Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 450: The research institute is moving, and Li Shimin can’t sit still
Morning the next day.

Fang Yuan still refused to go out because he was sick, nor did he go to the morning court.

Today's morning court was for Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian, and Li Shimin praised them repeatedly.

It is a great achievement that tens of thousands of people in the three major factories can operate normally, and tens of thousands of families can maintain a normal life.

Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian accepted the praise of the emperor and officials, and when the matter was about to end, Changsun Wuji stood up.

"Your Majesty, just as a country cannot be without a king for a day, it cannot be without a prince for a day."

"Although Your Majesty is in his prime, being crown prince is an important matter for stabilizing the country and the country."

"I thought that the position of crown prince has been vacant for many days, and it is time to establish a crown prince."

Changsun Wuji said loudly.

As soon as the words fell, the originally festive meeting suddenly became depressing.

As we all know, after the former crown prince Li Chengqian was deposed, the current contenders for the crown prince are Li Ke and Li Tai.

The two people fight openly and secretly, which is no longer a matter of day or two in the court. Both sides have their own methods, and no one can do anything about the other.

Now, Changsun Wuji suddenly proposed to establish a crown prince in the main hall, and the two forces suddenly became extremely hostile.

Among them, Li Ke's expression suddenly changed and he looked at Changsun Wuji with a gloomy face.

"Your Majesty, I think what the Minister of the Ministry of Officials said is very true."

"The crown prince's position has been vacant for too long, which is not conducive to the stability of the court. Please appoint someone worthy in time."

Gao Shilian also stood up and said.

It was obvious that the uncle and nephew had planned this in advance.

As the two people came forward one after another, more people came forward to suggest that the prince should be established early.

Even neutral factions such as Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng stepped forward and demanded the early establishment of a prince.

They don't support anyone, but they also hope that the court will have a prince as soon as possible and the country can be stabilized.

Otherwise, it would not be easy for them to be caught in the middle, and it would be quite annoying to always be attracted by the King of Wei and the King of Shu.

"Since all the officials think so, then the matter of establishing a prince should be put on the agenda."

"Within one month, each of you will write a letter to me, writing down the prince you support and stating the reasons."

Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke and Li Tai.

It was funny to see the two of them staring at him nervously.

But soon, Li Shimin's heart sank: he had to make the final decision on establishing the crown prince.

No matter who it is, you can't insert your hands too deep, otherwise don't blame yourself for not showing him any favors.

"Your Majesty, does the prince have any restrictions?"

A minister stood up and asked.

"no!"

"Any living prince will do, no matter how young he is, it doesn't matter."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

This statement made many people's eyes flicker.

Obviously, the emperor was not prepared to choose whoever was older.

Likewise, you won’t be ignored just because the other person is not your direct descendant.

"I will obey your orders!"

All the ministers agreed.

Li Ke and Li Tai both have their own ideas in mind.

Soon, the court meeting dispersed, and the courtiers left with different thoughts.

The choice of the prince is too important, they dare not discuss it in public, for fear of being bitten afterwards.

Soon, the news reached Fang Mansion, and it was Eunuch Wang De who came in person.

The first was to tell Fang Yuan about the establishment of the crown prince, so that Fang Yuan would remember to appoint a candidate within a month, and the second was to visit Fang Yuan on behalf of the emperor to see if Fang Yuan was in good health.

"Please tell His Majesty, thank you for his concern, I will be fine soon."

Fang Yuan lay on the bed and said with a slightly weak voice.

"Okay, then the villain will take his leave first."

Wang De looked at Fang Yuan and left immediately.

In addition to reporting the matter to Fang Yuan, he also came to see if Fang Yuan's body was really uncomfortable?

But Wang De didn't dare to check too much, he didn't dare to show that the emperor doubted Fang Yuan's body, so it was just a rough look.

After Wang De left, Fang Yuan got up from the bed, full of energy and didn't look sick at all.

"Husband, do you have a candidate for the crown prince in your mind?"

Du Miaoyan was also on the side and asked.

"No, we don't care about him."

"I guess the emperor doesn't want me to actually submit a letter."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

He has said many times that he will not participate in any struggle for imperial power.

The selection of the crown prince this time, although the emperor asked all his officials to submit a letter, is also a manifestation of the struggle for imperial power.

Therefore, Fang Yuan did not intend to submit a letter and was still neutral.

"fair enough."

Du Miaoyan thought for a moment and nodded.

The establishment of the crown prince does not mean that he will take over in the future.

After all, there was Prince Yin who was replaced by the current emperor, and later Li Chengqian was deposed.

