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

Tang Jian's words surprised everyone. Now that Datang's tax revenue is increasing every year, why is there still no money.

"Tang Shangshu, why is the treasury empty again? Last year's tax revenue should have increased a lot." Cheng Yaojin, a straight-tempered man, asked Tang Jian.

After hearing this, Tang Jian didn't care about him, but said to Li Shimin;

"Your Majesty, the tax revenue increased last year, but this year the court has done a lot of things. This year's snow disaster the court spent a large sum of money on disaster relief.

There are also states and counties that have begun to build water conservancy projects and repair official roads. And this time the conquest of Korea is all about money. "

Li Shimin was also a little worried after hearing this. All his money was gold and not much copper coins. It was not easy to exchange gold for copper coins.

He turned his attention to Li Shen. He actually meant to ask what he should do, but Li Shen got the wrong idea. When he saw his stingy father looking at him, his adrenaline surged.

"Aye, it's useless to look at it. There is no money in my house."

Looking at Li Shen's look, Li Shimin felt funny in his heart.

"His Royal Highness King Ji, now that the national treasury is empty, the affairs of Goguryeo cannot be delayed. Your Highness should spend some money for the sake of the country and the people.

Who doesn't know that Prince Ji's palace is so rich that it can rival the country? Our Tang Dynasty is increasing its troops by 20, and only needs 200 million guan to fight for a long time. "

When Li Shen heard this voice, he knew who it was without turning around.

Old enemy Choi In-ji.

After being beaten by Li Shen last time, this guy hated Li Shen more and more, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge on Li Shen.

But Li Shen ignored the affairs of the court and only wanted to be a prodigal, so he had no chance.

Li Shen turned around and stared at Cui Renzhi with squinted eyes, making Cui Renzhi feel a little hairy, thinking that this guy wouldn't want to take action again.

After a while, I heard Li Shen say;

"Cui Yushi's words are wrong. Everyone in the world knows about the thousand-year-old family. I, Li Tang, was founded less than 30 years ago, but your family has accumulated wealth for hundreds of years and thousands of years.

Since your aristocratic family keeps saying that it supports me, Li Tang, why can't you donate generously and do your little bit.

Or are you saying that you are loyal to the Tang Dynasty and support me, Li Tang, all day long? It’s just empty words and deceiving me. "

Li Shen's words hit the mark, and even Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling and others applauded him. This King Ji's combat effectiveness is still as good as before.

"Your Highness King Ji, although my Cui family has been inherited for hundreds of years, our family is big and has a big business and too many people. How can we accumulate wealth?

There are only a few hundred people in Prince Ji's Mansion. Prince Ji's Mansion earns several million yuan every year. It should have made a lot of wealth in these years. "

Cui Renzhi specifically told Li Shimin the annual income of Prince Ji's Mansion. A prince could do a lot with millions of dollars a year.

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes after hearing Cui Renzhi's words. Li Shimin knew the approximate annual income of Prince Ji's Mansion.

If this were not the case, Li Shimin would not have stopped Li Shen from returning to his fiefdom. No one would allow a prince with an annual income of several million to wander alone.

A few million cans can feed an army of hundreds of thousands, so who can rest assured?

That Li You was just a governor who dared to rebel after being deceived by others, let alone a rich prince like Li Shen.

"What Cui Yushi said makes sense. I do have a small amount of money, but I always keep in mind my Aye's teachings.

So I don’t need to say anything about what I have done over the years, everyone has seen it.

For example, my college in Huangzhuang currently has more than 3000 students, and starting from this year, there will be people taking the imperial examination every year.

Another example is that I promised to build more than 200 colleges in Sandao, as well as supporting books. The total cost of these has already emptied the palace, and all the income this year has to be used to make up for it, which may not be enough. "

Li Shen picked out what the aristocratic family didn't want to hear and said, "I just build flowers for the school, what can you do."

After Li Shen finished speaking, all the officials from the aristocratic families looked bad. In recent years, some of the officials below have been replaced by poor families and even common people.

If things go on like this, their family will slowly be weakened and obliterated.

It's just that they can't stop Li Shen from building a school, otherwise they will be enemies of everyone in the world, especially the Kong family.

"Okay, let's get down to business. Tang Aiqing, what's the difference if we send another 20 troops?" Li Shimin saw that Li Shen had the upper hand and stopped the quarrel.

"Back to Your Majesty, we still have enough food and grass. We have just handed over a batch of food, and the harvest of the two seasons in the south has begun. The rest is other supplies, weapons, armor, arrows and feathers and other materials.

I estimate that there is still a shortage of 80 yuan. "

80 guan is not a small amount. Li Shen's monthly income is only 60 [-] guan. Unless he makes some side money and makes a fortune, Li Shen's income is currently like this.

It will only increase next year.

"Aye, why don't you borrow some?" Li Shen said suddenly,

In fact, Li Shen still has some money in his house, which is for construction expenses but has not been used yet. It is okay if he embezzles it.

However, Li Shen was afraid that Li Shimin would not pay back the money.

"Who can I borrow 80 yuan from?" Li Shimin said angrily.

"Aye doesn't have one, so we can borrow from many people. Just give us some interest when the time comes." Li Shen thought of national debts. His family had bought them in his previous life.

"How can the imperial court borrow money from others? What is the dignity of the imperial court?" Li Shimin disagreed.

"Aye, this is something good for the Tang Dynasty. The people should be willing to do it. The imperial court borrowed money in order to expand its territory to conquer Goguryeo." Li Shen did not agree with Li Shimin's point of view.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ji, the veteran also feels that this is inappropriate. The court is a court after all. If you borrow money from the people, it will make the people doubt the strength of the Tang Dynasty.

When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty made three expeditions to Korea, he was squeezing the people. I'm afraid it would cause some rumors among the people. "

Fang Xuanling did not agree with borrowing money.

"That's right, Your Highness Prince Ji. The Tang Dynasty has always had strong soldiers and horses, and the people now have full confidence in the Tang Dynasty. But if you borrow money to conquer Goguryeo, the people will think of the former Sui Dynasty." Changsun Wuji did not agree this time.

Li Shen thought about it, and it did seem to make sense. The court's borrowing money will indeed lose people's support.

"In this case, I, the king, will come to borrow one million guan in my name. The profit will be 100 thousand guan per year. One million guan will be the profit of [-] guan per year.

We only need to pay it back to them within one year. What do you think? "

After Li Shen finished speaking, the ministers began to whisper among themselves and discuss. Li Shen's method is indeed feasible, and the profit of 100 million guan and [-] guan a year is indeed not much.

"Your Majesty, I agree with His Highness Prince Ji's method. It will not be a problem for the Ministry of Civil Affairs to repay [-] million yuan after one year." Tang Jian was the first to stand up and express his agreement. No one knows the financial situation of the Tang Dynasty better than him.

"The old minister also agrees with this method. It is indeed feasible, but I don't know if His Highness Prince Ji can borrow it? And from whom?" Fang Xuanling also agreed and asked a question that everyone is concerned about.

If we plunder the common people like the previous Sui Dynasties, not to mention the impact, it would take a long time to gather these millions of Guandu.

Li Shen laughed after hearing this.

"Fang Gong, do you need to say this? Who in the Tang Dynasty is rich? Of course it is the businessman."