Chapter 343 Your Majesty, I also hope you understand me
Fang Yuan met Li Shimin in the imperial study room.
After a brief salute, Li Shimin kindly arranged his seat.
"Fang Yuan, are things going well these days?"
Li Shimin said as if making things happen.
"It went very smoothly."
"There are already more than 130 aristocratic families investing in building roads, and more than 50 investing in building residential communities."
Fang Yuan smiled and said.
The money each family invests in building roads is enough for Fang Yuan to have enough food and clothing for his whole life.
But for Fang Yuan, who controls Huaxia Bank, money is actually just a number.
"I have found out the reason why Qiwang of the fifth surname left Chang'an City."
Li Shimin suddenly changed his expression and sighed.
"What's the reason?"
Fang Yuan asked.
I thought it should be the ones I heard.
"They want to rebel, starting from Qingzhou, and they have already raised one person in Qingzhou."
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
He has determined that Qiwang, the fifth surname, wants to rebel.
And the young man named Qingshan from Qingzhou was also recognized by him as the person selected by the Five Surnames and Qiwang.
"So they left Chang'an City early to avoid being controlled by the imperial court?"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
He also thought of this early.
Fang Yuan couldn't help but admire this. It's good to have a big family and a big business.
Qiwang, the fifth surname, had many careers in Chang'an City, but he left without any regrets.
They don't seem to worry about being annexed by the emperor or being affected by war.
"Yes."
"A bunch of hateful aristocratic families."
Li Shimin said bitterly.
He hates those aristocratic families deeply.
I have long planned to dismantle them, but the time has not waited for me.
The officials produced by the imperial examination have not yet played their role and cannot fight against them.
Like him deliberately supporting Fang Yuan, Fang Yuan was flying as fast as he was, and he was just a servant.
"Then let's tear it apart. If you don't break it, you can't stand it."
Fang Yuan thought for a while and said in a deep voice.
The aristocratic family is deeply rooted and is the cancer of this era.
It's not easy to eradicate them, but you have to try.
With the current strength of the imperial court, it is not impossible to break up with them.
After all, they are all going to rebel now, so why should they hesitate?
"When things have reached this point, it can only be like this."
"Before we solve the problem of Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, I need the support of Cui Zhentang and other people."
"Fang Yuan, you know what I mean and can understand me, right?"
Li Shimin sighed and said.
He wanted to use time to solve the problems of the big families.
But it is obvious that those aristocratic families refused to give him time and are now starting to create chaos.
If this is the case, then we should unite with those who seek stability like Cui Zhentang to give Cui Runyu a fatal blow.
He knew about the big family's diversion selection, so he was not surprised, and he also found Cui Zhentang credible.
"Your Majesty, I don't understand!"
Fang Yuan shook his head and said in a deep voice.
He understands, but he doesn't understand.
He should not be the one to pay for the transaction between Li Shimin and Cui Zhentang.
"Fang Yuan, Cui Zhentang made a deal with me and told me about the situation of the Five Surnames and Qi Wang, and I will give him the Minister of Household Affairs."
"Fang Yuan, you are still young. You will not be limited to the position of Shangshu in the future. Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue should first give it to Cui Zhentang to understand my difficulties."
Li Shimin said nicely.
I hope Fang Yuan can support his choice this time.
"Your Majesty, if you hadn't come to me and offered me conditions, I wouldn't have any complaints now."
"But now, you have changed your mind, and it's not my fault. Do you think I can understand your difficulties?"
Fang Yuan almost sneered.
All these problems were caused by Li Shimin.
He allows himself to understand, so who will understand him?
"Fang Yuan, the overall situation comes first, can't you take the overall situation into consideration?"
Li Shimin's face turned ugly.
He felt that he was annoying enough, so he had to talk to Fang Yuan.
Nowadays, Fang Yuan is so unusual and has no overall situation, which makes him angry.
"Your Majesty, the overall situation is to sacrifice oneself to achieve everything?"
Fang Yuan's eyes darkened and he said coldly.
"At some point, that's true."
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
"In other words, if the person involved is His Majesty, Your Majesty will also sacrifice himself, right?"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
"Natural!"
Li Shimin said without any hesitation.
He sacrificed a lot for the country.
He has sacrificed everything from feelings, interests, family ties, etc.
"Since His Majesty has said so, I have no objection."
"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will go back first."
Fang Yuan suddenly saluted Li Shimin and asked to leave.
"Ah, oh, ok, you go back first."
Li Shimin was greatly surprised.
I was surprised when Fang Yuan suddenly changed his mind.
But now that Fang Yuan has changed his mind, he is relieved.
Fortunately, fortunately, Fang Yuan didn't make an ugly scene with him, and didn't make anyone laugh.
