Great Tang Southern Emperor

Going to the grave and burning newspapers—are you fooling a ghost?

Even if I offended you before, I didn't make it after all, didn't I?And few people know.

What do you mean by taking revenge now?

Now I will give you a chance to make corrections, otherwise, even if I cancel the promotion of this news, the enemies of Datang will not miss this opportunity. Your reputation of Li Shimin's small stomach and small intestines will soon spread. You have been in business for decades. Your reputation will be flawed, how will you let the people see you?

As expected, the matter was as expected by Li Zhen. On the second day after he ordered the matter, Wang Tingchu held an imperial edict, smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum with an old face: "The imperial edict has arrived, and the crown prince accepts it."

Rolling her eyes and looking at Wang Tingchu, Li Zhen lay on the bed and said weakly: "Look at me now, can I still receive orders?"

Wang Tingchu smiled and said: "Your Majesty has an order. His Highness the Crown Prince is still injured and the Princess is pregnant, so there is no need to salute."

"Then thank you, Father." Li Zhen bowed her hands in the direction of Li Shimin's residence feebly as a thank you, and then hurriedly urged: "Hurry up and read, let me see what Father gave me?"

"Your Highness, don't worry, they are all good things." Wang Tingchu smiled and unfolded the imperial decree: "Following the heavens, the emperor's edict said: In ancient times, Ban Chao sent a pen to conquer the Western Regions, and his reputation was passed down forever. Today, the prince Li Zhen sailed thousands of miles to find Borneo, and he made great achievements. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah blah. A handle of the Dingjiang sword, here it is."

"I thank Your Majesty." Li Zhen lay on the bed and bumped her head on the pillow three times. Even if she thanked him, others shook their heads so much that Li Zhen dared to treat Li Shimin's imperial decree like this. Wang Tingchu also did the same. Speechless, but didn't say anything, just handed over the imperial decree to Li Zhen, and withdrew.

"Your Highness, you seem very unhappy." Wu Meiniang took Li Zhen's hand: "Father's reward is still very generous."

"What is abundance? It just looks good and is of no great use." Li Zhen said disdainfully: "What fertile fields, silk, and pearls? They are all fancy things, should I have less money? Grandpa Huang's order I have seen Jiang Jian before, the name sounds good, but it is actually a fine steel sword, the quality is not as good as our current standard weapons, that is, the symbolic meaning is a bit bigger. It is not a Shangfang sword, it can be used to kill the faint king, and it can be used to kill the king. The beheading of the courtiers is only a little commemorative, but it has no effect at all."

"But isn't there a Nanyang governor?" Fan Xueyi interjected, "This is a large establishment that the Tang Dynasty has never had before. It is enough to mobilize Nanyang's soldiers and horses. Isn't this right enough?"

Li Zhen pursed her mouth even more: "That's an embroidered pillow, it just looks good. The governor of Nanyang can control Nanyang soldiers and horses, but don't forget that I have the position of Nanyang recruitment envoy. Those who have the right to control the soldiers and horses in Nanyang, the most important task of the governor is to have one more task to preside over the immigration work in Borneo.

What's more, there are only 10 people in Hou Junji in Nanyang. Nanyang is so big, so few people are not enough to suppress Nanyang. How dare I mobilize a single soldier?I'm afraid that if I mobilize Hou Junji here, Nanyang will immediately rebel over there.

As for hosting the immigration work in Borneo, it is a drudgery with only investment but no gain. Let alone other things. I need a boat to immigrate to Borneo, but where do we get the boat?Can't use my boat yet?The sea is rough, and I can't guarantee that every boat can reach Borneo safely. If something happens to one of them during this period, I will be held accountable.

Besides, the immigrants who dare to go to Borneo are generally poor people who can't survive. Where do they have any assets?If I transport people, I'm afraid I won't be able to earn back the freight, right?What is the use of such a mission? "

"So that's how it is." Wu Meiniang frowned: "Then Father, isn't he cheating on you? Your Highness, why don't we push this decree?"

"No, no, it's not that serious." Seeing that Wu Meiniang was serious, Li Zhen quickly turned back her smiling face and explained: "After all, there are 10 soldiers in Nanyang. [-] people became a living force.

There is also immigration work in Nanyang, the early investment is indeed a bit large, but also, once the immigration of Borneo has formed a scale, then we can expand our influence to the whole of Borneo, and then we can eat the biggest meat , And those who follow can only gnaw bones or even have soup.

However, the benefits I mentioned will take time, ranging from one to two years to three to five years, but we can afford to wait. "

"It turns out that this is because I think too much."

"Hmph, this is just a powerless counterattack by the emperor." Li Zhen sneered lightly and said: "If the news about Pearl gets out, it will not be good for his reputation, and he will even be suspected of being at odds with the father and son. He can't help what other people say.

I reminded him through Zheng Lang, but the method was not very good, and it was a bit threatening, but father had to give me generous gifts, otherwise it would not be able to stop people's hearts.Simply use this method directly, Nanyang Metropolitan Governor, this position can be said to be extremely high and powerful, and it is unprecedented. Everyone is talking.

As for what I will give and what I will get in this position, others don't care about it... I just kicked the ball back with a light move, but I have to catch this ball and not let it go...Father , What a good way. "

"Your Highness be careful..." Wu Meiniang quickly covered Li Zhen's mouth: "Be careful that there are ears on the wall."

