The feudal lord is on Taobao every day

The current commercial area is not too formal, and there are not too many shops, but there are quite a few people who come to buy things, except for some businessmen who have just come from the north and south of the river and the people who have migrated, but they can’t buy rare things such as soap and perfume everywhere. Seeing the servants sent by a wealthy family, Xie Jingan was full of sense of accomplishment when he saw the bustling crowd, although it wasn't exactly jostling with each other. , so that he has no desire to buy for Lin Yan.

Xie Jing'an thought, he and Lin Yan have been together for a few months, but he has never given any gifts, and now he is busy with business and can't take care of it for the time being. When the border war is settled, he has to It's good to think about what to give. I don't expect the relationship to go further, but it is also good to consolidate the relationship.

The business area is not big now, and it didn't take long to walk to the end, but Xie Jingan didn't want to go back, so he simply pulled Lin Yan around and walked around again.

Lin Yan was very nervous about this, and looked around vigilantly from time to time, approached Xie Jingan, and said in a low voice: "How could Your Highness think of patrolling here, here..."

Before Lin Yan could finish speaking, Xie Jingan interrupted him, "Don't call me Your Highness outside, call me Jingan."

Lin Yan was stunned, hesitated for a moment, didn't know what came to his mind, quietly blushed his ears, looked around again, and then lowered his voice with some helplessness, and said: "There are so many people here. I don't know how many people have ulterior motives, Dian...Jing An should return home earlier."

Hearing that Lin Yan really changed his tune, Xie Jingan showed a satisfied and smug smile, shook his head and said that he was not in a hurry, and before Lin Yan could say anything else, he suddenly said: "Do you know that a fief wants to develop? What are the indispensable ones?"

Lin Yan never expected that Xie Jing'an would suddenly ask him such a question, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then said hesitantly: "The last general... I think that the most important thing to develop a fief is military power. , fields, and people of insight who can help you manage your fief, Dian...why does Jing An suddenly ask me such a question?"

Xie Jing'an didn't answer, but smiled, and said slowly: "Military power, fields and people of insight are certainly important, but in my opinion, business and industry are the foundation for a fief to develop rapidly."

"Business and industry?" Lin Yan was a little surprised, but he didn't ask, but pondered for a while before he said, "You just realized this a long time ago, and you made those rare things as soon as you arrived in the fief to attract businessmen? ?”

Xie Jingan nodded, and said slowly: "Scholars, farmers, businessmen, although merchants are lowly, but which prosperous Dazhou city does not have the most merchants? Besides, if you want to have more scholars in the fief, you need to build schools and have strong soldiers." , you must have good weapons, and you must have enough food and clothing for the soldiers to practice well. One by one, you don’t need money, and you can put everything else away for the time being. Only money, no matter what. No less."

Xie Jingan chuckled lightly when he said this, looking at the neat shops on both sides of the street, his eyes were shining brightly, his voice became softer, as if afraid of being heard by others, he almost whispered in Lin Yan's ear: "Scholar Farmers and businessmen, you can look down on anyone, but you can’t underestimate the merchants. They are rich in the world, and I can do a lot of things if I pluck out a hair. A steady stream of money flowed into my pocket and was used to develop the fief one by one."

Xie Jingan's words completely exposed his ambitions. Compared with setting up a business tax, such a construction workshop and a chamber of commerce are small things. What he did was just laying the groundwork. His real purpose was to one day successfully implement business Tax, when he establishes the customs and commercial tax, he will really have no shortage of money, and he can give it a go.

Of course, it's too early, Xie Jingan just casually chatted with Lin Yan out of interest, but from Lin Yan's point of view, it was like a thunderbolt exploding above his head. It means that he doesn't know anything. As long as he thinks about the possible consequences of establishing a commercial tax, he feels his scalp go numb. He subconsciously gives Xie Jingan a hand, trembling without even realizing it, and said worriedly: "You How could such an idea be born, there are so many businessmen in the world, which ones are not relying on their backs, and those aristocratic families, who do not have a large number of shops and workshops under their names, your move is against the whole world, you are not afraid Are you being mobbed and attacked? I'm afraid that even the Holy Majesty will not be able to protect you by then."

