The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Fu sat on the cushion, thinking.

After listening to the emperor say so much today, Li Fu found that he still thought the emperor was simple.

The emperor is more profound and powerful than everyone thinks.

Yes, which founding emperor is a simple person?

Even if Li Erfeng seized power at Xuanwu Gate, Li Yuan would only have him among the three sons who could inherit the Tang Dynasty.

As long as Li Yuan was determined not to give up power, Li Shimin would have to stay in the position of the prince and stay honestly.

If Li Yuan did not abdicate, Li Shimin would always be the prince.

Otherwise, would Li Shimin go crazy? Kill his brothers and then his father?

Then he would really become a traitor to the country that would never change.

Killing brothers, killing father, marrying his brother's wife, and forcing the prince to death in his later years...

Even if he made the Zhenguan Dynasty the first prosperous era in the past five thousand years, he could not clear himself.

During the Wude years, Li Yuan spent the whole day in the palace, either drinking with Pei Ji, or appreciating beautiful women dancing, or working hard with Concubine Zhang or Concubine Yin at night.

In fact, the old man was very clear about the government affairs in his heart.

He was in control of the government affairs.

He was not incompetent. In his own words, some things were enough to be clear in his heart, and some things could not be said openly or done. You had to endure and rely on time.

It was just that his sons killed each other, which made this old man who valued family affection lose all his spirit at that time.

Just let it go.

Not long after, the eunuch brought all the account books and respectfully placed them in front of Li Fu.

"Uncle, my nephew wants to see the account books here, you don't mind, right?"

Li Yuan waved his hand.

"What's the matter with that."

Da'an Palace was rich, why was it rich? Tea trading.

If my nephew wants to see it, then let him see it. What's the big deal?

It's just money.

Li Fu sat there flipping through the account book. He didn't need to look at it so carefully. A quick look showed that there was no problem with the various expenditures. That was about right.

It was not much different from the price in his mind, which was very good.

Li Yuan sat at the table, eating and drinking.

He got up late in the morning and just had breakfast now.

As for why he got up late, he was old and didn't need to sleep for so long, but he couldn't stand sleeping late.

Otherwise, where would he get a son as old as his grandson?

"The people in the Craftsman Supervisor do a good job." Li Fu said, "There is no problem with the account, the work is done well, the construction period can be advanced, and the work is done efficiently. Uncle, why don't you give them some rewards during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Okay, since you said so, then I will have someone draft some rewards and distribute them to them during the Mid-Autumn Festival." Li Yuan said.

"I used to have a bad stereotype about court officials." Li Fu smiled and continued, "Anyone who does this kind of work, the palace or the court funding, and the employees involved, if not all, at least 80%, are involved in it."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "You have this impression, it's not your fault. I was also an official in the past, and I know the ins and outs of it. What you said is not wrong. There are honest officials, and there are officials who work for the court and the people wholeheartedly, but among the huge number of officials in the entire court, there are few such people."

Li Fu put down the account book in his hand and looked at Li Yuan.

"So, after I looked through these account books, my nephew said that these officials of the Craftsmen's Supervisor were invaluable in this project."

"Hahahaha." Li Yuan laughed heartily: "So that's the case. No wonder you said you would reward them."

"Even being an official has become a valuable thing. If you do your job well, you will be rewarded. Alas, how can I say this?"

For a moment, Li Yuan was also full of emotion.

He knew very well what the officials in the court were like. They all came from being officials.

When he was the governor of Taiyuan, he was not innocent either.

"If it's not too much, turn a blind eye. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish." Li Fu smiled and continued.

You can't be like Lao Zhu...

Officials in the Hongwu Dynasty, even dogs are not dogs.

"Hahaha, that's right, that's right." Li Yuan echoed.

Li Fu himself was also thinking, is he a good thing?

I know very well how the 130,000 strings of cash came from.

The price of tea has increased arbitrarily this year, and it has madly harvested the rich and powerful families. I am not a pure merchant.

Li Fu smiled knowingly.

"Uncle, I suddenly remembered something. Do you have any books in your Da'an Palace?" Li Fu asked, "JustThere are all kinds of books, some available outside and some not, I want to copy and read them all. "

"Copy and read?" Li Yuan was puzzled: "There are books in Da'an Palace, and there are quite a few. If you want to read them, just take them back and read them. Copy? This cannot be completed in a short time. What do you want to do?"

"The academy, uncle, to enrich the library of the academy." Li Fu said: "The academy has been built, but the library is still empty. Now the academy is full of common books on the market. An academy cannot be without any background. It does take time to accumulate background, but the academy's book room must be enriched immediately."

"You want to copy the books in the palace and put them in the academy." Li Yuan suddenly realized: "It's not impossible. "

Li Yuan agreed with Li Fu's decision to build a book academy in Zhuangzi, so he was not stingy with the books in the palace.

Anyway, the outstanding talents cultivated were all used by the Tang Dynasty and the court, so why be stingy?

Learn literary and martial arts, and sell them to the imperial family.

When their Li family was a noble family, Li Yuan would not agree to take out the books in the family.

But now, their Li family is the royal family.

"Then my nephew..."

"I will have someone send some to your Jingyang Palace later, and then send them in batches. I can't let you empty them all." Li Yuan said with a smile.

"Thank you, nephew. "Li Fu bowed respectfully.

If he gets the book from Da'an Palace, then the things he secretly asked people to make can be put to use.

You know, the industry under the Jingyang Palace also has two kilns for firing porcelain. Isn't it normal to fire something else?

Clay movable type, or some lead movable type...

Let's test the clay movable type first, and ask them to fire a set to test the water.

However, just like improving papermaking, it has to be done secretly and no one can know.

The paper workshop is still covered up, and there are only a handful of people who use the new paper.

Anyway, Li Fu is still the same word: hide.

How dare he make a big fuss about digging up someone's foundation secretly?