This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chang'an, East Palace.

Queen Changsun is feeling very comfortable recently.

From time to time, she would listen to guys like Changsun Chong talk about the daily life of their children in Riyue Mountain, which made her smile from ear to ear.

She was even more satisfied when she heard that Changle had built a Qingtian Yamen in Riyue Mountain.

"Hey, Changle's child is getting older, and it's time for marriage." When he thought of his daughter, the eldest grandson couldn't help but sigh.

After all, she owed something to her daughter.

If she hadn't gone her own way back then, how could this precious daughter of mine have suffered that crime?

When Changsun Chong heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "My aunt doesn't know. Your Highness said that in the Ming Dynasty, the minimum age for marriage, regardless of gender, must not be lower than eighteen years old.

His Highness said that if you are less than 18 years old, you are still a child and your body is not fully developed yet. Getting married early is not good for your health. "

"That's the truth." Empress Changsun nodded. As a woman and a person who has been through this, how could she not know this truth? However, sometimes, it is not her decision alone.

Just like the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the population dropped sharply compared to the previous Sui Dynasty. In order to make up for the loss in population, the court encouraged early marriage and early childbearing.

Of course, people like Li Chengqian are rare.

"Speaking of which, it's been some time since eldest brother got married, right? Why hasn't there been any news at all?" Li Tai was a little puzzled when he heard this.

Changsun Chong really couldn't deal with this.

It's not like he can inquire about the affairs of the harem.

"If not, then there won't be. Gao Ming is still young, and his concubines are also young. There will always be others in the future." Queen Changsun could understand, and was even secretly happy about it.

Now, Li Er is in his prime. If he is allowed to hold his grandson now, wouldn't this be a reminder that he is old?

What people like Li Er fear most is the hero's twilight.

The princes of all dynasties were the emperor's talisman.

Even the talented Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not escape this clutches.

"Actually, many people in the Ming Dynasty are waiting for news about the harem." Changsun Chong also said with a smile, "For example, Qibi Pushe, Pu Shangshu and others all hope that the princesses will give birth to a son and a half daughter.

But if that were to happen, the court might not be as united as it is now. "

Empress Changsun nodded and said with a smile: "This is true. This is also the reason why they follow Gao Ming. But so far, Gao Ming has done a good job in this regard."

He didn't mind that the future monarch of the Tang Dynasty had Hu ancestry. Not to mention her, didn't even Li Chengqian also have Hu ancestry?

So he didn't mind at all about the thoughts of people like Qibi Heli.

The reason why Qibi Heli and the others have this idea is inseparable from the fact that Li Chengqian has Hu ancestry.

"Report to the Minister, Huang Song and others ask for an audience." At this moment, someone came to report.

As soon as she heard that Changsun Chong and others were busy, Empress Changsun waved her hands and said: "Go and do your work. It's time for me to exercise. The exercise method that was cleverly sent back by someone before is quite effective. Keep at it. Over the past few years, my body has become much stronger.

But he can survive until the day he returns to Chang'an. "

Today's Empress Changsun pays great attention to health care. She knows very well that as long as she does not die, at least her biological sons will not cause too much trouble.

After hearing this, Changsun Chong and others bowed and left.

They are now also very concerned about the health of Queen Changsun.

When they saw Huang Song and his entourage, they all looked happy. Changsun Chong then asked, "What's the matter?"

"Returning to Shangshu, I heard that the King of Shu abandoned the originally revised Tang laws. Instead of curbing foreign merchants, he encouraged foreign merchants to do business in Chang'an and even the entire Tang Dynasty. The signboard mentioned earlier was also canceled by him." Huang Songyi Face said happily, "It is said that foreign merchants have reached a certain scale in the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court still provides appropriate support."

Hearing what he said, Changsun Chong's original smile suddenly faded and he asked coldly: "Do you think this is a good thing?"

Because Huang Song and others solved the food problem for the Ming Dynasty in the early years, and because of the influence of Li Qinjian and others, they can no longer simply be said to be merchants.

Of course, they were not able to transcend social classes like Li Qinjian and others. To be honest, they should be regarded as the first batch of royal merchants in the Ming Dynasty.

Although his status is not as good as that of officials like Li Qinjian, his status is much higher than that of ordinary businessmen.

"Is there any fraud in this?" Huang Song was a little confused when he heard this.

Changsun Chong shook his head and said: "This is why you are just businessmen.

Why do you think King Shu did this?

Don't forget, he belongs to Chang'an Mansion. Chang'an is rich and he is the biggest craftsman.

