At this moment, the regret in Li Qiao's heart reached its peak.

How good it would be for the Seventh Prince to be a man, he was willing to assist a wise monarch like the Seventh Prince.

When the Seventh Prince saw Li Qiao, he asked Shen Hua to accompany Xu Ying to dinner, and he motioned for Li Qiao to follow him to his office in the Criminal Department.

Take a seat and serve tea.

The Seven Princes don't talk nonsense and go straight to the point.

"At yesterday's family banquet, after several brothers toasted their father and grandfather, they got together in twos and threes to chat casually."

"I sit with my eldest brother, my eldest brother is weak, my father has always cherished him, such as the new pier of the Grand Canal, it stands to reason that he should have a share."

"I deliberately mentioned the Grand Canal to my eldest brother, but who knew that my eldest brother was not interested in the Grand Canal."

"I talked so loudly that the other brothers were drawn in, and the conversation turned to the Grand Canal."

"The third brother and the fifth brother have always been at odds with each other, the fifth brother is working hard for the British duke, and the third brother also wants to get a piece of the pie on the Grand Canal, the two soon mocked each other, and my father noticed our movement and asked what was wrong."

Speaking of this, the Seventh Prince paused, and while he picked up the tea bowl, he asked Li Qiao: "I mentioned to you before that all the new wharves of the Grand Canal have been occupied by high-ranking officials and nobles, do you think this is good?" ”

Li Qiao was stunned when she heard this, and then shook her head: "It's not good." Originally, the proposal of the lower officials was to get the highest price, but now these people rely on their status and do not give other big businessmen a chance, so it is not the highest bidder. ”

"If there are fewer people competing, the less money these people will pay, and then there will be fewer people who can finally flow into the treasury."

According to his conception, the one with the highest price will win, and under the competition, the person who finally wins the ownership of the new wharf will inevitably pay a lot more silver than the actual cost.

Surely the extra money will go into the treasury.

But now that it's done like this, eighty percent of them don't have this extra silver.

"Not bad." Hearing this, the Seventh Prince nodded, he took a few sips of tea, and then said: "These people are very shrewd, they only want to take advantage, they are not willing to suffer, let them pay for the silver, they will definitely double the silver from the new dock in the future." ”

"So, I proposed to my father, it's better to have a fair competition, whoever pays more money can get the new dock in his pocket."

The Seventh Prince said and sighed: "You also know that the treasury is empty, and my proposal can be regarded as a reference to my father's heart." ”

"So my father was ready to summon all the wealthy merchants, important ministers, and nobles in the capital into the palace and let them have an open bidding."

"The father will bear all the cause and effect, and anyone who is called to the palace can boldly bid for it, and there is no need to worry about retaliation afterwards."

"The time is set for the fourth day of the new year. You can pick a spot before anyone else bids. ”

"This grace was given to you by my father, I just mentioned not to miss you, you are a million, but today my father gave you such a grace."

"I see."

Li Qiao suddenly thanked the Seventh Prince.

Then he was a little worried: "Your proposal has offended the ministers and nobles of the DPRK and China who are interested in the new wharf." ”

offended all the powerful in one go, the Seven Princes are really ......

The Seventh Prince waved his hand, not caring at all: "Originally, these people were wrong, relying on their power to occupy all the new docks, and even wanted to repair the best road map, I want to make it more difficult for them." ”

"However, when I said don't miss you last night, the fifth brother didn't react, he should have guessed that I would test him, so he was on guard."

Speaking of this, the Seventh Prince's expression became serious.

It seems that it is really as Li Qiao said, in order to succeed in planting the sham, the fifth child arranged this matter seamlessly.

The old five, who has always been straightforward, actually played a tricky trick.

Li Qiao lowered her eyelids and was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes and asked the Seventh Prince tentatively: "Can the lower officials exchange this grace?" For example, the three princes, as long as the three princes can clear up their grievances for Brother Xu, then the lower officials are willing to transfer this grace to the three princes. ”

The Seventh Prince: "? ”

He was surprised at first, and then immediately shook his head: "No, this is the grace given by my father, how can it be transferred at will." ”

Li Qiao smiled bitterly when she heard this: "Xiaguan understands." ”

"Don't be too discouraged, the evidence in this case is too ridiculous and unreasonable, and how it should be judged in the end is really not certain."

The Seventh Prince immediately said.

The law is dead, but He is alive.

knew that he was Li Qiao's backer, but he actually set such a trap on Xu Ying, this was to convict the innocent Xu Ying with his hand?

Think beautifully.

It's not over.

The Seventh Prince asked Li Qiao not to worry too much about this matter, the people behind him declared war on him, the Seventh Prince, this time, so Li Qiao didn't have to carry this matter down alone, he was there.

The words of the Seventh Prince made Li Qiao really grateful, and he didn't know what to say.

Dasheng has seven princes like Sheng Ye, which is his luck and the luck of the people.

