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

Chapter 803 Volume Changle's Expectations

Quan Wanji is not pure after all. Ever since he decided to assist Li Ke in seizing the throne, he is no longer the original Quan Wanji.

When they came to their senses, the first thing they thought of was the trouble that Xu Jingzong's actions had brought to them.

I am also worried at the moment.

Not only him, Du Chuke, who heard his words, also looked worried. He pondered for a while before saying, "Yes, if this happens, the border between Tang and Ming will be reopened, even if it is only an official channel. But once this channel is opened, sensitive merchants will definitely smell something.

By then, all that the Liu brothers have gained with their lives will be gone.”

As he spoke, Du Chuke sighed for no reason. As things had developed to this point, he felt quite helpless.

The Shu King's family had been preparing for a big event in Taohe County with great enthusiasm, but the result really proved the saying that they died before achieving their goal.

"I don't understand it either." Quan Wanji shook his head and said, "Logically speaking, he is now devoted to the development of Taohe County, why did he suddenly lean towards the Ming Dynasty?

With his shrewdness, it is impossible that he does not understand what this means for the Ming Dynasty?"

"What's so hard to understand about this?" Du Chuke was much more knowledgeable than Quan Wanji in this regard, and he said immediately, "Although Xu Jingzong has never taken sides between the two princes for so long, in fact, this guy has always been eyeing the forces on both sides. Now that he sees that my Shu Wang faction is obviously at a disadvantage, he is creating an opportunity for the Ming Dynasty by expanding the two prefectures. How normal is that?
Does Xu Jingzong still care about his face?

Besides, he expanded the two capital cities, reported it to the court and conformed to the actual situation. Even if His Royal Highness the King of Shu really goes to that step in the future, can he still be blamed for it?
If we really talk about cunning, there are few in the court who are more cunning than him."

Du Chuke himself was a political opportunist. By observing Xu Jingzong's every move, he instantly understood his intentions.

But as he said, Xu Jingzong's timing was perfect, and no matter who it was, no one could find fault with it.

"Let him be." Hearing this, Quan Wanji sighed and said, "It's all our incompetence that things have developed to this point."

Quan Wanji was also a little bored at this moment.

He was originally a clean official, but now he is caught up in the battle for the crown prince. If he had really made some achievements, it would be fine, but the result is like this now, and he himself is a little disappointed.

Du Chuke was not as easily discouraged as him, and immediately laughed and said, "Master Quan, there is no need to be like this. The defeat of Taohe County is a fact, but it is by no means just a bad thing.

This also gives us an opportunity to truly realize the horror of the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, no matter how high your highness can reach, you will have to face the Ming Dynasty eventually. It is better to understand it earlier than if the Ming Dynasty suddenly attacks us later, right?
Moreover, although the Ming Dynasty won this time, it also exposed many problems.

Isn't this a good thing for us?

Finding problems and solving them is what we should do.”

In this regard, Du Chuke is indeed stronger than Quan Wanji. Quan Wanji may be worried about the previous failure of the Liu brothers.

But this is almost impossible for Du Chuke, as he is the kind of person who becomes stronger as he fights more.

The more difficult it is, the more he desires the challenge.

Seeing that Quan Wanji didn't say much, Du Chuke didn't say anything more either. Instead, he looked at Wang Renyou and said, "Did County Magistrate Wang agree today?"

"For the sake of the country and the people, I have no reason to refuse." Wang Renyou answered very straightforwardly.

Although he is now also a descendant of the King of Shu, he is different from everyone else. Others joined the camp on their own, but he was swept up by the general trend and joined the King of Shu's camp in a daze.

In this respect, he is completely different from everyone else.

Moreover, he had experienced the time when he tried to curry favor with the Wang family and became a laughing stock of the world, and he had also experienced the wasted years as an official. It can be said that nowadays, he is thinking more about himself.

Du Chuke had also slightly noticed this during this period, so he asked this question.

But when he heard Wang Renyou's answer, he was stunned.

"For the country and the people?" Du Chuke muttered, "What Wang Juncheng said makes sense. No matter from which aspect, this is indeed for the country and the people. If we refuse, it would seem that we are a little ignorant of the overall situation.

So, although the Liu brothers died on the battlefield, the new march commander is also one of our own. A letter came before saying that he will arrive in three or two days at most. When the time comes, I will inform him so that County Magistrate Wang can have an explanation when he returns."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Du." Wang Renyou said with a smile.

