Don't be a prince

How can such an opportunity be let go?Li Chengqian chuckled, took off his robe and threw it to the maid, then turned into a werewolf and rushed into the bathroom.

Early the next morning, because there was no court meeting, Li Chengqian even turned off his morning exercises, and slept until dawn before getting ready to get up.

After all, it’s not the physique of the protagonist of the harem literature. He can still make the other party submissive when dealing with one, but with one against two, tsk, it’s a bit powerless, especially Ashina Xue, this woman is very let go , forming a stark contrast with Xiuxiu's shyness of refusal and welcome.

For breakfast, a bowl of millet porridge, a plate of pickles, and a steamed stuffed bun will do.

After eating, Li Chengqian called Zhang Yun and Fang Shan to follow him, and walked to Shangshu Province.

Passing through the Tongxun Gate and the Gongli Gate is the Hongwen Museum, but the Hongwen Museum has also been cancelled, and was reorganized by the emperor in advance to become a minister.In the past, Shangshu Province shared an office area with Menxia Province because there was no Shangshu Order.The decline of the Hongwen Museum happened to allow Shangshu Province to become independent.

Shangshu Province is not only Shangshuling and Zuopushe, but also has six yamen under its jurisdiction.How shabby and shabby it was to be with Men Xiasheng before.

Entering Shangshu Province, there are three courtyards on both sides, which are the new six departments. Although it is still early, seeing the way the small officials come and go, it is obvious that the six ministers have already gone to work.

Going further inside is the lobby of Shangshusheng, which is where Shangshuling and Zuopushe go to work.

Entering his "office", Li Chengqian was blocked by Du Ruhui before Li Chengqian had time to express his emotions.

"His Royal Highness, although it is stipulated that our court officials will go out at sunrise and leave at noon, but now is an extraordinary period. Yesterday, the six ministers and the veterans did not even go home. They stayed in Shangshu Province. You are far away in the East Palace, and the veterans dare not say more I ask you to burn the lamp to read at night, but you should have come earlier!"

Passing over Du Ruhui and seeing the memorials piled up on his desk, Li Chengqian knew what was going on.

Good guy, there is even a small desk on Lao Du's desk, so he can simply sit on the desk and work.Compared with this, the memorial reviewed by Donggong is really pediatrics.

"How come there are so many?"

Before he had time to admit his mistake, Li Chengqian walked quickly towards his desk, and there were already piles of memorials on it, Du Ruhui naturally wouldn't put all the memorials on his desk, these must be urgent presentations.

Seeing the prince taking off his coat, rolling up his sleeves and sitting on his seat, Du Ruhui wanted to persuade him, but seeing that the prince had already started working, he had no choice but to go back to his desk and continue working.

At the end of the year, every state capital, army, border gate, city shipping department, supervisory censor... will all submit memorials, so you can see how many memorials there are.

When he started to deal with the memorial, Li Chengqian realized that he was dealing with pediatrics before.In the past, he only needed to deal with business-related memorials, but now it is directly put on the basis of the world, which is suddenly unexpected.Fortunately, his experience from later generations allowed him to roughly understand the meaning of the local memorials without asking others, so the speed of processing the memorials was also considered fast.

In the tense work, even the urgency is solved in the back hall of the lobby.

"Send this memorial to the Ministry of War. By the way, I would like to ask how Hou Junji, the minister of the Ministry of War, became the Minister of the Ministry of War. The strategic position of the land of Liaodong is now the top priority in the Tang Dynasty. Why did you ask for it when the food and grass were in a hurry? Based on the distance from Chang'an to Liaodong , Once back and forth, the soldiers may starve for a few days."

Angrily, he wanted to throw something, but he missed it. Only then did Li Chengqian realize that there was nothing else on his table except the lunch from the imperial dining room.

It was the first time for the little official in charge of delivering the memorial to bear the prince's anger, and he couldn't help trembling. Seeing that the prince had no other orders, he resigned cautiously.

After letting the little official go, Li Chengqian went to the side to wash his hands, and then walked to Du Ruhui's side with his job bowl in hand.

The memorials on Du Ruhui's desk were still missing a lot.Because of Li Chengqian's quick handling, he simply sent all the urgent memorials to the prince, and those that were insignificant or did not need to be taken seriously were sent directly to the six yamen, leaving only the unhurried memorials to study slowly.

Seeing the crown prince standing beside him watching, Du Ruhui put down the pen in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "Time is not forgiving, I thought that the old minister could handle the memorials so quickly, but now he has to scrutinize sentence by sentence, for fear of missing something, Let the prince laugh."

