Tang's dining table

The first court meeting after the New Year finally began.

This is also the first time Yunchu has attended the first court meeting after the New Year, so Yunchu is not very familiar with the matter of giving great gifts.

Well, take one step forward, then two steps back, and then two steps forward. At the same time, you must wave your sleeves to let the back hem of the robe fly up, and the front hem must be firmly suppressed by the jade pendant that suppresses the front hem, otherwise Even if it's rude.

This court meeting required kneeling and worshiping. However, according to the explanation in "Yonghui Law", it was not the emperor who knelt down but the emperor. This was only once a year.

Li Zhi sat motionless at the top, even the drooping bead curtain on the Tongtian Crown did not move at all. He really looked like a god.

This kind of dance takes three times to complete, and Yun Chu danced very seriously.

If you don't take it seriously, he is now a Marquis. When he went to court, he was ranked in the front, alongside the imperial censor.

Today, the imperial censor has to dance and monitor the officials at the same time. If he is found out today, he will be the first official to be dealt with in the third year of Xianqing. He will be reported to the imperial court and eventually be punished by officials all over the world. Know.

According to past laws and regulations, any official in the capital who gets into trouble on this day will definitely be sent to a very bad place to suffer.

Fortunately, Yun Chu's body coordination was relatively good, and he was finally able to overcome this hurdle.

Because he was the Marquis, Yun Chu could see very clearly that Changsun Wuji, who was standing in the front, didn't dance well. He even swayed his body casually. Li Ji, who was beside him, didn't seem to dance well either. Just pretending to be prevaricating.

Not just the two of them, the officials in the first three rows seemed to be showing off. It seemed that they were very disgusted with dancing for Li Zhi.

It's not like there aren't any big guys who are good at dancing. For example, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu are very good at dancing.

Just after the ceremony, when all the ministers were greeting each other in the main hall and congratulating each other on all the best in the new year, Xu Jingzong left the class with a gloomy face to start the performance.

"Your Majesty, Xu Jingzong impeaches the Minister of Punishment, Han Ai, for his perfunctory etiquette and disrespect for God and Your Majesty.

At the same time, Wei Chen suspected that Han Ai was colluding with Chu Suiliang and trapped His Majesty in an unkind, unfaithful and unfilial place. "

After saying this, under the gaze of everyone, he took out a memorial from his sleeve, held it in his hand, and quietly waited for the censor to take it away.

Han Ai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, could only chuckle after hearing Xu Jingzong's reasons for impeaching him: "Chu Suiliang, the governor of Aizhou, has died while serving in Aizhou. Is Xu Shizhong saying that I am colluding with a dead man?"

When Xu Jingzong saw that the memorial had been taken away by the imperial censor and presented to the emperor, he said to Han Ai: "I heard that there is a person who looks exactly like Chu Suiliang in your house. I also heard that this person who looks like Chu Suiliang has been staying everywhere in Chang'an. Every time I write, I take it as my duty to criticize His Majesty's benevolent and filial style.

Han Ai, don’t you feel ashamed as His Majesty’s minister? "

Han Ai laughed and said: "The man who looks exactly like Chu Suiliang is in my palace. Xu Shizhong might as well summon him to see if he is real or fake. There seem to be some people in the court who are similar to Chu Suiliang." Dear people, you might as well let them identify who this person who looks exactly like Chu Suiliang is."

Before Xu Jingzong could return, Li Yifu stepped forward, holding the wat board in his hands, and said, "I agree with Xu Shizhong's words. Han Ai is indeed disobedient."

While speaking, he also took out a memorandum from his arms and held it in his hand, letting the censor take it away and present it to the emperor.

There was silence in the main hall, and Han Ai looked at Emperor Li Zhi expectantly. He still believed that Chu Suiliang was treated extremely unjustly, and he also believed from the bottom of his heart that the emperor should not be so unconscionable in sending Chu Suiliang to death.

Perhaps because he had already put life and death out of his mind, Han Ai took a step forward and said: "Chu Suiliang was entrusted by the late emperor to always be single-minded and never have two minds. In the past, he was extremely sincere and sincere in discussing matters. How could he be willing to compromise with your majesty's virtues?" Will you fall behind Yao and Shun, leaving your Majesty's mistakes like dust in the annals of history?"

Li Zhi looked away from the memorial, looked at Han Ai and said plainly: "I already know Chu Suiliang's feelings.

If he disobeys and is prone to wrongdoing, I will punish him. Is there anything wrong with him?"

Han Ai said in a trembling voice: "The person is not dead, but the world knows that he is dead. This is a great shame and humiliation for him.

Unexpectedly, his loyalty was deeply slandered and resulted in ugly words, which made the strong man feel sad and harmed His Majesty's god..."

Yun Chu's position in the Tai Chi Hall was in the ninth row. He was neither in the front nor behind. He did not pay attention to what was happening in the hall.

In fact, there was no use listening to it. Today was originally the last confrontation between the emperor and Chu Suiliang and Han Ai, the two people who originally opposed his establishment.

The outcome of the confrontation must be that Han Ai and Chu Suiliang are unlucky, and there will be no variables.

In the past, I had only read about this confrontation in history books, and it was clearly written in the history books.

