Early Tang Dynasty Concubine

Chapter 873

"Boy, tell me, how is Jiangnan now? You asked me to exempt you from taxes, and your Cheng family spent their own money to build Jiangnan City. I heard it's quite big, hahaha, but I don't think so anymore. Money, do you want uncle to help you!"

"It's okay, I can eat meat, and our family has never had much concept of money. I don't know if the family is short of money. At present, it shouldn't be short, and the money is enough now!"

Hearing Cheng Xuan's words, Li Shimin really believed that with Cheng Churui, their Cheng family would not go hungry, but if the Jiangnan City is a big one, it would cost an astronomical amount of money to build it, and Cheng Churui would not be able to make money no matter how much money he had. Earn money from a city.

"Hahaha, that kid at Chu Rui told me that as long as I exempted Jiangnan from taxes, I would build the city myself! Now it seems that I won a city for nothing, and Jiangnan does produce grain, and the grain in Jiangnan has been solved every year. It seems that I have taken advantage of the food supply for the people of the Tang Dynasty."

"What? Your Majesty, you have exempted Jiangnan from taxes?" Li Shimin's words were heard by Changsun Wuji.Can't help but ask in surprise.

"Auxiliary machine, what's the matter? I did exempt Jiangnan from taxes. The Cheng family spent all their wealth for Jiangnan, built rivers, built cities, and appeased the people. What's the point of exempting him from taxes?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Changsun Wuji sighed, and it would be the same for him, but the memorials he gave recently were all from the Jiangnan of Shencheng Churui. Looking at the figures above, this is still the estimation of those people, just more or less. No, it's all money.

"Your Majesty, do you know that the current Jiangnan City has become the largest commercial exchange place, and the daily transaction volume there is an astronomical figure, and the tax collected by the Jiangnan Mansion is also an astronomical figure. The most important thing is to hear that there The business district in the city is all owned by the Cheng family. They only rent it out, never sell it, and they sign it once a year. Do you know, Your Majesty, how much a small shop in Shibu costs for a year? Ten thousand!

There is only a small shop ten steps away. It is said that there is no market for this price. You actually gave up the tax. According to an incomplete estimate, the annual tax in Jiangnan is about [-]% of my tax in the Tang Dynasty! "

"How much?" Li Shimin felt that he heard it wrong. Datang's annual tax revenue is nearly 800 million guan, and you said that Jiangnan has [-]% of the tax money, which is [-] million guan. Are you kidding me? Bar?

"Boy, tell me, are there really that many?" Li Shimin asked with golden eyes flashing.

"No, Master Changsun is a bit exaggerated. Although there is some money, it is not that much. Besides, Jiangnan is now my mother's fief and also my father's fief. All development there depends on my father and my mother. built.

Uncle Emperor, you don’t know, I want to say that there was a time when our family didn’t have a single coin, and my mother had to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables. Fortunately, there is no shortage of everything in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no shortage of river freshness. Otherwise, we would definitely starve to death during that time of.

Now that Jiangnan has just developed, some people have ideas there, which is not authentic.And the emperor's uncle, you are so eloquent, if you don't collect our tax, you can't collect it! "

Li Shimin also smiled: "Okay! You brat, you are still playing tricks on me. Don't worry, I won't steal your money from a child. Speaking of which, you will only stay in Chang'an this time. Uncle hasn't seen you for many years." See you!"

"Yes! I miss you too. This time I will stay for a while. My father said that he has not come back for so many years. His brothers and elders have to go to see him. Only then will it be closer!" Cheng Xuan nodded and said.

"That's not true at all..."

Next came singing and dancing. The banquet was going on normally. Cheng Xuan froze twice and showed his face twice, which also showed his strength. Although Cheng Shisi did not have the ability of Cheng Churui, his bodyguards were not It's easy to mess with.

So Cheng Churui ate, drank and had fun with the royal family, chatting with this brother for a while, and chatting with that aunt for a while.It's really like a fish in water, he and Cheng Churui still have different personalities.

"Wuji, come to see me tomorrow morning!" This is what Li Shimin whispered to his eldest grandson Wuji. He said he didn't care, but of course he should pay attention to a place where the annual tax revenue is 800 million. If you have money, you can buy a lot Things, such as food, such as iron, such as salt, such as weapons, such as people!

The combination of these is the best condition for rebellion, of course Cheng Xuan didn't know, anyway, the banquet was just like that, and he didn't return to the mansion until the middle of the night, fortunately, at the end of the year, Datang lifted the curfew!
The Princess Mansion in Chang'an City has always been reserved, and no one dared to move it. After Cheng Churui made a big fuss last time, no one in Chang'an City has any idea about the Princess Mansion, and they don't want to earn their lives or spend their lives!
In the blink of an eye, the next day, Changsun Wuji came to the palace early. At this time, Li Shimin had already woken up: "The auxiliary machine is here! Let's have some porridge."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Someone served Changsun Wuji a meal, and the two of them were sitting there eating. Li Shimin asked, "Auxiliary machine, how long have we known each other?"

"It's been almost 20 years. You and I met when we were young Lang. At that time, the emperor was only a son, and now he is the ninth and fifth emperor. I am also a minister. Alas! Time seems to wait for no one. .”

"Ten years later, you and I have gray hair!" Changsun Wuji didn't know why Li Shimin was so emotional.

"I just had a feeling for a moment. Yesterday you said that Jiangnan's tax revenue is very high?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your majesty, you can ask someone to investigate. Jiangnan is no longer a tax issue. You must know that apart from taxes, the gold and silver earned by Cheng Churui every year are already astronomical. You may not think it, your majesty, but I have to say that it is really very important." Huge amount of money, even if the money is now filled in the Datang treasury, but this money is in the hands of outsiders..."

He didn't say anything later, and Li Shimin understood, but he still wanted to know how much Cheng Churui could earn a year.Datang has some money now, but it is not enough, and it is still fighting. Western Turks are not very honest now, and Goguryeo is a shame to Li Shimin. He must take revenge, and all these need financial support.

"I never thought that such a barren place would be turned into a rich place by Cheng Churui. At that time, I only thought that there would be a bottomless pit. No matter how good Cheng Churui told me, I never believed it.

Thinking about it now, I am also short-sighted, alas!I'm really not very comfortable. "Changsun Wuji also felt the same way. The poverty there is unimaginable. Who would have thought that Cheng Churui would really accomplish a miracle.

(End of this chapter)