Crown Tang emperor

Originally, the land conflict in the Guan was extremely sharp, and there were a large number of tenant farmers in narrow villages. It was not until the Xingtai period that the household registration and land granting was enforced, coupled with the strong suppression of noble groups, this situation gradually reversed.

But now, land abandonment has begun to appear in various parts of the pass, and the cultivators are uneasy about their jobs, so that the imperial court has no choice but to increase the intensity of protecting the people and farming.After all, no matter how developed commerce and trade are, if Guanzhong completely loses its ability to produce its own grain, it will be a major hidden danger to regional stability.

In short, the conflict between people and land in the pass has become less and less an issue for the imperial court.Sometimes many problems may not be the best solution when confronted with a hard bar, but will be completely resolved in the development of the world.

Of course, the conflict between people and land has not completely disappeared, but it has spread from the entire customs to the current concentration in Chang'an City.The land transaction market in Chang'an City is becoming more and more prosperous, and the transaction prices of some hot workshop plots have repeatedly hit new highs, and even some workshops with special requirements for production sites and materials have begun to move outside the city.

Li Tong has always been adhering to the principle of making the best use of everything, and it is inevitable to feel distressed when he sees some meaningless waste. Even if he is an emperor now, he has not changed this habit.

The outer garden he mentioned is located in the north of Chang'an City, the southeast corner of Daming Palace, and a large open space in the east of Longshouyuan, the area of ​​which is equivalent to two or three squares in the city.

This area also belongs to the scope of the Daming Palace in Bei Nei, but no palace buildings have been built, and it is only enclosed with fences, and idlers are not allowed to enter and exit at will.

When Li Tong first took charge of Chang'an, the situation in the city was not stable, and some warehouses were built along the Longshou Canal to store supplies in case of chaos.Later, the situation in the city gradually stabilized, and these warehouses were gradually used to store sundries in the inner warehouse, and their effectiveness was greatly reduced.

Originally, in history, this piece of Xianyuan land was assigned to Dianzhong Province to house Yingfang, Goufang and other five households. Such servants were mostly called Xiaoer, so it was also called Xiaoerfang.The so-called Wufang children in later generations were mostly playmates of the royal family, and even became bullies in Chang'an for a time.

Li Tong himself is not very interested in playthings such as hawks, dogs and birds. After dismissing some of the related servants, the rest are directly classified into the inner idle stables, which are in charge of the inner servant Yang Sixu. The scale is not large, so naturally There is no need to set up special workshops.

Therefore, he intends to make full use of this part of the leisure garden to generate income for the inner treasury, and by the way, to boost the popularity of the North City, at least so that the wives and children in the workshop will not live alone and be too boring when they live here.

He was still thinking about what he would use this part of the leisure garden for, but the little eunuch Gao Lishi who followed him out of the palace tonight hastily entered and whispered: "Master, the mistress and the young master have already entered the workshop!"

Although the boy Gao Lishi cut the root of his troubles, his physique has grown extremely fast, and he is almost equal to his big brother Lego.At this moment, his expression was a little excited, and he was very proud of being able to participate in the most secret operation of the saint.Although he had been to the Longqingfang mansion before, he had completed the layout of this new mansion in Ruyuanfang from the site.

Hearing that his wife and children were about to arrive, Li Tong was also quite excited. Worried about scaring his son Li Guangyuan, he waved his hand and ordered the gathered guardsmen to disperse to the shade of the mansion, while he walked inside the door and stood under the lamp, smiling and waiting.

Comforting her tired and yawning son along the way, Shangguan Wan'er felt both self-reproach and sadness in her heart. It was supposed to be a warm family reunion scene, but she acted like a thief, carefully avoiding people's eyes and ears.

Her mood was quite complicated, she complained that her husband was unfeeling, obviously not calm but refused to let her have a new life, and she blamed herself for being too greedy and reluctant to let go of the gnawing tenderness like honey.A man and a woman exchanged secretly, which only made the son unable to enjoy a normal family relationship.

With such resentment in mind, Shangguan Wan'er imagined all kinds of willful and angry scenes after meeting along the way, but when the car drove into the mansion, and saw the person waiting under the long standing lamp, she was filled with resentment and was immediately dismissed by the night. The wind blows, the tenderness in the beautiful eyes is overflowing, I only sigh in my heart: "It doesn't matter if you are ruthless, it is finally a good seed for me to choose a beautiful skin for Guangyuaner. If it is another ugly person, even if he stays with him day and night, he is not a beloved child." eager..."

