In Xingqing Palace, Li Chengqi summoned Gao Lishi.

"This time the inner warehouse has gained a lot!"

Li Chengqi asked with a smile: "Can you reveal to me how much wealth is Wang Dongdu?"

"According to preliminary statistics, there are about 900,000 guan."

"Only 900,000 yuan? More than that! He has been a pirate for so many years and has sold private salt for ten years. He should have at least four or five million yuan in wealth!"

"If there are so many real estates added, his fort house would cost millions of yuan. There are more than a dozen mansions, more than forty shops, three wharves, seven manors, and two fleets. However, these real estates cannot all belong to the inner treasury. The emperor means that part of Wang Dongdu's property will still belong to the prince."

This is what Li Chengqi means when he finds Gao Lishi. He finds 30% of the tax, but you take the wealth of Wang Dongdu and Maitreya Sects by yourself. Is this true?

Li Chengqi also has a private treasury similar to the inner treasury, called Juku, which of course is not entirely for him to enjoy personally. Some of the royal expenses that were loyal to him, the expenses of his descendants, and the rewards of wives, concubines and relatives must be paid from this.

The court could not give him money, so he had to find money by himself, farms, shops, mining and other industries.

Yan Xiao and Maitreya have made countless money, how could he let Li Longji take it alone?

"Wang Dongdu's wealth can be discussed slowly, but what about the wealth of Maitreya?"

"Reporting to the prince, the Maitreya Cult has not much wealth. The main reason is that they spend too much money to support 8,000 troops and have to support thousands of believers. They only got more than 500,000 guan of copper coins from the Maitreya Cult, and there was not much real estate, mainly salt fields, but the salt fields have been requisitioned for free by the Salt and Iron Prison. The emperor's intention was to give 200,000 guan to the prince. After selling the real estate, half of the money they received."

Li Chengqi is quite satisfied with this plan.

He asked again with a smile: "This time the 38 Lang returned to Beijing, how do the emperor plan to reward him?"

"He solved both major cases this time, including Jiang Shidu's family destruction case, which was indeed done by Wang Dongdu. The evidence was conclusive, and the 3.5 million jin of taxes were also recovered. The emperor wanted to discuss with the prince whether he could be promoted to two levels and granted a marquis."

How much money is given to Li Xiu is a small problem. The key is the title. If you are promoted twice in a row, you need to approve the Regent."

Li Chengqi pondered for a moment and said, "In just three months, he was promoted from baron to earl and then to marquis. This is not allowed by the system. Of course, if the system is slightly modified and one more is added, those who have made great contributions can be promoted continuously at their discretion. With this regulation, even if it is promoted in an extraordinary way, there is a basis."

The amendment of the system requires the voting of the Political Affairs Hall.

Gao Lishi understood what Li Chengqi meant, and to raise the threshold, it was necessary to exchange conditions.

"What the emperor means, if the prince has any requirements, he can consider it together."

"Haha! Since the Lord said this, I remembered something. Mr. Gao also knew that only the eldest son of my legitimate son could be granted a prince, but since the eldest son of my legitimate son, my son actually has no prince. I hope to add another prince."

Li Chengqi said as if he had suffered a loss. In fact, his eldest son Li Feng was not only the prince, but also inherited the title of King Ning.

Li Chengqi just wanted to win another title of prince for his son.

Of course, Gao Lishi knew it well. He asked with a smile: "I wonder which prince is more concerned about?"

"The seventh son of the old age, Li Xun, is my most shrewd and capable son. I once considered letting him be his heir. He is now the Prince of Tong'an County, which is Shuzhou. I hope to make him the King of Shu."

"Our family dare not make decisions about this matter, our family will ask the emperor for instructions!"

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After listening to Gao Lishi's statement, Li Longji did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought.

What he thought of was not that Li Chengqi wanted to give Li Xun a princely title. This was not a big problem. The key was why Li Chengqi wanted to give Li Xun a princely title.

Does this mean that Prince Li Feng’s status is unstable?

Li Chengqi might have wanted to strengthen his own strength and have another right-hand man, but he did not consider the feelings of the prince Li Feng, nor did he think of Li Xun's ambitions.

Lee Longji saw an opportunity. Although this opportunity was still looming, if handled properly, it would sooner or later become the beginning of the Regent's failure.

Thinking of this, Li Longji said: "If this great victory in Yangzhou is not supported by the emperor, I will not be able to send troops and there will be no final victory. The emperor's achievements cannot be erased. I agree to be the title of King Li Xun."