At this time, the external problems had not yet been resolved, and the emperor and ministers were at odds internally.
It’s a taboo.
Fang Yuan resigned.
Li Shimin watched Fang Yuan leave.
He was still surprised and wondered why Fang Yuan suddenly changed his mind.
You were clearly going to start a fight with yourself just now, why did you leave so suddenly?
"Wang De, has anything happened in Fang Mansion recently?"
Li Shimin called Wang De and asked.
"Your Majesty, I haven't heard of it. Do you want me to ask someone to find out?"
Wang De came running like crazy.
"No need."
Li Shimin shook his head and said.
I was about to ask Wang De to leave, but suddenly a possibility came to my mind.
Immediately said: "Quick, call Fang Yuan back!"
Li Shimin thought of a possibility, one that made him so angry that he gritted his teeth.
Not long after, Fang Yuan was called back by Wang De.
"Fang Yuan, when will the money invested in building roads and residential communities be returned to the treasury?"
Li Shimin pretended to be indifferent and said.
He guessed that Fang Yuan transferred the money away.
"Your Majesty, that is the money Wei Chen earned from cooperating with major aristocratic families. Why should it be transported back to the treasury?"
Fang Yuan said with a half-smile.
I just thought of it now, it’s too late.
"You, how could you do this?"
"That's a few years of tax collection by the country!"
Li Shimin suddenly jumped up with anger.
The imperial court's annual tax revenue is 20 million, but there is not much left in the treasury every year, and it even owes money.
Nowadays, the money Fang Yuan brings from building roads and residential communities may be 40 to 50 million, which is enough for the national treasury in several years.
Such a huge income, but it has nothing to do with the imperial court, and it has all been restrained by Fang Yuan?
"Your Majesty, didn't you say that in the face of the overall situation, you have to sacrifice yourself?"
"I have sacrificed myself. You can't sacrifice nothing and want everything, right?"
Fang Yuan looked at Li Shimin and chuckled.
"You, you are cooperating with me!"
"Without me, how could you have made so much money!"
Li Shimin said angrily.
"Building a community does require His Majesty's permission to sell land, but building roads was entirely negotiated between me and them."
"If His Majesty does not want to sell land to them for development, then I can terminate our cooperation with them."
Fang Yuan shrugged and said indifferently.
Under the current circumstances, Li Shimin would definitely not dare to terminate cooperation with the aristocratic families.
To a certain extent, cooperation in building a community is also a way to bind people together.
Although this method is not very effective, there is a high probability that these aristocratic families who want to develop will not join the ranks of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.
"You bastard, how dare you plot against me?!"
Li Shimin walked towards Fang Yuan angrily.
"Your Majesty's words are really disgusting!"
"It's obviously you who went back on your word, so how come I'm plotting against you?"
"Why, the emperor can set a fire, but the minister is not even qualified to light a lamp?"
Fang Yuan sneered.
Turn a blind eye to Li Shimin's anger.
Nowadays, I am no longer a small county magistrate.
It is the fourth-rank Minister of Household Affairs who holds the real power.
Even the emperor, unless he is stupid and doesn't care about chilling the hearts of his ministers, will not kill people casually.
Under normal circumstances, as long as any minister of the fourth grade has not committed a heinous crime, many ministers will stop him when the emperor wants to deal with him.
Because the emperor and the ministers are two entities, the ministers have to think about themselves, and they have to prepare themselves for the fact that the emperor makes things difficult for them for no reason.
This is why most ministers behave honorably when they enter their official career, because they also want to be honorable in the future.
"You, you, you"
"You can keep it at your place, but you have to give it to me when I need it!"
Li Shimin was angry and angry, his hand trembling as he pointed at Fang Yuan.
But Fang Yuan made him speechless and couldn't find any reason to refute.
"You can use it!"
"But borrow, not give!"
Fang Yuan stood calmly and said calmly.
"Would you like to go a little further?"
"If you let me borrow it, I will let Huaxia Bank print money!"
Li Shimin was so angry that he blushed and shouted angrily.
"You can print as many copies as you want."
"But don't forget the inflation problem I told you."
Fang Yuan shrugged and said indifferently.
After deciding to print banknotes, Fang Yuan and Li Shimin talked about why banknotes cannot be printed endlessly and the issue of the need for reserve funds.
The danger has been told to Li Shimin. If he doesn't mind, then let him seal it. Anyway, the Tang Dynasty belongs to his Li family, and its failure is also his problem.
Now, Fang Yuan seems to understand a little bit why no big family has the reason to become the emperor himself. It is too difficult to organize the world and there are too many considerations.
