Crown Tang emperor

"Since I made this plan, there is naturally a way out. I still have to advise you to stay behind. The Xijing disciples have already squeezed a lot. If you still want to force them to blackmail you, there will be an urgent civil uprising, which is unpredictable!"

Li Tong continued, he was really curious, what did Wu Youyi do with so much money?A few days ago, he toured and inspected his private business, and he saw that the wealth had been piled up like a mountain, and it was basically useless.

Although he is also greedy for money, he mostly uses money as a medium to interact and communicate with people. He really doesn't understand why Wu Youyi is so happy as a porter?

Hearing what the young king said, Wu Youyi secretly laughed in his heart, and did not regard it as a hidden danger.With tens of thousands of left-behind troops in Xijing under his control, is he still afraid of mere civil uprising?

But right now, he still needs to use the young king's intelligence to play tricks on the funeral, so he was not in a hurry to express his intentions, but asked: "Then I want to hear, what is the plan of the King of Hedong?"

Seeing Wu Youyi's demeanor, Li Tong knew that it would be difficult to dissuade him, but anyway, this guy has not been in Xijing for a long time, so let him spend the rest of the time, anyway, he will never want to take these treasures away in the end.

"Qujiang's elegant affairs are full of fun, and Pingkang's various actors compete for beauty and skill. It's hard to decide which one is better. You might as well use hemp as a ruler. People can see how they play tricks. If you think it's rewarding, donate hemp to help. In the end, let's talk about this competition..."

A live broadcast without a big rocket is soulless.Li Tong made this Qujiang drama, how could he ignore the carnival of the popular vote.

When Wu Youyi heard this, her eyes lit up immediately, but she couldn't help but said, "Donating hemp is like donating silk..."

"Silk and other things are used by the people. One inch and one tael are crucial to life. Hemp is grass and wild things, and ordinary people can pick them up. Donate them for fun, people share this joy, and contribute to congratulatory gifts..."

Li Tong patiently explained to Wu Youyi the difference between spending money and wasting things. In fact, there was no need to explain in detail. Wu Youyi could figure it out by himself. Leaking out a copper coin from him made her heart ache. But if it is something other than copper and silk, there is no such intuitive distress.

"Hedong Wangcheng has a wonderful talent, so I will follow your plan! Hemp is a cheap thing, and elegant things are fun. If you don't spend hundreds or thousands of catties, how can you match Pingkang Seyi!"

After thinking about it for a while, Wu Youyi smiled, and at the same time could not help complaining: "Since there is such a good plan, why didn't you inform us in advance? Cheap hemp is flooding the grass and fields, if we can store it in advance, it will be more convenient!"

After Li Tong heard the words, he sneered in his heart, you old boy still want to buy the bottom in advance and hoard it?The rules are set by Lao Tzu, what can you do?

"It's not too late now, stay behind and accumulate wealth, turn it into hemp, and use it for people to use for pleasure. Anyone who throws joy in Qujiang will be recorded and counted as proof, and the hemp goods will be collected and stored in the future. There is a surplus of materials for long-lived strands.”

Li Tong said with a smile: "I don't have much spare energy in my house, and I would like to ask the stay-at-home to help me collect a little bit, let's count [-] catties first."

"Fifty thousand is enough? Pingkang's gangsters fell in love with the King of Hedong, so how could they disregard the beauty's expectations, so they temporarily counted [-] catties. As for the price, it is [-]% lower than the current price, and they are planning important things." , I will certainly not treat King Hedong badly!"

Wu Youyi patted her chest with a bold gesture.

Li Tong has nothing to do with this, anyway, no matter what money he spends, it is still Wu Youyi's, but in the final analysis it is all his.

He didn't mind Wu Youyi going into the market to hoard hemp goods, hemp goods were too common, and although the clothing club had a lot of stockpile, it would definitely not be able to monopolize the entire Guanzhong.The more people enter the market to search for hemp in the market, the more the price can fluctuate in a short period of time.

Although he is ready to lose money and lose money, it is always good to get some back, and there is no need to worry that such manipulation of prices will harm people's livelihood.Because things like hemp are so common, they always come out in the wild.

