The last time the imperial court reported the success of the war, it was Dang Renhong and Luo Dou’s rebellion. Gaochang’s victory was sent back as quickly as possible, which greatly pleased His Majesty Li Er. He couldn’t wait to call his grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling into the palace to share the good news .
Although the process of flattening Gaochang went smoothly, it is always a great event to win Gaochang. This is an important transportation gateway. According to His Majesty Li Er's intention, of course Gaochang will be taken as his own, and it will be established as Longyou Road and Anxi Capital. It is under the jurisdiction of the guardian government. In this way, the territory of the Tang Dynasty extended a lot to the west.
After discussing with Fang Xuanling and the others, His Majesty Li Er was happy all night. Now that Hou Junji and the others haven't returned to Beijing, this news can only make everyone happy. It's not time for the celebration and establishment of the mansion. His Majesty Li Er didn't immediately take it out to have fun with all the officials when he went to court the next day.
Due to the good mood, the Celestial Council went quite smoothly this day, and many affairs were passed after a short discussion.
Many people could tell that His Majesty Li Er was in a good mood. Generally speaking, it was time for Wei Zheng to come out and pour cold water on this kind of moment. However, before Wei Zheng could conceive a word of remonstrance, someone in the next shift was the first to hold the wat board high, expressing that he had something to play.
Li Tai couldn't help but glanced at the person who spoke.
Last time he secretly tricked people to spread the prince's arrogance and lust, and many people fell for it and stood up to impeach the prince. This time he repeated his old trick and asked people to go out to provoke a few words secretly, but the effect was not very good. After all, Li Yuanying is a well-known moron, and if he is in a hurry, he will give you a fool, and no one will be willing. Dip.
Li Yuanying just asked someone to sell tea, and he didn't do anything special. Among the ministers who can come to the court meeting, which family doesn't have many businesses? At most, it is just handed over to servants or distant relatives to take care of it.
Therefore, the person standing up now is just a spokesperson who wants to use Li Yuanying to make a name for himself.
What is good from the top will be followed by the bottom. His Majesty Li Er set up Wei Zheng as a mirror, and encouraged all officials to speak freely, and the people below naturally racked their brains to express their various opinions and put forward various suggestions of their own. Some people have real skills, and they have been promoted step by step without waiting for a long time; some people have embroidered pillows, their stomachs are full of ink, and they are blinded when they are asked to do things and make suggestions.
This person in front of him is just such an embroidered pillow, normally Li Tai would not have liked him, but now Li Tai is really looking forward to him talking. With regard to the shitty things Li Yuanying did, writing an impeachment scripture enough for him to drink a pot in one day!
His Majesty Li Er didn't know that this matter was instigated by Li Tai in private, and when he heard someone say that he wanted to play, he allowed the other party to speak.
The speaker got the permission of His Majesty Li Er, and immediately read the impeachment papers he had carefully prepared.
This person has outstanding literary talents, but his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, he is long-winded! There are hundreds of words at the beginning of the first paragraph, which is irrelevant, and his voice is flat and unwavering. If he doesn't remember not to lose his dignity in front of the palace, some military officers would like to lean on the table and fall asleep.
After cutting into the topic, this person's long-winded problem became more serious, and he read a thousand words eloquently, expressing only one meaning: "A mere catty of tea is actually sold for 800 yuan. As His Majesty's younger brother, how can King Teng able to do such a thing?"
Then he narrated Li Yuanying's bad things in the past in a few thousand words, starting directly from Li Yuanying's five-year-old buried in snow! It's a pity that he just mentioned the "seven years of Zhenguan", and His Majesty Li Er has already waved his hand to show that he knows. This is not just an old debt, it is simply a bad debt!
Everyone shouted "Your Majesty is wise" in their hearts, and if this person is asked to continue, this court meeting will end at some point!
Li Yuanying is not the crown prince, and his good fortune does not hinder anyone. His Majesty Li Er personally helped him advertise. What can others say? If you really want to spray, you should also spray on His Majesty Li Er. Unfortunately, this person is not as capable as Wei Zheng, and dare not directly point the finger at His Majesty Li Er!
