Daming Super Dimension Company, President Zhu Yuanzhang!

Chapter 69 Datang’s financial problems!
But now he is in a bit of a dilemma. No matter what you say, you will offend people.

So Pei Yanling could only say: "I thought that this salary was set long ago and it is difficult to change it now."

Xiao Ran asked again: "Now that the treasury is empty, I wonder if Pei Shaoqing has any good ideas?"

Pei Shaoqing racked his brains and thought again and again, and suddenly he thought of the issue of official salaries that Xiao Ran had just mentioned.

Now Pei Shaoqing was confident and said loudly: "I really have a plan. During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years, the number of households in the country reached tens of millions, the official affairs of hundreds of companies were complicated, and there were always shortages of officials."

"Since the incident, most of the household registration has been reduced. Now one official can be in charge of multiple departments. I request that from now on, if there is a shortage of officials in the internal and external departments, there is no need to replenish them. The salary left by the vacant officials can be used to replenish the national treasury. .”

Li Shimin said calmly: "Is this the method you came up with?"

Li Shi looked puzzled. He didn't notice anything was wrong.

Xiao Ran said: "Since there is no one in this position, will your court set aside a batch of salary in advance?"

Xiao Ran really doesn't understand this. For example, there were two people in a position before, but now there is only one left. Then the finance department can't return the salary of the two people left in this position, right?
This is also unreasonable.

Pei Yanling said quickly: "That's not what I mean. What I mean is that the accumulated money and silk can be used to replenish the national treasury."

Xiao Ran was silent. I wonder if this is useful. It seems to be, but it can only be done once, and it is a drop in the bucket.

Li Shi frowned and said nothing.

Xiao Ran said: "You'd better stop talking and listen to me."

As he said that, he looked at Li Shi and said, "After Pei Yanling became the head of Duzhi, because he didn't know how to manage money, he set up many projects and planned with the old officials in Duzhi to seek the emperor's favor."

"So the memorial said: 'The money and property that comes in and out of the world every year, old and new combined, is often not less than sixty or seventy million yuan. Only one warehouse is missing and lost, and it cannot be investigated. I request that a separate warehouse be set up in Zuozang Treasury. ""

Li Shi didn't know much about financial management, but he knew from Xiao Ran's tone that there was something wrong with this method, so he asked, "Xiao Langjun, what are the disadvantages of this method?"

Xiao Ran said: "This is not to say that there are disadvantages, but that there are no benefits at all. Can he add so many things to the treasury? No! Instead, it is a waste of manpower and books."

Li Shimin glanced at Li Shi and asked Xiao Ran, "Do you believe Li Shi?"

Under Li Shi's anxious gaze, Xiao Ran nodded, "Yes, and in order to make Li Shineng favor him more, Pei Yanling even lied. He said that a lot of property stored in the Yamen of Zuozangku was lost, and because of the inspection , he asked the officials to record these things in books."

"That's why I discovered something was wrong. They said that in the end, they dug up 130,000 taels of silver and more than one million pieces of groceries from the dirt. They also said that since these were recovered lost items, this was extra money. This proves that what he is doing is working.”

Pei Yanling trembled all over and cried: "Your Majesty! How dare I deceive you? Although this matter has not happened yet, it might be the truth!"

Li Shimin frowned and scolded: "Shut up!"

After speaking, he looked at Xiao Ran and asked, "Is there evidence that he lied?"

Xiao Ran nodded, "Of course there is. After this incident, Wei Shaohua, the young minister of Taifu Temple, was dissatisfied with Pei Yanling's statement and submitted a form of protest, saying that these were the existing documents submitted every month. Something, please ask for verification."

"The ruling minister requested to order the three departments to discuss and review the matter in detail, but Li Shi did not allow it. However, he did not blame Wei Shaohua. He probably knew it well but wanted to protect Pei Yanling."

Li Shimin's knife-like eyes instantly looked at Li Shi. Li Shi quickly defended himself: "Well, how could I protect a villain who deceives the emperor and ignores his superiors?"

Xiao Ran said: "Don't be so full of words. Now you and Pei Yanling haven't gotten along much, so you think you don't know how. But at that time, you trusted Pei Yanling very much."

