Ying Kongli was silent for a while, but he still began: "The prime minister is reasonable, as a member of the Great Qin Imperial Family, he took the lead in disrespecting the Qin Law and discrediting my Great Qin." Therefore, I decided to receive a year's royal allowance from him, and after proposing marriage, I confined him for three days.

I don't know if Zhu Aiqing can be satisfied with such a punishment!"

Yingkong said Zhu Aiqing, but his eyes looked at Li Tai, because Li Tai was the initiator of this matter, and it could only be carried out if Li Tai nodded, if Li Tai did not agree, this matter would need to be renegotiated.

And all the ministers looked at their noses and hearts, and they didn't say a word, but they knew in their hearts that although the emperor's punishment was almost nothing, why would they receive a year's imperial allowance, and Ying Kongchen, as the prince of Zhenbei, had a huge fief, so he cared about these allowances?

What kind of punishment is this, isn't it just not going out for three days, who can't do it?

But the ministers understand that this is already the best result, and it is not easy for the emperor to be willing to give in, so can you Li Tai get another inch?

Sure enough, Li Tai walked out and shouted with his hands: "Your Majesty Shengming!"

The ministers also followed and shouted, Your Majesty!

Ying Kongli nodded, such a result could be regarded as what he expected, and then, Ying Kongli asked again: "I don't know what else is going on with Zhu Aiqing?"

Li Tai walked out again in the stunned eyes of everyone, what does Li Tai want to do? The biggest thing today is the trouble of winning Kongchen, after this matter is dealt with, what can Li Tai say in person?

And the ministers who had discussed with Li Tai had a slight flash in their eyes, watching Li Tai stand up, this matter only has weight if Li Tai says it!

Li Tai ignored everyone's surprised eyes and said: "Your Majesty, regarding the matter of accepting concubines, the ministers discussed with the ministers and decided to start choosing concubines after 15 days, and today they will publish a list to inform the world. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"

The ministers who didn't know the inside story were surprised, but soon they were no longer surprised, what they should have guessed, and it was this matter that Li Tai could say in person.

Will Your Majesty agree, though?

Fifteen days later, I began to choose a concubine, obviously a little anxious, today's list, Kyushu knows that it will be tomorrow, fourteen days, I am afraid that the girls in Kyushu who have the heart to enter the palace may not all be able to come to the imperial capital.

However, having said that, fourteen days is logically enough to reach the imperial capital from a remote place, but this is for some people who can afford to sit on the Black Wing Eagle.

The Black Wing Eagle is not so simple to sit, and every time you sit it is unbearable for ordinary people!

Although the local government will organize some people to come to the imperial capital and screen it by the way, who doesn't know that the government sends the daughter of a local family or a wealthy man?

Therefore, when the second emperor chose a concubine, he was no longer limited to the people screened by the government, but also allowed the folk women who thought they were beautiful to come to the imperial capital to enter the concubine selection process, and this habit has been retained.

This is also a countermeasure of the second emperor to avoid the expansion of the big families in various places.

But where did the daughter of the folk get the money to sit on the black-winged eagle?

Although the price of sitting on the black-winged eagle in various places during the concubine selection period will be greatly reduced, so that the daughters of the people have the ability to come to the imperial capital.

But even so, the price is still surprisingly high, and there are always some folk daughters who can't afford to sit down, so the time for the second emperor and the first emperor to choose a concubine, from the release of the list to the selection of concubines, there is a gap of at least a month in between, to ensure that the daughters of the folk can come.

Now that Li Tai has drastically reduced the time to 14 days, can the emperor agree? Is this looking down on the emperor?

The first emperor and the second emperor were both more than a month, and when they arrived at the fourth emperor, it became fourteen days, don't you look down on the fourth emperor?

Thinking of this, all the ministers secretly scolded in their hearts, aren't you Li Tai looking for scolding? You could have left, but now that you are doing this, and you are still taking a hammer, it depends on you and the emperor again.

As expected, Ying Kongli's face was a little gloomy in an instant, and he said: "What does the prime minister mean? The first emperor and the second emperor took concubines for about a month, and it was fourteen days until I arrived, are you deceiving me at a young age?"