Li Chengqian shook his head: "I'm just taking advantage of being young. I really want to learn from you more than being careful and solving problems."

Du Ruhui smiled, added a few strokes to the memorial, and then asked, "It's the memorial from Liaodong just now. You really can't blame Hou Junji for this. Zhang Jian was called back to Chang'an by His Majesty a long time ago." , Li Ji, who was going to replace him, probably hasn't arrived yet. Zhang Jian is not here, and there is no one in the army who can directly report to the court. It is understandable that the food and grass are late."

Li Chengqian sighed: "This is not a reason for you to excuse them. Those who don't have direct performances in the army don't believe that the military commanders don't have this right, and they don't believe that the army's hundred cavalry divisions don't have this right. Even if they are sensitive, the soldiers I'm going to be hungry, so it's time to be flexible. No matter how bad it is, it's the same to find the border state capital and ask the governor to help Shangzuo?"

Hearing the obvious footsteps outside the lobby, Li Chengqian deliberately raised his voice and said, "As for Hou Junji, he can't be exonerated. As Minister of the Ministry of War, the welfare of the soldiers of the world depends on him. Staying in such a position, How can you be as immovable as a wooden man? There are only a few armies in the world that need continuous supply of food and grass. Based on past experience, you can also estimate which army needs to replenish food and grass. This is the only way to know when the situation is imminent. Worry, what is it if you are not stupid?"

Du Ruhui looked at the door in embarrassment, just in time to meet Hou Junji with a livid face.

With a long sigh of relief, Hou Junji knelt down on one knee, and said, "His Royal Highness is right, Hou Junji is indeed an idiot. However, if according to the method given by Fang Xuanling and His Majesty, the food and grass will be delivered in time, Fearing that time is too late, Your Highness, please help the Liaodong Frontier Army to find a solution!"

Glancing at Hou Junji, and putting the empty bowl on the table, Li Chengqian snorted coldly and said, "You're still smart, if you know it, come and plead guilty. If this scene hadn't happened now, I'm afraid I'd have to go to court my father, I request that you be removed. Now it seems that you still know that your face is worth nothing compared to the stomachs of frontier soldiers."

Hou Junji gritted his teeth, but still could only lower his head.

Sitting on Du Ruhui's table, Li Chengqian went on to say, "It's difficult to solve the problem, but it's not impossible. When things happen suddenly, we can only use extraordinary measures. You go to the Ministry of Households and tell Zhao Guogong that there is no need for the Ministry of Households to allocate grain and grass." , as long as you exchange the grain and grass into copper coins. Then, you deposit the money in the bank and send a family general to go to Taiyuan day and night to take it out. There is a Zhuangzi specializing in wine making outside Taiyuan City, which is an isolated industry. Zhuangzi There is enough food.

If the grain is not transferred from the granary of the household department but transferred from Taiyuan, the distance will be directly reduced by more than half.Calculated according to the time, as long as your home is enough to fight, it is estimated that new grain and grass will be delivered before the grain and grass of Liaodong soldiers are exhausted.I don't bother to snatch this credit from you.Now, know what to do? "

Hou Junji raised his head and said, "I understand, thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Standing up, Hou Junji ran straight away, rushed to the yamen of the household department like a black shadow, and forced his way in.

During this period of time, Du Ruhui finished processing another memorial, put down his pen, and said helplessly: "Your Highness, with your intelligence, you can naturally think of such a solution, but why are you forcing Hou Junji so much? The Ministry of War As far as Shangshu is concerned, he is no worse than the old man when he was in office. Because of his background in the army, he often makes decisions that seem simple and straightforward, but they can hit the point, and he is a rare candidate for the Minister of War."

Li Chengqian put the chopsticks in his hand on the empty bowl, jumped off the table, and sighed: "It is indeed a good way to choose one of the generals to be the Minister of the Ministry of War. The key depends on who it is. Hou Junji's knowledge is still I have learned it since Zhenguan. To be honest, Li Ji is more suitable than him for the Minister of the Ministry of War. As a general, being quick, precise and ruthless may sometimes be useful, but for things like this, he is completely numb."

Du Ruhui smiled wryly, but he really couldn't find an idea to help Hou Junji speak.

Picking up the teacup from Du Ruhui's table and drinking a cup of tea, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand for Du Ruhui's pen and said, "The meal at noon is getting cold, you'd better eat first, let's work together to deal with these memorials before dark." Lose."

