Datang first village

"Then what about after we have learned the article well?" Li Ke asked boldly.

Li Yuanxing smiled, pulled the two princes in front of him and said: "Then we set the first rule, which is competition. You can compete, but you are not allowed to play dirty tricks, and you are not allowed to play black hands. Competition is open and aboveboard, and offenders are not allowed to compete." It won’t be punished heavily, it just makes you lose the chance to compete.”

Li Er finally nodded in satisfaction, at least an aboveboard competition is what he would like to see.

Li Chengqian and the other boys who could understand the words were destined to have no sleep tonight. Li Yuanxing's words had too much impact.Even Empress Changsun fell into long-term contemplation.

In particular, Li Yuanxing criticized Li Er's sentence: "What have you taught the baby, and you dare not even tell the truth."

This is an eight-year-old child.

Li Er went to Concubine Yang's palace that night, and Concubine Yang was not in a hurry to get close to Li Er after letting the palace people go out. She knew that Li Er must have come here for one thing, just to talk to her, and it was natural It was a matter in the court of the Sui Dynasty.

Concubine Yang told Li Er a story, an incomplete story that she knew.

That is the story of the princes of the Sui Dynasty fighting for the throne, conspiracy, cruelty, and ruthlessness.

Li Er silently sat by the window and looked at the moon in the night sky. He felt a kind of fear, the deepest fear since the war against the Sui Dynasty.He was afraid that as a father, he would see his children go the same way as the princes of the Sui Dynasty, and he was even more afraid that they would experience the Xuanwu Gate change that he had experienced again.

At this time, Li Yuanxing was also looking at the moon, but he was holding a cigarette in his hand. He was reflecting on whether he was impulsive today.

Sometimes we do bad things with good intentions, and make things worse because of being too impatient. There are too many such examples.

"Your Highness, the morning court is about to begin!" A little eunuch walked up to Li Yuanxing's side cautiously, not daring to take a breath.His Royal Highness King Qin has been staring at the moon all night, and he is still breathing white mist from time to time.

It is rumored that the new king of Qin is from heaven, and it is said that only the dragon in the sky can swallow clouds and smoke.

Li Yuanxing turned around in surprise: "What, go to court, go to court now!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" The little eunuch replied very carefully, for fear of offending this star king from heaven.

Li Yuanxing looked up at the moon again. Even without a watch, Li Yuanxing knew that it would be late at night.It's still early in the morning.

Going to court is really a hard job!

Several young eunuchs worked for a long time before finishing the court clothes for Li Yuanxing. When Li Yuanxing came to the main hall to wait, all the ministers had already arrived here.

I didn't see Li Jing, so I guess he was busy with the Turkic attack these days and stayed in the Ministry of War.

Seeing Li Yuanxing's appearance, Cheng Yaojin, the demon king of the world, rushed over shouting loudly: "Goro, Goro!" Li Yuanxing cursed in his heart, demeanor, demeanor.You are also a member of the second rank, why don't you pay attention to your image at all.

On the other hand, Fang Du, the second prime minister, bowed his hands at Li Yuanxing from a distance as a salute.Changsun Huhu pretended not to notice that he had a mission today, and his mission was to sing against Li Yuanxing, and by the way provoke Wei Heizi, a one-headed one, to jump out and vigorously oppose Li Yuanxing on behalf of the officials.

"Haha! Goro!" Cheng Yaojin, who has now changed his name to Cheng Zhijie.

"Your matter is very interesting. It should be handed over to Lao Cheng. Whoever breaks your rules, Lao Cheng is responsible for killing his whole family!"

Before Li Yuanxing answered, someone came over: "General Cheng's words disagree. The Tang Dynasty governs the country and the people by law. You can't have one person's likes and dislikes, and one person's rules. General Cheng..." That person is still talking Then, because it was dark, Li Yuanxing chose to dodge far away without even seeing the other party's face.

It was Lao Cheng who was cursing at the street at the top of his voice: "Old Cheng, I fought for the Tang Dynasty, and the one I killed was not a villain!"

Bullshit, total bullshit.

What Cheng Yaojin said was his great principle, that killing all the enemies of Datang is our loyalty.The human relations and national laws that the civil official talked about, for the Tang Dynasty, it is natural to keep the country and the people!

The two voices are high-pitched and long-winded, each with its own merits.

All civil servants and military generals stood in their respective positions, closed their eyes and rested their minds, as if the two of them were nothing more than air.

It wasn't until a eunuch shouted that the sage was here, and the voice of the quarrel faded away.

Naturally, Li Yuanxing wanted to be at the top of the list, just because of his title of King of Qin.But the embarrassment for the eunuch was that the king of Qin should be on the side of the military commander or the side of the civil servants. If one is not handled well, the other side will be hostile.

Li Er had already come in, and when he saw Li Yuanxing, he waved and motioned for Li Yuanxing to stand on the steps.

Neither a civil servant nor a general, this is the King of Qin.