Right now, he and Wu Youyi are making calculations mainly because of a time difference.Those who dare to compete in the Qujiang Yaji must be the sons of powerful families who have no food and clothing. In their concept, things like hemp are everywhere, and the price is low. Will you take it to heart?

But no matter how abundant this kind of hemp is, it must only exist quantitatively at the same time and in the same place.

But Li Tong and the others used the excuse of weaving long life threads for the queen to operate this matter, especially Wu Youyi, who wanted to empty all the wealth of the world, so why would he give people three to five years to accumulate money?It must be that the transaction can only be purchased in real time near Xijing, and the price will inevitably soar in a short period of time.

Li Tong can also use this to put the hemp goods accumulated in the Guanzhong Ancient Clothing Club into the market, and deliver them to the government through the flow of the market.He didn't care what to do with the government collecting so much raw hemp raw materials. Anyway, it was all obtained out of thin air, and there would be no burden.

If another capable official and official sits in Xijing, maybe he can make good use of it and devote himself to the war to recover the four towns of Anxi in the second half of the year.

In addition, he also wanted to use this to wipe away some of the fake people in the old clothing club.The threshold for clothing clubs is set too low. Although they have been able to skyrocket in a short period of time, in fact, a considerable part of them do not need this kind of mutual assistance, but they can get a lot of benefits by virtue of it.

This also makes the old clothing club look bloated, it is very difficult to manage, and the organizational efficiency is actually very low.

If he sees that the hemp goods fluctuate so violently in a short period of time, it is inevitable that some people will hoard the goods for self-preservation, hoping to encounter such good things in the future, so that they will no longer be eager to join the club for benefits, and the limited resources of the Guyi Club can be covered. Help more poor people who really need help.

Seeing that the young king agreed to her proposal, Wu Youyi was also very happy.In the past few days, he has been annoyed that he was too generous before, and gave so much money to the young king for nothing.

At first, he only thought that the young king had lost his holy family, and that he would not be spared under the intentional trap of King Liang.

But when he learned that Princess Taiping sent her son to help her, he realized that what he saw was wrong.Later, the young king revealed more intentions of Qujiang Yaji, and he could not help but realize that it would be difficult for King Liang to get rid of King Hedong this time.

But what alerted him the most was not that the queen had changed her mind and was no longer happy to see people fiercely fighting for the heir, but that she was annoyed that the young king was too treacherous, and she only revealed it to him after taking his property.

Now that the young king is making frequent ingenious strategies, Wu Youyi's first thought is not that the trend of the court will change, but how to recover the losses.

At this moment, Wu Youyi had already forgotten about Wu Sansi's transmission of letters.There are only two most important things in his life, one is to charm the queen, to ensure his long-term prosperity, and the other is to take money and hoard goods to make a family.As for the vicious fight against the imperial court, they are far less enthusiastic than Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi.

Now that the young king is playing tricks and completely satisfying Wu Youyi's two important things in life, he is naturally extremely enthusiastic about it, and looking at King Hedong is too pleasing to the eye.

As soon as he was in a good mood, Wu Youyi couldn't control his mouth. After thinking for a while, he said to Li Tong: "Although I said something hurtful before, I am really sincere now. I will tell the King of Hedong, and the King of Liang has sent It must be your fault that Huo Xianke, the censor of Xiantai, came to Xijing, and the King of Hedong must check his words and deeds in the near future."

Li Tong was delighted when he heard the words, the so-called political immaturity refers to Wu Youyi's current state, moody and unpredictable.It seems that his idea is very righteous. Although Wu Youyi has been kind to him recently, promoted and shared a lot of money, and even tipped off the news, what should be robbed is still to be robbed.

Seeing the young king's disapproval, Wu Youyi couldn't help worrying and said, "Huo Xianke's name may not be known to the King of Hedong. He is obsessed with human rights, and his close relatives are still trapped. He is a jackal. , his people set up a lot of schemes..."

"Thank you for staying behind and calling the police. I will definitely pay attention. However, if I want to make a lot of noise recently, it is inevitable that I will not notice the details. Please stay behind and help me get back a little bit."

Hearing Wu Youyi's evaluation of the court's cruel officials, Li Tong always felt strange.

