Don't be a prince

Seeing that the prince would rather issue the national debt than terminate the war, Dugu Bo breathed a sigh of relief.At this stage, the most fearful thing is the timidity of the leader.In head-to-head confrontation, those who retreat one after another will lose everything.

After going to court, Li Chengqian only felt physically and mentally exhausted for a while.

After the first battle of the Goryeo Navy, the emperor said that water can carry a boat and capsize it, and the emperor is not only a boat, but also a boat operator.Facing the river of the people, as long as you follow the trend, it is difficult to capsize. However, when facing the sea of ​​the world, if you are not careful enough, it is very likely to capsize.

This is how he is now. Facing the situation where the whole world is attacking Tang, no one can care less, except the emperor.And he, as the acting emperor, is the same.

Walking on thin ice is talking about his current situation.

After returning to the East Palace study, he opened the door and saw the eldest grandson waiting on a chair with his eldest grandson in his arms.

Seeing his eldest grandson, Li Chengqian wanted to run away almost immediately.

Bite the bullet and stepped forward, the eldest grandson reprimanded: "I just want to see your father, what is there to worry about? Even if the weather is cold now, there are still many convoys that are still transporting in Jiu Hantian." , I didn’t see anything happened to those businessmen! Your father was assassinated, and as the prince, you couldn’t go to fulfill your filial piety because of the burden of state affairs; at Qingque’s place, because you were busy with important research, the day of departure was postponed again and again; Is it okay for me and the pheasant slave to go together?"

Sitting helplessly on the table, Li Chengqian said: "As soon as the father was able to move his arms, he immediately wrote a letter to his son, and specifically told him not to let you pass, because he was worried that the wind and cold on the road would cause you to be ill. You Relax, you have also read Daoist Sun's letter, except for the wound between the father's waist and crotch, which is a bit inflamed and troublesome, there is nothing wrong with the rest!"

The eldest grandson said angrily: "Come on, who knows whether Daoist Sun was coerced by your father to write this. I saw Su's carriage, which is quite comfortable and well kept warm. I will take this carriage to go. I have asked Mrs. Su, and Mrs. Su has agreed to give the carriage to me.

Look, a daughter-in-law of the Su family is so filial, how can you, a son, cruelly ignore the queen mother's request. "

Seeing that the eldest grandson was determined, Li Chengqian was caught in a dilemma.

It's hard to be small between the two, go, the emperor's father is angry, if he doesn't let go, the queen's wife is angry.

Um....

So go for it.

If you go, at most two people will be reprimanded by the emperor's father when they come back.If they were not allowed to go, they would be reprimanded every day.

Or the lesser of two evils!

Li Chengqian hugged his son from the arms of the eldest grandson, and said helplessly: "My son is afraid of you, so you can go if you want to, not only the pheasant slave, but also the blue sparrow. Huang Minglei's more powerful weapon is a misunderstanding to solve the situation of the whole world attacking Tang. You take him out for a walk, and let him relax."

Seeing that Li Chengqian finally let go, the eldest grandson smiled immediately, twisted Li Mengyu's little face, kissed his buttocks, and left bouncing away.

This is the first time Li Chengqian has seen such a posture of the eldest grandson in the past few years.

Sitting on the desk with his son in his arms, Li Chengqian picked up a memorial and unfolded it for him to read.

When Li Mengyu was catching Zhou, he turned a blind eye to several things, but crawled and crawled to the emperor's side, reaching out to beg for the memorial in his grandfather's hand.This made the Emperor Longyan very happy, and even rewarded the presenter of the memorial.

The eldest son is destined to inherit the family business, and if he is placed in the royal family, he will inherit the throne.Although Li Chengqian also wanted his children to compete fairly, but thinking about the traditional stubbornness, he just let it go.Since this young man is destined to be the emperor, it is natural to train him well.

However....

With one mind and two tasks, nothing will go well.

After writing wrong words several times in a row, Li Chengqian had no choice but to call Su Yuan and take the child back.

The next day, the head office of Chang'an Bank issued treasury bonds.

A total of 50 billion copper coins in the national debt caused Zhang Wei to complain.

50 billion copper coins, not much, is equivalent to the previous 500 million guan, which is only half of the commercial tax.However, the Ministry of Household Affairs asked him to issue so many national debts within ten days, but it was a bit difficult for him.What's more, this time the interest rate on the national debt is ridiculously low, even lower than the interest rate of the bank.

He even once said back to Dugu Bo that if he can make it together within ten days, he will slap himself.

But....

The thing that stunned Zhang Wei happened. Just after the issuance of the national debt, a large number of businessmen lined up to buy it, especially the six families of four surnames and the Jiangnan family. On the first day, they bought everything and went straight to 300 million share.

