Li Hong left Liang Xiaoren and Yu Wenrong at the Daming Palace construction site with their eyes shining with excitement and gearing up. He hoped that they could complete this problem for two days. At the same time, he also introduced the hard-working and uncomplaining two to them. If you need anything, For help, you can go directly to these two people.
After explaining these things, with Yan Liben's doubtful eyes, Li Hong left the Daming Palace construction site. The next thing that remained was to wait for Yan Liben to send him the "Goose Changing Sticker".
Yan Liben looked at Li Hong's back, always feeling like he had been cheated. After forcing himself to calm down, he finally decided to take a gamble.
If the prince loses, he will neither be able nor dare to take the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" as his own, but as long as he can see the original work and copy it, he will be satisfied.
What should come will eventually come. Li Hong cannot take the initiative to find his aunt Wu Shun. This will only affect the whole body and make the whole matter develop into an irreversible situation.
As for all things, Li Hong had previously ignored the roles played by Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang. Now that he had reviewed everything from the beginning, he discovered that the biggest harm to Taiyi City was not the loss of mercury, but the obstruction of these two people.
Aunt Lanling's warning was obviously right. The two uncles were not only under the instruction of someone else.
The theft of the medicinal kitchen is now considered to be the instigation of the father, and the two batches of mercury were lost, which is obviously the instigation of the mother.
In this situation, the father and the mother are using the Wu family to attack everyone who has a conflict of interest with each other.
The mercury was lost and a part was found with the aunt. Does this mean that the queen wanted to use her own hands to punish her aunt and cousin Helan Minyue
Could it be that the herbal kitchen was stolen because the father wanted to punish He Lan Minzhi himself and have the effect of shaking up the mother
The father and mother used each other's people respectively, and then used Li Hong's hands to achieve the purpose of punishment
Today I made a bet with Yan Liben. Although it was a spur-of-the-moment idea, I have been thinking about his "Goose Changing Post" for several days. He planned to dedicate the "Goose Changing Sticker" to his father to balance the punishment he had given to his aunt and cousin.
Bai Chun, Jingzhe, and Cheetah have been intensifying their search for the "kapok cassock" in the past few days. This is a gift for their mother after they plan to punish Wu Yuanqing, Wu Yuanshuang, and He Lanmin.
"My concubine, Wu Shun, has met His Highness the Crown Prince. My concubine, Helan Minyue, has met His Highness the Crown Prince." Wu Shun and her daughter formally saluted Li Hong in the main hall.
"Auntie, why are you doing this? Get up quickly. Cousin, please get up quickly too." Li Hong came back from Daming Palace. As soon as he entered the door, he saw mother and daughter kneeling down.
Although Wu Shun is two years older than his mother, he is obviously well-maintained. Even though he is forty years old, he still looks like he is about thirty. Standing together with Helan Minyue, they look more like sisters than mother and daughter. A little more.
Helan Minyue's charming appearance has the shadow of Bai Chun no matter how you look at it. She is wearing a white shirt and skirt made of expensive fabrics. She obviously wants to wear Bai Chun's light orchid look, but the complicated jinghong on her head The bun and the shining gold jewelry made her look much more tacky.
It's completely different from Bai Chun's dual combination of light orchid and charming temperament.
"I wonder why my aunt is here today?" Li Hong led the two people into the main hall and sat down separately.
Xiaoxue obediently served the tea immediately, and then stood beside Li Hong, ready to obey the prince's instructions at any time
Wu Shun smiled reluctantly and said softly: "Auntie is here to apologize to Hong'er."
Wu Shun beat the snake and followed the stick. Since the prince has always been addressed as his aunt, it would be a bit too extravagant if he continued to formally call her the prince.
And by calling the prince a family member, does it mean that the prince treats this matter as a family matter rather than a state matter
Li Hong's mind was not focused on mother and daughter at the moment. The relationship between the two of them and his father was in a mess. He really didn't want to move too much, otherwise his father would definitely not be able to get around him.
After a few words of greeting, Li Hong sent Wu Shun and Helan Minyue away, and then fell into deep thought.
The quiz given to him by his father, emperor and empress was obviously not just a test, it involved too many complicated secret fights between the two of them. Just as he thought, both of them were playing against the Wu family, but the one who felt the most uncomfortable was himself, caught in the middle and in a dilemma.
Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang seemed to have discussed it with Wu Shun and his daughter. Not long after Wu Shun and his daughter left, they also appeared in the East Palace together, asking to see Li Hong.
The two people's purpose this time was the same as that of Wu Shun's mother and daughter, which was to make amends with a clear attitude. Similarly, both of them also expressed their dissatisfaction.
The reason for this dissatisfaction is the same as that of Wu Shun and his daughter, that is, since we are a family, Prince, you cannot just focus on making money by yourself, you have to help us anyway.
Taiyi City is a city built specifically for you to make money. As royal nobles, they did not share any benefits. Instead, they needed to be treated equally like other merchants. This made them feel dissatisfied and despised, so they came up with the idea The idea of smuggling privately came up.