"Guangyuan, you aye, you aye are waiting for us!"

The son in her arms fell asleep on her mother's shoulder, Shangguan Wan'er turned her head and whispered softly.

While speaking, Li Tong had already strode forward, with his arms wide open, hugging his wife and children in his arms, looking at the bright eyes that were so close at hand, and whispering apologetically: "Thank you for your hard work, lady! "

Shangguan Wan'er smelled the fragrance, her mouth twitched, and then she stuffed her beloved son into Li Tong's arms, she drew back and took a step back, then she shook her arms and reprimanded: "Who's legacy, I'm so tired The arms are sour and angry!"

Li Tong laughed dryly, and looked down, only to see that his son had woken up with his eyes wide open, staring at him with his big black eyes, with a bit of confusion and timidity in his eyes.

Although this boy is still young, his eyes and eyebrows already have the handsomeness inherited from his parents, which inevitably made Li Tong feel pity for him. He hugged the little guy tightly with one arm, and raised the other hand to pinch the little guy. With a smile on his nose, he said, "Guangyuan, do you still recognize Aye?"

"Ah, Aye?"

Father and son don't meet often, let alone have the opportunity to get along all year round. Li Yuanyuan's impression of his father is very strange, and he is suspicious when he opens his mouth to call him.

Hearing this timid tone, Li Tong felt affectionate and guilty. He hugged his son with one hand, and took his wife with the other. He walked towards the middle hall of the mansion, and said with a smile to his son, "Aye, go on a long trip, collect it for my son. Many exotic playthings have been collected in this new mansion, and Aye will play with you in the hall."

A family of three entered the middle hall. The furnishings in the hall are not gorgeous, but there are rows of wooden shelves displaying many interesting toys for children.

Li Guangyuan suddenly became active, broke free from Aye's arms, and rushed to those wooden frames while walking and exclaiming, but he didn't reach out to touch them. After watching for a long time, he turned his head and looked at them standing side by side. To his parents, his little face was full of hope: "Ah, Aye, these are all mine?"

Li Tong nodded with a smile, not feeling guilty for robbing Li Daonu's toy library, walked slowly to the wooden frame and stroked his son's broken hair on his forehead, and said with a smile: "What do you like, Aye will teach you how to play. "

When Li Guangyuan heard this, he was even more looking forward to it, and finally raised his hand to touch a few toys, but after a while he said, "Aye, will you leave tomorrow morning? I'm going to sleep, I can't stay up late to play..."

"Good boy, Aye won't leave, let's have fun with you!"

Li Tong was even more delighted when he heard the words. He didn't have this kind of self-control at his age, so he immediately picked up his son and laughed: "Aye, I will send you to the dormitory. Guangyuan'er has a good dream and sleeps, and I can spend all day tomorrow." play."

Shangguan Wan'er, who was ignored on the side, spoke in a muffled voice, interrupting the warmth of the father and son: "Tomorrow, you are not allowed to play all day. You are good at work and hard at play. You can have some fun with a deep knowledge. You are a word It is not easy to get along with everyone who is a student, first you have to honor the precious chapters passed down by your masters, and then make common music in the world in your spare time!"

"understood."

Li Guangyuan buried his head in front of Aye's lapel, and replied in a low voice, not without grievances.

In Li Tong's heart, he felt guilty and compensated for the lack of companionship, and felt that the lady was too strict with the child's discipline, but seeing the serious expression of the lady's slightly frowning eyebrows, she closed her mouth wisely, patted the back of the son's head, and first Sending it to the dormitory, and not forgetting to make up for his father's dignity, he said with a low laugh: "Your father is famous for his Ci poetry, and my son really has to work hard to not disgrace the reputation of the family."

Li Guangyuan's work and rest were stable, if his mother hadn't forced him to go out, he would still be sleeping with his head covered at home right now.Although I changed to a new home environment, when I returned to the soft sleeper, I fell asleep very quickly.