The Wang family's rebellion, combined with the special period of the world's attack on Tang, had a great impact on them.Now that the country is in crisis, if you don't rush to donate generously at this time, your head will definitely be kicked by a donkey.

"Brother Liu, hahaha, it's rare, how many national bonds are you going to buy?"

"I don't have much money left at home, so I'll just buy 1000 million guan. On the contrary, it's you, Gaochang's war broke out, and your business in the Western Regions was cut off. Now your brother is repairing the house in his hometown, which cost a lot. Money to buy treasury bonds?”

"That's natural. Now my house is halfway repaired and stopped working, just for this day. Not to mention that I can only get rich after receiving the emperor's favor, even if the Western Regions are opened up earlier, it will be good for me!"

"Come on you! You kid obviously wants the army to clean up the bearded people in the Western Regions to be honest. You can go to business with a show of strength!"

...

Listening to such conversations, Zhang Wei, who was eavesdropping in front of the bank, laughed and slapped himself a few times, and went back to the bank under the stunned gaze of the businessmen in line.

The national debt of 50 billion copper coins was purchased without even sustaining it for a day.Those who failed to buy government bonds complained in front of the bank.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Wei tried to introduce interest-free and unlimited national debt, but the result...

In front of the bank, there is still a lot of traffic and crowds.

Where is the country broken? This truth is clear to many people.However, when a dynasty is on the verge of extinction, apart from some literati clapping their chests and shouting twice, few people can stand up, give out their wealth, and support a dynasty to tide over the difficulties.

It has been so since time immemorial.

However, Datang abruptly broke this scene.The interest-free and indefinite treasury bonds launched by Zhang Wei are more popular than the previous ones with interest and time limit, and those who have bought treasury bonds before can't even feel the slightest sense of pride, so they have to sell the bonds immediately. Back, changed to no interest, no deadline.

Of course, the most shocking thing is not this.

At the court meeting, the magistrate of Chang'an County and the general of the new Jinwu Guard, Liu Kai, signed up and told what happened to them.

"His Royal Highness Qizuo, outside the Chang'an County Yamen, someone threw a money bag. When I opened the package and other things, I saw that there were copper coins and silver ingots inside. There was also a bag with a note in it, which was sent to the court. Now, Although the official has put up notices, this action has been repeatedly banned, and I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to show you how to deal with it."

"Your Highness Qizuo, the same is true outside the Suzaku Gate. There are even more people from outside the city who carry grain, put it in front of the gate, and run away. Now, the grain has accumulated two carriages. How to deal with it, please show me how to deal with it." Down."

Li Chengqian stood up dumbfounded and said, "Although our treasury is empty, it's not enough to ask the people for money!"

Fang Xuanling came out of the class with a smile and said: "Your Highness, every bit of it is the wishes of the people. Now that the country is in trouble, the people are willing to bear it together. This is the scene of the prosperous age! The old minister thought that His Highness the Crown Prince immediately ordered Thank you for your kindness.”

Wei Zheng also stood up and said: "Although these are the wishes of the people, their actions are indeed inappropriate. However, if the people are held accountable because of this, it is really chilling. How to issue an edict, how to choose words and arrange sentences, please let me know." Your Highness, think twice before acting."

Li Chengqian glanced at the court, and found the emaciated Ma Zhou from behind Fang Xuanling.

Chang He rebelled, after all, it also implicated Ma Zhou, who had been a disciple.Although he is still the Minister of Zhongshu now, he has become a lonely minister in the court.

Li Chengqian is quite optimistic about the person who succeeded Wei Zheng's strength of character and Fang Xuanling's position.

"Ma Zhou, Minister of Zhongshu, the emperor praised your article at the beginning. If so, I will write an imperial edict myself, but I will leave it to you to revise the imperial edict!"

Ma Zhou didn't expect that he would be named by the crown prince in this sensitive period, and hurriedly said: "Thanks to your majesty's praise and your majesty's entrustment, I will definitely do my best."

Soon, the edict was issued.This edict not only stopped the people from continuing to donate money and food to the court, but also gave everyone confidence like a reassurance.

At this time, the imperial court will definitely not slap the swollen face to pretend to be a fat man. Since the imperial court said it is fine, it will be fine.Therefore, even though the border gates were full of wars, Chang'an was still peaceful.

What happened in Chang'an, as well as the changes in the border war situation, Du Ruhui and Yang Shidao have been working overtime to compile a memorial and send it to Dingzhou.

As a veteran minister, Du Ruhui really knew the emperor very well.

Although he said that this time it would be up to the prince to make the decision, and even give the prince such treasures as the Chuanguo Yuxi, it was still impossible for him to stay completely out of the matter.

