After more than half a month passed in the meeting, the time soon came to the end of March, and the money raised by the Yongwangdian seller was finally officially handed over to the imperial court envoys, as compensation for last year's autumn payment, totaling more than 670,000 yuan.

Whether this number is more or less is not easy to evaluate.

If you just talk about the amount of this amount of money, it is naturally a huge amount of money, such as Song Bazi, who is one of the leaders of Shu merchants, and has invested millions of dollars in the bank, almost to the extent of bankruptcy. There are many businessmen in Chang'an City, and there are very few merchants who can really get such a huge amount of money.

Even in the state treasury, such a sum of money is quite considerable. For example, the household tax that has been levied since the Yonghui period, although it is divided into nine grades, if the money is compromised, each household is about 120 yuan. In the prefectures of Shaanxi Province, the number of households in the Yonghui period was about 1.3 million, and the household tax was less than 200,000.

In terms of state expenditure, there were about 20,000 internal and external officials during the Heavenly Grant period, and the annual competition for Lu rice was 1.7 million hu. In terms of 50 yuan of rice, the amount of money spent by officials in the quality of rice is less than 900,000 yuan a year.

But in fact, 50 yuan of rice is already an extremely high price, such as in the Zhenguan, Yonghui years and other years of great abundance, the price of rice in Guanzhong rarely even exceeds 10 yuan of rice. Shendu Luoyang is located in the middle of the sky, and the logistics environment of Caoyun is much more superior than that of Chang'an in Guanzhong, even in the turbulent time of the Shendu Revolution, the rice is not more than fifty yuan, and it has been stable at less than thirty yuan for a long time.

In other words, the amount of money paid by King Yong is enough to support internal and external officials for a year, and it is more than enough.

However, compared with the overall fiscal revenue and expenditure of the state, more than 600,000 yuan is really not worth mentioning. Before the implementation of the two tax laws in China and the Tang Dynasty, Datang's fiscal revenue was still mainly based on renting and collecting grain, renting and collecting grain, and regulating all kinds of textiles.

Although the rent adjustment based on the Juntian system had been greatly damaged since the Yonghui Dynasty, the imperial court also increased various large taxes, small taxes, and various taxes to make up for the loss of finances in this area, so the total amount was still not reduced much.

As recorded in the "General Dictionary" of later generations, the annual income from household tax during the Tianbao period was more than 2 million yuan, but in the case of rent adjustment as the main body of finance, this part of the revenue accounted for only one-twentieth or thirty-tenth of the country's overall fiscal revenue. In other words, during the Tianbao period, the overall fiscal revenue of the Tang Dynasty, even in terms of one-twentieth of the household tax, reached 40 million.

If such a proportion is calculated, the amount of tax lost by the imperial court in Shaanxi Province last year should be between three and four million yuan. But in fact, this figure is only large, because the imperial court calculates the financial revenue and expenditure, and the depreciation of all things is mainly based on the price of the city officials, and this price is usually two to three percent lower than the real market price.

Moreover, the finances of the states of Shaanxi Province are not only rents, such as the tax of the pastoral supervisors in Longyou, the salt tax of the meanders, and the materials and tributes of the prefectures, including the tributes of the prefectures of the prefectures, and the prefectures of Shaanxi Province can bring at least 10 million yuan of financial revenue to the imperial court every year.

It is precisely because the amount of goods is so huge that Li Tong has to try his best to intercept the goods for his own use, if it is only a few million, it is really not worth his painstaking calculations.

These wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City seem to spend a lot of money and are extremely generous, but in fact, how can they compare with the financial strength of the entire country. Even if it is just a count of money, the volume of each other is completely disproportionate, if you add the possession of other social resources, whether it is the imperial court or the Xingtai, it is far from being able to shake by these private capitals.

However, although the amount of imperial court revenue is huge, the variety of materials is also extremely complex, and it is difficult to realize it directly, and of course there is no need for large-scale realization.

After all, today's private industrial and commercial system is still far inferior to the imperial court, until after the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court's control of social resources plummeted, so that the private industrial and commercial capital was able to grow, until the five dynasties and two Song dynasties, and a considerable scale of the citizen class was born.

In short, when the treasury of Xingtai was empty and the deficit in the accounting book was piled up, King Yong poured all his furniture and made up such a huge sum, although it was still not worth mentioning compared with the total amount of arrears, but it was enough to show the sincerity of King Yong.

At least the envoys of the imperial court, headed by Li Qianli, are really not good at making any more announcements. Xingtai's financial situation, they know the approximately, with the current relationship between Xingtai and the imperial court, coupled with the high reputation and power enjoyed by King Yong in the Guannei, even if they play tricks to the end and let them have no income, they have nothing to do.

But King Yong did not embarrass their subordinates, but actively faced and took the initiative to seek an expedient solution to the problem. In this process, the people of Chang'an were enthusiastic about His Royal Highness King Yong, and they also witnessed it with their own eyes, knowing that even if they did not accept this result and continued to entangle, not only could they not ask for more, but it was likely to intensify the centrifugation and contradictions of Shaanxi Province against the imperial court.

