Chapter 298: I really envy that kid
Li Weiwei educated Gao Xin and the others awe-inspiringly, and then sent them away.
Looking at the backs of these people, he couldn't help but sigh lightly in his heart.
As he said just now, all this was given by Zhu Yuanzhang, and now these people are attached to him, making him look powerful, but this premise is that Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, has undiminished grace.
Once Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude changes, or he wants to do something against the holy will, I am afraid that these people will immediately disperse, and they will not be reliable at all.
On the second day, Li Wei took martial arts and then literature all night, and only got up from Xiaoqing's bed to eat breakfast in the morning when it was dawn.
At the dining table, he sat opposite An Qing, and An Qing stared at him with big eyes blinking while eating.
Li Wei was a little weak-hearted and said, "What are you doing looking at me all the time?" ”
"Where did you go this morning?" An Qing asked in a crisp voice.
"Of course it's going to the morning court!" Li Wei took out his usual lies.
"Then why are you still eating here?"
"Uh, this ......," Li Wei said.
An Qing pursed his lips and snorted disapprehendedly.
She had already discovered that Li Wei often disappeared in the morning, and as for where she went, she could guess without thinking about it, and she didn't know about Xiaoqing.
"After that, I'll have three days, one day for her."
An Qing puffed up his chest, learned from the majestic appearance of the queen mother, and set the rules of the backyard.
Li Wei smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, you have the final say." ”
Although An Qingding's rule Xiaoqing suffers more, she is a princess after all, and she is in the main house, so it is better than being sneaky.
Li Wei glanced up at Xiaoqing, and Xiaoqing breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, although she still had no name, but with An Qing's admission, her status at home was much better than before.
"And that, it's also a day."
Anqing hadn't finished arranging it yet, and after finishing speaking, Xiaoqing raised his finger and pointed at Duan Yu again.
Duan Yuqiao's face was slightly red, and she snorted lightly.
Li Wei was stunned, and waved his hand again and again: "This is absolutely none!" ”
"It's a day anyway."
An Qing didn't care whether he was true or not, and muttered softly and put down his hand to continue eating.
Li Wei glanced at Duan Yu next to Xiaoqing again, and Duan Yu immediately turned his head.
She has been in Li Wei's mansion for so long, and gradually discovered the difference between this person, although Li Wei is lustful, but he is not extravagant, except for Xiaoqing and the little princess, he has never touched other slaves and maids.
And what is even more special is Li Wei's attitude towards these slaves and maids, which is no longer lenient, it is a kind of equal treatment from the heart.
She herself is also the eldest lady from a big family, and she has always felt that she has treated domestic servants and maids very well, but compared to Li Wei, she is ashamed of herself.
In addition, she also found that this old white face was indeed talented, and his deeds were spread everywhere in the Jingshi.
These things made her view of Li Wei gradually change.
In fact, her presence by Li Wei's side still had a great influence on the Duan clan in Dali, because of Li Wei's relationship, Mu Ying and Hu Hai treated the Duan clan very kindly, and the other generals never bullied them.
And the other Tusi who have no one to protect them will not be treated so well, and the military generals and nobles will still oppress the people in the Ming Dynasty, and they will not be polite to these foreigners, even if the emperor is merciful, he can't put an end to this kind of thing.
Li Wei withdrew his gaze and fell on An Qing.
This little girl, who is not very old, although she is very generous on the surface, is still a little unhappy in her heart.
Li Wei reached out and grabbed her little hand, and said softly, "Thank you." ”
An Qing felt the temperature coming from his hand, and his tense little face relaxed.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Wei couldn't help but take the opportunity to ask something he had wanted to ask for a long time:
"Anqing, if I take Xiaoqing as a concubine, can you agree?"
Li Wei's voice was not loud, but Xiaoqing on the side was shocked when he heard it, and looked over with expectation in his eyes.
"That's the day, too!"
Anqing adheres to principles, she doesn't care about her name, and her treatment cannot be changed.
"Okay, don't worry."
Li Wei smiled and patted her hands, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
Since An Qing can agree to this, he is relieved that as long as his family is harmonious, he can find a way to solve external resistance.
Xiaoqing was also grateful when she heard An Qing's words, although she came first according to the time, but An Qing was the princess who was marrying Ming Media, she naturally didn't dare to compare with it, if she could get the title of a concubine, she would be very satisfied.
Seeing the harmony of the family, Li Wei also smiled.
Now as long as he finds a way to get Zhu Yuanzhang to agree to his concubine, Xiaoqing can be with him justifiably.
And if you want Zhu Yuanzhang to agree, it's actually not impossible, as long as he makes some great contributions, can't he allow this old man to be happy as soon as he is happy?
No matter what, you have to give it a try, but you really can't take Anqing and Xiaoqing to elope together.
After Li Wei made up his mind, he took action, and his enthusiasm for work increased greatly.
First of all, it is a matter of repairing roads, many of the roads in Beijing are still rammed earth, only a few avenues are paved with stone slabs regardless of the cost, and sometimes the emperor needs to sprinkle and sweep first, just to avoid dusty when a large group of people and horses pass by.
And now that there is a cement road, the capital division naturally has to be paved.
The kilns for firing cement were expanded one after another, and the output of cement gradually increased, so Li Wei asked Jiang Shouqing and Jiang Quan to start construction in Beijing.
