Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 135 Raising Funds

Of course Gao Ming went to the Forbidden Garden to find Li Shimin. After all, it is necessary to let Li Shimin know about such a big matter as building an academy, and most importantly, he really can't spend [-] to [-] yuan to build the academy now.

"Anyway, I don't have any money. Besides, this matter is related to the entire Tang Dynasty, and it's not about me alone. It's right for the old man to help share some of the burden."

Gao Ming had already figured it out, even if Li Shimin couldn't come up with the money, he still had to persuade him to show some sincerity, after all, for an emperor, sometimes he didn't need money from him, all he needed was a word.

After arriving at the forbidden garden, Gao Ming went straight to the imperial study room, because he knew that Li Shimin should be there.

Just as Gao Ming thought, when he arrived at the imperial study, he saw Liu Bing standing at the door, so he immediately laughed.

"Sure enough, as I expected, since the eunuch is there, will the emperor be far behind?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's steps became much lighter. Seeing Gao Ming coming, Liu Bing immediately raised his head and shouted.

"His Royal Highness is here!"

After shouting, he bowed to Gao Ming again.

"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty is inside, please go ahead!"

Hearing Liu Bing's words, Gao Ming nodded immediately, and then patted him on the shoulder.

"Well, fortunately!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming turned around and entered the imperial study room. He didn't notice that Liu Bing had already shown a look of emotion at this time.

For Gao Ming, he was just being polite. This is probably the same as asking "Have you eaten?" when meeting acquaintances in later generations. Gao Ming didn't know that Liu Bing would treat him for such a small act. He is grateful.

"His Royal Highness is really approachable!"

The late spring in Chang'an was a bit cold, but at this moment, Liu Bing felt warm in his heart, even a smile was on his face.

"It's really unreasonable for someone to impeach such a good person as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It's a pity that His Majesty didn't say anything in the morning. Otherwise, according to our temper, it wouldn't be wrong to kill that speaker surnamed Wang!"

Between the words, Liu Bing seemed to be defending Gao Ming, but Gao Ming didn't know about it. At this time, he was busy bargaining with Li Shimin.

"Old man, I have explained the importance of this academy to you just now, can you give me some money?"

Hearing Gao Ming talk for a long time and finally asking for money, Li Shimin immediately raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, how much do you want?"

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't object, but asked him how much he wanted, Gao Ming immediately felt that there was a way, so he stretched out two fingers towards Li Shimin.

"20 sticks!"

Hearing Gao Ming's big mouth, Li Shimin's face turned black.

"No, don't build this academy!"

"..."

Seeing Li Shimin's refusal so straightforwardly, Gao Ming suddenly showed a wry smile.

"Everyone pays attention to bargaining in business. If you think I'm too high, you can pay it back. It's easy for everyone to discuss!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin frowned and thought about it, and suddenly felt that it made sense, so he nodded immediately.

"Well, if that's the case, I'll make a counter-offer of two thousand guan!"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Gao Ming sighed helplessly again.

"How can you bargain like this, and drop it by a hundred times in one breath, isn't that too insincere?"

Li Shimin became a little impatient, immediately put down the brush in his hand, and then looked up at Gao Ming.

"Then tell me, how much do you want me to bargain? Come on, I'm very busy and don't have time to bargain with you!"

Upon hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately stretched out three fingers.

"[-], you bargain for [-] and I will agree immediately!"

This time it was Li Shimin's turn to be silent, and after a long while, he let out a long sigh.

"I know that you built the academy for Datang, but now I can only give you [-] guan at most. This Datang is not my own. Do you understand what I mean?"

Seeing Li Shimin talking to him in such a tone, Gao Ming also knew that this should be the limit of what he could promise, so he could only nod his head.

"Okay, [-] guan is [-] guan, but you have to order the Ministry of Industry to send someone to help me build the academy. They don't need to work and contribute all the time, just a few people to direct it."

Li Shimin readily agreed to Gao Ming's request.

