Chastity Layman

  Chapter 630 Little Fox

   "At home, Duke Wei has entered Beijing."

  The servant Wang Lin entered the palace lightly, and reported to the emperor who was eating snacks. Crown Prince Chengqian heard that Qin Lang had arrived, so he couldn't help but immediately put down the porcelain bowl in his hand and wanted to get up. Empress Changsun smiled and said, "Look, everyone, as soon as Chengqian heard that Sanlang was here, this man's soul will be gone." Not here anymore."

  Chengqian stood still, "Saint, I haven't seen my teacher for a long time, and I want to meet him."

  Li Shimin held a bowl of lotus seed and white fungus soup in his hand, "Didn't I send Habayashiro out of Beijing to welcome him, and also gave him a golden armor, let him enter the city in a military chariot, and preached the music of the nine parts before and after, and forty swordsmen?"

  Wang Lin hurriedly replied, "Wei Gong and Ma Hanlin entered the city on Qingqi, they didn't bring a guard of honor, and they didn't open the way, so the Habayashi who went to greet them failed to receive anyone."

"I want to give him Qin Sanlang a grand triumphant ceremony, but he entered Chang'an City quietly." Li Shimin smiled slightly, but he knew that Qin Lang must have done this on purpose, otherwise there is no reason why Habayashiro would not welcome him. To be honest, Habayashiro is the emperor's protégé's personal guard, but it is impossible to miss it on purpose. It seems that although Qin Lang was domineering in Longyou, after returning to Beijing, he was not very low-key.

   This is very good, he was also worried that Qin Lang's temperament had really changed after two years of drifting away.

   "Sage, my ministers are willing to meet the teacher."

  Li Shimin looked at his son who was getting taller and taller. He was no longer much shorter than him, and there were some mustaches on his lips. When he opened his mouth, his voice changed. During his two years in Luoyang, Chengqian performed very well in Chang'an Jianguo. Li Jing, Wang Gui and other left-behind ministers gave very high evaluations.

  Looking at his current appearance, Cheng Qian has a deep friendship with Qin Lang as a teacher and student, which is quite good.

"Alright, you go to greet your teacher in person. He is probably anxious to go home. After you welcome him, go back to the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion in Pingkangfang and praise him for me. I will give him first Take three days off, and then enter the palace to face the saint after three days."

   "Thank you saint."

   Chengqian resigned happily, turned around and left.

  Li Shimin looked at the back of his son going away, and said to the eldest grandson empress, "Guanyin maidservant, have you noticed that Chengqian has grown up?"

   "My son will be thirteen soon, so of course he has grown up."

   Li Shimin sighed, "When I return to Chang'an this time, I feel that Chengqian is a little alienated from me."

   "After all, I haven't seen you in two years, it's normal."

   "I don't think it's all because of this, and I can't put it into words. Seeing his attitude towards Qin Lang just now, I'm suddenly a little jealous."

Empress Zhangsun couldn't help chuckling, "Sanlang is only eight years older than Chengqian. He is said to be a teacher, but in fact the two can be regarded as friends. You also know that Qin Sanlang is sometimes more casual and interesting, so Chengqian has always Have a good relationship with him."

   "It's not just a good relationship. Do you know, Maid of Guanyin, that for the past two years Chengqian stayed in Chang'an, and Qin Lang was in Longyou, but how much money did he get for the East Palace? Millions of Guanyin!" Li Shimin sighed.

  Empress Changsun has been focusing on having children for the past two years. After that, she came to Luoyang. She really didn't pay much attention to Chengqian and Donggong, so she couldn't help but be surprised to hear that.

   "Impossible, millions of pens?"

"Is there anything impossible, can I still talk nonsense? You also know that Qin Sanlang's ability to make money is unparalleled in the world. You know why Hou Junji, Tang Jian, Zheng Yuanxuan and Xiao Yu tried so hard to impeach him because of this kid It is indeed a bit ugly. Not to mention the previous two battles of Longyou, but the last battle of Tuyuhun, this kid’s appetite is too big. There are millions of livestock, and countless and seized supplies. , only 10% is reserved for me, 20% is reserved for the court, and the rest is shared."

  Empress Changsun also helped Li Shimin manage the internal treasury, and occasionally checked the accounts. Hearing this, she said, "That's not right, the 10% that Qin Lang gave to everyone is not in the millions? How could it be possible to give so much to Chengqian?"

   "You don't know this. The 10% that Qin Lang gave me is 10% of the discounted price after the Longyou Army captured it, and it didn't include war horses."

The battle of Tuyuhun was indeed too much, but the problem is that what was given to Li Shimin was the 10% of the discounted price of the loot sold by the Longyou Army, and although it was not obvious to Chengqian, Qin Lang used the convenience of his own coach to let the East Palace The Jiade Bank and many other firms under the name or shareholding of Donggong participated in the battle of Tuyuhun early on.

  From borrowing to material supply, transportation, and handling of spoils, etc., the in and out of the left and right, but not too much money.

What the emperor got was a dry share, but the crown prince Chengqian made a lot of money inside and outside through the companies controlled by the East Palace. That's a lot.

