Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Again?

Every time he was entrusted with an important task or used as a tool, the father and son would take turns to make big promises for themselves.

Last year, Li Shimin promised himself that after he completed the tax reform and population census, he would confer the title of Duke of a County on his third son Du Mingyuan and the title of Marquis of a County on another son.

If Li Chengqian ascended the throne halfway, would Li Shimin's promise be invalidated?

Or maybe Li Shimin simply didn't remember it...

A moment of silence.

Du He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Your Highness, could you please tell me how big my fiefdom is?"

"Where is the fiefdom?"

There is still a large group of Li clan members who have no fiefs, and Li Zhi’s fiefs are all arranged in the territory of East Turkestan.

In a place with fertile land and dense population, it is not his turn as an outsider.

Li Chengqian said mysteriously, "Your fiefdom is in Henan Province and Hebei Province. The exact size of your fiefdom is a secret. You will know when the time comes."

"Just remember, the greater your achievements, the larger your fiefdom will be."

Good guy!

Li Chengqian actually placed his fiefdom in the Central Plains!

Not bad!

Still somewhat conscientious.

Du He bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward. It's getting late now, so I'll take my leave now."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Go back."

Under normal circumstances, he would let Du He have meals in the East Palace.

But now the time for Changsun Wuji, Yuwen Jie and others to take action is getting closer and closer, and Du He cannot be allowed to walk at night to avoid being attacked by the enemy's hidden arrows.

...

Princess Chengyang's Mansion.

Du He finished his meal with his wives and concubines, and then took a slow stroll in the backyard.

These four wives and concubines are now more than five months pregnant and their pregnancies are gradually becoming noticeable. They need to move around appropriately every day.

Li Yi smiled and said, "Husband, we have opened the Hexiuyi workshop. Taozi is in charge. We can produce 1000 sets of women's underwear every day."

"We have received orders for 30 units so far, and I'm afraid it will take until the end of the year to complete them."

What?

Li Yi opened the embroidery workshop without making any noise?

It was quite unbelievable for him!

Li Yi saw Du He's astonished expression and pouted, "My dear husband, please don't underestimate us. In addition to the embroidery workshop, we have also prepared a printing workshop."

"In three to five days, the printing workshop will be able to officially print books!"

The other three women nodded, with proud expressions on their faces.

Obviously, they were involved.

Du He laughed and said, "How could I underestimate you? I was just a little surprised to hear you guys make such a big move without making any noise."

"It's great to have a good wife at home!"

Of these four women, except Linglong who is a little bit stupid, the other three are smart.

Especially Li Yi and Yin Yushan, their IQs are terrifyingly high, but they just pretend to be stupid in front of him.

Plus, they have plenty of resources to mobilize, so what can't they do?

Li Yi frowned and said, "My husband, I recruited 50 storytellers, but after more than a month, none of them could write a good story."

"How about you compile a few stories for us to print?"

The essence of establishing a printing workshop is to print the new stories they have compiled.

As for printing books such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, these things are currently being done by the court, and it is not easy for her to compete with the court for profits.

Printed books?

Isn't this a coincidence?

Du He smiled and said, "Wait here for a moment. I'll go get a book and you can take it to print."

As he said this, he strode towards the dormitory.

It didn't take long.

Du He came over with a book in his hand and said, "Yier, His Majesty asked me to print 100,000 copies of the Biography of the Purple Star Emperor and to sell them."

"You can print it."

"We'll print as many as we can sell, and we'll keep the profits."

The Legend of Ziwei Emperor?

Hearing the name of this immortal god, the four people's eyes lit up.

Just as they were excitedly flipping through the books, Du He spoke on the side.

"Innovative papermaking technology will soon be available, and the price of paper will drop significantly. You can wait two months before printing."

"Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. You can have the people at the printing shop typeset this novel, and as soon as cheap paper arrives, start printing it on a large scale."

More than ten breaths passed.

Li Yi then nodded and said, "Okay!"

As she spoke, her eyes were still on the book.

Seeing that they were fascinated by the show, Du He shook his head helplessly.

...

The next day.

Du He, wearing sacrificial attire, arrived at the Duke of Song's Mansion early. He chatted with Xiao Kai for a while, and Li Chengqian also came over.

Half an hour later, Du He skillfully completed a series of worship rituals.

Since the 18th year of Zhenguan, he has participated in the mourning ceremonies of five important officials.

These tedious processes have already been memorized.

After the condolences.

Li Chengqian said in a loud voice: "Duke Song Xiao Yu was strict and upright, with pure virtue, but he had an impatient temperament and would not tolerate others' shortcomings. He was given the posthumous title of Zhenbi and buried with him in Zhaoling Mausoleum!"

"Posthumously award Xiao Yu the title of Sikong and Governor of Jingzhou!"

"Appoint Xiao Yu's second son, Xiao Kai, as the Minister of the Central Secretariat!"

As Li Chengqian finished speaking, Xiao Yu's family members and officials all showed surprised expressions on their faces.

This posthumous title is really appropriate!

In the posthumous title system, "zhen" is a typical word used for beautiful posthumous titles, and Xiao Yu was an upright and honest person, so this posthumous title is very appropriate.

"褊" is an evil posthumous title, referring to a person with a narrow mind and a quick temper. Xiao Yu, who came from an aristocratic family, was such a person.

The combination of these two posthumous titles perfectly portrays the contradictory person that Xiao Yu was.

Li Chengqian's posthumous reward to Xiao Yu made Xiao Yu's family members extremely excited, and they all knelt down to express their gratitude to Li Chengqian.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace!"

Especially Xiao Kai, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, who was the most excited.

After all, he jumped from an official position of the fifth rank to an important official of the fourth rank, which was a promotion of six levels in a row!

It’s so fast to get to the top by stepping on your father’s corpse!

After the condolences, Li Chengqian expressed his sympathy to Xiao Yu's family before leaving the Duke of Song's Mansion with all the officials.

Originally Du He also wanted to leave, but Xiao Kai stopped him.

"Brother Du, I have a favor to ask of you."

Du He said softly, "Brother Xiao, if you have anything to say, please feel free to tell me."

He must take good care of Xiao Kai, his good brother who has been playing with him since childhood and has always stood by his side.

A moment of silence.

Xiao Kai said in a deep voice: "Du He, I want my three sisters who became nuns to return to secular life so that they can marry into a good family."

"My three sisters are all foolishly filial. Without our father's order, they would not return to secular life."

"Could you ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to draft an imperial decree allowing them to return to secular life and marry?"

It turned out to be this.

As a devout Buddhist, Xiao Yu sent her three-year-old eldest daughter away to become a nun.

After more than ten years, he sent his third daughter, who was only thirteen years old, to become a nun, and later his fifth daughter, who was sixteen years old, was also sent to become a nun.

Perhaps for Buddhist Xiao Yu, converting to Buddhism is the best destination.

But how cruel this was to his three daughters.

Eat vegetarian food, chant Buddhist scriptures, and keep company with the green lamp.

Is this what they are pursuing?