Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 238: Secret Talk, the Family Migrated South

Li Yuanji looked at Wu Shigui quietly and saw that Wu Shigui's face was flushed. Li Yuanji knew that Wu Shigui was extremely moved.

Any rest he had taken before was all forced. He was originally Li Yuan's man. There was no dispute about this and everyone knew it. After all, he was an old man who had been following Li Yuan since Li Yuan started the uprising.

When he first came here, he was not employed by Li Yuanji. Later, Li Er launched a mutiny and Li Yuan officially retired behind the scenes. Wu Shigui also kept a low profile and stayed at home most of the time.

After being silent for a long time, Wu Shigui was finally being used by Li Yuanji. How could he not be excited?

He knew about the Ministry of Commerce. Now that Li Yuanji was here, he was very clear about the status of the Ten Ministries. Because there were no three provinces, it was equivalent to that above the Ten Ministries, there was only Cen Wenben, the chief minister, who was the real prime minister. Then the Ten Ministries were directly connected to Li Yuanji and had great power.

Especially the Ministry of Commerce. In Wu Shigui's view, it was a perfect match for him. Although he was highly valued during Li Yuan's reign, he always felt that he was unable to do things. Now that he was working on the Ministry of Commerce, he was not afraid at all.

He himself is a businessman, and he has fully understood the business model in Li Yuanji's fiefdom. Wu Shigui is confident that he can do a good job in the Ministry of Commerce.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will do my best to handle the affairs of the Ministry of Commerce and will never let Your Majesty down!"

Li Yuanji smiled and nodded: "Okay, I also believe that you can do a good job in the Ministry of Commerce. You can go down now. After you understand clearly, you can officially take over the affairs of the Ministry of Commerce."

As Wu Shigui left, Li Yuanji's face became serious. Recruiting Wu was not a helpless move for him. Although Wu was not very capable, she was not that bad either. Of course, this was Wu Shigui's generation.

Some of the people after Wu Shi were indeed hopeless, but he had not thought of using them. Now Wu Shigui, Wu Shiling, and Wu Shiyi were all okay. Although they were old, as long as they could get through these few years, his academy would provide him with a steady supply of talents, and the talent problem could be solved directly.

Now at first glance, the Wu family is indeed on the rise, but in Li Yuanji's heart, the Wu family's glory will not last long. Unless the descendants of Wu Shigui and the other two can change, otherwise, it will be extremely difficult for them to gain a foothold in his place.

Li Yuanji resolved the issue of the Ministry of Commerce this time in order to free up another person so that that person could devote all his energy to the future affairs of Japan.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuanji stopped thinking about it. Next, he had to think about what Yang and Wei should do.

Especially Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui, whether these two women knew about it and what their attitude towards this matter was were particularly important.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanji felt a headache. This matter had implicated the person next to him.

In the past, Li Yuanji had never thought about that little bit of beauty in his heart. For many things, Li Yuanji was unwilling to think about Yang Qingwan.

Even though their initial marriage was an arranged marriage because Li Yuan kidnapped Yang, he never regarded it as an arranged marriage since his arrival. He treated Yang Qingwan sincerely.

He now has two women, Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui, and later there will be Wu Shun and Wu Mei. This is basically a fact, but the only person he has true feelings for is Yang Qingwan.

Wei Gui was more like a concubine, and he did not have much affection for her. In Wei Gui, he saw more of a marriage of convenience.

Li Yuanji was overwhelmed for a moment. Based on his understanding of Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui, he was not sure about Wei Gui, but he knew very well that Yang Qingwan should be unaware of it. But even if so, it was Yang who was causing trouble, and he was overwhelmed with how to deal with it.

Li Yuanji thought quietly for a long time, and finally stood up and walked slowly towards the harem.

When we arrived at the courtyard in front of Yang Qingwan's bedroom, Yang Qingwan had already walked out.

"My dear, come and sit down. I will give you a shoulder massage."

Yang Qingwan's spring-like smile finally made Li Yuanji smile.

"Haha, well, this happened to give me a headache, ma'am, just go ahead and do what you want."

Arriving at the pavilion, Yang Qingwan stood behind Li Yuanji and began to rub Li Yuanji's shoulders and forehead, which made Li Yuanji feel comfortable immediately.

