At the banquet, Li Sanlang didn't say much about the Crown Princess's absence, and he didn't even ask about it.
However, this only made him feel more unhappy and angry.
Li Sanlang had many sons, and naturally there were countless daughters-in-law.
It is normal for so many daughters-in-law to not remember clearly, or not to care that much.
But the Crown Princess is different. She is the mistress of the East Palace, the future mistress of the Imperial Palace, the most noble woman in the world after the Queen Mother and the Empress.
At this time, there was neither a queen mother nor a queen in the palace. Even if Concubine Wu Hui was there, she was still just a concubine.
As the most noble woman in the world, the Crown Princess did not appear at such an important family gathering at this time, so she would at least ask a question.
He didn't even bother to ask more questions, and even glanced at Li Yunze with his sharp eyes from time to time. The meaning behind it was already obvious.
Others may not be able to detect these things, but Li Yunze, who has gone through countless tests, has extremely keen perception and can be regarded as a clairvoyant.
However, he didn't care about it at all. Not only did he laugh and chat with everyone with a calm look on his face, but he also cheered heartlessly when watching Li Yuan's disciples perform.
Seeing his performance, Li Sanlang was slightly puzzled, "This kid doesn't understand anything?"
The whole banquet was uneventful, and there was nothing special about it at all.
It's just that only a very few people know about the undercurrent in the dark.
A few days after the banquet, Li Sanlang's revenge followed.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
After reading out the imperial edict, Gao Lishi handed it to Li Yunze with a half-smile, "Your Majesty attaches great importance to solving the food shortage in Chang'an. Your Highness must seize the time to do it."
"good."
After accepting the imperial edict, Li Yunze smiled slightly and nodded, "You should work hard for the sake of the people of the world."
When Gao Lishi left, Li Yunze smiled casually, "I thought there would be some great trick. Turning around is the way to make money."
Li Sanlang asked Li Yunze to be responsible for promoting the Hebian method in the Guanzhong area. He also said that it was you who proposed this matter and it was the right time for you to do it.
Others may not understand and think that this is just spending money to buy things. Who wouldn't?
But in fact, this matter is very difficult and has many twists and turns.
The reason is very simple. Most of the fields in the Guanzhong area are occupied by relatives of the emperor, powerful ministers, and noble families.
If you spend money to buy something from them, you don't need any hint from Li Sanlang. These people will consciously raise the price significantly.
After all, it’s the court’s money, so if you don’t get it, you won’t get it in vain.
In order to embarrass Li Yunze, Li Sanlang had made it very clear that He Bianfa could only offer 20% of the current price at most.
Ordinary people don't have much surplus grain in their hands. If they want to buy at least millions of grains, they can only buy it from those powerful families.
And these people will definitely raise the price from the ground up.
When Li Yunze doesn't have enough money to handle the matter, then Li Sanlang will have a reputation and go crazy openly.
Even in order to block Li Yunze's retreat, he simply asked the Ministry of Revenue to send the withdrawal documents to the East Palace.
With the imperial edict and the document attached to the prime minister's seal, you can withdraw a huge amount of money from the Ministry of Household Affairs to purchase five million dendrobium rice grains.
Grain prices fluctuated greatly in the history of Datang, but the lowest price only occurred twice.
One time during the Zhenguan period, it was worth three cents per meter, and the second time during the Kaiyuan period, it was also three cents per meter.
It's just that it was the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, but now it has been rising every year, and it is common to earn more than ten or even twenty or thirty cents per pound of rice.
Due to political considerations, the price of grain in the Guanzhong area was forcibly limited to five cents per dou of rice.
It stands to reason that if you buy rice at this price, there will not be a rice shortage or even starvation to death.
The ideal is good, but the reality is very cruel.
The government ordered grain stores to sell only five cents per bushel of rice, so that's easy to do, just close the shop and stop selling it, right?
In other words, the purchase is limited to a few hundred kilograms per day, and the store will be closed when it is sold out.
If you want to buy rice, you can quietly go to the black market at the back door of the grain store to buy high-priced rice!
This is the fundamental reason why the Guanzhong area, which is an important grain-producing area, is experiencing food shortages and even starving to death.
Profiteers! Powerful ministers! Nobles! Aristocratic families! Eunuchs! Royal relatives! National relatives!
It can be seen from here that the interior of Datang at this time was already in dire straits.
On the surface, it was still the prosperous Kaiyuan era, and the products were still abundant. The warehouses were filled with grain, but the circulation link was controlled by others. As a result, people starved to death in the prosperous era.
As soon as Li Sanlang took action, he gave Li Yunze a heavy blow and weighed him down like a mountain.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Du Fu hurriedly ran over and reported, "Someone from the Prime Minister's Office has handed over a message, asking His Highness the Crown Prince to come to the office for a briefing."
"Which Prime Minister?"
"Mr. Li."
People who rush to meet without making an appointment in advance usually have important things to discuss.
After Li Yunze thought for a moment, he understood what Li Linfu wanted.
He smiled and asked Gao Jinzhong to go to Niu Xianke's house with the greeting card, and then naturally went out to Li Linfu's house.
In the study room of Li Linfu's residence, Li Linfu, who looked slightly strange, asked, "May I ask the prince, has anything done to harm your majesty in recent days?"
"It's not a big deal."