Since Han Ai and Chu Suiliang were punished by the emperor, history records that since Han Ai and Chu Suiliang died one after another, remonstrance was taboo inside and outside the court for twenty years.

At the end of the Great Chao Festival, the sun had just emerged.

The final result of the matter was that Han Ai was demoted as the governor of Zhenzhou. As for the Chu Suiliang that Han Ai kept saying was naturally a fake, the emperor showed mercy and expelled this fake Chu Suiliang from Chang'an.

When leaving the imperial city, Yun Chu was still picking his ears because Han Ai's last words were very harsh.

Therefore, Yunchu made up his mind not to tell Li Zhi a word of truth from now on, because the price of telling the truth was too heavy.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are always the biggest business.

These businesses should not be left entirely in private hands.

However, there is no prohibition in the "Yonghui Law", so Yunchu cannot use official means to capture all these businesses in the hands of the government.

However, in the three industries of salt, iron and wine, which Yunchu thought were completely open to business, the court was very strict with them.

In the past, there was only salt and iron, which was a business sold by officials. It only started in the third year of Xianqing, and the wine was taken over by the emperor's decree.

From now on, all distiller's yeast can only come from the government, and private individuals are not allowed to store distiller's yeast. Violators will be severely punished, or sent to the Western Regions to guard the border.

Yunchu knew that the emperor wanted to take back the iron owned by the Changsun family, as well as the salt and salted fish controlled by many big families.

Liquor was incidental. To be precise, the emperor couldn't stand the fact that the Yun family made huge profits every year by brewing anti-virus drugs.

Yun Chu even believed that this was a sign that the emperor was going to treat him like a child. If Yun Chu was sensible, he would quickly hand over the brewing process of anti-virus medicine and let the court operate it. In this way, Yun's family might still have a little bit of hope. The benefits of silk can be passed down to future generations.

Allowing the Yun family to monopolize important materials such as brewing anti-virus drugs for six full years, and allowing the Yun family to make shady money on this matter for six years, was already a concession given by the imperial court in the face of the old god.

If the anti-virus drug has nothing to do with the old immortal, it would be a blessing from the emperor if the Yun family can monopolize the exclusive sales rights for two years.

Now, the emperor wants to truly make salt and iron a state-owned enterprise and not give private individuals any chance. This is not out of selfish grudges, but out of righteousness.

The Ministry of Revenue knew who could be the owner of the anti-toxic medicine, so the document was given to the old immortal, who then sent a Taoist boy to deliver the document to Yunchu.

Yun Chu did not delay, and directly took out the secret recipe for making anti-virus medicine and handed it to the little Taoist boy. Then, after the little Taoist boy left the Ministry of Household Affairs and came back, he gave Yun Chu another document. The document said that the Yun family would still be the Antivirus can be brewed, but the quantity is limited to 10,000 jars, and the base liquor used for distillation is provided by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Therefore, after Yunchu handed over the secret recipe of the anti-virus drug, his income not only did not decrease, but actually increased.

Yun Chu was willing to regard these benefits as the old god's face.

Since the Liaodong War, Datang's views on neighboring countries and tribes have changed greatly.

In the past, there might have been some subsidies for those Jisi countries and Jisi tribes, or even benefits such as exemption from tax rates.

Not only do those countries and tribes have to pay tribute according to the list established by the Tang Dynasty, but also foreign merchants will be taxed heavily when they enter the Tang Dynasty to do business.

Because the high officials in the court finally understood one thing. The Tang Dynasty was the country with the lowest taxes on foreign merchants in the world.

Those merchants who brought the goods from the Tang Dynasty often made huge profits when they returned to their hometowns.

When Emperor Taizong first ascended the throne, the Tang Dynasty was in dire straits. At that time, the Tang Dynasty needed allies. Therefore, at some point, Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo, Turks, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, Japan, and Tubo all acted as allies. existing.

Now, Datang has become extremely powerful, so it does not need allies, and a truly powerful country does not need allies.

When there are no external troubles, it is time for Li Zhi to eliminate internal troubles.

In early January of the third year of Xianqing, Li Zhi issued an order to exempt Hebei Province from money and food for three years in order to reward the people of Hebei Province for their support to the Tang army during the Liaodong War.

In February of the third year of Xianqing, Li Zhi issued an order to exempt Hedong Road from money and food for two years, hoping to achieve the purpose of hiding wealth for the people.

At the same time, Li Yifu was dispatched as the envoy of Hebei Province, with full authority to handle all matters in Hebei Province.

Unlike the rumblings in the court, the people of Wannian County and Chang'an County were living extremely happily.

Because, Wannian County has further relaxed the curfew order of the city, and from the date of promulgation of the "Wannian County, Chang'an County City Management Regulations", adjacent cities are allowed to open holes in the wall of the city, and the neighboring cities are The cities and towns are connected, allowing people in neighboring cities and towns to move freely.

The first cities to respond to this policy were commercial cities such as West Market, East Market, Jinchangfang, Guangfufang, and Pingkangfang.

This resulted in the commercial operation time of Chang'an City being extended.

It also satisfied Li Zhi, who liked to overlook Chang'an City. His city was finally no longer pitch black at night, but had a few more dazzling lights.

These lights were approved by Li Zhi, so he was quite proud.

Chapter two