Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 264: Changle's first challenge in his career, the calculation behind it
Tibet.

Songtsen Gampo knelt respectfully on the ground to welcome Li Ke's arrival.

Li Ke stepped forward with a smile, helped Songtsen Gampo up, and said, "Wu Lang often mentioned the king to me."

"Say you are his good brother, and let me get closer to the king."

Hear the words.

Songtsen Gampo felt much better now. Having his palace plundered was considered some reward.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I should obey your orders." Songtsen Gampo said respectfully.

"Haha, your Majesty, you are too kind."

When he first arrived in Tubo, Li Ke was not in a hurry to take any action.

He first had many conversations and contacts with Hou Junji and other garrison troops to understand their situation and find out Hou Junji's thoughts.

Fortunately, it was not much different from what he had imagined before he came.

Hou Junji was completely cooperative.

This is easy to handle.

After everything was understood, Li Ke called Luo Xibo Angsun.

"Wu Lang thinks highly of you and has promised you an important task, but I am new here and don't know much about your ability and character."

Li Ke said calmly: "Can this king use you?"

"Angsun is willing to follow your Highness's lead and sacrifice his life for him." Angsun was deeply influenced by the Tang Dynasty culture. After being granted the title of Earl of Luoshui, he regarded himself as a Tang Dynasty nobleman and imitated the Tang Dynasty nobles in his behavior.

When Li You was around, he only obeyed Li You.

Now the prime minister has been replaced, and he is also a prince.

Still Li You’s brother.

Angsun licked the hook as usual and offered his loyalty.

His bottom line is super flexible. No matter who is the prime minister, he knows that he has to act like a hunting dog.

"very good."

Li Ke said, "You should do one thing now. Keep a close eye on Songtsen Gampo. Find out who is close to him and who has secret contact with him."

"Then……."

Angsun raised his head cautiously and heard a cold and ruthless voice, "Don't leave any one alive!"

"You don't need to report to the king. Just do it on your own."

This is to give power to him and challenge Songtsen Gampo.

Originally, in Angsun's eyes, Songtsen Gampo was his mortal enemy.

I can never forget Songtsen Gampo's behavior of spreading rumors and sowing discord in front of the King of Qi.

"This time, let's see whether Songtsen Gampo will live or not."

"You bastard king!"

After Angsun left, Li Ke sneered, what a good dog.

No wonder Wulang was so efficient and collected so much gold back to the court.

"No, do I want one too?"

"Wu Lang has brought back so much. If I don't have any, will the Emperor and the Crown Prince think that I have embezzled it?"

Li Ke had a headache.

Li You did a great job in Tubo.

With the previous experience in front of him, he can’t be inferior to Wu Lang, right?

"In that case, it's up to Angsun to do it."

Angsun did not disappoint Li Ke.

In less than a month, many people were exposed.

When Li Ke saw the gold and silver sent by Angsun, he finally understood how Wulang lived by counting money in Tubo.

"Lord, you are making this king very embarrassed."

"Wu Lang wanted me to get closer to you, but you hooked up with those who were up to no good."

"What do you want me to do?"

Li Ke went to the palace to meet Songtsen Gampo, who had already known about his people and had their property confiscated and beheaded.

He looked terrified and extremely panicked.

The King of Wu and the King of Qi are completely different people.

The King of Qi is easy to deceive and coax, but the King of Wu is a smiling face with a dagger hidden behind his smile. He speaks so nicely, but his actual thoughts are terrifying.

"Your Highness, please listen to my explanation."

"The Lord doesn't need to explain."

Li Ke said: "From now on, just stay in the palace and rest."

"Stop doing stupid things."

When Songtsen Gampo saw that all the people in the palace had been replaced, he collapsed to the ground, feeling cold and full of despair.

He finally had hope of making a comeback and turning the tables.

When a new prime minister came, all hopes were shattered.

It is impossible for the King of Wu to give him the same chance as the King of Qi did.

I was completely confined.

"King Qi, please come back."

"I'll give you whatever you want...!"

……

Changan.

The weather is hot and the sun is shining brightly.

Ice cubes were placed inside the hall to cool it down, making it very cool.

Li Chengqian was also dressed coolly and was checking the memorial.

"Your Highness, the Ministry of Works has already begun building the Imperial Academy and the Military Academy by the Wei River."

Di Renjie said.

"It's still fast."

Li Chengqian said without raising his head.

The military academy is on the north side of the Wei River, and the Hanlin Academy is closer to Chang'an.

In the middle is Tiangongyuan.

In the layout plan for the Weishui River, there will be Tiangong College, Datang Medical College, etc. in the future.

The entire layout of Chang'an will also expand outward.

As the imperial capital, the area it occupies will only get larger and larger.

"elder brother!"

"Your Highness, please allow me to report."

"Go away!"

It was Changle's voice. She rushed in despite being stopped by the eunuchs.

"elder brother!"

Changle shouted anxiously, and Li Chengqian waved his hand to let the eunuch go away.

"what happened?"

"So anxious and hurried."

Li Chengqian scolded, "Are you still acting like a princess?" Changle said anxiously, "Brother, I didn't mean it."

"It happened suddenly. I..."

"What happened?"