Wu Youyi nodded and said: "There is no need to say this, I will definitely protect Hedong King and prevent idlers from disturbing everything here."

He is not lying. If the Qujiang Yaji was just a scheme to extract wealth before, then it is now a scheme to please the Empress. Of course Wu Youyi will not delay the matter in front of him for Wu Sansi.

Li Tong didn't care much about Huo Xianke's little green hat. This guy came to Xijing, so he could escort Wu Youyi back by the way.If he really wants to stare at him like a mad dog, he can simply kill him along the way, and add another crime to Wu Youyi.

Previously, except for the two major inner cities, Xijing had no need to guard important areas. No matter how daring Li Tong was, he would not dare to do things in these two major inner areas, and he did not have that kind of opportunity and ability.

But if this warehouse for storing silk and hemp is established, it will be fun.At that time, with a small fire, it depends on whether Wu Youyi saves his family's house or his aunt's long life.

Chapter 0258 Qujiang Festival

At dawn, the drums of Fangzhong Street sounded.When he heard the syllable of the drum tune, Li Tong couldn't help but laugh, it was actually the rhythm of his old tune "Xiaoyao Wang", which was really suitable for the occasion.

It can be seen that although Wu Youyi is fierce in holding money, it's not that he only takes money and does nothing. The atmosphere that should be done is still a good one.

With the sound of the drums, the atmosphere in the central hall of the Wang residence suddenly became hot, and many people sang loudly, whether it was Xiaoyao Wang, or the young man, there was a joyous dance of demons.

Wu Youyi was eager to order his family to stock up on hemp goods, and did not intend to attend on the first day, but when he heard the sound of street drums, he got up and said goodbye. time for the goods.

Hearing Wu Youyi's exhortation, Li Tong was really powerless to complain, so he just nodded in response.Anyway, this elegant fair will not end in a short period of time, it can be as short as five or six days, and as long as ten days. In addition to the enthusiasm of the people of Xijing who have accumulated too much and need to vent, his team also needs a certain amount of adjustment. It wasn't long before they all came together.

After Wu Youyi left, Li Tong returned to the middle hall. At this moment, the guests in the middle hall were all ready to go out, and they were all rich and handsome, like a proud little rooster.

"Does Saburo observe my posture?"

Li Shouli was wearing a purple-patterned Sichuan brocade gown with a lapel collar, and he rode high on the flowery horse that he was thinking about endlessly.

Li Tong didn't need to answer, the knights of the capital had an extraordinary enthusiasm for famous horses, and they applauded and applauded when they saw such a magnificent horse come out in brocade.

Needless to say, Princess Taiping's family is rich, and naturally she will not treat her son badly. Xue Chongxun's horse is comparable to the pear blossom in Li Tong's stable, and it is more than enough to blow up the street.

At this moment, singing and music sounded again outside the gate of the king's mansion, and a door servant came to report that it was the voice actors of Pingkangfang who were singing in front of the mansion to invite the young king and others to travel to Qujiang.

Hearing the sound of stepping and singing, the honorable disciples who had gathered in the mansion since last night were naturally very excited, and they rushed out from the gate of the mansion without waiting to ask the young king for instructions.

At this time, the street in front of Wangdimen is also full of excitement, and the actors in Pingkangfang are also very thoughtful. They have selected forty or fifty youth performers, aged fifteen or sixteen, to line up in front of the mansion, singing and dancing, singing and singing frequently. Wang's old tune is to attract nobles to travel with him.

This kind of scene is not common to see. Those Shaoliu who rushed out of the Wang residence saw this scene, and many of them couldn't hold back anymore, they rushed into the dance formation and sang and sang together.Le Nu is youthful and beautiful, the youth is unrestrained and enthusiastic, and the colorful clothes are so beautiful.

He hadn't left the house yet, and the atmosphere was already so enthusiastic. Li Tong was naturally looking forward to the next trip to Qujiang.However, it was already so noisy in front of the house, it was not good to go out with the family, after a little discussion, it was decided to let the elder brother Li Guangshun stay at home to escort the family, while he and Li Shouli led the crowd first.

