Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

"What is Mei Niang's plan for the chamber of commerce?"

Wu Meiniang thought for a moment, then said fiercely.

"The concubine has two plans. One is that the Lu family doesn't know what is good and bad, and Mei Niang thinks there is no need for the Lu family to exist."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Li Tai, asking if the inquirer could do this

Li Tai frowned, and Lu Chengqing's rude words made Wu Meiniang very annoyed, because she wanted to get revenge.

Do you want to agree to her revenge?Li Tai began to weigh the pros and cons.

Zheng Rentai is in charge of the safety of the palace, and he is still a general, although he has fought and lost repeatedly....

At least Cui Renshi supported him, and he was very righteous, but he was useless.

Wang Tong can at least think about the integration of the three religions of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, and wants to serve Li Shimin...even though he didn't succeed.

Although the three of them are somewhat lacking in talent, they are more or less devoted to Li Shimin.

But Lu Chengqing is different, he is very strong and very stubborn, and his contribution to this Tang Dynasty is very low, and it is really useless compared to the other companies.

Later, the industrial and commercial rebellion in the Tang Dynasty was caused by the magical operation of an official surnamed Lu.

From this point of view, it doesn't really matter whether there is a Lu family or not, and it is actually beneficial to have a common enemy to scare chickens and monkeys.

Li Tai nodded, acquiescing to Wu Meiniang's actions, and will report this matter to Li Shimin later: "Meiniang will figure it out."

Seeing that Li Tai agreed, Wu Meiniang said with joy on her face.

"While the Lu family disappears, the Chamber of Commerce will order more families, large and small, so that they can serve your husband better."

Second, the caravans will be united, and more than 200 small countries will divide their regions and send colored glaze to other countries to sell colored glaze jewelry. "

Divide regional sales?This seems to be similar to regional distribution.

Li Tai nodded repeatedly after hearing this, staring at Wu Meiniang and said, "There are some things that I want to tell Meiniang."

Wu Meiniang smiled, her dimples were like flowers, and she saluted and said: "Your Majesty, just tell me."

Li Tai helped Wu Meiniang straighten her face and said.

"Kapok is planted in Gaochang, and the clothes made of kapok are better than sackcloth to keep out the cold.

So the first thing to do is to buy kapok seeds in Gaochang country through Mei Niang's caravan, as much as you want. "

"Kapok?" Puzzled in Wu Meiniang's eyes.

Buy kapok seeds in a big way, and you still need as much as you want. Is cotton so important?

Looking at the doubts in Wu Meiniang's eyes, Li Tai didn't explain, and he would know the benefits of cotton after a little investigation, but he just reminded him cautiously.

"One day, cotton will be comparable to ramie. This matter is related to the country and society, and it is a major issue of people's livelihood. It must be done well."

With such an explanation, Wu Meiniang immediately understood, her eyes widening can be compared to ramie, no wonder she has to tell herself so carefully.

Hearing this, she immediately said with a serious face: "My husband, please don't worry, Meiniang will never fail my husband's entrustment."

"In addition to the kapok seeds, there is also the pepper."

"Husband wants that pepper?"

Wu Meiniang was shocked when she heard this.

If cotton is used to make clothes like ramie, then the price of this item should not be high in Gaochang, but it is only rare in Tang Dynasty so it is precious.

But pepper is different. Even in other countries, the price of pepper is still more expensive than gold. The best way is to exchange it with colored glaze.

It's just that pepper can be eaten or used as a spice, and it can be consumed.

But colored glaze is difficult to consume except for looking at it. Once there are too many colored glazes on the market, they will become cheap, and the consequences will be disastrous.

Seeing Wu Meiniang's complexion changed drastically, Li Tai explained with peace of mind.

"Don't worry, this pepper is different from Liuli, so you don't need to buy it in bulk.

What I mean is to send caravans to countries where pepper is grown, to learn secretly to see if they can get the method of growing pepper, and then plant it in Datang.

Once pepper is successfully grown in Datang, wouldn't Datang have inexhaustible wealth again? "

Upon hearing this, Wu Meiniang breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about the feasibility of this method.