Hearing that his son's breath had stabilized, Li Tong also quietly exited the dormitory. Turning his head, he saw his wife standing outside holding the screen, her bright and charming face was full of charm of wanting to talk but she was ashamed. , said emotionally: "For a long time, I have avoided the responsibility of being the head of the household, running the house and teaching the children, and the lady has suffered."

"Since you dare to cling to a husband with such a background, you are afraid that the inner court will be troubled. Although there is no fixed date for meeting and parting, as long as Saburo doesn't blame me for my loss in housekeeping, everything he experiences will be sweet..."

Shangguan Wan'er let her husband hold her plain hand tightly, looked up and down with confused eyes, and then said with some peace of mind: "The wind and dust did not damage my husband's manners, and the army's ten-thousand-mile journey adds to the beauty of the family. Erlang is sheltered under the plump feathers, carefree, and Saburo doesn't have to feel guilty. There are thousands of things in the world, as long as they meet each other for a while, and they are close to each other for a moment, how can they have the leisure time to sue for divorce!"

Hearing his wife's words of love, Li Tong couldn't stop the enthusiasm of longing that was already in his heart, and he hugged his wife deeply.Go through the hall and enter the room, close the door and lift the curtain.

The little eunuch Gao Lishi was sitting in the inner room of the corridor, holding a small copper stove in his arms, just carefully reading the words on the scroll on the bookshelf by the candlelight. Said: "If Lady Liu thinks it's hard to stay up all night, it's better to go to rest for a while, and I will stay overnight. But don't go far..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a muffled bang in the compartment, Gao Lishi hastily put down the copper stove and stood up, went around the corridor, knocked on the door and whispered: "Master, what's the matter?"

"nothing……"

The saint's voice echoed vaguely from inside the door.

Gao Lishi didn't care about personnel, but he felt that the sound coming from the room was not good, and he was about to push the door hard, but Liu Anzi stepped forward and hugged his waist and retreated: "He and his wife have their own fun, don't harass and add to the chaos!"

Chapter 0970 merchants rich gold, cut first for respect

The next day, when Li Tong woke up, it was already noon.Thinking of how he swore last night that he would spend a whole day with his son today, Li Tong couldn't help feeling ashamed.

The lady had already gotten up and went out, Li Tong was lying in the soft quilt, recalling some emotional scenes from last night in his mind, and seeing that some small toys had been properly put away by the lady, he grabbed the clothes on the side of the couch and got up.

"The lord is awake? This servant will serve and wash up..."

The little eunuch Gao Lishi had been waiting outside the house, and when he heard the noise in the room, he rushed in, asking for instructions, but his eyes were fixed on his master's face.

"Look at what? Is there a mark on my face?"

Li Tong stood in front of the window and stretched, seeing the little eunuch staring at him, he laughed and reprimanded him.

Unexpectedly, Gao Lishi nodded, and after a "hmm", he held up a smooth bronze mirror.Li Tong glanced down, only to find that there was a big cloud of black and blue on the right forehead.

"In the future, don't place these hardwood and angular utensils in the inner room!"

Embarrassment suddenly surged in his heart, he kicked the little willow table next to the couch, and gave a low reprimand angrily.

"Understood, understood, this servant will order people to evacuate!"

Gao Lishi hastily nodded his head, but he didn't want to draw the landlord's eyes again, what do you understand?

After washing up, Li Tong asked someone to cover up the black seal on his forehead, and then walked out of the room slowly. Thinking of the gossip in the curtain last night, he knew that the lady was really angry, so he didn't mind at all. Going to get into trouble again, I plan to go to see my son first.

But when he asked casually, he realized that his son had already been sent back to Longqingfang Mansion, and he had to learn the enlightenment of phonology from the hired teacher, and he would pick him up in the evening.

Li Tong didn't think that a child of just a few years old would have to study poetry and books, but he was busy with affairs, so he didn't have much time to focus on children's education and systematically enlighten him.Ladies inside and outside the palace are not slack in their children's education. If he intervenes rashly, it will disrupt the rhythm of teaching, and perhaps make the children lazy and slack.

However, he already planned to spare some time to write some enlightenment courses to educate his children.When it comes to poetry, scriptures and classics, he naturally doesn't need to learn from everyone in the world to understand deeply, and he can enlighten from the shallower to the deeper.

