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

When all kinds of books worth three cents each were spread all over Chang'an, countless people went crazy.

At this moment, no one was paying attention to whether Concubine Yang died or not, and no one was paying attention to the battle in the East Palace.

In the final analysis, only their own interests are enough to attract their attention.

When Zheng Xu and others received the news, no one could sit still.

Before, they were so proud of themselves that they controlled the world's culture!
But in just the blink of an eye, the world has changed...

"Quickly, send someone to buy all the books in Changming Company. They dare to pay three cents a book!" Zheng Xu roared, "This is digging up the roots of my noble family!"

How do their noble clans survive for hundreds of years?
Isn’t it just about holding on to knowledge?
If the Ming Dynasty does this, their previous advantages will be gone.

At this time, there were many people who had the same reaction as him.

But when they sent someone to Changming Company with a large amount of money, they were stunned.

I saw the clerk from Changming Store saying to the people lining up: "Don't worry, everyone, we have them all. In order to prevent some people with ulterior motives, we can only buy one book for each book in our store.

What is ensured is that everyone has it.

My Highness said, how can such a prosperous era of civilization be destroyed in the hands of some people with ulterior motives! "

Many people were overjoyed when they heard this. The reason why they hurriedly queued up was because they were worried about the people with ulterior motives as mentioned by this guy.

Just now, they all saw that some people even drove bullock carts and pulled copper coins.

If these people are really to be saved, where can they buy such cheap books?

Regardless of whether there are scholars in the family, at this price, you will definitely not lose money if you buy it back.

When those people from the noble clan saw this, they were immediately dumbfounded.

With so much money, you can buy one book of every kind?
Even if you have more than a thousand kinds, it’s only a few dollars.

"You guys stay here and I'll go back and inform Mr. Lang." Someone said quickly, and after saying that, he ran away without looking back.

On the other side, in the East Palace, Wang Dequan was telling everyone about Li Chengqian's arrangements with great joy, and the excitement on his face could not be concealed at all.

He had long had enough of the resentment of the nobles, and today he could finally let go of the bad breath accumulated in his heart.

"With this price, I'm afraid there will be looting. Do you have enough inventory?" Changsun Chong was also surprised when he heard this. With his identity and knowledge, how could he not know that this was digging into the roots of the noble clan?

"Shang Shu, you can rest assured." Wang Dequan said with a smile, "Over the years, Changming Logistics has been shipping in many books one after another, and there is a lot of inventory in various places.

Take Chang'an as an example. Books such as the Three-Character Classic, The Analects of Confucius, and Chinese Pinyin each have more than 200,000 copies in stock. The total stock of all types of books will not be less than 8 million copies.

There may be less in various places, but the stock of a large city like Luoyang will not be less than four million. As for other smaller state capitals, the stock will not be less than one million.

For today, I, the Ming Dynasty, have been preparing for several years. If the nobles hadn't been so showy, His Highness might not have taken action so early. "

After hearing this number, Changsun Chong and others couldn't sit still.

Boy, so many!
"If this were all sold for three cents a piece, I'm afraid it would be the biggest loss-making business since the founding of the Ming Dynasty." Pulebobo said in shock when he heard this.

"Hehe." Wang Dequan smiled, "It's not much compensation. Needless to say about logistics, it's all done by others. As for the paper, it belongs to me too. Over the years, the papermaking workshop has made more money than This is a lot more.

The biggest problem is printing.

But what you don’t know is that the Tang Dynasty used engravings, and the Ming Dynasty has long since improved the printing process. Anyway, a book only costs one or two cents.

Even if they are all sold out, Breaking through the Sky will only lose hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is not enough to match the monthly profit of Changming Restaurants all over the world.

Needless to say, today's Ming Dynasty is really wealthy.

We can afford to pay for this small amount of money, but the loss of the noble family cannot be recovered by hundreds of thousands of dollars. "

It was just about losing money, he really didn't care. As the highest person in charge of Ming Dynasty in Tang Dynasty, he knew very well how much money Ming Dynasty made now.

But if so much money is kept in the warehouse, it will actually be worthless. Only when the money plays its role can its value be reflected.

Hundreds of thousands?

Haha, does that count as money?

Today’s Ming Dynasty is short of hundreds of thousands of strings?
"That's very good." Changsun Chong also nodded immediately, "His Highness's reputation was damaged before, but this way, we can save a lot."

"This is just the beginning." Wang Dequan said proudly, "These guys from the gentry have been showing off their power for so many years. If I don't push them into a corner this time, I won't be able to bear the kindness of Your Highness to me."

