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Time has entered the plum moon in a blink of an eye, and the Jianghuai River basin is rainy endlessly.

Although Chang'an, who was far away in Guanzhong, was not affected by the rainy season, in fact, his mood at this time was also shrouded in continuous rain. The grass thief Huang Chao brazenly proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, and the attack on Tongguan never stopped, the Tang Jingshi was in danger, but at this time, the feudal towns all over the world disregarded the safety of the court and the emperor, and actually began to attack each other.

The Khitan attacked Xi and Yinshan Tatars, causing the Xi and Tatar cavalry, which had been called for reinforcements, to return to Saiwai.

At the same time, Li Jing, the king of Qin, who had high hopes for Li Yi, had already been in the Bianhe River and was about to hit Luoyang, but he suddenly transferred his troops and turned back. Withdrew from the five states of Cao, Song, Yun, Pu, and Hua, and folded up one by one, saying that it was to be handed over to Yu Xuan, Kang Chengyu, and Xin Yan to move to the town.

After Li Jing occupied the territory of the Taining Army and other states, he did not crusade against the Huangchao traitors for the imperial court, but went south to attack the probation army.

Li Yi in the Daming Palace almost vomited blood when he heard such news, he was now obedient to Li Jing's words, and gave Li Jing the title of King of Qin, awarded the world's soldiers and horses Marshal Tiger Fu Great Seal, and placed high hopes on him, but Li Jing now not only cut off the supply to the imperial court, but also took the opportunity to swallow the towns of Yichang and Taining with the rights of the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and now he wants to swallow the towns of Yichang and Taining, and now he wants to swallow the towns of Reform.

Huainan's Gao Biao was also reluctant to support Huang Chao, but now he suddenly had the courage to make a move against Li Jing, and Zhou Bao, who was already in his sixties, came to the back of a yellow bird, taking Gao Biao's opportunity to deal with Li Jing, and actually caught Gao Biao off guard.

Zhou Bao didn't have time to be happy. Liu Hanhong of eastern Zhejiang sent troops to western Zhejiang. Fought with Zhou Bao

What the fuck is going on?

As the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yi couldn't understand it. I felt angry. The capital division was attacked by anti-thieves, and the court was worried and anxious, but at this time, the towns actually ignored the life and death of the court, and you were very happy to attack me on the side.

"Is there a choice for mediation?"

In the Yanying Palace, Li Yi was a lot haggard, and glanced at the ministers in the hall who were obviously a lot haggard during this time and asked.

Yang Fuguang played: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to Jianghuai to mediate the contradictions between the towns. ”

The towns fought between each other, and the important ministers in Chang'an City couldn't control it. But now Huang Chao sharpened his knife Huo Huo pointed directly at Chang'an and was knocking on Chang'an. Although at present, because Li Jing had previously entered the Central Plains, Huang Chao had to gather heavy troops to the east of Luoyang to defend Li Jing. But now Li Jing has handed over Cao Song and other five states to Yu Xuan and others, obviously not wanting to fight to the death with Huang Chao. Maybe Huang Chao will transfer heavy troops to the west to attack Tongguan next, and with those arrogant Shence troops in Tongguan, it is difficult to say whether they can hold Tongguan. As soon as Tongguan is lost, Chang'an cannot be guarded, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and no one can escape.

Therefore, it is imperative. It still needs a competent person to go to Jianghuai to mediate the contradictions between Li Jing, Gao Biao, Zhou Bao, Shi Pu, Liu Hanhong and other towns. Let them send troops to deal with the Yellow Nest.

This job is not a beautiful job, whether it is Tian Lingzi or Lu Xian, basically no one wants to go. Now that Yang Fuguang is willing to go, everyone is naturally relieved. The matter was immediately confirmed, and Yang Fuguang served as the mediator to mediate.

