At this moment, the regret in Li Qiao's heart reached its peak.
If only the Seventh Prince were truly a man, he would be willing to assist a wise king like the Seventh Prince.
When the seventh prince saw Li Qiao, he asked Shen Hua to accompany Xu Ying to eat, and he motioned to Li Qiao to follow him to his office in the Ministry of Justice.
Take a seat and serve tea.
The seventh prince stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the point.
"Yesterday's family dinner, after several brothers toasted to their father and grandfather, they gathered together in twos and threes to chat casually."
"My eldest brother and I are sitting together. My eldest brother is weak and my father has always loved him. Logically speaking, he should have a share in good things like the new dock on the Grand Canal."
"I deliberately mentioned the Grand Canal to my eldest brother, but who knew that my eldest brother was actually not interested in the Grand Canal."
"I talked loudly and attracted several other brothers, so the topic turned to the Grand Canal."
"The third brother and the fifth brother have never dealt with each other. The fifth brother worked hard for the British Duke, and the third brother also wanted to get a share of the Grand Canal. The two soon started mocking each other. My father noticed our movements and asked what happened. ”
At this point, the Seventh Prince paused. He picked up the tea bowl and asked Li Qiao: "I mentioned to you before that all the new docks on the Grand Canal have been occupied by high-ranking officials and nobles. Do you think this is good? What?"
Li Qiao was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head: "No. Originally, the lower official's proposal was that the highest bidder would get it, but now these people, relying on their status, do not give other big businessmen a chance, then it is not the highest bidder."
"With fewer people competing, the money these people pay will be less, and naturally less money will flow into the national treasury."
According to his idea, the one with the highest price will win. Under competition, the person who finally wins the ownership of the new wharf will definitely pay much more than the actual amount spent.
This extra money will definitely go into the national treasury.
But if you do this now, you probably won't have the extra money.
"That's right." The Seventh Prince nodded when he heard this. He took a few sips of tea, and then said: "These people are very shrewd. They only want to take advantage and are not willing to suffer losses. If you let them pay, they will definitely start again in the future. Go to the dock and grab double the money back."
"So, I suggested to my father, let's have a fair competition. Whoever pays more money can get the new dock."
The Seventh Prince sighed as he spoke: "You also know that the national treasury is empty, so my proposal is considered to be on my father's heart."
"So my father is going to summon all the wealthy businessmen, important ministers, and nobles in the capital to the palace and let them have a public bidding."
"My father will bear all the consequences. Anyone who is called into the palace can bid boldly without worrying about retaliation afterwards."
"The time is set for the fourth day of the lunar month. You can choose a place before anyone else bids."
"This grace was given to you by my father on his own initiative. I just mentioned that I should not miss you. You are Li Wanwan, but today my father gave you such a grace."
"I see."
Li Qiao was suddenly enlightened and quickly thanked the seventh prince.
Then there was some worry: "Your proposal will offend all the ministers and dignitaries of the DPRK and China who are interested in a new dock."
Offending everyone with power in one breath, the seventh prince's work is really...
The Seventh Prince waved his hand, not caring at all: "It's originally these people who are wrong. They used their power to occupy all the new docks, and even wanted to build the best route map. I just want to make it more difficult for them."
"However, when I said not to miss you last night, Fifth Brother had no reaction. He must have guessed that I would test him, so he was on guard."
Speaking of this, the seventh prince looked serious.
It seems that as Li Qiao said, in order to successfully frame the case, Lao Wu arranged the matter flawlessly.
Lao Wu, who had always been straight-forward, turned out to be scheming, which made things difficult.
Li Qiao lowered his eyelids and was silent for a moment, then raised his eyes and tentatively asked the seventh prince: "Can I exchange this grace for you? For example, the third prince, as long as the third prince can clear Brother Xu's grievances, then I am willing to transfer this grace to the third prince."
Seventh Prince: "?"
He was surprised at first, and then immediately shook his head: "No, this is a grace given by my father. It cannot be transferred at will."
Li Qiao smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "I understand, I understand."
"Don't be too discouraged. The evidence in this case is too ridiculous and inconsistent with common sense. It's really not certain what the final verdict will be."
The seventh prince said immediately.
The law is dead, but He is alive.
Knowing that he was Li Qiao's backer, he actually set such a trap on Xu Ying. Was this because he wanted to use his hand to convict the innocent Xu Ying?
Think beautifully.
This is not over yet.
The Seventh Prince told Li Qiao not to worry too much about this matter. The person behind it had declared war on him, the Seventh Prince, so Li Qiao didn't have to handle this matter alone. He was here.
The seventh prince's words made Li Qiao really grateful and didn't know what to say.
It was his luck and the people's luck to have a seventh prince like Sheng Ye in Da Sheng.
When I returned home with Shen Hua, it was already dark.
