Chapter 11 Li Chengqian's First Financial Crisis
Inherit forever and never change!
In the future, no matter how many marquis Li Erfeng has given him the honorific title, but he is not as noble as Zhao Chen's marquis.
This is also the first title in the history of the Tang Dynasty to be given the title of longevity with the country, and its dignity is not lower than that of the prince and the prince.
Rest with the country, inherit it for eternity, such a title, it is simply envious of a large group of people in the hall, that is, Li Jing and Li Ji, who heard Li Er's bestowal and looked at Zhao Chen's eyes, and they all became different.
The people present, whether they are military generals or civil ministers, in fact, aside from the high-sounding appearance, they all hope in their hearts that their family can prosper forever in the Tang Dynasty.
It's a pity that even a prince like Li Daozong present, when the title is passed down, it will be in accordance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and every time the title is inherited, it will be reduced once until it disappears completely.
Once the glory of the title is lost, it means that the family has begun to decline, so when I hear the title given to Zhao Chen by Li Er at this time, it would be strange if I didn't envy it.
The original document, after Li Er announced it, was declared invalid, and Li Er gave Zhao Chen a document again, and on the new document, in front of Zhao Chen's marquis, the eight words that Li Er had just said were added.
The title is still a marquis, but because of the addition of eight words, in the paperwork, Zhao Chen's original was raised from the third grade to the third grade.
This is the first time in the history of the Tang Dynasty, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, no one has been able to sit on an equal footing with a large number of princes at a young age like Zhao Chen.
The pendant in front of the crown almost covered Li Er's face, making Zhao Chen unable to see Li Er's expression at this time, but. As long as you look at Li Er's standing posture at this time, you can guess Li Er's expression at this time.
In the main hall, there was also a 'buzzing' sound at this time, waiting until Li Er issued a new document to Zhao Chen. A large group of people immediately congratulated.
However, this Dao He is not Xiang Zhao Chen, but the very fortunate old Qin who endured the smile over there.
Passed down through the ages. Never change, such a title is actually not so much for Zhao Chen, but for Zhao Chen's future son, and this child is undoubtedly Qin Yuyan's.
Xiao Zhao Xi, before he was born, was already given a knighthood by his grandfather, if he works hard in the future. Maybe you can spell Zhao Chen's current title, and naturally you don't need to inherit Zhao Chen's title
In this way, Zhao Chen's title should belong to the child born by Qin Yuyan in the future, and it is precisely because of this that everyone said to Lao Qin, and the voice of congratulations was almost never broken.
Zhao Chen originally thought that Li Er would give him the title of a prince or something, but as a result. In the end, he turned out to be a hereditary marquis.
Of course, I was a little disappointed in my heart, but when I looked at the jubilant appearance in the hall, I suddenly smiled. I had to pretend to be overjoyed.
Today's early dynasty seems to be for the Lingnan affair, and when it is over, when you come out of the Taiji Palace, the sun outside has already risen high. I talked about it for more than an hour.
Coming out of the Taiji Palace, Zhao Chen's figure was wrapped in the middle of the veterans, and walked all the way to the palace gate, but before he left the palace gate, he was blocked by the people sent by Li Chengqian.
Just now in the early dynasty, Li Chengqian was naturally there, but because of his identity, he sat far away from Zhao Chen from beginning to end, and they couldn't communicate with each other, let alone give them a look.
"Something?" The person who was sent by Li Chengqian stopped him, Zhao Chen had no choice but to follow the man, turned around and came back, looked at Li Chengqian who was waiting for him outside the Taiji Palace, and asked strangely.
"What are you doing in a hurry to go back!" Li Chengqian complained about Zhao Chen, and smiled at Zhao Chen: "You just came back last night, and I didn't want to bother you, didn't you just come to the early court, why don't you go to the East Palace for a drink together?" ”
When the weasel was greeting the chicken, especially looking at the bastard, when he looked at the cheap look on his face at the moment, Zhao Chen knew that there must be something difficult about this thing and he urgently needed his help.
In the East Palace, a sumptuous banquet had already been prepared, looking at the table of delicacies, Zhao Chen suddenly frowned, and looked at Li Chengqian suspiciously, looking at this posture, it seems that the problem is still very serious!
"Nothing else!" Li Chengqian was a little hairy by Zhao Chen's staring, grinned at Zhao Chen, pointed to the seat on the side and said: "Brother Chen, you go to Lingnan this time, our parting is a few months, today's banquet should be for Brother Chen!" ”
"Hypocrisy, true hypocrisy!" Zhao Chen listened to Li Chengqian's stammering words, and a series of slurping sounds came out of his mouth, and as he spoke, he sat down on the chair unceremoniously, looked at Li Chengqian, spread his hands and said: "I don't eat much when I go out in the morning, so if you have something to say, it's good to eat when you're done!" ”
"Tell me, how can a penny be spent as ten cents?" was directly told by Zhao Chen, Li Chengqian didn't feel embarrassed at all, and sat down opposite Zhao Chen with his head down, and didn't hide it, looking at Zhao Chen and asking directly.