"Let's talk about Lu Zhi, you always know what kind of person he is, right? When Lu Zhi was in Yanying Palace many times, he said that Pei Yanling was absurd and vain, and pointed out that Pei Yanling should not be allowed to be in charge of money and taxes, but you would rather think that it was Lu Zhi Even when I was ostracizing Pei Yanling, I didn’t even think that what Lu Zhi said was true.”

"At that time, the entire court knew that Pei Yanling was a ridiculous and hypocritical person. Only you, as the emperor, believed in him. When he died, everyone inside and outside the court was happy to congratulate him, but you were the only one who was still mourning and sighing."

Li Shi was dumbfounded, and even more frightened after noticing Li Shimin's unkind gaze.

In order to express his position, he quickly admitted his mistake, "Well, I might have been possessed by ghosts at that time. I will definitely not make that mistake this time!"

After saying that, he looked at Pei Yanling fiercely and said, "Since you have no talent, I will definitely not be able to use you again. You should resign and return to your hometown tomorrow!"

After all, in Li Shi's opinion, one was that the incident hadn't happened yet, and the other was that Li Shi just didn't have the talent, so he just drove him back.

In the end, he heard Xiao Ran say: "This punishment is a bit light. After all, Pei Yanling not only has no talent, he also framed a capable minister!"

"At that time, many ministers, including Lu Zhi, knew Pei Yanling's character, so they were very dissatisfied with him and reported Pei Yanling's fault to the public. However, Li Shi did not deal with Pei Yanling. Instead, he dismissed Lu Zhi from his position and made him If you go to be a guest of the prince, the rest will also be dismissed or demoted."

"Pei Yanling even slandered Lu Zhi and others for losing power and harbored resentment in his heart. He said that Lu Zhi and others preached that 'there was a severe drought in the world, the people were in exile, and Duzhi lacked food and grass for many armies and horses.' He wanted to use this to anger the masses. .”

"As a result, you Li Shi believed Pei Yanling's words when he saw that the Shence soldiers were complaining that Du Zhi was in arrears with fodder for the stable horses."

Li Shi said with great shame: "It's my fault! Prime Minister Lu is an upright man, how could he act like this! I must have lost my mind!"

Li Shimin snorted coldly, "I think you've lost your mind too!"

Xiao Ran continued: "Pei Yanling did more than that. He also secretly arrested Li Chong, one of the people who went to the table with Lu Zhi. He captured his confidant Zhang Zhong, tortured him in every possible way, and made him commit crimes. Perjury, saying that Li Chong was corrupt and took bribes, and used the money to make friends with Lu Zhi and other ministers."

"They also said that Jing Zhaoyin, who was working with Lu Zhi, misappropriated the court's money, etc., but it turned out that none of these things were true."

Li Shi couldn't sit still anymore. He pointed at Pei Yanling and said, "Okay! If you were just incompetent, I would be willing to let you go. But to my surprise, you turned out to be a traitor inside!"

"Come here! Take him down here! Put him in jail and wait for punishment!"

Pei Yanling doesn't know what to say now. After all, he knows best who he is. He is already suppressing people who had problems with him before.

He doesn't care who is right or wrong, as long as he is offended, he will definitely take revenge.

Now listening to what Xiao Ran said and that Li Shi wanted to put him in prison, Pei Yanling could only say: "Your Majesty! I am unjust! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Please spare me!"

Li Shi turned away. When he saw Pei Yanling now, he could think of his future self as Xiao Ran said.

He advertised himself as a wise king, so hearing that he seemed to have lost his mind naturally made him feel uncomfortable.

Guo Xin and others did not expect that they would be able to watch a show when they came back to have a meal, but the excitement of the royal family might not be good to watch.

Li Shimin was quite satisfied with Li Shi's handling, so he looked at Guo Xin and others below and said, "General Guo and the soldiers will stay in the palace today."

Li Shi also quickly came out of the shameful and angry mood just now, and responded: "Yes, Guo Duhu will lead all the soldiers to stay today, and tomorrow we can reward them for their merits!"

Guo Xin and others looked at each other and agreed. After all, if they didn't agree, they would have nowhere to go. the next day.

Daming Palace.

Because Li Shimin said yesterday that he had something to say the next day.

So today the courtiers arrived early.

Li Shimin was sitting at the top, upright, and Li Shi was on Li Shimin's left.

The first thing I want to say is to commend Guo Xin and the Anxi veterans.