"There was a run on the bank. A large number of people surrounded the bank to withdraw money."

Changle said: "No matter how much I persuade them, they won't stop. There are still people making trouble."

"Why not just give it to them?"

Li Chengqian thought to himself, I have been holding it in for so long, and now it finally comes.

"Can……."

"What's the use of depositing and withdrawing money? It's only natural."

Li Chengqian said calmly: "If they want to take it, then they should follow the rules."

"I know. But they have a lot of silver dollars to exchange for money."

Changle said: "I am worried about the reaction from other places at this moment."

"Other places are not like Chang'an, where there is plenty of money to exchange."

"Then I will..."

She was really shocked and angry.

It has only been a short time since I took the position of bank president when this phenomenon occurred.

It was a heavy blow to her newly-started career.

God knows what those ministers would say about her.

She wished she could kill all those troublemakers right away.

I am the future prime minister.

Is it going to be ruined by these unruly people?

"Brother, I think these are no longer ordinary troublemakers. We must strike hard." Changle gritted his teeth and said.

"Nonsense."

Li Chengqian scolded: "You panic when something happens, what big deal can you achieve?"

"go."

"Go and take care of it right away. Give them as many as they want."

"Don't worry about the other things."

Changle gritted his teeth and said, "I understand, brother."

Seeing her leave, Li Chengqian shook his head slightly.

After all, she is still a woman. It would be strange if she didn't get confused when she encountered such a struggle right at the beginning.

"You're still too spoiled and don't get enough exercise."

In the past, she had him as the crown prince and Emperor Li Shimin as the emperor to support her.

But this time it was different. It was obvious that they came from these two palaces. She just stood on the front line.

"Go and call Sun Fujia!"

"Yes!"

If a bank run occurs, the problem of borrowing will be exposed.

Sun Fujia rushed over as fast as he could, "Your Highness, it has been basically verified."

"The Wang, Zhao, and Luo families in Chang'an were involved in the loan fraud."

"This Wang family is a branch of the Shandong Wang family. The Shandong Wang family is also involved, as well as the Zheng family, the Liu family, and others."

Li Chengqian asked doubtfully: "Wang? From Shandong?"

"Is the Taiyuan Wang family also involved?"

Sun Fujia shook his head and said, "There is no evidence that they were involved. The Shandong Wang family is a branch of the Taiyuan Wang family."

"That's weird."

"There is no trace of them in the Cui family, Lu family, etc., but the Wang family far away in Taiyuan has collateral branches involved."

Li Chengqian said playfully.

Di Renjie guessed, "Your Highness, I think the Shandong Wang family is being used by the Shandong noble family."

"By the way, he also plotted against the Wang family of Taiyuan."

"They are the vanguard."

This is actually not difficult to understand.

It is impossible for the Shandong family to put all their eggs in one basket right from the start. They will definitely test the situation step by step.

Even if this fails, the blame cannot be placed on them.

In this way they protected themselves. Even if the imperial court knew of their presence, they would be unable to do anything to them without evidence.

But that’s exactly what they think.

They must let the imperial court see their interests.

In other words, the court's plans hurt their fundamental interests, so they wanted to resist and cause trouble.

Li Chengqian, Li Shimin, and the central government ministers all took these into consideration before the plan was announced.

Countermeasures have already been agreed upon.

Watch the changes and act accordingly.

"Why do they want to plot against Wang?"

Li Chengqian was a little suspicious. It didn't make sense for them to push Wang out.

"Your Highness has forgotten that the son-in-law of the Southern City County Duke has just taken office as the governor of Laizhou." Di Renjie said.

"Wang Jingzhi?"

Li Chengqian suddenly realized that the root of the problem was here.

Wang Jingzhi's background is closely related to the Wang family of Taiyuan.

No wonder he wanted to plot against Wang Family of Taiyuan.

"I guess the Wang family of Taiyuan is still kept in the dark." Di Renjie said.

If we don't unravel this matter carefully, we really can't see the situation behind it.

Wang Jingzhi, the governor of Laizhou, was considered by the imperial court to represent the interests of many parties, but the Shandong aristocratic families did not think so.

If they could replace them with someone from a Shandong family, Laizhou would become a direct-controlled prefecture that they could take and seize at will.

As long as the Wang family of Taiyuan is involved, Wang Jingzhi will be more or less implicated. If Laizhou makes some movement, Wang Jingzhi's position as governor will definitely be in jeopardy.

"Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Sun Fujia asked.

"wait."

Li Chengqian said casually: "There was a run on the bank today. Once the incident becomes serious, there will definitely be a lot of discussion."

"It depends on how serious the situation becomes."

Sun Fujia responded and put forward his own opinion, saying: "Your Highness, the people I arrested were hiding in various places and did not have much money in their hands."

"I suspect that the bulk of the money is in the hands of people behind the scenes. They kept the money in the bank, and today's bank run has exacerbated the pressure of the bank run."

Di Renjie said: "It is very likely."

Li Chengqian said coldly: "It's not a high possibility, it's a certainty."

"Huaiying, go tell Changle that only small amounts will be exchanged today, and the people's savings will be exchanged first."

"For large amounts, they will delay it for a few days on the pretext of needing to raise copper coins."

(End of this chapter)