The conversation came to an abrupt end, and everyone present looked unhappy.
Except for His Majesty, everyone has received the salary from Zhang Yang, and it is difficult to refute it for a while.
Li Shimin clicked his tongue and said, "Do you want to lend troops to Yi Nan Khan?"
Zhang Yang said, "Of course that won't work either."
"This won't work, that won't work either! You let me do whatever I want." Li Shimin's words were filled with anger. He had endured this kid for a long time.
Fang Xuanling smoothed things over and said, "I dare to ask Shilang Zhang if the court can pay a sum of money in advance."
Everyone looked at him eagerly. The current environment in the court was that money was needed everywhere.
Zhang Yang said worriedly: "After I go back, I will take a look at the accounts and see if I can squeeze out some money."
Everyone present except Li Shimin smiled, but the smile was a little forced.
A plan for the future of the Uighurs had to be put on hold because of the cost dilemma between the DPRK and China.
After everyone left, Li Shimin stood in Hanfeng Palace with anger in his heart, "He was the one who insisted on opening the imperial examination, he was the one who started the official school, and he was the one who built the Jiayuguan Pass in the Hexi Corridor."
The prince stood aside and faced the angry Majesty, not daring to say a word.
Li Shimin pointed at the people who had walked away outside the hall, and said angrily: "If I hadn't done it for Qianqiu's great cause! Would I have no money? He is the one who wants to do great things, and now he is the one who tells me that I have no money!"
During the conversation, His Majesty's face didn't look too good.
The prince whispered: "The queen asked people to plant some autumn chrysanthemums behind the Zhengzheng Palace. Now is the time to enjoy the flowers. Would you like to go to enjoy the flowers and relax?"
Li Shimin waved his sleeves and sat down again, "I still want to review the memorial."
The prince whispered: "Old slave, let me get ready first."
"Um."
Seeing His Majesty nodding in agreement, the prince gave a few instructions to the little eunuch beside him, and then someone left to make arrangements.
It was cool in autumn, Zhang Yang walked to the door of Shangshu Province and sneezed.
After handing over the key here to His Highness King Jin, the arrangements here were handed over to the children.
"Brother-in-law!" Li Zhi came quickly, "This year's tax memorials from various places have been sorted out."
Zhang Yang walked towards the main hall, "Have everyone from all over the country arrived?"
Li Zhi followed, "We just arrived two days ago. The Ministry of Revenue has already recorded it. We just need to file it."
"His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, is considerate and considerate. Please continue to do so."
Li Zhi had a fighting spirit on his face, "I will definitely keep my brother-in-law's teachings in mind."
Li Lizhi and Dongyang also prepared the accounts in front of them. A huge form hung on it, with the taxes paid by various places written on it.
"Brother-in-law, the total is 23.5 million dan, which is 5 million dan more than last year."
Five million stones of grain is not a small amount.
The climate in the Central Plains has begun to get warmer in these years, and the Tang Dynasty will have this rainy and warm climate in the next few decades.
This also caused the grain reserves of the Tang Dynasty to reach unprecedented heights decades later. The peak period of grain reserves since the Han Dynasty also created the foundation of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
God was in good hands, food was the first priority for the people, and the Tang Dynasty survived the most difficult years. Then, taking advantage of the favorable weather, it aimed to develop and become stronger.
Only if Datang becomes stronger can Lishan become richer.
Li Lizhi whispered: "Are all these grains going to be sold?"
There are many things that others don't know, but this girl still knows them. She stayed with her imperial sister in Lishan.
Zhang Yang sat down cross-legged, picked up some files and looked at them, "We only sell old grain, and we need to have our own grain reserves."
Taking the tea brought by Li Zhi, Zhang Yang frowned and looked at the file, "The taxes from Lishan should be delivered soon. Please go to the Ministry of Household Affairs and wait, Prince Jin."
"Understood."
"Wait a minute." Zhang Yang took out a piece of paper from his arms, "As soon as the money arrives, let the Ministry of Revenue arrange for people to send it to the Hexi Corridor for the construction of Jiayuguan in the coming year. The money sent there cannot be cut off. "
"Here."
Li Zhi answered in a decent manner.
Li Lizhi was worried that he could not handle the matter well, so she also left.
Zhang Yang also looked at the tax accounts of various places. He was disgusted with this streamlined accounting method and wanted to scold his mother in his heart.
Looking up, only the well-behaved Princess Dongyang was left in front of her.
"Princess Dongyang, can you keep accounts?"
Dongyang bowed slightly and replied in a low voice: "I learned from Sister Huang how to record Lishan's accounts."
Handing the file in his hand to her, Zhang Yang asked: "Do the accounts here again, using our Lishan accounting method."
