Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

Li Shimin smiled calmly: "Guanyin maidservant, haven't you seen it yet?"

"Even if I don't take advantage of him and give him a discount, this kid will still bully me."

"So, take advantage of Jinyang's marriage and make a good killing of him."

"If he wants to settle accounts in the future, he will settle accounts. I don't care."

Li Shimin had already seen through Su Yu, he was going to be tricked anyway, so it was better to take advantage of it first.

The queen laughed without saying a word.

Three people walked in from outside the door, they were Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and Wei Zheng.

"My minister pays homage to the emperor and empress."

The three saluted with smiles.

Li Shimin received the list of bride price.

After a few days, the three of them came together, it must be to talk about marrying the princess.

"Sit down, three lovers."

Li Shimin and the queen sat down first, and then the three of them sat down.

"What's the matter with you entering the palace together today?"

Li Shimin said with a smile.

He had already guessed in his heart, but he still wanted to ask a question.

Cheng Yaojin looked at Wei Zheng, intending to let him speak.

On the way here, Cheng Yaojin said that he was the most stupid and uneducated, and asked Wei Zheng to talk about it.

But here, Wei Zheng refused to speak, and let Cheng Yaojin wink, but he just didn't speak.

"Huh? Don't you have anything to say?"

Li Shimin was slightly angry, the queen drank tea, smiled and said nothing.

Li Shimin didn't know about the three of them borrowing money in Sujiazhuang, but the queen knew it all.

They came here, of course they borrowed Su Yu's money to deposit the betrothal gift.

Cheng Yaojin felt cheated, and said, "Your Majesty, we are here to give the money."

Hearing that the money was coming, Li Shimin was immediately delighted.

"Okay, Eunuch Gao, collect the money."

Without asking how much it was, Li Shimin let Eunuch Gao take it first.

Cheng Yaojin took out a receipt, which said [-] million yuan, which can be collected directly from the base warehouse.

Li Shimin took it, and he was in a good mood, boasting: "Mr. Lu is not bad, he knows my heart very well."

Cheng Yaojin's heart was bleeding.

Wei Zheng and Qin Qiong nodded to each other, stood up and said: "This is the gift money of my minister."

The two gave two bills, each with 1 million copper coins.

Li Shimin took the receipt and was slightly taken aback when he saw the amount on it.

Cheng Yaojin heard that doing business with Su Yu has a lot of private money, but how can Wei Zheng and Qin Qiong have money if they don't do business?

Li Shimin didn't understand where their money came from.

Could it be that these two guys have embezzled?

"You two. Where did you get so much money?"

Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.

Wei Zheng heard Li Shimin's implication and was upset.

He is a person who pays attention to his reputation and hates others to say that he is dishonest and a corrupt official.

"Is your majesty saying that the minister is corrupt and accepts bribes?"

Wei Zheng directly turned back.

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback, not wanting to confront Wei Zheng.

"I'm just wondering, the two of you don't have much salary, how can you come up with so much money?"

Li Shimin quickly explained.

The queen wanted to intervene and tell Li Shimin how the money came from.

"The emperor also knows that the humble minister has no money, so how can he ask for so many betrothal gifts?"

Wei Zheng asked back.

Li Shimin is speechless
The Queen interrupted quickly and explained: "Your Majesty, this is the money they borrowed from Su Yu."

"Two days ago, they went to Sujiazhuang together. The concubine was there at the time, watching them borrow 4 million strings."

After hearing the queen's explanation, Li Shimin was not relieved, but angry.

"You borrowed 4 million guan from Su Yu, how can you only give me 1 million guan?"

"No, you have to pay more!"

Li Shimin turned his face and refused to admit it.

Wei Zheng and Qin Qiong stared blankly at Li Shimin.

They said they had no money just now, but now they say more money.

This.
Cheng Yaojin laughed secretly that they had been tricked.

Qin Qiong replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, we have to pay back the money we borrowed from Su Yu."

"We have to pay back the gift money for several generations"

According to the current standard of salary, it is indeed not enough.

The queen helped and said: "Your Majesty, they are all honest and loyal ministers. If Su Yu hadn't borrowed money, they might not even be able to give the bride price. Forget it."

Li Shimin thought for a long time, and finally endured it.

After receiving 3 million yuan in gift money, Li Shimin felt that he had lost money.

Sure enough, the daughter must marry Su Yu, and marrying someone else is definitely a loss-making business.

Three daughters are not as good as Princess Jinyang marrying alone.

"Go back."

Li Shimin let them out.

The three of Wei Zheng withdrew from the palace.

After the people left, the queen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, not everyone is as rich as Su Yu, and you can't open your mouth like a lion."

