The right to mint coins has always been owned by the imperial court, and local private coins are prohibited.

In the early Tang Dynasty, due to sufficient taxation, salt and iron were not implemented as in previous dynasties, and salt and iron were controlled by local tyrants.

The right to mint coins is related to the security of national taxation, unlike salt and iron, which can be left unattended when the tax source is sufficient.

The reason why Li Yu proposed the right to mint coins was that after a year of hard work, Li Yu's gold seekers had recovered as much as 80,000 taels of gold in Deng, Lai, Erzhou and Taiwan, and seized a lot of gold, silver and copper during the capture of Silla. With the right to mint money, Li Yu can effectively use the gold and silver in his hand to create a full value of currency, which not only makes huge profits from it, but also gives full play to Anton's influence on Datang in the financial field.

When Li Yu proposed that the imperial court allow Anton to have the right to mint coins, Li Zhi and Empress Wu were silent.

Li Hong and Li Xian are a little unbelievable about Li Yu's requirements, and the impact of the right to mint coins is not ordinary. Nuo Andong has it, which means that in the future, Li Yu can mint coins by himself to give Anton's civil and military generals a fortune and reward the three armies, and in the long run, the status of the imperial court in Anton's civil and military hearts is probably getting lower and lower.

What's more, minting coins can bring huge profits that are unmatched by any money-making industry.

When Li Zhi and Empress Wu have not yet made a decision.

Li Hong, who originally just looked weak and looked a little sickly, suddenly coughed uncontrollably, attracting the attention of the family.

Li Zhi looked at the thin body of his eldest son, and couldn't help but sigh, feeling melancholy in his heart: "Although Da Yang is like me, his body is too weak, and he is riddled with illness all year round. After a hundred years, can he really inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty? If you can't manage the government under the illness, you have to lose power. Since ancient times, the emperor died young, and there was no queen or young lord ascended the throne, and the power would fall into the hands of powerful ministers and relatives, and the dynasty would change after a long time. ”

"Even if you don't change the dynasty, what will inevitably follow is that the power will fall into the hands of the queen mother, and there will be a temporary dynasty system."

Li Zhi couldn't help but think of Empress Lu of the Western Han Dynasty and Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty, both of whom were a generation of feminist queens with a strong desire for power. Relying on the death of her husband first, she pressed the son who succeeded to the throne as the queen mother, took away the rights of her son, and became the queen of power.

Li Zhi was shocked in his heart, he was in the sky, Da Hao succeeded to the throne, and his wife, who controlled many powers in the court, became the queen mother, and the situation was similar to the death of Han Gaozu in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Hui succeeded to the throne, and Empress Lu was in power. Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Da Yang are more similar in temperament, both of them have the name of benevolence and filial piety, and they are delicate and frail.

There are so many similarities between the current situation and the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, before Empress Lu came to power. Li Zhi was worried in his heart, looked at the gentle and virtuous Empress Wu at this time, and lamented in his heart: "I can have my imperial power next to my wife today, so that my wife can control many powers in the court, like the early years of the Western Han Dynasty." It was all because of my wind and illness, and I had a splitting headache and couldn't see the government visually, so I had to entrust power to my wife. As a result, my wife did not let go of her love rights, and I also had the weakness to have today's situation. Could it be that the affairs of the Western Han Dynasty and the Empress Lu will also happen in my Tang Dynasty? ”

Empress Wu seemed to look back at Li Zhi with some feelings, although she saw that her husband looked at Da Yan with concern, but with intuition, Empress Wu noticed that her husband's emotions fluctuated greatly when she looked at her just now, and she was still deeply helpless in her heart.

Empress Wu sneered in her heart, she couldn't be clearer about what her husband thought about her, her husband had no heart to manage it because of the wind and illness, and she was not allowed to entrust power to her, a woman, and she had been governing the government for more than ten years, and Datang had long been inseparable from her.

Li Zhi's eyes looked back and forth between Li Xian and Li Yu, and the two sons learned to be intelligent, tall and handsome, and they all looked like kings. The difference is that Li Xian is more knowledgeable and dignified; Although Li Yu is good at literature, he is better at the way of marching and military soldiers, and he is a little whimsical and strange, which makes people a little incomprehensible.

Thinking of the merits made by Si Yang for the Tang Dynasty in the past three years, and the orderly governance of Anton, Li Zhi hesitated at the moment: "It is really difficult for Nuo Da Yang to inherit the unification when he is sick, is it more suitable for Si Yang who is both civil and military than Eryang who has not been in battle and has not been governed?" ”

For Da Yan, who is sick and sick more seriously than his father, Li Zhi was actually worried about whether his eldest son would go before him when Li Hong's illness recurred last year?

In order to prevent accidents, Li Zhi specially ordered Li Xian to assist Li Hong in supervising the country at the beginning of last year and learning the way of governing the country.

"Da Yan's illness has not healed, so go back to the East Palace to recuperate first."

Li Zhi temporarily put aside the sorrow in his heart and asked the attendants to escort Da Yang back to the palace.

Li Hong got up with the support of the chamberlain, and bowed to his parents and several younger siblings, ashamed of himself: "The illness has not healed, and the ...... of the family banquet has been swept away."

"Big brother, why does the family say such a thing? After returning to the palace, he had a good life and recuperation, and he would make an appointment with his brothers to hunt and drink and eat meat in a big way. ”

"What the fourth brother said is reasonable, eldest brother, you really have to take care of your body, after all, you are a person who is going to get married, and at that time, the Manchu Dynasty will be civil and military, and many envoys will come to watch the ceremony."

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Brothers, you comforted Li Honglai with a word, and Li Yu also specially picked up a few jokes from later generations to make everyone laugh.

Not long after Li Hong left, Empress Wu also left first because he had to deal with the accumulated government affairs, and the remaining five brothers and sisters Li Xian and Li Yu accompanied Li Zhi to chat for an hour before leaving the palace and returning home.

As for the reward that Li Yu requested, the eldest father only told him to consult with his mother and relatives before making a decision, which made Li Yu a little disappointed.

On the way back, Li Yu was a little panicked, knowing that his eldest brother actually only had two years to live according to historical records, and his condition in the past year was more serious than in previous years. Last year, when he was in charge of the country in Chang'an, he was so sick that he could not manage the government, and most of the government affairs of the state were handled by Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenjun, Xiao Dezhao and other officials of the East Palace.

On the way back, because Li Xulun was still young and had not yet left the palace to open the mansion, Li Lingyue, as a princess, would always live in the Daming Palace unless she got married when she grew up, so only Li Xian, Li Xian, and Li Yu brothers walked together on Danfengmen Street.

The three brothers talked about the internal affairs and external situation of Datang this year.

Li Xian said: "Baiya Cang is built, which can be transferred to the east of the canal and Hebei for grain storage, which can relieve hunger in the customs, which can be described as a great joy at the beginning of this year." ”

When Li Yu heard this, the establishment of Bai Yacang meant that he would not be able to give the victims a bite to eat next year as before, so as to attract a large number of people to join the Anton Pioneer Group and move overseas. This means that it will not be easy to recruit a sufficient number of immigrants this year.

"Nuo's eldest father and mother did not agree with my request, and after returning to Anton, I had to improve the way I recruited immigrants. Otherwise, when and what month will it be possible to move to the minimum number of immigrants to actually occupy the Nanyang Islands? ”

Li Yu felt quite depressed in his heart,

"The only thing that can be filtered now is Tibet, and it is really hateful to have repeatedly violated the situation in recent years."

Li Xian said hatefully.