Li Qiao: "..."
Sheng Hong's understanding and reasonableness are really precious.
But he hasn't found a suitable origin for Cement yet...
Sheng Hong didn't say anything else and just asked him to continue eating. After lunch, he quickly finished processing the remaining items.
Sheng Hong asked him to leave the palace, first go to the training camp in the east of the city to select guards, and then go see the Peng family's house.
The Peng family was the mother's family of the current empress. Although there were no real high-ranking officials in the family, the house occupied a large area. The whole house had five entrances and four east-west courtyards, and the area of each courtyard was the same as his own. My current home is about the same size as a four-in-one house.
This is a real mansion.
This geographical location and this area could definitely be sold for millions of taels in Shengjing, and now Sheng Hong directly rewarded him!
When he met this wise king, God really favored him.
He returned home with six guards and shared the good news with everyone. After hearing this, everyone was pleasantly surprised.
Especially Zheng Qianqian, regardless of her body, jumped on the spot several times, which frightened Li Dashan who was beside him and hugged him quickly.
Tao Zhu's eyes were astonishingly bright. He had been worrying about his new house recently, but now that it was better, he no longer had to worry.
The Peng family's house is enough to accommodate his large family.
"Does the house need a lot of changes?" he asked Li Qiao.
"It's not too much, but it doesn't matter if it's more, because there are actually five houses. We can move there first and slowly rebuild them one by one."
Li Qiao said with a smile.
"Then let's move there first."
Tao Zhu said without hesitation.
The Peng family residence is close to the palace. Li Qiao can save a lot of time when he goes to work and goes home every day. With the time saved, Li Qiao can sleep a little longer and stay at home a little longer.
And it's safe.
There is the First Prince's Mansion in front and the Seventh Prince's Mansion next to it. All around are the residences of high-ranking officials and relatives of the emperor. The public security in the area is second only to the palace.
Because of Li Qiao's previous confession, he hadn't gone out for a long time.
He doesn't have to go out, but Li Xiaorui and his two cubs want to go out, so they have to yell every day.
If they move to the Peng family's house, the three little guys will have enough space to play even if they don't go out.
"Okay, you go and check out the house tomorrow."
Li Qiao immediately gave Tao Zhu the key to Peng's house.
Today he selected six young men with good skills from Sheng Hong's training camp, plus more than ten people from Li Dao, enough to protect the safety of Tao Zhu and his party.
Well... let's call these six new boys Li Bujin, Li Bufa, Li Xue, Li Er, Li Bu, and Li Yan!
The next day, when Tao Zhu led his family and guards to see their new home, Li Qiao went to court as usual.
Rarely, Sheng Hong's face didn't look bad or wilted today, and he seemed to be back to his former self.
Sheng Hong announced a big news.
A country cannot live without a prince for a day.
Therefore, he will give some difficult problems to several princes in the next few years. Every time the princes solve a difficult problem, they will receive an imperial edict of appreciation.
Whoever gets the most imperial edicts will be the prince.
If something happens to him during this period, the ministers can establish the prince according to the number of imperial decrees.
However, his father has a veto power.
This world was conquered by his father. If anyone wants to be the prince, he must obtain his father's consent.
Sheng Hong's words were like a cannonball thrown into the calm lake, instantly causing thousands of waves.
This is so sudden!
Before today, who would have thought that Sheng Hong would have such a trick?
Li Qiao didn't expect Sheng Hong to throw a cannonball directly. Looking at Sheng Hong's recent state, he thought it would take some time for Sheng Hong to get out of his depression.
As for the matter of the prince, it is far away.
But who knew that Sheng Hong would announce the rules today.
However, it sounds feasible.
This method is fair.
And it was very thoughtful.
With this method, the ministers only need to watch a few princes show off their skills from now on, and no longer have to take sides like before.
Sheng Hong acted swiftly and neatly. When the surprise in the hall subsided, he announced the first question he had given to the princes:
Solve the problem of difficulties in importing taxes and grain into Beijing.
This question was the same as the question in the general examination. Obviously, he was not satisfied with the answers of many examples.
Li Qiao lowered his eyes, a little surprised.
Sheng Hong is really persistent about this matter.
It seems that it must be solved.
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Chapter 176 Xu Ying and Xin Zhi were promoted, Li Qiao moved, and the Seventh Prince stood still.
