Chapter 26: The Court (continued)
"Alright, you two, give me a stop! What kind of system does it become in this court? "Li Yuan is very headache, since the sick grandson Li Kuan, who doesn't know the height of the sky, poked things out, this basket is getting bigger and bigger, and now in this court, in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, these boys dare to compete like this. If it's in private, you can't judge you to live or die? Thinking of this, Li Yuan couldn't wait to directly pull that kid out of the noon gate and drag him to death.
But he was just thinking about it in his heart, and he also knew what kind of goods his sons were. Although the boss occupies the orthodox righteous name, he is really not as good as the two boys. Li Yuan has also been hesitating between Lichang and Lixian all these years, and when he first established the Tang Dynasty, he directly established his eldest son as the crown prince, which seems to be a bit reckless! But if you don't set up the eldest son, it can't be said that you will change it to the second son, and although the eldest son Li Jiancheng has not had much merit over the years, he is not at fault!
The more I thought about it, the more I had a headache, and looking at the two people standing in the center of the main hall, there was a nameless fire: "You two listen to me, now both retreat!" Shimin, you go to find Sun Simiao Sun Shen Doctor, he may be the only person in this world who can cure Pingyang! As for Yuanji, you just stay well, don't get into trouble during this time, don't think I don't know your! Li Yuan can't look back on his family ugliness, although he has been paying attention to the city government since he became the emperor, but he can't learn that set from a martial artist.
"Sons obey orders!" Li Er and Li Yuanji retreated and returned.
"Alright, let's move on! I don't know which Aiqing has something to play? Li Yuan sat on the Nine Dragons chair and looked at the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs.
It's just that at this moment, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all thinking about the conversation between the King of Qin and the King of Qi just now, and their faces were uncertain, and there were still people there thinking about what state affairs! Although only a few words were spoken between the two princes before, the information revealed was really a bit amazing: first of all, the two princes confronted each other directly, and did not secretly exert themselves in an official tone as before, which shows that the two major interest groups have torn their faces and no longer care about each other's face. This makes most of them choose to take sides! Second, Princess Pingyang was seriously injured and died, this matter is not trivial, who is Princess Pingyang? She is the emperor's favorite princess and the leader of the famous women's army of the Tang Dynasty. This legendary female general was seriously injured in order to save King Qin, and it seemed that she could not be cured, which made the balance in many people's hearts begin to tilt to one side.
The expressions of the courtiers at this moment are colorful and colorful, like all kinds of things in the world, which is breathtaking. There were a few people in the group who supported Li Er before whose faces changed, and these were shaken. Li Er stood aside and observed silently, with a sigh in his heart, because some of them had always felt that they could be believed in his heart, but he didn't expect to be shaken at this time! Sure enough, it's the hearts of people that separate their stomachs!
Li Jiancheng has not made a sound since Li Er entered this Taiji Palace, standing in front of the courtiers, his face is like an ancient well, and he can't see what he is thinking! For this eldest brother, Li Er has complicated feelings in his heart, the admiration when he was a child, to the mutual ability of Li Yuan to hand over his back to each other at ease when he raised the army, and then to the current situation, Li Er can't say how he feels in his heart.
"Those who achieve great things are not informal, but is this brother cannibalism really a small section?" Li Er asked himself in his heart, but he couldn't find the answer!
"Since it's okay, let's retreat!" Li Yuan knew that there was no need for today's court meeting to go on, and the entire civil and military officials were weighing their own gains and losses, who still cared about the affairs of the world? This is also the inferior nature of the family gate valve, because in this era when the war is about to end, these guys who have come all the way from the bloody are thinking about their own families first! Because their concept is to have a home first, and then a country.
"Your Majesty, the old minister Xiao Yu has something to do!" At this time, an old man with gray hair standing in the column of Wenchen stood up!
"What's the matter with Xiao Aiqing, tell me quickly!" Li Yuan didn't expect that there were still people who cared about the country, not just their own affairs, so there was still a little relief, and his voice became softer!
"Your Majesty, Hebei Province has had heavy snowfall since the beginning of winter, and now it has become a disaster, I hope the emperor will open the treasury to relieve the victims!" Xiao Yu's voice was earnest, and he looked at Li Yuan with a look of hope.
Li Yuan didn't expect Xiao Yu to bring such a thing, the snow disaster is related to the life and death of thousands of people, this is a big deal! You must know that the world is not stable yet, and if there is another civil uprising, it will be even worse! Li Yuan groaned, he had to think about it, Li Yuan knew the situation of the treasury better than anyone else, and he did have some money, but it was not enough for disaster relief. But where else is there any money left in the entire Datang? It's all in this world, and they want money but no money, and they want little food.
Another headache! Li Yuan's brows were furrowed, and the beard on his chin was cut off a few times, and he felt pain for a while.
