Li Yue's expression was solemn, "My father wants to use my husband to solve the embarrassment of money in the court, and I don't even consider my husband's difficulties!" ”

Zhang Yang drank tea, "It's not much use just to throttle, and you still need open source." ”

"Isn't it time for Luoyang's sugar to close the net? Last month, another 20,000 pieces of silver entered Lishan. Saying these words, Li Yue smiled bitterly, "The DPRK and China have been poor for a long time, and the local wealth is rich and powerful, and it is ridiculous to have tens of thousands of dollars at every turn." ”

Late at night, the couple discussed in a low voice, and the two of them wrote the next arrangements in the account book.

Early in the morning of the second day, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhang Yang put his hands in front of his waist, looked at some potted plants in front of him, and waited under the eaves with a piece of music in his hand.

The prince entered the palace to report, and without waiting for anyone to come back, His Majesty came out.

"Your Majesty, the minister has ......"

"Walk with me."

The emperor wanted to distract himself, but it was not easy to stop him, and without giving people a chance to refute, he walked straight to the side of the Taiji Palace.

Resist the urge to give up.

For the sake of this Datang, I endured it first.

Gritting his teeth and keeping up with the footsteps, Li Shimin walked to the Lingyan attic, where three or two craftsmen were repairing at the moment.

After looking up and down, Zhang Yang said again: "Your Majesty, the minister has some things he wants to clarify. ”

"I want to decorate this place more luxuriously, what do you think?"

"It takes silver to decorate luxury, and there are still many officials in the three provinces, six ministries and nine temples and twenty-four Wei Mansions who owe money and have not issued it."

Seeing that Li Shimin's expression was not very good, Zhang Yang said again: "I remember that Your Majesty has a few huge night pearls, which can be taken out and placed in Lingyan Pavilion, which are not only beautiful but also can be used for lighting at night." ”

After speaking, he raised his head and saw His Majesty's troubled look.

Could it be that he is really thinking about it?

Li Shimin thought about it again and again, and finally shook his head and walked to the other side, this is an old palace land, many palaces have not been repaired, and they are basically left by the former Sui.

"When he entered Guanzhong, his father called the emperor in Chang'an City, and the palace here has been abandoned until now, if it can be repaired, it can also be arranged for many palace people to live in it."

After reading this, Li Shimin finally sat down in a pavilion, the palace is very large, and it is still crowded with people by leaning on the part of the Lizheng Palace.

It looks desolate, with withered vegetation and most of the houses in dilapidated condition.

Zhang Yang glanced around and took out a piece of paper, "Please also ask Your Majesty to draw a charge." ”

Li Shimin lowered his eyebrows and saw the word IOU, "What does this mean?" ”

"The DPRK and the DPRK are about to be unable to open the pot, in order to spend this year safely, and in order to calm down the many complaints in the army and the DPRK, I plan to take out 50,000 yuan from Lishan to help Your Majesty."

Li Shimin looked at the IOU, "How much money do I owe you on credit now?" ”

The prince was His Majesty's chamberlain eunuch and the closest person to the emperor, and he stood silently at the moment, motionless like a piece of wood.

He won't say anything about what is said here, and what happens.

It was also the emperor's trust in him.

Zhang Yang arched his hand and said: "Counting the Qujiang Pond that is still being mortgaged, as well as the construction of the Hexi Corridor and the previous ones, after signing these, there are a total of 160,000 yuan so far." ”

Li Shimin took a deep breath, "I was also a hero who galloped in the Central Plains back then, and everyone respected me, but I didn't expect that now, I would want to borrow money from you." ”

"There is a way that a penny can also stump a hero, the court needs money to employ people, and the governance of the Central Plains is inseparable from money." Zhang Yang took out one of the chapters, "This is the minister's strategy of opening up sources and reducing expenditure." ”

The IOU in front of him had not yet been drawn, and Li Shimin took over the chapter again.

Zhang Yang struggled to stand, and another mouse scurried in front of him, and the mouse burrowed into the dilapidated palace wall.

"External business? Tea, silk, grain? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has talked to Songtsen Gampo about the purchase and sale of tea before, but there has been no specific implementation strategy, since the court needs money, it is better to do these transactions with the people of the Western Regions or the Turks."

"Wait." Hearing such a thing as doing business, Li Shimin's brows jumped, "If you want to let the DPRK and China do business, wouldn't it be that the Manchu Dynasty is a businessman." ”

"I have long known that His Majesty would say this, and the minister still has a piece of music here." Zhang Yang handed over the second recital: "At first, it was not without considering changing the tax system, it was a matter of national policy, and taxes could not be moved lightly. ”

"Naturally, the court and the central government can't come forward to do business, so the minister thinks that Lishan can come forward to preside over it, and all taxes are also given to the court according to the five transactions obtained from the transaction, and the minister thinks that this is the customs tax."

