Interesting things are always easy to talk about.

The story about Qin Tian using a dog to solve the case quickly spread in Chang'an City.

At the beginning, it was not very exaggerated, but later, the dogs in the criminal department have been said to be divine dogs.

And the so-called divine dogs have some mysterious colors, saying that those dogs can predict the outside, judge cases like gods, and so on.

These situations have become the talk of the people in the capital, making Chang'an City, which was already very lively, even more lively.

And just as this matter was spreading, the New Year was getting closer and closer.

The New Year is a happy day for the whole family, and every family basically does nothing else at this time, except to play is to play.

And just when ordinary people are taking advantage of the New Year's excitement and consumption, the palace here is much calmer than before.

On this day, Empress Changsun brought Li Shimin an account book.

"Holy Lord, there is not much money in the inner treasury, I am afraid that this year's New Year will not be good, to reward those ministers, and to set up a banquet on the Chinese New Year's Eve to entertain the children of the sect, this set, we even have to owe debts."

The inner treasury is the inner treasury of the imperial palace, and the money in it belongs to the emperor, and the money in the inner treasury is not mixed with the money of the household, and the money in the inner treasury is mainly used for the needs of the imperial palace on weekdays.

Including, the distribution of money to the concubines and palace maids in the harem, and what needs to be added to the harem are all spent in the inner treasury.

At the beginning, the money given to the Turks was not enough, and the money in the household department was not enough, so that although Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and the concubines were frugal and frugal in the past year, they still did not have much money when it came to the Chinese New Year.

Li Shimin glanced at the bill and said, "The minister of the DPRK has worked hard for a year, this favor must be given, and it cannot be saved, but the banquet in the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve is too boring, just a formality, so I don't want it this year." ”

Some meritorious heroes in the court, Li Shimin must be gracious and co-opted, maybe not much to give or something, but this reward is enough for these officials to continue to be willing to do things for the Tang Dynasty in the next year.

To put it bluntly, money is not important, what matters is this intention.

As for the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Shimin used to feel bored, but ordinary people still kept vigil, so they couldn't refuse before, but now the imperial court treasury is not enough money, and a palace banquet, I don't know how much it will cost, I can save it, just take the opportunity to cancel.

It's just that after Li Shimin said this, Empress Changsun shook her head: "Holy Lord, the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve can't be canceled, ordinary people still keep vigil, how can the royal family refuse?" And that night, the Emperor Taishang was also going to appear, and he canceled it, but I was afraid that it would cause some people to discuss, which was really inappropriate, and this money was to think of other ways, and the palace banquet could not be canceled. ”

was said by Empress Changsun, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, thinking about this comprehensively, he was still not as good as Empress Changsun, he forgot about Emperor Li Yuan.

This is the only chance for Li Yuan to meet with the children of the clan, if he is not allowed to meet, I am afraid that there will be criticism in Chang'an City soon, and at that time, it will be very unfavorable to his Li Shimin's rule.

Rumors, sometimes really scary.

After thinking for a while, Li Shimin nodded: "What the queen said makes sense, then the queen will arrange it, and I will take care of the money matter." ”

As a man, women naturally can't take care of money matters, and Li Shimin takes care of it.

Empress Eldest Sun wanted to speak and stopped, and only nodded after a few times, she originally wanted to borrow some money from her mother's family, but Li Shimin probably expected this, and didn't give him a chance to bring it up, so he could only give up.

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The weather in Chang'an is getting colder and colder.

Li Shimin walked back and forth in the imperial study, first, to ward off the cold, and secondly, to make his brain more flexible, thinking about how to get money.

He Li Shimin has a set of fighting wars and governing the country, but if you want to make money, you have less talent.

So I thought about it, but I didn't figure out how to get the money.

He and Qin Tian had some trade cooperation, such as papermaking, but the money was finally put into the account of the household department, not the inner treasury, he just wanted to spend it, but he couldn't.

Otherwise, he will spend it today, and tomorrow Wei Zheng will dare to impeach him in the court.

I can't think of a way to make money, so I can only borrow it, and wait for the next time someone else pays tribute, I will pay back the money.

You also have to think about borrowing money, such as who to borrow from.

Li Shimin touched his chin, the eldest grandson Wuji can borrow it, Cheng Biting Jin can also borrow it, they all have this ability, and as long as they open their mouths, they will not refuse, but I don't know why, borrowing money from them, Li Shimin always has a feeling that he can't open his mouth.

It's not that the relationship hasn't been reached, it's just weird.

In comparison, he didn't have any embarrassment about borrowing money from Qin Tian, as for the reason, he couldn't say it, maybe it was just a feeling, with the eldest grandson Wuji and Cheng Biting Jin, he would feel that it was the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

But with Qin Tian, in addition to the monarch and ministers, he also has a friend relationship, although this relationship is very weak, but it is enough for him to borrow money.

When he thought like this, Li Shimin immediately sent someone to call Qin Tian into the palace.

After Qin Tian received the order, he didn't dare to hesitate, and came in the cold wind.

He was a little strange, at this time, what did Li Shimin ask him to do in the palace?

You must know that now that officials have taken annual leave, they do not go to the morning court, and they will not go to work unless there is something important.

I was puzzled, but Qin Tian still came.

When he entered the imperial study, it was still surprisingly cold inside, seeing that Li Shimin was still reluctant to burn coal, Qin Tian felt a little sympathetic to him, as a son of heaven, he was so thrifty, he really hadn't lived a poor life.

Qin Tian felt that Li Shimin was really poor.

"Holy Lord, Xuanchen entered the palace, I don't know what happened?"

Li Shimin hesitated, although he was already mentally prepared, but he really wanted to borrow money, which still made him a little unable to make up his mind.

"Qin Aiqing, is this imperial study cold?"

Qin Tian shrunk his neck, his hand hidden in his sleeve, and he was a little surprised when Li Shimin asked him such a sentence, but then he had a little premonition.

Li Shimin, poor, if people are poor, they may have to borrow money.

Thinking about it, Qin Tian smiled: "It's not cold." ”

Hearing this answer, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, Qin Tian didn't play cards according to the routine, he was not cold, and he disrupted his plan all of a sudden, how could he continue to ask?

The atmosphere in the imperial study room was a little awkward at one point.

It wasn't until a long time later that Li Shimin looked at Qin Tiancai, who was a little trembling, and finally said, "But I'm cold." ”

But I'm cold, when he heard this, Qin Tian's heart sank, and it was really the rhythm of borrowing money.