Vol 8 Chapter 401: Grievance

Immortal Palace, Dachaohui, Wei Xiaode and Liu Zhong stood quietly on the high platform, watching the ministers below perform there. After they performed for a while, Wei Xiaode gave a light cough, and then said: "Your Majesty’s oral message, I’m going to The rapid rise in prices has severely affected the lives of the people. Starting today, all commodities must not be arbitrarily increased in price. If offenders are violated, the tribes will be punishable."
As soon as Wei Xiaode's words fell, He Tuizhi's expression changed. He was about to step forward to object, when Sima Lang stood up and said loudly: "Yes, Your Majesty's will." Sima Lang agreed, He Tui It was too difficult to object, he glared dissatisfiedly at He Retreat, did not speak, but bowed and took the point.
As soon as other officials saw that they both expressed their opinions, they immediately bowed down and took the decree. Even if the decree is passed, as long as the decree is passed, it means that he has a legal effect. All people must be respected.
Wei Xiaode glanced at the crowd, and then said: "My lord on the left, my lord on the right, your majesty also asked the slaves to ask me, when will the ordnance of the twelve guards be paid? The salary of the twelve guards is halved, and your majesty does not No, but you don’t seem to have given you the ordnance of the twelve guards? Why? Could it be that the twelve guards are not the army? Or do you think that they are training with bamboo poles and you have a lot of face?"
As soon as Wei Xiaode's words fell, there were a few muffled laughs in the hall. Obviously they already knew the nickname of General Zhugan, so when Wei Xiaode said this now, they couldn't help but want to laugh.
He Tuizhi glanced at Wei Xiaode, and then said: "Yes, I will wait for your majesty's order, and immediately after I return, I will distribute ordnance to the guards of the 12th and 4th guards."
Wei Xiaode really did not expect that He Tuizhi would promise to be so fast. He was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said: "So the best, then the slave can go to your majesty, sir, if there is no I will retreat today."
He Tuizhi, none of them spoke. When Wei Xiaode saw that no one was speaking, he said loudly, "Retreat." As his voice fell, everyone saluted the throne and then slowly retreated. .
He Tuizhi and Sima Lang walked out. In fact, the reason why they happily gave the Twelve Guards and Fourth Guards military ordnance is because they had discussed it a long time ago. They had guessed that the Immortal Emperor would let They gave the Twelve Guards and Four Guards armies, they also had a way to deal with it. The ordnances they gave to the Twelve Guards and Fourth Guards were all things that were eliminated from other armies, and they were hardly usable. The reason they did this was because they were worried that the emperor would use those weapons for other armies. You must know that there are many armies in the hands of the emperor, so of course they will not give them weapons at will. .
If the emperor blamed them for this incident, they had already found an excuse. The twelve guards and the four guards had no combat effectiveness, so they could only use the weapons eliminated by other armies. If the people in the Four Guards army are not convinced, they can compare with other armies. If they win, then they will naturally get new ordnance, and the loser must use the eliminated ordnance and want to come to the emperor. I dare not let them compete.
However, the immortal emperor did not allow the price of the goods to increase, but they did not discuss it in advance, so He Titzhi blamed Sima Lang for his promise too quickly. When he went down, He Titzhi went quickly. Did not speak to Sima Lang to express his dissatisfaction with Sima Lang.
Sima Lang walked behind, looking at He Tuizhi's back, his eyes flashed with coldness, but then he lowered his eyes slightly, not allowing people to see the chill in his eyes, he slowly walked out of the hall, and then left. Arriving at the Immortal Palace of the Upper Realm, to the Immortal Palace of the Lower Realm, Sima Lang sat in a carriage and went to He Tuizhi's mansion. He Tuizhi has now returned to the talisman.
When Sima Lang arrived at He Tuizhi's mansion, he got off the carriage and walked to He Tuizhi's mansion, but he was actually stopped by the concierge of He Tuizhi mansion. Sima Lang looked at the concierge and the concierge bowed. Slimming, he said to Sima Lang, "Master Right, my master is not at home, please forgive me."
When Sima Lang heard that the doorman said this, his expression became colder. He snorted and said nothing. He turned on the carriage and went back to the house. Sima Lang knew very well that he would stay at home. It’s just that he became angry back, so I don’t want to see him, and this is where he is most angry. He really didn’t expect that He Tuizhi would treat him like this. He is also a righteous person anyway, and his status is not. It's no better than He Tuizhi, and it's not He Tuizhi's subordinate. He Tuizhi did this, which is really too much. Sima Lang felt that He Tuizhi seemed to be insulting him, how could he not be angry.
