Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

He also has a descendant, a great-grandson named Du Huan.

This person used the 'extreme knowledge' passed down from his ancestors, and only brought two people with him. He started from Datang and played all the way to Africa!

Wouldn't it be a piece of cake to take a trip to the Western Regions with this kind of 'unique learning'?

Liu Bai has seen the manuscripts handed down by the Du family, and he doesn't know how their ancestors got them. It is like an enhanced version of "Da Tang Western Regions"!

Chapter 477 I used the money in the internal treasury and invested [-] coins in one fell swoop

The day of the Great Court Meeting has arrived!

Before going to court, Fang Xuanling and others would sit in the carriage and wait for the palace gate to open before coming down.

There is a special heater in the carriage, no matter how cold it is outside, you can't feel it inside.

Some people who have a fairly good relationship are ashamed to go up and get some warmth.

Most of the officials still could only stand at the gate of the palace, shivering from the cold.

Before today's grand court meeting, the civil and military officials who rushed to the gate of the palace were all taken aback.

I saw ten gorgeous carriages lined up at the gate of the palace.

You Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xiao Yu

The mansions of Hejian County King Li Xiaogong and Jiangxia County King Li Daozong are only a few steps away from the gate of the palace, so why did they come here in a carriage?

The most surprising thing is that Wei Zheng, who basically didn't go out with other people in the past, got together with Fang Xuanling and the others?

The Wei family was so poor that they couldn't even repair the gate, and the house was so shabby that it made people almost cry.

Where did he get such a luxurious carriage?

"Master Liu! It's freezing outside, hurry up and warm yourself up!"

"Old Tang, brother here has a pot of good tea, come and enjoy a taste or two!"

"Brother Shu Da, Xiao has tea from Jiankang City, why don't you come and enjoy it?"

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Ten people opened the curtain of the carriage and called friends outside. The scene was extremely strange.

Are they crazy?

In the past, if you had the cheek to squeeze into the carriage, you would be kicked out. What is the trouble today?

However, it is too cold under the year.

It's hard to refuse someone's kind invitation, right?

The ministers whose names were selected boarded the carriage one after another.

Those who were not selected looked at each other in blank dismay, guessing what kind of medicine these ten old guys had taken wrongly early in the morning.

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A moment later, the gate of the palace opened wide!

The eunuch's shrill voice came from far away from the Tai Chi Hall.

The old guys got off the carriage one after another, showing different behaviors.

Some people couldn't see anything unusual, talking and laughing.

Some people have bowed their heads in silence since they came down, wondering what they were thinking.

Chen Shuda, who is fifty-five years old this year, got off Xiao Yu's carriage and cursed loudly.

"Nonsense! How can the old man be on the same level as you?"

Xiao Yu walked down with a gloomy expression, "The old man has good intentions and made you a fortune together. I can only blame you for being blind!"

Chen Shuda seemed to be stimulated, his old face flushed, and he pointed at Xiao Yu, trembling with anger.

"Impressive ministers of the imperial court don't want to share your majesty's worries, but start a business. I don't even bother to be with you!"

After finishing speaking, he turned and walked away angrily.

Fang Xuanling and others surrounded him and asked Xiao Yu why.

Xiao Yu snorted coldly, "This old guy is stubborn, we don't need to pay attention to him anymore!"

The civil and military officials looked at it fresh, and some people wanted to inquire about what kind of mystery Fang Xuanling and the others were up to.

But today, His Majesty seemed surprisingly anxious.

In the direction of the Tai Chi Hall, the eunuch's voice kept urging.

They just need to suppress the thoughts in their hearts and ask after they retreat.

Tai Chi Hall!

It was rare for Li Er to arrive earlier than all civil and military officials.

When the officials came in, he was sitting on the dragon chair and writing something with a pen.

Wynn came over, reminded in a low voice, and said, "Your Majesty, all your lords have arrived!"

Li Er put the pen on the shelf, carefully folded the paper on the table, handed it to Huai En, and said, "Send someone to Liu's house quickly!"

Wynn responded and handed the paper to the little eunuch beside him.

The civil and military officials have already been arranged on both sides.

Li Er's eyes lingered on Changsun Wuji for a moment, and then fell on Fang Xuanling.

Monarchs and ministers have been together for many years, although they can't say that they have the same mind, but their mutual understanding has reached an extremely deep level.

This look immediately made Fang Xuanling react.

Under the astonished eyes of the ministers, Fang Xuanling trotted to the bottom of the dragon steps, and handed all the stack of papers in his hand to Huai En.

Li Er flipped through it for a while, and every time he looked at a sheet, he would glance down.

In the end, it was all handed over to Wynn, "send it together!"

After finishing speaking, he cleared his throat and said: "Today's court meeting, before formulating the national policy for the third year of Zhenguan, let me talk about a side matter first!"

