"What's the point of congratulations to this? It's not that I'm appointing me as the prince. My father asked me to monitor my elder brother's every move. I don't understand what he means?"

"Your Highness, this actually means that the emperor completely does not believe in the prince. It can basically be said that the prince has made up his mind to abolish the prince. It is just that he will not announce the abolition of the prince immediately due to the situation. Instead, he needs to find evidence that can abolish the prince, so he handed over the important task of finding evidence to Your Highness."

Li Yuanji shook his head, "I know my elder brother very well. He has always been honest and low-key. How could there be evidence for others to take it?"

"Your Highness, the emperor must have a reason for this arrangement. It must be because of what the prince did, which made the emperor so angry. In fact, the prince was not tolerant. Did your highness forget that he sent troops and Zhang Xuan to fight against the Turks in Taiyuan? This is the root cause of the prince being punished by the emperor. I can tell your highness openly that the prince cannot ascend the throne again. Those who inherit the throne are either Your Highness or the King of Qin. The opportunity is right in front of you, and it depends on whether Your Highness can seize it."

"What opportunity is right in front of you?"

Cui Wenxiang smiled sinisterly and said, "Isn't it a chance for the Lord to investigate the prince? Only by trampling the prince completely will your highness have the opportunity to replace him as soon as possible. As long as your highness is made the prince, then your highness has the final say when the Lord abdicates."

Li Yuanji paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He understood Cui Wenxiang's meaning and did not hesitate to let his father establish a new crown prince as soon as possible by frame-up. He had no doubt about this. He was just worried about his second brother. With his second brother's qualifications and strength, he might have made a wedding dress for his second brother in the end.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "I'm afraid that after I've been doing it for a long time, my second brother will finally win the country."

Cui Wenxiang shook her head, "Although Your Highness the King of Qin has the advantage of leading troops outside, he does not have the favorable situation of Your Highness in running the court. Your Highness must make full use of his advantages in Chang'an to make friends with powerful people, especially some key figures."

Speaking of this, Cui Wenxiang took out a list and handed it to Li Yuanji, "This is a list that Bei Zhi has compiled these days. We must take at least 70% of them for our own use, so your highness will be safe to become the crown prince."

When Li Yuanji opened the list, the first one was Li Shentong, brothers Li Shenfu. He could understand this. Li Shentong controlled nearly 50,000 troops in Guanzhong. Li Shenfu was just named General of the Youtun Guard by the emperor and controlled 10,000 Imperial Guard. The two brothers were crucial to their support, and it was no surprise that they were ranked first.

But the second place was Yin Ahsh, the Duke of Pingyuan County, not the powerful minister of the prime minister. Li Yuanji asked in confusion: "Why are the Duke of Yin County ranked second?"

Cui Wenxiang smiled faintly, "The second place is actually Concubine Yin De. Although the prime minister is useful, how can he compare to the wind beside the emperor? As long as Concubine Yin De is willing to strongly support His Highness as a priest, he is stronger than ten prime ministers."

Li Yuanji suddenly realized and smiled, "I am familiar with Yin Ahsh's son Yin Wuquan, so why not start with him."

"Your Highness!"

Li Yuanji looked at the list again. The third place in the list was Prime Minister Pei Ji. He couldn't help but nodded secretly. Cui Wenxiang was indeed very accurate in looking at people. He pondered for a while and asked, "I want me to investigate the prince's problem, but I don't know where to start?"

Cui Wenxiang smiled and said, "First of all, Your Highness wants to go into the palace to meet the emperor. First, we will report to Your Majesty the achievements of the house search, second, we will indicate that Your Highness will obey the emperor's call at any time, and third, we will learn from Zhao Dezhong what the prince did to make the emperor so angry? After understanding the situation, we can target our target."

The free trade between the Tang and Zhou dynasties did not bring prosperity to the Tang Dynasty. On the contrary, a large amount of currency influx and various materials flowed out of the Tang Dynasty, which brought huge disasters to the Tang Dynasty. Merchants used various materials to transport them to Zhongdu or Luoyang, brought back a large amount of copper coins, and exchanged copper coins for the imperial court gold, and then exchanged gold for Kaiyuan Tongbao from the black market for profit. The profit far exceeded the income from buying and selling goods.

The court needed a huge number of Datong Tongbao because the official wanted to import a large amount of crude iron from the Zhou Dynasty. Although it was expensive, the Tang army had no choice. At the same time, the Zhou Dynasty did not recognize the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty and refused to accept gold transactions, which forced the Tang Dynasty to use gold to exchange Datong Tongbao from merchants.

