The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 190 Li Zhi wants a title for Li An
Li Zhi got a lot of good things from Li An, such as chocolate, instant noodles, cola, cans, Dadongzhu and the crystal chicken, which together cost at least tens of thousands of dollars. Even for the Crystal Chicken, Li Zhi estimated that it would cost at least [-] to [-] guan.

This is not generally good to me, which one of my own brothers can treat me as well as Li An?
And Li Zhi didn't know why, but he always felt very comfortable being with Li An. He could say and do whatever he wanted without restraint. He knew that Li An would definitely tolerate him.

On the contrary, Li Zhi didn't feel very comfortable with his royal brothers. He always had to hold it, because if you don't hold it, mistakes are likely to occur. If a mistake occurs, what will happen? If you are not good, it will become the means used by those brothers to deal with you.

You have to guard against it.

Li Zhi took so many things from Li An and had a feast at Li An's place, so he must help his elder brother with work. First, Li Zhi and Wei Wangning selected a group of people. There are hundreds of rich and powerful nobles in Chang'an City. These people are all really powerful, not just people who show their appearance.

You must know that the things Li An auctioned this time are very valuable. It would be embarrassing if a group of people with false pretenses came and couldn't pay for the things they took.

Li Zhi is someone who knows the nobles of Chang'an City very well. Together with Wei Wangning, the two of them will definitely choose the right person. Of course, there can't be only a hundred rich people in the entire Chang'an City, but Li An The auction will be stylish, so not all the rich people will be invited, but there must be some room for competition, so that it can be carried out more advantageously.

Ang Lee's auction house will not just hold one auction, in the future, Ang Lee will hold it from time to time.

After Li Zhi helped Li An draw up the list of invitees, he returned to the palace in a grand manner with 780 strings donated by Li Anjin to Li Shimin.

Upon returning to the palace, Li Zhi went straight to Li Shimin's Manna Palace. At this time, Li Shimin was also worried about money, because someone came to report just now that an earthquake had occurred somewhere in the Tang Dynasty, and now he needed a lot of money. Disaster relief.

But Li Shimin was a little troubled because the national treasury was really not enough.

Li Shimin's Tang Dynasty was a country whose primary industry was agriculture.

However, during the Zhenguan period, natural disasters such as floods, droughts, locust plagues, earthquakes, plagues, etc. occurred frequently in the Tang Dynasty. The affected area affected more than ten states, agricultural production was severely damaged, and large-scale natural disasters caused the destruction of buildings. It was seriously damaged and the quality of life of the people dropped sharply.

The Tang Dynasty was a people-oriented dynasty.

Therefore, in terms of disaster relief, the Tang court was willing to spend money and improved disaster relief institutions, staffing, and disaster relief-related systems.

In terms of disaster relief, disaster relief was mainly carried out in the form of prayer for disaster relief, disaster relief in kind, seed relief, paid relief, amnesty of tax and corvee, establishment of disaster relief agencies, establishment of free warehouse system and other forms of disaster relief.

In terms of measures, water conservancy projects are mainly built in the form of strengthening water conservancy construction and repairing laws and regulations.Water conservancy facilities have been newly excavated and repaired, ensuring the development of agricultural productivity.At the same time, a warehousing system was established in response to the invasion of natural disasters. The government established "good warehouses", "Changping warehouses" and "Zhuse warehouses" to reserve grain, so as to prepare grain reserves for disaster relief in disaster years.Among them, "Yi Cang" is a special granary specially used for disaster relief in disaster years.

Under the people-oriented thinking, the Tang Dynasty mainly focused on appeasing the people. Once a disaster occurred, it would immediately send people to the place where the disaster occurred to provide relief, to show the concept of being close to the people and implementing benevolent governance.

When epidemics and natural disasters occurred, a large number of prisoners were pardoned, corrupt officials were cleaned up, and corresponding amnesties were issued for taxes to demonstrate people-oriented thinking.

But these all cost money, a lot of money, whether it is physical disaster relief, seed relief, or paid loans. It all requires money from the court, but how much money can the court have, so Li Shimin is very excited about it. A headache, but also because of lack of money, Li Shimin has always advocated frugality.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Jin wishes to see you."

Huang Bao looked at Li Shimin, who had been worrying about him, and knew that Li Zhi had come to ask for a meeting, so he quickly reported it. This was to prevent Li Shimin from worrying about him anymore and to change his mood. When Li Shimin heard that Zhinu was coming, he nodded slightly: "Let's go." Come in childish slave."

Li Zhi was quickly ushered in by Huang Bao. When Li Zhi saw Li Shimin, he immediately bowed and saluted. Li Shimin looked at his favorite prince and waved slightly: "Okay, little slave, no need to be more polite. Today Why do you want to come to Father?"

"Father, I came here today to ask for help from my father." Li Zhi came to Li Shimin happily, and showed a slightly pleading expression.

