Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Regarding the matter of building cement roads in Kyoto without establishing tolls, Gu Yanshu still said the same thing:

There is something to do with home.

Kyoto is different from other places.

Other cities can still leave the trails used before, and open another passage to build this cement road, so that the people have a choice.

Those who are willing to give money will take the concrete road, and those who are not willing to give money will take the old path.

However, as the most prosperous city in Tianqi, it is not an exaggeration to say that every inch of land is expensive.

With the cement road, the old path will definitely not be kept.

At that time, the people will have no choice but to walk the concrete road.

If a toll booth is established, it will be forced buying and selling, which does not conform to Gu Yanshu's business aesthetics.

In addition, there are many issues that need to be considered in the establishment of toll stations in Kyoto.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that in a few months, the scientific examination will be held every three years.

At that time, the students will come to Beijing one after another, and they will always use this cement road.

In the face of these moves, is it better to charge or not to charge?

If there is a fee, it will undoubtedly be another burden for those poor students from poor families.

If there is no charge, how can you convince the public?

What will those people who have paid tolls before think?

After the students leave Beijing, if they want to charge again, it will undoubtedly be much more difficult.

After all, people are all like this, and they don't worry about inequality but about inequality.

The most important thing is that from the very beginning, Gu Yanshu's purpose in building the cement road was not to collect the toll.

After the cement road is completed and the transportation is convenient, do you want to do a big business?Why bother with the petty profits of toll booths?

Besides, laying cement roads in Kyoto for free will do more good than harm to Prince Li's Mansion.

The most important point in building cement roads is the need to use cement.

Now the cement formula is only available in Prince Li's Mansion.

How much cement is needed to pave the cement road all over the sky?

How much benefit can these cement bring to Prince Li's Mansion?

Money touches people's hearts, and such a huge benefit will inevitably attract the attention of others.

Even if ordinary people think of this, they may be afraid to speak because of the majesty of Prince Li's Mansion.

But the eldest prince will never be like this.

Perhaps the First Prince was just waiting for such an opportunity!

Instead of waiting until the eldest prince makes a move before taking precautions, it is better to strike first.

There is a saying that cannibals have short mouths and short hands.

Prince Li's Mansion has already unconditionally laid concrete roads in Kyoto, if the First Prince and others want to make a fuss about this cement, wouldn't they be a little greedy?

It has to be said that Gu Yanshu's worries are not superfluous.

Not only was it unnecessary, but it even happened to guess what the eldest prince was thinking.

Because on the second day of the bidding meeting, the eldest prince handed over several memorials to the emperor on the issue of cement.

There is only one central idea:

Since cement is so powerful, it can also be used to build dams and build roads, so is it wrong for the formula of cement to be in the hands of Prince Li?

According to their opinion, if Prince Li's Mansion is really thinking about Tianqi, it should hand over the cement formula to the imperial court.

As soon as the eldest prince's lineage said this, many people saw clearly:

This is clearly due to the fact that His Royal Highness King Li is not in Beijing at the moment!

If His Highness King Li was present at this moment, these people would definitely not dare to say such shameless words!

Naturally, the lineage of Prince Li's Mansion was outraged by the remarks made by the First Prince and others.

They were angry, but they couldn't do anything about it.

Those who supported King Li were mostly military generals who had fought to the death on the battlefield with the third prince.

It's okay to let these people carry guns to kill the enemy, but it's really embarrassing to let them fight with the civil servants under the First Prince's command.

And the eldest prince obviously also took a fancy to this point, so he jumped out to engage in these moths when Qin Lu was not around.

It's just that the eldest prince has everything in mind, but he missed one point:

That is the Wen family.

The heirloom of the Wen family's poems and books can be described as the origin of family learning.

When it comes to pen and mouth, they are no worse than those under the First Prince.

Gu Yanshu had just won the Wen family over, and at the same time gave the Wen family a lot of help.

Don't talk about Wen Qingxiao, just talk about Wen Qingyan.

Not to mention that Gu Yanshu's suggestion has entered the Ministry of Household Affairs, and recently he has been appreciated by the emperor because of the cement road.

Wen's father and son are worried that they will not have the opportunity to repay Gu Yanshu!

