Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 66 Fighting with the Ministers
The Tai Chi Hall is tall and majestic, so tall that it is often struck by lightning. The weather is fine today, so there will be no thunder and lightning, so Sun Xiangfu is not afraid even if he speaks loudly in the hall.

"My minister, Sun Zhengming, the supervisor of the herdsman, pays homage to my emperor."

"Go up and talk."

Li Shimin uttered four words with anger, and Sun Xiangfu straightened his waist, and walked forward on the passageway vacated by the courtiers of the civil and military classes. The monkey grandson who climbed to the Nantianmen for the first time.

"Sun Xiamu, today the censor impeached the prince to participate in private management and compete for profit with the people. He is talking about the Wangjiang Tower managed by you. I ask you, is there such a thing?" Li Shimin stared at Sun with majestic eyes. Happy eyes said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is nothing. The management right of Wangjiang Tower is in the hands of one person. Although the prince has investment and shares, he has no management right." Sun Xiangfu replied simply and simply.

"Hmph, ignorant boy, as the crown prince, how can the crown prince invest in business? It must have been caused by slanderous ministers like you. Your Majesty, please behead this man." Cui Shixun immediately jumped out of the class when he saw that Sun Xiangfu admitted that the crown prince had invested in the shares. Come on.

Day, I will kill my brother as soon as I come up, that brother will be rude to you.

Thinking so, Sun Xiangfu turned around and looked at the angry Cui Shixun, "My lord, what's your name?"

"My surname is Cui." Cui Shixun said with a contemptuous look at Sun Xiangfu.

"Oh! The original surname is Cui. It must come from the Cui family of Qinghe, or the Cui family of Boling. The pain of the common people who came out of the countryside."

"Hmph, don't gossip about him. Now, in front of the court, you only need to bow your head and confess your guilt, and I will ask His Majesty to give you a happy death." Cui Shixun interrupted Sun Xiangfu's words.

"Well, it seems that you, Mr. Cui, have no right to order the death penalty for officials! Besides, whether the subordinate officials are guilty or not has not been determined yet! Mr. Cui has repeatedly ordered the subordinate officials to fear death. What is your intention?"

Sun Xiangfu looked calm, but his words were loud and loud. Although he didn't directly say that Cui Shixun was despising the imperial power, that's what he meant.

People who can stand above the court are not fools, and neither is Cui Shixun. He hurriedly cupped his hands and said to Li Shimin, "I was angry for a while, and my words were inappropriate. I hope your Majesty will make amends."

Seeing Sun Xiangfu's performance of not being afraid of Cui Shixun just now, Li Shimin was overjoyed, so he had a lot of expectations for him, nodded and said, "Cui Qing wait a moment, let's see how this son explains."

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin and the princes in the court looked at Sun Xiangfu, and Sun Xiangfu also bowed his hands to Li Shimin, "My Majesty, the prince is talented and intelligent, and he is proficient in governing the country. He knows that the people are suffering, so he contributes money." , to find a way out for the people.”

"Uh······"

In the hall, many courtiers opened their mouths unconsciously, but they didn't know what to say. This is too nonsense. The eight-year-old prince is proficient in governing the country?The purpose of the investment is to find a way out for the people?
Hearing this, Li Shimin was also amused, he almost laughed, and said with a straight face, "What are the details, please tell me carefully."

"Wei Chen obeys."

After Sun Xiangfu took the order, he said slowly, "The thing is like this, the work field of Weichen is in a place called Xingfu Village, fifty miles outside Xinfeng County. In addition to the [-] mu of Huangzhuang farmland, the villagers also built their own fishing farms, pig farms, and chicken farms.

Today, the fish farm raises more than 40 fish, with a weight of one million catties. The feed used every day is hundreds of stones. The pig farm also raises more than a thousand fat pigs, and the daily feed is hundreds of stones. The chicken farm is even more They raised tens of thousands of chickens and spent a lot of food and rice on a daily basis, but most of the farmers were illiterate and did not know how to manage the business, so it was difficult to maintain the situation, so they entrusted Wei Chen to help them sell part of the output for a good price The price is for them to continue to buy feed and maintain hair growth.

Everyone knows what kind of business in Chang'an can sell these agricultural and sideline products at a high price. Yes, it is a restaurant. Therefore, Wei Chen wants to open a restaurant to help the villagers. Unfortunately, some aristocratic families are not happy to see it When we farmers make money, they unite together and threaten the merchants in Chang'an, not allowing them to rent out, and selling the place to Weichen to open restaurants, so Weichen thought of building by himself.

But the cost of building a restaurant by myself was too high, and I had no choice but to ask the prince and several princes. The prince sympathized with the hard work of the farmers and wanted to help them solve this problem, so he jointly contributed money with several princes. Going out of the land, I asked my ministers to build the restaurant, but the crown prince said, as the crown prince, it is unwise to do business and compete with the people for profit, so he didn't ask for any management rights of the restaurant. Dare to ask the ministers, what will the crown prince do? What's wrong? "

When Sun Xiangfu talked about a small village with 40 households and a fish farm with more than [-] pigs, the mouths of the ministers opened their mouths, not to mention that there are more than a thousand fat pigs, tens of thousands of pigs. Chicken, is such a village possible?
"Your Majesty, this person is full of lies and deceives you. He should be executed." This time, it was not Cui Shixun who jumped out, but Wei Zheng, who had lost his straight temper again. He thought that the data Sun Xiangfu said was too untrue. .

"Dare to ask Mr. Wei, did you lie in that sentence?" Sun Xiangfu looked at Wei Zheng with some depression.

"How can a village of fifty households raise so many fish, so many pigs, and so many chickens? You are clearly deceiving the king." Wei Zheng almost poked Sun Xiangfu's nose with his finger and shouted. up.

