Tang Jian's words made everyone not expect that now Datang's taxes are increasing every year, but why is there still no money.

"Tang Shangshu, why is the treasury empty again, last year's tax revenue should have increased a lot." As a straight person, Cheng Yanjin asked Tang Jian.

After hearing this, Tang Jian didn't care about him, but said to Li Shimin;

"Your Majesty, last year's tax revenue increased, but this year the imperial court has done a lot of things, and this year's snow disaster imperial court took out a large amount of money for disaster relief.

In addition, various prefectures and counties began to build water conservancy and repair official roads. And this expedition to Goryeo, it's all money. ”

Li Shimin was also a little worried after hearing this, his inner money was full of gold, there were not many copper coins, and it was not so easy to exchange gold for copper coins.

He shifted his gaze to Li Shen, in fact, he meant to ask what should be done, but Li Shen would be wrong, and when he saw his father looking at him, he immediately had an adrenaline rush.

"Aye, you don't see that it's useless, and there is no money in the house."

Looking at Li Shen's appearance, Li Shimin was funny in his heart,

"His Royal Highness King Ji, now that the treasury is empty, the affairs of Goguryeo cannot be delayed, and His Royal Highness should come up with some money for the country and the people.

Who doesn't know that Ji Wangfu is rich and rivals the country, and my Datang is increasing its troops by 200,000, and it only takes 2 million to fight for a long time. ”

Li Shen didn't have to look back to know who it was when he heard this voice.

Old enemy Cui Renzhi.

After being beaten by Li Shen last time, this thing hated Li Shen even more, and always wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge on Li Shen.

But Li Shen didn't listen to the affairs of the court, and he was only a loser, and he had no chance.

Li Shen turned around and stared at Cui Renzhi with squinting eyes, staring at Cui Renzhi a little hairy, and said in his heart, I won't have to do it.

After a while, I heard Li Shen say;

"Cui Yushi's words are wrong, everyone in the world knows the thousand-year-old family, I, Li Tang, have only been established for less than thirty years, and your family has accumulated hundreds of years of wealth,

Since your family keeps saying that you support me Li Tang Jiangshan, why can't you be generous and do some modest efforts.

Or do you say that you are loyal to Datang and support me all day long, Li Tang Jiangshan is just an empty word, deceiving me Aye. ”

Li Shen's words were to the point, and even Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling and others applauded in their hearts, this King Ji's combat effectiveness has not diminished back then.

"His Royal Highness King Ji, although my Cui family has been inherited for hundreds of years, but the family has a big business and too many clansmen, where has I accumulated wealth.

There are only a few hundred people up and down the Ji Wangfu, and the Ji Wangfu has an annual income of several millions, so there should be a lot of wealth over the years. ”

Cui Renzhi deliberately said the annual income of King Ji's Mansion, that is, to Li Shimin, a prince can do a lot of things with millions of yuan a year.

Li Shimin's eyes narrowed when he heard Cui Renzhi's words, and Li Shimin knew the approximate annual income of King Ji's Mansion.

If it weren't for this, Li Shimin would not stop Li Shen from returning to the fiefdom, and no one would allow a prince with an annual income of several million to be left alone.

Millions of guan can feed hundreds of thousands of troops, who can rest assured.

That Li You is just a thorn in history who dares to rebel after being deceived by someone for a few words, let alone a rich prince like Li Shen.

"What Cui Yushi said also makes sense, this king does have some meager money, but this king always remembers the teachings of my Aya,

So I don't need to say what this king has done over the years, everyone can see it.

For example, my college in Huangzhuang now has more than 3,000 students, and from this year onwards, there are people who participate in the imperial examination every year.

For example, I promised to build more than 200 academies in Sandao, as well as supporting books, these expenses have already hollowed out the palace, and all the income this year must be filled, which may not be enough. ”

Li Shen picked on what the family didn't like to hear and said, I just built a school flower, what can you do.

After Li Shen finished speaking, all the officials of the family had a bad face, and some of the officials below have been replaced by poor families and even ordinary people over the years.

In the long run, their family will slowly be weakened and worn out.

It's just that Li Shengai School can't stop them, otherwise they will be enemies of the world, especially the Kong family.

"Okay, let's get down to business, Tang Aiqing, how much worse is it if you send another 200,000 troops." Li Shimin saw that Li Shen had the upper hand and stopped continuing to quarrel.

"Back to Your Majesty, we still have enough grain and grass, we have just handed over a batch of grain, and the harvest of the two seasons in the south has begun. The rest is other materials, weapons, armor, arrows, feathers and other materials.

The minister estimated that there was still a shortage of 800,000 guan. ”

800,000 guan is not a small amount, and Li Shen's monthly income is only 500,000 or 600,000 guan. Unless he makes some off-the-beaten-path and makes a windfall, Li Shen's income is like this at present.

It will only increase until next year.

"Aye, why don't you borrow some?" Li Shen said suddenly,

In fact, there is still some money in Li Shen's house, which is the construction cost but has not been used yet, and it can be embezzled if it is embezzled.

However, Li Shen was afraid that Li Shimin would not repay the money.

"Who to borrow 800,000 yuan?" Li Shimin said angrily.

"Aya doesn't have one person, we can borrow from many people. Just give some profit when the time comes. Li Shen thought of the treasury bonds, and his family had bought them in his previous life.

"How can the imperial court borrow money from others, where is the face of the imperial court?" Li Shimin disagreed.

"Aye, this is a good thing for the Tang Dynasty, the people should be willing, the imperial court borrowed money in order to conquer Goguryeo and expand its territory." Li Shen disagrees with Li Shimin's view.

"His Royal Highness King Ji, the old minister also thinks that this is inappropriate, after all, the court is the court, if you borrow money from the people, it will make the people doubt the strength of the Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's three expeditions to Goryeo were oppressed by the people, and I am afraid that it will cause some rumors among the people. ”

Fang Xuanling did not approve of borrowing money.

"Yes, His Royal Highness King Ji, the Tang Dynasty has always been strong, and the people are now full of confidence in the Tang Dynasty, but if you borrow money to conquer Goguryeo, it will remind the people of the former Sui." The eldest grandson Wuji did not agree this time.

Li Shen thought about it, and it did seem to make some sense. It is true that the imperial court will lose the support of the people if it borrows money.

"In this case, the king came to borrow, and borrowed a million in the name of the king, and the interest of the money was always thirty wen, and one million guan a year was the interest of thirty thousand guan.

We limit it to one year, and we can return it to them when it expires. What do you think? ”

After Li Shen finished speaking, the ministers began to talk about each other. Li Shen's method is indeed feasible, and the benefits of 1 million guan and 30,000 guan a year are indeed not much.

"Your Majesty, the minister agrees with His Royal Highness King Ji's method, and it is not a problem for the Ministry of Civil Affairs to repay one million and thirty thousand guan in a year." Tang Jian was the first to stand up and agree, and no one knew Datang's financial situation better than him.

"The old minister also agrees with this law, it is indeed feasible, but I don't know if His Royal Highness King Ji can borrow it? Who do you borrow it from? Fang Xuanling also agreed and asked the questions that everyone was concerned about,

If you loot the common people like the former Sui, not to mention the impact, it will take a long time to gather these millions.

Li Shen smiled after hearing this.

"Fang Gong, do you need to talk about this? Who is rich in Datang? Businessmen, of course. ”