Chapter 252: The "Rise" of the Merchant
The sudden scene startled the people around them, and they didn't have time to blindfold the children! The people are talking, what the hell is going on? They only knew that these people didn't say a few words, and the little young master dragged an official out to correct the Fa on the spot.
The reason why Wang Haoran decisively executed the priest was also to prevent this matter from spreading, and shouted to the onlookers: "Opportunists, the crime should be punished!" ”
It turns out that this guy is opportunistic! How is it opportunistic? It must be an extremely hateful thing to make the little young master so annoyed, it is really innocent! And what Wang Haoran didn't expect, opportunism gradually became something that the people hated, no way, who called him a sacred status in the eyes of the people? What he said seemed to the common people as the truth. This is not a bad thing, at least it will make many people dare not take shortcuts.
Wang Haoran returned the knife to Xue Rengui, walked up to Li Shimin and saluted, without saying a word, waiting for Li Shimin to deal with his ultra vires and disrespect.
"Let's go back and do your research, I hope the widow can watch you complete your flying dream." Li Shimin sighed and turned around and went back to the palace.
Looking at the back of Li Shimin's departure, Wang Haoran sighed very emotionally, time flies really fast, Li Shimin, who was full of heroism back then, is now faltering and has no vitality back then.
The next day, Wang Haoran received Li Shimin's order to participate in tomorrow's morning court, and he entered the palace early the next day.
He didn't know what Li Shimin wanted to discuss with him, but he didn't think much about it, usually there were some business matters in the imperial court, and Li Shimin often asked him to go to the court to discuss with the courtiers.
However, this early dynasty was different, Li Shimin officially handed over the jade seal to Li Zhi this time, saying that from today on, he will no longer take care of court affairs, and give full authority to Li Zhi, hoping that the courtiers can do their best to assist Li Zhi, and he will retire to retire to live for the rest of his life.
Li Shimin made this decision because he felt that his health was deteriorating, and if he suddenly died one day, he was afraid that Li Zhi would not be able to control the court for a while. If Li Zhi is allowed to take over now, he can still give a pointer on the side, and he can also shock the ministers of the DPRK and China.
Wang Haoran was still worried that Li Shimin would take more time to find the art of immortality, so he did not leave directly after the dispersal, but went to talk to Li Shimin.
"Don't worry, the widow just thinks that with the mentality of trying it out, even if you don't use it, at least you can strengthen your body!" Li Shimin knew Wang Haoran's intentions, and he also knew that he was out of concern, and he was very glad that the talented Wang Haoran was loyal to Li Tang.
"That's not necessarily, the previous Fang Shi used saltpeter as a medicine, what is saltpeter? It can be used to make explosives, and it's already thankful that you don't lose your life if you eat it. Wang Haoran's concern for Li Shimin is real, after careful calculation, Li Shimin's life should only be two or three years away, Wang Haoran is even more reluctant, he and Li Shimin can be said to be a golden partner.
"The widow will no longer trust these alchemists." Li Shimin sighed: "It's a pity, the widow's health has become worse and worse in recent years, your three major ambitions, the first two have all brought great changes to Datang, I really hope to see with my own eyes what kind of great changes your flying dream can bring to Datang." The widow lets go of the affairs of the DPRK and China, that is, in order to have a good rest and rest, hoping to live a few more years, and wait until the moment when you realize your third ambition. How long do you think it will take for your dream of flying to come true? ”
"Maybe in two years." Wang Haoran did not exaggerate, now the fuel power technology has been available, the question now is whether the power is sufficient, and the research on wind power has not yet begun, on this basis, with Wang Haoran's understanding of aircraft in later generations, it is not too difficult to make a simple aircraft.
"Two years...... Ha ha...... This widow can still wait. Then you have to hurry up and start researching, if you need anything, mention it directly to the widow, and the widow will spare no effort to support you! ”
"Yes, when the younger brother goes back, he will arrange for someone to study it."
"By the way, have you heard about Linze County?" Li Shimin suddenly remembered this.
About a month ago, the villagers of Linze County went to Beijing to sue Xu Chengjie, a wealthy businessman in Linze County, for colluding with Linze County to occupy the mountains and forests, and heard that there was a huge iron mine there. After the mountains and forests were enclosed, the people of this village had to walk around the road for nearly half an hour if they wanted to cut firewood. So the villagers collectively asked the iron ore mine to open a small road to make it easier for the villagers to cut firewood, but they were refused. The villagers couldn't figure it out, so why not dig an iron mine? As for encircling such a large mountain forest at once? And what can they get in the way of opening a path? The villagers aren't going to steal iron ore, are they? The villagers felt that this so-called iron mine was boring, so they sent two villagers to secretly go into the mountain to check. As a result, the two people have not been heard from since, and the villagers thought that they had been arrested by the people from the iron mine, and they went to the iron mine together several times to make trouble, and the group beat them twice, and each suffered casualties, but they could not get anyone back. After the matter became a big problem, Lin Ze County ordered people to strictly guard the villagers in this village to prevent them from complaining to the top, but some villagers still broke through the encirclement and ran out to Beijing to complain.
Li Shimin attached great importance to this matter, and sent a special governor to intervene in the investigation, and it turned out that the so-called iron ore was actually copper ore. The current Datang universal banknote has allowed private mining of copper mines, but the threshold is high, and if the developer reports the procedures for mining copper ore with iron ore, it will be a big profiteering.
However, this is not the point that can make the literati and students hotly discussed, under the investigation of the governor, Lin Ze County Commander finally couldn't resist the pressure, confessed the crime, released the villagers who had been detained before, and he also took all the charges, and then committed suicide in prison.
Since ancient times, if the collusion between officials and businessmen is exposed, it is generally businessmen who are cannon fodder, but this time it is indeed the county order who is willing to be cannon fodder! Why is that? How capable is Lin Ze's wealthy businessman Xu Chengjie?
Many people believe that this case is sounding the alarm bell to Datang, and the rapid rise of Datang's business in recent years has brought prosperity, but also created a group of wealthy businessmen, and these rich businessmen are not many ambitious, and their desire for power is growing day by day. With their powerful financial resources, they infiltrated the government through various means and influenced the government's decision-making. The rise of lowly traders is what those literati students are most concerned about and most worried about. 8)