"Yes." Gu Qing nodded and said, "As long as you are willing to help build waterways, I can hand over the part to you."

"This..." The merchants looked at each other and had to nod, "I'll go back and discuss it now, and please wait for Marquis Gu for a few days."

"Yes." Gu Qing nodded.

Li Zhi kept hearing the conversation between Gu Qing and the businessman, and walked out of the side and asked, "Are you fooling others?"

"Please be reasonable when speaking, but I lost a lot of money?" Gu Qing pretended to wipe his tears.

"I don't believe it." Li Zhi was sure, "I think you must not lose, because you never suffer a loss in business."

"His Royal Highness of Jin believes it or not?" Gu Qing smiled again in a blink of an eye.

Li Zhi stared at Gu Qing: "Put a piece of meat in front of the tiger, and the tiger can run faster because it will chase the meat. You ask these merchants to pay for the waterway, because after opening the sea trade, these merchants will get more things, especially good things overseas."

"They will definitely be eager to sell the good things when they get them. Who are they? Merchants know that if they don't sell goods, they will only use the storm of dust. When these merchants get the sweetness of sea trade, they will know the importance of waterways, so they will definitely work hard to open up waterways for you. In fact, as one goes up and down, they can't get around your port."

"It takes money to explore waterways. They will definitely send sea boats more hard to do maritime trade, so that the more ships you go to sea, the greater your port income will be, right?"

Gu Qing: "..."

"What's wrong?" Li Zhi looked at Gu Qing, "I'm right? You're talking."

"Please be quiet on His Highness King Jin. I am considering how to kill someone to silence me."

Li Zhi was very happy that Gu Qingbian couldn't speak, "I killed two birds with one stone. Gu Qing, you can make a good plan. I learned it, hahahaha!"

At night, you can vaguely hear the sound of reading in the quiet village. The imperial examination is coming soon, and the students are working hard to study even at night.

This made Li Tai upset. It was obviously time for the students to rest, and many dormitories were still brightly lit, and Lang Lang couldn't sleep well at all. The windows of each bookstore could see the students reflected under the candlelight.

"Can't sleep?" Cen Wenben walked to Li Zhi's side.

"Let me." Li Tai looked at the dormitory with a frown, "How can you sleep? These students have worked too hard."

Cen Wenben was still relieved to see this scene, "I have never seen such a scene for many years. When His Majesty was still in power, he said a long time ago that the aristocratic families had too strong control over the court. Many officials were speakers of the aristocratic families. Now what His Majesty wants has come true."

"Mr. Cen, there is one thing I can't figure out." Li Tai said again, "Why did you think Kong Yingda set the rules that only adult students can participate in the imperial examination?"

When asked about this, Cen Wenben also replied, "If there are a few more Di Renjie and Pei Xingjian in the court, what should we do? Besides, if there is no restriction on many students who do not study before they become adults, they will not study for the imperial examination. Master Kong Yingda said that studying is not for the sake of studying. Academic academy cannot be a springboard for students to pass the exam, at least all students cannot think so."

"You can't read for the sake of reading?"

"That's right." Cen Wenben continued, "Students all over the world know that studying can be an official and can make a name for themselves. Now this opportunity is even greater, and more and more people want to enter the officialdom. The academic knowledge of the academy can be said to be ahead of all parts of the Central Plains. This situation is mixed, and it is not a good thing to be happy and motivated. It is best to move forward steadily."

"I understand." Li Tai nodded, "Mr. Kong Yingda doesn't want too many Di Renjie in the court."

"That's right." Cen Wenben said, "You must be mentally incomplete when you are young. Only when you are mature in your mind can you know the way of being a human being."

Li Chunfeng was also so quarrel that he couldn't sleep. He planned to go to Fang Xuanling's house to sleep with the bed.

Late at night, Li Tai knocked on the door of the Gu family.

"Is there something important about King Wei late at night?" Fan Jian opened the door to wonder.

"I'll look for Gu Qing." Li Tai said tiredly.

"Please wait for His Highness the King of Wei." Fan Jian immediately went to pass the message.

Gu Qing was making midnight snacks for himself, and Fan Jian rushed over, "Head of the family, His Highness, King of Wei, is outside."

"Put the noodles." Gu Qing simply came to the door of his house, "Fatty, what happened?"

"Isn't it your fault?" Li Tai was sleepy, "Do you have free beds at home? I want to have a sleep. The academy has been too busy these days, and those students are studying at night, so I can't sleep."

"Okay, I happened to make midnight snacks." Gu Qing brought Li Tai to the house.

The two of them sucked the noodles, and Li Tai asked, "Where is Gao Yang, is she okay?"

"Gaoyang is so good. I have been with your mother in Daming Palace these days." After eating the scallion noodles, Gu Qing picked up a piece of beef jerky sent from Tubo.

Li Tai was not polite to eat a piece, "Beef?"

"This is sent by Tubo." Gu Qing said, "More than ten carts of beef jerky are kept in my backyard, waiting to be sold. It tastes good."

"Yes, it's OK, it's just a bite."

"You have always kept your room for you, so just sleep there." Gu Qing put away his bowls and chopsticks.

"Thank you." Li Tai walked towards his room yawning.

On the second day, when you open the doors and windows, it was drizzling all over the sky. Today is Qingming Festival, and many people in the suburbs of Chang'an worship their ancestors.

In the Daming Palace, Tang Jian was right in front of Li Chengqian.

"Duke Ju, I often think that after the imperial examination, there will inevitably be many new officials in the court. At that time, I can select some capable ministers to deal with Gu Qing, even if I can't deal with checks and balances."

Tang Jian replied, "This is indeed a strategy, but it is just a bad strategy for His Majesty."

"How do you say this?" Li Chengqian asked.

"The reason for this imperial examination was made by Gu Qing, and now it has expanded its enrollment. It can be said that the students and scholars in the world are not only grateful to His Majesty and the court for giving them this opportunity, but also to Gu Qing."

"In this way, I can't gather a group of trustworthy people."

"No." Tang Jian said again, "Of course, a group of trustworthy officials can be gathered, but how many officials in the court prefer Gu Qing, and the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Palace also prefer Gu Qing. Can't your Majesty see it? Why bother to look far away?"

"Go away from the nearest and seek far away?" Li Chengqian suddenly felt spirited, "I would like to ask the Duke of Ju to give me advice."

"It's actually very simple. Your Majesty can naturally wipe out Gu Qing's power in a very short time." Tang Jian saw that the four little guys were silently talking to Li Chengqian's ear.
Chapter completed!