In Luoyang, Xijing, 300,000 people were suddenly facing a crisis of salt shortage, and no one dared to be careless.

Zhao Zhen immediately issued an order, requiring left-behind officials in Xijing to hold an imperial front meeting. In addition, Bao Zheng, the three officials, was responsible for escorting a batch of imperial treasures, rushed from Kaifeng to Luoyang, and also attended the meeting together.

Outside the palace, more and more officials gathered, and they were all heavyweights. You can see that all officials were divided into two major sects.

First of all, Wang Ning'an and Qin Fenglu Transportation Commissioner Sima Guang, both of whom advocated toughness. Against them, they were Liu Ji, Xi Ruyan, Zhang Wen and others.

It is obvious that Liu Ji has more people and his momentum is even more fierce. Wang Ning'an is not afraid at all. When he arrives on the battlefield, the enemy will not let you go because he is weak, let alone not weak at all!

At this moment, two people came together, one was Bao Zheng and the other was Wang Gui, a Hanlin scholar!

When the two of them walked towards Wang Ning'an, Liu Ji and others were breathing rapidly and they couldn't believe it, and they were obviously angry!

Wang Gui was originally standing with them, but why did he become a traitor in the blink of an eye? Are you shameless?

Wang Gui also knew that he was a Hanlin poet and had no practical experience. Liu Ji made a few words of encouragement and stood up. Later, he found that something was wrong and there was no time to change. He was a little bit of a poor scholar and was unwilling to bow his head easily.

Bao Zheng happened to come. They had some friendship when they were in the capital. Old Bao knew Wang Gui's embarrassment and gave him a step. Wang Gui immediately climbed along the pole.

"Mr. Wang, Xijing has been appointed as the capital. Your Majesty is here in person. Hundreds of thousands of creatures are crucial. Some people dare to joke about the livelihoods of the elders of Xijing. If Wang is not talented, he will never sit idly by!"

Wang Ning'an didn't say anything. At this time, the more friends the better, and there was no reason to reject Wang Gui.

"I admire Mr. Wang's ability to uphold justice and uphold morality. If you have loyal people like Mr. Wang, those little ones will never succeed!"

While speaking, Pang Ji also rushed over. Old Pang Ji got out of the sedan chair, and Liu Ji subconsciously came over to greet him. But Pang Ji didn't look at them at all. Instead, he walked quickly to Wang Ning'an, and smiled from a distance: "Grandpa Wang, my subordinates won't lack salt, right?"

"How could it be, my old husband, whoever is short, we can't lose the brothers' belongings. If we don't eat salt, how can we get the strength to kill the enemy and serve the country!" Wang Ning'an said with a smile.

Pang Ji slapped his hands and smiled, "Well said, I'm about to try whether the knife in my hand is sharp or not!"

As he said that, the old man glanced at Liu Ji and others with his own eyes, and just a glance scared them.

You have done it!

Pang Ji wanted to protect them, but he was getting too arrogant and became more and more excessive. He dared to do anything, but he didn't know how to write the word "death"?

I can't protect you either!

It was time to see the face of the king, at this moment, a sedan chair came late and jumped off a person, which scared everyone.

Pang Ji said calmly: "Isn't this Brother Kuanfu? I thought you only knew how to build the palace!"

Wen Yanbo smiled indifferently, "You have to eat salt when you build a palace. Yesterday, there was no pickles. How can I continue to cultivate it? I'll ask today who is going to fight against the court?"

He is worthy of being an old prime minister. Wen Yanbo has pretended to be a grandson for such a long time. As soon as he showed his face, he was murderous and powerful. If you want to say that Wang Ning'an is terrible, many big shots fell into his hands.

But except for some officials in Lingnan, Wang Ning'an really didn't kill many civil officials.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but that the ancestral system is placed there, and he doesn’t have the energy to stare at someone every day.

But Wen Yanbo is different. He is from the civil servant system and can not kill you, but Lao Wen has ten thousand ways to make you live worse than death!

The two husbands, plus a Sansi Envoy, and Wang Ning'an, were so heavy that they were like a mountain pressing against Liu Ji and others' heads. The group of people felt a little difficult to breathe.

The civil servants who were originally gathered around them also walked to the side in small steps, as if they were carrying plague on them.

Liu Ji and others looked very bad. At this time, the palace gate opened and all the ministers entered the palace together.

It is not as wide and magnificent as the Daqing Palace. The Luoyang Palace can only accommodate dozens of people, and it will appear crowded. However, this small palace is solemn at this time. Zhao Zhen’s face is solemn. He accepted the greetings of all officials, and then said lightly: “My dear friends, Luoyang’s salt shop suddenly closed, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are facing a crisis of salt shortage. You have a solution.”

"have!"

Wang Ning'an immediately stood up, "I think it is an urgent task to stabilize the hearts of the people. During this period, hundreds of thousands of stones of green salt were purchased from Xixia one after another. A part of it can be allocated to solve the urgent problem. Then, the envoys were sent to Xixia to discuss expanding imports and ensuring the supply of green salt."

As soon as he finished speaking, the good student Guangguang immediately stood up, "Your Majesty, I am not talented, and I am willing to go to Xixia to discuss import matters with them. Within one month, it can increase by 100,000 stones, which is enough for the people of Luoyang and the people who build the palace for a year."

