There has always been a saying of putting people first in Chinese culture and thought, and whether rulers of all dynasties were sincere or not, they always talked about putting people first! Nowadays, the sharp drop in salt prices is naturally beneficial to ordinary people, so this scholar felt that he had the upper hand, so he sat down proudly!
But one of the scholars opposite stood up and said, "Brother, what you said is a little biased! You know how many people are related to the salt industry in the world. I'm afraid there are hundreds of thousands of people in the world." There are so many! If you count those who sell private salt, I'm afraid there are more than a million people! Xiongtai said that it is a good thing for the people to have salt, but too low salt prices are not a good thing for those engaged in the salt industry. !Those who make a living by selling salt have hoarded a large amount of salt, and have to pay taxes from the court, as well as various manual transportation costs. Now that the price of salt has suddenly dropped, you can consider how to survive for these people. Ah! And according to what this brother said, those who eat salt are the common people, and those who traffic in wages are not the common people? They went bankrupt because of the sharp drop in salt prices, and had to sell their houses, land, and even their children. Girl, isn’t this against the way of a saint? Moreover, these tens of millions of people have lost their livelihoods. If they are bewitched by evil people again, how much trouble will be caused? So Wu Ninghou shouldn’t To come up with a new method of making salt would be to cut off the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people!"
The scholars around him applauded when they heard this, and they all criticized Liu Haojia for coming up with some strange tricks to only benefit themselves, regardless of the life and death of the people! He does things completely haphazardly and completely ignores the actual situation of the court!
What this scholar said actually resonated with many scholars! In their minds, how could these be the materials to govern the country? If they are allowed to interfere in the government affairs, the court will definitely be messed up!
At this time, Lu Tianhua stood up again and said: "The cause of the matter now is the new method of making salt used by Wu Ninghou! He relies on this method to make huge profits! Although this kind of magic trick is beneficial to him personally, it is really not good for the court! Just As the brother just said, he used this new method to greatly increase the production of salt, but what about the people who were previously engaged in salt production and trafficking? Do they deserve to die? If you don't think clearly about this If so, let me give you another example! Suppose someone invents a loom that can weave cloth quickly and well, and someone manufactures such looms in large quantities to make a profit, what will happen to the women who work at home in the world? ? Is there another means of livelihood missing to supplement family expenses? "
At this time, these scholars were already dizzy from arguing with each other, so they were involuntarily guided by Lu Tianhua. Moreover, in ancient times, it has always been advocated that men farm and women weave, so weaving is basically the most basic craft for every woman!
To put it bluntly, as far as the people at the bottom are concerned, the reason why they can survive with a meager income is because they rely on a complete small-scale peasant economy! In other words, they are self-sufficient within their own small area. Therefore, they seriously lack the ability to withstand external impacts!
The scholars imagined that women in every family were affected and unable to make money, especially in Jiangnan where many families relied entirely on weaving for a living. If the people of the world lost another way to make money, what would happen to them? It shudders to go amidst the poverty!
The words they think of are all words such as mourning in the wilderness, changing children to eat, rising from the pole, bones exposed in the wild, and no roosters crowing for thousands of miles!
Just when the scholars were letting their imagination run wild, Lu Tianhua stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, have you noticed that Wu Ninghou's approach is the same as that of many female businessmen? They first produce a large amount of goods, and then use extreme Low or even loss-making prices impact the entire market! After they defeat all their competitors, he will be the only one in the market! At that time, the goods in his hands can be sold for as much as he wants. In this case, they The money lost in the early stage can be made up in the later stage! Now that Wu Ninghou is hitting the market with low-priced salt, all merchants selling salt will go bankrupt due to high costs! By then, the salt price of the entire Ming Dynasty will be decided by him alone ! Not to mention a hundred cents per catty of salt, even a thousand cents per catty of salt can be sold!"
When everyone heard this, they were immediately in an uproar and started talking with the people around them! As a result, after the two parties communicated, they found that there were indeed many such examples on the market, which made them even more worried about the price of salt being used as a weapon.
Rather wait to control the consequences!
So under the gradual guidance of Lu Tianhua and others, the topic slowly turned into accusations against Liu Haojia. The words even became more and more intense, and slowly rose to the level of personal attacks! And as the atmosphere in the teahouse became more and more lively, people kept throwing out "dirty information" about Liu Haojia, which made these young people even more indignant. They all wanted to point their fingers at Liu Haojia's nose and curse!
Just when the atmosphere reached its climax, someone suddenly raised his arms and said: "Go to Wu Ninghou and ask him to abolish the new salt-making method for the sake of the people of the world! We can't let this wonderful skill be used by others." It happened to influence the imperial court to govern the world!"
These scholars are young and passionate. They only want to make suggestions for the court and govern the world well. They vow to fight the evil forces to the end! At the same time, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty still had the habit of discussing government affairs, and they would gather together to threaten Shangguan and the like!
So they dared to attack even serious civil servants, not to mention the fortunate Marquis Wu Ning who naturally didn't care! At this time, these scholars had long been upset because of the debate. Now someone raised their arms and naturally responded loudly, deciding to go to Wu Ninghou together to let him know what is the principle of governing the country!
Everyone was already on top at this time, and there were still people in the crowd secretly encouraging them, so a group of scholars immediately walked out quickly and righteously!
And I don't know when many scholars gathered around Difan Tower to chat. If anyone inquires in detail, they will find that many scholars are invited here by their friends! As a result, when everyone had just gathered and were greeting each other, they saw a large number of scholars pouring out of the building. Naturally, they wanted to gather around to find out!
As a result, some of the people who came made their purpose clear in a few words, saying that they wanted to go to Wu Ninghou to get an explanation, and that he could not be allowed to manipulate the price of salt and cause chaos in the world! This immediately got the approval of many scholars, and they even joined the team with enthusiasm and shouted slogans and went straight to Gu Ninghou Mansion! Everyone in the capital knows that when Wu Ninghou returns to the capital, he will not live in Wuninghou's mansion, but in his father's Gu Ninghou's mansion!
