Don't be a prince

Changsun Wuji walked over quickly, and seeing the crown prince handing over a memorial, he quickly opened it and read it.

Fang Xuanling and the others walked a little slower, and saw that Changsun Wuji was holding a memorial and looking at it, so he hurried over to read it together.

Fang Xuanling muttered, "Copper mines? It's just that a few more copper mines have been discovered, and the output has increased a bit. Why are you so excited?"

Du Ruhui also looked at Changsun Wuji in surprise, it's just a little copper mine, what about it?

Changsun Wuji bowed his hands to the emperor: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, the plan can start?"

Li Shimin nodded, his eyes full of anticipation.

Regardless of silver coins and gold coins, the exchange of copper coins alone can bring a lot of money to the court!Moreover, this time the exchange is not aimed at ordinary people, only for nobles and aristocratic families.Especially the aristocratic family, even if they knew it was a deep pit, they could only jump into it with their eyes closed.

Because, there is no choice.

Seeing that Fang Xuanling and the others looked puzzled, Changsun Wuji could only explain the plan once.

After listening to the whole plan, Yang Shidao pointed at Changsun Wuji and said angrily: "This, this is why you exchanged copper coins for gold and silver with my Fang family? And you..."

The accused Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui raised their heads and looked up at the sky, it had nothing to do with them.At this time, the difference between simple and honest and treacherous is reflected. Like Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, although they don't know what Changsun Wuji is doing, they believe in a truth: follow Changsun Wuji, and there will be no big mistakes!

Seeing the grief and indignation on Yang Shidao's face, Li Shimin couldn't help but said softly: "Okay, okay, I will tell you the matter today, and I have tacitly allowed you to reduce the losses for my family."

To make the matter more open, this is what Li Shimin planned.Otherwise, Changsun Wuji alone would not be able to withstand the scolding of the entire honorable group.Besides, the smooth progress of the plan also requires the approval of Fang Xuanling and others.

Now these people have gathered the speakers of the three provinces and the Minister of the Household Department. As long as these people nod, the plan can be carried out even if it is not announced in the court.

Wei Zheng also remembered what the prince said before, all this massive wealth was used to build the emperor's palace?How can it be!It is more than enough to build two Daming palaces!

Clasping hands and saluting, before Wei Zheng could speak, the emperor said, "My family, I plan to build the Daming Palace extravagantly. Afterwards, I will use all the surplus to fill the treasury?"

For many years, almost as long as Wei Zheng moved his foot, the emperor could guess what he was going to say.This amount of money is too much, if it is all received by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it will probably become hot.Instead of having to hand it over in the end, it's better to fight for the best interests for yourself.

Robbing money from the treasury, even the emperor would not dare to commit such a thing easily.

Hearing what the emperor said, Wei Zheng was overjoyed, and the words of advice that he was going to say suddenly changed: "That is the money that His Majesty won, and His Majesty can naturally dispose of it as you like. The Daming Palace will also be the place where all the ministers are right. , the luxury of the building is nothing at all. It is said that the prosperity of Zhenguan has begun, so how can it be done without a little prosperity.”

No one could have imagined that these words came from Wei Zheng's mouth, and he couldn't help admiring the emperor.

Li Chengqian clasped his hands and asked: "Father, since this is the case, when will the crusade against the Japanese country start? The change of silver coins and gold coins is also very important."

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly when he heard the words: "His Royal Highness, the Household Department is really out of money this time! Even the salaries of the state government officials this year have been paid in advance. As for the preparation for the Korean War, there is no way to move it! Now that something about Xue Yantuo has happened again, to be honest, your plan this time is also very coincidental. If there is no such action, I am afraid that our court will issue national debts again this year. Once or twice is fine. If there are too many, it will be a year of war. , it still damages the reputation of our imperial court."

Thinking about the projects carried out in various places, and thinking about the dispatch of troops against Xue Yantuo this time, Li Chengqian suddenly found that the Ministry of Household Affairs was really not crying poor this time, but really had no money.

