are powerful, how can I be slim? Hearing that his Chen soldiers were in Weishui, he sent an envoy to Chang'an. Yelang's trip, the meaning of worship. The minister was overjoyed. The saint is newly ascended, and the blood stains the Weishui, and it is ominous, so it is not a pity. But then he will give his name when he worships, and he will give him a gift when he asks for peace. The courtiers gave him gold, silver, wealth, grain and grass, and begged him to retreat quickly, which was a big mistake.

Those who have gold, silver, grain and grass, the lack of Rong Di, and the lack of us. The things of gold and silver are taken from the deep mountains, and the creations of the underworld have their own fixed numbers. There are many people who give Rong Di, and there are few people who can be used in my court. Grain and grass are the foundation of life, and the treasury is abundant, but also worrying about the sky. There are many people who give Rong Di, and there are few people who can eat Li in my life.

Those who want to give their gifts without harming their own country, salt also. The benefits of salt and iron are in the abundance of the treasury, and there is also the ability to weaken the enemy. We are cheap, and Rong Di is noble. However, the matter of salt and iron, the country is forbidden, and the outlaws also seek their benefits. I gave Rong Di gold and silver, and he sold Rong Di with salt and iron. I give gold and silver to the public, and he sells salt and iron to the public. Benefiting from Rong Di, profiting from national disasters, it is difficult to ban for a long time, and it is useless to criticize it.

Now we are courteous with salt, which is more important than gold and silver. Compared with China, 1,000 green worms are exchanged for 100 catties; Compared with Rong Di, hundreds of thousands of green worms are exchanged for 100 catties. Its advantages and disadvantages are clear at a glance. Salt and iron are sold in China, in exchange for gold and silver, and then Rong Di, if it is not better to save its waste, straight and green salt, save its material resources, and also cut off the root of life.

Brave words, family opinions. Only diligent, may the king and the country be safe. Goodbye Chenyan. ”

In the early court of the next day, Li Shimin made an exception to let Luo Yan, a seven-rank official, enter the Chengde Palace, and after discussing with the courtiers how to negotiate peace with the Turks. After discussing the matter of rewarding, Li Shimin motioned to Luo Yan to present his recital.

Luo Yan, who was at the bottom of the line, came out of the line, bowed and saluted, and handed over his recital.

The old team of the Qin Wangfu was naturally calm and calm, waiting to hear what Luo Yan said about using salt as a reward. However, the other courtiers didn't know, looking at Luo Yan's official uniform, he was a seven-grade official, because Luo Yan had always been low-key, and many people didn't know him, so they began to discuss it privately at this time.

"How can such a descendant come up to participate in the court meeting, Your Majesty is really against etiquette." This is what a speech official said, anyway, people are the mouths of the officials, as long as they catch a little bit of impoliteness, they want to make some big moves.

"Brother Ren, let's save it. Don't look at this descendant's weak face, this is a ruthless man who killed the King of Qi. I don't know what's going on inside, I haven't received His Majesty's reward yet, but people can participate in the court meeting, which is a matter of the past few months. I think it's better for you not to cause trouble. There are still people who recognize Luo Yan next to him, so remind him at the moment.

"It's extreme, I thought this person had committed something and was snubbed by His Majesty. Looking at the way it looks today, I'm afraid that Jane is in the emperor's heart, and I'm afraid that it will soar to the sky in the future, so it's better not to touch your head. "Although the officials said that they were responsible for supervising the words and deeds of the emperor and the courtiers, they might offend many people, but there were also good relationships, so they still came out to remind them at this time.

The official was stunned and immediately thanked the two.

After Li Shimin read Luo Yan's recital, he was taken by the chamberlain and read it to the entire court.

This sounded like this, but it blew up the nest. Luo Yan's courage was too great, and he directly tore open the opening of the things that were forbidden to the Turks. That's not going to work. Some people in the court purely thought that Luo Yan's proposal would shake the country's foundation, and some thought that the interests they represented had been damaged, so at this time, the two kinds of people opposed it together, and suddenly the court was no different from the vegetable market.

Fortunately, there were special officials to maintain order in the court, and after a few silent shouts, these people stopped making a fuss, but just began to come out one by one to criticize Luo Yan.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to the words of this erector who is a bad word for the country. Salt and iron are the most important capital of the country, and if they are given to the Turks, they will not be enemies. This official surnamed Song, although Luo Yan didn't know him, but listening to this tone, Luo Yan was also a little unhappy. At this time, although there was not as rich scolding language as in later generations, the scolding words were also graded. As soon as this sentence came out, it was obviously an infinite contempt for Luo Yan.

That's not all, there are even more ruthless ones, this surnamed Wang: "Your Majesty wants to listen to the words of this misguided country, and take down this traitor who misled the country, and you will be severely tortured." The minister thought that this fang must have received the benefits of Rong Di and spoke specifically to Rong Di. ”

This is definitely a ruthless person, and he wants to put Luo Yan to death as soon as he makes a move.

This can't be bearable, Luo Yan thought of some bad memories when he thought of this surnamed Wang, so at this time, regardless of the fact that there were still people who wanted to jump out to oppose it, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a few questions to ask this one, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Li Shimin originally agreed to use green salt as a reward material, so at this time, he was naturally thinking about how Luo Yan could win the formation back, so when he saw Luo Yan's actions at this time, he was not allowed.

