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Wei Xuanzhen calmed down a little. He thought for a while and said, "It is the most urgent thing that Your Majesty wakes up quickly and summons Qin Shaoyou to the capital in front of the prime ministers. This is the most important thing. Otherwise, everything will be over."

Usually, Empress Wei has prejudice against Wei Xuanzhen. Obviously, she is a person with a clear distinction between public and private affairs. Her father is a father. She doesn’t matter whether this father is a good father or not. However, as a minister or a servant, Wei Xuanzhen’s performance is really disappointing.

But now... he also had a time of Qingming. At least the top priority he said now is indeed a crucial matter for Empress Wei. The rumors that had been rumored before have proved that this matter may not be so simple, so in this gap, Empress Wei did not dare to take it lightly at all.

"The imperial doctor is already on the verge of the examination. I think there is no big problem, so you don't have to worry. However, the news from Henan Prefecture must be kept at any time. Any changes must be reported in time. In fact, people in Chang'an City do not need to worry. Whether it is a few princes or those with ulterior motives, I am not afraid of anything. Most of these people are greedy for life and death, and they are all miserable people. But what is unpredictable is Henan Prefecture."

Wei Xuanzhen nodded and said, "The old minister will do his best."

Before Wei Xuanzhen said goodbye, she went to see Li Xian again. Li Xian was still unconscious and lying on the dragon couch, as if she was sleeping soundly. Several imperial doctors were busy, and the eunuchs and female officials were also busy. Wei Xuanzhen looked at this "son-in-law" and felt complicated.

He suddenly thought, maybe he was not as good as his daughter, and Wei Hongmin, it was not because he was stupider than them, but... it was because he could never be so merciless as they were.

Li Xian... He sighed again. This son-in-law was impeccable in his heart, but so what? He had to think about the Wei family. For the sake of his daughter, he couldn't bear to look at it anymore. He turned his eyes over and quickly left the hall. At this time, Empress Wei suddenly chased him out and said, "Father..."

It was Wei Qing just now, but now he is suddenly his father again. This constant change made Wei Xuanzhen feel extremely uncomfortable. He smiled bitterly and turned over and said, "What else do you have to do with the Empress?"

Queen Wei said: "Father, it's better to go to Hangu Pass to prevent accidents."

Hangu Pass...

Wei Xuanzhen was slightly stunned. The Hangu Pass happened to be the gate between Chang'an and Luoyang, and it was the gateway to Guanzhong. In the past, the military equipment here began to relax. It was just because the world was unified, there was no need to be prepared between Chang'an and Luoyang. After the capital was moved, Empress Wu became more and more alert to the Shence Army, so she set up defenses at Hangu Pass and allocated nearly 100,000 elite soldiers. Chen Bing was in the area of ​​Hangu Pass. Now Empress Wei suddenly wanted to go to Hangu Pass, and must be afraid. At this critical moment, any trouble would appear.

Wei Xuanzhen smiled bitterly in his heart. The guardian of Hangu Pass was Zhang Jin. This man was his son-in-law and was also a descendant of the general. He had great military achievements. He was mostly imperial guards. His combat power was not low, and he even had a flying cavalry. He was also a soldier near Hangu Pass. He was named as a dangerous place because of his deep and dangerous place. From Wushan in the east to Tongjin in the west, it was known as a natural danger. He had such an elite army to defend, even if the Shence Army wanted to use artillery, it would be difficult to destroy its heavy city walls. Therefore, this husband was in the gate and a place where thousands of men could not open, so there was obviously no need to worry about anything else.

Since that's the case, what else is Empress Wei worried about? The only thing she is worried about is a mutiny in the army. In other words, what Wei is guarding against at the moment is not elite soldiers and generals, but people's hearts... Could it be... she is not even relieved to Zhang Jin?

Wei Xuanzhen smiled bitterly in her heart, Zhang Jin, but your sister's husband is his son-in-law. But when he saw Wei looking at him, although he was asking, Wei Xuanzhen knew that this was an order, so Wei Xuanzhen said, "Yes, I understand."

"Then..." Wei Shi smiled sweetly: "Let me ask my father and set off early."

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Since the news in Chang'an City was a hot topic, it was naturally transmitted to Luoyang City at an extremely fast speed.

