Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

Choi family.

"This month, our Cui family's account is [-]% higher than last month!"

Cui Mao looked at the accounts sent by the accountant, and said in a deep voice: "Last month, compared with the previous month, the account was reduced by about [-]%. Are all the shops under our Cui family unable to make money?"

Their Cui family is so big, if they don't have enough income, it will be difficult to maintain expenses, and they have to use the money in the treasury.

Cui Rongrong said: "Since the Tianmu lamp came out, our Cui family's porcelain business has plummeted."

"Currently, the most widely circulated cotton cloth in Chang'an is of better quality than ordinary cloth, but the price is the same as the cheapest linen cloth. The cloth business of the Wang family is gone in Chang'an. In terms of salt and iron, apart from the Wang family, other aristocratic families have no Selling salt, because once you sell it, you have to owe it, and if you don’t want to lose money, you have to ask the court and pay a lot of taxes.”

"There are also wine, books, etc. The exclusive advantages of our aristocratic family no longer exist. Not only our Cui family's income has decreased month by month, but also the other five families, with the exception of the Wang family."

She analyzed: "Ru Jing's eyes are really vicious, and she knows how to get closer to the court. It is obvious that the court used Li Yi'an's series of methods to suppress us. I think we wanted to suppress Li Yi'an at the beginning. Now it seems really ridiculous. .”

Since the incident with Lu Yulin, Cui Rongrong's temperament has changed drastically, as if she has changed, becoming more and more like Wang Rujing.

Cui Mao saw this in his eyes, and while he was worried about his daughter, he said helplessly: "Could it be that our aristocratic family has to be suppressed by the court like this?"

Cui Rongrong said in a deep voice: "This kind of suppression is not the most fatal. Aye, do you know something about the imperial examination? The imperial court arrested a large number of us before. In the imperial examination, only Shangguanyi was not from a poor family. I am following Yang Guang's practice, replacing the examination examination with the imperial examination, and selecting officials from poor families, which greatly limits the possibility of the children of our aristocratic families entering the officialdom."

Of course, Cui Mao understood these things, but they could no longer curb the imperial examinations.

First of all, the books are no longer exclusive to the family, and the schools are not only owned by the family, but also run by the government, and scholars do not need to rely on the family.

If it continues to develop, no one in the aristocratic family will be able to gain a foothold in the officialdom, and the power will become weaker and weaker.

Is it like dealing with Yang Guang, dealing with Li Shimin?

If they are not united, it will be difficult to do so.

What's more, Li Shimin is not Yang Guang, so he can't say that he wants to deal with him, so he can deal with him.

"Since Tianhua offended Li Yi'an, we have been hit one after another."

Cui Mao said harshly: "The source of all this is Li Yi'an, but unfortunately we can't deal with him!"

Even the wolf lord behind him didn't allow him to do this.

If Cui Mao really dared to guarantee that he would live less than a year, he could only swallow the hatred in his stomach.

"Aye, I found it!"

When they felt helpless, Cui Tianming ran in suddenly, and hurriedly said: "Sure enough, Li Yi'an came up with Cheng Yaojin's Tianmu cups again. I bought one of their craftsmen and got the method of making Tianmu cups!"

"Really?"

Cui Mao jumped up excitedly, just look at Cheng Yaojin to know how much money Tianmuzhan is making now, and quickly said: "This time we can guarantee that there will be no problems like paper making?"

"There will be absolutely no problem, as long as you nod, Aye, I will arrange the firing right away!"

"It's fine if there is no problem. You can burn the Tianmu lamp right now. I will earn back what we lost."

Cui Mao said decisively.

The status of their Cui family porcelain in Datang will not decline because of this.

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After finishing the auction, Li Yi'an moved back to Wannian County.

Next, he only needs to deal with the follow-up of Tianmu Zhan, and then he has to prepare for the marriage.

"Sir, the plan has almost succeeded."

Fang Cheng ran over and said, "The Cui family has a plan."

These were all within Li Yi'an's expectation, and he asked again: "How are the blue and white porcelain preparations going?"

Fang Cheng said: "It can be sold at any time, but according to Mr.'s plan, we have to wait."

"Then wait!"

Li Yi'an thought of another thing, and said, "By the way, in Chang'an, where can you usually find girls with good singing skills?"

Fang Cheng said, "Of course it's in Jiaofang."

The Jiaofang was first set up by Li Yuan. It was a department for learning music. Within the imperial court, people from this department were in charge of the Jiaofang folk music for banquets and Taichang elegant music for sacrifices.

As for the Liyuan, it was an institution established by Tang Minghuang Li Longji later, and it has not yet appeared.

"Except for the teaching workshop?"

It is useful for Li Yi'an to find these people. If he goes to ask the people in Jiaojiaofang, he can get them because of his relationship, but there is no need for them to be overqualified.

"Apart from Jiaofang, there is only the Planting Flower Pavilion in Pingkangfang, which is the largest brothel in Pingkangfang."

Fang Cheng seemed to be very familiar with those places, and said: "Some of the women in there who are not easy to sell themselves sing the best songs in Chang'an."

"Shihua Pavilion, I remember!"

Li Yian nodded slightly.

In the past few days, Li Chengqian was not allowed to come to Wannian County. Instead, Yuchi Baolin and the others came here often. In addition, Wang Chengzhi was suddenly sensible.

"Sir, I have something to ask for your help."

After running for the day, Wang Chengzhi walked over cautiously, and said again: "Sir, can you go somewhere with me tomorrow?"

"Where to go?"

Li Yi'an looked at him curiously, and suddenly asked him to go somewhere, which was very unexpected.

"Pingkangfang, Shihua Pavilion."

Wang Chengzhi said nervously: "But sir, you can't tell my sister, or she won't give me any money for a month."

It's a planting flower house again, it's a coincidence.

Li Yian asked: "Why? If you tell me like this, you are not afraid that I will break your legs?"

Wang Chengzhi immediately explained: "I didn't go to that place to drink flower wine, but tomorrow there will be a literary meeting in the Shihua Pavilion, and I have two opponents waiting to see me make a fool of myself. Sir, you know, I How can you write poems and essays, but sir, you have won the top three in Furong Garden, and your reputation has risen, so..."

Speaking of this, he worried again: "If Mister doesn't want to go, just pretend I didn't tell you and don't tell my sister."

"Okay, come find me tomorrow, let's go together!"

Li Yi'an was about to go to that place, but there would be a cultural meeting tomorrow, as well as Wang Chengzhi's invitation, which somehow revealed something abnormal.

He kept an eye on it.

"Sir, do you agree?"

Wang Chengzhi asked in surprise, and there were several reasons why he did not say it.

"Don't you want me to agree?"

"No, I'm just surprised that you can agree to go to that kind of place with me, sir."

Wang Chengzhi shook his head: "I'll go back and get ready. I'll pick you up on time tomorrow, so I won't bother you today."

After all, the moment he turned around to go back, there was a hint of excitement on his face.