But the facts proved that Du Ruhui's decision was correct. When the memorial was delivered to the ward in Dingzhou, Li Shimin immediately sat up impatiently and opened it to check.

When he saw the common people knowing that the treasury was empty and the war was unsustainable, and even donating money and food, he was suddenly moved.

Li Jian could already sit up. Seeing the emperor was full of emotion and there was a smile on his mouth, he knew that the emperor must have encountered something extremely exciting.And as someone who knew the emperor better, he knew very well that it was the best choice to ask at this time.

"Your Majesty is so happy, but what good happened?"

Chapter 513 He Lu's Choice

Li Shimin turned his head and glanced at Li Jian, and said with a smile: "It's a good thing. There are successive battles at the border, the treasury is empty, and the follow-up supplies are unsustainable. If this was before, I am afraid that it is time for a country to die due to war." However, our Datang is different.

With Chengqian's order, not only the national debt was immediately sold out, but even the people spontaneously donated money and food to the court.Tell me, how lucky I am to be able to create a dynasty that is so loved by the people. "

Li Jian smiled and said: "You have thought of three difficulties in total, and now, His Highness the Crown Prince has broken one of them. But in the eyes of slaves, the remaining two are not difficult for His Highness the Crown Prince. Back then you always said that you wanted to cultivate An unprecedented successor, looking at it now, is about to succeed."

Li Shimin said proudly: "That's natural, and he doesn't look at who is his father. Li Jian, after we go back this time, I will hand over the government to the crown prince. You and my master and servant have fought for many years and lived in Chang'an for many years. It’s a shame that I didn’t even appreciate the beauty of the Tang Dynasty. Now, I finally understand why the prince stayed in Lingnan for two years and refused to return to Chang’an.”

When he said this, Li Shimin was full of imagination, and directly ignored Li Jian's blinking eyes.

Before planning the first stop, Li Shimin suddenly felt that the memorial in his hand had been taken away.He raised his head angrily, but saw Sun Simiao standing in front of the bed, looking very angry.

In front of doctors, even the emperor can only shrink his head and be scolded.

Lying back obediently, Li Shimin smiled awkwardly.

Sun Simiao said angrily: "What's so ridiculous, Your Majesty, you are the emperor, so you should take care of your health. The rheumatism in your arms is not a big problem. As long as you don't catch the cold, you will basically not get sick again. However, your waist The inflammation in the crotch has even affected the bones. If you don’t take a good rest, you will become a cripple at best, and at worst, you may not be able to stand up again.”

Li Shimin said with a dry smile: "It can't be so serious. Back then, I was hacked on the other side, and there was no root cause."

Sun Simiao's beard blew up: "Are you a doctor or an old man?"

"Of course it's you, well, I get it."

Seeing that the emperor had covered the quilt again, Sun Simiao breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what the disease is, as long as the disease enters the bones, it will have great sequelae. The emperor's disease, if he doesn't take a good rest, will definitely cause hidden dangers.But even he can only reprimand the emperor when they meet each other.At other times, who would dare to disobey the emperor's will?

Treating the emperor, this is more troublesome!

He opened the gauze on the emperor's waist and crotch, looked at the wound, and saw that the inflammation had subsided a lot, and Sun Simiao breathed a sigh of relief.Walking to Li Jian's bed, he checked Li Jian again.

It has to be said that Li Jian's life was almost lost.

Seeing that Sun Simiao had finished examining Li Jian's body, Li Shimin thought for a while before saying, "Daozhang Sun, I think you are idle if you are idle. How about I order Dingzhou to be used as a shelter for the wounded in the northeast battlefield?"

Sun Simiao thought for a while and agreed.

Outside Gaochang City - Allied Army Camp

The emperor thought of the prince's three major problems. The first one was how to deal with the emptiness of the treasury.In his opinion, the savings from the Eastern Palace and the money supply from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are just a drop in the bucket.The most reliable method is to collect commercial taxes in advance.However, if the commercial tax is collected in advance, it will undoubtedly be a blow to the credibility of the imperial court.The new business law is more like a contract, not only restricting businessmen, but also restricting the court.

Only a contract that both parties abide by together is sacred.

The national debt has actually been forgotten by Li Shimin...

In any case, as long as there is money, the supplies at the border can be supplied.The Tang army, who does not worry about the sharpness of weapons and supplies, has no saying of losing battles.

However, this is only for the rest of the war zone. For Gaochang, even if the reinforcements and defenders are integrated into an army of 16, it is still dangerous.Of course, it is only a danger in the comparison of strength.

The powerful force in the rear gave Wang Xuance infinite strength. As an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, he stood in front of the khans, kings and generals of all countries, but he was not afraid at all.

Seeing that there was no chair prepared for him in the camp, Wang Xuance pointed to the king of Kucha, Feiying picked him up without hesitation, threw him aside, and brought the chair behind Wang Xuance.

