Before the morning court session began, the news that Duke Wu and Princess Yongchang had misbehaved in front of the palace and were fined one month's salary spread to the side hall of the Taiji Palace.

Civil and military officials were waiting here for the morning court session. When they saw Yuchi Jingde walk in with the child, they all showed smiles of either surprise or gloating.

Yuchi Jingde didn't care about his monthly salary, he just felt ashamed.

Yuan Yuan must be very sorry for her monthly salary, she could have used it to buy lots and lots of Hu Bing!!!

After all the ministers entered the main hall in an orderly manner, Li Shimin sat at the top and saw the little boy with his head hung down, looking listless.

Suddenly I found a way to discipline this devil!!!

His Majesty the Emperor stroked his beard and his expression became gentler.

This morning's court was still a debate between the pro-war and pro-peace factions.

When everyone was arguing fiercely, the servants brought in Yuan Yuan's personal stool and table.

Yuan Daguaner was very satisfied. After she sat on the stool, she was the same height as her colleagues!

They can also participate better in government affairs.

At this time, Zhang Gongjin, who had been silent for a long time, spoke:

"I have been in the northern border for a long time, and I found that the Turkic people actually hope for peace in the world."

"They are eyeing the Central Plains covetously, but it is only because of the shortage of supplies."

"My lord, we will fight. After this battle, we will be able to bring the entire Turkic region into the territory of the Tang Dynasty. We can ask some officials from the Anbei Protectorate to help govern the western border."

Master Yuan nodded seriously and said, yes, that’s right!

These words touched Li Shimin's heart.

But as soon as Zhang Gongjin finished speaking, the censor jumped out.

"But now the Central Plains is hit by natural disasters one after another. The people of our Tang Dynasty still don't have enough food to eat, and refugees are still on their way north. People die every day."

"How can we mobilize military funds to fight the war?"

Yuan nodded seriously again and said, yes, yes, you are absolutely right!

The hall fell into silence for a moment.

At this time, Li Shimin, who was at the head of the group, said in a deep voice, "Are there any other ministers who would like to make a speech?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyebrows jumped.

Sure enough, soon, Yuan Daguaner started clapping his two little hands on the table.

“Me me me me me!!!”

The ministers all felt that "this kid is here to cause trouble."

Yuan Yuan jumped from the raised stool to the table in front of him, put his hands behind his back, and said mysteriously:

"We have so much money in our workshop, let's use it all to fight the war!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole court fell silent.

The Ministry of Revenue allocated funds to rebuild the site and purchase equipment for the Beijing suburbs workshop only when it was first established.

After it started operating, the products developed were put into the hands of the public. Not only did they quickly pay off the money owed to the Ministry of Revenue, but they also paid a large sum of money to the Ministry every month.

The accounts of the workshop are directly managed by the prince, and the operating expenses required by each branch workshop are all raised and allocated by the workshop itself.

Li Shimin's forehead was throbbing. Every time the prince reported to him about the operation of the workshop, he kept crying poor!!!

His Majesty the Emperor originally felt a little guilty because after the gunpowder, chariots, and weapons were moved into the workshops for research and development, the court did not spend a penny!

But he never expected that his good son would even deceive his own father!

Fortunately, the little boy, the abbot, is loyal to his good uncle!

His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand and said, "I approve this matter."

Yuan Yuan, with her bulging belly, was happily feeling the admiring looks from her colleagues.

Li Shimin raised his lips slightly and said, "Dismiss the court!"

Crown Prince Li Chengqian soon learned about what happened in the morning court and suddenly felt like the sky was falling.

They were so worried about keeping the workshop, but it turned out that the young master was a spy for the imperial court!!!

Does that kid know how many people there are in the Tang army?

Do you know how far Western Turkestan is?

Do you know how much money and food will be needed for this war?

The problem is that their workshop controls most of the paper products and books in the Tang Dynasty, and they are not sure whether they can really take out this money.

But the operation of the workshops next year will be difficult, and many branches will stop developing new products!!!

The workshop is the future of the Tang Dynasty and must not be shut down!

What's worse is that the prince could imagine that in the future, whenever the national treasury was empty, the Minister of Revenue would come to him and cry poor.

Wait a minute, the current Minister of Revenue is the old man of the Yuan family!

Yuan Shangshu is not only the Minister of Revenue, but also the Chancellor of the Eastern Palace!!!

By then, with some cooperation from both inside and outside, there will be room for maneuver.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was well again, so he hurriedly asked for leave from the scholar who was teaching him and went to Liangyi Hall to cry poor.

When Minister Yuan returned to the Ministry of Revenue, he sneezed and felt a tightness in his heart.

Could it be that his wife at home misses him?

He touched his nose and went to handle official business.

Inside the Liangyi Hall, Yuan Yuan sat on the throne, eating a piece of mung bean cake in one hand.

Li Shimin walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, thinking about something.

When the emperor heard the servant report that the prince wanted to see him, he walked to the throne, moved the little boy aside, and sat on it himself.

As the prince entered the palace, he saw the little culprit eating cakes like a little squirrel.

He glared at the little boy resentfully, and when he looked at Li Shimin, his eyes were already red.

"Aye, the workshop..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Li Shimin interrupted him.

"Your Master Yuan said that the money available in the workshop account is about 8 million strings of cash?"

Prince: "..."

What else doesn't Li Shimin know?

He frowned slightly, hearing that after the price of paper and books dropped, every household could afford them and the business was doing very well.

I didn't expect to have so much revenue!!!

He thought so and asked this question.

Li Chengqian touched his nose and said, "Not only is Xuan paper selling well among the common people, toilet paper is also selling very well. There are also sandalwood paper, plum blossom paper and gold-sprinkled paper that are loved by aristocratic families. They are expensive, but the supply is in short supply."

Yuan Yuan swallowed the mung bean cake and nodded: "Gold sprinkled paper is so precious!!!"

Li Shimin fell silent.

He pushed the untouched tea bowl in front of the little girl and told her: "Drink some tea, don't choke. If you cut your sleeves with the mung bean cake, you won't be able to eat the mung bean cake made by your queen aunt."

Yuan Yuan was startled and picked up the tea bowl and started drinking it.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian again.

"Prince, when you were born, your grandfather was already the emperor."

"When I ascend the throne, you will enter the East Palace and begin to enjoy the glory that the Tang Dynasty brings you."

"Now, it's time for you to contribute to your country."

The prince sighed inwardly and nodded.

Yuan Yuan also nodded: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I can help!!!"

Li Chengqian looked at the little spy in front of him with an even more resentful look in his eyes.

Isn't she good at helping out?

It's just that the force is in the wrong direction!

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