After dinner, after serving Qin Ming and taking a bath, Qingwan went back to her Qingxin Courtyard to take a bath, and then returned to Qin Ming's small courtyard.
Since her last recognition, Qingwan came to Qin Ming's room again, opened the door as gently as before, took off her pink skirt and got into Qin Ming's quilt.
Perhaps it was because she had had several similar experiences, but Qingwan seemed very familiar with it this time.
Qin Ming felt the familiar body temperature and fragrance, gently held Qingwan's waist, held her in his arms and said:
"Wan'er, why do you come to see the young master tonight?"
Qingwan buried her head on Qin Ming's chest and said with a slightly hoarse voice:
"My maid, today I heard the young master and Mr. Li talk about the resettlement of refugees. It reminds me of the days when my parents and I followed the refugees to Chang'an. Young Master, I miss my father and mother."
Qin Ming looked at Wan'er in his arms with pity, placed his hand gently on Qing Wan's soft hair, and comforted her softly:
"Wan'er, be good. It's the master's fault. He has been busy with Zhuangzi's affairs these days."
"Tomorrow morning, the young master will accompany you to your parents' graves, and we can burn incense for them together, okay?"
Qingwan never imagined that the young master would accompany her to offer incense to her parents, and she couldn't help but be moved.
Some couldn't believe it: "Is it true? Young master is willing to accompany Wan'er to pay homage to his parents?"
"Of course it's true. When did Young Master deceive Wan'er?
Don't worry, we'll set off tomorrow after breakfast. "
Qingwan happily hugged Qin Ming and kissed her, saying:
"Thank you, sir."
Qin Ming was stunned for a moment by the sudden attack, feeling the heat in his arms and looking at Qingwan's face that had not yet opened but was already slightly charming.
I couldn't help but think of Xiao Changxi's enlarged version of her beautiful face, and her body instantly ignited with bursts of flames.
Qingwan's body attached to Qin Ming's body, and she naturally felt Qin Ming's changes.
She glanced at Qin Ming charmingly. Qin Ming no longer suppressed himself. He leaned over and kissed Qing Wan's small mouth, then her slender neck. His hands slowly touched the newly raised hills and back. It's pretty straight up.
Qingwan turned around and got into the quilt without affecting the young master's movements.
After a long time, Qin Ming fell asleep deeply with Qingwan in his arms.
....
Chang'an City, Tai Chi Palace, Li Zheng Palace.
Queen Changsun was sitting in the main hall, talking to a middle-aged man wearing a python robe standing in the hall about the tea frying business.
The middle-aged man in the python robe has a square face and a long beard. Although his eyes are small, they always shine with the slightest light. This man is Li Xiaogong, the prince of Hejian County.
When he was young, he served the Tang Dynasty and made great contributions. However, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, in order not to be suspected by Li Yuan, he voluntarily handed over his military power and has been running various industries. He is the only prince in Chang'an City who has good business affairs. .
This is the basic operation of famous ancient generals and good ministers to tarnish their reputation. Naturally, Li Shimin also knew the purpose of his cousin.
It's just that as an emperor, he is naturally happy to see this kind of thing come to fruition, otherwise his rule will be unstable.
On their way back to the palace, the eldest grandson and Li Shimin had already made arrangements for the eldest grandson to summon Li Xiaogong to discuss the tea frying business.
After returning to the palace, Li Shimin urgently summoned Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Dai Zhou and others to discuss matters in Ganlu Hall to re-formulate the refugee resettlement plan.
At this time, Li Xiaogong had already heard from the Queen about the ins and outs of the fried tea business, and he himself drank this new fried tea.
He is absolutely willing to invest in shares. From his point of view, firstly, being able to run the same industry with His Majesty would give him another communication link with His Majesty, which can be regarded as a kind of interest involvement.
Second, as the middleman of this business, he assisted His Majesty in completing this business. Regardless of whether he could make money in the end, His Majesty and the Queen would definitely appreciate him as a favor.
As for the 3,000 yuan that he needed to pay, he readily agreed. After returning to the palace, he made arrangements to send the money to Qinjiazhuang as soon as possible.
Furthermore, Empress Changsun and Li Xiaogong agreed to sign a contract with Qin Ming in the selected shop in Chang'an City the day after tomorrow, and at the same time, she promised not to reveal her identity in front of Qin Ming.
This made Prince Hejian very curious as to what kind of person he was who did all his business with His Majesty.
And he has to conceal his identity. Could he be some kind of outsider? Thinking like this, he was looking forward to the meeting the day after tomorrow.
Seeing that the matter was settled, the eldest grandson asked Prince Hejian to retreat. He returned to the desk, wrote a letter, and handed it to Yue Chan beside him.
Let her go to Qinjiazhuang with the imperial chef and the craftsmen sent to the Qin Mansion tomorrow, and bring Qin Ming to meet at the shop in Chang'an the day after tomorrow.
....
Taiji Palace, Ganlu Palace
His Majesty Li Shimin, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was sitting behind the dragon table, looking at his ministers in the palace.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, why did that kid Qin Ming come up with such a good plan? Why didn't he and the auxiliary machine and others not think of it?