Xie Jingan naturally knew, but after he had this idea, he was like a demon, and he couldn't suppress it anymore. Moreover, in his opinion, if the land has land tax, the businessman should have the business tax. It doesn't make sense to enjoy the big week For everything that is provided, one pays what it should pay, while the other can only get in and out.

Thinking of this, Xie Jingan snorted coldly, and said lightly: "I'm just a feudal lord, and I don't have that much ability to make the whole Zhou Dynasty implement it. I just accept it in my fief. If they don't want to hand it over, it's not my responsibility." I will not force them to open a shop in the fief and do business."

These words were really perfunctory, Lin Yan could hear it naturally, he was a little terrified and wanted to ask more questions, when he heard a sudden rush of footsteps from far and near, accompanied by a familiar voice shouting: "Your Highness, Your Highness."

The sound was too loud, Xie Jingan and Lin Yan could hear it clearly, they couldn't help but stop what they were discussing, looked in the direction of the sound, and found that it was Cui Tong who was running over quickly.

Although Cui Tong is not very old and his temperament has not yet been determined, he is barely calm, and will not lose his composure unless something major happens. Therefore, when Xie Jingan and Lin Yan saw his expression, their expressions changed, and they couldn't help but sink. When he got down, Xie Jingan frowned even more, and walked over in three steps at a time. When he ran in front of him, he asked nervously, "What's the matter? Why are you so flustered? But what happened at the border?" ?”

Nowadays, the only major event that can be called a border war is the border war, so Xie Jingan asked without thinking.

But he didn't want Cui Tong to take a breath and shook his head, saying: "No... no, the imperial court sent an urgent official document from eight hundred li, and it has been handed over to the mansion at this time, waiting for His Royal Highness to go back and open it."

Is it an official document from the court?Xie Jingan was startled, his expression became more solemn, he subconsciously looked at Lin Yan, and he didn't care about patrolling and passing through the two-person world, even the people around him who knew his identity and saluted him didn't have time to respond, so they nodded and said : "Okay, go home and prepare your horse."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two guards appearing out of nowhere, each leading a horse and walking towards him.

Xie Jingan and Lin Yan turned over and got on their horses, and galloped along the path that the common people gave way to.

Simply because the city of Mozhou is not big, even if the business district is built far away from the palace, it only takes half an hour to arrive.

He got off his horse and walked towards the palace, asking Cui Tong who was following him, "Where is Master Liu? Has someone informed him?"

Cui Tong shook his head and said: "Not yet, but Mr. Liu came to ask His Highness to see him before, but His Highness is not in the mansion, and he told him not to disturb other affairs unless there is a border war, so he didn't inform him."

Cui Tong thought of something, followed closely, and said: "Also, there are a few scholars from Luoyang who came to ask to see His Highness at three o'clock today. It happened that Liu Zhubo also came to ask for an audience, so the younger one simply let Liu. Master Bo led him away."

"A scholar from Luoyang?" Xie Jingan's heart moved when he heard this, he wanted to ask something, but he also remembered the urgent official document of [-] miles away, so he swallowed the words he was about to say, and only said that Liu Zhubo should do whatever he wanted After leaving him behind, he pointed to someone to summon Liu Zhubo, and then hurried into the study.

As soon as he entered the study, before he could sit down, Cui Tong presented the official document sealed in red paint with both hands. Open it privately, took out the official document, shook it, and browsed it quickly.

At first, he thought that the urgent official document that would allow the imperial court to send eight hundred miles must be related to the border war, and there was a high probability that it was reprimanding him. After all, according to his prediction, the imperial court had a high probability of not going to war, but He will seek peace, but his attitude is obviously the main battle, which runs counter to the court's plan, so naturally he will not have any good words for him.

But he didn't expect that when he opened the official document, he saw that it said to dispatch the three-way army to support Pingzhou. He was so startled that he almost jumped up. It was a little more relaxed, and there was some joy on his face.

