Chapter XXVI: Conditions of Persuasion

"In fact, it is very simple, the problem of waterproof should not be difficult, the number of banknotes we issue now is not much, you can use oil paper to carry out, the first batch is just to make up for the embarrassing situation of no money available to the people, let them hurry up to make paper money, and when the New Year comes, the new paper including anti-counterfeiting and waterproof money should be able to be produced.

Just one point, two points, five points, one dime...... Up to 100 taels to print, the concubine felt that this was a good opportunity, and when the time came, the money would be distributed to them through labor, and the paper money would be better circulated. Wu Meiniang said lightly.

Li Shen scratched his head and said: "Look at it, you should also know that you can't just talk about finance, the acceptance of the people, etc., these must be taken into account, anyway, you don't expect to be alone." ”

Li Shen stood up and stretched, and said: "It's almost noon, put down the things in your hands, get a good night's sleep, go to see your father first, and discuss with him, these things need the cooperation of the imperial court, and we still can't solve them properly on our own." ”

As we approach July, the weather starts to get hotter and hotter.

The trees planted in the imperial city, which has been flourishing for decades, have gradually grown up with the passage of time.

The entire imperial city is covered with greenery, and towering trees can be seen everywhere.

With the opening of hotels in various parts of Datang.

The palace maids and eunuchs in the hotel also took a large part of it.

Give them a place to live in peace, and they can get a relatively good salary every month, and they are happy.

If you work for at least one or two decades, you can still save some money for retirement, and when you get old, you can still have a thin coffin.

Even so, there are still not a few eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, at least as many as five or six or seven.

Li Shen felt that the weather in June was the most comfortable, not too hot nor cold.

The palace is still three steps and one post, and five steps and one sentry.

For Li Shen, this is simply a waste of resources, and there are tens of thousands of guards in the huge imperial city.

When I came to the Xuanzheng Palace, I learned that His Majesty Li Er was enjoying the flowers in the imperial garden.

Li Shen smiled, probably ruining the woman in the imperial garden again.

It is the nature of men to be lustful, especially the emperor who has no restraint now, and he is even more undisguised.

Although there are as many as twenty or thirty concubines and so on in the palace who can have status, I don't know how many women this cup of His Majesty Li Er played.

In summer, the Imperial Garden is a beautiful garden, with all kinds of flowers blooming.

Among the flowers, open-minded girls holding baskets of flowers and picking flowers, with shy smiles, are laughing in the garden, giving people the feeling that they want to compete for flowers.

It's pleasing to the eye, like a group of fairies who have fallen into the mortal world.

In the pavilion in the garden, His Majesty Li Er was surrounded by a group of fat and thin beauties, and from time to time he made a sound of "haha" laughter, and his mood seemed to be very good.

"Slaves and maids, see His Royal Highness the Prince."

Li Shen nodded slightly, smiled at the shy girls, and smashed his tongue in his heart, all of them are delicate flowers, it's a pity, if only he could finish it without being responsible.

Looking at their appearance, Li Shen was really a little envious of His Majesty Li Er, as an emperor, he was ruthless, but sometimes he was very cool.

He really misses the days when he conquered Goryeo back then, the little girl changed a few a day, and he didn't have to be responsible for the responsibility of the fart, so he threw it away after watching it.

"The concubine has seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Let's be flat." Li Shen said lightly, stretched out his hand and waved, and the palace concubines who surrounded His Majesty Li Er saluted His Majesty Li Er and turned to leave.

"Something?" His Majesty Li Er put down the wine glass in his hand and asked.

Li Shen nodded, sat down, picked up a bunch of grapes on the table and ate it, and said as he ate: "There are some things, Erchen wants to expand the new army to some scale. ”

"Expanding the size of the new army? How many people are ready to expand? His Majesty Li Er asked with a frown.

Li Shen raised his head and looked at His Majesty Li Er's eyes, and said, "For the time being, 10,000 people are enough, and if you don't prepare to start a war with foreign countries in the past few years, 10,000 people will be enough." ”

"What if I don't agree?"

"Let's talk about the conditions, as long as the son can do it, the son will promise you."

His Majesty Li Er smiled and said: "Condition, what is the combat strength of the new army, you yourself know, now that you have controlled three thousand new troops, I have tolerated you enough, expanded to ten thousand people, do you know what this concept is?" ”

"You're just worried that Erchen will usurp the throne, if Erchen really wants to do that, do you think Erchen will wait until today? Let's talk about the conditions! Li Shen said lightly.

"Conditions? What kind of conditions do you feel I will grant you? ”

"Erchen selected some soldiers from the army to reform the Xuanjia Army and provide the same weapons, and the number of people can only be 30,000."

His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Shen with a face full of disbelief, a little unbelievable, he could make such a decision, didn't he know what kind of concept it would be for 30,000 people to be equipped with weapons like his? "Are you serious? ”

Li Shen nodded slightly and said, "Do you agree?" ”

"Rong Zhen thinks about it."

Li Shen nodded slightly, handed over the document in his hand to His Majesty Li Er, and said: "This is the plan for the reform of the army, Wu Meiniang should have mentioned it to you, this was written by her in this short period of time, you can take a look!" Now that the most powerful Tubo around the Tang Dynasty has been wiped out, the Tang Dynasty simply doesn't need so many soldiers, and the sons and ministers mean to leave the most elite soldiers, and the rest of them let them go home, so that the county officials around the country can marry them and distribute the fields. ”

His Majesty Li Er took the document, flipped through a few at random, and said, "I will be able to give you an answer only after the courtiers have discussed." ”

"Okay, in fact, with the acceleration of the pace of reform in the Tang Dynasty, the development will be faster and faster in the future, and sooner or later the use of cold weapons will be eliminated, so it is best to reform the army, eliminate those old and weak soldiers, retain the strongest combat effectiveness, and raise the welfare of all soldiers by one level, and Datang will be able to have 200,000 army troops in the future."

"I'll give you an answer as soon as possible." His Majesty Li Er replied.

Li Shen nodded and said, "There is one more thing to discuss with you, that is, the matter of selling colored glass in various places, you should also know that it is the sons and daughters who did it!" This matter can be big or small, Erchen will concentrate the wealth of the people in his hands, and it is estimated that the people will have no money to use at that time, especially this plan is aimed at the major wealthy families and exploit the wealth in their hands, so it is best to be prepared. ”