Li Hong took Yan Lingbin and slowly walked down from the carriage, although he was used to life in the East Palace and even the palace, he was still not used to the situation of someone saluting as soon as he got off the car.

Seeing that several court officials saluted the prince in unison, the officials behind her, who were also high-ranking officials in her eyes, were submissive, and they didn't even have a place to speak at this time, so they could only follow behind the other officials, smiling and enjoying themselves, echoing the talk and laughter between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the other two officials.

Although he used to be known as an Oiran and was also the focus of the literati and Confucian scholars, compared with the pomp and circumstance in front of him, Yan Lingbin deeply realized how big the gap between power and reputation was.

I originally thought that the people I had seen were already all of this world, but I never thought that I would be able to stand with these people one day, and it was not the identity of an escort.

Yan Lingbin, Zhang Lushui, and Jin Rongqi nodded to each other, and they knew each other, and the three of them followed Li Hong's side, listening to the two important members of the Tang Dynasty, and explaining everything in the Wu Palaces to His Royal Highness the Prince.

Wu Wangfu, which occupies a quarter of the square land, has become a pile of ruins in the front and back yards, and the gardens and leisure places that were originally built in the early years were also burned down by a fire.

After going around King Wu's mansion, Li Hong asked lightly: "Has the criminal department decided the case?" Or is Jingzhao Mansion doing this? ”

Although Fang Xianzhong knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was knowingly asking, but in front of many officials, he also had to accompany the prince to perform this play, so he stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Highness, on the day of the incident, it was Jingzhao Mansion that arrived first, and it was the people from Jingzhao Mansion who found out the cause of the fire, so the Criminal Department and Dali Temple did not start this matter. ”

"Oh, so have you found out? What the hell is going on? Li Hong glanced at Fang Xianzhong and asked.

"This ...... Your Highness, Lord Zong Chuke, the chief official of Jingzhao Mansion, is here in a while, how about I play to you again? The minister is a secretary of the Ministry of Industry ....... ”

"Okay, listen to you. Will be the prisoner, what is your decision? It's not convenient to meet in the palace, but now that I've brought it to you, you can tell me in detail about how to rebuild on top of this ruin. ”

The general supervisor hurriedly stepped forward, took out several scrolls, and opened them one by one with the help of other officials, Zhang Lushui and Jin Rongqi were also led to the drawings by Yan Lingbin.

They were in charge of the palace and court buildings, the production of precious vessels of gold, jade, pearls, and rhinos, as well as the embroidery of leroses.

Therefore, if Li Hong wants to build a mansion for Zhang Lushui and Jin Rongqi and a leisure palace for his father according to his father's wishes, then it must be implemented through the two ministries of supervision and engineering.

Yan Lingbin's role was evident at this time, he had stayed in the people, and had been to the homes of many dignitaries and nobles, and now he was the bottom of the East Palace, although he had no experience in architecture, but his unique vision could give Zhang Lushui and Jin Rongqi some advice.

Li Hong didn't pay much attention to this matter, what he had to do was to arrange the things to be built after the spring of this ruin before his father came back.

Anyway, it's all demolished, and after a fire, it's more thorough, so it's better to simply rebuild it, so I'm afraid my father will be happy.

Zong Chuke came over out of breath after a while, and after saluting, he said breathlessly: "Your Highness forgives your sins, the minister is late." ”

Li Hong frowned: "What are you busy with every day?" Where did you go early in the morning? ”

"The minister hasn't been in Chang'an for a few days, and has gone to the surrounding counties, alas...... It's hard to put into words. Zong Chuke shook his head and sighed, it seemed that he had encountered some kind of problem.

"Tell me, what's wrong?" Li Hong was very curious, and watched the three women discussing there around the general as a prisoner, so he sat on the chariot and looked at Zong Chuke, who was sweating profusely, and asked.

"Alas, Your Highness, now Chang'an grain is not enough to eat, the grain output has decreased greatly in the past two years, because of this matter, the minister and Sinong Temple have negotiated many times, but there is no way to make progress, and now the people have begun to plant cotton without growing grain, because the demand for cotton from the supervisor, Sinong Temple, including the traders, has led to the rise in cotton prices, and the people have abandoned the land in order to make money, and they are waiting to plant cotton in the coming year. The minister went to the farmland to check in the past two days, and he couldn't see the seedlings at all, and if he continued like this, in another two years, I was afraid that the grain back to Luocang would be hollowed out. Zong Chuke frowned, he originally thought that planting cotton was a good thing, but he didn't expect that in order to make more money now, the people simply left the land barren after the cotton harvest was harvested, and they didn't plan to plant crops in the next year at all.

In the face of the phenomenon of food reduction in Chang'an and Guanzhong, no one paid attention to it, but encouraged the people to plant cotton and abandon grain, hoping to buy more cotton in the coming year.

Li Hong sat on the wheel, dangled his legs, and asked strangely: "Wouldn't it be better to plant cotton and other crops after the harvest is harvested?" Hasn't this already begun? ”

"His Royal Highness said very much, but can not stand the demand, the price is rising, Chang'an Zhou County, the people now only need to plant a season of cotton, want to plant grain again, but was stopped by Sinong Temple, said that it is afraid of a year to the land to ask for cotton and a grain, will provoke the heavens unhappy, will be like the year before last, the heavens will be angry, to the harvest of cotton, but not all ripe, delayed the planting of grain, so it came out that the heavens because the people are insatiable, so deliberately punish the people, prevent them from planting grain."

