"Shu is a second-class uncle, and Yang Jue is a first-class son. Both of them have manor slaves, so there is no need to reward the land." Cui Xiuning said.

"The dowry I gave her was one hundred pieces of Hongwu, three thousand silver rounds, ten pieces of Shu embroidery, hundreds of silk and satin, ten pieces of marten skin, thirty pieces of otter skin, ten pieces of east pearls, nine pieces of jade, two liters of gems, one gilded Tang sword, a pair of thousand-mile eyes, four good horses..."

"In addition to her, there are also marriages between Yan Chan'er and Li Zhi and others, and dowry is indispensable. I have calculated that we will spend 70,000 to 80,000 to the dowry given to these women alone."

Li Luo asked a very concerned question: "How much does the royal family have?"

Cui Xiuning immediately came to his senses and said with a smile: "Gold alone has more than 5 million taels. Silver dollars are also more than 10 million. In addition, there are countless treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. In short, it is equivalent to more than 100 million silver dollars."

"Most of our gold and silver are loaned by the Royal Bank of Tang Dynasty. We cannot let gold and silver be idle, causing gold and silver shortage. The interest alone this year is one million."

Li Luo clapped his hands, "We are so rich. The private treasury is over the national treasury. How can we get a million interest? Can the money from Datang Bank be released?"

Li Luo rarely cares about bank affairs.

Cui Xiuning said: "This year, the bank has turned losses into profits, but the financial statements have not been submitted yet. As of the end of November, a total of more than 70 million yuan of silver dollars have been loaned this year. More than 70 branches of Datang Royal Bank have loaned an average of one million yuan each."

There are so many? Li Luo was very surprised. He knew very well that although the Tang Dynasty had made a lot of gold and silver over the years, the circulation of gold and silver in the entire Tang Dynasty was only 300 million yuan.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, there was a loan of more than 70 million yuan?

Seeing that Li Luo didn't believe it, Cui Xiuning explained: "The promotion of improved textile machines, cotton promotion, marine trade and fishery are also open, and the people have purchasing power, making private trade more and more developed."

"You don't know that in Nanjing Lin'an, business is already very prosperous. Businesses in state, county and county towns have all risen. As soon as the business comes, commercial loans will rise."

"The fastest-growing industries are textile industry, porcelain industry, catering industry, fishing industry, shipbuilding industry, metallurgy industry, transportation industry, building materials industry, logging industry, medicinal materials industry, inn industry, tea industry, and retail industry. These thirteen major industries account for more than 70% of the total loans."

"What surprised me the most was the transportation industry. In recent years, the Ministry of Commerce has registered more than 600 new carriages, horses, boats and boats, among which more than 300 registered gold have been more than 3,000 yuan. There are more and more horses and carriages in various stations and roads."

"Business loans are the big ones, accounting for 80%. There are also agricultural loans, student loans, and housing loans."

Li Luo was very happy to hear it, "So, how many millions of profits are there for banks to pay the treasury this year?"

Cui Xiuning shook her head, "I think beautifully. I just turned a loss into a profit this year. Although I borrowed more than 70 million yuan, the deposit was 170 million yuan, of which royal deposits accounted for 30%. The deposit interest is two points, and the loan interest is only seven points, which is more than three times the amount. If you have to deduct employee wages and operating costs, you will only pay millions of profits to the state treasury."

Li Luo was already very satisfied. As business became more and more prosperous, commercial taxes would increase, and the profits of Datang Royal Bank would increase.

"The treasury is more difficult now, especially food. The royal family has a lot of money, so they will not receive the offering gold for the time being, right?" Li Luo said generously.

The so-called offering gold, according to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, is one fifth of the annual treasury income, and should be used to offer it to the royal family as a special fund for the royal family and the internal government.

This ensured that the Tang Dynasty royal family could not treat the treasury as a private treasury, rewarded it with great extravagance, and was extremely willing to do so. It ensured that the treasury would not be abused by the royal family and would not be taken from the people for use by the people.

"What did you say? That's not possible." Cui Xiuning objected without thinking, "It was originally a money offered to the royal family, why don't you want it for the time being?"

