Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 341 Cui Zhentang asks for an audience, Fang Yuan’s anger
Chapter 341 Cui Zhentang asks for an audience, Fang Yuan’s anger
The arrival of Cui Zhentang surprised both Fang Yuan and Li Shimin.
Normally, no one with the fifth surname and Qiwang should appear in front of Li Shimin at this time.
This will make Li Shimin feel that Wu Xing Qi Wang is provoking him and showing contempt for him.
"Xuan!"
So Li Shimin looked ugly and asked Wang Dexuan and Cui Zhentang to come in.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Cui Zhentang saluted Li Shimin as usual.
"Shilang Cui, I heard that your clan leader left Chang'an City. Do you know the reason?"
Li Shimin did not give Cui Zhentang a good look and said coldly.
As the Minister of Household Affairs, he must be an important figure in the Boling Cui family.
Cui Zhentang should know the reason why Cui Runyu left Chang'an City.
"I know that I came here just for this matter."
Cui Zhentang said calmly.
After the words fell, Fang Yuan and Li Shimin were surprised again.
You came here for this reason. Do you want to make a deal?
"Please say!"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
"This matter is of great importance. Your Majesty, please step aside."
Cui Zhentang glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs present, as well as Fang Yuan.
"Fang Yuan, and you all, please step aside."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said.
Fang Yuan frowned slightly, but said nothing and followed Wang De and others to leave.
Soon, Fang Yuan and others walked out of the imperial study room.
As soon as he left the royal study, Fang Yuan invited Wang De to a corner to talk.
"My lord, can you overhear the conversation between your majesty and Cui Shilang?"
Fang Yuan asked in a low voice.
He felt that Cui Zhentang didn't want everyone to leave, but wanted to leave himself.
When Cui Zhentang appeared at this time, he probably wanted to make a deal, and the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was probably the deal he wanted.
At this time, Fang Yuan wanted to know the conversation between the two of them.
After all, the hard work of more than half a month cannot be harvested in this unclear way.
"Shilang Fang is joking, how dare you eavesdrop on His Majesty's conversation?"
Wang De shook his head.
"Eunuch Wang, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, smiled knowingly, and took out a stack of banknotes from his arms.
Just because you don't dare, doesn't mean it's impossible. Wang De is very likely to have a way to eavesdrop.
"Shilang Fang, I have no choice."
Wang De stared at the banknotes in Fang Yuan's hand with bright eyes.
This stack of banknotes are all red, about ten thousand.
"Eunuch Wang, we have been friends for a long time."
"Don't worry, I'll give you another hundred thousand later."
Fang Yuan whispered.
Push the wad of money into Wang De's arms.
"Fang, Mr. Fang, let me give it a try."
Wang De took the banknotes with both hands and looked around cautiously.
When he found that no one was paying attention, he immediately stuffed the wad of money into his arms.
After stuffing it into my arms, I wanted to take it out, but I was reluctant, so I gritted my teeth and whispered to try.
"Thank you, Eunuch Wang!"
Fang Yuan expressed his gratitude to Wang De.
Wang De smiled and found a reason to leave.
Fang Yuan knew that he was going to eavesdrop, so he didn't stop him.
Glancing at the door of the royal study, Fang Yuan's eyes darkened slightly and he left.
"Servant Cui, can you tell me?"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
He was curious and curious about what Cui Zhentang could bring to him.
Why did the patriarch of the fifth surname Qiwang almost leave Chang'an City?
"Your Majesty, I have told you that this matter is of great importance. If I tell you, I will be the sinner of the Bolingcui family."
Cui Zhentang said in a deep voice.
"Then what do you mean?"
Li Shimin's face darkened and he said coldly.
He told me to send people away, but he didn’t say anything. Are you kidding yourself?
"Your Majesty, make a deal!"
Cui Zhentang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
There was struggle and madness in his eyes, as if he was making some kind of decision.
"What do you want?"
Li Shimin's eyes darkened again and he said in a deep voice.
"I want the position of Minister of Household Affairs!"
Cui Zhentang said in a deep voice.
Today Fang Yuan held a meeting with hundreds of aristocratic families, and most of them were willing to cooperate.
With such a result, filling the national treasury is no longer a problem, and Fang Yuan is more likely to become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue than he is.
As a result, Cui Zhentang couldn't sit still and decided to go all out to get the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Just in time, he learned why Cui Runyu and others left.
"Do you think the reason why they left Chang'an City can return them to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
Li Shimin couldn't help but sneered.
But deep down, I became more uneasy.
He knows that Cui Zhentang is not a fool, but a smart person.
The reason why he can make a deal with him in person must be shocking.
"Yes, I think there is still more!"
