The cannon fodder of quick time travel slaps the face and becomes a god

The importance of salt to the human body is self-evident. If there is no way to ensure enough salt intake, people will be physically weak, bloated, dizzy and nauseated, and have no strength in the whole body, and normal life cannot be maintained.

The salt transportation has always been firmly controlled by the government. Once there is a problem with the salt transportation and private salt is rampant, it is not alarmist to say that a dynasty can be easily overthrown.

So in the past, if anyone dares to stretch their claws here, no matter how big an official you are, you will never be able to live in peace, and destroying the three clans is easy.

But what I have to admit is that the temptation and benefits of smuggling salt are too great, even the royal family's children are inevitably bewitched, especially the third prince Chu Tianchen.

The number of cards he has now seems to be the most among all brothers, whether it is the favor of the father or the support of the mother, but none of this is so easy to get. A big threat, just wait for it to be cleaned up slowly later.

But the fifth prince's mother is from the household department and has a rich family. Although she looks stupid, no one knows if this is just his protective color, but she is actually planning something secretly.

However, Chu Tianchen is very ambitious. Although his uncle Xiao Yue has a large army, he is stationed outside all the year round, and it is difficult to give him any help in time, so he actually trains private soldiers in a private house outside the capital. Underestimating these thousands of people, the daily expenses are a huge expense.

Although there are still many gambling houses and brothels under his name that can help him make money, whether it is training soldiers or expanding contacts to buy people's hearts, it is not a small fee. Also becoming more and more anxious.

At this time, a batch of official salt destined for Jiangnan Road sank in a reef, and the court sent new official salt there in time, but no one knew that this batch of official salt, which had disappeared on the surface, was in fact transported by local officials. The history of salt and the gangsters annexed it privately. Since then, accidents have occurred frequently in Jiangnan Road. Although the imperial court tried to make great efforts to rectify it, all other ships can pass through safely, except for the salt ship.

Repeated investigations were fruitless, and the imperial court gradually reduced the amount of salt transported to the south of the Yangtze River. Instead, it took three times more time to transport the next batch of official salt from the land to the south of the Yangtze River. Enough to cause salt shortages in the Longshu, Qishan, Hanbei and other three places along the south coast of the Yangtze River.

People are weak if they don’t eat salt. After the official salt has been empty for nearly a month, the local salt storage has basically been exhausted. However, several private salt companies appeared in the city overnight, selling salt at super high prices. Five pennies for a bucket turned into forty pennies in an instant. This nearly eight times the huge profits can't help but make people's hearts flutter.

What's more, what the common people eat is the worst coarse salt, which is black and smelly, even mixed with sand. As for the fine salt that is supplied to high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, it is the real price-to-price gold.

As soon as this incident happened, Jiangnan Daoyun Yanshi knew that he couldn't handle it alone, so he found another name to give Chu Tianchen a gift, and he didn't reveal his true intention until the two were already tied to the same boat. , even though Chu Tianchen was angry, there was nothing he could do.

What's more, the salt transport envoy promised that the two parties will share [-]% at that time, and the remaining [-]% will be used to manage the officials below. Asking the government to hand it over in the name of suppressing the bandits, the officials and the bandits colluded and advanced step by step, this is acceptable both in the open and in the dark, Chu Tianchen simply can't refuse.

Officials, big and small, who still had a bit of conscience went to the court one after another, but no matter what, none of the private letters and official documents could be sent out. Once they were intercepted, they would die violently in various strange ways within a short time.

The death of the first batch of people in the early days caused people to panic overnight, and even the most thoughtful officials lost their spines. With the hard-earned money in their hands, they lived comfortably.

After the imperial court's official salt was transported from the land, the private salt subsided a little bit, but within two months, the official salt was sold out, and the next batch was still on the way, and the private salt was rampant again. The Wind of Salt Monopoly.

And coincidentally, Han Bin, the salt transporter, turned out to be a distant relative of Xu Shang, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It was just because of some conflicts of interest in the early years that he had already married, but once this relationship was exposed, Xu Shang would not be able to completely cleanse himself. fishy.

In fact, Mu Xichen didn't do anything, he just asked his people to spread some rumors in the Jiangnan Road, and told some shady things to the low-level people who were oppressed. How can you bear it if you don't spare your life?

Originally, it was just a small group of conflicts, but after the yamen killed a few troublemakers, the incident quickly escalated, and Mu Xichen's people resolved some hard points in private, and the remaining yamen servants had far more people to fight against. Hundreds of times the number of people, it is impossible, plus they rushed into the county government office under those secret instigation, and saw the full warehouse of salt.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is easy to eat for this little salt, but these corrupt officials are guarding these things, eating their flesh and sucking their blood, how can they bear it? ?

