Li Jiancheng was lying on Cao Yuyan's bed, and Cao Yuyan was lying next to Li Jiancheng:

"Yu Yan! Tell me about it! How did you think that businessmen are the richest people in the world!? Cao Yuyan said to Li Jiancheng angrily:

"Your Majesty! It's been a long time since you've come to see your concubine, why are you still talking about business in the concubine's bed today! Li Jiancheng knew that because he was busy with government affairs recently, he snubbed his wives and concubines, especially Cao Yuyan, who had just given birth to a child, and he didn't come to see him often. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Li Jiancheng hugged Cao Yuyan in his arms and said to Cao Yuyan flatteringly:

"Yu Yan! Of course, who called me the lord of the world?! Cao Yuyan heard the displeasure in Li Jiancheng's words, and immediately flattered Li Jiancheng and offered her own fragrant kiss:

"Your Majesty, the concubine is wrong, the concubine will explain to Your Majesty!" Cao Yuyan understands and is also very smart, she can compete for favor in front of Li Jiancheng, but she can't be pampered and arrogant, not to mention that Cao Yuyan also knows that she and Li Jiancheng are already one body, this world is the emperor's world, if Li Jiancheng is addicted to women, Cao Yuyan will be worried, but Li Jiancheng is in bed, and the first thing he cares about is the government, Cao Yuyan's heart is happy for a while!

"Your Majesty, you know the origin of the concubine, and the concubine's family has always been concerned with business, so the concubine has always known that business is also the foundation of enriching the people. In addition, since ancient times, the imperial court has a tradition of borrowing money from merchants due to the lack of military funds, as early as the time of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, the rebellion of the Seven Kings of Wu and Chu occurred, and the imperial court borrowed hundreds of thousands of gold and billions of money from usury merchants in Guanzhong! It was precisely because of this great wealth that Emperor Jing of Han eradicated the Rebellion of the Seven Kings. Li Jiancheng nodded, it was precisely because of this incident that Emperor Jing of Han had a large amount of military spending, and then pacified the Rebellion of the Seven Kings.

"And the concubine family because of the Western Jin Dynasty for the Cao family oppression and hunting, so can only be incognito, then, the Jin family crossed to the east, and the north formed the Wuhu Sixteen Kingdoms, in order to solve the problem of food and clothing for the whole family, my ancestors had to make a living in business, it is because of engaging in business, so that the ancestors understand the weight of money, barter! And, Your Majesty, in fact, Your Majesty knew the benefits of merchant circulation before he ascended the throne, but His Majesty was just a blind eye. ”

"Oh! Aifei, why am I blind? Can Concubine Ai explain it to me? ”

"Uh-huh!" Cao Yuyan smiled:

"Your Majesty, when Li Tang was in Guanzhong and had a salt shortage, didn't Your Majesty exchange snow sugar for salt, didn't he also use the wealthy businessman Jia Lushengzhi in Mayi Hedong, the Qilu merchant Heng Guangyuan, and the Jiangnan businessman Zhang Jiling to circulate snow sugar in the world? It's just that after His Majesty ascended the throne, he was limited to his own identity and was afraid that the important ministers of the court would think that His Majesty valued business over agriculture, so he had some scruples about his original good governance. On the one hand, Cao Yuyan explained to Li Jiancheng, and on the other hand, she also secretly patted Li Jiancheng's ass. After Li Jiancheng heard Cao Yuyan's words, he immediately became enlightened, indeed, Cao Yuyan's words were half right and half wrong - the successive monarchs of the Chinese Dynasty, whether they were Ming Jun or Duan Jun, after ascending the throne, first of all, they all flaunted that they attached importance to agriculture, but in fact, they marked themselves to be heavy on agriculture, and the superficial summary is that the end of the Chinese dynasties was an uprising caused by the lack of food for the people, in fact, because the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the Western Han Dynasty caused the emperor's vigilance, you know, a group of businessmen who dared to collect debts from the emperor and the imperial court, And also has such a large amount of money, this is a provocation to the imperial power and the authority of the court, so this matter also aroused the vigilance of the Han government, and then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict, so that the world's rich people do not exist, on the one hand, the threat of those usury merchants to the authority of the court and the imperial power of the Liu family, but also made the Han market economy to the verge of collapse! It is precisely because of this incident that after the Western Han Dynasty, no businessmen were willing to lend money to the government. Later, in order to raise funds, the Western Han government only directly raided some big businessmen by killing chickens and eggs, which was also used as a reference by later dynasties and continued until the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. In order to cover up the fact that the imperial court directly and forcibly plundered the wealth of merchants, when the emperors of later dynasties ascended the throne, they would suppress merchants in the name of valuing agriculture and ignoring commerce, which also made the later development trend of China no longer have the germ of capitalism, and completely developed into a small-scale peasant society and self-sufficiency. Li Jiancheng felt that the stone that had been pressing on his heart recently fell, Li Jiancheng looked at Cao Yuyan, who had been busy with government politics recently and had not been in contact with women for a long time. Li Jiancheng only felt that his body was full of strength again, and pushed Cao Yuyan again, in the bed tent, Li Jiancheng's and Cao Yuyan's bodies were constantly entangled, sometimes men on and women down, sometimes women in front of men and men behind, constantly changing the momentum, until late at night, Cao Yuyan's moaning stopped. Early the next morning, Li Jiancheng immediately summoned Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Zhang Jiling and other three.

"Ahh Lu Aiqing! Heng Aiqing! Zhang Aiqing, I heard that your business is getting bigger and bigger. It has formed a monopoly in Hedong, Hebei, Qilu, Jiangnan and other places, which is really gratifying! Li Jiancheng did not bring Gong Qiuning here, mainly because Gong Qiuning was stationed near Changsha, and Li Jiancheng had been watching the situation in the Lingnan area, and his role in bond issuance was not as great as that of Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan and Zhang Jiling.

