Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

"Why did your prince ask you to come here?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the Prince ordered his servants to invite His Highness to have dinner at Prince Ji's Mansion. King Wu and King Shu are also at Prince Ji's Mansion."

Shitou quickly replied.

"Oh? The third and sixth children went to Prince Ji's Mansion?" Li Chengqian was a little surprised. Although these two people and Li Shen were brothers, they had no interaction with each other.

"You go back first, I will go there later."

"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Shitou bowed and retreated.

Li Chengqian was also a little confused. Why did the third and sixth children go to Prince Ji's Mansion?

Lao Shi went to him probably to avoid being alone with these two people.

"Come here, prepare the carriage. I want to go to Prince Ji's Mansion." Li Chengqian ordered, and then went to the back to change into regular clothes.

At this moment, Li Shen was walking around the inner house with his two brothers.

To be honest, Li Shen really didn't have much affection for these two people. After chatting awkwardly for a while, Li Shen didn't know what to say to them.

We can only invite the two of them to visit Prince Ji's Mansion to ease the embarrassment.

What he hopes for most now is that Li Chengqian will come soon.

Sitting in the pavilion in the lake, Li Ke sighed:

"Alas~~~Times have changed, just like yesterday. In my impression, my tenth brother was still the same young boy back then.

Now he has married a wife and has children, and is flourishing. "

He just saw Li Shen's four children.

"Yes, tenth brother, I often asked you to go hunting and play, and every time you talked about studying, we all said you were a nerd.

But now, you are the best among all the princes, with great power. "Li Min also sighed with emotion.

"Haha, Sixth Brother is joking. What kind of power is there? How can I have any power in the court?

Just make some money in your spare time.

This is also to satisfy my younger brother's extravagant life. "Lao Shi chuckled.

When did you become so powerful? Don't lie.

"Tenth brother is too modest. In the days since we came back, the two of us have heard the most about you, Prince Ji.

Even I envy you, my tenth brother.

It's a pity that we are far behind you and can only live in the same place.

I really envy you, my tenth brother, for your bohemian ways. "Li Ke looked at the lake with a somewhat envious tone.

"Third brother, everyone has their own way of living? You envy my little brother, why don't I envy you?

Being able to stay away from the place of right and wrong, live happily and unrestrainedly. "

"Haha, what the tenth brother said makes sense, but the two of us still like life in Chang'an.

Tenth brother, can you give me some ideas on how to stay in Chang'an?

Don't worry, we just want to enjoy the glory and wealth like you,

Won't do anything outrageous. "Li Ke laughed, and then stated his purpose.

Sure enough, something happened, Li Shen thought. He said that he had nothing to do with these two people, so how could these two people come to see him?

Li Shen thought for a while and did not answer, but asked:

"Third brother, what's so good about Chang'an? Isn't it good to be in a fiefdom?

Unfettered, without any conspiracy, everything in the fiefdom is decided by oneself.

Isn't this good? "

"Alas!~" Li Ke sighed and said:

"Tenth brother, you have lived in Chang'an for a long time, so of course you cannot appreciate the poverty of the counties below.

You may not know that the annual tax revenue of the state capital below is only hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is still a high-class state capital.

The annual tax revenue of the lower state capitals is only tens of thousands of dollars.

I heard that it cost 100,000 yuan to build a small building for Aye. You don't know how surprised we were at that time. "

"So little?" Li Shen was stunned. The annual tax revenue of a state is only tens of thousands of dollars? is that a lie.

He couldn't help but look back at Wang Xuance, wondering if these two were lying to me.

Wang Xuance understood, took a step forward and whispered:

"Your Majesty, His Highness King Wu is right.

Last year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs collected more than 13 million yuan in taxes, including the total amount of rented servants. "

"Doesn't that mean there isn't much money at all?" Li Shen was even more surprised.

No wonder the Ministry of Civil Affairs said that there was no money whenever something happened. The total amount of rent, servants, and servants calculated into copper coins was only over 13 million guan.

"Your Majesty, this is already a lot. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the annual tax revenue was only five to six million yuan. This has more than doubled."

Wang Xuance explained.

Li Shen frowned, not all of it was money, most of it was food and silk cloth.

Most of the money used by the court was paid in grain and silk.

"Tenth brother, how could I lie to you?" Li Ke said calmly after hearing the conversation between Li Shen and the family chief.

"Third brother, don't blame me. My younger brother knows nothing about court affairs and has never inquired about them."

"Alas, Anzhou where I live is now just a medium-sized state. Because of being impeached, I became the governor of Anzhou from the governor.

The tax revenue we collected last year was less than 100,000 yuan. "Li Ke sighed.

"My Guozhou is even worse. The lower-level states had less than 20,000 yuan last year." Li Min agreed.

He was demoted to a lower state because of his many mistakes.

"How is it possible? Brother Six, Guozhou is so close to Chang'an and close to the Yellow River. How can it be barren?"

Li Shen of Guozhou knew where it was. It was close to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to the east. This was a good place.

Now that the cement road from Chang'an to Luoyang has been completed, there should be many merchants passing by.

"Tenth brother, our taxes are based on rent and servants. Although Guozhou is located next to Dongdu, it has a relatively small population.

Floods occur every year in the Yellow River.

So many people choose to relocate. "Li Ke explained.

It turns out that although there is an economy, no commercial taxes are collected, and only grain and silk are deducted from the hands of the people. They can only rely on population.

"Tenth brother, that's why we want to stay in Chang'an, even if we don't serve as officials and become idle princes.

We can also be a wealthy businessman, which is much better than living in a fiefdom. "

After listening to the two men's words, Li Shen understood in his heart that these two people came today just to help him stay in Chang'an.

Their fiefdom was too barren to make any money.

They want to return to Chang'an to enjoy the glory and wealth, that's all.

But whether it is true or false is unknown.

"Two brothers, it's not that the younger one won't help. Even if I say something about such a big thing, it won't work.

Even if Aye said it, he might be opposed by the ministers.

This is an ancestral system and cannot be changed. "Li Shen thought for a moment and said.

He wouldn't help with this. If something happened, he would be implicated.

"Tenth brother, what is the ancestral system? If it is the ancestral system, why are the fourth and ninth brothers still in Chang'an?

The fourth child spent the longest time in Chang'an. "Li Min said a little unconvinced.

"Sixth brother, stop talking nonsense!" Li Ke quickly stopped.

"It doesn't matter, Sixth Brother is right, any ancestral system is a lie.

Why can the fourth brother and the ninth brother stay in Chang'an?

That's because they are legitimate sons and are favored by Aye.

But...we are not! "

(The horse is newly riding on a white jade saddle,

After the battle, the moonlight was cold on the battlefield.

The sound of iron drums at the top of the city is still ringing,

The blood of the golden knife in the box is still wet. )