Chapter 66: Plan Ahead
At night, Cai Cong and the four of them looked at the mountains of gold, silver and copper coins in the East Palace, and only felt that their mouths were dry, whether it was Li Chengqian or Li Tai, they were not short of money, but they couldn't help but faint when they looked at this mountain of gold, which was an instinctive reaction inherited by human beings in their genes.
Cai Cong is very happy, the six owners of the gambling house who died today are all close relatives or distant relatives of the owners behind the scenes. In other words, he took over the enmity with the six magnates, and now he is putting the six magnates in a dilemma, if they don't come up with money, Cai Cong will publicize it at will, and the six of them are afraid that their reputations will be ruined.
If they take out the money, I'm afraid that they won't want to turn over for a few years, and as for the housewife who is in charge, it is even more impossible, if they do this, I am afraid that no one will look at them in the future.
"That's a lot of money! That's a lot of money! No, I'm dizzy, how much fried chicken thighs can be made for so much money? I can't count them. Li Tai had an expression that I was about to faint, but the corners of his mouth were about to crack to the back of his ears.
"Just know that if you eat chicken legs, you're about to become a ball. If so much money were put into the treasury, the father and queen would be very happy. Changle said with bright eyes, under the deeds and words of the eldest grandson, although he is young, he knows how to worry about the country and the people.
Li Chengqian said with a smile: "My sister is right, if this money is put into the treasury, the pressure on my father will inevitably be greatly reduced, and now the treasury is too short of money." ”
"The beauty you think, only 15,000 taels here are yours, and the rest are mine, don't think about using this money, I will be of great use." Cai Cong said angrily, these three people sang and harmonized, and wanted to use his money to honor the emperor, do you want to make a face?
"I'm not short of this money!" Li Shimin walked in with a tiger, touched the heads of his three children with satisfaction, kicked Cai Cong's buttocks, and said angrily: "Do I seem to be greedy for your hundreds of thousands of children?" Is there any filial piety, and the good to you on weekdays has been fed to the dogs? ”
Cai Cong wanted to say yes, but last time he didn't know that the two of them heard that 20,000 taels of eyeballs were about to fall. However, it is better to keep this thought in his heart, and he said with a smile: "How can Your Majesty be that kind of person? Definitely not! That's it! This Qian Chen wants to use the money to make money, and I am afraid that it will come in handy soon. ”
"What is the use of a fart who is not as tall as a wheel, you are in a storm all over the city today, and six people have died, and everyone is crying where is the queen, and Wei Zheng will inevitably impeach you in the court tomorrow. The prince wants to fill the treasury with this money, but also to protect you, you don't know the hearts of good people. ”
Li Shimin said that his scalp was numb, he now regretted recruiting Wei Zheng a little, this old puppet spoke poisonously, and his words were prickly, and Li Shimin, who said it several times, wanted to smash him with a few cases.
"It is natural to repay debts, and it is normal for the owner of the gambling house to commit suicide without paying the money, Your Majesty did not think about how many people borrowed money from the casino and couldn't pay it back, and they were forced to sell their wives and children. The owner of the gambling house is okay, and their relatives have money, so they may be willing to pay to save his wife and children. ”
Cai Cong said lightly, he has been in this bureau for two months, how can he easily let Zhang Liang and them go?
"Your mother's indifferent character, I'm afraid I've forgotten about it, why do you just bite it?" Li Shimin said persuasively, Cai Cong stubbornly stood in place and didn't say a word, how could Sister Cai let go? Not to mention the house Cai Cong bought in the city, even Chang'an City, she rejected it and didn't want to get close.
"Don't stop talking, why are you willing to stop? This time it's on your side, but you haven't touched the favor at all, and the work is too intense, and no one is willing to help you speak. ”
Li Shimin said bitterly, he felt that he was too worried about what the emperor was doing, in addition to the big and small things in the world, he also had to persuade and guide problem children like Cai Cong, it was really tiring enough.
