Liu Yuan came out of the Jinyu family and went straight to the palace, where he negotiated with Li Er about the donation and the plan that followed.

In order to raise funds, it can be said that the faces that have been accumulated before have been sold out, and they have also taken seventy or eighty thousand taels, Liu Yuan didn't feel anything at first, but the more he thought about it later, the more he didn't feel it, especially when he saw that Cheng Lao Demon King often appeared as a big philanthropist, his heart was not balanced, and he lost it to his grandmother's family, but fortunately, he had a flexible brain, and after a little thought, he soon had an idea.

This time I came to persuade Li Er.

With the token given by the emperor, Liu Yuan entered the palace without much effort, and after hearing that Li Er was in the imperial study, he did not linger, and walked straight towards the imperial study.

"Huh, Liu Yuan?"

When Liu Yuan was walking towards a corridor, he suddenly heard someone calling him, turned his head to look, and saw Li Lizhen, the princess of Changle, walking towards him.

"See the princess" Liu Yuan was taken aback, a little surprised Li Lizhi appeared here, in his impression, this princess Li, at this time, should be in her own house, in the charcoal fire, warm and ambiguous like spring, happily playing cards while eating all kinds of snacks.

Li Lizhi said a little unhappily: "What kind of eyes do you have, this is the palace, the palace appears here, you look very surprised, what does this mean?" ”

Liu Yuan's expression was in full view, and Li Lizhi immediately became a little unhappy.

"No, no, no" Liu Yuan hurriedly explained: "The princess usually goes back to the palace in the morning, and now it's noon, Liu is a little strange, this is the palace, and it is also the princess's home, when the princess comes back, it should be." ”

"Oh, Grandfather is in poor health. My father asked me to spend more time with him when I was free, so I have been back to the palace a lot recently. Surprisingly, Liu Yuan hadn't asked yet, and Li Lizhi took the initiative to say it.

Liu Yuan has been busy with fundraising recently, and he hasn't paid much attention to it, but now that he thinks about it, it's true, since Li Yuan's health deteriorated, Li Li's frequency of visiting the door has become less and less, and it turns out that he has run back to the palace to fulfill his filial piety. But this is not bad, the phenomenon of intergenerational relatives in Huaxia has existed since ancient times, and I believe that Li Yuan is no exception, maybe he doesn't like Li Er in his heart, but he is still good for his grandson and granddaughter.

"The princess respects the old and loves the young. It is really a model for my people in the Tang Dynasty, and Liu deeply admires it. ”

Li Lizhi smiled slightly when she heard this. Instead, he asked, "General Liu." What are you doing at the palace? ”

"The fundraising matter has come to an end, and Liu went to the palace to report to the emperor."

"Oh, how much money did you raise?"

Liu Yuan said with some pride in his words: "Not much, more than 1.5 million taels of silver." ”

"Ah, so many?" Li Lizhi was so surprised that she almost couldn't close her mouth, but she quickly came back to her senses. glanced at Liu Yuan deeply, and then said lightly: "General Liu is really capable, and he is indeed a virtuous minister of the Tang Dynasty, but sometimes you need to pay attention to it." Flowers and applause are wonderful, but reputation and integrity cannot be forgotten. ”

After Li Lizhi finished speaking, she left without looking back.

Flowers and applause are wonderful, but reputation and integrity cannot be forgotten?

Liu Yuan tasted Li Lizhen's words, and a sense of gratitude suddenly rose in his heart, Li Lizhen meant to remind himself to pay attention to his own positioning and goals, just like these things in front of him, he raised so much silver at once, and Guzan was praised by the emperor, but in fact, he made a mistake in his positioning, he was just a general, not a businessman, a general was a businessman, in the dynasty of Shinong Industry and Commerce, it was a humiliating thing, once he had a connection with business, it invisibly affected his image, and the gains outweighed the losses. If you have the impression in the eyes of the emperor that you are only an expert who can make money, rather than a brave and friendly general, then it will not be good for your career.

Liu Yuan didn't expect that Li Lizhen, as a princess, would say such things to herself, this is the platform for demolishing her Lao Tzu, but when Liu Yuan came back to his senses, the beauty had already gone away, leaving only a faint shadow for herself.

Li Lizhi ..........

When Li Lizhen's shadow walked away, Liu Yuan came back to his senses and continued to walk towards the imperial study.

Under the leadership of the eunuch, Liu Yuan met Li Er with an expectant face very smoothly, and after the courtesy of the monarch and minister, Li Er couldn't wait to say: "Liu Aiqing, how is this fundraising activity going?"

This Li Er is really direct, straight to the point, not wasting time at all, Liu Yuan heard the words and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is trying to talk about this." ”

"Say it quickly."

