Chapter 692: There is no other way
Li Ze sat high and looked down at Xiangzhen, Du Yuhou from Lingnanjie Town.
If the situation in front of you continues to be maintained, there is no doubt that this person will become the future leader of Lingnan Festival, the leader of the drama, and the dominance.
If there is no other surprise, the eldest son of a family is usually the key targets to be trained in the family. Although these people have lived in childhood, they have not lacked food and clothing, but they are not necessarily happy. The education they need to receive is beyond the imagination of ordinary children.
Not only should one be literary, but also skilled in martial arts. This is determined by the characteristics of this era.
Therefore, the probability of the eldest son being a playboy is very small.
Just like Li Ze's family, he was the one who was free from school since he was a child. He could not study or practice martial arts, he could go down the river to catch fish, go up the mountain to catch birds, and howl on the roof if he has nothing to do. Anyway, he is raised like a rice insect, just live. If he has a little talent when he grows up, he will do an errand in the family and contribute to the main body. If he doesn't become a martial arts, he will receive a salary and wait for death.
Xiang Zhen is naturally the former.
At this moment, in the face of Li Ze's huge pressure, although there was a slight sweat on his forehead, he was still sitting straight, with a formulaic smile on his face, and his eyes were staring at the opposite side.
Raise and move the body, live and move the qi.
Li Ze has been in a high position for a long time, and even the emperor has to act according to his expression. He may not think it himself, but every word, action, every move, naturally, he has a bullying spirit. When ordinary people come into contact with him, they will be reduced by three points without saying anything. This is an indescribable self-confidence that a person with tens of millions of power of life and killing is exuding from the inside out.
Now, even a veteran like Zhang Hui and Cao Xin are extremely careful in front of Li Ze, and they are just Gongsun Changming, who is still laughing, angering and scolding in the past.
This Xiang Zhen is indeed a bit of material. Looking at Xiang Zhen opposite, Li Ze still praised in his heart, although he saw the fingers of the other person's palm on his thighs trembling involuntarily.
In fact, Xiang Zhen is calm on the surface, but he is so panicked inside.
It was a very simple thing, he was frightened by Li Ze's thunderous means.
In a short period of time, Xue Ping was demoted, Qin Zhao was placed under house arrest, and Jin Shiyuan was put into prison. These three people all had close relationships with him, especially Qin Zhao's 1,000 left guards were stopped by Tang Junshu, leaving him on the side of the matter. If Li Ze asked, he really didn't know how to answer.
Of course, Xue Ping has given him the best answer.
It just pushes everything on Xue Ping.
Xue Ping is now handing over the affairs of the Ministry of Works with Guo Fengxiao. Next, this core figure of the royalist sect will be exiled to the Western Regions from afar, and he does not know that he has not returned yet.
What made Xiang Zhen worried was that the royalists were hit hard in this incident. If Li Ze turned against him, they would have no choice but to do so. Even Li Ze held him in anger and refused to let go. Xiang Zhen could only admit that he was unlucky. His father far away in Lingnan had no way to help him.
This time, Li Ze's thunderous anger was not even beaten by Tai'an, and he wanted to take down Qin Zhao Jin Shiyuan, which shows how angry he was. The emperor was angry and bleeding and floating, which was really not a joke. Although Li Ze now has no name as an emperor, he has the reality of an emperor. When he was angry, even Xiang Zhen could not bear it.
"Du Yuhou, I have been busy with official duties during this period. I have neglected Du Yuhou. I also asked Du Yuhou not to blame him!" Li Ze finally spoke.
As soon as Li Ze spoke, Xiang Zhen felt much more relaxed. The other party's tone was kind, and he didn't seem to blame much, which made him put his heart in his stomach.
"Li Xiang is busy with all kinds of things every day, and the officials are responsible for it."
"Du Yuhou has been in the south, and the customs and dietary habits of the south are very different. Are Du Yuhou still used to it?" Li Ze asked with a smile.
"Wuyi is not like other places. Even our Lingnan restaurants have two or three. The inn officials specially invited the chefs there to prepare food for us, but there was nothing we didn't get used to. It allowed me to appreciate the unique style of the north. Many scenery can't be seen in the south." Xiang Zhen bowed.
It really surprised him that there was a Lingnan restaurant in Wuyi, but after further exploration, it made him even more worried. The rise of Haixing Port had a huge impact on Guangzhou Port. Now Wuyi can be said to have gathered merchants all over the world. Not to mention Guangzhou, in the past, some goods and goods could only be seen in Luoyang, Chang'an and other places, and now all of them can be seen in Wuyi. This shows that Wuyi is becoming a new commercial center and a new commodity distribution center.
Prosperity means strong economic strength.