Cui Zhentang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
He looked at Li Shimin with such disrespectful eyes.
"Really?!"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
"It's true."
Cui Zhentang nodded heavily.
"You said it, I'll think about it carefully."
Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, I am not a child."
"If your Majesty wants to know the reason, write an imperial edict now!"
Cui Zhentang shook his head and said with a bit of a sneer.
Do you still have to think carefully and consider yourself a child?
"If I think the reason is not right, I decree that you can't take him out of the Imperial Study Room."
Li Shimin was silent for a long time, and finally said in a low voice.
He brought an imperial edict and wrote some words on it.
Finally, the word "bi" was stamped with the emperor's seal, and the imperial edict was thrown at Cui Zhentang's feet.
Cui Zhentang did not immediately explain the reason, but picked up the imperial edict on the ground, carefully observed it, and accepted it.
He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "When they leave Chang'an City, they want to change the master of the world. This place will become a mess."
"Your Majesty must have known that they are promoting paper currency at all costs, just to collect copper coins and prepare for the arrival of the new world."
Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this.
What a bunch of bastards, they actually want to rebel.
You have repeatedly given in, but this is the result?
But soon, Li Shimin encountered something puzzling: why did Cui Zhentang tell him to exchange for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?
"Shilang Cui, do you disagree with their approach?"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
"They are crazy, and I don't want to be crazy with them."
"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will leave first?"
Cui Zhentang shook the imperial edict in his hand and said in a deep voice.
A big family has a big family mechanism, that is, eggs cannot be placed in just one place.
Although Cui Runyu and the others want to change the dynasty, they must also consider the consequences if they lose and leave excellent seeds for the family.
And Cui Zhentang was one of the outstanding ones. Then Cui Zhentang took advantage of this opportunity and came to Li Shimin to ask for the position of Minister of Household Affairs.
Of course, Cui Zhentang would not tell Li Shimin about this.
"Not yet."
"You haven't told me where they started the uprising."
Li Shimin shook his head and said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, you don't keep your word?"
Cui Zhentang's expression changed and he said in a deep voice.
"No."
"It's just what you said, I've already guessed it."
Li Shimin shook his head and said.
He had already guessed something from the conversation with Fang Yuan just now.
In addition, I have been feeling uneasy, which must be related to the rebellion.
Now it is confirmed from Cui Zhentang, but Cui Zhentang’s information is not worthy of the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
"Henan Road, Qingzhou!"
Cui Zhentang thought for a while and said.
He is determined to win the position of Minister of Household Affairs and cannot be taken back by Li Shimin.
"Why Qingzhou?"
Li Shimin frowned deeper and said in a deep voice.
He probably knows where Qingzhou is, but he doesn’t understand why he chose Qingzhou.
Qingzhou is a long way from Chang'an City. How could an uprising in Qingzhou cause chaos in Chang'an City?
"Qingzhou is a vast and barren land, close to the sea, and its advance and retreat are orderly."
Cui Zhentang said in a deep voice.
Qingzhou is very large and close to the sea.
The sea area is close to Japan, Silla and other places, making it easy to escape.
"I immediately sent someone to investigate, and it took about five days to go back and forth."
"You are not allowed to announce the imperial edict to the outside world within five days!"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
He wants to make sure the information is accurate.
"I resign!"
Cui Zhentang immediately saluted and left with Li Shimin's imperial edict.
Li Shimin watched Cui Zhentang leave, his eyes became dark and irritable.
"Is Fang Yuan still there? Let him come in!"
Li Shimin shouted outside.
"Your Majesty, Minister Fang has left long ago."
A eunuch trotted in and reported respectfully.
"Where's Wang De?"
Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief.
Fang Yuan left long ago, which means that Fang Yuan still doesn’t know the situation.
Now that Fang Yuan has worked so hard for the treasury, the Minister of Household Affairs should belong to Fang Yuan, but now it does.
For this reason, Li Shimin felt irritated and didn't know how to explain to Fang Yuan.
But if you want to explain, you will have to explain it after five days.
"The prince has gone to the toilet."
The little eunuch said according to Wang De's usual teachings.
"Go down."
Li Shimin did not doubt his presence, waved his hand and said.
Department of Accounts, Fang Yuan’s Office.
"Shilang Fang, I suggest you be mentally prepared."
"And I want you to guarantee with your personality that you will never leak it out."
Wang De arrived and whispered.
He originally thought about not telling Fang Yuan.
But seeing Fang Yuan withdraw one hundred thousand when he saw him coming, he wavered in his decision.
Then he thought about Fang Yuan being very kind to him before, and decided to sell the news to Fang Yuan.
"Prince, please rest assured, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what's important."