In Luoyang City, there was no feeling for the court. This was once the capital of the emperor. Its habits were no different from Chang'an, but the atmosphere began to change. At least for Luoyang people, the court had become less and less in their conversations, and the affairs in the palace began to make them lose their temper. What they paid more attention to was both business and business, Shen Ce Mansion, even His Highness Princess Taiping, or His Highness the King of Wei.

Naturally... the people here are obviously busier than those of Chang'an people. The idle days seem to have gone far away. More people have become accustomed to this fast-paced life. In the past, idleness was just because everyone performed their own duties. Now the fast-paced pace is not for others, but for themselves. There are too many myths here, and everyone also wants to create their own myths. In the past, people were divided into different levels, with clear winding paths and no interference with each other. Now, although people are now divided into different levels, it is just that boundary no longer becomes a chasm like before, because they have hope.

Those who have studied hard work may be able to take a job in Shence Mansion, or to find a professor or a civil service in a workshop in Taipingxue, even if they are just rough and incoherent, they may be just the lowest class in Luoyang City. With such a background, they will never have a chance to make a name for themselves. No matter how hard they work, they are just a good sedan chairman, a good servant, and a good charcoal burner.

But now, it is very different. The great development of industry and commerce actually brings not only the crazy accumulation of wealth, but more of the upward channel begins to loosen.

In the inherent social structure of the past, people's status was very simple. This structure was divided into landlords, small farmers, and tenant farmers. The so-called landlords were the wealthy families who controlled all the wealthy families. They were born rich and noble. Moreover, the number of people was not too large. After all, with the current productivity, one hundred farmers could only provide for one or two "family children". There was so much wealth in the world. The wealthy families accounted for 80%, and the rest hoped to get a little charity from the cracks of their fingers.

It is precisely because of this that no matter how hard the poor children work or work hard, they will find it difficult to get rid of their origins and status, because the scarce "rich" position above their heads is already overcrowded, and it is impossible to open a hole to give you a chance to stand out.

In this simplest agricultural society where either rich or poor, there will be no luck left to any ordinary people. The same is true for a day, the poor and humble will last for a lifetime, and for generations.

But now... it is not that society has suddenly become equal and has entered the world. However... because of the emergence of industry and commerce, the changes in productivity, and the simple social structure has fallen. The upper class, which was originally controlled by the aristocratic families, has emerged a new position. Originally, one hundred people could barely support one upper class, but now, only twenty or thirty people are needed to enable another person to live a luxurious life. Even ordinary people have the opportunity to become merchants or celebrities.

What is more important is that in this production relationship, what is needed is a more middle-level population. As long as the lower-level people work harder, they will have the opportunity to become craftsmen with relatively generous salaries, become accounts in the account, become relatively low-level men in Taiping Academy, and become brokers.

In other words, at this time, due to the development of society, a large number of middle-level positions have vacancies, and talented people have room to play.

Because of this, the former master-slave structure, or the structure of landlords and farmers, has now become aristocratic merchants. The middle-level people are craftsmen and people who are proficient in various talents, while the lower-level people are laborers and farmers. In the past, it was almost impossible to make a lower-level people a landlord. No matter how hard they work, there is no possibility. But now... a lower-level people want to become an excellent craftsman or a rough literary work, but they are relatively easy doctors, civil servants, accounting offices, and craftsmen, but as long as they work hard, they have the opportunity to gain.

In this way, almost everyone will no longer be idle when they see the dawn of hope. They study spontaneously and no one needs to tell you the benefits of studying, because many families, even if they tighten their belts, must let their children study in Taiping School.

Therefore, Luoyang people talk more about what skills their children are learning in Taiping Academy, or what books they read, and how their children learn. Or, a guy who was idle in the past suddenly broke out. Things like this have emerged one after another, and have already occupied everyone's lives. They no longer talk about things that are too far away from them, but have begun to pay more attention to the things around them. More people have no time to slap their mouths. Some people work in the daytime and are willing to read books at night. Nowadays, medicine, law, business, and various craftsmanship books are sold very hot. Even though there is printing technology now, due to technology, the prices of many books are still high. Even some related books are enough to match the half-month wages of ordinary people, but those who buy books are like crucian carp trees.

Luoyang people are realistic, so they naturally do not do stupid things. In the past, they were indifferent to changing their destiny because they knew that they could not change their destiny at all, and because they knew that their efforts would only go to waste. In a society where only tenants and slaves only, no matter how many books you read and learn various abilities, you are just a capable farmer and slave.