The queen showed a miser-like face, but her reason was very good:

"Luo, our family is rich now, but we have to settle the accounts even if we have money. We can't be too big." Cui Xiuning began to settle the accounts with her fingers.

"One fifth of the treasury contributed to the royal court's spending, and one fifth is not a small amount. But this money is not only spent by the royal family. If we are a family, how much can we spend in a year?"

"Thousands of palace maids and eunuchs, the royal family must be raised. Thousands of guards, the royal family must also be raised. The salaries of more than two hundred fifth-class nobles, as well as more than one hundred lords, Long Jinwei and Yunqiwei, and the salaries of noble ladies, all must be taken to the inner court's account!"

"There are so many people directly raised by the royal family, and the salary and chewing are millions a year. That's not all, there are also the money you usually reward ministers, the money you raise the royal family in the future, and the princess' wedding, which is a lot of expenses."

"There is more money now, but it does not mean that there is more money. We cannot refuse the money distributed to the royal family according to the system. If you don't want it for the time being, of course the ministers will be happy and will definitely praise me. Of course you have gained a good reputation. But once this example is opened, then there may be ministers in the future who make excuses to give less money to the royal family, or even not to give money."

"The Tang Dynasty only has national industries, but no royal industries. The relatives of the royal families in later generations had to point to these one-fifth of the offerings to live. How much did the royal families in the Ming Dynasty spend? How much did the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty spend? We only took one-fifth, and the treasury no longer paid to support the royal families and nobles. It was really good."

After hearing this, Li Luo felt that his thoughts were too generous.

Why do nobles, lords, and guards need royalty to support them? Of course, Cui Xiuning deliberately designed the Tang Dynasty rules.

Most of the nobles and guards were from Yuan Cong, the group of people who were the most loyal to the two, and most of them were warriors. They were the most firm supporters of the royal family and the most core basic base.

The same is true when the palace maid married Tingjun Gui Daughter who had "transferred" after the expiration of her term.

Letting their salary go to the royal treasury is equivalent to the emperor paying them a salary, which will allow them to protect the royal family more faithfully and become royal irons.

Anyone who wants to usurp the throne must face two major obstacles: nobles and guards, and also faces the husband's family and the mother's family forces who get married to the palace maids. The husbands of these palace maids are excellent officers or civil servants. Unite around the royal family is a powerful force.

This financial design can make Li the strongest royal family since ancient times.

Although Cui Xiuning was the so-called third generation of officials and had a strong roots, she never thought about developing modern things in ancient society.

"Look at you, you will be less calm when you talk about money." Li Luo smiled, "I just said it casually. Let's do this. One-fifth of the treasury offerings still have to be collected, but only keep the accounts and don't have real money and food, so just lend it to the treasury. When the treasury is rich in money and food, it will be returned to the royal family."

Cui Xiuning nodded: "Yes, this is the best way. Even if the royal family cannot use up all the money, they can only lend it to the treasury, but they cannot be exempted from offering gold. The inner court and the outer court must also make clear accounts, and one code will be converted into one code."

Li Luo said: "If you marry three hundred palace maids during the Chinese New Year, you will not have enough palace maids. Especially when you arrive in Chang'an, such a large palace is not enough. What I mean is to set up the staffing of the palace."

"Since the sixth year of Hongwu, the palace maids were established, and the eunuchs were established, with a total of 8,000 people. It is always customized, and the kings of later generations cannot be expanded. The sixteen government offices of the internal government, eight thousand people are enough."

There were 9,000 palace maids in the Ming Dynasty and tens of thousands of eunuchs. The Qianlong Dynasty, which had the largest number of palace maids in the Qing Dynasty, had only more than 3,000 palace maids and only four thousand eunuchs.

The eight thousand palace people assigned by Li Luo was only more than the Qing Dynasty, but far less than that of the Ming Dynasty.

"The palace maids are selected from the age of fourteen to fifteen. They are able to do some work at this age and can also be trained. If they are less than fourteen or fifteen, they are not qualified to participate in the selection and recruit 400 people every year. When they have served for ten years, they can be given a marriage."

Four hundred people every year, and have been in service for ten years, which is really humane.