"Nonsense, that's because even the rain caused the cotton harvest to be a few days late, but it doesn't mean that the grain planting season has been missed." Li Hong naturally knows that the demand for cotton is increasing year by year, and when he first went to Anxi, he had already advocated planting a large number of cotton, which was originally obtained from there, and now continues to advocate planting, which has alleviated the current situation of lack of cotton in many Guanzhong.

But I didn't expect that there is still such a shortage of cotton, is this unreasonable? Or is someone deliberately hoarding cotton and waiting to sell it for a high price? Or is there anyone who has too much food at home? By reducing the cultivation of grain, Sinong Temple helps it put up warehouses and sell grain at a high price?

But no matter which one it is, it is not as hateful and annoying as Sinong Temple prohibits the people from planting grain, and he thought about it and said: "At this time, unless the gods are alive, no, even the gods are alive and can't let the fields grow green seedlings. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, for the sake of now, it can only be like this." Zong Chuke wiped his forehead, shook his head and said regretfully.

"It's just that a lot of cotton is needed to be a prison, so why does Sinong Temple want to stop growing grain? Because will he be a prisoner? Li Hong asked curiously.

"This ...... The minister hasn't checked it too clearly, but I'm afraid it's for the sake of political achievements, after all, growing grain is not as good as planting cotton to show political achievements, and when the Qinghe Cui clan was in Luoyang and Chang'an this year, they had a bumper harvest of grain, and the minister thought that there must be an ulterior secret in it. ”

"Qinghe Cui? Are you sure? Li Hong was shocked in his heart, although Zong Chuke had already said it very implicitly, he still felt that Li Xian's shadow was probably indispensable here.

"I don't dare to be completely sure, but there are seventy or eighty percent, the minister has already sent someone to Qinghe to check, in addition to the rent of the grain, it is said that the people's granaries are overflowing, and the grain is ...... worried."

"This is a strange thing, when I can't run out of food in Datang?" Li Hong muttered.

He believed what Zong Chuke said, and even more believed that at this time Datang was in its heyday, and in this period of original history, Datang's grain was enough to be used.

"When there was a disaster in the clouds, Qinghe once made a lot of money, who was cheaper, you don't know, and then you and Your Majesty conquered Liaodong, at that time, Liyang Cang was secretly released grain, and finally had to go down, and it was also the high-priced grain bought from Qinghe, which quickly filled Liyang Cang, otherwise you and Your Majesty conquered Liaodong, and food is a problem." Zong Chuke looked around and no one was paying attention, took two steps forward, and said in a low voice.

"Keep checking, it's best to find out before the first day! Do not alarm others. ”

"Don't worry, the minister has been secretly investigating, so now it has not been discovered, the minister didn't plan to tell you, but today there is really no way, before the first day, I'm afraid you still need to open a warehouse to put grain once, several surrounding counties, the people's current situation is rich and no grain, if you want to buy grain, you have to get a high price, so the minister ran over to mediate this matter."

Li Hong nodded, no wonder he didn't know at all, Zong Chuke was hiding deep enough: "How are you going to do it here?" Li Hong raised his head and pointed to the ruins in the distance with his chin and asked.

"The weather is dry and dry, coupled with the disrepair, it was caused by an unintentional fire, and it was too late to find out, and the minister was guilty." Zong Chuke had already thought about how to relieve Li Xian, and said lightly.

"Okay, I hope my father won't doubt this excerpt, in fact, it's useless to doubt, what about a few arsonists that night?"

"If you are secretly detained by your ministers, you won't be discovered, and you've already recorded your confessions, so I'm not afraid that someone will go back on your word." If he reconciles with the prince, then these arsonists and confessions will not come to the public, but if Peiwang Li Xian falls out with the prince, these arsonists and those confessions will be ironclad evidence that King Pei ordered the fire.

As soon as the two finished talking, they saw Yan Lingbin leading Zhang Lushui and Jin Rongqi slowly over, and from the looks of the two women, it could be seen that the two of them were quite satisfied with the new palace garden that would be designed as a supervisor, and Yan Lingbin added some of his own opinions to help the two improve the details from a female perspective, so everything still made the two very satisfied.

Fang Xianzhong, Zong Chuke, and the general as a supervisor stood in front of Li Hong together, Li Hong looked at the three of them, and said lightly: "The plan will be determined as soon as possible, and it will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry after the first day, whether it is manpower, material resources, or financial resources, all from the Ministry of Industry." He is alone as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and he is also the Shangshu Ling of Shangshu Province and the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, so he should be built by Lone to pay for it to honor his father. ”

"Yes...... Your Highness, ...... of the Ministry of Works. Fang Xianzhong's face turned pale all of a sudden, and before he knew it, he found out that he had fallen for the prince!

But Li Hong didn't give him a chance to explain at all, and said to Zong Chuke lightly: "Send the two back to the palace, I still have something to do, and I want to go out of Chang'an." ”