When Concubine Lian wants to see Ye Tao, it usually depends on whether Ye Tao is in the mood to pay attention to her. But it seems much easier for Ye Tao to meet Concubine Lian. The closest female officials and housekeepers around Concubine Lian are from Chunnan. Although they have been much stricter in selecting personnel since they dug up the spies of Emperor Daoming Emperor around Concubine Lian, Dongping still takes good care of Concubine Lian very much. She has a little out of place with her lifestyle as a noble daughter of Chunnan and Dongping, and she still lets her choose these people by herself. Perhaps it was these people that allowed Chang Ling to draw out many tricks outside her responsibilities as the princess of Dongping, but these people would never dare to speak out in front of Liu Yong, who was going to deliver the documents. Even now, it is in Chunnan and Yuhang. Concubine Lian lives these days in Xia Mansion.

Some old ministers in the Dongping Mission had complained about the large area where Lian Fei did not live in the Dongping Mission's garrison, which was sufficiently equipped with luxurious decoration. Instead, they lived in their mother's home. Some old ministers in the Dongping Mission had complained about the fact that Lian Fei had before, but she was now the princess of Dongping and the mother of the youngest prince in Dongping. Living in her home for a day or two can be said to miss her relatives. It took time to express her feelings for each other after a long time. However, Lian Fei had almost never lived in the Dongping Mission's garrison for a day, so that was not very appropriate. Dongping people are not afraid of Chang Ling's words such as her uncomfortable life in Dongping. Everyone knows that Chang Ling had not lived much comfort in Yuhang before. This was because of her awkward personality. However, she was very disgusted with Lian Fei's disregard for the generalities, and had no sense of identity with Dongping, and could almost be said to be disdainful to the young scholars who also lived in the Dongping mission.

However, the place where Ye Tao agreed to meet with Concubine Lian was still the garrison of the Dongping Mission. It was originally supposed to be living by Concubine Lian, but now it is vacant.

"Jingluo Ye, don't you know what to do with me?" Although it was a meeting between the two parties, Chang Ling was very dissatisfied with this form that was actually equivalent to being summoned by herself. Her hard tone seemed to reveal her mood briefly.

"Everyone has begun to discuss the mission's return to Dongping. The students of the Imperial College and the Imperial College wanted to go around and take a look. They were about to disband in Yuhang and then go back to Danyang. And His Royal Highness Lian, you, me, and those with official positions, seem to be unable to be so free and easy. This time the itinerary and mission have been basically completed. I would like to ask His Royal Highness Lian, about when to go back. Has Your Highness been calculating?"

Ye Tao spoke very politely, but Chang Ling was still stunned. Maybe it was because she was unwilling to think about when to go back. In Yuhang these days, she was more sought after than the same kind of treatment she received in Dongping in the past few years. If possible, she really wanted to stay in Yuhang like this. Every day, at least the next day there would be a banquet that she liked very much, or a private gathering between the noble and famous socialites in Yuhang. At such gatherings, identity, status, and wealth were the only criterion for a person to be sought after or suppressed. At various banquets, there were sometimes some young and handsome young people who recited poems and wrote a smile on the part of the big people present. They did not even dare to say a word wrong, for fear of making anyone feel unhappy. And the people present could often change the life trajectory of these caring and sensible people with their own connections.

Those very close sisters who were back then were now competing to please her. Because she was not only the highest among them, but even the possibility of further improvement in this position was possible. The concubine of a king and the princess of an empire were completely different. In order to show her intimacy, those close sisters of the year were not afraid to tell her their private affairs. Just the things she heard about these days made her feel quite interesting. The feeling of others doing their best to please her is really a long time ago.

In Dongping, Tan Xiaopei herself is not a person of particularity. In the court, the quarrel with ministers or subordinates blushed with some issues in the court, almost every month. Whether it is the prince Tan Weiming, the prince Tan Weiran, or the two princesses Tan Weixi, she cannot understand what she pursues. She does not understand why a prince goes to be a governor, and she also takes relish. She does not understand why the two princes are obviously very capable, but they are not fighting for the throne at all, and there is no such trend. Tan Weiran goes to Yunzhou to be a military force, not to avoid disaster.