Li Hong was confused when he heard this. Who gave them the idea? Illegal sales of prohibited items in Taiyi City, smuggling mercury and items from Taiyi City's forbidden area, and in the end, it became your own
Who could be the person advising them behind the scenes? This is a good candidate to be a lawyer. He has a precise and ruthless vision. He immediately hit on his own weakness, that is, as a prince, he is too stingy and only thinks about himself. , forgetting to give the entire royal family a share of the pie.
This is exactly the question that Li Hong began to think about in the past few days after hearing Lan Ling's words when he left that day. As a prince, he only knows how to make money, but he doesn't know how to get a share of the royal family's pie
Does it appear to be too stingy? Does this put oneself in a selfish position in terms of reputation
While Li Hong was still thinking, Hua Meng came to report again. The royal family, several of his father's younger brothers, and two of his uncles were visiting!
Li Hong's first reaction was, should he go back and look at the almanac first? Has it been agreed upon what day today is? Why are you running to your own east palace to look for yourself!
The almanac was originally a new thing, but since Li Hong's movable type printing began to print all kinds of books in recent years, after several years of development, the almanac (imperial calendar) has become a quite ordinary book, at least it can be used in both east and west. You can buy it in the city.
King Li Shen of Ji, King Li Fu of Zhao, King Li Ming of Cao, and King Li Zhen of Yue, plus the two kings of Han Li Yuanjia and Huo Wang Li Yuangui whom Li Hong could call the emperor's grandfathers, the entire main hall of the Prince's Mansion used to receive distinguished guests suddenly became lively.
His father is only thirty-four years old this year. Among these imperial uncles who are younger than his father, the youngest is only twenty-six years old this year, and they are all in their prime.
Li Hong needed to salute and greet each other one by one. After the greetings were completed, Li Hong felt a little confused. The guests of honor were seated again, and Li Yuanjia and Li Yuangui naturally sat at the head of the others.
Looking at these people, Li Hong was in a daze. If these people supported him, wouldn't it be enough for him to rebel against his father? But he just passed it through his mind, but he didn't dare to really think about it.
If there is really a rebellion, I am afraid that I will rebel against my father and then recruit my mother. After all, these two couples are both very good at strategizing. Otherwise, the Guanlong Group headed by Changsun Wuji would not have collapsed so quickly.
After the emperor's uncle and the emperor's grandfather chatted with him for a few words, Li Yuangui and Li Yuanjia cut the topic to the main topic. They coincided with the previous two groups, and they all came for the wealth in Taiyi City.
Everyone cried about poverty, and everyone said that they were worse than the people of Chang'an. Li Hong wanted to shed a few hypocritical tears after hearing this.
After each of them explained their "difficulties", Li Hong said: "Dear uncles and two imperial grandfathers, although Hong'er is willing to help you, Hong'er is young now and is too young. All the products in City B are the property of our royal family, and even if Hong'er wants Uncle Huang and Grandpa Huang to produce them, I'm afraid my father won't be able to agree, right?"
After Li Hong finished speaking, he saw that several people were silent and looked at them waiting for him to express his position. The attitude of these people was that they were determined not to leave until today. Li Hong sighed, stood up from the chair and said: "Everyone The emperor's uncle and the emperor's grandfather should all know the "On Salt and Iron" written by Heng Kuan, a famous scholar in the Han Dynasty. The grand strategy of salt and iron official operation, liquor monopoly, equal loss, and evenness seems to be in Taiyi City now. There is a lot of wealth, but Hong'er cannot continue to expand all the industries for a while. Tang Law has systematic supervision. If Hong'er shares the blame with the emperor's uncles and grandfathers, Hong'er will not be able to bear it alone. "
These words made all the royal nobles present nodded thoughtfully, but Li Hong said in his heart: You are making trouble for me, okay, I will kick the ball back now, unless the father agrees to them. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to recruit anyone.
"As long as the emperor's uncles and the emperor's grandfather can convince the emperor, I promise that I can give you all these secret recipes, whether it is refined salt or sugar as fine as snow. But there is one thing, please, the emperor's uncles and the emperor. Grandpa promised that all the descendants of our Li family must have a legitimate son to study in our Chongwen Hall, instead of all being concubines like now!" Li Hong looked at them and said.
Everyone here knows that his Chongwen Hall has deviated from the orthodox education of the Imperial Academy and Hongwen Hall in recent years. Who knows what will happen to his children after they are sent to him in a few years? That's why I sent the underappreciated concubine here to give his prince face.
But looking at Li Hong's firm expression, Li Yuanjia thought for a while and said, "Okay, if your majesty can agree to it, Hong'er, and you are willing to teach, we will send the heir to your Chongwen Hall to study."
"Thank you, Grandpa Huang. If you can persuade the emperor to send people to Chongwen Hall to study, I promise to teach them glass, crystal and other methods."
After several imperial uncles whispered among themselves, they all had some concerns in their hearts. They all agreed to Li Hong's request for the time being, and then left one after another.
(End of chapter)