"As for eunuchs, they entered the palace at the age of twelve, and only recruited 100 people a year. They can serve for 40 years and retire and retire, and the royal family is responsible for the affairs behind them."

Cui Xiuning said: "I think the eunuchs are so pitiful. They have no way out. If the palace doesn't care about them, they are the most miserable people."

Li Luo thought for a while, "A hundred small eunuchs were recruited every year, and the maximum number of people with Tang Min's status was twenty. The other eighty people were recruited from the colonies. There were few eunuchs with Tang Min's status, and they were trained as backbones and served as managers. There were many eunuchs from the colonies, so they were responsible for chores."

Cui Xiuning was a little worried, "When the 4,000 eunuchs in the palace, most of them were colonies, would they cause trouble?"

"Don't worry." Li Luo shook his head, "I entered the palace at the age of twelve, which is a source of different ethnic groups. How can I join the group? Even if I want to make trouble, I can't escape the suspicion of Da'an Mansion. Besides, the palace has education, food and clothing, and I can retire when I'm old. I have to pay attention to funerals. What reason do they have to make trouble?"

The system established by Li Luo is not complicated at all, but it can solve the worries of palace maids and eunuchs well. Moreover, it also minimizes the number of Han eunuchs, which has to be said to be a virtue policy.

Why did emperors of all dynasties not think of a system that is not complicated?

It’s not that there is no wisdom, but that consciousness. Those emperors don’t regard the palace servants as humans at all, how could they think about them?

The next day, Li Luo summoned King Wei Zhao Xian.

"My minister Zhao Xian, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor, long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long, long live long live long live long, long live long live long! "

When Zhao Xian saw Li Luo, he respectfully worshiped him, with a look of excitement.

"Get up, the ground is cold." Lord Tang smiled and pointed at the futon, "Sit down and talk."

"As for the order, thank Your Majesty." Zhao Xian was sitting down carefully, not daring to wipe the snowflakes from the fox fur. However, soon a palace maid handed him a hand stove.

Snowflakes were floating outside the hall. Lord Tang sat by the copper beast stove burning with silver frost charcoal in Wangwang, fiddling with the charcoal blocks in the stove with tongs. The red charcoal fire reflected in his eyes, which made his tone full of heartwarming warmth.

"King Wei, you left Luoyang just in the first month. Why did you have to go to Beijing to pay tribute to the court at the end of the year? Didn't I say that you would come again next year? Thank you twice in this year, thank you for your hard work."

Zhao Xian bowed and said, "I am grateful to Your Majesty for being a noble man of heaven and earth. I am grateful to Your Majesty in my heart. Your Majesty has recreated his kindness. I am grateful to You, and I miss Your Majesty day and night. Therefore, I will return to the court again and see the beauty of Heaven."

Li Luo laughed and said, "I have known your loyalty and filial piety. Since I have returned to the Central Plains this time, I will stay for a while and follow me to attend the Chang'an ceremony after the capital is moved to Guanzhong."

Zhao Xian's eyes lit up, "Is Chang'an City going to be completed?"

Lord Tang nodded with relief, "The six hundred thousand people have been working for more than three years, and it is time to complete it. Not only is Chang'an City about to be completed, but Guanzhong's water conservancy greening is also very effective. Guanzhong is no longer the Guanzhong a few years ago."

"I congratulate Your Majesty and Congratulations to the Tang Dynasty." Zhao Xian bowed and raised his eyes full of hope, "When I am old, I will abdicate the throne to the prince, come to Chang'an in person to celebrate the remnant years."

"Haha." Lord Tang was happy, "Okay. When you go to Chang'an when you are old, I will reward you with a house, allowing you to live in Chang'an."

Zhao Xian thanked him for his gratitude, took out a gift list from his arms, and presented it with both hands and said, "This is my respect for Your Majesty's wishes, please accept it with a smile."

Li Luo took it and saw that it was nine thousand taels of gold, nine thousand cows, ninety pairs of ivory, ninety kilograms of meteorite, ninety sapphires, ninety top-quality emeralds, and ninety top-quality pink gems.

The gift is very heavy.

Li Luo knew that Tianzhu was rich in gems and the quality of the gems was very high. The sapphire sent by Zhao Xian was probably blue diamonds, and the emerald was probably emerald.