"This is fine, if you have any other requirements, let's talk about it together!"

Seeing Li Shimin agreeing so readily, Gao Ming rolled his eyes and laughed.

"Since you've said that, then I'll make another small request. I'm going to organize a fundraiser for this matter. The person who contributes the most money at the time, you will reward him as a man from the founding county, how about it?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin's expression changed immediately.

"Can Jianguo County man be measured by money? What is the difference between you doing this and selling an official? Hurry up and get out!"

"..."

Gao Ming also felt that he had had enough of this emperor who would let people go if he didn't agree with each other. After Li Shimin's voice fell, he turned and walked out without saying a word, but when he reached the door, he turned his head back immediately. Come on, raised an eyebrow at Li Shimin.

"Uh... Before I leave, there is one more question. When will you give me the [-] yuan you promised me just now? Hehe..."

"..."

Seeing Gao Ming's flattering look, Li Shimin immediately covered his forehead with his left hand in distress, then stretched out his right hand and waved towards Gao Ming.

"I'll have someone send the money to you tomorrow, so get the hell out of here, I don't want to see you!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately nodded with joy.

"Yeah, I'm going to get out of here now... Uh... By the way, will you have someone send the money tomorrow morning, or tomorrow afternoon... Oops..."

Before Gao Ming finished speaking, he saw Li Shimin pick up a pen container and threw it towards him. He squatted down quickly, and then heard a crisp "crack" sound from behind him. He looked back, and suddenly I found that the porcelain pen holder had been smashed to pieces.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming shook his head helplessly towards Li Shimin.

"Old man, you are really naughty. You can't throw this thing around. What if you hit a child? Even if you can't hit a child, it's not good to hit a flower... Oh, you still throw it... Hero, please forgive me !"

"..."

Looking at the two pieces of porcelain flying over his forehead, Gao Ming didn't dare to provoke Li Shimin anymore for the sake of his own life, and escaped from the imperial study with his head in his arms.

Seeing him fleeing in embarrassment, Li Shimin couldn't help but shook his head and laughed.

"This bastard is becoming more and more outrageous..."

After laughing, a meaningful expression appeared on Li Shimin's face.

"Twenty thousand is not a small amount, I want to see how you raise it!"

Although Gao Ming didn't know what Li Shimin was thinking, after escaping from the imperial study room, a smile appeared on his face.

"The old man promised to give [-] guan, so there is still a gap of [-] guan. Well, it seems that this money is not too difficult to get, hehe!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's mood immediately improved. When he returned to the East Palace, he saw Su Wan'er standing in front of him holding a small box.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming was immediately happy.

"What's the matter? Why are you standing here holding a box? Could it be that you have something good to give me?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Su Wan'er directly opened the box in her hand.

"Lang Jun, this is some of my concubine's savings over the years, if you need it..."

Looking at the gold and silver jewelry in the box, and seeing Su Wan'er's expression of reluctance, Gao Ming couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, let me say Wan'er, sir, what I need is tens of thousands of guan, the gold, silver and jewelry in your small box are worth hundreds of guan at best, right? Look at your distressed little appearance, okay Alright, alright, take it back!"

"But……"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Su Wan'er wanted to say something, but before she finished speaking, Gao Ming waved at her.

"You don't need to say more about this. Raising money is your man's business, and it has nothing to do with you!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming stretched out his hand to help her brush up the hair hanging around her ears, and then smiled softly.

"It's been hard for you all these years. Your property as a princess is less than a thousand guan. I'm afraid no one will believe you when you tell me. Now I'm busy raising money to build an academy. After a while, I'll recover. I'll give it to you." Get some sets of jewellery, all right, let's prepare dinner, I'm hungry."

"Yes!"

Su Wan'er smiled sweetly, and left with her small box in her arms. The joyful look on her face when she left made Gao Ming couldn't help laughing again.

"What a good wife and mother!"

(End of this chapter)