Lin Yan naturally saw the change in Xie Jingan's mood clearly, and couldn't help asking anxiously: "What is written in the official document? But it is about the border war? Is it to talk about peace or fight?"

As a general, Lin Yan was more concerned about border wars than Xie Jingan. Ever since he heard the news that Jai Hoo had come out, he couldn't sleep well every night. He was naturally nervous at this moment, and his usually calm face frowned a bit. fidgeting.

Xie Jing'an usually likes to tease him, but at this time he won't show any tricks, so he doesn't need to press him any more, so he just handed him the official document and turned to look at Cui Tong: "You don't need to talk to Liu Zhubo when he comes later. Biography, let him go directly to the study."

Speaking of this, Xie Jing'an paused, pondered for a moment, and said: "If you send another person to call Tao Qiu, he doesn't need to communicate. If the king has something important to ask him, let him come in directly."

Cui Tong agreed, and hurriedly went down to run an errand. At this time, Lin Yan also roughly browsed the official documents. His expression could not be described as surprise or pleasant surprise. It was a bit complicated. He looked at Xie Jingan and said, "The imperial court is willing to fight? It has been rumored in the court that Isn’t it rumors of peace talks? How could you be willing to fight? Could it be that some minister persuaded the Holy One?”

Lin Yan couldn't figure it out, and Xie Jingan couldn't figure it out either. After all, they had been hearing rumors about peace talks and marriages, and they were even mentally prepared to be alone and rely on themselves. Today, when he no longer had any extravagant demands on the imperial court, the imperial court gave him such a surprise and surprise, which made people happy and disturbing. He always felt that something happened in the court to make this incident The direction was completely beyond their expectations.

While they were discussing, Tao Qiu first stepped into the palace, and because of Xie Jingan's order, the guards and followers outside did not communicate, but directly opened the door to let Tao Qiu in.

Probably these days are very busy, Tao Qiu was not fat at first, but now he is getting thinner, and he is not tall, at first glance he really looks like a child, and Xie Jingan often has the illusion of oppressing child labor.

Fortunately, Tao Qiu looked like a child, but his temperament was quite calm, and he also handled the errands extremely well, which made Xie Jingan reluctantly suppress his idea of ​​changing people.

After entering the study, Tao Qiu was about to bow and salute, but before he raised his arm, Xie Jingan interrupted him impatiently, waving his hand and said, "It's urgent, so don't stick to the formalities, tell me quickly , What news about Chang'an have you received recently, do you know why the court changed its mind to fight, is there any movement in the palace?"

The intelligence organization headed by Tao Qiu has just been set up. It is reasonable to say that it is just an empty shell, and it is not useful for the time being. But now Mozhou is full of people. There are people from all over the world, and they are all well-informed. As a businessman, if you don't know, you will inquire about something.

Sure enough, after Xie Jingan finished speaking, Tao Qiu pondered for a moment, and then said: "Returning to Your Highness, I have indeed heard some news about Chang'an, but I have not confirmed whether the news is true or not, and I don't know if it should be true or not. Tell His Highness to listen."

"At this moment, it doesn't matter whether he is true or not," Xie Jingan said indifferently, "You just say it, and this king will decide for himself."

Only then did Tao Qiu feel relieved, and told the news in detail, he said: "The first thing about Chang'an is still related to His Highness. His Highness once sent someone to escort him to Chang'an to find his relatives. Miss, now that I have found my relatives, I am afraid that His Highness will never know who this Miss Yang's relatives are."

Xie Jing'an originally thought that Tao Qiu was going to cheat on him, but was about to ask a question when Tao Qiu continued, "Your Highness is still very familiar with Miss Yang's relatives. She is the Grand Master Yang who has taught His Highness the Crown Prince for many years and has students all over the world."

This point really made Xie Jingan never expect, he couldn't help being surprised, "Grand Master Yang?"

Tao Qiudao: "It is Taishi Yang. According to the news from his subordinates, the relationship between Taishi Yang and His Royal Highness is extremely alienated. It's a matter of time."

