Chapter 540

In a courtyard on the back mountain of Xiangguo Temple, the sound of Qin was heard.

Liu Zhao is a broad robe with big sleeves, sitting on the ground like a noble master, playing the piano with both hands.

Sometimes the music is distant, sometimes sonorous, sometimes like crying, sometimes sword.

People bow down to wait on the side, even the atmosphere is not dare to come out.

Qian Fu walked in from the outside, hesitated for a moment, but did not dare to disturb Liu Zhao's elegance.

The sound of the piano stopped suddenly.

One of the strings broke and bounced high. It almost scratched Liu Zhao's face.

"Does your highness matter?"

Lin Shuping, the internal servant, asked anxiously.

Liu Zhao, with a heavy face, stretched out his hand, and his own Qingjun boy came forward to wipe and maintain his hands.

In the past, these things are beautiful maid in doing.

Know Gu Jiu is a vinegar jar, these close to serve the work, also by the Qing Jun small Si to do.

Those who did not know thought Liu Zhao had the habit of breaking his sleeves.

Liu Zhaochao looked at Qian Fu.

Qian Fu bowed down and said, "Your Highness, Li Shizhong is here."

He looked hesitant.

"What else?" Liu Zhao asked

"Li Shizhong brought a woman here."

Liu Zhao sneered, "please come in."

"The woman?"

"Find another place to arrange."

"Yes, old slave."

For a moment, Li Shizhong was invited into the wing room and sat on the ground opposite Liu Zhao.

"I just heard the music of your Highness's Qin. It's really the sound of nature. I don't know when I'm lucky to hear your Highness's music again. "

Liu Zhao gently wiped his hands, and the servant moved down the Guqin and replaced it with tea and snacks.

"Please have tea, Mr. Li." Liu Zhao's face was cold and did not accept the other party's words.

Li Shizhong picked up the tea cup, gently blew it and took a sip. The temperature of the tea was just right.

The fragrance of tea is long.

However, there is no mood for tea at the moment.

He put down the cup, "Your Highness is calm indeed."

Liu Zhao said with a light smile, "my father's accession to the throne is less than two years. My highness is naturally not in a hurry."

"But your brothers are in a hurry." Li Shizhong looked at Liu Zhao with a smile.

Liu Zhao raised eyebrows, "they are them, I am me. If Mr. Li takes good care of one of my brothers and goes by himself, why bother to take this trip? "

Li Shizhong laughed.

After he had laughed, he said, "if someone else said this, I would only treat the other party as arrogant and arrogant. But if you were your highness, you would have the confidence. Last year, you went out of Beijing for half a year in the name of pacification, but in fact you were training the navy in the south.

Even a few of the bodyguards around you have stayed in the south. I have heard that the water army is gradually becoming a large-scale force, and is sparing no effort to eliminate the coastal disasters and crack down on the pirate Li Hailong. "

Liu Zhao asked coldly, "Mr. Li has worked hard to see me. Is it hard for him to come to see me for these old news?"? The first year of Wende will soon be over. Why don't you and I talk about Wende's two years? "

"Is your highness so anxious?"

"Isn't Mr. Li in a hurry?"

Liu Zhao sneered.

Li Shizhong was holding a teacup. "It seems that your Highness has already guessed the purpose of my official."

Liu Zhao did not deny that he had "a little knowledge."

Li Shizhong said: "I don't sell the key points either. Someone in the South has entrusted me with the relationship, hoping that the water army's movement can be limited to the coastal areas."

Liu Zhao laughed. After laughing, he said sarcastically, "is it that the pirate Li Hailong entrusted the relationship to Lord Li? He has a way. "

"The person who entrusted the relationship was not the pirate Li Hailong, but the governor of the Jiangnan Dadu Prefecture."

Liu Zhao eyebrows moved, "Zhang Dadu asked for help?"

"Yes. Other people's face can not be given, the face of governor Zhang Dadu can not be denied. Otherwise, your Highness's water army will not be able to move along the coast. "

Liu Zhao sneered, "are you threatening your highness?"

Li Shizhong shook his head. I'm trying to build contacts for you. "

Liu Zhao: ha ha!

"So my highness would also like to thank Lord Li."

Li Shizhong did not talk nonsense. He said bluntly: "governor Zhang Dadu is the guarantor. The maritime trade under the name of Madame Zhang can guarantee three ships of goods every year. There is no empty word."

Since Gu Jiu turned over with Zhou Jin, Gu Jiu's sea trade business has not been very smooth.

The emperor is far away from the sky, and all the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are in favor of each other.

What Prince's highness, Prince's wife, in the sea is not as good as pirate Li Hailong's words.

Li Hailong said that if the ships of the four seas trade were not allowed to pass through, Gu Jiu's goods would not be able to get out of the sea.

Li Hailong is so arrogant.

Of course, Li Hailong is just a pseudonym of Zhou Jin, the pirate leader.

Liu Zhao attacked Zhou Jin, and Zhou Jin in turn hit Gu Jiu's business in Jiangnan.Now, it seems to be an opportunity for governor Zhang to mediate.