The ministers set their eyes on Li Tai, but Li Tai looked indifferent, and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the ministers don't dare! The ministers and the ministers carefully analyzed, the first emperor and the second emperor chose concubines for a month, and the reason was just to wait for the daughters of the people!"

Before Li Tai could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Ying Kongli and said, "Does the prime minister mean that I should give up the daughter of the people? The first emperor and the second emperor can both choose, but can't I?"

Li Tai hurriedly bowed his hand and continued: "Your Majesty will listen to the ministers first. The daughter of the people came to the imperial capital late because the travel fee was not enough, as long as this problem is solved, let alone fourteen days, even four days is more than enough!"

Hearing this, all the ministers nodded, Li Tai said well, the lack of travel expenses is the biggest problem, and if this problem is solved, the problem of choosing the time of the concubine will naturally be solved!

It's just that how to solve it?

Let the court pay for it?

This is absolutely impossible, since the first emperor of the empire, the standing army was as high as millions, and the annual military expenditure is unknown.

Let the local government screen people to send the imperial capital, this is already a large amount of expenditure, this has to be spent again, even if the emperor agrees, the ministers of the court will not agree!

Just kidding, spending so much money for a concubine?

Is the courtiers still enough, and the courtiers won't eat or drink?

If Li Tai thought of this method, not to mention the imperial family and neutral ministers, even the people of the Li family would be the first to refute him.

Because this has involved their interests, they can't sit idly by, although you Li Tai is the leader, but we don't have to listen to you for everything!

As long as their interests are violated, even if it is Li Tai, they will not hesitate to refute it.

Ying Kongli on the dragon chair's face improved a lot, and he thought of a solution when he heard Li Tai?

And Gongsun Tinglei and Wu Li were confused, although they belonged to the third duke, but the emperor's concubine was not under their jurisdiction, so Li Tai did not discuss with them.

On the other hand, the ministers of the Li family all had a flat face, as if they were confident.

Ying Kongli waved his hand and said, "Okay, Prime Minister, you don't want to sell Guanzi, just say it if you think of a way!"

Li Tai straightened his face and said, "The minister obeyed the order, and the minister continued to speak."

After discussing this issue with the ministers, they came up with a better solution. ”

Li Tai paused, looked at the blank faces of the ministers around him, and continued: "This question, the minister thinks that he can summon the daughters of merchants and people from all over the world to come to the imperial capital to contribute.

The minister also visited several businessmen in private yesterday, and they expressed their willingness to serve His Majesty, and the patriotism in their hearts moved the minister!"

The whole court was shocked, but I didn't expect Li Tai to think of such a way, with the power of businessmen, it is true that this is a good way.

But since the ancient scholars, workers, peasants and merchants, the merchants ranked last, and they were not looked down upon.

Wouldn't the imperial court's use of the power of businessmen make the world laugh?

But for these ministers of the court, this is nothing, and they do not look down on these merchants like ordinary people.

Because in their eyes, the value of businessmen is obviously much higher than that of commoners, and what are those rankings in the face of real interests?

Only those foolish people will take those rankings seriously, have you ever seen an official go to make friends with businessmen, but have you ever seen an official take the initiative to make friends with civilians?

Therefore, those rankings are all false, and only the interests are real.

But openly using the power of businessmen will not be good for the reputation of the court after all, at least in the eyes of the common people, the image of the court will collapse.

After all, in their eyes, merchants are the most despicable people, inferior to them, is the court has no money? Otherwise, why use these lowly merchants?

Maybe it's going to be upsetting!

Ying Kongli on the dragon chair's face was gloomy again, and he naturally didn't have so much prejudice against businessmen in his heart, after all, these businessmen still paid a lot of taxes every year.

Moreover, the first emperor once said that merchants are like fat meat, when the court can't make ends meet, find one to slaughter, and the court will become rich again!

But in the matter of using the power of merchants, it is impossible to agree to win empty, because this not only involves the reputation of the imperial court, but also involves his own reputation!

As an emperor, the most honorable person in the empire, but with the most humble person in the empire, is he cornered?

