"Official position or something, that's a military affair, concubines and harem women, they shouldn't speak." Yang Yuhuan smiled and groaned, she said that she shouldn't have spoken, but in fact she had already spoken, and then she said: "Gold and silver silk, Ye Shiyi has his own skills to earn it, and the concubine feels that there is nothing to reward...... Alas, this is really difficult, officials are not rewarded, and wealth is not rewarded...... Isn't it rewarding people with him? ”

When Li Longji heard this, his heart moved, and he looked Ye Chang up and down for a while: "Ye Qing, you haven't married yet, right?" ”

Ye Chang's heart jumped suddenly, his family affairs ...... Could it be that Li Longji wants to reach out?

Ten thousand reluctants in his heart, but in his mouth, Ye Chang must also tell the truth: "The minister has been sluggish since he was a child, and he is a native of the countryside, so he has not started a family." ”

"Hmm...... I have remembered this matter, your family affairs, you must not be specialized, and after a while, I will point you to a good family business"

Although Ye Chang was unwilling in his heart, he couldn't refuse openly, so he could only secretly complain, and he had to thank Li Longji for his kindness.

Whether it's another life or this life, I'm most afraid of the kind of uncles and aunts who pull themselves to be matchmakers

Although they have a good heart, but this kind of heart has caused many troubles

Ye Chang's gift made Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan very satisfied, and Yang Yuhuan could hardly leave the mirror. Li Longji smiled and beckoned to Ye Chang, Ye Chang was stunned for a moment, and then followed him to the side.

"Lao Qing is attentive." Li Longji said.

"This ......"

"Why, I praise you twice, you have always been clever, why don't you know how to deal with it?"

"Well, I'm not used to it." Ye Chang said honestly.

"Ha Lu Ha...... What is the matter in Liaodong, you tell the truth, I will not blame you. ”

Li Longji suddenly changed his words, and Ye Chang's heart sank. He thought that there was no problem in hiding the increasingly dim emperor, but he didn't know where he saw the flaw.

"What the minister said is true, only one point, the minister did not elaborate, and the minister's recovery of Jili Prefecture is also a little selfish

Li Longji smiled with satisfaction, he liked this feeling, controlling the thoughts of his subordinates and understanding their selfish intentions. Fang Cai's sentence was not that he really saw any flaws, but just the intuition of a shrewd old politician.

"You say, what selfishness?"

"The minister's policy at the beginning, His Majesty did not think so, and the ministers of the court and the central government also reprimanded the ministers for being crazy and stupid, so the minister wanted to show them madly, and proved what the minister said, if the side affairs are handled properly, not only will they not hurt the national strength, but they can make money for the country."

Ye Chang was talking nonsense, thinking quickly in his mind, he couldn't guess that Li Longji had seen any flaws, since this was the case, then lead the topic to the place where Li Longji was interested.

What is Li Longji most interested in right now?

Naturally, he can make money for him, and he can give him a lot of money

In the past ten years, among the senior officials he has promoted to important ministers, there are more than three or five who have risen to the position because they can make money for him. Li Shizhi's battle for Li Linfu is not enough, and even Zhang Jiuling was driven out of Chang'an, partly because they did not have Li Linfu to make money

Li Linfu managed and financed for Li Longji, and he tried his best to fish as much as possible, while Wei Jian, Yang Shenjin and others completely ignored the people and took looting as their ability.

Sure enough, Ye Chang's words made Li Longji very interested, and he smiled: "Don't work hard to hurt the national strength, but make money for the country?" ”

"When the minister returned to Chang'an this time, he brought a lot of Liaodong native products, ready to sell them at that time - naturally, this is not a one-time transaction, and there will be more later."

"Oh?" Li Longji was not ashamed of his words, not to mention that there were no upright ministers to advise him now, so he asked curiously, "What are they?" ”

"There are two Dongzhu in Bohai, and there are hundreds of leather goods in Heishui...... Ah, speaking of which, the minister only cares about giving gifts and his mother, but he forgot to prepare a gift for His Majesty, which is a white tiger skin ......."