But now Chang'an's development has reached a bottleneck. If he wants to develop Chang'an, he can only borrow the financial and material resources from us. Do you still think this is a good thing? "

Business and politics are never the same thing.

Businessmen only look at immediate interests, but politicians have to analyze the long-term pros and cons of both parties.

This is the difference.

"Then let's wait and see what happens?" Huang Song asked.

On the side, Wang Dequan smiled and said: "No, since Datang has liberalized its business model, why not do a profitable business?"

"Really?" Changsun Chong was a little confused and looked at Wang Dequan.

Wang Dequan smiled and said: "Shang Shu forgot, we are now representing the Eastern Palace. The King of Shu wants to use the financial and material resources of the Ming Dynasty to invite him to name him. So why do I, the Eastern Palace, still wear the Ming Dynasty vest? Take off this one. Vest, wouldn't you like to change into the vest from the East Palace?

Your Highness, in the final analysis, you are the prince of the Tang Dynasty first, and the king of the Ming Dynasty last.

As for when he becomes the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty and when he becomes the king of the Ming Dynasty, don’t we have the final say? "

"This is reasonable." Changsun Chong also smiled when he heard this, and immediately ordered, "Just do as Wang Shilang said, from today on, all business activities of my Ming Dynasty in Chang'an will be named Donggong.

When others ask, it is because His Highness is considerate of the people and makes concessions that benefit the people! "

After listening to what Changsun Chong and Wang Dequan said, Huang Song and others nodded, and at the same time they also realized the gap between themselves and these people.

Yes, after all, they are just businessmen and only see immediate benefits, but these people are real politicians, always thinking about sharing the worries for His Highness.

This is where they are inferior to others.

Thinking like this, everyone subconsciously looked at Wang Dequan, who was both a Jingyang merchant. It was obvious that this guy was further ahead than himself.

……

After Huang Song and others left, Changsun Chong asked: "I heard that the King of Shu transferred Liu Shuyi to Shanzhou before, and I guess he wanted to create some excitement in the royal court of Zhao.

Now, in Chang'an, although we have settled in the East Palace, I am afraid it will not be too stable.

Some things, once started, are difficult to stop. "

"It's not a question of whether to stop or not." Wang Dequan said, "I guess His Highness doesn't want to stop just like that. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty have been too harmonious, at least on the surface.

But we all know that that road has never been easy to follow since ancient times.

Nowadays, His Highness's greatest advantage is the Ming Dynasty, so some people want to crush His Highness's base and thereby defeat His Highness's myth. However, His Highness is also preparing to govern the Tang Dynasty in the future. Just looking at the people who are doing all this now, they can actually see clearly that this time, the Ming family and the noble family must have a winner.

The winner takes all, and the loser must at least temporarily withdraw from this great era of great events. "

"That's right." Changsun Chong nodded and said, "Now the people who least want His Highness to walk on that road to the sky are the noble family. It's not that they offended His Highness back then, but His Highness's way of governing the country in recent years has failed. After abandoning the gentry lineage, I really want His Highness to embark on the path to heaven.

It is difficult for the noble family to gain a foothold in the court.

In addition, the papermaking technology and movable type printing technology mastered by the Ming Dynasty will really dig up the roots of his noble clan. "

"So, they will fight to the death." Wang Dequan said, "Send someone to pay attention to the nobles in various places. Although they are sometimes shameless, their power in various places cannot be underestimated."

Changsun Chong also nodded when he heard this. This is indeed what happened.

At this moment, someone else hurriedly ran in and said, "There is news from Taohe County. It is said that Xu Jingzong set up some kind of Taohe Logistics in Taohe County and used Liu Shuyi to block the border between Tang and Ming Dynasties. time to prepare to seize the logistics market.

At the same time, Xu Jingzong vigorously developed industry in Taohe County and was ready to replace the Ming Dynasty. "

After hearing this news, Changsun Chong and others were slightly stunned. Fang Yiai even said: "Isn't this Xu Jingzong from your Changsun family? What do you want to do at this moment?"

Changsun Chong knew nothing, and was a little speechless at the moment.

"We will not get involved in Changming Logistics." Wang Dequan said immediately, "It is an internal property, at least in name. Someone will naturally report it to the Queen."

Changsun Chong also nodded after hearing this.

This is indeed the case. At least in name, Changming Logistics can only be a business funded by internal funds.

"This Xu Jingzong is also a smart man." Changsun Chong said, "Now he just wants to get real political achievements, but he can't offend anyone.

