Chapter 35: Chrysostom
That Chen Yushi was aggressive, and he refused to back down in front of Xiao Guogong, and seemed to blame Empress Xiao for the absurd words of Emperor Yang of Sui during this time.
Xiao Guogong only felt that this imperial history was extremely shameless, and at the same time, his face was gloomy, but he was thinking about killing a hundred people, whether to investigate this Chen Yushi.
The reputation of the queen mother cannot be tarnished casually.
"Ridiculous, how can the remarks of one or two taels of silver and five catties of salt be blamed on the queen's mother? And this sentence is a bit of a problem, it should be one or two catties of silver and ten catties of high-grade official salt......"
Yang Guang remembered that the purchasing power of these two taels of silver was actually very high in Dasui, and he could buy ten stone of grain now, and so much grain could only be exchanged for one catty of inferior salt.
Isn't the yield of salt supposed to be high?
In later generations, this thing was almost the price of a pound of salt and a pound of grain, indicating that the yield of this thing was high.
There are more than twenty salt wells in the entire Great Sui, why is the yield so low? Why is there no sea salt? Why is there such a tight supply in short supply?
With the power of the state, it is impossible to solve the problem of salt prices?
As soon as Emperor Yang of Sui said this, don't talk about the stunned Chen Yushi, even Xiao Guogong felt that it was inappropriate, His Majesty's words were too ridiculous.
This salt is incomparably precious, how can it be a tael of silver and ten catties of salt?
Even if it is a tael of silver and two catties of salt, it is already the first time in the world, Your Majesty is originally steady, and there are some things that Chrysostom cannot say casually.
So Xiao Guogong will cough desperately, wanting to remind Emperor Yang of Sui that he can't say this, he really can't say it.
It's ridiculous!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven is cautious in his words and deeds, you must not speak this thing, you are Chrysostom, this absurd and nonsensical word will damage your prestige......"
That Chen Yushi panicked, only felt that his little heart couldn't bear the absurd words of Emperor Yang of Sui, Your Majesty, is this crazy?
Does such a majesty give this court any hope?
Trusting Yang Su and his relatives, he didn't go to court for a long time, and he didn't summon his courtiers, so he just met with Shangshu and Shilang of the household department, and asked about the development of the local salt industry.
Looking at it, it still gives birth to a glimmer of hope in people's hearts, and I feel that His Majesty seems to want to make great efforts to change the status quo of the Great Sui at this time.
But I never expected that His Majesty would say such absurd words.
One tael of silver for five catties of salt, no, one tael of silver for ten catties of salt!
Faint monarch, Your Majesty is really faint monarch, such Your Majesty Da Sui is completely hopeless.
As soon as he thought of this, Chen Yushi only felt a pain in his chest, and then covered his chest with one hand, only to see a mouthful of red blood spurting out, and the whole person fell backwards to the ground.
Scared Yang Guang?
What's going on? Just vomiting blood in anger after a few words?
This Yushi's health is very poor!
"Quick, please ask the imperial doctor ......"
Xiao Guogong was also panicked here, this His Majesty summoned Yu Shi, and before he said a word, it was not good to vomit blood in anger and spread it.
Moreover, this Chen Yushi used to be a neutral person, and he likes to be more serious, and his qualifications are old, so he still has a lot of weight in the neutral faction.
If this is really angry, then Your Majesty will have a bad reputation.
This Chen Yushi can't die, and if he wants to die, he has to get rid of his relationship with His Majesty and die.
On the same day, Chen Yushi was sent back to his mansion, and when he came back to tell Emperor Yang of Sui, the little eunuch said that Chen Yushi's mansion was quite cold.
There is only one maid in the family, a small servant and an old mother, and his wife is still in charge of the housework, and the prescriptions prescribed by the imperial doctors, his family does not even have the money to catch the medicine.
The words of the little eunuch made Emperor Yang of Sui stunned.
Chen Yushi's position is not low, and there are a lot of money every year, although he is not rich and expensive, but he is not so poor?
Is it deliberately like this?
"Li Shan, you sent someone to check this Chen Yushi, I didn't pay much attention to it before......"
In fact, Emperor Yang of Sui didn't like Chen Yushi, this person was a little pedantic, and he made people stunned by a few casual words, and he was too useless.
So Emperor Yang of Sui wanted to investigate, what was going on with this person?
Is it really like what the little eunuch said, otherwise how could it be so coincidental, but when the little eunuch went to his house, his family was poor and had no money to get medicine?
Chen Yushi was lying at home, and after a while, a little servant came to report, and the master's colleagues came to visit.
I didn't know how to do kung fu, and I saw a few royal historians dressed like rich children or like scribes with servants carrying gifts to visit Chen Yushi.
And Chen Yushi's wife, when she heard that there was a foreign man, quickly avoided it.
The Chen family is just a courtyard when you enter the door, the front is the living room and the back is the wing room, and the yard and living room are very narrow, and it is a west-dried house, which is stuffy and hot at this time.
As soon as a few adults stood in the bedroom, there was hardly any space inside.
The house is too cramped.
Chen Yushi was lying on the bed and was about to struggle to get up, but he was held down by several colleagues.
"Lord Chen, you're like this, don't be polite, we usually want to see each other every day, so it's really polite......"
These Yushi and Chen Yushi have a good relationship, they have worked together for many years, and they usually move around a lot, and they only know the situation of the Chen family, so they are very calm at this time.
Seeing this, Chen Yushi was not polite, and someone next to him couldn't help but ask about Qi's affairs in the palace today, because this Chen Yushi was finally sent back to the Chen family by the little eunuch and the imperial doctor.
His Majesty summoned the courtiers twice, and once he sent out a tael of silver and five catties of salt, and this time he made the courtiers vomit blood and return home, which made the rest of the people uneasy.
Whoever His Majesty is summoning next time must be prepared early.
"Hey, it's really hard to put into words, I plan to resign from the position of imperial history after recovering from my injuries this time, and go back to my hometown to make a museum for others, teach and educate people, it is better than being scared in this Luoyang City......"
Chen Yushi saw that he was not an outsider, sighed, and told him what he had encountered in the palace.
Everyone didn't care about the other words, but what His Majesty said, one tael of silver and ten catties of salt, made all the imperial histories present gasp.
This, this, is it any wonder that the upright Chen Yushi is half angry?
His family has always said that official salt is too expensive, but his family has an old mother and young son, because of poor health, eating low-grade salt will vomit, so he has been spending money to buy high-priced high-quality salt.
Ten taels of silver per catty of salt, the price of the imperial history is not low, but the price of Luoyang is not low, and the Chen family has no family background and no other income.
Chen Yushi is upright by nature and innocent as an official, so that life is very difficult.
"Hey, Your Majesty doesn't know the suffering of the people, doesn't know the importance of eating salt, and doesn't have the slightest common sense, I think you should make plans early......"
As soon as Lord Chen's words fell, someone came to tell him, saying that Yang Fu, the household servant, asked to see him!