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

If Heaven had feelings, it too would grow old; if people had feelings, they would die young.

Li Shen wanted to show the Tang Dynasty what it meant to uphold one's rights and what imperial power truly meant.

If we're being reasonable, we call it protecting our rights. If you're being unreasonable, then we can take up imperial power as a weapon and completely crush those unreasonable people.

Li Shen believes that his rights protection action will be recorded in history, so that people 1,400 years from now will see it.

Their ancestors were also aware of copyright and would take up arms to protect their legitimate rights.

This is the first organized and disciplined rights protection action in Chinese history.

Wang Hongfu and Wang Xuance were familiar with the term copyright. They had heard Li Shen mention it before, saying that newspapers were called copyrights and commodities were called patents.

Neither of them seemed particularly surprised by Prince Ji's attempt to protect his rights.

Wang Hongfu, who came from a humble background, especially understood what a prince represented.

In the eyes of ordinary people, a prince is the highest level of nobility they can reach, while the crown prince and emperor above them are unattainable and can only be heard about.

In Chang'an, they heard ten or a hundred times more news about Prince Ji than about the Crown Prince and the Emperor.

Let alone a prince, even Wang Hongfu was driven to desperation by Du He, a spoiled brat, and had to sell his property and go home to seek refuge.

Therefore, others may not be able to protect their rights nationwide, since there is no such provision in the Tang Dynasty law.

But for Prince Ji, protecting his rights was easy. Prince Ji represented the royal family and the pinnacle of power.

"Your Highness, how much should we sell those two volumes of the 'Records of the Underworld' for?"

Wang Hongfu was considering how to sell in order to make the most money.

Li Shen shook his head:

"Don't rush. When you go later, have Tang Lin revise it. Make it based on Taoist legends. The Taoist Ancestor was the ancestor of my Li family, so Taoism is naturally the state religion."

"Tell him to revise it carefully. Whatever books he needs, find them for him. If he can't find them, he can come to me; I'm quite good at making up stories."

"Yes, I will certainly handle this matter well." Wang Hongfu immediately accepted the order.

"There are two more things. I have done two business deals with the court, totaling two million strings of cash. Tomorrow, go to the Ministry of Revenue and find Minister Tang, and ask him to send the money over as soon as possible."

With this money, the Ji Prince's Mansion won't be in such dire straits this year.

Li Shen then mentioned two other things.

Upon hearing the word "two million strings of cash," the two were immediately moved. Wang Hongfu's eyes lit up, as the Ji Prince's Mansion had high expenses and had been unable to make ends meet in the past two years, accumulating a considerable debt.

He was still worried about things this year, but unexpectedly, Prince Ji actually managed to get two million strings of cash.

"Your Highness is indeed incredibly resourceful; he even managed to swindle money from the imperial court..."

In his excitement, Wang Hongfu almost misspoke, and Li Shen's eyes widened in shock. This scoundrel was actually thinking about cheating the imperial court out of money.

This is money I earned through my own hard work, okay?

"Hmph, these two deals were obtained by me with great effort. The first one was selling the city."

Xuan Ce immediately sent a letter to Zhao Laosi, saying that the city had been sold to the imperial court and that the court would send 20,000 naval troops and local officials to take over.

He was told to withdraw the fleet first, and the remaining people would identify themselves as the Ji Prince's merchant caravan, admiring the court's takeover of the city.

However, the city's commerce is under the jurisdiction of my Prince Ji's residence, and the profits will be split 50/50 with the imperial court. Therefore, Your Highness, you should select a few managers to go there.”

"Your Highness, with local officials taking over the city, it might be inconvenient for us to manage commerce, wouldn't it?"

Wang Hongfu cautioned them. Merchants dared not fight against the government; if the imperial court took over the city, wouldn't the court be in charge in the future?

However, Li Shen didn't care:

"Don't worry, they wouldn't dare. Don't forget how many officials I killed in Xizhou."

If they dare to cause trouble, report it to me immediately. If the evidence is conclusive, I will not hesitate to carry out another massacre.

Moreover, the important court in the Strait of Malacca knows better than anyone else that the Crown Prince will definitely send a reliable person there, as he also fears that others might clash with me.

"That's good. Your Highness is incredibly resourceful. I admire you. The Strait of Malacca will have to be renamed in the future."

Wang Hongfu smiled and flattered him.

"Change the name?" Li Shen was taken aback; he had never thought of giving Malacca a name.

"Yes, this place was first occupied by our Prince Ji's Mansion, and we built a city on it. It should have been named by our Prince Ji's Mansion."

Wang Hongfu answered as a matter of course.

"You bastard, you're not thinking of making a name for yourself in the capital again, are you?"

Li Shen could guess Wang Hongfu's meaning even with his buttocks.

Sure enough, Wang Hongfu nodded excitedly.

"Your Highness, I also think so. Not only should the city be called Ji Wang City, but the Strait of Malacca should also be renamed Ji Wang Strait."

"At that time, I will have someone bring a giant rock three zhang high (approximately 10 meters) and carve your name on it, so that your name will be remembered for eternity."

"Quickly, Xuan Ce, beat this bastard to death for me."

Li Shen lay on the rocking chair, waved his hand at Wang Xuance, and angrily said.

He knew it was this; this guy didn't want to have an easy time and was always thinking about how to kill his master.

The port built by Prince Ji's Mansion in Fuzhou was originally called Prince Ji's Port. The important town of Qinghai Road was formerly named Prince Ji's Important Town. Japan's Great Tang Never Sleeps City was also named Prince Ji's City.

What are these guys up to?

Li Shen has been extremely cautious these past few years, almost to the point of renaming the Ji Prince's residence to Li Shen's residence, trying his best to keep a low profile.

But these guys always seem to be working against me.

Wang Xuance knew it was a joke from Prince Ji, and said with a smile:

"Yes, then I shall proceed."

Wang Hongfu quickly apologized:

"Your Highness, spare me! I was wrong!"

These two men had served Li Shen for over ten years and understood his character. Prince Ji was never stingy with his own people, even the most ordinary servant in his palace.

Prince Ji would never mistreat them. On ordinary days, Prince Ji seemed to like to boss people around and was fierce.

But he has a sharp tongue but a soft heart; he never hesitates to bestow rewards, otherwise so many people wouldn't want to work in Prince Ji's mansion.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Li Shen glared at the two of them.

"Your Highness, I do think that what Manager Wang said makes sense. Since we discovered and occupied it first, we naturally have the right to name it."

The name Ki-o Castle is not suitable, but the name Ki-o Strait is quite fitting.

How about we call the Strait of Malacca the "King Ki Strait"?

At this moment, Wang Xuance earnestly suggested that Prince Ji had always been cautious, but the right to name something was not ordinary.

This is a chance to go down in history.

After hearing Wang Xuance's words, Li Shen pondered. He was actually willing to use his own name, but he was always worried about breaking a taboo.

Ki-Wang Strait sounds nice, but it feels strange when I call it that. Do I really call myself that?

(I told you I think I just broke up with my boyfriend, why are you all so excited? Breaking up affects your mood and can lower the quality of your work.)