Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 421 Have you ever heard of a loaf of bread worth marks?
"Finally... I fell for it!"

Watching Cen Wenzhao leave, Su Chen couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

It is not easy to fool this guy. I wasted so much time and effort before I succeeded in convincing him.

But fortunately it was successful.

In this way, Cen Wenzhao would take his elite troops, the people and merchants of the Tang Dynasty to Persia to rent land.

Of course, at present it is only Persia, but Su Chen believes that in the near future, the flag of the Tang Dynasty will be planted everywhere on the earth.

Future generations will surely make important discoveries during archaeological excavations.

"Ayong, ask the people in the kitchen to prepare the hot pot. We will clean the hot pot and eat the mutton later."

"it is good!"

Jin Yong nodded and left.

But a moment later, a servant came to report.

"Your Highness, the Prince of Han is here."

"Oh?"

As soon as Su Chen stood up, he saw Li Yuanchang walking towards him quickly with a smile on his face. Behind him, there were ten girls wearing the same white cotton coats.

They were tall and thin, but the faces of these ten girls were covered by veils.

It’s quite efficient.

"Brother Su, I brought the person to you."

Li Yuanchang walked forward with a smile on his face, pointed at the ten girls he brought and said, "Hey, these are the ten Silla girls I got recently. They haven't been opened yet."

Su Chen: "Your Highness the King of Han is too polite."

Li Yuanchang waved his hand and said, "Not long after I returned to the palace, twenty craftsmen from the Ministry of Works went to my Hanwang Palace."

"I heard that you spent a lot of money to get this from Duan Lun. Otherwise, the craftsman would definitely not be able to go. Brother, you treat me so well, so I can't treat you unfairly."

Su Chen smiled, and Li Yuanchang continued, "The arms of these ten girls are all painted with the aphrodisiac. If you don't trust me, you can find a few old women to verify their identities."

"It's not necessary."

Su Chen waved his hand.

Since Li Yuanchang sent all these girls here, it was naturally impossible for them to deceive him about such matters.

otherwise.

Isn't this just ruining the friendship between the two of them?

"I can't trust others, but can I trust you, Your Highness the King of Han?"

Su Chen smiled and invited Li Yuanchang into the main hall. As for the Silla servants he brought with him, naturally someone came forward to greet them.

Su Chen ordered someone to serve tea and said, "It is said that it is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early! I just ordered someone to prepare the hot pot and clean the mutton, but I didn't expect you to bring people here."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanchang's face immediately showed joy. The last time he had hotpot at Taiziju was the last time, and he fell in love with this novel way of eating.

However, maybe it was because of the change of location, or the poor preparation of the dishes, but the food always tasted a little off when he ate it.

"This is really a coincidence."

Li Yuanchang lowered his voice and said, "If that's the case, then I won't hide anything and will get you something good."

Su Chen was curious: "What good stuff?"

Li Yuanchang smiled complacently but did not explain. Instead, he ordered his men to go back and get it.

Seeing Li Yuanchang being so mysterious, Su Chen became more curious. What on earth could make Li Yuanchang so cautious?

It seems to be related to eating?
"Aqiang, go get some wine. His Royal Highness the King of Han and I will have a drink together later."

"Ok."

Sun Qiang left.

soon.

Jin Yong came over with the people from the kitchen, carrying the hot pot, and Sun Qiang also came back with some drinks.

"Come and try this cold liquor first."

Su Chen smiled and ordered someone to pour two glasses of wine first. Compared with the iced wine under the scorching sun, the strong wine in winter has a different taste.

Li Yuanchang nodded, picked up the wine and couldn't help but take a sip. The spicy taste was indeed more delicious in this cold weather.

"Your Majesty, Lord Dai Zhou is here."

"Oh?"

Su Chen and the other two were a little surprised.

What is Dai Zhou doing here at this time?
Su Chen: "Please come in."

A moment later, Dai Zhou walked in from outside with a smile on his face, and the servants accompanying him were holding some gifts in their hands.

"This subordinate greets the two princes."

"Master Dai, please don't be polite."

Li Yuanchang waved his hand nonchalantly, "No need to be so serious."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Master Dai, please take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After sitting down, Dai Zhou said with a smile: "I heard that the prince returned to Chang'an City today, so I ordered people to prepare some gifts. I came to the prince's residence to bother you. I hope the prince will not blame me."

"You came at the right time."

Li Yuanchang laughed and said, "We are just about to enjoy the food, so we should ask the kitchen to add a pair of chopsticks."

Su Chen nodded, "It should be."

Dai Zhou looked at the delicious food in front of him and said jokingly, "Of course, I came here just because of the smell."

Li Yuanchang smiled and said, "There should be more than that, right?"

Dai Zhou nodded after pondering for a moment, "I heard today that the prince went to the Ministry of Works after returning to the city, so I came here out of curiosity."

"curious?"

Li Yuanchang smiled and said, "After he went to the Ministry of Industry, he paid a considerable price to get twenty people from Duan Lun."

"Master Dai, you must be here for this matter, right?"

