Maintaining the prestige of the Celestial Empire is a tradition that has always been the Central Plains Dynasty.

This kind of thing can't be eliminated by anyone in a sentence or two, it is a deep-seated paranoia that comes from culture.

Fang Jun was a little unhappy, decisively changed the topic, pointed to the rippling Kunming Pool in front of him and said: "These houses that are about to be built by the Kunming Pool will not become the military camp of the Sailor School for the first time, but will be leased to the businessmen who have suspended their operations due to the demolition of the East Market. ”

Ma Zhou expressed his understanding that such an ingenious arrangement solved the problem of having to stop trade due to the renovation of the East Market, and also solved part of the funds for the construction of the Sailor School.

As expected, the rental costs here are bound to be sky-high......

But even if the price is sky-high, those merchants have to come here to rent shop premises. Why are the eastern and western cities so prosperous? One of the most important reasons is scale. The scale effect of the scale effect produced by the convergence of the east and west of the Tiannan and the south of the sea has created a commercial myth of the east and west cities.

Without this effect of scale, the volume of trade would plummet.

Therefore, the merchants knew that Fang Jun would wield a knife to cut meat, so they still had to obediently rent a house and set up a shop here, so as to keep their trade volume from shrinking in the next two to three years.

After careful calculation, after the construction of the East and West Cities and the Sailor School in Kunming Pool, Jingzhao Mansion will not only not bear a huge burden, but may make a lot of money......

Fang Junzhi's talent can be seen.

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A spring rain fell suddenly, and the lingering rain washed Chang'an City anew, with a touch of spring in the coolness.

The funeral procession of the Changsun Mansion is several miles long, and the front has reached the city gate, and the back has just left the palace gate.

The continuous white flags were wet by the rain, and the wet and weak hung down, doubling the desolation.

The funeral of the eldest grandson's son-in-law is obviously a big event, most of the family lords and dignitaries in the city have arranged road sacrifices according to the number of rituals, and even sent their children to participate in the funeral procession to help Zhang Luo.

The howls were broken, the trumpets were choked, and the city was in an uproar......

Fang Jun nested in the house and did not go out.

This period of Jingzhao Mansion affairs is chaotic, but he is not busy. Du Chuke, Li Yifu, and even Wang Xuance are all capable officials, and the plan of demolishing and rebuilding the eastern and western cities has been in the works for a long time, and all aspects have already been taken into account, and they can be quickly promoted.

Everyone knows that under the seemingly calm phenomenon, there is a turbulent undercurrent.

The fire in the East Market not only burned the goods and money of many merchants, but also burned the faces of the family gate valves.

Everything is waiting for the right moment to burst out!

Fang Jun didn't care, the soldiers came to block it, the water came to cover it, what did he care about? He is in charge of Jingzhao Mansion, with the support of the emperor, and the approval of the three provinces and six ministries, whoever dares to go against it is the mantis arm blocking the car, I really think I don't dare to clean you up in death?

One force will drop ten!

I don't believe that any other family can really rebel for a few houses?

Every day, I went to Jingzhao Mansion to deal with affairs, and then returned to the mansion before noon to accompany my wife and concubine. All the entertainment was canceled, and no one's banquet was politely declined, he wanted to accompany his wife and concubine well, and feel the mysterious and beautiful feeling before the birth of the little life connected to his blood......

This is something that has never been experienced in the previous life, and Fang Jun cherishes it very much.

It's just that the spring rain fell suddenly today, and it should have been a refreshing and peaceful day, but the city was noisy by the funeral of the eldest grandson's family, which made Fang Jun's mood a little irritable.

That's not all, there are even bad people coming to the door......

Strictly speaking, Li Chengqian is not a villain in any way. Which family in Chang'an City is not looking forward to His Royal Highness the Prince's arrival? This is the current prince, the future emperor, who dares to call a "villain" if he doesn't rush to benefit the whole family?

I'm afraid that as long as the prince comes to the door, his wife and daughter can take it out......

However, Li Chengqian's visit to the house today is indeed menacing.

"What the hell is going on with you? Full of nonsense, I don't know what to say! ”

The palace maid who ordered the accompanying palace maid to move the rouge gouache, ginseng deer antler, silk and other gifts given to Princess Gaoyang and Wu Meiniang to the warehouse, and Li Chengqian sat in the lobby and waited for Fang Jun to reprimand.

Fang Jun was a little confused......

