After saying that, Li Chen looked at Xu Changqing and said lightly: "Now the Ministry of Revenue lacks a Secretary of State. The opportunity is already in front of you. If it is done, you will be the next Secretary of State. If these things cannot be done well, I will change people. Do you understand what this palace means?"

Xu Changqing was excited and knelt down and shouted: "I am willing to be fooled by Your Highness!"

Since ancient times, interests have been touching, not to mention that they are leading the position of a minister and the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the world's money and grain. The power is much greater than ordinary people imagine.

After sending Xu Changqing away, before Li Chen could take a sip of tea, Sanbao came.

"Your Highness, Dongchang received the news that the Korean Korean mission that came to the capital a month ago was actively operating in major officials' offices in the capital, promising to make a great profit, hoping to promote the empire to send troops to the Korean Korean and resolve the crisis of their invasion by Japan."

The Three Treasures' retribution made Li Chen frown slightly.

At this critical moment, the situation in the capital is already complicated, and various forces are mixed together, which will motivate the whole body, but another Korean mission will stir up trouble...

"How long have they been to the capital?" Li Chen asked.

Sanbao replied: "It has been more than half a month. The reason is that Japan attacked Korea half a year ago. Korea was in civil strife and caught Japan off guard. Now one-third of its territory has been lost, so he sent a delegation to ask the empire for help, but the emperor was not at peace and did not summon them."

"I think they were anxious to wait. There was war in Korea again, so they looked for officials in the court and wanted to achieve their goals through bribery."

Li Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Okay, I am trying to cut off a few heads, which can establish authority and confiscate the house and make money to fill the treasury. I am worried that I can't find any opportunity or reason. You sent the spies from the East Factory to stare at the mission. Who did they meet and how much money they gave, and record them one by one. After fermenting for a while, I have saved up enough heads, and I will cut them off at one time."

The three treasures responded respectfully: "I obey the order."

After sending the three treasures away, Li Chen took the lead to Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Daxing was still lying on the dragon couch and was sleeping unconscious.

"How is the father's health?" Li Chen asked the imperial physician.

The imperial physician sighed and said, "The emperor's health is getting worse every day. He could wake up for a quarter of an hour a day ago, but now he may not be able to wake up for two or three days."

"How long can I last?" Li Chen asked bluntly.

The imperial physician immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I really can't answer you. When the condition reaches this point, medical skills are the second. It mainly depends on the emperor's willpower and... God's blessing."

"Okay, I know, let's go down."

Li Chen did not blame the imperial physician too much. After asking the imperial physicians to retreat, Li Chen sat next to the dragon couch.

Looking at the withered Emperor Daxing, Li Chen didn't say anything.

He had originally traveled through time and had no feelings for Emperor Daxing. In some ways, if Emperor Daxing did not die, he would not be able to ascend the throne... But now, he was not thinking about Emperor Daxing's illness, but was considering how to deal with the group of profiteers who used money to steal the country at night.

These unscrupulous merchants took advantage of the decline of the empire's national strength and colluded with local officials to forcibly annexed land, and then used their interests to win over those officials into their chariots. Over the years, they had long formed a solid and complex interest network.

It is not that simple for Li Chen to touch them. Even if a poor operation is done, it will immediately cause backlash from the court, and it will not be worth the loss at that time.

But if the treasury is not moved, the treasury will not be able to provide relief, and if they are indulged in their will, the lives of the people will only be even more difficult.

At that time, it would be like a dynasty before time traveling. The people were poor and the court was even poorer. Instead, the corrupt officials and businessmen were all fat.

This is something that Li Chen absolutely does not allow to happen.

Seeing the scene that Li Chen was thinking about, everyone thought that the prince was worried about the emperor's body.

"Doctor Chen, Your Highness the Crown Prince is really filial."

An imperial physician whispered to his colleague.

Doctor Chen was the one who answered Li Chen’s question before. He sighed and said, “Who said it was not? Since ancient times, the imperial family was the most ruthless, but I see that the prince’s solemnity and worries at this time were not disguised. The emperor had many descendants, but in the end, the only one who really cared about the emperor’s body was the crown prince.”

The companions next to them nodded, thinking that they had seen the secret in the prince's heart.

Just as Li Chen was thinking in the Ganqing Palace, the outside of the palace was also uneasy.

The death of Renault Mountain caused the turmoil as if a stone was put into the situation in the capital, which was at least peaceful, although the turbulent but at least seemed calm.

The storm brought by this stone instantly involved the situation in all parts of the capital.

Zhao Xuanji was the first to receive the news.

"Sir, after Renault Mountain was beheaded by the prince, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue immediately went to the East Palace. According to the news from our eyewitness, Xu Changqing and the prince had been talking to him for nearly half an hour, but I don't know what he had discussed in detail yet."

The person who reported to Zhao Xuanji was Qian Han, the chief official of Tongzheng Shi, the capital city, who was a serious third-rank official title. He was a senior official in charge of the government at the local level. However, in front of Zhao Xuanji, Qian Han's attitude was very low and bowed his head to report.

Zhao Xuanji picked up the teacup and shook his head gently, blew away the tea leaves floating on the tea soup, and said, "First kill Wei Xian, then kill Renault Mountain. One is the eunuch who has been deeply rooted in the inner palace for more than ten years and can vaguely compete with the Three Treasures. The other is the Minister of Revenue, who leads the other, the second rank of the dynasty. Our prince is very bloody."

