Li Ji came to Qin Huaidao's mansion and wanted to ask Qin Huaidao if he really had to go in person, Qin Huaidao said that there was no way but to go by himself, Li Ji could only sigh,

At this time, the concierge came to Qin Huaidao again, saying that the left servant shot Fang Xuanling came, and the same as the right servant Gao Shilian and Li Daliang, the Ministry of Works, Qin Huaidao hurriedly said please, and after a while, they went to the living room, and Li Ji also told Qin Huaidao before they came in, and they also came to persuade Qin Huaidao.

"You elders come here, I know my intentions, and I thank you, but I can't go if I don't go!" As soon as they sat down, Qin Huaidao clenched his fists at them and said.

"Oh, why did you go in person?" Li Daliang first sighed at Qin Huaidao.

"Yes, Pepin, there's no need to go in person, you can let the people below handle this matter, right?" Fang Xuanling said to Qin Huaidao, Qin Huaidao heard it, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I also told Uncle Li just now, I can't do it if I don't go, I command, they don't even know how to do it, they need to be taught by hand!" ”

"Then there is a way, you teach them here, let them do it over there, isn't it?" Fang Xuanling asked Qin Huaidao.

"No, in fact, I don't know what to do best, or I need to go over there, otherwise there is no way, so, don't persuade me, in the evening, just eat at my house, I've been back for two days, and I didn't invite everyone to come and have a meal together!" Qin Huaidao said to them with a smile.

"That's not right, you came back this time with a military exploit, originally you came back, but you needed to celebrate, but, now that there is this epidemic, Your Majesty doesn't have the heart to get these things, but your merits, I believe Your Majesty will definitely remember, don't worry, you fought very well in this battle in Goguryeo, and directly made them surrender, how many things have been saved? And the captives you captured also greatly relieved the pressure on the court! Li Ji sat there and said.

"Well, that's right, now the court is also rich, but those people of Goguryeo are unlucky, they need to work for their sellers for ten years, this is what they need to keep an eye on, and those employers can't be allowed to bully them at will!" Qin Huaidao sat there, nodded and said.

"Well, it's good that your money came in time, otherwise, Tang Shangshu would have no choice, and began to tax those workshops in Chang'an and Luoyang in advance, and they have already been collected, but now I heard that it has been returned!" Li Daliang smiled at Qin Huaidao and said.

"Taxed in advance? Has it come to this point? Doesn't make sense, right? In this war, how much money was not used by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Uncle Tang actually had to collect taxes in advance, and now the tax will be sent up every quarter, but what about the money from the last quarter, it will be used up? Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the taxes of those workshops in Chang'an City and Luoyang will exceed 1 million yuan! Qin Huaidao looked at them in surprise and asked.

"We don't know about this!" Li Ji smiled and said, Qin Huaidao heard this, and then looked at them, feeling that this thing was wrong, so he stared at Fang Xuanling.

"The money has been returned, and as for the taxes, there is no money anyway, and we don't know where the money went!" Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile to Qin Huaidao.

"It's not there, it doesn't make sense, those projects of the Ministry of Industry, all the money comes from the Ministry of Industry, it can be said that the Ministry of Industry basically doesn't use the Ministry of Industry now, why doesn't the Ministry of Industry have money? This has been the case in the past few years, even if it increases a lot, it is not enough, and the current income of salt and iron is also very much, and this is also from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which is very puzzling! Qin Huaidao shook his head and said.

"You don't care about this, you haven't gone to Dali Temple since you came back, have you?" Fang Xuanling asked Qin Huaidao.

"I didn't go, how can I have this time?" Qin Huaidao looked up at Fang Xuanling in confusion, knowing that he must have a hint.

"What's the problem, you let Dali Temple check it, but Tang Shangshu is estimated to be fine, but other people, it's not easy to say, if you want to know, you can check!" Fang Xuanling looked at Qin Huaidao and said, Qin Huaidao glanced at him, didn't speak, and knew that something must be something.

"Let's not talk about this, let's talk about how you will lead the troops to fight when you come back this time, right?" Li Ji said to Qin Huaidao,

As soon as Qin Huaidao heard him talk about military affairs, he also talked to him,

After dinner, Qin Huaidao sent them away, and he was also strange in his heart, he and Liu Xun were not too familiar, and Li Xiaogong and Fang Xuanling also said just now that they were sent to the sect by Li Shimin and told those people in the clan not to run around, so they didn't come to succeed.

However, Tang Jian didn't come, and the relationship between himself and Tang Jian can be said to be very good, even if he is very busy, he will come over to show his face.