"Hahaha! Thanks to His Majesty's great blessings, the business of the ministers is getting bigger and bigger. This is all Your Majesty's favor! Li Jiancheng did not greet the three of them excessively, and directly told Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan and Zhang Jiling about the issuance and purpose of the bonds. Regarding the matter of bonds, Lu Shengzhi and Zhang Jiling are a little different, but Heng Guangyuan already knows about it. Just a few days ago, Heng Guangyuan got a secret letter from Cao Anbao - Guangyuan's nephew Mingjian, the eastern Turks attacked Guanzhong last year, and the people of Huayin suffered heavy casualties, His Majesty intends to raise troops to the north, but suffers from the scarcity of military funds, so he hopes to issue bonds to raise military supplies. Heng Guangyuan has known the use and purpose of the bonds in advance through MeSign. So Heng Guangyuan spoke first:

"Your Majesty, it is not difficult to get the ministers to subscribe instead of selling bonds, but the ministers have something to explain to Your Majesty." Li Jiancheng nodded:

"Lu Aiqing! Please speak! ”

"Your Majesty! According to His Majesty's words, this bond is for the ministers to subscribe instead of selling, and after the success of the Northern Expedition, the bond will be used to recover the principal and interest, right? Li Jiancheng nodded:

"Heng Aiqing is right!" Heng Guangyuan continued:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although the starting point of this matter is good, there is still something wrong with this move!" As soon as Heng Guangyuan's words fell, Lu Shengzhi and Zhang Jiling's faces changed greatly, but Li Jiancheng was full of expectations:

"Heng Aiqing, what's wrong with this?"

"Your Majesty, first of all, the people do not have much money left over, and do not know what the bonds are? The mere reliance of a subordinate is not sufficient to inform him of his benefits; Second, even if the people get the bonds, after the success of the Northern Expedition of the imperial army, the people use the bonds to collect debts from the imperial court, I am afraid that it will damage the prestige of the imperial court! Heng Guangyuan said beautifully on the surface, in fact, secretly, Heng Guangyuan has analyzed the pros and cons of bonds, Heng Guangyuan is very scared, when the time comes, the imperial court will deduct real interest in a false name, and the principal and interest will not be deducted.

"What does Yiheng Aiqing mean?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is a businessman, and he has been in business since ancient times. The minister thought that the desert grassland, with many cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys, etc., if the army could win, it would inevitably get a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and other livestock, and cattle, horses, donkeys and other things could help the people of the Central Plains to plough the fields and pull carts, and the sheep could be eaten. In addition, if His Majesty first set up cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and other livestock and captured male and female slaves at official prices, and then set up an official market in the area of Luoyang, Chang'an, to buy and sell cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys, and male and female slaves from various Turkic tribes, the difference in price was just to pay the soldiers' pensions and rewards. And the imperial court will also have a surplus. ”

"Huh! Lu Aiqing, it is really a certain country in the old city, and this matter will be handled according to Lu Aiqing's wishes. "Li Jiancheng will act as the Zhongshu Ling, the Zhongshu Shilang Xu Jingzong, the Provincial Servant Zhongwang Gui, the Hubu Shangshu Xue Lin, the Shilang Huang Wenqing, the Shangshu Ling Pei Lian, the Imperial Historian Wei Zheng, the Shangshu Zuo Cheng Di Zhixun, the Military Department Shangshu Du Ruhui, the Ministry of Shangshu Fang Xuanling, as well as Pei Kuan, Qu Tushou, Li Jing, Li Ji and others all came in. Acting Zhongshu Ling, Zhongshu Shilang Xu Jingzong, Menxia Provincial Shizhong Wang Gui, Hubu Shangshu Xue Lin, Shilang Huang Wenqing, Shangshu Ling Pei Lian, Yushi Dafu Wei Zheng, Shangshu Zuocheng Di Zhixun, Military Department Shangshu Du Ruhui, Ministry Shangshu Fang Xuanling, as well as Pei Kuan, Qu Tushou, Li Jing, Li Ji and others After finding them, they first set up cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and other livestock and captured male and female slaves at official prices, and ordered that after the soldiers and horses returned to the court, an official market was set up in the area of Luoyang, Chang'an, to buy and sell cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and male and female slaves of the Turkic tribes. The difference in price is exactly what is paid to the soldier's bereavement reward. As soon as Li Jiancheng's words fell, the acting Zhongshu Ling, Zhongshu Shilang Xu Jingzong, the provincial servant Wang Gui, the household Shangshu Xue Lin, the waiter Huang Wenqing, the Shangshu Ling Pei Lian, the imperial historian Wei Zheng, the Shangshu Zuo Cheng Di Zhixun, the Shangshu right Prime Minister Ling Jing, as well as Pei Kuan, Qu Tushou, Li Jing, Li Ji and others Long live Qihu! Li Jiancheng ordered Mingyu's father-in-law to pour two glasses of wine, and toasted Li Jing and Li Ji:

"Pharmacist, Shiji, this time I take the two of you as the commanders and deputy commanders of the Northern Expedition, remember, this is the first time that I have sent troops to the grassland at the beginning of the founding of my dynasty, if I can eliminate the Lili Khan in one fell swoop this time, it will definitely give me decades of peace in the Central Plains! You two have a lot of weight on your shoulders! Li Jing and Li Ji raised their cups:

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the ministers will definitely live up to their mission!" Li Jiancheng then said to Li Jing and Li Ji:

"Pharmacist, Shiji, this northern expedition, the first line of defense is in Heng'an, but you can rest assured, I am free to arrange! When the time comes, you will definitely break through the Hengan defense line quickly! Immediately set Ashina's backyard on fire! ”