But some basic knowledge such as mathematics, geometry, and natural science can be sorted out from memory, so that children can explore a wider range of knowledge and lay a broader horizon and foundation.

Even he already has some research ideas for science and technology, but the times forced him to do so, and he didn't have much time to promote the development of science and technology.After the recovery of Qinghai, there are no urgent major issues to be dealt with, either in internal affairs or border affairs, and it is necessary to fully blossom and make breakthroughs at multiple points.

While thinking in his heart, he walked to the middle hall of the mansion unknowingly, and when he looked up, Li Tong saw his wife wearing a plain white dress, standing in front of the door of the middle hall.

He suddenly felt a swelling pain in the forehead, subconsciously turned around and turned back, but the lady glared, raised her hand and pointed at him heavily, and raised her index finger to make a hook, signaling him to walk over.

"This mansion will be my family's other business in the future. I am homesick and hastily arranged. My wife can make revisions and arrange it carefully when she is free."

Li Tong gave a dry laugh, raised his hand to cover the black mark on his forehead, and walked slowly towards his wife.

Shangguan Wan'er looked serious, and ignored the topic, and waited until Li Tong came close, then raised her hand and grabbed his elbow and pulled into the hall: "These are trivial matters, and Fulang doesn't need to worry about them. But last night, Fulang If there is no suitable explanation for the important matter mentioned, this concubine will inevitably feel depressed!"

Li Tong bit the bullet and followed the lady into the middle hall. When he raised his eyes, he saw three or four huge cages in the hall, and inside the cages were piled full of accounting books and scrolls.

"Early in the morning, my concubine ordered someone to return to the mansion to fetch the detailed rules of the family business. In recent years, all business transactions have been made here. Please read carefully, my husband, how much is the profit and loss of my family's business!"

Hearing that the lady's tone was a bit unfriendly, Li Tong quickly waved his hand, trying to hold the lady's bare hand but was thrown away, he could only laugh and said: "All kinds of housework, the lady is in order, I don't need to read it anymore ..."

"Let's just take a look. No matter how close people are, the most fearful thing is estrangement. If my husband doesn't care about everything in the family, and just listens to the gossip of people outside the door, I'm afraid I'll misunderstand my concubine for being extravagant and spending money like dirt... ..."

Shangguan Wan'er entered the table sideways, her pretty face was still tense, she still couldn't let go of the topic last night, and she didn't have the understanding of last night that "it's not easy to make a blind date, lazy to complain about Lishang".

Seeing this, Li Tong also followed suit, rubbed his hands and sat down on the other seat, raised his hand and grabbed the account book in the cage: "Then let's take a look..."

"Do you really want to see it?"

Before he could unfold the plan book, Shangguan Wan'er raised her brows abruptly and slapped the table with a low shout.

With a flick of his wrist, Li Tong hurriedly threw back the accounting book in his hand, and said embarrassingly, "Should I read it, or shouldn't I?"

"What is the plan of the husband, how dare the concubine intervene?"

Shangguan Wan'er rolled her eyes, a little unable to control her emotions, and said angrily: "My husband is not born well, so he can't live in the mansion all the year round. I know the reason, and I dare not take offense, lest the morals of the world despise my family, so I work diligently and earn a little money. With a solid savings, there are occasional money disputes in the city, and I don’t dare to disturb Fulang. But, but Fulang shouldn’t think it’s easy to run a business, and steal furniture again and again with outsiders!”

Hearing what the lady said, Li Tong felt a little ashamed, but after lowering his head, he couldn't help saying in a muffled voice: "The lady made a huge amount of money in one day, which is not something that a wealthy family can have... "

Before he finished speaking, he leaned on the ground and swooped out sideways, and immediately a white light hit the position where he had just sat.Seeing that the lady's face was flushed with anger, she still lowered her head and picked up the sachet that fell on the table, and handed it back with a dry smile.

Seeing Fu Lang's lazy and scolding appearance, Shangguan Wan'er was still angry, but she couldn't help feeling a little funny, and after a moment of silence, she pointed to a few cages and said, "Let's take a look. Expenses and money are not my family alone. Monarchs and ministers are all plagued by money, no matter how frightened I am, I can't stop this knife from cutting it off!"