When I returned home with Shen Hua, it was already dark.

Shen Hua's mood was a little better again, when he was eating in the prison just now, Xu Ying tried his best to tease him, and he was in a much better mood.

He couldn't let his cousin worry about him.

He's going to have fun!

Therefore, at night, he didn't let Tao Zhu sleep with him, he had already grown up and could carry things, and he and his cousin would definitely be able to cross this hurdle in front of him!

Shen Hua insisted on not letting Tao Zhu sleep with him, so Tao Zhu went back to the conservatory.

Because of Xu Ying's matter, although today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zheng Qianqian did not shout to play cards as before, when Tao Zhu arrived at the conservatory, only Li Qiao and Li Xia were playing with the two little cubs in the conservatory.

put the two little cubs to sleep, and then Tao Zhu Li Qiao went to bathe and wash, and when their husband and wife cleaned up, Li Xia went back to find Zhao Shen.

Sitting on the warm kang, Tao Zhu finally asked what he had been holding back for two days, and he asked Li Qiao for details.

By the time Li Qiao finished telling him, the two had already dried their hair and lay down under the covers.

Lying in Li Qiao's familiar arms, Tao Zhu nodded his eyebrows: "Your eyes are full of red bloodshot today, don't think about it, go to sleep." ”

"Hmm." Li Qiao closed her eyes.

Last night, he was cultivating abilities and thinking about everything, so his face looked a little bad today.

But that's how he sleeps.

Although the Seventh Prince took over the matter, in the final analysis, Xu Ying was in this disaster because of him, and he couldn't eat or sleep until he came up with a solution.

Tao Zhu saw that although Li Qiao's eyes were closed, her eyelashes trembled, and she couldn't help pursing her lips.

But he didn't say anything, just hugged Li Qiao tightly.

He knew that Li Qiao was in torment, and he couldn't help Li Qiao, all he could do was hug Li Qiao.

It's the fourth day of the Lunar New Year in a blink of an eye.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Sheng Hong began to deal with government affairs.

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Chapter 141 Li Qiao tempted the five princes, there is no Tao Zhu in this chapter, the pure plot is amazing, the seven princes

Qian San told Li Qiao that he entered the palace at the time of Chen, and at seven o'clock in the morning.

Li Qiao got on the ox cart at half past five and walked slowly to the palace.

The fourth day of the first month is not considered to be an official court, and when he arrived at the gate of the inner city, there were only a few ox carts and carriages parked at the gate.

After getting out of the ox cart, he asked Li Dao to find a random place to wait for him, and then he walked into the inner city.

Entering the palace, entering the Taiji Palace, there is still a quarter of an hour before the hour.

At this time, the sky is not bright, and a circle of long candles is lit in the Taiji Palace, which illuminates the entire Taiji Hall as if it were day.

More than forty people were already waiting in the temple.

These people gathered in twos and threes, Li Qiao glanced at it roughly, the seven scholars in the cabinet were there, and there were a few servants from the six ministries, In addition, the six princes and five marquis of Sheng Junfeng at the beginning of the dynasty were also there.

Moreover, Wu Anhou, that is, Xin Zhi's grandfather, was also there.

He couldn't help but be surprised.

Xin Zhi has always said that his family's annual income in the fields is only tens of thousands of taels of silver, so he has always thought that the Wu'an Hou Mansion is just generally wealthy.

But now Wu Anhou has appeared here?

Surprised, he went to look at the others, and there were more than a dozen people he didn't know, this should be Shengjing's big businessman with deep pockets.

The second, third, fourth, and fifth princes are also there.

After looking, Li Qiao stepped forward and first saluted several princes.

Seeing this, the British public not far away snorted secretly and walked over.

He was standing with a few princes, and he came this way, and the rest of the princes looked at each other and followed.

When Li Qian saluted several princes and straightened his waist, the six princes all stood in front of him.

Smiling slightly, he continued to salute the six princes.

Except for the British duke, the remaining five princes have little intersection with Li Qiao, and these five princes are also old and retired a few years ago, and at this time they have no official position except for the title.

For now, on the surface, they have no conflict of interest with Li Qiao, so in the face of Li Qiao's salute, these five people have a good attitude and are all smiling.

The British public sighed, which was considered to be a response to Li Qiao.

Li Qiao's expression remained unchanged, and his face maintained a respectful look.

The third prince's eyes rolled, and he asked Li Qiao with a smile: "Lord Li, have you ever thought about which place to choose?" ”

"Back to the third prince, the lower officials have already thought about it." Li Qiao said respectfully.

As soon as these words came out, not only several princes, six princes, but even several cabinet scholars standing next to them also looked over.

In Dasheng, the cabinet scholars also served as the six scholars, and among the seven scholars today, only one is the squire of the third grade, and the rest are all the scholars of the second grade.

The official positions of these seven people are much higher than Li Qiao.