"The King of Wei is intent. However, the Wei Kingdom was first established and everything is in trouble. There is no need to give such a heavy gift in the future." Li Luo said calmly.

Zhao Xian personally picked up a piece of silver frost charcoal from the wooden box with his hands, carefully put it into the stove, and sat back and said, "I am also reporting to Your Majesty about defending the country when I return to Beijing this time."

"Your Majesty sent me 50,000 Han soldiers to capture them, and another 10,000 Han people, and rewarded me with the land captured by the king's army. Only in this way can I build a country."

"Now, I have completed the investigation of the population and land. There are more than 100,030,000 Han people in Wei State and more than 3.600,000 natives in India. In addition to 50,000 Han troops, the Wei State recruited 30,000 Indian soldiers."

"The King of Wei has also been formed. After I left, my mother will take charge of the government. The Wei Kingdom is still stable. The natives of India were conquered by Hai Song once, and the Chinese roots had some foundations. Later, they were conquered by the royal army. The rebels have stopped."

"The great power of the King of Wei court is now mainly to promote our Chinese education. The Brahminism has been abolished and has been changed to the Han Buddhism. Chinese characters are gradually promoted. In another two years, I will change customs, gradually abolish the customs and clothes of the Indian family, and change the style of the Han family."

Li Luo nodded repeatedly: "You do a good job, so you have to do this. The Chineseization of Wei Kingdom must catch up with Liang and Li Kingdom as soon as possible. Our Chinese Alliance has occupied the best land in the East, so we must show off the Chinese style and stand proudly among foreigners. After decades, the Chineseization of India will be sufficient, and then build a Taoist temple and introduce famous Taoism."

"There is another thing that must be carefully considered. The Han people in the Wei Kingdom are rare, and there are fewer people in the country, so how can they be stable for a long time? This level division is a plan for a hundred generations, and it is called cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot. As long as we follow this, decades later, the number of Han people will be more and more and the indigenous people will be fewer, and there will always be a day when there are fewer people who change their shape..."

Zhao Xian smiled and said, "I remember it in my heart. Your Majesty is truly a saint and benevolent lord who is unborn in China. But to foreign barbarians, it is nothing more than thunder and fire."

Li Luo said: "You must remember one sentence, don't repeat the lessons of your ancestors of Zhao. That is, your hearts will be different if you are not my race. This sentence will be available for a thousand years. Although foreign races have the qualifications to be based in the world, they should have their own way of living, but the debate between China and the barbarians must strictly guard the inside and outside."

"China is like a big tree. The Tang Dynasty is the roots and trunks, and the princes are the branches and leaves. The roots are deep and strong, and the branches are lush and lush, so they stand towering and block the sky and the sun. The branches are like leaves, and they are not alive without roots. If there are no branches, their momentum will not exist."

Zhao Xian said solemnly: "Your Majesty has a sincere teaching and good intentions. He is very good at speaking. He thinks about planning for generations and has a profound understanding. He is not something that can be guessed in any way. Although he is stupid, he remembers it in his heart and never forgets it. He thought that the family tradition of the Zhao family was passed down to the king of the later generations, and he will always be granted the title of vassal of the Tang Dynasty and a country of Xia."

Lord Tang nodded: "I said this, I will do it well, and do it well."

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On the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, the Tang Dynasty was always in the morning.

The envoys of the ten countries, led by officials from the Ministry of Rites, went to the palace to meet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Lord Tang and Empress Cui looked down at a group of high-necked and deep-necked Indians, and couldn't help but smile.

It's a high caste.

Their skin is relatively white and their pupils are light in color. Of course, they are from higher castes, which are descendants of the Aryans.

"The envoy of Yadava, Bayemodi, pay the taxes to His Majesty the Great Emperor, pay the taxes, pay the taxes, and pay the taxes!"

An Indian envoy spoke in extremely stiff Chinese and bowed down.

The envoys of the other five countries also knelt down to greet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in a bad Chinese dialect that was obviously learned.

"The envoy of Kakatiya, Troun worships the lantern, and pays the emperor, pays the tax, pays the tax, and pays the tax!"