Li Shimin poured a few cups of tea, ordered Li Jian to serve it to everyone, and said, "Sooner or later, the Japanese kingdom will send troops, but not now. The change of copper coins alone is enough. There are banks, and large transactions are not a problem. However, silk cloth This kind of currency is about to be abolished. People are allowed to barter, but they are no longer allowed to be used as currency in the market. Fang Xuanling, please draw up a decree and tell the world about it.”

Fang Xuanling cupped his hands and agreed.

"in addition...."

Li Shimin smiled slightly, and said to several people: "Only you guys know about this matter, and whoever dares to leak it again, I will never forgive you lightly!"

Seeing that it was indeed the case, except for Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and the others all smiled wryly.From the looks of it, it's hard to know this secret, people like Emotional have been picked out by the emperor to take the blame.

However, there are relatives and old friends on the one hand, and family property on the other. If you think about it carefully, it still smells like family property!

After discussing the details, everyone bid farewell to the emperor. Li Chengqian took out a piece of paper from his bosom and handed it to the emperor's desk.

Li Yifu, Zhang Jianzhi, Zhao Yi, Fang Yu, Wang Xuance, Li Yongshu, Li Yongsheng...

These people will become the new force to replace the new nobles like Fang Xuanling in the future.

The court is like the sea, the waves rise and fall one after another, and when some fall, there will be those who stand up.Regardless of whether it was the eldest grandson's family or the Fang family, including the Du family, they all followed the exit of the five surnames, slowly infiltrating the power of the family into all parts of the court.If a family wants to survive, there is no other way but to be tightly tied to the imperial court.

Fang Xuanling and others wanted to take root, while Li Chengqian wanted to pull weeds.If one chicken dies and one chicken crows this vicious cycle, if one wants to get rid of it, the most basic thing is to erase the imprint of the family from the top class of Datang.It's not very good to clear directly, but it is still no problem to drive them to the middle layer.Just like today's emperor is very strong, the heads of these families are also very strong.However, their contributions to the founding of the country are at most protected by their grandchildren.In the future, if you want power, you have to show ability.

Whenever there is a battle, Shang Shusheng will be very busy. In line with the virtue of respecting the old and caring for the young, Li Chengqian sits in Shangshu Sheng and returns to the academy after finishing his busy affairs.

Because of the matter of the Supreme Emperor, the matter of teaching the thesis has been put on hold again and again, and now it has come to the season when the spring is about to bloom.

The college that opened earlier was very lively, but it was limited to teaching buildings, gardens and other places, and no one dared to shout loudly in the dormitory building, for fear of disturbing the seniors who were preparing papers behind closed doors.

As the time for graduation is getting closer and closer, the students who are studying their thesis feel like prisoners on the execution ground. The big knife for beheading is always held high, but it just doesn't fall on the head.Those who are weaker in mind may even need to deliberately ask for leave to go out and have a drink secretly before they can fall asleep.

Bringing Zhang Yun and Pan Tianhou along, Li Chengqian slipped into the dormitory building through the back door in the clothes of the prince instead of changing his normal clothes today.

It was nap time at this time, and the corridor was quiet. Even if someone went out, they would be caught and warned by Zhang Yun or Tiantianhou.

The first floor is the dormitory for the new class. Thinking of Li Zhi's complaint, Li Chengqian looked at the student caught by Zhang Yun and said, "Where is Li Zhi?"

The student lowered his voice and said, "Li Zhi is in the southernmost dormitory."

Asking Zhang Yun to let go of the students, Li Chengqian went straight to the southernmost dormitory.

The door of the dormitory was left open, and when he entered the dormitory, Li Chengqian felt a strange smell rushing into his nostrils, and immediately began to wreak havoc.

In the previous life, he loved cleanliness, but in Datang he developed a habit that was almost obsessed with cleanliness. Li Chengqian felt his stomach and intestines churn, and almost vomited it out.

"Brother Emperor?"

The one closest to the door was Li Zhi. Hearing the strange noise, he opened his eyes and saw that it was Brother Huang, and immediately opened his mouth wide.

Naturally, Li Chengqian couldn't see Li Zhi's open mouth, because this guy was wearing a mask.

The others were still sleeping, snoring everywhere, beckoning Li Zhi to come out, and only after walking into the corridor did he come back to life.

