Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 999 Let's Settle Old Accounts and New Accounts Together Now
Chapter [-] Let's settle old accounts and new accounts together
"Is there really such a big copper mine?"

When Chen Ying was concentrating on giving Li Jiancheng a memorial, Li Xiuning suddenly came to Chen Ying and spoke out.

The sudden voice startled Chen Ying.

Chen Yingxun looked at Li Xiuning and said with a smile: "No more, no less. According to the current mining technology, it will take at least 300 years to dig out this copper mine!"

Even though Li Xiuning was born with a golden key in her mouth, she was still shocked.

Suddenly, Li Xiuning slapped the blank paper of the memorial.

It is naturally impossible for Chen Ying to get Li Xiuning the ink, so he sighed and said, "Sanniang, what are you doing?"

Li Xiuning said: "Da Lang's meaning is very clear. You are the king of Anxi, and the whole of Anxi belongs to our son. How can you give away your son's things?"

Chen Ying couldn't understand Li Xiuning's logic. The King of Yan County is Luo Yi, so is the surname of Yandi Luo?In fact, if Luo Yi shows the slightest intention, there will be an army escorting Luo Yi back to Chang'an immediately.Regardless of whether it is Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian, or Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, even Du Fuwei, the king of Wu, they just have a prince in name, and they just enjoy part of the taxes paid by the people in the fief.

For example, King Li Xiaogong of Hejian enfeoffed about [-] households in seven counties under his jurisdiction. These [-] households could pay [-] shi of grain in taxes every year. The key is that these grains were not worth much in the Tang Dynasty. After careful calculation, there is not much money.

Chen Ying smiled wryly and said: "That's not how accounts are calculated, Sanniang, although there are vassal kings, county kings, and princes in the Tang Dynasty, who can directly manage the property of their fiefs? How dare you say that!"

In the Tang Dynasty, there were vassals and towns, but no princes and kings rebelled, because at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty restricted the power of the princes and kings.

"You brought down Anxi, and Dalang has taken away the six most prosperous states in Anxi, as well as two-thirds of the population!" Li Xiuning said with a smile: "The remaining land in Anxi is all that Dalang doesn't like. , now the whole of Anxi belongs to our family, I dare to say it!"

Li Xiuning pointed to Chen Qian who was playing wooden knives and wooden swords with Li Siye outside the door, and said: "You have endured hardships and know how to work hard. Do you expect Qian'er to start from scratch like you and build such a family business? Even if Qian'er is capable, but Where's Qian'er's son? Where's our grandson?"

Everyone has double standards in everything they do.For example, in later generations, when some men go out for sex, they wish they could meet a woman, and they all think that she will come by beckoning and flirting with them.However, when it comes to my own wife, I wish she could go back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where she would not leave the door, let alone have any male girlfriends, even if she talked to other men, she would blush...

Now, Li Xiuning is like this.In the past, no matter what decision Chen Ying made, as long as it was beneficial to everyone, Li Xiuning would not care how much Chen Ying would lose, but now, after having a son, Li Xiuning has changed.When he heard that there was a huge copper mine, he didn't want to contribute it to Li Jiancheng, but to leave it to his son.

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "Sanniang, it's wrong to do this. Whether it's copper or gold, they can neither be eaten nor drunk. They are just a pile of precious metals, nothing more. The copper we dug out must be Find a place to dump it. Looking at the world now, where else can you eat so much copper except Datang? You are right, you can use this copper mine, and even the coal mine, all without your Majesty's knowledge. Give Qian'er a fief, but the mined copper must be spent, so how can His Majesty not know?"

Li Xiuning was silent, and she could hide it for a while, but definitely not forever.

Chen Ying went on to say: "Your Majesty did not understand Anxi's situation, we did deceive this copper mine, but you have to think about it, is a long-term sales channel more important, or a one-shot deal? Your Majesty doesn't understand Anxi now. I don't guarantee that he won't understand in the future. Once His Majesty knows the truth about Anxi, what do you think will happen? He is the son of heaven, he speaks out of the law, and he is deceived by his sister and brother-in-law. This is a great shame. Of course, Your Majesty will not He cares about a little money, and he cares more about the majesty of the emperor and the loyalty of his sister and brother-in-law to him."

Li Xiuning said in surprise: "Husband, do you mean to tell the truth to His Majesty? But, what if Qian'er loses his family in the future? He ruined his family..."

Chen Ying glared at Li Xiuning and said: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and we can't control them too far. Even if he is so poor that there is no room for him, he asked for it himself!"

Actually, Chen Ying didn't tell Li Xiuning the truth either.

The most important purpose of Chen Ying is to dig a hole for the family members, whether the family members or the landlords, the ancient people like to save money and bury it. Although the copper mines in various places have been mined in the past dynasties, the copper coins are still not enough. , This has caused copper to be expensive and food to be cheap.

