Pei Shaoqing said: "Queen, the salt price of salt in Chang'an is the price of salt in the queen."

Wu Zetian said: "Isn't this price outside the capital?"

"Yes," Pei Shaoqing said, "After all, the capital is at the feet of the Second Saint. Those noble families who have mastered the salt and liberty dare not do things too well, but they don't have so many concerns outside the capital."

"As the saying goes, the emperor is far away, so they should not look too ugly when they are outside."

"Just talk about Wenxi, it is close to Jiechi, and the salt production area should be cheap, right?"

"On the contrary, Wenxi's salt price reached 500 yuan, which was five times the price of Chang'an! Wenxi's this way, you can imagine the other prefectures and counties."

"Do you think the food appearance of these noble families is ugly?"

Liu Yizhi sighed: "Pei Sicheng's words just now reminded me of a legend in the market."

"What legend?" Wu Zetian felt that he was not doing well. These aristocratic families were too hateful.

Liu Yizhi said: "There is a legend in Chang'an that those who farm cannot afford to eat rice, those who weave cloth cannot afford to wear cloth clothes, and those who make tiles cannot afford to live in tiled houses. Now I need to add another sentence: Even those who dry salt cannot afford to eat salt. Isn't it sad?"

This involves the commission rental modulation. It is hard to explain in one sentence or two, and it is not suitable for discussion today.

At that moment, Wu Zetian waved her hand and said, "I have made up my mind to continue talking about salt profits. China and France must be implemented, and the salt industry must also be changed to a government-owned business. We must never allow the noble families to continue to invade national taxes!"

Speaking of this, he said, "A few dear friends have to think of a complete solution no matter what."

"I still think that the queen should act cautiously." Liu Yi said, "This matter is too important, and it will affect the whole body when one moves. Even if it is to promote the Chinese law, you must not be in a hurry."

Yuan Wanqing and the other three also agreed: "I and others agreed."

Wu Zetian's eyes fell on Pei Shaoqing and said in a deep voice: "Where are you?"

Pei Shaoqing smiled slightly and said, "Empress, there is actually a way."

Liu Yizhi and the four of them are all talented as prime ministers, but due to the limitations of the times, they cannot be seen in some angles. Pei Shaoqing's soul comes from two thousand years later, and there are many examples to learn from.

This is true for the development of Chinese and French troops, recruiting troops, and dividing people into acres.

After hearing Pei Shaoqing said this, Liu Yizhi and the other four couldn't help but look at each other.

"I know it." Wu Zetian snorted lightly and asked again, "Tell me, what's the solution?"

Pei Shaoqing said: "The only thing that the Queen of Heaven and the Dukes are worried is that once the salt law reform is implemented, the noble families who benefit from the salt industry will share the same hatred and siege the Queen of Heaven, right?"

"That's right." Yuan Wanqing nodded and said, "This is the crux of the problem."

"Then try to break the alliance between the noble families." Pei Shaoqing said, "Just let those people fall into internal struggle."

Fan Lubing said: "The problem is that these noble families all benefit from the salt industry and have common interests. They can be said to be the same as one branch. How can they break their alliance?"

"It can be broken, because people's hearts are greedy."

Pei Shaoqing said: "As the saying goes, don't worry about lack of weight but worry about inequality."

"These aristocratic families all benefit from salt and have common interests as the basis, but I don't believe that the benefits they get from the salt industry are the same."

"No surprise, there must be more or less."

"As long as there are so many, there will inevitably be contradictions."

"As long as there are conflicts, they can be exploited."

Wu Zetian suddenly felt a sudden enlightenment in front of her.

Liu Yizhi and the other four also had the same feeling.

Pei Shaoqing said again: "Of course, these noble families are not all idiots. Provoking discord in the general sense is useless, so they must find their core concerns!"

"As long as they find their core concerns, the queen of the Heavenly Emperor can only write an edict to make the several families with the most profitable income targets and besieged by other families."

Liu Yizhidao: "What are their core concerns?"

Zhou Simao thought for a moment and said, "It must be the ownership of Yantian and Yanjing! Although these noble families controlled Yantian and Yanjing, the court never really issued a document to recognize their ownership, so they must be worried that the court would one day issue an order to retake the Yantian and Yanjing they controlled."

"So..." Fan Lubing continued, "The queen of heaven can issue an edict to ask all places to measure salt fields, verify the number of salt wells, clarify the number of salt fields and salt wells, and then determine a quota. If the salt fields below this quota are judged as permanent industries of each company, the salt fields and salt wells that exceed this quota will be repaid for national ownership!"

Yuan Wanqing continued: "This amount must be of particular importance."

"This is a line." Liu Yizhi said, "dividing the aristocratic families that have been united because of salt profits is divided into two. The number of aristocratic families on the line is relatively small but strong. Although the offline aristocratic families are weak, they are numerous. This will ensure that both sides are fighting for a while. It will be easy for the court to implement the salt law reform again!"

Zhou Simao said: "But it is not a matter of overnight success to measure the salt fields and clarify the number and ownership of salt wells, and it is easy to cause the vigilance of the noble families. At that time, various concealment and borrowing will inevitably occur."

"So this matter must be carried out in secret." Pei Shaoqing said.

"If these work are carried out in secret, it will inevitably delay the time." Wu Zetian frowned and said, "However, the famine in Guanzhong is imminent, what can I do?"

Liu Yizhi said: "I can only find another way."

Wu Zetian said: "What good strategies do Liu Qing have?"

Liu Yizhi said: "You can only eat when you go to Dongdu, and organize manpower to transport food from Dongdu to Guanzhong, so that you can slightly alleviate the famine in Guanzhong."

Yuan Wanqing said: "I don't want to calm the price of food, but I want to starve a few people to death."

Fan Lubing said: "When it comes to this, I'm afraid that the wealthy families have to blame."

"That's it." Zhou Simao also said, "There is actually no shortage of food in Guanzhong. Those aristocratic families have food. If they are willing to open the granary and release grain, they can suppress the price of food in Guanzhong to five cents of rice."

"During the Taizong period, these noble families did this."

"There is still this?" Wu Zetian really didn't know about it, and said in surprise, "Does these noble families actually find their conscience?"

"Discovering conscience?" Zhou Simao said, "The Queen overestimated their ethics."

Fan Lubing also said: "At that time, these noble families joined forces to lower the price of grain to five cents of rice, just to lower the price of grain so that they could buy grain from the people. Therefore, there was a strange thing that the people were forced to sell land because they could not afford taxes."

Zhou Simao sighed: "It is really a turn of hands to make clouds and a turn of hands to make rain."
Chapter completed!