On the eighth day of the sixth month of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Ke, the king of Shu, wrote to the court, saying: There are four surnames: Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng in Shandong. Although they are tired of Ye Ling, they still rely on their old land. They are proud of themselves and are called scholar-bureaucrats. Every time they marry a daughter People from other clans must ask for money widely, think more is more valuable, and make covenants based on numbers. This is the same as that of merchants, which greatly damages the customs and messes up the etiquette. It is inappropriate and should be reformed. Please re-edit the "Clan Chronicles" to make it clear. The difference between noble and humble. The emperor praised it deeply and deeply believed it. He issued an edict to the world to redefine the "Clan Chronicle" to regulate the names. The King of Shu, Li Ke, returned to Beijing to take charge of the matter. As soon as this edict came out, the government and the public were shocked. All the noble families were in panic. For the rest of the day, many people were rushing between the court halls, especially the palace of the King of Shu. However, after the King of Shu arrived in the capital in the middle of July, he saw no visitors. He only summoned Gao Shilian, the official minister, and Wei Ting, the imperial censor. , Cen Wenwen, the Minister of Zhongshu, Linghu Defen, the Minister of Rites, and other important officials from the imperial court came to the government to discuss matters, but no one in the world knew why.
It was Li Zhen's idea to rewrite "Clan Chronicles" for Li Ke, which involved the face of the Li Tang royal family - Li Tang's true origin is unknown, and there have been many disputes among various families since ancient times. Some people say that Li Tang is a Hu Some people who are naturalized also say that Li Tang is a branch of the Longxi Li family. There are different opinions. However, it is an indisputable fact that Li Tang has Xianbei ancestry. However, the Li Tang royal family always calls itself the Longxi Li family, and the ancestor is Laozi Li. Er. During the Han Dynasty, the Li family of Longxi produced famous generals such as Flying General Li Guang. It can be said that it is a powerful family with a long history. In the early Sui Dynasty, it was also one of the most powerful families in the world. However, for such a brilliant family, in the Sui Dynasty, In the first revised "Chronicles of the Clan", they were only ranked in the poor third class and were still called "Camel Li". Even though Li and Tang had passed down two generations of emperors, in the eyes of those so-called "literary officials", the Li family in Longxi He was still a small and unpopular family, but at the same time, a prominent family in Shandong was even ashamed of marrying the Li Tang royal family, which made the Li Tang royal family extremely dissatisfied.
In fact, the noble families in Shandong are all run-down families. After the chaos in the late Sui Dynasty, most of the Shandong noble families who used to be extremely illustrious were not able to escape poverty. However, after all, they are all wealthy families with hundreds of years of history and prestige, so at this time their "Name" is still "given in the state". After the political privileges of famous families were lost, their reputation became more famous. This is because for many small and medium-sized families, marriages with noble families are a way to show off their noble blood. The only way is to take advantage of the "economic crisis" of these famous families to lure them into marriage with you. At the same time, the nobles in Shandong are secretive and ask for betrothal gifts and goods during the marriage. Therefore, the nobles in Shandong This has become a custom of "selling marriages".
Li Shimin once denounced the shamelessness of the Shandong clan on many occasions, but the actual results were not satisfactory. The Shandong clan remained arrogant, and people at that time were still proud of marrying into Shandong's famous families, such as Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Li Ji and other distinguished ministers. They are also flocking to them, but because these so-called noble families are well-read in poetry and books, they have a great influence on the government and the public. Li Shimin repeatedly wanted to punish them harshly, but failed due to various reasons. Therefore, "Clan Chronicles" " is actually one of Li Shimin's heart problems, which is the most important reason why Li Ke was recognized by Li Shimin as soon as he wrote the letter.
Can a "Clan Chronicle" change the status quo of arrogance and arrogance of famous families? This is completely impossible! At least in Li Zhen's view, it is impossible. According to Li Zhen's idea, if you really want to change the status quo of arrogance and arrogance of famous families, instead of Instead of wasting time on that bullshit "Chronicle", it would be better to educate the people and open up their wisdom. If more people read, the "knowledge" possessed by those famous families will be worthless. By then, the famous families will rely on their The so-called "reputation" built up by the "knowledgeable" people in the clan will naturally be greatly depreciated, and it will be much easier to clean up, right? Of course, although he understands, Li Zhen will not say these insights to others. , the reason why he gave this idea to Li Ke and his group was just to create a situation of three kingdoms. As for whether Li Ke could successfully revise the "Chronicles of the Clan" and whether he could win Li Shimin's favor again with this book, Li Ke Zhen didn't take it to heart at all. No, taking advantage of Li Ke's return to Beijing, Li Zhen began a journey of secretly accumulating strength.
Li Zhen has plenty of money. Although since the beginning of the year, due to market saturation and the number of followers, the profits of new furniture have been much lower than before, Li Zhen has already made enough money, and her daily expenses have increased.