After a complex circle, the essence of the Tang and Zhou trade was that the Tang Dynasty used various materials to exchange for the expensive pig iron of the Zhou Dynasty. The consequences of this appeared day by day. On the one hand, various materials in Chang'an were in short supply and grain prices soared. On the other hand, the entire Chang'an and even Guanzhong had been occupied by Datong Tongbao, and Kaiyuan Tongbao became increasingly rare. The circulation of the Zhou Dynasty had completely replaced the Tang Dynasty's own currency.

In fact, many court officials saw the inappropriateness, but under the pressure of the demand for strategic materials, no one dared to object, and had to silently watch the Tang Dynasty's business decline day by day.

Nearly 80% of the thousands of stores in the West City have been closed, and only less than 100 stores remain in a bleak business. There is a shop selling groceries in the north and south near the gate of the West City, which has done well. The two shops next door have been transformed into one of the top shops in the West City. Although there is no sign, a huge lantern hanging at the gate of the Huaiyang County Prince is more effective than anything else. Few people dare to come to the idea of ​​this grocery store.

This grocery store is the new foundation of the Chang'an Intelligence Agency, which is also Lu Ping's experience. When he opened a fur shop in Luoyang, he was safe and sound, thanks to Wang Shiyun's signboard, Lu Ping reused the old trick. This time he took a fancy to Li Shentong's signboard, and he hanged one of the eight dead-angry lanterns in front of the Li Shentong's mansion for the annual 10,000 yuan a year. He hung it on the front door. No matter it was a rascal, a scoundrel, a government servant, or even the Xuanwu Jingwei did not dare to provoke their shop.

It was also with the care of Li Shentong that the Chang'an Intelligence Agency, which was forced outside the city by Li Yuanji, returned to Chang'an City and started operating again.

In a room in the backyard of the grocery store, Lu Ping and Gao Jin were discussing the task just sent by the military aircraft. Lu Ping sat cross-legged on the couch, with a rare look of seriousness. On the small table beside him was a purple message tube, indicating that the task they received was the order of the emperor.

The task was very simple, but it was also very tricky. Let them put down everything at hand and concentrate all their manpower and material resources to spy on the every move of King Li Yuanji of Chu. This was a holy intention. Lu Ping did not dare to neglect him and immediately sent someone to find Luo Yumin. Luo Yumin was the whistle they placed in the King of Chu's mansion. They could only discuss this matter with Luo Yumin.

After reading the Gexin, Luo Yumin sighed and said, "The emperor is really a very human! He actually saw through Li Yuanji's ambitions."

Lu Ping and Gao Jin looked at each other and hurriedly said, "So, is it true that the rumors outside that Li Yuanji has the intention to fight for the throne?"

Luo Yumin nodded, "Of course Li Yuanji would not discuss this kind of thing with me, but I found too many clues from various clues. In fact, he had this intention as early as in Taiyuan, but he was suppressed. It was not until Cui Wenxiang became his aide that he went step by step and his ambition began to expand."

"Has Lao Luo entered his decision-making circle?" Lu Ping asked the most critical question.

Luo Yumin smiled bitterly and said, "I am only responsible for the internal affairs of Xuanwu Jingwei. I asked me if Li Yuanji had any questions before, but since Cui Wenxiang came, he only believed Cui Wenxiang alone, and no one else paid attention to it. More than a dozen staff members were sent to do all kinds of chores. It was because I followed him for a long time and that I was arranged to manage the internal affairs of Xuanwu Jingwei. It was quite good."

At this time, Gao Jin said, "Is it possible for Lao Luo to enter Li Yuanji's decision-making circle again? For example, we set up a bureau to let Li Yuanji trust Lao Luo again."

Luo Yumin shook his head, "To be honest, Li Yuanji is easy to deal with. I can deal with him without setting up any situation. The key is Cui Wenxiang, who is extremely cunning and vicious. He will never allow anyone to influence Li Yuanji. In the past, Li Yuanji had twenty aides, but five died in vain. Everyone knows what happened. Two times I reported to Li Yuanji about the Xuanwu Jingwei. Cui Wenxiang sat aside and was stared at by his eyes like a poisonous snake. I was not shivering!"

"In this way, we really can't get close to Li Yuanji?" Lu Ping asked, unable to hide the disappointment on his face.
Chapter completed!