Chapter 121: Let's settle the old accounts and the new accounts together

"Is there really such a big copper mine?"

Just when Chen Ying was concentrating on giving Li Jiancheng a recital, Li Xiuning suddenly came to Chen Ying's side and said loudly.

The sudden voice startled Chen Ying.

Chen Yingxun looked at Li Xiuning and said with a smile: "More will not be less, according to the current mining technology, it will take at least three hundred years to dig up this copper mine!" ”

Even though Li Xiuning was a princess of the Tang Dynasty who was born with a golden key, she was still shocked.

Suddenly, Li Xiuning slapped on the blank paper.

Chen Ying naturally couldn't get the ink into Li Xiuning's hand, he sighed and said, "Sanniang, what are you doing here?" ”

Li Xiuning said: "Da Lang's meaning is very clear, you are the king of Anxi, and the whole Anxi is our son's, how can you take your son's things and give them away?" ”

Chen Ying didn't understand Li Xiuning's logic, the king of Yanjun is Luo Yi, is Yandi surnamed Luo? In fact, if Luo Yi shows the slightest intention, there will be an army escorting Luo Yi back to Chang'an. Whether it is Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, or Du Fuwei, the king of Wu, they only have a nominal prince, and they only enjoy a part of the taxes paid by the people in the fief.

For example, Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian, has more than 13,000 households in seven counties, and these more than 13,000 households can pay 26,000 stone of grain every year.

Chen Ying smiled bitterly: "That's not how the accounts are calculated, Sanniang, although the Tang Dynasty has vassal kings, county kings, and princes, who can directly manage the wealth of its fiefdom?" How dare you say that! ”

There was the Tang Dynasty, and there were feudal towns, but no princes and kings rebelled, because at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty limited the power of the princes and kings.

"Anxi was fought down by you, Da Lang has taken the six most prosperous states in Anxi, as well as two-thirds of the population!" Li Xiuning said with a smile: "The remaining land in Anxi is all looked down on by Da Lang, and now the whole of Anxi is our family, I naturally dare to say it!" ”

Li Xiuning pointed to Chen Qian, who was playing with Li Siye with a wooden knife and a wooden sword outside the door: "You are a hard-working person who knows how to work hard, do you expect Qian'er to start from scratch like you and build such a family business?" Even if Qian'er is capable, what about Qian'er's son? What about our grandchildren? ”

Everyone has a double standard when it comes to acting. For example, in later generations, some men were out on a date, eager to meet a woman, thinking that she would beckon and flirt. However, when it comes to his wife, I can't wait for her to go back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the door is not out, the second door is not out, not to mention any male girlfriends, even if she talks to other men, she will blush......

Now, Li Xiuning is like that. In the past, no matter what kind of decision Chen Ying made, as long as it was beneficial to everyone, Li Xiuning would not care how much Chen Ying would lose, but now, after having a son, Li Xiuning has changed. When he heard that there was a huge copper mine, he did not want to contribute it to Li Jiancheng, but to leave it to his son.

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "Sanniang, it's not right to do this, whether it's copper or gold, they can't be eaten or drunk, it's just a bunch of precious metals, that's all." The copper we dug out must find a place to dump, and now looking at the world, except for Datang, where can we eat so much copper? You're right, you can take advantage of Your Majesty's knowledge to assign this copper mine, and even the coal mine, to Qian'er as a fief, but the mined copper must be spent, so can Your Majesty not know? ”

Li Xiuning was silent, and he could hide it for a while, but he definitely couldn't hide it for a lifetime.

Chen Ying continued: "Your Majesty does not know the situation of Anxi, we have indeed deceived this copper mine, but you have to think clearly, is it important to have a long-term sales channel, or is it important to buy and sell with a hammer?" Your Majesty doesn't know Anthy now, and there is no guarantee that he won't understand it in the future, once Your Majesty knows the truth about Anthy, what do you think will happen? He is a great genius, he follows his word, and he is deceived by his sister and sister-in-law, which is a great shame. Of course, His Majesty does not care about a little money, he cares more about the majesty of the emperor and the loyalty of his sister and sister-in-law. ”

Li Xiuning said in surprise: "Husband, do you mean to tell the truth to Your Majesty?" However, what if Qian'er loses in the future? He ruined his family business......"

Chen Ying glared at Li Xiuning and said: "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, we can't manage too far, even if he is too poor to have a place to live, it is also his own fault!" ”

In fact, Chen Ying didn't tell Li Xiuning the truth.

Chen Ying's most important purpose is to dig a pit for the clan gate valve, whether it is the clan gate valve, or the landlord, the ancient people like to save money, bury the money, although the past dynasties have mined copper ore in various places, however, the copper money is still not enough, which has caused the copper to be expensive and cheap.

A bucket of Datang is about 12.5 catties in later generations, but the price of a bucket of rice is only 5 yuan, on average, it is only 0.4 yuan per catty of rice, even if a farmer who planted 100 acres, the income of a year is only five yuan, in addition to taxes and seeds, the net income is only more than four yuan.