"Dare to ask where is my hometown?" Luo Yan asked some irrelevant questions.

"I'm from the Taiyuan Wang family, don't ask these irrelevant questions." The old gentleman looked unhappy. Hearing this answer, Luo Yan knew in his heart. Taiyuan Wang's family, hehe, as a new family, it's strange that he hasn't done anything dirty in secret.

Taiyuan belongs to the state and is next to the prairie. As a family that rose in Taiyuan, which did not have a secret deal with the Turks. Salt and iron trafficking, hiring Turks to suppress opponents, raising self-respect, these things Taiyuan Wang did a lot, Taiyuan that little land, every year by the Turkic raids, if there is no bit of greasy, can create a family is strange.

With the bottom in his heart, Luo Yan naturally had the certainty of rebuttal: "Dare to ask, the Turks are attacking and harassing every year, where does this sword soldier come from?" ”

The official surnamed Wang looked disdainful: "Naturally, you are looting from everywhere, don't you feel naïve to ask such questions." ”

"The Turks have been fighting wars for many years, and there are many people who have been defeated by my hands, why can they still be well-armed every time? Could it be that the Turks understand the art of smelting iron in my dynasty? "At this time, Luo Yan is ruthless, this person wants to put himself to death, how can he endure it. A stern questioning not only stopped this person, but also blocked many people's mouths.

Everyone actually knows what the reason is here, but no one wants to lift the lid. Luo Yan saw this point, I won't expose it, if you dare to object, then you will have to slap yourself in the face. In this way, before the issue of salt was discussed, the iron matter stumped these people.

"My ban on the sale of Turkic salt and iron, but now it seems that the Turks are not weak, why is that? Could it be that the vast Eilechuan River has become a salt pan, so that millions of Turkic people suddenly have green salt? After some questioning, he stopped these people. You say I'm misleading the country, okay, then I'm not misleading the country, how do people get these things?

After washing the black spots on his body first, Luo Yan said, "Your Majesty." Since the success of seawater salting, the domestic production of green salt has increased a lot, which can fully meet the needs of the people. The extra part must be sold to the Western Regions and other places with the help of Hu merchants. Back and forth, material resources are wasted, and little is gained. Moreover, the green salt was originally intended to fill the treasury and exchange it for gold and silver, which happened to be extremely scarce in the Turks, and with its rarity, it saved silver money, and had the best of both worlds. ”

Li Shimin pretended to be pondering for a while, but in fact, he was leaving time for the courtiers to think about Luo Yan's words. After a while, there were many fewer courtiers who objected, and Li Shimin took the opportunity to make a decision to use green salt to offset a large amount of money and grain.

When he retired from the dynasty, Li Shimin left Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, eldest Sun Wuji and Luo Yan to discuss the matter of returning to Jieli in Weishui the next day.

Wei Chigong is already about to arrive, and the rest of the troops have arranged these things, and Li Shimin has also arranged them with Du Ruhui, the secretary of the military department, and tonight, all the troops in Chang'an will go to Weishui, and at the same time step up inspections in various places.

Seeing that the arrangements had been made, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and motioned for everyone to retreat.

However, Luo Yan spoke again at this time, and the people present were all Li Shimin's diehards, and they were also the top people in the think tank, so Luo Yan told him about the overproduction of green salt.

"Your Majesty will stay away, and the minister still has one more matter, so I will take this opportunity to say it together." Luo Yan stabilized a few people: "I'm afraid there will be a problem with Qingyan." ”

Li Shimin was anxious, and thought that there was something wrong with the green salt for the Turks: "What's the matter, tell me quickly." ”

"There's too much green salt in stock and production." Luo Ya didn't mind letting Li Shimin relax at this time, so Mance said in an orderly manner.

This is to confuse these people, isn't it a good thing to have more green salt, why did Luo Yan say that something was going to happen. "What's going on, isn't that a good thing?"

"Now is not the time to enrich the people, there is too much green salt, the price of salt falls, the tax revenue is reduced accordingly, and the treasury will be empty. Once there is something to do, it will be stretched to the limit. "At any time, the state is in a position of macroeconomic regulation and control of the market, so the simple overproduction of green salt will inevitably lead to a series of bad consequences, Luo Yan has to explain in advance.

What is the state of the decline in salt prices, perhaps Fang Xuanling and they don't know, because the output of green salt has always been in short supply. But they have seen the price of food fall, although the social status of the merchant is not high, but the ruler does not understand the economy. All dynasties have had turmoil caused by falling food prices, so all dynasties also have minimum standards for food prices.

The grain is like this, will green salt be an exception?

"What do you want to do?" As the first to raise this question, Li Shimin naturally threw the question to Luo Yan.

"Taking advantage of the fact that a part of the Turks was given, the stocks were consumed, and now we are stepping up our ties with the Western Regions and selling the excess green salt to other places. In recent years, all localities have paid attention to water conservancy construction and reduced the impact of drought and flood disasters as much as possible. At that time, when the source of tax revenue is stable, the price of salt and output will be gradually regulated, and finally the price will not be changed, so that there will be no impact. "Luo Yan didn't have the ability to curb production, after all, he could still make some money by exporting, so he just said that it was gradually regulated.

After pondering for a while, Li Shimin said: "I will pay attention to this matter, and discuss it carefully in the future. ”

felt that Li Shimin's method was indeed more suitable for the current situation, so everyone nodded, and then dispersed.