The twelve-year-old girl in front of her looked like she was in a state of confusion.
Zhang Yang added: "You do the front half, and I'll do the back half."
"Yes." Dongyang nodded in agreement, then took the file and started writing.
The workload piled up was huge. Zhang Yang put away his sleeves and started to do the accounting. He was busy here and had to take it home for his wife to help.
In terms of accounting, the daughter-in-law who is in charge of Lishan's economic power is a good hand.
Li Shimin was also thinking about the taxes sent by Lishan. Lishan's taxes had always been a large income for the court.
With this money, there is no need to worry about running out of money to send troops.
"Go and see if the taxes from Lishan have arrived."
"Here." The little eunuch heard this and left in a hurry.
Half an hour later, the little eunuch who left hurriedly came back, "Your Majesty, this is a memorial from the Ministry of Revenue. Everything has been arranged."
"Well, how much are the taxes from Lishan?"
"There are 8,000 strings, and they have all been recorded. The Ministry of Revenue has also checked them, and there are no errors."
Zhang Yang controls the money expenditures of the government, but the Ministry of Revenue will also keep an eye on the movement of tax money, so he is very relieved about this.
Li Shimin nodded pertinently, "I didn't expect it to be as big as eight thousand swords. Bring it to me to see."
Seeing that the little eunuch was still standing there, Li Shimin felt a little uncomfortable. He said in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"
"Back to Your Majesty, after the money and household department checked, they were sent to the Hexi Corridor by Zhang Shilang of Shangshu Province. They are already on the way now."
Li Shimin stood up and shouted, "What did you say!"
The young eunuch knelt down in horror, "It was... it was arranged by Princess Changle and His Highness Prince Jin, with the documents from Minister Zhang, and the seal will not be false."
Li Shimin gritted his teeth and kicked over the table in front of him, shouting angrily: "Eight thousand strings!"
"Yes...it's eight thousand strings!" The little eunuch kept kowtowing, "Your Majesty, please calm down."
Li Shimin suddenly drew his sword and stood up, "Where is Zhang Yang? Where is my eight thousand swords!"
In order to live a good life based on this tax, and to send troops to the Uighurs based on this tax, he could just give the order and send these eight thousand strings away.
"I have been waiting for so many days, thinking about it with all my heart! In the end I didn't even look at it, how dare he!"
Li Shimin drew his sword, looked around, and quickly walked out of Hanfeng Hall.
In the end, Khan stood in front of the Shangshu Province and resisted the urge to rush in and chop Zhang Yang.
He has money in his hand, and he needs to be asked to arrange money for the government.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty thought of him.
This guy is still useful and valuable.
I just waved here three or two times and swallowed my breath.
Li Lizhi had just returned with Li Zhi, and when she saw her father standing here holding a sword, she asked curiously: "Why is my father holding a sword?"
Seeing the two children, Li Shimin's face softened, "I have nothing to do, so I came to practice my sword."
Li Zhi raised his head, "I thought my father was going to kill my brother-in-law."
"Hahaha……"
Li Shimin smiled strangely, "Father will not kill him."
The two siblings walked back to Shangshu Province.
After a while, Zhang Yang came out with a bundle of files and saw the emperor sitting in front of the door, wiping his sword.
"Your Majesty, this is..."
Li Shimin grinned and said, "Is my sword sharp?"
Zhang Yang folded his hands and said, "This sword looks really good."
"When my father gave this sword to me, I never let it be unsheathed again."
"Then why is it out of the sheath again now?"
Li Shimin raised the sword and held it in front of his eyes, "I'm in a good mood, so I'll take it out and take a look."
Putting down his baggage and taking out a memorial from his arms, Zhang Yang explained: "I looked at the current accounts of the Shangshu Province, and I can scrape together two thousand guan for the expedition against the Uighurs."
"Yeah, very good."
"One more thing." Zhang Yang picked up the heavy baggage, "The army needs to rest and recuperate when it arrives in Xueyantuo. The Foreign Affairs Commission will send people to Xueyantuo to investigate the real estate and minerals there, so that Xueyantuo can repay the cost of our troops and help the barbarians. The male khan is restored, we in the Tang Dynasty can’t just want nothing, can we?”
Li Shimin nodded, "It's exactly what I wanted."
"Moreover, the attack on the Uighurs needs to be considered in the long term. The Ministry of Rites also sent envoys to the Uighurs to persuade them to hand over Domi Khan to the Tang Dynasty. The first step is to persuade them to be the master."
"What if they don't agree?"
Three or two palace maids and eunuchs passed by. They saluted His Majesty, then hurriedly left with their heads bowed and their bodies bowed.
