Although Du Ruhui did not say it explicitly in his words, everyone understood that he was not going to put his eggs in one basket, so he pulled Baekje in, of course, this is also related to the fact that Baekje sent Prince Yici to personally envoy to the Tang Dynasty, which greatly changed the relationship between the two countries.

As for Li Xiu, he pointed out more bluntly that the purpose of winning over Baekje is to contain Silla, after all, among the three countries on the peninsula, Baekje's strength is the weakest, and proper support for Baekje can also balance the situation on the peninsula, at least now Datang does not want any problems in its northeast frontier.

"That's fine, one more Baekje can also save us a lot of effort, let's do this thing, gather the envoys of Silla and Baekje, and then let our Datang take the lead to let them discuss the alliance!" Li Shimin finally nodded and said, although he knew that this would definitely make Silla suffer, and he was even dissatisfied with Datang, but as long as it was in the interests of Datang, he would not care about the opinion of such a small country.

After the discussion of the affairs in Liaodong, they then discussed several government affairs, some of which were proposed by Li Shimin himself, and some were proposed by Fang Xuanling and others, each of which was related to the lives of hundreds of people in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, such as the drought in the northwest and the need for relief from the imperial court, and the officials of a certain state in the south wrote to ask for the construction of local water conservancy, because the rain last year was too heavy, and as a result, some river embankments were washed down, etc.

Of course, Datang is so big, not only natural and man-made disasters These bad things, but also a lot of good news, for example, there are several state capitals almost unanimously written, saying that the grain depot in the state capital is in an emergency, because the grain production in recent years is too high, and Datang has not launched any large-scale wars, so that these grains can only be stored in the official warehouse, but now even the granary is not enough, so they ask to be able to sell some of the grain in the official warehouse.

The grain in the official warehouse needs to be replaced almost every year, because some grain is stored for several years, and it will be spoiled if it is not eaten again, and even some grain is mildew or moth-eaten because of poor preservation, and it cannot be eaten at all, and can only be fed to livestock in the end, so every year the grain in the official warehouse needs to be replaced with new grain, which is called clearance.

However, the official warehouse is cleared every year after the autumn harvest, but now it is only August, and the autumn harvest has not yet arrived, and as a result, the state capitals around the country require the clearance, because if the warehouse is not cleared, there will be no place to put the grain harvested during the autumn harvest. Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and for Datang, it is naturally a good thing that there is too much food to let go, and it can even be called a sweet trouble.

In fact, since the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes, Datang's grain output has risen sharply, and even the problem of too much food has occurred, but the people of the Central Plains are estimated to be hungry and afraid, and they will only be too little and not too much food, so every household has stored a lot of grain to save lives during the famine.

But now not only is there no shortage of grain among the people, but even the official warehouse has no place to put it, especially sweet potatoes, which can be stored like wheat after being dried into sweet potatoes, although it is not delicious, but at least it can withstand hunger, but the output of this thing is too large, and it is troublesome to store, and now it is indeed time to deal with it.

After discussing with the ministers, Li Shimin also agreed to sell some grain in the official warehouse, but in this way, it will definitely impact the price of grain, and even the incident of "cheap grain hurting farmers", so Fang Xuanling suggested that the prohibition of alcohol could be opened, allowing the people to make wine, and the people could also be encouraged to raise livestock, and a large amount of stored grain could also be consumed.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there have been many prohibitions on alcohol, even if there is no alcohol ban, private wine is not allowed, mainly because of the fear of wasting food, but now that there is too much food, the ban is naturally meaningless, as for raising livestock is a good thing, it can improve the diet of the people, so that the people of Datang are stronger, so Li Shimin also quickly agreed, with the release of the ban, and the large number of livestock, it should stimulate food prices, so that food prices will not fall too much.

In the end, Li Xiu saw that there seemed to be no major matters to discuss, so he stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty, the bank of the financial supervision has been prepared, and it will be ready to start business tomorrow, and I ask Your Majesty for approval!" ”

"Oh? Are banks already operational? Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard Li Xiu's report, and he said in surprise, he had been looking forward to the bank for a long time, and now he was naturally very happy to hear the news.

"Yes, the bank has made sufficient preparations, there will be no problem with normal operation, and the next step is to open a bank in Luoyang, and then start business such as foreign exchange!" Li Xiu said with confidence, in the past few days, he has been simulating the operation of the bank court, and some problems on the surface have been solved, of course, there may be some problems that are not perceptible for the time being, but it does not affect the operation of the bank, after all, even in the future generations, no bank dares to guarantee that there will be no problems.