The hall was extremely quiet, and for no other reason than to sell the piece of silk thousands of miles away for King Qin, the Great Qin recorded in the Tang Dynasty, the Rome that King Qin Li Yuanxing said could be exchanged for more than 300 taels of gold. .

On the court, the one who can stand here has no family background, and the one has no family support.

And that family has no money, no disputes over goods.

A bolt of the best silk was sold to foreign merchants, and the most expensive was only one tael of gold;If it is transported thousands of miles away, the profit will be as little as three hundred times, and as many as a thousand times.

I remember that Qin Wang Li Yuanxing also said that there was a silk embargo originally planned to control shipments to ensure silk prices.

But once the aristocratic families calculated the profit margin, they all knew clearly that the amount of silk needed there was too huge. Even if they doubled the current sales of Datang by ten times, they would definitely not lower the price of silk to gold. under the weight.

Interests, this is the interests of Datang, but also the interests of the aristocratic families.

"The minister has his roots!" The eldest grandson, Fox, jumped out first, and read hundreds of nonsense sentences. In fact, the real content was only one sentence. The name cannot be used indiscriminately.

Li Er nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

The eldest grandson, Fox, had confessed it the night before, and immediately returned it after finishing his booklet without talking nonsense.

The second person who came out was a thin middle-aged man. Li Yuanxing heard that he claimed to be the servant of the household department surnamed Cui.He jumped out and read a long paragraph. An old eunuch specially arranged beside Li Yuanxing explained the content to Li Yuanxing in a low voice. It is natural for the officials to formulate the matters, and those businessmen can make some suggestions, but it is impossible to assign two official positions to them in the Department of Foreign Commerce.

Li Yuanxing also couldn't understand the chapter of Changsun Fox, but he knew the content in advance.

Li Yuanxing wouldn't have understood what Cui Shilang said without the old eunuch's explanation.

People jumped out one after another, there was no objection, only suggestions for improvement, and these suggestions for improvement were actually competing for profits, fighting for the profits of the various ministries, and fighting for the interests of the various families.Even some people from the military department stood up. The principle is very simple. When these businessmen leave the customs, they still have to pay customs duties.

This tariff is a checkpoint tax.Not Customs Tax!

In short, it is a struggle, a constant struggle.

Li Er is very satisfied with this result. If they don't fight among themselves, then they will unite and fight against the royal family.

Finally, someone mentioned the name Royal again. Hearing this voice, Li Yuanxing remembered that it was the one who quarreled with Old Devil Cheng.

"This is Wei Zheng, Lord Wei!" the old eunuch whispered.

Li Yuanxing looked up and down, thinking that if the old man hadn't been standing here, I would have thought he was an old farmer.

"My lord, the name of the royal family must not be used indiscriminately. What if it is used by the young people? The royal family will be smeared. Please ask the sage to investigate clearly!"

OK, great.The eldest grandson Fox is really the best among foxes.

He predicted that Wei Zheng would definitely jump out, and he did, and went straight to the point.

Li Yuanxing smiled. Since he brought up the name of the royal family, merchants are fanatical, but aren't these aristocratic families fanatical?In addition to being crowned royal, it represents a leader in the industry, which is also the glory of the family.

Before the ministers could open their mouths, Li Yuanxing stood up, first saluted Li Er, and then said: "Then restrain them, and whoever does not do well will be fined! The foreign business department can stop their trading rights, and then A heavy fine!"

"His Royal Highness, what if there is no punishment for their poor management?"

Although Li Yuanxing was speechless on the surface, he was ecstatic in his heart. This Wei Zheng was so cute that he directly asked the topic he wanted to mention. What if there is no punishment?

After thinking about it again and again, Li Yuanxing still had a very helpless expression.

At this time, many officials put forward their opinions, each with their own differences, but none of them really satisfied Li Yuanxing. However, Li Er was very happy today. He has presided over several court meetings, and he has never had such a happy time. Everything is under control The feeling in the middle made Li Er feel very good.

Finally, Cui Shilang from the household department stood up: "You can pledge this amount of silver. Since you have the ability to be a royal merchant, you have enough financial resources to support it. Pledging silver has many benefits!" Cui Shilang began to talk endlessly. spoke up.

Li Yuanxing was a little puzzled, and glanced sideways at Li Er.

Li Er understood what Li Yuanxing meant, and shook his head lightly. He was telling Li Yuanxing that he had never gotten along with Cui Shilang beforehand.

Then it's easy to explain next, Cui Shilang will be an official, and he chose a method that most satisfies the emperor.Then, he wanted to advance the chance of naming the Royal Merchant by one year, that is, let the Chamber of Commerce choose it this year without waiting for next year's re-evaluation.

The Li family, Li Huishou's Chamber of Commerce will naturally give a chance, so the Cui family will also have a chance. Next, they will bring in another big family to get the last royal championship.Let's add a lot of money to the household department first. After all, the new emperor has many things to do when he ascends the throne.

Money is needed to do things, and this opportunity must be seized.

As the servant of the household department, although he is only the second in command, if he wants to go further and completely empty the household department minister, he must have political achievements and sufficient support.