Commander. She could not have received more than 30,000 people; she didn't understand why a queen like Zhuo Xiu didn't take power or interfere in politics, but was addicted to sorting out military books and strategies. Now she is committed to guiding young people's studies... She especially doesn't understand why everyone takes this for granted. Although some ministers suggested that the king should be more majestic and the hierarchy should be stricter, and that this kind of transparent land system is not conducive to the governance after the future expansion of the country, it is just a suggestion. In fact, among the several ministers who made such suggestions, one of them was ungrateful and sloppy...

However, one thing about Dongping made her seem to see hope. Tan Weixin has been in charge of the inner court for many years, and has creatively guided Dongping's economic development with her own mind and ideas... To be honest, if Tan Weixin said she wanted to take a long sick leave and would not care about anything, Dongping's GDP declined by a few percentage points in the past would be considered a normal reaction. Tan Weishi just carried out a considerable funding work very low-key, which won the loyalty of the younger generation of scholars. Many people may not have seen the energy of the "Xuyuan Guests" community, but since she was a child, Chang Ling, who had grown up in Chunnan, had seen a group of officials who formed cliques intermittently control the government and was wiped out, had long realized it.

In Dongping, due to the complexity and regularization of government affairs, and the need for the expansion of the country's economy and territory, there has been a serious shortage of grassroots officials. In this case, some places have begun to use women as court officials... For example, Huang Wan, who used to do nothing in Danyang, has already taken office and supervised the popularization of elementary school in Yicheng after coming to Yicheng with her husband Lu Dan. As for women who have not held any position but are also playing a huge role, there are more. Liu Xiangyuan, who was a zither master, has become a representative of Dongping's vigorous culture, and Ye Tao is just a mixed-race girl in the dance hall. At the age of less than 22, he has become the chief store manager of Yi Zhan Building, and this position means a salary of 15,000 taels and a part of the profit dividend each year. This income figure alone made Chang Ling agitated at the beginning.

You should know that the Jingu Garden in Changling now has only 100,000 taels of silver that can be received from the inner government every year. If there are other expenses, you have to look at the face of the inner government manager. Although Tan Weixin has no longer interfered in the operation and expenditure matters of the inner government, the entire system is full of people she trained, and they regard controlling unnecessary expenses and despising the powerful as their motto. Even when facing Tan Xiaopei, some of the money was reluctant to be paid, let alone her.

Yes, in Dongping, if a woman is capable, willing to do things and has a chance, she may indeed be in power personally rather than hiding behind a man. This makes Chang Ling feel hot. However, the things that other women do are things that she can't do. Although some people have followed her path and served in various departments of the court through her recommendation, they are all very grassroots positions, and the appointment is not very reliable. Once they are not qualified, they will still be dismissed without regard for her face.

Dongping, for Chang Ling, is really a place where she cannot understand and cannot integrate herself. She can only isolate herself from too many things she does not understand. She concentrates on raising her son and managing every tree and grass in her Jingu Garden.

However, when she returned to Yuhang, she seemed to have come back to life. For her, it was not just a simple visit to her. And the fragmented situations she knew were of such great significance to the Xia family and Chunnan, and she seemed to be able to control something herself... She also saw another road for herself. Although such a road still required her to return to Dongping and Danyang, she really hoped that day would come later.

However, the inappropriate loneliness in Dongping was not completely beneficial to Chang Ling. Although she was very unhappy, there was no sign of her face. Chang Ling smiled and the style of the middle-aged beauty suddenly appeared. She said tepidly: "Since everything is done, when will we go back? Of course, everyone is here together. I just gathered with some relatives and friends in Yuhang. It's nothing."

