As a veteran of the two dynasties, Li Dongyang's words obviously carried a lot of weight, and after saying the first sentence, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Li Dongyang to see why Li Dongyang would let him agree to Li Yan as the only supplier of salt in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Qianhu's move is feasible, the Ming Dynasty has a population of 10,000, and if you want salt to enter thousands of households, salt must be produced on a large scale, and secondly, the price of salt is quite high, and salt can be mass-produced, so the price will naturally come down."

After speaking, Li Dongyang stroked his beard and came to Emperor Hongzhi's side and whispered. "Didn't Your Majesty always think that the nobles have a private monopoly on controlling the price of salt, and Your Majesty can use this to weaken the monopoly of the nobles, which is ...... It's also a wake-up call for them. ”

Speaking of this, Li Dongyang's cloudy eyes flashed with wisdom, and he retreated from Emperor Hongzhi's side, and pointed at Li Yan in front of everyone and said. "The above points are the reasons why the minister thinks that Li Yan can do this."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi was silent, this matter was not so easy to decide.

Li Dongyang's suggestion is very pertinent for himself, and even for the entire Ming Dynasty, that is, it can reduce the price of salt, and it can also knock on those nobles who are far away from the emperor on weekdays, on the other hand, the people's expenditure is reduced, and the national strength will naturally be greatly improved, and the national strength will be improved, so do you need to worry about the surrounding group of miscellaneous people?

But Emperor Hongzhi also has his own concerns, salt as an important resource of the Ming Dynasty, are handed over to Li Yan, so it can be said that Li Yan indirectly grasped the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, this situation is absolutely unwilling to see Emperor Hongzhi.

It is not without precedent for handing over the lifeblood of a country to others, but later these important ministers who hold the lifeline have their own selfishness, which makes the Ming Dynasty collapse several times, and Emperor Hongzhi is not sure that after he handed over the important resource of salt to Li Yan, Li Yan will not be consumed by profit, and finally he repeats the mistakes of his predecessors and resets the Ming Dynasty that has been in the middle of the fire.

But Li Dongyang's suggestion made Emperor Hongzhi a little uncertain, and he couldn't pay attention to it when he stood there.

"Let me think about this matter first......" Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and motioned for the hundred officials to retreat.

Seeing this, Li Yan's eyes rolled and he immediately stepped forward.

He saw Li Dongyang's whispers to Emperor Hongzhi just now, and he knew that there was still a lot of hope for this matter.

As a result, Li Qianhu's self-motivation exploded at this moment, and for the sake of silver, Li Yan simply fought hard.

"Your Majesty, the price of salt has dropped, which is a great benefit! You really don't give it a try? ”

Li Yan said in a voice full of temptation.

At this moment, Li Yan is like a treacherous vendor in the market, bringing in customers for himself.

"But I still have to think about it." Emperor Hongzhi did not give Li Yi a letter of permission.

"Your Majesty, the price is fair, Your Majesty!"

Li Yan still didn't give up.

"I really have to think about it!"

"Your Majesty, Tong Su is not deceitful...... Ah, Your Majesty! ”

Li Yan was unwilling.

Before Li Yan finished speaking, he was asked by Emperor Hongzhi to be sent out by the Han general.

"Huh? Ay! What do you do? Your Majesty Rong Chen said again...... Shop around...... Your Majesty! Really childish and undeceived! ”

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After everyone retreated, Emperor Hongzhi sat alone in the warm pavilion, he was thinking about Li Dongyang's words just now, is it really right to do this?

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the warm pavilion, and Zhu Houzhao walked in with Liu Jin holding a round thing.

"Father! Liu Jin, this old slave, got me an ostrich egg bigger than a watermelon, I think it's fresh, show it to you. ”

As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Houzhao excitedly showed off to Emperor Hongzhi.

Looking at his son's innocent appearance, Emperor Hongzhi smiled knowingly, and pulled Zhu Houzhao to sit on his lap.

"My son came here, and my father asked you something."

Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile.

"What's the matter?" As long as it's not a matter of study, Zhu Houzhao is very curious.

"Li Yan has recently developed a method to produce salt on a large scale, and my father is considering whether to let Li Yan be the only producer of the Ming Dynasty?"

Emperor Hongzhi said slowly

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"What? Li Yan has come up with something new again? This time, you also made snowflake salt? ”

Snowflake salt is another name for salt in the Ming Dynasty, because the color of salt resembles snowflakes, so it is called.

"Oh? Could it be that Li Yan has any other creations? ”

"Hehe, father, you don't know, this Li Yan ......"

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After talking to Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao left the warm pavilion with a lot of runs, and heard that Li Yan had a new move, so he couldn't wait to find Li Yan.

Liu Jin is behind

Holding the ostrich egg, he followed closely behind, begging Zhu Houzhao again and again, 'Your Highness slow down', but Zhu Houzhao ignored it and ran farther and farther.

After Zhu Houzhao left, in the warm pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi shook his head. "I didn't expect that I, the king of a country, Emperor Hongzhi, would actually start to listen to the words of a child...... But according to my son's photos, this Li official has a soft spot for silver? Do so much to make money? ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face was a little strange, after being on the throne for so many years, it was the first time he had seen a subordinate who had such a big obsession with silver. Others like silver to be greedy, but Li Yan is the only one who uses his own brain to earn money...... After hearing that Li Yan's bank also had Xu Pengju as a shareholder, the expression on Emperor Hongzhi's face became even more exciting.

He knows what kind of virtue Xu Pengju is in Nanjing, and Xu Li will complain to himself when he enters Beijing, so that Xu Pengju can join the shares with peace of mind...... It's something to show off!

"Li Yan, is your ambition to stop at making more silver?"

Emperor Hongzhi slowly walked out of the warm pavilion, and the little eunuch on the side immediately put on a fine fur robe for Hongzhi.

At this moment, the sky was snowy, Emperor Hongzhi looked up at the somewhat gloomy sky, covered his mouth and nose with his hand and coughed a few times, his palm was released, and it was a little red.

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