Prosperous Tang special forces

Chapter 136 The Wrathful Emperor
Long Feiyu has also been the secretary of the household department for a few days. In order to better manage the household department, he reviewed all the principals of the household department.

According to their responsibilities, they were re-divided tasks, let them perform their duties, and began to organize the country's land, population, and taxation.

On the other hand, Long Feiyu himself traveled around the villages near Chang'an every day with two chatty servants.When the two of them complained endlessly, they also heard words of scolding them from the ears of the common people.Although he was not angry in his heart, he didn't dare to attack because of Long Feiyu's relapse.

The lives of the common people have stung their nerves, and more importantly, time is passing, but these people are still hungry, and their heads are getting farther and farther away from their necks.

Another court meeting, Li Shimin looked around and suddenly said: "Why didn't the Minister of the Household Department go to the court?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Long Liang was instinctively startled. Their father and son got up together, but Long Feiyu didn't know where he went.

Over there, Yan Shilang hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, due to years of wars, this field is barren and no one cultivates it. Many fields are cultivated by soldiers, but the summer harvest is approaching. The number of those soldiers is too small. There are too many, and Zhechong Mansions all over the country hope that the Ministry of War will find a way to solve this matter. Lord Shangshu asked me to ask His Majesty for leave to negotiate with the Ministry of War, hoping to recover the grain in Tianzhong as soon as possible."

Li Shimin said again: "Why does your household department always grab the work of the Ministry of Industry? A few days ago, you invented a printing technique that can produce books in batches. What does Long Feiyu want to do now? Why does the Minister of the Ministry of Housekeeping always do the work of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry?"

Yan Shilang hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, calm down, sometimes what the Ministry of Household needs is only connected to the Ministry of Industry, but without the Ministry of Industry, we will find a way to make it, so that the people can return to their previous lives faster."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, I won't pursue this matter any more, who of you still has a play?"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Du Ruhui stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there is a military report from the border, saying that the Turkic people are willing to redeem their princes with the gold and silver they took from Chang'an. Please judge."

Li Shimin thought for a while and then came: "Tell Su Dingfang, let him handle it by himself, and there is no need to report it."

"Yes"

After Du Ruhui finished speaking, he stepped aside, and a middle-aged man stood up and saluted Li Shimin on the other side: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has designed a Chengtian Palace, which needs to be started in the near future. Your Majesty, please transfer the money to facilitate the construction of the palace." Start work."

Li Shimin asked suspiciously: "Didn't I ask the Ministry of Households to transfer it to you?"

The middle-aged man sighed and said: "Your Majesty has allocated the money, but the Ministry of Accounting said they had no money and refused to allocate the funds. I went to the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting to make a theory, and was thrown out by the people of the Ministry of Accounting before I finished speaking. The minister really couldn't help it." It's like your Majesty asking for help."

Hearing this sentence, Li Shimin suddenly looked at Yan Shilang angrily and said, "Yan Shilang, what's going on? The construction of the Chengtian Palace is a major national event. Why did your household department block it? How dare you send me there? The minister came out and you want to rebel, can't you?"

Seeing Li Shimin's angry face, Yan Shilang wiped his sweat secretly. No wonder Li Shilang didn't want to stay in the court and would rather go to the bottom with Long Feiyu to understand the situation. He looked at himself, didn't know what he meant at first, but now he finally knows.It turned out that the household department was in trouble again, and I just ran into it.

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Yan Shilang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's not that we don't do it, it's just that the household department really doesn't have any silver taels to build a palace. Yang Shangshu asked for 500 million taels of silver, and we really can't get it out."

Li Shimin snorted: "Nonsense, some time ago there was more than 200 million taels of silver in the household department, why did it disappear in just ten days?"

"Your Majesty does not know that due to the perennial wars, the people dare not cultivate the fields at all. Most of them mainly raise cattle and sheep. If there is a war, the cattle and sheep can follow them to migrate. Although the Tang Dynasty was founded for ten years , but after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been wars. It was not until the past two years that they calmed down and unanimously opened up. But there are so many refugees. It was put down and used to subsidize those people to build houses and cultivate new fields."

Hearing these words, Li Shimin suddenly felt a little dizzy, and said angrily: "As the servant of the household department, Long Feiyu is so bold, why don't you stop him?"

"We blocked it, but last time when Lord Shangshu invented the technique of printing, you said, Your Majesty, that all affairs of the household department are handled by Long Shangshu, so we didn't report them."

Seeing Yan Shilang's well-founded look, Li Shimin wanted to strangle him to death. He stared at Yan Shilang with a pair of majestic eyes, which made Yan Shilang's heart pounding, his heart was already beating wildly. .

