"Isn't he afraid of the Nangong family's rebellion?" Liu Qingge asked.
"How do you know that he doesn't intend to let his youngest son directly take over the imperial power? But he still wants to restrict it more. After the balance of all parties, it will be worn away little by little."
After hearing Liu Xiangchen's analysis, Liu Qingge understood Emperor Song Ming's plan.
Leng Wushuang was equivalent to giving Emperor Song Ming a great gift. With him in Zhongzhou, it could be said that there were no worries about foreign invasion.
But even if Emperor Song Ming wanted to use Leng Wushuang, he couldn't trust Leng Wushuang.
He could only win over Leng Wushuang with her name as the crown princess.
Emperor Ming of the Song Dynasty was really good at planning. He wanted to get rid of the Xia family, so he made her the princess in name only.
In order to stabilize Zhongzhou, he personally gave her to Leng Wushuang.
Emperor Ming of the Song Dynasty was indeed good at calculating, but it was extremely pathetic. He had been planning for a long time, and there was no one around him who he could truly trust.
"Uncle, the current situation in Zhongzhou is like this, what are our next plans?"
"Waiting for opportunities to expand outward."
"What does this mean?"
"Didn't you negotiate with Yunnan and Guizhou before? We can just use Yunnan and Guizhou's supplies to trade with neighboring countries. At least when I went to Nanqi, I just wanted to do business with Nanqi. There is no ban in Zhongzhou, but there is a lack of teams to escort business travelers all the way. Now with the addition of Yunding Mountain, those green forests will definitely be afraid."
Liu Qingge didn't expect that she just thought about the first step, and Liu Xiangchen had already thought about the second and even the third step.
"Zhongzhou will be in chaos sooner or later, and we really need to transfer industries out as soon as possible." Liu Qingge agreed.
Southern Qi is a neutral country and is indeed the most suitable for doing business.
But to expand Nanqi's business, someone must stay in Nanqi for a long time.
She thought for a moment and asked: "Uncle, I still need my uncle to take charge of the affairs of Tianji Pavilion. Nan Qi must send someone there. Does my uncle have someone to choose?"
"This is also the purpose of my coming back this time. We have Li Mengxue in Beijing, Lu Renjia in Yunnan and Guizhou, and there is no one to send in Southern Qi. So I want to ask Ge'er, can you take over Tianji Pavilion, and wait until I have trained a few people in Southern Qi? The capable person will allow Nan Qi to be completely stabilized before we can talk about anything else."
When Liu Qingge heard Liu Xiangchen's proposal, he felt that he had indeed judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain before.
"Uncle, I'm not afraid -"
"If Ge'er can really take over Tianji Pavilion, I will be happy and relaxed. But Ge'er, those old foxes in Tianji Pavilion are not as simple as you doing business. They are all better than the others. Be mentally prepared. In a few days, I will go to Nanqi."
Oil?
How much oil can there be?
Can you be more oily than your little uncle?
Seeing Liu Qingge's confused look, Liu Xiangchen smiled and said, "You will know then."
"Then what do I need to do?" Feng Qingge asked.
"In fact, you don't need to do anything. Just wait for them to report every day. Important information and unimportant information will be sorted out when they are sent. You will have to screen it again when you read it. Some intelligence will still be submitted. Go to His Majesty. I will leave in three days."
Doesn't it sound like that difficult? !
Three days later, Liu Qingge looked at the pile of secret reports on the table, twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Ada, is this a one-day secret report?"
"This is for three days."
Liu Qingge breathed a sigh of relief.
But after thinking about it carefully, I felt something was wrong. This meant that Liu Xiangchen did nothing for three days!
this……
Liu Qingge held up his forehead and glanced at Tianji Pavilion manager A Dadao: "Is it really okay for Tianji Pavilion to be directly in the downtown area?"
Ah Da gave Liu Qingge a blank look: "There is no need for any information in the deep mountains and old forests."
Before coming here, Liu Qingge had thought about some of the cool mechanisms in Tianji Pavilion, but she didn’t expect that Tianji Pavilion was just across the street from Qingfeng Building, and the store was a large antique store. Even Feng Qingge had visited this antique store. .
Although Liu Qingge felt uncomfortable being directly despised, he had to admit that it was indeed more clever to use an antique store to disguise this idea.
After all, the Liu family is not involved in brothels or gambling dens, and the antique shop is a business that can be done by all kinds of people, so no one will be suspicious when they come and go.
"Ada, how much information can Tianji Pavilion receive in one day?"
Ah Da made an estimate with his hands: "There are about a dozen letters of important information sent to the capital, about thirty of the secondary ones, and about three hundred of the general records."
"There are just so many people going to Beijing, so all the Tianji pavilions from all over the country are collected and given to my little uncle?"
"Yes."
No wonder the uncle said it could lighten his burden. It would take most of a day to read the information alone.
Although each message is short, there are so many!
Now that she has taken over Tianji Pavilion, every branch of Tianji Pavilion must report information to her.
This is much larger than the previous abacus head.
Liu Qingge thought for a while and said, "I want to bring two shadow guards in. I wonder if that's okay."
"This -" Ah Da hesitated a little. After all, in such a confidential place as Tianji Pavilion, no outsiders have ever been to it except for the previous pavilion masters and the core people.