The spirits of the ministers were shaken, and they all sat upright.

Li Er chuckled and said: "I heard that Liu Bai plans to send another caravan to the Western Regions. The scale of this trip is not comparable to the last time. Not only will I send my rewards to the countries of the Western Regions , will also bring a large number of Central Plains specialties”

Speaking of which, he took a sip of tea and took another breath, looking a little tired.

Careful people will find that Li Er's dark circles are very heavy, and he probably didn't sleep all night.

"Liu Bai told me that this trip is different from the past. It is the first time in the history of the Tang Dynasty that I have formally opened up business with the Western Regions. He invited me to participate in this business, and I used the money in the internal treasury. , I voted [-] yuan in one fell swoop, and, I heard that Fang Qing, you also participated in it?"

Fang Xuanling had already prepared his speech.

He unhurriedly took out a small notebook from his pocket.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the ministers and others have indeed participated, and here is the list!"

Li Er said directly: "Read!"

"As ordered!"

"Fang Xuanling, [-] shares, Du Ruhui, [-] shares, Hejian County King Jiangxia County Tang Jian"

Only then did the officials know what Fang Xuanling and the others had done in the carriage just now.

They even planned to join forces to do business!

Although Datang does not prohibit officials from doing business, most people are still very taboo.

This kind of thing is hard to say, once someone reports corruption, or uses the power in his hand to open the door, the crime will be serious!

In the past, when I wanted to do business, I always did it secretly.

Even if there is a golden mountain buried in your own yard, you have to cry poorly with others!

But this time, His Majesty took the lead in starting a business, which is really rare

After Fang Xuanling finished reading, he retreated.

Li Er nodded, "Now, counting the lovers on the list, I have already subscribed for 120 million shares. Liu Bai told me that the court can allocate 200 million shares this time, leaving 80 shares. I don’t know which lover would like to take part in it?”

For a while, the Tai Chi Hall fell into silence.

There is no doubt that commerce in the Western Regions is a piece of fat.

But no matter how big this piece of fat is, would it cost 200 million yuan?

And according to His Majesty, it seems that Liu Bai gritted his teeth and gave the 200 million guan to the imperial court.

In other words, the Liu family's capital will definitely not be lower than this 200 million yuan!

Can the investment of millions of dollars be recouped?

This is only one aspect.

The ministers thought more about it, but what did His Majesty think?

It's all good, what the hell are you going to do?

Chapter 478 Use all the skills you learned in Liu Yexuan

Those who don't know the inside story can't guess what His Majesty is planning.

Those who knew the inside story kept their heads down and didn't speak. The old gods seemed to be thinking about where to go after a while.

Now that His Majesty has spoken, he has to save face.

"Weichen subscribes for [-] coins!"

"Weichen subscribed for [-] coins!"

"Weichen subscribes for [-] Guan!"

They dare not quote high prices.

Firstly, he couldn't surpass Fang Xuanling and the others, secondly, he also appeared to be clean and honest.

The 80 shares were quickly sold out.

Li Er ordered people to collect all the bills signed by them.

"I can responsibly tell all my loves that the profits from this trip to the Western Regions are absolutely beyond your imagination!"

The people below laughed.

They basically don't believe it.

Mostly because the Liu family couldn't raise so much cash for a while, so they fooled His Majesty and asked Manchu Wenwu for money.

Fang Xuanling saw that this matter was almost done, and stepped forward again, "Qizou Your Majesty, today's world is clean and the sea is clean, it is a sign of prosperity. Your Majesty's military strategy is no less than that of the Qin Emperor and Han Wu. The old minister has the courage, please Your Majesty." Go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen in person to calm the hearts of the people!"

Li Er had already discussed with Fang Xuanling and others, and even Wei Zheng, who liked to confront him, did not stop him.

If it was at this time last year, if Li Er wanted to go to Taishan to enshrine Zen, he would definitely be strongly opposed by most of his courtiers.

In the first year of Zhenguan, the combined taxes and taxes of the whole world did not exceed 100 million guan.

Along the way, not to mention the waste of people and money, it also gave those local governments the opportunity to be corrupt.

The situation is different now.

It has been a long time since there has been a war in the Tang Dynasty.

Although the Battle of Goguryeo is still going on, I personally know that there is no suspense in this war at all.

To put it bluntly, Li Er is too rich now!

The commercial tax paid by the Liu family this year alone is as high as 350 million!

On the way to Mount Tai, people ate horse chews along the way, and with the guards of honor to worship, the crown was only one million or hundreds of thousands.

Even relying solely on Li Er's inner palace, it can fully support it.

There is no need for the local government to contribute at all!

Moreover, stabilizing the hearts of the people is a major matter of the state, no matter how much money is spent, it is worth it.