Su Yu didn't care about how much money he had. Wei Zheng and the others lived a tight life, and Li Shimin wanted to extract oil from them. It was mosquitoes looking for meat from their legs.

Li Shimin said regretfully: "Guanyin maidservant, if we are ordinary people, why not marry all our daughters to Su Yu?"

The royal family has royal rules, and it is unprecedented for two princesses to marry the same person.

Princess Jinyang married Su Yu, relying on her great achievements in pacifying Liaodong, destroying Goguryeo and Baekje, and submitting to Silla.

Without this credit, it is not enough to block the mouths of the ministers.

But if it is an ordinary family, there are too many things for sisters to marry together.

Li Shimin has many daughters, if they all marry Su Yu, Li Shimin feels that he is sure to empty out Sujiazhuang.

Exciting to think about.

The queen laughed and said, "If we were ordinary people, we would not have such a high betrothal gift."

No one dared to say that the princess offered sky-high betrothal gifts.

If it was the daughter of an ordinary family, how could Su Yu give such a high betrothal gift.

For example, Xue Ji, in terms of beauty and talent, she is not inferior to Changle, especially her ability to run a house is very strong.

The matter of Sujiazhuang was previously handed over to Lao Chen and Xue Ji.

Now that Old Chen is in Yongyangfang, Xueji is in charge of Sujiazhuang's affairs.

But she is not qualified to marry Su Yu, after all, her status is not noble enough.

As for Wu Zetian, it was because she was destined to be the empress, so she was eligible to marry Su Yu.

Li Shimin thinks it makes sense.

"It's still a pity."

Li Shimin said again.

The queen said: "Jinyang has already returned to the palace. The concubine asked the palace to prepare. The day is coming soon."

Li Shimin said: "Let the Zongzheng Mansion come forward, Zongzheng Shaoqing is fully responsible for this matter, just ask him."

The queen nodded, got up and went to Zongzheng Mansion to find Li Chonghui.

The three of Cheng Yaojin came out of the palace and arrived outside Chengtian Gate.

Cheng Yaojin shouted loudly: "You two, you two have agreed to speak first, but let me speak in the end."

He felt cheated.

Wei Zheng said, "It's all the same after all, there's no difference."

"Your majesty is really too much. I gave you [-] million strings, and I still want it."

Qin Qiong said: "This matter has nothing to do with the emperor. If you want to blame it, you can blame Su Yu. He is too generous."

"In comparison, the exorbitant betrothal gift we gave is not worth mentioning in the eyes of the emperor."

Having said that, the three of them sighed at the same time.

Wei Zheng said, "You two are fine. My son fought with Su Yu and served as prefect in Liaodong."

"My son is just Dr. Guanglu, so I can't afford to repay the money in eight lifetimes."

Marrying a daughter-in-law, Su Yu became the creditor of Wei Zheng and Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong smiled, not sure how to comfort Wei Zheng.

It is true that Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chumo had high salaries in Liaodong.

In contrast, the poorest is Wei Zheng.

"Old man Wei, you missed the matter in Liaodong."

"But you can pay attention to the Western Regions."

Cheng Yaojin said thieves.

Wei Zheng was taken aback, and asked, "Western Region? What happened to the Western Region? There is going to be a war? Didn't you say that Su Yu is going to Yizhou?"

After Li Ke came back from Sujiazhuang, he let out the rumor that Su Yu was going to Yizhou to eliminate Liuzhao, and he would follow.

It stands to reason that the war should be kept secret. Li Ke's purpose of doing this is to create momentum for himself.

As for the Western Regions, no one has mentioned it yet.

Cheng Yaojin laughed and said: "Old man Wei, you read more than my old Cheng, but you don't understand things as well as my old Cheng."

"Western Turks have attacked Su Yu, I, Lao Cheng, can guarantee that they will be wiped out by Su Yu."

"At that time, let your son take the seat of the Protectorate of the Western Regions."

Wei Zheng looked at Cheng Yaojin in surprise, he didn't expect this reckless man to be so smart.

"Western Region. A desert, what can there be?"

Wei Zheng muttered.

Cheng Yaojin chuckled and said, "You don't understand this. Liaodong was also desolate back then, but now it is the granary of the Tang Dynasty."

"Don't worry, that kid Su Yu has a lot of tricks, so let your son follow him when the time comes."

Wei Zheng was right when he thought about it, Liaodong was a place of bitter cold back then.

When Su Yu said that Liaodong was going to be developed, there were not a few ministers in the DPRK and China who sneered.

Maybe the Western Regions can also be brought up by Su Yu.

"Okay, I'll just stare at the Western Regions."

Wei Zheng made up his mind.

The three of them went out and saw Wei Wang Li Tai entering the palace head-on.