HPDBC Chapter 203: Snow Salt
Chapter 203: Snow Salt
Ye Yu lit a cigarette and said cheerfully: "When you eliminate the Turks, you will not only shock the court and show your strength, but also take the opportunity to win the hearts of the people."
"Although you have rewritten the tragedy of the Xuanwu Sect, you are not the eldest son to ascend the throne after all, and your reputation among the people is not very good. If you want to deal with the five surnames and seven Wang, you still need you to let the people of the world return to their hearts.
The smile on Li Shimin's face gradually faded, and he frowned and did not speak.
The court is one thing, the folk is another.
The five surnames and the seven Wangs are powerful above the court, and their reputation among the people is even more deeply rooted. It is really not an easy thing to win back the hearts and minds of the people from their hands.
Cheng Yaojin could also feel the difficulty of this matter, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Wu Xing Qi Wang has been operating in the folk for hundreds of years, and now there are even rumors that he would rather marry a Wu Xing girl than a princess, as you can imagine. To what extent has their reputation reached among the people, it is difficult to deal with them!"9
"I want to draw people's hearts from the hands of the five surnames and seven Wang. It's hard to say, and it's not easy." Ye Yu smiled leisurely, pointed to the food on the table, and said, "Lao Li Lao Cheng, you come and I come too. I've been here twice, don't you find anything special about my food here? 35
"Special?" Cheng Yaojin looked at the food on the table, scratched his head and said, "Is it particularly delicious?
Ye Yu looked at him helplessly and turned his head, letting this idiot use his brain, it was really embarrassing for him.
It was Li Shimin who had been frowning in thought.
Before, he only thought that Ye Yu's food was delicious, something he had never eaten before, but he never thought about why it was so delicious.
Although the chefs of the imperial kitchen in the palace are also very good at cooking, the food they make always has a bitter taste, which is far from the delicious taste of Ye Yu.
Astringent!
A light suddenly flashed in Li Shimin's mind, he stood up abruptly and said, "It's salt!"
"I understand, it's salt! The salt here, sir, is different from the salt in our Tang Dynasty!"
"Smart!"" Ye Yu snapped his fingers, glanced at Li Er with admiration, and then waved to Wang Mushi: "Mushi, go to the kitchen and get a bag of salt.
"Yes!""
Wang Mushi nodded and walked quickly into the kitchen. After two breaths, he walked out with a glass jar in his hand.
"This...is this salt?"
Li Shimin and Cheng Cheng Yaojin stared at the salt shaker on the table, their shocked eyes protruding.
The salt in the Tang Dynasty is all green salt, and there are large and small pieces of sand in it. Even the royal salt used by the royal family is only slightly ground. They never thought that one day they would see the salt as crystal clear as snow. white.
Ye Yu smiled faintly: "The technology of salt refining in the Tang Dynasty was backward, and only the salt in the salt wells could be eaten. Not only was the yield very low, the price was high, but it also had an astringent taste, but my jar of salt was very fine and fine. It doesn't have any peculiar smell. You said that if you use this kind of salt to replace the green salt that people eat, what is the effect? 66
Cheng Yaojin cautiously wanted to put the salt jar into his arms, and said with satisfaction: "This snow salt tastes so pure, old Cheng, I don't want to eat that shoddy coarse salt in the future, the people must be rushing to buy it!"
Li Er glared at Cheng Yaojin, nodded and said in agreement: "Yes, if this snow salt enters the market, it will definitely make people rush to buy it!"
"This is not enough to deal with the five surnames and seven hope!"
Ye Yu said with a smile: "Five surnames and Qiwang started their business in business, and the reason why they have such a huge reputation among the people is because they monopolized your salt shop in the Tang Dynasty. If you can withdraw this snow salt and let the people buy it When it comes to pure and cheap snow salt, then Wanmin will still believe in five surnames and seven Wang, and they will definitely believe in you Li Shimin even more!
"Hey..." Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin gasped, Ye Yu's ruthless wave!
This trick draws wages from the bottom of the pot, and directly kills the lives of five surnames and seven Wangs!
Li Shimin was so excited that he suddenly thought of a very crucial question, and he couldn't help but say: "Sir, the taste of this snow salt is so pure, the price should not be cheap, many people in the Tang Dynasty can't even afford green salt, If the price is too high, they can't afford it!55
"Don't worry about this!" Ye Yu said with a faint smile: "Since I have thought of this for you, of course I have also taken this into consideration. You can buy snow salt from me. The salt-making process I have here is very good. Mature, the price of salt is very cheap, more than ten times cheaper than the green salt of your Datang, and the common people can consume it completely.99
"At the same time, I will also hand over the salt-making process to you. You will send someone to study it. After your Datang's salt-making process is mature, you can launch your own salt and make money from it. What do you think?"
