From a freeloader to a world leader

Chapter 322 The Royal Family Recognized Sun Shan

The court meeting held on February 18, the 13th year of Yuanfeng was held with great fanfare and also with many twists and turns.

First of all, it was because Emperor Yuanfeng proposed it. He wanted to take a trip to Hengzhou, thousands of miles away, and experience the customs and culture of the Sui Empire along the way.

Soon after, the aristocratic family headed by Wang Deqiang used the empire's financial difficulties as an excuse to prevent Emperor Yuanfeng from leaving the Forbidden City after he ascended the throne.

Then, Emperor Yuanfeng proposed the newly established royal trust fund, which would do its best to solve the cost and safety issues of his travel.

This immediately caused the high-ranking court officials who used this as an excuse to fight back.

Later, the court was divided into three factions, which engaged in a tug-of-war over the reform and taxation of Hengzhou.

Finally, after a heated debate that lasted for three or four hours without even a bite of food.

The royal family and senior court officials basically reached an agreement.

That is, taking advantage of Emperor Yuanfeng's trip, the court also sent high-ranking officials to accompany him to conduct a comprehensive investigation and research on Hengzhou to see if they could find some areas that could be learned from, so that other places could also be revitalized like Hengzhou.

The final result was that Yuanfeng would go out of the palace for the first time for inspection one month later, on March 18th of the 13th year of Yuanfeng.

At the same time, the imperial court will send a reformist group of hundreds of people, represented by Li Shimin, to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Hengzhou.

Of course, there were also greedy people among them, led by the Minister of Revenue Lu Jinxi, who wanted to get involved in Hengzhou.

The reason why Emperor Yuanfeng decided to travel so quickly was mainly because everyone wanted to watch the Datong Cup Singing Competition and Dragon Boat Race in Hengzhou City on the Dragon Boat Festival.

Now that you have decided to go, take this opportunity to witness the unprecedented grand sight.

After Emperor Yuanfeng returned to the palace, he laughed loudly at Prince Cheng, Yang Yuanqing and other royal family members who had attended the court meeting, as if he wanted to vent all the anger that he had been holding in for more than ten years.

Yang Yuanqing and other princes who have lived in their own small areas for a long time may not feel the frustration of Emperor Yuanfeng.

However, Prince Cheng Yang Yongwang lived in the imperial capital all his life.

As the uncle of Emperor Yuanfeng, and twenty years older than Yang Yuanfeng, he can be said to have watched Yang Yuanfeng grow up since he was a child.

As the supreme patriarch of the entire royal family, he naturally witnessed all the drastic changes that had taken place in Yang Yuanfeng and the entire royal family over the past two or three decades.

Emperor Yuanfeng laughed for about two or three minutes in one breath, and in the end, he laughed until tears came out.

Queen Qian Ruyu wiped the corners of Emperor Yuanfeng's eyes with silk and patted his back to soothe him.

Finally, Emperor Yuanfeng stopped laughing, and he seemed to have put down a burden, making people feel that he was several years younger.

"Yuanqing, you found a good prince consort!"

Emperor Yuanfeng stared at the smiling Yang Yuanqing with great energy and gave him a thumbs up: "Our Yang family has finally won back a game. From now on, if anyone blocks us with funds again, our royal fund will kill them!"

"Thank you, thank you, Your Majesty!"

When Yang Yuanqing heard that the emperor had publicly acknowledged his son-in-law, who had not yet had a formal status, he smiled so happily that his old face looked like a chrysanthemum.

However, he still waved his hand very modestly, as if educating his own child: "Shan Ge'er is just a kid who can make a little money. I don't know where he got all these tricks. One after another, he made our Hengzhou City full of potholes. When you go there, Your Majesty, don't hold too high hopes."

Emperor Yuanfeng and Prince Cheng knew that the entire Hengzhou City was currently undergoing a large-scale infrastructure development.

Because now it is not just the Datong Chamber of Commerce that is investing.

Even the Hengzhou government would invest all the extra taxes collected into building roads and bridges.

In addition, aristocratic families of all sizes in Hengzhou and Chuzhou have also invested heavily in Hengzhou, intending to grab a piece of the fat meat from Hengzhou's rise.

"Shan Ge'er----"

Prince Cheng took over the title of Prince Heng, muttered it softly, and then patted his thigh: "This name is quite good. I have seen this boy. He is handsome and a good match for your Ke Xin."