The white tiger skin is dispensable to Ye Chang, and this thing is known as an omen, he hid it privately, and it is not beautiful to denounce it, so it is better to give it to Li Longji in exchange for further support from Li Longji. Sure enough, Li Longji was happy, not because of this gift, but because Ye Changzhi advanced and retreated: "There are also a few white tiger skins in the palace, but I want to see what is the difference between the white tiger skins you get in Liaodong, you continue"

"The minister has such an idea, the minister will bid to sell the income of Liaodong in Chang'an City, and then part of it will be controlled by the minister, and continue to build a dock in Liaodong to buy a giant wood to build a big ship, and the other part will be according to the previous capital contributions, as a profit to return to the nobles who have contributed capital. Naturally, such a large income is also not allowed to pay commercial taxes and the imperial court

When Li Longji heard him so assigned, he was first happy, and then solemn. After a while, he smiled again: "Ye Chang, if this is the case, you are busy in Liaodong, won't you get nothing?" ”

"How can the minister get nothing, the minister's own family works hard in Liaodong, and he must have a salary, right? And when the capital is contributed, the minister also gives a share, and there must be a rebate...... The most important thing is that the minister's dock, building a dock to build a big ship to go to sea, even if you can't find the overseas fairy mountain for the time being, it is also a profitable thing, otherwise, where does the treasure mirror of the minister and the mother come from? ”

Li Longji was dumbfounded: Exactly, Ye Chang's seemingly all-encompassing benefit distribution, he himself got a lot

However, this did not make Li Longji angry, but made him even happier, if Ye Chang neither loves officials nor money, then what does he love, is it Jiangshan Sheji?

"You, after all, are not scholars," Li Longji said.

If you change to other literati, you will definitely be angry, but Ye Chang is calm: "There are all kinds of industries in the world, everyone performs their duties according to their strengths, if everyone is a scholar, then the countryside does not plough the soldiers, and there are not so many people in the pear orchard under Your Majesty." ”

"Ha Lu, Ha ......," Li Longji laughed.

"Since the saint asked about this matter, the minister had an idea and asked His Majesty to make a holy judgment."

"Well, you say"

Ye Chang had an idea for a long time that the Han people were actually a very pioneering nation, not only in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, but also in the wilderness and poverty, and the Han people had expanded here more than once. But every time they retreated, so that the surrounding barbarians took a big advantage, and regarded the place where the Han people temporarily borrowed their survival as their natural wealth. The reason for this is that Ye Chang said in the previous border policy that it is unprofitable to operate the frontier.

It was unprofitable in the past, but since Ye Chang had the heart to change this, he had to be an example.

"The benefits that the minister has obtained from Liaodong are not the only one, as long as the minister can stand firm in Liaodong, there will be every year in the future." Ye Chang said: "The minister wants to use the capital contributed by the nobles to establish the Anton Chamber of Commerce, the minister is not talented, and he is willing to be the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and the court can send people to take the lead and manage the benefits of Liaodong." ”

"Chamber of Commerce...... The business of the businessman......"

"Exactly, businessman's business."

Li Longji is not some old antiques in the court, although he also looks down on businessmen, but he is very tempted by the huge profits behind Ye Chang's proposal. He didn't know how to do it, the appointment of officials who were good at looting over the years had damaged his reputation, but on the one hand, he wanted to rejoice in his achievements and conquer all directions, and on the other hand, he had to maintain his luxurious life and extreme luxury, and the expenses were too great, and he could only choose the latter between good reputation and practical benefits.

But if Ye Chang manages the law well, he can bring him huge benefits from Liaodong every year, and it will not damage his reputation, the best of both worlds, why should he not agree because it is a businessman's business?

"What do you mean by the plan?"

"The minister is in charge of the affairs of the chamber of commerce, but the money and grain collection and expenditure are all registered by the treasurer, and the court can collect taxes with this book, and the investors can use this book to distribute dividends at the end of the year, and the minister can use this book to plan the affairs of the coming year, and the office is convenient in one fell swoop."

"I understand ......"

Li Longji really understands that this position of chief accountant is not only equivalent to the accounting office of ordinary merchants, but also a pawn of Ye Chang, the superintendent of the imperial court. As long as the money and grain income and expenditure are clear, he can also detect in Chang'an what Ye Chang has done in Liaodong.

Although Ye Chang is bold, he is also careful, he is a person who understands and knows how to avoid suspicion. With this plan, no one in the court can chew on the root of his tongue and accuse him of trying to stand on his own feet overseas.

"Your Majesty, please."

"This matter is really not suitable to be taken to the court......" Li Longji pondered for a moment: "In this way, the main plan is ordered by me, and then all the taxes will be paid into the inner government." ”

Ye Chang scolded secretly, it was originally the income for the country, but Li Longji opened his mouth and gave it to him personally. Since ancient times, emperors have been like this, so it is not wrong for people to call the emperor a one-man thief. The money could have been used to rectify national defense, build roads, dredge waterways, and educate and sanitate, but instead it was used for Li Longji's personal extravagance and lust.

However, Ye Chang didn't want to try to persuade Li Longji, as long as Li Longji recognized it, then the Anton Chamber of Commerce would have legitimacy, since he was the head of the Chamber of Commerce, even if Li Longji really appointed officials to Jili Prefecture, he would not be able to shake his power in Jili Prefecture.