It's a bit unreasonable to think like this, but that's what they think in the hearts of those civilians, one is not good, the people of the empire are unstable, and now it's the time when the Immortal Sect Demon Gate is born, it is very likely to be used by those with bad intentions.

The ministers all whispered, Gongsun Tinglei couldn't stand, now he is a person who is clearly marked as the emperor, he must stand up and speak for the emperor, otherwise no one will take the initiative to refute.

Gongsun Tinglei stood up, looked at Ying Kongli, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter is not okay!"

Ying Kongli's face was still gloomy, and he held his hands and said, "Aiqing, please speak!"

Gongsun Tinglei looked at Li Tai, arched his hand, and said: "The minister thinks that the prime minister's words are not feasible! In the past, the first emperor fought against the demon clan, and at that time the imperial court was already unable to make ends meet, and the first emperor had never stretched out his hand to the merchants of the world, if he stretched out his hand to the merchants of the world because of His Majesty's concubine, what would the people of the world think of my Great Qin court?

The minister thinks that the prime minister's intentions are wrong!

Your Majesty, please!"

Ying Kongli on the dragon chair softened his face a little, Gongsun Tinglei's rebuttal was indeed good, leading to the matter of the First Emperor, it depends on how Li Tai wants to defend himself, in short, it is impossible to use the power of Shangjia.

He won't agree to be the first one!

Before Ying Kongli could speak, Li Tai stood up, looked at Gongsun Tinglei, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the Taiwei reminder, the ministers would have forgotten."

Those businessmen said that the reason why they contributed was because of their patriotic feelings deep in their hearts, so they did not want to be famous. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Gongsun Tinglei playfully, and continued: "They are willing to secretly donate the money to the treasury for Your Majesty's concubine needs! Their sincere patriotism cannot be ignored by the ministers, so the ministers think that in this way, both the country and Your Majesty will be happy.

I wonder if the captain thinks this is possible?"

Gongsun Tinglei was a little speechless, and he didn't know what to say for a while, did he refute it? People have already said that they will not say anything about the businessman's contribution, and you can't find a point to refute it.

But don't refute it, it's not good news for their imperial lineage.

Do those businessmen really not want to be publicized?

It must be Li Tai who contributed to it, which can be seen that Li Tai has attracted a large number of businessmen and has strong financial strength.

can make such a profit-oriented businessman give up the opportunity to become famous, no matter what price Li Tai pays, it can be seen that Li Tai has an extraordinary status among these people!

Moreover, the previous emperor was 30 days, and when it came to this emperor, it was reduced to 14 days, so what would the people of the world think? Is the current emperor inferior to the previous two emperors?

However, this matter was not without benefits, and the merchant contributed to the treasury and gave the money in the name of the imperial court.

It can appear that the treasury is becoming more and more full, which will give the people of the world a false impression that under the leadership of this emperor, the country is thriving and the treasury is full.

When the time comes, they will secretly publicize it, which will be a huge boost to the emperor's reputation.

For a while, Gongsun Tinglei was entangled, and he didn't know whether to refute or agree, so he secretly glanced at Ying Kongli, and saw that Ying Kongli frowned, and he was also thinking.

The ministers were also quietly discussing, analyzing whether this matter was good or bad, but in fact it didn't matter to them, and even a large number of them still agreed.

Because the money from the merchants has no effect on them, it does not infringe on their interests, and the money in the name of the imperial court will make everyone in the world see that the treasury is full.

Why is the treasury full?

Of course, the first to boast is the emperor. This must be the emperor's leadership to make the country stronger and stronger.

Then there are these ministers, why didn't the second emperor and the first emperor send this money from the treasury?

Of course, the treasury is not full!

Why is the treasury not full?

It was definitely not the emperor's problem, it was the problem of those ministers at that time, who did not seriously handle the affairs of the empire, resulting in no money left in the imperial treasury.

And now they have the ability to pay this money, the emperor has merit, but their ministers have no merit?

Maybe there will be a credit for them in the history of the future generations!

However, they didn't take the liberty to speak, now that the emperor and Prime Minister Li Tai are competing, they don't dare to take the liberty to participate!