Shen Hua's mood improved again. When he was eating in the prison just now, Xu Ying tried her best to tease him, which made him feel much better.
He couldn't let his cousin worry about him.
He needs to be happy!
Therefore, he did not let Tao Zhu sleep with him at night. He had grown up long ago and was able to handle things. He and his cousin would definitely be able to overcome this hurdle!
Shen Hua insisted not to let Tao Zhu sleep with him, so Tao Zhu returned to the greenhouse.
Because of Xu Ying's incident, although today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zheng Qianqian did not clamor to play cards as before. When Tao Zhu arrived at the greenhouse, only Li Qiao and Li Xia were in the greenhouse with the two children. Play with the cub.
After putting the two cubs to sleep, Tao Zhu and Li Qiao went to take a bath and wash themselves. After they had finished cleaning up, Li Xia went back to find Zhao Shen.
Sitting on the warm Kang, Tao Zhu finally asked Li Qiao what he had been holding back for two days.
By the time Li Qiao finished telling him, the two of them had dried their hair and lay down in bed.
Lying in Li Qiao's familiar arms, Tao Zhu tapped his eyebrows: "Your eyes are all red and bloodshot today. Don't think about it. Go to sleep."
"Yeah." Li Qiao closed his eyes.
He was practicing his superpowers and thinking about other things last night, so his face looked a little bad today.
But how could he sleep?
Although the seventh prince took over the matter, in the final analysis, Xu Ying was in this disaster because of him. He couldn't eat or sleep until he came up with a solution.
Tao Zhu saw that although Li Qiao's eyes were closed, his eyelashes were trembling, and he couldn't help but tighten his lips.
But he didn't say anything, he just hugged Li Qiao tightly.
He knew that Li Qiao was in pain, and there was nothing he could do to help Li Qiao. All he could do was give Li Qiao a hug.
It’s the fourth day of the Lunar New Year in a blink of an eye.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Sheng Hong began to deal with government affairs.
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Chapter 141 Li Qiao tests the fifth prince. There is no Tao Zhu in this chapter. It is purely plot. Awesome, the seventh prince.
Qian San told Li Qiao to enter the palace at Chenshi, which is seven o'clock in the morning.
Li Qiao got on the bullock cart at half past five and slowly headed to the palace.
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year was not considered the official court date. When he arrived at the gate of the inner city, there were only a few oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages parked at the gate.
After getting off the bullock cart, Li Dao was asked to find a place to wait for him, and then he walked into the inner city.
Entering the palace and entering the Tai Chi Hall, there is still a quarter of an hour before Chen hour.
At this time, it was still dark, and a circle of long candles was lit in the Tai Chi Hall, illuminating the entire Tai Chi Hall like daylight.
More than forty people were already waiting in the hall.
These people gathered together in twos and threes. Li Qiao took a quick glance and saw that the seven bachelors of the cabinet were all there, as well as several ministers of the Sixth Ministry. In addition, the six princes who were granted the title of Sheng Jun at the beginning of the dynasty, The five princes are also there.
Moreover, Marquis Wu'an, Xin Zhi's grandfather, was also there.
He couldn't help but be surprised secretly.
Xin Zhi always said that his family's annual income from the fields was only tens of thousands of taels of silver, so he always thought that the Wu'an Hou Mansion was only averagely wealthy.
But now Marquis Wu'an appears here?
After feeling surprised, he went to look at other people. There were more than a dozen people he didn't know. These should be the wealthy businessmen in Shengjing.
The second prince, third prince, fourth prince, and fifth prince are also there.
After sizing them up, Li Qiao stepped forward and first saluted the princes.
Seeing this, the British Duke not far away snorted and walked over.
He was originally standing with several princes. When he came this way, the remaining princes looked at each other and followed him.
When Li Qiao saluted several princes and straightened his back, all six princes stood in front of him.
Smiling slightly, he continued to salute the six princes.
Except for the British Duke, the remaining five Dukes had little to do with Li Qiao. Moreover, these five Dukes were also old and had retired a few years ago. At this time, they had no official positions except for their titles.
For now, on the surface, they have no conflict of interest with Li Qiao. Therefore, facing Li Qiao's salute, these five people had a good attitude and smiled.
The British Duke chuckled, which was regarded as a response to Li Qiao.
Li Qiao's expression remained unchanged, with a respectful look on his face.
The third prince rolled his eyes and asked Li Qiao with a smile: "Master Li, have you thought about which place to choose?"
"Back to the Third Prince, I have already made up my mind." Li Qiao said respectfully.
As soon as these words came out, not only the princes and six princes, but also several cabinet bachelors standing nearby also looked over.
In Dasheng, the cabinet academicians concurrently serve as six ministers. Among the seven academicians today, only one is a minister of the third rank, and the rest are all ministers of the second rank.
The official positions of these seven people are much higher than Li Qiao.
