Early Tang Dynasty Concubine

Chapter 158

"I've met the emperor!" Just when Cheng Churui had Li Xiuning about to leave, Li Shimin called him into the Shang's study room. At this time, it was just the two of them, and the personal eunuch Wang Shaoli!

"Well! Tell me what to do?" Li Shimin asked in an indifferent manner, at this time there is no such thing as an emperor.

Cheng Churui didn't know which matter Li Lao Er was talking about, whether it was about Feng Shimin's dissatisfaction, or about the modification of the palace, so he asked, "What should the emperor say?"

"Just pretend to be stupid, right?" Li Shimin still didn't say anything.

"That's boring. I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not the roundworm in your stomach." Hearing this, Li Shimin was angry and funny: "Then I will tell you what it is. There is nothing wrong with Feng Shimin. Things, and the reconstruction of the palace, do you want to give me a plan?"

Knowing that it was these two things, Cheng Churui thought for a while and said: "Actually, these two things have nothing to do with me. You have so many loyal ministers and good generals under your command, and you have so many generals and military candidates. Is it wrong to ask me to solve it?" people."

"Don't give me sloppy eyes, boy, let me tell you first, Feng Shimin didn't send his son into Chang'an, he asked for ironware, salt, and some materials, do you want to give an explanation, you hold the most important weapon of the country in your hands , I can tolerate you, but others may not necessarily tolerate you, even if it is your Xiuning's son-in-law, so what?"

This is a bit of a threat, but fortunately there are only two people here, so it is both a threat and a guide!Cheng Churui has never been afraid of anyone since he came to Datang for a year.

"Your Majesty, you are threatening me. In fact, you don't want me to do that. By the way, you only look at the technology in my hands. Do you think that everything must be in your hands to make you happy? Then You should clean up the aristocratic families with five surnames and seven surnames first. At that time, let alone such trivial matters, Datang can at least save 100 years of struggle. Can you?

In this way, I will also chat with you. In fact, there are some things I want to tell you a long time ago. Let me talk about your lack of money first. You seem to see that I have a little money in your eyes. Money is really a drop in the bucket. When will you do the business I gave you? It’s been a year. Haven’t you arranged for it in a year?
Do you know how much less you earn a year?You will never imagine the importance of coal. It is not only owned by the people's livelihood, but also a strategic material in a big way.What did you say you have been doing for a year?

Now that you can't quench your thirst from far away, you can't attract acquaintances, but relatives, right?Don't you want to find rich people?Your five surnames and seven families can’t be cleaned up now. Let me tell you two places where there is a lot of money. There are as many as five surnames and seven families.Do you dare to accept it? "

Hearing what Cheng Churui said, Li Shimin was also taken aback, which two are so rich?He really didn't know this: "Which two are they?"

"Buddhism and Taoism!" Cheng Churui said lightly.

"How is it possible?" Li Shimin never thought that there are such rich people in Tang Dynasty, and they belong to Buddhism and Taoism. In his thinking, Buddhism and Taoism talk about inaction and desire. How is it possible? Have so much money?
"If you say you're stupid, you won't believe it. If you say you're stupid, you won't believe it. Since I say it, I'm not afraid of offending anyone. There are only the three of us in the room. I won't say it. I don't know if you say it or not. The rest is Eunuch Wang, if you don’t let him pass it on, Eunuch Wang can stay by your side for so many years, he will definitely not tell me what I said, right Eunuch Wang?”

Hearing Cheng Churui's words, Wang Shaoli hadn't sweated for many years. At this time, he couldn't help feeling a wave of fear in his heart, but he still said: "I have been with the emperor for 20 years, and my mouth is for the emperor. !"

Looking at what others said, Cheng Churui said with a smile: "If that's the case, then I can continue talking."

"Tell me!" Li Shimin also wanted to know why the Buddhist and Taoist families were so rich.
Cheng Churui looked around and said with a smile: "Just say that, how did I find out that you are so picky, this palace doesn't even have a bowl of water, right?"

"Okay! You have a lot of things to do, and I am also hungry. You go to the imperial kitchen to get some small dishes and some wine. I want Pingyang concubine to have a good drink. By the way, guard the left and right. I don't want today Spread a word of the conversation outside."

Li Shimin is not a fool either, of course he knows that there are many people staring at him. In fact, what happened in the palace today, many people among the officials knew the next day. These people bought the eunuchs and maids in the palace as eyeliner. You can't control the fact that you want to control it. People die for money, and birds die for food. It's not bad at all.

"Talk about it first, I really don't know if I'm the only poor man in Tang Dynasty?"

"It's not just you who are poor. People who fight with you, as long as they are not from aristocratic families, they are not very rich. This is why many outsiders have a small business. Let's take Uncle Yuchi and my father's family. You know people’s loyalty to you, you don’t even believe it, if they have nothing to do with their old buddies, they need to sell some rewards from you now, do you think the emperor failed?”

Of course Li Shimin knew these things, and he felt a little embarrassed when he heard Cheng Churui say this. This is an indisputable fact. Whether it is the national treasury or the internal treasury, it is really too poor. Yes, he also wants to reward a little more, how can there be money.

"Okay! I won't bury you. Let's talk about Buddhism and Taoism. Let's talk about Buddhism first. There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties. There are so many buildings in the mist and rain. This sentence is not a joke. Starting from Liang, this Buddhism began to prevail.

Let me first talk about those who become monks in Buddhism, they do not give birth.He does not work, does not pay taxes, and can buy land at will. You can ask someone to count how much land Buddhism has now. It can be said that he is the largest charterer in our Tang Dynasty.

It's nothing, you know?The temple is also the largest usury place in Datang.Did you know?How many people believe in going bankrupt and continue to sell their sons and daughters to worship those so-called Buddhas?

The Buddha said no disputes, peace, now you try the next will, saying that you want to take back the money and things in the hands of the Buddhists, I dare say, even the Buddhists dare to oppose you!you kill?Can you kill it?You know their followers can go mad.

A word of Amitabha makes people donate money and things. How can his words be so valuable? Besides, a murderer who maliciously killed countless people suddenly said that he had seen through it one day, and he would become a Buddha after putting down the butcher knife..."

(End of this chapter)