All of a sudden, the people's hearts rioted, and the precarious trust in the imperial court quickly disintegrated. It turned into riots and uprisings, extending from the three provinces to the entire Jiangnan Province. Han Bin originally wanted to suppress it by force, but the more oppressed, the more intense the resistance Seeing that the riot could not be suppressed at all, he hurriedly thought of passing a note to the top.

This stall is no longer something he can settle alone.

"Your Highness!" Xiao Junrui rushed into the Third Prince's Mansion with messy clothes, and when he saw the people in the hall, he was a little dazed for a moment, and he didn't know if there was anything discussed by these guests.

When Chu Tianchen saw him coming, he rubbed his brows wearily, and dismissed all the extra people, leaving only three confidantes, his face was so gloomy that it was almost scary, "Please take a look at this note first." , This is sent by our man Fei Ge, and the matter will be uploaded as soon as it comes out, so it will be faster, but no later than the day after tomorrow, Father will definitely know, we must think of a countermeasure!"

The three of them passed the notes in turn, but they all looked at each other, and the atmosphere became more silent. In the end, Xiao Yichen spoke first, "Your Highness, this matter is irreparable now, we must completely cut off the relationship with Han Bin, absolutely not Get dragged into the water by him!"

Chu Tianchen ruthlessly swept all the things on the table to the ground, and said angrily, "Of course this temple knows! But what should we do? Not to mention that Han Bin is so cunning, although I have no correspondence with him, But he must have kept the evidence of the hall, and those gangsters are not easy to deal with, every time they come to give money..."

"Your Highness," Chu Tianchen was interrupted by Xiao Yichen before he could finish his sentence. He put his hands on the table, his eyes flashed with fierceness that was the opposite of the usual gentleness, "If I remember correctly, they should It’s the day after tomorrow, and they set off a week ago, so they must not know the news about Jiangnan Road..."

Chu Tianchen was stunned for a moment, his brows furrowed suddenly, and he relaxed after a while, "That's right, if that's the case, it's bound to make them... come and go, but where is Han Bin?"

Xiao Yichen shook his head and sighed, "Because Mr. Han was worried about the chaos, he personally led the team to quell the riots, but was accidentally beaten to death by the rioters. His death in the line of duty can be regarded as an explanation to His Majesty, what do you think?"

Chu Tianchen looked at the cruelty on his face, lowered his head slightly and thought for a while, although he felt that something was wrong, but it seems that there is no other better way at present, what they need to do is to use the fastest The means to erase all the evidence against them, as for some other details, you can fill in later.

Seeing the expression on Chu Tianchen's face, Xiao Yichen knew that his heart was moved, but when he thought of his panicked and lack of resourcefulness just now, he looked down on this person, he was not wise, had a bad temper, and was a woman Zhiren, if it wasn't because he had no other choice, hum...

Mu Xichen had already expected the excitement on the side of the third prince, he turned his head to look at Chu Mu who was opposite, and said softly, "Did the Second Highness receive my news?"

Chu Mu's hand that was pouring tea paused slightly, and sighed softly, "This palace knows that this matter has nothing to do with us, and this palace has no knowledge of it, it's just..."

Seeing the hesitation in his eyes, Mu Xichen shook his head and poured him another cup of tea, "Your Highness is benevolent and caring for the people. Thousands of bones are dead, there will be countless people who died in vain on the road to the throne, this is unavoidable, or does your highness think that the third prince can be more sympathetic to the people than you?"

Chu Mu tightened his grip on the teacup, "I know all of this, but this riot is too serious..."

"Heh..." Mu Xichen slightly bent his eyes, and let out a gasp, "For those people who have been under the tyrannical government all year round and have no food to eat, this may not be a bad thing. The people are the most kind and easy to be satisfied. Long-term Under such oppression, if they are not allowed to vent, there will be bigger problems sooner or later, and at least in this way, it is impossible for His Majesty to sit idly by, and even if he sends troops to suppress them, he will be able to solve the dirty deeds of officials and officials from the side. My people are all ready, none of those people can escape!"

Seeing the confident and calm smile on his face, Chu Mu lost his mind for a moment, his lips twitched, but he still couldn't hold back, and asked, "It looks like Xichen knows those common people very well?"

Mu Xichen regained consciousness from his own thoughts, looked at the complex and tentative eyes of that person, and remembered that in the countless previous reincarnations, he had become a lowly pauper, an inferior merchant slave, or even a captive. What haven't you experienced?

It can be said that in this world, there will be no one who can see through people's hearts and calculate people's hearts better than him...

But it's all over, and he didn't want to think about it anymore, so he curled his lips indifferently, avoided the topic, and continued, "The number of people in this riot has approached 5, and the scale is still growing. The closest to Jiangnan Road happens to be Pingyuan Hou Xiaoyue's army. If nothing else, he should be the one who suppressed the rebellion. I don't know how he feels about the good deeds done by his nephew. Our Third Highness takes advantage of it At that time, I never thought of him as uncle..."