From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 73 The Prince Who Destroyed the Yamen

The prince was acting as the salt administrator at the Salt Law Office and he smashed the office on the first day.

Is this something a human can do?

Even Aqina and Sethhei could not do such a thing!
We let you act as the salt administration agent and have full authority to handle the matter. We let you be the top boss, yet you abolished the salt administration. What on earth do you want?
The most infuriating thing is that after he did this, he went straight to the East Palace and claimed that he was going to practice martial arts in seclusion. Then he sent Qin Yuan to mobilize 500 black cavalry to seal up the Salt Law Bureau, and all the seals and official documents were confiscated.

Now, the people in the Salt Law Bureau can’t work overtime even if they want to.

Even Emperor Qing's summons was politely rejected.

"Your Majesty, you promised to give me absolute power over the Salt Law Department, and the month hasn't even come yet, so it's not time to pay the money."

I heard that His Majesty was so angry that he roared again in the Linhu Palace, and two of the imperial desks in front of him were broken.

Apart from this, there was no sound from Linhu Palace, and there was not even any response to the prince's words at the Salt Law Bureau about canceling salt permits and freely buying and selling salt.

There was no decree to confirm or reprimand, nor was the Black Cavalry under the Crown Prince allowed to leave the Salt and Law Bureau. It was as if they had really tacitly agreed to wait for a month until the Crown Prince came out of seclusion before resolving the matter.

But, he can wait, but his subordinates can't.

The Salt Administration Office has been sealed off. What should the officials working there do?

Do you still want to go to work?
Do I still need to deal with the relevant official business?

Is it really possible to allow salt to be bought and sold freely and just pay taxes?
that……

Doesn’t that mean everyone can become a salt merchant?

if so……

Some people who knew about the salt policy had some ideas in mind, some were heartbroken, and more were prepared to wait and see.

And the government offices, gangs, and chambers of commerce related to it...

People of all kinds began to take actions that they thought were appropriate.

The first to react were the salt merchants in Kyoto. They had no idea what was happening, but after Li Chengqian smashed the large plaque of the Salt Law Office and announced that salt would be freely traded in the future, the price of salt in Kyoto skyrocketed. In just two days, it rose to two hundred coins per catty.

The Censorate began to sharpen its knives. When one impeachment after another, with the ink still wet and the literary talent flying, was completed, the price of salt in Kyoto seemed to be slapped in the face, falling from 200 wen to 100 wen, from 100 wen to 50 wen, then 30 wen, 20 wen, and finally stabilizing at 10 wen.

The situation changed at lightning speed.

Everyone watching was stunned.

The shop in the inner treasury started selling salt, eight cents a pound, fair to everyone.

Neiku, selling salt.

How does this work?
How is this possible?

The reason why Neiku, or the Ye family, was able to make a fortune quickly back then was not because Ye Qingmei was good at business, but because they relied on novel products to form a new monopoly, accumulated a lot of wealth in a short period of time, and then used this wealth as a foundation to rapidly expand their scale.

Although they made a fortune quickly and made a lot of money, they did not really touch the interests of traditional merchants and commodities. Therefore, it was not until they developed to a very large scale and accumulated huge wealth that they attracted covetousness and conflicts occurred.

Even the current Neiku's business and the products it sells are very different from the traditional ones. To put it bluntly, it is like making another cake instead of taking a piece of the original cake.

But now?
They started selling salt. Who gave them permission? The Salt Administration? The Salt Commissioner? Don't you care?

It’s not that we don’t care, it’s that we can’t care.

The Salt Administration has been sealed and even the seal cannot be taken out. What else can we do?

The imperial envoys tore up the previous impeachment letter overnight and wrote again with a brush dipped in ink.

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"Your Highness, the Queen has summoned you."

In the Eastern Palace, Mao Qiwu stood helplessly in front of the study door, looking at Li Chengqian who was sitting at the desk practicing calligraphy.

"He said I was in seclusion and didn't see anyone." Li Chengqian didn't even raise his head.

"Your Highness, you..." "Boom!" As soon as Mao Qiwu finished speaking, the table in front of Li Chengqian was blown into powder by the powerful energy.

Then there was another bang, and the study door was slammed shut by an invisible force.

