Change the Tang Dynasty Li Yuanba

Chapter 39

Chang'an City, Tai Chi Palace, Tai Chi Hall.

Every Shuo (first day of the lunar new year) and Wang (fifteenth day of the lunar new year) days, the emperor came to this hall to meet with his ministers and listen to the government.In addition, the emperor's ascension to the throne, the canonization of queens, princes, kings and princesses, and banquets for tribute envoys were also held in this hall.

Today is the first day of the fifth lunar month, the day of the Great Hajj.Li Shimin also planned to crown Li Cha king in front of the officials today.

Early in the morning, Li Cha rode to the palace on horseback. On the road, he encountered many official sedan chairs and carriages hurrying towards the palace.There is no way, whether it is an official sedan chair or a carriage, Li Cha does not have these things.His future father-in-law, Duan Zhixuan, does exist, but it's not good for him to rub the official sedan chair of his father-in-law before he is married.

Li Cha was riding his horse to the palace with the prince's clothes sent to him by Li Shimin yesterday.So, no matter how shrewd and careful people are, there are negligence. Li Shimin only thought about bringing clothes to Li Cha, and completely forgot how Li Cha should rush to the palace.

A prince of the Tang Dynasty, wearing a prince's costume, is not suitable for going to the court no matter whether he is riding a horse or walking, how decent is this.Fortunately, Li Cha has his own palace in that palace, so Li Cha intends to go there to change clothes.

In the officialdom, the most indispensable thing is the well-informed generation.Among the officials, there is no secret at all.If something happens in the court hall, it will soon be known to everyone.And what happened in the court a few days ago, no matter what it was, it was a big event that shocked the court and the public.

First of all, Duke Lu of Lu State gathered in the court hall and was directly beaten and seriously injured.Wu Guogong Wei Chi Gong and Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin teamed up and returned in defeat.I heard that Wu Guogong was still injured.

Immediately afterwards came the news that the Turks were destroyed. The entire Turkic royal family was massacred except for the female family members and an underage child.

Afterwards, an inexplicable prince came out, this prince who appeared suddenly.Those who didn't know, asked one after another, they were very eager to know what happened to the unknown prince.Those who knew the truth kept silent.

Today is the big pilgrimage twice a month. There are nearly 2000 people standing in the entire Taiji Hall, and all the people who can be ranked in Chang'an City have come. Even if there are many people, the emperor doesn't know him at all.All the ministers in the hall were discussing the sudden appearance of the prince.

In fact, they really don't care who the prince is, and they don't care what kind of king they are named. They only care about where the prince's fiefdom will be.If the land of their main industry is designated as the prince's fiefdom, then they will have to make plans early.Because here, the taxation and policies within the fief are decided by the prince, the owner of the fief, and not under the control of the imperial court.

"Military teacher, tell me, will His Majesty mention the matter of becoming king today?" Cheng Yaojin asked in a low voice, poking Li Ji beside him.Both of them were from Wagangzhai, and they had a good relationship. Cheng Yaojin always called Li Ji a military adviser.

"It's very possible. After all, this matter is already raging. If it continues to be so anonymous, it will be unseemly, unruly, and bad for His Majesty's reputation. The Ministry of Rites has already urged it several times." Li Ji replied in a low voice.

"Well, I just don't know if this lord will go to the battlefield after he becomes king. I think he will go in nine out of ten chances. Hehe, we generals, it's hard to do in the future. We all go home and hold our children Right." Cheng Yaojin said disappointedly.

When Li Cha stepped into the Tai Chi Hall dressed as a prince, all the discussions stopped.The huge Tai Chi Hall was completely silent, talking about people behind their backs was one thing, and since the parties involved had come, everyone naturally stopped.Those who know and those who don't are secretly looking at the prince.

The most shocking thing was Fan Guogong Duan Zhixuan. His mind is really in a state of panic now. What's the situation?who I am?where am I?What should I do?My future son-in-law is the prince?I seem to have scolded his parents in front of the emperor before.

Li Cha also ignored them, and under the guidance of an old eunuch, he stood in his position and closed his eyes slightly, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

As time slowly came, the emperor finally appeared on the throne.After a while of visiting etiquette, Li Shimin said: "Come here, and announce the decree." An eunuch stepped forward, opened the imperial decree in his hand, and began to read.

"Gaozu's third son, my younger brother, named Cha, also known as Yuanba, has been extraordinary and brave since childhood, and has extraordinary martial arts. He has traveled abroad for seventeen years, and now he has returned safely. I am overjoyed and specially named King Hua. Entering the Forbidden Palace without reporting it, facing the emperor without kneeling, enfeoffing the land as the former site of the Turkic royal court, and specially allowing the formation of the palace guards."

For this edict, those who understand it will naturally understand it, but those who don't understand it can't figure it out.Because this decree is too special.Special on two licenses.

