The rise of the prince

Chapter 385 The Future
Flowers are full moon and mid-autumn night.

It was completely different from when he first came, when he was alone, now his relatives and friends have filled the second and third floors of Tingyu Building.

Li Xingzhou drank to his heart's content, and his heart was happy. Tonight, he drank the best wine and served the best dishes. It can be said that he spent a lot of money.

But the current palace is not the palace of a year ago, and this little money is squandered at will.Even the poorest Yan Yan, it was rare that he didn't object this time, his old face was smiling like a rotten persimmon, and he was happily toasted by many juniors of the palace.

Li Xingzhou shook his head, sure enough, people will change when they have money.

On the other hand, as a great Confucian, Chen Yu got along surprisingly well with Zhao Si, Tieniu, Zhu Rong, Guan Zhong and others, listening to them proudly talk about various projects in the palace, as well as various smelting and forging techniques.

Gu Feng took out his homemade wine to share with everyone. After a while, Di Zhi also came from the camp outside the city on horseback. He rewarded the new army as Li Xingzhou ordered, so he came late.

Yan Shen and Ji Chunsheng dragged them over to have a wine fight just as they reached the stairs on the second floor. The three of them had been on the battlefield together, and they lived and died together.

Ji Chunsheng admired Di Zhi, a junior who had fought with him very much, and privately mentioned to Li Xingzhou that Di Zhi was handsome.In fact, Ji Chunsheng didn't say anything, but Li Xingzhou also felt it. During the battle in Luzhou, Suzhou, he felt Di Zhi's calmness.

As a warrior, he was born into a poor family, but unexpectedly he possesses extreme rationality that most warriors do not have, and he does not act impulsively.

Many female family members are much more refined, unlike men who fight wine at every turn, but drink according to the wine order, and drink low-alcohol fruit wine.

Everyone had fun, and the whole second and third floors of Tingyu Building were very lively.In the corridor, Li Zhou looked at the bright moon in the sky, and listened to the bustle behind him, and his mood became more comfortable. It's just such a beautiful night, but he was afraid of undercurrents.

"Prepare the sedan chair, go home immediately." Yu Chengan waved at the door of Yongyue Pavilion.

Can Sheng stepped forward and said puzzledly: "Father-in-law, all the adults are still waiting in the inner hall, so you have to leave now? What about all the adults?"

Yu Chengan came to his senses, nodded, and said excitedly: "It's urgent, I can't wait any longer. The old man will draft the memorial tonight and submit it to Zhongshu tomorrow morning. Don't delay for a moment, so as not to delay the important matter! The adults will leave it to you!" Help entertain."

As he was talking about getting into the sedan chair, he suddenly thought of something, turned around and whispered: "You tell Mr. Wei, the person in Zhongshushe privately, that the old man will have a copy of Zhongshu tomorrow, so that he can do things conveniently when he sees it. Bypass Wang Yue and present it directly to the emperor."

Can Sheng nodded: "Father-in-law told my son-in-law to remember."

Yu Chengan nodded: "Thank you for your hard work tonight." Then he got into the sedan chair and hurried to his home.

Although Li Xingzhou was angry tonight, it was not without gain, and it can even be said to be a big gain!
His original starting point was indeed right. Although Wang Tong, the prefect of Ningjiang, is the son of Wang Yue, he has not been in the officialdom in Beijing for a long time, he is too immature!
He couldn't compare with his father, Wang Yue. He didn't know the situation in Beijing and the official situation in the capital, so he was unprepared to communicate with others, which is really a child's heart.

Now that it's all over, I finally have the handle and means to deal with his good son-in-law!

Thinking about it, Yu Chengan laughed, Wang Tong didn't like his son-in-law who rides a dragon, so it happened that the old man helped him deal with it!

But there are still difficulties in this matter, so there is a reason for it, but Li Xingzhou has to take over, how can he let him take over?

At first, Yu Chengan had a simple idea. Li Xingzhou is young and frivolous, and has extraordinary achievements. He must be arrogance in his heart. Give him more hats, praise him more, and then push him a little bit, and he will be able to obey.

