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

As everyone knows, Prince Ji's Mansion is as wealthy as a country and very powerful.

They had heard that Prince Ji's Mansion could earn tens of millions of strings of cash a year. Although this might be a false rumor, it should be true that it was several million strings of cash.

The annual tax revenue of Silla is not even a few million guan.

If Prince Ji's Palace takes action, they will definitely be able to rescue their people.

Just when he was happy, he heard Changsun Wuji say:

"Don't forget, that's King Ji. Who can take a grain of rice from him?

King Ji is naturally greedy for money, so why would he give Silla millions of dan of grain for nothing?

Are you guys having some crazy ideas? "

Changsun Wuji glanced at everyone, as if to say, "You have never seen the world."

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized what was going on and a strange expression appeared on their faces.

That’s right, that was King Ji, who was greedy by nature and insatiable, and would never do anything without benefits.

It is simply a pipe dream to want to get food from him.

According to the Crown Prince, the 100,000 dan of grain he donated was a small amount of grain that was easily obtained through coercion and inducement by the Crown Prince and His Majesty.

Given Prince Ji's personality, if he took out these 100,000 dan of grain, he would not be able to sleep for a month.

If he is asked to take out millions of dan of grain now, it will cost him his life.

"Your Highness, please save the people of Silla from suffering."

Seeing that no one said anything, Jin Chunqiu bowed deeply. He was a little anxious. Their queen, his sister, had already told him,

The situation in the country is very bad now. Not only are the people suffering from famine, but soon even the soldiers will not have enough food to eat.

Baekje was still pressing forward step by step, and if they were not careful, their country would be destroyed.

“Prince of Lelang, you just heard that the ministers have different opinions, and I am unable to make a decision for the time being.

This matter still needs the approval of His Majesty.

However, His Majesty is not in the palace now. He has gone out to recuperate. His Majesty has been in poor health, and you should know that.

When Your Majesty returns to the palace, I will report this matter to Your Majesty as soon as possible. You go back and wait.

During this period of time, I have been discussing this carefully with you, my dear ministers, and perhaps there will be good news."

Li Chengqian looked embarrassed, but also showed sympathy and pity.

He finally understood what Li Shen meant when he said, "A weak country has no diplomacy."

The weak can only beg for pity and bullying from others.

“Your Highness, could you please ask His Highness Prince Ji to help us, at least to provide some assistance?

I pray to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on behalf of the people of Silla."

Jin Chunqiu knelt down with his son Jin Wenwang. He knelt for the millions of people in Silla.

They knelt for their Silla Kingdom.

Everyone present was moved by Jin Chunqiu's righteousness.

Li Chengqian felt a little bit reluctant when he saw this. From childhood to adulthood, he had always learned the way of benevolence.

Only Li Shen kept instilling the word "interest" in him.

Alas~~~~Thinking of what Li Shen said, Li Chengqian sighed in his heart.

"Prince Lelang, please stand up quickly.

I understand your heart. It's not that I don't want to, but...

Alas, you just heard it. My tenth brother is deeply favored by His Majesty, so he has always been disobedient and behaved erratically.

Not to mention what I say, he won't listen even to what Your Majesty says.

My dear ministers, you all know that because of your majesty's favor, he has become arrogant over the years. Even if I say something, he will not listen.

Because of your majesty, I can’t do anything to him.”

Li Chengqian sighed, his face full of helplessness, his true feelings revealed, it didn't sound like he was lying at all.

“Prince of Lelang, what the Crown Prince said is true. In my opinion, you should go and discuss it with His Royal Highness Prince Ji in person.

Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope." Tang Jian immediately echoed Li Chengqian after he finished speaking.

Jin Chunqiu knew that the matter could not be done, so he could only say:

“Then please help convey Silla’s request to His Majesty, Your Majesty, for the sake of the millions of people of Silla, and help Silla overcome the difficulties.

I also ask the Tang Dynasty to uphold justice for Silla and ask Baekje to stop disturbing Silla."

"Don't worry, I will report to Your Majesty as soon as he returns to the palace.

As for the matter of Baekje...I will issue an imperial edict to Baekje.

You are all vassal states of my Great Tang. Although my Great Tang is the sovereign, as a country of etiquette, we do not want to interfere in your internal affairs.

Otherwise, what is the difference between them and jackals?

We hope that both of you can exercise restraint and, no matter what the reason, sit down and talk it out and treat each other with courtesy."

Li Chengqian learned the words Li Shen taught him so vividly that no one could find fault with them.

No one wants other countries to dictate what happens in their government. If a powerful country like the Tang Dynasty did so,

That is definitely a wolfish ambition to annex them.

Jin Chunqiu naturally understood this truth, but what he wanted was for the Tang Dynasty to interfere in Baekje's internal affairs, rather than interfering in their internal affairs.

However, Li Chengqian had already said this, and he had nothing more to say.

"Thank you very much, Your Highness. I will take my leave first."

After paying his respects and obtaining Li Chengqian's permission, Jin Chunqiu took King Jin Wen out of the hall.

"I guess he will definitely go to Prince Ji's Mansion." Looking at the backs of the father and son walking away, Changsun Wuji said.

"Prince Ji will make a fortune again this time. What a pity! It would be much better if my Ministry of Civil Affairs could do it."

Tang Jian sighed. When he heard the news, he wanted to let the Ministry of Civil Affairs do it.

"You can't do it. Even if I let you do it, you won't make much money." Zhang Xingcheng shook his head.

"Why can't I do it? I can make money doing the same thing." Tang Jian immediately became unwilling when he heard that.

The meat is right in front of you, but you can’t eat it?

"Because you are not ruthless enough. Minister Tang is so pitiful that even if you sell it, you will still sell it at the market price.

You can't compare to King Ji, who is a man who eats people without leaving any bones.

Prince Ji dared to triple the price, even selling it at a price of 100 coins per bucket, but you, Minister Tang, probably don't even dare to think about it, right?"

Changsun Wuji interrupted at this time.

When he heard that this good thing had fallen upon Li Shen again this time, he originally refused to cooperate.

But Li Chengqian told him privately that this was a national policy and His Majesty was already aware of it.

Moreover, Li Chengqian promised that this matter would not involve Changsun Huan any further. If Changsun Wuji objected, Li Chengqian could not guarantee whether Li Shen would take the opportunity to trick Changsun Huan again.

Changsun Wuji finally compromised after hearing this. If he were to cheat again, his son would be completely ruined.

"One hundred coins for a bushel? Prince Ji can't be that black, right?" Tang Jian was dumbfounded when he heard what Changsun Wuji said.

That's the lives of millions of people. Prince Ji won't remain indifferent, right?

Wasn't he afraid of losing his virtue by starving people to death? Tang Jian couldn't accept selling it for 40 coins a bucket, and he even started with three times the price.

"Cough cough..." Li Chengqian couldn't help but cough twice when he heard the people below saying bad things about Li Shen in front of him.

After all, Li Shen is his younger brother. Isn't it a bit disrespectful for you guys to say that my brother is evil-hearted in front of me?

Even though it's the truth, I can't say it out loud.

"Okay, we don't need to worry about this matter. The rest is Prince Ji's business. If you don't have anything else, you can go and get busy."

"Retreat from the court~~~~~"

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