Facing Du Shaoqing's jokes, Cui Hao was not happy and pulled the other party to sit in the back hall of the clinic. Cui Hao talked about his experience of going home this time.

After listening quietly, Du Shaoqing was silent for a moment and sighed: "You shouldn't have come back."

"The master also thinks that I should betray the master and choose to serve the family?"

"No, I mean you should stay at home and spend more time with Mr. Cui."

Cui Hao:...

In an instant, Cui Hao looked at his master in disbelief as if he was in the Cui family. That was not what you said when you were in the Cui family. You said that my grandfather was in good health.

"At that time, Mr. Cui asked me to hide it. In fact, he has been paving the way for you, so you have to know it. If I read it correctly, the old man has half a year left."

After Du Shaoqing finished speaking, he asked again: "How about you rush back, I'll allow you to have a vacation."

After a moment of silence, Cui Hao restrained his sadness and shook his head firmly: "No, my disciple has not achieved his studies, and going back is not the result that my grandfather wants to see.

Please teach me the ability to recreate the family.”

As he said that, Cui Hao knelt down for Du Shaoqing. Looking at this disciple who was determined to pursue the openness and righteousness, Du Shaoqing stepped forward and pulled him up.

After thinking about it, he asked: "If the Cui family in Qinghe is destroyed, you represent the new life and future of Cui family.

If you count this way, you just need to do your own thing. How hard does it take?"

Cui Hao was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Master, don't joke. The disciples grew up in Cui's family. They were determined to reshape the Cui family. Those are my family members, and I want to protect them."

Du Shaoqing patted Cui Hao on the shoulder, "I knew you were a person who values ​​friendship. In this case, you should not stay in the clinic anymore. Go to Yongpingfang to follow Wu Zhao."

"Ah? Master's wife? Why, Master? You won't be the boss again, right?" Cui Hao said in a turbulent manner.

"What's the matter?

Do you know how many people in the Cui family? If you don’t be a family, you don’t know how expensive it is to feed a family. How much financial resources do you need to support a family? Do you think it’s easy to be the head of the Cui family?

If you go and learn to do business with Wuzhao, if you want the Cui clan members to follow your direction, you must first let them follow you and survive. Listen to me," Du Shaoqing explained.

Cui Hao still wondered: "Our Cui family business is spread all over the world, and the patriarch doesn't have to worry about it so carefully..."

"One day, all these businesses were ruined? Did the Cui clan members either live on the streets or farm in the countryside, and went from a wealthy poet and book family to a farming and reading family?

Although it may be longer to say that farming and reading can pass on family members than wealth and honor, is this the result you want?" Du Shaoqing understood.

"How could that happen?" Cui Hao didn't believe it.

Du Shaoqing laughed loudly and then said seriously: "Why can't you? Your master, I, and even the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, are actually working hard in this direction.

When one day, 70% of the official positions occupied by the five surnames and seven hopes are handed over, do you think your various businesses and connections can still earn money to support your family?"

Cui Hao took three steps back, his face pale. This blow was too big. Although he knew that his master had been helping the emperor to exclude and fight against the five surnames and Qiwang, he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

After a while, Cui Hao came back to his senses and respectfully bowed to Du Shaoqing, "Thank you for your advice, I will follow the order, and I will go to learn management from my master's wife later."

Du Shaoqing said in a little surprised: "I thought you would refute me, think I'm too cruel, but I didn't expect you to figure it out quickly."

"What I have always been worried about is the survival of the family. Originally, my guess was that one day, the five surnames and seven hopes would not be too big to bring the thunder and anger of the court, and then it would be a tragedy of both jade and stone burning.

Compared to the kind of family being destroyed, the master's methods are much softer," Cui Hao explained.

Having said this, Du Shaoqing nodded and said, "What you think is not unreasonable, maybe you may not know that the former Sui Dynasty invented the imperial examination to get rid of your checks and balances.

It is also because of this that the families behind you felt threatened and secretly used methods to push the road to destruction, leading to the death of the Second Emperor of the Former Sui Dynasty.

This kind of thing is no longer the same. It will not work for the former Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and even more so for Your Majesty today. So if they dare to make these wrong ideas again, the consequences will inevitably be that they will be burned, and the Tang Dynasty will not die, because Your Majesty is not the Emperor of Daye.”

At this time, there were only the master and disciple talking. If others heard these remarks, they would probably be scared to death. The ups and downs of a dynasty actually had such a behind-the-scenes thing, which is really horrifying.

Cui Hao was also shocked. He really didn't know about this kind of thing, and it must be a secret story in the family, and he would even refuse to admit it. But Master Du Shaoqing was only about the same age as him, so how did he know about it?

