Great Tang princess

Chapter 633 The Future of Imperial Power

It took a whole morning for Li Yuechen and Wu Luolan to decide on the service model structure of the new entertainment venue in the future. The funds can be allocated directly with just a word, and the rest of Li Yuechen doesn't have to do it himself.

After lunch, Wu Luolan put forward her own idea: "As for the training of singing and dancing skills, I hope that Your Highness can borrow the excellent pity of the Jiaofang Division..."

"Okay, Taichang Voice will lend you too!" Li Yuechen nodded and agreed.

Taichang Voiceman can be understood as a national singer of this era, who sings specially for the emperor, and is also the music teacher of many court musicians.

After the matter here was confirmed, Li Yuechen asked the rest of her to connect with her sister-in-law Pei Qingwan, and if she lacked money, she would get money and if she lacked land, she would buy land.

As for the construction of the site in the future, let her go to the engineering institute to connect with it after a while, so that a three-story building can be built.

The place where the brothel is located is already far away from the imperial palace, even if it is a three-story building, there is no need to worry about someone spying on the imperial palace, so there is no problem.

By the way, let her buy an extra piece of land next to it, so that she can build a bathing center in the future.

She doesn't need to check the rest of the matter herself, and I believe that with Wu Luolan's ability, it can be handled well.

After lunch, Li Yuechen got up and set off, planning to go to the barracks today.

Leaving Wu Luolan behind to discuss follow-up matters with his sister-in-law Pei Qingwan, he set off by himself in a carriage, planning to go to Jixian Temple first, then let the carriage go around to Xuanwu Gate, and then go to the barracks.

At the gate of the palace, Li Yuechen jumped off the carriage and entered the palace.

Turning her head to look at the crowd of people coming and going at the entrance of the library, she smiled slightly, but didn't go there, and walked towards the harem on her own.

Nowadays, there are more and more people in the library. Every day, many men and women come to read and study, and many of them are five or six-year-old children who read scriptures.

There may be future talents hidden among these children, but it is a pity that it still takes a while to wait.

Some eunuchs in the palace who were in charge of delivering messages occasionally ran past on bicycles, which made Li Yuechen find it interesting to watch.

This thing is still not popular today, because it is all made by hand, and the cost is too high, so only some dude can buy it and play with it.

However, because the palace occupies a large area, letting some eunuchs ride to pass the message can make the speed a lot faster.

In fact, the beads in the bearings are already made by machines. Although manual participation is still required, the speed is already many times faster than manual work.

Last year, the Academy of Engineering was already experimenting with using machines to make chains, and some progress has been made so far.

As long as chains and gears can also be made by machines, the cost will undoubtedly be greatly reduced, and it should not be a problem that bicycles will gradually become popular in the East.

It was actually very rare for Princess Taiping to appear in the previous court. The court ladies and eunuchs who met along the way all saluted and watched her enter the harem.

When they came to Jixian Temple, Li Yueche didn't need to inform, and went directly into the hall.

In the hall, Wu Zetian is playing chess face to face with Shangguan Wan'er, while the emperor's new pet Zhang Changzong is playing music with a flute.

The rhythm of the music is more soothing and soft, and the sound of the hole flute is more ethereal. It seems that there is a feeling of entering the mountains and forests in a trance.

Seeing Li Yuechen coming in, Zhang Changzong immediately stopped playing, stood up and saluted: "I have seen Your Highness the Princess."

To be honest, his emotions towards the princess are more complicated.

It was because of the princess that he turned against his brother.But at the same time, it was also because of the princess that he had the opportunity to enter the palace.

Although outsiders thought he was serving the emperor, in fact he didn't have to do anything with the emperor, as long as he came over to play some music for her occasionally.

Doing the job of an ordinary musician, but enjoying the treatment of a male favorite, I don't know how many times better than my previous life.

But overall, he still prefers life now.

Li Yuechen waved his hand, said no, and then saluted Wu Zetian: "Baby, pay your respects to Auntie."

"Ah."

Wu Zetian didn't show any expression either. In front of outsiders, she wouldn't show closeness to her daughter.

The current situation in the palace, in the eyes of an outsider like Zhang Changzong, the relationship between mother and daughter is somewhat indifferent, but it can't be said that they are against each other.

