There is no real "family" in this world. People have selfish motives, and the behavior pattern of superficial brothers stabbing each other behind the scenes is the mainstream. For the five surnames, they are as close as one family, which is a scene that only occurs when facing powerful imperial power. If the imperial power were to crush them, they would be no different from ordinary courtiers. And if the fall of imperial power does not pose a threat, in order to fight for power and profit, they will not care how many times the two families have been married, and will only kill them.
The reason for the current situation is inseparable from Emperor Taizong and Li Zhi. These two are both powerful men and powerful ancestors. They may occasionally be ignorant, but most of the time, what they do is to strengthen the country of the Tang Dynasty, and by the way, the prestige of the royal family is enhanced to a level that has never been seen in a century. Directly catching up with the Han Dynasty.
Faced with such a royal family, the words of the five surnames "I would rather marry a farmer than a royal family" are not so rebellious, but more uneasy. After the imperial power becomes strong, it will inevitably not tolerate the existence of a being in the country who can oppose the imperial power. This truth has been proven countless times in thousands of years of history.
It is under this premise that the five surnames and Qiwang can unite as one to compete with the imperial power.
There are two bamboo slips left, one for the Lanling Xiao family and the other for the Cui family. It is a good choice.
As seen at today's auction, the relationship between the Xiao family and the Cui family is not very good. If two ancestor-level figures choose to be hostile on such an occasion, then there is no choice between the families and there will inevitably be Gradually turned hostile.
If these two bamboo slips were taken away by them...first of all they would start fighting with each other, and then the Wang family would also be involved. As for the final result, it was harmless. What Li Zhi needed to see was just this scene.
After thinking about it, Li Xian handed over to Zhang Wenguan and said, "Zhang Shizhong, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. I still plan to sell the bamboo slips to the Xiao family of Lanling and the Cui family of Qinghe."
There is no doubt that the relationship between the Zhang family and the Cui family would not be very good. At the very least, they are just like "superficial brothers". However, considering the stakes, it would be better to give it to the Cui family.
Zhang Wenguan was not surprised that the prince would choose this way. In fact, he also felt that it was more appropriate for the Cui family and the Xiao family. However, as the actual representative of the Zhang family, he had to try to win for his own family.
Hao Chujun breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness made the right choice. Giving it to these two families can better utilize the power of the bamboo slips."
Zhang Wenguan felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that a bamboo slip was about to be delivered to the Cui family. He hesitated and said, "Your Highness, can you give this bamboo slip to Wei Chen for sale? I believe Wei Chen can bring back no less than one hundred thousand guan." money."
Letting Zhang Wenguan sell it to the Cui family may also be a strange move.
Li Xian agreed without hesitation.
As for the other part, it naturally fell to Hao Chujun.
Don't expect that these two copies can be exchanged for 200,000 coins. Two copies of 100,000 coins are enough to satisfy people.
After sending away the two hot potatoes, Li Xian breathed a sigh of relief, hummed a tune and prepared to stroll back to the East Palace.
The auction was successfully held, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground.
This auction will fill more than half of the national treasury, and when taxes come up after the year, the treasury will be filled again. At least in the short term, as long as things like the Guanzhong drought do not continue to happen, at least the situation can be sustained. As for the puffy national border that Li Zhi worked hard to manage, it is not something he can worry about for the time being.
Again, it was a matter of military power, and before he became emperor, he was not qualified to take care of it. And after he became the emperor, he could do whatever he wanted.
Returning to the East Palace, he first visited Kong Xinyu, who was overly excited, and then Fang Furong, who was as excited as her belly had grown. However, Li Xian did not go to stay with any of his wives, but slept in the study by himself.
Although sex is good, you can't be greedy.
The three-day auction ended successfully under Li Xian's flawless plan. There were hundreds of auction items, none of which were first-rate, and they were all sold out. With the end of the auction, all the free people were transferred to Yeting Palace to collect money together. During this period, the copper coins, gold and silver that came to Chang'an from all over the country were gathered in Yeting Palace in a short period of time.
If they were excited when they saw so many copper coins on the first day, on the third day, the eunuchs and maids responsible for counting and collecting the coins were all numb. The rewards they received were also very ambiguous. At the end of the day, the stewards gave each of them a handful of copper coins, and they didn't even bother to count them.
The steward responsible for reporting accounts does not report in units of kilograms, but in kilograms. Every time a warehouse is full, a seal will be affixed, waiting for officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to come and pick it up. At that time, there may be an exact figure for how much money there is.
Three days later, the imperial meeting was held as scheduled.
Li Xian did not sit on the throne to preside over the court meeting. Although it was not a big deal for him to do so, he still insisted on placing a table under the steps.
Amidst the voices of "Meet His Highness the Crown Prince", Li Xian walked to the table and sat down, stretched out his hand and pressed it softly: "My father has a destiny, and I ordered me to preside over today's court meeting. There is still some time before the end of the year, regardless of the court meeting at the end of the year. It cannot be canceled, so today's court meeting will not talk about government affairs for the time being, but only how to spend the newly added money in the treasury. As of now, the treasury has reported ten million kilograms of copper coins alone, which is not even the amount of copper coins. Half of it, and the value of gold and silver was not calculated.
Everyone must have experienced money shortage. Now that there are too many copper coins, the opposite situation of money shortage will inevitably occur. In order to prevent the money from gradually depreciating, it must be spent in a short period of time, and the farther it is spent, the better. Where is the great master who will be the supervisor? "
Yan Jize, the chief craftsman in charge of the supervision, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "We are here."
"There are many projects in the three provinces and six departments. The floors and other furniture were moved from Taiji Palace. Now that we have money, the general supervisor will be responsible for the design, and the Ministry of Works will recruit workers to replace them all."
It's rare for a supervisor to get a large-scale project, so Yan Jize agreed excitedly: "I will accept the order."
After throwing out a sweet date first, Li Xiancai looked at Hao Chujun.
Hao Chujun stood up, opened the documents he had received two days ago, and announced with a slight cough: "Two days ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince redetermined the amount of funding for each ministry. Except for the Ministry of War, which increased by nearly 40%, all ministries have almost increased by 30%."
After finally receiving the news, there were countless gasps in the courtroom.
On weekdays, the Household Department is short of money, and anyone who wants to make some money has a hard time. It’s rare to be generous these days, so naturally you have to seize the opportunity. However, such powerful news, which increased by another 30% on the already generous basis, made them all feel an indescribable sense of happiness.