Isn't the eldest prince's current behavior just delivering food to the Wen family and his sons?

What does it mean that something so beneficial to the country is inappropriate in the hands of Prince Li's Mansion?

Why didn't you say such things when His Royal Highness King Li made great military exploits for Tianqi?

When Her Highness Princess Li selflessly dedicates movable type printing to the court and the people, why don't you say such things?

In the early days of the establishment of the newspaper, Prince Li’s Mansion paid out of its own pocket to make up for the loss of the newspaper every day in order to make the newspapers affordable for the people of Kyoto and the majority of students, why didn’t you say something like this?

Now seeing that Prince Li's Mansion can make a little profit relying on cement, you jumped out to say such a thing?

Don't you see that the sharp weapon of the country is in the hands of Prince Li's Mansion?

fart!

You just can't see Prince Li's mansion earning money!

Furthermore, according to what the First Prince said bluntly, for any objects that are beneficial to Tianqi, the inventor needs to hand them over to the imperial court for free, so who will dare to innovate in the future?

Even if there is some innovation, who would dare to come up with it?

Besides, isn't Prince Li's mansion thinking enough about Tianqi?

From movable type printing to straw paper to soap soap, how many things has the Prince Li's Mansion produced?

Why did the eldest prince only say that Prince Li's mansion made a fortune from cement, but not that Prince Li's mansion also unconditionally paved concrete roads for the capital with its own power?

How much manpower, material and financial resources are needed to build the road, does the eldest prince know?

Even if Prince Li's Mansion could really make a profit from the cement, there would be very little left because of the paving of cement roads in Kyoto.

And according to what they know, there are many secret recipes in the Ningguo Mansion.

Since the eldest prince is speaking so righteously now, why not set an example first, take out the secret recipe from Ningguo Duke's mansion, and share it with the imperial court?

How powerful a civil servant's mouth is, the eldest prince can be said to know better than anyone else.

After all, he used this a lot in the past to make Prince Li's mansion suffer.

But it was only today that the eldest prince knew that a civil servant's mouth could be so powerful.

While keeping him speechless, he also made him blush.

However, what Wen's family said was well-founded, making it impossible to refute.

After such a mess from the Wen family, the final result can be imagined.

The eldest prince asked Li Wangfu to hand over the cement formula to the imperial court, but naturally he did not get the emperor's consent.

Not only that, but the eldest prince even stole chickens without losing money, and was reprimanded by the emperor.

Tell him not to keep his eyes on the affairs of other people's houses, but to reflect on himself when he has time.

If it is really for the sake of Tianqi, it will also be found that, like cement, things that are beneficial to the country will be handed over to the imperial court to set an example for the world.

The eldest prince's expression at that time can be imagined.

If he could be as powerful as Prince Li's Mansion, with new ideas and new objects emerging one after another, how could he be in such a passive situation today?

It was also because of this that the First Prince's expression still did not slow down until the next court.

After coming down to court, the father and son of the Wen family, who had just finished making things difficult for the eldest prince, involuntarily walked together.

"The emperor looked a little anxious."

Wen Qingshu lowered his voice and took the lead in expressing his point of view.

Since the last secret conversation in the study room, Wen Qingshu found that many things in the court have become much clearer.

The emperor's incomprehensible actions in the past seem to be able to see the deep meaning behind them now.

It was also because of this that Wen Qingshu found that the emperor's recent actions seemed to be getting more and more impatient.

From Hubu Shangshu to today's reprimand to the eldest prince, all these actions are clearing the way for King Li.

Not to mention Wen Qingyan, even Wen Xuefei is becoming more and more unpredictable about the emperor's recent actions:

"It is indeed a little anxious."

The emperor does not say that he is in his prime now, but at least he is considered to be in good health. If there is no accident, the emperor should still be able to sit in this position for another ten years. There is absolutely no need to be so impatient.

Just when the father and son were guessing the reason why the emperor was so anxious recently, a clear voice suddenly came from behind:

"Lord Wen!"

He stopped to look for his reputation, and at a glance he saw the fifth prince Qin Hao who came in a hurry not far away.