"Uh, Your Majesty should know about this matter, as well as Duke Yi, Duke Liyang, etc., all of whom know about it. Mr. Wei may not know that in August this year, during the grand ceremony of His Majesty's ascension to the throne, over ten thousand catties of rice field eel and loach were used in the imperial banquet. It was provided by Xingfu Village, and even though it is mid-winter, if His Majesty wants to hold another royal banquet of that scale, Xingfu Village can still provide enough ingredients." Sun Xiangfu asked witnesses and gave examples.

Then, Wei Zheng turned his eyes to Li Shimin, Qin Qiong, Dugu Mou and others, and after everyone nodded to him for confirmation, Wei Zheng closed his mouth with an unbelievable expression on his face. If this is true, then the nature of the whole matter is It was about to change, after turning his cloudy old eyes twice in their sockets, he cupped his hands at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the crown prince is innocent."

Seeing Wei Zheng, the gunner who suddenly jumped out to help him, Cui Shixun changed his attitude in an instant, and hurriedly answered, "Master Wei is confused, this kid is eloquent, but he can't cover up the fact that the prince is in business."

"Here, what is your lord? It doesn't matter what your surname is. Anyway, you are from a wealthy family. Your lord has no worries about money. I don't know something about the lower officials. The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that the crown prince can't do business?"

"This······"

"You don't need this and that, I will be the crown prince and can't do business! But is the prince in business? The management right of Wangjiang Tower is all in the hands of Wei Chen. As long as the next sentence is said, Wangjiang Tower is now closed. From a legal point of view, The crown prince can't stop me, I'm not a courtier, so I don't have any taboos in doing business!"

Although the current law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that officials and their immediate family members cannot engage in business, it is only limited to courtiers in charge of the imperial government office. Retainers like Sun Xiangfu are not included in this list. There are also eunuchs in the palace who are responsible for purchasing!Those are also the retainers of the emperor, there are many people who are of higher rank than Sun Xiangfu, what can you say.

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty did not stipulate any laws on the behavior of the monarch and the prince, but the ministers said that the influence was not good. Sun Xiangfu used the law to refute them, and they had nothing to say.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Sun Xiangfu said again, "Then let's talk about competing for profit with the people. The crown prince contributed money to help the officials and the villagers build restaurants in order to help the farmers sell what they produce. Is it for the benefit of the peasants, which is the benefit of the struggle with the people?"

"Humph, all the dozens of restaurants in Chang'an have withered diners because of your family Wangjianglou, and they can't make a profit. You still say that this is not competing with the people for profit?" Cui Shixun sneered.

"Hehe, according to what you said, there should be only one restaurant in this world? Otherwise, any restaurant that appears again will compete with this restaurant? Does this make sense?"

"This······"

Cui Shixun misfired again, but Sun Xiangfu didn't want to look at his face more, and continued. "It's ridiculous that an ignorant person who doesn't even understand the meaning of the word Shang has the face to stand above the court."

Sun Xiangfu made Cui Shixun indisputable twice, and made Li Shimin and his hardcore supporters on the dragon chair secretly happy. At this time, they all looked at Cui Shixun with a gaze, to see what he had to say.

"Huh, businessmen, buying low and selling high, hoarding for odds, not doing production, but making huge profits, are the moths of the country."

Cui Shixun was provoked by Sun Xiangfu, so he uttered the current interpretation of Shang Zhi's words aloud.

"Oh, so Master Cui understands! Then tell me, during the whole process, in the Wangjiang Tower funded by the crown prince, did you buy low and sell high, hoarding for odds, not doing production, but making huge profits?" Sun Xiangfu asked back.

"This..." Cui Shixun was speechless. What he sells is his own production, so there is no problem of buying at a low price. Therefore, it really makes sense to say that the prince is not in business.

"That's where you come from! The products sold in Wangjiang Tower are all self-produced in the official land and the Huangzhuang. Dare I ask the lords of the court, don't you sell the things produced in your family's official land? I don't believe that all the gold, silver and copper coins you spend grow out of the ground."

When Sun Xiangfu said this, everyone in the court was stunned. However, although Cui Shixun was short-circuited in a hurry, he still has many colleagues. The work is different from the royal family, so don't confuse the public."

Sun Xiangfu looked at Wu Yingxue like a fool and said, "You guys are allowed to sell it, but the royal family is not allowed to sell it? Then tell your majesty that your Majesty owns [-] mu of Huangzhuang. Could it be that the grain produced by this [-] mu of farmland is not enough?" Do you want the royal family to eat it themselves? Do the math for everyone, how many years can the royal family eat with just one year’s output? Is it true that the extra grain will be put in the warehouse to rot? Do you think this is true? OK?"

"This······"

Wu Yingxue was dumb, while Cui Shixun was short of breath and his eyes were rolling around. He wanted to find a reason to refute Sun Xiangfu, but found that he couldn't find it.

At this time, Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, almost couldn't hold back his laughter. What Sun Xiangfu said was simple and vulgar, but very reasonable. It is the businessman who buys low and sells high, and hoards strange things. It is human nature to need things for one's own family. Everyone has this need, and the royal family is no exception. It is untenable to talk about it.

Finally, after a delay of 2 minutes, Cui Shixun thought of a way to break the situation, and said, "Okay, let alone the business of the prince, the high price of Wangjiang Tower has attracted the prevalence of luxury in Chang'an, it is true Bar!"

"Uh, it turns out that such trivial matters in the courtroom can also be discussed! Forgive me for my ignorance, Mr. Cui, how did the Wangjiang Tower, which just opened yesterday, cause Chang'an's extravagance overnight, and it is still prevalent? ?”

"This······"

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