It's not big. After more than two years, the money has already become too much to count. Although it is not as rich as the country, it is still very easy to casually take out one hundred thousand or eighty thousand. If you have money, you will naturally
It was easy to do things. While everyone's attention was diverted to "Clan Chronicle", Li Zhen assigned the task of establishing a secret force to Yan Ming. Based on the principle of not seeking speed but seeking stability, he started the secret force.
Training - First, taking advantage of the great disaster in Shanxi, the Yan family bought a group of young, talented orphans from Shanxi, and hired literary and martial arts masters to teach these children in accordance with their aptitude.
, and it has become a routine that the Yan family comes forward to buy back some children for training every year; secondly, with the branches of the Yan family stationed in various places as the backbone, a prototype intelligence agency called "Rising Sun" is secretly established and begins to collect information from various places.
and sorting out; thirdly, in the capital, we began to slowly infiltrate those small officials with little background. As for the placement of personnel in the houses of the brothers, they were carried out slowly, and everything was done safely.
The operation of establishing the underground power was considered to be very smooth. With the help of the Yan family, all the actions did not go wrong and did not attract the attention of others. However, one troublesome thing came out again - the establishment of the underground power.
It sounds easy to say, but the money spent is like running water. No, just over two months ago, Li Zhen found out that establishing a secret force was simply a big money-burning hole.
The 50,000 yuan prepared was almost gone in the blink of an eye. This was because the Yan family had provided a lot of help. Otherwise, I would have been overdrawn long ago. This money was really unspent!
Li Zhen has money, but it is not an option to keep going like this, right? You can't lose all your money? Li Zhen still hopes to enjoy the glory and wealth with a lot of money. If she spends all the money for self-protection
Now that it’s clean, that’s nothing. It’s better to just do nothing and just live on the prince’s salary, isn’t it? There’s no other way to go. Seeing that the profits of new furniture are getting thinner and thinner, Li Zhen has no choice but to advance.
Book distribution was started - the imperial edict said it would be completed before August 15th. In fact, the 6,000 books ordered by the imperial court were printed as early as mid-June, but Li Zhen always kept this matter in mind.
I originally planned to wait for Li Ke to return to Beijing and start moving before throwing him out. While everyone's attention was on "Clan Chronicle", I wanted to reduce the impact of printing. After all, Li Zhen had no intention of doing so.
For Li Zhen, who became famous all over the world through this thing, it is a good thing to make a fortune, but that guy Li Ke didn't appreciate it. More than a month has passed since he returned to Beijing, but he still hasn't seen him.
When he moved, Li Zhen was so suffocated that she had no choice but to move first.
It did move, but there was no response. The memorandum was delivered and the sample book was given. However, several days passed. Not to mention that no one from the etiquette department came to check and accept it. Even the old man did not hear a sound.
Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, Li Zhen was anxious, but she didn't have the guts to go ask the old man, so she had to wait patiently for the news, and waited and waited. When she couldn't get enough of it, she finally expected the imperial edict to come.
——The king of Han Dynasty, Li Zhen, had made great contributions to the country. He granted three hundred households a title, rewarded him with thousands of coins, and granted him a royal palace. He was allowed to open the palace.
Wow, it's great to open a mansion, you finally got along with a serious prince, right? But Li Zhen was so happy that she didn't think about the reason in detail. As soon as she received the imperial edict, she even forgot about it.
He went to inform him, immediately went to the Ministry of Works to complete the formalities, and hurried straight to his palace.
The Hanwang Mansion located on South Street is a newly built house. The paint has not even dried yet, so it will be refreshing to see it look brand new. Not to mention the pair of majestic stone lions at the door, nor the high wall.
The pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard are exquisite and grand, and the back garden full of green trees and flowers made Li Zhen smile so hard that she couldn't get enough of it. She wandered around the palace for a long time and couldn't get enough of it, so careful.
It was so beautiful that I couldn't bear to go back to the palace until it was almost dark. As soon as I entered the door, I didn't even sit down when I saw Liu Dequan leaving with a thick stack of red invitations.
He came in and said respectfully: "Your Highness, every house has sent invitations and gift lists to congratulate the prince on the opening of his house. Please take a look at it." When I saw it, hehe, they were all sent by a group of brothers.
There was also a gift list attached, and the gifts were all very important. Even the prince sent a jade handle as a congratulatory gift.
It’s a nice gift. I accepted everything as ordered. We are short of money right now. We won’t go to the banquet. ***, except for trying to win over us, how can these bastards have any good intentions?
*It's not a thing. Naturally, Li Zhen knew the real intention of a group of brothers giving gifts and entertaining guests. Seeing that the palace was in his hands, he could start his own wealthy life immediately. He didn't want to get involved in the fight for the heir, brothers.
Naturally, he didn’t want to go to the banquet, but there had to be a reason for not going, right? If he accidentally became the target of public criticism, it would be great fun. Li Zhen pondered for a while, waved his hand with a smile and said: "Eunuch Liu
, I went back to each mansion with people, and said that I have won the palace, and I should be the host, so I decided to do it on the first day of September. I just invited all the brothers to be guests at my palace. Well, I went with the people.
'Yan Ji' took some new furniture and newly printed books and sent them to each house as a return gift."