In this whirlpool, only Sangong has the right to speak, and if others participate, I'm afraid they will be torn to pieces!

Just when everyone was muttering quietly, an unexpected person walked out, it was Wu Li, one of the three princes!

Wu Li walked out, looked at Li Tai, and said in a deep voice: "If this matter is really as the prime minister said, it is not impossible, but, prime minister, how can you guarantee that these businessmen will not publicize this matter? You know, businessmen have always pursued profits, how can they believe their promises?"

When the words fell, all the ministers looked at Wu Li, why was Wu Li talking to the emperor, could it be that he was devoted to the imperial system?

But if this is the case, there is no need to offend the emperor at the beginning!

The ministers' brains were running at a high speed, and they gradually understood what Wu Li meant, Wu Li was just watching the fire from the other side at this time, and no one could be offended.

And speaking at this time, it was just because the other two fathers-in-law, Sun Tinglei and Li Tai, had said that if he didn't say something, he wouldn't be able to say anything.

And at this time, only Wu Li dared to speak, as a neutral party, he was extremely powerful, and he was the only one who could offend both parties or not offend either party.

If he offended the emperor at the beginning, then he needs to offend Li Tai now, so that he can protect himself when he is neutral.

will not let these two parties eliminate him first, and only in this way will his neutral position be clearer, so that both sides are jealous, but they have to rely on themselves.

Li Tai glanced at Wu Li and understood Wu Li's thoughts, didn't he just want him to say something casually? After he said that, Wu Li would inevitably take a step back, this was the attitude of a neutral, and Li Tai naturally knew it.

Li Tai looked at Wu Li and said, "Lord Wu doesn't have to worry about this matter, because they are all willing to make a heavenly oath and will not say it." ”

Hearing this, everyone was shocked!

The Heavenly Dao Oath, I haven't seen it for many years, and I rarely even heard of it.

Because asking others to make a heavenly oath is a disbelief in others, although things are guaranteed, but it is not conducive to future cooperation again.

Because you don't believe people the first time, will you believe it the second time?

Moreover, the oath of the Heavenly Dao is too strict, sometimes they have no intention of violating it, just a small violation of the boundary, and the Heavenly Dao will punish them.

Therefore, the Heavenly Dao Oath has now been almost abandoned, except for the use of the Heavenly Dao Oath in truce or cooperation with the Demon Barbarians, at other times, almost no one is willing to use the Heavenly Dao Oath.

Li Tai said it so lightly, which made everyone shocked, because he belonged to the emperor's lineage. has been an official in the same hall for so many years, they know Li Tai too well, is Li Tai the kind of person who gives up future interests for the sake of immediate interests?

For him, these merchants will obviously be more useful in the future, will Li Tai offend these merchants for the sake of an emperor's concubine?

This is obviously impossible, although the emperor's concubine early can reduce the majesty of the imperial family, but compared to the benefits brought to him by these merchants in the future, it is still far from enough.

Therefore, it can be seen that these merchants were voluntary, and they voluntarily paid a lot of money and voluntarily took the Heavenly Dao Oath to help Li Tai fight the emperor.

Obviously, Li Tai's ability to control these merchants is extraordinary, which is not good news for the emperor to win the empty space!

With the support of businessmen, it means that Li Tai has a huge amount of money, as the saying goes, money can be spiritual!

With this money, what can't Li Tai do?

Buying some officials, buying people's hearts, and even ...... Captive private army, as long as you have money, what can't you do?

For a while, above the court, everyone had different expressions and different thoughts.

Wu Li was also shocked by Li Tai's words, although he knew that Li Tai had already had a backhand, but he didn't expect it to be a heavenly oath!

However, Wu Li has been a doctor for so many years, and he still has the kung fu to nourish qi.

Wu Li quickly stabilized his mind, looked at Li Tai, and said, "Since the prime minister has been prepared, I won't say anything!"

After speaking, Wu Li retreated to his position, with a flat face, he had offended both sides, and he could come back.

And the officials were also a little speechless about Wu Li's answer, why don't you agree with it!

There is no accurate answer, but a qualified politician.