Datang Storyteller: Uncovering the Secret of Xuanwu Gate, Li Er was stunned

Seeing Wang Gui's distressed expression, Cui Ren consoled him.

Sometimes letting some of the benefits come out, everyone will feel at ease.

"That's right, Brother Wang, you can only gain if you give up. Maybe this is not a bad thing for us."

Everyone talked one after another, and soon Wang Gui was persuaded by them.

Being able to be the person in charge of the family in Chang'an City may be a little impulsive, but none of them is stupid.

"Since everyone has no objections, let's go to the palace to see His Majesty and discuss this matter with him."

Seeing that everyone agreed to come down, Cui Ren said while the iron was hot.

Who knows how much time His Majesty gave them to think.

Others were fine with the proposal.

A group of people got into the carriage respectively and headed for the palace in a mighty way.

Ganlu Temple.

Li Shimin was checking the account book, which was the account book for the sale of fine salt handed over by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Seeing the money coming in one by one, Li Shimin's heart gradually relaxed, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

Especially when he saw the final payment, he smiled even more, "Okay, that's great, the treasury finally has some money."

Reigned for seven years.

The treasury is so empty that it can be used as a racecourse, which is definitely an unspeakable thing for him, the king of a country.

Now that the treasury finally has money, how can this make him unhappy?

Of course, being happy is all about being happy, Li Shimin didn't feel smug.

This amount of money is not enough to run a country.

He also needs a steady stream of income.

Fortunately, in addition to salt, the caravan can bring back a lot of property every time.

Li Shimin would never have dared to think about these things before.

"His Majesty."

The servant hurried in from the outside and said to Li Shimin, "The person in charge of the family in Chang'an City requests to see His Majesty."

Li Shimin frowned, looking surprised, "What are they doing here?"

The aristocratic family has always been proud, Li Shimin had to ask someone to invite them if he wanted to see them, even so they still pushed back.

Not to mention taking the initiative to enter the palace, don't even think about it.

Li Shimin glanced at the sky, "Is this the sun coming out from the west?"

The chief servant wiped the sweat from his forehead, he dared not answer if His Majesty dared to say this.

No matter which party, he is not someone he can afford to offend.

"Let them in."

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, after all, he is a member of the aristocratic family, and Datang is not yet well-established, so it is not wise to turn against the aristocratic family.

Besides, they had to go to the palace late at night to seek an audience, so there must be some important business, Li Shimin decided to wait and see.

Soon, the servant eunuch brought Cui Ren and others to Ganlu Hall.

"I will wait to see Your Majesty."

Li Shimin nodded, "All patriarchs are exempt from courtesy, and you will be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Cui Ren and the others thanked them, Li Shimin gave them seats again. After they sat down and arranged for the servants to serve tea, Li Shimin asked.

"I don't know why all the Patriarchs came to the palace to see me late at night, why?"

The heads of several aristocratic families looked at Cui Ren at the same time.

Their families have always been headed by the Cui family.

And among the Cui family, Cui Ren is the main one.

Cui Zhen is also good, but in terms of talent, he is not as good as Cui Ren.

Sensing everyone's gaze, Cui Ren stood up politely and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am waiting to enter the palace because I want to do business with Your Majesty."

"Oh?"

The family wants to do business with him?

This is the first time in history, could it be that the family has changed?

Li Shimin was greatly surprised, but on the surface he remained calm.

"I also ask Patriarch Cui to speak clearly."

Cui Ren and others were also a little confused when they saw Li Shimin's reaction.

Is Li Shimin asking this knowingly?
Or really do not know?

Everyone thought a lot, and in the end, they all agreed that Li Shimin was just pretending to be stupid.

Want them to bring it up.

But since they came, they naturally came with sincerity. If Li Shimin wanted to take Joe, they could only pretend that he didn't know about it.

Cui Ren truthfully told Li Shimin what Qin Yu told them, as well as his suggestions.

Li Shimin was shocked after hearing this, "You say this is Qin Yu's suggestion to you?"

The crowd nodded.

They all said that they understood so well, and His Majesty still pretended to be surprised, which is a bit meaningless.

Compared with the simple idea of ​​the family.

Li Shimin thought more.

Qin Yu asked him to cooperate with the aristocratic family, does it mean that he has already started to deploy?

It was he who was confused.

To fight outside, you must first be safe inside.

His discord with the aristocratic family is indeed not conducive to long-term development.

However, originally he was planning to find an opportunity to destroy the family, but now it seems that he may not be able to.

Since Qin Yu wanted him to cooperate with the aristocratic family, that's the way to go. It's not the first time anyway.

"Exactly."

"Since that's the case, it's easy to say, easy to say, I wonder what kind of cooperation method the Patriarchs plan to use?"

"Since His Majesty agrees, then we will each contribute half of the manpower, material resources and financial resources, and we will split the profits in half, how about it?"

Seeing that Li Shimin agreed, Cui Ren revealed the cooperation plan they had discussed at home.