Pepper is equal to wealth, if once the planting method is stolen, it means that wealth will continue to grow from the ground?

There is nothing wrong with it in theory and logic, but it is worthless if you plant too much, and it is very difficult.

Thinking of this, Wu Meiniang said with a smile on her face: "Husband, Meiniang will definitely bring back the method of growing pepper!!"

"Okay, I'm looking forward to it very much." Li Tai looked at Wu Meiniang who was full of joy, and smiled together: "Let's go, let's go home!"

"Husband, please go back first, I still have something to tell the people here." Wu Meiniang said apologetically.

Li Tai expressed his understanding, and the case chamber of commerce is just the beginning, and there are a lot of things to deal with.

With the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, the three major families purchased hundreds of catties of goods for Wu Meiniang, and the purchase price Wu Meiniang gave was only a little higher than the price of jade.

As for who can sell it to, it has been divided, and the profit of the sale depends on their ability.

Within a few days, Liuli jewelry shops became popular throughout the Tang Dynasty, and jade shops could be seen closing down every moment, replaced by Liuli jewelry.

They also played various tricks on colored glaze, such as wine glasses and porcelain, and various totem beliefs.

The biggest change is the chamber of commerce, only half a month.

The Chamber of Commerce has changed from only four families in the first session to more than [-] families in the third session. Every family is eager to buy goods from Wu Meiniang here.

The goods brought back from hundreds of countries have also turned into colored glaze, and there is a huge amount of gold in the treasury of King Li Tai.

It can be said without hesitation that this terrifying wealth can compete with the national treasury.

And the one who is jealous is Lu Chengqing. While regretting, he was also targeted by the chamber of commerce. Countless people make trouble for him every day.

Holding his jade seal every day, he muttered indignantly: "Liuli Mine, there will be a day when you will finish digging it, let's see how long you can go crazy!!

No, no, I can't sit still, I have to write another letter to His Majesty..."

Chapter 116 Read

January [-], New Year's Day.

As early as a few days ago, the relevant arrangements for the prince's celebration were arranged.

Before dawn, Li Tai was wearing a uniform, a crown on his head, and a crimson gauze robe, and he walked slowly towards the Taiji Hall under the support of the guards and the eyes of civil and military officials.

From the corner of the eye, he glanced at all the civil and military officials, and saw that their faces were indifferent and their eyes were different, only Li Zhi and Li Chengqian's performance was particularly conspicuous.

I saw Li Chengqian stroking the lame leg with one hand, expressing his sorrow, and sighed a long time: "Everything is fate, I can't help it at all."

Li Zhi lowered his head, raised his head from time to time, and could vaguely see the envious look in his eyes.

The ceremony officially started, and the presiding officer Zuo Shuzi stood aside: "Today... the crown prince canonization ceremony officially begins."

Following Zuo Shuzi's announcement, the Taiwei and Situ came out, holding the prince's book and the seal in their hands, and said: "Give the prince's book, and grant the seal."

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"Licheng."

Under the auspices of Zuo Shuzi, the Taiwei and Situ presented the prince's books and seals on behalf of the emperor, and the whole process was witnessed by civil and military officials.

Then Li Tai will pay homage in Li Shimin's palace, and then go to the Taimiao to pay homage.

After a while, the ceremony was completely completed.

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The next day, in the royal study.

Li Shimin called Li Tai out of the East Palace early.

Li Tai, on the other hand, was still drunk, and looked at Li Shimin with some foggy eyes.

Li Shimin said with a smile on his face: "Come on, from today onwards, I will teach you how to deal with government affairs."

"Handle the government affairs?" Li Tai looked at the pile of memorials piled up in front of him, and the corners of his eyes twitched...

I can't stop complaining in my heart, why do I always feel that you, Li Er, are being lazy in the name of teaching?

"Government affairs are a major national matter. You must distinguish right from wrong and be impartial... The emperor will try to deal with it. If there is something wrong, I will teach you."

