Chapter 79 Yizhou Officials
The next day, Li Yan and everyone had breakfast, and left Jinzhou under the same slogan and left Yizhou.
Li Yan rode Hongboer and Cui Yingying's carriage together. After spending more than ten days together, the two of them had no initial separation, and they looked like a couple in laughter and joy.
Looking back at Tong Meng who was standing in the distance and still refused to leave, Cui Yingying looked at Li Yan with a smile: "Your Highness is really good at bribing people's hearts. A few words and a little favor will make a general obedient to you and be grateful."
"How do you know it's a bribe?" Li Yan was a little surprised. This girl knew a lot.
Cui Yingying snorted softly: "Does Your Highness think I am the women who don't know poetry and books? Besides, my father is the attendant, and I have seen these methods a lot. If Your Highness only sympathizes with the postman, you just need to go to a letter. Why do you still look enthusiastic? You ask how to operate the postman, and later you care about the postman's business situation and greet his family."
Cui Yingying pointed it out one by one, which made Li Yan unable to argue. He said, "That's right, I have an idea to take charge of the post station on the road from Guanzhong to Yizhou in my own hands, so that our connection with Chang'an will be much more convenient. What do you think?"
Cui Yingying put her arm on the window, held her chin with one hand, and thought for a while and said, "But on this road, we have to say at least one hundred stations we pass by. How much money and food will be spent to support it!"
"I asked the Tong Meng. A station costs only about 1,000 guan a year, and 100 guan is only 100,000 guan. It's just a drop in the bucket for us!"
Li Yan opened his mouth more than 100,000 yuan as if he was lightly speaking. Cui Yingying's eyes turned and said softly: "Your Highness, how much is our family's income now?"
"Four or five million people!" They were all family members, and Li Yan blurted out without thinking anything.
Cui Yingying was stunned for a moment. She knew that Li Yan had done some business in Chang'an City, but she didn't expect that she had accumulated such a huge wealth in such a short time. She was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Highness, my mother taught me that the couple should work together, one should be the outside and the other should be the inside. When Your Highness arrived in Yizhou, she must be busy with government affairs. You can take care of these money and silk and other things, so that your Highness would not be distracted!" After saying that, he stared at Li Yan with a clear look.
Li Yan suddenly felt fooled. This little Ni was waiting for him here. After only a few days of entry, she began to prepare to take down the financial power of her family. But Cui Yingying said that this is the right amount and the principle has been put forward. He can't say with a shameless face, no, after all, the male protagonist, the female protagonist, the inner one is a fine tradition that has been passed down to the present of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. "You are the Princess of Shu now. Can the servants not listen to what you say?"
"That's right!" Cui Yingying was proud, but Li Yan didn't say it clearly, but it was a pity.
It was another three days of hard work. At noon on the third day, everyone saw the majestic city ahead. Although the scale of Yizhou City cannot be compared with Chang'an, it is also the largest and most populous city in Shu. According to relevant data, the number of households in Jiannan Road was around 670,000, while the population of Yizhou City alone had 100,000 households, that is, about 500,000 people. This does not include the fourteen counties surrounding Yizhou City.
When everyone saw Yizhou City, they were all happy and had long-lost smiles on their faces. Li Yan called Qin Huaiyu to hand him a golden ribbon containing a copper fish talisman. This was the identity proof of the Tang Dynasty officials. Only by showing this can they prove their identity.
Qin Huaiyu took the bronze fish talisman and led four guards to take the horses to Yizhou City first. Li Yan walked slowly with the team. When he arrived at the city gate, he still had to wait.
Hearing the movement outside, Cui Yingying lifted the curtain, looked and put it down. Before leaving, Cui Shao's words were still in his ears. Shu has been an exile place for unsuccessful officials since the Sui Dynasty. Shu is fertile and well-known as the country of Tianfu. However, the Tang people did not have a good view of Shu. This is because of the customs and customs of Shu at that time. In summary, the people are mostly addicted to leisure and happiness, the people are cold, the poor do not want to save food, the rich are dedicated to seeking profits and mutual invasion. Some wealthy families in the border areas often collude with the barbarians in the mountains, collude and secretly control prefectures and counties.
Cui Shao believed that the reason why Li Shimin asked Li Yan to come here was to rectify Shu, change customs and turn it into a country of heaven, and to block the long-lasting mouths of court officials. When Emperor Wen of Sui was preventing his four sons from rebelling, he appointed the four sons as King of Shu. When Li Yuan was in power, he also promised Li Shimin to let Li Jiancheng be King of Shu because Shu was small and easy to check and balance. Therefore, people at this time agreed that Shu was particularly suitable for preventing princes who intend to rebel, which is why Li Shimin's decision was not opposed by anyone.
Qin Huaiyu came back soon and notified the governor of Yizhou that they were now waiting for Li Yan at the door with their officials.
At the gate of Yizhou City, Yizhou Governor Gao Quan, Chief Cheng Jian, Sima Wang Longyin stood together, looking at the slowly moving team not far away. A few days ago, they had received an order from the court and knew that His Highness the King of Shu would arrive in Yizhou soon.
For a long time, this noble official in Yizhou had no identity. Although he found out from the postman that the prince was deposed, he still did not dare to neglect. The lean camel was bigger than a horse. Moreover, the document specifically stated that Yizhou's military and political affairs were under his control. If it was just government affairs, the governor's waist could be straighter, but the Shu King still had military power, that would not be a joke. He had been in the officialdom for decades and was also a little alert in Chang'an. Li Yan might not be a good person.
The chief secretary Cheng Jian stood beside him, looking thoughtful. Yizhou is the center of Shu and the place of prosperity. It is common for him to receive money on weekdays. Although he helped Gao Quan make a fake account a few days ago, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no mistakes. If the Shu King was an honest and dedicated person, they would be in trouble.
Compared with Gao Quan and Cheng Jian, Wang Longyin looked relaxed. Gao Quan and Cheng Jian were both natives and were born in Yizhou. He was from a poor family. Although he was assigned to the name of Sima, he was not as good as Sima. Gao Quan discussed everything with Cheng Jian and excluded him. He was also from Chang'an. When the King of Shu came here to serve, he felt a sense of closeness. Therefore, although his face was calm, he was very happy.
The three of them had their own thoughts. At this time, Li Yan's team was approaching and approaching. Li Yan jumped off his horse and walked forward.
Chapter completed!