To be honest, today Xu Jingzong convened officials from Taohe County in Taozhou City to discuss the expansion of the two prefectures. Du Chuke, as the deputy governor of Hezhou, should also have participated.

It’s just that Du Chuke had some personal matters before, so he didn’t go.

Otherwise, Xu Jingzong would not have been so easy to talk to when he was in the county magistrate's office before.

And in Sun Moon Mountain.

When Pusino and others received the news, they were not very excited.

It is true that Datang is their largest downstream market.

But it does not mean that Ming Dynasty’s industry stagnated after losing the Tang Dynasty market.

On the contrary, the Ming Dynasty had been wary of this from the very beginning, and now the products made in the Ming Dynasty have already crossed the ocean to Japan in the east.

Going south, he also had interests in Siam and Pyu.

If we go west, it is even more impressive. To put it bluntly, today's Ming Dynasty manufacturing has spanned the Eurasian continent.

All of this is to guard against the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, the development of Ming Dynasty itself is extremely exaggerated. In addition, the Ming Dynasty is fighting on two fronts, and the consumption is also huge.

With the current Ming Dynasty's industry, its own people and its own army can consume it, so the Ming Dynasty is not afraid of the Tang Dynasty's blockade of the border at all. How can that be a big deal?

"The Changming Restaurant in Taohe County has already agreed to Xu Jingzong's request." Li Qinjian said with a smile, "Besides, this is not a bad thing for the Ming Dynasty after all, so we can still give it a try.

Although the big workshops don't care about the border blockade, in addition to the large workshops, there are still a lot of small workshops in Ming Dynasty, and they still have to make a living. "

As the Minister of Revenue, it is impossible for Li Qinjian not to pay attention to the issue of taxation.

Although the blockade of the Tang-Ming border did not pose any problem for the Ming Dynasty in the short term, a sharp drop in tax revenue was a foregone conclusion for the Ministry of Revenue.

"I also support Minister Li's statement." Wang Xuance also stood up immediately, "Although Tang and Ming are now fighting fiercely in the territory of Dazhao, we all know the reason behind it.

Moreover, Xu Jingzong's intention this time is clearly to show goodwill. He should seize this opportunity to seek more tangible conveniences for the people of our Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the Tang-Ming border has been blocked, which is not a good thing for the relationship between the two countries.

Your Highness will have to go back one day, whether the Tang Dynasty sends an envoy to pick you up or the Ming Dynasty sends an army to escort you, the result will be the same."

In their position, people like Qibi Heli, Pushino, and Ihara Xi are all the same.

That position in the Tang Dynasty can only belong to Li Chengqian.

If one day the person in that position is replaced and it is not Li Chengqian, they will fight to the death and enter Chang'an.

Their political aspiration is to rule the Central Plains. Only by reaching that point can they have a chance to truly accomplish a feat that will go down in history.

Even though they are now enough to leave a significant mark in history books, this is obviously not enough.

As a human being, who doesn't live to build a good reputation during life and after death?

"You two are right." Pusino said, "That's what I mean, too. And it's not just about selling them materials. In terms of city planning, our Ming Dynasty has a unique advantage.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the cities that our Ming Dynasty has built on this grassland over the years?

Which one of them can't help but make people praise it as brilliant?
Therefore, this time, I intend to ask the Ministry of Works to send a team to go to Taohe County with the caravan.

Let the people of the Tang Dynasty see how the barbarians they have heard so much about have technology that is beyond their reach.

I believe you have all heard that there have been many rumors flying around Chang'an recently, which has dealt a heavy blow to your highness's reputation.

Although His Highness has not issued an edict yet, as subjects, we cannot do nothing.

What do you think? "

It was normal for rumors about Chang'an to reach them. Even though the Tang-Ming border was blocked, to be honest, it could only block large merchant caravans at most.

Even those who do smuggling work secretly cannot be stopped.

Everyone actually knows this.

"We should have done this a long time ago." Upon hearing this, Qibi Heli, who had already returned to the court, said, "It gives me a headache to hear those words, and I don't know which fool spread them.

Do you really think that the Ming Dynasty is a soft persimmon that is easy to bully?"

