Everyone was stunned and looked over. Their expressions changed.
Yang Yi narrowed his eyes, revealing a strange color.
The person who spoke had an ancient face and a resolute outline that gave people a cold and ruthless feeling. His nose bridge was high, his eyes were deep, and his slightly thin lips made people feel cold.
This person was the General of the Left Guard, Duke Xu Yu Wenshu!
Even Yang Guang looked at it with a serious expression.
Yu Wenshu smiled at Yang Yi." Although Your Highness's actions are beneficial to the Imperial Court, what will happen to the Imperial Court's reputation?”
Yu Wenshu's status in the court was obvious. The surroundings were silent.
Yang Yi was not afraid. The Yuwen Clan was an enemy he was destined to face. He was already mentally prepared.
His son was the famous Yuwen Huaji, who had been appointed General of the Right Tun Guard in the court and was in charge of the Imperial Guards.
The Yuwen clan was deeply rooted in the Great Sui Dynasty and had a huge influence. Ordinary people were not willing to provoke them.
Yang Yi met Yu Wenshu's eagle-like sharp gaze without any discomfort.
"I'm doing this to protect the reputation of the Imperial Court!" he said with a faint smile.”
The ministers were stunned.
"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Yu Wenshu frowned.”
Yang Yi had his hands behind his back and his expression was indifferent. He did not seem to care that the person in front of him was the Great General of the Imperial Court, Yu Wenshu, who had killed people like flies.
He said calmly," Since the third year of Founding Emperor, the salt pond and salt well have been opened. Everyone has seen the benefits of selling salt. The merchants among the people know it even better.”
"Such a lucrative sale of salt attracted many merchants to join, and they formed groups like the Salt Gang.”
"Hmph, these salt gangs have no respect for the law. They bully the people and exploit their interests. Countless commoners hated him to the bone!“
" This goes against the original intention of the previous emperor to open the salt pond and salt well. If we take back the salt right today…"
“.. They could imitate the Han Dynasty and set up salt officials to recruit poor people to boil salt.”
"Then, according to the intensity of the labor, the rewards will be distributed! The actual benefits will fall on the commoners…"
"Although we have opened up the smuggling of salt, it has long been monopolized by some unscrupulous salt merchants. If they raise the price of salt too high, the people will suffer.”
"If the Imperial Court were to allow such an act to go unpunished, it would truly make the commoners hate them!”
"Only by handing the salt over to the imperial court and setting up a strict supervision mechanism to put an end to such things and letting the imperial court control the price of salt can the lives of the people be stable. How could it ruin the reputation of the imperial court?”
Yang Yihu's eyes shot out a sharp light, as if it wanted to pierce Yu Wenshu's eyes.
Yu Wenshu's slender eyes narrowed, giving off a cold and heartless feeling, like a poisonous snake.
The surrounding officials were flabbergasted.
They had never expected Yang Yi to refute Yu Wenshu with reason and evidence, not caring about Yu Wenshu's status at all.
Yang Yi looked at Yu Wenshu and smiled." I wonder why State Duke Xu feels that this move will be bad for the reputation of the Imperial Court?"”
Yu Wenshu did not answer.
"Could it be that State Duke Xu is going to tell me that this move is to fight for benefits with the people?" Yang Yi laughed again.”
His smile faded." With State Duke Xu's foresight, he probably wouldn't say such absurd and foolish words.”
Yu Wenshu's face turned black. This f * cking blocked his words. What the f * ck was he saying!
If he said it, wouldn't he become the idiot that Yang Yi was talking about?
In the silent hall.
Yang Yi's magnetic voice sounded.
"The Imperial Court can take in most of the commoners to work! The imperial court would reward the people so that the people under their rule would gain something, which was beneficial to the peace of the world! This is a good thing!"
"Selling salt is a huge profit! Who knows how many local tyrants have joined and gathered together to form the Salt Gang. This kind of Salt Gang has seriously endangered the security of our Great Sui! "In serious cases, it might even threaten the rule of our imperial court. We can prevent it by having the government directly manage it. These are the two benefits!”
"Salt is an indispensable thing. If the salt merchants gather to control the market and raise the price of salt, the people will suffer! With the government directly selling it, the price of salt in the market would remain stable. These were the three benefits!”
"Half of the taxes in the world are from salt! Just the salt industry alone accounted for more than half of the court's tax revenue! With such taxes in the hands of the imperial court, they could be used to distribute the wealth and poverty of the people! These are the four advantages!"
Yang Yi's voice was deafening, echoing in the empty hall.
The officials in the hall were silent as they looked at each other.
These were the four benefits that Yang Yi had roughly listed out. There were also some that were related to military affairs, so there was no need to continue talking about them.
Yang Yi changed the topic." The profit of salt is the lifeline of a country. How can our Great Sui give up our lifeline to others? He wondered what kind of ulterior motives those people who obstructed him had. Those who are loyal to the Great Sui will never object! If it was a crafty official, who knew how many reasons he would have to find.”
The atmosphere became heavy.
Everyone did not even dare to breathe loudly. They knew that Yang Yi was pointing at the mulberry tree and scolding the locust tree!
Wasn't this scheming minister Yu Wenshu who stood up next to him?
Yu Wenshu's face was ashen. The anger in his heart was burning, and he wanted nothing more than to tear Yang Yi into pieces.
Yang Yi was pointing at him and scolding him. Yu Wenshu could even feel the mocking and mocking gazes coming from behind him.
Yang Yi looked at Yu Wenshu, who was emitting a cold aura, and smiled.""State Duke Xu is the pillar of the Great Sui Dynasty. He should support this move, right?”
Everyone's eyes fell on Yu Wenshu.
Some of them knew that the Yuwen clan had many salt wells and ponds in their hands.
The profits from these salt wells and ponds were enough to take up nearly half of the Yuwen family's income.
If Yu Wenshu nodded in agreement with Yang Yi's point of view, it would be equivalent to cutting off the Yuwen family's finances.
Yu Wenshu's face turned green and red. He hated Yang Yi to the extreme.
Cutting off a person's source of wealth was like killing one's parents.
Don't hit people in the face, and don't expose people when scolding people.
F * ck, he had taken all of them.
Yu Wenshu felt so aggrieved that he was about to vomit blood!
Yang Yi looked at Yu Wenshu with a smile.
A few years later, Yuwen Huaji killed Yang Guang in Jiangdu.
But... That was a few years later.
Although the Yuwen clan was deeply rooted, it was not yet time for them to rebel!
Yang Yi knew what Yu Wenshu was thinking, so he cut the Gordian knot.
Force them to hand over the salt pond and salt well.
With salt, the tax revenue of the imperial court would increase by at least a third!
If Yang Yi were to personally participate, he would definitely be able to increase the profit of selling salt to an extreme.
With the support of salt, at least the mess of Great Sui could be mended.
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