louisehourcade Chapter 816 Although shameless, it is easy to use.
Chapter 816 Although shameless, it is easy to use.
Chapter 816 Although shameless, it is easy to use.
"Although there are not many, it can be used in an emergency."
Empress Changsun also has no good solution. Reducing court expenses and clan expenses is already the best way she can think of.
"Guanyin maidservant, as far as I know, the Lin family's wealth is piled up like a mountain, there should be 1000 million guan, why don't you talk to Lizhi and borrow me first." Li Shimin said with some embarrassment.
It is said that it is a loan, and the money will definitely not be repaid in the end.
If Lin Xuan was in Chang'an, he could talk to Lin Xuan, but now that Lin Xuan is not there, Li Shimin really has no face to ask Li Lizhi for money, so he had to let Empress Changsun go.
Empress Changsun was slightly taken aback, only then did she realize that Li Shimin actually wanted to talk to her about this when he asked her to visit the Imperial Garden.
"Your Majesty should have heard the allusion of Zigong redeeming people, right?" said Empress Changsun.
As we all know, Confucius was a native of Lu during the Warring States period.
At that time, there was a law in the State of Lu that if someone from the State of Lu became slaves abroad, if someone could redeem them, they could not only ask the government to reimburse the ransom, but also reward them.
Once, Zi Gong, a disciple of Confucius, ransomed a man from the state of Lu abroad. After returning home, he refused to accept the ransom and rewards from the government.
When Confucius knew it, he said: "Zigong did something wrong. From now on, Lu people will not redeem slaves from other countries. Receiving compensation from the state will not damage your character, but if you don't receive compensation, Lu There will be no one in the country to redeem their compatriots who died.”
Zigong used his own money to do a good deed, which should have been set up as a model of morality. Why did Confucius criticize him instead?
Zigong's mistake is that he raised the moral standard that everyone can achieve to a height that most people can't reach.This makes many people discouraged from redemption.Raising the moral standard infinitely, or treating personal morality as public morality, the two approaches will only lead to one result, which is to embarrass morality, and make ordinary people change their minds when they hear morality and go far away from morality!
Therefore, morality should actually be a concept that everyone can achieve without harming himself and benefiting others.
Li Shimin naturally knew this story, but he didn't understand what Empress Changsun meant by saying this.
"Your Majesty, at that time, there were many people from the State of Lu who ransomed Lu people who were abroad. The reason was that after the redemption, the government did compensate the ransom money and rewards. If the government did not do what it said, would anyone go to redeem them?" Queen Changsun asked. .
Li Shimin understood what Empress Changsun meant. Empress Changsun was reminding him to keep his word. Since he said it was a loan, he must pay it back in the end.
"Do you think I don't want to pay him back? When the grassland war is over, we still need to build a city in the grassland, and we need more money. I don't have the money to pay him back at all." Li Shimin said with a wry smile.
To build a city in the Tang Dynasty, you can use local materials, and the cost is very high, let alone build a city on the grassland.
There are no grasslands like wood and stone, which need to be transported from other places, and the cost will naturally increase.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to pay back the money, you can also give other compensations." Empress Changsun said.
"Other compensation?" Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun with some doubts.
"Your Majesty, Zichu's father doesn't have a title yet, right? The concubine went to Li Zhi to talk about borrowing money, and it would be great for His Majesty to give Zichu's father a title." Queen Changsun said.
"No, isn't this selling an official position?" Li Shimin refused without thinking.
It's all done by a foolish emperor. If he does this, it will be recorded in the history books in the future. Will his reputation be lost?
"Your Majesty, how can this be considered as selling an official title? Zichu is a son-in-law, so how could his father not have a title? As for the money was borrowed by His Majesty, how can it be called selling an official title?" said Empress Changsun.
Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun with some surprise.
No matter how you look at it, this method is shameless. He didn't expect to say it from the mouth of Empress Changsun.
Empress Changsun was speechless when she saw Li Shimin's eyes.
What can she do, the only way to minimize the impact of this matter.
Although doing so will give people a feeling of selling their officials, it can calm the hearts of those officials.
Otherwise, if you follow Li Shimin's actions, you will feel like taking money from your courtiers.
Li Shimin was able to seize the Lin family's money by force, but when he ran out of money, he would inevitably not reach out to them. At that time, he was afraid that people would panic.
"Maid Guanyin is right, Zichu's father should indeed be knighted."
When Li Shimin said this, he agreed with Empress Changsun's method.
Although shameless, but easy to use ah.
If a title can really sell for more than 1000 million crowns, Li Shimin might really sell a few.
……
Lin Xuan didn't know at this time that Li Shimin had already taken money from his family.
Even if he knew, he didn't have the time to pay attention, because Goguryeo sent troops.
Yuan Taizuo was assassinated and died, and Yuan Gaisuwen was seriously injured, which made Gao Jianwu make a stupid decision to go to Yuan's house in person.
Although Gao Jianwu brought a large number of guards, Yuan Mansion was the headquarters of the Yuan family, so there were already a large number of guards. In addition, in order to catch the assassins, he also mobilized [-] soldiers into the city.
Gao Jianwu's departure is tantamount to a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.
Yuan Gai Suwen was waiting for this moment, and directly sent someone to kill Gao Jianwu.
After Gao Jianwu's death, Yuan Gai Suwen sent people to massacre all the officials loyal to the royal family in Wandu City, and then promoted him to the throne.
As soon as the situation stabilized, Yuan Gai Suwen couldn't wait to mobilize 20 troops and entered the grassland.
Li Daozong conquered the grasslands, and naturally sent a large number of spies to monitor the movements of the surrounding countries and tribes.
As soon as Goguryeo sent troops, it was detected by spies, and the generals were quickly called to discuss matters.
"Everyone, Goguryeo suddenly sent troops for unknown purpose, what do you think?" Li Daozong asked.
"General Manager, Goguryeo has always been docile to me, Datang, did they send troops to help us?"
"The last general thinks that what General Xu said is reasonable. The Western Turks often bully Goguryeo. It should be that Goguryeo saw that Tang Dynasty was about to win, so he chose to send troops. Not only can he please Tang Dynasty, but also take revenge."
Li Daozong was not so optimistic. Although Yang Guang failed in the three conquests of Goguryeo, the loss of Goguryeo was not small. Although it has recovered a lot after so many years, it has not recovered to its heyday, with only about 40 soldiers and horses.
20 is already half of Goguryeo's soldiers and horses.
If Goguryeo sent troops to curry favor with the Tang Dynasty, why did they send a lot of soldiers and horses to make a show?
Lin Xuan had a bad feeling when he heard the news.
Judging from Gao Jianwu's previous behavior, he is very timid, and he should not dare to take the initiative to trouble Datang.
But to say that Goguryeo came to help Datang, no matter how you look at it, it is unlikely.
Suddenly, Lin Xuan thought of someone—Yuan Gai Suwen.
In history, Yuangai Suwen killed Gao Jianwu, and then provoked the war between Goguryeo and Datang.
Although Lin Xuan didn't know exactly when Yuan Gai Suwen killed Gao Jianwu, it shouldn't be so soon.
(End of this chapter)