Although Yang Qingwan had a smile on her face, there was still some worry in her eyes. She already knew that the people had gathered in front of the statue of Li Yuanji in the square. Such a big thing could not be concealed.

She was still working at Yifang at the time. After hearing the news, she immediately rushed back to the palace. She knew that she could not help Li Yuanji in any way, so she just waited. She knew that when Li Yuanji was in a bad mood, he would come to her.

Li Yuanji looked very happy at the moment. After a while, he pressed down Yang Qingwan's little hand that was squirming on his shoulder.

"Madam's cooking skills are getting better and better. It's much better now. Come and sit down."

Yang Qingwan sat obediently beside Li Yuanji, wiping his forehead with her silk cloth. She was silent, her eyes full of her lover.

Li Yuanji held Yang Qingwan's hand and smiled immediately.

"You should know what happened today."

Yang Qingwan nodded slightly: "Everyone knows that I was in Yifang at that time, and I came back after hearing the news.

When my husband went to the square, my three sisters and I watched from a distance. My husband is truly a wise king. The people are blessed to have him."

Yang Qingwan did not ask what exactly happened, nor did she ask how it was resolved. These things were not something that women like them should be concerned about, nor were they what they paid attention to.

Yang Qingwan knew very well what she should do and what she should not ask. Li Yuanji would naturally tell her what she should say. This was her understanding of Li Yuanji.

It's useless to ask about things that shouldn't be said. She needs to do what she should do and not let Li Yuanji worry about these trivial matters. That's what she should do.

National affairs are not something that women in the harem can interfere in.

Li Yuanji smiled slightly. He still felt a little sweet in his heart for Yang Qingwan's praise, but he was more relieved because Yang Qingwan understood the boundary.

Yang Qingwan has not asked about this matter until now, and can clearly distinguish between internal and external affairs.

Even though Yang Qingwan seems so sensible at this time, when it comes to matters involving the inner court, we will have to wait and see whether Yang Qingwan will be so obedient.

Now, in the palace, including all matters in the inner court, Yang Qingwan's words are more effective than Li Yuanji's, such as Wu Shun and Wu Mei.

When Wu Shigui first came to him, Li Yuanji directly refused. However, Yang Qingwan then led him directly into the palace and explained the situation to Li Yuanji later.

Li Yuanji didn't worry about anything in the palace, and Yang Qingwan was in charge of everything. Everything was in good order. Li Yuanji smiled, then put away his smile and spoke slowly.

“We have basically investigated the mass gathering of the people this time, and Jingren is very efficient.

And this matter involved the involvement of Yang and Wei. "

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he did not look at Yang Qingwan, but looked at the scenery outside the pavilion.

Yang Qingwan was stunned, a little dazed, and a little bit unbelievable. She didn't expect that both Yang and Wei were involved in this matter, which made her unable to recover for a while.

Then Li Yuanji slowly told the story of how Yang and Wei were involved.

"That's about it. I know you don't know about it, but do you think Wei Gui knows about it?"

After hearing the end, Yang Qingwan was filled with bitterness, her eyes were tightly closed, and only opened after a while.

"My dear husband, Sister Gui must not know about this. She and I are almost always together, and if someone in the palace leaks the news, I will be able to detect it. My dear husband, don't worry.

As for Yang and Wei, I really didn't expect that when Yuanlin and Siyan arrived, I kept telling them that since they came here, they should abandon everything in the family and devote themselves to their husbands.

I told them this more than once or twice. Every time Yuanlin came back, I would remind him to explain everything to the people from the Yang and Wei families he brought with him so that they would not make any mistakes.

I really can't believe that they would actually do this and disregard my husband for the sake of the clan's interests.

Now that it has happened, I beg my husband to punish them severely.

When something like this happens, only severe punishment can serve as a warning to the officials within my husband's fiefdom.

As for Wei Xiangcheng, Wei Zhelin, Yang Xinghe, Yang Peng, Wei Sheng and others, I implore His Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation and sentence them to death after the investigation is complete.

When the five of them first came here, they had already decided to sever ties with the family and serve the king alone. But now they are serving the family again. If they are not severely punished for their actions, others may follow suit in the future.

As for the Yang and Wei clans, I also implore Your Majesty to impose severe punishment on them.

