Chapter 814 Although shameless, it is easy to use.
"Although it's not much, it can still cope with emergencies."
Empress Changsun didn't have any good ideas. Reducing palace expenses and royal family expenses was the best way she could think of.
"Guanyin Maid, as far as I know, the Lin family's money is piled up like a mountain. It should be ten million yuan. How about you talk to Li Zhi and lend it to me first." Li Shimin said a little embarrassed.
It's a loan, but 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 here, Li Shimin really has no shame in asking Li Lizhi for money, so he has to let Queen Changsun go.
Empress Changsun was slightly startled, and then she realized that Li Shimin wanted to visit her in the Imperial Garden because he actually wanted to talk to her about this.
"Your Majesty must have heard the story about Zigong redeeming people, right?" Queen Changsun said.
As we all know, Confucius was a native of Lu during the Warring States Period.
At that time, the State of Lu had a law that stipulated that people from the State of Lu had become slaves abroad. If someone could redeem them, they could not only ask the government to reimburse the ransom, but also receive rewards.
Once, Zigong, a disciple of Confucius, ransomed a man from Lu abroad. After returning home, he refused to accept the ransom and reward from the government.
When Confucius learned about it, he said: "Zigong did something wrong. From now on, the people of Lu will not redeem slaves from other countries. Collecting compensation from the state will not damage your character, but if you do not receive compensation, Lu
There will be no one in the country to redeem their compatriots who were killed.”
Zigong used his own money to do a good deed and should have been regarded as a moral example. Why did Confucius criticize him instead?
Zigong's mistake was that he raised the moral standards that everyone could achieve to a height that is difficult for most people to reach. This made many people shy away from redemption. He raised the moral standards infinitely, or regarded personal private morality as public morality.
, both approaches will only get one result, which is to embarrass morality, make ordinary people change their color after hearing about morality, and then go away from morality!
Therefore, morality should actually be a concept that everyone can achieve without harming oneself and benefiting others.
Li Shimin naturally knew this story, but he didn't understand what Queen Changsun meant by this.
"Your Majesty, at that time there were many people in the State of Lu who redeemed people from the State of Lu who were outside the country. This is because after the redemption, the government did compensate the ransom and give rewards. If the government did not fulfill its promise, would anyone still redeem them?" Queen Changsun asked.
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Li Shimin understood what Empress Changsun meant. Empress Changsun was reminding him to keep her word. Since it was a loan, she must pay it back in the end.
"Do you think I don't want to pay him back? When the war on the grassland is over, we will still need to build a city on the grassland, which will require more money. I have no money to pay him back." Li Shimin said with a bitter smile.
Building a city in the Tang Dynasty could use local materials, but the cost was very high, let alone building a city on the grassland.
For example, there is no grassland for wood and stone, so it needs 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 compensation." Queen Changsun said.
"Other compensation?" Li Shimin looked at Queen Changsun with some confusion.
"Your Majesty, Zichu's father doesn't have a title yet, right? I went to Lizhi to talk about borrowing money. Then it would be great if Your Majesty would give Zichu's father a title," said Empress Changsun.
"No, isn't this selling an official position?" Li Shimin refused without even thinking.
Selling an official position and getting a title are all done by a foolish king. If he does this, it will be recorded in history books in the future, and his reputation will be lost?
"Your Majesty, how can this be said to be selling an official position to get a title? Zichu is a consort, how can his father not have a title? As for the money borrowed by Your Majesty, how can it be considered selling an official position to get a title?" Queen Changsun said.
Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun with some surprise.
This method seemed a bit shameless no matter how you looked at it, and he didn't expect that it would come from the mouth of Queen Changsun.
Queen Changsun was speechless when she saw Li Shimin's eyes.
What can she do? Only by doing this can the impact of this matter be minimized.
Although doing this will give people the feeling of selling their official position, it can calm the hearts of those officials.
Otherwise, if Li Shimin did what he did, it would feel like he was taking away the money from his officials.
Li Shimin can seize the Lin family's money, but when he runs out of money, he will inevitably not reach out to them, which will probably make people panic.
"Guanyin Maid is right, Zichu's father should indeed be knighted."
Li Shimin said this, which was equivalent to agreeing with Queen Changsun's method.
It's shameless, but it's useful.
If a title could really be sold for more than 10 million yuan, Li Shimin might really sell a few.
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Lin Xuan didn't know at this time that Li Shimin had already invested his family's money.
Even if he knew it, he had no time to pay attention to it because Goguryeo sent troops.
Yuan Taizuo was assassinated and Yuan Gaisuwen was seriously injured. Gao Jianwu made a stupid decision and went to the Yuan family in person.
Although Gao Jianwu brought a large number of guards, Yuan Mansion was the base camp of the Yuan family and already had a large number of guards. In addition, in order to catch the assassin, 20,000 soldiers and horses were mobilized into the city.
Gao Jianwu's departure is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.
Yeon Gaesumun was waiting for this moment and sent people to kill Gao Jianwu directly.
After Gao Jianwu's death, Yeon Gaesumun sent people to massacre all the officials loyal to the royal family in Wandu City, and then promoted Gao Bian to the throne.
As soon as the situation stabilized, Yeon Gaesumun couldn't wait to mobilize an army of 200,000 troops and entered the grassland.
When Li Daozong conquered the grasslands, he naturally sent a large number of spies to monitor the movements of surrounding countries and tribes.
As soon as Goguryeo sent out troops, spies discovered it and quickly summoned the generals to discuss matters.
"Everyone, Goguryeo suddenly sent out troops with unknown purpose. What do you think?" Li Daozong asked.
"General Manager, Goguryeo has always been docile to us, the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that they sent 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 the Tang Dynasty was about to win, so it chose to send troops. Not only could it please the Tang Dynasty, but it could also take revenge."
Li Daozong was not so optimistic. Although Yang Guang failed in his three expeditions to Goguryeo, Goguryeo suffered considerable losses. Although it had recovered a lot after so many years, it had not returned to its peak period, with only about 400,000 soldiers and horses.
Two hundred thousand is already half of Goguryeo's troops.
If Goguryeo sent troops to please the Tang Dynasty, why did it send a few troops to show off?
Lin Xuan had a bad feeling when he heard the news.
Judging from Gao Jianwu's previous behavior, he was very timid and probably did not dare to take the initiative to cause trouble with Datang.
But it is impossible to say that Goguryeo came to help Datang.
Suddenly, Lin Xuan thought of a person - Yeon Gae Suwen.
Historically, it was Yeon Gaesumun who killed Gao Jianwu, and then triggered the war between Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty.
Although Lin Xuan didn't know exactly when Yeon Gaesumun killed Gao Jianwu, it probably wasn't so fast.