As soon as the holy decree was read, the ministers below immediately began to discuss, as for the two people who were named, Li Daliang, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, did not say anything, but Dai Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, suddenly had a bitter face.

Now where did the gold come from, gold and silver jewelry or something as early as when the emperor was still in power, in order to seek a moment of peace, a large number of Turkic dog thieves, so far although the main Turkic forces were captured in Chang'an, but this sent out has not had time to take back!

Thinking like this in his heart, Dai Xuan stepped forward and said loudly.

"Your Majesty, now that the treasury is empty, where is there any gold ten thousand taels, and not only these ten thousand taels of gold, but the cost of building the city is even greater, and I don't know how much gold and silver were given to the Turks, if they can be recovered, it is more than enough."

Li Er immediately frowned when he heard this, but he also knew in his heart that Dai Xuan was telling the truth, since their family successfully overthrew Emperor Yang of Sui's reign, this Turkic people have never stopped, relying on the short establishment time of the Tang Dynasty and the weak national strength, I didn't know how much money it was to pit his father, and some time ago, I directly hit him with the idea.

But it is not easy to recover this gold, you must know that although Jieli has been killed by Ling Xian on the bank of the Weishui River, it will not be long before the news reaches the Eastern Turks, and the tribes that have not participated in the Weishui Alliance will definitely elect a new khan at the first time.

At that time, even if the Turks do not have many troops left, but they can defend their own territory and take advantage of the natural advantage of being familiar with the steppe, they will definitely be able to kill those who have delusions about the Turks by surprise.

Thinking of this, Li Er's brows furrowed even deeper, and for a long time, as if he had made up a lot of determination, he took a deep breath and said loudly.

"Today, the people are in trouble, the city is ruined, money is a necessary thing, however, the treasury is empty, I should bear the brunt, I declare to contribute all the money of the royal treasury, in addition, I hope that you Aiqing can lead by example, but also contribute to the happiness of the people of my Tang Dynasty."

As soon as the words fell, the ministers in the audience, you look at me, I look at you, looking at each other, at this time, Cheng Yanjin walked out and asked loudly.

"Your Majesty, I don't think there is any problem with this donation, but I don't know if there is a limit to the amount of money donated?"

Li Er smiled when he heard this, this Cheng Tiger is the upper way, and he is worthy of being a good minister and good friend who has followed him for more than ten years.

"Zhijie's question is very good, the total amount of my internal money is more than 6,700 taels of gold, so how much do you think you should donate?"

When everyone in the audience heard this, they immediately gasped.

Hiss!

I can't make any more sense of what I said! The voiceover is: Lao Tzu, who was the emperor, has moved out of his family, do you ministers have to donate at least a thousand taels of gold, otherwise it will not be reasonable.

You must know that these people who can go to the early dynasty have more or less been rewarded, wages are not their source of income at all, the real place to make money is the surplus after the tax is paid on the rewarded industries, the output of these industries has long exceeded a few years ago when the dynasty was first established, but the taxes they pay are unchanged, is this guy noticed by the emperor?

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but gasp again, and secretly sighed in their hearts that the emperor really couldn't deceive, and it would be better to be honest in the future.

As for why everyone can know that Li Er noticed that they have evaded taxes, the reason is very simple, Li Er hinted that the donation of gold should not be less than 1,000 taels, but if they add up to their previous industrial income and wages, it will not exceed 1,000 taels a year, so Li Er must have noticed the tax evasion, but he is not ready to say it explicitly, but this means that they want to make up for all the tax evasions!

Thinking of this, the hearts of the ministers were dripping blood.

However, the honest tax payment is just the thoughts and thoughts of those true loyal ministers who followed Li Er in the early years, and people with five surnames and seven hopes will not pay money so honestly, no, immediately people with five surnames and seven hopes stood up and opened their mouths to say.

"Your Majesty·········"

Seeing this, Li Er pretended not to see it, and waved his hand.

"Retreat!"

After speaking, he left the Taiji Hall in the eyes of the five surnamed Qiwang, and when he saw Li Eryi leaving, the loyal ministers naturally followed up and prepared to start breakfast, but the five surnamed Qiwang were slightly behind, only to see them nodding relative to each other with a calm face, as if they were planning something, and then followed.

Li Er walked on the road with Cheng Biting Jin and others, and saw Cheng Biting Jin talking indignantly.

"Seeing that the five surnamed Qiwang and those turtle sons finally had to stand up and know that they were going to oppose it, it was really a group of afterthoughts, when the Turkic soldiers came to the city, they didn't see a single one who sent troops to assist, and now it's their turn to contribute, but they want to say this and that, see what is the benefit, they run faster than anyone else."

After listening to Cheng Yanjin's words, Li Er nodded approvingly, and thought in his heart that one day he must bring down the five surnames and Qiwang, and then the administrative order will not be blocked by these nasty guys, but he didn't dare to say what he thought in his heart, not because of anything else, just because he knew in his heart how much influence the five surnames and seven hopes had in this Tang Dynasty, but he was afraid that many of these loyal ministers around him were proud of marrying with the five surnames and Qiwang.

Thinking of this, Li Er's heart was full of indignation, as an emperor, he had to be restrained by others, and the glory of the royal marriage was not as good as that of the scholars! Only he knows how uncomfortable this feeling is.

Hearing Cheng Biting Jin's words, the corners of the eldest grandson Wuji's mouth twitched, and he scolded secretly in his heart: Cheng Laohu, why don't you stand and talk without backache, Lao Tzu has so many industries, and he has to have 10,000 taels after earning all these years, but now he has to hand them all over, do you want to give it a try?

Thinking like this in his heart, his face straightened and he said.

"The five surnames and seven hopes have indeed become more and more rampant over the years, and they simply say that they will meddle in royal affairs, and they are simply pervasive, but when it comes to their own problems, they don't mention it, it's sad to say, nearly seventy percent of the people in my court are learned in the five surnames and seven hopes, and their hearts are not only loyal to Your Majesty, but also biased towards the scholars!"

When Li Er heard this, he also sighed, shook his head, and stopped talking, but sped up his pace.

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Lingfu

Li Lizhi took the retort drawings drawn by Ling Xian, looked left and right, for a long time, sat on the chair, supported her face with her little hands that had become dirty because of making the still, looked at the "four dislikes" machine in front of her with a sad face, turned her head and saw that Chi Mengxi was still laughing at her "masterpiece", she couldn't help blushing, and she stood up and chased after Chi Mengxi.

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