Ye Tao smiled and said, "Concubine Lian is polite. Then let's call everyone to discuss it the day after tomorrow and settle the matter."

Chang Ling naturally nodded slightly. Ye Tao was not here to ask for her opinion.

However, if Ye Tao just came to her to talk about these things, why bother with it?

As expected, Ye Tao talked to Chang Ling about her activities in Yuhang these days. Ye Tao hinted at everyone's complaints about her disregard for the identity of Princess Dongping and staying in the Xia Mansion for a long time; he did not suggest that she or Xia Yu had contact with the Black Eagle Gang, but said that the Qihai Trading Company had some conflicts in some business, so that Xia Yu would pay more attention to his own safety... In short, Ye Tao said all the words, as if he was considering the Lianfei Concubine Chang Ling. Although Ye Tao's attitude was consistent and Chang Ling had always been very restrained and calm, after Ye Tao turned around and left, Chang Ling, who was relaxed in his heart, almost instantly showed a hesitant and dazed expression.

"Sir, it seems that you don't understand these power and conspiracies at all." On the way back, Liu Yong was sitting in the car with Ye Tao very rarely. He said with a smile. When Ye Tao was chatting with Concubine Lian just now, everyone else was shut down, but as the commander of the guard with a transcendent status, he was always in the room. The intertwined words of Ye Tao in front of Concubine Lian also surprised Liu Yong. The words implied in the middle of these carefully designed dialogues were enough to allow the restless Concubine Lian Chang Ling to digest for a while.

"Uncle Liu, you are joking." Ye Tao was a little embarrassed. He always advocated that the strong do not need to use any means to the weak do, just use force to defeat the weak. However, for people with the identity of Concubine Lian, there is really no other way except for this obscure reminder and warning method. It is not good for everyone to pick those things too clearly. Ye Tao and Qihai Trading Company did suffer a little loss this time, but on the one hand there is still no direct evidence to prove that Concubine Lian was involved. On the other hand, the current relationship between Dongping and Chunnan is good or bad, and they use each other to restrain each other. The identity of Concubine Lian can indeed play a buffering role in it. Seeing the overall situation, even if he suffered a little loss, although Ye Tao was still a little unwilling to give up, he could only do this. "It's just bullying a woman.... This kind of thing is not difficult. I didn't want to learn it before, but I never said I couldn't learn it."

After Ye Tao and Chang Ling met this time, the next thing was simple. The meeting to discuss how to arrange the return schedule, Ye Tao and Chang Ling, the two initiators, were absent from the same appointment.

Ye Tao finally found the opportunity to meet with Chang Hongquan that day and discussed the matter about the Zanglong box. Chang Hongquan did not think about how much of the hidden benefits of Zanglong box. What he was more concerned about was that if he completely gave up the requirements for the derivative interests of Zanglong box, what he could get. This is of course an extremely wise attitude. Due to the series of incidents caused by Chen Kai's arrest before, the Chen Jia clan of Zanglong box has now become the highest topic in Chunnan. Because this topic involves Emperor Daoming and the previous dynasty, Chunnan has always regarded himself as the heir of the previous dynasty, which can touch some people's nerves even more when it comes to the previous dynasty.

When the Zanglong box is no longer the secret that the wise king Chang Hongquan enjoys, it becomes a very dangerous thing to get a piece of the pie from it. It would be better to get something more affordable from Ye Tao. Ye Tao's character is so good that he is not suitable to be a high-ranking official like him, but his promise is reliable. More importantly, Chang Hongquan's previous attempt to conceal the Zanglong box without reporting it, leaving him away from the power center of Chunnan and fade out of others' sight completely failed. Now the wind direction in the Chunnan court is very strange, which makes Chang Hongquan unable to help but think about strengthening his power and protecting himself. The Chunnan king's health is not very good, and it is probably not more than ten years of life. Although the current crown prince dislikes him very much, who said that this guy will definitely inherit the position of the state king?
Chapter completed!