"The envoy of King Zhuluo, Jian Yiweisuo, pay homage to the Emperor..."

"The envoy of Solangi State made an appointment with Han Xunsha to pay homage to the Emperor..."

The ministers of the Tang court in the palace couldn't help but show disdain when they saw these lustful people.

These people look a bit weird.

…

King Zhao Xian of Wei, as well as the envoys of the Song, Liang, and Li, also knelt down and shouted: "My envoys of the Song and Liang Kingdom Li... I pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor! Long live long live long live long!"

Li Luo smiled and said, "You are calm."

"Thank you Your Majesty!" King Wei and the envoys of the Three Kingdoms were calm together, but the envoys of the six kingdoms of India looked at each other and could only stand up.

The envoy of the State of Song was Luo Su, an old acquaintance of Li Luo, so Li Luo first talked to him.

"Why are King Song and King Tai?" Li Luo asked symbolically.

Luo Su replied: "Your Highness and the Supreme Prince are very kind, your Majesty, don't worry about it. However, your Majesty misses the Central Plains very much and decides to go to the palace to meet Your Majesty in person next year and return to your hometown to worship your ancestors. Please allow your Majesty to be kind."

Li Luo nodded happily: "Accurate. Luo Qing, I and you have been missing for many years. Luo Qing is not old. I didn't expect that he is covered in silver hair now."

Luo Su sighed and said, "I am only forty years old, but I have been on the island for a long time and miss the Central Plains. How could I not have a beautiful hair soon? What's so gratifying is that Your Majesty is still as charming as before, and it is actually the blessing of the Tang Dynasty and the blessing of China."

Li Luo sighed: "Luo Qing is my old friend, and you should take good care of yourself. This time I will return to the Central Plains, so I can live for a while. I will give you some old ginseng in Liaodong to regulate you. This matter of the Song Dynasty in the South China Sea requires you to worry about the old Han officials like you."

Luo Su's eyes were red and he bowed with gratitude: "Thank you for your grace! Your Majesty is a dog and horse body, and you are grateful to me!"

Li Luo looked at the envoy of Liang again, "Is King Liang good?"

The envoy of Liang State immediately replied: "Reply to Your Majesty, Your Highness, Your Majesty, don't worry. Your Majesty, your Majesty, even if you miss the Central Plains, you also want to go to the court to pay homage to Your Majesty in person."

Li Luo smiled and stroked his beard, "When he went back, he told King Liang that since he missed the Central Plains, he could come back and see. I am waiting for him to come in Chang'an."

"Thank you Your Majesty!" The envoy of Liang State thanked him.

Li Luo did not forget the envoy of the State Li, "How is your Empress Dowager?"

The envoy of Liguo replied: "Report to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is very good. However, the Queen Mother is like the King of Liang and misses the Central Plains very much. In addition, Liguo is located west of the Ganges River and is too close to the Mongolian Yuan, so the country is uneasy."

Li Luo said: "As long as she wants to come back and see, I have no reason to refuse. As for the Mongolian Yuan... the Chinese New Year will be the Tang Dynasty to use troops against Persia and seize the Amu River Province of the Mongolian Yuan. You don't have to be afraid anymore."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The envoy of Liguo immediately bowed.

The envoys of the six kings and ministers of the Tianzhu Kingdom could not understand what the Tang Dynasty was saying, but they were just poking them there, stupid and nervous.

Soon, it was the turn of envoys from the six Indian kingdoms.

"You guys brought me any good news?" the Emperor of Tang asked with a smile.

The Lingnan Haishang, who acted as a translator, immediately translated the emperor's words to the envoys of the six countries.

After hearing this, the envoys of the six countries said something else.

The merchants in Lingnan saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, they said that they are willing to respect the Tang Dynasty as the sect leader, pay tribute every year, and enter the court every year."

Li Luo's smile became two points real and he glanced at the Minister of Rites.

Wu Zhenlou, the Minister of Rites, immediately asked: "They offered many cattle in the Tang Dynasty and let His Majesty know."

That's right, the ministers of the Tang court all know that the most concerned thing about His Majesty is the cow or the cow.
Chapter completed!