Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 303 The Proud Quan Wanji
Watches are very precious, so besides Yue Ying who gave the watch to Li Mingda, Quan Zhixi also gave her own watch to her father, Quan Wanji.

You don't know how majestic Quan Wanji is when he goes up to court with his watch on.

A group of princes have empty hands, such as Cheng Yaojin, Zhang Liang, Yu Chigong, Tang Jian, etc., but a small servant wears a watch on his wrist, that is so eye-catching ah.

"Oh, Mr. Quan is really a good daughter. She's got her watch on. That Mr. Quan, do you want to sell this watch? Old Cheng, I can pay you a thousand!"

"Bah Cheng goblin, you are really shameless. A watch is a good thing to keep track of time. You actually offered a thousand guan. Lao Quan sold me this watch, and I will give you [-] guan!" Yu Chigong shouted loudly.

Seeing these two people, Quan Wanji even waved his hands and smiled: "You two princes. This watch does not belong to me. This watch belongs to my daughter. My daughter is afraid that I will delay the time to go to court, so I will lend it to you." I'll take it for a while."

After finishing speaking, Quan Wanji looked at his watch and said with a smile: "Oh, look, it's almost 6 o'clock, and it's about to go to court. The two princes, Quan will leave first."

Then, Quan Wanji apologized a little, and left Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong's side.

Seeing Quan Wanji leave, Cheng Yaojin was speechless: "It's useless to blame the old man. The son gave birth to a basket, but he didn't have a beautiful daughter. You said that so many sons are worthless. At the critical moment, it's better to have a daughter." .”

"Yes!" Yu Chigong nodded helplessly: "The two black charcoals in my family not only can't help me, they are still causing trouble at home. They asked me to get a watch for each of them, and the labor and management gave them a slap. Incompetent bungler."

"By the way, His Majesty Lao Hei really doesn't have any of his watches?" Cheng Yaojin looked at Yu Chigong with some reluctance and asked.

"One piece for Your Majesty, one piece for the Crown Prince, one piece for the King of Wei, one piece for Concubine Yang, Concubine Wei, Concubine Yin, Fang Xiang, eldest grandson Sikong, and Li Ji..." After Yu Chigong finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin counted and said in surprise: "That's only nine yuan, is there another one?"

"Ma Zhou.!"

"What? Ma Zhou, why is he?" Cheng Yaojin was speechless.

You must know that Ma Zhou is not the prime minister at this time, he is only the assistant minister of Zhongshu and the right concubine of the prince, and his official position is not very high. However, Li Shimin actually admired Ma Zhou very much at this time.

Ma Zhou is Li Shimin's direct descendant.

In the fifth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin asked all the officials in the court to write an article about the gains and losses of current affairs. Chang He was born as a general and couldn't write well. Seeing that the emperor asked him to write an article, he couldn't help becoming anxious.When Ma Zhou heard the news, he offered to write this article for Chang He out of the idea of ​​repaying his kindness. Chang He was very happy and asked Ma Zhou to write it for him.

A few days later, Chang He presented this article about current affairs written by Ma Zhou to Tang Taizong for viewing. After reading it, Li Shimin was shocked. He knew that Chang He was not good at writing, so how could he write such a thorough article.

He didn't believe that it was written by Chang He, so he asked Chang He if he wrote it after all, and Chang He was honest and didn't pretend to be credited, so he honestly said to the emperor: "I don't have this ability. It was written by the courtier Ma Zhou Daichen."

When Li Shimin heard that there was such a genius under Chang He's family, he was very happy, and immediately wanted to meet this talent.

After seeing him, Li Shimin discussed current affairs with Ma Zhou and put forward many constructive opinions.Li Shimin found that Ma Zhou was really a rare talent, and what was even more rare was that Ma Zhou was not a child of any aristocratic family, so Ma Zhou would only be Li Shimin's man.

Moreover, Li Shimin's use of Ma Zhou can give hope to all the poor students, so the watch of Ma Zhou is not just for Ma Zhou, but also a hope for all the poor students in Datang.

"Go up to court!"

Just when Cheng Yaojin was speechless, the servant's voice came, and with a sigh, Yu Chigong said speechlessly: "Let's go..."

Li You's watches are also well-known. Of course, there are still many people who don't have them. This watch can be purchased for 20 yuan in three months in Li You's system mall, which is the limit.

At first, Li You thought that the ancients were not easy to accept watches, but who knew that the ancients accepted time much faster than Li You thought, and more importantly, their time management was much more eager than Li You imagined. .

So the watch was praised by Li Shimin as soon as it appeared.

He even got the jealousy of the Prince and King Wei.

Right after the watches were delivered to the crown prince and King Wei, Prince Li Chengqian and King Wei Li Tai actually found their own small group for the first time and held a secret meeting.

On the prince's side are Li Yuanchang and Du He, and on the side of the king of Wei are Fang Yiai and his own literati.

People on both sides showed a strong interest in the watch, especially the prince, because there was some hatred between Li You and the prince, and the appearance of the watch made the prince see the benefits.

Hearing that the watch outside has been sold for [-] yuan, the prince really wants to grab this business into his own hands, because the profit of this business is really too big.

Li Tai also had the same idea as Prince Li Chengqian. However, Li Tai's idea was blocked by Fang Yiai. Fang Yiai told Li Tai that at this time, a state of confrontation between the two kings had already formed.

Li Chengqian and Li Tai are the two opposing kings. This is a balance. Li Shimin will never break this balance. Li Shimin can allow Li You to make money, but he will never allow any one of Li Tai and Li Chengqian to break this balance.

Whoever attacks Li You first and wants to snatch the business from Li You, then whoever is likely to be eliminated by Li Shimin.

Du He also reminded Li Chengqian of this point, but unlike Li Tai who readily accepted Fang Yiai's suggestion, Li Chengqian didn't pay much attention to Du He's suggestion, instead he raised his voice again against the voices in Li You's hands. a strong interest.

Li Chengqian always thought that if he could take over all of Li You's business, then he would be able to take over Li Shimin's throne smoothly, and he would no longer have to be afraid or worried about his fourth brother.

It's just that Li Chengqian had forgotten that at this time, whether it was him or his fourth younger brother in Datang, their prosperity, wealth, status and connections all came from their father.

As long as Datang is still in Li Shimin's hands, you can take what Li Shimin gives, and you can't grab what Li Shimin doesn't give.

Li Tai and Li You are very aware of this theorem, but the only one, Li Chengqian, can't wait any longer. Soon, he will make a big mistake, and this mistake will directly make Li Chengqian lose all his bargaining chips in front of Li Shimin. .

Of course, Li Chengqian was complacent at this time, he didn't know that he would lose completely.

(End of this chapter)