Li Tai secretly hated him, how come only such an idiot is willing to stand up and impeach him without pain? With his impeachment method, it's no wonder Li Yuanying will have trouble!
Li Tai was very angry in his heart, but Li Chengqian who was sitting in front of him made a move.
Li Chengqian picked up the elephant wat and said, "I have something to play."
Li Chengqian seldom spoke at court meetings, and it would be nice if he was not absent. It was rare for Li Chengqian to speak on his own initiative, and His Majesty Li Er naturally nodded happily, signaling him to just speak.
Li Chengqian took out a manuscript and asked it to be presented to His Majesty Li Er.
His Majesty Li Er didn't know, so when he opened the manuscript, the words on it were a bit familiar, and it was written on the Qianjin tea box, "Excuse me, where is the good tea? Qianjin tea in Qianjin Hall", it is obvious that it is his younger brother. written.
Li Chengqian said: "Prince Teng showed me this yesterday. He has just learned to write an article, and after writing this article yesterday, he feels that he has no idea. He brought it to Erchen and asked Erchen to help him read it. Let me help you first." He will see if there is anything that needs to be revised, and he will submit it to his father later." Li Chengqian paused, then glanced at the speaker who had just spoken, "If someone hadn't impeached Prince Teng just now, I wouldn't have done it without Prince Teng's permission. Take it out before."
The others looked at me and looked at you, and they all saw the curiosity in each other's eyes: What article did the little devil in the world write, so that Li Chengqian could tell it at the court meeting
After reading the slightly childish article, His Majesty Li Er asked someone to take it back to Li Chengqian, and ordered: "Chengqian, please read it to everyone, so that everyone can hear who is this guy who has been scolded for misbehavior?" What do you think?"
Li Chengqian took back the manuscript as he said, and read Li Yuanying's article to the civil and military officials without haste.
Li Yuanying is not the same as the civil servant just now. He is not at all verbose. He listed all the profits from selling tea at the beginning. However, the selling price of three or four hundred catties of tea can be exchanged for countless Shi Miliang, this profit is amazing!
For such a large amount of money, Li Yuanying wrote it in the article without discounting it at all.
Li Yuanying also wrote in the article that he talked about taxes with Xiao Deyan, and he knew that in order to encourage the trade between the north and the south, all kinds of sales were not taxed, but he thought that the tea was very profitable, and if it was not collected, the people might not grow food grow tea.
Li Yuanying proposed that for the long-term stability of the Tang Dynasty, tea sales will be collected according to the commercial tax of the Han Dynasty in the future, and the tax will be one out of ten!
Li Yuanying further suggested that in the future, the existing and necessary business should follow the previous practice. If there is any new thing or new business, it must be determined by the court whether it needs to pay taxes.
More things, Li Yuanying did not write in the article, he only wrote what he can think of now. Since Xiao Deyan said that the existing ones cannot be changed casually, Li Yuanying felt that there are not many people selling tea in the north now, and selling tea like Qianjintang is a brand new business, so this business can always be changed!
As for whether other people should continue to follow suit and sell tea, and whether they should go south to buy tea mountains and tea gardens, it depends on whether they are willing to pay taxes.
Anyway, Li Yuanying is not short of the money, as long as the Tang Dynasty is stable, he can continue to be his little prince heartlessly.
Li Yuanying figured out this article, and felt that it was pretty good. Last night, he slipped to the East Palace to let Li Chengqian take a look at it, and then told him if there was anything he needed to change.
Li Chengqian still had important matters to deal with last night. He thought that Li Yuanying had just written a poem in the ordinary sense, so he asked Li Yuanying to put it down first, and he looked back.
In the end, when Li Chengqian picked it up and read it after finishing his work, he couldn't fall asleep again, thinking about this all night: Uncle Yao was only ten years old, but he studied with Xiao Deyan for a few days, and looked outside the palace with Sun Simiao. In this world, what you think and do is different from others.
In contrast, he, the prince, has never calmed down to think about these issues.
Li Chengqian came to court today with Li Yuanying's article in his pocket, and originally wanted to show it to Kong Yingda and the others after the court meeting, but he didn't expect that some officials would criticize Li Yuanying for selling tea at a high price.