Du Ruhui said embarrassingly: "How can this be done? Your Highness has already dealt with enough things today. These should be..."

Pulling Du Ruhui up impatiently, Li Chengqian said: "Okay, okay, don't be polite to me, can't you just treat the old and love the young?"

Seeing that the crown prince had already started to read the memorial, after bowing his hands in gratitude, Du Ruhui went to wash his hands and eat.

Although Gao Shilian was getting old and Li Chengqian took over as Shang Shuling, there were still fewer right servants, but the combination of him and Du Ruhui still surpassed the strength of the original two.

Before the sun set, the last memorial had already been sent to the household department.

Looking at the empty table, Du Ruhui let out a long sigh of relief, smiled and said to Li Chengqian: "Thanks to His Royal Highness, the old minister can go home and sleep for the night. It happens that there is a small jar of old wine at home, and the old minister is worried that no one will share it with him." Why don't we bring it tomorrow, let's drink it at noon? Half a pot for one person, it's right to relax the muscles and activate the blood."

Li Chengqian also smiled: "That's just right, Gu also thinks that the food in the imperial dining room is mediocre, and I'm going to tell the East Palace kitchen to bring us some good ones tomorrow. Eat well and drink well to have the strength to work, right?"

Du Ruhui laughed loudly: "Originally, the old minister was worried that His Highness would not be able to get used to it when he came to Shangshusheng for the first time. Now it seems that the old minister doesn't know how much His Highness has been honored. Your Highness might as well tell the cook in the Eastern Palace to get a piece of braised pork. The old minister said I'm so hungry."

Seeing Du Ruhui's funny words, Li Chengqian also laughed out loud.

Getting up, the two of them leisurely walked out of the lobby of Shang Shu Sheng, while the six yamen at this time were still very busy...

It is said that it is not tiring to work with men and women, but it is also very interesting to match young and old.Du Ruhui is not a rigid person, he really dares to take wine.Drinking illegally at work, especially in these stressful times, can be overwhelming.

The two work together, concentrate on working when they are working, and take turns to rest when it is time to rest. Even seeing interesting memorials, they can laugh while working.In this way, the three provinces and the six ministries are equally busy, but only the lobby of Shang Shusheng is not boring.

It was another day that the task was completed ahead of schedule. After walking out of the Minister's Hall, under Li Chengqian's suggestion, Du Ruhui readily agreed to the action of "caring for subordinates". Therefore, the two shamelessly joined the Ministry of War and started the "caring for subordinates". ...

Harem Condensing Yin Pavilion

The emperor also finished his work today, and now he is resting on Concubine Yin's plump thigh to read Baiqisi's ordinary report, and Wei Zhaorong is helping him to press his feet under his feet.After all, the emperor, Li Chengqian can enjoy the double-flying treatment, how can he get less?

When Li Shimin saw what the prince had done in the past two days in the secret report, Li Shimin was so angry that he got up and cursed, but after seeing the words "The prince and the Duke of Lai finish work early every day", he suppressed it again.

He waved his hand and called Li Jian. Li Shimin thought for a while before saying, "Go to the Ministry of Household Affairs and find the memorial of the governor of Dengzhou. Come!"

After hearing the emperor's request clearly, Li Jian turned around and left.

Putting down the report, Concubine Yin massaged his head without Li Shimin's orders.

Not long after, Li Jian, who was covered in sweat, came back with two memorials.

Although he didn't know what the emperor was going to do, Li Jian thought it would be better to bring both memorials.

Open the memorial of Dengzhou, read it, and then take out the memorial of Ruzhou.

After reading the memorial from Ruzhou, Li Shimin scratched his head, threw the memorial to Li Jian and said, "Send the memorial back. In addition, you go to the East Palace and Du's house, and tell the crown prince and Du Ruhui that you don't dare to leave the memorial when you are on duty." Drinking secretly, I will break their legs!"

Although Li Jian was confused, he still took the order and left.

Hearing the emperor's disposition, Concubine Yin was a little surprised, remembering that the queen treats her well on weekdays, she couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, but the crown prince made you angry? What kind of things are worthy of your anger? The crown prince He is young, just give him some advice, how can he break his leg?"