Yu Cong got up and played: "Under His Majesty, Cui Shangshu of Tongguan issued a document to the imperial court to ask for military salaries, grain and grass and rewards for the soldiers guarding the pass, a total of two million yuan, the imperial court has not pulled it out for a long time, but I am afraid that the soldiers over there in Tongguan will be cold, and I also ask Your Majesty to issue an order to the household department to pull out." ”

If you want the horses to run, but you want the horses not to eat grass, how can there be such a good thing in the world. At present, Tongguan has gathered several troops and horses such as Luoyang, Yicheng, Heyang, Taining, Shaanxi, Tongzhou and Shence Army, adding up to 80,000 people. But with so many soldiers and horses gathered together, the food and salary are not a small number, especially in the current situation, facing off with the thief army every day, fighting every three or five times, and rewarding before and after the war is indispensable.

If there is no reward, who is willing to work hard, even if Cui Anqian, Du Xian, Zhang Zimian, Qi Kerang and others are attentive, it is not a long-term solution.

However, it is not that the household department does not give, but that there is no money to give. Li Wei, the head of the household, is the prime minister, and he knows the family background of the imperial court very clearly, how can there be so much money at the moment. There is no money in the imperial court, but there is still a lot of money in the emperor's inner treasury, the money donated from all over the country, the money for the emperor's newspaper, and the money for salt, tea and iron are all included in the emperor's inner treasury. It's just that the money is in the hands of Tian Lingzi, and he, the prime minister and the head of the household, can't get it.

Li Wei mentioned a few times to spend emergency relief from the emperor's inner treasury, but Tian Lingzi did not pull out a dime.

Today, Li Wei took the opportunity to propose to temporarily spend the money in the inner treasury, and Tian Lingzi immediately jumped out again and said: "Li Xiangguo is in charge of the imperial court's finances, does he only know that Lu Dao has made up his mind with the emperor's inner treasury?" ”

Li Weiqi's beard trembled, "Since this is the case, then the old man will resign from His Majesty and return to his hometown to retire." ”

Li Yi heard that Li Wei was going to pick a pick, and he was very angry in his heart, but on the surface, he had to keep it with his heart.

"Li Xiangguo, I heard that Li Jing's income from Daxingtai last year was more than 50 million yuan, and I think that Li Jing is only a land of twenty or thirty states, and his income is far more than that of the imperial court, can Li Xiangguo know this specific situation?"

Li Jing's annual income is more than 50 million yuan, it can be said that after this news came out, the world was shaken, and no one thought that Li Jing's income from a town actually exceeded that of the imperial court. Although it was later inquired that more than 50 million of the more than 50 million yuan was the income of Li Jing's private workshop caravan, the income of Daxingtai was only about 30 million, of which it was mainly industrial and commercial tax, and the real land tax was only a few million taxes. But no matter what, Li Jing can have so much money and income, which still makes the world envious, and even Li Yi can't calm down for a long time after hearing it. Especially now that Li Jing has completely cut off his confession to the imperial court, he feels more and more difficult to have no money.

As the head of the household department, Li Wei naturally knew the income of the Northeast Daxingtai last year, and also knew where the money came from. But the situation over there cannot be replicated by the imperial court.

He carefully explained, but Li Yi was not satisfied.

"Since Li Jing can issue banknotes, then the imperial court can also issue banknotes. Other than that. This bond issued by Li Jing. I think the imperial court can also issue it. ”

Li Yi also knew that the more he came to this time. The more the court can't be stingy, the more it has to reward the soldiers and courtiers, but where does the money come from? He does have some money in his own inner treasury, but that money is used by the palace, besides, can't the emperor keep some private money?

I heard that Li Jing issued banknotes, replaced copper coins with paper, and minted gold and silver coins to solve the problem of copper money shortage. Concurrent bonds to borrow from the rich. I heard that there are even rich people who directly buy tens of millions of bonds, which makes Li Yi excited, and now the imperial court is in urgent need of money, if you can use this method to get 350 million yuan, then the imperial court can not only solve the current financial crisis, but even take this money and recruit 100,000 armed soldiers.

