Chapter 132: Preparing to close the net
Looking at Li Shen's appearance, Li Shimin said:
"Okay, go down, didn't you give a gift to the concubine? And remember to go back to the palace on the night of Zhengyuan Festival, don't let me invite you. ”
"Yes"
Li Shen agreed, and then went out of the Taiji Hall and went to the harem with more than a dozen carts of things, and today Wei Guifei and Li Mengjiang were there. The two were chatting.
Although Wei Guifei is now in her forties, she still has charm. And Li Mengjiang has also grown into a slim girl, inheriting the beauty and figure of Wei Guifei, who is more than a head taller than Li Shen.
Li Shen asked his subordinates to leave two carts of gifts for the eldest grandson queen, and the rest were moved to the treasury, most of them were satin, rouge, gouache, sachets, gold and silver utensils. Leave it for Wei Guifei to give to others on the Zhengyuan Festival or reward it to her subordinates.
"Mother, you see, this is the high-grade silk silk I specially bought from Jiangnan Province, because the output is low, and it basically can't reach Chang'an.
They were afraid that if they were to pay tribute, they would increase their production, so they were all used by the local noble families, and I also asked people to go there and spend a lot of money to buy three horses, leaving you and my sister to make a few sets of clothes. Li Shen asked people to bring the silk silk to Wei Guifei to see
Wei Guifei happily touched it with her hand, and then said to Li Shen: "Shen'er has filial piety, but as long as you are safe, the mother concubine will be very happy." This year, there are always some rumors outside that are not good for you, and the mother concubine is always worried. ”
"Don't worry, don't worry, don't I come every month? They are jealous, and they don't have to pay attention to their abilities. Mother, I heard that someone in the Wei family looked for you last time, didn't you see it? Of course, Li Shen asked if he had something to say to his mother
"Well, it's Wei Ting, he is now in charge of the affairs of the Wei Palace. Last time I heard you say that he was involved in the family against you. I didn't see him. Wei Guifei said
"Mother, if I want to teach the Wei family a little lesson, will you disagree." Li Shen looked at Wei Guifei and said
Wei Guifei also looked at Li Shen after hearing this, and suddenly smiled. "Shen'er, although I was also born in the Wei family, your grandfather has passed away a long time ago, and the title has been passed on to your grandfather's younger brother, but your second grandfather has also passed away." After I entered the palace, I didn't help the Wei family a lot, and Wei Ting's ability to enter the court and entrust him with important responsibilities was recommended by me many times in front of you Aye.
Now they are going to deal with my son, and they are ungrateful. It's just that although the Wei family is not a five-surnamed Qiwang, it is also a wealthy family in the Jingzhao realm, and it belongs to the second-order family in Datang. How can you get by. "What could be more important than a son.
Hearing Wei Guifei say this, Li Shen was relieved. He thought about it, and if his mother didn't agree, he would put up with it first.
"Mother, I'm not fighting with them. I'm just giving them a heads-up. ”
"Shen'er, if you have a plan, you can do it, now that I'm this age, I only have you and your sister in my heart in the future." Wei Guifei touched Li Shen's face and said kindly
Feeling the kindness of Concubine Wei Li Shen was a little moved in his heart, and the royal family was not all ruthless. At least Wei Guifei really loved him, and chatted with the two of them for a while, and Li Shen returned to the palace.
In fact, Li Shen often went to the palace to see Wei Guifei, firstly, because he was afraid that Wei Guifei would be lonely, and secondly, Li Shen could not go to the harem so unscrupulously after the age of sixteen.
Even if you want to go, you can't stay too long, after all, there are many show girls and concubines in the harem, and it's not good to have some scandals.
The only one who stayed in the harem for a long time was Li Zhi. Li Tai can't, the prince has to report when he goes to the harem. So Li Shen wanted to take advantage of the fact that there were still a few years to accompany Wei Guifei.
Li Shen returned to the palace and recruited Wang Xuance.
"Xuan Ce, it's time to close the net, act according to the plan, increase the manpower of the printing house, we will start after the Zhengyuan Festival, I will make those who see our jokes cry."
"Rest assured, everything is ready, and the carriage is ready. We have been preparing for three months, and we will be sure that nothing will go wrong, and in a moment I will go to Rengui and ask him to send a thousand guards to help in the printing house.
Coupled with what we have saved in the past few months, this time we should be able to teach the family a lesson. "Wang Xuance has been studying with Li Shen for a long time.
If it weren't for the lack of money in the palace, Li Shen would have planned to print tens of millions of copies of him for everyone in the Tang Dynasty, anyway, the cost of his printing was very low. Even if you can't read, you can keep it as an heirloom for the people.
"Well, very good, don't stop after Zhengyuan, ship to our newspapers in various states in batches, don't give them a chance, the first choice when we sell is to merchants, and the distance is given priority to supply, I want to saturate Datang in a short time, hum! Let them see our jokes. Li Shen added
Wang Xuance said with a smile: "Lord Wang, how did they know that we have sold more than 700,000 books in total. Earned millions of guan. Most of it is the money of the family. ”
"Xuan Ce, don't get carried away, too much money is not a good thing. Next year we'll have to figure out how to spend the money. This time, I estimate that there will be millions of dollars coming in. It's too ostentatious. I'll have to think about spending money after this is over. Now we're ready to wait for the Internet café to be closed. "It's not a good thing to have a lot of money, but wealth is moving.
On the Zhengyuan Festival, Li Shen took Wu Mei and a few personal maidservants and eunuchs into the palace, and had a lively Zhengyuan Festival, Li Shimin looked at his children and grandchildren, and was in a good mood, and rewarded a lot of things to the concubines, princes, and princesses who had not yet left the cabinet.
In parentheses, in addition to Li Shen, Li Shimin said to Li Shen that these things were all sent to the Daji Hall by him in the past year. Wei Guifei couldn't use it up, so she pulled it in. So there was no Li Shen's share, and Li Shen didn't mind, so he spent this Zhengyuan in singing and laughing.
On the sixth day of the first month, Li Tai, the king of Wei, presented the "Chronicles of the Earth", Li Shimin was very happy, if he got the treasure, he not only collected this book into the royal library, but also rewarded Li Tai lavishly, first with 10,000 pieces of silk silk, and also increased Li Tai's fortune every month, and the number has exceeded the prince's specifications.
For this reason, a group of old ministers strongly objected, and finally Li Shimin had no choice but to cancel the restrictions on the prince's use of treasury goods, and Li Shimin even let Li Tai live in the Wude Palace, known as the Second East Palace, which is not something that anyone can live in.
This decision sparked opposition from a group of ministers represented by Wei Zheng, and finally Tang Taizong, who came to his senses, let Li Tai move out of the Wude Palace.
However, Li Shimin's move has brought a bad signal to the outside world. Coupled with the influence of "Kuodi Chronicles", the outside world has seen Li Shimin's love for Li Tai, and it has also been rumored.
Just when everyone was wondering whether Li Shimin wanted to save easily, a news in the newspaper successfully diverted attention.