Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 625;
Chapter 590 Seven;
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, in the Imperial City of Chang'an City, the bedroom of His Royal Highness the Empress.

Li Shimin came out of the study with nothing to do, and went to the queen's bedroom. The couple enjoyed lunch together, sitting in the main hall and chatting about family affairs.

"Avalokitesvara's servant girl seems to have something on her mind today?"

Empress Changsun pretended to be relaxed and smiled;

"Oh, it's nothing, Your Majesty, and it's not a big deal."

"If it's possible, the empress might as well listen to it. Since the matter is not serious, maybe we can solve it for you after discussing it with the husband and wife."

Empress Changsun smiled and nodded, turned around and went to order the maid;
"Come here! Your majesty's tea is almost bottomed out, don't you know how to continue?"

"promise."

"Your Majesty is laughing. Ever since the head of the Wei family envoy led out of the palace, the maids here are a little bit overwhelmed. It's a mess."

"It's all right, and I'm not too thirsty."

Li Shimin responded with a smirk, and became vigilant in his heart. Seeing this attitude, Li Shimin immediately thought that the Queen's concern might have something to do with that Lantian rascal again!

Empress Changsun watched the court lady finish adding tea to the emperor before smiling politely;

"Your Majesty, please have some hot tea and I will explain to you carefully."

"Good, don't be in a hurry, the queen, but let's talk slowly."

"Yes. Your Majesty, at the end of the year, the lady from the Wei family in Poppi's backyard came to the palace to greet my concubine and gave me some New Year's goods. She started gossiping when she had nothing to do."

"Oh? Since it's gossip, it's not a big deal, but it's still about the Kong family?"

"I also mentioned the matter of the Kong family casually, but there is another matter that I have talked about for a long time, and it is not easy for me to make a decision. I think it is better to report it clearly to Your Majesty."

"Yes, Queen, but it's all right."

"It's Your Majesty, the thing is like this, isn't he a rascal who wants to raise animals in captivity? The matter of his raising animals is not very new, and now he has achieved a small amount of success. What he is talking about is related to the food of this animal. "

Li Shimin didn't answer the words indiscriminately.

"Well, this matter is indeed not new, and it is known all over the world that he is still making a fuss. He used to spend time and money buying and selling cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock, and even made people in the vicinity of Chang'an City, hundreds of miles around. No meat to eat!

He is the only one who dares to think about such a big deal, he wants to sell mutton and pork to the people of the world, it is not because I deliberately vented his anger, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and he wants to complete the matter of several generations in one go ,hehe!I'm afraid it won't be easy. "

"Isn't it? What His Majesty said is really reasonable. I have thought about it a lot. If I don't talk about anything else, let's talk about raising a lot of animals. The food that the animals eat is a big problem. As far as he is raising Those animals are not enough to support half of the people in the world. The amount of food and grass consumed every day can scare a person to death. This is not because of the food, so he asked Mrs. Wei to come to the palace to give me Report in detail."

Li Shimin understands that this is because he wants to come to land property again. Today there are two paths, one is to pretend to be confused until the end, and the other is not to let go of a word.

What a joke, no matter if he spent money to buy land in exchange for land, or the land rewarded by the court, the land under his name is amazing enough, if he continues to indulge like this, future generations will take him as a model The land that the common people rely on for survival has been snatched up. By that time, I am afraid that the Li and Tang Dynasty will not be far from extinction...!
Seeing that the emperor didn't answer, Empress Changsun could only cough a few times in embarrassment, and then talked to herself;
"At first, I didn't want to talk too much, but the lady Wei and my concubine reported that they didn't want the land, they just wanted to get some food for the animals, Your Majesty, look at this...?"

Li Shimin watched the eldest grandson empress try her best to benefit her eldest son, but what she said was wrong, he couldn't help it;
"Hahaha! He doesn't want land? He also wants to get food and grass for the animals. I don't understand this. If the animals want to grow strong and fat, grazing is one of them. Grain, millet and sorghum must be fed together. Yes, I know a thing or two, not at all. If you want to subsidize livestock with food, in addition to increasing land production to increase production, you can only buy food grown by other people’s homes. He doesn’t want land. If you still want to get some food for the animals, then you can buy it with silver money, anyway, he has plenty of money, and he is a good prodigal son, so he doesn’t owe him another failure.”

