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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break the Void Chapter 506: Young Master Lai Xiao is in charge

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    Although Li Qiu is a mediocre person, he also knows very well that Ye Chang is using retreat to advance.  Ye Chang was the son-in-law of the late emperor and a hero of the Tang Dynasty. His uncle had ordered Ye Chang to resign as soon as he came to power and went to guard Li Longji's mausoleum. This would be extremely bad for his reputation.  In the history books, it is rare to leave a name that overshadows the past emperor's meritorious service.  But at the same time, he was extremely excited.  If Ye Chang resigns and goes to guard Li Longji's mausoleum, it means that he has three years to manage and gather back the imperial power and emperor's influence that have been scattered due to Ye Chang's rise.  He does not want to directly confront Ye Chang, so Ye Chang's "giving in" may be the best way to solve the problem in his opinion.  "Then, Your Majesty just approved Ye Gong's resignation?" More than an hour later, Yuan Zai got the news and hurried to the palace. At this time, Ye Chang had already left the palace. He listened to Li Qiu's words and his eyes widened.  asked.  "Stay here without sending anything." Li Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "He has prepared a memorial, and here it is." Yuan Zai couldn't help but frowning after reading the memorial handed over by the young eunuch.  "Well, I now know that whether he is advancing or retreating, it makes people embarrassed This is really an embarrassing thing." Li Qiu murmured.  He really didn¡¯t expect that Ye Chang could make him so embarrassed no matter whether he advanced or retreated.  This can only be said that Ye Chang's influence on the political situation of the Tang Dynasty was too great.  ¡°That¡¯s right,¡± Yuan Zai thought over and over again, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said.  "What?" "Ye Chang will definitely write a letter to resign again. He is just pretending, and he has to do all the tricks to be real. When he resigns for the second time, if His Majesty tries to persuade him to stay, he might as well give him a promotion -  - Oh, he has done nothing more, so your majesty gave his children junior titles as a sign of favor. Now that the late emperor has just left, he will definitely not accept the reward and will still have to resign for the third time. At this time, your majesty will  Just allow him to resign." "Is this okay?" Li Qiu was stunned.  "Your Majesty has tried to persuade you to stay, but he still doesn't appreciate it. Who's to blame? Could it be that your Majesty had to give him this great treasure before he would be willing to stay in the court?" Yuan Zai said: "Anyway, your Majesty's attitude of treating the former emperor's old ministers favorably has been done.  "Come out, no one else can blame His Majesty." "Oh" Li Qiu thought for a while and felt that this was the best choice he could make.  Everything was as Yuan Zai said. Not long after Ye Chang returned home, he came to the palace again - he wanted to keep vigil for Li Longji, and at the same time he handed over the second resignation memorial.  Li Qiu did not reply immediately. When he went to court the next day, he handed the matter over to the ministers for discussion. As expected, the ministers all offered their words to persuade him to stay. Li Qiu also followed the good advice and not only persuaded him to stay, but also gave him three titles.  Changyin's son and nephew.  As expected, Ye Chang declined the grant but insisted on resigning.  This time, Li Qiu agreed directly without any meeting at court.  When the news came out, everyone inside and outside the court was shocked. Moreover, Ye Chang was keeping vigil for Li Longji in the palace, and Yuan Gongjiu and others could not see anyone else, so it was inevitable to have suspicions.  Distraught, Yuan Jiujiu came to see Du Guming again, only to find that Du Guming was just like him, with a gloomy face.  "What on earth does King Wei think? If he stays in the palace like this, isn't he putting his flesh on the chopping block?" Before the two of them sat down, Yuan Gongdao said anxiously: "And now that the one has allowed him to resign, what's going on behind the scenes?"  Anyone with a discerning eye can see why he hasn¡¯t taken any action yet. What is his plan? " "You ask me, who am I asking?" Dugu Ming felt unhappy after hearing his series of questions and lost his temper: "Who?  Do you know what he is thinkingDon't he know that all the emperors named Li are thick-skinned and evil-hearted?" This is a bit treacherous, but they are in the same party, although their positions are slightly different.  Different, but of course Yuan Highway would not tell the truth in this case.  Seeing that Dugu Ming was also anxious, Yuan Gongdao said: "Where's Bian Ping? Why don't you call Bian Ping to ask?" "Forget about that guy, King Wei immediately summoned that guy after returning to the capital, and then sent him to Japan.  "Dugu Ming smiled bitterly: "At best, he will be sent to Japan as an envoy, stationed in his country, to detect the country's ports and population, and prepare for the next step. At worst, he will be exiled overseas." Yuan Gongdao was dumbfounded.  : "Could it be that we all guessed wrong. King Wei didn't mean that at all. He really wanted to be a filial son-in-law to the late emperor and a loyal minister to him?" "King Wei was bold and reckless when he was young. He never meant anything.  "Loyal minister and filial son-in-law" Dugu Ming shook his head: "Didn't you say that you once commented on King Wei in the early years that his daring actions would bring trouble for him sooner or later?" Yuan Gongdao's face turned red. He didn't expect that Dugu Ming knew about the old things.  "Then what is King Wei's intention? Although Bian Ping is a little bolder, it is for his own good" "I don't know either." Dugu Ming sighed.  "I am a foreign minister and cannot enter the palace. You can invite the princess to the palace and hear what King Wei's plan is. "Women are not allowed to interfere in this matter.  "Dugu Ming"He shook his head and said, "Besides, I have met King Wei in the palace. "What did he say?  " "I didn't explain anything else. I just said that he can finally be free now and do some things that he has wanted to do for a long time. For example, compile a history book and collect historical materials from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the present for reference by those in power  When Yuan Gongdao heard this, he jumped up immediately: "There is something in Ye Gong's words." "What?" "I would believe it if he compiles practical books, but I don't believe it when he compiles history." Yuan Gongdao rolled his eyes: "  Compiling history is something that only Hanlin who has nothing to do can think about." Dugu Ming thought about it. He was stunned for a while, patted his forehead and said: "Why didn't I think of it at that time, how could he compile history?" "  When he mentioned a topic at that time, he mentioned that he wanted to compile history? " "There is no special topic. He just said that the late emperor had been in power for fifty years and lived nearly eighty years, which was rare since ancient times. Then he said that he had a good history.  He likes to read "Historical Records". Tai Shigong used chronicles as the body, and later generations of national history imitated it. He wanted to use chronology as the body to compile a historical book for future generations to examine the gains and losses" Duguming has a good memory, so he will Ye Chang  Yuan Gongdao thought about it for a long time, and then said: "Do you have "Historical Records"?" "Yes, I will ask someone to get it." Thanks to movable type printing, the price of books has dropped.  Moreover, the technology of papermaking and printing was continuously improved, and the printed books became more and more exquisite and of more and more types. Duguming's home collected various versions of historical records.  The servant quickly brought a bunch of books, including "Historical Records" and other people's annotations. Looking at these thick books, Yuan Gongdao and Dugu Ming looked at each other and smiled bitterly.  "What does Mr. Ye have to say? Why don't you just say it? How can you solve this riddle?" The two of them gave up the plan of reading the book. After all, it was really difficult to read so many books.  After getting no results, Yuan Gongdao returned to his home and sat in his study for a while. He shook his head and said, "Don't worry about it anymore. From the moment we met, Ye Chang didn't need others to worry about him."  people.  He made up his mind not to take the initiative anymore and waited for Ye Chang's arrangement. However, his curiosity was attracted by Ye Chang's riddles. Now, apart from official duties, he read this historical record every day.  He was enjoying his time, but the changes in the court were huge. The first was the personnel adjustment. Li Qiu arranged a group of officials who had little relationship with Ye Chang to various positions. Although they were not chief officials yet, they  It is conceivable that in a few years these people will replace the group close to Ye Chang.  However, this action was not aggressive. Ye Chang went to Jinsu Mountain to build the Tailing Tomb for Li Longji, so the officials did not react against it.  "It seems that with Ye Chang's resignation, these people in the court have lost their backbone, and nothing can be achieved." After a series of personnel appointments and removals were completed, Li Qiu summoned Yuan Zai and said to him with joy: "Today I know the emperor's will."  "Your Majesty, please don't be complacent. Things have just begun. Although your Majesty has placed a lot of people, they are all in insignificant positions. There are not many important officials in the government who are really on your side."  Yuan Zai said: "If your Majesty wants to truly control the court, the prime ministers and ministers must be appointed by your Majesty, and all the generals in the border towns should be your Majesty's close ministers. Only in this way can the country be in peace forever." "It's not easy, you're not trying to persuade me  Don't be too anxious. If you are too anxious, it will be difficult for King Wei to explain." "There is no need to rush personnel appointments, but there is one thing that must be urgent" "Yuan Zai's urgent matter is financial power.  Although Ye Chang resigned, the financial power of the imperial court was still controlled by the ministers. Li Qiu made several requests for funds to repair the palace and raise new troops, but the ministers rejected them.  Without financial power, it was impossible to recruit more officials. Therefore, Yuan Zai suggested that Li Qiu take the first step to return the profits of the mines and factories to the emperor.  "King Wei has become famous all over the world since he was young, simply because he can make his comrades rich. The scoundrels who followed him in the past are now big spenders. Moreover, after the Niheng Rebellion, the people in Chang'an City were all  I think casting money into silver balls and hiding them in a cellar is the stupidest thing to do. It is better to go to the mountains to mine or set up a workshop in the city. Therefore, the household wealth of a small workshop in Chang'an City is better than that of your Majesty.  If you want to gain great power, you must first gain financial power. If you can control this, everyone from the high-ranking officials in the court to the common people will have to rely on your majesty. Such a great thing will help. " Li Qiu couldn't help but nod. The prosperity in Chang'an City.  Not only were the households richer than Yuan Zai, but they also had a lot of property than the emperor himself. In the past, there were only a few people in Chang'an such as Wang Yuanbao who were very wealthy and famous all over the world.  But now, there are definitely more than 20 households in Chang'an City that are as wealthy as Wang Yuanbao.  They not only opened mines in other places, but also set up many workshops in Chang'an City. Yongyang, Zhaohang, Da'an and other workshops close to the city wall in Chang'an City were originally relatively empty with few residents, but now they are full of workshops.  , and even outside the city, near the water, there are various workshops that require water power as power.?It is densely covered with stars.  According to last year's census, the population of Chang'an City has not only recovered from the war five years ago, but has also exceeded it in one fell swoop, reaching more than 1.8 million people. Many of them are workers employed in these factories.  "Isn't it the king's land? The wealth above the king's land should naturally belong to the emperor," Yuan Zai said again.  The place where the two of them said these words was in Li Qiu's imperial study. They were the only two in the room, and even the serving eunuch was sent away by Li Qiu.  Hearing what Yuan Zai said, Li Qiu's eyes lit up and his eyes twinkled.  Li Qiu¡¯s father Li Ying died early, and he was raised by his uncle Li Cong since he was a child. At that time, his expenses were relatively tight.  As the grandson of the emperor, he was not easy on money, which made him attach great importance to wealth.  Yuan Zai proposed to consolidate financial power, which was exactly what he wanted.  This is not about selling one's official position, so I think the opposition to the Qing Dynasty won't be that big.  "However when King Wei was the prime minister, he was quite tolerant of these mines and factories. Will my doing this cause his objection?" "Now that King Wei is supervising the construction of Tailing, he has no time to meddle in such nosy matters. Moreover,  , I have a plan, even if someone brings the matter to him, he will definitely not object." When Yuan Zai said this, he suddenly laughed.  "What's the plan?" Li Qiu was very interested and asked, leaning forward.  "Use your spear and attack your shield, your majesty." Yuan Zai presented a stack of paper, and Li Qiu took it and looked at it. There wasn't much paper in it, but it contained several tragedies in the factory written on it.  In order to make more profits, factory owners lower workers¡¯ wages, extend working hours, and reduce hazard protection. This is what will inevitably happen.  Chang'an City, Luoyang City, including Liaodong, are under Ye Chang's nose and have their own management and supervision. The situation is better, but in the mining factories farther away, even Ye Chang cannot prevent such things.  "How could such a tragedy happen?" Li Qiulian looked at these examples and couldn't help but said: "Okay, okay." He shouted "yes" naturally because these examples gave him an excuse to take over the exclusive rights of the mining factory to himself.  "Although there is this excuse, Your Majesty, this matter cannot be revealed by us, but must rely on external force.  "Yuan Zai said again. "Li Qiu deeply believed that if they threw these materials in the court, people would understand that they were actually targeting financial power. But who to rely on external power needs to be carefully considered.  At this time, Li Qiu felt a little regretful that he had too few people at his disposal. ¡°I recommend one person to handle this matter.  Yuan Zai said: "Lu Qi" "Lu Qi?"  "Li Qiu has also heard of this name. He had a very bad impression of this person, so he shook his head: "This person is not suitable for an official. Is there any other candidate?  " "He doesn't need to be an official, he just needs to run a newspaper.  "Yuan Zai said with a smile: "I spent all my wealth and collected 50,000 yuan for him. As soon as your majesty agrees, he will copy the "Min Bao" into a newspaper, and then publish these materials in the first issue.  Free broadcast, tens of thousands of copies printed, sent to Chang'an, Luoyang, and every county  When it comes to this matter, your Majesty, if you just go with the flow you can get twice the result with half the effort.  " Li Qiu's heart skipped a beat. He didn't want to be an official, he just ran a newspaper Obviously he wanted to ask him, the emperor, for convenience, and at the same time he came to seek funding from him. " Ye Chang used the newspaper run by Du Fu as his mouthpiece. He seemed to  You can also choose another company as a mouthpiece, not to mention playing against Ye Chang, but at least not to let him have the sole say. Of course, compared with the financial power gathered through such means, this is just an incidental gift.
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