“… Didn't understand! Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Zhao Chen was stunned for a long time, and then he looked at Li Chengqian blankly, shook his head and said, "What is a penny to spend ten pennies?" ”
"Jianghuai's thing!" Li Chengqian leaned his head on the back of the chair and groaned in pain: "This matter has now fallen on Qian Zhuang's head, and I am about to be tortured and crazy!" ”
"You're kidding me?" When Zhao Chen heard this, he looked at the painful Li Chengqian with an inexplicable expression and said: "Jianghuai's rebels, let your Qian Zhuang pacify, Your Majesty... Ahem, how could that be! ”
said that he was smooth, and almost blurted out that His Majesty was crazy, but fortunately, when he was about to leave, he suddenly woke up and stopped his mouth in time.
"You think it's weird, but that's the way it is!" When Li Chengqian heard this, he smiled bitterly at Zhao Chen, and then looked at Zhao Chen and said: "Now all the mess in Jianghuai is handled by Qian Zhuang and the household department!" ”
Hearing Li Chengqian's words about the household, Zhao Chen's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and when he looked at Li Chengqian, he suddenly seemed to understand.
"In the beginning, I sent a telegram from you!" Li Chengqian sat up straight, supported his head with his hands in pain, looked at Zhao Chen and said, "As soon as I told Meng Rang about it, my father immediately sent someone to Jianghuai to investigate!" ”
Seeing Zhao Chen looking at him intently, Li Chengqian sighed and continued: "The person sent is Xu Jingzong, some time ago, when you left Lingnan, Xu Jingzong had also returned from Jianghuai and brought specific news from Jianghuai!" ”
Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Zhao Chen had basically understood the reason why Li Chengqian was looking for him today.
At the beginning, he received a telegram from Li Er in Lingnan, saying that it was Meng Rang Lao'er's nest, which might be behind Jianghuai, and before the people sent arrived in Jianghuai, Zhao Chen had basically understood the situation on Jianghuai's side.
Backward production, special geographical environment, and barren land caused by years of war since the end of the Sui Dynasty have led to the entire Jianghuai region, where displaced people are running around and bandits are rampant.
In such a situation, it has naturally become a paradise for these careerists like Meng Rang, as long as there is food, casually raise their arms and shout, there will be tens of thousands of homeless bandits, hearing the news.
Now, Meng Rang has been miserable by him, and he stayed in Meiling to be responsible for repairing the Meiling plank road for him, but the matter of Jianghuai has not been resolved, and which homeless bandits are not under the control of Meng Rang, so they are still wandering around Jianghuai.
Meng Rang's lesson is in front of him, so solving these homeless bandits in Jianghuai has become Li Er's top priority.
The only way to completely solve these displaced people is to resettle them, so that they can end their wandering days and accept the control of the local government in a down-to-earth manner, so that they can be fundamentally solved.
Therefore, when Zhao Chen set off in Lingnan, after discussing with the DPRK, Li Er handed over the matter to the Ministry of Household and Qianzhuang, responsible for solving the problem of resettlement of Jianghuai refugees.
"No money!" Li Chengqian explained the end of the matter clearly, and immediately frowned, spread his hands to the Heavenly Maiden and said: "The gap in Jianghuai is too big, these **** have been calculated repeatedly, with the current operation of Qianzhuang, it is impossible to independently bear the huge budget of the entire Jianghuai!" ”
As he spoke, Li Chengqian quickly got up, took out a large stack of papers from the side hall, which were densely packed with accounting figures, and said to Zhao Chen: "Look at this, according to such a cost, the current gap in the money village is so big that it can't be filled at all!" ”
When Zhao Chen heard Li Chengqian's words, he took the drawings from Li Chengqian's hands, unfolded them, carefully saw the end from the beginning, and when he finished reading them, he put the drawings aside and sighed slightly.
According to the above accounting, it is indeed just as Li Chengqian said, if Qianzhuang really wants to take over the matter of resettlement of displaced people in Jianghuai, the gap is simply too big.
The huge cost of capital, even if Li Chengqian keeps running the machine day and night to make coins, it is far from enough.
What's more, if Qian Zhuang really did that, it would mean that the entire Datang would fall into collapse.
"Is there a way?" Finally met Zhao Chen After reading the drawings, Li Chengqian almost couldn't wait to look at Zhao Chen and asked.
"Yes!" Zhao Chen sat there, groaned slightly, pretended to hook his finger at Li Chengqian mysteriously, and waited until Li Chengqian came over suspiciously, and then said something in a low voice to Li Chengqian's ear.
With what Zhao Chen said, Li Chengqian's expression changed from the original Mu Ran at first, and gradually became surprised.
At the end, he raised his head in shock, looked at Zhao Chen with an incredible face, and after a long time, he slapped his forehead and said painfully: "Stupid, I should have thought of this method a long time ago!" (To be continued.) )