Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

The production and distribution of the three high-yield crops were determined in the court under the pretext that the princess' birth was auspicious.

Next, the Minister of Revenue Dai Wei, the Minister of War Li Jing, the Minister of Punishment Li Daozon, the Minister of Works Tang Jian and others discussed how to distribute the money to each place and what to do if someone dared to keep it privately.

Today's court meeting mainly discussed the distribution of three high-yield grains.
Li Shimin was already very pleased, and he waved his hand and said, "This year, the taxes of the people will be reduced for one year." Since he came to power last year, after collecting commercial taxes, Li Shimin realized that there were so many commercial taxes. He was simply stunned.

Jiang Ci then said, "Your Majesty, the rainy season is coming soon, and mountain torrents are frequent. Therefore, I request that Your Majesty issue an order to allow the more than 100,000 Turkic captives to go to the riverside to build river embankments and other flood prevention measures."

The problem of floods has not been completely solved even on Blue Planet in the 21st century, let alone in the Tang Dynasty where productivity is average.

Everyone thought Jiang Ci's idea was quite advanced, but it had to be said that it was also quite understandable. Li Shimin also waved his hand and approved it.

After retiring,
Li Shimin hurried to the Lizheng Palace.
He was going to go to his new villa and study his bed and other things carefully.

It was the first time he had seen such a soft mattress. Everything inside made him feel as if he had entered a fairy palace.

When Li Shimin returned to the villa in Lizheng Hall, Empress Changsun was blinking at herself in the mirror in front of the dressing table.

She looked like a 28-year-old girl, blinking playfully at herself in the mirror. From her current state, it was hard to tell that she was already a mother of seven children.

Li Yuan was also in the villa at this moment. He was sitting on the sofa in the living room, feeling lazy and comfortable.

Faced with this villa that suddenly appeared, Li Yuan was very shocked and was in awe of Ling Xue's extraordinary means.

Facing someone like Ling Xue, he dared not be disrespectful. Even if he was the emperor, he had to call Ling Xue softly, "Mother-in-law."

In fact, Ling Xue didn't care about the title, but she was troubled by the fact that her own eldest son had raped the daughters of two emperors, and she felt that she had to make some compensation.

So, Ling Xue quickly came to Li Yuan and said to him: "Father-in-law, I will also give you a villa, but it should be slightly smaller than this one. Do you think it's okay?" Ling Xue did this for one reason, firstly, she didn't want Li Shimin to lose face. After all, several of Li Shimin's daughters had married his eldest son.

Secondly, Li Shimin was the ruler of a country, so he naturally wanted the most. It would also save his face.

Li Yuan replied with a smile: "Then I would like to thank my mother-in-law first." Li Yuan was very happy at this moment. He didn't want to live with Li Er. After all, although the misunderstanding between them father and son was resolved, there was still a little knot in his heart.

Li Yuan's mind was active at this moment. In addition to the few princesses who were married, there were many more. The main reason was that Princess Huainan was living a really good life in Prince Xian's mansion. He had personally inquired about this matter. After all, she was his daughter after all.

Soon, Ling Xue arranged a villa for Li Yuan in an open area of ​​Tai'an Palace.

Li Yuan happily moved into the villa and started his retirement life.

Prince's Palace,
When Jiang Ci returned to the mansion, Li Leyan and others were not at home. He asked Zhang San, and Zhang San told him that the princess and others had all gone to dig sweet potatoes.

Jiang Ci felt that with the vixen Yang Mi around, they were safe.

Then Jiang Ci felt that it was time to launch a fatal attack on the Five Surnames and Seven Families. Jiang Ci took He Yong out of the Prince Xian's Mansion and went to another property of his in Chang'an, which was the Wangjiang Tower, where many students liked to discuss academics.

The main reason was that Jiang Ci felt that Ji Longyue might really have no talent for business, otherwise, he wouldn’t have been closed at the gate of the Imperial College for two days.

When they arrived at Wangjiang Tower, the students who were discussing academics all bowed respectfully when they saw Jiang Ci coming, saying, "Students greet His Royal Highness Prince Xian."

Jiang Ci said calmly: "No need to be polite, I am just here to take a look around."

Jiang Ci then said, "I want to set up this building as a place to sell books. I hope you will forgive me. But please rest assured, students, I will only sell them at cost price."

Soon, He Yong moved the papers and books in the carriage to Wangjiang Tower. Looking at the snow-white A4 paper, the students asked curiously about the price.
And the price is a little cheaper than that of the Five Surnames and Seven Families.

Of course, there are also many books that are much cheaper than those from the Five Surnames and Seven Families.

There are still several months to the Autumn Examination, so Jiang Ci is not in a hurry. After He Yong laid out the books and papers in Wangjiang Tower, they were quickly sold out by the students present. Of course, this is also due to limited quantity.

Of course, the people of the Five Surnames and Seven Families soon learned of this news, and were immediately furious. Zheng Qishuang even slammed the table in anger and said, "What does this bastard want to do? He cheated us badly on the salt business before, and now he is doing it again. Does he have to fight to the death with my Xingyang Zheng family?"

Zheng Qishuang was extremely angry. Previously, Jiang Ci threw the stone statue of Pixiu at their gate into the mansion, which almost scared him to death. This had already made him very angry and brought shame to the Zheng family of Xingyang.

Soon, the people of the five surnames and seven clans gathered together and began to discuss countermeasures.
The patriarch of the Longxi Li family said, "How should we deal with this matter? That bastard Jiang Ci has ruined our salt business, and it's not just Chang'an, it's the whole country."

Yes, the salt business suddenly spread across the country. And Li Shimin also issued an imperial decree, not allowing anyone to sell private salt anymore, otherwise, the entire family would be executed. When this imperial decree came out, some merchants who were still eager to move suddenly felt a chill on their necks.

What they feared the most was that Jiang Ci would suddenly push these books and papers across the country. Once pushed across the country, the future of their Five Surnames and Seven Families would be absolutely difficult.

The head of the Taiyuan Wang family said sarcastically, "Who is to blame for this? It's the current head of the Xingyang Zheng family, that bastard Zheng Qishuang, who caused the trouble. If it weren't for Zheng Qishuang's concubine, illegitimate son, and illegitimate daughter who wanted to plot against Jiang Ci, how could Jiang Ci come to the door? Zheng Qishuang is just an idiot."

The patriarch of the Zheng family in Xingyang immediately said angrily: "Mr. Wang, please speak properly."

The head of the Wang family of Taiyuan slammed the table angrily: "Zheng, if your family had not chosen a fool as the head of the family, would the idle prince have killed us all? You should know that knowledge is in the hands of the five surnames and seven families. Now, Jiang Ci has turned against us. All this is caused by you, the Zheng family of Xingyang. I have hoarded hundreds of thousands of kilograms of salt, who should I sell it to now? Ah? You buy it!"

Qinghe Cui family,

Bolin Cui,

The clan leaders of Lanling Lu clan and others also looked at the clan leader of Zheng clan. After all, they had all heard with their own ears Jiang Ci say that they were implicated by Xingyang Zheng clan.

Upon hearing this, the Zheng clan leader was furious.

(End of this chapter)