Fang Yuan chuckled.
Indicated that Wang De could inform.
"Cui Shilang came to His Majesty to ask for the position of Minister of Household Affairs."
Wang De relayed what he heard to Fang Yuan.
Although I didn’t say everything completely, I expressed a lot.
Fang Yuan's face slowly turned dark as he listened, and anger rose from the bottom of his heart.
For the past half month, I have been working hard day and night to fill up the treasury.
But in the end, all the hard work was in vain and he was fooled in vain?
"Shilang Fang, I say goodbye."
Wang De sighed.
Take the 100,000 yuan on the table and leave.
"Fang Qingping!"
After a long time, Fang Yuan calmed down and called Fang Qingping.
"Sir, please give me your instructions!"
Fang Qingping appeared soon.
"Have all the investment in building roads and residential communities in various places been made available?"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
"A small number of places are being transported."
"Most places are still waiting for enough money to be shipped."
Fang Qingping took out his notebook and said seriously.
A lot of the money shipped from various places is copper coins, and a small amount is paper money.
Because there are no Chinese banks in some places, and the court does not accept seven-star banknotes.
Therefore, the noble families paid with their own copper coins and carried them to the governor's office, which was responsible for transporting them to Chang'an City.
"It's a huge sum of money, and I'm worried that someone will hijack it along the way."
"Please sort out which places are being transported, and I will arrange some manpower to escort them."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Very good, since the money hasn't come back yet, let's not send it to the treasury yet.
All that money was earned through his own hard work, and Li Shimin didn't pay at all during this period.
If the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue cannot get it, it is impossible for the money to be transported into the national treasury.
"I'll go back and sort it out now, my official."
Fang Qingping immediately nodded in agreement without asking why.
In fact, he also felt that it would be dangerous to transport it to Chang'an City like this.
Even though it is tax, there have been many people who have been brave over the years, and there have been many people who have robbed tax revenue.
Fang Yuan asked him to go back quickly.
Not long after, after only one stick of incense, Fang Qingping came back with a list.
The list was not large, only about a dozen, so Fang Yuan immediately decided to let the security team lead the team there.
After solving this matter, Fang Yuan's depressed mood relaxed a lot, and he sat and exercised in the office.
The day passed like this, Li Shimin didn't give any explanation to Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan left work as if he didn't know anything.
After returning to Fang Mansion, Fang Yuan immediately called Mo Cailing.
As people forget about Deng Ling's calligraphy, Mo Cailing spends more and more time living in Fang Mansion.
She seemed to have emerged from the shadow of her father's departure, and the smile on her face became much brighter.
"I want to ask you to do something. Go to Qingzhou to find out if Qiwang, the fifth surname, is planning to cause trouble there!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
He is eyeing the position of Minister of Household Affairs.
But I also want to know about Wu Xing Qi Wang’s actions.
Once this behemoth rebels, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Therefore, Fang Yuan must be sure, be prepared to deal with it, and protect Du Miaoyan and the others.
"Isn't it?"
"They are going to start an uprising?!"
Mo Cailing was shocked and her eyes widened.
Each of the five surnames and seven looks is on an equal footing with the royal family.
Now they are united to rebel?
Isn’t it terrible?
"Not sure yet."
"I just received the message."
"You should travel as soon as possible and pay attention to safety."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
"Okay, I'll go and come back soon."
Mo Cailing nodded heavily.
After talking to Fang Yuan about other things, she went out overnight.
After sending Mo Cailing away, Fang Yuan called Ju Zi again.
"Master, how many firecrackers do we have now?"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
"About thirty thousand."
Juzi thought for a while and said.
"A little less, the inventory is around 80,000."
Fang Yuan shook his head and said in a deep voice.
"But the bomb blast rate hasn't completely dropped yet."
Juzi explained.
Because of the high explosion rate, the number of fire blunderbuss has not been produced too much.
They are all studying ways to reduce the explosion rate while slowly making firecrackers.
"No matter what, we'll talk about the quantity later!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
"Did this happen?"
The giant was immediately shocked.
Fang Yuan said before that not to make so much to avoid waste.
Now the number has almost tripled. Could it be that something happened?
"There may be a big chaos, pick up the weapons first!"
Fang Yuan didn't hide anything and said in a deep voice.
The giant is trustworthy and there is absolutely no need to hide it.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements now!"
The giant stood up immediately.
He wants to go to the Mohist Research Institute overnight and ask people to start making firecrackers.
"Don't worry, we'll go tomorrow."
Fang Yuan grabbed him and asked him to go again tomorrow.
It’s just one night, the impact won’t be big.
But having said that, this night, the atmosphere in Chang'an City became much more depressing.