More importantly, with this name, he can use his power to make the trade routes of the Andong Chamber of Commerce unimpeded in the world, and he can give orders to the Tang vassal states such as Silla and Bohai, in a sense, this is the East India Company of the Tang Dynasty.

"Regarding the principal shares of the Anton Chamber of Commerce, the minister thinks so......" Ye Chang began to continue to say

Half of the shares come from the support of the nobles in Beijing, 30% comes from Ye Chang's own investment, and 20% is the support of Yang Yuhuan - in fact, it is the support of Li Longji himself. When Li Longji heard him say this, he couldn't help but smile, and said with half praise and half sigh: "Ye Chang, if you go to bribe, I'm afraid that no one in the hundred officials will be able to refuse you." ”

Ye Chang laughed twice, Li Longji was still good at talking, greedy and greedy, after all, he paid attention to his image, and did not ask why Yang Yuhuan's shares were less than Ye Chang's. Then there is the so-called chamber of commerce tax, since Ye Chang is interested, Li Longji does not dwell too much on this issue, and sets the chamber of commerce tax at twenty taxes and one.

After discussing this matter, Li Longji said again: "That glass mirror is a product of Liaodong?" ”

"The minister is a desire to seek fairy island, less can not go to sea, once when going to sea because of the wind and waves, deviated from the course, get an island, there are people on the island, become a country of its own, the country name is proud, its domestic production of this mirror, claiming to be the legacy of Nuwa to make up the sky." Ye Chang knew his true meaning and said with a smile: "As for the production in Liaodong, it is nothing more than giant trees, ginseng, Dongzhu, fur, horses and sheep. ”

"I see...... I don't know where the country is, and whether I regard the Tang Dynasty as the right one. Li Longji believed that it was true: "If you go again, you might as well bring his envoy to Chang'an." ”

Ye Chang held back a smile and responded.

This is the limitation of this era, and Li Longji is concerned about whether this country is in the Tang Dynasty, and he does not ask at all about what products this country has and whether it has strategic significance.

"Let's go back, by the way, the rest of the concubines in the palace, have you prepared gifts?" Li Longji was originally going to go back, but after taking a step, he remembered something and asked again.

"This ...... There are many concubines in the palace, and the ministers are terrified, and they only know that Yang Niangniang ......"

"Hehe, I won't want you to bleed heavily, others will just pay it back...... Baojing wants you to bring back more than one, Concubine Mei, quietly send one, and let Gao Lishi send it for you. ”

Ye Chang was stunned, and his face showed bitterness: "Your Majesty, there is only one body the size of that treasure mirror, if there is another one that is as big, do you dare not offer it?" ”

"Well, you don't understand yet, it's okay to be smaller, but you have to send one...... Don't let Yang Zhao know the way, if he knows the way, Yuhuan will also know the way."

Ye Chang saw Li Longji's somewhat irritable appearance, and immediately understood that the person in front of him seemed to be facing a situation that was beneficial to intelligence.

He felt strange in his heart, the history of the Tang Dynasty was still quite rough, and that Concubine Mei had also been mentioned in some books, but they were all barnyard histories, and there didn't seem to be any mention of this Concubine Mei in the official history. And since he first entered Chang'an, he also knows Yang Yuhuan, and as for Concubine Mei, she is too low-key.

Ye Chang was reluctant to intervene in this matter, and the result of flattering Lu on both sides was that both sides did not please. Therefore, he smiled and said: "The minister will offer another mirror and a saint, which is smaller than Yang Niangniang's, and your majesty must not dislike it." ”

Li Longji suddenly felt a headache: "Let you hand it over to General Gao." ”

"Yes, General Chentogao is dedicated to the saints."

Seeing Ye Chang's stupid appearance, Li Longji was furious: "It is the duty of a courtier to worry about the king, you can't do this little thing, what use do you want?" ”

"The saint is not strange, the anger of the mother, the saint coaxed it over, but if it falls on the minister's head, then something may happen. The minister is afraid of the mother, and the minister is not afraid of the saint. ”

"You" Li Longji suddenly had a seizure, glared at Ye Chang and said: "If you don't say a reason today, I will send someone to raid your house."

"Your Majesty's Shengming, Yao Shunyu Tang is nothing more than that, the minister is angry with His Majesty, and His Majesty also makes the minister reasonable. But the mother's side...... Can the minister have a point? ”

Li Longji never thought that he turned around and slapped himself again, but he felt that this young man's speech was very in line with his own thoughts, he was stunned, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Only villains and women are difficult to raise, the ancients are honest and don't deceive me, you are a villain."