After Li Shimin made a long speech, he gestured for Li Tai to sit on the chair and deal with the government affairs.

"My son... obey the order." Li Tai complained in his heart.

Somewhat unwell, he sat on another chair, took the correction brush, and casually took a memorial in front of him, and started to correct it decently.

He didn't change the memorial either, so he could only bite the bullet and go ahead, hoping that he wouldn't be scolded too badly.

After opening it, a letter with a similar format unfolded in front of Li Tai, and it was signed by Lu Chengqing.

It started with seeing a lot of people buying jewelry stores on the street today, and then the prosperity of business would make people reluctant to farm.

After a long speech of thousands of words, he finally demanded that the chamber of commerce be disbanded and severely punished himself.

In a word, he felt that the chamber of commerce was competing with the people for profit, and demanded that the chamber of commerce be banned and the crown prince severely punished.

After reading it, Li Tai was quite speechless. What can be explained clearly in one sentence actually took thousands of words.

There are thousands of words, most of which are long-winded nonsense, as well as unclear but flowery classical Chinese, and there are only a few hundred words that are really useful.

O sea, you are all water...

And Li Shimin sat behind Li Tai, picked up a cup of tea and took a sip silently, leisurely and comfortably, watching Li Tai's progress from time to time.

Seeing that Li Tai didn't finish reading a memorial for a long time, he said with full experience.

"The memorial must be viewed from the back. In order to show their literary talent and flattery, these officials will put the content at the end, so when reading the memorial~ you must read it from the back."

Looking from the back to the front... this is really the first time I've heard of it.

In fact, the memorial has only a fixed format, but there are not many classifications of content, and many officials like to show off their skills.

As a result, there are many things in the memorial that have nothing to do with the content, and some of them even wrote a poem for His Majesty to appreciate the fine weather today, asking for praise.

It's actually okay to put the focus on the back, but if the focus is mixed in the middle, it will take a long time to find it.

Among them, Zhu Yuanzhang is the most famous. Due to Zhu Yuanzhang's background, his education level is not high, and there are people who specialize in reading memorials.

Later, an official Ru Taisu played a memorial with tens of thousands of words. The people on the side read it for a long time.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry on the spot, and directly called Ru Taisu to beat him up on the spot.

Li Tai couldn't help complaining that the efficiency of this office is too low, and most of the time is wasted on nonsense. No wonder Li Er has endless memorials to revise every day.

Tucao belongs to Tucao, but how to correct it?

Ban the chamber of commerce and punish yourself severely?This is really too much to think about.

Li Tai thought for a few seconds, imitating the Chinese teacher in his previous life to correct the composition, and directly wrote a scribbled reading on the memorial.

Even if this one is changed...

Li Shimin's face twitched immediately after reading it. This... is also called a memorial to change, and the word "read" is also called a memorial to change?This is too perfunctory! !

"Emperor, how can you be so perfunctory?"

Li Tai listened, drew two horizontal lines again, met Li Shimin's eyes and asked, "How do you think the father should correct it?"

It is impossible to solve the Chamber of Commerce, and it is impossible to praise yourself, so there is nothing to change except to write a review to indicate that you have read it.

"No matter what, I have to boast about it. His literary talent is outstanding." Li Shimin said with some dissatisfaction, frowning.

Li Tai was very speechless, outstanding literary talents and business affairs are actually two different things.

How did you think of streamlining the army and simplifying the administration? Why didn't you think of dealing with these things?

"My son thinks that you should not praise to avoid encouraging such nonsense, and you don't want to write about such things as the weather is good.

The memorial should be concise and clear in an orderly manner. "

Li Shimin smiled and asked meaningfully: "If it's business, how can you get close to officials? If you don't care about small things, how can you know the big things in the world?"

This is indeed the reason for Li Tai's meal.

As the saying goes, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, all relying on memorials to connect feelings and tell things. In addition, there are some generals as governors, and there is no template for doing things. Different people will have different styles and methods for the same thing.

This caused the emperor to work diligently every day, watch nonsense, and then have to rack his brains to write comments.