Lying back on Concubine Yin's lap again, Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "Not to mention breaking his leg, this kid would definitely dare to commit a crime! Heh heh, this bastard, I'm sure I won't care too much about him That's why he dared to act so mischievously. Compared with the prince, Li You doesn't know how much worse he is. Xue Dading is also an idiot, a dignified history, but he couldn't stand Li You's pressure and let him act mischievously in Qizhou. Anyway, you write it yourself The letter tells Li You to come back, and I will hand him over to the prince, the elder brother, to discipline him and see if he can change his temper."

Hearing this, Concubine Yin was overjoyed and said: "If His Royal Highness personally disciplines this child, Li You will definitely not grow out of his old ways. I must thank Your Majesty for taking care of the Qizhou matter. Otherwise, a crime of hunting excessively and trampling on the people's crops would It is enough for him to cut off the king title."

Li Shimin chuckled, and stretched out his hand, causing Concubine Yin to scream.

"The son and the mother pay back the debt, and you died without accompanying him. You can't run away. Naturally, I can take care of him a little more, hehehe."

Chapter 418 It's too late

The emperor enjoyed the blessings of Qi people, but he frightened Du Ruhui who was relaxing at home.

Who is Li Jian?The eunuch, the emperor's first confidant, he came to spread the word, it can't be a joke.

After listening to Li Jian's dictation with trepidation, he sent Li Jian away respectfully.Looking back, he became quiet instead.

Breaking the leg or something, it sounds like the emperor specifically punished the prince. This time he committed the crime together with the prince, but the prince is undoubtedly responsible for the big head.Just a warning~

After thinking about this point, Du Ruhui breathed a sigh of relief and continued to read the unfinished book.Suddenly withdrawing from the busyness, this kind of happiness even gives people a feeling of euphoria, which can't be stopped.

As for the East Palace, after Li Jian finished speaking, Li Chengqian just responded "Got it" and continued to read the information in his hand.

The rules are dead, so he has broken the ban anyway, so he has nothing to say.At most, it would be possible to replace the daily wine with fruit juice.

Although he was not in Chang'an in the past three years, the dark guard has made great progress.As long as it is in the city of Chang'an, although there is no eyeliner in every corner, at least the hidden guards have penetrated into all walks of life.And this was done under the watchful eyes of Baiqisi.

Li Chengqian didn't believe that Baiqisi hadn't discovered his actions, and the emperor hadn't heard of them. However, as long as he was still the crown prince, such actions would not be heinous.Everything was done in front of Baiqisi, and Baiqisi was even allowed to obtain information from here. In this way, even if he felt a little disgusted, the emperor's father would not be able to attack.After all, he had done it before.

Compared with the rhetorical memorials, cold intelligence can sometimes help people analyze the situation better.

The emperor's policy has succeeded. The power of the aristocratic family represented by the five surnames and Qiwang has now been completely pulled out of Chang'an, leaving at most one or two stores, which do not make much profit and are purely used as eyeliner.In Chaotang and Chang'an City, the aristocratic family has no place to stand, and the essence is concentrated in the clan land. It seems to be hiding, but it has been out of touch with society.

It doesn't take too much to add insult to injury, the era can slowly throw them high, throw them hard into the pile of stones, and then walk away.

And this kind of achievement does not come without a price. The price is the development of the already declining Wuzhong family.Of course, this is not important. The important thing is that the new nobles represented by Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others gradually occupied the stage of Tang Dynasty.Although the emperor has tried his best to reduce the swelling of the noble class, but the back waves push the front waves, how can the back waves appear on the seashore.When a chicken dies and a chicken crows, the imperial power is still not an absolutely invincible existence in the world, and the noble group is still a potential threat.

"Still missed the point!"

With a sigh, Li Chengqian threw the secret report in his hand into the brazier and set it on fire.

The emperor supported the new aristocracy while attacking the old aristocrats, but what if the new aristocrats threatened the imperial power and gave birth to the seeds of disaster?Is it possible to train new nobles to replace them?After all, this is just a stopgap measure, but it cannot be used for a long time.

Judging from the history of enfeoffment and assassination, the emperor was worried. He tried to worry about all future generations and lay the foundation of the Great Tang Dynasty.No way, the founding emperors are generally like this. Although Li Shimin was not the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he also belongs to the ranks of the founding emperors.What was the result of Qin Shihuang burning books, burying Confucianism, and accepting swords from all over the world?Why are Chen Sheng and Wu Guang called "Rise with the poles" instead of "Rise with a knife"?Weapons have never been the root cause of disasters.

Liu Bang did not do things too extreme, but borrowed from the Zhou Dynasty and created a pattern in which the enfeoffment system and the prefecture system coexisted. However, without the forced "continuation" of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the Han Dynasty might not be able to last much longer. long time.