In the past, the DPRK and China were able to cope with it, and there was no problem with self-sufficiency.

Now that there is such a big economic burden, simply take out the set of the border mutual market in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Shimin bowed his head and said: "Grain also has to be taken out and sold?" ”

Zhang Yang said: "In previous years, the official warehouse in the DPRK collected grain, the grain harvest in the past two years, the backlog of grain in the official warehouse is a lot, and it is all old grain, the minister thinks it can be used to make wine, and to collect wine tax with koji, it is too wasteful to feed the livestock, and the livestock do not eat for a long time, this is all loss, the minister knows some tricks of winemaking, and then he can get it outside the customs to sell for money, and it is also a lot of income to think of, which is open source." ”

"It's a pity that there are so many resources that are not used, since it is difficult for the court to come forward, Lishan can come forward on his behalf and let His Royal Highness King Wei preside, and His Majesty can rest assured."

"And what do you mean by throttling?"

Zhang Yang said again: "The throttling that the minister said is to reduce the regular money of the clan relatives and the princes in various places, let them do a good job in tax performance, and give rewards to those who have good governance results, then the clan relatives not only do not need to reduce the regular money, but Your Majesty can also reward the things in the palace, such as gold leaves, jade or something, and even verbal praise of the will." ”

Li Shimin's expression was troubled.

"Your Majesty, let them know that chickens and ducks will be killed if they don't lay eggs, and cows will be killed if they don't plough the land."

"If the clan relatives don't act, will I kill them too?"

After being entangled for a long time, Zhang Yang sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty is at will, and I don't know those royal relatives." ”

Li Shimin put away the IOU and two copies of the recital, "Rong Zhen thinks about it, you go back first." ”

"Whoa."

Managing money is the most painful, especially managing the emperor's money bag.

Zhang Yang passed by the Taiji Palace, walked out of the Chengtian Gate, and came all the way to Shangshu Province.

Li Zhi sat here alone.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, I didn't prepare a cake today." Zhang Yang took out the key as he spoke, unlocked the lock, and pushed the old door hard.

There are still many traces of yesterday in Shangshu Province today.

Zhang Yang stepped in, and Li Zhi also followed.

"Brother-in-law, are you going to leave us alone after you use it?"

"Why did His Royal Highness King Jin say this?" Zhang Yang put the two tables in the main hall together, just enough to lie on them and sleep.

Li Zhi knelt on the side, "Then why hasn't my brother-in-law come to us for the past two days?" ”

Zhang Yang lay down and said, "Because the matter is done." ”

"That's to use us, and leave it alone......"

This Li Zhi's little head didn't know what he was thinking, Zhang Yang was lying on his side with one hand on his head, "If His Royal Highness King Jin wants to play, you can call your younger brothers and sisters to come to Shangshu Province to continue playing, or do some small experiments with questions, if you don't understand, you can come and ask me." ”

"Really?" Li Zhi's eyes brightened up a little more.

Zhang Yang nodded slowly, "But there is one point! Can't disturb my sleep, I haven't slept well for a long time since I've been dealing with your father's account books these days. ”

Li Zhi was walking away quickly and bumped into a person head-on.

Xu Jingzong hurriedly helped, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is not injured." ”

"Nope." Li Zhi waved his sleeves and ran away quickly.

Looking at the running little back, Xu Jingzong sighed, "What a spiritual child." ”

Glancing at the current Shangshu Province again, Xu Jingzong walked into the main hall with steps, "Zhang Shangshu, everyone is ready, how to fight the battle between Datang and Xue Yantuo?" ”

Zhang Yang closed his eyes, "Say first, persuade first?" You have to keep persuading, as for how to persuade is your business, only if you can't persuade it, you can't persuade it, and then let General Li Jida send troops to attack. ”

Xu Jingzong nodded and said: "Zhang Shangshu's meaning is understood, what the Foreign Yuan advocates is always peace, as for how to persuade and how to say it, it doesn't need to be too clear, in short, the Foreign Yuan has persuaded and persuaded Xue Yantuo's little Khan, but he didn't listen to the will of the Khan, and the Tang Dynasty had no choice but to send troops to attack." ”

Zhang Yang lay on his side with his back to him, and nodded slightly, "Lao Xu, you have to remember that justice must always be on our side, personal honor and disgrace are just that, it is a matter of national war, and you must not be sloppy, and I Datang will always be the righteous side of the world when I pacify the world." ”

Talking about justice, Xu Jingzong knew in his heart that the Shangshu in front of him was the one who started the blackest.

"Liaodong sent news again, but there is still a lack of money, and it costs 5,000 yuan."

"Da'an, this kid is down-to-earth, and he is honest and kind, if he is not really short of money, he will not open his mouth to us, but whenever he needs money, he should give it to him."