Li Wei's face turned pale when he heard the emperor's request. As a national minister, although he is not completely aware of Li Jing's banknotes and bonds. But I also have an understanding that I know how to issue banknotes. It is not simply a matter of replacing copper with paper, and the issuance of banknotes is not about printing as much as you want, but about having reserves. This reserve is also the principal, whether it is the use of grain as the principal or the use of copper coins or silk as the principal, this capital and the issuance have a proportion, and must not be exceeded. Otherwise, it is possible that the banknote system will eventually collapse, and the final result will be catastrophic.

As for the issuance of bonds, the imperial court may have some advantages over Li Jing's side, such as being able to come up with some lords or edicts, and posthumously giving the ancestral honorary official position, but the credit of the imperial court is not necessarily stronger than Li Jing's.

It's just that his explanation did not satisfy the Son of Heaven and Tian Lingzi and others.

Although it is said that the indiscriminate issuance of banknotes cannot really solve the financial problem, but can only quench the thirst by drinking, the emperor and others do not seem to care. What they need is to have a sum of money right away, and this money cannot be at least thirty or fifty million.

Huangchao occupied Luoyang and the surrounding areas, the transportation has been cut off, the price of Guanzhong is now rising, the price of rice has even reached 30,000 yuan for rice, and 5,000 yuan for a pound of rice. In other words, you have to carry thirty catties of copper coins to exchange for one catty of rice, which can be seen.

Although there is a hoarding reason for the current rise in rice prices, and the people have also snapped up a lot of rice at home, and there is no famine for a while, but in the long run, Guanzhong will lose the grain transshipment in Guandong, even if Huangchao does not enter the Guanlai, Chang'an will not stay for long.

The soldiers of Tongguan need to be rewarded and need food, and the armies of other towns must also be rewarded, in addition to food, grass and ordnance, these all need money.

"Li Xiangguo, the household department will prepare immediately, within a month, no, half a month, I will ask the household department to issue at least 50 million banknotes, and in addition, 30 million yuan of bonds. Raise 80 million yuan, this money will be used to recruit a new army of 100,000 people in addition to the military salary and reward for the Shence army in Tongguan and Guanzhong. ”

Li Wei's mouth opened, and he had no choice but to accept this will.

Issuing 50 million banknotes, Li Wei sighed secretly in his heart, at the moment, the household department doesn't even have 1 million yuan, and this issuance of 50 million is equivalent to no issuance. As for the 30 million bonds, he didn't know who he wanted to buy.

Yan Ying's recital ended quickly, the ministers left, and Li Yi sat on the dragon chair and sighed loudly.

Tian Lingzi quietly returned to the main hall, walked up to Li Yi and said softly: "Your Majesty, Li Jing's behavior has shown that this person is unreliable. ”

"Li Jing is unreliable, is Gao Biao reliable, Zhou Bao is also unreliable, Liu Hanhong is even more unreliable, Li Keyong is also unreliable with that one-eyed wolf, who else can I rely on in this world?" Li Yi shouted irritably.

"Your Majesty, the current plan, Your Majesty should make plans as soon as possible, Chang'an is not a place to stay for a long time, for the sake of Your Majesty's safety, the old minister suggested that Your Majesty go to Chengdu. Chengdu is the land of abundance, not only safe, but also rich in Chengdu, with convenient supply of money and grain, and supplies from Bashu Mountain and other places. ”

Li Yi was a little painful, a little reluctant, and a little unwilling, "Can't Chang'an really be guarded?" ”

"The son of a daughter, you can't sit down." Tian Lingzi slowly persuaded, "Right now, Huangchao has gained a firm foothold in Luoyang, which is extremely unfavorable to the situation in Chang'an. What's more, Huangchao cut off the water transportation, cut off the supply and lost supply, and it is not a place to stay for a long time. ”

Li Yi was uncertain, hesitated for a long time, and sighed after the last, "Well, there is Father Lao who has full authority to prepare for the affairs of Xingshu." (To be continued......)