Without truly ascending to the throne, no one can guarantee that the prince will have the last laugh.

"Master, Miss Wang is here."

The dog came to report, and Wang Shiyu arrived.

Wang Shiyu has come to Fangfu from time to time recently, and there is no need to report.

But Fang Yuan happened to be pretending to be sick, so Wang Shiyu could not see Fang Yuan directly, but waited in the living room.

"I'm going right now."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

Just when Wang Shiyu arrived, Fang Yuan came to see him for something.

"I'll go with you."

Du Miaoyan pondered for a moment, followed Fang Yuan's footsteps.

Fang Yuan was not surprised and did not think too much, he came to the living room with Du Miaoyan.

"Fang Yuan. Miaoyan!"

When Wang Shiyu saw Fang Yuan arriving, he immediately smiled like a flower.

But soon he noticed that Du Miaoyan's smile changed slightly next to Fang Yuan.

When Du Miaoyan saw this, she sighed in her heart, it was indeed what she thought, Wang Shiyu was in love with Fang Yuan.

"Poetry, how about the launch test of the steel ship?"

Fang Yuan asked.

It had been several days since I saw Wang Shiyu last time.

It has been a few days now, the water test should have been completed, and there should be results.

"I just came over after the test, and the results are perfect, great!"

Wang Shiyu said excitedly.

I really didn’t expect that a steel ship could be launched into the water.

Not only is it unsinkable, its displacement is several times that of a wooden ship, and its speed is several times that of a wooden ship.

With such a ship, how difficult will it be to sail the sea in the future?
The Maritime Silk Road starts from here.

"Not bad, well done."

Fang Yuan also said excitedly.

The appearance of the steel ship satisfied all Fang Yuan's ideas.

In the future, as long as you don't want to stay in Datang, you can go to Future Island for vacation or even move.

But before that, they had to let Juzi and the others start moving, move the research institute there, and start building the future island.

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan planned to go to the institute in person to see the situation of the institute.

"Then I'll go back first."

Seeing that Fang Yuan had something to do, Wang Shiyu was also ready to leave.

If it was before, she might want to chat with Du Miaoyan.

But now, when I stay with Du Miaoyan, I always feel that I feel sorry for Du Miaoyan.

"Wait, Shiyu, I have something to talk to you about."

Du Miaoyan bluntly asked Wang Shiyu to stay.She saw that Wang Shiyu had different feelings for Fang Yuan.

If there is no guidance, it may not be long before Fang Mansion will need multiple mistresses.

The Wang family is not a small family. It is impossible for the Wang family's pearl to be a concubine.

Afterwards, Fang Yuan went to the institute.

As for what Du Miaoyan and Wang Shiyu were talking about, he had no idea.

After Fang Yuan left the institute, a piece of news also came out from the institute.

[Considering that the things researched by the institute are becoming more and more confidential and destructive, after careful consideration by the top management of the institute, it was decided to move after three days to prevent the research from destroying the stability of Chang'an City. 】

As soon as the news came out, Li Shimin couldn't sit still.

"what happened?"

"It's fine if his three major factories shut down, but he still needs to move the research institute?"

"Go, no matter how seriously ill Fang Yuan is, let him come to see me!"

Li Shimin immediately slapped the table and said.

In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, no one could understand the importance of the academy better than him.

Before the institute moved to Chang'an City, the institute was called the Nine-story Star Observation Building, and there were many defense agencies inside.

After moving here, the name was changed, and a lot of new things were researched, some of which were launched on the market, and some of which were kept in-house.

Whether it is launched on the market or kept outside, it is an epoch-making thing, and it is almost a new type of thing that has never appeared before.

How could such an innovative research institute be allowed to move away?
And where to migrate?
Wang De left quickly and went to Fang Mansion to announce the decree.

But unfortunately, Wang De came at the wrong time, Fang Yuan was not at home, and Du Miaoyan and others did not know where he was.

"Mrs. Fang, Your Majesty is anxious to see Mr. Fang now. Can you look for him for me?"

Wang De was so anxious that his forehead was sweating.

Fang Yuan was still sick and lying in bed just now when he came.

Now that he came here, Fang Yuan was not at home, and he didn't know where he went.

Doesn't this make the emperor feel blind and unable to tell whether a person is really sick or fake?

"Eunuch Wang, I'm going to ask someone to look for him right now, but I really don't know where my master has gone."

Du Miaoyan said slightly apologetically.

After saying that, she paid no attention to Wang De.

The two little guys were by her side, and she had to play with them.

