Datang: Empress mother-in-law sent Li Er to test me

Feng Deyi nodded slightly, and said: "That's because the old man wrongly blamed you yesterday, but you can't blame us, who asked you to go to the memorial yesterday."

"The old man also has difficulties." Changsun Wuji shook his head, but did not tell them that Li Er insisted behind him submitting the memorial.

However, the nine princes vaguely guessed a little bit, but they all kept silent.

Concerning the Son of Heaven is no small matter!

Everyone knows it well.

Feng Deyi squinted his eyes and said: "Before I come forward, Your Majesty said that it depends on whether Zhang Dun is willing to take this job. If he is not willing, what you did today will be in vain?"

Changsun Wuji laughed and said, "He will definitely."

Feng Deyi asked curiously: "Why are you so sure?"

Changsun Wuji was silent for a few seconds, and said, "I guess."

"..."

The nine princes stared blankly at him, guess what?

Changsun Wuji said helplessly: "The old man is not him, how do you know what he thinks? If he disagrees, the old man can't do anything."

"Zhang Dun will definitely do it." Suddenly, Zhang Liang came over and said with a smile: "I'm sure."

Changsun Wuji asked curiously, "Mr. Zhang, why are you so sure?"

Watching everyone turn their gazes over, Zhang Liang took a deep breath and said, "Zhang Dun, he wants our Tang to get better."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

What is the reason for this?

Zhang Liang continued: "The reason why I say this is because Zhang Dun is doing things with this in mind."

"Why did Zhang Dun insist on clinging to me for the death of an ordinary person?"

"Everyone felt that he was complaining for the deceased."

"As far as I'm concerned, this is just one of them."

Zhang Liang said lightly: "If it's just this one, he doesn't need it at all. He wants to abolish the law of redemption."

"The method of redemption of copper, you and I both know that it is good for officials, but it is not good for the common people."

"Zhang Dun felt that if he wanted Tang Dynasty to be good, he had to make the common people well. If he wanted the common people to be better, he had to abolish the method of redemption."

Zhang Liang said with a sneer, "I'm sure he will do the recovery of the arrears, and it's also based on this."

"My Tang Dynasty is full of waste, why is it still the same after nine years?"

"Because the court is short of money, it's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. If you want to make the common people live well, what can you do if you don't have money?"

Zhang Liang looked at the nine thoughtful princes, and said word by word: "Now there is an opportunity to make the court rich. When the court has money, it will take it from the people and use it for the people. It may be possible for the court to exempt several states from taxes."

"If taxes are exempted, the people in those states will be able to live better this year."

"My lords, think about it, what would Zhang Dun do?"

Hearing this, the nine princes nodded one after another.

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "Are you the enemy after all? Only you can analyze Zhang Dun's character so clearly."

Zhang Liang looked at him, was he boasting or hurting?

Changsun Wuji looked at the crowd with a smile and said, "If Zhang Dun can really take over this job, things will be easier."

The nine princes laughed.

If you really want to do this, ah, that's really easy to handle.

Zhang Dun took over the errand and had to go to Baiguan to recover the arrears.

As long as the officials don't pay back the money, the job that Zhang Dun took over won't work!

If it can't be done, can his ten thousand year decree continue?

Although Changsun Wuji started to say, even if he can't handle this errand, he won't be punished.

But, when he screwed up, can he really not be punished?

Several old foxes looked at each other, smiled and said nothing.

Chapter 202 Lao Lai Li Ji, on the many ways of not paying back the money

"Then let's go back and prepare?"

Qu Tutong stroked his beard and said with a smile, "And then wait for Zhang Dun to come to ask for money?"

Feng Deyi suddenly said: "No hurry, let's discuss how to prepare."

"The old man has an idea."

As he said that, he looked at Li Ji who was standing on the far side, and said with deep eyes: "Mao Gong, if the old man remembers correctly, you should be the one who owes the most money in the court, right?"

With a swipe, everyone looked at Li Ji.

The corner of Li Ji's mouth twitched a few times, and he said with a dry smile, "Yes."

"There are too many places to spend money at home, there is no way, and I have no money, so I can only borrow from the court."

Feng Deyi hummed, without asking the amount of money he owed, and continued: "You owe the most money to the court. Zhang Dun will definitely look for you first after accepting this errand."

"The old man thinks so."

He stared at Li Ji and said, "As long as Zhang Dun looks for you, you will be killed and you have no money to pay back. You owe the most to the court. As long as you don't pay back the money, we won't pay it back."

"Over the civil and military officials, the old man will talk to several princes."

"If Zhang Dun goes to other people, they will use you as a shield, so your shield must be tough."

Li Ji was silent for a few seconds,

This is said, as if I am not tough, I can pay back the money.

If I can repay the money, how can I ask the court to borrow so much?

Besides, I borrowed money from the imperial court based on my ability, why should I pay it back? !