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Naturally, I continued to persuade, and persuaded again and again, until I couldn't persuade anymore, and there was no other way. Then I sent troops to attack. Datang is not a warlike country. Everyone knows that I, Datang, are the master of justice. Everything is for the sake of peace in this world."
"Hehehe... Why do I feel like the justice in this world is dead when I listen to your words?"
"You can't just fight. You have to be more reserved." Zhang Yang nodded, "Well, that's good."
"Then what if the Uighur agrees to hand over Domi Khan?"
In the afternoon, the weather that had just entered autumn was still a bit hot. Zhang Yang stood under the eaves and whispered: "It would be easier if it could be handed over to Deduomi Khan. Let them do it in the name of preventing Datang from helping Xue Yantuo Yinan Khan." We paid money to cede territory, and secretly asked Yinan Khan to lead Xue Yantuo's remnants to send troops to attack the Uighurs."
Li Shimin smiled in surprise and said, "You still have to send troops to attack the Uighurs, no matter what."
"The Tang Dynasty may not send troops, but the one who did send troops is Yi Nan Khan. What does that have to do with us? The Tang Dynasty does not participate in their private affairs."
The prince stood aside and watched His Majesty laugh for a long time, and then he also laughed.
Always feeling that the current emperor looked strange, Zhang Yang said helplessly: "I will go back first."
"Wait a minute." Li Shimin handed the sword in his hand to the eunuch on the side, "Have the young slaves been working here all the time?"
Zhang Yang turned around and looked inside the Minister's Office, where a group of children were sweeping the floor. "Sweep the floor once in the morning and evening. Even though the Minister's Province is in decline, it must be cleaned up."
"I'm asking you, Zhinu and the others have been here to help you?"
Zhang Yang bowed slightly and said, "Actually, the princes and princesses are quite smart, and they can learn it once they learn it. It's just about making accounts and summarizing accounts. It's not too difficult."
A group of half-grown children can still help Shangshu solve so many things, and his own children can be sensible.
Of course the father was happy, and temporarily gave up the idea of hanging Zhang Yang at Chengtianmen and whipping him to death.
"I have never told you before that it was Zhao Guogong who valued your ability and asked you to take charge of the government's money expenditure. This instantly solved the government's urgent needs."
"I understand."
Li Shimin raised his head and turned his back, "You don't have to think too much about whether Zhao Guogong is targeting you. In comparison, you are also a junior, so don't worry too much about some things."
"Your Majesty is joking." Zhang Yang sighed with his hands folded: "If Duke Zhao wants to deal with me... it's as simple as squeezing an ant to death, right! I am that ant."
It is good for people to be self-aware. Li Shimin said discouragedly: "Since you are in charge of the salary and salary of the court, you must first explain to me the cost and expenses of the salary, and then make a decision. If you make decisions without permission, even if I don't If you blame me, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty will discuss it, and you should be more cautious in your words and deeds when you are in a high position."
Zhang Yang listened to the emperor's words.
After talking for a while, it seemed that he felt that he had said too much. Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "You can go back and remember what I said."
"I excuse myself."
After stopping at the door of Shangshu Province for a long time, the palace maid poured water on the ground, while Li Zhi, Dong Yang, and Gao Yang swept the ground. It was much more convenient to wet the dust in this way.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Shimin finally took a step forward and walked in.
"Father."
the children shouted in unison.
Looking at the sensible children, Li Shimin felt relieved, nodded pertinently, and walked into the main hall.
Li Lizhi is sorting out the forms here.
She was so focused that she didn't notice that her father was looking at her for a long time.
"Ah, Father." He raised his eyes and then came to his senses and saluted hurriedly.
"How did you learn these things?"
"I learned it from the imperial sister. My brother-in-law can sort it out with a little guidance."
Li Shimin took the form and looked at it. The numbers in each column were very neat, and at the end there was the mean and total. They were very particular and clear at a glance.
Nodding secretly, this appearance is of endless use. It is a worthwhile trip. I should have come to see it long ago... He waved his hand and said: "You go back first."
"Here." Li Lizhi heard this and left with her younger brothers and sisters.
In Chang'an City, the conversation between Zuo Silang Cui Yixuan and Zhang Yang spread quickly during yesterday's visit to the Qujiang Pool.
I heard that Zhang Yang will never write a book again.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Just when these people thought that the righteous path in the world would return and they would no longer have to see the demonic books, several carriages filled with books arrived in front of Chang'an City.
The visitor said loudly: "Lishan's new book! Diary of a Madman! Three hundred dollars a copy!"
Hearing this, the vendors on the roadside were also stunned.
"Lishan's new book! Diary of a Madman! Three hundred dollars a copy!" Someone else was shouting.
Lishan's books are the most popular in Chang'an City, because they are easy to understand for all ages.
Within a few moments, people gathered around to buy books.
