"Little master, there is one more thing!" Pei Yue said softly.

"Say it!" Li Tao said casually.

"Yesterday, after we dispersed, the shopkeeper Zhao of Yonghe Building was kidnapped!"

"Oh? Did you find it? Li Tao asked.

"I went to tell Zhang Wei, he sent a catcher to search around, maybe it alarmed those people, Zhao's shopkeeper was knocked unconscious and sent to the outside of Jingzhaoyin's mansion."

"Did the man wake up? Who did it? ”

"People have already woken up, according to Shopkeeper Zhao, he was kidnapped by a few masked people, and he couldn't see their faces clearly, they just asked Shopkeeper Zhao who you were eating with, and what did you say......

Li Tao's expression became solemn, he pondered for a moment, and said to Pei Yue: "Uncle Yue, you quickly summon Li Shen and the Tong family brothers, I have something important!" ”

"Yes! Little master, I'll go now! Pei Yue nodded.

"Have breakfast brought to the bedroom!" Li Tao added.

……

"Brother Li Shen, Zhaoxiang and Zhaorui, sit down and have breakfast with me!" Li Tao nodded.

"Little master, you eat! Let's just stand! Li Shen said respectfully.

"What do you want to do in the future, I don't care, let's sit down today, I want to say a few psychological words to you!" Li Tao said in an unquestionable tone.

After the three of them sat down, Li Tao told him about yesterday's events.

"I'm in this whirlpool and sometimes I can't help myself, if it's just me, I wouldn't be afraid of these small things at all. But now I have a large number of people around me, and they have followed me. I'm going to protect them with all my might. And to do that, you have to be insightful, and to put it bluntly, I need a lot of intelligence! ”

Li Shen said with a face full of shame: "Little master." I ......"

Li Tao waved his hand and said: "I know that it is difficult for you now, but no matter how difficult it is, you must quickly establish an intelligence system in an all-round way." Otherwise, we will be like deaf and blind people, and we will not even know how we died! Brother Li Shen, Zhaoxiang, Zhaorui, my life. And my mother, and their lives, all of them are in your hands. Li Tao is here to ask you! ”

With that, Li Tao got up and bowed deeply to the three of them.

The three of them didn't expect Li Tao to be like this. panicked and hurriedly got up and fell to the ground.

Li Shen choked up and said: "I am not doing well, which makes the little master worried, it is really a hundred deaths, please punish the little master!" ”

Li Tao helped the three of them up: "I don't blame you for this. None of us have ever done anything like this. It's all groping. I have a suggestion for you, and you should think about it too! ”

"Little master! You say! ”

Li Tao used words that they could understand, and told them all the advanced intelligence agencies that he knew in later generations and the methods of engaging in intelligence work.

When the three of them heard this, their faces were different.

"What I'm saying is just for your reference, as for whether it's useful or not. How to use it, you can discuss it yourself. Don't ask me! ”

Li Shen's face was full of joy: "Useful and useful, so useful, little master, you are really a god!" ”

Li Tao explained: "The biggest problem now is the problem of insufficient manpower and insufficient costs. One of the three of you will send one of you back to Luzhou to pick up a group of trained child slaves from Uncle Li, all of whom have a certain combat effectiveness and no problem with loyalty, and can be used as the backbone in the future. In addition to this, it is necessary to find ways to develop peripheral personnel in all walks of life. I have already explained to Fan Changfeng, no matter how much money you need, he will meet it unconditionally, so you can do it with confidence! ”

Li Shen nodded and said, "Little master, Fan Jiulang's industry has moved to Chang'an, and this wine shop and restaurant has always been the best place to listen to the news!" I'd like to put some people in! ”

"No problem!"

"Also, Jingzhao Yin Mansion is now under the jurisdiction of Zhang Mansion Yin, and I want to place some people to be martial artists!"

Chang'an Guocheng is divided into more than 100 squares by 38 horizontal and vertical streets, which are surrounded by fang walls and square gates. There are Wuhou shops in each corner shop, 30 people in the big shop and 5 people in the small shop, and they are responsible for the security management of the people in the square.

"No problem! In addition, you must place people in the palace, officials' homes, and every corner of the city to ensure that there is no news in Chang'an that you can't hear. ”

"Little master, I understand!" Li Shengong said.

"When the conditions are ripe, your intelligence agency will be set up in every inch of Datang!"

A wistful look flashed in the eyes of Li Shen and the others.

……

On February 20, the early dynasty of this day can be described as a major event for civil and military officials.

When Li Tao walked into the court, everyone's eyes shot at him, some admired, some disdainful, some fearful, and some hated. Li Tao turned a blind eye to these gazes, just found a corner to lean on a nap, and didn't even notice that Cui Xiang waved to him to say hello, he didn't pretend, but he was too sleepy if he didn't wake up.

Li Xian looked radiant and high-spirited in the last dynasty today, and the decadence of the previous days was swept away.

In the court meeting, Li Xian's decision to canonize Li Tao as the emperor's grandson was not opposed by any minister. Of course, some people don't want to object, but they can't. Li Tao used thunderous means to eliminate all the deep-rooted diseases in the capital within a month, and the people of Chang'an even spontaneously beat gongs and drums to celebrate.

It stands to reason that Li Tao should humbly resign twice after thanking him, and then reluctantly accept his gratitude, but he thanked him directly and stopped talking, which made some courtiers quite contemptuous of his behavior.

Just when the ministers thought that today's court meeting was about to end, Li Xian suddenly spoke again: "Everyone, Aiqing, a few days ago, the queen proposed to the lonely family that she wanted to go to Mount Tai to seal the Zen, I don't know what the secretary wants?" ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but chuckle in their hearts. The most solemn ceremony of the dynasties is the sealing of Zen. The so-called Feng Zen is an activity held by the emperor to worship heaven and earth, and it is generally held in Mount Tai. The so-called "seal" is that the Son of Heaven ascends Mount Tai to build an altar to worship the sky, and "Zen" is to sacrifice to the hillock under Mount Tai, announcing peace in the world to heaven and earth. In the course of the event, the emperor was the first to make the offering, and he was the first to hold the sacrifice. The representative of the minister is the second offering, and the second one is on the offering.

Back then, when Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian sealed Mount Tai, after Tang Gaozong's first dedication, it was no longer the representative of the public secretary who served as the second offering, but the queen Wu Zetian! This incident made Wu Zetian greatly in the limelight, and his political status was further improved.

Empress Wei emulated Wu Zetian's heart, and all the ministers already knew that now Empress Wei made such a suggestion, presumably to seek the name of Naya Xian and build momentum for herself. Thinking of this, the civil and military officials had different expressions on their faces, but none of them spoke. (To be continued......)