"Ye Gong, Ye Gong, how can you still be here in peace?"

Du Fu panted and climbed up the mountain, looking at Ye Chang who was sitting on the horse and drinking tea, he ran a few steps forward, but after all, he couldn't run.

Ye Chang originally turned his back to him, heard his voice, and turned back in amazement: "Zimei, why are you here?" ”

"There's something big going on in the court, why are you still here in Anruo Taishan?" Du Fu paused, because he couldn't breathe, so it took a while to finish his words.

"Zimei, in the past few years, it seems that you have sat in the study too much and exercised less, so you are tired to climb such a hill, the flowing water is not rotten, the household hub is not beetle, if you want to do more things, you have to have a good body." Ye Chang said with a smile.

Du Fu was so angry that he couldn't speak, and finally got angry, he said anxiously: "I mistakenly believed the bandits, and gave Lu Qi the investigation you asked me to do...... Do you know the truth? ”

Du Fu looked at Ye Chang's face when he spoke, and found that Ye Chang's expression was a little strange, and he immediately asked with a clear glare.

"Although I am in Tailing, Chang'an's affairs, I still know a little bit, as soon as this new newspaper was launched, 100,000 copies were given, the momentum is huge, and the impact is not small." Ye Chang said: "The officials of the DPRK and China, there are honest people, seeing what it contains, they are filled with righteous indignation, and they write to the imperial court, demanding that the mine be abolished and its shortcomings eradicated. ”

"What kind of upright person, if he is not a person who eats the ancients, he is a person with ulterior motives!" Du Fu angrily rebuked: "Wasting food because of choking is not the right way!" As Ye Gong said, everything that is done will inevitably have advantages and disadvantages, and the disadvantages of setting up industrial and mining industries are not as good as its advantages, and Ye Gong has long said that the imperial court only needs to strengthen management to control such drawbacks. In the past few years, because of the benefits of industry and mining, the people's lives have been better, and they can't see it! ”

"Aren't they doing this to strengthen management?" Ye Chang said leisurely.

His attitude made Du Fu almost thunderous, and then Du Fu understood: "This ...... Are you behind this again? ”

"That's not true, it's just that while the industry and mining have been prosperous in recent years, various problems have also arisen with sediment, and it is really time to take care of it. Whether it is I do it, or the court does it, it is inevitable that I will bear the infamy, the difference is that I am in charge for better development, and the court is in charge of a few people to collect wealth and power. That being the case, let's let the court bear the infamy first. ”

These words would not have been uttered by a minister who was very loyal to the imperial court in any case.

Du Fu has no opinion, seeing that in the past ten years, the imperial court has almost been supported by Ye Chang alone, and there are two great achievements in protecting the sky and rebuilding the Tang Dynasty, although the merit is not rewarded, but Li Li treats Ye Chang like this, it is still too chilling.

Li Li's clever little trick, in the eyes of discerning people, thinks it is purely a joke: Ye Chang really wants his position, where can he get his turn, let alone deliberately leave Beijing in the past few years when Li Longji is seriously ill, and let Li Li control the palace. To a certain extent, this is also a test for Ye Chang to Li Li, if Li Li consciously knows each other and is willing to be in the position of a hypocrisy, then he, the son of the Tang Dynasty, can still rule by hanging the arch, otherwise, naturally everyone will have a showdown and scatter.

"It's not good to make trouble like this." Du Fu thought about it and sighed: "If you drag it down, it will hurt the vitality of the Tang Dynasty, just like the changes in An Lushan, why not a long pain is better than a short pain?" ”

"I'm in a long pain right now, it's better to have a short pain." Ye Chang said: "Zimei, you said that if I make a move now, what will the people think?" ”

"Are you afraid of being infamy?"

"When the emperor was here, I already had a reputation for being arrogant." Ye Chang smiled, and his eyebrows were full of energy: "What is infamy, it is the infamy of abolishing the usurpation of the throne, I am not afraid, let alone domineering!" ”

He has been forbearant for many years, but when he speaks at this time, he swept away the femininity, but with a domineering spirit that the world is in hand. Du Fu was stunned, looked at him, and didn't say anything for a long time.

This is Ye Chang's nature, although he has always been loyal to the Li Tang royal family before, but it is his style to repay that he doesn't care about infamy, and in the past few years, he has been looking forward to inviting fame, which has made Du Fu forget his nature.

"Then what are you afraid the people will think?"

"I am afraid that the people will take everything for granted." Ye Chang exhaled slowly: "Do you know the truth that books can't be read unless they are borrowed?" ”

Du Fu's old face was slightly red, of course he understood this truth.