   Li Shimin was naturally very jealous.

After figuring out the commercial operation of the Qinlang-Longyou War, Li Shimin actually admired it very much. No wonder he was able to destroy Tuyuhun in half a year with Longyou's own strength. The commercial operation here is very good. There is no need for the court to transfer money and food, and people can handle it by themselves.

  But this also reminded Li Shimin that this operation is very dangerous.

After all, the army has always been a double-edged sword. If one is not good, it will easily cut itself. Therefore, the imperial court has always attached great importance to the management of the army. The guards sent troops, the generals led the government soldiers to fight, and the court still had to control the most important money, food and supplies.

Therefore, when the generals of the Tang Dynasty went abroad, no matter how many soldiers they commanded, generally speaking, the emperor did not need to worry too much, because the generals gathered temporarily, not the kind of long-term relationship between superiors and subordinates, and the soldiers were also drawn from various places. Now, it is difficult for the generals and soldiers to form a stable group, and it is difficult for military groups like the Tiance Mansion to reappear.

   Not to mention that even the frontier troops under the command of the border governors in normal times are small in number and small in defense area, and the imperial court has been controlling the gate of life through money, food and weapons.

However, Qin Lang's last battle in Longyou completely got rid of the imperial court's control methods. How could this not make the emperor secretly startled? A bad sign, a possibility out of control.

In the past, the imperial court fought wars every year, desperately putting money into it, money, food, armaments, horses, as well as post-war pensions, rewards, and the transfer of civilian husbands, etc., which would consume too much manpower, material resources and property, but this time Qin Lang Fighting wars turned out to make money, not even a single star.

The East Palace earns the most inside and out, earning millions of guan. Although Qin Lang did not dare to keep the key strategic materials such as war horses, armor, weapons, cowhide, horns and tendons for the East Palace, what is given to the East Palace is money.

   But Li Shimin has long been aware of the importance of money. Money can turn ghosts around, not to mention that the army is the most expensive place.

"Even though the East Palace of Chengqian stayed in Chang'an for the past two years, there are a lot of staff members, but with the addition of three thousand Prince Brigade Army, the total is only about 20,000. How can we need so much money. The concubine will ask Chengqian to take care of it tomorrow. This money will be handed over to everyone’s inner palace for safekeeping.”

   Li Shimin snorted.

   "I am not short of money, not to mention that even if I am short of money, can I steal my son's money?"

  Empress Changsun looked at her husband's arrogant appearance, and couldn't help but thump.

   "Son's money is also Lao Tzu's money, Cheng Qian is still young after all."

   "I'm not short of money, and I won't **** Chengqian's money. I want to see what Chengqian will do with so much money!"

The emperor was a little bit sour. There were several million guan. At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, the annual tax revenue of the imperial court was not so much. At that time, the annual cash of the imperial court was only about one million guan. It's all rents and taxes in kind, such as grain and cloth. Although there is no shortage of money these years, it is several million.

  Although this is Qin Lang's profit after miraculously destroying Tuyuhun, and almost robbing the entire Tuyuhun, but it is indeed a bit more.

  The crown prince, who is less than thirteen years old, earns several million coins at once, which is too much private money.

In fact, Qin Lang also made a lot of money for the emperor. Not only did he share 10% of the spoils of war with him, but the war horses given to the emperor were worth a lot of money. How could the emperor's inner treasury be lost if they entered into the battle of Longyou for cooperation.

  Kaiyuan Bank, the Royal Inner Palace, etc. were also invited to participate, and naturally they benefited a lot in the end, but the emperor's eyes were red all the time from the millions of income Chengqian received.

   "Everyone, how much did Qin Lang earn this time?" Empress Changsun and her husband have also been married for many years, and she knows her husband's character very well, so she asked with a smile.

"Of course Qin Sanlang earns a lot. As for the exact figure, I don't know. This kid is like a fox, very cunning. It is difficult for ordinary people to find out his details. All I know is that he definitely earns a lot of money. The one with the most, after all, he was responsible for this whole thing."

   It’s not too early to get up if there is no benefit. If there is no great benefit, would Qin Sanlang jump up and down like that? There is no big benefit, and he certainly would not take such a big risk to launch the Western Expedition.

  This kid, he is clear, he can't get up early without profit, and he is good at calculating.

   It's just that although this kid is good at making money, his methods are clever. He will never engage in stupid methods such as embezzlement and embezzlement, but is reasonable, legal and reasonable. He arranged for a firm in various detours to join in the business, and even took shares in the firm under the name of Donggong, etc., and only some agents came forward, but he made a lot of money.

A guy who can fight, can make money, and is not worry-free at all. If this guy is not very obedient now, I really want to kick him back to Lingnan Wu'an Prefecture, let him squat on the mountains and seaside to hunt and fish go.

   But in the final analysis, this kid is really capable, and Li Shimin really can't do without this kid.

  The Daming Palace is half under construction, and it has been suspended for more than two years. It can't just stop halfway there, right?

  (end of this chapter)