Daqian's nobles were half a year old, and Zhao Yumin saw how weak they were. For an emperor, what could be more terrifying than his own lack of prestige?
When the nobles left the palace, Zhao Yumin looked at the six old princes headed by them. They were over seventy years old. The injuries and injuries they suffered from a lifetime of fighting had made these powerful generals in foreign lands unable to even ride horses.
At this time, no one could understand Zhao Yumin's sadness. Why he delayed deciding on the crown prince's affairs was not just to see the crown prince's power.
The situation Zhao Yumin saw was worse than what he had seen before.
The nobles didn't even say anything about the prince's affairs. It's not that they don't want to, but they can't. The bodies of the six princes have only been in the past few years. Once these six princes pass away, only a bunch of county officials can do it. How can the public resist the increasingly powerful civil servants?
When it comes to conferring titles for military merits, there is no honor without military merits. In the Battle of the Northern Campaign, only one county prince was born, and the restrictions on conferring titles for the marquis and earls were relaxed. These were all granted by myself based on my own reasons. Otherwise, the number of military lords in the Northern Campaign would have been reduced by half.
The way of civil and military affairs lies in balance, and the way of emperors and subordinates lies in balance.
Now that the civil power is strong and the military is weak, the situation has emerged. Even if Zhao Yumin is the emperor, he cannot reverse the trend.
"What major events are happening in Chang'an recently?" Zhao Yumin asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, Northern Rus sent an envoy to Chang'an, and the Minister of Honglu Temple has already made arrangements!" the attendant replied softly.
Hearing the word "ross", Zhao Yumin frowned and then asked: "What is the prince going to do?"
The attendant took a look at the emperor's face, which was not too bad, and replied: "The prince and the three provinces think it is possible to establish diplomatic relations and trade."
"I know." Unable to hear Zhao Yumin's emotions, the attendant followed Zhao Yumin back to the palace.
The prince supervised the country and exercised the power of supervising the country. The emperor had the right to veto. However, Zhao Yumin felt that the Russian country was not simple. The prince was under house arrest at the time, but he did not read the report of the Northern Expedition, fearing that it would be treated as a small country.
"Order, Duke Dingbei recommends three people to help the prince decide on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Russian mission."
As the emperor, Zhao Yumin wanted to see how capable the prince, who was supported by civilian officials, was in managing politics, but as a father, he wanted to give his son some help.
As a monarch and a minister, as well as a father and son, the scale is not well controlled, and the father and son are separated. The treatment of the crown prince is already the lightest. However, in the past, the prince who always greeted her every day did not do so during this time.
Su Ce rode home. Compared to the foot of Nanshan Mountain, Su Ce liked his Suzhuang by the Wei River very much. Although it was hot, he didn't dislike his home.
Back in Suzhuang, Wang Lan asked a doctor in April and was already three months pregnant. Su Ce stayed with Wang Lan every day.
The Su family has a single income, but they have also accumulated tens of thousands of dollars in wealth during this period, and the wine is really a huge profit.
However, money comes and goes quickly. Suzhuang was built almost from scratch, from the ruins. Xinzhuangzi built houses and paved roads. It costs money to buy materials for wine making, fruits, and jaggery to increase the alcohol content. It costs money to use sugar, a monthly salary of twenty guards, and a hundred food houses.
Therefore, in the end, the wealth of the Wan Guan family was only 4,000 Guan.
There was no ice cellar in Suzhuang, so Su Ce had no choice but to send Li Chang to Chang'an City to buy ice. In May and June, he spent a thousand dollars just buying ice.
This ice has already fetched sky-high prices in Chang'an.
When Su Ce came home, he saw his wife making children's clothes with Su's mother in the house. Today's hard work in the heat has become a thing of the past.
In the evening, the female cook in the cafeteria made cold noodles. This was taught by Su Ce, but Da Gan's handling of the food was too rough.
Wheat can only be made into wheat rice, which is treated in the same way as rice.
It was Su Ce who went into the mountains with his bodyguard to transport the stones back, asked the masons to make them into millstones, and built a mill. This was how flour became available.
Now Li Chang looks more and more like the housekeeper of a wealthy family in the Great Wall City.
Whenever Su Ce comes up with a new idea, Li Chang will keep it confidential to the extreme.
After learning that his mistress was pregnant, he moved the wine shop, asked Su Ce for two thousand guan, and built a workshop to the south of Su Village, surrounded by high walls. I went to a quarter of the wine shop and asked if any other businesses would be included in it in the future.
Every day, the guards took the older children and patrolled Suzhuang and the workshop with knives and bows.
The craftsmen were also relocated between Suzhuang and the workshop.
Li Chang has a dream in his heart, which is to build a city with his own hands. Although he cannot build a city now, it does not prevent him from building Suzhuang into a smaller version of the city.
Su Ce had seen the sketch drawn by Li Chang and had great ideas. However, this also meant that Su Ce had to pay a lot of money. However, Su Ce did not object. After all, this was the foundation of the Su family and it was for the Su family to pass it on.
So Su Ce simply let Li Chang free his hands and feet. Su Zhuang did not belong to Su Ce alone. The guards, restaurants, farmers, and craftsmen all wanted to live a better life.
However, Su Ce also gave Li Chang a restriction, that is, he must keep enough food for everyone in the village for three years. This goal must be achieved this year.
Su Ce's previous life could not provide much help to this one. After all, he was a human being in two lives, and many things were not revealed and could not be retrieved from memory.
The peaceful days did not last two days for Su Ce. On the last day of June, Su Ce went to the cafeteria to have breakfast. Although servants would deliver breakfast to Su's mansion, Su Ce still showed up here.
Su Ce doesn't believe in loyalty. The most fundamental thing about loyalty is interest. Interest plus trust is loyalty.
So I show up in the cafeteria every day so that the people in the village can see me, and subtly let the people in the village understand who gave them the days when they are well fed, well clothed, and live warmly.
The principle of three generations of nobles is not only to cultivate the habits of the nobles themselves, but also to cultivate the vassals attached to the nobles' survival.
The heritage of aristocrats comes from vassals. Su Ce also accidentally remembered this sentence, and this is why Su Ce devoted all his efforts to cultivating personal guards and food.
Su Ce feels that he is where he is now because of his luck. He was lucky enough to survive on the battlefield. He has met too many people and heard many things. Outside of the battlefield, it is mostly due to his consideration of people's hearts.
If you master people's desires, then satisfy them. Only in this way will the Su family have the possibility of becoming bigger and stronger.
Especially on the day of the Grand Parade, the other nobles looked down upon some of the newly promoted nobles, largely because Su Ce, like these people, was the "lucky one" in the eyes of the nobles.
Moreover, many of these new nobles have taken refuge with the established nobles, which makes people look down upon them even more. Although Su Ce has not taken refuge with anyone, after a little inquiry, he understands that the Su family is just a small family. , there is no value in winning over.
It was also on the day of the Grand Parade that Su Ce became extremely disappointed with some of the nobles.
What is the nobility? A group that maintains the majesty of the emperor. Although they don’t need to do anything on weekdays, they are in the ruling class. When the emperor really uses them, it’s time to work hard. If they can’t make it, then what are they doing now?
Enjoyment will turn into a life-killing butcher knife.