"I said I don't want to see anyone, didn't you hear me?" The voice was not loud and reached Mao Qiwu's ears through the door. However, it made Mao Qiwu, a ninth-rank upper-level expert, tremble in his heart. A chill rushed from the depths of his heart straight to his forehead, and he shuddered violently.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will go back right away." Then she ran out without looking back.

"Damn it, I don't understand what I'm saying." Li Chengqian threw the pen in his hand away.

He has been very angry these days.

It wasn't because of the court affairs, nor was it because of the salt administration. These trivial matters couldn't bother him. The reason he was so angry was that his second soul was born, but was also on the verge of death.

He was born less than full-term and had never had a sip of milk, but he was tied naked to a cold altar and bled. He was so frozen that even his second soul, which had been in a state of paralysis, began to revive. What do you want him to do?
It was precisely because his second soul began to revive that he was able to barely connect to that world across the endless void and countless world barriers.

So, he was very angry.

What the hell is this world!!

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What the hell is this world!
Li Chengqian slowly opened his eyes, which felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.

A baby's vision and hearing are not fully developed, so even if his eyes are open, his vision is still blurry and he can't see or hear anything clearly.

All I could see was a vague figure swaying in front of me.

"Damn this world, please don't let me live, I don't want to destroy the world yet!" The next moment, his consciousness lost contact with the second soul, his eyes closed again, and he fell into a coma.

boom! ! !
Just a few hours after he fell into a coma, a loud noise was heard from the secret place where the altar was hidden. After an explosion, a hole was blown open in the secret room, followed by a violent conflict.

Ten minutes later, a group of people rushed into the secret room and saw dozens of naked babies tied to the huge altar. They went forward to check and finally took away five living babies, including Li Chengqian.

Of course, at this time Li Chengqian's original body had lost communication with his second soul, and his second soul had just begun to revive, and everything was in chaos.

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Linhu Palace

Emperor Qing's expression was grim. After Li Chengqian went to the Salt Law Department, he caused such a commotion. He hadn't anticipated this. He hadn't imagined Li Chengqian would be so drastic, directly shutting down a government office under the Ministry of Revenue. How could he do that? That wasn't how the court was handled!

He wanted to summon Li Chengqian for questioning, but was stopped by Li Chengqian's words.

"As the acting salt administrator, I have absolute authority. I promise to make up for the shortfall within a month. You don't have to worry about the rest."

Thinking about what I said before, I didn't have the face to take it back, so I could only watch.

Then the price of salt in Kyoto soared, and he became a little anxious. When he was about to take action, the inner treasury took action and lowered the price of salt in one day.

When did he and Yun Rui cooperate so well and have such tacit understanding?
Emperor Qing was worried, so today he called Chen Pingping and Fan Jian over to discuss the matter.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately went to see the Princess. It's unknown what they discussed, but once he left, the Princess mobilized the inner treasury to buy up all the salt from the salt merchants around Kyoto. At the same time, she also sent people to buy salt from all over. Furthermore, several coastal trading houses under the inner treasury have already been scouting for land near the sea to build new salt fields."

"A new saltworks?" Emperor Qing raised his eyebrows. "The saltworks in Daqing already produce enough salt. Why should we open a new one?"

"I don't know about this, but the princess has already announced that the inner treasury can also sell salt in the future. If you want to do it, you must be the largest one."

Emperor Qing turned his head and set his gaze on Fan Jian. "What about the Ministry of Revenue? Cheng Qian has appointed the Salt Law Office this time. What is the Ministry of Revenue's attitude?"

Fan Jian smiled bitterly. "What attitude can he have? The Crown Prince doesn't care about the Ministry of Revenue's attitude. Qin Yuan's Black Cavalry doesn't recognize anyone. Even if the Ministry of Revenue has an attitude, there's nothing we can do. What I'm most worried about now is the fate of the Salt Law Bureau. The Crown Prince is determined to destroy the Salt Law Bureau this time and ignore the rest. However, the Salt Law Bureau is an office of the imperial court after all. We can't just let the Crown Prince say that and dismiss them all, right?"

"Yes, he's having a great time being the crown prince who destroyed the government offices, but in the end, we have to clean up the mess." Emperor Qing stroked his forehead and said, "You should discuss it with the Ministry of Personnel and find a place for them to go."

"Your Majesty, are you really going to abolish the Salt Law Department?"

"Let's wait and see. It's not even a month yet. Let's make some preparations first."

(End of this chapter)