Li Ji pondered, and said: "Success."

"rely on you."

Feng Deyi patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and then led them away.

Li Ji took a deep breath and walked at the back.

Once back to the mansion.

Standing in the courtyard, Li Ji looked at the luxurious mansion with carved beams and painted buildings, and felt awkward no matter how he looked at it.

"Housekeeper, come here!"

Calling the housekeeper over, Li Ji stared at him and said, "Do you feel that something is wrong with our house?"

The butler of the mansion was over forty years old, with gray temples, and standing beside Li Ji bowed his body. Hearing this, he couldn't help being startled.

"Not right?"

The steward of the mansion looked around, looked at the rockery in the yard, looked at the arch bridge, and the flowing water below, pondered for a while and said: "Patriarch, do you want the old servant to demolish the bridge and everything, and then you go Ask the court to borrow money?"

Li Ji kicked him with a straight face, "You bastard, what nonsense are you talking about, is this old man that kind of person?"

do not you?The housekeeper looked at him in confusion. He had been borrowing money from the court all these years, and a lot of it was spent on it.

"come here!"

Li Ji hooked his fingers and let him approach him, then whispered in his ear:

"Your Majesty found out about our borrowing of money. Now that you are inquiring about this matter, you must choose one person from among the officials to pay the debt."

Hearing this, the mansion housekeeper Yile said, "Patriarch, you are worrying blindly. It is not our family who borrowed money from the Ministry of Household Affairs in the imperial court. Almost all civil and military officials have borrowed money. It is not only our family who cannot pay back the money." .”

"Your Majesty can't force all the officials to a dead end, can you? According to this old slave, this matter will definitely end!"

Li Ji glared at him, "It's nothing! What do you know!"

If the amount of money is less, perhaps His Majesty will turn a blind eye and close one eye, and the matter will be over.

But civil and military officials, in the past nine years, have borrowed a total of 800 million guan!

It would be strange if Li Er could turn a blind eye and let this matter pass!

Li Ji said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has issued an order, and intends to ask Wannian Ling Zhang Dun to pursue the payment of the arrears."

"It's him?" The mansion housekeeper hissed, and his expression suddenly became serious.

Yesterday, the news about the Duke of Changping and Zhang Dun had already spread throughout Chang'an City.

His first reaction was that Zhang Dun was more mad than Zhang Liang!

"Patriarch, that's not a good thing!"

The housekeeper said worriedly: "If Zhang Dun pursues the arrears, I'm afraid it won't work if I don't pay back the money!"

Li Ji said expressionlessly: "Do you think this old man looks like someone who has money to pay back?"

Moreover, even if you have money, you will not pay it back!

The mansion housekeeper said cautiously: "Then what should we do if Zhang Dun came to chase after the debt?"

Li Ji looked at him and said, "This is what the old man told you to come over and I want to explain to you."

"See that bridge?"

Li Ji pointed to the bridge in the distance and said, "Tear down the bridge!"

"Ah?" The mansion housekeeper said with a look of astonishment: "Destroy the bridge? Then don't we have to wade over?"

Li Ji said calmly, "Aren't you going to drain the water?"

The housekeeper hissed, "Isn't this bad Feng Shui?"

"Not bad feng shui, can it stop Zhang Dun from asking for money?"

Li Ji stared at him and said, "If you tell me to do it, do it!"

"Also, look at this place in the mansion!"

He pointed to the clean ground where no trace of dust could be seen, and said with a stern face: "Why do you clean up so cleanly? It makes people think that our family is rich and can afford to hire people?"

"Dirty the floor for the old man, just use the mud under the water, it's just right to make it muddy!"

"Also, take a look at the house where the old man lives, remove all the valuable things, and bring in some worthless things!"

"That door, just leave half of it!"

"There's still half of the threshold left!"

Hearing this, the mansion housekeeper said in a daze, "Also leave half of the threshold?"

Li Ji said blankly: "Yes, cut it off from the middle and leave the left side!"

"..."

That image appeared in the mansion housekeeper's mind, and he immediately asked with a bitter face, "Why don't the old servants move the couch too?"

Li Ji was silent for a few seconds, and said, "The couch is gone, where will the old man sleep?"

The housekeeper immediately breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the Patriarch is not crazy yet.

Li Ji continued: "If you want to come to Zhang Dun, you won't come here today to pursue the arrears, and you will move tomorrow!"

"..."

The housekeeper stared at him blankly, speechless for a while.

"What you said just now reminded the old man."

Li Ji tilted his head and looked at the housekeeper calmly, "Go and send two people to move Madam and Jingyang (Li Ji's son's name) couch out of the mansion."

"There's also the house where Madam and Jingyang live, we have to tidy it up too!"

The housekeeper said cautiously: "Patriarch, how do you clean up?"

Li Ji spit out: "Clean up the mess, whatever the mess!"