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

Li Shimin coughed lightly.

"cough!"

Everyone immediately fell silent.

"This raccoon has a gentle temperament, thick fur, and a lovely appearance, especially its eyes.

I also like it very much, no wonder you all are fighting for it.

There are only two of them, and even if I give them to so many of you, there won’t be enough to share. What should I do?”

Li Shimin touched the Persian cat's head and said to everyone with a smile.

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, why not have the Persian envoy send back a message and get more raccoon slaves.

I will give it to you later. After all, this is a tribute from Persia, so it is better for Your Majesty to keep it for yourself."

Changsun Wuji stood up and said.

"I think what Duke Zhao said is absolutely right." Ma Zhou also agreed. He didn't want the barbarians to watch the fun.

Many people stood up and said that it would be best not to give it to anyone, and let Li Shimin keep it for himself.

"Okay!" Li Shen shouted, his face ashen and his brows furrowed.

He turned around and glanced at everyone present, then shouted angrily:

"If I want this thing, I must get it. The Persian raccoon slave and the Javanese Longke, I will definitely get them."

"Prince Ji, you are too arrogant. You have so many meritorious officials and generals behind you, many of whom are the founding heroes of our Tang Dynasty and have made outstanding contributions.

Why should I give it to you?" Li Zhi sneered.

Everyone else looked at Li Shen. Li Zhi was right. Is it because His Majesty favors you?

"Why? Humph, today I'll let you see why!!" Li Shen snorted coldly at Li Zhi, then turned around and saluted Li Shimin.

"Your Highness, I am willing to pay one million strings of cash to buy these two tributes.

I hope you can help me." Li Shen raised his eyebrows twice at Li Zhi and looked at him provocatively.

That means come on, come on.

Li Zhi looked at Li Shen with a frown on his face.

"Wow~~~~"

"what!"

"Buy it with a million strings of cash?"

"Prince Ji is indeed wealthy and powerful"

As soon as Li Shen finished speaking, there was an uproar in the hall, and voices of discussion rose one after another.

In order to fight for the two toys, Prince Ji actually offered a million strings of cash. Anyone could see that Prince Ji was acting on impulse.

No one doubted whether Prince Ji had the ability or not, but they thought he was too wasteful.

As soon as this sentence was finished, all the generals sat down in unison. They didn't really want to do it,

Now, frightened by Prince Ji's words, he almost fell to his knees.

Even if you are angry, you don't have to be so generous. Even if you offer 10,000 strings of cash, no one else will buy it because they think the price is too high.

A good war horse costs less than twenty or thirty strings of coins. How many good war horses can you buy with one million strings of coins?

Is Prince Ji crazy again?

Li Chengqian looked at Li Shen in disbelief, thinking: This is indeed very Prince Ji's.

Only Li Shen could do such a thing.

Li Shimin had never expected Li Shen to do this, but he understood what Li Shen meant in an instant.

The one million was reasonable and had nothing to do with him. It was all because of the fight among the ministers that caused Prince Ji to get angry.

"What's the matter, Fourth Brother, Ninth Brother, are you still fighting with me?"

Li Shen had an extremely arrogant look on his face, and he looked at Li Tai and Li Zhi with a frivolous tone.

"Hmph, don't be so complacent." Li Zhi snorted.

"Haha, if Brother Nine wants it, you can just make an offer to buy it. I won't raise the price." Li Shen felt relieved.

You bastard, if you have the guts, just raise the price.

"Old Ten, you are indeed wealthy, but isn't it a bit of an exaggeration to bid a million just to buy two toys?" Li Tai said with a smile.

"Fourth brother, this is my usual style, I don't buy the best, I only buy the most expensive.

A dou of rice costs 20 wen, is that something I can eat? I have to eat rice that costs one guan wen, and it must be new rice shipped from Goguryeo in the north and the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

This is called style, you don’t understand.”

Li Shen slowly told Li Tai about his squandering of money, feeling proud of it instead of ashamed.

Li Tai was speechless. There was nothing you could do even if the other person was shameless.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Li Shen suddenly slapped his forehead:

"Ah~~~ I almost forgot."

As he spoke, Li Shen bowed to Li Shimin and said loudly:

"My Lord, today is the New Year's Day. Others have given gifts, so as a son I cannot go empty-handed. Otherwise, won't others say I am disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust?

So today, I am willing to present five hundred thousand strings of cash as a gift to my father for the New Year.

May Aye enjoy eternal blessings and a long life."

After saying this, he even went to Li Shimin and knelt down to pay his respects, looking like a filial son and grandson.

"Five hundred thousand guan?"

"Prince Ji is indeed kind and filial."

"Prince Ji is so generous."

There was another round of discussion. In a blink of an eye, the amount was 1.5 million strings of cash, which was more than the taxes collected by a prefecture-level city.

Prince Ji actually gave it out as a joke.

Many people began to praise Prince Ji for his benevolence and filial piety. In the eyes of everyone, this was clearly a way of giving money to His Majesty.

Otherwise, why would one spend millions to buy two toys?

Everyone has heard the rumors about Prince Ji Renxiao.

Today, the envoys from foreign countries were finally enlightened to know that the envoys of Prince Ji Li Shen were all marveling at Prince Ji's wealth that was enough to rival that of an entire country.

Some envoys who had just arrived in the Tang Dynasty were impressed by the Tang Dynasty's prosperity.

The son of the Tang Dynasty emperor, a prince, actually spent one million strings of cash. They had a basic understanding of the purchasing power of Tang Dynasty money.

One million strings of cash, even their nobles couldn't come up with that much money.

Li Zhi's face turned pale, and Li Tai's expression was not much better.

This bastard, isn't this squeezing them out? Not giving gifts is disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust.

That’s too harsh.

Besides, it’s just a gift, but you’re giving me 500,000 yuan. Who can afford it?

Li Tai sat down silently, and pulled Li Zhi with him, because he felt that there were many eyes looking at them from behind.

Everyone wants to see what will happen to them. Prince Ji is filial to his father, what about you two?

Li Zhi was pulled by Li Tai and sat down unwillingly.

However, the anger in his heart turned into a look at Li Shen. If looks could kill, Li Shen would have been chopped into meat sauce.

"Your Highness, my tenth brother is kind and filial. He gave you a generous gift on this grand festival. I feel inferior to him and I should have severely injured him.

Why not give this Longke and Li Nu to my tenth brother as a reward?" Li Chengqian stood up at this moment.

This farce should end. He needs to come out and give his father a way out. Otherwise, it would be bad if people think that his father is doing it for money.

"Eh? I'm surprised by what you said, Big Brother. Big Brother has been the regent for many years and has been busy with all kinds of affairs. How can a little brother compare to him?

Compared with my big brother, I am totally useless.

Besides, I have just said in front of you and my father that I am willing to buy it for a million strings of cash. How can I go back on my word?

Wouldn't that mean that I am deceiving the emperor?" Li Shen said, bowing to Li Shimin again.

"I am willing to spend a million to buy two toys. I hope you will grant my wish."

Li Shimin pretended to think for a moment, then looked at the three officials:

"What do you think?"

(I really like cats and dogs, but unfortunately I am too lazy. I have a hard time taking care of them, so I have never kept one.

Especially when I saw a high-quality Persian cat at a friend's place, I loved it very much, but I had to serve it like a ancestor.)