Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

At the gate of the auction venue, carriages of various sizes and styles soon appeared.

"Hey, Brother Liu? You're here too?"

"Oh, it's Brother Wang, long time no see."

"Mr. Cui, you are here too?"

"Brother Du is polite."

After getting off the carriage, these people kept greeting people they knew.

This is true for both businessmen and officials, who appear to have extensive social connections.

Wang Xuance just watched quietly and completely understood the hypocritical face that Prince Ji described.

"Meet Shopkeeper Wang."

"Haha, Shopkeeper Zhang is so polite. Please come in."

All merchants were received by Wang Hongfu, who had a relatively high status among the merchants and knew many people.

Besides, Wang Xuance is an official and it is impossible for him to lower his status.

The officials were under the charge of Wang Xuance.

"Meet Mr. Wang."

"Mr. Zheng is very polite. Please come in."

Wang Xuance had a professional smile on his face and treated every official equally.

The old Wang Xuance would definitely not have been able to do this, but after all these years of experience by King Ji's side, he has become much more sophisticated.

"Raja."

"Minister Li is polite. Please come in."

Wang Xuance was at least a fourth-rank chief secretary. Although he was the chief secretary of the prince's mansion, he enjoyed the rank of an imperial court official.

Therefore, most of the people who came during this period had to pay their respects to Wang Xuance.

As time went by, fewer and fewer people came, and their grades became higher and higher.

They are all assistant ministers, eunuchs, left and right chancellors of the three provinces and six ministries.

Some of these people are at the same level as Wang Xuance, while others are half a level higher than Wang Xuance.

However, these people were very polite when they saw Wang Xuance. They didn't care about a chief secretary, but they could not ignore the people behind Wang Xuance.

The two assistant ministers of Wang Shi of Langya who were beaten are still fresh in people’s memory.

Not only was he beaten up and humiliated by King Ji, but King Ji was not hurt at all.

Until now, neither of them can hold their heads up, it has become a stain on their lives.

They don't want to be treated like this, as Wang Xuance is a close confidant of King Ji.

"Your Majesty, Chief Secretary Wang said the time is about right.

Please go to the door and get ready, Your Majesty."

Just as Li Shen was surrounded by beauties, a servant came in to report.

"Have those ministers arrived?"

"Your Highness, the Chief Secretary Wang said it will be soon."

"Then they haven't arrived yet? I will go there later, until someone from the royal family arrives."

Li Shen shook his head.

Seeing Li Shen like this, Lu Dingniang on the side advised:

"My dear, you should go there earlier, and don't be impolite.

Most of the Shangshu are dukes and of the third rank, so they must not be neglected.

This is not good for you, Your Majesty."

Lu Dingniang was also worried that Li Shen would offend too many people, which would be detrimental to Prince Ji's Mansion.

Although we cannot make friends with them, at least we should not offend them. Moreover, most of the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries are at the duke level and are heroes in the founding of the country.

Still worth treating with courtesy.

"Well, fine. I will go downstairs now. You guys wait for me here."

Li Shen sighed and stood up helplessly. What he hated most was socializing.

Li Shen went downstairs. Along the way, all the ministers and merchants who saw him saluted him, and he smiled and nodded in response.

Arriving at the door, Wang Xuance immediately stepped forward:

"Greetings, Your Majesty. All the officials below the third rank who were invited have arrived. Those above the third rank should be arriving soon."

As soon as Wang Xuance finished speaking, a carriage slowly came from a distance, followed by several other carriages.

The carriage soon came closer and the person who got off was the Minister of Civil Affairs Tang Jian.

There were also the Minister of Rites Xu Jingzong, the Minister of Works Yan Lide, the Minister of War Hou Junji and others.

"I see His Highness Prince Ji."

Officials from the six ministries came before Li Shen and saluted respectfully.

"Well, please don't be polite, gentlemen." Li Shen nodded, holding his head high and chest puffed out, acting like a prince.

"Thank you, His Highness Prince Ji."

Several people thanked him.

"I would also like to thank you all for coming to support us. I would like to thank you all on behalf of the poor people."

Li Shen made a few polite remarks.

“Your Highness Prince Ji cares about the people, so it is natural for us to be present for such a great act.

I would also like to thank His Royal Highness Prince Ji for giving me this opportunity."

Xu Jingzong began to flatter.

"Yes, Your Majesty is a man of great integrity and cares for the world. We are inferior to him and can only do our best."

Hou Junji agreed with a smile.

Several other people also followed suit and praised him, but to Li Shen, it sounded a little fake.

But I still have to say something polite, so I smiled and said:

"Haha, you are too kind. As a member of the royal family and a prince, this is what I should do.

Since we were young, Your Majesty has taught us to love the people as our own children. All the people in the world are the subjects of our Li family.

Now that I have the ability, I will naturally do something for the people of the world, so as to make the teachings of Your Majesty over the years worthwhile."

Li Shen spoke casually for polite talk, and luckily he didn't say anything like "reaching deep into the people". Li Shen was afraid that they wouldn't be able to bear it if he said it.

Even so, these people all applauded, saying that Your Majesty had taught his children well and that Prince Ji was benevolent and filial.

After some business exchanging of praise, Li Shen asked Wang Xuance to take these people in.

The heads of the six ministries are of the third rank, and are all people in the VIP room on the second floor.

Not long after this group of people went in, another carriage came. The people who came this time were all duke-level figures, and they all held important positions.

Like Cheng Yaojin, Liu Hongji, Li Ji, Yuchi Jingde, Zhang Liang, Li Jing and so on.

The same routine, the same process, after praising each other for a while, they get into it.

Especially Cheng Yaojin, who came to Li Shen and asked:

"Your Highness Prince Ji, if there is any trap this time, please tell me first. We are all allies, so don't hurt anyone by mistake."

Li Shen rolled his eyes and replied unhappily:

"When will your Dalang return the 100,000 strings of cash to me?"

"Well, just pretend that I didn't ask anything. I'll take my leave."

Cheng Yaojin turned around and ran without hesitation. In just a short time, he had already made 100,000 strings of cash.

I'm afraid his son will never be able to pay back the three thousand strings of cash he borrowed in his lifetime.

Next, the three ministers arrived: Changsun Wuji, Ma Zhou, and Yu Zhining.

Li Shen was still very polite to the three of them, after all, he was the prime minister.

In fact, Li Shen felt that if Changsun Wuji didn't make things difficult for him, he would still be a very good elder.

He is talented, resourceful, and has rich experience.

After Li Shen exchanged some pleasantries with them, he had them sent in as well.

After a while, Li Daozon, Li Xiaogong and other princes of the royal family also arrived.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the prince has arrived."

After Li Shen finished entertaining this group of people, Wang Xuance reported.

Li Shen looked into the distance and saw that it was indeed the prince's procession. The entire street was empty and everyone was avoiding it.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Shen doesn't like to go out.

Tang law stipulated that the cheap should avoid the rich. Unless Li Shen put on makeup when he went out, there would be no one on the whole street, so what was the point of going shopping?

No Kaweno.

(I checked the information and found that there were indeed rules of avoidance in the Tang Dynasty, but I don’t know whether it had the effect of cleaning the streets.

It’s not written in the information, but my understanding is that it should be similar, otherwise it cannot be called avoidance.

And not only the royal family, but also officials above the fourth rank would have a ceremonial guard when they went out. It was called a ceremonial guard, but it was just on a smaller scale.

The people will avoid it.)