Although Li Qiu is a mediocre person, he is also very clear that Ye Chang is taking retreat as an advance.

Ye Chang was the son-in-law of the late emperor, a hero of the Tang Dynasty, and his uncle. If he had just come to power, he would have ordered Ye Chang to resign and go to guard the tomb for Li Longji, which would have been extremely bad for his reputation. In historical books, there would be no less title of Lingmai's meritorious deeds.

But he was also very moved.

If Ye Chang leaves his post and goes to guard the tomb for Li Longji, it means that he has three years to manage and gather back the imperial power and the influence of the emperor dispersed due to Ye Chang's rise. He does not want to fight Ye Chang directly, so in his opinion, Ye Chang's "concession" may be the best way to solve the problem.

"Then what, Your Majesty approved Mr. Ye's resignation?"

More than an hour later, Yuan Zai got the news and hurried to the palace. At this time, Ye Chang had already left the palace. After hearing Li Qiu's words, he asked with wide eyes.

"Stay at home and don't send it." Li Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "He has prepared a memorial, right here."

After reading the memorial handed over by the eunuch, Yuan Zai couldn't help but lock his eyebrows tightly.

"Oh, I know now. Whether he advances or retreats, it makes people embarrassed... This is really an embarrassing thing." Li Qiu murmured.

He really didn't expect that Ye Chang would make him so embarrassed no matter how advanced or retreated. This can only be said that Ye Chang's influence on the political situation of the Tang Dynasty was too great.

"Accurate" Yuan Zai thought for a while, then suddenly gritted his teeth.

"What?"

"Ye Chang will definitely write a letter to resign. He pretends to behave, and he must do his best to do a good job. When he resigns for the second time, His Majesty will try to keep him again. You might as well give him a higher title - Oh, he has no choice but to give him a title, so His Majesty will give him the title of juniors to show his favor and be kind to him. Now that the late emperor has just left, he will definitely not accept the reward, and he will still resign for the third time. At this time, His Majesty will allow him to resign."

"Is this OK?" Li Qiu was stunned.

"Your Majesty has repeatedly tried to keep him, but he still doesn't appreciate it. Who can I blame him? Could it be that he would be willing to stay in the court if he wants His Majesty to give him this treasure?" Yuan Zai said: "Anyway, Your Majesty's attitude of meeting the old emperor and the old minister has been made, so others can't blame Your Majesty for taking the head."

"oh……"

Li Qiu thought for a while and felt that this was the best choice he could make.

Everything was as Yuan Zai said. Not long after Ye Chang returned to the house, he came to the palace again - he wanted to keep Li Longji, and at the same time he handed over the second memorial for resignation. Li Qi did not reply immediately. When he went to court the next day, he handed over the matter with his ministers to discuss. Sure enough, the ministers all spoke out to keep him, and Li Qi also "performed as a stream of good deeds". Not only did he keep him, he also gave him three titles to be sent to his son and nephew.

Ye Chang indeed declined Feng Ci and insisted on resigning. This time, Li Qiu agreed directly without the grand ceremony.

The news came out, both inside and outside the court and the country were shocked. Moreover, Ye Chang was guarding Li Longji in the palace, and Yuan Highway and others could not see others, so he could not help but have some guesses. In a hurry, Yuan Highway came to see Gu Duming again, but found that Dugu Ming was like him, with a gloomy face.

"What did King Wei think? Wouldn't he give meat to the anvil when he stayed in the palace like this?" Before the two of them sat down, Yuan Highway said anxiously: "And now that the man has approved his resignation. Anyone with a discerning eye can see why he has not made any moves yet, and what plans are he going to do?"

"You ask me, who will I ask?" Dugu Ming was unhappy when he heard his series of questions and lost his temper: "Who knows what he thought... Don't he know that the emperor surnamed Li, all of whom are thick-skinned and black-hearted?"

This is a bit ruthless, but the two are part of the same party. Although their positions are slightly different, Yuan Highway will certainly not report this kind of thing. Seeing Dugu Ming also anxious, Yuan Highway said: "Where is Bian Ping, why not call Bian Ping to ask?"

"Don't mention that guy. After King Wei returned to Beijing, he immediately summoned the guy and sent the guy to Japan." Dugu Ming smiled bitterly: "To put it nicely, he was asked to go to Japan as an envoy, stationed in his country, investigated the ports and population situations of his country, and prepared for the next step. To put it nicely, he was exiled overseas."

Yuan Highway was stunned: "Are we all guessed wrongly? King Wei had no intention at all. He really wanted to be a filial son-in-law for the late emperor and a loyal minister?"