Gao Lishi took the opportunity to say, "Mother is noble by her son, and Thirty-eight Lang makes great contributions. Can his mother also improve her status?"

Li Longji knew Wu Xianyi's innocence very well, and it also made him feel guilty about Wu Xianyi. He had been drinking Wu Xianyi's medicine for taking care of his body during this period, and he was also considering the opportunity to be promoted to her.

Since the regent Lee Chengqi's power withdrew from the palace, the rewards of the concubines had nothing to do with the regent, but Lee Longji had to consider the feelings of other concubines, especially Wu Huifei.

So even if he wants to improve his martial arts etiquette, he needs sufficient reasons.

Gao Lishi reminded him that this was indeed a good opportunity.

Li Longji pondered for a moment and said, "You can consider appointing her as a concubine!"

Gao Lishi was shocked. Wu Xianyi is only a sixth-grade treasure forest now. There are talented people above the treasure forest, there are beauty above the talented people, and there are concubines above the beauty.

Isn’t this too fast to be promoted from a sixth-grade treasure to a third-grade concubine?

However, Gao Lishi changed his mind and said that Wu Xianyi was not improved, but restored. Even if he directly restored to Xianyi, it was understandable.

It is estimated that the emperor originally wanted to restore his virtuous character, but he was afraid that the people in the palace would oppose it, so he slowed down and recovered to Concubine Jie first.

"Your Majesty's clarity!"

Li Longji waved his hand, "Rewards are all small things. What I care most about is the reaction of the Yuan family. The Yuan family is very quiet now. Since they have not come to apologize or protest, it seems that Yangzhou has nothing to do with the Yuan family. My dear friends find a way to inquire about what the Yuan family is?"

"I understand!"

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Yuan Biao fell ill.

The joint attack between the emperor and the regent made the Yuan family's interests in Yangzhou completely eradicated.

Of course, Yuan’s family still has many shops, docks, and fleets in Yangzhou.

But these commercial interests cannot replace the benefits gained by power.

But the reason why Yuan Biao fell ill was that his son Yuan Zhen was not good enough and actually ran back at a critical moment, which was equivalent to handing over Yangzhou to someone else.

Therefore, the commander Ma Hongyuan was killed, the Sima Liu Zhan in Yangzhou was suspended for investigation, Jiangdu County Magistrate Jiang Hua, county Magistrate Wu Wenyi was dismissed, and Gaoyou County Magistrate Wang Miao committed suicide.

Hangzhou Governor Li Yan was dismissed from office and Chuzhou Governor Yu You were transferred to Liuzhou.

All of this was completed in just a few days, like a storm. The court was prepared and was waiting for this opportunity to come.

Therefore, Yuan Zhen's escape made the Yuan family unable to support the Jianghuai River and collapsed instantly. How could Yuan Biao not get angry? Of course he fell ill?

In the room, the third son Yuanjin was persuading his father Yuanbiao.

"It's time for this, and it's useless for my father to be angry. The key is to find the reason and avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future!"

Yuan Biao sighed, "It's still the wrong employment of people. I misread Yuan Zhen. It used to be because of his aide Xie Yaozong supporting him behind his back, so he seemed very capable. But once Xie Yaozong died, Yuan Zhen's cowardly and incompetent nature would be exposed. If I had seen this earlier, I wouldn't have let him sit in Yangzhou."

"Father, I think there is still something wrong with our direction of running Yangzhou. We should not rely too much on the Yan Xiao. A force like the Maitreya Cult that cannot be put on the table, especially the evil forces, which are easily caught by the court. This time, the emperor and the regent used their army to suppress Yangzhou, but none of the officials of the court supported the Yuan family. Why? It's just that it's not right! Who do you think will oppose suppressing Yan Xiao and attack cults?"

"What else can I mean by saying this now? The key is what to do next?"

"Father, on the contrary, we have to support the court in cracking down on the Yan Xiao and Maitreya Cult, and we must draw a clear line with them. In addition, Yuan Zhen will resign! The court did not directly dismiss Yuan Zhen, but was giving us face! We must be ungrateful, otherwise a disaster will come sooner or later."

These words made Yuan Biao feel very uncomfortable. Yangzhou deserved the merit of supporting him. How could the transformation to seize the sect without leading his own army to prevent the Shen Ce army from entering the palace? This was also the promise of the Supreme Emperor.
Chapter completed!