The first dispensation, exempting Li Cha from all etiquette matters, entering the forbidden palace without reporting, and not kneeling in front of the emperor, this is the treatment that even the crown prince does not have.

The second franchise, the fiefdom is the former site of the Turkic royal court, and the special permission to form the palace guards is frightening. The fiefdom of the Turkic royal court is not a prince, but a king. It is even more terrifying. The problem with the phrase 'specially authorized to form the palace guards' is that there is no limit on the number of people. This is entirely because the emperor has sealed an enemy country for himself.

"Your Majesty, such a reward is not in line with the rules."

"Your Majesty, the etiquette of monarchs and ministers is the law of heaven, and there are fixed numbers for the number of guards in the prince's mansion. If you change it at will, it will not conform to the rules."

Sure enough, as soon as the imperial decree was read, someone immediately stood up and spoke.But there were only two of them, and they were eager to express themselves, blurting out without thinking.After the two of them finished talking, they seemed to suddenly think of something, they obediently closed their mouths, and retreated.The hall fell into silence again.

Because after all the people present carefully recalled the content of the imperial decree, they recalled a name.Gaozu's third son, Li Cha, also known as Yuanba.Although they had basically never met Li Yuanba, none of them knew about Li Yuanba's deeds.Even an ordinary old man at the border knew Li Yuanba's name, how could they not know.

No matter how unreasonable the imperial decree is, it is reasonable to put it on Li Yuanba. Needless to say, etiquette, it is impossible to see that thing on Li Yuanba. As for the number of troops, there is nothing to say, Li Yuanba himself is an army.

Didn't see that Wei Zheng, who is not afraid of the sky, who dares to contradict the emperor frequently, and Wang Gui, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites who is in charge of the world's rites, have not said a word now.

"My brother Li Cha, thank you for your majesty's grace. If your majesty has nothing else to do, I will step down first." Li Cha bowed his hands and thanked Li Shimin.Li Shimin also nodded in satisfaction.

Then Li Cha ignored anyone in the main hall, left the main hall, and went to the Lizheng Hall to visit his second sister-in-law, eldest grandson, empress and little Sizi.

After Li Shimin came down to court, he was reminded by the guards and rushed to the Lizheng Hall with the prince Li Chengqian who had been pestering him to meet his third uncle.After hearing Li Cha's story, Li Shimin's attitude towards Prince Li Chengqian has changed a lot.

Li Chengqian had also learned from Empress Changsun that the change in his father's attitude towards him was entirely at the request of this third uncle.He also understood the painstaking efforts of his father.The awkwardness in my heart has long since dissipated.He was no longer so afraid of his father, and after the court, he pestered the emperor to visit his third uncle.

When we arrived at the Lizheng Hall, it was still the same as last time, Li Cha was holding his little son and telling a story, the crown prince Li Chengqian first met with the eldest grandson empress.

Then he paid homage to Li Cha who was telling the story to the little son: "Nephew Li Chengqian pays homage to the third uncle." Li Chengqian has long wanted to meet his third uncle, not just because the third uncle changed his father's attitude towards him , but Li Chengqian's admiration for his third uncle even reached the point of obsession.

Ever since he heard the heroic deeds of the third uncle Li Yuanba from the emperor's grandfather Li Yuan when he was a child, he begged his emperor's grandfather to tell him the deeds of the third uncle Li Yuanba from time to time.It can be said that Li Chengqian grew up listening to the legendary story of the third uncle.

Li Chengqian is a person who especially advocates force, otherwise he would not have pretended to be a Turkic emperor when he was young.It was only because he had heard that the Turkic Khan had defeated his father who had never been defeated.It just made him feel adored.After the defeat of the Turks, he never made similar moves.

Coincidentally, Li Cha had just finished telling the story at this time.Holding Xiao Sizi in his arms, and looking at the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Cha found that Li Chengqian looked at him with extremely hot eyes.He was a little strange about this, but he didn't take it to heart.

"Chengqian, there's no need to be like this, just call me third uncle at home. Don't bring that upside down home." Li Cha greeted Li Chengqian.

"Second brother, second sister-in-law, Chengqian is also here. Today I have some family matters and I want to talk to you. Isn't second brother short of money? I'm here to give you a way to make money." Li Cha said with a smile, He also pointed to a bag of green salt and a jar of high-quality wine that were delivered early in the morning.

Li Shimin and Li Chengqian came forward to look curiously, first they saw Qingyan, they looked at each other, what they saw in each other's eyes was only puzzlement, and then unsealed the wine jar, a strong aroma of wine instantly disappeared It floated into the noses of the two.They are all wine lovers, so you don't need to taste it, you will know it is a rare wine once you smell it.

One of them is the emperor and the other is the prince. They still have self-control. They sealed their mouths and sat back without even tasting the wine.

