"No." Deyi responded, and then took out a soft cushion from the side hall and placed it in front of Xuan Shijing.

"Sit down and talk." His Majesty Li Er said.

"Yes." After Xuan Shijing responded, he knelt on the cushion: "Your Majesty, today's Weichen is here for the matter of the new palace on the Dragon Head Plain. ”

"Oh? What's going on again, tell me. As soon as he heard that it was a matter of the New Palace, His Majesty Li Er's expression also became serious.

"Originally, the minister and His Majesty discussed in the palace at what price the court purchased materials from the merchants of Chang'an, and after the agreement, the Ministry of Industry acted according to the price originally negotiated, and some merchants have accepted the price, but there are still a large number of businessmen who stopped and watched, therefore, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Yan asked those merchants to discuss the purchase of materials, and personally went out to set up a banquet to entertain those merchants, among which there are also many businessmen who have heard the pros and cons of Lord Yan's statement, and are determined to help His Majesty, help the imperial court, and contribute to the construction of the new palace on the Dragon Head Plain, But there are still stubborn merchants, stubborn, if they just refuse to do business with the Ministry of Industry, that's it, their caravans, still in the Guanzhong, maliciously rush to buy materials, with the intention of forcing the court to comply, Your Majesty, the minister feels that the merchants are free to do business, and the court cannot force them to buy and sell, but if the court compromises and follows their intentions, I am afraid it will hurt the hearts of those people before. “

"That's right, but in your opinion, what should I do?" His Majesty Li Er asked.

"Let other businessmen secretly suspend the rush to buy in Guanzhong, and let these people continue to swallow and continue to buy." Xuan Shijing said: "However, there is one more thing, the minister must show His Majesty, which is also the main purpose of this minister's visit. ”

"Say." His Majesty Li Er raised his eyebrows.

"These stubborn businessmen who are hoarding goods, the lord behind them, the ministers can't afford to offend, once there are serious consequences, the ministers are afraid of the sins of His Majesty's ministers, even if His Majesty protects them, the ministers will offend those people to death, and in the future, if they retaliate against the ministers with their identities, the ministers will not be able to deal with it." Xuan Shijing said.

"And you can't handle it?" His Majesty Li Er smiled and said: "Even the auxiliary machine suffered a big loss from you, what else do you dare not offend?" ”

"Although the minister had a little unhappiness with the eldest grandson before, but the eldest grandson is the prime minister who can support the boat in his belly, and he will not worry so much about my junior, and besides, the eldest grandson, is dedicated to the country, but those people are different, they regard their own selfish interests as more important than the Tang Dynasty, such people, the minister does not dare to offend, and their identity is much more special than that of the eldest grandson." Xuan Shijing said.

The eldest grandson Wuji is the brother-in-law of His Majesty Li Er, and he is still the prime minister of the dynasty, and he is a very popular minister. His Majesty Li Er can't think of any other person whose identity can suppress Xuan Shijing more than the eldest grandson Wuji?

"Don't sell it, say, who the hell is it?" His Majesty Li Er asked.

"It's His Majesty's relative....." Xuan Shijing said.

"My relatives?" His Majesty Li Er frowned slightly, and understood, he was talking about the old nobles of Guan Long, who were indeed related to him, and even some of them were his Li family's own uncles: "Tell me what you plan to do." ”

"The minister thinks about it, since they don't want to do this business with the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry doesn't need to force it, the minister came to the palace this time, just to tell His Majesty, the minister as the supervisor of the new palace of Longshouyuan, the material problem of the new palace is a big problem, and the minister wants to solve it for the Ministry of Industry, but before he said to His Majesty that he would buy materials at eighty percent of the market price first, and not waste the country in vain, so the rest is only to offend people, the minister thinks, or, Your Majesty, you will be with those relatives of yours, first remind you?" Xuan Shijing said: "Salute first and then soldier." ”

"You came to the palace to see me, just because you were afraid of offending them, and I didn't speak for you, did I?" His Majesty Li Er asked.

"Exactly." Xuan Shijing said.

"The identity of those people is indeed a problem, even if it is me, in front of them, I am also a junior, although I am not in the court, but after all, I have contributed to the Tang Dynasty at the beginning, and this matter is not easy to deal with." His Majesty Li Er said.

His Majesty Li Er was also very angry in his heart, the construction of the new palace was approved by him, and he issued an edict to the world, and now it is his own family that has become a stumbling block to the construction of the new palace, but he is angry and angry, and he can't always say it.

"Your Majesty, in this way, the merchants under these people and the merchants who support the construction of the new palace on Longshou Yuan will seize the materials and raise the price, and the progress of the construction of the new palace will definitely be delayed, and now there are 120,000 forced craftsmen on Longshou Yuan." Xuan Shijing reminded.

"After three days, if those people are still like this, if you have any way, let it go, even if I offend them, I will not blame you." His Majesty Li Er said.

"Yes, I obey." Xuan Shijing replied: "There is another thing, if you want to break this situation, you need to spend a lot of money before, but the minister can promise Your Majesty that the money will come back, and ask Your Majesty's quasi-ministers to act cheaply." ”

"Go whatever you want, I don't care about the process, just look at the result." His Majesty Li Er said: "The construction of the new palace is the top priority, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

"Yes."

The construction of the new palace is now the biggest thing in the imperial court, and the rest of His Majesty Li Er and the courtiers can solve it, only this new palace, although it is said to be built, but the things involved are too many and too complicated, and it requires the entire court and the people to work together.

For those merchants who maliciously snapped up materials, raised prices, and opposed the imperial court, Xuan Shijing had already thought of a way, but in view of the special identity of the master behind these merchants, he waited and did not act.

Now that Yan Lide, as the head of the household, has also come forward in person, and still hasn't solved this problem, then he can't blame Xuan Shijing for ignoring the life and death of these merchants, this little loss is a big loss for the merchants, but for their master, it is nothing.

After Li Tang settled in the world, those Li family's side lines were all knighted, and some of them had idle positions on their heads, but these people still had a lot of influence on His Majesty Li Er, as the elders of His Majesty Li Er, when they spoke, His Majesty Li Er still had to think carefully, even if they didn't like to listen, they had to be perfunctory seriously.

Xuan Shijing entered the palace and greeted His Majesty Li Er in advance, and even if those people entered the palace to complain in the future, Xuan Shijing would not have to worry about it.

Moreover, for the sake of the family's chamber of commerce, he went to the palace to complain, and His Majesty Li Er's dislike for them will only be more, right?

That being said, from now on, those people don't look like people who are so smart and go out with brains.