In the deathly silence of the court, no one could understand what Li Shimin meant, so they could only watch in a daze.Suddenly Li Shimin stood up from his seat and shouted angrily: "This Long Feiyu is too bold and reckless. The more than 1000 million taels of silver are gone like this. How can this minister of the Ministry of Household be taken care of? There is such a big thing that you even think about it. Making decisions without authorization is not like I report, does the emperor still have eyes for me?"

Seeing Li Shimin's anger, all the civil and military ministers in the hall knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty, calm down."Li Shimin snorted and said angrily: "Come here, go and recruit Long Feiyu into the palace. If he doesn't have a reasonable explanation, I don't have to wait three years, I will behead him immediately."

Seeing Li Shimin's righteous indignation, the atmosphere above the hall suddenly became dull, and there was silence for a while, only Long Liang and Liang Luoren were sweating profusely, worrying about Long Feiyu's safety, and the rest of the people frowned, There were those who gloated, and of course there were those who were prepared to intercede for Long Feiyu.

At this time, Long Feiyu didn't know what happened above the main hall, but the household department was a bit busy at this time, with people coming and going, and all the quotas for returning home were sorted out.The population is recompiled, and the publication of books and other things is not a problem.

After working for several days, these things were finally finished. Looking at the piled up books, Long Feiyu got up from the table, stretched his waist, looked at the tired-looking group of subordinates and said with a smile: "These things are finally finished. When it's done, I'll treat everyone to dinner later."

Hearing Long Feiyu's words, someone stood up and said, "My lord, after our reprinting, according to the latest data, our Tang Dynasty has a population of four hundred and twenty thousand households, with a population of 100 million, and we There are only 1000 million taels of silver, and if they are all distributed, after various embezzlement by the state capitals, there will be less than a penny left in the hands of the common people.”

Long Feiyu said with a smile: "These money is mainly aimed at the northern region. This is just an attitude of the court. The purpose is to encourage those wanderers to return home. The southern region is relatively stable, so there is no need for these things. In the north, there have been years of wars, people They all ran to the south. With the money and the government’s compensation, the temptation of the fields is to let the people return to their hometowns. As for how much money will be distributed, since ancient times, has the common people believed that the country will give them money? We give them every If there are one or two people, they will think that their things have been embezzled from above. As for how much money the court allocated, this must not be announced. I will follow the suggestion of the Ministry of War to brand these silver taels with wax. Once someone opens the seal, it will be the crime of decapitation. , we will send silver taels out according to the quotas for returning home in various places.”

The person in charge of money and food management is a thin middle-aged man. He said with a little worry: "My lord, we have distributed the money used by the Ministry of Industry to build the palace. If His Majesty finds out about us, we will be miserable."

Long Feiyu waved his hand and said: "Don't be afraid, Mr. Yang, you are in charge of salt and iron, and there have been wars all year round. This businessman is very rich."

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Salt and iron have always been controlled by the state, but what do you think of the effect?"

Director Yang shook his head and said: "The cost is too high. The porters who escort the salt and iron in their hands will cost a lot of money. Since it is controlled by the state, as long as the salt and iron do not lose money."

Long Feiyu smiled and said: "You are guarding the Jinshan and not a tool to pry it open. As soon as possible, according to the prices and customs of various places, re-divide the salt and iron, and let the rich merchants donate money. Donate more and more." The more you get, the bigger the certificate of salt quotation. Give up part of the right to operate salt and iron to merchants, and the imperial court will actually control some, so as to prevent profiteers from bullying the market and driving up prices. When we have something in our hands, we can also take it out to stabilize it. Some prices."

Director Yang scratched his head and said, "Is this okay, my lord? What if those wealthy businessmen don't want to donate money?"

Long Feiyu smiled and said: "Yes, merchants are looking for profit. With them, salt and iron will definitely be sold to all parts of the Tang Dynasty. And merchants can't just do this business at one time, they will definitely bring in other things. In this way, the porter’s wages can be better saved. The businessman pays the funds incidentally, and we become professionals. It costs a lot to come and go. Our purpose is to benefit the people of the world , and these are too expensive for the government to do this, so the merchants will come forward, and they will accept some preferential policies from the imperial court."

Listening to Long Feiyu's explanation, a group of people were fascinated by the invitation, when suddenly a guard ran in in a panic and said: "My lord is not good, someone from the palace said that His Majesty heard that the lord sent tens of millions of silver from the household department. After sending it out, I am already furious at this moment, so I announce that you, Li Shilang and the four principals will have an audience."

Hearing His Majesty's anger, several people panicked. Seeing their appearance, Long Feiyu waved his hands and said, "What are you afraid of? Take these newly sorted things with you and follow me to the palace."

Seeing Long Feiyu's composure, the nerves of several people eased up a little, and they looked at Long Feiyu eagerly, hoping that he could easily resolve the disaster this time, otherwise they would all be ruined.

(End of this chapter)