"What are you afraid of?" Li Zhen smiled lightly: "If I was worried that these words would reach the ears of my father, I would not say it. Don't worry, it's okay. You can still handle it, and you will never do anything to me because of this matter."

"Zheng Lang."

"The subordinate is here." Zheng Lang stepped forward, his current skills are becoming more and more elusive.

"The original plan will be canceled immediately, and the reward from the emperor will be passed on." Since Li Shimin changed the reward, then Li Zhen is not a person who does not know good and evil, so naturally he will not threaten Li Shimin again.

"Yes."

"I want to rest, you go down."

"Yes, my concubine is resigning." xn

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As expected by Li Zhen, the content of his conversation soon reached Li Shimin's ears.

"This bastard boy, actually said that I have a small belly? He actually said that I am narrow-minded?" Li Shimin turned around in anger, and after a while, he asked Wang Tingchu who came back to pay the order: "Wang Tingchu, tell me, I am the kind of narrow-minded." Human? If I was really narrow-minded, with Wei Zheng's bad temper, he could live to this day (Wei Zheng: Why me again?)..."

Wang Tingchu suppressed a smile: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, didn't your Highness say that? Your Majesty, you are still very sure about right and wrong..."

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin was furious when he heard this, and asked with a dark face: "You mean, you also agree with Zhener's deduction? Is I really so narrow-minded?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me, slave...Your Majesty still has a big heart." Wang Tingchu was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and denied it.

Li Shimin was overjoyed immediately, bragging shamelessly: "I'll just say it, Zhen'er is just talking nonsense, but my heart is very open, wide enough to accommodate the world's mountains and rivers in my chest."

"...Yes, yes, your majesty is the most open-minded." Wang Tingchu agreed, but he complained in his heart. If you are big-hearted, you will react like this when facing what I say?

"Forget it, get up." Li Shimin waved his hand: "Go down and change into casual clothes, let's go out for a stroll."

"Ah? Your Majesty can't." Wang Tingchu was shocked: "The population of Yuezhou is increasing rapidly, and it is also the most chaotic time. If you encounter danger when you go out..."

"How can there be so many dangers?" Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Our bodyguards are not for nothing. With them around, what danger can there be? What's more, the current Yuezhou is so lively, it is the most critical moment of development. If I don't go and see it with my own eyes, I really have no idea. Come on, stop talking nonsense, and hurry up and change clothes."

"Yes, I'm going now, servant girl." Wang Tingchu couldn't persuade Li Shimin, so he had to go down and change clothes.

The busiest place in Yuezhou City is not in the city, but on the pier—of course, the city is also very lively, because Li Zhen discovered the Luzon Islands and opened the route to the Luzon Islands, so the entire Yuezhou welcomes The population has skyrocketed, and the population of Yuezhou has more than doubled in just one year, and various businesses have also increased, and it is still quite prosperous.

However, after all, the port is the first stop for returning ships. There is no need to enter the city for a large number of transactions, especially seasonal goods. You only need to go to the dock and hang up the sign. Naturally, someone will come to inquire. If a consensus can be reached on the price, then the transaction is basically reached.

Therefore, in order to obtain the first-class goods in the first time, all major chambers of commerce have set up special offices on the docks.

After the deal is reached, the next thing is to transport and unload the goods. Therefore, there are still many coolie laborers on the pier just begging for a living. After eating enough, if you can do more, the children in the family can even eat a few bites of meat.

In addition to coolies, the rest are all kinds of traders.Whether it is the coolies waiting on the pier or the passing ships, they will basically settle a meal on the pier, which gives the food stalls room to survive.

In addition to food stalls, there are also dealers who sell various handicrafts or local products. Some passing ships, especially foreign ships, their crew members are often foreigners, and the salary of the crew is high enough. Buy some souvenirs on the pier, take them back as a souvenir, give them away, or resell them, they are all pretty good things.

It's just that the wharf is prosperous, but it also has various disadvantages.For example, in order not to be bullied or to snatch business, some coolies often form gangs and gangs in the nature of gangsters. Taking advantage of the fact that the port has just been established and the management regulations are not very comprehensive, they take advantage of loopholes in the law to commit crimes and run amok .

If it weren't for the fact that the Yuezhou Bureau of Shipping was quite powerful and had its own army in its hands, I'm afraid these gangs would go too far.

Some gangs even covered the smuggling boats, which brought great inconvenience to the management of the port. Although Feng Zhibao led people to conduct strict investigations several times and arrested several groups of people, it is a pity that they have been banned repeatedly...

After Wang Tingchu got the information, he was even more frightened, but Li Shimin insisted on going to the pier...it's not safe here.

"Your Majesty... oh no, master, I said that the pier is too chaotic, let's go to the city, it's safer there." Wang Tingchu looked at the crowds coming and going, and almost crowded the entire pier. He put his heart in his throat, if something happened to Li Shimin here, then everyone involved would die, not even Li Zhen.

"What are you worried about?" Li Shimin said with a smile: "There is a patrol team from the Shibo Division patrolling here all the time, and our people are secretly protecting it. How can there be any problems?"

"But there are too many people here. You are delicate and expensive. Not to mention being assassinated, even if you are knocked and bumped, the servants will not be able to survive." Since entering the port, the sweat on Wang Tingchu's forehead has disappeared. It's really terrible. The coolies here are all barbarians who don't understand etiquette. If there is a conflict with Li Shimin and then hurts someone, then Wang Tingchu can't even think about the consequences.

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