By the time he finished his speech, those who had resigned had already left the hall in despair! But the people in the main hall did not seem sparse, which shows how many people were crammed into the main hall!
At this time, Zhang Siwei said with a straight face: "Chief Assistant, although the matter just now has been revealed, it is also true that Wu Ninghou interfered in the salt administration and caused local unrest. Should there be punishment for this?"
Zhang Juzheng twirled his beard and said nothing after hearing this, looking a little tempted! In his opinion, his idea to clear Liu Haojia out of officialdom in the early years was right! It's just because I didn't pay attention to him that he became big now!
So now his idea is to teach Liu Haojia a certain lesson, and then gradually subdue him. In the end, it would be best to be able to obey him like Qi Jiguang!
After all, there are not many military generals that the Ming Dynasty can fight now, and those like Qi Jiguang are already old. He must plan to train a new generation of generals for the Ming Dynasty! That's why he remained silent.
Seeing Zhang Juzheng being silent, the rest of Zhang Siwei's faction naturally jumped out to support his words! They accused Liu Haojia of using the same old content, meddling in salt affairs without authorization, triggering major local changes, and undermining the court's plans.
After they finished speaking, Liu Haojia said with his hands behind his back: "Zhang Ge always said that he would punish the lower official, but the lower official didn't know what was wrong? Is it wrong to act according to the rules of the court?"
Zhang Siwei snorted and said: "You have neither a salt guide nor an official certificate, and you don't have an order from the court. How can you sell salt to Shanxi and border towns without authorization? Isn't this your fault?"
But Liu Haojia shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhang Ge, the "Kaizhong Law" implemented by the imperial court is very clear. Anyone who delivers food to the border town can exchange for salt and sell it in proportion. This is the imperial court's legislation. How can others do it? Can’t the official do it?”
Zhang Siwei said loudly: "The "Kaizhong Law" has been abolished by the imperial court a long time ago, so people in the world must have a salt guide and an official certificate to sell salt! If you don't have a salt guide but sell salt, this is selling private salt. Doing this Isn’t it against the law that you dare to make false claims here!”
Zhang Siwei's words triggered the agreement of hundreds of officials! Even neutral civil servants are involved! Because they also want to teach Liu Haojia a lesson! After all, there are differences between civil and military officials, so when civilian officials teach military attachés a lesson, all civilian officials must do so in unison!
Moreover, they admired Zhang Siwei's thinking and immediately convicted Liu Haojia of selling illegal salt. This was a serious crime for confiscating homes in Shatou! Although the crime may not be nailed to death, it can always make him suffer a little!
When all the officials stopped talking, Liu Haojia spread his hands and said, "I would like to ask Mr. Zhang Ge, when did the imperial court issue an order to abolish the "Kaizhong Law"?"
Zhang Siwei raised his hand and was about to speak, but he was stunned and stunned! The officials were stunned for a moment, and then started whispering among themselves, carefully asking what the meaning of Liu Haojia's words was.
In fact, the meaning of this statement is very simple, that is, the imperial court has never issued an order to stop the "Kaizhong Law". It is just because the merchants who deliver grain to the border are squeezed out by others, and they cannot buy salt even if they get the salt quota, so they have to I voluntarily gave up this job!
But this does not mean that the "Open China Law" has been abolished, because it has always existed, but no one is doing it! Therefore, Liu Haojia said that he conducts business operations in accordance with the "Kaizhong Law", which is completely reasonable and legal!
Zhang Siwei, who was familiar with the laws of the imperial court, carefully searched in his mind whether the imperial court had ordered to stop the "Kaizhong Law", but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with a clue! Because the "Kaizhong Law" has been discontinued among the people for many years, he has no memory of this at all!
The other officials tried their best to search in their memories but to no avail. They could only whisper among themselves, trying to get answers from others, but what they got was still at a loss!
Even Zhang Juzheng looked stunned! Because he couldn't find the answer to this matter in his memory. But he was certain that since Liu Haojia dared to say this, he must be sure that what he said was right! So he could only sigh in his heart, fearing that his idea of teaching him a lesson would fail again!
At this time, I heard Liu Haojia say: "Mr. Zhang Ge, according to Xun
As you know, the imperial court has never repealed the "Kaizhong Law", so you just act according to the law! If Mr. Zhang Ge doesn't believe it, he can order an investigation. Anyway, the imperial court's decrees are all on file. Send more people to check and they will find out! "
At this time, Zhang Siwei was so angry that he couldn't help himself, feeling that he had been tricked by Liu Haojia again! He was about to speak but Zhang Juzheng stopped him first. Zhang Juzheng said with a complicated expression: "Marquis Wu Ning, have you checked this matter in advance?"
Liu Haojia immediately calmed down his smug expression and said: "Master Chief Assistant, I have indeed checked this matter beforehand! With Zhang Ban accompanying me in the inner court, it is very easy to check some archives!"
Emperor Wanli was surprised when he heard this and asked Zhang Jia: "Zhang Jia, have you really sent someone to check?"
Zhang Jia deliberately raised his voice and said, "Long live my lord, I have indeed checked! I sent twenty people to check for half a month, and reviewed all the imperial decrees after the promulgation of the "Kaizhong Law". It is indeed true that there is no The purpose of abolishing the "Kaizhong Law" seems to be that the "Kaizhong Law" was not abolished by the imperial court, but stopped by itself due to the inability of the private sector to operate."
Emperor Wanli heard this and said with a smile: "In other words, it is completely reasonable and legal for Wu Ninghou's family's Liansheng ship to send grain to the border town and then exchange it for salt and sell it in the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhang Jia immediately said: "Long live the Lord's knowledge of thousands of miles, it is indeed like this!"
These two people sang in harmony, which made all the officials stunned! They had no idea that things would change like this! In fact, if these civil servants had initially attacked Liu Haojia for meddling in salt affairs, disrupting the local area, and selling private salt, Emperor Wanli would definitely not be able to bear the pressure, and maybe it would be possible to give up on Liu Haojia!
But they felt that Liu Haojia's imprisoning and beating the scholars was more deadly, so they focused their attack on the main palace, and then fell into Liu Haojia's trap! This is like attacking the enemy's defense line. No matter how stalemate the battle is, once the opponent tears a hole in the defense line, the entire line will basically collapse!
This is the situation that the civil servants are facing now. The failure of the net they weaved has caused the entire King of Luo to lose its deterrence. Instead, it has shifted to the point where everyone must act in accordance with the law! And this is Liu Haojia’s home court!