"Yes, Your Majesty" Liu Yuan responded, and immediately said loudly: "Because the auction is not long over, there is a lot of silver that has not been paid, and the detailed accounts have not been completed, but the total amount has been counted, and the total amount of donations, auctions, charitable activities, and instant lottery tickets add up, and the total amount of money is about 1.57 million taels of silver." ”

Li Er was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said happily: "Yes, yes, Liu Aiqing is really my minister, now it's good, now Chang'an has the money to build roads, and the people of Chang'an City will no longer be harmed by mud and dust, Liu Aiqing, you have done a great thing." ”

I have to say that Liu Yuan's ability to do things, especially the ability to raise money, made Li Er extremely satisfied.

"Your Majesty, this amount of money is a lot, but I'm afraid it won't be enough to build roads and build a new project, so Weichen still wants to discuss with the emperor to see if the treasury can allocate some more money."

"What? Appropriation? Li Er's voice suddenly rose an octave, and he said with a puzzled expression: "Liu Yuan, didn't you say that if you replace it with hard labor, the cost can be greatly reduced?" More than 1.5 million taels, even if there is no surplus to pay tribute to the treasury, what kind of plan do you have, and it costs so much? ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to allocate funds, Li Er was like being stepped on by the tail, not only his face was abnormal, but Liu Aiqing just now suddenly became Liu Yuan, that face seemed to belong to a dog, and he changed when he said it, in Liu Yuan's opinion, now Qian Yin has become Li Er's "reverse scale", and whoever says it will be in a hurry.

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, once the Son of Heaven is angry, many officials are so frightened that they can't speak, and they become submissive, but Liu Yuan said calmly: "Your Majesty, I believe that if you listen to Weichen's plan, you will definitely be tempted." ”

"Oh, well, I'll just listen, what's your plan?"

Liu Yuan said in a surprising voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen is going to build a golden house. ”

"What? The Golden House? Li Er exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right, it's the Golden House," Liu Yuan finished speaking, and immediately explained: "When the cement road is built, it will also need to be maintained at that time, and the money and silver earned by this golden house can be used for maintenance costs, and secondly, it can also be enriched into the treasury, which is a chicken that will continue to lay golden eggs." ”

Li Er frowned and said, "Then tell me, how can this chicken lay golden eggs?" ”

"Your Majesty, doing business is to make people consume, the so-called consumption is to make people pay money, and there are two kinds of business that can make people take out silver, one is essential consumption, such as indispensable things in life, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc.; One is impulsive consumption, such as going to a restaurant, drinking flower wine, a beautiful dress, a precious jewelry, etc., in short, necessity consumption is stable and impulsive consumption is profitable. ”

"There is a golden house in the book, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, many people want to sleep in the golden bed, hug the beauty of the flower, once they wake up, there is gold everywhere, the problem of beauties, it is difficult to reconcile, but we can complete their dream of the golden house, just build a golden house, let them visit and see, what is the golden house like, then we will use gold to make all our things, extremely luxurious, to meet the wishes of the general public, then we can sell tickets, those gold, let them touch it, look at it, and it will not be reduced, But we use the sale of tickets to make money, so to speak, to make money, a million profits, why not? ”

Li Er obviously hesitated and said: "Gold is not uncommon, just to make a so-called golden house, I'm afraid it's not very attractive, right?" Liu Yuan, although your idea is good, can you take into account the problem of cost and benefit, you have gold and silver in your hands, and there are still people who are willing to spend money to see it? ”

Speaking of whether anyone likes to watch, Liu Yuan is too clear about this, like later generations, when some people come up with ideas such as a golden toilet, a golden roof, and a golden corridor, many people really deliberately come from afar to see it, and it is very prosperous, like ancient times, many people like to have a golden dream of getting rich overnight, and Liu Yuan definitely does not doubt its lofty money.

However, Liu Yuan pretended to hesitate and said: "This, the minister thinks, should be very promising." ”

"What, it should?" Li Er's face suddenly became a little unnatural, and he frowned and said, "You are sure about this"

Liu Yuan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is not an immortal, I dare not say that I am so sure, I can only say that I can give it a try." ”

After pondering for a while, Li Er finally asked, "If you really want to build it, how much money does the treasury still need?" ”

"At least 200,000 taels of silver, only a little."

Two hundred thousand? Li Er hesitated again, this silver, in the past, was just a drop in the bucket, even now, the treasury can be obtained, but now is the time when the war is going on, many parties need money, if there is no spare funds, I am afraid that it will cause a panic effect, and even have an impact on the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

"No" Li Er shook his head and said: "Recently, the big war is imminent, and the treasury is tight, if you do, you don't need to raise funds, this won't work, either cancel your so-called chicken that will lay golden eggs, or you can find another way." ”

Although Li Er knew that Liu Yuan's vision would not be wrong, Li Er would not gamble on the future and fate of the Tang Dynasty no matter how much he gambled.

That's what I'm waiting for.

An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Liu Yuan's mouth, and then he said with some "hesitation": "Your Majesty, it's not like there's no way......... (To be continued......)

PS: The training is finally over, a chapter before getting on the bus, and it will return to normal tomorrow, and I said weakly: I heard that there is a double monthly pass, if you have a surplus of friends, vote for one