After hearing what Li Yuan said, Lu Chen also knew that the collection of commercial taxes and the nationalization of salt and iron would probably still have a long way to go. However, Lu Chen was already confident that commercial taxes would be introduced in the past few years. Even if Li Yuan can't do it this time, he will definitely be able to do it when Li Shimin comes, because after "purging", the power of the family will never be as huge as it is now.
"It seems we can only figure it out slowly!" Lu Chen looked at Li Yuan and said helplessly.
"That's right! Figure it out slowly!" Li Yuan nodded, "By the way, just ask Chang Bao to find someone to send the money directly to my treasury!" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and ordered.
"Yes! Then I have resigned, and I still have to go and give gifts to the prince!" Lu Chen stood up and said goodbye to Li Yuan.
"The prince still gets dividends?" Li Yuan asked in surprise as Lu Chen pretended to be surprised.
"As if you don't know!" Looking at Li Yuan's affected expression, Lu Chen couldn't help but complain in his heart, "It's not like you don't know how the shares were divided in the first place, and you're still pretending to be surprised!" But of course Lu Chen didn't. Will say it directly.
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince also gets 10% of the dividends! After all, this auction will also require His Highness the Crown Prince's help!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan and said slowly.
"Is that also available at Shimin?" Li Yuan nodded, looked at Lu Chen and continued to ask.
"Uh... yes!" When Li Yuan asked him, Lu Chen suddenly had a bad feeling, but he still answered Li Yuan.
"Okay! Each of them will keep half of it, and you can give them the remaining half!" Li Yuan said without hesitation.
"This...isn't good!" Lu Chen looked at Li Yuan with a troubled expression. After all, this was the agreed share, and half of it was missing. This is somewhat unjustifiable!
"What's wrong! They are my sons and they should share my worries!" Li Yuan said simply when he saw Lu Chen.
"Since your Majesty has said so, I can only obey the order!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan again, then resigned and left.
Chang Bao had been waiting outside the Nuan Pavilion. Lu Chen directly told Chang Bao what Li Yuan had told him. Chang Bao directly summoned several strong chamberlains. At this time, one of the chamberlains had already brought a palace cart. Several chamberlains began to move boxes onto the cart.
"That's it!" The amount of money in each box was fixed. When the amount was reached, Lu Chen directly stopped the servants from moving the boxes. The empty carriage was led by the imperial army and left the palace. The remaining money on the carriage went straight to the East Palace with Lu Chen.
"Your Highness, County Duke Lu is here, and he is outside asking to see His Highness!" When they arrived at the East Palace, a servant naturally ran in to report to Li Jiancheng. As soon as Li Jiancheng, who was reading, heard that Lu Chen was coming, he came out with his servants.
"I've met His Highness the Crown Prince. Your Highness looks good!" Lu Chen saluted Li Jiancheng as he came out from here.
"This isn't Lu Xiandi's credit!" Li Jiancheng said to Lu Chen with a smile, "This is not the place to talk, let's talk after we get inside!" Li Jiancheng directly invited Lu Chen to enter the East Palace.
This was the first time Lu Chen came to the East Palace where Li Jiancheng was. After entering the palace gate, Lu Chen discovered that this was a miniature version of the Tai Chi Palace. All the buildings were very similar to the Tai Chi Palace, except that the size was smaller. A lot.
Lu Chen followed Li Jiancheng into the palace, and the guests and hosts took their seats. At this time, Zheng Guanyin and the palace maids came out to serve tea.
"Is this the Crown Princess?" Seeing Zheng Guanyin serving the Crown Princess elegantly, Lu Chen quickly stood up and saluted and asked.
"This is the crown princess of Gu!" Li Jiancheng nodded and introduced his crown princess to Lu Chen.
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Chang'an County, Lu Chen, has met the Crown Princess!" Lu Chen saluted Zheng Guanyin again.
"Mr. Lu, you don't have to be polite!" Zheng Guanyin rushed back to Lu Chen and said, "Thank you so much, Mister Lu!" Zheng Guanyin said to Lu Chen with a smile on his face. As for what the words meant, Lu Chen could naturally understand them. come out.
"It's just a little effort!" Lu Chen replied with a smile.
"I want to talk to Lu Xiandi, you all go down!" After Lu Chen greeted the Crown Princess Zheng Guanyin, Li Jiancheng directly signaled Zheng Guanyin and the palace maids to leave, leaving him alone to talk to Lu Chen.
Zheng Guanyin nodded, waved directly to the palace maids and chamberlains, and retreated with the palace maids and chamberlains, leaving only Lu Chen and Li Jiancheng.
"Brother Lu Xian came to the East Palace for business this time?" Li Jiancheng looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"This is to send money to His Highness!" Lu Chen said with a smile to Li Jiancheng, "Isn't this the end of the auction? The auction money has been received, so of course the share that belongs to His Highness will be sent!"
"I'm not short of money, why should my dear brother be so anxious?" Li Jiancheng smiled and took a sip from the tea cup before saying.