Seeing Wang Xuance's rampant behavior, many foreign generals drew their knives and surrounded him.

Feiying chuckled, and when he was about to resist, he heard Wang Xuance say, "Stop it, let them do it, even if you lose a hair, it will be a reason for our Tang Dynasty to deal with them!"

Hearing Wang Xuance's words, the scimitar that was about to reach Feiying's shoulder was retracted like lightning.

111 As the leader elected by the coalition forces, he waved his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, looked at Wang Xuance, who was sitting across from him, and even crossed his legs, and said: "The envoys of the Tang State, although the two armies are fighting, you will not kill them, but if you Rude, Ben Khan will cut off your head himself!"

Wang Xuance sneered and said, "Chop off my head? Come on, my head is here, you can take it if you have the ability, but I'm afraid you don't have the guts to do it!"

111 said angrily: "Why don't we, envoy of the Tang Dynasty, is your emperor still lucky? Your cruelty has already aroused the hatred of all countries. That's right, your city is indeed strong, and your weapons are indeed powerful , However, under the alliance of so many of our countries, you have only one way to go!"

Wang Xuance laughed loudly: "Failure? You don't think so because you almost broke Gaochang, right? Before the reinforcements arrived, the strength of Gaochang's troops was a secret, but now I can tell you. 111, wipe out 10,000+ of you However, there were only 4 people who defended the city until the end. Of these 4 people, only [-] died in battle.

How long can you hold on until now?When there is no war, you grassland peoples still need to invade other countries.Now that you are in the united front, naturally you cannot take action against the Allied forces, and Gao Chang is still there, so you cannot take action against Datang's territory.Our soldiers still have meat and vegetables to eat, and medicine for wounds, how about you? "

When Wang Xuance mentioned the pain, 111 was furious, pulled out the scimitar and stood up, walking towards Wang Xuance step by step.

All the leaders of the Western Regions, the kings of the small countries, and the generals were all taken aback when they saw that 111 was going to do something.Naturally, they did not dare to injure the envoys of the Tang army. The previous wars have proved that the Tang Dynasty is so powerful that it can even go to war with other countries in the world at the same time without losing the wind.

Originally ambitious, they were sapped again and again under the Gaochang city. To be honest, they all had the idea of ​​​​stopping the war and asking Tang to surrender.

However, the same, they can not afford to offend 111.

Now, they can only pray that when the Tang Dynasty judges the crime in the future, it will only be blamed on 111.

Seeing that everyone in the tent hesitated to speak, wanting to move but not daring to move, Wang Xuance was filled with contempt.Especially when he saw that 111 had already stood in front of him and brandished the scimitar, he was even more contemptuous.From the beginning to the end, not to mention hiding, Wang Xuance didn't even tremble at all in Erlang's legs.

The scimitar slashed down, and stopped on the bridge of Wang Xuance's nose within a hair.

He casually pulled the scimitar aside, and Wang Xuance said, "Don't try it, you won't dare to hurt me even if you slash me a hundred times. The current Tang Dynasty is no longer under Jie Lixiong's army, who wants to take the initiative to seek peace. It’s too late. His Royal Highness sent me here not to negotiate conditions with you, but to tell you one thing. If you have the courage to start a war, don’t think that the war can end easily!”

111 was ashamed for not being able to make up his mind to kill the envoy.Hearing Wang Xuance's words, he still couldn't help saying: "You dare to attack us? Don't be kidding, you people from the Central Plains..."

Having said that, the voice of 111 stopped abruptly.Because he discovered that, except for Jieli who took advantage of the emptiness in the ninth year of Wude, Tang had always launched wars with foreign countries.Xue Yantuo just took advantage of the Taishang Emperor's funeral to move a little, and he was met with the most cruel revenge from the Tang Dynasty.

It seems that the "cowardly Central Plains people" passed down from generation to generation will not work in this dynasty!

Standing up from the chair, Wang Xuance said, "I know what you are thinking, and I don't think I can go back after I come. Although I am not curious about the secrets of your camp, but there are many of you, so you are the reason." Find a better tent for me, your food is really hard for me to swallow, so we brought our own food."

111 sneered: "You know you will be left here, but you still dare to be so arrogant?"

Wang Xuance sneered and said: "If you have the ability, try to treat me badly, and I will directly judge myself here. 111. You'd better pray that all of us in this group live well, even if one person is missing, the Tang army will never end the war , never die, if you don’t believe me, you can try it!”

Looking at Wang Xuance, who was so insane to the point of no bounds, 111 knew that there must be a reason for this man's arrogance.Today's Central Plains Dynasty is qualified to say such words.

Waving his hands, 111 said helplessly, "He Lu, take them to your camp!"