Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 691;
Chapter 640: Li Shimin after the money

Attorney Pei, who was nervous and finally settled down, bowed his hands to Li Yu as a salute;

"Good brother, Brother Yu, I don't even dare to think about the future. As long as my family can survive this time, it will be taken care of by heaven..."

Lawyer Pei didn't finish his sentence when a servant hurried over.

Lawyer Pei was obviously shocked, but still pretended to be very calm;

"Don't panic, talk about something slowly."

"It's Mr. Lang. Please tell Mr. Lang. A Lang knelt at the door of the emperor's study and passed out. His Majesty said he didn't want to see A Lang. Qian Dehai, the chief servant, asked the little people to carry A Lang out. Put it in the carriage outside the imperial city!"

"Yes, I see, you send Aye back to the mansion to recuperate first."

"only!"

Li Yu looked at Lawyer Pei with a relaxed face;
"Recently, my brother has been busy, so I won't bother you here, there are still a lot of guests to entertain in the General's Mansion.

It's a pity that I can't eat and drink as much as I want today, because I made an agreement with the empress yesterday, I will go back to the palace to rest in the next few days, so that I can greet the empress every day, if I get drunk today and don't go back to the palace, what should the emperor do? Say I'm not filial! "

Seeing Li Yu complaining about being watched too closely by the emperor, making Lawyer Pei envious, I was filled with emotion;

"Brother Yu really envies you, my virtuous brother. You are loved so much by Her Majesty the Empress, and you are often reminded by His Majesty the Emperor. Speaking of which, you should not be wronged, my virtuous brother. In fact, His Majesty also likes you very much!"

After hearing this, Li Yu immediately twitched her nose indifferently;

"What? Forget it. Don't bother me every day. It's a high incense. Forget it. Forget it. If you don't understand, I'll go back and have a drink and be happy! As long as I mention it, His Majesty the Emperor will stare at my tail every day. It’s okay, little brother, I’m so upset.”

"Go, go, go!"

"My dear brother, go slowly."

Li Yu, who shook his head and left, stretched out one hand behind his back and waved it. After leaving the imperial city, he kept returning to the General's Mansion all the way.

Li Yu beckoned, and a manager hurried over;
"My lord, what are your orders?"

"Let me ask you, have the ladies from the Kong family and the Yan family ever visited our residence?"

Who in today's Chang'an City doesn't know the two women that his Lord Hou misses?Of course, the person in charge had inquired about it a long time ago, and responded with a smile on his face;

"Going back to Lord Hou, the two young ladies have come and are eating in the backyard. They are sitting in the same hall with His Royal Highness the Queen."

"Well, I see, you can go to work."

"It's Lord Hou."

Li Yu whistled and walked to the backyard while talking to himself;

"Go and see if the two wives and concubines have gained weight recently..."

Li Yu, who came to the backyard, passed the report and went straight to the hall. Nuo Da's ancient hall was full of female guests, Yingying, Yanyan, red, fat, green and thin!Li Yu was no longer as restrained and tense as before. He smiled and nodded to his acquaintances as he walked, and many women were embarrassed to lower their heads and dare not look around.

"My son is here to pay respects to the empress, and my mother is blessed and safe."

"I'm sorry, my son. Aren't you eating and drinking in the outer courtyard? How come you come to the inner house in the backyard when you have time?"

"Returning to the empress, I heard that the empress is here, so I came here specially to say hello and greetings."

"good."

While Li Yu was dealing with Empress Changsun, he winked at Seventh Lady of the Yan family in the crowd. The latter blushed and lowered her head to fiddle with her belt, seeing that young lady of the Kong family's expression slightly unhappy.

Li Yu smiled and walked to Empress Changsun to stand beside Empress Changsun. Empress Changsun smiled and glanced at her eldest son before holding up the wine cupper;

"Come, come, I will have a drink with all the noble ladies."

"Your Highness, please."

"Ladies please."

Li Yu waited and looked at all the women who drank it all in one gulp. The differences in sight were extremely different. My good fellow, liquor of [-] to [-] degrees, these ancient women could eat it all in one gulp!I really admire it!
Why didn't Empress Changsun know what her eldest son wanted to come over?Deliberately teasing Li Yu out of joy;

"There are still many brothers of yours who need to be taken care of ahead of time, so you just go and have a good time with your aunts and aunts."

"Ah? Oh, it's the empress, it's gone there."

"Go."

