Chapter 364: Mixed Blessings
Qinghe Cui's Cui family in Chang'an City.
Old lady Cui sat in the first place, listening to her son's report on everything in the court today, with mixed joys and sorrows, and next to him sat several other heads of families with five surnames and seven clans.
Happily, his grandson got the sixth-grade candidate, and the Cui family is famous in history, and His Majesty will give Cui Jiale stone credit and pay this little grain of 500,000 stones.
In fact, this can also be regarded as His Majesty bowing his head to the family and giving the family a step down.
The worry is that his Cui family donated food, and Shangshutai also asked the merchants to donate, so that the merchants' donations will rise. This donation is impossible without donation, and His Majesty has rewarded it.
If you go back on your head with Your Majesty, what do the people of the world think of them?
You can't tell the world that their Cui family hasn't said these words, it's Your Majesty who said it, right?
Moreover, His Majesty has given a six-grade candidate, and he has also given Le Shi the promise of meritorious service, which can be regarded as a step.
It wouldn't be good if you really had a hard fight with Your Majesty.
However, His Majesty only gave them the grace of the Qinghe Cui clan, and the other six families did not have it.
If they donate like this, the other six families will definitely have some face-saving problems, and everyone is also a relative, and they don't look up and see each other.
Your Majesty has already given you face now, if you don't know yet, you don't want to kick your nose in the face if you don't take advantage of the steps to come down.
God knows what else His Majesty will do!
After all, Li Er's personality and temper, they also know a little bit about it, and they eat soft and not hard!
"Uncle Cui, do you still donate this food?"
The head of the Li family in Longxi next to him asked.
"Yes, we also have to donate your donation, we donate, and those businessmen also donate, so what we have discussed before!"
Old lady Cui said: "Everyone, Your Majesty has said in the imperial court, our Cui family is also difficult to ride a tiger, and if you don't donate, you have to donate, and the old man can't help it." ”
"And I also went to Li Chunfeng's old demon and asked secretly in private, this heavy rain, it will definitely not stop for two months, for the sake of insurance, I also found several people who can watch the sky and asked, this rain, these two months will definitely not stop."
"As long as the rain doesn't stop, you can all donate a little. Anyway, everyone donated 500,000 stones, but it was only 3.5 million stones, how many people did Chang'an have, even if they gave the Li family 4 million stones, how long could it last? ”
"Also, the food donation is indeed not what my son said, besides, if my Cui family really wants to donate food, can Your Majesty let us only give 100,000 stones? Our Cui family has always been in the same breath as you, we have been in-laws for many years, and we will not do such unkind and unjust things that betray the world. ”
"If you don't believe me, you can go to someone who can see the heavens and ask them how long the rain will last."
"Then I'll go back and donate 100,000 stone of food, just look at his Li family's children, without the help of our family, how to solve the problem in Chang'an."
The head of the Li family in Longxi said.
"We believe you, old lady, what you say is what it is."
The representative of Fan Yang Lu said.
Old lady Qinghe Cui still has some prestige among these five surnames and seven sects, and as soon as she said these words, she was recognized by everyone.
In the Tai Chi Palace, Li Shimin was watching the folds in his study, these five surnames and seven sects, this group of relatives, are really the same breath, the tree has deep roots, and they know how to work together.
Cui Fu, the soft persimmon of the Qinghe Cui family, donated 500,000 stone of grain, and these families also donated 500,000 stone of grain in writing, and asked Li Shimin to give them meritorious service and give their children alternate official positions.
Seven families have 3.5 million stone of grain.
Thinking about it a few days ago, I asked my eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling to try to mediate with the family, wanting them to release food, but they excused themselves one by one, saying that there was no food.
It's clear that you want to see his jokes, and you want him to bow to them in person.
Let's see who is more powerful, you and me.
Then I want you to know that with or without you, the world is Li Tang's world.
"Wait, meet Your Majesty!"
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, the eldest grandson Wuji, and several henchmen walked into the study, as well as Xiao Li, the second direct minister of the Tang Dynasty in addition to Wei Zheng, bowed to Li Shimin and said.
"Excuse me, you're here. How much grain is in the treasury now, enough, for a few days? ”
"Back to Your Majesty's words, plus the donations of the family, and the donations of some grain merchants, there are more than five million stones, and they can last for more than 20 days."
Fang Xuanling said.
"Okay, then give it to me to sell, no matter who wants to buy it, sell it, sell it for 180 yuan a stone, and sell it if you give money. If it is less than 180 Wen, all of them will be bought by me. ”
Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, what are you going to do here?"
Xiao Li asked puzzled.
"I'm working on this."
Li Shimin said.
Xiao Li was stunned, what is Your Majesty going to do? The price of grain in Chang'an is now so high, His Majesty doesn't want to think about how to reduce the price, and he has to push the price of grain even higher.
"Lord Eldest Sun, Lord Fang, Lord Du, what do you think?"
Xiao Li looked at the three of them and asked, these three are His Majesty's friends and subordinates.
"I think Your Majesty is wise!"
"My Emperor is wise!"
"My Emperor is wise!" The eldest grandson Wuji and Du Ruhui said.
They all knew the Great Prince's plans.
"Your Majesty, do you want to sell a stone of rice for 180 yuan? Are you crazy? Or are you insane? Xiao Li couldn't bear to be upright and comforted.
Xiao Li has always been a self-proclaimed minister, a direct minister, and like Wei Zheng's house, he is a master who always comforts His Majesty when he has nothing to do, as if he dares to forgive Li Er For them, he guesses that he is a minister, a direct minister.
There are 3.5 million stone of grain donated by the family, and His Majesty does not say that it is lower than the market price and put it in the market, but also raises the price to invest in the market.
"Presumptuous, Xiao Li, do you think you are what you are? Do you still know what the courtesy of a monarch is? ”
Li Shimin said angrily, he was really angry, these people really thought that the emperor was temperless? Whatever they don't care about whether they are or not, can they comfort themselves?
I know all day long that I will be scolded!
My father never treated me like this!
"The minister is loyal to His Majesty to the Tang Dynasty, so he came out with this word to advise His Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty and the queen often go out of the palace for private visits, and recently natural disasters often go out of the palace to play, please Your Majesty and the queen to moderate, if your Majesty today because of the minister's advice, you will dismiss the minister's official, then the minister has nothing to say."