"Your Majesty!" Xie Lian said, "Some things are in the middle of the people, and the interests of the people in the middle of the sea trade are certainly known. It is just because of a small matter that the Xie family will naturally not say much, but Gu Qing made such a big noise, and the benefits involved are quite large."

"The benefits of the sea trade route are indeed good." Li Chengqian sat down and said, "Gu Qing set the rules for opening up sea trade and his father. The sea trade route has been almost the same. The results are very good, and the benefits are naturally great. However, the tax on sea trade is the highest, and the national treasury also has a lot of taxes every year because of sea trade. I also want to thank Gu Qing for greatly reducing the pressure on the financial power in the court. I remember that when my father ascended the throne, my life in the court was not easy at that time."

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Wang Jin looked at Xie Lian, his face turned pale.

Not many people know about some things. There was a lot of agreement between Li Shimin and Gu Qing when he started the development of the sea trade. There was a reason why Li Chengqian was willing to speak for Gu Qing in the sea trade. In fact, it was not just because the sea trade was high, but Gu Qing gave a large piece of the royal family alone. He sent more than tens of millions of gold, silver and copper mines from Japan every year. Now the national treasury is full, and the Tang Dynasty even has the strength to launch a Western Expedition. Even if it faces the entire West, there is no need to be afraid of this rich family fortune. This rich family was built by Gu Qing's sea trade.

In addition to the several changes in the court, the court and the Zhenguan period have undergone great changes. Now the Ministry of Revenue can indirectly manage merchants. The business tax brought by those businessmen has long exceeded the annual grain tax.

If Li Chengqian is unwilling to touch Gu Qing in this way for the sake of the Xie family, he will hurt his own interests. It is not worth it to make the Xie family.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Li Chengqian whispered.

Xie Lian said again: "Your Majesty, Gu Qing made such a fuss for the waterway of sea trade. If the waterway is in Gu Qing's hands, Gu Qing can take charge of the world's sea trade. In addition, Gu Qing's strength in the Central Plains, the financial power of the whole world will fall into Gu Qing's hands. Your Majesty must observe!"

After hearing this, Li Chengqian was quiet for a long time and asked Xiang Wang Jin with a smile, "Is this happening?"

"Go back to your Majesty." Wang Jin bowed and said, "The Sea Trade Department has been the supervisor of the court since its establishment. At that time, the Censor Shangguan Yi helped His Highness King Jin manage the Sea Trade Department. In fact, the three ministers in the court participated in the many decisions of the Sea Trade Department. The sea trade transportation was also hosted by the Sea Trade Department, and the route was also decided by the Sea Trade Department. If you want to talk about the presiding of the waterway, His Highness King Jin began to arrange it as early as the beginning of this year."

"Last month, the Hai Trade Department submitted a memorial to the Secretariat. The Hai Trade Department recruited dozens of students in the academy to establish branches of the Hai Trade Department in various places. The matter has been discussed by the Secretary of the Secretariat Chu Suiliang and the Secretary of the Secretariat Ling Pei Xingjian, and Shangguan Yi. The waterway can be presided over by the Sea Trade Department, but the states and prefectures must also supervise, restrain each other, and achieve a balance between mutual supervision."

"I understand." Li Chengqian nodded and said, "The waterway is not in Gu Qing's hands, but in the hands of the Hai Trade Department. Zhinu has grown up over the years and is about to get married. After finishing these things, the Ministry of Rites can also settle the days of the Ministry of Rites."

Li Chengqian looked at Xie Lian and said, "As for the world's wealth power you mentioned, the world's wealth power will be in the hands of the money shop in the future. It is my decision to take charge of the money shop now. Xie Lian, are you questioning my decision?"

"I dare not take the lead." Xie Lian did not dare to look up.

Li Chengqian walked to Xie Lian, helped him and let him stand and whispered: "You are in Jiangnan, and you don't know the depth of Chang'an. Our royal family and Gu family need to be repaired for a hundred years. The relationship between Gu Qing and I is not so tense. I know that you want to use your Jiangnan interests to let me help you deal with Gu Qing, because you also want to control the waterway, but Gu Qing's move shocked the mountains and tigers scared you all, so you use all your means to come and see me."

Li Chengqian stared at him and shouted: "Even bribed the person next to me to hand over the phone. Your Xie family is so brave!"

Xie Lian knelt on the ground on the spot, not daring to say anything more.

"I still say the same thing, it is up to you to be unfair and make decisions. If Gu Qing is guilty, I will definitely punish you. If your Jiangnan Xie family is not clean, I will not spare you." Li Chengqian took two steps and asked with a sneer, "Xie Lian, ask yourself, are your Jiangnan Xie family clean?"

Xie Lian's forehead was sweating coldly, and he knelt on the ground trembling. The Xie family in Jiangnan was not clean, and the Xie family in Jiangnan was a prominent family, so it was common for him to collude with the government. If the court really wanted to investigate, the Xie family had too many tails and could not stand the investigation.

"I'm tired, Wang Jin, please deal with it." After Li Chengqian said that, he left Wude Hall.

Wang Jin bowed to Li Chengqian's back, helped Xie's face kneeling on the ground and said, "Mr. Xie, you have ate the wrong incense and worshipped the wrong temple. The relationship between the royal family and the Gu family is very complicated. People say that Your Majesty has a bad relationship with Mr. Gu. Even if it is not good, Your Majesty will not touch Gu Qing because of these things. I don't know anything. Don't blame me for being too talkative. Some things have to be admitted if I do something wrong, and some people have to hide if they offend me. You can't afford to offend me."

"Gu Qing is rich enough to rival the country, and the interests in Chang'an are complicated. Some things are all involved. If Gu Qing really wants to destroy your Xie family, no one will stop Gu Qing. If you want to fight to the death with the Gu family and treat Gu Qing as an enemy, then how many people will treat your Xie family as an enemy? I thought that the person who came out of the Xie family in Jiangnan would be like, but now I have seen it, so go back."

Xie Lian walked out of the Wude Hall slowly, and Wang Jin didn't listen to what he said, but Li Chengqian's words kept lingering in his mind. Is your Xie family clean? It's like a knife hanging over his head. Is this a warning?

"Let's go quickly, there will be a curfew when it's dark." Wang Jin said again.

Xie Lian shivered pale and accelerated his pace.

Watching him walk out of Chengtian Gate, Wang Jin turned around and walked towards Ganlu Palace.

As it was getting late, Fan Jian said to Gu Qing: "The head of the family, the axe has been returned, and the gongs and drums are clamoring in Chang'an, many people thought the Cheng family had a daughter-in-law."

"Very good." Gu Qing nodded.

"There is another thing. The person who entered the palace has found out that he was from the Xie family in Jiangnan. He said that he had entered the palace but his face was very bad when he came out." Fan Jian whispered: "I just don't know what he did when he entered the palace. It seems that nothing happened."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "I'm going out tomorrow. You can prepare some food to decorate it."
Chapter completed!