A bucket of Tang Dynasty is about [-] catties of later generations, but the price of a bucket of rice is only [-] yuan, and on average, it is only [-] yuan per catty of rice. The income is only five pennies, and apart from taxes and seeds, the net income is only four pennies more.

This is not normal.

In the past, Chen Ying had no other choice. Now that there are such a huge copper mine, the price of copper will also go down, and with the influx of a lot of new money into the market, inflation will inevitably appear.Now Li Jiancheng is building the Great Tang Road, and Chen Ying is also building it. As long as you participate in the construction of the Road, all walks of life will benefit from it.

The increase in the income of the people can offset the increase in inflation. However, the money accumulated by the aristocratic families will shrink in a very short period of time.For example, if you have the money to buy [-] mu of fertile land, gradually you can only buy [-] mu, [-] mu...

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Chang'an, Tai Chi Palace.

Li Jiancheng was so worried that his hair became gray, but neither he nor the emperors and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty could think of a way to solve the financial gap.Of course, if the emperor wants money, there are actually many ways, such as selling officials to buy titles.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did this. Of course, what Emperor Wu of the Han sold was a private title, not an official position.

Especially some titles in popular romances, such as XX Yuanwai, in fact, this official position, called Yuanwailang, means non-staff personnel, a family of idlers, and the real reason is that the national treasury is short of money, so in order to increase fiscal revenue, they began to buy officials. .The rich buy officials just for the convenience of doing things, so the officials they buy are all arranged as members outside the bureau.That is to say, you only have this position, but no real power.Therefore, Yuanwai has become synonymous with a rich man.

Li Jiancheng also thought about selling the noble, but Li Jiancheng is a shameless person, and he still can't lose this face.

However, Li Shimin's threat is real, and Li Jiancheng has to pay attention to this matter. At this time, preparing for Li Shimin has become the most important strategic task of Datang.

Li Jiancheng covered his aching head and said, "Xuancheng, what do you think we should do now?"

Wei Zheng mused, "In the current situation, those aristocratic families are waiting!"

"Wait?" Li Jiancheng asked suspiciously, "What are they waiting for?"

"Wait for Your Majesty to compromise with them!" Wei Zheng said with a wry smile: "The current situation is no longer something that a few families can control at will, but if the largest twenty or so big families go against the trend together, it is still possible to slowly turn the situation over. It’s stabilized, but in that case... Which family would like it?"

Wei Ting smiled wryly: "Now Jingzhao Wei has deprived the minister of his right to discuss matters!"

Wang Gui also responded silently.

Not only Wei Ting, but also the Taiyuan Wang family also took away Wang Gui's right to discuss matters, that is to say, they have been excluded from the core core of the family from the very beginning.

Wei Zhengdao: "Even if the ministers of our political affairs hall can harm themselves for the country, you can't ask all families to have such righteousness..."

Li Jiancheng said: "What do they want?"

Yang Gongren said: "They want too much, farms, pastures, mines, fields, they want them all!"

Li Jiancheng shook his head, and said resolutely: "It's impossible, I will never agree! The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fought the enemy bravely and risked their lives for the country. The land has all fallen into the hands of a group of moths who are full of fat and do nothing to contribute to the country, how can they accept this? I will never agree!"

Fang Xuanling frowned and said, "Your Majesty refuses to agree, so what are you going to do?"

Li Jiancheng remained silent, there was really nothing he could do.

……

Anhuamen.You Ziying, the school captain of the city gate, was bragging to the surrounding soldiers as usual, what is his relationship with Chen Ying, how, how he went into battle to kill the enemy, how he saved Chen Ying's life, and so on.

Although the Anhuamen garrison general has listened to it no less than [-] times, You Ziying is still very happy.

Just when You Ziying was patrolling the city defense and was about to end his day's work, a group of cavalry came galloping suddenly.

You Ziying looked at the knights on horseback in surprise. At this time, these knights were all sweating profusely like they had been washed.

The knight held up the red mailbox in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Anxi Metropolitan Hu urgent letter!"

You Ziying panicked, could it be that something serious happened to Anxi?
The knights on horseback galloped north along the Anhua Gate, crossed the Zhuque Street, and went straight to the Chengtian Gate.

The soldiers in charge of the guards of the left prison took Chen Ying's urgent letter and did not dare to neglect it. They sent it to Taiji Palace as quickly as possible.

……

Seeing that the ministers couldn't hold back any good ideas, Li Jiancheng could only sigh helplessly and said, "It's getting late, all my dear ministers, please do your best!"

Everyone slowly left Tai Chi Palace.

At this moment, Li Anyan strode in with Chen Ying's urgent report.

The ministers saw Li Anyan's eagerness, and consciously stopped.

Once this time, they, the ministers of the political affairs hall, had to stay to save themselves from going back and forth.

Sure enough, after seeing Chen Ying's memorial, Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth and said, "Now let's settle the old and new accounts together! Call the six prime ministers to discuss matters!"

(End of this chapter)