After sending the emperor back to the palace, Li Chao rode his horse back to the house.

In the study, Li Chao and Ke Qing sat beside the stove to roast the fire, and the stove burned coal. Nowadays, most people and merchants in Hanjing City use charcoal. There is also a special charcoal yard in the suburbs of Beijing, which crushes the coal harvested from the charcoal yard and then process it into a honeycomb shape with yellow mud, sawdust, etc.

The coal factory has special mold machinery, which is quickly processed and the honeycomb coal made is in the same shape. The twelve holes of coal balls can be paired together when burning, which helps burn. This honeycomb coal is smokeless and odorless and burns fully. Especially with a coal stove, it is very easy to use.

The stove in Li Chao's room is connected to an iron chimney to connect to the outdoors. The furnace is hollow and used to load coal. There is a damper in front and a flue behind to connect to the chimney. This stove can not only boil water, cook, and keep warm.

Moreover, there is a chimney that opens outside, so you don’t have to worry about gas poisoning. It is also relatively coal-saving and is very popular among the people.

Putting two pieces of coal can burn for an hour and a half, which is convenient and fast. Compared to burning firewood in the past, it is much simpler and cleaner. Nowadays, there are coal shops on all streets of Hanjing. People can buy coal and pull coal by themselves, or ask people to deliver it to their doorsteps. Now the coal industry has expanded rapidly, including coal mines, charcoal factories, and charcoal shops.

There is also coal transportation, and the entire industrial chain has already risen. There is a city gate in Hanjing where charcoal trucks are specially used for entering the car. The charcoal is often sprinkled on the car, making the road all black, so it has been called the Black Charcoal Gate by the people. The road leading to the coal factory in the suburbs is also called the Black Charcoal Road.

"Uncle Ke, you are one of the people I trust the most. There is something I want to leave to you."

Ke Qing is still the same. In the eyes of outsiders, he is Li Chao's personal guard and the coach of the Li family. Few people know that his status in the Li family is actually very high, because few people know that Ke Qing and his daughter are responsible for the mysterious organization of Li Chao's Shadow Group.

"Sanlang just asks for something." Ke Qing was not polite. He sat there and roasted on fire, his eyelids drooping, as if he was dozing off. But only Li Chao knew that this man who was not usually visible was actually a lion who had been vigilant. Ke Qing followed him for several years, and Li Chao also had enough knowledge of him.

This is a trustworthy man, and he promised a fortune. He followed Li Chao, not because Li Chao gave him generous rewards. Although Li Chao was indeed generous and generous, this man is more important to promises and rituals.

Li Chao lowered his voice and said, "The last time the Hanjing Rebellion, Shadow performed very beautifully. Especially the assassination of the Supreme Emperor, he did it without anyone noticing. Even Wang Chengen thought it was really done by the people from their Six Gates. The two Shadows have even been promoted and have now become the middle class of the Six Gates."

"It's all following Saburo's plan."

Letting the shadow penetrate into the Six Doors is a relatively dangerous move. If it is not good, the existence of the shadow will even be exposed, but Li Chao still made that decision. He believed that only by entering the Six Doors could the emperor's privileged institution be closely monitored.

"I hope Shadow can expand its scale. You can rest assured about money, and I will provide it with all my strength."

"What does Saburo hope I will do?"

"Looking for ways to develop more eyeliners, hidden stakes, and collect more intelligence. This year, our pigeon station routes have been added one after another. In addition, we have cooperated with the court and undertaken many civilian trusts and express delivery tasks. We can use the court's water and land station system, and Shadow can use these routes to transmit intelligence."

"I hope that the prime ministers of the court have our people around us, and even our people in the palace."

Ke Qing said, "According to Sanlang's instructions, in recent years, we have secretly expanded the operation of brothels and gambling houses. Now there are many brothels under our name. In addition, we have also established many secret message transmission lines. However, if we want to make every prime minister and minister have our people around us, and even our people in the palace, it is not easy. Moreover, the larger the scale, the easier it is to be exposed."

"Shadow can get identity levels, and different levels can contact information at different levels. Even Shadow can build more peripheral organizations, each peripheral organization is responsible for different tasks, but only the top few people in the organization know the relationship with Shadow. Some top spies and informants are only contacted in a single line..."

The heart of being on guard against others is indispensable.

Even if Li Shimin is good to him now, Li Chao has always felt uneasy. Being with the king is like a tiger, and he doesn't feel safe by the emperor. Li Chao doesn't like the feeling that fate is completely controlled by people.

"The Assassin Group and the Killer Team should continue, find more abandoned babies and orphans to adopt them, and start training from a young age."

"clear."

"Remember, keeping confidentiality is the most important thing. We must ensure that even if someone fails to get into trouble, we will not be found here."

