Chapter 213 Don't Think I Don't Know Anything (Ninth)
"Where is the prince?"
Li Shimin was furious.
Because I haven’t seen Li Chengqian’s relationship.
No one in the East Palace dared to respond.
Li Shimin asked again with a straight face:
"Where has this kid gone? Who knows?"
Then someone whispered: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went out with Xu Jingzong in the afternoon, and he hasn't come back yet!"
"What on earth does this kid want to do? He goes out of the palace again and again, what is he doing!"
Li Shimin was very angry.
How long had it passed before Li Chengqian and Xu Jingzong were beaten together?
The two got together again.
In Li Shimin's eyes, this Xu Jingzong is unreliable.
He takes Li Chengqian everywhere with him every day.
There will come a time when Li Chengqian will let him lead him astray.
"Let Kong Yingda come over here. This kid needs to intensify his studies!"
"yes!"
The eunuch went out to summon Kong Yingda, but Li Shimin sat there, gloomy.
At this time, someone walked into the palace.
"Are you willing to come back now? Your boy goes outside the palace every day to see if I will no longer confine you!"
Li Shimin said.
But at this moment, a voice like a duck's male voice came.
It was Cheng Yaojin's voice.
"Your Majesty, I...have not done anything! Why should I be locked up?"
He misunderstood.
"Huh? Zhijie, why are you here?"
Only then did Cheng Yaojin realize that he was not talking about himself.
"Your Majesty, I just arrived at Li Zheng Palace and saw that you were nowhere to be found. I heard the eunuch in the palace say that you were here, so I came here."
Li Shimin suddenly remembered.
"What about that?"
"This... I went to recruit Xue Rengui, but failed."
"How could it fail? Did you not give enough? Logically speaking, it's impossible!"
Li Shimin was puzzled.
It must be that Cheng Yaojin did not do well enough.
Then he said: "Then I'll let Wei Zheng go there once, maybe he can succeed!"
Li Shimin loved talents, and Xue Rengui caught his eye and wanted to recruit them no matter what.
Cheng Yaojin said: "Your Majesty, this person is no small matter. He has only been loyal to the Sixth Prince in his life. No matter how much I try to persuade him, it won't work! No matter how much money I give, it won't work, and..."
"And what?"
"And he said, we are not as rich as the Sixth Prince!"
Li Shimin was confused.
Then he asked:
"Then you can say that I asked him to come?"
"I told you, but he just doesn't want to. He also said that even if thousands of troops come to invite him, he will not leave the Sixth Prince!"
"Then I issued an imperial edict and he still won't come?"
It seems that Li Shimin is at loggerheads.
"Your Majesty, you can't do that! This kind of talent has a strong nature. If you forcefully recruit them, I'm afraid they won't accept it and they will be useless!"
Cheng Yaojin is right.
If you make people unwilling and unwilling, who will do things for you?
Just because you are the emperor doesn't mean you can do whatever you want.
At least not in front of Xue Rengui.
"What should we do? I like him very much! If he can come to the palace, it will provide a guarantee for the combat power of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty cherishes his talent, but this matter really cannot be rushed. If we cannot make him sincerely submit, there will be trouble in the future!"
"Okay, let's wait a little longer!"
Li Shimin was a little disappointed.
Seeing Li Shimin like this, Cheng Yaojin had no choice.
Fortunately, Li Shimin did not punish him, otherwise he would have cried out again.
"By the way, Your Majesty, I have one more thing."
"What's the matter?"
"About Prohibition!"
"What? With this ban on alcohol, do you want me to take back my life? I gave you a lenient sentence for what you caused last time!"
Cheng Yaojin quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, that's it. This morning, when I was sending 80,000 taels of silver to the Shengtang Group, something happened outside the group."
"What's up?"
"Wuyou Liquor in Shengtang Group was directly sold short!"
"Oh? How could this happen? After the ban on alcohol, shouldn't it be impossible to sell it?"
Cheng Yaojin immediately told what Li Min had done.
Li Shimin was completely stunned.
"What are you talking about? Double the value in ten years? All the worry-free wines are sold out now? How could this kid have such an idea? Does he dislike having too much money?"
"Your Majesty, I think the Sixth Prince's method is very easy to use. Think about it, Wuyou Wine is a good thing, how could it be hidden for so long? But if half of the people drink it, then the Sixth Prince will not suffer any loss.
, and there may be more than one, and after ten years, if the wine is not stored properly, it will have evaporated long ago. What can people exchange for it? In the end, there are only a handful of wines that can be exchanged for it.
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After Cheng Yaojin said this, Li Shimin patted his thigh.
"That's right, this kid actually has such a clever plan! I underestimated him again!"
It’s not that he looked down upon Li Shimin, but that Li Shimin had never looked down upon Li Min.
So when Li Min did something he thought was impossible, he was slapped in the face every time.
Sometimes, he had to admit that Li Min was strong.
But if you only admit it in private, it is basically impossible to really admit it in front of the ministers.
"Your Majesty, the intelligence and talents of the Sixth Prince may be able to be used against the five great families. So I think..."
"If you let him come back, then there's no need to talk about it!"
"No, no, it's not like that. I think that I can support the Sixth Prince more in the future and not do anything like the prohibition on alcohol again..."
Cheng Yaojin spoke with trepidation.
After all, he was questioning Li Shimin's decision.
If Li Shimin is unhappy, he will suffer again.
"On this point, I can only try my best, but most of the time, I still deal with it impartially. What should be done is what it is, you know?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The reason why Cheng Yaojin said this was probably for himself.
If Li Min is well, he will naturally be well. After all, he still has shares in the West Market.
In fact, he couldn't hide this thing.
Because Li Shimin said again: "From now on, you should go less to the West Market and the Shengtang Group. I know all your little tricks. The reason why I don't tell you is because I think of our brothers. I hope
Can you understand!"
Cheng Yaojin was shocked to find out that Li Shimin knew everything.
I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Yes, yes, I obey your order!"
"Okay, you can come with me to Li Zheng Palace. We haven't had a drink for a long time. Let's go have a drink!"
"But Your Majesty, the prohibition on alcohol..."
"I said you can drink it, so you can drink it!"
Cheng Yaojin wondered why Li Shimin drank. Was he in a bad mood or in a good mood?
He is unpredictable.
I could only follow Li Shimin to the Lizheng Hall.
Upon arriving at the palace, no trace of Queen Changsun was found.
He couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
"Where is the Queen?"
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