"Master, what are you thinking, I see that you are worried!" Li Lixian came over and found that Qin Huaidao was thinking about things, and his face was not good, so he asked.

"I heard that Chang'an and Luoyang were planning to tax in advance, is there such a thing?" Qin Huaidao asked Li Lixian.

"Yes, I went to my father to stop this matter, and my father stopped it, not to collect taxes, nor to say what it was for, but to share it with each merchant, Chang'an Mansion Yin said how much, it was how much, and those workshops in our family added up to tens of thousands of dollars, almost a month and a half of tax money,

However, he didn't say that it was tax in advance, if it was tax in advance, I wouldn't go to my father, maybe the court had no money, of course we would support, but they didn't say it, no one knew what kind of money this money was, of course I needed to ask, and it was also that day, Tang Shangshu reported to his father that smallpox broke out in Yangzhou, and this matter passed like this, I heard that some merchants' money has been refunded, and some merchants' money has not been returned, and those merchants dare not speak out! Li Lixian explained to Qin Huaidao,

When Qin Huaidao heard this, his heart became even more unhappy.

"Someone's coming!" Qin Huaidao stood there with his hands behind his back and spoke.

"The little ones are here!" A steward came over and said.

"You immediately send someone to the house of the two young ministers of Dali Temple, and say, I want to talk to them and let them come to our house!" Qin Huaidao said to the steward, and the steward heard it and immediately went to do it.

"What's wrong, sir?" Li Lixian saw that Qin Huaidao's face was not good, so she asked.

"It's nothing, I won't tell you about the affairs of the court!" Qin Huaidao smiled at Li Lixian, and soon Qin Huaidao came to the study.

About two quarters of an hour, Ding Xinyang and Chen Juhai arrived at Qin Huaidao's house, and Qin Huaidao met them in the study.

"I've seen Hu Guogong!" After the two of them came in, they arched their hands to Qin Huaidao and said.

"Well, if you're okay, I'm not there, sit!" Qin Huaidao said to them with a smile.

"Hu Guogong, we originally planned to come over today, but we heard that the left and right servants were coming, so we didn't dare to come, thinking that it would be better to come back in two days, Hu Guogong, you just came back from the front line, you must need to rest for a few days, we can't come over too early and bother you with official business!" Chen Juhai smiled at Qin Huaidao and said.

"Well, I originally planned to go to Dali Temple after a while, but when I heard something today, I wanted to ask you to come over and ask, what is going on with this Chang'an Mansion Yin collecting money from merchants?" Qin Huaidao asked them while making tea. Ding Xinyang and Chen Juhai looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"What's the matter, you can't say anything to me?" Qin Huaidao saw them like this, so he asked.

"No, no, Hu Guogong, there's nothing that can't be said, it's just, hey, Hu Guogong, let's check this matter, and the two of us went to Your Majesty to report the results in person, and Your Majesty suppressed it!" Chen Juhai said to Qin Huaidao.

"Pressed down, what do you mean? Chang'an Mansion Yin has a problem? Qin Huaidao stared at them and continued to ask.

"Yes, it's a big problem, there is at least 200,000 yuan of money, which has not been returned to the merchants, and this money has been partially used by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and partly, I don't know where it went!" Ding Xinyang continued to report to Qin Huaidao.

"I don't know where I went?" Qin Huaidao continued to ask.

"Yes, after we learned the news, it was a little late, at first we thought it was requested by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but later we learned that the money was not properly collected, so we checked, but at that time, some of the money was transferred, so we couldn't find out where it went!" Ding Xinyang continued.

"Where does the money go after that?" Qin Huaidao thought about it for a moment and asked.

"That's more, at least seven places, of which the Ministry of Civil Affairs has the most!" Chen Juhai opened his mouth to speak.

"What about the remaining six places?" Qin Huaidao continued to ask, and Chen Juhai and the others heard it and smiled bitterly.

"Can't tell?" Qin Huaidao looked at them and asked, his tone a little stern.

"How can we, we must report to you, but, Hu Guogong, we said this matter, you don't want to continue to look for Your Majesty!" Chen Juhai immediately persuaded Qin Huaidao to speak.

"What kind of background does the other party have that actually scared you?" Qin Huaidao smiled and asked.

"Your Majesty doesn't even check, what do you say?" Chen Juhai whispered to Qin Huaidao.

"What do you mean? Don't check? Is the father still afraid of who can't do it? When Qin Huaidao heard this, he said very unhappily.

"Aren't you afraid of anyone? How to say, if you are not in the past few months, there are still great changes in the court! Chen Juhai looked at Qin Huaidao and said, Qin Huaidao just listened to him quietly and continued, wanting to know what had changed, what was going on with Tang Jian?

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