Ever since the third prince left Beijing, Xu wanted to grasp the movements of the court faster and more accurately.

The fifth prince, who used to fish for three days and hang nets for two days, has also become more diligent, coming to court on time every day.

Not knowing what Qin Hao wanted to do, the father and son stopped in their tracks and bowed slightly to Qin Hao:

"I have met His Highness Fifth, Your Highness Wan'an."

"Hey, no courtesy, no courtesy."

Qin Hao quickly waved his hand, motioning for them to get up, and without waiting for them to ask questions, he directly stated his purpose of calling them down:

"On the morning of the court, I would like to thank the two Wen adults for their righteous words."

Just now, the fifth prince enjoyed the verbal confrontation between the Wen family and the eldest prince's lineage.

Especially after seeing the defeat of the eldest prince's lineage, he was also reprimanded by his father, which made the fifth prince not to mention how happy he was.

Although the fifth prince didn't know why the Wen family suddenly stood up to speak for Li Wangfu, but this did not prevent him from coming to thank these people now.

According to the fifth prince's usual principles of conduct, that is, as long as he is willing to make things difficult for the eldest prince, he is his fifth prince's friend.

No, just after the court, after exchanging information with several other courtiers from King Li's lineage, Qin Hao hurried forward and thanked them well.

"Your Highness is serious, the minister is just telling the truth."

The members of the Wen family did not expect that the Fifth Prince would stop them because of this matter.

While replying, I also had some doubts in my heart:

According to the relationship between His Highness the Fifth Highness and Prince Li's Mansion, Princess Li should not hide anything from His Highness the Fifth Highness.

How do you look at His Highness Fifth Highness's current behavior, as if he is completely ignorant of the Wen family's position at this time?

But soon, Wen's father and son realized that they were thinking too much.

"Although that's what I said, I'm happy to see him beating up my hall. It just so happens that my hall will go to Prince Li's mansion soon, so I can tell the third wife about this, so that the emperor's wife is also happy."

After finishing speaking, Qin Hao looked at Wen Qingyan as if he had thought of something:

"Fourth Young Master, do you want to go with this hall?"

With such an expression and tone, it is obvious that he knows the relationship between Wen's residence and Prince Li's residence.

Regarding Qin Hao's invitation, after thinking for a moment, Wen Qingyan shook his head and refused:

"The bidding process just ended yesterday, and the Ministry of Household Affairs still needs to deal with miscellaneous matters recently, so I will not go to Prince Li's Mansion to bother His Highness."

The most important thing is that from working together these days, Wen Qingyan can clearly feel that Her Royal Highness Princess Li is really very unwilling to interfere in the affairs of Liubu.

There was nothing difficult to solve, Wen Qingyan naturally couldn't bother Gu Yanshu with the matter of the household department.

Regarding Wen Qingyan's answer, although the Fifth Prince was a little disappointed, he didn't say much:

"If that's the case, then I'll go to the hall by myself, and we will have a drink together in the future!"

After speaking, Qin Hao waved his hands to several people, turned and left.

With that upbeat look, one could tell at a glance that he couldn't wait to share the grand occasion of the eldest prince's embarrassment with Princess Li today.

As for the father and son of the Wen family here, after being interrupted by the fifth prince, they also knew that this was not a place for conversation.

After exchanging a glance with each other, they suppressed the thoughts in their hearts and went to do their own things.

The fifth prince was elated because of the embarrassment of the eldest prince, but it was not so easy for the eldest prince.

The emperor's actions today were so obvious that even the Wen family's father and son said that the emperor was a little anxious. As one of the most affected parties, why didn't the eldest prince feel this?

No, the eldest prince came directly to the imperial concubine's palace as soon as he came down to court today, and complained to the imperial concubine:

"Father has become more and more impatient with my son-in-law recently, and today I even asked my son-in-law to invent some new things. If my son-in-law has this ability, can he wait until today?"

"The mother and concubine have been letting the son and minister forbear, this forbearance comes and goes, does it have any effect?"

"Looking at the recent actions of the father, the words about making the third emperor the crown prince are almost written on his face!"

"Since you are interested in the Third Emperor Brother in your heart, then you might as well make an explicit decree!"