"You don't have to worry. It's okay to use them to build schools this time. We are happy to accumulate experience in the confrontation, and maybe we can accelerate the development of the Tang Dynasty." Du Shaoqing said with a smile.

The words that seemed to ease the atmosphere were different in Cui Hao's heart. Unexpectedly, the countermeasures that the family racked their brains and spent a huge price to come up with was so light in the eyes of his master.

People even want to take this opportunity to take advantage of this. This advancement and retreat will make the right judgment. It seems that these thousand-year-old families have really encountered opponents this time, Cui Hao sighed.

The two had a long talk, and Cui Hao cleaned up and prepared to learn business.

After following Du Shaoqing for a long time, the ideas of scholars, peasants, industry and business classes have basically been downplayed. He no longer underestimated people from any class, or even any Tang people, whether doctors or patients in the clinic, like this polite noble prince.

Du Shaoqing fell into deep thought alone. Unexpectedly, the counterattack of the five surnames and Qiwang came so quickly, and he did not hesitate to invest so much. It seems that the person who came up with this solution must be not mediocre people, and he saw the crux of the problem at a glance.

And I also know that plugging loopholes in new arithmetic is really comprehensive.

When Du Shaoqing took out a few textbooks, Emperor Li Er applauded and said that if the students we taught would do this, others would not know how to use it, during the future scientific examination?

If you take another new arithmetic exam, you can tell which students are our students and which children of noble families are?

Now it seems that this method is no longer possible. If people can get textbooks, they can also figure out the knowledge in the textbooks sooner or later.

The founding of the Tang Dynasty for twenty years. Since the implementation of the imperial examination, among the students who took the examination every year, nine were from great noble families, which made Emperor Li Er very upset.

The original intention of the imperial examination is to break the shackles of aristocrats in aristocrats to control officials. Now, it is good. Unexpectedly, the people who read literacy in the country are basically from other people, and the scientific examination has even become a graduation exam for other people's children. It is no wonder that Emperor Li Er has a headache.

Before Cui Hao could take his things to Yongpingfang, the Wu Zhao had already found the clinic.

"What happened!"

As soon as he entered the door, Wu Zhao said anxiously, it seemed that things were not small.

"All the people we went to the Western Regions to go to the business of the merchants were detained by Gaochang. The reason given by the official there was that the bandits robbed the way, which was obviously not that simple."

Du Shaoqing said coldly: "Bandit? I'm afraid it's not Gaochang's soldiers or bandits. Could it be that they came to us?"

"That's not the case. I heard that 90% of the Western Regions merchants have been detained. The specific situation is still unclear, not only ours," Wu Zhao explained.

After a moment of silence, Du Shaoqing seemed to be planning a countermeasure, and then said to Wu Zhao: "I'm afraid the court is more anxious about this matter than us. I will go to the palace to ask about the situation later.

You are here, and I am going to leave Cui Hao next to you for a while. How do you take him to do business?"

Wu Zhao said blankly: "You, let a young man from a noble family learn to be a businessman? God, when Cui from Qinghe knows, I'm afraid he will fight you."

"So, I have to help you, the master's wife, keep it confidential." After Du Shaoqing said that, he floated away and walked out toward the palace.

When Wu Zhao came to his senses, there was no one in front of him. The little girl was so angry that she stamped her feet and said, "This bad guy, idiot, Mutou, I finally came to you for a while, but I didn't know how to care about me. I'm working for you in vain."

A small figure appeared at the door with his head protruding his head. After hearing Wu Zhao's complaint, he immediately ran out and shouted: "Oh... It turns out that Sister Xiaowu is not asking for her father, but wants her father to care about her. Hehe, I'll tell her father now."

ah!

Wu Zhao exclaimed, and hurried over and grabbed Xiao Xuanxuan, "How come you little girl hide here and eavesdrop on adults' words? Can't you tell your father, are you shy?"

"Why are you shy? Xuanxuan will say it directly when she wants her father to care about her." The little girl said cutely with her two cute big eyes.

Wu Zhao held his forehead with one hand, speechless, "Forget it, don't worry about this, why are you here? It's wrong to eavesdrop on the adults..."

"No, Xuanxuan didn't eavesdrop. I wanted to come to find my father. They said that his father was talking to Brother Cui Hao and didn't let me come. I waited for a long time and couldn't wait, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect that you were the only one here.

Sister Xiaowu, what are you busy with recently? You don’t come to play with Xuanxuan. You don’t know. Some time ago, my father locked me up at home and kept asking me to study. It was so boring..."

Well, two girls, one big and one little girl started chatting like this. Wu Zhao was complaining to Du Shaoqing, but listening to Xiao Xuanxuan talk about her suffering, it felt so interesting. It turned out that the world of children is so cute.