Empress Changsun also pretended to be serious;
"Isn't that right? At first, I thought the same way, and I also choked on Mrs. Wei with your Majesty's words, but it's not over yet. Your Majesty, guess what he said?"

"I can't figure out his tricks. If the queen has something to say, let's just say it. I also want to hear what kind of tricks he wants to play?"

"Succeed, the concubine made it clear. Later, Mrs. Wei reported to the concubine that her husband didn't want the land this time, and wanted to do business with the imperial court. The concubine was also very puzzled, why did she want to do business with the court again?" The imperial court got mixed up."

As soon as Li Shimin heard about the partnership to do business, he immediately became energetic, why?It's great!

That poppi doesn't have much other skills, but when it comes to making money, he really does his part.

He said secondly, no one in this world dares to say that he is number one. Li Shimin often thinks that the most suitable job for this rascal to become an official in the future is the Minister of the Household Department. There is no need to worry about not having money and silk to use.

But thinking about it in his heart, Li Shimin still didn't dare to relax his nerves on the face, none of these wives was a fuel-efficient lamp, and he had to think carefully when talking to them, and he didn't dare to let go of anything casually.

"Oh? Do you want to do business with the imperial court, like the Silk Road? Everyone makes money together? Or give it to the court members like Wuliangye fine wine?"

"Nothing, Your Majesty. The Silk Road is not a partnership for business. Mrs. Wei also said that the baijiu business is purely subservient to the imperial court. It was because of his filial piety. He couldn't bear to see his elders for money Worrying, it is a matter of loyalty to the king, and these two things are not considered as two partners in business."

"Oh? What new trick did he come up with?"

"Returning to His Majesty, the taste has changed this time. He means that the imperial court will take some land and produce it, and he will find someone to cultivate it. The grain grown will be used to feed the animals. His second house will use money to buy these. The output of the land and the money earned will be given to the court as part of the money, and the rest will belong to him. Your Majesty, do you think this business can be done?"

Li Shimin wanted to laugh if it was funny, and it was uncomfortable to hold back, but he felt that it would definitely not be as simple as Mingmianer's attack.

"The queen's words have confused me. Don't you still want to ask for land? His second house has enough land, and he can't let his temper go. Otherwise, future generations will follow suit. It is a lesson learned from the past. I, Li Tang, also have big problems. If I want to plant land, he has a lot in his hand. Now he is cultivating high-yielding seeds. He will make more efforts to increase the yield. After brewing, the surplus will be used to feed Wouldn't it be enough for livestock?

Why bother abducting around, oh!He used the land of the imperial court to grow grain and then sold it to himself, which made me confused, and anyone who heard it would be stunned. "

Li Shimin also wanted to hear how it came and went, but he still pretended to be confused and waited for Empress Changsun to explain in detail. Empress Changsun also understood clearly, so he accepted the quarrel with a smile;
"Your Majesty, you don't know something, and it's because the concubine didn't explain it clearly. The thing is like this. What the rascal means is that the imperial court's land is still the imperial court's, and it will always be the imperial court's. He doesn't want it. It can be taken back at any time.

In fact, it is not complicated to make it clear, that is, the imperial court uses the land as capital, and then he arranges people and horses to cultivate it, as if he rented the imperial court's land for farming, and then after each grain harvest, he gave the imperial court some money for renting the land. , subsidy, the concubine thought that the land in the world has not been distributed to the people, isn't it all your Majesty, and it is empty if it is free, so why not rent it to him to get some rent money into the treasury, what do you think, Your Majesty? "

Li Shimin touched the beard on his lips and asked thoughtfully;
"Rent? Is it still owned by the imperial court?"

