But the salt merchants are different, because there are only a few salt producers in the whole Ming Dynasty, and all of them are controlled by a few people! These people have a lot of money and a huge network of contacts, which is very difficult to deal with!

At this time, Li Wenquan continued: "Originally, the matter of salt prices could be delayed for a while, but once the matter of his beating of the scholar broke out, I am afraid that he will be attacked from all sides, and I am afraid that half of the court will move against him!"

At this time, Empress Dowager Li said slowly, "Long live Lord, do you know what Wu Ning is waiting to do?"

Emperor Wanli said, "Queen Mother, this incident has just happened, if it weren't for my grandmother and uncle entering the palace, I wouldn't know!"

Empress Dowager Li should have believed Emperor Wanli's statement, after all, it had just happened. So he let go of Emperor Wanli and said angrily, "This little monkey is really capable of making trouble! Originally, I thought that he could help Banzai Ye do something, but now he has done the thing of beating the scholar, I am afraid that tomorrow morning will not be peaceful!"

Emperor Wanli said, "Those scholars made trouble first, and it wouldn't be a big deal if Wu Ninghou taught them a lesson!"

But Empress Dowager Li rebuked loudly and said, "Is this just a matter of teaching scholars? If three or two scholars fight, they will fight, and it's a big deal to lose some money, just apologize! However, beating dozens of scholars at a time is something that has not happened since the founding of the country, and this has not annoyed all the civil officials! In addition, the things he did before offended many people, but I am afraid that tomorrow morning will have a seizure!"

At this time, the old lady said, "I have also heard of Wu Ninghou, he should be a capable person, but he is too young, too careless, and has offended too many people, I am afraid that this level will be difficult!" But fortunately, his mind is still towards the Long Live Lord, and the Long Live Lord came forward to make him publicly admit his mistake, lose some money, and punish him for staying at home for some time, and the matter should be over!"

Emperor Wanli felt even more depressed when he heard this! What is the saying of publicly apologizing and losing money even though you have done nothing wrong? But before he could speak, Li Wenquan said, "Mother, you don't know that Wu Ninghou's style of doing things has always been extremely hard! It's impossible for him to apologize and lose money!"

When Emperor Wanli heard Li Wenquan say this, he looked at them with some suspicion. He felt that the mother and son were singing and harmonizing as if they were talking about cross talk, but at this time, Empress Dowager Li said approvingly, "Indeed! This kid has a hard temper! He hasn't bowed his head since he joined the ranks!"

Li Wenquan nodded again and again and said, "That's right, that's right! His temper is only afraid of an unstable foothold in the DPRK! Especially the rich man in his family, he has long seen that everyone is red, but he is afraid that this time he will attack it in groups! As the so-called guilty of Huaibi, his Liansheng intervenes in so many industries, and has created huge industries in Tianjin's fiefdom, maybe these industries will be divided!"

Although Emperor Wanli still didn't understand their purpose, he felt that Liu Haojia had to be defended at this time. So he said loudly, "What's wrong with Wu Ninghou? Isn't it enough to teach people a lesson when they are bumped in? Besides, what does his own property have to do with those people?"

When Empress Dowager Li heard this, she was furious and said, "Pure nonsense! What do you know! How can there be such a thing as arresting and beating dozens of scholars together! You don't know how powerful those civil officials are, he is now offended by even the entire court, who can protect him in the face of trouble?"

Emperor Wanli raised his head and said, "I can keep it! He's my confidant, so he's going to bow down to others!"

Empress Dowager Li was even more furious when she heard this! said: "Is it important to be a social servant or a courtier! Your immediate priority now is to calm the court before it gets a big deal!"

The old lady Li Wang also nodded again and again and said, "That's exactly the truth! It is necessary to focus on the society of the country! Moreover, Wu Ninghou's industry involves a lot of income from the inner treasury, and once something happens to him, the income of the inner treasury will also be affected!"

Emperor Wanli finally came back to his senses at this time! It turned out that their mother and son were not helping him solve problems at all, but were eyeing Tianjin's business! So he said coldly, "Oh, what does Grandma think, it's better to say it and let me think about it."

Even the Empress Dowager Li could hear the coldness in Emperor Wanli's words, and it stands to reason that the old lady should be able to hear it too! But at this time, she had already been blinded by silver, and she was completely gone

Become aware of! Instead, he pretended to be calm and analyzed, and said, "Neiku now has a lot of income in Tianjin, and Wu Ninghou is about to fall into the whirlpool, I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of it!" It is better to send someone to Tianjin to help him take care of all the business and wait for the affairs of the imperial court to end. In this way, no matter how much trouble Wu Ninghou causes, it will not affect the palace!"

Emperor Wanli felt a chill in his heart when he heard this! He knew that those courtiers would never let go of this opportunity, and they would definitely knock Liu Haojia to the ground, and then restore the price of salt to the previous price to make a windfall! But he didn't expect that the first stab was actually his own relative!

And he can be sure that everything in Tianjin is in the hands of the Li family, so don't think about returning it! Even if they can return it, the saltworks that are vital to them will definitely not be among them! And this is something he absolutely cannot allow!

Although Emperor Wanli didn't care about the salt farm at the beginning, the current salt farm is already a big treasure in his mind! If Liu Haojia can really pull the price of salt in the whole Ming Dynasty to about 40 yuan, then the people of the whole Ming Dynasty will be able to eat salt!

And according to Liu Haojia's calculations, it will also expand to about fifteen million taels at that time! If this is the case, the salt tax alone is close to the entire tax revenue of the entire Ming Dynasty! And let all the people of the Ming Dynasty eat salt, what a feat, it will far exceed his teacher Zhang Juzheng, he will be destined to be the emperor who will be famous in history! But now they intend to bring their plans to collapse completely, which is unforgivable!

Therefore, Emperor Wanli took the opportunity of lowering his head to sort out his clothes to hide the fierce light in his eyes, and at the same time tried his best to suppress his anger and said slowly, "Then who does grandma think is better to go to Tianjin?"

At this time, the two people who had already been blinded by the silver didn't notice that Emperor Wanli was angry, but Empress Dowager Li noticed the cold air emanating from Emperor Wanli's body! But before she could speak, the old lady had already said loudly, "Of course your uncle is gone! We are a family, and it is absolutely no problem to have your uncle to help watch Tianjin!"

Hearing his mother say this, Li Wenquan also stiffened his chest, showing that he could bear the burden! I didn't feel the anger in Emperor Wanli's heart at all!