If the court puts in half the power, then it will get half the profit.

The rest of their families will divide the other half among themselves.

In this way, no one suffers, and no one takes advantage.

Li Shimin thought for a while and nodded, "I think this method is feasible."

"Since Your Majesty agrees, let's make a contract."

Li Shimin began to write with the pen and paper on the case.

A total of two copies of the contract were written, one in Li Shimin's hand and one in the family's hand, with the names of Li Shimin and the heads of several families written on them respectively.

The next day, in court.

Li Shimin arranged this matter to Dai Zhou.

He is Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so it is only natural that he is in charge of this matter.

Everyone was surprised when they heard that Li Shimin was working with the family.

They didn't expect that the originally tense relationship would be relieved by saying that it was eased, and the aristocratic family took the initiative to say so.

This can be regarded as giving Li Shimin enough face.

The reason why Li Shimin said this in front of civil and military officials was also to show his position, and at the same time to remind the officials not to mess up this matter.

Ever since he learned of some things about later generations, Li Shimin's state of mind and structure have undergone great changes.

What he is doing now is not only for the people of Datang, but also for the entire Han nation.

Once the pattern was opened, Li Shimin's view of issues was no longer as narrow as before. In order to be consistent with the outside world, he could also let go of his grievances with the aristocratic family.

The civil and military officials saw Li Shimin's attitude, so naturally they couldn't say anything. Besides, cooperating with the aristocratic family to ease the conflict is a good thing in itself.

"My lords, what else is there?"

Li Shimin was in a good mood, so he looked at everyone and asked.

At this time, Dai Zhou, Minister of Civil Affairs, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, someone recently opened a porcelain workshop in Chang'an City. Not only did they make exquisite porcelain, but they also made something called glass."

"Everyone knows porcelain, so I won't talk about it. This glass is really a good thing. Not only is it transparent and flawless, but the glass products are also very exquisite, especially those vanity mirrors made of glass. They were robbed after only one day of selling. empty."

"The price of glass and porcelain is very expensive, but people flock to them. Many people can't buy them with money. I believe that such craftsmanship should belong to the court. What does your majesty think?"

Hearing Dai Zhou's words, Li Shimin frowned.

Unexpectedly, Dai Zhou actually put his idea on his porcelain workshop and glass workshop.

Although Li Shimin knew from the beginning that the porcelain and glass produced this time would be very popular, he never expected that Dai Zhou would come up with such an idea.

"Your Majesty, I have also heard about these two workshops, and I have inquired about them. Whether it is porcelain or glass, they are all as exquisite as Dai Shangshu said. I think such workshops should be attributed to the court, and the workers will be responsible for them." Department management is more appropriate."

Duan Lun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, stood up and said.

As long as you are not mentally handicapped, you can see that these two workshops make a lot of money.

Their Ministry of Industry is notoriously poor. If there are these two workshops, the craftsmen can also improve a little bit.

Li Shimin heard the words.

Looking at Duan Lun, his eyes were full of secrets.

These two are really good servants of his.

"Your Majesty, I believe that such a workshop should belong to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for all scheduling, and it is very short of money. If there are these two workshops, many things that I wanted to do before can be done."

Dai Zhou saw that Duan Lun wanted to fight with him, so he stood up and said again.

"Dai Shangshu, the Ministry of Civil Affairs already has refined salt, and our Ministry of Industry has nothing. Why are you robbing us?"

Duan Lun said unconvinced.

All good things fall to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but their Ministry of Industry has nothing.

Dai Zhou and Duan Lun argued directly in front of Li Shimin, and some officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Civil Affairs also argued.

The teams on both sides competed with red faces.

Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yaojin who was in charge of this matter, and Wei Zheng did not speak.

They were the ones who set up this workshop, not to mention whether they have credit or not, but in terms of snatching things from them, Duan Lun and Dai Zhou did not do it properly.

But they are not worried about anything, these two workshops are private property jointly owned by them and His Majesty.

Even if Dai Zhou and Duan Lun wanted it, His Majesty had to agree to it.

Besides, Mr. Qin is responsible for this, not to mention the caravan and scouting. This workshop is not something that anyone can take away if they want it.

"That's enough, stop arguing. I know about these two workshops, but you can't just take them away if you want. If you have the time to waste time here, why not figure it out yourself, especially you, Duan Lun."

Li Shimin's eyes fell on Duan Lun and said: "As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, your main task and responsibility is to lead the craftsmen to continue to develop and innovate, and to create more and more valuable tools for Datang, instead of thinking about getting something for nothing and stealing from others. fruit."

Duan Lun trembled all over, "Your Majesty calm down, I also think about His Majesty, if there are these two workshops, wouldn't the court have money?"

"The artisans of the Ministry of Industry can also have the confidence to study more things."

Duan Lun was terrified and terrified, he was suffering so much, he said sadly: "Nowadays many craftsmen can't even afford to eat, so how can they have the mind and energy to study other things?"

Li Shimin frowned tightly.

Is the life of a craftsman so difficult?