After An Liangchen's father and son left, Li Hong asked Yan Zhuang to invite Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao to the study, and he was ready to hand over the investigation task of the tax revenue in the east and west cities to the two of them. Because the taxes in the East and West Cities are very involved, Li Hong does not dare to take it lightly, and the only people he can trust and call now are Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao, and when it comes to investigating this kind of problem, he only believes that Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao have this ability.

Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao came to the study and saw that Li Hong was about to give a salute, but he stopped him and said, "No need to be polite, you can sit down!" ”

Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao were accustomed to the easy-going manner of His Royal Highness the Prince, so they just bowed slightly and sat down naturally.

Li Hong asked straight to the point, "Do you pay attention to the taxes of the eastern and western cities?" ”

"I haven't paid attention." Zhang Cambodia replied with a puzzled face, and Li Qiao also shook his head slightly. Seeing Li Hong frowning, Zhang Cambodia asked puzzledly, "Your Highness, is there a problem with the tax revenue of the East and West Cities?" ”

Li Hong nodded slightly, and told Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao what the bird collected money and Hu Shang that he met in the West Market today.

Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao are both prime ministers, after Li Hong said this, the two realized that there was a problem with the taxation of the east and west cities, they looked at each other, Zhang Cambodia asked, "Your Highness called us over tonight, is it just to let us check the tax problems of the east and west cities?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Hong said in a stern tone, "Taxing the wealth of the country, someone dares to be so bold and stretch out his hand to the commercial tax, and he can't ignore it." Therefore, Lone called you over tonight so that the two of you can find out the problem here, who is so bold and dares to get involved in the commercial taxes of the East and West Cities. You can rest assured to check, if there is something wrong in the middle, Lone will help you solve it, and if you need any help in the search process, you can tell Lone at any time. ”

"I don't know if Your Highness is letting us see? Or an unannounced visit? Li Qiao asked.

"There's a problem with the tax revenue in the East and West Cities, it's just a lonely guess, so let's make an unannounced visit first!" Li Hong said lightly, "If the problem is found, it will not be too late for Lone to go to the Emperor to find out." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao knew what they should do, so they said to Li Hong, "Your Highness, rest assured, we will definitely give an explanation to Your Highness within ten days." ”

"Hmm!" Li Hong naturally believed in the abilities of Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao, so he asked again, "How is the progress of your assistance to Sun Zhenren in revising, supplementing, and standardizing medical works?" ”

"The preliminary preparations have been prepared, and now we need to send the professionals to revise and supplement, but in the past two days, the minister, Li Sheren and Sun Zhenren have made a list of personnel, and they will go to Guozijian and Taixue with Li Sheren to select talents in this area in the near future." Zhang Cambodia thought for a moment and said. At the same time, he handed Li Hong a list of people needed to revise, supplement, and standardize medical works.

The appointment of Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao has come down, Zhang Cambodia was appointed as the special attendant of the six products of the prince who admonished the prince of the Zhengqi performance, and Li Qiao was appointed as the special attendant of the six products, and the prince of the decree, the decree and the table and the enlightenment.

Therefore, Zhang Cambodia will call Li Qiao Li Sheren.

Li Hong didn't look at the contents of the list, and he was still very relieved to let Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao, who have the talent of prime ministers, be in charge of such a small matter. And Guozijian and Taixue are the highest institutions of learning in the Tang Dynasty, and nearly half of the elites in the Tang Dynasty are studying in it, so Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao are ready to go to Guozijian and Taixue to select the personnel needed to revise, supplement and standardize medical works, and Li Hong is a hundred agree! Because this coincides with his plan to revise, supplement and standardize medical works to recruit talents.

However, he wanted to use the plan to revise, supplement and standardize medical works to recruit talents, so he had not told Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao so far, so he said, "This time you go to Guozijian and Taixue, you don't have to be confined to the selection of personnel needed to revise, supplement and standardize medical works, as long as the others are talented, you can recruit them to the East Palace, there are not many places around Lone, but isn't there a lot of people in Chongwen Hall?" ”

Chongwen Hall was established in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, at the beginning of the establishment of the East Palace, Chongwen Hall placed the bachelor in charge of the scriptures and books and the professors and apprentices, and the school Shulang in charge of the school classics, etc., there can be 20 students, all of whom are selected from the royal family and the children of senior Beijing officials.

Therefore, if Li Hong had placed the people recruited from Guozijian and Taixue into the Chongwen Pavilion, no one would have said anything.

Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao's bodies were shocked, and they all moved their eyes to Li Hong, they are smart people, and naturally heard other meanings from Li Hong's words, but when they thought that the prince suddenly wanted to organize the revision, supplementation and standardization of medical works this time just to hide people's eyes, the real purpose was to use this to recruit talents, select and collect the talents they needed, the two of them were surprised, how much courage does it take to make up their minds and make decisions!

