Linde Hall is Li Longji's inner study room. If he does not handle court affairs in the imperial study room, he will spend most of his time in the inner study room of Linde Hall.

Li Longji is in a very good mood these days. Although he has not been able to get the Salt and Iron Supervision Order, he has received 30% of the salt tax, which means that his inner treasury has a stable source of income.

In fact, the effect is the same. Even if he gets the Salt and Iron Supervision Order, he will not be able to attribute all the salt taxes to himself. After all, it is taxes from the court.

At most, it will be 30% 70% of the time, which is the same as the current ending.

More importantly, after he reached a compromise with the Regent, the game in Yangzhou was completely carried out according to his own wishes and finally achieved his goal.

Li Longji was most afraid of the collusion between the Regent and the Yuan family, which made the situation more complicated and seriously damaged the interests of the court. Only then did Li Longji realize that he had to compromise and tie the interests of the Regent with his own interests.

The Luoyang incident and the Yangzhou crisis can be said to be the two best solved things over the years. If he had added to the previous regaining control of the palace, he had completely made a name for himself in the past few months and even saw hope of regaining the imperial power.

All this comes from the credit of his youngest son. From the surprise of the Niu Xiantong case, to the tentative use of the Luoyang incident, to the full support of the Yangzhou crisis, Thirty-Balang did not disappoint him.

‘There is still a father-son fight to fight tigers!’

This sentence came to Li Longji's mind. After all, it was his own son, so it would be unreliable to replace someone else.

At this time, Li Longji admired the red coral presented to him by Thirty-Balang in the inner study, which was five feet tall. Although he was an emperor, this was the first time he had seen such a tall and perfect red coral.

"Your Majesty, Thirty-Eighth Lang told the Wei minister yesterday that there is also the same red coral on the regent, but he sent it in the name of Li Xun."

"There is still such a thing?"

Li Longji smiled and said, "This kid is smart too! He doesn't show his composure and actually gives the credit to others."

"Yes! I said that Thirty-Balang is becoming more and more mature and understands the way of balance."

Li Longji recognized Li Xiu's approach. This time Yangzhou victory was essentially the result of his true collaboration with the Regent.

Li Xiu gave two identical corals, which means he recognized the achievements of the Regent in the Yangzhou incident.

But it was not that he paid the tribute himself, but that he gave the Regent enough face in the name of Li Xun.

This lays the foundation for the next cooperation.

This is a clever political method, but I didn’t expect that Li Xiu could be familiar with the method at a young age.

It also shows that Li Xiu is very clear and knows the real reason for Yangzhou's victory. He does not think he is complacent if he has made contributions.

It really made Li Longji feel deeply pleased.

"How many rare treasures did this kid catch in private?" Li Longji cursed with a smile.

Gao Lishi observed his expression and saw that Li Longji did not really blame Thirty-Balang.

Gao Lishi smiled and said, "Thirty-Balang has been greedy for money since he was a child, and he is very good in other aspects. You said that he would not take the opportunity to get some rare treasures from Wang Dongdu. I just thought that anyway, the meat is rotten in his own pot, so it doesn't matter."

‘The meat is rotten in his own pot!’ This sentence is very well said. From ancient times to the present, no emperor has hated his son for being corrupt. This is human nature.

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Empress Hui is asking for a meeting!"

"Supreme her come in!"

Soon, Concubine Wu Hui hurried in.

She saw the five-foot-high red coral at first sight, and her appearance was so perfect that she was stunned for a moment.

"What urgent matter is there to find me if my beloved concubine?"

Li Longji knew Concubine Wu Hui very well, and she would not come here to find her if there was nothing to do.

Concubine Wu Hui knelt down and cried, "I heard that the 38-year-old son was promoted from viscount to marquis. His Majesty also rewarded him with 100,000 yuan of money, all of whom were sons, but Mao'er had nothing to do with him and had no hope of promotion. Why do you favor one or the other?"

Concubine Wu Hui didn’t know if Li Xiu made a contribution?