Wang De was angry, but he opened his mouth and dared not say anything. He could only walk back and forth anxiously.

In the end, a young eunuch was left behind. As soon as Fang Yuan came back, he would be let into the palace immediately, and he would go back to report.

At this time, other ministers of the imperial court also learned that the institute was moving, and they immediately became uneasy.

"Isn't Mr. Fang disappointed with the court?"

"The research institute is of great importance and involves a lot of secrets, so you want to move out?"

"Although Minister Fang has suffered a lot of grievances recently, if the three major factories have stopped working, and even the research institute has been moved away, isn't it too disrespectful to His Majesty?"

"Do you think your Majesty will consider reinstating Fang Shilang's official position after he made this move?"

Officials chattered.

Everyone has a discussion, and everyone feels like watching a show.

But at the same time, everyone also felt that their hearts became heavy.

Now the court seems to be stable, but in fact there are many problems.

The problem of rising prices has just ended, and communities in various places have stopped building.

Now it is too difficult to choose a candidate for the crown prince and meet Fang Yuan's dissatisfaction.

"Uncle, maybe we can use this opportunity to impeach Fang Yuan and completely shake Fang Yuan's position in the emperor's heart."

After Changsun Wuji learned about the matter, he went to Gao Shilian and said.

"There is a way, but not now."

"Wait until the emperor and Fang Yuan get into a bigger fight before we impeach him, the emperor will definitely be even more dissatisfied with Fang Yuan."

Gao Shilian shook his head and said.

Now is not the time, the emperor still needs Fang Yuan.

Now it is more likely that the emperor made some concessions in order to stabilize Fang Yuan.

"Listen to uncle."

Changsun Wuji thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case.

Time passed slowly, and Fang Yuan did not know that the emperor had summoned him until he returned to Fang Mansion around evening.

Because he had just finished eating with others, Fang Yuan just had a cup of tea and looked at the two children before following the little eunuch into the palace.

"You still know how to come to see me?"

Li Shimin was originally watching the memorial calmly.

But when he saw Fang Yuan arriving, he immediately became furious.

First, the three major factories were shut down, and then the research institute was relocated. How right was this for me?

As a minister, can you treat the emperor like this?
Aren't you afraid of targeting him?

"Your Majesty, I entered the palace immediately as soon as I knew you were summoned."

Fang Yuan coughed twice and said.

He is still sick and has to pretend to be weak.

"Okay, stop pretending, I know you are not sick!"

"You said that you are shutting down the three major factories and relocating the research institute. I am so unhappy with you?"

Li Shimin waved his hands in disgust and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty misunderstood."

"The three major factories have stopped working. It's time to stop working."

"The institute's relocation is for the safety and development of Chang'an City."

Fang Yuan coughed dryly, stopped pretending, and said seriously.

"If we stop working sooner or later, we will stop working at this time. Do you think I will believe you?"

Li Shimin looked like I've seen through you and didn't believe what Fang Yuan said.

Because it was such a coincidence that both the shutdown and the relocation happened during this period.

I was just suspending his post and downgraded to a servant according to the normal process of the court, so why should I react so much?
"Of course I have my own emotions in it."

"Gao Shangshu is so happy to push me down, I can't let him be so happy, right?"

Fang Yuan smiled and said.

Ru Shi admitted in front of Li Shimin that he deliberately targeted Gao Shilian.

The current situation between the two parties can be said to be incompatible, and there is no need to deliberately conceal his displeasure with Gao Shilian.

"Is it really time to stop work?"

Li Shimin frowned and said.

Although still skeptical, I believed a lot.

"Really, how dare you deceive me?"

Fang Yuan said seriously.

"What about the relocation of the institute?"

Li Shimin believed it, but he still had doubts about the relocation of the institute.

"Your Majesty also knows that the research institute will always study some strange things, and some things are even more lethal than explosives and firecrackers."

"Such a lethal weapon cannot be researched in the Imperial City, otherwise there will be serious casualties in the Imperial City if an accident occurs, so I decided to relocate."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

This is one of the reasons, but it will take many years for this reason to emerge.

"Chang'an City has enough space for you to use for research!"

"No matter what happens, there are many places outside Chang'an City for you to study!"

"You said you want to move. Where do you want to move? I will mark the land for you!"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

The institute has had a huge impact.

He did not allow the institute to leave his sight.

That would make him feel uneasy and vaguely afraid.

"Your Majesty, I don't plan to study it within the Tang Dynasty. I plan to study it on overseas islands."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, said in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shimin's face showed dissatisfaction.

(End of this chapter)