Lu Qiyuan was startled, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Li Shimin and explained: "Your Majesty, the lower officials have no such intentions!" The loyalty of the lower officials to His Majesty is evident! ”

Li Shimin stepped down from the imperial case, helped Lu Qiyuan up, and comforted him warmly: "President Lu, I know your loyalty, you are my most trusted courtier, so I entrusted you with the responsibility of the central bank. But banks are new after all, and there are some initiatives that you can't easily propose. I know some of the dangers of issuing additional banknotes, but only halfway through them. It's better to let literature and art explain it to you in detail. ”

After Lu Qiyuan thanked Li Shimin, he hurriedly walked to the front of literature and art and humbly asked for advice. Wenyi said with a smile: "President Lu, the additional issuance of banknotes cannot be issued out of thin air. Just imagine, today Datang has 10 million banknotes, I can buy a bucket of rice for three yuan, and tomorrow Datang suddenly has 10,000 banknotes, but we still only have so much Datang rice, so how much is a bucket of rice worth? ”

Lu Qiyuan knew the stakes in his heart as soon as he knew the stakes, his face turned white with a brush, and he said tremblingly: "One bucket of rice, thirty yuan for one bucket of rice!" ”

Literature and Art nodded: "If the people's income suddenly increases tenfold, then this additional issuance will be in line with the market situation." But what if people's incomes don't grow, or if they grow slowly? ”

Lu Qiyuan imagined it a little, and he was directly paralyzed in fright and cried: "The people's income is ninety percent less out of thin air!" ”

Wenyi continued with his words: "Then the people will not be able to buy rice, they will not have enough to eat, they will be starving, and then they will rise up!" ”

Lu Qiyuan crawled to the ground and knelt at Li Shimin's feet and kowtowed, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" The minister almost caused a catastrophe! The sin deserves death! ”

Li Shimin smiled, helped Lu Qiyuan to the side and sat on a low chair, and said with relief: "Okay, those who don't know are not guilty, and they will have to think more about everything in the future." Wenyi hurry up and talk about the solution, see how scared President Lu is! ”

Wenyi thought for a while and said: "Now Datang's income is too low, and it is not appropriate to suddenly inject a large amount of money at this time." Even if there is corresponding gold and silver, a large number of banknotes cannot be issued at once. I think the key to this is the instability of people's hearts. I'm going to find some gold and come back to stabilize people's hearts, and I can easily solve it. However, the additional issuance of banknotes still depends on market conditions, and there must be no price rise! ”

Xiao Yu, who had been watching the excitement for a long time, asked with interest: "As far as the minister knows, the existing gold and silver mines in Datang are scarce and difficult to mine. I don't know where Wenxiang is going to get the gold and silver? ”

Wenyi smiled: "Xiao Shangshu don't worry, I have been running around for more than two months for this matter." Fortunately, I did not dishonor the emperor's order, and I really found a few gold and silver veins. I smiled in my heart, and finally found a suitable excuse for skipping work for two months!

The eldest grandson Wuji was also interested: "I don't know where the veins are?" Can it be easily mined? ”

Wenyi thought for a while and said: "On the other side of the East China Sea, there are many ore veins, and the gold is exposed on the surface, so much so that the local natives use gold to build houses. ”

Hearing this, let alone Lu Qiyuan, even Li Shimin's eyes were red! I'll go like this! The Venerable Emperor of the Heavenly Empire still lives in a small tile house, how can he live in a golden house for his natives! I'm here! It's all supposed to be mine!

Sure enough, what kind of emperor has what kind of courtiers, the eldest grandson Wuji said indignantly with red eyes: "The whole world is not the king's land, how can such a treasure land be controlled by ignorant natives?" I am willing to lead an army of 100,000 to open up territory for my emperor! ”

Li Shimin slapped on the imperial case: "The eldest grandson Wuji listens to the seal..."

Wenyi hurriedly intercepted the conversation: "Your Majesty think twice!" ”

Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji blushed and glared at Wenyi angrily. Wenyi was taken aback, but he didn't expect the two of them to react so violently, but he still said: "Your Majesty, I have checked in detail, those natives are all uncivilized, and the reckless use of swords and soldiers will not only cost the people and money, but also send many people from the country to open up the wasteland, which is really the next policy." A well-educated man should be sent to educate the natives, and then thousands of elite soldiers should form a deterrent to take that treasure land without bloodshed. ”

Li Shimin took a few deep breaths to suppress his excitement: "Well, the art of war has a cloud, 'go to the army and plan'." Auxiliary, the affairs of the DPRK and China are complicated, and I still need your help from the left and right. Let's take a long-term view of this matter. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but look at literature and art with indignation, this is the credit of opening up the territory! Just because of the sentence of literature and art, he has nothing to do, how can he not be angry!