"It's good to get used to it. Du Yu Hou looked at me Wuyi, how about it compared to Xiang Shuai's Guangzhou City?" Li Ze asked with a smile.
Xiang Zhen's heart jumped. He wanted to flatter a few words, but he didn't want to weaken his own prestige. After thinking for a while, he said: "Each of them has their own strengths. It's just that the urban construction of Wuyi opened Xiang Zhen's eyes."
Li Ze laughed: "Wuyi was originally just a small county town with a population of less than 20,000, and it occupied only a thousand steps. Now it has a population of nearly 500,000. Although it is not as good as the millions of people in Chang'an and Luoyang, it has developed in recent years. I have always been worried that the speed of construction cannot keep up with the speed of population influx. I feel relieved after all the fear said this."
There is nothing wrong with this, but if you read it carefully, there will be too many meanings inside.
Today, Wuyi has developed almost on the basis of nothing. Xiang Zhen naturally knows how much financial resources it takes to build a city. Guangzhou City in Lingnan has been a major southeastern town since ancient times, but over the past hundred years, its expansion has been limited. Xiang Zhen, who first arrived in Wuyi, was shocked.
Of course, what shocked Xiang Zhen even more was Wuyi's economic strength.
The economic strength of a place is not about the rich. No matter how poor the place is, there are rich people, some spend money like soil, and some are rich and some are smelly of wine and meat.
What truly measures the strength of a place are the middle class and ordinary people.
If the people are rich, that is really rich.
Xiang Zhen is still very clear about this.
Xiang Zhen has felt the wealth of the people of Wuyi in this month.
The shops were filled with a wide range of goods, the bustling crowds on the streets, and the endless guests in restaurants and restaurants all showed him the strength of Wuyi.
He had seen farmers carrying loads of loads and buy them one by one just to add a beautiful piece of clothing to the wife.
He has seen street vendors who can create a complete set of jewelry in gold and silver shops just for the marriage of their daughter.
He had seen the coolie carrying a bag smiling and bought canned yellow peaches to coax his toddler doll.
He saw half-old boy running and jumping into the school with his schoolbag on his back.
He had seen tax collectors walking on the street with a basket of radish on their backs. The vendors consciously put copper coins into the basket and exchanged for a piece of paper.
This is not an exception, but a normal situation.
The shop guys would not underestimate these people because of their dress, of course, because the waiters knew that these people could afford it.
His subordinates inquired about the general prices of Wuyi and the salary level made Xiang Zhen unable to speak for a long time.
Wuyi is much better than Lingnan.
At first he thought that it was just like Wuyi, but after in-depth exchanges with Xue Ping and his subordinates, he suddenly discovered that the living standards of the nearest states were not inferior to Wuyi, and the places like Zhenzhou and Zhaozhou were even better than those in Zhenzhou and Zhaozhou. Dezhou, because it is an industrial center, most of its workers, the consumption level of the people there is even better than that in Wuyi.
This made Xiang Zhen completely speechless.
But there are some things that you can learn by seeing, but you can learn by learning.
Things that seem ordinary under Li Ze's rule are simply not feasible in Lingnan.
Like Li Ze's land policy.
Like Li Ze's commercial tax policy.
Like Li Ze's tax on population.
You know he's good, but you just can't.
Before coming to Wuyi, Xiang Zhen was full of confidence and realized that Lingnan was the best in the Southeast. He would be ecstatic about joining Lingnan.
But after coming to Wuyi, he truly understood that what Gao Xiangsheng said to him on the road was true.
With Lingnan joining, Li Ze is the icing on the cake, and it is definitely not a timely help.
If there is, you will be happy.
Nothing doesn't matter.
Great, just push it all the way slowly.
Xiang Zhen used to not believe that Li Ze had this strength.
But now, he believes it.
With 300,000 permanent troops, countless reserve troops, and strong economic strength, Li Ze is indeed at the top of this era.
When Xiang Zhen understood this matter, he became more determined to advance it. When you feel that you can't defeat a person, the best way is of course to become his friend and stand in the same trench with him.
Now he understands why Han Qi and Xue Ping and others have to formulate such a long-term strategy.
And but different.
In addition to confronting Li Ze in the support of the orthodox affairs of the Tang Dynasty, he was absolutely consistent with Li Ze in other aspects. Li Ze raised the banner of orthodox affairs of the Tang Dynasty at the earliest, which made Li Ze difficult to attack them.
Of course, to achieve this goal, you still need strong strength. Even if you are weaker than Li Ze, it cannot be a world of difference. Li Ze cannot be able to kill them with just one hand.
When Li Ze felt that doing this would cause chaos in the world again, he would definitely consider whether it was worth it or not.
This is their only chance.
And it is an opportunity that must be seized.
Chapter completed!