……

"okay!"

Seeing that the eldest prince's words became more and more unsightly, the imperial concubine hurriedly interrupted.

Originally the imperial concubine wanted to reprimand her a few more words, but after seeing the decadent look on the eldest prince's face, she finally softened her heart and comforted her in a low voice:

"My son, you don't have to think so. Now that the emperor has not issued a decree, it means you have hope. Let's work harder."

However, such words did not give the First Prince any comfort.

I don't even know which word provoked the already sensitive nerves of the First Prince, making him direct the cannon fire at the imperial concubine:

"Work hard? How hard does the mother and concubine want the son to work? How hard does the son have to work?"

"Last time, the concubine mother said that it would be good to do a few beautiful errands! The minister also followed the concubine's wishes. Didn't the minister do well enough in Shaocheng? What is the result?"

"Later, the concubine mother and concubine Yizhou still swore to the son-in-law that the father and emperor will definitely hand over the matter to the son-in-law, and then the errands will be handled more beautifully. It is always true."

"In the end, the father didn't even let his ministers intervene, just because of that cement, he directly handed over the matter to the third brother!"

"Who in the court doesn't know that the third emperor's younger brother is heavily relied on by his father? After all, it was mother and concubine who chose a good princess for the third emperor's younger brother!"

……

The more he said, the more ugly the First Prince's face became.

Especially after talking about Gu Yanshu, the eldest prince lost a good look towards the imperial concubine.

Looking at the troubles that the First Prince's Mansion has suffered in the past six months, which one has nothing to do with Gu Yanshu?Which one does not have Gu Yanshu's handwriting behind it?

Let's look at Qin Lu's pride recently, which time was it not because of Gu Yanshu?

The more he thought about it, the more the First Prince felt that this was the case.

If the imperial concubine hadn't carefully selected such a capable concubine for the younger brother, why would he be in such a difficult situation today?

The imperial concubine, who was able to stabilize her emotions a little bit, turned ugly after being reprimanded by her son for pointing at her nose:

"That's enough! Now you know that it's Bengong's? Didn't you bring up this matter at the beginning?"

The matter of choosing a male concubine for King Li was indeed the eldest prince's idea from the beginning.

It doesn't matter if Wang Li restrains his wife or the marriage is difficult, but he is the prince after all.

How could the prince worry about marriage?

Even with the horoscope as a cover, the purpose of finding a male concubine for King Li is too obvious.

It is not an idiot for the imperial concubine to be able to climb to the position of one person below one person and above ten thousand people in the harem.

Therefore, after the eldest prince put forward this suggestion, the imperial concubine rejected it without even thinking about it.

After all, the emperor doesn't like people who are too utilitarian, and risking being reprimanded by the emperor for doing such a thing is not worth the loss.

But the eldest prince is the royal son of the noble concubine, and the eldest prince insists on this matter, how can the noble concubine resist?

In the end the eldest prince talked too much, the imperial concubine could only nod her head and agreed to mention this matter before the emperor.

What happened later was somewhat beyond the concubine's expectation.

The emperor agreed to the matter of choosing a male concubine for King Li very happily, and once happily made the imperial concubine wonder whether the emperor had any other purposes.

But there was no turning back when she opened the bow. Now that she had opened her mouth, the emperor agreed. Even if she couldn't understand the emperor's thoughts, the imperial concubine could only proceed according to the original plan.

After the selection of Gu Yanshu, the imperial concubine even mentioned it to the eldest prince, who was also full of praise for the candidate of young master Gu.

Now that something happened, and found that Young Master Gu was far from being as simple as what they saw at the beginning, the eldest prince pushed all the responsibility on the noble concubine, how could the noble concubine bear it?

"Even if it was proposed by the son-in-law, isn't the concubine mother personally handling this matter?"

The eldest prince didn't seem to see that the imperial concubine was full of anger at this time, and started to throw the blame on himself.

This attitude is undoubtedly adding fuel to the flames, making the imperial concubine speechless with anger:

"You mean, you're blaming Bengong for not handling this matter well? Okay! From now on, Bengong won't take care of your affairs anymore, okay?"