However, when the two of them thought about it, they began to admire Li Hong's methods of doing things, and at the same time, they were also excited that Li Hong did not hide his plan from them, and treated them as confidants, so they swore and promised, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, we know what to do." ”

"Well, you know!" Li Hong sighed, "Hey! Lone is also forced to do this, there is really no one around to use! ”

Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao can understand the current hardships of His Royal Highness the Prince, because they know that if it weren't for the lack of people around the prince, it is estimated that there would be no need for the two of them to investigate the tax problem of the East and West Markets this time.

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The lights in the Chongjiao Hall were brilliant, but Zhao Hong's skirt was a little restless. Because when she was led to the Chongjiao Palace, she said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to see her here, but now three hours have passed, and there is still no trace of His Royal Highness the Prince. Could it be that I have offended him somewhere? But I just arrived in the East Palace today, and I haven't seen the prince before, so how can I offend him?

Just when Zhao Hong's skirt was thinking uneasily, Li Hong's figure appeared in the Chongjiao Hall.

Li Hong walked into the Chongjiao Palace, and saw a woman who was eighteen years old, wearing palace maid costumes, was anxiously waiting for him, this woman was petite, her appearance was not as beautiful as Zhou Juan, and she was not as elegant as Lu Shisanniang, but she was a little more enchanting and charming than Zhou Juan and Lu Shisanniang.

When Li Hong walked in front of this woman, the other party hadn't even noticed him, so he asked, "Are you Zhao Hongskirt?" ”

The woman looked up suddenly, and was startled when she saw that it was Li Hongshi, and saw that her expression was a little nervous, and she bowed and said, "The slave is Zhao Hong's skirt." Slaves and maids see His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Li Hong ignored her nervous behavior, but walked straight to the main seat of the Chongjiao Hall and sat down, only then did he look at Zhao Hongskirt carefully and asked, "The queen mother specially asked you to serve Gu personally, what do you know besides piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing and dancing?" ”

Zhao Hongskirt didn't dare to look at Li Hong, lowered her head and replied softly, "In addition to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing and dancing, the maid also knows how to make tea, embroidery and makeup. ”

"Do you know how to dance a sword?" Li Hong asked.

Zhao Hongskirt replied, "The slave won't." ”

"Do you know how to ride a horse?" Li Hong continued to ask.

Zhao Hongskirt shook her head slightly, and replied in a low voice, "The slave won't-!" ”

"Do you know who Lone needs right now?" Li Hong continued to ask.

"The slave doesn't know!" Zhao Hongskirt still replied in a low voice.

"Hmph—of course you don't know!" Li Hong snorted coldly and said, then asked in a light tone, "Are you afraid of loneliness?" ”

"No, no—not afraid!" Zhao Hongwei's voice became a little flustered.

"Not afraid? Then why don't you keep your head down and dare not look at Lone? Li Hong said in a cold tone, "You raise your head and come forward, let Gu take a good look at what kind of personal maid the queen mother has chosen for Gu!" ”

Li Hong is the crown prince and the master of the East Palace, Li Hong's words are a holy decree in the East Palace, and Zhao Hongqun cannot be allowed to disobey, so she can only slowly raise her head and walk in front of Li Hong step by step with trepidation.

To tell the truth, she had heard rumors about the prince when she was in the palace before, and everyone said that the prince had suffered from a stubborn illness since he was a child, and his body was weak, and he was a gentle and kind person. But now when she really saw the prince, Zhao Hongchuan knew that the rumors in the palace were all false, at least in terms of the prince's gentle and kind personality, she felt that the rumors were untrue.

Zhao Hongskirt walked in front of Li Hong, and Li Hong smelled the faint fragrance emanating from her, this fragrance was different from the lightness on Zhou Juan's body, different from the crispness on Lu Sanniang's body, but more like the mellow fragrance emitted by a blooming flower.

Li Hong lowered his head again when he saw Zhao Hongchuan walking in front of her, so he stretched out his right hand and picked up Zhao Hongchuan's jaw with his index finger and middle finger and asked, "What kind of fragrance is coming from your body?" ”

Zhao Hong's skirt couldn't help but tremble when Li Hong's fingers touched her jaw, and her pretty face turned white with fright, but she still couldn't help herself and didn't dodge, and replied in a low voice, "Yes, this is the smell of the slave's homemade begonia sachet!" ”

Seeing Zhao Hong's frightened look, Li Hong withdrew his hand.

And after this temptation, he found that when Zhao Hongchuan had shown a submissive appearance from the time he saw him just now, she didn't look like a well-trained eyeliner or undercover agent at all, which made him very suspicious of what Empress Wu's intention was to let her be his personal maid?

Because if Empress Wu really wants to arrange an eyeliner by his side, what kind of person can't find it with Empress Wu's means, so as not to let such a timid and scheming woman who doesn't understand anything serve herself!

However, even after testing Zhao Hong's skirt, Li Hong didn't see any flaws in her, but he didn't dare to be careless, so he said lightly, "People who want to be lonely don't need to dance swords or ride horses, they just need to be able to play the piano, and since you can play the piano, teach Gu to practice the piano in the future!" ”

"The slave knows! Thank you, Your Highness! A flash of gratitude flashed in Zhao Hong's eyes, and she hurriedly bowed and replied.