The value of this thing is no less than the emperor's mental skills, or even more... Zhu Zhanji is very excited, this trip is so worth it.
"Uncle Qing, tell me if you still have any inventory!" Zhu Zhanji said, "I'm not short of money."
When Li Qing heard this, he also became energetic: "We are all one of our own, and I won't cheat you. In this way, including the previous ones, let's give it a fixed price of five hundred taels!"
With five hundred taels, you can't buy me a loss or be fooled, but you can buy me a lifetime income. I'm not bragging. This set of courses will save you a lot of detours."
"Conscientious price, I bought it."
Li Qing praised: "You have vision and courage! Let's talk about how to control the rhythm of painting cakes."
"This painting is like telling a story, it must be done step by step, from the unfolding of the story to the climax of the story, the two pieces must be intertwined and fascinating..."
Li Qing really didn't hide his secrets this time, and handed over all the theories he summarized to Zhu Zhanji.
Including the transition after the climax, the emotional foreshadowing, the explosion, the poisonous points that need to be avoided... they were all taught to him.
…
Zhu Zhanji listened with leisurely fascination. The whole text was focused on the key points and was full of useful information. He was even a little choked up.
After returning home, be sure to take a small notebook and write it down, observe and learn from time to time, review the past and learn new things... Zhu Zhanji made up his mind.
At this time, Wan Ling came over and said, "Your Highness, sir, lunch is ready."
"Is it already noon?" Zhu Zhanji felt that time passed so quickly.
Li Qing stood up and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go eat."
Having made five hundred taels of gold in one morning, Li Qing was in a great mood, and as a result, he became much kinder to this "silly son of a landlord" whom he usually didn't like very much.
People have spent so much money, so they should take care of their meals.
~
Under the pavilion, Li Qing and Zhu Zhanji were sitting opposite each other.
During the meal, Zhu Zhanji kept asking questions. Li Qing was a conscientious seller, and his after-sales service was very good, answering all his questions one by one.
Finally, seeing that this guy was not finished, he had to say: "Let's eat. It's not a one-time deal. You can ask at any time. It's not a hurry."
Zhu Zhanji thought the same thing and shut up in embarrassment.
Sweet iced fruit wine, refreshing preserved egg cucumber, fragrant fish soup... everything suited Zhu Zhanji's appetite, and he ate a larger bowl than usual.
"Uncle Qing." Zhu Zhanji wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, "The cabinet is obviously not good enough. Do you think my father can get it done this time?"
"You're in trouble. It doesn't matter whether the cabinet can be successfully upgraded." Li Qing took a sip of the fruit wine. "What's important is to achieve political goals. Have you discovered that what your father is doing now is different from what I told you?"
Are the rolls very similar?"
"picture?"
"That's right!" Li Qing said, "Replace the digging of ponds with the migration of people from the south to the north, the servants with ministers, and the upgrade of the cabinet with treasures. Think about it carefully."
Zhu Zhanji frowned and thought for a moment, then slammed the table: "Oh, I'll go!"
Li Qing was caught off guard and was startled by his sudden reaction. He said angrily: "What are you doing? The wine has been spilled."
"I...I'm not too excited." Zhu Zhanji smiled sheepishly, and then exclaimed, "It's true, the cabinet upgrade is a piece of cake, and the condition is that the people from the south to the north are successfully implemented;
If the six ministries are run well, then the cabinet will not be upgraded. If the cabinet is run well, then the cabinet will be upgraded... In this case, they are rushing to do it, and the migration of people from the south to the north will definitely be implemented well."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but frown, "But how will the cake be rounded in the end?"
Li Qing snorted: "I'm sorry you didn't remember what I said before!"
"I remember it," Zhu Zhanji said, unable to turn around, "What's the explanation?"
"What a compromise!"
"How to fold a piece of cake?"
"Fold it in half." Li Qing shrugged.
"This is too much damage. Those people are not fuel-efficient lamps. Can you be willing to do so?" Zhu Zhanji worriedly asked, "What if they join forces..."
"No." Li Qing laughed and said, "You don't understand. If the cabinet wants to upgrade, it can only fight with the six ministries, not the emperor!"
Zhu Zhanji scratched his head: "Why?"
"It seems that you still don't know that there is a rule in the cabinet." Li Qing said with a smile, "When your grandfather decided the cabinet, I mentioned it by the way. Cabinet ministers can only be fifth-rank officials. This is an iron rule.