Sheng Hong threw this cannonball, causing all the officials to focus their attention on the remaining princes.
To be precise, the second prince, the fourth prince, and the sixth prince.
As Li Qiao analyzed before, the eldest prince is in poor health and must be ruled out first.
The seventh prince acted too domineeringly and his methods were too vicious, offending most of the civil and military officials in the dynasty and eliminating them.
However, although they don't have to take sides as eagerly as before, the officials must have a preference in their hearts. They want the prince who is close to them to be in power.
But the problem raised by Sheng Hong...is said to be easy to solve, and it is indeed easy to solve. As long as you have enough money, you can simply and crudely lay blue bricks, adobe bricks, and bluestone slabs on all official roads. In this way, the tax revenue will be reduced. Entering Beijing is much easier.
But the key is, who has the financial resources?
In a place close to Shengjing, if you are cruel and grit your teeth, you can turn the dirt road into a brick road or a stone road.
But some houses in the south are so far away from Shengjing that it takes more than half a year to travel there. If such a long distance were to be paved with brick or stone roads, the amount of money spent would be astronomical.
Let alone an individual, not even the national treasury can support it.
If the roads are not paved with bricks or stone slabs, how can we solve the problem of tax and grain imports into Beijing?
Not only a few princes are thinking about this matter, but also hundreds of officials are thinking about this problem, but this does not include Li Qiao.
He was busy moving.
The two courtyards to the west of the Peng family's mansion are in the Jiangnan garden style. Tao Zhu, Zheng Qianqian and others have never lived in a courtyard of this style. They all like it so much that they plan to move after seeing the mansion.
Of course, Li Qiao listened to his family's advice and moved there first, and then rebuilt the yard.
It only took the family two days to move from the old house in the north of the city to the new house in the east of the city. The Peng Mansion hanging on the door was changed to Li Mansion.
After moving into his new home, Li Qiao invited friends over to celebrate.
The fourth month of the lunar calendar is the season when vegetation is luxuriant and flowers are in full bloom. The west courtyard of Loi Mansion has red flowers and green willows, and the sun is shining brightly. Li Qiao asked people to set up barbecue stalls and hot pot stalls under the willow trees next to the pond.
It would be early summer, and the temperature was not very high. Everyone gathered around the stove to eat these two kinds of food, and they didn't feel hot.
"Brother Li, you are changing residences so quickly. You have been a capital official for three years and have changed residences three times. I admire you. I admire you so much, little brother."
Xin Zhi stood by the pond holding a few skewers of pork belly. While looking at the koi swimming in the pond, he sighed to Li Qiao, who was sitting next to him.
He has seen the world, but this is the first time he has seen Brother Li's rapid rise!
The people at the same table all laughed after hearing this.
"No, but this time I got it right in one step. This house is really good, and I will definitely not change it again in the future."
Xu Ying said and stretched out the bunch of grilled mushrooms in her hand towards Li Qiao: "Come here, touch it and feel your joy."
"I'll touch it too!"
Meng Yue immediately raised the mutton skewers in her hand.
He didn't ask for a promotion, he asked for a good ending between him and the Seventh Prince!
Zhuang Wen definitely couldn't lag behind. It didn't matter whether he was promoted or not, but he was willing to take part in Li Qiao's happiness!
"Touch, touch." He hurriedly picked up a bunch of grilled fish fillets from the plate.
"Come on, come on." Xin Zhi quickly stretched out the pork belly in his hand.
"OK, OK, OK, bump, bump, everyone is happy."
Li Qiao raised the shrimp skewers in his hand and touched them one by one.
After touching it, he said to Zhuang Wen: "Brother Wen, it's time for you to consider changing your house."
Zhou Yun gave birth to a fat boy some time ago. The Zhuang family has asked the Han family caravan to deliver a letter, saying that she will come to the capital this year to visit.
Now Zhuang Wen lives in a courtyard with three entrances, which is small, but not small.
If the villagers came over, they would be able to accommodate themselves if they squeezed in.
However, Li Ping's son Zhuang Fang has been admitted as a scholar and may come to Shengjing to study. Moreover, the manor has not yet been married. Once they are married, the current house will definitely not be enough to live in.
"I have this plan, but the matter is serious and I have to discuss it with my family."
Zhuang Wendao.
The fourth-level house was more expensive than the third-level house. He had to discuss such a large sum of money with his family.