After the refugee's affairs are arranged, we must find a way to bring him to the court.
Li Shimin saw that everyone had arrived, so he said:
"Dear gentlemen, I wonder if you have any good ideas about the resettlement of the refugees in the past two days?"
Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others all looked at each other, but no one said anything for a long time.
Fang Xuanling stood up at this time and said:
"Your Majesty, now that the treasury is empty, there is really no other way."
"The veteran can only promise that when the time comes, we will do our best to coordinate with various ministries and properly resettle the refugees."
Li Shimin snorted dissatisfiedly, and sighed in his heart again at Qin Ming's intelligence.
Li Shimin glanced at the people in the hall and said:
"I have come up with a good plan for resettling the refugees today, so I have called you here. First, I will discuss it with you to see what details need to be changed. Second, I need your cooperation in the meeting tomorrow."
Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were all stunned when they heard this. Seeing everyone's reaction, Li Shimin didn't hold back any more, so he told him what Qin Ming told him about providing work relief and erecting a monument to commend him.
After listening to Li Shimin's method of resettling the refugees, Fang Xuanling was the first to stand up and respond:
"Old minister, congratulations to Your Majesty for coming up with such a good plan. Now the problem of refugees can be solved."
"I just don't know where the person who gave the advice is now? Which ministry official is he? Why wasn't he invited to come to the palace to discuss politics?"
"Dai Zhou, who is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is also convinced by this strategy, because as long as this strategy is implemented, it is foreseeable that their Ministry of Revenue will no longer have a headache due to the empty treasury."
"The person who gave the advice indirectly helped his household department a lot."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I don't know which colleague it is, but he has solved the most difficult problem in our household department. I have to thank him in person."
Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Wei Zheng and Changsun Wuji also congratulated His Majesty.
However, for Changsun Wuji, once this policy comes out, his contribution to taking the lead in donating money in the past few days may be compromised.
Even according to His Majesty's wishes, I have to come to the court tomorrow morning to erect a monument to commend him.
So his congratulations seemed particularly sour. He even thought that after learning about the person who made the plan, he must secretly give him a stumbling block, otherwise his position may not be guaranteed.
Li Shimin was in a surprisingly good mood when he heard everyone's congratulations. However, he did not reveal Qin Ming's identity. He just glanced at Fang Xuanling and said:
"Well, he has not yet entered the court as an official. I just met him by chance."
As an important counselor of the Tang Dynasty, Fang Xuanling was naturally able to hear the origin of this person from His Majesty's mouth.
Most likely it was the owner of the small village, Qin, whom they visited a few days ago. He also didn't expect Qin Xiaozhuang to be so resourceful.
I couldn't help but think that I would have to visit Qin Ming if I had time in the future, maybe I would get something unexpected.
After a long while, everyone discussed the arrangements for tomorrow's morning court. Li Shimin left Fang Xuanling behind and let the others leave the palace first.
Seeing the others leaving, Fang Xuanling asked:
"Your Majesty, you are keeping me here, but you have something else to do. Can you arrange for me to do it?"
Li Shimin stroked his short beard under his jaw and said:
"Well, Xuan Ling still knows what I mean. There is indeed an important thing to keep you here and I need you to do it."
"Xuan Ling knows, what is the biggest difficulty in resettling the refugees? Why is the money allocated by the court not enough every time?"
Fang Xuanling opened her mouth without hesitation:
"Because a large number of refugees gather together, food prices will rise rapidly."
"And the food provided by the imperial court was not enough to provide relief to the victims, resulting in a large number of refugees starving to death every year."
"Well, what Xuan Ling said is true. I actually have another strategy here, which is specifically aimed at rising food prices. This matter is of great importance."
"I've thought about it a lot, and the only one who can take on this important responsibility is the house servant who shoots you."
Fang Xuanling heard that His Majesty had a way to curb the rise in food prices and hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty, please make it clear."
After Li Shimin told Fang Xuanling in detail the methods Qin Ming mentioned to suppress food prices, he said:
"This is a rough plan. The specific details and performance are up to you, Xuanling, to arrange."
Fang Xuanling considered the entire plan from beginning to end and felt that it was very feasible, so he said:
"This is a very clever plan. I will definitely arrange things properly and never betray His Majesty's trust."
"However, I still have a question. Are these strategies all thought up by that boy Qin Ming?"
Li Shimin didn't hide it, he sighed.
"Yeah, I didn't expect this kid to have such a talent. What's even more surprising to me is that he came up with these strategies with only half a cup of tea."
Fang Xuanling originally thought that these were strategies that Qin Ming had thought about for a long time, but he never expected that he only used them in such a short time.
He couldn't help but admire:
"I'm afraid this son has the qualifications to be a prime minister. If he can become an official in the court and get some training, we will have another good minister in the Tang Dynasty in the future."
Li Shimin was also very happy when he heard Fang Xuanling's evaluation of Qin Ming, but when he thought of Qin Ming, who looked like he didn't want to be an official, he couldn't help stroking his beard and said:
"The prime minister is overrated. That guy looks lazy. I think it still needs some polishing."
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