When Du Shaoqing came to the Political Consultative Hall, he found that there were many important officials gathered inside. Emperor Li Er was as heavy as water, and obviously he was not in a good mood.

The civil officials below whispered, and the military generals had already had some disputes.

"Boy, you are also here for Gaochang's affairs. Don't worry. We are already discussing who will lead the troops to the battle. This time, let him go to Gaochang and his principal and interests." Cheng Yaojin greeted Du Shaoqing with a smile.

Du Shaoqing laughed: "That's right, the Du Family Chamber of Commerce has also been detained for many businessmen traveling west. They are worried about this. They have opened up the trade routes in the Western Regions earlier, so we can get rich sooner, right?"

Li Er, who was in the middle, shouted angrily: "Bastard, you are also a member of the high-ranking officials of the court. Why are you full of money? How can the war between the two countries be to open up the way for you to make a fortune?"

Cheng Yaojinnu blunt his mouth, meaning that the person is in a bad mood, don’t get into trouble.

Du Shaoqing didn't care, as if he didn't see the other person's face, and saluted respectfully to the emperor: "No general has any objection to the son-in-law leading the army, but what the son-in-law can guarantee is that if he takes Gaochang as my territory of the Tang Dynasty, he will be able to build it for two years, so that my Tang Dynasty can raise 100,000 soldiers in Gaochang, and it will still be rich."

Li Er exclaimed: "Take it serious?"

Everyone stopped controversy and looked at Du Shaoqing one after another.

Du Shaoqing smiled jokingly: "I'm afraid my father-in-law will blame me for being full of stinky smell again."

Hearing this, Li Er was anxious and cursed: "You guy, you are not a good guy, are discussing national affairs, be more serious."

Seeing Du Shaoqing nodding seriously, then turned around and walked to the last seat to sit down, everyone knew that the prince consort was not talking empty words, and was very capable in developing finances. The Tang Dynasty's treasury was almost entirely dependent on others, so no one doubted his guarantee.

Li Er stood up and said loudly: "Since that's the case, let's go to Maogong this time."

"This, Your Majesty, why use a cattle knife to kill a chicken? The last general..."

Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde wanted to ask for his orders, but Li Er waved his hand and stopped him, "Although Gaochang is small, he has been operating in the northwest for many years and has been backed by the Western Turks. Don't be careless, Maogong will do it safe.

As for Junji, you just settled the Southwest and pulled the troops back. Let's take a break first, and there will be wars in the future."

Hou Junji was a little disappointed, and Li Ji said, "Old Hou, what kind of expression do you have? You are the only one in the room to fight? Besides, how much credit does it have to destroy Tubo? Gaochang still has to compete with us? It's time for us to do our best."

The implication is that you can't always compete with us for merit. Although Hou Junji is the Minister of War, he and Li Ji have always been incompatible and neither of them is convinced by each other. It was just by coincidence that they destroyed Tubo and made great contributions, which seemed to be overwhelming Li Ji. Now Li Ji is also a little anxious.

When Hou Junji heard the other party say this, he jokingly retorted, but he didn't continue to argue.

Among the civil officials, Wei Zheng was worried and said, "We just destroyed Tubo, and now we have changed our hands and destroyed Gaochang. With such frequent national destruction wars, the four barbarians may change.

Not to mention this battle, Gaochang has always been backing the Western Turks. If the Western Turks send troops to help, then this war will be detrimental to us."

"What are you afraid of? If the Western Turks dare to intervene, they will be destroyed together, and will just expand the territory of our Tang Dynasty." Cheng Yaojin shouted.

"Okay, I want to say this to Lao Cheng..." Yuchi Jingde echoed.

Li Er laughed and scolded: "Are the Western Turks so easy to destroy the two bullocks? How many years have we prepared for Jieli in the East Turks?"

Li Ji coughed lightly and said, "You two are invincible, why don't you let them go?"

The two black-faced generals were instantly silent. Yuchi Gong was stupid. Demon Cheng smiled embarrassedly and said to Li Ji: "What's the matter? We are okay to fight in battle. We are not very skilled in commanding the national war. This time, Maogong is the leader. We will go with you."

This guy doesn't feel blushing when he talks. What does it mean to be not very skillful? It seems that you have commanded the national war? Do you not blush if you brag?

Li Er looked at the generals who were united and full of fighting spirit. Finally, after the rain, Tianqing became better and said loudly: "Gaochang is located at the throat of the Western Regions Business Roads. He has to fight this battle. Maogong led 100,000 troops and the generals were on his own. If the Western Turks dared to reach out, they would not refuse to show their reputation.

As long as we can occupy the land of Gaochang as a pass, and let our Tang Dynasty develop for two years to raise 100,000 soldiers to station for many years, the Western Turks will sooner or later be the ghost under the sword of my Tang Dynasty."
Chapter completed!