Xue Chongxun even gave Li Shouli his horse to blow up the street, and seeing the opportunity, he wanted to drill into the back hall, but Li Tong signaled Yang Sixuan to pull him back, took out a horse to mount it, and walked out with him in the bridle .He still has to rely on this kid to give himself a strong reputation, how can he let him pick up girls.

Xijing Xungui and Shendu Shiliu gathered half of the king's mansion, and when they went out together, the momentum was really huge.Two or three hundred angry horses in fresh clothes rode out of Fang Street and headed straight for Qujiang in the south.

At this time, the streets are full of people, especially near Pingkangfang, there are many actors riding in dew cars or walking slowly, making the whole street full of fragrant wind, singing and singing. constantly.

Li Tong rode his horse and walked slowly among the crowd. Looking at this lively scene, he couldn't help being curious. This year's Dragon Boat Festival is still a gathering that was made up, and the scene is already so jubilant. What kind of lively scene will it be during the festive season?

It's a pity to say that Li Tong has been in this world for more than a few years, and he really hasn't seen the Lantern Festival when the curfew is completely lifted, and the scenery of the two capitals.He was detained in Da Nei for the first year, so naturally he didn't have this opportunity, and then he spent more than half a year in Shendu, and then went to Qianling to observe mourning, so naturally he didn't have such an opportunity.

Thinking of this, Li Tong couldn't help feeling a little regretful. He had countless poems and poems related to the Lantern Festival in his mind, but he didn't have the chance to show them off.

On the way, from time to time, Pingkangji Road would stop on the left and ask the young king if he had any new poems, with a look of anticipation.

Li Tong could only smile apologetically at this. After he entered Xijing, he had a lot of affairs, so he didn't have the time and energy to engage in copying activities.Only two of Liu Yong's tunes and lyrics were copied, and the tunes were composed by Pingkang Fang's voice performers.

At three poles high in the sun, all the talents arrived near Jinchangfang in the south of the city. There are especially many pedestrians here, with continuous carriages and horses, and the crowd moves forward slowly, making it even more difficult to ride horses slowly.According to this forward speed, it probably won't be able to reach Qujiang Pond in the evening.

When they arrived here, everyone simply turned to Jinchang Square, and boarded a boat for a parade from here.However, there are only a small number of cruise ships that can carry them, and it is difficult to accommodate the accompanying servants and mounts.

However, after entering the workshop, I discovered that monks of Ci'en Temple had already cleared out some courtyards and theaters and used them as temporary guest houses and stables. Naturally, the business was very good.

Li Tong and the others boarded the boat at Jinchangfang. Naturally, it was the pleasure boat that Yang Li had already prepared. The pleasure boat couldn't accommodate too many people, only a dozen or so people around them could board the boat.However, other fellow travelers were not left out, and there were other cruise ships waiting to be loaded.Although it is impossible to travel on the same boat with the king, it is still much better than the crowded streets.

The streets are extremely congested, but the wharf is not so congested.This is because Wu Youyi has a good way of making money, and he cleared the waterways in the city a few days ago, and all the idle boats were cleared out of the city. The so-called idle boats, of course, were not enough money.

It is said that based on this alone, Wu Youyi collected thousands of dollars.After all, what others have is to save face. Now that Xijing is full of luxury and nobles, since they join in the fun, of course they will not begrudge the money and goods.

After boarding the ship, the scenery is different again.Chang'an is not as rich in water and trees as Luoyang, the capital of the gods. Naturally, those who can live near the canal are mostly luxury gardens. After many days of laying the groundwork, the sides of the canal are naturally full of flowers.In addition, some people even directly set up a stage in the garden industry, enjoying music by the water, full of leisure and fun.

In addition, there are some small markets near the water, selling seasonal melons and fruits or exotic treasures from distant lands.It is even more exaggerated that some people set up barbecue stalls directly facing the lake, and the charcoal smoke is billowing. Although it is a bit unsightly, the grilled meat is so fragrant that it is really mouth-watering.

In a trance, Li Tong seemed to have returned to the attractions of later generations.Where there is a scenic spot, there must be a scenic street, there must be a barbecue, and the past and the present can be connected, which shows that this endowment is also deeply imprinted in the bones.