"Cui Aiqing, how much grain does the household still have?" Li Yuan asked Cui Xiang, the head of the household.
"Back to Your Majesty, there are now 150,000 taels of silver and 100,000 stone of grain in the household department, which is the balance after excluding the grain and grass of the various armies in the first half of next year! If it is used to relieve all the people of Hebei Province, Weichen can only say that it is a drop in the bucket, but the grain and grass of the army cannot be moved, otherwise the mutiny in the army is much more terrible than the people's change! "Cui Xiang can't help it, who made Datang poor! Those who have money have hidden their money, and even Cui Xiang's own family, Qinghe Cui, has hoarded a large amount of copper coins! But these things can't be said, because this is the traditional method of these big families, when the troubled times are hoarded, money, and when the troubled times are calm, they continue to enjoy the high life, the food in their hands, and the money then buys land from the hands of the people, so as to realize the expansion of the family's power.
Li Yuan also knew this, because he was also a member of these families, the patriarch of the Li family in Guanlong! The Li family is also doing such things, but they are all families that have existed for thousands of years, and the rules that should be followed still have to be observed! Even if the family forces led by the Boling Cui clan reject the royal family, and even if there are faint rumors that they will make the royal family ugly on the new "Clan Chronicles", Li Yuan cannot be allowed to break this rule.
Under the dilemma, Li Yuan's heart became more and more anxious!
At this moment, the crown prince Li Jiancheng, who had not spoken, stood up: "Father, the son feels that in fact, the snow disaster in Hebei Province does not need to use the treasury!" ”
Li Jiancheng's words focused everyone's attention, you must know that this is a state, not a state. There are 360 states in the Tang Dynasty, and Hebei Province has 24 states under its jurisdiction, and there is also a capital protection mansion. The amount of money and food required is simply astronomical, and he actually said that he doesn't need to use the national treasury, will he not be able to turn stones into gold?
"What can the prince do? Hurry up and speak up! Li Yuan spoke, and he was also curious.
"In fact, this time, the second brother led the army to conquer the Turks, and Chai Shao's horses suppressed Tuyuhun, and the spoils obtained by the army were much more than the treasury! At least Erchen knew that the property that the second brother brought back this time was worth no less than 100,000 taels! Li Jiancheng's words pushed Li Er to the forefront.
Li Yuan also looked at Li Er with an unkind face: Okay! After a war, you have made a fortune, but the treasury is empty! You alone are 100,000 taels, so your generals in the army add up to more than 10 people, wouldn't you have captured a million taels of silver? Plus the silver bounty received by the soldiers. Li Yuan didn't dare to think about it, but he couldn't understand why Li Er was so profitable in the war, he had also led troops to fight before, why was it all about stuffing money into it!
Li Er knew that this must have been leaked by the spy planted by Li Jiancheng, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly. This time, he did harvest no less than a million taels. When they encountered the Turks, the Turkic Khan had just returned from a commercial city on the border of the Tang Dynasty, and with the harvest of this robbery, all of them were captured by Li Er and them. But the pensions of the soldiers who died in battle, as well as the food and grass of the army along the way, were all deducted from this money. This time he went deep into the grassland, and Li Er's army had never received supplies since leaving the Yumen Pass, all of them were looted on the grassland or bought from the passing Hu merchants. After spending along the way, only the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver he brought back were left!
Li Er didn't dare to say that there were only so many! Because no one would believe it, could it be that their army was not supplied? No one would believe this, because Li Er knew that it was the one who did this qiē just now, his eldest brother. Since he dared not to give it, then he was already fully prepared, and even the handover documents were ready, of course, the person who received it must be the one who had been exposed!
Li Er secretly hated in his heart, although he had a premonition that he would definitely be attacked after tearing his face, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly and so ruthlessly!
"That's right, Erchen has seized a lot of property this time, but it has already been distributed to the soldiers and the women's army under his command! Erchen is willing to donate a total of 130,000 taels to the relief of the victims! It's just that his subordinates and soldiers and Chen don't dare to make decisions for them, because they fought with their lives! Li Er directly donated the rest of his hand, and then found an excuse to shirk the rest.
This move is very beautiful, but it is not all Li Er, just now Li Er was really chilled, his brother has really disappeared, and now there are only two enemies left who are carried away by power and want to put themselves to death! So he began his first counterattack in years.
Erchen has already made a statement, the eldest brother is the crown prince of the dynasty, and he has lived in Chang'an and other prosperous places for a long time, and his father has a lot of rewards, I don't know ......, "Since you pit me, then you can also come down!" Li Er directly pulled Li Jiancheng and let him also take a mouthful of blood!
Li Jiancheng lifted the stone and not only smashed his opponent's feet, but also his own feet! Under Li Er's gaze, he had to donate the 150,000 taels he had secretly gotten over the years, because he was the crown prince, how could he be three points stronger than Li Er, the king of Qin!