"It's easy to do, ask the housewives of the six of them to go to Caijia Village to apologize to my mother, and respectfully invite my mother to enter Chang'an, and forget the remaining 200,000 taels."
"This is impossible, the nobles of the family want to be faceless, you might as well kill them if you do this." Li Shimin refused without thinking about it, they were all courtiers who fought the world with him, how could they watch them suffer such humiliation.
"If they want face, won't my mother be shameless? She is now humiliated and doesn't even dare to go back to Chang'an's house, when she thinks of Chang'an, she thinks of those women's humiliation of her, what is this? Cai Cong said excitedly, Li Shimin was silent and didn't speak, if it weren't for this reason, according to his domineering character, Cai Cong would have stopped drinking a long time ago.
"I don't have to ask about it, it's up to you what to do with it. The women and children are innocent, try not to hurt them. ”
"The ministers try to refrain as much as possible, the fate of these women and children is all in the hands of their family masters, and the ministers can't help too much."
"I don't care about you, look back and see how the queen cleans you up. And what does a little kid want to do with so much money? I'll give it to the queen for you first, and then I'll give it back to you when you're older. What are you guys laughing at? You too, all to the Queen. ”
I don't know if it's the butterfly effect, Li Shimin has more family affection, and he actually shows a soft side in front of his three children, which was impossible before.
Li Chengqian was like being beaten by frost, and she finally managed to raise some money, if it was handed over to her eldest grandson, she would definitely not be willing to take it out to find medicine. In the opinion of the eldest grandson, there are more places for the court to spend money, and the medicine Cai Cong said may not be real, so there is no need to waste this money.
"The minister didn't agree, and the money was going to be used to make money. Don't be afraid to say that in a few more months, you are afraid that even if the treasury is emptied, it may not be enough, and then the time will be when the money is needed, not the time to consume it now. ”
Cai Cong's words are well-founded, except for the five years of Zhenguan during the Zhenguan period, natural disasters continue every year. The Tang Dynasty loves to clean up the neighbors, Li Shimin can do all the countries in this situation, and there is peace and security in the country, in addition to luck, more importantly, the monarchs and ministers in the early Tang Dynasty are all outstanding people.
But it is precisely because of these disasters that even if Li Tang reached the most prosperous Kaiyuan era, he was not as rich as the former Sui Dynasty, and sometimes his congenital defects were enough to make people hesitate.
"Empty the treasury? What do you know? Li Shimin's face immediately became solemn, the most mysterious thing about Cai Cong is that he travels through the past and the present, Li Shimin is so kind to him, why don't he have a trace of fugue in his heart.
"Around June, there was a great drought in Shandong, a flood in Guanzhong in autumn, thousands of dead bodies, and the people who sold their children and daughters occupied the entire Chang'an Street, Your Majesty, can the treasury of the Tang Dynasty resist?" Cai Cong lowered his head and said, these things have been hovering in his heart for a long time, and no one paid attention to what he said before, I don't know if Li Shimin will pay attention to it now.
"How is it possible, I have divided the country into ten provinces, and paid more attention to the construction of water conservancy, how could there be people who sell children and women to occupy Chang'an Street?"
Li Shimin shouted in disbelief, in addition to issuing an order to divide the whole country and ordering local governments to build water conservancy, he also built Yicang, in order to deal with this situation, how could there be such a picture.
Facing Li Shimin, who was a little out of control, Cai Cong could only be silent. According to historical records, Li Lao Er's treasury money was redeemed and returned to their parents, if the disaster was not big, how could Li Shimin come to this point.
"All this silver is given to you, you stinky boy will not dangle in front of me in the future, every time you come there is nothing good, poor people of my Tang Dynasty!"
"I don't bear this crime, and I'm not a disaster star, how can I be bad every time I see me?" Looking at Li Shimin in the distance, Cai Cong shouted loudly, but he couldn't let the name of the disaster star be implemented.