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a good man, with a somewhat soft temperament, and he will not lose his temper easily. And because Fang Jun helped him several times, and repeatedly gave advice, Li Chengqian has always treated Fang Jun with courtesy, and there are definitely not many cases where he is so angry.

"Why did Your Highness say this?" Fang Jun didn't know why, so he asked.

Li Chengqian said angrily: "What did you say to Ma Zhou, you don't know?" ”

Fang Jun was even more confused, what did I say to Ma Zhou? It doesn't matter to you what you say!

"Please also ask Your Highness to make it clear, Weichen is really unclear, so ......"

"What do you tell Ma Zhou to encourage consumption and promote luxury, but is there such a thing?"

"This is true, but what does this have to do with Your Highness?" Fang Jun was puzzled.

Li Chengqian said: "Just now Gu went to ask his father for peace, and I happened to meet Ma Zhou to tell his father about this matter, but my father asked Gu, what do you think of this matter?" Lonely said that what you said is absurd, since ancient times, it has been the pride of thrift and frugality, and the shame of extravagance, so it is natural that you should work hard and save people's resources......"

Fang Jun let out an "ah" and said, "That's right, what's the problem?" ”

Since ancient times, this has been the view of birth advocated by Confucianism, and there is nothing wrong with it.

As a result, Li Chengqian said angrily: "But my father blames the lonely for having no opinions, and everyone is the same!" As an emperor, you must have the courage to swallow the world, all the rules are for me, if you can't use them, you will break them! Otherwise, how can you hold the world and lead Datang to glory? ”

Fang Jun praised: "Your Majesty is so courageous! If so, then Your Highness listens to the teachings and listens to the hadiths? ”

Who knew that Li Chengqian was even more annoyed: "Yes, Lone also did this, so he said that Fang Er's guy was talented and had the talent of Zaifu, and he had always looked at things in a penetrating way, since he said that he wanted to advocate consumption or something, he thought there was some truth in it...... As a result, the father was even more angry, and punished Lone for half a year, saying that Lone listened to slander, so if he went on like this, would he have to ruin the Tang Dynasty's family? ”

I'll it! Fang Jun opened his mouth, unable to complain.

Your Majesty Li Er, shouldn't this be that you don't do anything or don't hold on, and you deliberately make the prince angry, right?

It's not right to say anything, this is clearly finding fault!

But the question is, what does it have to do with me if you find fault with the quilt?

Fang Jun blinked and asked tentatively, "Why don't you ...... Wechen compensates His Highness for the loss? ”

Li Chengqian glared at Fang Jun: "Lonely for this money?" ”

Fang Jun was speechless.

So what are you going to do?

The two looked at each other, and then, Li Chengqian let out a long sigh, looking melancholy and worried......

The maid served fragrant tea, and Fang Jun waved his hand to drive everyone away. Li Chengqian is not in a good state today, his face is full of sorrow, and he thinks that he has something to say.

Sure enough, Li Chengqian picked up the teacup and didn't drink it, just swayed in the palm of his hand, and said gloomily: "Qingque has sent a letter, everything is fine in the Western Regions." The army arrived, defeated the Turks under the city of Gaochang, the Hu tribe that was originally dependent on the Turks changed their ways, the British Duke led the army to pursue the Turks, and the Qingque sat in the rear to pacify the Hu tribe, and the results were remarkable. I believe that it will not be long before the rebellion in the Western Regions will be put down......"

The victory of the army is a good thing, but Li Chengqian said it without any joy, and even there was a deep worry between his eyebrows......

Fang Jun pondered for a while, and then understood the reason why Li Chengqian was irritable and worried.

His Majesty Li Er is moved again!

Li Tai, the king of Wei, showed his skills in the Western Regions, so that His Majesty Li Er saw his talent in governing the world, although he may not have the heart of Yi Chu again, but he must also be dissatisfied with the status quo of the prince's inaction.

Fang Jun was also speechless, and said in his heart, can Li Chengqian be blamed for this?

As a prince, the most important point is to be stable, and to be stable in the court, so that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can carefully consider and do things safely; If you enter, you must be more stable in the palace, so that the emperor can abandon suspicion and be harmonious with father and son.

If the prince is thinking about showing his strength all day long and making the world look sideways, is that a good thing?

Want to rebel?

Fang Jun saw His Majesty Li Er's reaction very thoroughly, and there was no other reason, just favoring Li Tai......

His Majesty the Emperor is splendid, wise and martial, how can he be so stubborn in the affairs of his children?