Li Shi had made Guo Xin the county king before, but now he could only give him some other titles. As for the Anxi veterans he brought back, it was impossible to make him king because there were too many people, so he could only give him the title of county. Gong, but even so the veterans are very satisfied.

Now he not only has a house to live in, but also a salary, and even a status. At least he doesn't have to grovel and rely on others to live his life.

The courtiers had no objection to this reward, and they also admired such people.

Next, Li Shi announced Pei Yanling's affairs and asked him to kill him three days later.

At this time, Lu Zhi didn't know that Pei Yanling would almost kill him in the future, and he even had some doubts about Pei Yanling's crime.

But these have nothing to do with Xiao Ran, because he plans to go back to modern times.

Li Shimin looked at Xiao Ran in surprise, "Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Xiao Ran stretched out and said: "After all, there is nothing wrong with me. I will give you a list later. The treasury is too short of money now. The people on this list are all talented and can be used."

Li Shimin looked at Li Shi and said, "Do you know?"

Li Shi nodded repeatedly.

Xiao Ran stood up and said, "In that case, I'll leave first."

With that said, he was about to walk out, but after taking two steps, he suddenly remembered and turned around and asked, "What is the plan of Tubo?"

Li Shimin said: "You don't have to worry about it. Li Jing and others are enough. The Xuanjia Army is here for everything."

Xiao Ran nodded, and then asked: "I'm afraid this fight will take a long time. I'm going to tell General Guo not to complete that order yet."

Li Shimin had forgotten about it, "Go quickly, go quickly, it will be bad if you go late."

Xiao Ran said nonchalantly: "There is just a cooling-off period. What are you afraid of?"

With that said, he walked towards the outside of the palace.

County Prince's Mansion.

When Xiao Ran arrived, before he could knock on the door, he saw an Anxi veteran. When he saw that it was Xiao Ran, he grinned.

"Hey, do you have time to visit us old men?"

Xiao Ran smiled and said, "Yes, I came to see General Guo for something."

Just at this time, Guo Xin walked out of the house. When he saw Xiao Ran, his serious expression suddenly softened.

"What do you want from me, little friend?"

Seeing that Guo Xin was not in a good mood, Xiao Ran asked, "What is General Guo worried about?"

The veteran on the side said: "Damn it, you are not a member of the court, you are running here, you said that we will no longer go to the battlefield, and we will not interfere with the affairs of the court, why bother us!" "

Xiao Ran said: "Although Li Shi is not good financially, his character is fine. He really admires you, so naturally someone wants to get close to you and get into Li Shi's eyes."

Guo Xin sighed, waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Why did you come to see me today?"

Xiao Ran took out his jade and asked, "Where is General Guo's jade?"

Guo Xin quickly took out the jade from his chest and asked, "Do you want to take this back?"

Xiao Ran shook his head and said with a smile: "You can't take it back. I will have to go through this in the future."

Guo Xin's eyes widened, "Can you come here again?"

He knew that Xiao Ran came here through the order on the jade stone, but he thought that Xiao Ran would leave after completing the order, so he never finished it.

Another thing is, I'm sorry to say it, but he doesn't have that much gold.

Xiao Ran said: "As long as you don't click to complete the order, I can come over when I have time."

Guo Xin understood, and then said with some embarrassment: "It may take some time for the reward."

Xiao Ran waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "It doesn't matter, you don't need to take this reward, His Majesty Emperor Taizong will pay it."

Guo Xin hurriedly said: "How can this be done? The order I placed should naturally be paid by me."

Xiao Ran said: "Don't worry, His Majesty Emperor Taizong needs this order that has not been completed because he has to come to supervise the situation of the court from time to time, so he should naturally pay for it."

Guo Xin listened and had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Xiao Ran waved at him and said, "Then I'll leave first. See you later."

Guo Xin smiled and nodded at him, and then watched Xiao Ran disappear from the place.

Jimo ancient city
When Xiao Ran came back, he threw himself on the sofa, then took off his pants, spread his legs, and looked at his thighs.

He had been riding so much in those two days that his legs were worn out.

Fortunately, the ointment is very effective now, otherwise he would have to spread his legs when walking, which would be too social!
"Ah! So tired!" Xiao Ran shouted into the air.

(End of this chapter)