Li Chengqian didn't even think about it, His Majesty Li Er stopped the speaker and immediately took out Li Yuanying's article.
This article, which is very immature in terms of literary talent and technique, once again silenced the entire court.
It has been more than 20 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, from the initial chaos to the prosperity of Zhenguan, exhausted the efforts of everyone in the court.
Now, the world is stable, there are few battles, and they are basically victorious. They should be able to breathe a sigh of relief for a while, but as the old and new families have formed in-laws and linked up with each other, powerful and wealthy households in various places have gradually emerged. Many problems also gradually come to the front.
Although there is no trouble at the moment, it seems that everything is harmonious and beautiful, and it is extremely good, but people without foresight must have near-term worries. What Xiao Deyan can see, others can't see it!
Fang Xuanling came to his senses first, and directly praised Li Yuanying, saying that King Teng's heart is commendable and he can do as he said.
As soon as Fang Xuanling spoke, the others naturally followed suit.
After the court meeting, all the officials went out to have a working meal. This working meal is also called "corridor food". It is the food arranged for the officials after the court. It is a combination of meat and vegetables, and the nutrition is balanced, so that the officials will not be hungry all day long!
The civil and military officials retreated one by one, and gathered in twos and threes to discuss the court meeting just now while having a meal, and had the same dinner table communication that has never changed since ancient times.
His Majesty Li Er called Li Chengqian over and asked for Li Yuanying's article.
The father and son sat in two places, and they didn't talk about government affairs or anything else, but they started chatting about Li Yuanying.
Li Chengqian honestly said that he didn't know that Li Yuanying wrote such an article at first. If he had known, he would have left Li Yuanying to discuss it all night.
His Majesty Li Er has read and listened to it again and again, and reread it carefully after taking the article, the more he reads, the more he feels happy in his heart. He, the younger brother, finally stopped playing around all day long, and knew how to advise the court.
This kind of idea would definitely not be brought up by others. Who is willing to bother and work hard to develop a new business to pay taxes to the court? Only Li Yuanying, who doesn't look down on those few tax dollars, dares to think and speak!
His Majesty Li Er was overjoyed, and with a sullen face, he took Li Yuanying's article and educated Li Chengqian: "You are ten years older than your Uncle Yao, but you haven't given any useful advice to the court these years. I will learn more from your Uncle Yao in the future." After finishing speaking, he ordered someone to post Li Yuanying's article on the screen behind him, and on it were Wei Zheng's "Ten Thoughts", "Ten Gradually Unable to End" "and many more.
Normally, Li Chengqian would not like to hear such words, but this time he didn't feel unhappy. He strolled back to the East Palace, and just as he entered the courtyard, he saw Li Yuanying playing with Li Xiang.
Seeing Li Chengqian came back, Li Yuanying led Li Xiang to Li Chengqian and asked, "Chengqian, have you read the article for me?"
Li Chengqian said: "I read it, but the article is gone."
Upon hearing this, Li Yuanying said unhappily, "You can't throw it away if you don't like it. If you don't like it, I'll ask someone else to look at it!"
Seeing that Li Yuanying was a little angry, Li Chengqian dragged him into the room and sat down. While coaxing his son on his lap, he talked to Li Yuanying about what happened at the court meeting.
Li Yuanying soon learned from Li Chengqian that there had been a round of discussions about his article at the court meeting, and Fang Xuanling and the others only praised but not scolded! Later, His Majesty Li Er also asked for the article and posted it on his place of discussion On the screen, I heard that all the memorials that he will often review are pasted on it!
Li Yuanying's eyes widened when he heard this, and he was extremely surprised: "Brother Huang, does he think my writing is so good?"
Li Chengqian relayed His Majesty Li Er's last sentence "I will learn more from your Uncle Yao in the future" to Li Yuanying.
Now it's all right, Li Yuanying's tail is almost up to the sky. He imitated His Majesty Li Er's stern face to tease Li Xiang: "Have you heard that, you should learn more from Yao Yao."
Li Xiang was very cooperative, and immediately nodded obediently: "Learn from Yaoyao!"
The author has something to say:
Eldest nephew: I don't know why, but I'm not jealous of you at all.
Little Prince: Because I'm super cute! ! !