1novels Chapter 283
Chapter 283
Chapter 283
After sending Cui Yuxiu away, Lin Xuan didn't return home, and went to the palace again.
"Why are you here again? I've already said it, and the Qingque matter is settled." Li Shimin thought Lin Xuan was talking about Li Tai again.
Lin Xuan shook his head and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, the Cui family has sent an elder who has already arrived in Chang'an. I have already made an appointment with them. After the court tomorrow morning, please Your Majesty to witness and sign the contract."
Li Shimin looked at Li Mu, Li Mu understood what Li Shimin meant, and said, "Cui Lingyun entered Beijing yesterday evening."
The main candidates of the five surnames and Qiwang families were all under surveillance.
Although it is difficult to monitor what they are doing tomorrow, their schedules are being monitored.
Of course, this also means that Cui Lingyun has no intention of hiding his whereabouts.
Li Shimin said slightly surprised: "It turned out to be him."
Lin Xuan asked curiously, "Your Majesty, is Cui Lingyun important to the Cui family?"
Lin Xuan didn't know much about the specific situation of Cui's family.
Seeing Li Shimin's expression, he was a little curious about Cui Lingyun's identity.
Li Shimin said: "Cui Lingyun is the elder brother of the head of the Cui family."
"It turned out to be a concubine, the Cui family sent him, can he be the master?" Lin Xuan asked.
Five million guan is not a small amount of money, it is almost one-sixth of Datang's annual income.
Lin Xuan thought about it, the Cui family sent an unimportant person here, just in case something happened.
Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Who told you that Cui Lingyun is a concubine. He is the elder brother of Cui Lingdao, the head of the Cui family."
Lin Xuan was a little surprised and said: "Isn't the aristocratic family the most particular about the division of concubine and concubine? Why isn't the eldest son of the Cui family the head of the family?"
The aristocratic family is the most particular about these things, even if the son dies, it should be inherited by the grandson.
Since Cui Lingyun is still there, it is surprising that he is not the head of the Cui family.
Li Shimin said: "The original head of the Cui family should be Cui Lingyun, but for some reason, he gave up the position of the head of the family to Cui Lingdao. Therefore, the relationship between Cui Lingyun and Cui Lingdao brothers is very good, and Cui Lingyun's status in the Cui family Very special."
Li Shimin didn't mean to say the specific reason.
Lin Xuan said: "In this way, he can make the decision, so there is nothing to worry about."
Li Shimin nodded, and said, "Cui Lingyun came forward in person, and with my witness, they dare not refuse."
"So the minister can rest assured." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter, but how is the movable type printing going?"
Movable type printing, more than anything else, was his greatest concern.
Lin Xuan said: "Returning to Your Majesty, one set is almost ready, but there is not enough lead left to make a second set."
What Lin Xuan said is all the existing characters in Datang, including punctuation marks.
This is still when Li Shimin helped collect a lot of lead.
Li Shimin nodded, and said, "Don't worry about the matter of lead, I have already asked people to call from other places."
Almost all the lead in Chang'an has been collected, and the Taoist temple must have something private, but it is impossible for Li Shimin to force it too hard.
However, there are many Taoist temples in the Tang Dynasty, so he is not worried.
Lin Xuan nodded. He wasn't worried about the issue of lead. He wanted Li Shimin to speed up by mentioning it now.
Li Shimin frowned, and asked casually: "I heard that the road connecting your house to Chang'an is made of cement. I don't know how much it cost?"
As soon as Lin Xuan heard it, he knew that Li Chengqian should have mentioned the road construction to Li Shimin, so he didn't hide it, and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, it's only a few hundred guan."
Unlike later generations, ancient times required messy fees.
The cost of cement minus the money to buy the kiln is nothing more than some labor costs.
"This road seems to be nearly ten miles, is it really so cheap?" Li Shimin asked.
Lin Xuan must have hired someone to build the road. In this way, even if he hired someone to build the road from Chang'an to Luoyang, it would cost less than [-] guan.
Although the cost is a little higher than that of recruiting corvees to build roads, it is not too much.