"I don't need my mother and concubine to make trouble for my son!"

After the eldest prince finished speaking, he walked away without even looking at the ugly concubine.

The fourth prince, who was sitting by the side and hadn't spoken all this time, finally couldn't bear it at this moment, raised his hand and poured a cup of tea for the imperial concubine, and comforted him:

"Mother and Concubine calmed down, Brother Dahuang was just stunned by the anger for a while, and he didn't choose what to say."

"I don't want to drink!"

The noble concubine raised her hand without thinking, and brushed away the teacup handed over by the fourth prince:

"Can you talk to Ben Gong like this without using your words? Who is Ben Gong doing all this for?"

Thinking of this, the imperial concubine felt a little depressed, looking at the four sons sitting aside, she couldn't help the emotions in her heart, and began to complain.

First, it talked about her difficulty in this harem.

Back then the emperor was not the late emperor's favorite prince, and the noble concubine was the daughter of the Duke's mansion, so naturally it was impossible to marry the emperor who was the prince at the time.

Who would have expected that the emperor would be the one who had the last laugh?

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Duke's Mansion sent the noble concubine to the palace to participate in the draft.

The imperial concubine has a good background, so it is reasonable to be a queen.

However, at that time the emperor had already made the concubine the concubine who was in the hidden mansion the empress. Even if the concubine had a noble status, she could only get a concubine.

That's all, but the one sitting in the middle palace is a concubine from a small family. In the past, she wasn't even qualified to lift the skirt of a noble concubine!

Now the imperial concubine wants to greet her and salute, how can the imperial concubine, who has been so proud since she was a child, be willing to be convinced?

But what if you are not convinced?

In this imperial palace, it is not their Ningguo Mansion who can decide.

For a long time, the imperial concubine was depressed because of this matter.

Later, it was hard to get through until the Yuan Empress died. The imperial concubine thought that her era had come, but who knew that the things that made the imperial concubine uncomfortable had just begun.

At this time, the noble concubine understood a truth:

A living person can never compete with a dead person.

The emperor would rather hang the palace in the air than make someone else a queen. Because of this matter, the noble concubine was quite angry.

It wasn't until she became pregnant with the eldest prince that the imperial concubine reluctantly accepted this fact.

He listened to the persuasion of his father and brother at home, and understood that in this harem, who is the queen is not important, what is important is who can give birth to the prince and raise the prince.

Immediately, the imperial concubine put all her energy on the child in her stomach.

In the end, the noble concubine got her wish and gave birth to the emperor's first son, who is now the eldest prince.

Because of the appearance of the eldest prince, the noble concubine has been very prosperous in the harem for a while.

It was also because of this scenery that the noble concubine was very concerned about the eldest prince, and at the same time devoted all her energy to the eldest prince.

For the eldest prince, the imperial concubine can be said to do her best.

From the diet and daily life since childhood, to the careful planning of the eldest prince when he grows up.

The imperial concubine even did not hesitate to risk being reprimanded by the emperor, but also handed over all the contacts of Duke Ning's mansion to the hands of the eldest prince.

Who knew that the eldest prince just didn't appreciate it, and even said something like "I don't need my mother and concubine to make trouble for my son"?

Add chaos!

As long as the imperial concubine thinks of these two words, she feels that she will never get over that hurdle!

Listening to the imperial concubine talking about these old calendars, the fourth prince lowered his eyes, looked at the skin on the back of his hand that was scalded red by the tea, and persuaded in a low voice:

"Brother Huang just got angry and said nothing, but in fact, I am still grateful to my mother and concubine."

When the imperial concubine heard this, she was silent for a while, not knowing what she was thinking.

Looking up at the flat expressions on the faces of his four sons, he suddenly felt extremely boring again, so he waved his hands:

"Forget it, I'm tired too, you should go back first, let me be quiet for a while."

After the fourth prince heard this, he paused for a while with his hand halfway to the teapot, and finally took it back, stood up and bowed slightly to the imperial concubine:

"Yes, Erchen retire."

The concubine who was in a fit of anger did not see the fourth prince who turned to leave. The smile on the corner of his lips had long since faded away, and even his eyes were shining with an unknown light.