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

Chapter 802 Volume The Heroes of the Tang Dynasty

Wang Dequan naturally understood what Changsun Chong meant. The rumors circulating in Chang'an now affected not only their prince. To be honest, apart from the King of Yue who was temporarily living in the East Palace and acted like he had no desires, the one who was most affected was the King of Shu who had been secretly eyeing the throne.

Chang Sun Chong smiled and said, "Minister Wang, just do it. The Ming Dynasty has developed to this day, and it is far from being defeated by a few rumors.

The reason we take it seriously is just to make your Highness feel good when he returns to Beijing."

Although they said so, they actually knew better than anyone how much their Highness valued the people's hearts.

From cheap paper to all kinds of books from the Ming Dynasty.

From the innovation of agricultural tools to Changming Logistics.

Li Chengqian has been subtly influencing the scholars and people of the Tang Dynasty.

"If you ask me, it's not that complicated." At this moment, Fang Yiai said with disdain, "It's obvious that King Liang did this. He's putting the blame on us, so why don't we just throw it back?"

What Li Yin did was not very smart. Although people now firmly believe in it, it is actually nothing to some specific groups of people.

Fang Yiai’s idea is very simple. At worst, everyone will just be shameless. Who’s afraid of whom?

"I told you that you have no brains, but you still don't believe it." Cheng Chuliang said, "Now that they have taken the initiative, even if you say this again, they will only think that someone is throwing dirty water on King Liang. Do you think they will believe you or King Liang?
Besides, His Highness is still the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty after all. If this matter gets out, it will only be the Tang Dynasty royal family that will be embarrassed.

Don’t you want to consider this issue?
As a vassal prince, if he doesn't consider it, people will think he is a foolish prince at most, but as the crown prince of the East Palace, if His Highness doesn't consider it, what will people say?"

After Cheng Chuliang finished speaking, Chang Sun Chong also nodded. That's the truth.

The prince and the prince are different.

The requirements for the two are also completely different.

There are many things that Li Yin can do, Li Ke can do, and even Li Tai can do, but Li Chengqian, the crown prince, cannot do them.

“Isn’t that unfair?”

"Don't say it's unfair." As soon as Fang Yiai opened his mouth, Chang Sun Chong said, "In this world, where is there any absolute fairness? Your Highness was born as the eldest son, this is fair!

Your Highness has said before that what Lu Zhengqing said in the Taiji Hall, "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight," was right."

"That's right. Your Highness's status did allow the King of Liang to take advantage of you." Cheng Chuliang said, "This matter is actually hard to explain. We can only slowly restore your Highness's reputation in the future.

Ordinary people are actually forgetful. As long as there is enough time, the impact of this incident will be forgotten sooner or later.

However, what we should do most now is to learn lessons from this incident. We can't always expect people to forget it over time, right?

If this happens a few more times, how can Your Highness still have any reputation? "

"Yes, after this incident, I also realized the importance of speech control. In the final analysis, it is because we have no experience and no precautions in speech control, which allowed King Liang to seize the opportunity." Wang Dequan began to think about this problem ever since rumors were flying all over Chang'an.

In the past, they did not realize the impact of public opinion. In other words, they had no concept of public opinion warfare.

But Li Yin's move taught them a profound lesson.

Upon hearing this, Chang Sun Chong and others nodded.

"I wonder what Minister Wang thinks?" Chang Sun Chong asked.

"It's not that I have any ideas," Wang Dequan said, "but I think that the only thing that can suppress public opinion is public opinion itself.

Whether it is ordinary people or anyone else, the novelty is only temporary. If we can collect more secrets from each household, the next time we encounter such a situation, we can just throw it out.

Moreover, these so-called secrets are not earth-shattering. If you really want to say it, the daughter-in-law of the Li family and the second son of the Liu family are having an affair. This kind of bullshit is the most talked about thing. "

"Which Li family? Which Liu family?" Upon hearing this, Fang Yiai immediately became excited and said, "Could it be Li Ji's family or Liu Hongji's family? This is explosive news, Minister Wang, tell us what's going on."

Upon seeing Fang Yiai's performance, Wang Dequan burst into laughter, pointed at Fang Yiai and said, "Let me tell you, this kind of secret is the most popular, but I am just giving an example."

