Chapter 48

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the gold piled up all over the ground, which made Li Er's eyes warm for a while.

"Father, there was an agreement with my son! Could it be that His Majesty, the majestic father, wants to go back on his word?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Er with a half-smile.

"Hmph! As the prince of the Great Tang, shouldn't you contribute to the Great Tang?"

Li Chengqian said indifferently: "My son, these gold and copper coins are used to transform Youzhou and Liangzhou! They are also contributing to the Great Tang! Is the father going to take over Youzhou and Liangzhou himself?".
Li Eryi is in a dilemma. If the gold is really taken away, wouldn't I want to take over the people of Liangzhou and Youzhou?

What's more. The gold seems to be a lot, but in fact, it is not enough for the refugees facing the people of these two states...

"My imperial palace has been in disrepair for a long time! And now I still live in your East Palace, shouldn't you build a palace for me?"

Li Chengqian was speechless, what does this mean?
Live in my house, and let me build you a new house.

Then he stood up and said with a smile: "The imperial palace belongs to the emperor. Since it has been in disrepair for a long time, the emperor has to deal with it by himself. And since the emperor wants to live in this east palace, let's live there forever. My son is here. Living in the Prince's Bieyuan is very comfortable, not to mention Erchen is going to Youzhou in a few days!"

Li Er got a little angry, pointed at Li Chengqian and shouted: "I'll ask you, will you give it or not?"

This rebel is going to piss me off!Don't you know that the Datang treasury is empty?

"No!" After saying that, Li Chengqian turned and left, but stopped suddenly when he reached the door.

He said lightly: "Father can use imperial edicts in exchange!"

Seeing that things had turned around, Li Er hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you, a rebel? You've tricked all these ministers over and over again!"

Li Chengqian said indifferently: "I also ask the emperor to decree that the heated kang is exclusive to the sons and ministers, and no one is allowed to use the heated kang for profit!"

"If the father agrees, all the gold in the courtyard will be taken away. If he does not agree, I can guarantee that the father will not take any money away!"

Although Li Er didn't understand what Li Chengqian meant, but for the sake of the gold, he could only agree.

"Okay, I'll make the decree now!" As he said, the eunuch next to Li Erli immediately held the imperial decree with both hands for Li Erli to write.

~After finishing writing, Li Chengqian asked the steward of the Prince's Bieyuan to keep the imperial decree, and take it to the Ministry of Rites tomorrow and announce it to the world.

"Come here, put gold on me!"

"Yes!" Qianniuwei took the order, and Qianniuwei who was patrolling outside immediately went to call for help.

After the gold was taken away, there were only copper coins left in the yard...

Li Chengqian looked at Li Er's expression of leaving with satisfaction, and smiled faintly...: He knew that Li Er would definitely come after receiving the news, because the ministers put too much pressure on him...

As long as there is this imperial decree, even if the family dares to intimidate and lure the craftsmen who have been summoned, it is impossible for the family to make a profit from the heated kang......

As for money, there seems to be no shortage! 0
He received so much money for just one kang, and if he made a few more inventions, it would not be a problem at all to become the richest man in the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, after Li Er went back today, relying on this little money, he could only distribute salaries to the ministers. As for other issues, he still had to delay...

Finally at night, under the service of four handsome maids, he took a bath and was ready to go back to sleep.

"His Royal Highness, Cui Hao, Minister of the Ministry of War, asks to see you!"

Li Chengqian said directly: "No see!"

"His Royal Highness, I have a secret order from the prefect of Liangzhou to report to you!"

When Li Chengqian heard this, an uncontrollable anger arose spontaneously. If the Liangzhou prefect had not colluded with the Turkic soldiers and ordered the soldiers of Liangzhou City to give up resistance, Liangzhou City would not have been breached in half a day, Master And the classmates will not wait for the support and fight the Turkic soldiers desperately......

"Let him come in for me!"

The little maid in the room immediately re-lighted the candle, and let Cui Hao, the servant of the Ministry of War, come in...

"Buzz!"

"Don't be impulsive, Your Highness, don't be angry, Your Highness!"

Cui Hao knelt on the ground, trembling with fright, not daring to move, for fear that he would bump into Fang Tian's painted halberd on his shoulder and kill himself...
"Speak, who is it? Who is the mastermind behind it?" When Li Chengqian spoke, he deliberately increased the strength of Fang Tian's halberd.

"Ah! Just say it, my little one, and please His Royal Highness take back this weapon!" Cui Hao was so overwhelmed that he felt that he would be crushed to death if he spoke slowly...

Cui Hao couldn't help but tremble all over when he thought of the devil-like figure of His Highness the Crown Prince by the Weishui River.

Kneeling on the ground all the time, cupped his hands and said: "Report to Your Highness the Crown Prince! The younger one is here to make good friends with His Highness the Crown Prince on behalf of the Cui family of Qinghe!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Tell me about the secret order!"

Li Chengqian exuded a murderous aura that seemed to be real, and Cui Hao was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed and said: "His Royal Highness, it is Mr. Wang, who made the little forged secret order transfer most of the guards on the border!"

"The little one is just following orders! Please calm down, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Li Chengqian was trembling with anger, this group of aristocratic families is really the biggest moth, they even colluded with the Turkic soldiers to massacre the city... If the Turkic soldiers directly break through Chang'an City and proclaim themselves emperor, then the status of these aristocratic families will be raised to a higher level, even Directly overhead the entire court......

Anyone who ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor will become a puppet of the family... n
It's a pity that they didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would appear on the way and lead the people of the Tang Dynasty to almost wipe out the 20 Turkic army......

"Boom!" Li Chengqian stuck Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand on the ground, and asked, "Tell me, Ben Gong, who is this Lord Wang?"

"Qi, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Mr. Wang is the elder brother of Liangzhou Wang Taishou, and he is also the Minister of the Ministry of War like the lower official." Cui Hao said tremblingly: "He told the lower official that when the Turkic soldiers broke through the city of Chang'an, they would With the merits of his younger brother, he will be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War!"

"I'm an official, I have no choice but to be an official!"

Li Chengqian sneered and said: "The five surnames and seven look forward to the same spirit, you will be forced to.? How ridiculous!"

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Cui Hao felt chills down his spine, thinking: His Highness the Crown Prince wouldn't kill me in a fit of anger!
"Qi, Qi report, His Royal Highness, the official came here this time only to represent Qinghe Cui's friendship with His Royal Highness! If His Royal Highness agrees, Qinghe Cui will fully help His Highness!"

"I don't know what your highness wants?"

(End of this chapter)

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