Liu Zhao laughed and asked, "if your highness does not agree, will governor Zhang Dudu go up to impeach my highness?"

Li Shizhong said: "governor Zhang has been in charge of Jiangnan for many years. In my opinion, his majesty will not replace him in four or five years."

The implication is that if Liu Zhao does not agree to mediate, we will have a fight in four or five years. It may not be governor Zhang Dudu.

Only because Liu Zhao is a prince, there are some things that the courtiers can do, but he can't.

What he did was taboo.

Last year, for example, he secretly went to Jiangnan to train the Navy.

Once the matter was exposed, Emperor Wende had to give an account to the courtiers.

Because there was no clear order for Liu Zhao to train the navy in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a matter of military power, and his identity is the prince, which is taboo.

Most of the time, the identity of a prince is not as convenient as that of his grandson.

The biggest difference is that the prince can not exercise military power, at least not explicitly.

In the past, Liu Zhao, as the emperor's grandson, could lead the army in battle.

At present, he can only serve as a supervisor. The military power in hand will not exceed 1000.

Liu Zhao shook his head slowly.

Li Shizhong frowned, "don't you agree? This is a situation in which both sides lose. "

Liu Zhao chuckled, "the other party's conditions are not enough. With only three ships of cargo, they want to limit the water force to the offshore area. Do they regard my highness as a beggar? "

Li Shizhong asked, "then you open the conditions, I will fight for you."

Liu Zhao laughed and said, "twenty cargoes."

Li Shizhong frowned, "Your Highness's appetite is too big."

Liu Zhao sneered, "Mr. Li can refuse."

"I don't care. The key is that the governor may not agree with him. If it's ten, I can fight for one or two for your highness. "

"Fifteen, this is my highness's bottom line. Otherwise, my highness doesn't mind stirring Jiangnan upside down. No matter what the result is, my highness is always the prince, who can turn over after a few years of silence. As for governor Zhang Dudu, he may not be governor. "

Liu Zhao bluntly threatened, without the slightest politeness.

Li Shizhong is in a dilemma.

Liu Zhao then said, "I don't want to make it difficult for Mr. Li. On the cement road from Beijing to Luozhou, if Lord Li is willing, my highness can make the decision and give you some shares. "

Li Shizhong laughed, "can your highness be the master of the imperial concubine?"

Liu Zhao looked at him with a smile.

Li Shizhong waved his hand again and again, "good, good. I think I said something wrong. In this case, I will try my best to mediate. Your highness is also requested to write to the water army as soon as possible to restrict their actions. "

"My highness will never disappoint Mr. Li, provided that he does not let him down."

"Don't worry, your highness. I always keep my word."

"That's good."

Liu Zhao took a cup of tea and took a sip.

Li Shizhong said, "come here today, I have something else to do."

Liu Zhao was silent.

"Your Highness should have known that I have brought a woman."

Liu Zhao raised his eyebrows and waited for the following of Li Shizhong.

Li Shizhong continued: "this person's identity is very sensitive. I have no ability to protect her, so I have to ask for your highness."

Liu Zhao laughed, "why should my highness help you to protect a woman of unknown origin?"

"Because this is the evil done by your Liu family."

Liu Zhao sneered.

"Who did it? Who are you looking for?"

"The perpetrator is dead."

"If you die, you'll die. That's a lot of nonsense."

Li Shizhong looked at Liu Zhao strangely, "is your highness really not curious about this woman's identity?"

Liu Zhao sneered, "since Lord Li mentioned that the Liu family was guilty, he estimated that this person should be the illegitimate daughter of the royal family. You should go to Shaofu for this. It's no use looking for your highness. "

But Li Shizhong shook his head, "I can only find you for this. If you look for the Shaofu, she won't be able to live. "

"Mr. Li is so kind that he might as well take her and take her back as a concubine."

"Your Highness has done me harm." Li Shizhong said bluntly.

Liu Zhao indifferently smiles, "isn't Mr. Li harming your highness?"

"How can I harm you?"

"You let your highness protect her. How can you ask your highness to explain to my wife?"

Li Shizhong said, "I didn't expect that the rumor was true."

Hum!

"It's said that your highness is afraid of Madame Zhao. I always thought it was nonsense. Now I know that there must be a reason for this."

Liu Zhao snorted again.

He asked in reply: "if a large family should spend money, his wife should bear it alone. Are you afraid? "

Li Shizhong was tongue tied and couldn't believe it. "Your Highness is so poor?"Liu Zhao's temple a pumping, gloomy face, silent.

Li Shizhong succeeded in infuriating Liu Zhao, but he burst into laughter.

"It's worth seeing your Highness's true nature. Your highness, do you remember abbess Jingsi of guanye temple, the most beloved concubine of Zhongzong in his later years? (see Chapter 473 for details) "

Liu Zhao frowned," if my highness remembers correctly, she will burn herself to death. "

"Yes. She died, but her daughter survived. "

Liu Zhao's heart stormy waves, but on the face of silence, "she has a daughter?"

"She does have a daughter, eighteen. It's the flesh and blood of the late emperor. You have to call her aunt

"Nonsense

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