Wei Zheng is confused here, and Changsun Wuji over there is also a little helpless. You say, discussion is a discussion, what do you think I am going to do? Don’t you just think that when His Majesty offered me the title of Sikong, I declined several times? This is tradition. This has been done in all dynasties. If I don’t do it, will future generations give me a good reputation?
"Okay, this matter has been settled, and the Shubao Public Security Department will be handed over to you." Li Shimin said directly from the side.
"Yes!" Qin Qiong immediately bowed and saluted.
"Come over and continue attending the next court meeting in five days. Important decrees will be announced then." Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke and said.
"Yes!" Li Ke didn't think much about it, but simply nodded and agreed.
After all arrangements were made for the Ministry of Public Security and other departments, the rest of the things had nothing to do with Li Ke. But even so, Li Ke was busy for two or three days before returning to Chang'an City. He was in the mood and had time to continue. Visit Tan Chun Tower.
However, this visit made Li Ke a little surprised. The flow of people in Tanchun Tower was obviously much less, mainly because the people Li Ke could probably recognize were no longer there. Most of them were first-class merchants. figure.
Li Ke scanned the entire Tanchun Building and finally found someone he knew. After hesitating, Li Ke walked over.
Seeing Li Ke coming, the other party quickly stood up. Before the other party saluted, Li Ke saluted first: "Uncle Ten."
"His Royal Highness King Qin." The other party also hurriedly returned the greeting to Li Ke. This person was none other than King Xu Li Yuanli, Li Shimin's younger brother and Li Ke's tenth uncle. He was born in the same year as Li Ke and was one month younger than Li Ke.
"Sit down." Li Ke greeted, and then sat down directly, "Uncle Ten has not returned to Xuzhou yet?"
Li Yuanli is currently serving as the governor of Xuzhou. He is still in Chang'an City at this time, so he must be involved in something.
"I will return to Xuzhou in two days. This time I am returning to Beijing to pick up my mother." Li Yuanli said. For Li Ke, Li Yuanli was actually somewhat grateful in his heart. Although he is the younger brother of the current emperor, in fact, his younger brother has no relationship with Li Shimin. He was granted the title of King Xu and granted seventy households.
From this seal, we can see how miserable it is. It is not even as good as many ministers, or even far worse.
Li Ke held a meeting for all the clans before. Although he did not come to Chang'an, in fact, the decision of the entire clan made him feel relieved.
Although King Xu is not a very big prince, he is still a prince to the outside world. A prince always has to have some etiquette of his own, but it is really not easy to support a family.
The Datang Trust planned by Li Ke is of great benefit to a prince like him. The partial dividends given every year are estimated to be more than his own first-class salary.
"Oh, Xuzhou is a good place. It has been an important grain-producing area of our Chinese Dynasty since ancient times. The most important thing is that Xuzhou borders the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea to the east. There are many high-quality outlets on it. The Bohai Shipyard is in Xuzhou. I think Uncle Ten should also I know." Li Ke said.
"Yes. Your Highness knows Xuzhou very well." Li Yuanli glanced at Li Ke with some surprise. Although he was an elder, he certainly knew what Li Ke's status was now, and naturally he would not regard himself as an elder.
"Well, in this way, after Uncle Shi returns to Xuzhou this time, in addition to the Bohai Shipyard, he will look for a few more natural and excellent ports along the coast of Xuzhou. I will send people to build them." Li Ke confessed, in fact, he was People who come to visit brothels don’t want to talk about state affairs.
The problem is that he and Li Yuanli have only met a few times, really only a few times. If he wants to get closer, he must first talk in a direction where he can find common topics. As for Li Yuanli, there are many records in history, and he later ranked among the three nobles in the Li Zhi Dynasty, which proves that he has abilities.
Moreover, since he is from the clan, he can naturally be regarded as one of Li Ke's own. Under the common interest of Datang Trust, he and Li Ke are naturally co-interested parties.
"Yes." Li Yuanli said softly.
Although this is a brothel, when Li Ke and Li Yuanli sat down, many people around them consciously stayed away.
"That's all the basic things. For specific things, I will write a letter to Uncle Ten when the time comes." Li Ke said with a smile.
"No problem." Li Yuanli smiled and cupped his hands.
"Okay, I came out today to relax and not talk about state affairs, but Uncle Ten knows why there are so few people in Tanchunlou all of a sudden?" Li Ke looked around and smiled and asked the question he wanted to ask.
"To be honest, I don't know much about it, but I heard that many families have called back their descendants. Is it related to your actions?" Li Yuanli shook his head, and then said tentatively, Things in the court are naturally not secrets, and such a big movement cannot be a secret.
What's more, these things will be published directly in the "Datang Weekly" in two days and will be made public to the outside world.
"Hmm." Li Ke thought for a moment and waved his hand to summon a guard.
"Your Highness." Bao Xing, the new commander of Li Ke's bodyguard, came over immediately.
"Go and ask someone to find out why there are so few people here and what the children of each family are doing." Li Ke asked directly.
"yes."
Li Ke asked people to investigate, so Li Yuanli naturally didn't say anything. The two of them soon began to quietly appreciate the performance of the young ladies in Tanchunlou.
In about an hour, Bao Xing came back. He whispered directly in Li Ke's ear: "Your Highness, the children of these powerful families have been recalled to their own homes in the past two days. It is said that each family has given them their own places. They are taught free of charge in the school, and in addition, they are also asked to study seriously with some new arithmetic teachers in the school, as well as some teachers who teach geography and physics."
"Others who have reached the rank of first-level and have pretty good knowledge, but who have no more job arrangements for the time being, have all returned to their own families. I heard that at least hundreds or thousands of people have left Chang'an City in the past few days."
After listening to Bao Xing's words, Li Ke paused for a moment, and then felt a little emotional in his heart.
To be honest, although he is on the opposite side of the powerful family, it has to be said that there is a reason why these families can be passed down for thousands of years. This sensitivity alone is not comparable to that of ordinary literati.
How is everything going in the court? But these families have begun to hurry up and let their family disciples learn this new knowledge. This learning progress alone is much higher than that of ordinary people.
To put it harshly, Li Ke's idea was good. He wanted to cultivate a large number of ordinary scholars, but in the next ten years, these ordinary scholars could only serve as officials and servants in some places.
To be able to become an official, it will take at least fifteen years, which also needs to take into account the genius of ordinary scholars.
In fifteen years, how many educated children can a wealthy family and a merchant family produce? The children of these people don't have to worry about making a living. They study far longer than ordinary people. This is winning at the starting line.