But since we are at the center of the whirlpool, how can we be alone? "

"It's useless to talk about this." Fang Yiai heard the words and said a little speechlessly, "Now Taohe County, Zhao Wangting, Chang'an, and even my Ming Dynasty have all started to move, and even His Highness led the resentful army to march south.

Is our mission really doing nothing?

Just stay in Chang'an City day after day, trapped in the East Palace?

If I had known that going on an envoy would be such a thing, I might as well have stayed in the Ming Dynasty and followed His Highness on his southern expedition to tidy up Tianzhu.

I heard that Yang Dalang was able to use Niboluo to destroy his country. How could such a good thing not happen to me? "

Fang Yiai said rather unhappily that the main reason was that they were too passive and had made moves in various places, but their mission had really accomplished nothing except building a shopping mall.

With Li Er's personal expedition, the popularity of the mall has dropped.

During this period of time, he almost lost his temper.

"Okay, one day at a time, don't blather." Changsun Chong was also a little irritated, "This is Chang'an, not our Riyue Mountain. What do you want to do? What can you do?"

"Then we can't just do nothing, right?" Fang Yiai said with some dissatisfaction, "Others are eager to beat us at the door, but we don't even say a thing. Doesn't this insult my great power?"

To put it bluntly, he just saw that everything was going on and couldn't sit still, it was that simple.

Changsun Chong was quite helpless when he heard this.

But he has no experience in this kind of thing. He has always been exposed to tricks and asked him to take the initiative. He really doesn't know what to do.

At that moment, everyone discussed again.

At the same time, at the Prince of Shu's Mansion, Yang Huaizhi, taking Li Ke's place, was receiving Hu merchants from the West Market.

Logically speaking, Hu Shang was not qualified to enter the Shu Palace, but this time it was the Shu Palace that invited them.

This also made all the Hu businessmen feel flattered.

In the back hall, Li Ke said helplessly: "Now the only foreign merchants who can compete with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are these Hu merchants."

Yang Shidao also shook his head when he heard this and said: "Whether it is your majesty or the one from the Ming Dynasty, they have almost wiped out the surrounding countries in recent years. In the future, it is estimated that only Hu Shang will be left in Chang'an."

He was also a little emotional.

If Emperor Yang could successfully capture Goguryeo, where would Li Tang be?

He, the Hongnong Yang family, should be the most senior sect in the world.

And he, Yang Shidao, is destined to be a supreme minister.

Even though he is in a high and powerful position now, human desires really correspond to those four words, and the desires are hard to fill...

"See you, Your Highness." Just as the two of them were sighing, Yang Huaizhi walked in.

"What did those Hu businessmen say?" Li Ke asked casually.

He knew the answer to those Hu businessmen's questions.

Yang Huaizhi said: "They are quite satisfied with the current situation, but their attitude towards Ming Dynasty is still a little unclear.

It would be difficult to borrow them and cut off the last retreat for Ming Dynasty's business.

In the final analysis, they are the real businessmen, and the only thing that can make them bow their heads may be profits.

This also shows that their Hu merchants followed the Ming Dynasty business route and indeed made a lot of money. At this point, it is difficult for us to support Liu Shuyi. "

"It's expected." Li Ke nodded and said, "I have long heard that if Hu Shang goes to the Ming Dynasty, he doesn't even have to go to the Tang Dynasty. He can make a lot of money when he goes back. I want them to How can it be so easy for these guys to give up the interests of Ming Dynasty?

Although the Tang-Ming border is now sealed, it has little impact on them.

But these guys can't push too hard. They really have to push too hard. If they all withdraw from the West Market, take a detour to the Ming Dynasty, and go straight back to the Ming Dynasty Business Road, then the loss to our Datang City will be too great.

Let's do this for now. Keeping them in Chang'an is also a way to contain the Ming Dynasty.

After all, we cannot block all roads.

What we should be concerned about now is Murong Ge. I heard that this guy was captured alive by the Ming Dynasty as soon as he made some noise.

It really became a joke. "

Speaking of Murong Ge, everyone felt a pity.

They were planning to cooperate with this guy before, but in the end, this guy didn't react at all, so he failed at Daming. Who should they ask to reason with?

"Speaking of which, who was responsible for supporting Murong Ge in the Ming Dynasty?" Yang Shidao was also a little curious, "Murong Ge was even captured alive, but this person still didn't show up."

Hearing this, Li Ke smiled and said: "The king of Japan has also thought about it carefully these days, and he has roughly guessed who it is, but if it is as I guessed, that person has a big plan.

How can the road to national restoration be so easy? "

"Restore the country?" Yang Shidao was suddenly stunned when he heard this, "Is it him?"

I have an early morning shift today.