Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

I saw Li Shimin said with a melancholy face: "My dear friends, I don't know the importance of this road."

"But this time, although we have won a big victory, whether it is the resettlement of the [-] Turkic people who surrendered or the establishment of the new state capital, they all need money."

"So, the current state of the treasury simply cannot support the construction of these roads."

"I think, Yu'er must have considered the current situation before making such a decision."

Hearing this, Cui Minqian, the servant of Huangmen, said: "I also know that the imperial court can't afford the money, but can't we still issue national debt?"

"Aiming at the road construction in the new five states, it should be possible to issue a national bond?"

"In my opinion, the benefits brought by these five roads are not inferior to the recently issued water conservancy bonds."

Recently, Datang has just issued the third national bond after the Qingmiao bond, which is mainly used to sort out the Beijing-Hangzhou Water Conservancy Bond for the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and its associated water systems.

The scale of issuance is also larger than once, and has reached the level of 500 million.

After Cui Mingan finished speaking, everyone looked at Li You again.

But this time, Li You shook his head.

He said, "Cui Shilang, of course I understand what you mean."

"It's not impossible to issue national debt for road construction, but the amount is a bit too large. In my king's opinion, the risk to the court is not small by issuing this national debt."

"Besides, this road is different from water transportation, and it is very difficult for the imperial court to obtain benefits from it."

Since ancient times, building roads has been costly and time-consuming.

Moreover, it is almost impossible to build a fully enclosed road like a modern highway in this era.

Although card charges can be set up in some places, the Turkic grassland is so vast that it is too difficult to set up a card.

After Li You finished speaking, the government and the public immediately fell into silence.

Although Li You is just a young prince, his words do not allow anyone to refute.

Faced with this silence, Li You was actually a little anxious.

[Why no one came out to continue discussing the method? 】

[Let me go on like this alone, will these aristocratic families find out that I just want to cheat their money. 】

However, Li Shimin is the only one who can hear Li You's voice at this moment.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, then asked, "Your, although the national treasury is tight, the construction of the five northern Xinzhou prefectures is related to the stability of the vast frontiers of the Tang Dynasty."

"This is a national event."

"Is there any other way, Yuer?"

However, at this time, Li You shook his head in full view.

[At this time, of course I can't say that there is a solution. Doesn't it seem that I was crying poor just now? 】

[If you want to win these aristocratic families to take the initiative to cooperate and contribute money and efforts to build roads, it depends on Li Er's cooperation. 】

[Li Er's play today is not bad, I guess you should know what I mean later. 】

[If it doesn't work, Uncle Duan will have to follow the plan we agreed on before. 】

Hearing Li You's praise and affirmation, Li Shimin felt a burst of pride in his heart.

But even though he was proud of himself, on the surface he still pretended to be frowning.

Since Li You mentioned Duan Lun just now, he asked Duan Lun, Minister of Industry, "Duan Shangshu, what do you think about this matter?"

"The Ministry of Industry has always been responsible for this road construction."

Before Duan Lun came, he had already discussed with Li You, even if Li Shimin didn't ask him, he would stand up and speak at this time.

Now the opportunity is just right, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, this matter is really difficult, and I have no good idea for a while."

"However, since His Majesty asked, I have something to report."

"Actually, on the grassland, apart from road construction, there is another important thing, that is, the construction of the state capitals of the five newly established states."

"Your Majesty, you also know that although these grassland tribes had fixed settlements, they did not have cities."

"This is not because they are unwilling to build cities, but because they lack craftsmen and technology."

"The five new governors and governors who took office this time have already found the Ministry of Industry, hoping that the Ministry of Industry can build a city for them."

"For this reason, they are willing to unite the tribes that still exist on the grassland and contribute money and efforts!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin was immediately overjoyed, and he understood why Li You asked Duan Lun to cooperate with him.

Immediately, Li Shimin laughed and said: "Very good! These new governors and governors are very motivated."

"They contributed to the Tang Dynasty, and I can't wrong them."

"For all the tribes that participated in the construction of the city, their khans, patriarchs, and I were seriously injured."

"In addition, I will reward them according to their contributions."

"The establishment of these walled cities will definitely expand the area under actual control. In the future, I will select a part of the increased land and award it to them."

Hearing this, Duan Lun immediately knelt down and thanked His Majesty for these khans.

However, at this moment, except for Duan Lun, those aristocratic families could no longer sit still.

According to the map given by Li You just now, although their gains are already six or seven times what they paid, the real benefits have not been obtained.

At this moment, although they understood who the play was for, they still hesitated.

However, when these aristocratic families were still hesitating, Wei Ting stepped forward.

Wei Ting said: "Your Majesty, to stabilize the grassland, there is an urgent need to build roads. On behalf of Jingzhao Wei, I funded the construction of grassland roads."

Wei Ting's statement was very sincere. Although he didn't say how much he invested, he made a very good start.

Following Wei Ting's opening, Du Yan also came out.

Although his body is getting worse day by day, he still insists on going to the court meeting every day.

Du Yan said: "Your Majesty, on behalf of the Jingzhao Du family, I express my willingness to contribute to the construction of grassland roads."

"How much money is needed, the Ministry of Industry is free to ask. As long as my Du family can get it, I will definitely give it."

Compared with Wei Ting's ambiguity, Du Yan's attitude is much firmer.

According to his words, it is tantamount to suppressing the entire Jingzhao Du family.

Hearing this, Li Shimin quickly looked at Du Ruhui who was at the side.

The two uncles and nephews had never been on good terms, but now that Du Yan made such a statement, Li Shimin was a little terrified.

Still at this moment, Du Ruhui had a smile on his face, as if this was something the two had discussed long ago.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Li Shimin was about to perform Jingzhao Du's loyalty, but he heard Li You's inner anxiety.

【Li Er, don't just smile. 】

[This old Du has put all his wealth up, why don't you reward them well, and then let them only build the section in their fief. 】

【Hey, it looks like you have to talk about such a plan yourself, I don't know if the family will be fooled. 】