Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

Li Shen was selfless, upheld justice for Liu Ji, spoke uprightly, and prevented Liu Ji from dying because of his injustice, which has been widely circulated in the court.

Many ministers felt that although Li Shen was a little dandy, a little overbearing, petty, overachieving, cunning, despicable, etc., he was still a relatively good prince.

Since then, Li Shen has never left the house without selling anything. As Li Shimin said, Liu Jie really tried to go to Prince Ji's Mansion to send some gifts to express his gratitude.

As a result, not to mention Prince Ji, even the stewards of Prince Ji's Mansion didn't see him, and were directly turned away by a gatekeeper.

Even the gift from Liu Ji was not accepted by the concierge, saying that Prince Ji's palace did not accept gifts and the warehouse could not accommodate them.

Liu Ji was almost angry to death.

How come the people in Prince Ji's Mansion are all of the same moral character as Prince Ji, and why are they all so loud?

In order to thank him for saving his life, he also spent a lot of money to buy gifts, up to [-] guan.

If King Ji said this, he would still admit it. Unexpectedly, he was disliked by a concierge, and Liu Ji waved his sleeves and left in anger.

After Liu Ji left, some court officials who wanted to get close to King Ji sent people to send gifts, but they were all blocked by the concierge.

Finally, a notice was posted next to the gate of Prince Li Shen’s residence, ‘No guests below the second rank will be admitted. ’

This notice from Prince Ji's Mansion caused a lot of turmoil. Fortunately, Li Shen was the prince, and in the Tang Dynasty where the media was underdeveloped,

Otherwise, if you post it online to him, he will be accused of discriminating against the lower class, and Li Shen's website must be exposed.

You must know that during the Zhenguan period, the top officials in the left and right Pushe were of the third rank, and there were no second-rank officials at all.

Only nobles have second rank, and they must be dukes or above. The founding county prince is from the second rank, the county prince is from the second rank, the national prince is from the first rank, and the heir king and county prince are also from the first rank.

Princes like Li Shen are the real ones.

Li Shen's threshold has excluded all gift-givers, because the duke will not give gifts to the prince.

Unless I have in-laws, I'm afraid of arousing His Majesty's suspicion.

The heirs and princes are now basically Li Shen's uncles, and it is Li Shen who gives them gifts.

The princes and princesses in Chang'an are all Li Shen's brothers and sisters, and they all need to come to deliver gifts in person. Who wants him to be young?

When Li Shimin learned about the notice posted on Li Shen's door, he burst out laughing. It seemed that he knew his son well.

But it’s also very helpless. If you don’t accept the gift, you can just turn them away. Why do you have to put up such an uncomfortable notice?

This seems like Prince Ji is proud of his high status and looks down on people of lower rank. Does he have to make it so shocking?

"Your Majesty, the palace's income this year is just like this, but it should improve next year." Today is Li Shen's annual summary meeting.

Wang Hongfu just made a general report on this year's income.

However, Li Shen's eyes widened after hearing this:

"You are telling me that this year our palace has not a single penny left and has spent more than two million guan, right?

I went to the treasury the day before yesterday, and there wasn’t a single copper in it except my Aye’s one million coins.

Tell me, what have I, Prince Ji’s Mansion, done this year, and what have I done in vain? "

Li Shen suddenly lost control of his emotions. He had not even a penny left in a year but still had to borrow two million yuan.

How can I survive this day without any savings?

Wang Hongfu was actually helpless. Li Shen's stall was too big and he had been pouring money into it for the past two years.

If Li Shen hadn't cheated and made some money in the past few years, Prince Ji's mansion would have been deprived of food.

"Your Majesty, we have built nearly [-] colleges this year, such a large palace, a [-]-acre palace annex, and such a large industrial park.

The cotton production base in the northwest, Your Majesty, you are still building bridges in Goguryeo, and you have plans for Japan.

The construction of Fuzhou Port and shipbuilding, Your Majesty, it is already very good that the Wangfu can persist until now. "

Wang Hongfu almost said that it was good that the palace did not beg for food.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Prince's palace has taken some big steps. In the future, Your Majesty, please don't have any big plans.

At present, the palace may not be able to afford it, and there are not even enough staff. Wang Xuance also said beside him.

"This...it's not my fault. I will be more careful in the future." Li Shen felt guilty.

It turned out that he was the one who caused Prince Ji's Mansion to be on the verge of bankruptcy.

"Um...Old Wang, keep going, keep going." Li Shen said sarcastically,

"Your Majesty, that's all. The specific account books have been given to the Princess for accounting, but there is one thing that I need to ask Your Majesty for.

This year's cotton is growing well. Our prince has purchased a lot and is currently processing it, but it is still up to the prince to decide what needs to be made. "

Wang Hongfu continued to ask, the palace has harvested a lot of cotton this year.

"Well..." Li Shen thought about it,

"In this way, you first make two hundred thousand sets of cotton military uniforms and put them in the warehouse for later use. The style will be the same as before.

Most of the rest was made into cloth, and the rest was put among the people, allowing the people to choose whether to make quilts or cotton-padded clothes.

Cotton cloth not only keeps you warm in winter, but also absorbs sweat in summer. It can be sold all year round. The price shouldn’t be too high, just be close to the people. Let the nobles earn more this year.

It will drop bit by bit from next year onwards. As long as they can earn more than food, they will keep growing. "

After careful consideration, Li Shen said that he could not just make cotton by himself, but also let the people below see its benefits, so as to derive related products and types of work, so that some people can make a little money relying on cotton.

“One more thing, we didn’t buy the cotton in Gaofu this year, but I heard that it was bought by the Changsun family.

They are also producing items such as cloth and winter clothing and quilts.

It is said that Sun Yan, the fourth son of Zhao Guogong, was responsible for this matter.

Your Majesty, do you think we should suppress it? "Wang Hongfu asked.

"Are you crazy? Why are you suppressing Zhao Guogong? We originally promoted cotton, and Zhao Guogong currently has a good relationship with the palace.

There is a beautiful sister among them, you know?

However, Duke Zhao actually asked his fourth son to take charge. It seems that the first three sons should now have official positions. "

Li Shen said to Wang Hongfu, but he still admired Changsun Wuji. His father only had fourteen sons in total.

Changsun Wuji, an old man, had twelve sons, but even the old Cheng family didn't have as many as his.

After Wang Hongfu's report, it was Wang Xuance's turn. Wang Xuance stood up, holding a small notebook in his hand.

Most of them are some of the imperial decrees from this year, as well as various data reported by the palace to Zongzheng Temple.

Especially the data on the food towns and the birth, old age, illness and death of the food towns.

Li Shen was drowsy when he heard it. It was like a heavenly book to him, and he couldn't understand it.

"Xuance, is there anything else? How about you find time to talk about these things later?" Li Shen interrupted Wang Xuance.

"My lord, there is really one thing. I will report below that it seems that another group of people are staring at them. These people are very raw, they don't look like veterans and have not been trained.

It is currently unknown who it is. "

(The update was completed at [-]:[-] in the morning. I originally wanted to take a day off, but I felt a little sorry. I endured it and updated it.

Please forgive me if I am wrong.)