The first emperor of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 184 Dumbfounded This Time

Seeing Li Chengqian's naive look, Li Shimin was angry and wanted to laugh.So he said with a straight face: "This Tai Chi Hall is an important place to discuss state affairs, not a place for you to doze off."

"My son is really sleepy. I racked my brains last night to find a way to raise money for my father. But when I finally thought of being ugly, I couldn't think of a way." Li Chengqian said to Li Shimin.

"Yeah, this kid has been poor for a long time. It seems that it's really not easy to pluck the roots of him." Cheng Yaojin said to Yu Chigong in a low voice.

"We just need to follow the emperor's instructions and say what we need to say, and the task will be considered complete. As for whoever loses and who wins in the end, it has nothing to do with us." Yu Chigong said to Cheng Yaojin in a low voice.

At the same time, Li Shimin also said to Li Chengqian with a gloomy face: "Just now I was discussing with all my lovers about building Yong'an Palace for your grandfather."

"The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty agreed that it is most appropriate to entrust this matter to you. And I think you can complete the construction of Yong'an Palace within a year and a half."

"So that's what happened. I thought my father was going to ask my son for money. I'm not afraid of working hard, I'll leave it to my son." Li Chengqian patted his chest and said to Li Shimin.

Without waiting for Li Shimin to say anything, Li Chengqian stood up and said to the Minister of the Household Department: "The Minister of the Household Department, the emperor wants to build the Yong'an Palace. Please transfer the money to me so that I can start work as soon as possible."

"If it's because of you delaying the construction schedule, this matter has nothing to do with me. The emperor will never spare you when the time comes."

After Li Chengqian said these few words, the entire Tai Chi Hall was completely silent.Even Wei Zheng, who has always been upright, shook his head helplessly.

He said in his heart that these two men are really not easy, one invited a group of people to sing with him to cheat his son.One is that you say yours and I say mine, so I don't talk about the topic.

Li Shimin was even smoked by Li Chengqian's Qiqiao, and said to Cheng Yaojin with a gloomy face: "Cheng Yaojin, tell the prince again what you just said."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help crying.He felt that as long as he opened his mouth, he would probably be tricked by Li Chengqian.

But now that Li Shimin had spoken, Cheng Yaojin had no choice but to tell it again.Just now Li Chengqian pretended to be sleeping, so naturally he couldn't argue, but now it's different.

After listening to Cheng Yaojin's words, Li Chengqian walked towards Cheng Yaojin.This made Cheng Yaojin take two steps back.

And he opened his mouth and said to Li Chengqian: "What are you going to do, kid? Do you want to beat me, Cheng Yaojin?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "What did Lu Guogong say? You are the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty. How can this palace do such things that are already presumptuous?"

"I just want to ask you, my father wants to repair the Yong'an Palace for the emperor's grandfather. But you propose to ask me to pay for it. I don't know what kind of heart you have in mind."

"It's not that the treasury is short of money and food, so I thought of asking the prince to pay. The key is that you have money, right?" Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.

"That's right. After all, it's normal for my palace to respect the palace of the emperor's grandfather. But you old ministers who followed the emperor's grandfather, shouldn't you also show some filial piety?"

"Father has already set an example by donating 21% of the profit in the [-]st century. I wonder if you should also donate the profit in your hands?" Li Chengqian asked Cheng Yaojin.

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards Li Shimin, and said to Li Shimin, "Father is really a wise king through the ages. In order to build Yong'an Palace for Grandpa, he actually took out 21% of his profits in the [-]st century."

"I understand the painstaking efforts of my father. That is, I want to be filial and don't want to waste people's money, so I don't plan to use the usual money from the treasury."

After finishing speaking, he saluted Li Shimin respectfully.And incite all civil and military officials to salute Li Shimin together, and respectfully call Li Shimin the eternal Mingjun.

In this way, Li Shimin will be in a difficult situation, and now Li Chengqian has already talked about this.If he doesn't take out the [-]% profit, I'm afraid it won't be justified.

Although Li Shimin was extremely suffocated in his heart, he couldn't show it on the surface.He had to say with a straight face: "I did this to let the world know that Datang puts filial piety first."

Then he said to Li Chengqian: "I gave out 21% of the profits of the [-]st century. How much are you going to give out, Prince?"

"Father, you don't know that business in the 21st century is not good. A year's profit may not even build the wall, let alone the entire palace."

"However, I assure you that even if you sell the East Palace, you will still have to build the Yong'an Palace for Grandpa Huang." Li Chengqian said more solemnly.At the same time, he kept looking at Cheng Yaojin and the others.

Seeing Li Chengqian's eyes, Cheng Yaojin said in a low voice: "Niubi is really right, he really didn't catch the fox and made a show."

But Cheng Yaojin didn't expect that Li Chengqian would take advantage of one of his words to himself.

I just heard Li Chengqian say: "Guo Lu is indeed worthy of being a hero who founded the country, and he is willing to use the profits from the 21st century to build the Yong'an Palace for the emperor's grandfather."

Cheng Yaojingang wanted to say that he hadn't said it, but Qin Qiong pulled him away.Then Qin Qiong said: "His Royal Highness, Qin Qiong is also willing to contribute a little to build the Yong'an Palace for the Supreme Emperor."

Afterwards, Changsun Wuji, Xu Maogong, Yu Chigong and others expressed their willingness to use the profits from the 21st century to build the Yong'an Palace for the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan.

However, Li Chengqian was not ready to give up because of this. He said to Yushi Wang Wu: "Back then, the emperor's grandfather raised troops to overthrow the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty. Your Taiyuan royal family contributed money and effort. I wonder how much you are going to contribute this time?"

At this time, Wang Wuna was really aggrieved, and for no reason, it was all about him.But now that Li Chengqian has spoken, he can't escape.

So I could only say: "The Taiyuan royal family has been hit hard by the infighting. However, the Supreme Emperor built the Yong'an Palace, and the lower officials have to show their hearts, and the lower officials are willing to pay five hundred guan."

After hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but nodded, and then asked everyone: "I wonder if you would like to contribute a little bit?"

In the end, none of the civil and military officials in the Tai Chi Hall escaped.More or less, they all took out part of the money to build Yong'an Palace for Li Yuan.

Li Shimin was completely dumbfounded at this time, he didn't expect that Li Chengqian was so cunning.Not only did he not suffer a loss, but he also lost [-]% of the profit in his hands.

What Li Shimin didn't expect was that Li Chengqian took the opportunity to blackmail civil and military officials.Now it's not just taking back all the profits given by the 21st century.A small amount of money was also raised.

(End of this chapter)