Datang: My Peerless Talent Has Been Exposed

Therefore, he is still advocating tax increases at this moment, and began to persuade Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, as long as the supervision is in place and officials are prevented from raising taxes layer by layer and other exorbitant taxes, the temporary three-year tax increase will definitely not shake the foundation of the country."

"However, if the armament and training are not effective, it will be a major event that will really shake the foundation of our country. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Speaking of this, Du Ruhui is also dark-bellied, and added secretly,

"It's not that there are other ways. If His Majesty can subsidize or lend part of the internal funds to the national treasury, there is no need to increase taxes."

Li Shimin stared blankly at Du Ruhui, not knowing what to say.

Du Laohei, Du Laohei, you really dare to kill me. I thought you were thinking of the people with thick eyebrows, but I never expected that you would actually do something to me!

Speaking of internal money, it is actually the emperor's private money, which is mainly responsible for the salaries of the eunuchs and maids in the entire palace, the maintenance of the palace, and the expenses of the concubines in the harem.

As an upright, upright, self-restraining and dedicated emperor, Li Shimin's small coffers have never been full.

Even Empress Changsun rarely buys new clothes and jewelry, and rarely sees any rare treasures, and it's not all because of poverty.

Otherwise, as for making a dignified empress unable to mop the floor even with her skirt?

Anyway, Li Shimin's eyes were almost full of bitter tears when he talked about his small treasury.

Thinking about other emperors, wanting to practice the palace, wanting to travel to the south of the Yangtze River, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even played the allusion of the golden house.

But he, who is also the emperor, even went to the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang to have a meal, and he could only give copper coins as a reward, and he was reluctant to give silver, and it was all because of poverty.

But he has become so miserable, Du Laohei, who is black-hearted, actually wants to poach someone from him?

This is no longer a black heart, this is a big sunspot whose heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys are all black, so he can be so cruel!

Du Ruhui was terrified by Li Shimin's resentful gaze, and he kept muttering in his heart, as for what, didn't all dynasties come here like this!

For the courtiers, there is only so much income that the imperial court can get their hands on. If they can't start with taxation, there is no other good way to cheat some money from the internal funds other than asking the emperor to fight the autumn wind!

After a while, Li Shimin withdrew his staring gaze and said faintly,

"Du Aiqing, there is no need to mention the tax increase. I do not agree. As for the internal funds, I will save with the Queen. I estimate that we can spend [-] guan."

Before Du Ruhui opened his mouth to counter the price and planned to ask for more, Li Shimin stared at him firmly, gritted his teeth and said word by word,

"Du Aiqing, I took out all the queen's cosmetic money, not even a copper coin!"

Changsun Wuji didn't have the heart to laugh at Du Ruhui, let alone Li Shimin, after all, as courtiers, the emperor and empress were forced to cut down on food and clothing to fill the treasury.

Telling this matter is not very honorable to the courtiers, because it means that their work has not been done well, otherwise, the treasury will be empty.

Du Ruhui didn't know what to say at the moment, although he couldn't spend more money from His Majesty's internal funds.

But looking at His Majesty like this, it is not easy to have five thousand guan, it is better not to push too hard.

However, these five thousand strings are still a drop in the bucket for the entire northern border of the Tang Dynasty!

As the saying goes, the emperor does not send hungry soldiers, and the frontline soldiers fight bloody battles with their heads hung on their waists. If the money and food are not in place in time, it will be fine for a while, but if it takes a long time, there will be big problems.

In history, it was not once or twice that military mutinies were caused by money and food.

Thinking about it is also a headache.

For a while, the three monarchs and ministers looked at each other speechlessly, and could only sigh silently.

After a long time, Changsun Wuji weakly broke the peace,

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, let's go to shopkeeper Xiao Zhang to have a chat. Now we can only hope that this ghostly talent can really understand ghosts and gods."

Originally, this was just Changsun Wuji's funny words to break the embarrassment, but when Li Shimin heard the name Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper, he inexplicably gained more confidence and became more energetic.

Li Shimin nodded seriously and replied,

"What the auxiliary machine said is that I can't come up with any good solutions. It's better to ask the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang. I believe that this pillar of the market will not let me down."

Du Ruhui was confused, confused, and at a loss...

At this moment, he even wondered if he hadn't been in court for several years, why he couldn't understand what the two monarchs and ministers were saying.

Listen to the evaluation of the two monarchs and ministers, the talents of ghosts and gods, and the talents of pillars!

It still comes from the market, and even the state treasury is empty, and even the existence of the monarch and his ministers going to the door to ask for advice.

Such a person doesn't even know it?

Are you really out of date?

Or is it that he is not as simple as before?

Why?

Just because he stole five thousand coins from His Majesty's internal funds?

It's not that he, Du Ruhui, used the money for eating, drinking and having fun, he did it for the sake of Datang's military affairs.

Moreover, His Majesty has obviously been in contact with this great sage in the market before, even Changsun Wuji, but he hasn't blackmailed His Majesty's small treasury before.

Could it be that His Majesty didn't know the foresight, so he couldn't get in touch with the great sages in advance?

At this moment, Du Ruhui's head was full of question marks, and all kinds of thoughts popped up in his heart.

After all, Li Shimin, the monarch and his ministers just spoke too highly of him. If you ask yourself, there are very few people in the court who can get such a comment.