"People are the opposite, they don't know how to cherish what they don't work for." Ye Chang said: "I have long been ordered to reiterate that when opening a mine, you must pay more attention and don't just care about making money and give up benevolence, but those people just don't listen." Now this is also their own doing, and I can't help them solve all their problems, lest they become dependent......"

Ye Chang said a little messily, because there was some meaning, he didn't know whether he should express it to Du Fu.

Today, Datang can be said to have stepped on the threshold of industrialization and commercialization, but this is not born naturally by Datang itself, but under the vigorous guidance of Ye Chang. Ye Chang knew very well that if he made a move, then he would have to sit in that highest position, and from now on in the capital, he would not be allowed to go out easily, and his main energy would be entangled in some cumbersome redundant things, and he might not be able to lead the direction of Datang freely as he is now.

Some people think that being in the highest position can naturally make it easier to guide the country. In fact, the experience of the two lives told Ye Chang that there were ways to elevate him, block his ears and eyes, and immerse him in singing praises and singing and dancing.

And when he came to power, he was only an enlightened emperor replacing an old-fashioned emperor, and what happened after him?

Of course, he can decide the constitution with one word, whether it is an enlightened autocracy or a constitutional monarchy, and with his huge influence in the military and the people, he can completely decide with one word. But since he can decide with one word, then someone can abandon it with one word in the future!

Therefore, it is necessary to go through some kind of huge change to raise a certain standard to the political consensus of the Tang Dynasty, and only in this way can the innovation he wants succeed.

"Ye Gong's intention, only if the people win it themselves, will it be cherished by them?" Du Fu has been running a newspaper all these years, and it can be said that he has followed Ye Chang's train of thought, so he figured this out: "No wonder you have vigorously advocated Taoism over the years...... Everything that benefits the people is the Taoist system, and the inheritance of the Taoist system is the Son of Heaven......"

Ye Chang smiled and didn't make a sound.

"I understand, I'll go back to Chang'an!" Du Fu thought about it again and said resolutely.

Ye Chang smiled again: "I'll send you!" ”

After Du Fu returned to Chang'an, he immediately gathered people to write hard, and the next day, he published a number of articles in the newspaper in response to the imperial court's seizure of the monopoly of the field and mine.

This newspaper soon arrived at the table of Yuan Highway.

"The Son of Heaven's move can't help but remind people of King Zhou Li, who carried out the 'patent' policy, and owned the mountains, forests, lakes and rivers by the Son of Heaven, and did not allow the people to fish, fish and hunt. There is a precedent in history, and now you can think about it, when today's son, do you want to follow Zhou Li's king? ”

Seeing this paragraph, Yuan Highway jumped up: "What a big gut!" ”

Previously, there were also criticisms of officials in the newspapers, such as criticism of Yuan Highway as a corpse vegetarian meal. But pointing the finger at the Son of Heaven, this is the first time, Yuan Highway can imagine what kind of reaction hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the central government, as well as people studying in urban and rural areas, will have when they see this text.

With the influence of "People's Daily", Li Li should also see it at this time, how could he not be angry?

Sure enough, not long after this issue of "Minbao" was released, a forbidden army went to the newspaper office and confiscated it. However, when they arrived, they didn't know if they had leaked the news, or they had already prepared, except for three or two kittens and a bunch of printing machines, Du Fu and the others all escaped.

On the second day, Lu Qi's "Tang Daily" frantically attacked the "Minbao", calling it disrespectful and humble, committing chaos, and being the same as An Lushan and others. Between the lines, he vaguely pointed the pen at Ye Chang. Because at this time, "Datang Daily" was still not long after its inception, and it was on the occasion of free delivery, so the impact was also great, and the entire Chang'an seemed to be suffocated.

But on the third day, the hidden "Minbao" counterattacked again.

"I have said before that I want to follow King Zhou Li and patent the world, and now I will look at it again, and now I will not only learn the chaos of King Zhou Li's patent, but also learn his strategy of stopping slander with witches. Banning people's newspapers, conniving at clowns jumping off beams, all kinds of means, what is the difference between King Li? It's just that I read history today, I haven't learned it all, I can see the strategy of King Li, and I haven't seen King Li's end! ”

At the beginning, the "Minbao" spread the news, which made An Lushan's army disheartened, and now the "Minbao" has sounded the horn again, and this article is almost a message to Li Li!

When Yuan Highway saw this, he jumped up again: "Take the "Historical Records", take the "Historical Records"!" ”

The servant at home brought him a bunch of "Historical Records" again, and he was still muttering in his heart, is there something wrong with his master, he always has to read "Historical Records" during this time, could it be that the Son of Heaven is dissatisfied with him and wants to drive him to compile history?