Zhao Zhen nodded happily, "Sima's beloved work hard, I feel very relieved, and I will leave this matter to you to deal with."

"I obey the order."

Zhao Zhen asked the others again: "My dear friends, do you have any other opinions?"

Wen Yanbo stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thought that all salt shops suddenly stopped selling salt. Things were strange. Hoarding and disrupting the market should be severely punished!"

Bao Zheng also said: "I have attached my consultation to you. All the salt merchants have signed a contract with the Sansi. They are responsible for the sales of salt in a certain area. They must stop at will without reason. The agreed period must be completed. I think that a sudden stop selling salt has constituted a breach of contract. I suggest that a thorough investigation be made immediately!"

"What are you waiting for!"

Pang Ji shouted: "Send troops immediately to pull out all the profiteers and cut off their heads one by one!"

...

Several adults shouted and fought and killed each other, which scared Liu Ji and others.

They thought that the court would shrink when it came to a tough situation, and no one dared to continue working hard at the risk of hundreds of thousands of people without salt, but they obviously miscalculated the new style.

Not only Zhao Zhen is tough, but Wang Ning'an is tough, but even the two husbands have changed their faces. What should I do?

Liu Ji had no choice but to stand up with a tough bullet.

"Your Majesty, I think it's wrong for merchants to stop selling salt, but it's understandable. The court should probably open the door and see their difficulties."

"Oh?" Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "They are also difficult?"

Liu Ji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in recent months, the salt prices have plummeted. Salt merchants have to buy salt, pay taxes, rent stores, warehouses, and hire people, which cost a lot. The salt prices have dropped sharply and the income is not enough. People often say that there are people doing business that has been cut off, and no one does business that has lost money, and merchants have to seek profits. "

Zhao Zhen refused to comment and asked again: "Since Lord Liu said that, how do you think it should be solved?"

"This... is naturally the decision of the Holy Emperor. I think that maybe, maybe the green salt of Xixia can be stopped!"

Xi Ruyan had to stand up, "Your Majesty, it is better to remove the firewood from the cauldron than to lift the soup from the cauldron. As long as the green salt in Xixia is stopped, the clouds will naturally disperse all day, so I can rest assured!"

“Bad talk!”

Guangguang jumped out, "Mr. Liu, Lord Xi, open up Xixia Qingyan for peace between the two countries. It is okay to break it now. Once the Xixia people come, are you two willing to go to the battlefield to face the enemy?"

It was this set of rhetoric again, and Liu Ji asked back: "Sima Guang, according to your opinion, is it because I, the Song Dynasty, could not defeat the Western Xia, and I was forced to open up Qingyan? Wherever you put the face of the court, it would be a shame to the country's system and be a minister!"

I have to say that Liu Ji is still very powerful, but he met Sima Guang.

"Hahaha, Lord Liu, can your reason make sense? We bought the green salt from Xixia, but Xixia also bought the grain and silk from the Song Dynasty? Is Xixia also afraid of us? Besides, looking at the world, are there few countries that covet the products of the Song Dynasty? Some countries travel thousands of miles and come across the ocean. Are they also afraid of the Song Dynasty, not afraid of insulting the national system? Merchant and trade are fair exchanges, and you and I will. Xixia's green salt has high quality and low price, and is deeply loved by the people. Some people do not hesitate to let the people in a city cut off salt for their own selfishness. Who has ulterior motives and who is obsessed with profits, and it is self-evident!"

"you!"

Guangguang's grand statement made these people speechless.

Wang Ning'an took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, I think that since someone is unwilling to do business, I might as well take back the salt franchise and open Xixia green salt in Luoyang."

Zhang Wen's face turned red and he hurriedly stopped him, "Mr. Wang, it is absolutely impossible to betray and betray the people!"

"The people? Who are the people? The poor people who can't eat salt are the people! Are those selfish and fat salt merchants also the people?" Wang Ning'an brows stood upside down, and his momentum was imposing. "Salt merchants have never been ordinary people, and the court has not harmed them. The influx of green salt in the Western Xia is just a normal business competition. If they can't bear it, they should be eliminated! Dear lords, you just protect the salt merchants, even ignore the Song Dynasty and the people. I would like to ask questions, are you receiving the Song Dynasty's salary or the salt merchants' salary, or are you receiving the Song Dynasty's salary on the surface and secretly receive ten times the salt merchant's salary, right?"

"no!"

Liu Ji, Xi Ruyan and others seemed to have been stepped on their tails. They were all stern, crying bitterly, and shouting loudly, saying that Wang Ning'an slandered them that soldiers could be killed but not humiliated, and asked the emperor to preside over justice for them.

Zhao Zhen had long been clear about right and wrong. His Majesty the Emperor no longer wanted to endure the situation of these people repeatedly provoking his limits.

"My dear friends, you have nothing to do with salt merchants, that's the best thing. Bao Qing, since some people are unwilling to do salt business, let Sansi terminate the contract with them immediately and pursue a fine. In addition, rebuild a salt sales merchant in Xijing as soon as possible, and be sure to have sufficient prices."

Bao Zheng hurriedly said, "Please rest assured, your majesty, I'll do it now!"
Chapter completed!