Wang Chaogui pulled the little official and asked vigorously, and the two talked about making salt in the salt fields, and sometimes they relied on God to reward food.

If the sun is good on a sunny day, the yield of salt will be a little more, but if it has been raining, the speed of salt production will slow down a lot, and the yield will naturally be much less.

However, in the past two years, the wind and rain have been smooth, and the output of the salt industry has been relatively stable, and even increased.

The two chatted happily and went to the teahouse to drink tea again, until it was almost curfew, and then they separated.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty rarely summoned ministers to discuss matters, such as yesterday he summoned the Hubu Shangshu Shilang and the small officials to inquire about the salt industry, which is an unprecedented thing in recent years.

So the next day, officials from the Zhongshu Province and the six ministries got together and talked about it.

Xiao Guogong and Yang Guogong also inquired about this matter.

Xiao Guogong took into account the increase in the treasury income, and although Emperor Yang of Sui's pig-killing method was good, the long-term cause was still an industry with sufficient support from the state.

Among them, if the salt industry is really what he thinks, it will be the luck of the people of the Great Sui.

It's just that the household department is complaining, and has been saying that there is no way to increase the income of the salt industry, Xiao Guogong, in order to be reasonable, also deliberately asked his subordinates to find some old people who used to make salt and ask about the output of the salt industry.

I got the news that in recent years the weather has been good, and the output of the salt industry has been steadily increasing, although it is definitely not up to His Majesty's requirements, but it is not bad.

But it is impossible to reach what His Majesty said, one tael of silver and five catties of salt.

And Yang Su also sent someone to investigate, and came to the conclusion that it would not work, so after those officials of the imperial court got together, they began to talk about the situation in the salt industry.

Among them, there is a squire of the Criminal Department, whose ancestor is also an official in charge of salt, and knows more about this than others.

"I don't know that the person chewed the root of his tongue in front of His Majesty, a pound of salt and a tael of silver, taxes and labor are already very cheap, that is, those illegal private salt, it is said that it is also two taels of silver and three catties, and that kind of private salt is to be cut off, one tael of silver and five catties of salt, who told His Majesty, his heart can be punished, this is the root of the chaos of the Great Sui......"

When the squire said this, many people were nodding.

Although Wang Chaogui didn't say anything, he also felt that what he said made sense, it is estimated that someone really chewed his tongue in front of His Majesty, otherwise how could His Majesty, who is so good, have such thoughts?

"After all, Your Majesty is young and easy to be deceived by others, so this inner palace must be thoroughly investigated, and we will ask Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this time......"

Yang Su snorted coldly.

Originally, the chief attendant of the harem was his person, and he could know His Majesty's words and deeds, but now who His Majesty has summoned, the news has not come so quickly.

Even if Yang Fu hadn't come to him yesterday, he wouldn't have known, but it can be seen that the power of the eunuch's side has been taken by Li Shan's minion.

There is also the harem, in the past, Concubine Yang Shu had the right to assist the harem, and the female eunuchs and guards of the harem were all his people.

He can know every word and deed of His Majesty, it will be like now, I want to know who is slandering in front of His Majesty, and he can't find anyone?

"Your Majesty is good to worry about the country and the people, although it is difficult, but the idea is good, if the harem wants to be thoroughly investigated, the queen should also be allowed to check it well, the last time the second prince was hijacked, it has already shown that the palace is not safe, and some people want to completely replace the ......"

Xiao Guogong will be-for-tat, and if he really wants to thoroughly investigate the harem, then this right is given to Queen Xiao, but he can take the opportunity to check the person originally arranged by Yang Su.

All of them are eliminated.

"Hmph, the queen is kind, looking at what has happened in the harem recently, it shows that the mother is not strict in governing the harem, these should be asked, then you can still give her this right......"

Others were afraid of Queen Xiao, but he Yang Su really didn't take it to heart, and when he opened his mouth, he put everyone's responsibility on Queen Xiao, accusing her of not governing the harem strictly.

To put it mildly, you can even accuse the queen of not being qualified to be the mother of the world.

When the two of them spoke, the rest of the officials were dumbfounded, and they were still talking about the output of salt at the beginning, and they began to accuse the queen of not being able to manage the harem?

This span is also too big, those neutral officials immediately shut up, but the officials of the Yang faction began to attack, and the Xiao faction has few people on its side, and some are powerless to fight back.

And the next day, there was immediately a twist in the imperial history, accusing the queen of being incapable of managing the harem, so that the harem had the matter of the servant being killed and the prince being held hostage?

As the lord of the six palaces, Empress Xiao should be responsible, and some people even proposed to abolish the queen!

At that time, Yang Guang was shocked when he saw the folds after the pile was scrapped, these imperial historians were really full and had nothing to do.

doesn't care about the people's welfare, doesn't care about corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but takes care of his harem?

At that time, Yang Guang saw a few imperial histories, thought about it for a while, and called Xiao Guogong and Xiao Shan over to accompany them.

Those imperial histories were actually Yang Su's people, and when they saw that His Majesty and Xiao Guogong were there, they immediately understood that His Majesty wanted to beat them.

But the leading imperial history began to drop the book bag, accusing Queen Xiao of being unvirtuous, first, she was incapable of managing the harem, the prince was kidnapped, and second, there were villains around Your Majesty who spoke falsely, these are all caused by the queen's lack of virtue!

Xiao Guogong on the side stared at the leading Yushi with dead eyes, the man was in his fifties, a little thin, and he had been in the Yushitai for more than ten years, his qualifications were very old, and he used to be neutral.

From time to time, I participated in the disadvantages of the imperial court, but I didn't expect that this time I would actually point the sword at Queen Xiao?

Is this worth it?

Fortunately, His Majesty was not deceived and called him here, just to listen, what does Chen Yushi want to say?

"Chen Yushi, this is wrong, the second prince was assassinated, the queen mother decisively dealt with this matter, and let the second prince save the day, as for the villain who said that there were lilies around Your Majesty, where can this start?"

Xiao Guogong had a calm face, and only felt that this time he had to solve this Chen Yushi matter, otherwise all the neutral officials would fall to Yang Su's side in the future.

They are even more powerless.

"Your Majesty once said, one tael of silver and five catties of salt, such absurd words, Your Majesty has always been wise, must have been provoked by some villains, this will be deeply deceived, how precious this salt is, one or two silver and five catties of salt, there are actually people who say it, naturally it is necessary to investigate thoroughly, and the harem is governed by the queen's mother, and the responsibility is naturally in her ......"

That Chen Yushi snorted coldly, he has always been upright, never biased towards anyone, and will only think about the society of the Great Sui.

All these kinds of things show that Empress Xiao can't govern the harem well, and she can't make His Majesty feel at ease and let the world lose his peace of mind.

Therefore, it is necessary to abolish the queen mother and re-choose the virtuous person who can assist Your Majesty!