Yuan Highway ignored the servant's expression, but turned the "Historical Records" to the paragraph of King Zhou Li.

"The people rioted...... The first year of the Republic! ”

In the "Historical Records", there is an exact date, which starts after King Zhou Li was overthrown by the countrymen.

Yuan Highway went to Kong Yingda's "Historical Records of Justice", which has its own interpretation of this period of history, especially for the republic, the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" contained in the Gongbo and the dictatorship of the government, doing the things of the Son of Heaven, and this Gongbo and ...... It is the king of the country.

Ye Chang was named King Wei!

Seeing this, Yuan Highway took a breath.

Ye Chang's dumb riddle, it turns out that the explanation is here, no wonder he said that he wanted to compile history!

But soon, Yuan Highway felt that he seemed to be thinking too much, if Ye Chang really meant this, why couldn't he express it directly, and he had to make such a big bend? In fact, if it weren't for the "People's Daily" comparing Li Li with King Zhou Li, no matter how much he and Dugu Ming read the "Historical Records", they would not remember this allusion!

"Whether or not I'm thinking too much, this matter ...... I have to go to Dugu Gong again and ask him to take the idea, after all, Ye Gong went to supervise the mountain tomb, and it was Dugu Gong who took the idea in our department in the court. Instead of me guessing alone, it's better to let Dugu Gong guess too! ”

He didn't know that he really thought too much.

Ye Chang hinted from "Historical Records" that it was indeed useful, that is, to let them calm down for a while. In Ye Chang's judgment, Li Li is in a hurry to take power, and will inevitably take some measures to change the current policy, and among them, it seems that it is easiest to start with industrial and mining industries. At that time, it will not only be these people who will be infringed upon by Li Li, but also almost the vast majority of people in Chang'an City, from industrial and mining owners to ordinary workers, who will lose their income or even lose their livelihoods because of this, and those ordinary citizens will not be able to buy the cheap and abundant daily necessities they used to have.

At that time, these citizens will definitely rely on Ye Chang as their backing, and with a little guidance, they will rise up on their own and force Li Li to change his ways. However, Li Li will not accept such a condition, whether it is from his own face and prestige, or from the political plan to seize power. As a result, the contradictions will inevitably intensify, and the angry people will repeat the scene of the riots of the countrymen.

After all, for the people in Chang'an City now, after the Li Heng Rebellion, their respect for the royal family has been greatly reduced...... has only been a grandson for a few years, what prestige does he have among the people?

Yuan Highway hurried to Dugu Mansion, he was very familiar with the road here, and he didn't even need to pass it, so he went directly to Dugu Ming's study.

In Dugu Ming's study, there were piles of books such as "Historical Records" and "Historical Justice", and he buried his head in the meantime, and only then raised his head when he heard the voice of Yuan Highway greeting: "You are really here." ”

"Dugu Gong, what do you think...... This week's incident with King Li, is it true or false? Yuan Highway got straight to the point and asked in a trembling voice.

"Nature is true." Dugu clearly understood what he meant: "Before you came, I had already sent someone to inquire, and there would be new news soon, and by that time...... It's almost confirmative. ”

It didn't take long for the people sent by Dugu Ming to come back.

"In Chang'an City, in the east and west cities, more than 30 heads of banks have decided to strike from tomorrow." The servant panted with a look of shock on his face: "Something is wrong, something is wrong!" ”

"The Son of Heaven wants to patent industrial and mining industries, what does it have to do with them?" Yuan Highway was surprised when he heard that most of the guild heads in the east and west cities were commercial houses, and they were only responsible for selling things, not production, so why were they the first to react?

This is not something that the servant can know. Dugu Ming waved his hand, asked the servant to retreat and accept the reward, and then said with a smile: "Yuan Gong, you don't go to the market, I don't know the strangeness of the road, which of these heads of the line is not running an industrial and mining business, otherwise where do their goods come from?" Even if they don't do it, the industrial and mining industries above will also put pressure on them, after all, as soon as the industrial and mining industries shrink, they will have no goods to sell, and they will be the first to make less money! ”

"Yes......" Yuan Highway was a little embarrassed, although he had a good relationship with Ye Chang and had a lot of benefits from the Andong Chamber of Commerce, but he really didn't know much about the industry and commerce in the market.

The news brought by the servant made Dugu Ming push away the history book in front of him, he sighed, and said slowly: "More than thirty guilds...... And that's just the beginning! ”