As soon as Dai Zhou entered it, Li Shimin called to him: "Dai Zhou, you are just in time, come and try this! This is very useful!"
Then he said:
"This is called a body-warming patch. If you stick it on your clothes, you won't be afraid of the cold!"
"besides……"
Li Shimin introduced himself.
It feels like it's my own.
Dai Zhou's heart is not here.
He said: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask for advice!"
When he said this, Li Shimin's face instantly turned a little ugly.
"What's the matter?"
He followed him to Li Shimin, his face serious. After thinking for a minute, he remained silent.
Queen Changsun and Concubine Yang also put down their things.
Look at Dai Zhou.
I thought, what's the matter with Dai Zhou?
Until Li Shimin became a little irritable.
"What's wrong? Is there something that makes it hard for you to talk?"
he asks.
Dai Zhou then slowly spoke.
"Your Majesty, I have an extremely important matter here. I have to let you make a decision."
Li Shimin was afraid that he would not be able to accept it, so he sat down.
In addition, he can't stand for a long time now, so he said:
"Say it!"
Queen Changsun and Concubine Yang followed and listened.
They also wanted to know what happened and why Dai Zhou had such an expression.
"About our treasury!"
"Treasury? What's wrong?"
Li Shimin was surprised.
Why are you suddenly talking about the treasury?
What does it mean.
He said anxiously:
"What happened to the treasury? Tell me quickly! What happened?"
Everyone seemed to sense something was wrong.
"There's not much money left in the treasury. It's about to run out!"
"How many more are there?"
"Only enough to run the court for seven days!"
"What?! That's impossible."
"Yes, how is this possible?"
Queen Changsun also said.
Concubine Yang asked: "Is it only seven days? Why didn't you discover it earlier? Why didn't you tell it earlier?"
This question is embarrassing.
"It was settled recently! In addition, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. The imperial court's expenses continue to expand, and just yesterday it spent a lot of money! And some time ago, 100 million taels were allocated to build fortifications. In addition, for The construction of Chang'an Railway cost a lot of money...
There is also tax preferential treatment from Shengtang Group.
This incident alone caused a sharp decrease in the court's income. Now the state treasury has more money than it can make ends meet! "
The importance of groups is amazing. Li Shimin just gave him preferential treatment, and this happened! Shocking!
And the national treasury will be in deficit, which is already a big deal.
You know, if there is really a deficit, the impact on Datang will be very large.
This is the first time that Li Shimin is about to lose money since he became emperor.
That would cause a series of troubles.
The court had no money, so it really couldn't do anything. Even operation has become a problem!
That's why Dai Zhou behaved like this today.
"Who else knows about this?"
"Only I know! Others don't know yet!"
Why Li Shimin asked this was surprising and puzzling. Is he afraid that people will know that he has no money?
"Is there a way to solve it?"
Concubine Yang asked.
"There are a few ways."
"Huh? Tell me!"
Li Shimin asked.
"The first way is to sell off the court's assets and follow the example of the Sixth Prince. Now the Sixth Prince is selling some unfinished industries to the private sector to raise a large amount of funds. Our court may be able to do this, such as the mining rights of some minerals, and return There are some books and so on! If some of these things are sold, it can last at least another month!"
"No! These are state-owned items and cannot be sold!"
Li Shimin refused without thinking.
"What about the second option?"
Concubine Yang asked.
"The second one is to raise taxes in the short term so that the court can survive this critical period. This is also the fastest!"
But his proposal was rejected again by Li Shimin.
"No! Raising taxes will only make public opinion boil. Although it will increase income in the short term, it will hurt people's hearts in the future. Who will trust the court in the future? It will even make the entire Tang Dynasty shake! That is not what I want to see. thing!"
"Isn't this also possible?"
Dai Zhou sighed.
"Any more?"
Li Shimin asked again.
"Cancel the preferential treatment for the group?"
"No! Is there any more?"
Li Shimin still refused!
If you refuse all of these, there is really nothing you can do.
"I don't have it here anymore!"
"Perhaps there is another way for Mian'er? Why don't I go and ask?"
Concubine Yang took the initiative to request.
But Li Shimin still refused.
"No, this is a state matter, how can I let you come forward again! Let me think about it carefully!"
No one said anything anymore.
This doesn’t work, that doesn’t work either, so what should I do?
Dai Zhou really couldn't think of a way.
Li Shimin thought for a moment and couldn't think of a better way.
So Dai Zhou said: "How about letting all the civil and military officials go to court and let everyone think about it together?"
If you can’t think of anything, then brainstorm ideas! Get more officers involved.
But Li Shimin said: "No! If word of this gets out now, I'm afraid it will cause some unnecessary panic!"
After all, only Dai Zhou knows that the treasury only has seven days of reserves.
But if it really goes to court, everyone will definitely know about it.
The impact on Li Shimin was very bad.
If it spreads again, everyone in the world will know.
Then the impact on the court would be even worse.
Li Shimin was silent.
Since he came to the throne, the national treasury has never been as short of a deficit as it is today.
At least it could last for about half a year, but now it only lasts for seven days.
On the one hand, it was because his daily expenses were more than ten times what they were when he first became emperor.
The other thing is that he spends money without budgeting.
And caused some unnecessary expenses.
Take the matter of supporting Yuchi Jingde as an example, it is indeed unnecessary.
But he spent it.
Spending money feels good for a while, but having no money makes you feel bad.
He spent money lavishly without considering any consequences. That's why we are in this situation today.
Dai Zhou added: "Perhaps we can discuss it with the Sixth Prince. The imperial court still has shares in Datang Bank. Can we withdraw the shares and exchange money for it?"
Li Shimin had not thought about this, but even if he took it all back, the interest generated every year would be gone.
You must know that Datang Bank brings very huge profits to the court every year. This approach is a bit like killing the goose to retrieve the eggs.
Finally, Li Shimin said: "It seems that I am going to visit some Shengtang Group in person."
As soon as he spoke, no one dared to say anything.
He just wants to go.
"Can I come with you?"
Concubine Yang took the initiative to request.
"I'm coming with you too."
Queen Changsun followed suit.
"No need! I can go alone this time!"
Li Shimin said.
He must have a reason for saying that.
Maybe it's because I'm afraid that they will see something bad about me.