Liu Qingge said: "These four people are my confidants, and the secrets of Tianji Pavilion must pass through their hands."
"Well, if the young master says so, let them come in too."
After seeing Ah Da's permission, Feng Qingge called all the four shadow guards over.
Simply divide the thick pile into four parts, Liu Qingge pointed and said, "One for each person, organize it according to the information you reported to me before, and keep the most important information."
"yes."
Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high, and soon there were only a few thick hills left.
Ah Da looked at Liu Qingge who was drinking tea leisurely, and his face turned dark again.
"Young Master, all the information has been sorted out."
Liu Qingge took it and glanced briefly:
The first one is the news that Feng Yu abused Feng Jiutian. What is even more exciting is that Feng Jiutian is pregnant. It has not yet been determined whether the child is Feng Yu's or the eldest prince Rong Jingyu's.
The second one is that although Qian Chuxue was betrothed to Song Jingrong, Rong Jingyu is no longer the crown prince. Qian Shangshu wants to reject the marriage and even wants to marry a concubine instead.
The third point is that the Zhao Wang family's acquisition in Yungui has gone smoothly and they can already supply goods.
Except for these few items related to her, the rest are the secrets of the ministers of the DPRK.
But one thing caught Feng Qingge's special attention. The Shangguan family wanted to marry Song Jingxiu, the only daughter of Emperor Song Ming.
Feng Qingge remembered that not long after Song Jingxiu married into the Shangguan family in her previous life, Song Jingxiu was bullied and died in depression.
Although Song Jingxiu was the only daughter of Emperor Song Ming, Emperor Song Ming favored sons over daughters and did not pay much attention to this daughter.
In addition, Song Jingxiu's mother's family was from a humble background. Although her mother was one of the few concubines of Emperor Ming of Song Dynasty who had children, she is still only a talented person so far.
Seeing Liu Qingge staring at a piece of information for a long time, Cuizhu asked, "Young Master, did you see any useful information?"
Liu Qingge shook his head and said: "No, why would the Liu family negotiate this marriage for their legitimate son? If the legitimate son becomes the consort, he will not be reused and will only get a sinecure."
"Shangguan Xicheng is uneducated and has no official career so far. If he doesn't marry a royal family member and get an official position, I'm afraid this title will have to be given to a concubine."
"Oh? How many official titles does the concubine have now?" Liu Qingge asked curiously.
"I heard that he is a fifth-grade cabinet scholar, named Shangguan Xizhi."
Although the cabinet bachelor's rank is not high, he holds real power. He can reach the fifth rank in his early twenties, and he can be regarded as a rare talent.
What's more, it is not easy for a concubine who is not favored by a powerful family to climb up to the cabinet bachelor's degree step by step.
"He is indeed a talented person. I wonder what Shangguan Xizhi's character is like?"
"Everyone is full of praise for him, and he is polite and humble to his servants."
After listening to Cuizhu's description, she was indeed a little curious about Guan Xizhi.
After all, the person who is praised by everyone naturally has his own merits. What is equivalent is that this person is ambitious enough.
Precisely because he is ambitious and has a low status, it means that this person must be ambitious enough.
After thinking for a moment, Liu Qingge had an idea.
So far, Emperor Song Ming has not announced her entry into the palace, but it doesn't matter, she has not been abolished as the crown princess. Emperor Song Ming himself promised her that she could enter and exit the palace freely before making her the crown princess that day.
Not summoned?
That's when she enters the palace.
Not long after, Feng Liuge made preparations and returned to the palace.
As soon as she returned to the palace, the eunuch sent a message: "Princess, His Royal Highness wants to see you."
Liu Qingge was stunned for a moment, then thought that the crown prince was her nominal future husband, and it was normal for him to want to meet her.
Immediately she followed the eunuch into the East Palace.
When Song Jingshu saw Liu Qingge, there was a bit of surprise on his face. He smiled innocently and said, "Ge'er, you are finally willing to enter the palace."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Liu Qingge bowed.
Seeing this, Song Jingshu immediately helped Liu Qingge up and said, "You and I don't need to be so polite in private."
"Etiquette cannot be discarded. You are His Highness the Crown Prince after all. The order of the head of the Liu family only exempts you from the etiquette of kneeling down. The most basic etiquette is still required." Compared with Song Jingshu's enthusiasm, Liu Qingge seemed a bit indifferent and indifferent. Alienation.
Song Jingshu was as passionate as a fire, but when faced with the ice cube of Liu Qingge, no matter how passionate the fire was, it was extinguished in an instant: "Father said that he made you the crown princess at that time, but it was forced by the situation. If you don't want to, I can't force you, I don't know Ge'er——"
Before Song Jingshu could finish speaking, Liu Qingge interrupted: "I don't want to."
He refused so cleanly without any hesitation. If his position as the prince was not partly due to the Liu family, he really suspected that Liu Qingge liked his third emperor brother.
But judging from Liu Qingge's appearance, she was not interested in anyone.
The future mother of a country did not attract her at all.
"Well, I won't force you. I will never set foot in your palace without your permission."
Liu Qingge thanked him: "Thank you, Your Highness."
"It is said that Brother Three Emperors has arrived in Western Shu. There is also the Nangong family in Western Shu. I am afraid that my position as the prince is not secure." Song Jingshu frowned and could not relax.
"Then His Royal Highness"
