The rain was dripping, Li Shimin sat in the imperial study and looked at the drizzle outside, thinking about the debate between Wei Zheng and the ministers in the court today, and for some reason he became inexplicably irritable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The matter of betting on the horse archery tournament does contribute a lot to the treasury every year, and the imperial court has benefited a lot from it, which is not a good thing; And a lot of money is invested in the magnates and businessmen every year, and the court makes money from the magnates, which is equivalent to indirectly weakening the strength of the magnates, but the impact of betting is not unaware of him, and the people, businessmen and even the magnates who go bankrupt every year because of this are not nothing.

On the one hand, there is fat, on the other hand, there is the suffering of the people, and even according to Wei Zheng, it has risen to the level of the people's customs and national customs, which is too difficult for him Li Shimin to make a choice.

Just when Li Shimin was worried about this matter, a eunuch hurriedly came to report: "Holy Lord, the little marquis of Tang Zhou asks to see him." ”

Li Shimin was a little surprised, because Tang Zhou rarely entered the palace, but although he was surprised, he still nodded and ordered the eunuch to bring Tang Zhou in, and he felt that it was time to tell him about giving Tang Zhou a marriage and listen to what he meant.

He was originally going to find a time to tell Tang Zhou about this.

Tang Zhou has a token given by Li Shimin, and he is qualified to enter the palace at any time, he followed the eunuch into the imperial study, and stood aside after saluting Li Shimin, Li Shimin glanced at him and asked: "What is the matter with Tang Aiqing entering the palace at this time?" ”

"Back to the saint, the minister heard that this morning to Wei Zheng Wei Lord wrote a letter requesting the abolition of the betting on the riding and archery competition, and the minister had something to say and was unhappy, so he came to meet the saint."

Li Shimin was already worried about this matter, but when he heard Tang Zhou talk about it, he was a little curious and asked, "What do you want to tell me?" ”

"Back to the saint, the minister feels that Lord Wei is reasonable, and the minister is not against the gambling of the common people, but the court is also so actively involved, there is a feeling of going astray."

These words are already a little disrespectful to the imperial court, but Li Shimin will not blame Tang Zhou for such a sentence, he did not express his position, but just asked: "What is the right way, what is the wrong way?" ”

"It is the right way to return to the Holy Heavens and encourage farming and business to make the country rich and strong, and it is the wrong way to grab a quick money for a while without work; Although the money comes slowly, if it persists for a long time, the country will definitely become rich and strong. Although the money comes quickly, it can last for a long time, and the country will definitely be damaged because of this, try to ask a country where gambling is common, who will go to plough the land, who will go to business, and what we eat, can we get it from the gambling house? ”

After Tang Zhou finished speaking, he stopped, Li Shimin looked at Tang Zhou, and after a long time, he said: "The imperial court needs money at this time. ”

Tang Zhou raised his head slightly, he saw that Li Shimin was not angry, so he knew that Li Shimin also knew the harm of this matter, but because the court needed money, he knew that this was poisonous wine, but he had to drink it hard.

Seeing this situation, Tang Zhou was relieved, in fact, he knew that it was impossible for Li Shimin to give up such a big interest only by relying on his tongue, the operation of a court needs to be sacrificed, the war needs to be sacrificed, and the sacrifice is also required for these interests, the blood and lives of the soldiers are sacrificed in the war, and the money of those who bet is sacrificed in order to fill the treasury.

Tang Zhou knew that Wei Zheng couldn't convince Li Shimin, and he couldn't convince Li Shimin, because Li Shimin saw this matter more clearly and thoroughly than them, but Tang Zhou still wanted Wei Zheng to say such a phone call at today's morning court, this was not because he wanted to try his luck, or to show the so-called big festival.

He just wanted Wei Zheng to pick out this matter, and if no one picked out this matter, he couldn't open his mouth to Li Shimin, after all, he was not in the court, and if he rashly mentioned this matter, he would inevitably be criticized.

If you are not in your position, you are not in charge, this is not just a matter of talking.

Of course, there is another reason why Tang Zhou let Wei Zheng provoke trouble, and when the matter of the Horse Shooting Contest is over, there must be someone in Chang'an City who wants to complain, he Tang Zhou is still young, his power is still weak, and he doesn't want to offend so many people, but Wei Zheng is different, Wei Zheng is too old, and he has offended too many people over the years, so it doesn't hurt to let him offend some more.

And when Wei Zheng provoked the incident, he could come and make a deal with Li Shimin, and this was also what he saw clearly from the beginning, if he wanted Li Shimin to give up this big piece of fat, he could only give him a bigger piece of fat.

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he thought that Tang Zhou would be in a hurry to refute, but at this time he found that Tang Zhou only showed a light smile on the corner of his mouth, and he faintly had a feeling that he had ignored something, so he asked, "What else does Tang Aiqing want to say to me?" ”

Tang Zhou smiled: "The minister wants to tell the saint, if you want to make money, why do you have to bet on the horse archery competition, the imperial court wants to make money in many ways and can guide the market to be more standardized, in comparison, the horse archery competition betting is beneficial and harmless, if someone deliberately cheats on the horse archery competition for money, isn't the intention of the saint to select talents in vain?" ”

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, secretly thinking that what Tang Zhou said was reasonable, driven by money, it was actually very easy for the contestants to cheat.

"Oh, there seems to be any good advice after listening to Tang Aiqing, I don't know what it is?" Although Li Shimin felt that Tang Zhou's fraud was worth studying, he was most concerned about how to get more money for the imperial court.

"Does the saint remember the royal bookstore that Princess Danyang is in charge of now?"

"I naturally remember that the thread-bound book you invented is indeed good, and it has made a lot of money for the Royal Bookstore, but this money is still a little worse than the betting on the riding and archery competition."

Tang Zhou smiled: "This is natural, but reading and gambling, which is more beneficial to the country?" ”

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, a little speechless.

At this time, Tang Zhou smiled lightly and said, "Of course, if it is just by virtue of this, the minister will naturally not think that he can make the saint change his mind, but the minister will give the saint an idea, and I think the saint will consider it." ”

"Oh, what's the idea?"

"Holy Lord, I am selling books for engraving, are there any restrictions?"

Hearing Tang Zhou's ignorant words, Li Shimin was very puzzled and said, "What restrictions? As long as it is not forbidden by order of the imperial court, any bookstore can print it as long as it has the ability. ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin faintly felt that he realized something, but Tang Zhou didn't break it, but that thing was so hazy, he couldn't think of anything even if he wanted to break his head.

"What the saint said is good, but doesn't the saint think that in this way, the supervision of books is a little insufficient, and books are very important for the inheritance and stability of the country, so it is a little inappropriate to let bookstores print and sell them like this?"

"So what to do?"

"Use ISBN!"