Those present basically know the two ladies that Li Yu is worried about, they also know the purpose of his coming to the backyard, and they also know that Li County Marquis was arrested when he climbed over the wall and entered the Kongyan family after drunk, but His Royal Highness pretended to be Knowing nothing, Li County Marquis opened his mouth wide open and had nothing to say, and many people laughed along with him.

Many wives also followed His Highness to amuse Li Yu;

"Li Dalang, why are you walking so listlessly today? It wasn't like this in the past."

"Oh, if I go back to my aunt at Fang's house, my son didn't eat anything this morning, and his stomach is empty, so he is listless."

"Hee hee... giggle..."

"Sister Fang, let's not embarrass Li Dalang. He wants to take a closer look at Meijiao Niang, but he has no excuse to stay. He is bored right now."

"Auntie He's joking, my son has to go to the outer courtyard to entertain brothers, there is nothing else to think about."

"Hehe, at such a young age, you still want to lie and fool around. Do you think our group of old guys are fools? I said Li Dalang, seeing you so uncomfortable, I am worried for you, auntie!

How about... How about betrotting the young lady of my aunt's family to you?You can directly pull back and see it every day, which is better than sneaking around to peek at others without knowing what to do! "

"Put it down, auntie, your little lady is only two and a half years old, and she can't be coaxed. Last time I went back to play in your house, my sister peed all over me, and she just changed clothes and pulled me all over again. I dare not need."

"Hahahahahahahahaha!"

"Cuckoo..."

Li Yu's words made the speaking general's wife burst into laughter, all the ladies in the hall smiled, and Li Yu strode out of the backyard without delay!

Li Yu, who was bored, returned to his hall. The brothers at the dozen or so tables that were bustling with each other saw Li Yu finally appear, and all of them dragged Li Yu to drink.

"Come, come, Dalang will accompany everyone to have a drink, so that we can have a good time."

"okay!"

Li Yu took Fang Yiai's wine master and drank it all in one gulp, then sat down at a table at random, and began to eat and drink.

Finally, Li Yu remembered that he was going back to the palace to live in the evening, and he had to greet the Empress Dowager tomorrow, so he didn't eat much, but he was very dizzy, and the palace of General Qin was always lively until midnight.

Just because His Majesty the Emperor came to the General Qin's Mansion to visit on a whim, so the civil and military ministers from the Prince Qin's Mansion all appeared in the General Qin's Mansion without exception after they were on duty, and they all came to visit the old comrade-in-arms as a group. Will Qin Qiong!
Li Yu didn't eat too much, but Li Shimin poured down his glass of wine excitedly after entering 500 million guan!
"Come, come, old brothers, let's have another drink."

"Your Majesty, please."

"Old brothers please."

Li Shimin, who put down his wine glass, stared at Fang Du and the two happily and asked;

"You two servants, I don't know how to deal with Li Xianhou's affairs today?"

"If you return to His Majesty, the basic disposal is completed, and you will be able to pass through the three provinces tomorrow."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. It will take less than three days to complete the progress of the affairs of the three provinces and six ministries in private, and then immediately send officials from the Ministry of Households to measure the land separately. They will definitely keep up with the sowing."

Changsun Wuji stood up without waiting for the emperor to ask;
"Reporting to Your Majesty, our household department has already selected suitable places. A total of five counties have been selected, which are located [-] miles away from Chang'an City, plus one in Lantian County, and five teams of officials have been assigned. The documents from the three provinces are sent to our household department, and they can go to the four directions immediately. After the officials are in place, the land measurement can be completed in at most three days.

The minister has already explained that there must be no delay in the important affairs of the court. The important tasks must be completed within three days. The officials of my household department have to finish the work smoothly even if they don't sleep. "

"it is good."

"That's so Wuji, he is really my right-hand man, come, come, let me have another drink with Wuji."

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty, but your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, you should not eat too much, I respect you first, Your Majesty, please do as you please."

"I love you so much, just according to your words, I'll have half a cup this time."

"Please, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin, who put down his wine glass, couldn't hide his excitement, his face was flushed with joy, and he even raised his voice a lot;

"Now that everything is ready, we only owe Li Dalang's grain and summer tax. This year's tax will be different from the past. People can deduct food for food, and we need to focus on grain instead of fodder."

"what?"

"what?"

"No fodder?"

"This……"

"Oh, this army is moving, food and grass go first, only food is collected but not fodder..."

"Isn't that right, there is no fodder, this..."