Of course she knew, but she didn't care about these things. As long as she saw the results, I would have them too if others had them. In this case, the emperor would compensate her a little.

Li Longji showed a look of embarrassment on his face. He winked at Gao Lishi. Gao Lishi immediately stepped back tactfully and brought the door with him.

Only Li Longji and Wu Huifei were left in the room. Li Longji sat down and said, "Get up and talk!"

Concubine Wu Hui stood up with tears on her face.

Li Longji felt soft and sighed: "I understand that as a mother cares about her son. Maoer is also my son. I care about him very much. I need money and I can reward her beloved concubine. If you give it to him, these are all small problems. The key is the title. The title has a system. I have done my best to keep the Duke of Maoer County."

Li Longji means that it would be good if the title was not reduced, so don’t expect to be promoted.

"May Thirty-Balang..."

"He was not given by me, but earned by him as a mission. The application submitted by Zongzhengji and I and the Regent approved it."

"Can't your Majesty specifically approve it?"

Of course, Li Longji can be specially approved, but his approval alone cannot be achieved, and the Regent also needs to be specially approved, which involves an issue of interest exchange.

The key is whether Li Mao is worth it or not to exchange for profit.

If Li Mao was wise and powerful, had outstanding talents, and could inherit his great cause, then Li Longji would be willing to do some major interests in exchange for it.

But Li Mao's performance in Luoyang really disappointed Li Longji. It was not his murder, but Li Mao's way and ability to deal with the problem.

He was actually caught by the Regent and had all the evidence, just like killing someone in front of the Regent. If such a son becomes the crown prince, wouldn’t he be killed by the Regent?

Li Longji has already realized that the prince must be better than himself, not only the issue of saving the throne or regaining the imperial power in the future, but also the safety of his own life.

If it is a cowardly and incompetent prince, then the regent will have the motivation to assassinate himself, so that the cowardly prince will take the throne as soon as possible, and create conditions for him to seize the throne next.

On the contrary, if a strong prince is established, the regent will not consider assassinating himself and will continue to rule.

It is precisely because of this enlightenment that Li Longji no longer wants to consider letting Li Mao move into the East Palace.

He also temporarily gave up the idea of ​​changing the prince and waited until the time was right.

Therefore, Li Longji is not willing to pay too much benefit to Li Mao, and it is not worth it.

What's wrong with him being a county magistrate? In the future, it's enough to live a peaceful life.

"My beloved concubine must understand that it has been specially approved to protect the Duke of his county. In order to protect his county, I returned the Dali Temple I obtained to the Regent. So far, I have not been able to explain to the ministers who support me?

If I pay a significant price for him, what do those ministers and the army who support me think? The interests they fought for desperately were used by me to promote their son's title?"

"Your Majesty, Mao'er will enter the Eastern Palace in the future! He is just a county duke now. How can he become the crown prince in the future?"

Li Longji sighed in his heart. He couldn't refuse openly, so he had to vaguely say: "Let's talk about this later!"

"Your Majesty, is Mao'er really no chance to be promoted?" Wu Huifei asked unwillingly.

Li Longji suddenly felt a little bored with Concubine Wu Hui. He had already made herself anxious about her son's affairs. How much did she pay for her son?

But she was not tactful and had to continue to force her. Why didn't she understand herself at all?

Do you owe her?

Li Longji was annoyed and said coldly: "Of course there is a chance to go to Maoer to do the task too!"

Concubine Wu Hui was stunned for a moment. She heard the coldness in the emperor's tone and suddenly realized that she had made a mistake. This time, she might not get the money.

"I know my mistake, I will take my leave!"

She didn't dare to say anything more and stood up and took a break.

Li Longji was upset and had no intention of dealing with the court affairs anymore.

He threw away the imperial pen and said to Gao Lishi: "I want to go to court early today. If you have anything to do, I'll talk about it tomorrow!"

"Where is Your Majesty going?"

Li Longji thought for a while, "Go to Wu Jieyu!"
Chapter completed!