"Your Highness is not in a hurry, but His Majesty is very anxious! If I hadn't sent you the money, I'm afraid His Majesty would have sent someone to collect the debt in a few days!" Lu Chen also picked up the teacup, took a sip and said with a smile.
"Xiandi's words are quite reasonable. Although the iron-making skills contributed by Xiandi have increased the production of pig iron, it has also increased the expenditure of the imperial court a lot. Now the imperial court's income and expenditure are somewhat stretched!" Of course Li Jiancheng knew why Li Yuan was anxious and said directly with a smile.
Although Li Jiancheng did not participate in politics, officials from those aristocratic families would still tell Li Jiancheng about what happened in the court, so Li Jiancheng had a good understanding of the court's treasury situation.
"This is the responsibility of those officials! Is it because they are incompetent that they will not develop?" Lu Chen curled his lips and said. In fact, what Lu Chen wanted to say was, since those aristocratic families care so much about the court, why don't they do it for them? For the sake of the country, to share the country's worries, but instead keep enclosing land to strengthen their family? Isn't it that "there is no court that will last for a thousand years, only aristocratic families that will last for a thousand years" is causing trouble?
Hearing Lu Chen's words that seemed to be complaining, Li Jiancheng could only shake his head and smile bitterly. After all, he also felt unhappy with those aristocratic families, but for the sake of layout, he still had to compromise with those aristocratic families. Now Li Jiancheng just hopes that this layout can mature quickly and serve the Tang Dynasty. In exchange for a clear sky.
"It's just..." Seeing that Li Jiancheng didn't speak, Lu Chen also knew that, again, without taxation and without nationalized salt and iron, how could the country have a healthy finance? This problem cannot be solved in an instant. Li Yuan couldn't solve this kind of matter immediately, let alone a prince, so Lu Chen was going to change the subject.
"Just what?" Hearing Lu Chen say the word "just" and then paused, Li Jiancheng looked up at Lu Chen and asked in confusion.
"It's just that I'm afraid His Highness will only receive half of the dividends!" Lu Chen looked at Li Jiancheng and said helplessly.
"Why is this?" Li Jiancheng looked at Lu Chen in surprise and continued to ask.
"I just gave the dividend to His Majesty, and then..." Lu Chen simply told Li Jiancheng that Li Yuan had deducted half of the dividend from the two brothers, and Lu Chen would not take the blame. So he sold Li Yuan very simply.
"Haha!" After hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Jiancheng laughed directly, "It doesn't matter that I am half a percent short. The cost of the East Palace is not too big, but I'm afraid Shimin will have to make trouble with Aye!"
Li Jiancheng's words are not nonsense. Isn't the prince's east palace expensive? It must be a lot of money, but how do you compare it? Compared with Li Yuan and Tiance Mansion, the cost of Li Jiancheng's East Palace is really not comparable. Let's not talk about the huge palace, but there is another person in Tiance Mansion. As for the Literature Museum, there are also three thousand Xuanjia soldiers. Li Shimin paid for them all by himself. Compared with these expenses, the expenses of the East Palace are really not that big.
As for Lu Chen, he naturally heard the implication of Li Jiancheng's words, and was immediately interested in the expression of Li Shimin, the King of Qin, after learning that half of the dividends were missing. He even wanted to see if the King of Qin would directly bring trouble in front of Li Yuan. , let’s have a “Grudge and Son Game”.
"Brother Lu Xian, what are you thinking about?" Li Jiancheng asked directly when he saw that Lu Chen was silent and seemed to be thinking about something.
"Ah!" Hearing Li Jiancheng calling him, Lu Chen quickly looked at Li Jiancheng, "I'm just wondering if if I follow King Qin's temper, I will go directly to His Majesty and make a scene!" Lu Chen said without realizing it. laughed.
"Actually, I'm quite curious too!" Hearing what Lu Chen said, Li Jiancheng actually nodded in agreement, "My second brother is certainly talented and resourceful, but sometimes he does things that are childish! Li Jiancheng said with a smile.
"Everything is on the carriage outside. Your Highness can order people to move it down. I have to go and give gifts to His Highness King Qin!" Lu Chen didn't plan to stay in the East Palace for a long time. It was still necessary to keep a distance. Lu Chen got up and talked to Li Jiancheng directly. Farewell.
"Well! Then I won't give it to you!" Li Jiancheng stood up and said to Lu Chen.
"Your Highness, stay!" After Lu Chen saluted Li Jiancheng, he went out of the palace. Someone here also left Li Jiancheng's share from the carriage. As for how to deal with it, it was naturally Li Jiancheng's business, and what he had just done with Li Jiancheng After a conversation, Lu Chen was now particularly eager to go to Tiance Mansion, wanting to see Li Shimin's expression when he learned that he had been deprived of half of his dividend by his father.
Lu Chen even wanted to see if this guy would really go to Li Yuan to make trouble and have a "father-son feud" about dividends.
Lu Chen led the convoy out of the imperial city and headed straight for Tiance Mansion. It was obvious that most of the carriages behind Lu Chen were empty. As for leaving, Chang He was still leading the convoy. Guard, but Lu Chen could no longer see the forbidden soldier who was slapped in the mouth by Chang He.
