I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Guo Ju was not punished by the Yamen.

Instead, he was regarded as a "filial son" and became a model, a role model.

Although, the existence of Guo Ju is not completely positive.

There is a lot of controversy about him.

For example, Kong Yingda is someone who doesn't admire things like Guo Ju, but in Li Shimin's mind, although the means are extreme, he can't be said to be unfilial.

When Li Tai said such words, the first thing Li Shimin thought of was Guo Ju.

The way he looked at his son became more gentle.

嗏

Even though he was shaken in his heart, Li Shimin still didn't change his mind. There was no rush for the crown prince's position. He felt that he needed a long time to see his son's face clearly.

Besides…

He vaguely caught some traces, some... traces of his son Li Tai's existence during his son Li Chengqian's rebellion.

This made him very worried.

He still has doubts about Yin Xuan, let alone his children, Li Shimin will not make up his mind immediately if he doesn't figure out these things.

Li Shimin just nodded, his expression became more serious: "I know."

"Let's step back."

Li Tai paused, not sure what his father meant by "I got it", did he agree with him, or did he say that his words had failed...

He wanted to take advantage of the situation to ask one more question.

Li Shimin waved his hand, Li Tai's expression darkened, and he retreated quietly. Although he didn't say much, the sky outside gradually brightened up, and at the end of the drowsy sky, a ray of light began to emerge.

It was almost daylight.

The court meeting is about to begin.

Li Tai didn't go back, he just went back to the carriage and changed into his court clothes again, he was ready early in the morning.

But today is not a good weather, the sky looks like it is about to brighten suddenly, but the sun seems to be forced back by the cloud, it is gray, and there is a light rain.

Li Shimin stayed up all night, and there was no sign of fatigue on his face.

But he didn't mention Li Tai's words in the court, but just dealt with these matters in the territory of Tang Dynasty calmly.

Huaizhen Square, in Tongfu restaurant.

Wu Jue, who also didn't sleep all night, dragged her tired body over to eat. She always ate simple, two deep-fried dough sticks, a bowl of chicken noodle soup, and an egg lying on top.

"Da Lang, the matters in Yizhou and Guangfu have been dealt with." After eating a few mouthfuls and filling his stomach, Wu Jue opened his mouth to Yin Xuan to report the latest situation.

"Foreign merchants have basically withdrawn from the local market now, leaving only some small businesses, but judging from the operation of the chambers of commerce in several places, those small businesses can't last long."

After speaking, Wu Jue stopped, ate two more mouthfuls of noodles, and continued.

"The matter of banknotes has also begun to be promoted in an orderly manner in those places."

"but…"

Yin Xuan hummed suspiciously.

"The problem of counterfeit banknotes is a bit serious." Wu Jue's face became serious, "After all, you are not in Chang'an, and some local snakes don't know your methods."

"Nearly [-]% of the banknotes circulating in those places are counterfeit."

Yin Xuan raised his eyebrows: "So many?"

Twenty percent is a frightening figure.

Even when counterfeit currency was rampant in Datang, it was only worth this share.

The existing wealth suddenly increased by [-]%... That is to say, Datang's economy is not prosperous enough, otherwise this level has already triggered a big avalanche.

Wu Jue sighed: "Although it is difficult to completely imitate banknotes, they don't need to be so detailed. They only need to have an eight or nine cent image, which can fool ordinary merchants and ordinary people."

"Guangfu and Juzhou are better."

"After all, one is where that kid Xue Li stays, and the other is clean, with no aristocratic family involved."

"But Yizhou... is very arrogant."

"Many chambers of commerce under Fengchao have received a lot of counterfeit banknotes."

Although Yizhou is known as the "Land of Abundance" and is also a tax-heavy place, in fact, Yizhou was not a good place before Yin Xuan developed Yizhou.

The difficulty of the road to Shu and the difficulty of going to the blue sky are not empty words.

When Gao Shilian was the governor of Yizhou Metropolitan Government, the official document to the court described Yizhou's "Shu soil is vulgar, fears ghosts and suffers from severe diseases, and those whose parents are critically ill often do not personally help them, and hang food on the head of their sticks. Feed it from afar."

To put it simply, four words - a place outside the law.

That is, after Yin Xuan started to develop Yizhou, this place really began to develop in the direction of "Land of Abundance" as it was called.

But the nature is like this, it will not be able to get rid of in a short time.

Yin Xuan sneered: "You are very courageous, can you find out who did it?"

"Weizhou Xie, Jianning Meng, etc." Wu Jue spit out a few names.

Compared with the few families in Guanzhong and the Five Schools and Seven Wangs, these are not considered wealthy families, but in Yizhou, they are high above the local snakes.

"You're quite courageous." Yin Xuan sneered, and took a bite of the steamed stuffed bun.

Wu Jue's eyes glowed, and he became eager: "Da Lang, what should we do, let's do them?"

"I've already made a thorough investigation. They do have something that can be called military strength, but the threat is not great. Just send a hundred rangers over there and they will kill them all."

Such murderous and awe-inspiring words didn't seem to come out of such a frail little girl like Wu Jue at all.

Yin Xuan shook his head: "There is no need to do it yourself."

"You report this matter to the imperial court, it is best to let Zhou Xiaosan do it."

Wu Jue curled her lips, she was not surprised by Yin Xuan's words, but she was a little disappointed - she really wanted to do such a grandiose thing by herself.

"How does Da Lang want to deal with those people, whether to save their lives, or..." Wu Jue paused, and asked a question.

Aristocratic families, deeply rooted, are not so easy to deal with.

Up to now, Yin Xuan has only seized an opportunity and chopped off two of the five sects and seven hopes.

"They moved things that shouldn't be moved." Yin Xuan didn't answer directly, but just said this sentence.

Wu Jue understood, she nodded.

After breakfast, she went to communicate with the court.

Wait until the afternoon.

Li Shimin summoned Zhou Xiaosan, turned over a memorial in his hand, and frowned: "In the land of Yizhou, counterfeit banknotes are rampant, what do you think of Zhou Qing?"

Zhou Xiaosan shut up and didn't speak.He is good at reasoning and judging cases, and he can't talk about such economic topics.

Li Shimin glanced at him, and there was no dissatisfaction in his eyes.

If Zhou Xiaosan pretended to be smart and answered this question, if he answered it well, Li Shimin would give him a high look, but if he didn't answer it well, then his status in Li Shimin's heart would be greatly reduced.