After that, Wang Dequan bowed his hands to everyone, "Okay, I just came to inform you, and I will go back to take charge of the business. You all have to start making preparations. Now that we are doing this, the nobles will definitely counterattack, but I am not afraid. , in terms of business alone, I have never lost since I followed His Highness."

After saying that, Wang Dequan did not hesitate and left the East Palace immediately.

And on his way back, people like Zheng Xu and Wei Zheng had smashed countless teacups.

"Organize people, organize everyone who can organize, and queue up to buy books for me. I want to see how many books he can sell!" At this time, Zheng Xu could only be incompetent and furious.

At that time, Wang Dequan encouraged Li Er to build the Chang'an Book Pavilion, but they could bear it. After all, there were only so many books, and there were conditions for borrowing them.

But now, books costing three cents each are sold all over Chang'an, which is disturbing the foundation of his noble clan!

"Forget it..." Lu Zhengju shook his head when he heard this and said, "Since Wang Dequan dares to do this, it means they definitely have a lot of inventory on hand.

Moreover, even if we send people to buy it, how much can we buy?
Even if a thousand people are arranged to line up ten times, it will only be 10,000 copies, and it will not change anything at all.

Now, what I am most worried about is not this. "

"Huh?" Cui Shilang asked with some confusion.

"I'm worried that it might be the same in other places..." After Lu Zhengju finished speaking, he fell silent.

What he was most worried about was actually Fan Yang.

If this book, which costs three cents a book, becomes popular in Fan Yang, the Lu family will suffer a huge blow in Fan Yang.

After hearing his words, everyone fell silent.

Yeah, they worry about the same thing.

Taking a deep breath, Zheng Xu said: "Send someone to inform the clan. Now our noble clan has reached the stage of life and death!"

To say it was a matter of life and death would be an exaggeration, but it was indeed the biggest crisis in history.

When the mysterious veil of knowledge is peeled off and people can hold up a book, their advantages will disappear after a few generations of transformation.

And this is their foundation.

For a time, everyone was also in a lack of interest.

……

At the same time, Gaozhou.

Li Er was as cold as frost. After reading Li Xiaogong's memorial, he immediately smashed the tea cup next to him.

"Asshole!" he yelled angrily.

Changsun Wuji and others suddenly became nervous. What happened in Chang'an?
"Your Majesty, I wonder what happened in Chang'an?" Changsun Wuji asked softly.

Li Er was still angry and said with an angry face: "Not long ago, Concubine Yang died!"

That's it? Changsun Wuji was dumbfounded. Concubine Yang is dead, you should be sad and sad. What does this anger mean?
"Died from poisonous wine." Li Er continued.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was a little surprised.

But we can understand Li Er's anger. How bad was it to poison the imperial concubine?
Changsun Wuji immediately said: "Your Majesty, at this time, you should issue an order to appoint the king of the city to investigate this matter strictly."

That's all he has. He really doesn't have any more attitudes.

Others, such as Tang Jian, are actually the same. They don't have much affection for Concubine Yang. After all, she is the princess of the former dynasty, and what they did back then was the former dynasty.

Li Er took a deep breath and added: "On that day, Liang Wang Li Min led his troops to surround the East Palace and fought a bloody battle with the Changming army, killing more than half of them."

Is this suspicion of Donggong?
When everyone heard this, no one said a word. It was not easy for them to get involved in the affairs of the East Palace now.

"At the same time, the queen was assassinated..." After Li Er finished speaking, he looked at Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji’s brain exploded!
At that moment, he almost lost his grip on the wat plank, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, please decree, let Duke Wuyang, Duke Guo, and Duke Lu block Chang'an City and assassinate the queen of the dynasty. They are guilty of conspiracy and treason, regardless of their involvement. Whoever it is, we will dig it out even if we have to dig three feet into the ground!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

For a time, everyone in the court couldn't sit still.

Concubine Yang and the others don't need to care, that's Li Er's family background, but if the empress is assassinated, it will be different.

The key is that the Queen is much more important in their hearts than Concubine Yang.

Seeing that the ministers had such double standards, Li Er was also a little speechless. He knew that this would be the case, and he just tested the ministers.

However, he was not too surprised by this. He breathed a long sigh of relief and then said: "Don't worry, the queen is temporarily staying in the East Palace now. She is protected by the guys from the Chang Ming Army. I'm afraid not many people can get close. .

It was also mentioned in the memorial of the Prince of Hejian that the Queen was fine, just a little frightened. "

Hearing what Li Er said, Changsun Wuji and all the officials heaved a sigh of relief. At this juncture, if something happened to Queen Changsun, let alone Chang'an, there would be turmoil.