As a kid, no matter how capable you are, your temperament must also be a weakness, but after seeing what happened tonight, he felt that it was not that simple.

Thinking about Li Xingzhou's situation tonight, he is so supported by scholars and loved by many talented scholars and beauties, let alone a child of sixteen or seventeen, even an old man like them can't help but feel happy.

But from the beginning to the end, he was happy and proud, but he did not forget himself!He didn't say anything to get his head around, he didn't do anything out of order, it seemed like everything was going on as usual.

Such a young and old man made him feel chills in his heart.
But after thinking about it carefully, it seems reasonable. Prince Xiao died young, and then the princess also died in depression. In this way, one of his children controlled and supported a large palace, and hundreds of people had to support him. The bigger it is, the older they are, the older they are.

In a sense, Yu Chengan actually admired this young King Pingnan, if he had such descendants, he would wake up laughing in his dreams.

Then he sighed again, but up to now, they are at odds, no matter what, they will bring down Prince Xiao's Mansion!

As for why, there is no other, Vilier!
All the people present tonight were dissatisfied with King Pingnan.

If there is only one person, such as Zhang Rang from the Ministry of War, Wei Guoan from Zhongshushe, Tong Guan, the infantry commander of the guards, Xue Fang, the Duzhi envoy, etc., if there is only one person, he will naturally not touch the brows of the now-hot King Pingnan, but he is not one person.

With so many like-minded people working together, it is King Pingnan, so what about the champion general?

Besides, he still has one of the biggest supporters, although he can't say it clearly, and he doesn't dare to have too many intersections, but as long as he deals with Prince Xiao's Mansion, he must be willing from the bottom of his heart - that is the current prince, the master of the East Palace!
Speaking of the crown prince, Yu Chengan felt quite disdainful.

He has no heart, no revenge, and no vision. He is so pitiful that he has lived in the shadow of his imperial brother, Prince Xiao. His revenge on Li Xingzhou is nothing more than because he is the son of Prince Xiao.

If Li Xingzhou was not the son of Prince Xiao, even if he had made great achievements, the prince would not even look at him.

And even though Yu Chengan didn't say anything, when he talked with the prince, he would say that Prince Xiao was not as good as him, and he didn't dare to praise Prince Xiao when he talked about it to outsiders, for fear of offending the prince, but he knew it clearly in his heart. Even the ten princes can't compare with the original Prince Xiao.

Now the emperor doesn't attach much importance to the crown prince. As the Eastern Palace, he is worried about entrusting him with the position of governor of the Kaiyuan government. You must know that the governor of the Kaiyuan government is an important position.

But now the prince has been in charge of the East Palace for several years, but He Zhao has always been the governor of Kaiyuan Mansion, which shows that the emperor is not optimistic about the prince's ability.

But no matter what, he is still the prince, and Li Xingzhou is the prince. With the help of the prince, many things in dealing with King Pingnan will become justified.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xingzhou, Yan Shen, Di Zhi, Ji Chunsheng and others got drunk.

There was no court the next day, and the court also had a Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the new era of Wangfu officially opened.

Qifang will take the two large ships of the palace, Dingnan-class Qifang and Qirui, and start sailing south along the river.To Guazhou, Suzhou, and several major merchants of the Luzhou generation brought perfume, fruit wine, general brew, and steel farm tools from the palace; and then in late August, these two big ships will bring back bananas, oranges, and cloth brocades purchased in the south Wait for the goods that are scarce in the north to return to Kaiyuan.

The other four ships, Digu, Diquan, Dicha, and Dijian, will be in charge of Yan Kun, who will undertake larger-scale shipping.

Jingxi Road is the largest grain-producing area in the country, and there is no end to the new autumn harvest. The large amount of grain on Jingxi Road is purchased by the Wangfu for wine making, but it is only a fraction.