"My lady is not an ordinary woman. She has a broad mind. Of course, she can understand my difficulties in maintaining my family and country. This time, the new levy is indeed not aimed at my family. The financial flow in the city is staggering, and it really needs to be controlled. But I also know that the lady manages the family. The hard work of the industry, so I put a skin bag here, and let the lady dispel the depression..."

Seeing that the lady's attitude had improved, Li Tong hurriedly said something good, and then grabbed the account book in the cage to look through it.

He and his wife reunited at the first glance, and their relationship was naturally affectionate, but because Li Tong casually mentioned a decision to ban a new Chinese novel, he immediately annoyed his wife again.The content of the resolution is to add a new tax for the top households in various industries in the capital. The rich and powerful people of their own family are already well-known in the capital, so they are naturally listed in it.

When it comes to the reason for this incident, I really don't blame Li Tong very much, it's just that my wife's handwriting is too bold, and the cost of 2000 million yuan not only amazes the market, but also shocks the ministers of the DPRK and China.

The figure of 2000 million yuan is really astonishing. Even after deducting the expenses of the Western Expedition and various ceremonies this year, the pure income of the imperial court will not reach this figure. This is truly an incomparable wealth!

Most of the courtiers didn't know that the so-called Sanyuan Li Xueshi was Li Tong's own trumpet. When they first heard that a family in the market could casually spend more huge wealth than the national treasury surplus, they were shocked. In addition, more still feel offended.

In fact, even Li Tong himself was shocked when he heard the news.He knew that the incense business run by his wife was a huge profit, but he never imagined that in just a few years, he would accumulate tens of millions of dollars.

It should be noted that in the early Xingtai period, Song Bazi, a representative of the Shu merchants, invested a huge sum of millions in Xingtai, which was able to shock the current situation and greatly ease the financial situation of Xingtai at that time.

Although the issuance of flying money and the court's vigorous promotion of commerce and trade have greatly increased the mobility and speed of gathering and dispersing of social wealth, such a heroic handwriting of my wife still far exceeds the court's acceptance and tolerance.

Therefore, after some discussion within the imperial court, a decision was quickly made, kill, must kill!Li Tong didn't object to this either, I'm so ruthless that I don't even spare my own family, I'll cut it first as a respect!

However, after looking through these accounting books, Li Tong realized that there was indeed a misunderstanding. Although his own wealth was true, it really did not reach the level of tens of millions of family wealth.

According to the lady's consumption records, the money spent recently was not as much as nearly 2000 million yuan as rumored in the market, but only 1000 million yuan.

The reason why the rumors are so exaggerated is probably due to the bluffing of those brokers. Some exaggerated the transaction amount by [-] to [-]%, and other brokers were not willing to lag behind. Generated a transaction volume that nearly doubled.

In fact, the relevant data can also be verified at the Municipal Supervision Office, but the People's Bank of China has only been implemented for a short time, and the relevant data is slightly lagging behind.In addition, Li Tong was anxious to go home, so he didn't conduct a more detailed understanding. Anyway, he would understand after asking home.

Of the 1000 million yuan spent, there is not much belonging to her own family, only more than 300 million yuan. As for the rest, it does not belong to outsiders, but belongs to the concubine Ye Ali.

It was Li Tong's first tryst with his wife Shangguan Wan'er in the workshop, and he borrowed the help of the concubine Ye Ali to cover it up, so the two ladies had a good personal relationship.After Ye Ali entered the palace, everything was inconvenient, so he simply put part of his private property in Longqingfang Mansion and entrusted Shangguan Wan'er to take care of it.

After learning the inside story, Li Tong couldn't help feeling loudly, I was already the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but in the end, because the ladies were too rich, there was always a taste of soft food.

It is not surprising that Ye Ali has such a huge fortune. As the daughter of the Chen family of the ancient Tubo family, she brought a large amount of wealth with her when she entered the Tang Dynasty.Afterwards, Tang and Tibetans used Xikang as a transfer point for business and trade, and Ye Ali helped facilitate various transactions in Beijing and China. Coupled with the tributes from Xikang over the years, the small treasury was indeed very rich.

But even after deducting the exaggerated and entrusted part, Shangguan Wan'er has accumulated a family wealth of more than 300 million yuan in just a few years, and the speed of this wealth accumulation is already very amazing.