The king cannot be changed, that is to say, if cabinet ministers want to be promoted, they can only take on other official positions concurrently."
Li Qing sneered: "This is what Taizong ordered. If they want to find it, they can only look for Taizong."
"So that's it." Zhu Zhanji suddenly realized, "No wonder the officials of the Sixth Ministry immediately jumped as if they had been stepped on when they heard about the cabinet upgrade. This is the crux of the matter!"
After a pause, he looked at Li Qing in amazement, "Uncle Qing, you really have a far-sighted vision."
I just copied the homework... Li Qing was full of character and said in a calm tone: "It's just so so."
"..." Zhu Zhanji asked, "Do the cabinet ministers know that you brought it up?"
"I don't know." Li Qing shook his head: "Your grandpa can love people."
"It's a good thing I don't know. Otherwise, they would probably want to eat your flesh and sleep on your skin." After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, he added in his heart: It's not without reason that you, an old man, are so hated by others. If you can live to this age,
It’s really not easy;
But...I like it!
"Uncle Qing, I heard my grandfather say before that when you came in and out of the capital, you stirred up trouble in the city and stole the limelight." Zhu Zhanji asked curiously: "What did you do?"
"It's just small things like serving as a civil servant, serving as a noble, beheading the prince-in-law, etc. Don't mention it!" Li Qing sipped his wine, "When I was young, I had a bad temper, and I was angry with the sky, the earth, and the air."
Zhu Zhanji's face was full of black lines: "I know you are awesome, but... aren't you too outrageous?"
"If you don't believe me, go back and read Taizu's Records."
Although Zhu Di re-edited the True Records of Taizu, except for burying Jianwen and exalting himself, he basically did not touch anything else. After all, it was a true record, and in general it was basically a truthful record.
The deeds Li Qing did back then were so spectacular that he naturally remembered them.
Zhu Zhanji somewhat believed it. The real record was there and could be read at any time. There was no need for Li Qing to lie.
However, he was also more curious, "The Hongwu Dynasty killed so many officials, and you were so prominent, how did you get here?"
"Your great-grandfather knows how to love people."
"..." Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes, "Although I have never met Taizu, I have heard from my grandfather that Taizu has a bad temper and will kill people if he disagrees with me. My grandfather is so fierce that I am afraid of him.
terrible,
If you owe me so much, I don't believe he didn't draw his sword to kill you."
"Uh...he actually did this before." Li Qing couldn't help but feel his face heat up as he recalled the past, "He comes here almost once a month."
"Then how did you survive?" Zhu Zhanji teased, "Did you kneel down and beg for mercy, kowtow like pounding garlic, and shout: I don't dare anymore!?"
Li Qing sneered: "Why is this so? The Master once said: A small stick is used to accept, a big stick is used to move away;
As a minister, you must not expose your ruler and father to injustice, don’t you understand this?"
"What do you mean?"
"The meaning is very simple, he cuts his, I run mine." Li Qing said with a smile, "He can't chase me, what should I be afraid of?"
Zhu Zhanji:(⊙o⊙)…
So awesome?
However, I don’t believe you are so awesome. Grandpa is so powerful that even the Taizu after his death trembles. Do you dare to act wild in front of the living Taizu?
joke!
There is only one high-level person in Ming Dynasty, and that person can only be me... Zhu Zhanji didn't want to give Li Qing another chance to show off, so he changed the topic:
"Uncle Qing, what do you mean, my father is not doing this by mistake, but is doing it on purpose?"
"What else?" Li Qing said with a smile, "I have told you before that your father is of a very high rank. You should learn more. Your current Taoism is far behind him."
Zhu Zhanji was a little skeptical, but remembering that his grandfather had said something similar, he couldn't help but believe it.
But he didn't understand, "Why didn't my father tell me clearly and make me worry about him?"
Li Qing said calmly: "Let others teach you everything?
Don’t you know how to read or learn?
To tell you bluntly, I am far from asking you to immerse yourself in it. It will be more profound when you one day understand the cause and effect."
Zhu Zhanji was a little embarrassed by what he said. His face was burning. He wanted to be angry, but he had no words to reply.
He could only say angrily: "Uncle Qing, you are so tongue-tied!"
"Are you in a hurry?"
"...I'm going back."
"Well, don't forget to send the money later." Li Qing asked.
Zhu Zhanji gritted his teeth: "I can't forget it."
Just wait, I will read Taizu's daily life record when I get back, expose it to your face, and let you experience the feeling of being unable to get off the stage.