Wentang

Chapter 238
So many people's opposition can't change Li Shimin's mind, but he also knows that not having a reasonable explanation will affect his prestige.Just say that money is not a problem, and the gap will be filled by the internal treasury.

All the ministers showed shocked expressions. It is not unheard of for the emperor to use the money from the internal treasury to fill the deficit of the treasury.It's just that those emperors filled the shortfall of tens of thousands of guan, and few of them had hundreds of thousands of guan.

But according to Li Shimin's plan, the vacancy is in the millions. Does the internal treasury have that much money?They don't know how much money there is in the internal treasury, but the approximate figure is still there, which is simply not enough to fill such a large deficit.

Wei Zheng stood up and questioned directly: "Dare to ask the saint, how much money is there in the inner treasury?"

Li Shimin was very unhappy with his tone, but he was not angry, and directly refused to answer this question: "The internal treasury is a private matter of the royal family, so Wei Qing should not ask more questions."

Wei Zheng did not back down and said: "But this matter has already related to the safety of the country, I have to ask. If the saint refuses to speak, then I can only resist the order."

"Sages, please think again." Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and others also stood up and said together.

With so many people standing up together, Li Shimin also knew that it would be impossible not to say something, but he was not unprepared.A comprehensive plan has been made long ago:
"Don't ask me more about the internal treasury. But money and food are not as scarce as you think. Even if the internal treasury can't afford that much money, the court can persist.

"Dredging, purchasing grain and grass, and stockpiling war materials cannot be completed in three or two days. The money is not paid all at once, but spent in three to six months."

"The summer grain will come in two months, and then there will be a large amount of money in the account, which is enough for the court to support the autumn grain harvest. When the autumn grain comes down, the national treasury will naturally be full."

"However, it will be difficult for the court to come to the court like this. If there is a catastrophe in the middle, I am afraid that there will be physical relief." Wei Zheng frowned.

"If there is a disaster like what Wei Qing said, don't be afraid. There is still 50 yuan in the internal treasury, which is enough to deal with emergencies." Li Shimin said with confidence.

"50 guan, the sage said that there is 50 guan in the internal treasury?" Yao Silian, who was then the secretary of the household department, stood up and said in shock.

The national treasury's annual revenue is only a few million guan, but the internal treasury actually has 50 guan?They don't quite believe it.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, it was poor and empty, and the inner library was empty enough to starve mice to death.During Li Yuan's time, there were wars every day, and he wished he could split one money into two, but he couldn't save much money.

The situation has been relatively stable in the past two years, but all kinds of large-scale projects such as the construction of Chi Road and the dredging of water transport are huge expenses, and there is no money to save.Why did Li Shimin's internal treasury suddenly have an extra 50 yuan?

Many people knew that he did business with some ministers in partnership when he was the prince, but the money was divided into dozens of families, how many could fall into Li Shimin's hands?
Or, when you were King Qin, did you make money?Many people looked at Li Shimin with something wrong.

"Cough... so you can rest assured." Li Shimin said with a dry cough, somewhat unnaturally.

It's not because it's embarrassing to be suspected of making black money, but it's true that the inner curry doesn't have that much money, and it's only [-] at the top.But in order to convince the ministers, he lied a little.

Seeing that the emperor said so, although the officials still didn't believe it, they couldn't say anything.You can't question the emperor's lying in a big face, can you?

And Li Shimin's explanation did make sense.These projects cost money, but not all at once.Persist until the harvest of summer grain will bring back a wave of blood, and it is not difficult to survive a little bit of life.

The most important thing is that this shows that the emperor did not make a decision with a slap in the ass, but carefully considered it.

Radicalism and brainlessness are completely different. What they cannot accept is not the emperor's radicalism, but brainlessness.

Seeing that no one was refuting, Li Shimin reassured everyone that the internal treasury would definitely be able to provide enough money to not make life so difficult for the court.Unfortunately, almost no one believed it.

Why use almost, because there are still a few people showing thoughtful expressions.

Changsun Wuji, Cheng Yaojin, Yuwenshi and so on are all included. These people all have one characteristic in common. They know that Yueshan entered the palace yesterday and gave the emperor a big gift.

I am afraid that the emperor's confidence comes from that gift.They guessed right, the reason why Li Shimin was so radical was indeed because of Liuli.

Last night, he and his eldest grandson Wugou hid under the blanket and discussed for a whole night, and came up with several ways to cut leeks.As long as one of them succeeds, the shortfall in the national treasury is just a drizzle.

But this must not be said in the court, they can only pretend not to know.But it is true that he no longer follows the opposition.

This is not over, and then the emperor issued a second decree, granting marriage.

Promise Li Li, the eldest princess of Changle, to Qingshui Hou Yueshan as his wife.

This is actually not a big deal, everyone in Chang'an City knows that the emperor wants to give Princess Changle to Yue Shan, and now it's just an official confirmation.Naturally, no one objected.

After Li Shimin finished announcing his order, he logically said that there is no reason to retreat from the court, and then a minister stood up and said:

"Saint, the minister has a book to play. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old troops in the counties of Hebei have a secret conspiracy."

The huge hall fell silent in an instant.

Li Shimin said seriously: "Is there any evidence?"

"Yes." The minister held up the memorial in his hand.

Zhao Meng trotted and took it and handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin flipped through it quickly, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and finally he flew into a rage and said: "A group of traitors, I will punish them all."

The courtiers were silent for a moment.

However, an unexpected person stood up, it was Wei Zheng, and he said, "Sage, can I let my minister take a look at these evidences?"

The rest of the important ministers looked at him in surprise. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old party rebelled. You, Li Jiancheng's confidant, were the first to stand up. You are so impatient.Shouldn't you take the initiative to avoid suspicion and get burned?

Li Shimin's face became even more ugly, and he threw the memorial directly, and fell on the steps not far away.

Wei Zheng silently walked over to pick up the memorial, and went back to the original place to read it word by word.After reading, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Li Shimin, "Hebei's instability is not due to someone trying to make trouble, but because of your own fault, saint."

Li Shimin smiled angrily: "My mistake? Tell me, how can I feel sorry for them?"

Wei Zheng said: "After you ascended the throne, you didn't appease people in time, so that they trembled all day long for fear that the butcher knife would fall on their heads."

"This memorial only said that they were in secret contact, and there was no sign of mobilization of soldiers and horses. It can be seen that they had no choice but to collude with each other to protect themselves. If you are willing to send an important minister to appease them, You will be able to feel at ease, and you will be loyal to the country from now on."

At this time, Li Shimin also gradually recovered his reason from the anger, and began to seriously think about the truth of this matter: "Show the memorial to all the ministers."

Hearing that Wei Zheng's hanging heart was half relieved, the emperor's tone proved that there was still room for discussion.Hastily handed the memorial to Fang Xuanling.

After Fang Xuanling finished flipping quickly, he passed it to the next person, while he fell into deep thought.The memorial circulated like this.

Of course, not all courtiers could see this memorial.Although no one spoke, the memorial was only passed around in the hands of the central ministers, and then returned to the emperor's hands.

"What do you think?" Li Shimin asked.

　A total of [-] monthly tickets last month, plus seven chapters.Four chapters have been updated, and there are three more chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)