I used to think that Li Zhi was suspected of crying miserably, but after experiencing it, I realized that this house is really not a place for people to live.

Walking into the corridor, Li Zhi lowered his head and said shyly, "Brother Huang, I told them when I came back, but they didn't listen. My father told me to hide my identity, so only a few officials knew about me later. The status of the people in this room are all civilians, and it is not easy for the younger brother to use his status to suppress them. The rule in this dormitory is that whoever is the most powerful has the final say, and the younger brother can't beat them, so...."

He reached out and patted Li Zhi's shoulder. The kid was so miserable that he couldn't sleep without a mask.At this point, he just listened to Shangguanyi's inducement to go out and live, but he didn't reveal his identity, which is still very good.

It is still necessary for an older brother to help a younger brother. Li Chengqian looked at the door, reached out to close the door, closed it deadly, and then kicked it out!

Bang!The sound made the people in the dormitory scream and jump up, and some people from other dormitories also came out to watch the excitement.

In order to prevent Li Zhi from being affected, Li Chengqian pushed Li Zhi back almost at the moment when these people got angry, and fell down on the bed, as if he had just got up.

"Asshole, come here to kick... the hall..."

Before he finished speaking, the shirtless guy lowered his head.He didn't recognize the prince, but the prince's clothes looked very bluffing.Who can wear pale yellow?Who has dragon patterns on their clothes?Although he was born as a commoner, he still knew very well that he met someone he couldn't afford to offend today.

Seeing the big man lower his head, Li Chengqian remembered that he hadn't changed his skin.Tsk, if you change the skin, maybe you can help Li Zhi beat them up, but wearing this skin will not work.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian flickered the air in front of his nose, and said, "I thought there was someone dead in this room, but it turned out to be your foot odor. You, the one wearing the mask, what's your name?"

No matter how stupid Li Zhi is, he still knows what Brother Huang means.Quickly stood up, cupped his hands and saluted: "Report to the emperor...His Royal Highness, student Li Zhi."

Hearing the identity of this person, the voices of "Meet Your Highness the Crown Prince" sounded in the corridor.

"Hehe, I met my family, Li Zhi, come and tell Gu, why don't you wash your feet?"

"I washed it! Really washed it!"

"Then what's the matter with this smell?"

"This... a real man, don't stick to trifles?"

Thinking of the story of Yu Yan, the head of the Donghun Pavilion in the late Han Dynasty, who didn't pay attention to the details of life, Li Zhi thought it was suitable to borrow it.

Li Chengqian snorted coldly, turned around, looked around and said, "What kind of bullshit doesn't care about small things, only those who make big things don't care about small things. What about you now? You haven't learned well, and you can't do small things. What big things are you? You don't sweep the house, why? Sweeping the world? You can’t even do the little things in life, why should people believe that you can achieve great things?”

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian looked at the smashed door, broke off a piece from the door panel, held it up and said: "Gu is also the vice president of Zhenguan College, and I will set up another rule for you today. Don't slack off in the dormitory, either. You don’t want to be spotless, but you also need to be clean and bright. You don’t want to fill the room with fragrance, but you also need to have no peculiar smell. How about this? In the future, you will set up an inspection team by yourself, and put this wooden board in the dormitory that is the worst. At the door of the dormitory, let's humiliate them together!"

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian put the wooden board at Li Zhi's door.

4 Chapter Forty A Girl Is Born

There was no writing on the wooden board, but for everyone in Li Zhi's dormitory, it seemed that the word "shame" was written all over it.

No one dared to refute, because he was the prince, and because he was the vice president.

After giving Li Zhi a meaningful look, Li Chengqian snorted coldly, turned and left.

The stairs in the dormitory building were still made of concrete, and Li Chengqian told Zhang Yun to remember to ask someone to decorate the place, at least it should be paved with wooden boards.If you fall in such a place, tsk tsk.

The third floor is the dormitory for graduates.Contrary to Li Chengqian's fantasy, the third floor is a mess, and every dormitory is full of voices arguing and asking for advice.It's okay, these guys also know that it's better to help each other than to do it themselves.

Let's start with the first dormitory on the south side!