"When King Wei was young, he was bold and reckless, and he was never a loyal minister and filial son-in-law." Dugu Ming shook his head: "Didn't you say that you had commented on King Wei in the early years, and he would sooner or later cause trouble for himself?"

Yuan Highway's old face turned slightly red. Unexpectedly, Dugu Ming knew about the past.

"What is King Wei's intention? Although Bian Ping is a little bolder, he is for his own good..."

"I don't know either." Dugu Ming sighed.

"I am a foreign minister and cannot enter the palace. You can ask the princess to enter the palace and hear what the King of Wei plans to do.

"Women should not intervene in this matter." Dugu Ming shook his head: "Also, I have met King Wei in the palace.

"What did he say?"

"There is no explanation for other things, just that he can finally rest assured and do something he has long wanted to do, such as compiling a historical book to gather historical materials from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the present for reference by the rulers...

Yuan Highway heard this and jumped up: "There is something in Ye Gong's words"

"What?"

"If he went to compile real classics, I would believe it. If he compiled history, I would not believe it." Yuan Highway's eyes turned: "Making history is something that only Hanlin who is idle and has nothing to do will get in touch with it."

Dugu Ming thought about it, and was stunned for a while, then patted his forehead and said, "Why didn't I think at that time, how could he make up a history?"

"When he raised a topic, he said he wanted to make a history?"

"This is not a special topic. It's just that the late emperor has been in power for fifty years and has lived nearly eighty years. It has rarely been seen since ancient times. Then he said that he had a good history early and liked to read "Records of the Grand Historian". The Taishi Gong used the biography of the chronicles as the form, and many of the national history in later generations imitated it. He wanted to use the chronology as the form to compile a historical book for future generations to investigate the gains and losses..."

Dugu Ming had a good memory, so he basically repeated Ye Chang's original words. Yuan Highway thought about it for a while, and then said, "Do you have "Records of the Grand Historian"?"

"Yes, I'm going to get it."

The blessing of printing with movable type, the price of books has dropped now, and the papermaking and printing technology has been constantly improving, and the printed books are becoming more and more exquisite, and there are more and more varieties. Dugu Ming's home collected various versions of the Records of the Grand Historian. The servant soon brought a bunch of books, including "Records of the Grand Historian" and others' notes. Looking at these thick books, Yuan Highway and Dugu Ming looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"What did Mr. Ye say, why didn't he say it directly? Why did he fight this mystery?"

The two still gave up their plan to flirt. After all, it was really difficult to flirt so many books.

Without getting any results, Yuan Highway returned to his home and sat in the study for a while. He shook his head: Don’t worry about it anymore. From the beginning of knowing him, Ye Chang is not the one who needs others to worry about him.

He made up his mind to stop taking the initiative and waited for Ye Chang's arrangements, but his curiosity was attracted by Ye Chang's mystery. At present, in addition to official business, he just reads the record of the grandfather every day.

He was leisurely and the changes in the court were huge. First of all, personnel adjustments were made. Li Qiu arranged a group of officials who had no relationship with Ye Chang to various positions. Although he was not the chief official, it is conceivable that these people would replace the group close to Ye Chang in a few years. However, this action was not aggressive. Ye Chang ran to Jinsu Mountain to repair the Tai Mausoleum for Li Longji, so the officials did not rebound from this.

"It seems that Ye Chang's resignation and these people in the court lost their backbone, and they really couldn't make a big difference." After a series of personnel appointments and removals were completed, Li Qiu summoned Yuan Zai and said to him happily: "Today I know the nobleness of the emperor."

"Your Majesty, don't be complacent, the matter has just begun. Although Your Majesty has installed a lot of people, they are all insignificant positions now. There are not many important officials in the court who are truly on Your Majesty's side." Yuan Zai said: "Your Majesty wants to truly control the court, the prime minister, and the minister must be appointed by Your Majesty. The generals of each border town should be close ministers to Your Majesty. Only in this way can the country be safe forever."

"It's not easy to talk about. Didn't you advise me not to be too anxious? If it's too anxious, it's hard for King Wei to explain."

"The appointment of personnel can be not urgent, but there is one thing that must be urgent..."

What Yuan Zai was urgent was financial power. Although Ye Chang had left office, the financial power of the court was still controlled by the important officials in the court. Li Qiu proposed several times to repair the palace and raise the new army, but they were rejected by the important officials. Without financial power, he could not gather more officials. Therefore, Yuan Zai suggested that Li Qiu take the first step to take over the profits of the mines and workshops to the emperor.