Although all kinds of drinks and meals were well-prepared on the cruise ship, after seeing this scene, Li Tong couldn't help ordering people to go to the shore to buy a roasted deer. The roasted deer is as high as more than a dozen pieces, tens of thousands of dollars!

The barbeques were sold by a few barbarian merchants. In addition to offering to help carry the food up, they also presented a piece of bloody deerskin as a gift, and at the same time said with a serious face: "Please tell your honor that these food materials are not privately butchered." , but was unfortunately bitten to death by jackals in the wild, and I have the skin as a proof, which can be prepared for questioning by officials."

In May, the imperial court issued an order prohibiting the slaughter of livestock and the capture of fish and shrimp. This order was naturally transmitted to Xijing at the fastest speed.However, in order to enjoy the May Gathering, merchants in Xijing prepared more food, and some of them had already been slaughtered and were ready to be sold.

But there are policies above and countermeasures below. Since slaughter and arrest are not allowed, it doesn't matter if they die accidentally, right?

There is also an interesting incident, that is, when Prime Minister Lou Shide visited Shanzhou when he was the doctor of Suzheng, the chef brought mutton and said it was killed by jackals, and then served fish and carp and said that he was killed by jackals , Lou Shide was so angry that he cursed: Idiot, it should be said that he was bitten to death by an otter!

Although it is just an anecdote, it also shows that the Wu Zhou dynasty frequently banned massacres, which is really inconvenient for the people.

The prohibition of slaughter is not just a feature of the Wu Zhou Dynasty. Throughout the dynasties, especially after the Northern Wei Dynasty, there have been frequent bans on slaughter and hunting. The religious reason for the prosperity of Samana is just one point. The more important thing is that there have been frequent wars for many years, and the folk animal power is in a hurry, like Wu De During the Zhenguan and Zhenguan periods, there were bans on massacres issued.

However, the widest scope and the longest period of time are naturally in the Wu Zhou period. The ban on massacres for a whole month and a whole season has exceeded the normal scale. Fish and shrimp are just too harsh on people.

Of course, shortly after the promulgation of this ban on massacres, there were ups and downs, but in the end it just came to nothing.But now that it has been newly promulgated, it must still have a certain degree of execution.

Wu Sansi sent cruel officials to Xijing to attack the young king, and he might start from this aspect. Li Tong also hoped that Wu Youyi would be able to cover him.

But even if it can't be covered, it's not a big deal. The so-called donation of hemp thread and the blessings of the scholars, this time he is going to pull the entire Guanzhong people to lick his grandma together. The general political direction is absolutely correct.If that Huo Xianke was really ignorant, it would be a lot of fun to report Xijing Shengmin as treacherous and blatantly disobeyed the ban on massacres.

The pleasure boat drove slowly, and soon arrived at Quchifang, where famous gardens gathered, and there were many scholars and people, even the boats on the canal and waterway bumped against oars, making it difficult to move forward.

Seeing this scene, Li Tong was naturally happy in his heart, the more popular he was, the better it would be for him to carry out his follow-up plan.

Even if there is any trouble, he is not afraid at all. First, he has good intentions and is absolutely politically correct. Second, he is an idler. Even if there is any trouble, Wu Youyi, the left behind in Xijing, is the first person responsible.

Chapter 0259 prostitution thin, flowering missed

In the Tang Dynasty, the prosperity of Qujiang Pool was naturally the Kaiyuan and Tianbao periods. At that time, it was also the period when the national power of the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous. The people were rich and the country was strong and magnificent.

Due to political reasons during the Wu Zhou Dynasty, the status of the entire Chang'an city was quite embarrassing, but the surrounding area of ​​Qujiang was not all unremarkable.Especially in the past month or so, people and things between the two capitals have gathered here, creating a prosperous scene.

More than half of Qujiang Pond belongs to the Furong Garden of the Imperial Garden. Now that Chang'an lacks an owner, even Wu Youyi, a greedy and willful Xijing stayer, would not dare to open the Furong Garden for the people to come and go without the permission of the gods. tour.

But even so, it does not affect the people to enjoy themselves.On the way, there are many tourists and picturesque scenery at the cruise ship. When the cruise ship actually arrives at the Qujiang River, the beautiful scenery is even more beautiful.

