Li Yue looked solemn, "The father wanted to use his husband to solve the embarrassment of using money in the court, but he did not consider his husband's difficulties!"

Zhang Yang drank tea, "It's not much use to reduce expenses, it also requires opening up the source."

"Is the sugar in Luoyang not yet ready to close the net? Last month, another 20,000 guan of silver coins entered Mount Li." Li Yue smiled bitterly, "It's ridiculous that the court has been poor for a long time, and local tyrants hide wealth, and tens of thousands of coins are often used.

Late at night, the couple discussed in a low voice, and they wrote the next matters to the account book.

Early the next morning, after the court was dispersed, Zhang Yang placed his hands in front of his waist, looked at some potted plants in front of him, holding memorials in his hands waiting under the eaves.

Eunuch Wang entered the palace to report that he had not waited for anyone to come back, but His Majesty came out.

"Your Majesty, I have..."

"Accompany me to walk."

It was difficult for the emperor to relax and he could not stop him. He did not give anyone a chance to refute him. He walked straight to the Tai Chi Hall.

Hold on to the urge to let go.

I endured it for this Tang Dynasty first.

After gritting his teeth, Li Shimin walked to Lingyan's attic. At this moment, three or two craftsmen were repairing the tower.

After looking up and down, Zhang Yang said again: "Your Majesty, I have some things to report."

"I want to decorate this place more luxuriously, what do you think?"

"It takes money to decorate the luxury. The three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and twenty-four guards and many officials owed their salaries and did not pay them."

Seeing that Li Shimin's expression was not very good, Zhang Yang said again: "I remember that His Majesty has a few huge night pearls that can be taken out and placed in Lingyan Pavilion. It is both beautiful and can be used for lighting at night."

After saying that, he raised his head and saw His Majesty's face looking in distress.

Could it be that he is really thinking?

After thinking about it, Li Shimin finally shook his head and walked to the other side. This was an old palace, and many of the temples had not been repaired. They were basically left by the former Sui Dynasty.

"When I was enterprising Guanzhong, my father proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an City, and the palace has been abandoned to this day. If it could be repaired, many palace servants could be arranged to move in."

After reading this, Li Shimin finally sat down in a pavilion. The palace was very large and leaning against the Lizheng Hall, it was still crowded and lively.

It looks desolate, withering plants and trees, and most of them are dangerous houses.

Zhang Yang glanced around and took out a piece of paper, "Please ask Your Majesty to write."

What Li Shimin lowered his eyebrows and caught his eyes was the word "IOU", "What does this mean?"

"The court is almost out of business. In order to spend this year safely and to calm the many complaints from the army and the court, I plan to take out 50,000 jin from Mount Li to help His Majesty."

Li Shimin looked at the IOU, "How much money do I owe you on credit now?"

The prince is His Majesty’s eunuch and the closest person to the emperor. He is standing silently at this moment, motionless like a piece of wood.

He will not say anything that is told here, and everything that happens.

It is also the emperor's trust in him.

Zhang Yang bowed and said, "Including the Qujiangchi that is still being mortgaged, as well as the construction of the Hexi Corridor and the previous various things, after signing these, there have been a total of 160,000 yuan so far."

Li Shimin took a deep breath, "I was also a hero who ran around the Central Plains back then. Everyone respected me. I didn't expect that now, I would actually borrow money from you."

"You Dao can stump heroes even if you have a penny. The court requires money to employ people, and the governance of the Central Plains is even more inseparable from money." Zhang Yang took out one of the memorials, "This is my minister's strategy to increase revenue and reduce costs."

The IOU in front of him has not been clarified yet, and Li Shimin took over the memorial again.

Zhang Yang was standing in trouble, and another mouse ran past in front of him, and the mouse penetrated into the dilapidated palace wall.

"Outward business? Tea, silk, grain?"

"Your Majesty, I have talked to Songtsen Gampo before about the sale of tea, but I have never had a specific implementation strategy. Since the court needs money, it is better to do these sale with the Western Regions or the Turks."

"Slow down." Li Shimin browned when he heard about doing business, "If you want to let the court do business, wouldn't the civil and military officials in the court be businessmen?"

"I knew that Your Majesty would say this for a long time. I have another memorial here." Zhang Yang handed over the second memorial: "At first, I didn't consider changing the tax system. It involves national policies, and taxes cannot be easily moved. I thought that opening a mutual market on the border, the Hexi Corridor could be used as the mutual market in the west, and the Liaodong could be used as the mutual market in the east."

"Of course, the court cannot come forward to do business, so I think Mount Li can come forward to preside over the business, and all taxes will be handed over to the court according to the 50% of the transaction income. I think this is the pass tax."

In the past, the court could still deal with it, and there was no problem with self-sufficiency.

Now that we have such a huge economic burden, we should simply take out the Ming Dynasty's border trading plan.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Will you take out the grain to sell?"

Zhang Yang also said: "In previous years, the government warehouse collected grain in the court. In the past two years, the grain harvest was bumper. There was a lot of grain in the government warehouse, and it was all old grain. I thought it could be used to make wine, and I used wine koji to collect alcohol taxes. It was too wasteful to feed animals. After a long time, the animals would not eat them. This is all depletion. I know some tips for brewing wine. At that time, I can get it outside the pass to sell it. I think it would be a considerable income, and this is open source."