Qian Han hesitated for a moment and said, "Not only is Renault Mountain dead, but now the people in the East Factory are raiding their homes. All his family members have been exterminated as slaves. Men are enthroned and women are enthroned as officials. This is equivalent to destroying the family. Such thunderous methods have made many people here a little nervous. Master, should we write to the court and let the prince restrain himself?"

"convergence?"

Zhao Xuanji shook his head and said, "He can't restrain himself at this time."

"The prince just reigned the country and was in high spirits. Anyone who wanted to stop him would do whatever he wanted to eliminate stumbling blocks. He was irrational to be right from him at this time."

Qian Han said respectfully: "The prince is humble and stupid, and the prince is still the governor and has not ascended the throne. How can he fight against all the civil and military officials in the court? Even the emperor sometimes has to compromise with the chief assistant."

Zhao Xuanji put down the teacup and said, "The compromise between the emperor and me is just a political game. He has to make concessions and choices in order to take into account the overall situation. However, the prince is different. The prince is in charge of the country and is strong in nature. He is in power at this time. Who can listen to the words?"

"What's more, he has not ascended the throne yet, which is his disadvantage and his advantage. At that time, things will be uncontrollable and he can push the emperor out. Instead, he will not have to bear much responsibility. Once he ascended the throne, he will have no backer behind him and can only stand in front of him, which will be unbeautiful."

Qian Han asked in a vague sense of understanding: "Then how do we deal with it?"

"Do nothing, just wait and see what happens."

"He wants to kill the minister. As long as he is not the core of ours, he will let him kill him. If he wants a memorial, he will give it to him. It doesn't make much sense to govern a country. Whether he reads the memorial or not is of little significance. Even if he issued an order, the prince's order will not leave the capital, and no one will enforce it is just a joke."

Zhao Xuanji said lightly: "The more he kills, the more dissatisfied with him in the court. At that time, no one of the civil and military officials supports him. How can he ascend the throne? If the emperor dies, the throne will be variable. He is now frightened to kill people in order to seize power. It seems that he is so happy, but in fact he is digging his own grave, losing people's hearts, and wanting to depose him, just making a fuss."

Qian Han smiled and said, "The Chief Minister Zhizhu is in his grasp, he is really smart."

"There is another thing. The prince will invite the three major grain merchants in the capital tonight to the East Palace. Do we need to interfere in this matter?"

Qian Han bowed and smiled gloomyly: "As long as we continue to ask, those three grain merchants will not care about the prince for a moment. Then the prince will be in a mess, but he will be embarrassed."

Zhao Xuanji did not treat this matter as a big deal and said casually: "You can do it just by doing it. It's just a few businessmen, and it's not a big deal. It's better to kill the prince's majesty, at least let him understand who is in the court now."

Qian Hanyi bowed and said, "I will do it now."

"Go, I'm tired and there are no other important things. Don't disturb me to rest."

"Then you give up your humble position. Master, please have a good rest and don't work too hard."

......

Li Chen sat in Qianqing Palace until the evening before leaving.

When I returned to the East Palace, I guessed that the three grain merchants should have arrived almost, but when Li Chen asked about it, I realized that the three grain merchants had no intention of coming.

"Your Highness, among the three major grain merchants, the head of the Chen family said that he was recuperating and was not suitable to walk around when he saw the wind. The Hu family said that their master went to another branch to check the accounts and was not in the capital. There was only one from the Liu family left, so he simply stayed in the door and refused to leave."

Xu Changqing looked embarrassed and said with a kneeling in front of Li Chen in fear and fear.

Li Chen could not see joy or anger on his face, but his eyes were extremely gloomy.

"Okay, since I can't invite them to the East Palace, then I will go to their mansion in person."

After saying that, Li Chen waved his sleeves and said, "Three treasures, bring one hundred Jinyiwei, and follow the palace out of the palace."

The prince leaves the Eastern Palace, like a Qianlong goes on a patrol.

Sanbao did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered the most elite Jinyiwei at the headquarters of the Beijing East Factory, and he and two Jinyiwei Qianhu led the team personally.

There are twenty Jinyiweiser on the left and right sides of the front team, one Qianhu is in the formation, and there are twenty Jinyiweiser on the left and right sides of the back team, and another Qianhu is in the middle. There are twenty Jinyiweiser on the most loyal and best-selected Jinyiwei, led by Sanbao to protect Li Chen's safety.

More than one hundred people left the East Palace and headed straight for the nearest Chen family mansion.

Along the way, Li Chen did not wear a low profile, but followed the system and followed the imperial road in the middle of the road and traveled cleanly.

The people on both sides will be punished for being disrespectful to those who hear that the prince’s carriage has arrived but do not kneel down.

Li Chen did not say a word, and passed through the most lively East Street. With the attention of countless people and spies from all sides, he came to the Chen Mansion Gate, which occupied a large area of ​​land in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital.

The Qin Empire had strict regulations on class.

There are four levels of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and merchants are the lowest.

No matter how rich a businessman is, he can only wear clothes made of coarse cloth and cannot even wear silk. In places like Beijing, you cannot buy a house if you have money. Many lands have status regulations, and they are not a farmer or a scholar, so they are not qualified to own a mansion in Beijing.

But the Chen family obviously made an exception.

When the prince's imperial carriage arrived outside the Chen Mansion, the Chen Mansion had obviously received the news.

The door opened, and more than a dozen people from Chen's mansion were waiting outside.

"Cai Jingchuan, the grass man, and his family, met His Highness, the Crown Prince, Qiansui, Qiansui, Qiansui."
Chapter completed!