In this way, it is not unacceptable to hire ordinary people to build roads.
"It's about a little more than eight miles from Chen's house to Chang'an. The cost is exactly as I said, only a few hundred guan." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin nodded and asked, "Gao Ming told me that he wanted to use cement to build roads, and he hired ordinary people to do it. What do you think?"
Lin Xuan was stunned, and Li Shimin asked him what he meant by this?
Could it be that he knew that this was his idea for Li Chengqian?
Lin Xuan said cautiously: "I think His Royal Highness' proposal is very good."
Li Shimin said noncommittally: "Tell me your reason."
"Your Majesty, many people say that the country is rich and the people are strong, but my ministers think that the people are rich and the country is strong. Hiring people can benefit the people and the country!" Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin frowned, and muttered: "The people are rich and the country is strong?"
"That's right, the people are the foundation of the country, and the people are not rich, so how to provide sufficient taxes for the country?" Lin Xuan continued.
Li Shimin shook his head and said: "I agree with what you said, but if you want to repair all the official ways of the Tang Dynasty, it will cost a lot of money to hire ordinary people, and the officials will not agree."
This was just Li Shimin's excuse. Knowing that the difference between recruitment and employment was not that big, Li Shimin was already moved.
It's just that Lin Xuan often came up with some evil ideas, and Li Shimin wanted to see if Lin Xuan had any better ideas.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, it can be like this..."
Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan strangely after listening.
He just wanted to try it out, but he didn't expect Lin Xuan to really hide something.
If it wasn't for Lin Xuan's idea and his cooperation was still needed, Li Shimin really wanted to take care of him.
"Cough cough~"
Li Shimin coughed twice, and said, "I understand what you said, so let's do as you said."
"Yes! That minister will take his leave first." Lin Xuan cupped his hands and said.
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Su Fu
Mrs. Su saw that the sky was getting dark and Su Quan hadn't come back yet, she felt a little anxious.
If Su Quan was busy with official business and came back late, he would send someone home early to report.
It was the first time in nearly 20 years since he married into the Su family that he did not return home so late and had no news.
Mrs. Su saw that the sky was getting darker, and her heart became more and more anxious. Just when she was about to send someone to investigate, the butler's joyful voice came over.
"Ma'am, ma'am, the master is back."
Mrs. Su got up quickly and asked, "Where is the master?"
The housekeeper said: "Go back to Madam, the master just arrived at the door, he sent the old slave to report, and now he is behind."
Madam Su finally let go of her restless heart, and with a smile on her face, she ordered the maid to prepare dinner.
The Su family is not big, Madam Su had just finished giving orders, and Su Quan's figure had already appeared outside the hall.
Mrs. Su stepped forward to support Su Quan with a happy face, and asked, "Master, why are you back so late today?"
Su Quan's face was dull, he didn't know what he was thinking, when he heard Madam Su's words, he came back to his senses and said, "Your Majesty summoned you suddenly, the old man didn't have time to let the coachman come back to report, and Madam worried."
Su Quan is only a fifth-rank official, and his family is not rich. When he is usually on duty, there is only one coachman with him.
Otherwise, he would send someone home to report the news after he left the palace.
Mrs. Su asked a little strangely: "Master is only a fifth-rank official. Why did His Majesty summon Master for so long? Is there something wrong?"
Thinking of what Li Shimin said to him, Su Quan still couldn't believe it, and said, "Yes, something happened, something big happened!"
Mrs. Su asked anxiously: "What happened to the master?"
Seeing Mrs. Su's ugly face, Su Quan smiled and explained, "Don't worry, this is a happy event, a great happy event!"
Mrs. Su was taken aback, and asked, "Master, has he been promoted?"
In her opinion, there was no other reason for Su Quan to be so happy except for his promotion.
Su Quan shook his head and said, "Even if the old man is promoted, it is impossible for His Majesty to say it in person."
Mrs. Su saw that Su Quan was going around all the time without saying anything, and said angrily: "Master, what's the matter, can you just say it?"
"Where are Wan'er and Gui'er? Let's talk about it when they come." Su Quan said.
(End of this chapter)