"Xia Guan understands." Xu Jingzong hesitated: "A lot of manpower and money have been invested in the construction of Liaodong, but it has been two years and there is still no improvement. ”

"Lao Xu, since ancient times, Liaodong is Yandi, once you lose Yandi, it is the vast Guanzhong Plain, there is no danger to defend, if you lose Yandi, you will lose Liaodong natural danger, the terrain is like this, and the pass is the same, just like Chang'an can't lose the Hexi Corridor, Guanzhong can't lose Liaodong."

Listening to Zhang Shangshu's words, there was occasionally a heavy breathing sound, and it was not a dream.

Xu Jingzong scratched his head and turned to leave.

"The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun can't be lost."

Zhang Shangshu suddenly said a word, and he was scared again, could it be that he is busy these days, and people are crazy?

Xu Jingzong subconsciously quickened his pace again.

Soon the children arrived.

Zhang Yang could vaguely hear the noise of the children, half-asleep and half-awake, the children in Guanzhong needed a support, Tian Khan, the father of the emperor, was so busy all day long, he thought he could count on a lot.

It's not up to me, my brother-in-law.

"Brother-in-law, there are two younger brothers in the palace who are not in good health, can you go to Lishan for summer vacation this time, and bring them to Doctor Sun to take a look."

Listening to Li Li's words, Zhang Yang nodded slowly.

Li Li looked suspiciously, "Is my brother-in-law asleep?" ”

Li Zhi could also hear a faint snoring, "I did fall asleep." ”

In the Ganlu Palace, at this moment, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and the eldest grandson Wuji are still arguing because of Zhang Yang's mutual market policy.

Li Shimin's face was troubled, Wei Zheng and the eldest grandson Wuji quarreled so much that their faces were red, if it weren't for the fact that everyone was a cultural person and a scholar, even his family began to scold at this moment.

Wei Zheng was in favor of this policy of mutual market, but the eldest grandson Wuji felt that this policy of mutual market was risky, especially because it would increase the burden on the defense of the border gates.

Fang Xuanling's proposition is that the mutual market can be opened, but the number of people in the Western Regions and even the Turks must be controlled.

After arguing for a while, the queen finally asked someone to bring snacks, and then it stopped.

They were also thirsty, and everyone drank tea.

Fang Xuanling looked at the tea leaves in front of him, "Dare to ask Your Majesty this time, the mutual market strategy is also from Zhang Shilang?" ”

Li Shimin nodded slightly, "He saw the embarrassing situation in the DPRK and China, and thought about the future." ”

Fang Xuanling said again: "The mutual market can be opened, but it can also be used to discharge old grain to the official warehouse, as for the use of wine koji to collect liquor tax, it is up to the discussion to reduce the amount of money from the clan, and the clan relatives also need to take the lead." ”

It involves His Majesty's relatives, and this kind of thing needs a big brother to take the lead, and it is best for Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong to take this head.

As long as these people take the lead, the clan relatives under them will be obedient a lot.

Of the three strategies to open up sources and reduce expenditure, only one of them can be decided at the moment.

waited for others to leave, Li Shimin took out Zhang Yang's IOU, gritted his teeth and stook the 50,000 yuan of silver.

It's not just 330,000 yuan, and I can pay him back the taxes I saved for a few more years, but it's a big deal that I don't make clothes and drink less water in the past two years, and I don't want any of the talented women who are sent.

With a horizontal heart, Li Shimin finally drew a charge, and endured great humiliation in his heart.

Sooner or later, I will hang this kid in front of Chengtianmen to settle this humiliation! I have endured Li Jiancheng for nine years, forbearance for the Turks for three years, and what about putting up with you Zhang Yang for three or five years today.

"Someone!" Li Shimin picked up the piece and IOU, and suddenly drank loudly.

The prince quickly came back to his senses and stepped forward, "Your Majesty." ”

"Give this note and the recital to Zhang Yang, and I can only promise him a mutual market strategy at the moment."

"Whoa."

At this moment, Shangshu Province has become a new paradise for children, and the palace maids put wooden horses and swings here.

The prince came with a piece of music, watching the children play together in twos and threes, with smiles on their old faces.

Seeing that the princess and the prince could be happy, the old eunuch himself was also happy to watch.

When I walked into the main hall, I saw Zhang Yang lying here, and I heard that he was often sleepy when he served in the Ministry of Rites.

This style has really not changed at all.

"County marquis?" The prince called in a low voice.

"Hmm." Zhang Yang nodded in a daze.

"County Marquis, wake up, Your Majesty has replied."

"Hmmm......"

The answer is still confused.

"County marquis, it's time to go on a business trip, and the people from all departments are finished."

Zhang Yang sat up suddenly, looked around and said in a daze, "What time is it?" ”