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian pushed open the door, and six pairs of eyes stared straight at him.

To Li Chengqian's surprise, Zhang Jianzhi was in this dormitory by coincidence.

"Ah, tall...brother?"

Zhang Jianzhi's eyes widened when he saw "Li Jiyu" who obviously belonged to the royal family.

Liu Xuanyi was born in the Duke's Mansion, he had not seen him for many years and had already forgotten the prince's appearance, but he recognized the costume.Light yellow robes, this is the color only princes are qualified to wear!

Lying on the bed, without time to put on his shoes, Liu Xuanyi stood up and cupped his fists and said, "Student Liu Xuanyi, pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

No matter they are classmates, the people in the same dormitory still know Liu Xuanyi's identity. Seeing Liu Xuanyi like this, they all stood up and saluted.

Smiling, he patted Zhang Jianzhi, who was already sluggish. Li Chengqian walked into the dormitory, grabbed a chair and sat down, pointed to the bed and said, "Everyone sit down! Liu Xuanyi, let me introduce you to Gu."

Under Liu Xuanyi's greeting, everyone sat down tremblingly.

With a light cough, Liu Xuanyi pointed to Zhang Jianzhi: "Zhang Jianzhi, whose name is Meng Jiang, you have seen it before. The one next to me is Guo Wenjie, the son of Guo Jian, the governor of Xiangzhou, whose name is Wenxing, and the one next to me is Zhang Zijiang, whose name is Cherish the time. The two on the opposite side are named Yao Zhijun, named Shenjin, and Yu Heze, named Zhihuu."

Li Chengqian was not surprised by the words of these people.Students of commoner background usually ask their masters to give them words, and most of the gentlemen of the academy will also turn their warnings into the student's words, so that he can always take warning.

Every time Liu Xuanyi called someone, someone would stand up and salute, and Li Chengqian also nodded in greeting.

After the introduction was over, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "I just heard you guys argue for a long time, it seems that you have some understanding of how to avoid the temptation of money, but you are not very clear. As everyone knows, what is a man? Money! Power! Strength! Don’t feel that Gu’s words are harsh. In fact, you will find out after you step into the officialdom that fantasy is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

You all have the ambition to rise to the sky, but if you want to do what you want, can you lack power?If you want to stop the imperial court from sending troops, do you, a petty official, have a say?Don't tell me the gentlemen of the college, you are all taught to bang your head against the pillar. "

Seeing what the prince said was funny, everyone laughed, and even Zhang Jianzhi eased the embarrassment.

"So, chasing power and chasing money is also right. A penny is a hero. I'm here to tell you, don't spread it. Let's give the simplest example, Wei Zheng, Wei Shizhong, you know. Zheng Guogong, but he is so demanding of himself that he doesn't bother to allow the family to do business, and the result? Poor!

We should learn from Wei Shizhong's frugality and squareness, but if Fangzheng goes too far, he is asking for trouble.For example, how much did Wei Shizhong donate for the heavy rain in the Jianghuai River?Fifty guan, this is already the bottom of their family's money.How much money did you donate?If you count the materials, there are countless.And this, to Gu, is nothing more than a small effort, not comparable to Wei Shizhong's family-breaking donation.But why the people in Chang'an praised Gu, the people in Jianghuai thanked Gu, but Wei Shizhong was forgotten in the corner?The difference is the amount of money.

You have learned to stand upright and cultivate your character in the college.Cultivate sentiment and know what is the best character.But ah, it's too easy for you to be disadvantaged like this.Ma Shan is ridden by others, and Ren Shan is bullied by others.This is an old folk saying, which makes sense.

After the emperor's father lifted the ban on business, the honorable officials put up caravans both openly and secretly. Especially after the new business law was revised, businessmen were no longer cheap.That being the case, if you have the strength, it is possible to do some honest business to subsidize your family. There is no need to throw out the old argument that money is dung, that is for fools. "

Although the prince's words were shocking, the six of them still handed over their hands to be taught.

Lifting Erlang's legs, Li Chengqian said: "Zhang Jianzhi, your thesis is not here, go make a pot of tea for Gu. Take it easy for you guys. Gu is here to be your thesis tutor this time. Do you have any questions?" You can ask Gu, and the one who will grade you in the future will also be Gu. Liu Xuanyi, bring your paper."