The rest will be transported by Yan Kun to Guazhou, Suzhou, and Luzhou in the south. These places have experienced great chaos, and the harvest in autumn will definitely not be good. It is the time when there is a shortage of food. If the food is not in place, it may lead to famine and turmoil.

If in previous years, the grain farmers and grain merchants in the west of Beijing wanted to sell their grain to Suzhou, Luzhou, and Guazhou, they would have to spend a lot of trouble and travel through mountains and waters. Just be responsible for collecting the money.

The price of grain was higher than in previous years. There were hundreds of thousands of farmers on Jingxi Road, and many grain merchants were all happy. They all rushed to do business with the palace, and they were grateful to King Pingnan.

The reason why the Wangfu dared to accept it this way was that when Jingxi Road was close to Kaiyuan, the grain merchants could pull the grain to the ferry, and the Wangfu directly shipped it to the south, which was very convenient.

Secondly, there is a shortage of food in the south. As long as the food is transported to the south, it will be more than twice as expensive as Jingxi Road, where the grain is piled up in mountains. Still get great benefits.

Thirdly, the load and speed of the Dingnan class are the biggest capital for the palace to dare to do this.

When these grains are transported to the south, not only will they solve the problem of food shortage in the south, but they will also purchase leather from the south, and then transport them to the north, and sell them to the military supervisors of the imperial court for military armor production, and the hunters in the south will also have a way out.

As for why the military inspector bought it, because Li Xingzhou is the young inspector of the military inspector
Moreover, such a large movement and so many grain goods also required many laborers to work at the ferry.

Whether it is in the south or the north, the palace will recruit a large number of laborers and provide many jobs for ordinary people. At the same time, it will accelerate population flow and drive the service industry in port cities.

Therefore, once Hangyuan is connected, in an instant, it is like opening up the second artery of Jingguo and the governor. This main artery of Jingguo is also flowing, which can slowly fill half of Jingguo with vitality.

If Jiangzhou is also settled in the future, Jiangzhou joins, the north and the south are truly connected, and Jiangzhou's iron and copper mines are also included in commercial circulation, then Jingguo will be able to come back to life!

Li Xingzhou stood on the second floor of the small courtyard, looking at the endless eaves in the distance, thinking about his grand blueprint.

These are not enough. If there are bigger and faster ships, take the sea route south to drive the Fuzhou enclave and develop the Qiongzhou wilderness; Expand a circle.

Of course this is just an assumption.

Li Xingzhou understands in his heart that human beings are greedy and jealous. People are the animals that least see good things in others. Whether it is an individual or a group, it is the same when it comes to the country.

If he grows bigger alone, some people will dislike him; if the entire palace grows bigger, there will be a group of people who will make things worse; when Jingguo becomes prosperous and strong, there will be a bunch of foreign enemies coveting; how to solve this kind of problem?The lesson of history is yes. Violence can only be controlled with violence until they are subdued and do business honestly.

On August [-]th, Li Xingzhou bid farewell to Qifang at Wangfu Ferry and poured wine for her to see her off.

The official ferry can no longer accommodate the large ships of the Wangfu, so the Wangfu built a new ferry downstream of the shipyard, with a deeper draft, which is specially used to dock the large ships of the Wangfu.

"It's going to be a smooth journey." Li Xingzhou said.

"Wangfu's boat can go in wind or wind." Qifang said.

He was dumb: "How do you make me answer?"

Qifang smiled charmingly: "I just want to remind the prince, don't forget what you said to keep pace with the times, and the farewell words should also keep pace with the times."

Li Xing was speechless, "I wish you a fortune."

Qifang nodded happily, clinked glasses with him, and drank it down: "I also wish the prince a fortune, and I will come back at the end of the month, but prepare a room for the little girl in the palace, I am not used to living outside."

"Okay, but it's all about safety."

She nodded, turned around sassyly, boarded the big ship, Qirui and Qifang sailed away from the ferry slowly with the morning light amidst the sound of long horns, and then continued to speed up and headed southwest.

Li Xingzhou looked at the huge ship that was drifting away, and his heart was surging. A new era for the palace had begun.

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