Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

Sure enough, as Li You expected, that day arrived not long after.

The reason is also very simple - the Ministry of Household finally realized that it would be difficult to fill this tiankeng with the seemingly rich five or six million dollars in order to make up for the damage of Datang after the severe disaster!

Chapter 655 The way to make money out of nothing

Although the money is not enough, it is used very quickly, and it is impossible for the Li's Chamber of Commerce to digest all the five or six million dollars at one time. There is another time difference in the middle, which is even more terrible.

Indeed, the profits that Li You got back after attacking Gaochang Kingdom greatly eased the urgent needs of the court, and now there is no need to worry about money for the time being.

However, no matter how much money there is, there will always be a day when it will be used up, and from the current situation in Datang, this day will not be too far away~!

As the monarch and minister in charge of the governance of the Tang Dynasty, of course, we must plan ahead and think of ways in advance.

As a result, today's Chaoshen was once again occupied by the chatter.

"How about increasing the distribution of His Royal Highness's lottery tickets?"

"This plan is impossible! Isn't this continuing to squeeze the people's money?"

"So what? It's definitely not possible to increase taxes. Is there any other way?"

The ministers all seemed to be at a loss. Speaking of which, there were really not many ways for the court to make money. In the past, it mainly relied on taxation. This is the biggest reason why the annual income of the court was only a pitiful one million dollars.

But now that the common people are already poor and miserable, in order to help the people of the Tang Dynasty, they have to take money from the people of the Tang Dynasty first. Wouldn't that put the cart before the horse?

"By the way, Yang Jie must have a lot of crazy ideas. He is best at making money. Why don't you ask him."

In the midst of a burst of sorrow, Li Shimin suddenly remembered that there was a wealthy and rich tyrant in the Tai Chi Palace.

"King Chu, what do you think?" Li Shimin asked.

"..."

There was silence in the hall, but there was no response.

Li Shimin couldn't help but stare at him and almost died of anger—I saw Li You actually dozing off against the pillar!

This lazy look made Li Shimin recall that when Li You first went to court, he also slept while leaning on the pillar while drooling.

The ministers of civil and military affairs were also speechless when they saw this, but they were already used to the fact that His Royal Highness the King of Chu often made up his sleep in the Taiji Palace.

"Li You! I ask you what you think!"

Li Shimin twitched the corners of his mouth and shouted loudly, causing Li You to wake up suddenly.

"...Ah? What's wrong with Mr. Bao?"

Li Shimin looked puzzled: "Who is Mr. Bao...?"

This time Li You finally reacted, waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I just didn't wake up for a while, don't pay attention to this detail, it may be the person in the dream."

Li Shimin heard the blue veins on his forehead, this guy really became more and more unruly in front of him, he didn't even hide that he was sleeping, and he admitted it openly!

Before Li Shimin could curse, Wei Zheng jumped out in anger.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu! This is a solemn place for discussing state affairs. You are a minister of honor, and you should be fully involved in it. Otherwise, wouldn't you be ashamed of your Majesty's trust and entrustment?"

Li You said confidently: "I can't do anything about it, who told you to open the chapel at such an early time? Obviously these are things that can be dealt with very quickly, so you have to discuss so much earlier. noon!"

Wei Zheng was a little speechless for a while, if someone else said that, he would have scolded him back in anger, but Li You's words were not ignorant, but expounding the facts!

After all, Li You's efficient administrative model for handling political affairs, they have all seen it when Li You was regent and supervising the country, and indeed the time was shortened several times.

Therefore, this kind of arrogant remark that was originally rude, once said by Li You himself, turned into a mockery that was completely difficult to refute!

In fact, Li You is also bored. He is not the kind of salted fish who likes to work every day. It would be fine if he did it himself, but if he was just listening, it would be very boring.

It can be said that the reason why Li You insisted on going to court for so many days was because he was waiting for the best time to engage in Li Tai, so after Li You relieved the anger of getting up, he immediately asked curiously: "By the way, Father What did the emperor call me just now?"

Li Shimin looked at him speechlessly, and was so angry that he didn't want to speak.

The minister of households, Tang Jian, coughed and said to help: "His Royal Highness, the King of Chu, we were discussing the revenue-generating method for the court to make up for the huge vacancy that is coming. I wonder if His Royal Highness the King of Chu has any good methods?"

"The opportunity is here!"

Li You was shocked when he heard the words, this is what he was waiting for!

As a commercial emperor in Datang, Li You is very clear about the economic situation of Datang. With his keen sense of smell, he can predict that the court will soon fall into the panic of running out of this huge amount of Gaochang Kingdom. !

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At that time, the ministers and officials will definitely seek a remedy. As long as this gap can be completely filled, the subsequent financial situation can be normally supported by the treasury.

And Li You is aiming at this timing!

"Methods..." Li You deliberately said slowly, "Tax increase, lottery tickets... Isn't there a lot?"

Wen Yanbo shook his head and said, "This method can cure the symptoms but not the root cause, and it is also difficult to get a huge amount of money in a short period of time. We have discussed it just now and think it is not feasible."

"That's right," Tang Jian also nodded, "It shouldn't be difficult to see what His Highness is capable of, right? This way of forcibly extracting money from the people will not only make the people's livelihood in the current Tang Dynasty even worse, but also the final situation. There is no improvement, it just means that the money has gone back and forth!"

Li You smiled when he heard the words, and said, "Then what the adults mean, do you want a way to make money out of thin air?"

The civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty were silent when they heard the words. Indeed, the most ideal solution is to generate money out of thin air, so that it will not hurt the common people and meet the needs of the court, but how can such absurd things happen?

Looking at the silent civil and military officials, Li You suddenly spoke up in the silence.

"But if I have to say it - the way to make money out of nothing, this king really has one!"