"That's great." Li Qinjian also nodded and said, "We, the Ming Dynasty, never bully others, but we will not allow others to bully us either."

On this point, everyone's opinions are extremely consistent.

Their core interest is Li Chengqian. Anyone who disagrees with them on this point is their enemy.

……

And outside the palace, there is the Qingtian Yamen.

Changle was busy and exhausted.

Ever since she decided to revise the Ming Dynasty Law, he has been busy like this every day.

Her revision was completely different from Li Ke's revision of the Tang Dynasty Law.

At best, Li Ke made a refined revision on the original Tang Dynasty Code, and Li Ke had a large number of officials to assist him. To be honest, he himself might not have read the Tang Dynasty Code in its entirety.

But Changle was different. She completely overturned the existing Ming Dynasty laws and revised them according to the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty.

To this end, she exchanged letters with Li Chengqian almost every day. In addition, she also planned to visit various states and prefectures in the Ming Dynasty to understand the actual conditions and customs of each state and prefecture, and integrate them into the Ming Dynasty Law she compiled.

Of course, this matter has not been implemented to date.

Without him, no one dared to let her go.

Everyone knows that she is Li Chengqian's favorite. If anything goes wrong, no one can take the responsibility.

At this moment, Changle in the government office finally climbed up from the desk piled with books, rubbed his eyes, stretched, and said, "I am so tired. It will take me nearly half a month to read all the information, let alone organize it."

"Who told you to do everything by yourself? Let the Ministry of Justice send a few people to help with these things. It will be sorted out in a few days." Zhang Xiaohua at the side also raised his head from the table.

Like Changle, she also suffered from back pain, probably because she kept her head down for too long and her neck was turned like a wave drum.

"How can we let others do this?" Changle insisted, even though he was tired. "If we don't know the people's demands thoroughly, how can we compile a Ming Dynasty law that benefits the country and the people?"

At this point, she suddenly laughed and said, "Oh, by the way, you don't know, my eldest brother said in his letter yesterday that if our Great Ming Law can really be compiled, it will definitely be a groundbreaking product.

My brother also said at the end of the letter, who says women are inferior to men!

Ha ha! "

Speaking of this, Changle's smile became even more obvious.

"Does Your Highness have any other opinions?" Zhang Xiaohua asked, "Didn't you say before that you would write to Your Highness and ask?"

I have been with Changle for several years, and now we are much more relaxed when talking to each other in private, and there are not so many rules.

Of course, in formal occasions, all the necessary rules must be followed.

"I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it." Changle said, "My eldest brother said that if possible, the Ming Dynasty law can be divided into different categories, with business being business and criminal law being criminal law..."

As he said this, Changle simply took out Li Chengqian's letter. When he was about to hand it out, he took out another page from the envelope and said, "I can't show you this. It was written specifically for me by my elder brother. You can read the others."

No one doubted Changle's words, because they all knew that in every letter Li Chengqian wrote, there was a section specifically chatting with Changle about family matters.

They had accidentally seen it before, and this was no exception.

Changle would treasure the parts of Li Chengqian's letters that included casual conversations about family matters.

She enjoyed her brother's meticulous care, which was one of the few things she looked forward to.

After Zhang Xiaohua and the others read the suggestions in Li Chengqian's letter, they nodded and said, "Your Highness is very thoughtful."

Although they said so, as soon as the words came out, everyone wilted, "But to do what Your Highness said, are there really enough of us?"

"Hehe." After hearing what everyone said, Changle suddenly laughed, "We don't have enough, but what are all those students in the school for?

Don’t they have practical classes?
I will talk to Chen Xuezhen later and this will be the practical class for this year.

Are you still afraid that there will be no one by then?
There are a lot of people, right? "

"Will this affect the normal teaching in the school?" Zhang Xiaohua was somewhat happy to hear this, but she still couldn't help asking.

After all, they knew the importance of the Ming Academy to the Ming Dynasty.

"Don't worry, it won't affect you." Changle said, "My elder brother once said that officials who don't understand the people's livelihood don't know how to govern them.

We are giving them the opportunity to understand people's livelihood in advance.

In the future, I hope that all officials of my Ming Dynasty will understand the difficulties faced by the people. Only in this way can they work wholeheartedly for the people.

I wonder what the Ming Dynasty looked like at that time?"

As he spoke, a hint of anticipation suddenly appeared on Changle's face.