"Ladies and gentlemen, how do you think this matter should be resolved?" Li Shimin asked.

And Fang Xuanling took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, this is a good thing to exchange tea for the war horses of the Turks!" If we can all exchange tea for war horses in the future, then we don't need to use steel to finance the enemy. Although this tea made the Turks feel comfortable, it did not increase their strength, so we can exchange it for the war horse is the only breed. ”

The Central Plains used tea and nomads in exchange for war horses, which can stand the test of history. Judging from the information that Chen Fei searched with his mobile phone, tea is the most suitable thing to exchange for war horses with nomads, which will not increase the nomads' force, and this tea is also one of the favorite things of the nomads, and the Central Plains can also be produced in large quantities. The Song Dynasty still set up a special agency responsible for the tea and horse trade, which is enough to show the importance of the tea and horse trade.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has just opened the country, although it has begun to breed war horses, the number of war horses is still seriously insufficient. Especially high-quality war horses are very rare. In Datang, only those who can use high-quality war horses are those who are famous generals, and those second-level generals can only use the war horses of ordinary cavalry. Of course, there is another army that is all made of high-quality war horses, that is, the Xuanjia Army personally led by Li Shimin.

However, the Xuanjia Army is an elite unit, which is selected from among the soldiers, and it is not really equipped with a large number of cavalry. And the total number of the Xuanjia Army is not more than 1,000 people, and one of the reasons for the expansion of the Xuanjia Army is the shortage of high-quality war horses. The Xuanjia Army uses heavy armored cavalry, and it takes very good war horses to be able to support such heavy armor, so there are too few such excellent war horses, and Li Shimin doesn't have many of them.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that he should organize manpower, and then go to the Turks to exchange tea for this war horse. And the war horse purchased by Cui Xiuxiu this time was purchased using the property of the imperial court. Du Ruhui said.

"Buying with the property of the imperial court? This is tens of millions of dollars, which is almost equal to the income of our Datang Center for a year! Unless we are willing to collect a portion of the local state and county finances. Then we can buy it. The eldest grandson Wuji said.

But Du Ruhui said: "It must be! Because these war horses are not only related to the breeding of war horses in our imperial court, but also related to the competition for the position of the head of the Cui family. If we can help Cui Fu up to the position of the head of the Cui family, then the long-term benefits obtained at that time will definitely be higher than a year's income. ”

Du Ruhui got to the point, that is, if he can help Cui Fu, the person who betrayed his family and cooperated with the court, then he is also the head of the Cui family, which is equivalent to the court burying a very fatal nail in the Cui family. If Cui Fu is disobedient in the future, then Li Shimin will also reveal the cooperation to the Cui family, and Cui Fu will inevitably be deposed as the head of the family. In order to keep the position of the head of the family, Cui Fu could only continue to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty, and was gradually tied to the chariot of the Tang Dynasty. And the Cui family would not have thought of it at all. Which high-ranking head of his own family would be a traitor in the court, constantly betraying the interests of the family in exchange for the qualification to maintain the status of the head of the family.

And Li Shimin also admitted that if he can help Cui Fu become the head of the family, the future benefits can be said to be very huge. Once Cui Fu became the head of the Cui family by relying on the imperial court, then if the descendants of Cui Fu's family want to maintain the position of the head of the family, they must continue to cooperate with the imperial court. Once this matter is poked out, where will the descendants of those who competed with Cui Fu back then and did not get the position of head of the family be willing. They will definitely continue to criticize Cui Fu's line. In this way, the imperial court can continue to blackmail the head of the Cui family, Cui Fu, and this family. Therefore, this is a profitable thing, which is more useful than the financial revenue of the country's central government in a year.

"Alright! This time, I also ordered to mobilize money from the local state capital to buy these war horses. And immediately sent to Taifu Temple. Then let them breed good horses as soon as possible. Li Shimin said.

If Li Shimin directly uses finance to help Cui Fu, it will definitely be exposed. And now she is taking advantage of the opportunity to buy war horses, and then pushing the finances to Cui Xiuxiu, so that she can also get benefits from it. It is used to buy those Cui family members. After all, no matter how strong the Cui family is, it is not an opponent of a country, and the country has a huge finance. Therefore, the Cui family's financial strength will not be a country's opponent.

"Your Majesty, this time it was given to the Cui family, but in the future, we will definitely not be able to keep this tea and horse trading channel in the Cui family. Because the Cui family has hundreds of times the profit, so much money has been earned by the Cui family, so how can we be willing? The eldest grandson Wuji said.

The eldest grandson Wuji also mentioned the idea, this time it was to help Cui Fu seize the position, so he gave them this money so generously. But in the future, Datang needs a huge amount of war horses, and if the Cui family has been allowed to monopolize this trade channel, then I am afraid that Datang will have to spend a lot of extra money. If the Cui family is allowed to monopolize it, then a lot of money from the Tang Dynasty's military expenses will go into the Cui family's pocket, so it is really a matter of using the Tang Dynasty's finances to fatten the Cui family, which is not good for the imperial court.

"Auxiliary, what do you think should be done?" Li Shimin asked.

The eldest grandson Wuji took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the imperial court should personally come forward to trade with the Turks. Of course, it is necessary to be an ordinary person, not to be an imperial court. However, all the officials involved in the transaction must be officials of the imperial court, so that our imperial court can obtain the greatest benefits. ”

Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and felt that the eldest grandson Wuji was all for the good of the court, so he didn't say anything. Because if the imperial court comes forward in person, then I am afraid that the Cui family will not be able to make too many profits, and the biggest profits will also belong to the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, we might as well send a copy of our resolution to Chen Fei so that he can see it! He still has a lot of ideas, let's see what he can say. If there are no opinions, that's for the best. If you have an opinion, then you can listen to it too. Du Ruhui said.

"Alright! CC one to Chen Fei and ask him to give his opinion! Li Shimin said.

Since the idea of this tea and horse trade was proposed by Chen Fei, it was normal for Duoduo to ask Chen Fei's opinion, so Li Shimin agreed to send a copy to Chen Fei. (To be continued......)