Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 215 Can Drink a Cup of Nothing
Qin Wangfu.

Although Li Shimin also built a kang in his living room, he still likes to put a small stove in the living room, and then warm a pot of wine.

While dealing with government affairs, while drinking.

He thought it was one of the great pleasures in the world, especially in snowy weather.

While Li Shimin was drinking wine leisurely in the living room, a guard hurried over: "Your Majesty, Qin Tian begs to see you."

"Qin Tian, ​​what is he doing here at this time?" Li Shimin was very surprised, although the snow had stopped at this time, but it was about to fall again soon, now Qin Tian is not at his home hugging his mother-in-law, what is he doing in his palace?

"Bring him in."

Not long after, the guard led Qin Tian in.

Before entering the living room, Qin Tian removed the snow from his shoes outside, and then walked in, and said, "Green Ant's new fermented wine, a small red clay stove, it will snow in the evening, can you have a drink?"

Qin Tian smiled, as if he wanted to ask for a glass of wine again.

Li Shimin was holding a glass of wine, when he heard this poem, he was stunned for a moment, and then praised: "Good poem, good poem, sit down."

Li Shimin pointed to the chair in front of him, and then pushed over a glass of wine, Qin Tian was not polite, sat down directly, picked up a glass of wine and drank it.

Wine is good wine, Li Shimin never drinks bad wine.

"You came to my palace, you don't just want to ask for a glass of wine, do you?" Seeing that Qin Tian had finished drinking, Li Shimin asked with a smile.

Qin Tian nodded: "It's really not to ask for a glass of wine to drink, but to have a good thing to tell the prince."

"Good thing?" Li Shimin showed a little smile on his face, Qin Tian can always bring him surprises.

"It is indeed a good thing. Now that the heavy snow continues to fall, many poor people in Chang'an may have a hard time. If the prince can ask the Holy One for some support, those poor people in Chang'an may be able to survive a warm winter."

Originally, Li Shimin thought that Qin Tian had created something again, but when he heard this, he immediately frowned.

"Is this the good thing you said?"

"If the prince is in charge of this matter, he must win the hearts of the people. Isn't this a good thing for the prince?"

Li Shimin's expression moved slightly, and then he snorted: "There are so many poor people, and it is not easy to let them live a warm winter. Indeed, if this can be done, it will be a good thing for the king to win the hearts of the people. The king will be criticized."

Li Shimin glanced at Qin Tian, ​​and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. In fact, in the past two days, he has sent people to various places to inquire about the situation of the poor people, and the news he got back was very bad.

Some people have no clothes, no food to eat, and some people's houses have been crushed by the heavy snow, so that they have no place to live. What's more, some people froze to death on the street.

After Li Shimin received the news, he intended to help these people, but he thought about it and even talked with Changsun Wuji several times, but he couldn't think of a solution to these problems.

These situations require enormous manpower and material resources, and with the current situation of the Tang treasury, I am afraid that they cannot afford it.

His father might not agree to such a thankless matter, but once he brought it up, but he didn't have a good solution, it would definitely cause some criticism in the court.

Now, Qin Tian came to him on his own initiative, and he felt that he would take advantage of this opportunity to ask Qin Tian to come up with an idea and force him.

But if he wanted Qin Tian to show his true skills, he couldn't just agree to Qin Tian's request, he had to let Qin Tian speak out his ideas step by step.

After Li Shimin said this, Qin Tian was a little anxious.

How could he know Li Shimin's purpose?

"My lord, not long after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and our Chinese population dropped sharply. If many people die because of such a natural disaster, it will be extremely unfavorable to the development of our Tang Dynasty. This matter is very easy to resolve. Let's see Is the prince determined?"

Qin Tian was not in a hurry to talk about his solution, and threw the ball to Li Shimin again.

Li Shimin was a little impatient, and asked directly: "What can you do, let me know first."

"The wine and meat of the rich family stinks, and the road is frozen to death." Qin Tian said it very lightly, but after the words were spoken, no one would think that these words were light.

These words pierced directly into Li Shimin's heart.

He originally wished for peace in the world and prosperity for the people, but 80.00% of the wealth of the Tang Dynasty is gathered in the hands of the rich and powerful. The peace in the world he wants is like a flower in water, a moon in a well.

While being shocked, Li Shimin felt an indescribable feeling for this sentence. The wine and meat of the rich family stinks, and the road is frozen to death. This seems to be a poem. Qin Tian's casual words are so talented ?

It's just a word of mouth.

"What do you mean?"

"The subordinate's meaning is very simple. The treasury has no money, but the wealthy businessmen and dignitaries in the world have money. As long as they can find a way to get money from them, it will be much easier to save the people."

As Qin Tian spoke, Li Shimin's brows deepened.

If the money in the hands of those rich and powerful merchants is easy to get, then Qin Tian needs to say more here, he has already done it, but if he dares to affect the interests of these people, then he is affecting the stability of the Tang Dynasty.

He suddenly felt that Qin Tian's method was terrible, and he seemed to think too highly of him.

However, Li Shimin did not get angry, but asked patiently: "How to get money from those powerful and wealthy businessmen?"

"As long as the prince has the determination, the matter of raising funds will be handed over to his subordinates to ensure that the prince will do well."

Qin Tian patted his chest to guarantee the ticket, Li Shimin looked at him, a little hesitant, a little undecided, Qin Tian didn't say anything, could he trust him?
If he failed to raise the money and he said it in court again, wouldn't he be cheating himself?
However, seeing Qin Tian so swearing, Li Shimin had another urge to believe him.

silence.

for a long time.

Li Shimin asked: "If the matter of money is settled, how will these common people deal with it?"

Qin Tian thought for a while, and originally planned to learn from the Song Dynasty to build welfare homes, so that people could live in them in winter and leave them in spring, but he soon realized that there were too many poor people in the capital, and it was too late to build welfare homes. Also too short of money.

In the few years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the economy is not particularly prosperous, and there is no way to compare it with the Song Dynasty. Therefore, some policies of the Song Dynasty will not work in the Tang Dynasty at this time.

Even if he can get money from those rich businessmen and dignitaries, it is still a drop in the bucket for building an orphanage. All he can do is to save these poor people for a while.

When the economy of the Tang Dynasty is prosperous and the finances are rich, maybe the welfare home will be feasible.

Obviously not now.

So, after thinking about this, Qin Tian forcibly suppressed the idea of ​​the orphanage, and started talking about it elsewhere.

(End of this chapter)