This is not normal.

In the past, Chen Ying had no other way, but now with such a huge copper mine, the price of copper will also go down, and with a large amount of new money pouring into the market, inflation will inevitably appear. Now Li Jiancheng is repairing the Tang Chi Road, and Chen Ying is also repairing, as long as he participates in the construction of the Chi Road, no matter all walks of life, he will benefit from it.

The increase in the income of the people can offset the increase in inflation, however, the money accumulated by the clan over the years will shrink in a very short period of time. For example, having money that can buy 10,000 acres of fertile land gradually becomes only 1,000 acres or 100 acres......

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Chang'an, Taiji Palace.

Li Jiancheng was so worried that he had a lot of gray hair, but neither he nor the Manchu monarchs and ministers could come up with a solution to the financial gap. Of course, if the emperor wants money, there are actually many ways, such as selling official beards. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did this, of course, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sold the people, not the official position.

In particular, some titles in popular romance, such as a certain outsider, in fact, this official position, called a member of the outside, means a non-staff person, an idle person, is also the real reason, the treasury is empty, then in order to increase fiscal revenue, they began to buy officials. Rich people buy officials just to do things well, so the officials they buy are all arranged to be outsiders. That is, you only have this position, but you have no real power. Therefore, it has become synonymous with a rich person.

Li Jiancheng also thought about selling the knight, but Li Jiancheng is a face-saving person, and he can't lose this face.

However, Li Shimin's threat exists again, and Li Jiancheng has to pay attention to this matter, at this time, preparing for Li Shimin has become the most important strategic task of Datang at present.

Li Jiancheng covered his headache and said, "Xuancheng, what do you say we should do now?" ”

Wei Zheng groaned: "In the current situation, those clan gate lords are waiting!" ”

"Wait?" Li Jiancheng said suspiciously: "What are they waiting for?" ”

"Wait for Your Majesty to compromise with them!" Wei Zheng smiled bitterly: "The current situation is no longer something that a few families can control at will, but if the largest twenty or so big families go against the trend together, it is still possible to slowly stabilize the situation, but in that case...... Which family would want to? ”

Wei Ting smiled bitterly: "Now Jingzhao Wei has deprived the ministers of the right to deliberate!" ”

Wang Jue also responded silently.

Not only Wei Ting, but also the Taiyuan Wang family also took away Wang Jue's right to deliberate, which means that they have been excluded from the core backbone of the family from the very beginning.

Wei Zheng said: "Even if our political affairs hall and the prime ministers can harm themselves for the country, you can't ask all families to have such a righteous ......"

Li Jiancheng said: "What do they want? ”

Yang Gongren said: "They want too much, farms, pastures, minerals, pastorals, they all want!" ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said very resolutely: "This is impossible, I will never agree!" The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fought bravely in front of the enemy, and even fought for their lives for the country, but if after the war, they suddenly showed that the land they had bled to fight for had fallen into the hands of a group of moths who were full of brains and had no effect on the country, how could they accept this? I will never agree! ”

Fang Xuanling frowned, and said, "Your Majesty refuses to agree, so what are you going to do?" ”

Li Jiancheng was silent, he really couldn't help it.

……

Anhua Gate. You Ziying, the captain of the city gate, was bragging with the soldiers around him as usual, how he had a relationship with Chen Ying, how he went into battle to kill the enemy in a while, how he saved Chen Ying's life, and so on.

Although the defenders of Anhuamen have heard it more than 800 times, You Ziying is still happy.

Just when You Ziying was inspecting the city defenses and was about to finish the day's work, suddenly a group of cavalry galloped over.

You Ziying looked at the knights on horseback in surprise, and at this time, these knights were sweating profusely as if they were washed.

The knight held up the red letter in his hand and shouted: "Anxi Dadu Urgent Letter!" ”

You Ziying panicked in her heart, could it be that something big happened to Anxi?

The knight on horseback rushed north along the Anhua Gate, crossed Suzaku Street, and reached the outside of Chengtian Gate.

The soldiers in charge of the guards of the left prison received Chen Ying's urgent letter, and they did not dare to slack off, and they sent it to the Taiji Palace as quickly as possible.

……

Li Jiancheng saw that the ministers really couldn't hold back any good ideas, so he sighed helplessly and said: "It's not too early, you Aiqing should be on duty!" ”

Everyone slowly left the Taiji Palace.

At this moment, Li Anyan strode in with Chen Ying's urgent report.

The ministers looked at Li Anyan's eager appearance and consciously stopped.

Once this is the time, they, the ministers of the political hall, can only stay and save themselves from tossing back and forth.

Sure enough, after Li Jiancheng saw Chen Ying's performance, he gritted his teeth and said: "Now let's settle the old accounts and the new accounts together!" Convene the six major ministers to discuss the matter! ”