"The King of Wei was able to make his name all over the world because he could make his fellow party members rich. The rogues who followed him at the time were now rich people who spent a lot of money. Moreover, after the Rebellion of the King, the people in Chang'an thought that it was the stupidest move to cast money into silver balls and hide them in the cellar. It would be better to go to the mountains to start a mining site or set up a factory in the city. Therefore, a small household in Chang'an City who runs a factory in Chang'an City was better than a small household in Chang'an City. If you want to collect great power, you must first collect wealth. If you can control this, then from the middle and high-ranking officials in the court to the civilian households in the city, you will have to rely on Your Majesty to the rescue. Such a great cause will be achieved."

Li Qiu couldn't help but nod. The wealthy households in Chang'an City were more than Yuan Zai's wealth. They were more than him, so they were afraid that their family property would be much more.

In the past, there were only a few people including Wang Yuanbao, and were famous all over the world. But now, there are definitely more than twenty households in Chang'an City that are as rich as Wang Yuanbao. They not only opened mines in other places, but also set up many workshops in Chang'an City. Yongyang, Zhaoxing, Da'an and other workshops near the city walls were originally relatively empty and had few residents, but now they are already covered with workshops. Even outside the city, near the water flow, various workshops that require hydraulic power are also varied.

Last year's population statistics, the population of Chang'an City not only recovered from the war five years ago, but also exceeded 1.8 million in one fell swoop, many of which were the workers employed by these workshops.

"All under the world is the king's land. The wealth above this king's land should naturally belong to the emperor." Yuan Zai said again.

The place where the two of them said this was in Li Qiu's imperial study room, and even the little eunuch who served was sent out by Li Qiu. When Yuan Zai said this, Li Qiu's eyes lit up and his eyes flashed.

Li Qiu's father Li Ying died early, and he was entrusted to his uncle Li Cong since he was a child. At that time, his expenses were relatively tight. As the emperor's grandson, he did not take advantage of money, which made him pay very seriously to wealth. Yuan Zai proposed to collect financial power, which was exactly what he wanted.

This is not a sale of official positions and titles. I think the opposition from the clear discussion will not be that great.

"But...When King Wei was prime minister, he was quite generous to these mine workshops. Will my actions arouse his opposition?"

"The King of Wei is now supervising the construction of Tailing Mausoleum, so there is no time to meddle in this little business. Moreover, I have a plan, even if someone breaks the matter to him, he will definitely not object." Yuan Zai said this and suddenly laughed.

"He Ce?" Li Qiu was very interested and leaned forward and asked.

"With your spear and your shield, your majesty, look at it."

Yuan Zai presented a stack of papers, and Li Qiu took them to see them. There were not many stacks of papers, but they contained several tragic events in the factory.

In order to make more profits, those factory owners lower workers' wages, extend their working hours, and reduce dangerous protections. This is inevitable. Chang'an City, Luoyang City, and Liaodong are under Ye Chang's nose, and they have their own management and supervision. This situation is better, but in those mining factories that are slightly far away, even Ye Chang cannot eliminate such things.

"Is there such a tragic incident?" Li Qiulian looked at these examples and couldn't help but slapped the table and said, "Okay, OK, OK

He shouted OK, of course because these examples gave him an excuse to receive the right to sell the mine factory in his own hands.

"Although there is such an excuse, Your Majesty, this matter cannot be revealed by us, but we must rely on external forces." Yuan Zai said again.

Li Qiu deeply agreed. If they threw out these materials in the court, people would understand that they were actually targeting financial power. But if they use external forces, this requires careful consideration. At this time, Li Qiu was a little regretful. There were too few people who could use them.

"I recommend one person to do this." Yuan Zai said: "Lu Qi"

"Lu Qi?" Li Qiu also heard of this name. He had a bad impression of this person, so he shook his head: "This person is not suitable to be an official. Are there any other candidates?"

"He doesn't need to be an official, he just needs to run a newspaper." Yuan Zai smiled and said, "I spent all my family and raised 50,000 jin of money for him. Just when His Majesty agrees, he will imitate the "Minist Daily" and report to a newspaper. Then, the first issue will be released, and tens of thousands of copies will be printed in the first issue. Chang'an, Luoyang, and various territories will all send it. In this way, the momentum will become bigger. At that time, if Your Majesty does not mention this matter, someone in the court will also mention this matter. Your Majesty will follow the flow and make the result... twice as much as possible."

Li Qiu's heart was thrilled, he didn't want to be an official, he just posted a newspaper... obviously he wanted to ask him, the emperor, for convenience, and at the same time he also sought funding from him.

Ye Chang takes the newspaper run by Du Fu as his mouthpiece, and he seems to be able to choose another family as his mouthpiece. He will not sing a stage show against Ye Chang, at least he will not be allowed to speak alone.
Chapter completed!