The money Li Chao invests in the Shadow every year is huge, but he is still investing more every year. The money is invested in countless transactions, and Ke Qing is the highest person in charge of this organization.

They were ready to install eyeliners, collect intelligence, assassinate, etc., as they were ready at any time. This was a sharp dagger hidden by Li Chao. It was usually hidden deep, but once they took action, they would see blood.

"I will leave Beijing after the Lantern Festival, first go to Dengzhou, then to Liaodong, and then to Nanyue. You arrange personnel and collect information from Beisha and Nanyue in advance to prepare for our march."

The matter was almost the same, and the study became quieter.

After a long time, Ke Qing asked, "Sanlang, if something happens to the shadow, I will bear it, but if something really happens, I am afraid I can't bear it either. This matter is very dangerous. Once exposed, it is like a rebellion, and I am afraid that the emperor will not tolerate it. I want to know why Saburo did this dangerous thing?"

"Does Sanlang want to rebel?" Ke Qing looked directly into Li Chao's eyes.

Li Chao did not avoid it, and he smiled and shook his head.

"Rebellion? No, it's just protecting yourself. Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger, and no one knows what tomorrow will be like. I have to make more preparations. The cunning rabbit has three holes. If there really is such a day, I can't be powerless to resist."

Ke Qing also shook his head and smiled, "You are not a loyal minister at heart."

"I am not a foolish and loyal person." Li Chao replied.

Looking at the early Tang Dynasty, most of the ministers had no good results. Not to mention the people from the Wude Dynasty, even the famous ministers from the Zhenguan Dynasty in history, there were not many good endings. Liu Yan was killed, Changsun Wuji was exiled to death, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, and Li Ji died, but their descendants were all involved in the case of rebellion, and Wei Zheng was pushed down the tombstone after he died.

How many famous officials' families have a good ending?

In the past two years, Li Chao has been thinking about his future and the future of the Li family on the Bashang. He is becoming increasingly insecure, guessing the emperor's thoughts all day long and worrying about the future all day long. He is too tired.

In recent years, Li Chao has been promoting the feudal division of heroes. Although the feudal division system is not perfect now, it has at least improved a lot compared to history. In history, Li Shimin introduced the feudal division of the throne, which was soon abolished. There would be no feudal division system.

From the perspective of historical development, feudalization is of course a regression in the system, because centralization is the historical trend. But Li Chao has been reversing in history because he is in a different perspective.

Li Chao was a hero, a nobleman, and a new wealthy family. His position allowed him to eventually stand opposite to the court. What the court hoped was centralization, and what the emperor wanted was supreme monarchy.

But Li Chao hoped that the nobles and the emperor would rule the world together, that they hoped to divide the feudal system, and that they hoped to become a shareholder of the Tang Dynasty. He had been promoting the feudal system, and even strengthening the aristocratic group.

Many of the things he did were actually very bold and not so loyal to the emperor. This was dangerous. Once the emperor discovered his ambitions, he might be eradicated.

It is precisely because of this that Li Chao keeps making arrangements.

Shadow is just one.

Li Chao never told others his ultimate goal, but today he came out of Ke Qing's pallet.

After hearing this, Ke Qing was stunned for a long time.

He thought Li Chao wanted to accumulate strength and rebel one day in the future. However, he didn't expect that Li Chao was planning such a thing that had never been seen in ancient and modern times.

Do the emperor and nobles rule the world together?

The literati and officials governed the world for the emperor, but the nobles Pingfan Empire would even establish a parliament in the future to formulate a constitution. The imperial power is no longer supreme and unrestrained, and both the emperor and the imperial power will be bound by the constitution.

Ke Qing felt that he couldn't understand.

But he only knew that Li Sanlang was really crazy enough. But he would accompany him and support him.

"I will always walk in the darkness for my husband." Ke Qing swore.

After Ke Qing left, Li Chao leaned on the back of the chair and couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Is this right or wrong when he did this? Especially when the Constitutional Monarchy was founded, would this be too transcendent?

Maybe I am just having a ridiculous dream.

But Li Chao believed that if this goal could be achieved in his lifetime, then the emperor of the Tang Dynasty would no longer be free and killed by life and death. The Li family in Bashang might be able to be passed down for thousands of years.

"Master!"

A voice outside interrupted his thoughts.

"The presidents and editors of several newspapers have arrived."

"Let them come in."

Li Chao replied, then stood up and tidied up his clothes.

I am about to leave Beijing, and there are many things to arrange.

What Li Chao values ​​most is Shadow and the newspaper. Shadow is a force in the darkness, a shadow dagger, while the newspaper is the mouthpiece in the sun, which is also very important.

Even though Li Chao has always claimed to the public that the newspaper is adhering to openness and justice, Li Chao, who came from later generations, knows that even if the newspaper really only reports the real situation, if he controls the mouthpiece, at least he will not promote his own fake news and smearing news.
Chapter completed!