It is estimated that the one from the Ming Dynasty can come back, really come back, and lead his army on horseback to Chang'an.

Everyone knows the importance of Queen Changsun now, and no one dares to be careless.

"Even if the queen is fine, several princes should be involved." Changsun Wuji said, "If there is one, there are two. If we can't find this out, it may become a big problem in the future."

Li Er nodded, he also understood this truth.

However, he is not worried about his eldest grandson's safety. At this moment, Daming is probably more concerned about his eldest grandson's safety than he is.

"Draft a decree." Li Er said, "Assign the city king Li Daozong to have full authority to investigate the assassination of Concubine Yang and the Queen.

Duke Zhang Shigui of Guo State and Duke Li Daliang of Wuyang commanded the left and right military guards to inspect Chang'an...

Li Xiaogong, Prince of Hejian County, Li Ke, Prince of Shu, and Li Min, Prince of Liang, presided over the funeral of Concubine Yang. (Originally, Concubine Yang was planned to be buried in Zhaoling. After all, Li Er's Zhaoling was overcrowded. The concubines, civil servants and generals buried with him, plus their children and sons-in-law, There were nearly two hundred people, but after checking the information, I found out that Queen Changsun is still alive, and Zhaoling is still missing...)"

"I accept the order." Upon hearing this, Changsun Wuji immediately bowed and accepted the order.

But at this moment, the hall became quiet.

They were all a little worried at the moment.

Judging from the current situation, who would poison Concubine Yang at this juncture? Who would assassinate the queen at this juncture?

Thinking like this, everyone felt a little uneasy.

If this continues, Chang'an will be in chaos!

"Your Majesty." At this moment, Fang Xuanling finally couldn't help but stood up and said, "Now that the situation in Chang'an is changing, should the southern expedition slow down?

In other words, His Majesty should return to Chang'an to take charge of the overall situation? "

He knew Li Er's intentions, but now it seemed that Chang'an was on the verge of losing control.

If the armed conflict between the two was limited to the territory of the Great Zhao Royal Court, they would still be able to accept it, but in a short period of time, the Changming Army had already fought twice in a row in Chang'an.

Although both parties are relatively restrained, who knows what will happen next?
Seeing Fang Xuanling say this, everyone also looked at Li Er.

Indeed, they also have this idea.

It's just the Southern Expedition. It doesn't matter whether Li Er is there or not.

But Li Er shook his head, sighed, and said: "Even if I don't say some words, all of you dear friends will understand that I am not intolerable to others.

Thinking back to those days when I fought in the south and north, and scolded Fang Qiu, how overbearing I was!

But at that time, I was not me yet.

To this day, it cannot be said that I have changed, it can only be said that my identity has changed.

Just like all of you who love me, you will not seek political advice if you are not in charge. As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I have the responsibility and obligation to choose the most suitable and outstanding successor for the Tang Dynasty.

A hundred years from now, he will be able to complete our unfinished ambitions. "

Having said this, Li Er sighed and said in a low voice, "Being born into an emperor's family, this is their fate, and it is also my fate.

After enjoying the rich clothes and fine food, and enjoying the supreme respect, accordingly, you always have to pay something.

How can we have both the fish and the bear's paw? "

What he said was quite true, but all the ministers were silent.

No matter how beautifully you say it, don’t you still have your own selfish motives?

But no one dared to say this.

Seeing the officials like this, Li Er waved his hands and said with some wan interest: "Everyone, please retreat. If it ends up being a big disaster, all the blame will fall on me.

I, why should I be afraid of this! "

Well, now everyone had nothing to say, so they had no choice but to bow and bow, and then left one after another.

Watching everyone leave, Li Er's expression changed and he said coldly: "Check, let the secret agent investigate. Gao Ming will definitely not murder Concubine Yang, so there is someone else! I want to see who is doing this. !”

In fact, he knew better than anyone else that Li Chengqian had no motive for murdering Concubine Yang. He was also about to conquer the world, and he knew very well where Li Chengqian's current confidence came from.

Murdering Concubine Yang would do no good to Li Chengqian.

"Slave, we'll make arrangements now." The old chamberlain jumped out like a ghost, and then disappeared into the hall like a ghost.

But Li Er frowned, a third-party manpower appeared?
Or is there something unexpected that happened that he didn't expect?
At this moment, Li Er was furious.

He didn't care about Concubine Yang's death, but the situation was once again out of his control, which made him very dissatisfied.

As for the reason why he was unwilling to return to Chang'an just now, it certainly had something to do with the nonsense he said, but more importantly, he knew that as long as he went back now, the third-party force that had just emerged would inevitably come back. They will shrink back, but if they want to show their heads again, it won't be that easy.