"Ha ha ha ha-----'

Yang Yuanqing felt even happier when he heard the family's highest leader, Prince Cheng, say this about his son-in-law.

He laughed happily: "Not bad, not bad, this is Uncle Wang. Didn't you see how he looked when he first entered the city-----"

As he spoke, Yang Yuanqing stretched out his hand and gestured at his eyebrows: "When he first came to the city, he was only as tall as me, and he was so skinny. Who would have thought that in more than half a year, he is taller than me now!"

The tone and words sounded as if he was showing off that his growing child had suddenly surpassed him.

"She's still young. Shan Ge'er is only seventeen this year. She's in the growth stage and should still have some growth to do."

Queen Qian Ruyu, as one of Sun Shan's fans, is naturally very concerned about her idol.

Especially the first part of Sun Shan's Water Melody.

Throughout the imperial capital, the song "Water Melody" written by Sun Shan was sung everywhere.

You know, the poetry and songs in this world are one and the same.

The so-called poetry is to have a poem and then sing it into a song.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Prince Cheng turned the topic to business: "Your Majesty, I think our royal fund should also fully participate in the development of Hengzhou, and we must do our best to control Hengzhou in our hands and not let that group of people ruin the current good situation!"

When Prince Cheng mentioned the serious matter, Emperor Yuanfeng also put away his smile and nodded affirmatively: "That's for sure. Today I see that Lu Jinxi and his people have bad intentions. They insisted on following him. Isn't it just to take a bite?"

Emperor Yuanfeng looked at Prince Heng with some concern and said, "Yuanqing, you should go back earlier and ask Shan Ge'er and the government to make some preparations."

"Okay, Your Majesty. I will rush back tomorrow."

Yang Yuanqing first replied about his return trip. If it weren't for today's court meeting, he would have wanted to go back a long time ago.

Before I came to the imperial capital, I thought about this every day.

But after staying here for more than ten days, I found myself somewhat out of place.

The local customs, dining habits, dressing style, and even the way people speak and walk here are very different from those in Hengzhou.

It made him feel like he had fallen from a place full of vitality into an old, bottomless well.

It may be that Sun Shan influenced people in various ways, but now people in Hengzhou walk briskly and speak with a bit of Mandarin from a thousand years ago.

Because the accents of this era were very diverse, words were often unclear, and the pronunciation was different in different places.

This makes communication difficult for a large number of new and old Hengzhou people who come from all over the place.

Therefore, through his singing and storytelling, and through the half-year performances of Deyun Club and Red Mansion, as well as the intermediaries of tens of thousands of employees of Datong Chamber of Commerce, people in Hengzhou gradually became proud of speaking the new Hengzhou dialect, which is mixed with Mandarin and spoken with clear articulation.

Gradually, the new Hengzhou people who had just moved into the city learned the new Hengzhou dialect faster than the old Hengzhou people.

Sun Shan believes that through these two major events with the participation of tens of thousands of people, the new Hengzhou dialect will spread more deeply.

"Your Majesty, Uncle Wang, there is no problem in Hengzhou. Everyone is working hard to make money, and no one will hold us back."

Yang Yuanqing first expressed the attitude of the insiders, and then said with some concern: "As long as Zhang Ping'an is still sitting in the position of prefect, even if Lu Jinxi goes, it will be useless. But if Zhang Zhizhou is taken down and replaced by their people, the development speed will be slow."

These words made the dozen or so royal parties sitting in the Zhengyang Palace raise their eyebrows.

"It's impossible to ask them to change!"

Emperor Yuanfeng recalled the scenes in the Golden Palace during the day, and gritted his teeth and shouted, "They want to change people, unless they change Lian first. Lian has the royal fund, so there is nothing to ask them for. Look at the faces of those people, what have they ruined my Great Sui Dynasty into?"

Seeing that Emperor Yuanfeng had lost his composure, Prince Cheng coughed twice to remind him that the Sui Imperial Palace was like a sieve with leaks everywhere.

Then, he said softly, "Your Majesty, we can have a good communication with Prime Minister Li. I heard that Prime Minister Li is very sentimental."

These words made everyone's eyes light up.

Yes, the relatively upright Li Shimin was the opposite of the Wang family and other forces.

Moreover, he was a student from Chuanshan Academy and the most proud disciple of Wang Fuzhi, the principal of Chuanshan Academy.