Well, what others gave were precious things such as jewelry, but Li Zhen gave some local specialties made by herself as a return gift. Only Li Zhen could do such a thing. Liu De was dumbfounded when he heard this.
He looked at Li Zhen blankly, with a look on his face that was hesitant to speak. Li Zhen was amused for a while, but he didn't bother to explain. He just smiled and said: "Eunuch Liu, just go, I have my own way."
Proposal." Old Liu swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, said "yes" with difficulty, and hurried to make arrangements without mentioning it.
Japan ***, these gang of traitors seem to be unwilling to give up on us. No matter what, we have to find a way to make them completely give up, so as not to spend the whole day struggling with us. This is not a good idea.
, Li Zhen thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an accurate idea. Just when she was irritated, a little palace maid flashed in from outside the room and said that Yan Fei had invited her. Well, I have something to explain, so that's not the case.
Go quickly? Li Zhen didn't want to think anymore and hurried to the room where Concubine Yan lived.
"My child bows to his mother and concubine." As soon as Li Zhen walked into Concubine Yan's room, she immediately kowtowed respectfully to say goodbye.
Concubine Yan looked at Li Zhen silently for a while, but never spoke, but her eye circles gradually turned red. It was a good thing that the child was getting older and was going to fly solo, but she looked at Li Zhen's face that seemed so childish.
, even though Concubine Yan is usually very calm, at this moment, she couldn't help but burst into tears with excitement, her heart was full of joy and sorrow, and all the feelings were mixed together.
Seeing Concubine Yan's sadness, Li Zhen didn't know how to comfort her for a while. Her eyes were red, and she managed to support herself and said: "Concubine, my child lives close by, so it's easy to go back to the palace to say hello..."
Before Li Zhen finished speaking, Concubine Yan stood up, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, touched Li Zhen's head and said: "Zhen'er, there is no need to comfort mother. Mother knows that you are a filial child. Mother is very happy." "." After a pause, he continued: "Zhen'er, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, a prince cannot open a palace until he is eight years old. You know this, but what are your plans now?"
Oh, yes, I was so happy that I forgot about this problem. Damn it, what is the old man doing? He completely violated the Tang law he set. Is there something fishy here? Li Zhen was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but then she thought that her contribution was enough to open a mansion, and it was just a little early, so she didn't think about it anymore and said with a smile: "Mother, my child will obey It is my mother's destiny to learn skills from these two masters, so that I can serve the imperial court and my father's cultivation in the future."
There are two meanings in Li Zhen's words: first, after opening the mansion, he will not let go of his studies; second, no matter how other brothers make trouble, he, Li Zhen, will only watch the show and will never participate. Yan Concubine Yan is a smart person, so she naturally understands the meaning of Li Zhen's words. However, in Concubine Yan's opinion, Li Zhen's words did not answer the point. She wanted to mention it, but at this moment, the palace maid, The eunuchs were all around, and Concubine Yan didn't want to make such a big noise as retreating from the left and right, so there was no way to explain this clearly. Besides, Li Zhen had been a very independent person since she was young, and Yan Concubine Yan really didn’t want to impose her opinions on Li Zhen, so after listening to Li Zhen’s words, Concubine Yan had no expression on her face, and said after a while: "Zhen'er, you are the one who can open the mansion because of the Holy One." It’s due to kindness, but it’s just that it’s not good if it violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty.”
Huh? What do I mean by this? Are you asking me to refuse to open a mansion? It doesn’t seem like it. If that’s the case, I wouldn’t say that, um, open a mansion? Could it be that I mean to open a mansion? Establishing a government office? Haha, that’s what it means. Well, we didn’t intend to make a fuss in the first place. The real thing is to make a fortune in silence. Hehe, if we don’t build a government office for the time being, it will show that we have no intention to participate in the fight for the heir. This can be used as an excuse to shirk the efforts of the brothers. Thirdly, it will save the old man’s face. Furthermore, even if we want to appoint subordinate officials, we are not in a hurry. Hey, we would rather be short-term than indiscriminate. If we really want to recruit younger brothers, we have to choose some. She is really capable, isn't she? Oh, I am really a wonderful person. She deserves to be born from fighting in the palace. It's interesting! Li Zhen's mind moved very quickly. She secretly calculated for a while, and she already fully understood what Concubine Yan was implying. Immediately smiled and said: "What the mother said is that although the child has been favored by the father to open a mansion, he is still young after all. The matter of establishing a government office should be discussed in the future. The child will join my father in a few days." Your Majesty, please report this matter."
Seeing Li Zhen's eyes open, Concubine Yan showed a smile of approval on her face, lovingly touched Li Zhen's head again, and said with a smile: "Zhen'er, it's getting late, go and have a rest earlier." , I’m still busy with moving tomorrow, so go.”
Li Zhen glanced at Concubine Yan gratefully, responded respectfully, turned around and strode out of the room. Looking at Li Zhen's back that looked increasingly strong, Concubine Yan sighed softly and couldn't help but shed tears again. …dd