Xie Jingan was a little happy, but also a little bit regretful. He was in mixed feelings at the moment. After all, for him, the less powerful the prince was, the safer he would be. However, Grand Master Yang is a famous Confucian after all. It's a big loss. There are not many officials in Chaoli who are sober-headed and willing to think about the people. If one is missing, the people will not know how much more suffering they will suffer in the future.

It's just that although he is a prince, he really can't say much on such a big matter, and he has a rift with the prince. Although he feels regretful, he still holds on to the idea of ​​what he wants to do, and asks Tao Qiu, "What else? Any news about the border war?"

Tao Qiudao: "I heard from a businessman from Chang'an that the city of Chang'an is very restless now. Ever since the news of the dispatch of the three-way army to support Pingzhou, the officials of the court and the crown prince can't afford to kneel. The prince loves him very much, but this time he didn’t pay any attention to it, and the prince knelt for two days and two nights, almost crippling his kneecap, and the empress cried many times, but she didn’t change her mind and insisted on dispatching troops.”

"Father's idea?"

"His Majesty's idea?"

Xie Jingan and Lin Yan spoke at almost the same time, their faces filled with shock. They discussed many possibilities before Tao Qiu came, but they never expected that the matter of dispatching the three-way army to support Pingzhou was actually proposed by the Holy Majesty Yes, according to the analysis of the news obtained by Tao Qiu, he still insisted on resisting the opposition of all officials in the court and going his own way.

This was really beyond their expectation, Xie Jingan recovered after a long while, was silent for a while, and asked again: "What about the others? Is there any news?"

The rest were trivial news, Tao Qiuyuan planned to tell Xie Jingan together, but seeing his expression, he hesitated for a while, and finally shook his head, saying there was nothing else.

Xie Jingan didn't doubt that he was there, he waved his hand to let him go down first, then turned around to discuss with Lin Yan.

Xie Jing'an said in disbelief: "I always thought that the matter of dispatching three armies to aid Pingzhou was caused by a minister who forced the father to change his mind by virtue of his three-inch tongue or his life, but I didn't think it was the father's willful decision. , This is really not like his temperament, is it something that happened in the palace that we don't know, or is it the nature of the father, but we don't understand him?"

Xie Jing'an desperately recalled all the information he had heard about Emperor Kang Ping since traveling through these days. Although the information may not be true, judging from the way he treated the original owner and other princes, he is really not a wise king, otherwise he would not Ren Chaozhong withheld military rations at the border and ignored them, almost allowing them to fend for themselves and guard the border.

Lin Yan also felt that it was unbelievable, but he didn't speak hastily. Instead, he shook his head after thinking for a while and said, "I also don't understand. Could this decision of the Holy Majesty have something to do with Miss Yang?"

Lin Yan's words gave Xie Jingan a new way of thinking. He stretched out his slender fingers and tapped lightly on the armrest of the chair. Hearing this sound, he fell into deep thought.

As far as he knows, the original owner's cheap emperor's father likes the prince very much, so much that no prince is allowed to pose any threat to his crown prince. Just by looking at the fate of a few princes, one can understand how much the emperor likes the prince. .

Apart from the prince, the emperor now has four princes who are still alive. Xie Jingan has been sent away far away. The seventh prince is still too young to mention for now. Although the fifth prince and the sixth prince are still in Chang'an, they have not been awarded anything. The real power has never interfered in the affairs of the court. He spends all day playing and fighting dogs to pass the time, so that the prince can almost cover the sky with one hand in the court, which shows how much the emperor loves the prince.

But the emperor who likes the prince so much disregards the objection of the prince this time, and even the prince knelt for two days and two nights and almost crippled his kneecap without changing his mind, which is really abnormal.

It would be fine if he was usually wise and martial, but the emperor who put so much emphasis on culture and despise martial arts, and hardly regarded the border army as a human being, did he really make this decision without any other purpose?

Xie Jingan thought and thought, but he couldn't convince himself no matter what, he shook his head and shook his head, this is impossible, there must be other reasons.