"Third brother, this wine can make money, I can understand, but this green salt, Guanzhong Daode's output is enough to supply noble families, but ordinary people can't afford it, who are you going to sell it to? And this wine will be consumed How much grain, I don't have much grain to brew fine wine in Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin expressed his doubts.

"Hey, second brother, listen to me, these two things can definitely make a lot of money. If you do it well, it may be enough to cover the expenses of your entire palace. Cheng Qian, listen carefully, it's best for you to do this. Your father doesn't have time to do these things, instead of letting his subordinates do it, it's better to let you do it directly." Li Cha said with a chuckle.

"Second brother, let me tell you, this green salt is extracted from the worst block of salt. Two buckets of low-quality salt can extract one and a half buckets. This wine is also extracted from ordinary wine. Three jars can extract one and a half buckets of salt." There are many altars. Moreover, the number of people offered by this jar of fine wine is definitely more than that of the previous three jars of ordinary wine, because this wine can intoxicate people, and you will know after I finish talking later." Li Cha continued.

"Really? The cost is so low? But after all, this green salt has paid for manpower, and the output is also a lot less. The price must be raised. For poor people, spending an extra penny is a burden. For those rich nobles It’s optional, how do you make money? This wine can make money. Although I haven’t tasted it, I only smell the wine and it’s still good wine. But how do you plan to get around the fact that the royal family doesn’t compete with the people?” Li Shimin still didn’t Want to know where to make money.

Prince Li Chengqian was thinking a little on the sidelines, hesitant to speak.

"Chengqian, what are your thoughts?" Li Cha asked after seeing Li Chengqian's hesitation.

"I can only think that Uncle Sanhuang's green salt and wine are definitely not intended to be sold to ordinary people, but I haven't thought about how to sell them," Li Chengqian said.

"Hahaha, Chengqian, you are right. The third uncle is not sold to ordinary people. Your father and emperor are all focused on governing the country, which is normal. In terms of business, he is worse than me. It's far away. You don't need to worry about it, I'll tell you the solution directly." Li Cha said with a smile.

"Second brother, this green salt is sold directly in the Salt Department. The price is whatever you want, and the price will not be reduced. The proceeds will go to the state treasury. This wine will be sold directly in several restaurants, sold separately, and sold at a high price. Meng Huo said, He will rush to buy 500 papers per altar. The proceeds will go to your internal treasury, but don’t spend it recklessly, I will have a lot of places to use the money in the future.”

Seeing Li Shimin's puzzled eyes, Li Cha continued: "Second brother, you don't need to ask, just listen to me. You don't understand the mentality of those rich and dignified people. They see people who are not as good as themselves, or they are not as good as themselves. How can they sit if they don’t have the things that most people have? Where do they put their faces? When they see the person they have been looking for is using this thing, will they grit their teeth and use it? ? Selling things also requires packaging and publicity. When people with similar social status are using the same thing, but they can’t buy it even if they have money, you don’t need to do anything about it. It will be fired at a sky-high price." At this point, Li Cha paused.

Li Cha intends to turn these two things into luxury goods for the time being.For luxury goods, what is sold is never practical value, what is sold is face, sense of superiority, and social status.

"Second brother, I can assure you that when a family uses this green salt to stir-fry, the green salt will definitely be more demanding. This is not a question of money, but a question of face. As for the name of the wine, I have already thought about it. As for the wine, there is an advertisement hanging directly at the entrance of the restaurant: The wine must be used for the guests of the big banquet. I let them not use this wine, and they will be ashamed of the guests after the banquet. Hahaha." Speaking of this, Li Cha laughed loudly.

"Of course, whether it's this green salt or this fine wine, although I can produce them in unlimited quantities, we have a limited supply every day, and I want them to grab them. This is called hunger sales. Maybe you don't understand now, wait until the effect comes out You will know. Let Chengqian do this. The method of extracting green salt and fine wine. If Chengqian is fine later, just take a few people with me to Shiqiao Village to learn. It's very simple. Come back to yourself Do it. As for the daily limit, Cheng Qian himself decides according to market conditions.”

In the end, Li Cha made a final decision and didn't give Li Shimin a chance to speak. He figured out that his second brother's business sense was not as good as his nephew's.

"Okay, I'm done talking, I should go back. After Chengqian finishes what he has in hand, he will bring a few people to Shiqiao Village to find me." After speaking, Li Cha said goodbye to Xiao Sizi, and was about to leave .

When he walked to the gate of the hall, Li Cha turned his head and said: "Second brother, you said that our Longyou Li family has an extra prince who has returned, so should our cousin Li Xiaogong have a big banquet? My green salt The dinner and banquet wine are all ready for him, just wait for him to fetch them, hahaha." After speaking, Li Cha laughed and left.

(End of this chapter)