"Tsk." Fang Yiai lost interest immediately when he heard that Wang Dequan was just giving a random example.

However, Chang Sun Chong and his companions saw an opportunity in this and immediately said with a smile, "Let's do as Minister Wang said."

"But how do we spread it?" Cheng Chuliang asked in confusion. "If it's spread by word of mouth, firstly, the authenticity cannot be guaranteed. Secondly, it's easy for people to take advantage of it. Thirdly, the efficiency is still too low."

"I have thought about this too." Wang Dequan said, "Didn't the Tang Dynasty have official reports? But those were only circulated by officials. So why can't the Ming Dynasty have a kind of official report for people all over the world to circulate?

With the endorsement of the Ming Dynasty, the authenticity is guaranteed, and it will not be taken advantage of by others."

"We have to consult His Highness on this matter." Upon hearing this, Chang Sun Chong's eyes suddenly lit up, but he knew very well that this kind of matter was definitely not something they could decide on.

"Of course." Wang Dequan said, "This time I would like to invite a few of you to submit a joint petition. Whether it will succeed or not depends on your Highness' attitude."

"Count me in on this!" The first person who jumped out was Fang Yiai. How could he be left out of such an interesting thing?

Chang Sun Chong and others also nodded. They did not do this just to join in the fun, but because they really saw the feasibility of this matter.

At that moment, everyone began to draft the memorial.

……

At the same time, Xu Jingzong, who was far away in Taohe County, was also living a relaxing and comfortable life recently.

Although Zhang Liang and Li Junxian died in the battle, Liu Shuyi and his brothers were unable to return to Hezhou alive.

But what does this have to do with him?
Fighting is not his business.

His most important responsibility now is to develop the economy of Taohe County.

And with Liu Shuyi blocking the border traffic between Tang and Ming, his chance finally came.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he intercepted quite a few caravans.

As a result, Taohe County prospered in a short period of time.

Not to mention other things, in just a few months, Taohe County has established more than 30 new workshops and more than 100 new restaurants and inns. All of this demonstrates the rapid development of Taohe County.

As the governor of Taohe County, how could he not be happy?
As for the dispute between Li Chengqian and his brothers, does it have anything to do with him?
He has never provoked that person in all the time he has been in Taohe County.

Later, when Li Ke's forces began to infiltrate Taohe County, he also did not provoke him.

For him, everything now has nothing to do with him. As long as he manages Taohe County well, no matter who sits in that position in the future, the credit that belongs to him will not be able to escape.

"The development of Taohe County is too rapid now." Xu Jingzong, who was sitting at the head of the Taohe County government, said, "The development of Hezhou and Taozhou has reached saturation. I have also reported to the court, and the court has agreed to the expansion of the two cities. What suggestions do you have?"

The officials of Taohe County had no dissatisfaction with their county governor. After all, they did not want to get involved in the fight between the two.

They would be very satisfied if they could live peacefully in Taohe County and make some achievements.

Moreover, Taohe County is currently experiencing a good development momentum, and it is the time for them to reap the credit. What are they dissatisfied with?

Even as the current Taohe County Magistrate, Wang Renyou had no complaints.
"Now Taohe County has indeed reached a bottleneck in its development." Cui Mingyuan, the governor of Taozhou County, said immediately, "In the final analysis, it is because the capital of Taohe County is too small. No one would have thought that such a small Taohe County would have such an opportunity today. It is indeed unexpected."

Taohe County was just a border town in the past. No one expected that it would become as prosperous as it is today.

Not only them, but even the people of Taohe County themselves did not expect this.

"Having this opportunity is also the luck of our Taohe County." Xu Jingzong said with a smile, "However, as far as this is concerned, although our Taohe County has been affected by some aspects of the war, in general, the impact is not great.

No matter who those two are, in the final analysis, neither of them wants to harm Taohe County.

If we cannot take this opportunity to help Taohe County move forward, neither I nor any of you sitting here are worthy of being officials in Taohe County."

Xu Jingzong's words were not particularly intense, but after he said this, he stared at Wang Renyou.

In fact, it's not just him. Everyone's eyes are now fixed on Wang Renyou.

Except for Wang Renyou and a few others, no one present had a clear stance, but Wang Renyou was Li Ke's man.