"Isn't it, Your Majesty, it's obvious that the imperial court won't let him rent it back at any time with a word. The imperial court takes the idle and useless land and treats him as an old hen to lay some chicks, right?
As your Majesty arranged, the salaries of the lower officials are given to three rows of land to cultivate. The top salary is the same reason. Isn’t the land and property arranged for the lower officials’ salaries also owned by the imperial court? Those officials took office Just farm, and go home clean after retiring, the land can't be taken away, and you can get some money back from renting the land, why not do it? "

Li Shimin couldn't help muttering;
"How much money can the rent collector collect back? Those officials' salaries are rented out for the common people to cultivate, and one mu of land is given to the three-dou renter, which is not enough work!"

"Your Majesty, you are talking about Gang City in the past. It will be different in the future. I have already inquired about it. Now that I have cultivated high-yielding grains, the production has increased a lot. At this moment, the rent in the salary field is all When it grows to five buckets, it's half a stone."

Li Shimin was carefully calculating the running account in his head, and said in a neither long nor short way;

"Half stone... it's not too bad."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Wudou Renzi is someone else's, and that is the market price of the common people's rented land, but it will be very different when it comes to my son.

Have you forgotten, Your Majesty?He still bears the name of a prodigal son, how can he show his grandeur by paying less rent?Your Majesty, do you think so? "

Li Shimin nodded and looked at Empress Changsun;

"That's right, he really can't show his prodigal name like others, so how much can he give?
It's not that I'm hard-pressed to intercede, I gave less...it's really not worthwhile to be more serious with the officials in the court for these five buckets of rice, think about it, empress, how could all the civil and military officials not come to make trouble for me if he does this?How many people are waiting for him to find something wrong with him! "

"That's right, if you don't give less, it's really not worth His Majesty wiping his ass. That's what my concubine said that day. If you don't believe me, you can ask the palace servants here."

"I believe, Guanyin servant girl, how can I not believe what you said? Our husband and wife don't have to beat around the bush for many years, so just tell me how much rent he can give you?"

Empress Changsun looked almost there, and then revealed the final foundation;

"Miss Wei said that her husband will give the imperial court a stone and three buckets of rent for an acre of land. One month after each harvest, the grain will be brought to the imperial court, or it can be exchanged for silver and silk."

Li Shimin stared immediately after hearing this;

"Is this true?"

"Seriously, my concubine is not deaf, she heard the truth, and asked me twice, if I didn't talk about the partnership business, I only talked about renting land for cultivation, and the imperial court would rent one acre of land for one stone and three times. "

Li Shimin kept clicking on the desktop with his right hand, and his heart was overwhelmed. If there is no high-yield grain... the total harvest of the northern land is nothing more than this. A good year?

What's more, it is a rent, not a sale. Sooner or later, it will be the property of the imperial court, and it can be taken back at any time. The imperial court does not need to send out a person, but only waits to collect the rent twice a year. It is really capable!

"Well, according to the previous cultivation output, it's really a lot to give one mu of land to these, but now with his ghost ideas, the yield of one mu of land is more than three shi, and even four shi is quite a lot, so I give it to the court. One stone and three fights, this seems petty... Maid Guanyin, do you think this makes sense?"

"Your Majesty, it's not easy for my son. He has to pay for the cloth sheds, and there are too many people in his village. He also needs people to be helpers. It costs money everywhere. Yes, after all these calculations, there are not many who can fall into his hands in the end, or I will call him to the palace to discuss and discuss, and see if I can give the court another run, Your Majesty What do you say?"

"Good, just do as Guanyin maidservant you said, one stone and a half is one stone and a half, who told me that I am still his elder, if the younger generation has difficulties, the older generation will come out to help, it is also part of the problem." righteous."

"That's right, he is the only foster son of my concubine, and he is screaming all day long, Your Majesty, you are not his Aye, you will definitely come out to help, it is his fate to spread your Majesty. My concubine is very grateful to this elder for letting him sit in town!"

Empress Changsun made Li Shimin dumbfounded by her repeated fights and beatings. Back then, she only cared about running for her life and made it impossible for the mother and child to be reunited. What I said...

Li Shimin didn't want to entangle too much on this topic, so he picked up the tea bowl and pretended to be thirsty to drink water, and asked another question;
"Then Poppi didn't say how much land he wants to rent from the imperial court?"

"I've said that, I have asked clearly. I am also very concerned about such a big matter. I said that I want to rent 100 million mu for use."

"puff……"

(End of this chapter)