Zhang Jianzhi agreed, and took Zhang Yun to make tea, while Liu Xuanyi put his thesis on the table full of tragedy and shame, and then moved the whole table in front of the prince.

Opening the thesis and only reading the first page, Li Chengqian lost interest.I quickly flipped through a few pages and saw that there was nothing outstanding, so I closed the paper.

Liu Xuanyi knew that his thesis must be nothing, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was unwilling to read it, which shows that its quality is poor.

Passing the thesis to Liu Xuanyi, Li Chengqian sighed, "Liu Xuanyi, your father died early and was one of the heroes of the Great Tang Dynasty. Do you know how important you are to your Liu family?"

Liu Xuanyi's heart trembled, and he quickly bowed his hands and said, "His Royal Highness, please give me advice."

Pointing to the thesis in front of Liu Xuanyi, Li Chengqian sighed: "Your father left you alone. Although Yu Guo, your proposition is correct, but for you personally, this thesis is too dangerous. I have been alone for a long time. I already knew what you wrote before, and put it into action. Of course, this does not mean that your paper is worthless. You are still very talented when you are in the academy and can still clearly discover the shortcomings of Datang. This The first time you graduate, I will give you a special grade, but burn your thesis and forget the content, do you understand?"

The prince wants to protect himself!

Sighing inwardly, Liu Xuanyi cupped his hands, walked to the window sill, began to tear up the paper page by page, and then went out with the pieces wrapped, ready to be burned.

Looking back at Liu Xuanyi's figure, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh with emotion at this guy's daring to write.Liu Xuanyi's entire thesis can actually be summed up in three words: anti-monopoly!

He advocated that the imperial court thoroughly control daily resources such as salt, iron and firewood, and not put them in the hands of individuals.Likewise, he also predicted the benign outcome of balancing commodity market prices.

Compared with Zhang Jianzhi's paper, his paper is not bad at all.Given that he himself has the status of a prince and is under the protection of his father, even if he is rated as a special official, it is nothing, on the contrary, he is much better than Zhang Jianzhi.

Seeing that Liu Xuanyi was convinced that he tore up the thesis without any grievances, Guo Wenjie immediately sent his own thesis.

After flipping through a few of them, Li Chengqian frowned, and said to Guo Wenjie, "Would you choose to write the next comment, or rewrite it, or reread it for a year?"

Guo Wenjie said in surprise: "His Royal Highness, the student's thesis should be very exciting!"

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "If it was written by you, I would naturally think it is wonderful, but the many points of view in your paper, including the governance of people's livelihood, are meticulous and penetrating. How can you learn it after a study tour? So, I'm sure, you have definitely borrowed from your father's essence of being an official. Seeing that your father is quite insightful in the governance of people's livelihood, and is probably a close-to-the-people official, I will give you a chance, otherwise I will just judge it directly. .Now, tell Gu, how do you choose?"

Guo Wenjie blushed, cupped his hands and said, "Although time is running out, the student chose to write another paper! Please tear up the student's paper, Your Highness!"

Li Chengqian nodded with a smile, and pulled out the horizontal knife from the waist of the Sky Monkey behind him. Instead of splitting the paper in half with one knife, he cut a corner obliquely.

Re-handing the paper to Guo Wenjie, Li Chengqian said: "You don't need to tear it up, this is also the result of your hard work, keep it as a souvenir, or you can rearrange it, edit it into a volume, and distribute it in the academy for your father, This book will be decided by the solitary society and distributed to the governors of all states and local county governments."

With a deep salute, Guo Wenjie held his thesis and retreated to the side in complete confidence.

Zhang Jianzhi just came back with tea, and he couldn't help being confused when he saw Yao Zhijun handing in his paper tremblingly.Is the prince so scary?

Opening Yao Zhijun's thesis, Li Chengqian looked at it for a few times, and suddenly laughed out of joy, and then flipped through a few pages, laughing even more.However, when he turned to the last page, Li Chengqian's expression changed to annoyance and remorse instead.