These beautiful scenery, first of all, are naturally the genus of various flowers and trees.It's midsummer, and it's the season when vegetation is flourishing. Although the Furong Garden is not open to the public, lotus leaves are laid out on the pool, and lotus flowers are mixed among them, shining like stars.

On the west bank of the Qujiang River is Quchifang. Looking up, I haven't seen the carefully crafted gardens of Xijing.

The first thing that catches the eye is a variety of gorgeous tents, some of which are luxurious, decorated with colorful and bright things such as pheasant feathers and feathers, and some are won by whimsy, with various bamboo and wood structures. The strange shape attracts onlookers and wonders.

When Li Tong and the others arrived here, it was already morning, and the people from the palace had already set up a tent on the bank of Qujiang Pond. It's close to Li Xu, and there are naturally a lot of people that can be accommodated.

At this time, many guests were already walking around in the tent, seeing the boat approaching, they flocked to the shore to wait for the young king.

The cruise ship had just landed, and the cheerful drumming and shouting could be heard in the tent near the shore, which made Li Tong feel that his current popularity is really extraordinary.

Zhong Shaojing, who came one step ahead to arrange the arrangement, hurried forward, and while supporting the young king who got off the boat and landed, he said: "The guests from all sides in Xijing have been waiting for the king here for a long time."

Li Tong nodded and walked into the crowd, followed by Zhong Shaojing to introduce the well-dressed guests to the young king.

Although Xijing has been lonely for a long time, but after all, the foundation is deep, and the number of nobles is still no longer a small number.All kinds of people who have heard of it or haven't heard of it, or the Duke of the State, or the Duke of the County, all stepped forward one by one to meet and salute the young king.

When Li Tong met these people, he only kept his face polite, and would stop and chat for a few words when he saw familiar people, but simply skipped them when he saw unfamiliar ones.

These kings' families sound majestic, but now that the country is gone, that's the case.It's been a month since Li Tong entered Chang'an City, and basically those who want to make friends have met several times, and some even continued their old friendship.

But if they haven't met each other very much until now, and just have to come forward to salute due to the situation, Li Tong won't bother to talk to him.

He is not Xiaomengxin who has just come to this world. He is very excited when he hears a name or a prestige, and he is eager to communicate with others.Those who are not familiar with him until now are either poor and withdrawn from the family, or because of various reasons, they are unwilling or unable to form friendship with the young king.

Even so, a quarter of an hour passed after the exchange of pleasantries.When the characters in these scenes dispersed, only the official characters in Xijing came forward to greet the young king, and Xu Jian, who was the Wannian Wei at that time, was among them.

When Gaozong left Chang'an for Luoyang in the old year, he still left a relatively complete administrative team in Chang'an.Later, Emperor Gaozong died of illness in Luoyang, and the throne was abolished several times, but at that time there was still an important minister Liu Rengui sitting in Chang'an.

As the current situation continued to develop, the empress' power became more and more powerful, and the officials who stayed in Chang'an, Xijing were also abolished several times.Up to now, except for Wu Youyi who stayed behind in Xijing and his accompanying assistant, only a few palace supervisors and servants stayed in Xianyuan in the two major palaces, and almost all other Si Cao were eliminated.This is also one of the reasons why Wu Youyi can work hard in Xijing, there is almost no supervision and constraints.

The officials who came to welcome the young king today are mainly officials from the two counties of Chang'an and Wannian.Except for Wannianwei Xu Jian, Li Tong didn't have much contact with the others, but there was one exception, and that was Fang Rong, the county magistrate of Chang'an.

This Fang Rong, if he insisted on a relationship, Li Tong would still call him cousin, because he and his aunt Fang were of the same clan.Concubine Fang's grandfather, Fang Renyu, was the uncle of Fang Xuanling, the famous Prime Minister of Zhenguan, and this Fang Rong was the grandson of Fang Xuanling.

However, this kind of big family has many houses, and such distant relatives can only meet and talk. They have their own social circles on weekdays, and they basically don't move around frequently.

But this Fang Rong was an exception. Soon after the young king moved into Xijing, he came to see him and talked about his friendship. He called Fang Taifei his aunt.In the past period of time, there were occasional contacts in daily life, which made this already fading friendship seem a bit stronger.