"What's the matter? Did you encounter any difficulties?" You must know that Li Shimin still loves Li Zhi very much. There are many disgusting things between the two father and son. When it comes to conquering Goryeo, the first thing that bore the brunt was the "Twice Post" .

This "Two Du Posts" is a letter. I won't talk about the original text, but I will talk about the vernacular text: I received documents from Ouchi twice, but I haven't seen the letter from the childish slave.Dad, I'm worried to death.Just now I suddenly got a handwritten letter from you, a childish slave, saying that my wife is sick, and my worries and fears disappeared immediately, as if I came back from the dead.From now on, whenever you have a headache, write to me immediately.

Dad, if I get sick, I will write to you one by one.I got news from Liaodong (battlefield) today and will give you a copy.You miss Zhinu so much that you don’t know when you can go back. That’s all I have to say.Dad, edict.

When almost everyone saw this letter for the first time, it was hard to believe that it was written by a king of a country like Tang Taizong.Especially those few sentences: I can't see your letter, my father, I will "avoid my desire to die forever"; after reading your letter, I can feel relieved, just like "rebirth after death"; and finally, there is a sentence that my father misses you Thinking of "Reminiscing about slaves wanting to die" - reading it really makes us modern people feel very nasty.

Haha, but this also proves that Li Shimin really loves his children very much.

Li Zhi looked at his father worried about him, and said with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth: "Father, my son is fine, it's my son's brother Li, by the way, father knows about soap, right?"

"Li An.?" Li Shimin looked at Li Zhi eagerly and said, "Of course I know about the soap, and I also announced it in the palace, so I use soap, which is half cheaper than bath beans, and it's even bigger. Using soap."

"Father!" Li Zhi said with a smile: "Soap is very profitable. Lijiacun can get a net profit of [-] yuan a day. My brother Li knows that this profit is huge. One person may not be able to protect the profit of soap, so he He wanted to dedicate [-]% of the soap's profits to his father, and what his father had to do was to become Brother Li's partner.

In this way, Brother Li can sit back and relax. "

"Someone wants to grab the soap?" Li Shimin asked with a frown.

"Not yet. But the profits of soap are huge. If you don't have it now, it doesn't mean there won't be in the future. Brother Li is planning for a rainy day. Also, Brother Li knows that the Tang Dynasty needs money very much now. Brother Li said that the money should be placed in his father's in-laws. After that, it will be better than keeping it in his private treasury, and my father will definitely use all the money, so that he can take it from the people and use it for the people."

Li Shimin stood up and said: "It's really good!"

"Huh?" Li Zhi was a little surprised: "Father, what did you say?"

Li Shimin coughed, covering up his embarrassment and said: "It's nothing. By the way, you go talk to Li An and just tell him half. He should keep half for himself."

But Li Zhi shook his head and said: "Father, I also told Brother Li the same way, but he refused and insisted on giving you [-]%. Now all the money is outside your Manna Hall, and Li An said, Sending money into your nephew every day like any other business."

Li Shimin was moved in his heart. This is his eldest son. He is really considerate. Thinking about his prince, and then thinking about his eldest son, Li Shimin really felt regretful. If his eldest son had not been abandoned, then now his eldest son It would be great if he was the prince, and he and his eldest son would work hard for the Tang Dynasty.

It's not that the prince Li Chengqian is not good, but Li Shimin just can't feel pain for Li Chengqian, and he is also very strict. It is a kind of wolf father-style education. This kind of education also caused a huge gap between Li Chengqian and Li Shimin in the future.

"By the way, Father." At this time, Li Zhi spoke up again. He looked at Li Shimin and said with a smile: "Father, you see that Brother Li has done so much for the Tang Dynasty. Do you also want to express your gratitude? , forget about giving me money, do you want to give me some titles?"

Li Shimin smiled slightly after listening to Li Zhi's words. He was satisfied when he saw his son asking for a title for his eldest brother. This showed that the relationship between the two must be very good. What Li Shimin likes to see most is brotherly harmony.

However, Li Shimin couldn't just divide the title just because Li An gave him a little money, not because he was worried about Li An's identity being exposed, but because it didn't conform to the rules. Now that the title is divided, the worry is that the tail will not be lost. If it starts from Li An today, it will not be a good thing.

So Li Shimin smiled and shook his head and said: "If you want to be knighted with this method, it is still not possible. If Li An wants to be knighted, then he must come up with an artifact that is as beneficial to Datang as the horseshoe last time, or He wants to make military exploits, great military exploits, otherwise, I won't be conferred a title.

So now I will only ensure Li An's safety, and no one will touch his property. This is the deal between me and him, do you understand, Zongnu? "

understand?
I don’t understand, but Li Zhi didn’t dare to continue to pester him. He had such a temper. Seeing that there was no chance, he could only say goodbye and leave. However, fortunately, he had completed a task for Li An, and Li Shimin had now accepted the money. Then no one would dare to touch the soap business.

(End of this chapter)