"Thank you, sir, for your kindness, Shimin is incapable of repaying it!
When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately bowed to Ye Yu excitedly.
Cheng Yaojin was also dancing with excitement.
Over the years, he has seen too many people die because they cannot afford salt.
The price of salt in Datang was high, and it was in the hands of the five surnames and seven Wang. In order not to get sick, many people even only ate the brine left over from pickles, resulting in long-term physical weakness.
If the price of this salt can be beaten down, and everyone in the world can eat salt that is as crystal clear as snow, it will not only help consolidate the imperial power and win the hearts of the people, but also for the people, it will also be a great deed that will benefit the future.
Ying Zheng and Chongzhen did not despise Li Shimin for not seeing the world this time, because they also came from this step.
The two looked down on Li Shimin before because he had a weak temperament and was very happy with his achievements, which was a great disadvantage for the emperor.
However, his love for the people was in the eyes of both of them.
A ruler can have big and small shortcomings, but he must cherish his own people. If he doesn't even care for his own people, then there is no point in governing the country!
In this regard, what Li Shimin did is undoubtedly qualified!
Ye Yu smiled and said: "When you have defeated the Turks, you can start to establish a cabinet system, and then take the opportunity to push Xueyan into the market. As long as you act quickly, when the five surnames and seven Wangs react, their power in the DPRK and the The status of the people has already been rectified by you, and the rest is to work slowly and work hard, and you have to take care of them slowly.35
"I just formulated three major national policies for you, and the third one is the cultivation of talents!"
Ye Yu looked at Li Shimin with a dignified face and said, "Since ancient times, it has been difficult for a poor family to produce noble children, and almost 90% of the talents are monopolized by aristocratic families. How grand, after a hundred years, the rights will still return to the hands of the wealthy families, to change this status quo, there is only one thing you can do, to achieve universal education!""
"Education for all..." Li Shimin murmured and fell into silence.
At the beginning, why Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, ruined the entire Sui Dynasty, he said that Yang Guang was cruel and unkind, but everyone knows the real reason.
Wasn't it because Yang Guang introduced the imperial examination system, wanted to excavate talents from the people, replace the noble officials in the court, and touched the most fundamental interests of the five surnames and seven Wangs and other aristocratic families, and was overthrown.
If you want to excavate talents from the people and implement full-name education, this is the real fight against the big family and the wealthy family. This may cause a big mess!
Ying Zheng saw Li Shimin's hesitation, and couldn't help but scolded: "Li Shimin, do you have any brains, why are you still hesitating about the magic policy that Mr.
"Even Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dared to implement the imperial examination system. You have a husband as a backer, and you dare not even implement a national education. Do you think that you are not as good as Yang Guangcheng?"
"Did you know that in troubled times, you should use the heavy code, if you don't carry out reforms drasticly now, will it be possible to wait until the wealthy family has divided all the rights in your hands before you are ready to take action, so 657 is so twisted, what are you doing? emperor!
Li Shimin's whole body trembled when Ying Zheng said that he hated him indisputably.
"His Majesty the First Emperor is right, I was too hesitant!" Li Shimin suddenly raised his head and bowed to Ying Zheng: "With the help of Mr.
"Sir, please teach Shimin how to achieve universal education, Shimin must follow his instructions! 55
Ye Yu secretly gave Ying Zheng a thumbs up.
Li Shimin's character is like this, he is always hesitant at critical moments like a bitch, and at this time he needs someone to scold him severely to wake him up.
Historically, this person was Wei Zheng, and now, this has become Ying Zheng.
Moreover, with Ying Zheng's status in the rivers and lakes, using it to scold Li Shimin, the effect is several times better than Wei Zheng!
Ye Yu patted Li Shimin on the shoulder and said, "The so-called education for all starts with papermaking and printing. You can communicate with Lao Zhao. His technology is mature, and you can learn from him."5
"After you have made the paper, you will have to build schools all over the country to train teachers, so that more and more common people can acquire knowledge, so that there will no longer be such a big gap between nobles and commoners.
"Then, you can also reset the imperial examination system, select useful talents from the people, and put an end to the monopoly of aristocratic families recommending officials. In this way, you can gradually see the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty replaced by your confidants. 99
"Finally, with some anti-corruption and anti-corruption measures, it will make your entire Tang Dynasty prosperous and prosperous and prolong your life for thousands of years, no problem!"
Ye Yu talked eloquently and pointed out the country for Li Shimin.
In a few words, the biggest crisis Li Shimin was facing at this time was clearly analyzed.
Li Shimin also listened attentively, did he take some notes and write down Ye Yu's good recipes for governing the country.