It can only be said that the relationship is still there, but they are somewhat disliked by each other, which is a bit like a small conflict.

After all, the real conflict is now between the emperor and his son. As for the daughter, it's just a little temper tantrum at most.

……

After saying hello, Jixian Hall fell silent.

Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er continued to play chess, while Li Yuechen stood there motionless.

This made Zhang Changzong feel a little uncomfortable. In this situation, should he continue to play the flute or not?
If it was an ordinary family, in such an embarrassing atmosphere, I might not be able to stand up and announce to leave, but this is the palace, how can I just leave?
Zhang Changzong felt uncomfortable all over, the weather itself was hot, in this atmosphere, it was as if there were countless ants crawling all over his body, and his whole body was itchy.

Fortunately, this kind of silence didn't last long. After about a quarter of an hour, the game of chess was finally over.

Wu Zetian waved his hand: "You go back first."

Zhang Changzong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the order, and quickly got up to salute and leave. He went out much faster than usual, for fear that the emperor would call him again.

Seeing his leaving back, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help laughing: "His back is soaked..."

Li Yuechen sat down cross-legged directly: "Normal people must feel uncomfortable with this kind of atmosphere. It's not bad to be able to persist for so long."

"It's just a pity that His Highness stood there for so long."

"How long has it been..."

Wu Zetian got up and stretched his neck: "Isn't Chen'er going to the military camp today? Is there something to do in the palace?"

"You don't want to prevent me from seeing Auntie before going to the barracks!" Li Yuechen got up and came behind her, gently rubbing her shoulders.

Wu Zetian was basically immune to Li Yuechen's flattery, but she didn't refuse her daughter's massage, and enjoyed it with her eyes slightly closed.

After massaging for a while, Li Yuechen said softly: "Speaking of which, my boy plans to open a brothel..."

As soon as these words came out, Wu Zetian turned her head abruptly, and her usually sharp and majestic gaze became extremely puzzled: "Brothel?"

It's because this daughter has done so many unbelievable things over the years that she has such a reaction.

If ten years ago, Li Yuechen proposed to open a brothel, he would probably have slapped him immediately.

Shangguan Wan'er also looked at her with a puzzled look on her face. She really didn't understand what the dignified princess of a country was doing to open a brothel.

Although he knew that it was impossible for his mother to slap him, Li Yuechen couldn't help but took two steps back, and said awkwardly, "Don't get excited, Auntie, let's listen to the boy's explanation first..."

"Okay! Then tell me why." Wu Zetian nodded, intending to listen to her explanation.

Li Yuechen's achievements over the years have reached the point where it is worth asking her to listen to the reason even if she said such a thing.

"Baby's move is to let the imperial court come forward and supervise all these special industries..."

Li Yuechen roughly explained the reason, especially in this age of prostitution, too many girls were sent into the prostitution for various reasons.

It sounds like they are all voluntary, but in fact, these are the so-called "voluntary".

Especially behind this kind of industry, there are often organizations that specialize in this kind of business, and use various means to maintain interests.

For example, tricking some families to sell their daughters, and then sell them at a high price...

The advantage of the imperial court's supervision is that it can avoid this "voluntary" situation to the greatest extent, and at the same time provide some basic guarantees for those who are trapped in the dust.

At least you don't have to worry about losing your hard-earned savings in order to redeem yourself after working in the dust all your life, and you don't have to worry about not getting the compensation and care you deserve after being beaten by some disgusting guests.

The most important thing is that these people can no longer be regarded as property, but as a person, live their lives with hope, and don't have to worry about having children in the future.

After listening to her explanation, Wu Zetian was silent for a few seconds while holding the teacup, and then asked: "Chen'er intends to abolish the humble status?"

Li Yuechen didn't deny it, and nodded slightly: "Well, it's definitely not possible to achieve it in one step at the moment, but we can start from here and gradually change."

If major reforms are made suddenly, one failure will shake the foundation of the country, but this method can gradually change in a subtle way.

Although the scale is small, standing behind her is Princess Taiping, who is currently the emperor of the country in the actual sense, so there is no need to worry about being messed up by some people with ulterior motives.

