"Old Mr. Li, are you very happy to make a profit in one day?" Zhao Chen looked at Li Shimin with a smile and said.
Previously, Li Shimin sent 100 coins to Zhao Chen as startup capital.
In just a few days, I have already made a profit and made a lot of money.
Li Shimin felt that he was picking up money for nothing.
Although there are few, but if you accumulate, there are some, right?
"Haha, that's OK." Li Shimin said with a smile.
I thought to myself that if Zhao Chen was at a higher position, I would probably be able to earn more.
"Zhao Chen, you said, if you make money, where should we spend it?" Li Shimin thought for a while and asked.
Li Shimin was the emperor, so he naturally had to spend money on the Tang Dynasty.
But he couldn't ask Zhao Chen openly.
"If you make money, you should continue to invest." Zhao Chen said.
"What is investment?" Li Shimin was curious. He had never heard of the word investment.
Zhao Chen always said something they couldn't understand.
Empress Changsun was also curious.
"Zhao Chen said that investment is money to make money." Li Ruoshuang said from the side.
"Money makes money?" Li Shimin still didn't understand what Zhao Chen meant.
"We mine saltpeter, and there will always be a day after we finish mining. Then we will have no money to make money, so at this time, we should think about what to make money in the future." Zhao Chen explained.
When he heard Zhao Chen's words, a glimmer of light burst out in Li Shimin's eyes.
Zhao Chen is planning ahead.
As the common ruler of the world, the most important thing is to have the intention to prevent problems before they happen.
You must not wait until the danger reaches its sight before you react.
With this alone, Zhao Chen is much stronger than Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian only saw in front of him, otherwise he would not have been so fiercely with Li Tai.
"Then do you have any good ideas?" Li Shimin asked.
"Build the road!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.
...
In the imperial study room, where did Li Shimin come back from Zhao Chen, so he summoned Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and other ministers to come here to discuss matters.
"What happened? Didn't the court meeting be held in the morning?" Fang Xuanling said curiously.
"Maybe it's important, but why didn't the Secretariat receive any news?" Changsun Wuji shook his head and couldn't figure it out for a moment.
Wei Zheng and others were also a little confused about why His Majesty the Emperor rushed to summon them into the palace.
"Everyone is here." Li Shimin walked over from the side hall and sat on a high seat.
Everyone greeted him and looked at Li Shimin one after another.
"Today, there is something to call you here, so I will discuss it with you." Li Shimin thought about the information he got from Zhao Chen, and even now, he felt a little excited.
"Your Majesty is so anxious to summon me, I believe there must be something very important. Please tell me, and we must rack our brains for you." Changsun Wuji said first.
"I went out of the palace today and found that the streets of Chang'an City were already a little dilapidated." Li Shimin said lightly.
"Your Majesty, the national treasury has been empty recently, and we really don't have the money to build this street." Li Xiaogong immediately understood what Li Shimin meant.
Li Shimin wants to build a road, but he also needs money, right?
But the treasury is almost empty, so where can I take out the money to build the road?
As the Minister of Revenue, Li Xiaogong was really worried that His Majesty the Emperor would ask for money from him.
It's really impossible to get it out!
"Your Majesty, building roads is a good thing, benefiting the people's livelihood." Changsun Wuji nodded, but changed his mind and said, "It's just that my Tang Dynasty treasury is now empty and I really have no money."
Wei Zheng looked at Li Shimin and didn't speak.
He could tell that when he went out of the palace today, he must have gone to Zhao Chen again.
This so-called disrepair of the road is probably a trick caused by Zhao Chen.
Wei Zheng felt that if the treasury had money, it would naturally be possible to build roads.
But the treasury has no money.
Is it necessary to get a bonus?
Wei Zheng was stunned immediately and wanted to point at the emperor's nose and scold him!
"Your Majesty the Emperor, the treasury is empty. If you want to build a road, you have to collect taxes. The Tang Dynasty was in its early stages and it was time to rest and recuperate. If Your Majesty levies it, I will risk my life to advise you." Wei Zheng glared at Li Shimin and said in a deep voice.
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Li Shimin secretly cursed Wei Zheng in his heart.
Before he finished speaking, he threatened himself.
If I hadn't seen you well, I would have slapped you in the face today.
"I know what you said, and I will not do the extra tax."
"But I must build this road!" Li Shimin said.
Everyone was stunned.
I don't understand what His Majesty the Emperor means.
Don't have money, still build roads?
Is Your Majesty the Emperor not dreaming?
"Your Majesty, if you don't have money, how can you build a road?"
"Your Majesty, the streets of Chang'an City are OK, you can still use them first!"
"His Majesty……"
None of the ministers in the imperial study agreed with Li Shimin's idea.
Li Shimin is so angry!
I secretly said that these ministers would stop me from doing what I wanted to do.
I never thought of a way to help him Li Shimin.
"I have a way to build roads even if I don't have money!" Li Shimin smiled faintly.
"What?"
"Your Majesty said, can you build roads even if you don't have money?"
"How is this possible? Is Your Majesty joking with me?"
Fang Xuanling and others were stunned at the time, thinking that His Majesty the Emperor was joking with them.
Throughout history, they have never seen anyone who has no money and can do such a big project.
Why did the former Sui Dynasty perish? It was not because Emperor Yang of Sui had no money to build the canal, which increased taxes and made the people suffer.
If you can do things without money, where can you still have the current Tang Dynasty?
"What are you kidding me if I say something, what are you kidding?" Li Shimin's face turned cold and scolded.
Although he scolded everyone, Li Shimin felt very happy.
After all, when he heard this statement, he looked like Fang Xuanling and others when he heard it.
Empress Changsun was also shocked at that time.
When I came back, I kept asking Li Shimin if she had heard it wrongly in Zhao Chen?
"Your Majesty, I have never heard of anyone who can build roads without paying money."
"Who has your Majesty deceived you?" Wei Zheng immediately spoke.
He actually wanted to argue with Li Shimin, but thinking about it, he still had money to capture it in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor.
If you criticize him for no reason, won’t you get the money?
"Do you think I am a three-year-old child?" Li Shimin frowned.
"I have no money, but there are many rich people in the world. The Tang Dynasty advocates hiding wealth among the people. How many merchants and aristocratic families have no money?"
"It's just a road construction, what's the point?" Li Shimin said lightly.
"Your Majesty wants the merchants and families to pay for road construction, how is this possible?" Fang Xuanling's face changed immediately.
I secretly said that His Majesty the Emperor was probably crazy. The merchants and aristocratic families wanted to make all the money, so how could they pay to help build roads?
"Your Majesty the Emperor, you don't want to force the merchants to donate money, right?" Wei Zheng said slowly.
As a professional troll, he is ready.
As long as Li Shimin nodded and said yes, Wei Zheng would spray His Majesty with saliva on his face.
Chapter completed!