The first rebel of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 958 Treasury Deficit
As soon as Dai Zhou entered, Li Shimin greeted him and said, "Dai Zhou, you are here just in time, come and try this! This is very useful!"

Then he said:
"This is called a body warmer, sticking it in your clothes can make you not afraid of the cold!"

"and also……"

Li Shimin introduced himself.

It felt like it was my own thing.

Dai Zhou's heart is not here.

He said: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask for instructions!"

Having said that, Li Shimin's expression turned a little dark for a moment.

"What's the matter?"

Following him to Li Shimin, his face was solemn.After thinking for a while, he remained silent.

Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang also put down their things.

Look at Dai Zhou.

I thought, what's the matter with Dai Zhou?

Until Li Shimin was a little irritable.

"What's the matter? Is there something that makes it difficult for you to speak?"

he asks.

Only then did Dai Zhou speak slowly.

"Your Majesty, I have an extremely important matter here. I have to let you make a decision."

Li Shimin was afraid that he would not be able to accept it, so he sat down.

Plus he can't stand for a long time now, he said:

"Speak!"

Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang followed and listened.

They also wanted to know what happened and why Dai Zhou had such an expression.

"About our treasury!"

"Treasury? What's wrong?"

Li Shimin was surprised.

Why suddenly talk about the treasury?

What does it mean.

He said anxiously again:
"What happened to the treasury? Tell me! What's the matter?"

Everyone seemed to notice something was wrong.

"The treasury is running out of money. It's about to go short!"

"That's how much more?"

"It's only enough for the court to run for seven days!"

"What?! It's impossible."

"Yeah, how is this possible?"

Empress Changsun followed suit.

Concubine Yang asked: "Is it only seven days? Why didn't you find out earlier? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

This question is embarrassing.

"It was only recently settled! In addition, the Chinese New Year will be coming soon. The imperial court's expenditures continue to expand, and it only spent a lot of money yesterday! And some time ago, it allocated [-] million taels to build fortifications. In addition, for the The construction of the Chang'an track cost a lot of money...

There is also the preferential tax treatment of Shengtang Group.

This incident alone caused a sharp reduction in the court's income.Now the treasury can't make ends meet! "

The importance of the group is really amazing.Li Shimin just treated him preferentially, and this happened!It's shocking!

And the national treasury will be short-lived, which is already a great thing.

You know, if it is really a deficit, then the impact on Datang will be very great.

This is the first time Li Shimin is about to lose money after he became emperor.

That would cause a series of troubles.

The court has no money, so it really can't do anything.Even the operation has become a problem!
That's why Dai Zhou behaved like this today.

"Who else knows about this?"

"Only the minister knows! Others don't know yet!"

Why did Li Shimin ask such a question? It was quite puzzling.Is he afraid of being known that he has no money?
"Is there a way to solve it?"

Concubine Yang asked.

"There are several ways."

"Huh? Tell me about it!"

Li Shimin asked.

"The first method is to sell the assets of the imperial court and follow the example of the sixth prince. Now the sixth prince sells some undeveloped industries to the private sector in order to withdraw a large amount of funds. Our imperial court may do this, such as mining rights for some minerals. There are some books and so on! If some of these things are sold, they can last at least another month!"

"No! These are state-owned items and cannot be sold!"

Without even thinking about it, Li Shimin directly refused.

"What about the second way?"

Yang Fei asked.

"Second, you can raise taxes in the short term so that the court can survive this crisis. This is also the fastest!"

But his proposal was rejected by Li Shimin again.

"No! Raising taxes will only make the public opinion boil. Although the income will be increased in the short term, it will hurt the people's hearts in the future. Who will trust the court in the future, and it will even shake the entire Tang Dynasty! That's not what I want to see thing!"

"Isn't that okay too?"

Dai Zhou sighed.

"Any more?"

Li Shimin asked again.

"Cancel the preferential treatment for the group?"

"No! Is there any more?"

Li Shimin still refused!

If you refuse, there is really no other way.

"The minister is gone!"

"Maybe there is another way for Min'er? Why don't I go and ask?"

Concubine Yang took the initiative to ask.

But Li Shimin still refused.

"No, this is a state matter, how can I let you come forward again! Let me think about it!"

Everyone didn't say anything anymore.

This doesn't work, and that doesn't work, so what should we do?

Dai Zhou really couldn't think of a way.

Li Shimin thought for a moment, but couldn't think of a better way.

So Dai Zhou said: "Why don't all the civil and military officials go to court and let everyone think about it together?"

If you can't think of it yourself, then brainstorm!Get more officials involved.

But Li Shimin said: "No! If this matter gets out now, it may cause some unnecessary panic!"

After all, only Dai Zhou knows that the treasury has only seven days of stock.

But if it really goes to court, everyone will definitely know about it.

It has a very bad influence on Li Shimin.

If it is spread again, let the common people in the world know.

Then the influence on the court will be even worse.

Li Shimin was silent.

Since he came to the throne, the national treasury has never been so short-lived as it is today.

At least it can last for about half a year, but now it only lasts for seven days.

On the one hand, it is because the daily expenditure is more than ten times that of when he first became emperor.

On the other hand, he spent money without making a budget.

And caused some unnecessary expenses.

Take the matter of supporting Yuchi Jingde as an example, it is indeed unnecessary.

But he spent it.

It's fun to spend money for a while, but it's not fun without money.

He spent money lavishly without considering any consequences.That's why it got to where it is today.

Dai Zhou said again: "Maybe we can discuss it with the sixth prince. Datang Bank still has the imperial court's shares. Can we withdraw the shares and exchange them for money?"

It's not that Li Shimin didn't think about it, but if he got it all back, the interest generated every year would be gone.

You must know that Datang Bank brings very rich profits to the imperial court every year. This approach is a bit like killing a chicken to get its eggs.

Finally, Li Shimin said: "It seems that I am going to go to some Shengtang Group in person."

As soon as he spoke, no one dared to say anything.

He can go as long as he wants.

"Can the concubine be together?"

Concubine Yang took the initiative to ask.

"The concubine is also together."

Empress Changsun followed suit.

"No need! This time I can go by myself!"

But Li Shimin said.

He must have a reason for saying that.

Maybe it's because they are afraid that they will see their own badness.

(End of this chapter)