hsntnovel Chapter 2676 Dealing with Hidden Dangers
Chapter 2676 Dealing with Hidden Dangers
The Crown Prince is treacherous, Li Shen felt he was right, and he had come to believe it more and more over the years.
At least other people's fathers take the money and do the work, but this crown prince only takes the money and does nothing.
I gave him money many times, but whenever I needed his help, he would make excuses and say that he didn't have that much power.
Li Shen summarized Li Chengqian as someone who was extremely dishonest, immoral, and even more shameless than himself.
Judging from the expressions of Wang Xuance and the other three, they didn't seem to agree with him.
"Alright, this matter is settled, so there's no need for further discussion."
Li Shen waved his hand.
“But Your Highness, if that’s the case, our businesses will all be under the control of the Crown Prince.”
When it came to serious matters, Wang Xuance gave a serious reminder.
"Really?" Li Shen was taken aback.
"Your Highness, have you forgotten that our research institute, paper mill, printing plant, and even medical school were all protected by the Crown Prince?"
"It was His Highness who went in person," Wang Xuance said.
"Oh dear, how could I forget this?" Li Shen slapped his forehead, finally remembering.
He sought Li Chengqian's help to protect the Imperial Guard because he wanted to take the entire Imperial Guard camp with him.
"Hmm... Well then, I will speak to the Crown Prince tomorrow. If I take the Imperial Guard Battalion away in the future, the Crown Prince will send people to help look after it, including the other workshops."
"When I return, the Imperial Guard will continue to be responsible for protection."
Li Shen stroked his chin and came up with a solution.
This also provides an excuse for the Imperial Guard, whose true intention when it was established was to protect the paper mill and printing plant.
Secondly, it was because of his assassination attempt; otherwise, he would have had at most around a thousand guards.
If all the guard duties are now given to the Crown Prince's Six Guards, wouldn't we be left without our own forces?
Wouldn't that give officials an opportunity to impeach him and force him to disband the Imperial Guard?
He didn't care before, but now he's unwilling to disband the guard battalion.
Which man doesn't dream of being a great general, having spent so much money to build an elite army?
How could we bear to see them disband now?
Moreover, we have far more enemies now than we did back then, so how unsafe it is!
If one day that idiot Li Zhi impulsively leads his men to kill him, at least he would have the ability to resist, right?
“That would be acceptable, but I would like to remind Your Highness that you must keep the formula a secret and prevent others from stealing it.”
Wang Xuance thought there was nothing wrong with what Li Shen said, but he still gave him a reminder.
All the goods sold by the Prince Ji's residence are the foundation of the Prince Ji's family business. If these goods were to be revealed, the family would not be as profitable.
"Don't worry, His Highness the Crown Prince won't covet my recipe. It's all in the palace, and he can see it anytime after he ascends the throne."
He is actually more afraid of this being revealed than I am, and he will definitely send his most loyal guards over.
Besides, I am not unprepared; there will be no oversights.
Li Shen said confidently that all his recipes were with his father, as capital for the Li family's future resurgence.
The throne will be passed on to the Crown Prince when he ascends the throne, so Li Chengqian has no need to send anyone to spy on him. He is more worried about the secret being leaked than he is about to do so himself.
If it were to leak out, I would only earn a little less money.
But he was different. With the rise of powerful families and clans and the restoration of their former strength, the emperor would not be so at ease.
"Alright, Rengui, you can handle this matter as you see fit."
"Yes, I accept the order." Xue Rengui stood up and bowed.
"Wait, I have something else to do, damn it!" Li Shen spat on his finger and then turned the page.
"And regarding your matter, send someone to Xizhou to secretly inform Qu Zhiqing and tell him to deal with Zhang Zhiguan and Qu Zhixian."
I do not wish to see them on my next trip to Xizhou.
Tell him that he is a smart man, and if he does this well, I will give him a future; if he doesn't, he will have to go with Zhang Zhiguan and the others.
Arrange for our people to assist him; if he makes any unusual moves, make him disappear as well.
The situation in Xizhou is relatively simple, and the number of people involved is not large. Once those two leaders are dealt with, the remaining group will be leaderless.
They will definitely obey Qu Zhiqing's orders at that time, and even if there are some unruly ones, they will not cause any major trouble.
He believed that Qu Zhiqing could do a good job.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will send someone to Xizhou tomorrow." Xue Rengui accepted the order again, but this time he did not sit down, waiting to see if Li Shen had any other arrangements.
Li Shen looked at the notebook; the characters written on it were indeed somewhat illegible. Ten years had passed, and Li Shen still wasn't used to writing with a brush.
Li Shen had originally wanted to get a charcoal pencil to write with, but then he changed his mind.
It's about promoting traditional culture; much of Chinese culture is contained within this calligraphy brush.
If you write with charcoal, you lose that charm.
Of course, if writing with charcoal pencils still looks so bad, you can't blame it on the brush being bad.
"What do you pronounce these two characters?" Li Shen looked up at the stone.
Stone leaned closer, examined it carefully for a while, and then said uncertainly:
"Your Highness, this servant guesses that it seems to be a Japanese and a slave."
"Wa, slaves?... Oh right, it's about the five thousand slave soldiers from Wa."
This matter is now entrusted to you, Xuan Ce. Send someone to deliver a message to Di Renjie, instructing him to inform the slave soldiers.
From this day forward, they are officially under the jurisdiction of the First Wing of the Andong Protectorate. From now on, they are people of the imperial court and no longer slaves.
For the time being, they are under the command of the Deputy Protector-General of the Andong Protectorate, who is also the Prince himself, and are publicly referred to as guards of the Prince Ji's residence.
After the mission is completed, they will return to the Andong Protectorate, which is now Liaodong Circuit, and continue to serve as its soldiers.
The imperial court would allocate fertile land for them to cultivate and allow them to marry and have children.
They could also stay in Japan and have children.
Li Shen finished explaining the situation in one breath. These five thousand people were a huge problem and had to be handed over to the imperial court.
However, Li Shen felt that leaving these people in Japan might be a solution.
Unfortunately, after conquering Japan, there were far fewer art teachers and scholars, and we could no longer listen to their teachings.
"Your Highness, what about the provisions and pay..." Wang Hongfu asked. This was his biggest concern; he needed to prepare food and supplies for the other side.
"Sigh, it will still be provided by my Prince Ji's Mansion. But let it be provided, after all, it's for our benefit."
"By the way, tell Straw Hat to speed up the patrols around Japan. Haven't they found the silver mountain I wanted yet?"
Iwami Ginzan is such a famous place, it's well-known, but Li Shen didn't know exactly where it was.
(Oh dear, it's late again. I'll punish myself with three drinks.)