"Your Highness has donated all your family wealth, and your words are to pay for your past mistakes, but why not protect the future of our envoys from being held accountable? Although money is a mundane thing, but kindness, righteousness and sincerity are touching, but so that we and other members can return to the capital with this deed, we will speak outright, and hope that the imperial court can face up to the difficulties of Shaanxi and benefit the government! ”

After Li Qianli received this batch of money books in the Imperial City Political Affairs Hall, his face was full of excitement, and his mouth was even more grateful. The expressions and deeds of the other imperial envoys who attended the retinue were also roughly similar, but under this slightly exaggerated gratitude, the complexity of the mood could also be glimpsed.

Things have developed to this point, and everyone with normal human intelligence understands that once they return to the capital, the imperial court will never praise them for recovering hundreds of thousands of yuan of assets. This time, they went west to urge, which can be said to have thrown away the dignity of the court and the current emperor.

But they really have no reason to accuse His Royal Highness King Yong, King Yong's operation, his intentions are naturally not absolutely honest, but it is also a last resort when the court is pressing step by step.

Especially now that there is no way to hide the reality of the Xingtai government treasury, the next may have to face the problem of the invasion of the Hukou in the Zhubian area, and the Zhubian Prefecture may also have to face the situation of endless war. Even before they left Beijing, they could feel that the atmosphere in Xingtai had been solemn recently, and the people had been moving frequently, and they were obviously already on guard against this variable.

Unlike Li Qianli's exaggerated and false thanks, Pei Shouzhen, who followed the handover, was much more silent, and before he left the table, he bowed to His Royal Highness King Yong in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Clumsy and obscene, strong admonition leads to change." In recent days, His Royal Highness has been praised and rewarded wrongly, and he is really deserved. After returning to the capital, he only expressed his feelings, no matter whether he could convince the princes of the court, after resuming his life, he had no face to fill the throne again, so he could only resign and be ashamed. If there is a rebellion in the West that occurs here, then they will come to vote, and if they do not give up, it is incumbent on them to do so! ”

Hearing Pei Shouzhen say this, Li Tong was naturally quite happy in his heart, and said to everyone present: "Where the platform is located, it is not a foreign state, under the emperor's order, no matter what it is, all people with lofty ideals who want to use their talents to advance are all welcome!" ”

His Royal Highness King Yong is so polite and virtuous, and there are more or less such thoughts in the hearts of the envoys of the court, but they don't dare to be as exposed as Pei Shouzhen showed.

After all, they don't have Pei Shouzhen's tough family background, this trip to Xijing gave birth to such twists and turns, after returning to the capital, it is already in a worrying situation, if you take the initiative to cater to the solicitation of His Royal Highness King Yong here in Xingtai, I am afraid that this trip to the east will become a dead end. So even if you have any ideas in your heart, you can only press it, and after returning to the capital, you can watch the situation, and if the limelight is really not good, then quickly roll up the cover and flee west.

With a huge amount of money of 670,000 yuan, Li Tong naturally couldn't use a few flying money bills to send it away.

Not to mention that the flying money business has not yet developed to Luoyang, the divine capital, and such a big battle in Chang'an City in the recent period of time alone cannot let this group of court envoys go quietly. I have to make a big extravagance and give an explanation to the people of Chang'an, so that people can see how mean and ruthless the current emperor is, and squeeze the furniture of King Yong cleanly.

Therefore, almost all of the 670,000 yuan of money was replaced with bulky and eye-catching silk and linen materials.

Even if it is calculated as 300 yuan for a piece of silk, that is more than 2 million pieces of silk, plus miscellaneous other materials with relatively lower prices, after the delivery of the Taiwan register, it took two or three days to check in the Vermilion Bird Gate of the Imperial City, and finally thousands of carts full of materials slowly drove out of the Suzaku Gate, along the Jinguangmen Hengjie to the east out of the Chunming Gate, leaving Chang'an City.

On this day, His Royal Highness King Yong personally led the subordinates of Xingtai to see each other off in front of the Suzaku Gate. And there are also many scholars in Chang'an City gathered on both sides of the street, although you can't see how His Royal Highness King Yong looks in front of the Vermilion Bird Gate, but from a distance you can also see His Royal Highness King Yongwang wearing only a simple plain round-necked robe, giving people a faint sense of depression.

Seeing the long and almost endless procession of cars and drivers, the people of Chang'an couldn't help but be excited, if it weren't for the fact that Xingtai sent enough armor soldiers to escort them, the uproar would almost stop the convoy from leaving the city. The left and right sides of the street were spurned again and again, and the people couldn't help but roar indignantly: "The people of the gods are happy with the new robes, don't forget the name of Wang Han and establish Chang'an!" The fathers and elders of Kansai, who are in the same robe as the king, are afraid of the sinister persecution in the world! ”

Hearing the spitting and angry scolding of the people on both sides of the street, the court envoys who were responsible for escorting the materials out of Beijing were also ashamed, so that they were sweating profusely, and several of them were from Chang'an, and they hid their faces and were ashamed to see their fathers.

Fortunately, the Xingtai was fully prepared in advance, and the armor soldiers were arranged to patrol all over the workshop, although the crowd was extremely excited, but there was no major riot in the end.

Pei Shouzhen was in charge of the rear team, and after leaving the Chunming Gate, Le Ma looked back at Chang'an, and his expression was not complicated: "The kindness of the imperial court has been in Xijing since then, and the hometown of the Tang family has been attributed to King Yong......"