I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

"Just a few hits...that's all." Li Shen stared at his chief historian with his eyes wide open.

Suddenly Li Shen yelled:

"I will beat you to death!"

Then he was about to hit Wang Xuance barefoot, but Shitou was quick-witted and grabbed Li Shen's waist.

Li Shen struggled and kicked, trying to kick Wang Xuance.

"Let him go. I promise not to kill him."

"Your Highness, Your Highness, please calm down. Anger is harmful to your health." Shi Tou tried to stop him.

Wang Xuance stood just where Li Shen's leg was about to kick him, appearing very respectful and calm.

It took Li Shen a while to calm down.

"What the hell are you talking about?

I was only beaten a few times. Do you know what the family rules of my Li family are? Your Majesty specially established the family rules of the Li family for me.

This is specifically for me. I have been sleeping on my stomach these days. Do you know how difficult it is?

You're still talking about it?

Feelings are about hitting, not you. " Li Shen said angrily.

Wang Xuance was so light-hearted. Was it just a matter of hitting each other a few times? It was a real fight. Maybe it was a doubles match between men and women?

When Li Shen thought of this, his butt hurt.

Now he has to squat when he defecates and dares not sit.

"Your Majesty, there are not many people in this world who can make Your Majesty hit them a few times.

Your Majesty, think about it, every time you were punished by His Majesty, what you did would be a capital crime if it happened to someone else.

But when he got to the prince, he was just beaten a few times. This is something that many people would not expect.

I don't want you to be punished, Your Majesty, but what you said at the beginning did make sense.

I have thought that indeed the transactions between merchants will become smaller due to the inconvenience of money.

Just like the one million copper coins that you, Your Majesty, brought, it would require two thousand four-wheeled carriages to carry them.

How could ordinary merchants transport two thousand horse-drawn carriages of copper coins to Chang'an City for trading?

They would use their power on the ground to issue flying money, and then have people come to Chang'an City to exchange it later, but the handling fee in between was very valuable.

The handling fee for flying money in our Ji Wang Mansion is low and it is convenient and fast because we have money.

Merchants can withdraw their money directly without having to wait for it to be delivered.

The more special our flying money paper is, the more assured they will be.

If they can use our flying money to conduct transactions, merchants will find it fast and convenient, and the transaction volume will naturally increase.

So in order to achieve the prince's goal, it is worth it even if I get beaten a few times."

Wang Xuance talked a lot, leaving Li Shen speechless, although he knew that what Wang Xuance said made sense.

But Li Shen felt that his sacrifice was a bit too great.

It's not worth it to always take risks with your body.

"That's true, but...but you can't let me suffer. Right.

We have to come up with a foolproof plan.”

Li Shen's tone softened.

“Your Majesty, since His Majesty has already known about this today, we must of course make some changes, otherwise we will most likely be impeached by the Censor.

The Duke of Zhao's performance today is quite intriguing."

Wang Xuance had been at the scene and he noticed Changsun Wuji.

“That old thief is not a human being, he has always been against me.

If it weren't for the sake of my mother and my beautiful sister, I would have taken action against him long ago.

Aye also doesn't allow me to touch his steel.

Today I still feel that this old thief has been targeting me openly or covertly. "

Li Shen got angry when Changsun Wuji was mentioned. Today, Changsun Wuji had been giving him a lot of trouble.

"That's why I told you to be careful of Duke Zhao. He is a relative of the emperor and is deeply trusted by His Majesty."

Wang Xuance reminded.

"Trust? You were talking about the past. The current His Majesty only trusts himself. Others are just being used.

Duke Zhao was brought out this time because Your Majesty was wary of him.

I heard that Duke Zhao now has a lot of say in the court, and many of his students have become officials."

Li Shen said with a sneer of disdain.

If they trusted him, they would not have brought him out, but let Li Ji assist in the administration.

Wang Xuance showed a surprised expression. He did not expect that their prince, who did not care about anything, actually understood so many principles.

"Then, Your Majesty, what should we do next? Although this matter has been glossed over by His Majesty,

But if you still want to achieve your goal, you have to think of another way."

Wang Xuance continued to ask.

"Get away with it? It's not that easy. Today I was just putting on a show for others to see. Your Majesty won't believe it.

Don't worry about this matter. I think His Majesty will come to me for help.

Let’s change it back first, and then I’ll think of a new solution after I return to Chang’an City.

You write a letter to Wang Hongfu and ask him to reprint the paper for Fei Qian. "

Li Shimin knew him so well, how could he be deceived by his clumsy performance just now?

It was just a temporary measure and he didn't even remember that he had approved it.

Now that he is old enough to have discovered it, let's change our strategy.

"Yes, I will do it now."

Wang Xuance agreed and then walked out.

Only Xue Rengui was left.

"Rengui, did you find out anything from the interrogation of those troops who didn't raise the flag?"

Li Shen asked, he had never forgotten this incident.

"Your Highness, the interrogation has already begun and we have some clues now." Xue Rengui replied in a low voice.

"Oh? There is some clue. Tell me about it now."

Li Shen immediately became interested when he heard that there was some hope.

"Your Highness, after we interrogated the injured enemy soldiers, it turned out that your guess was correct. They are indeed not Tubo's troops."

"Whose is that? From a country in the Western Regions?"

Li Shen thought that both rebellions in the city were related to people from the Western Regions, so he asked speculatively.

"Your Highness is right. It is indeed related to the people of the Western Regions. Most of them are from Western Turkestan."

"Western Turkestan?" Li Shen was a little surprised.

The Western Turks are not close to here, but are very far away. The Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty was to guard against the Western Turks.

The Anxi Protectorate is thousands of miles away.

"How did they get through the Anxi Protectorate and across the Longyou Road?

No, they came from the west."

Li Shen became even more confused.

"Your Highness, according to the enemy's confession, they came directly from the west of Tubo." Xue Rengui replied.

"West of Tubo? Tubo has a road leading to the Western Regions?" Li Shen didn't know much about geography.

However, he knew that Tibet was vast and sparsely populated, with varied terrain, and it would be very dangerous to cross Tibet.

All the caravans took the Silk Road to travel to the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, Tubo has more than one road to the Western Regions. Have you forgotten that they bought food from Western Turks two years ago?

If there is no road, they will have to go around our Tang Dynasty to get through."

Xue Rengui reminded.