"It's a pity that there are so many resources that are not used. Since it is difficult for the court to come forward, Mount Li can come forward on his behalf and let the King of Wei preside over the presidency, and His Majesty can rest assured."

"Then what are you talking about for throttling?"

Zhang Yang also said: "What I said about reducing the money from the clans and princes from all over the country, so that they can do a good job in tax performance, and give rewards to places with good governance results. Then, the clans will not only not need to reduce the money from the regular, but His Majesty can also reward things from the palace, such as gold leaves, jade, etc., or even verbal praise for the decree."

Li Shimin looked in distress.

"Your Majesty, let them know that chickens and ducks will be killed if they don't lay eggs, and cattle will be killed if they don't plow the land."

"If the clan relatives do nothing, will I kill them too?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After a while of entanglement, Zhang Yang sighed: "Your Majesty is free, I don't know those royal relatives."

Li Shimin put away the IOU and two memorials, "Let me consider it, you go back first."

"Here."

The most painful thing about managing money is, especially in controlling the emperor's wallet.

Zhang Yang passed by Taiji Hall, walked out of Chengtian Gate, and came to Shangshu Province.

Li Zhi sat here alone.

"Your Highness King Jin, I didn't prepare a cake today." Zhang Yang said as he took out the key, unlocked the lock, and pushed the old door hard.

There are still many traces of yesterday left in the Shangshu Province today.

Zhang Yang stepped in, and Li Zhi followed behind him.

"Brother-in-law, have you left the matter alone after using it?"

"Why did Your Highness King Jin say this?" Zhang Yang put the two tables in the hall together, and he could lie on it and sleep.

Li Zhi knelt on the side, "Why has my brother-in-law not come to see us these two days?"

Zhang Yang lay down and said, "Because the matter is done."

"That's to use us, just ignore it..."

Li Zhi's little head was not sure what he was thinking, and Zhang Yang leaned on his side with one hand, "If His Highness King Jin wants to play, he can call his younger brothers and sisters to come to Shangshu Province to continue playing, or do some small experiments when doing questions. If you don't understand, please come and ask me."

"Take it seriously?" Li Zhi's eyes lit up a little again.

Zhang Yang nodded slowly, "But one thing! You can't disturb me from sleeping. I've been having a good night's sleep for your father these days."

Li Zhizheng quickly left and ran into someone head-on.

Xu Jingzong hurriedly helped him, "Your Highness King Jin is not injured, right?"

"No." Li Zhi waved his sleeves and ran away quickly.

Looking at the running little back, Xu Jingzong sighed, "What a spiritual child."

Then he looked at the current Shangshu Province, and Xu Jingzong walked into the main hall with a step forward, "Shangshu Zhang, everyone is ready. How should we fight against Xue Yantuo in the battle between the Tang Dynasty?"

Zhang Yang closed his eyes and said, "Tell me first, persuade me first? You have to keep persuading me. As for how to persuade me, it is your business. I can't persuade me anymore and I can't persuade me anymore. Then let General Li Ji send troops to attack me."

Xu Jingzong nodded and said, "I understand the meaning of Shangshu Zhang. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advocates peace forever. As for how to persuade him, you don't have to be too clear. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already persuaded Xue Yantuo's little Khan, but he did not listen to the Khan's intention, and the Tang Dynasty had no choice but to send troops to attack him."

Zhang Yang lay on his side with his back to him, nodding slightly, "Old Xu, you must remember that justice must always stand on our side, and personal honor and disgrace are fine, but it is absolutely necessary to do national wars. We must never be careless. Our Tang Dynasty pacifies the world and will always be the party of justice."

As he kept talking about justice, Xu Jingzong knew in his heart that the Shangshu in front of him was the darkest one to attack.

"Liaodong sent another message, but it was still a shortage of silver and needed five thousand stalks."

"Da'an is a child who is down-to-earth and honest. If he is not really short of money, he will not speak to us. He should give it to him anyway if he needs manpower and money."

"The officials understand." Xu Jingzong hesitated: "Liaodong construction has invested a lot of manpower and money, but it has not improved for two years."

"Lao Xu, since ancient times, Liaodong has been the land of Yan. Once Yan lost it, it will be the vast Guanzhong Plain and there is no danger to defend. If Yan land is lost, Liaodong will be lost. The terrain is like this, and the pass is like this. Just like Chang'an cannot lose the Hexi Corridor, Guanzhong cannot lose Liaodong."

I heard Zhang Shangshu talk occasionally with heavy breathing. Is it a sleeping voice?

Xu Jingzong scratched his head and turned around and left.

"You can't lose the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun."

Zhang Shangshu suddenly said something and was shocked again. Could it be that he was busy these days and was crazy?

Xu Jingzong subconsciously accelerated his pace again.

The children arrived soon.

Zhang Yang could vaguely hear the noise of the children, half asleep and half awake, and the children in Guanzhong needed a support. Tian Khan, the father-in-law, was so busy all day, I think he had been relying on a lot of hope.

It’s not up to me as my brother-in-law.

"Brother-in-law, there are two younger brothers in the palace who are in poor health. Can you go to Mount Li to escape the summer heat this time? Take them with you for Dr. Sun to see?"
To be continued...