Looking at the civil and military officials below, they were all astonished, and Li Shimin, who was sitting upright, looked up to the sky and laughed;

"Hahahahaha!"

"Everyone who loves you, please rest assured. It's not that you don't want to accept it, but it's just a matter of priority. The grain is collected first as a tax. After the grain is harvested, the imperial court will buy fodder with money and silk. At that time, how many people in the world will have It's a money income, and it's better to add clothes to wear during the Chinese New Year, isn't it?

I have said it many times, what is taken from the people is used for the people, dear friends, don't always stare at the pockets of the common people, we should find a way to make the pockets of the common people bulge first.

Since ancient times, the imperial courts of all dynasties have always been habitually thinking that they would go to the people to search for things, but the first thought of the civil and military ministers was to increase taxes, so there was a saying that levies and miscellaneous taxes were as fierce as tigers, so there were princes and generals. There is something like this sentence!
I always think when there is no one else, why do people always like to be lively?In the final analysis, it is still a poor word!
If the common people are rich families, with wives and concubines in groups, children and grandchildren in the house, they can eat enough every meal, and there are a few meat meals during the festivals, who will be full enough to follow the anti-king to do the decapitation? ?I don't know what you love, what do you think? "

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Your Majesty thinks that His Majesty is a good emperor!"

"Your Majesty is really wise."

"Your Majesty is truly a man of great wisdom!"

"It's really a blessing for three lives that the ministers and others can make contributions with His Majesty."

"Yes, yes, isn't being able to follow His Majesty a blessing for three lifetimes?"

Seeing all kinds of civil and military flattery in the hall, the happy Li Shimin laughed heartily;

"Hahahahahaha!"

Just when all civil and military officials were flattering, Du Ruhui's calm voice sounded in the hall;

"Reporting to Your Majesty, grain is the food of the people, and fodder is the food of the livestock. Both are important. Your Majesty's idea of ​​getting enough food first is indeed understandable, and the minister also supports it.

It's just that the sixteen guards and horses need a lot of forage supply if they are transferred, and people eat horse chews. Besides, this year is very different from the past.

This year our imperial court has an extra 540 war horses of different colors, and there are also a lot more cattle, mules, and donkeys pulling carts. Not only that, the caravans at the Yanmen Pass returned soon,

There are four more groups of caravans returning one after another, and the amount of forage needed is astonishing!
It's just that it consumes a lot every day now, let alone the return of the caravan in a few months, when the daily fodder will be a terrifying amount.

The treasury of our dynasty is not rich enough. If the money is exchanged for fodder, the people will be overjoyed, but the court... this... the consumption of money is probably... an astonishing amount. , is really forced by the situation... I have to do it as a last resort, Your Majesty..."

After hearing the words of Du Ruhui, the most capable eighteenth scholar of the Qin Palace, many civil and military personnel who were praising the emperor's wisdom immediately shut their mouths, as tight as they wanted, for fear that the emperor would throw the money he needed in the palace. Solve it on your own head, everyone is watching the nose and the nose and the heart!It looks like a mud tire in a temple.

Li Shimin didn't say a word, just waiting for Du Ruhui to laugh heartily after he finished speaking;

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Ai Qing, don't panic, don't panic. Today, I happened to meet a courtier who donated money and silk to support the imperial court. I feel very relieved. Don't be nervous about money matters, I have already settled them."

Du Ruhui, an honest person, of course doesn't know the specifics of the situation. Only a few well-informed people know the inside story. It is the eldest son of the Pei family who wants to exchange thousands of years of accumulation in exchange for the survival of the family, but they all just found out not long ago. After all, they are on duty in their respective yamen during the day!
Even though Du Ruhui, who was honest and honest, heard the emperor said that he had money to use, he was still not at ease, so he couldn't help asking;
"Report to Your Majesty, I have a lot of warhorses and livestock, all of which I exchanged with money and silk, but there is a huge gap, and it cannot be solved with three to five million guan. The fact that the people of the world can sell grass for money at the same time, this minister is not alarmist, if you don’t believe it, Your Majesty, you can ask other important ministers!"

This time, without waiting for the emperor to ask questions, Li Jing on the other side stood up directly;

"Your Majesty, Du Pushe's words are true. The people of the world have not yet solved the problem of filling their stomachs. Suddenly such shocking news is released here. The people will definitely move on hearing the news. Even if there are millions of Guan Not enough!"

(End of this chapter)