Only severe punishment can prevent such incidents from happening again in the future, and we must not take it lightly. "

Yang Qingwan said it very resolutely. She married into the Prince of Qi's Mansion, and from the moment she got married, she belonged to the Prince of Qi's Mansion. She was still hesitant when she was in Chang'an, but since Li Yuanji came, especially after coming here, Yang Qingwan has made it very clear.

Nowadays, many women from wealthy families, even though they marry into other families, still consider themselves as members of the wealthy families and are not willing to easily integrate into the new family.

But Yang Qingwan is different. In her heart, Li Yuanji's interests outweigh the family's interests a hundred times. She will never allow Li Yuanji to be affected or implicated by family affairs.

It can be said that she has completely shared the honor and disgrace with Li Yuanji. Yang is no longer her home. Her home is here with Li Yuanji.

In this regard, it can be said that the wives of the three brothers Li Yuanji were really similar, Zheng Guanyin of Li Jiancheng and Empress Zhangsun of Li Er.

The real name of this Empress Changsun is not recorded in historical documents. As for the name Changsun Wugui, it appeared in the novel and was gradually accepted by people. Therefore, Empress Changsun also had the name Changsun Wugui.

Now that Yang and Wei have made such a big mistake, Yang Qingwan is very clear that this is a very big threat to Li Yuanji. If it cannot be dealt with forcefully this time, as the number of noble families here increases in the future, everyone will do the same. If it is dealt with forcefully again, it will not convince the public.

This would also be a huge blow to Li Yuanji's prestige, and Yang Qingwan would never allow this to happen.

When Li Yuanji employed people from the Yang and Wei families, Yang Qingwan also advised Li Yuanji to pay more attention to these people. At that time, he had to use them because of the talent problem, but Yang Qingwan knew the character of her family well. She not only advised Li Yuanji, but also kept persuading Yang Cheng and Wei Ye.

She was just afraid that these two people would make trouble behind her back, but now, it was someone else who got into trouble.

This incident would not only have an impact on Li Yuanji's governance, but Yang Qingwan was even more aware that the trust between Li Yuanji and the Yang and Wei families would probably be shattered.

She already knew about Yang and Wei's situation in Chang'an. Now that their trust had been broken, things would be even more difficult.

Yang Qingwan had no choice. Between her family and Li Yuanji, she could only choose Li Yuanji. What the Yang and Wei families had done this time was really unacceptable to Yang Qingwan.

It's just some money, a mere 1.2 million taels of silver. Is it necessary to do this?
Yang Qingwan was very confused at one point. Just for a few dollars, it was simply a pig's brain.

Yang Qingwan paused for a moment and continued, "My husband, I received news today that the Yang and Wei clans have decided to move to Lingnan. They are now preparing, and some of them have already set off and are heading to my husband's fiefdom."

Li Yuanji felt relieved after listening to Yang Qingwan's words. He was indeed prepared to investigate Wei Xiangcheng and others thoroughly and punish them severely. Now that Yang Qingwan was able to distinguish right from wrong, he was very pleased.

Especially since Yang Qingwan advised him to severely punish several people, or even sentence them to death, it can be seen that Yang Qingwan's heart is indeed with him.

When Yang Qingwan's last words came, Li Yuanji was also a little surprised.

Cen Wenben had already anticipated that the Yang and Wei families would move south and come to live with him, and had even told him about this before. He did not expect it to come true so soon, so the Yang and Wei families began to take action.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanji's heart was filled with sneer again. If this incident had not happened, he might really be happy, but now, he couldn't be happy at all.

He is already tired of the people from these families. For the sake of family interests, he, the king, has to stand aside. What can he do with such people, no matter how capable they are?
Is he going to employ these people and then start stabbing him in the back? Making trouble for him?
If the Yang and Wei families continued to stay in Chang'an, he really didn't have any particularly good solutions. The most he could do was to appropriately control the trade between the two families.

Because of Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui, he would not do anything extreme to the two families. Now that the two tribes took the initiative to migrate here, although he would not make a big fuss about this matter, at least it would undoubtedly be much easier to control them in the future.

Li Yuanji slowly looked at Yang Qingwan and took Yang Qingwan into his arms.

"I will take care of this matter myself, don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you."

The two of them leaned against each other tightly, without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)