They were also worried that this guy was not very smart and would hinder the development of Taohe County.

"You don't have to stare at me like that." Wang Renyou smiled and said, "I know who I am as a minister to. I may have some selfish thoughts from time to time, but I will never do anything that would harm the interests of Taohe County."

He didn't lie.

Although he is now considered an official of the Shu King's faction, he has indeed not done anything to harm the interests of Taohe County since he took office as the county magistrate of Taohe County.

Even though the Shu King's faction had suffered heavy losses before, he still did the same.

"Okay." Xu Jingzong waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about the details of expanding the two prefectures.

Speaking of which, my Taohe County has collected a lot of taxes. Apart from those handed over to the court, there are now a full 100,000 strings of cash in the treasury.

The reason why I have this idea is because the treasury is now full.

But when it comes to expansion, we have to deal with the Ming Dynasty, and we still need the help of Wang Juncheng in negotiating this matter."

Of course, what he meant was not to let Wang Renyou go to the Ming Dynasty to negotiate peace. Although Liu Shuyi and his brother died in the battle, the border between Tang and Ming was still blocked, so Wang Renyou needed to go to negotiate peace.

"Indeed." Cui Mingyuan also said, "To expand the two prefectures, a lot of materials are needed. Everyone has seen the prefect's prefecture city expansion plan before. It is not only about expanding the city, but also renovating the streets in the city.

These days, with more and more caravans in the city, that street in the city is almost unbearable to look at.

Not only are there potholes everywhere, but there is also water accumulation from time to time, which has seriously affected the development of Taohe County."

"That's true." After he finished speaking, an official immediately said, "I have seen the highway built by the Ming Dynasty before. If we can use the cement used to build the highway in the Ming Dynasty, it shouldn't be like this."

"That's what I think too." Xu Jingzong said with a smile, "That's why we need Wang Juncheng to help mediate. After all, the Tang-Ming border is now closed, so it's not that easy to buy some materials from the Ming Dynasty."

"Is Ming willing to sell?" Wang Renyou asked, "Under the current situation, I am afraid that Ming will have a grudge against us."

"Don't worry, County Magistrate Wang," Xu Jingzong said. "When I had this idea, I sent someone to ask at Changming Restaurant. They replied that as long as it is beneficial to the people and the Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is willing to sell it at cost price. We just need to go to the Ming Dynasty to pick up the goods ourselves."

How could he not be prepared at all?

Of course, to him, this wasn't a big deal.

As for the fact that the Tang-Ming border was closed, he had no control over how Changming Restaurant was connected to Sun Moon Mountain.

"In that case, I'll be right back." Wang Renyou also looked indifferent.

After that, everyone discussed it for a while and then dispersed.

When Wang Renyou returned, Du Chuke and Quan Wanji soon came to his house.

They also knew that Xu Jingzong had invited everyone to discuss matters today, and they wanted to find out what Xu Jingzong wanted to do.

Now that the Shu King's faction has been almost completely defeated in the war in the northwest, it is impossible for them not to take it seriously.

However, after hearing Xu Jingzong's thoughts, Quan Wanji sighed: "I never thought that Xu Jingzong, who used to be a shrewd man, would now work for the country and the people. On the other hand, I used to be dedicated to the country and the people, but now I have become a shrewd man."

He was somewhat stimulated. After all, he had devoted himself to the country in the past, but what about now?

"Boss Quan, you don't have to do this." Du Chuke comforted him, "I don't know how much money and grain will be wasted on the expansion of Taohe County this time, Xu Jingzong has finally seized the opportunity.

I admit that he is capable, but how can he compare with Mr. Quan in terms of character?"

Quan Wanji's character is beyond reproach in the Tang Dynasty. Comparing him with Xu Jingzong, in Du Chuke's opinion, is an exaggeration for Xu Jingzong.

"That's not the way to say it." Quan Wanji was not happy about it, he waved his hand and said, "Xu Jingzong is still a good person, at least the Taohe County can be what it is today, Xu Jingzong has made an indelible contribution.

Although I looked down on this man in the past, as far as Taohe County is concerned, countless years later, the people of Taohe County will surely speak highly of their former county magistrate when they mention him.

Even for the Tang Dynasty, he is a hero!

But if he does this, it won’t be a good thing for us.”