So as long as it develops slowly, the new order will one day completely eat away the old era and start a new era.

In this regard, Wu Zetian did not reply for a while.

My daughter has said before that her goal is to completely change the structure of the country. There are no nobles under the royal family. This can be said to be the most ideal state of imperial power.

The so-called aristocrats are nothing more than the product of a compromise caused by the lack of power in the hands of the royal family to control the country. When the power of the royal family can exceed... no, there is no need to exceed, even if it can be equal to all the nobles combined, the nobles are already Lost the meaning of existence.

Especially after Li Yuechen successively invented terrifying weapons such as airships, grenades and artillery, this phenomenon has gradually become prominent.

In future wars, the competition is no longer the number of people and the rate of armor, but the equipment, training, logistics, discipline and organizational mobilization ability.

In the past, heavy armored cavalry could form an effective dominance on the battlefield, but in the future, heavy armored warriors are equal to all beings in front of gunpowder.

Coupled with the fact that today's officers and men are all from the people, and the promotion system is clear, coupled with the emergence of the imperial examination system, the countdown to the defeat of the nobles has begun.

But to achieve this, the premise is that the emperor must stand on the side of the common people.

That is to say, the emperor will no longer be the ruler, but the leader of the common people.

Therefore, Li Yuechen proposed a plan to abolish lowly status, and this plan started from here!
……

Wu Zetian was holding a teacup, drinking tea while listening to her daughter's plan.

Taking a sip of the warm tea in her hand, she asked softly, "You know, Chen'er, that the imperial power will be more restricted in this way?"

"Naturally, but it's unavoidable." Li Yuechen replied, "I have seen all the looms in this palace now, and this is the ladder of progress. With more machines appearing in the future, weapons like artillery Dozens of doors can be produced in one day, and if the imperial power is not restricted, the result will be complete overthrow!"

Having said that, Wu Zetian couldn't help but fell silent again.

She had seen the loom in the palace with her own eyes. It was invented by her daughter in the early years. The efficiency is really terrifying. One machine can weave ten feet a day.

It can be said that once this kind of machine enters the private sector, the price of textiles will plummet several times or even ten times in an instant.

The reason why he didn't do this was because Li Yuechen was afraid that it would disrupt the market economy and cause chaos throughout the country, so he limited the number of looms in the palace.

Today's Taiping cloth shop also controls the amount of sales. In this era when silk can be used directly as money, it may cause inflation.

Wu Zetian sighed slightly: "Forget it, since Chen'er said so, I believe you for my mother, then do as you say."

"Well, it's good that Mommy can understand!" Li Yuechen nodded and laughed.

It's good to be able to understand my mother. As for the follow-up questions, I believe she will understand after seeing the results, and her judgment is accurate.

……

Li Yuechen didn't stay in Jixian Palace for too long, after reporting the matter, he walked out of the Xuanwu Gate and went straight to the barracks.

The carriage moved steadily along the straight concrete road, arrived at the gate of the barracks, and stopped slowly before rejecting the horse.

Li Yuechen opened the car door and got out, and the sentry on guard immediately raised his hand to salute: "I've seen Your Highness!"

"Well, I haven't seen you for a long time, but it's quite dark." Li Yuechen greeted the sentinel with a smile.

Then he entered the gate of the barracks and walked slowly inside.

A breeze blew by, and the wooden signs hanging on the street trees collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

Li Yuechen raised his head, blocked the glare of the sun with his hands while walking, and looked at the names on the wooden signs, they were still as clean as new, which meant that at least they were not lazy in cleaning.

The summer sun passed through the street trees, and black and white light and shadows were found on the straight cement road. Li Yuechen, who was dressed in bright red, walked in such a scene, and naturally became the most conspicuous presence in the picture.

So much so that before the end, a group of officers who discovered her in advance had already lined up at the end of the road and waited.

When Qianniuwei was reformed, they were all recruits under the princess.

Over the years, many of them have been promoted to become officers, but when they saw His Highness reappearing in front of them, they still couldn't help but think of the days when they were recruits.

These people have grown up a lot, but the His Highness they are loyal to is slowly approaching, but it feels like he has not changed much, but has become more mature than the girl's appearance at the beginning.

(End of this chapter)