"Good! I'm right! Li Shimin saw Li Xiu's confident appearance, and he was even more excited at the moment, and then he asked again, "By the way, what are the difficulties in the operation of the bank, do you need the imperial court to come forward to publicize it?" ”

"Your Majesty, the biggest difficulty of the bank is to gain the trust of the people, so when it opens tomorrow, the minister hopes that His Majesty can take out some money from the inner treasury and deposit it in the bank, and then the minister will also deposit the money of his family in the bank, so as to set an example for the people of the world!" Li Xiu said very solemnly.

Although the bank was opened by the imperial court and in the name of the royal family, if you want to gain the trust of more people, you still need to do some superficial things, such as Li Shimin depositing the money in his inner treasury into the bank, and even important ministers like Li Xiu also depositing money in the bank, so as to set an example for others and win the trust of the people in the bank.

"Your Majesty, the minister is also willing to deposit his family's money in the bank!" I saw that the eldest grandson Wuji also stood up righteously at this time, this is the time to show his attitude, and with his understanding of Li Shimin, the other party will definitely agree, so he will naturally not lag behind.

With the expression of the eldest grandson Wuji, the other ministers also agreed to deposit their own money in the bank, so that they could do their positions, and some money was not taken to their hearts at all, Li Shimin also laughed when he saw this: "Okay, good!" Since all Aiqing are willing to deposit their family wealth in the bank, I will naturally not lag behind, and after I go back, let the queen count the inner treasury and understand that the money will be sent to the bank with great fanfare! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Xiu also hurriedly thanked Li Shimin at this time, but he smiled secretly in his heart, because even if Li Shimin's money in the inner treasury is sent to the bank, it will be sent back soon, because the bank was built in a hurry, and it did not build a solid and safe vault, so Li Xiu had already discussed with Li Shimin in advance, and the valuables of the bank would be kept in the inner treasury of the palace, where the place was large enough, and it was safe, and it was definitely not afraid of theft.

As for the copper coin, it is easy to do, because this thing is not as good as paper money, and the copper coin is not afraid of being stolen at all, after all, ten Wen is one tael, one hundred Wen is a catty, and ordinary people can't carry much after fighting their lives, so the bank has built a few ordinary warehouses, of course, it is ordinary, in fact, it is also built very strong, and the defense is very tight, of course, in terms of security, it must not be compared with the inner library in the palace.

Li Shimin was also very interested in the opening of the bank, and asked some questions at the moment, and Li Xiu also answered them one by one, in fact, Li Xiu still had some bank-related things that he wanted to report to Li Shimin, but there were too many people around, and Li Xiu didn't want too many people to know in advance, otherwise it might bring some resistance to the bank's next thing.

After discussing the bank, Li Shimin saw that no one proposed government affairs again, so he announced the dissolution of the dynasty, but left Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji alone, and waited until the others left the hall, only to see Li Shimin said solemnly: "Wuji, Li Xiu, the reason why I left you two is to discuss one thing with you!" ”

"What Your Majesty wants to discuss is related to Liaodong?" The eldest grandson Wuji is worthy of being the person who knows Li Shimin best, and he guessed what Li Shimin was going to say right away.

"Yes, I want to send troops to Goguryeo, firstly, to completely eliminate this threat in Liaodong, and secondly, to avenge the tragic death of the Han family's sons in Liaodong, what do you think?" Li Shimin said very seriously again at this time.

Li Xiu laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this, because Li Shimin only told half the truth, he sent troops to Goguryeo to solve this threat in Liaodong, as for the second article, it is probably an exaggeration to say anything to avenge the revenge of the Zhijia Erlang, the real reason is probably to prove that he is stronger than Yang Guang, after all, Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goguryeo, but let countless Han family sons die tragically in Liaodong, and even the bones cannot be recovered, if he can destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop, not only proves that he is more wise and martial than Yang Guang, At the same time, it can also indirectly prove to the people of the world that the Sui Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty is the destiny of heaven!

"Goguryeo is indeed a trouble, although now they are superficially subservient to the Tang Dynasty, but it is only because of the civil strife that has led to a great decline in strength, so they have to bow their heads, but if their strength is restored in the future, I am afraid that Liaodong will no longer have peace." I saw that when the eldest grandson Wuji said this, he suddenly frowned and said, "It's just that Goguryeo is not a small country after all, and the country is mountainous, and the army is also very strong. ”

"I have also considered what you said, but now that my Tang soldiers are full of food, Goguryeo is getting weaker and weaker, and it is a good time to destroy them in one fell swoop, and I don't want to leave Goguryeo to my children and grandchildren to solve." Li Shimin said with a very firm attitude, and after finishing speaking, he also turned his head to look at Li Xiu, apparently wanting to hear Li Xiu's opinion.