But at this time, He Tuizhi was sitting in his study. In front of him, there was a man dressed as a scribe. This man seemed to be more than 40 years old. He Tuizhi was facing the scribe: "Wu Sir, come and analyze for me, what does your majesty's verbal message mean?"
This Mr. Wu is a think tank under He Tuizhi, named Wu Meisheng. He is not very strong, but he is very smart. He Tuizhi still values ​​his opinions.
Wu Mei groaned while twisting his beard, and then said: "Dong Weng, this should be your Majesty's worry. The decree he made before the non-increasing agricultural tax will not work, so this is just a purpose, but this purpose is about it. , But it is very good for us." Wu Meisheng said here, there was a light in his eyes.
He Tuizhi immediately said, "Oh? Mr. Talk carefully."
Wu Meisheng responded, and then said: "Dongweng, during this period of time, the caravans formed by our major families and Dongwei are fighting for merchants from various places. The number of merchants we grabbed is actually the same. But there are still most of the businessmen who formed a group of chambers of commerce and did not join either of us. They have only one way to survive the crisis of tax increases, and that is to increase prices and balance tax increases through price increases. However, as long as the prices of their commodities rise, farmers will spend more money on what they want to buy, and the price of grain has not risen. In this way, although farmers have a good harvest, their income is not. Increase, on the contrary, they spend more money on things, and the money they spend more is equivalent to paying taxes. Once the farmers’ living costs increase, then the decree that the agricultural tax does not increase as mentioned by His Majesty. Naturally, it became a dead letter, so your Majesty gave an order not to let the price of goods increase at will."
Speaking of this, Wu Meisheng paused for a while, and then said: "But your majesty's decree, although it can be regarded as helping the peasants, but it has forced the merchants to a dead end. They originally wanted to get through this by raising prices. It’s a chance, but now they have no way to raise prices, then they will naturally not be able to survive this crisis, then they will face the risk of bankruptcy, and this is our opportunity, because of this law. Out, those businessmen who hugged the group, their last way was blocked, even if they hugged it, it was useless. In the end, they can only wait to die, so they are useless in the group, so we You can seize the opportunity to win them over, so there is nothing wrong with the decree that the right agrees with your Majesty."
He Tuizhi heard Wu Meisheng say this, his face couldn't help but sinking slightly, but he still said, "Okay, thank you Mr., please go back and rest first." Wu Meisheng also saw that He Tuizhi's face was wrong, and he stood. He got up, saluted He Tuizhi, and then stepped back.
After watching Wu Meisheng retreat, He Tuizhi sat there and couldn't help but snorted coldly and muttered: "What a Sima Lang, he is really amazing, and he knows what your Majesty means so quickly." Said: "Come here, go and call the butler." Immediately, the servant answered and went to call someone.
At this time, Sima Lang also returned to his home and ordered the housekeeper to start pulling people when this decree was issued. He believed that this time they would definitely bring more people into their family.
What they didn’t know was that Chen Xiwang and Ma Degong were sitting in the Xuanwu space and reporting this incident to Zhao Hai.
Master, let’s take advantage of the fact that this decree is first known to Zhao Hai. Opportunity, brought more businessmen to our chamber of commerce, and now there are about six levels of merchants who have joined our chamber of commerce. Although these merchants apparently joined His Majesty’s camp, they actually all joined us. The Chamber of Commerce, as long as we give us a period of time, we can turn all of them into our blood-killed disciples, so that we are tantamount to controlling the commerce here in the fairy world, and this time the merchants we control still use some source Material merchants are the main ones. Now, in the fairy world, there are all kinds of source material merchants, there are already eight levels of our people, that is, as long as we want, we can completely cut off the source material supply here in the fairy world."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Okay, well done, but tell them that the supply of source materials must not be cut off, and the people in the fairy world must not be alert. They must save this move until the end. , It’s meaningless to use it now, do you understand?" The two responded in unison.
Zhao Hai glanced at the two of them, and then said in a deep voice: "You two must be careful in the future, so that no one can see any flaws. Also, although you control Dongwei now, don't kill with blood. Zong has too much contact, don't arouse Wei Xiaode's suspicion, especially now that Wei Xiaode has begun to suppress us, and it is even more impossible to make him suspicious." Both of them responded.
Zhao Hai then waved his hands. The two stood up, saluted Zhao Hai, and left directly. They could not stay here for too long. If Wei Xiaode found out, they might be suspicious of them. After finishing it, you have to go back immediately. This is no way. Who makes the position of the two of them more sensitive? If they are really exposed, the loss will be too great for the blood killing sect, because of that. If they do, the Blood Killing Sect is tantamount to losing their own intelligence network, and they will become deaf-eyed.