Li Yunze smiled slightly: "Mr. Li, there is no need to worry."
Li Linfu nodded, but then he said, "How about I go meet His Majesty and make peace with him?"
Li Linfu, who can be called a cunning and cunning man, immediately noticed that something was wrong with the situation when he saw Li Sanlang's actions.
The only reason why he took the initiative to help was that the whole world thought that he, Li Linfu, was in league with the prince.
After all, Li Sanlang was old, and Li Linfu had to consider his own options if the emperor disappeared one day.
So if he can help, he doesn't mind helping.
"Thank you Mr. Li for your kindness."
Li Yunze nodded, "It's useless."
As soon as these words came out, Li Linfu immediately frowned.
He didn't expect that the matter would be so serious, but he really hadn't heard of any scandal between the prince and the emperor recently.
Don't look at him, Li Linfu is treacherous and ghost-like, and he is even regarded as the prime minister.
But only a few people who are involved in the battle between Li Yunze and Li Sanlang around Yang Yuhuan will know about it. Even if he, the prime minister, wanted to break his head, he would never have thought that Li Sanlang, who had tens of thousands of beauties in the palace, would actually want to steal it.
Ash!
Li Yunze was not ambiguous at this time and directly asked, "Is Mr. Li willing to help me with the matter of Hebian Fa?"
Li Linfu, who looked calm, picked up the tea bowl and asked casually, "I wonder what your Highness plans to do?"
An old fox like him will never express his position easily unless Li Yunze has the possibility of winning.
"Mr. Li."
Li Yunze, with slightly cold eyes, said softly, "You and I both know the difficulty of this matter, and I plan to do this. This will happen again."
After briefly revealing his plan, Li Yunze also picked up the tea bowl, "There are still some obstacles in this matter. I hope Mr. Li can help."
Li Linfu, whose eyes were slightly shocked, looked at the prince in front of him seriously.
He also didn't expect that the young prince would have such power and grasp people's hearts to such an extent.
With this series of methods, it is indeed possible to succeed.
'Emperor Taizong's lineage is full of talents.'
Li Linfu, who was filled with emotion, did not respond directly, but responded with a smile, "Your Highness, if Niu Gong is willing to take action at this time, I will naturally be willing to help."
He knew very well that helping Li Yunze would offend the emperor, and he didn't want to take sides, so he simply pushed Niu Xianke out as a shield.
Even if the emperor was angry, he could only take out his anger on Niu Xianke, who stood in the open.
As for himself, he was hiding in secret to support the prince in his work.
After all, apart from not being able to offend both sides, both sides must try their best to maintain it. He is now the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he really wants to do things for the Tang Dynasty.
The food problem in Guanzhong has indeed reached an extent that must be solved.
As for the little money his family made from selling grain, he, Li Linfu, had long looked down upon it.
Of course, this is also a test.
Li Linfu wanted to see how the talented prince in front of him was feeling, whether he was willing to push Niu Xianke into the pit of fire, or whether he was soft-hearted and could not bear to trick others.
If he is soft-hearted, his evaluation of Li Yunze will immediately drop by two levels.
If someone who achieves great things doesn't stick to trivial matters and can't even bear to drag people into being a shield, then this prince probably won't be able to do it for long.
However, Li Yunze immediately smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Mr. Li, I'm worried. Before I came, I had already sent someone to Mr. Niu's house to send a greeting note."
Li Linfu paused while holding the tea bowl and looked at Li Yunze, who was smiling in a daze.
To have such a character and ability at such a young age, what will happen to us ministers in the future?
In an instant, many thoughts passed through Li Linfu's mind.
But in the end, he still nodded to Li Yunze with a smile, "I await the good news from His Highness."
It is absolutely impossible for a person like Li Linfu to easily give a positive answer. This is what is called slippery.
But Li Yunze knew that this person would definitely help when needed, even though it was Niu Xianke who was doing it in name.
Simply being slippery will become a piece of cake. No matter how resilient your waist is, the piece of grass will be blown off.
But being nimble and being able to get things done quietly and making both parties feel good about it is the real skill.
There is no doubt that Li Linfu, who ranks high on the list of traitorous ministers, has this ability.
After taking care of Li Linfu, Li Yunze set off to visit Niu Xianke's house.
In the end, it was Niu Xianke who took the initiative to bring up the matter of Hebianfa in court, and he also forwarded the letter Li Yunze wrote to him to the emperor.
Now that this matter has caused a stir, Niu Xianke naturally cannot escape his involvement.
Li Yunze's attitude is very simple. If Niu Xianke is as cunning as Li Linfu, then he has many ways to deal with such cunning people.
If Niu Xianguo has good character and is willing to take the initiative to stand up for Li Yunze, then even if he is temporarily unlucky, he will naturally not treat him badly when he achieves great things.
Just like Zhang Jiuling and other famous officials who were demoted from Chang'an City, Li Yunze also planned to recall them after he came to power.
As for when there are too many prime ministers and there is no room to arrange anything, we can set up a cabinet.
After being the emperor of Ming Dynasty for so long, doesn’t he still know how to limit the power of the prime minister?
And the most important thing is that Li Yunze has no interest in endless confrontations with Li Sanlang.
Wait until Li Siye comes back from recruiting troops, wait until Bian Lingcheng, Wang Huanxi and others are bribed, wait until all the secret arrangements are completed.