Chapter 173: Step by Step (3)

Li Shimin's face slackened slightly, but he still didn't know whether he was happy or angry, turned around and walked forward, and said without being salty or indifferent: "Give your letter to Ah Sheng, and let him run for you." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Feng Ling responded crisply, "yes", turned around and bent his knees to Ah Sheng: "Tomorrow, Feng Ling will bring the letter, and I will work hard for Ah Sheng." ”

Ah Sheng said repeatedly: "How dare you, the lady has tormented the slave." ”

Wind Spirit's heart fell back into her cavity from the mouth of her throat, and she wanted to take a big breath to relieve the pain in her chest after the extreme tension. But she still didn't dare at the moment, she cautiously breathed a sigh of relief, stabilized her mind, and kept up with Li Shimin's steps.

After thinking about it, he said to Ah Sheng again: "Ah Jian, if you want to have a hand or two, don't mention it to Du Wei, what did Feng Linghun say...... The volume is neither high nor low, just so that Li Shimin, who is walking in front, can hear it."

Ah Sheng lowered his head and said with a low smile: "Gu Niangzi can rest assured." ”

After walking for a while, away from the building view of Chengtianmen, Li Shimin stopped at a battlement. Feng Ling leans on the city wall, behind him is the inner garden of lush vegetation and scattered palaces, and in front of him is the whole picture of Chang'an City, which is like a chessboard, and a wide Vermilion Bird Street is neatly arranged on both sides of one square after another.

Feng Ling exclaimed in a low voice, and couldn't help but lean over against the battlement and stretched out his arm forward: "Your Majesty, Mencius has a saying: Climb Mount Tai and be small in the world, that's what he said." ”

Li Shimin turned his head and looked at the simple look of surprise on her face, erasing the last bit of doubt in her heart.

That look overlapped with the other face in his deep heart, he couldn't remember how many years ago, he had carried his most desirable young girl to the city wall, and it was here, a young child who was less than a year old, with tender lotus-like arms, one arm around his neck, and the other arm stretched out to the prosperous Chang'an City below, full of surprise, and asked him vaguely: "Aya, what is the place outside?" ”

The sudden old situation hooked the old wounds in his heart and felt a faint pain. "Feng Ling......" he whispered to himself, "Now do you know what kind of place is out there?" ”

The wind spirit heard that he was calling her, and replied, "I can't tell. In the eyes of the sage, it is the great rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty, and in the eyes of others, it is a row of endless houses, but in the eyes of the wind spirit, it is criss-crossed and integrated with goods and money. ”

Li Shimin suddenly came back to his senses, and then turned his face to look at her There was no trace of stern suspicion in his eyes, and he was easy-going and amiable as usual: "This is indeed good, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, can you learn poetry?" ”

The wind spirit echoed him and said yes, and then read: "The doctor is uneven, and I am the only one. Four peony Peng Peng, the king is in the side. I am not old, and I will be. The brigade is strong, and the business is in all directions. ”

"Very good." Li Shimin smiled and stroked his palms: "The brigade is strong, and it operates in all directions." Have you figured it out? ”

Feng Ling's mind turned, knowing that he had ordered her to compile a discourse on the economy of the Western Regions that day, she was naturally fully prepared. Then he straightened the color and saluted the saint solemnly: "Although the wind spirit is young and ignorant, he does not dare to forget the father's precept of Wei Que, the saint has a trust, how can the wind spirit be greedy for leisure and not do his best." ”

Li Shimin was very satisfied with her response, smiled a few times, and pointed to the vast Chang'an City Square: "Since what you see in your eyes is an endless stream of coins and goods, show me what you see, how the goods come out of Chang'an, and how the money and treasures come from the western Xinjiang." ”

"Does the saint just want to see how they flow and intersect? Never thought about how to use the power of circulation to make the Datang warehouse more solid and the treasury more profitable? The wind spirit followed Li Shimin's hope to the distance of the void, as if he was really watching the wealth circulate in the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

"Oh?" Li Shimin raised half of his eyebrows and looked at her with interest: "On that day, when Tang Jian and the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs were there, why didn't you say it?" ”

"How dare Feng Ling taunt in front of Tang Shangshu and the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, this is only said to Your Majesty, and it is wrong to say it horizontally and vertically, and Your Majesty is not laughing at it or being contemptible." An ethereal and slightly sly sly smile returned to her face.

Ah Sheng hung his head, heard this, glanced sideways, and said in his heart: This unorthodox market people can really touch the sacred heart, these words are said by others, it is a ridiculous and generous crazy words, and when it comes out of her mouth, it is a scoundrel and a natural right.

Li Shimin followed with a long laugh: "Then let's go back to the hall and talk carefully." When he turned around, he instructed Ah Sheng: "Go and send the relevant people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and others together." ”

Feng Ling's face froze, and he called out "saint" crampedly.

"I'm afraid, I'll sit for you, you just have to express your opinion, and see which one dares to make fun of you." Li Shimin's tone was almost coaxing children. Feng Ling smiled and followed him down the city wall, very proud in his heart, according to her plan, this first step was very smooth.

Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, came quickly, and when Feng Ling followed Li Shimin back to the Liangyi Palace, Tang Jian had already waited in the hall with a squire and two officials, one of whom was the one who questioned Feng Ling's salt and iron strategy that day, and when he saw Feng Ling coming in, he deliberately took a second look.

The wind spirit saluted them one by one, and the inner supervisor moved the seat given by the saint, and several people sat in a row at the top of the highness. Feng Ling sat alone opposite them, looking up at Li Shimin uncertainly.

Receiving an affirmative look from him, she bowed to the other side and said, "Feng Lingjiu has been in the business market for a long time, and he has seen the ugliness, so please don't laugh at the officials." As you all know, the prosperity of trade depends on the security of the border, the border army set up a military government, every day of the government soldiers are to eat, wear and chew, the cost of capital is huge, if there is a benefit to add in, the military funds are stable and continuous, the government army has died to make up, the wounds have been pasted, and the border soldiers can resist the enemy with peace of mind. Clearing the border of the enemy bandits and clearing the trade routes, the merchants who benefit the most are naturally the merchants, and Feng Lingyuan is also a merchant, and he understands the interests best, so he ......"

She glanced at the expressions of the four people on the other side, all staring at her with a complicated expression. According to the Tang Law, bureaucratic subordinates are not allowed to engage in business, but those big and small bureaucrats, down to state and county officials, up to the emperor's relatives and relatives, which one does not secretly handle some business, and even the more daring even barter stores can also be opened, Princess Gaoyang has it in her hands, this is the unspeakable secret rule she knew when she was in business in the past.

She didn't dare to imagine what she was going to say later, and what kind of shock it would cause.

"Therefore, Feng Ling proposes that the profits of the taxed merchants should be obtained." She turned her heart sideways, and finally threw out the words that would be disappointing.

Among the four, Tang Jian was the first to be shocked and said: "Gu Niangzi has such a big plan, I don't know if I can pass on the long-term plan with the master behind the guidance." He didn't believe that such a national policy could be thought of by a woman who was not more than ten years old from a humble businessman. But I don't know who this woman who looks like the old love of a saint is standing behind her.

Feng Ling shook his head lightly: "Carving insect small skill ear, how can you come to the master to give advice." (To be continued.) )