Although Zheng Youxiong was unwilling, he was now a prisoner of the lower ranks, and he was powerless to fight back, lying on the ground like ashes without saying a word.

Li Shimin snorted coldly: "Stay with Zheng Youxiong and settle with the heads of the Cui Wang family, their group of 'old friends' haven't seen each other for more than ten years, let them catch up with the old days!" ”

Zheng Youxiong was escorted down, and Zheng Yingcai was also very aware of the current affairs and left. He knew that Li Hao and they still had important things to discuss next, and these things were not for him to listen to.

"Happy!" After these people left, Li Shiming slapped the table happily.

When he was the king of Qin, these big families with five surnames and seven wang families made difficulties everywhere and suppressed everywhere. For so many years, Li Shimin has been thinking about uprooting them one by one, and when he saw Zheng Youxiong's desperate eyes today, he felt indescribable happiness in his heart.

"Li Hao, you did a good job, I really didn't expect you to be able to solve the Cui Wang Zheng family so quickly. I really don't know how to reward you so that it can be worthy of your merits! ”

Li Hao didn't ask for credit, and let go of the topic with a slight smile.

What he wants is actually very simple, but he can't mention it to Li Shimin for the time being, if he says it at this time, no matter how good their relationship is, Li Shimin will have to cut off Li Hao's head.

He was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to make this request in the name of it.

I believe it won't be too long to wait.

"By the way, there is also good news, your speech at the auction banquet that night caused a strong reaction, and after the major wealthy merchants and eunuchs returned, they publicized your deeds in a big way. Now Chang'an City is united, and the people of the major upper bunks have donated money and materials to help Hongzhou tide over the difficulties. Now your name as King Zhen'an is already a god-like existence in the hearts of the people! ”

Cheng Yanjin also accosted: "I also heard that many people have suggested that you should turn your deeds into stories and spread them, so that everyone in the world knows the chivalrous spirit of King Zhen'an." In this way, my Datang will be able to unite as one, and if there are natural and man-made disasters in the future, we will not rely on the support of the treasury alone! ”

Speaking of this, the excitement on Li Shimin's face couldn't be suppressed. He is a saint of the ages, and his lifelong wish is to make the country peaceful and prosperous.

If there is the desire of the people, it is bound to be of great benefit to the development of Datang.

Unlike the two of them, when Li Hao heard the news, his expression became solemn.

"Lao Li Lao Cheng, who is this person who proposed to make up the story? And who fueled the spread of the auction dinner? ”

Li Hao's rare seriousness made Li Shimin and the others a little stunned, and they faintly felt a little bad.

"I don't know who spread it in Chang'an City, but the one who proposed to turn you into a story as a model is a university scholar - Li Miao."

"Xiao Li, is there something wrong? You don't seem to be too happy! ”

Li Hao snorted coldly: "How happy I am to hear such news!" ”

A merchant has become a god in the hearts of the people, and there are people who want to spread his deeds all over the world, what is this not naked slaughter?

Nowadays, in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, the monarch centralizes power and rules centrally, and there is only one god in people's hearts, that is, Emperor Li Shimin. If others are too famous, they will become successful and high-level masters. The so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, how can there be another god by the emperor's side?

Hearing Li Hao say this, Li Shimin also became serious, he thought about the whole thing from the beginning, and seemed to smell a little bit of conspiracy.

"Lu Guogong, urgently announce Xiangguo, Uncle Guo is here!"

"Yes!" Cheng Yanjin hurriedly received the order and left the imperial study quickly.

Li Hao and the others were in the room, and Li Shimin asked worriedly: "Xiao Li, do you suspect that someone is trying to harm you?" ”

"There's no other explanation than trying to harm me."

"But you are my friend Li Shimin, I trust you at all times! Gossip doesn't affect my judgment! Li Shimin said eagerly.

Since the emergence of Li Hao, the Tang Dynasty has been peaceful and peaceful, and its national strength has developed rapidly. If it weren't for the fact that such a god man himself had no ambition to enter the ranks, Li Shimin would have worshipped him a long time ago, how could he doubt him?

Li Hao smiled slightly: "As a friend, I believe that your words are from the heart." But as the owner of Lijiazhuang, I want to remind His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty that as the king of a country, this sentence cannot be said! ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and lowered his head gloomily.

He is the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, and his words and deeds represent the Tang Dynasty. Li Hao has done a lot of things for the Tang Dynasty over the years, and it can be said that he has worked hard, but after all, Lijiazhuang is a country within a country that has broken away from the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

Personal relations between two countries have never been a prerequisite for decision-making. Do everything only for the sake of profit.

Now Li Shimin and Li Hao have a great relationship, and they can be calmly opposed, but if Li Hao does anything that harms the interests of Datang in the future, no matter how good the relationship is, Li Shimin will send troops to completely wipe out Li Jiazhuang. This is the consciousness that a king of a country must have.

Li Hao also sighed: "Let's not talk about these things for the time being, let's talk about the things in front of us." The Cui and Wang families have been completely wiped out, and now the capital in your hands is no longer what it used to be. In addition, the Zheng family has also been hit hard, and I think my five surnamed Qiwang guitar families should be completely vigilant now. ”

"Do you suspect that the person who killed you this time was a person with the surname of Wuwei Qiwang?"

"Well, after all, the people I've dealt with in the past few years are all their people. Although the five surnames and seven hopes are fighting with each other, they can be regarded as the same spirit and branches, and they are both prosperous. I've already stabbed the three families, and no matter how stupid people are, they can see some clues. And the frontal battle, they also saw the result, the three were planted in my hands, I think the rest of the people should not follow in the footsteps, so they began to attack from other directions! ”

"But is this kind of killing a little too early, you and I have the same goal, standing in the same camp, I, Li Shimin, am not a faint king, and I will not abandon you as a god because of a reputation!"

"It's not early!" Li Hao said solemnly: "Smart people do things, they always keep their hands behind, and they have nothing to do on weekdays to plant flowers, and they don't have to worry about a long flowering period." They quietly planted a seed today, and if I accidentally showed a flaw, that seed could quickly grow into a sharp sword that pierced my throat. ”

"Besides, I don't necessarily have to let you kill me, the potential enemy I face is not only you, the monarch of the Tang Dynasty!"

"You mean...... Merchant status? ”

"That's right, although I have a lot to do with you, but in the end, I am not an official like the court, at best, I am just a businessman with the status of the king of Zhen'an. Now I have become a model merchant in their mouths, a god in the hearts of the people, which means that I have been driven to a high place by them. ”

"But Lao Li, think about it, why has everyone said that there is no treachery and no business since ancient times? To put it bluntly, businessmen buy low and sell high, making profits in buying and selling. The gods are all saints, and the saints are the ones who value others and take themselves lightly, and the saints can never be good businessmen, because there is a paradox between the two. ”

"Now that I, a businessman, have been boasted of by them as a saint, once I show the face of a profiteer in my future business, I will be infinitely magnified by them. When the saint's personality collapses, those people who like me will scold me worse than those who hated me in the first place. ”