Although the efficiency of this fortune did not exceed Li Tong's estimate by much, but from this and others, we can know that a group of merchants who are active in the Chang'an market today are indeed fattened.

Li Tong put away his thoughts, looked at his wife and said with a smile: "You and Concubine De made such a big purchase, what kind of big plans are you planning? The lady is hard at home, but if you don't expect to violate the law, I am willing to help."

Shangguan Wan'er knew that since her husband had spoken out, the knife was inevitable, so she was no longer polite after hearing the words, and said directly: "Master Yijing of Jianfu Temple is going to go to Beijing to deliver the Dharma, and go to Xikang Great Buddha Temple to preside over Buddhist affairs. The temple will be a famous temple in the two countries, and I want to buy it with Concubine De. In the future, Concubine De will use it to arrange personnel affairs in Xikang, and I will build a pagoda to give me a light source to pray for blessings and avoid disasters..."

Right now, Datang has no plans to directly take back Xikang by force, but instigates the local herdsmen to clear up the remaining personnel of Tubo for the monks and soldiers, and by the way, use this as a springboard to continue to provoke the internal affairs of Tubo.

Jianfu Temple is a famous temple in Beijing. The presiding monk Yijing is also one of the masters of scripture translation as famous as Tang monk Xuanzang. He also went to Tianzhu to learn scriptures.

In the future, Xikang will be a relatively special existence. Through the spread of Buddhism, the original social structure will be gradually eliminated, and it will serve as a frontier for checks and balances and the complete elimination of Tubo.

But this is destined to be a relatively long process, and it is bound to strengthen the personnel exchanges between each other in the process, so the Jianfu Temple, which is the source of Xikang Buddhism, will undoubtedly become a holy place that Xikang people who enter the Tang Dynasty must come to pay homage to, Ye Ali It's normal to think about it.

However, she is already in the inner palace after all, and it is not suitable for her to operate through official means. If she asks the saint directly, she is worried that it will interfere with the imperial court's economic and strategic rhythm of Xikang, so through Shangguan Wan'er outside the palace to operate.

After Li Tong learned about these inside stories, he couldn't help feeling that these ladies in his family had their own styles, but they lost their past style because they were in the deep palace.Shangguan Wan'er is more comfortable outside the palace, but even the relationship between husband and wife has to be done in secret, and it's just a taste.There is really no standard for how to measure the gains and losses.

"The streets around the Jianfu Temple can be designated as a Fanren City, which is under the jurisdiction of the Lifan Yuan. The believers share incense and offerings, and the city's taxes and profits are halved with the government."

After thinking for a while, Li Tong said: "As for the construction of the pagoda in the temple, the internal treasury will contribute funds, and my family does not need to pay for it. But after the pagoda is completed, there is no need to directly name the child, and the blessings are full of blessings. Don't overflow. Parents give He has a well-bred style, and Zhaitian Industrial does not suffer from food and clothing, that is enough, there is no need to exaggerate."

In history, Jianfu Temple was also famous for its pagoda, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, which is as famous as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It would be strange if the Small Wild Goose Pagoda was renamed the Light Source Pagoda in the future.Although Li Tong does not believe in gods and Buddhas, but his soul travels through this world, it cannot be said that he is completely unideal. Careful fatherly love.

Shangguan Wan'er was not a child-loving character, so she was not annoyed by the deprivation of the naming rights, but was delighted that Fu Lang had the idea of ​​recovering the cost so quickly.

Her original plan was to place all the treasures she had searched for on the pagoda after the tower was completed, and take advantage of the gathering of wealthy merchants after the World Expo, and sell them to merchants in Xifan at a higher price by imbuing them with Buddhist aura, and by the way, set up the exhibition to collect commissions.

But now that the war between Tang and Tibet is over, there are doubts about how many Tubo merchants who are still in Chang'an City and have enough purchasing power, and the risk of profit and loss is still not small.If it weren't for the profit hedging of Xiangxing, she would not have dared to throw all the money deposited by Ye Ali into it.

But now Li Tong's arrangement is undoubtedly more secure, at least their husband and wife will have a long-term benefit in their lifetime, and she no longer has to worry about how to explain to Concubine De.

"San Lang always manages affairs without missing a good strategy, but he just doesn't agree with his family, which makes people angry..."