Chapter Seventy-One: Gathering Military Salaries
71 Chapter 71 Gather the salaries of the army
"That's good, that's good. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Feng Xue's little hand touched Li Yan's head.
Ji Chenxu didn't know how to describe his mood at this time, it turned out that the person didn't hate Feng Xue, and it could even be said that he liked Feng Xue very much, and the scene in front of him was also what he had been looking forward to for a long time.
In his heart, although the man had betrayed the oath of the two, he had always had a small hope that one day, those would finally come true.
In the past few months, he has watched the man's actions coldly, and his originally indifferent eyes have unconsciously become confused, and finally change the thickness of the ice under his eyes.
He couldn't help but wonder, is the reason why the man did that because of him? Maybe he was wrong, but it was undeniable that whenever he did, his heart was speeding up uncontrollably.
So on a certain level, he rightfully agreed with this idea.
He poured a cup of tea for each of the mother and son, and said, "Are you thirsty?" Come and drink water. ”
Li Yan felt a little thirsty, hugged Feng Xue and let him sit on her lap, and asked, "Is Feng Er thirsty?"
Feng Xue nodded.
Li Yan freed up a hand to feed Feng Xue to drink water, who knew that Feng Xue saw the color of the tea, and immediately pushed back: "Don't, don't, Feng'er wants to drink watermelon juice." The Mother Queen~"
He looked at her with big eyes and a sparkle of hope.
Of course, Li Yan agreed, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, the mother emperor will call someone to ......."
Who knew that before Li Yan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ji Chenxu: "No, the watermelon juice is too sweet, it's not good for your teeth, Feng'er has already eaten a lot of sweets today, and she can't eat it anymore."
Feng Xue immediately flattened her mouth and looked at Li Di with tears in her eyes.
If Ji Chenxu wasn't here, Feng Xue would definitely agree to any request, and Li Yan would definitely agree immediately. But judging from the experience of the past few days, when Ji Chenxu is educating the child, it is best for her not to interject, let alone try to stop it.
Feng Xue was a big demon king in front of her, but when she came to Ji Chenxu, she turned into a little sheep.
The little guy knows very well in his heart, begging who will be more effective.
However, after Ji Chenxu pointed out a few tooth decays of Feng Xue to her the day before yesterday, Li Di decided that she would not interfere in Feng Xue's food problems in the future, so she was destined to disappoint the little guy.
"Let's listen to your father-in-law~" Li Yan said slowly.
Feng Xue was not happy, but still drank the tasteless tea, because she was indeed a little thirsty.
Ji Chenxu was a little surprised, if he hadn't seen her doting on Feng Xue before, and heard her answer like this, he would definitely not feel any strange.
But in fact, a few days ago, she was still in a posture that even if Fengxue wanted the stars in the sky, she would definitely take them off, because he had many prohibitions and restrictions, and almost quarreled with him, why has it changed now?
Either way, this change is something he likes to see.
Just when everyone thought that the emperor would recuperate for a few more days, Li Yan dragged his sick body to the court.
Her lips were pale, her eyes were haggard, her face was dull, she looked extremely weak, but she still held on and said: "My body has healed, and from today onwards, I can go to court normally, and Zhong Aiqing has something to do."
I don't know if Li Yan's style of diligent government and love for the people has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people or what, although the civil and military officials extremely disagreed with Li Yan's words, they still didn't say anything, but just stared at Li Yan with that concerned gaze "affectionately".
In fact, when Li Di didn't come to the court, the most discussed issue was the issue of military salary, and now that she is here, it is still the case, but the courtiers are not good at blatantly asking Li Yan about the method, after all, people are sick.
Towards the end of the early dynasty, the climax finally came.
Li Yan coughed lightly twice to attract everyone's attention, and then said, "I recently wrote a poem, and Zhong Aiqing can be interested in listening to it."
Of course, he was interested, and as soon as Li Di's voice fell, countless voices answered: "This is the luck of the courtiers, and I would like to hear about it."
"Then let's listen to it." Li Yan pondered for a moment and then said,
"The ministers have not risen before I have risen, and the ministers have slept before I have slept.
Why is Jiangnan rich, and the sun is still three feet high. ”
As soon as this limerick poem came out, the hall was silent.
The old foxes are mixed to this day, and there is naturally no shortage of smart people, judging from the emperor's poems and the emperor's illness, the emperor's moral is floating in words.
In an instant, they understood.
Li Tong ignored how wonderful everyone's expressions were at this time, and left first.
She let out a long breath, and the scene finally came to an end.
As she expected, within a few days, the military salary was collected, and even greatly exceeded the budget.
All in all, the treasury has become rich.
That poem was not written by Li Yan, how could she have such talent, although it was just a limerick. But as long as the method works, it can't be so much.
But the Great Qin was very different from the Ming Dynasty, and the most notable feature was the status of merchants.
Although Li Tong still has not yet figured out why the status of the merchants of Great Qin is higher than that of any dynasty she has known before (except for modern times), it is undeniable that the merchants are indeed rich.
And collusion between officials and businessmen is not uncommon in Daqin, and it is even a matter that can be discussed on the bright side.
Oh, the collusion between officials and businessmen is too ugly, Daqin just liberalized the policy, and people who are engaged in business can also enter politics.
Therefore, Li Tong is sure that the famous ministers of the DPRK must have strong financial support behind them, and there is no other way to understand where the funds come from except for businessmen.
So she doesn't really have to implement the rectification of businessmen, but as long as she reveals a little bit of wind direction to the hundred officials, it is enough for them to panic.
It is not for nothing that the smart ones took the initiative to donate part of their family property in exchange for the peace of their families and careers.
So in the end, Li Di achieved her goal.
As long as they can raise military salaries, even if they are stripped of their skins, at least the soldiers at the front will not starve and freeze.
Why did Li Yan say anything about freezing in the summer? Because Li Tong used the money that exceeded the budget, he also prepared the cotton clothes for the soldiers to spend the winter.
Li Yan had such a heartfelt matter, she really felt very relaxed in her heart, and suddenly she remembered one more thing, it seemed that it was almost the day of Mu Xiu, and she seemed to have promised something.
Now that she's cured, it's time to get out and take a look.
But before she could do that, she had to do something else.
Li Tong must admit that although she thought of the method of forcing wealthy businessmen to donate, the source of inspiration was another person - landscape.
She agreed at the dinner, and whoever used the method would grant him a condition, so now she could not deny it.
Although she disliked his deliberate persecution of her to ask him for help, to be honest, she still wanted to know what his methods were.