After the Han Dynasty, there seemed to be many regime changes in the land of China, but in the final analysis it was a period of chaos and chaos.Although the Sui Dynasty was unified, it was a pity that like the Qin Dynasty, it died in two generations.Under such circumstances, Li Shimin, as the emperor, was under unusual pressure.

He wants to create the beginning of eternal peace!

However, the direction is still wrong.Even if he said "the king is the boat, the people are the water", after all, he didn't really cast his sights on the people.Even if "farmers have no tax" made him understand that the people are the cornerstone that determines whether the country is strong or not, but this bastard still didn't pay attention to the people.

And worry about it!

After burning all the secret papers, Li Chengqian got up and stretched.Don't look at him as the prince now, but the interests of the country of Tang Dynasty are not only divided by the royal family, but also by a group of nobles.Even if he intends to put the development of the system on the right track, it is definitely not now, and it must not be too early.

Laughing at himself, Li Chengqian suddenly felt like a saint.When did I become so easy to worry about the country and the people?

After making sure that there was no fire in the ashes in the brazier, Li Chengqian got up and left the study.

As soon as he opened the study door, he saw Wu Mei.

She is naturally beautiful, even in the bloated winter clothes of a court lady, she still looks extremely beautiful.

After squatting down and saluting, Wu Mei walked into the study with the water basin on the ground, and began to tidy up the desk.

This time, Li Chengqian did not leave directly, but closed the door and leaned against the door to watch Wu Mei work.

First tidy up the desktop, and then wipe it carefully. When encountering ink marks, use a small wooden board to press the rag and rub it vigorously for a long time. Only after making sure that no more ink will come out will you stop.

After wiping the desk, it's the chair.No matter where she wiped, she was extremely focused and careful, not half-serious and half-handled like ordinary maids.

Seeing that she had finished wiping the chair, Li Chengqian finally asked, "Gu is curious, how do you know when Gu finishes working? Seeing that every time you appear in front of the door, the water in the basin is just warm and just right. Can you talk to Gu?"

Wu Mei naturally knew that the crown prince was watching her all the time, so she saluted immediately: "When His Highness the crown prince is working, the tea will never be cut off, because you like to drink warm tea, the manager Fang Shan will always give you a drink at the right time. Refill the water for you. However, when you are about to finish your work, you don’t need to refill the water. This is also the basis for the servants to determine when you are about to finish work, so they waited at the door with a water basin.”

Li Chengqian nodded slightly, and then asked: "Recently working as an errand in the East Palace, how do you feel? Do you regret what you said about being a slave?"

Wu Mei shook her head: "I have never regretted it, the East Palace is very good. I have also visited the harem, and no matter where the maids and eunuchs are, they are not as angry as the ones in the East Palace. If the servants do not do their job well, most of them will be scolded, but they have never been punished." Punishment. When slaves were living in Yueyang, it was an extravagant hope to have enough food, but now that they can eat well, they are already very content."

After so many years of self-study, Li Chengqian felt the deep sincerity in Wu Mei's words.

It seems that I am too small-bellied...

With a slight smile, Li Chengqian said: "After the new year's day, the Crown Princess will come back to the East Palace. She will ask you to follow her by name. You can go there then."

"Yes."

With a promise, Wu Mei performed a squatting salute, took advantage of the situation and lowered her head, and began to clean up the ashes on the blanket.

This girl can even guess that I'm going to turn around and leave.

With a trace of surprise, Li Chengqian turned and opened the door, and went to Yichun Palace.As long as this person develops the habit of sleeping with something in his arms, it will be difficult to quit.

Thinking of the slack this morning, Li Chengqian made up his mind, no matter what tonight, he couldn't be more ridiculous.

Early the next morning, Li Chengqian, who successfully resisted the double temptation, woke up early to continue his morning exercises.

The aftereffects are still there, and I feel that I lack strength in everything I do. Even the five-stone bow, which was originally easy to control, feels a little uncontrollable.

After the morning exercise, the sun is already looming.Wash up, change clothes, and go to work.

Du Ruhui still got up early today, but when he saw Li Chengqian walking into the lobby of Shangshusheng stepping on the sun, he didn't feel sullen at all. Instead, he said with a smile: "Our work today is much easier, and we can finish it before noon. , In the afternoon, the old minister is going to the medical school, please ask Daoist Sun to check his body, may His Highness go with you?"