Because of this reality, they are willing to spend their year savings to let their children learn, and they are willing to spend some of the money they save from sleeping in the open and learn various crafts and purchase books.

For the printing industry here, the strong demand has also caused the printing industry to expand wildly. The printing industry is just a carrier, and its essence is that it still needs to have content. In this way, knowledge becomes more valuable.

In the past, a good craftsman was only worth a little money. If a craftsman had a special forging ability and the utensils he made were more sophisticated than others, he could indeed make his life better. So this craftsmanship was naturally hidden. This is the selfishness of people. They would pass on their craftsmanship to their nephews to be the foundation for their careers. However, this inheritance method was very easy to interrupt. Once interrupted, this special craftsmanship may disappear forever. Instead, the technology could not be accumulated. Instead, it was constantly dying. This is why, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, many amazing craftsmanship that appeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties disappeared without a trace. People in later generations were not able to improve this craft on the basis of their technology. Then they strive for excellence, but the technology regressed repeatedly.

Nowadays, a skilled craftsman with unique craftsmanship is more willing to provide his special skills, because book merchants nowadays are often such people who are willing to spend a lot of money to buy the process of this craft, and then print it into a book to make a profit from it.

So... the technology naturally began to spread. Later people absorbed this technique from it, and among the thousands of beneficiaries, one of them had a broad mind and improved it on this basis, a new technology came into being.

Henan Mansion... seems to have gradually learned to accumulate technology, which has led to fierce competition and more and more new technologies. If a craftsman cannot continue to learn, he will soon fall behind and even be left behind by others. If he wants to keep going in this industry, the only way is to learn, apply, and continue to improve on this basis.

This is true for craftsmen and workshops. Improvers make big profits, but those who are self-confidence will lose everything.

The human heart has changed.

It seems that everyone has been closed and no longer cared about the so-called court and the so-called Empress Wei. They have too many things to think about and too many things to do. They need more time to learn. As for whether the emperor uses a golden shoulder pole, what does it have to do with him?

The only one who cares about the imperial court is Shen Ce Mansion.

When the urgent report reached Zhulou, Shangguan Chen had almost no hesitation and immediately went to find Qin Shaoyou.

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"Your Highness, Your Majesty is already unconscious, and he is indeed sick."

Shangguan Chen didn't feel relaxed. He knew in his heart that since the Wei family chose to do this, they had only one thing to do so, that is, to put Qin Shaoyou to death and then hurry up.

After reading the urgent report, Qin Shaoyou was silent for a moment, and finally pondered: "What do you think Brother Shangguan?"

Shangguan Chen smiled bitterly and said, "The female official has found out that several medicines he grabbed in the medicine shop. This medicine can temporarily make people weak and will also have symptoms of serious illness. Therefore, the foolish opinion of the lower official, if Wei wants to poison the emperor, it is impossible, but she insists on making Your Majesty sick. It is almost certain that she wants to take this opportunity to recruit Your Highness to the capital. Your Highness... This is absolutely impossible to go to Chang'an. Once you go, you will be doomed. But... If you don't go, you will resist the order. Your Majesty wants to see his ministers on the sickbed. Can the ministers not go? This is a dilemma for Your Highness."

Qin Shaoyou smiled slightly and said, "What you said makes sense, right. If the emperor summons his ministers, especially on the sickbed, he must go, because at this time, everyone understands that Your Majesty is sick, it is very likely that he is entrusting an orphan, and no reason can be refused."

"But... why didn't Wei issue an edict?"

Shangguan Chen was stunned and said, "Wei is criticized now. Even in Chang'an, it is like a rat crossing the street. Therefore, the following officials are foolish in their opinion. Your Majesty is unconscious now. If an edict appears at this time, I am afraid that people in the world will only think that this is not the original intention of the emperor. If so, your highness will have an excuse to refuse. Therefore, Wei's plan should be to wait for His Highness to wake up, and then issue an edict in person in front of the ministers. In this way, the rumors can be quelled and any excuses of His Highness."

Qin Shaoyou put down the urgent report and said, "Yes, what Wei wants to do now is just to block all my excuses. She has to kill me. Now, the matter has to be broken."

Shangguan Chen said in shock: "Your Highness... Your Highness, the time is not ripe for the following officials. If Your Highness rashly makes a move, I'm afraid..."

Qin Shaoyou looked at him strangely: "Who said that I want to fight hard?"

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Chapter completed!