But governing a family is different. You only need to let the family develop, and the methods can be more vicious. You don't have to worry about depriving the people and being revolted by the people.
"You must do this to me?"
Li Shimin said angrily.
"Your Majesty, it was you who wanted to do that to me first."
Fang Yuan said with a sneer.
"Asshole!"
"I don't want to see you, get out of here!"
Li Shimin clenched his fist and growled.
Fang Yuan felt calm in his heart, saluted Li Shimin and left.
Perhaps, from this moment on, he and Li Shimin will break up.
But Fang Yuan has no regrets, he is just fighting for his own interests.
There was a struggle between the emperor and his ministers, one for imperial power and the other for ministerial power.
Just like that, Fang Yuan left.
The next day is the fifth day after Li Shimin and Cui Zhentang decided on the date.
On this day, when the genius had just dawned, Cui Zhentang asked people to spread the news that the emperor had ordered him to be promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
As soon as the news came out, the dignitaries in Chang'an City were in an uproar, and they were all inquiring about the accuracy of the news.
It is clear that Fang Yuan wants to complete the emperor's agreement, and the Minister of Household Affairs will have it at his fingertips.
But why did it end up returning to Cui Zhentang’s hands?
Is the ability of Qiwang from the fifth surname really so terrifying?
"Fang Yuan, are all the rumors outside true?"
Because it's still early, Fang Yuan hasn't gone to the morning court yet.
Although Du Miaoyan is pregnant, she is still used to getting up early.
Because Fang Yuan had to go to the morning court, Hongxu, Qinggao and several others also got up early.
After learning the news from outside, Du Miaoyan and others looked at Fang Yuan in confusion.
"The emperor has a new deal with Cui Zhentang."
Fang Yuan gave a simple explanation.
"Damn it, how could your Majesty do this?"
"That's right, he was obviously the one who came to see the master first."
"Then the master's efforts during this period have not been in vain?"
Du Miaoyan and the other girls defended Fang Yuan and accused Li Shimin one after another.
Even though Li Shimin is the emperor, Fang Yuan is still more important in the hearts of a few people.
"It's quite annoying, but it's not in vain."
"I have asked the governors from all over the world to ship money to us."
Fang Yuan chuckled.
Although he did not get the position of Minister of Household Affairs, the money he earned was not turned over to the state treasury.
I have made hundreds of millions in just over half a month, which is not a big loss compared to the Minister of Revenue. After all, I am still young and there are many opportunities in the future.
Youth is capital!
"Then trouble with His Majesty is inevitable, isn't it?"
Du Miaoyan said worriedly.
Between ministers and the emperor, after all, the emperor is the most respected.
If the emperor wants to deal with his ministers, it is much easier than if the ministers want to deal with His Majesty.
Unless you are a powerful minister who has power over the government and the opposition, it is difficult to have an arm-wrestling with the emperor.
"Yes, but it's okay."
"The emperor is a wise king and will not mess around."
"If he wants to deliberately target me, the worst he can do is stop."
"With our current money and strength, the emperor dare not touch us."
Fang Yuan is confident.
Now the Fang family seems to have only been around for a short time, and only Fang Yuan is the only one.
But the Fang family currently controls a lot of things, and they also have a lot of people.
There are outsiders like Lu Xia and the Xue family sisters, and Fang Yuan regards them as his own.
Thanks to the trained security guards like Lai Yingzhe and the guards like Liao Fengmao, Fang Yuan also regards them as his own.
There are also Juzi, Sun Simiao, etc., who are all part of the Fang Mansion and are a force that cannot be ignored by the Fang Mansion.
Especially in terms of weapons, Fang Yuan has created the strongest weapons of this era.
With them, even if Li Shimin is a foolish king, he still has to consider the consequences.
"Since my husband has an idea, I will support you."
"At worst, we don't want anything and just return to the mountains and fields."
Du Miaoyan said softly.
Power makes people nostalgic, but it is also something that restrains people.
If Fang Yuan is willing not to do it, then she will support Fang Yuan unconditionally.
"With your words, I feel relieved."
"Take good care of your baby at home, I'm going to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Fang Yuan smiled knowingly and felt his heart warm.
Soon, Fang Yuan left for the household department.
The eyes of the officials he met along the way looked at Fang Yuan changed.
Fang Yuan ignored this, accepted all the looks indifferently, and finally came to the household department.
At this time, news came from the direction of Qingzhou.
The young man named Qingshan was supported by many people.
Then the Qingshan boy led his supporters to attack Japanese fishing boats.
Not only did he win, he also captured several Japanese fishermen and delayed the Japanese at the port.
As soon as the news came out, Qingshan boy's reputation became even greater, and more people supported him.