Literature and art don't want to offend the eldest grandson Wuji because of this, his principle has always been a win-win situation, and making enemies does not belong to his style, so after thinking about it, he suggested to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the land over there is vast and vast, and according to the minister's rough estimates, it is larger than the current land area of the Tang Dynasty." But there is no country there, only a few tribal groups, which use mostly stone tools, bows and arrows, and have very low combat effectiveness. Our Tang Dynasty has just defeated the Turks, Tibetans and the Western Regions, and the situation is not stable, and we need all the important ministers to take charge. The minister suggested that a new generation of generals and officials should be appointed. It can not only be the stable development of the country, but also cultivate more talents for His Majesty. ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed: "Okay! Do you have a candidate? ”

Wenyi thought for a while and said: "The minister thinks that the eldest grandson Chong is brilliant and capable of literature and martial arts, and he is the future husband of Princess Changle, so he can be the main general; Yu Chi Baolin and Cheng Chumo are brave and good at fighting, and they can be pioneers; Fang Yi is straightforward and full of learning, and he is old and serious, and can preside over the education of the envoys. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji immediately stopped talking, and secretly praised literature and art in his heart. He is already a very popular minister, even if he really lets himself go, although the credit is great, there is no substantial improvement, his title and official position have reached the peak, and they are unsealable. It's better to give the opportunity to your son!

Li Shimin has long seen the little ninety-nine of literature and art, but so what? They are all their own courtiers, who is the credit given or not? Besides, no matter how great the credit of the eldest grandson Chong is, at most he will be crowned a prince like the eldest grandson Wuji, as long as the eldest grandson Wuji is there, the eldest grandson Chong will not affect the overall situation. The plan has been decided, Li Shimin is a little wrong, seeing that other people's sons have been able to provoke the beams, why don't his own sons help, he deliberately frowned and said: "Chong'er is good, but I think Chengqian, Qingque, Chengdao, Chengye and Ke'er are also good." ”

Wenyi was surprised: "Your Majesty, don't you know what they are doing?" They don't even have time right now! ”

Li Shimin was stunned: "Didn't they study with you?" How is there no time? ”

"Well, Your Majesty, Cheng Qian is learning the way of farming, and now he is trying to plant a new kind of rice; The blue finch is designing a new kind of boat; Cheng Dao is studying medicine with Sun Daochang; Chengye worked as a small official in Shanghai. ”

Li Shimin's two sword eyebrows immediately stood up, and he said angrily: "You let my prince farm? Shipbuilding? Studying medicine? Be a small official? Literary! You deceive people too much! After speaking, he picked up the sword on the table, drew the blade, raised the scabbard, and drew it towards literature and art.

Wenyi was so frightened that he hugged his head and shouted, "Your Majesty, listen to my explanation!" Listen to me! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji, Lu Qiyuan and Li Ke look at the nose, nose and mouth, mouth and heart, and it is not about themselves to hang high~

Literature and art are no longer the literature and art with thin arms and legs, and Li Shimin will really not be able to catch up for a while when he runs. In addition, this period of time is relatively leisurely, so it is naturally more frequent, Li Shimin chased two laps and then stopped to hold his waist and gasp for breath.

Wenyi hid behind a dragon pillar and poked his head out and said pitifully to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, don't be impatient, I can explain!" ”

Li Shimin snorted angrily: "Okay, let's listen to how you quibble!" ”

Wenyi hurriedly said: "What Cheng Qian planted is not ordinary rice, it is the super rice that the Xiao family brought back from a small country called Champa in the south. According to the Xiao family, the growth cycle of this rice is extremely short, and it can be harvested four times a year! And drought does not seek water, waterlogging does not dredge, and it is very easy to survive. If the trial planting is successful, then there will be no famine in the whole world! This is a great merit! ”

Li Shimin's waist didn't hurt anymore, and he asked anxiously: "Is this true?" ”

Wenyi nodded: "The Xiao family also knows a little about this matter, Your Majesty, you can ask Xiao Shangshu." ”

Xiao Yu bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, just because this matter has not been successfully tested, King Zhao (Li Chengqian's title) will not let him make a noise. ”

Li Shimin turned his anger into joy, grinning happily. Although farming is a lowly thing, isn't the Yandi Shennong clan just teaching the people to cultivate grain and enjoy generations of incense? This is a great merit for thousands of years! His son has this merit, why should he go to war again!

Li Shimin threw the scabbard to the little palace maid on the side, and said angrily: "I don't care about you, so what about the others?" ”