Dai Zhou sighed, "Your Highness the King of Han is wise." "In the afternoon, when I was talking with His Majesty in the Imperial Study, Lord Duan came to His Majesty with the charter for building the Ministry of Engineering College, hoping to build an engineering college based on the model of the medical college."

"This will make it easier to recruit a large number of apprentices and train them to become talents, thus solving the problem of the Ministry of Industry's shortage of manpower."

So that's why. No wonder he was able to get twenty craftsmen from Duan Lun.

Li Yuanchang seemed to be thinking about something, then smiled and said, "You are not planning to copy and build a new academy, are you?"

Dai Zhou shook his head. "The medical school can provide the people with many doctors to solve their medical problems, and the engineering school can provide the court with a steady stream of craftsmen."

"One is for the people of the world, and the other is for the court. I don't know what the purpose of building a college for the Ministry of Revenue is."

"It can't be that they are trying to extort the people's money for the sake of the imperial court, right?"

Li Yuanchang immediately smiled, "If you think so, it's not impossible."

Su Chen smiled and waved his hand, "It's normal for you to have such thoughts, but you haven't considered it comprehensively, Mr. Dai."

“Not comprehensive?”

Dai Zhoumian was puzzled, "Why is it incomplete?"

"In fact, what His Royal Highness the King of Han said makes sense."

"Look, look."

Li Yuanchang said with a smile, "Even he thinks my idea is very reliable."

"Once your Ministry of Revenue also builds an academy, then the people of the Tang Dynasty, taxes and so on..."

"Don't make trouble."

Su Chen raised his hand to stop Li Yuanchang, "You don't want to attack the people of the Tang Dynasty, do you?"

"Why not?"

Li Yuanchang was stunned.

The Ministry of Revenue’s duty was to raise money for the imperial court.

If Dai Zhou builds an academy but can't raise money, what's the point?
Dai Zhou frowned: "What does your Highness mean?"

Su Chen smiled slightly, "Of course it's aimed at other countries."

"Against other countries?"

"good."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Master Dai has been in charge of the Ministry of Revenue for so long, he should be very clear about how much impact a country's economy will have on the people under its rule if there are drastic fluctuations."

Li Yuanchang took a sip of wine and ate a piece of meat: "What is the impact?"

Dai Zhou looked at it speechlessly and explained, "Your Highness the King of Han might as well think about this. If the mutton you eat now increases from the current 100 coins to one tael of silver, how will you still eat it?"

"Eat it anyway."

Li Yuanchang looked calm.

What does it matter to him whether mutton costs one hundred coins or one ounce of silver per pound?
Dai Zhou was speechless.

Su Chen smiled and said, "What if the price of a pound of mutton suddenly increases to one thousand taels of silver?"

Li Yuanchang's eyes widened. "That's not the case, is it?"

Su Chen: "Have you ever heard of a piece of bread worth 500,000 marks?"

"no!"

Li Yuanchang and the other two shook their heads, "What kind of allusion is this?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "If it were converted into food grains in the Tang Dynasty, it would be 50 taels per pound of rice."

hiss!
Dai Zhou and the other man's faces changed. How could that person survive on rice costing fifty taels per pound?

"When people are living in poverty, rebellion will arise."

Dai Zhou said in a deep voice, "Once such a situation occurs, the country will no longer exist."

Su Chen nodded, "That's true. So, if Lord Dai wants to build a college for the Ministry of Households, he must take these students seriously and make sure that what they learn is useful. The most suitable place is naturally in other countries."

Li Yuanchang opened his mouth and said, "You are too mean, aren't you?"

"You want Dai Zhou to train this kind of people to go to other countries to cause trouble. If they charge fifty taels of silver for a pound of rice, won't they all rebel?"

Su Chen: "What we want is that they rebel. Otherwise, how can the Ministry of Revenue gain more benefits from other countries!"

Dai Zhou seemed to be thinking about something.

After thinking about it, Li Yuanchang turned his attention back to the mutton. This kind of troublesome matter had little to do with him.

He was just an idle prince who painted, wrote poetry, and was a quiet handsome man.

"Your Majesty has a good plan."

Dai Zhou suddenly sighed, "In this way, with the cooperation of the navy, the surrounding countries will surely submit to our Tang Dynasty and become part of our Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuanchang: "What do you mean?"

Dai Zhou glanced at Li Yuanchang and said, "The economy of the country has collapsed, and there are our elite navy outside. If they don't surrender, will they starve to death?"

"With this two-pronged approach, one overt and one covert, I'm afraid few countries can withstand it."

Li Yuanchang: “I see.”

Su Chen smiled and waved his hand, "It's just that when we talked about this, I said a little more by the way. It's not a plan."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. If we wait any longer, he will eat up all the mutton."

"Please, Master Dai."

"Your Highness, please."

Dai Zhou drank it all in one gulp with a smile and picked up the chopsticks.

at the same time.

Li Yuanchang's entourage came back, put a food box on the table, and bowed and left.

"coming!"

"What's in here?"

"Beef, of course!"

(End of this chapter)