The original dirt road was gradually replaced by a concrete pavement, and the magnates and common people in Beijing were amazed to see this smooth and clean road surface.
The matter of building the road was handed over to Jiang Shouqing and them, and Li Wei himself put all his energy on the study of hydraulic chambers, which was the key to the development of industry.
As long as this thing is done, it will be possible to make a practical steam engine, as well as a barrel and so on.
He has not forgotten the chamber of commerce and the bank, both of which have now expanded to the local area, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and a large amount of treasure money circulates back and forth between the two every day.
There is also the purchase of land to promote land reclamation, which is promoted externally with Yangzhou and Jingshi as the center.
In the end, Li Wei handed over this matter to the Chamber of Commerce to operate, this kind of thing involving a lot of money, once the officials get involved, it will be a big mess, it is better not to do it.
With Li Wei's active efforts, the capital and even the entire Ming Dynasty are undergoing rapid changes, Zhu Yuanzhang sees it in his eyes and is happy in his heart, although he did not make another reward, but the verbal praise of Li Wei is continuous.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was winter again.
The snow was flying, the silver makeup was all over the sky, and hundreds of ministers wore snow, and they gathered outside the noon gate before dawn.
Zhu Yuanzhang has endured hardships and suffered, and he has been diligent day and night, so naturally he will not let them suspend the dynasty because of this bit of wind and snow.
Although it is so hard to be an official, these literati are still eager to do it, except for Li Wei, no one will quit because the early dynasty is too hard.
Ru Taisu clasped his hands on his sleeves and searched for Li Wei among the ministers, but unsurprisingly did not see the slightest trace of him.
"I really envy that kid!"
Ru Taisu shivered and muttered in a low voice with pantothenic acid
Gao Xin and the others next to him also felt the same way, but they could only think about this matter, Li Wei didn't go to court, it was okay, they dared to skip work, and a meal was inevitable.
"Why don't we go to the room and take shelter from the wind and snow first?" Gao Xin opened his mouth and said that these high-grade officials have this treatment.
"Forget it, the hour is almost up, let's wait a minute." Ru Taisu said.
Gao Xin had no choice but to give up when he heard this.
While the ministers were waiting, the palace gate suddenly opened slowly, and then a team of guards rode out on horseback and quickly walked away.
The ministers were suddenly surprised.
"I didn't hear the bells and drums ringing, why did the palace door suddenly open?" Ru Taisu looked at the departing guards in shock.
"Could it be that something happened in the palace?" Gao Xin's face was also a little solemn.
Ru Taisu lowered her head and thought about it, but she didn't guess what would happen.
At this time, a little eunuch came to the palace gate and shouted in a shrieked voice: "Your Majesty has a decree, today is exempted from the court, and all the ministers belong to the directors of the headquarters." ”
"Your Ministers obey!"
When the ministers heard this, they hurriedly paid homage to the edict, and then dispersed one after another, and each went back to his yamen to take shelter from the wind and keep warm, and Ru Taisu and others also dispersed with doubts.
The guards who left the palace gate divided into two ways on the way, one team went to the Tai Hospital, and the other team went to Li Wei's house.
Li Wei was still sleeping with the little princess in the warm quilt at this time, and he didn't know anything about the palace affairs.
When the guards arrived outside the house, they immediately slammed the door, and the servants on duty in the front yard were alarmed and hurried out of the house to open the door.
"Who?"
The door opened a little, and the servant poked his head out and was shocked when he saw that it was a group of guards.
"Your Majesty has a decree to pass on Li Fu's horse to enter the palace quickly!" The guards didn't talk nonsense, and said directly in a loud voice.
"Okay, okay, the villain will go and report it." The servant said and hurriedly turned back.
Bang bang bang!
A moment later, Li Wei, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by a knock on the door.
"What's the matter?"
Li Wei shouted out of the door with his eyes half-open.
"Master Pony, Your Majesty urgently summoned you to the palace, get up quickly." Xiaohong's voice sounded outside the door.
Li Wei frowned and looked up at the sky outside the window.
It's not dawn yet, it is estimated that the old man should be preparing to go to the morning court, why is he in a hurry to summon him into the palace? I didn't give him any notice yesterday to participate in the morning court.
"What's wrong?"
Anqing was also woken up, rubbing his eyes and sitting up.
"Your father summoned me to the palace." Li Wei said a little angrily, it was snowing heavily, and he really didn't want to go.
"Then you can go quickly."
After Anqing finished speaking, he lay down again, wrapped the quilt tightly and went to sleep.
Li Wei: "......"
Is it easy to marry a princess? Look at his whole person sold to the old Zhu family!
Li Wei reluctantly got up from the bed, and then Xiaohong and these female officials waited for the change of clothes before walking out of the house.
The guards were obviously very anxious, and when they saw him come out, they immediately urged: "Master Horse, let's go!" ”
Li Wei looked at their battle, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked, "What did Your Majesty call me for?" ”
"The queen mother is sick, Your Majesty has already sent someone to pass on the imperial doctor, and I have also ordered me to invite you too." The guard didn't hide it either, and said directly.
Li Wei's face suddenly changed: "What? The queen is sick again? Is it serious? (End of chapter)