Just when Yang Fan was too busy to touch the ground, Li Tai and his party also arrived in the capital.
Since it was getting late when he entered the city, Li Tai did not stay up all night to see him.
Early the next morning, heavy snow covered the entire city of Chang'an with a thick layer of silver.
His Majesty Li Er, who is the most intolerant of the cold, is unwilling to take a step outside the Manlu Palace except to go to court.
After the Ganlu Hall was renovated, there was a steady supply of heat, and the entire palace was like a greenhouse.
After going to court, Li Er sat on the bed. Although he was only wearing a thin single coat, he didn't feel the slightest bit cold.
If it had been in the past, Li Er might have turned into a dog long ago.
But since Yang Fan invented the burning pit and introduced briquettes, the heating pressure in Guanzhong has been greatly relieved.
In addition, in the past two years, Li Er's small treasury has become more and more full, his living standard has also improved, and there is no shortage of charcoal.
Li Er was flipping through the book with one hand while drinking tea. The warm tea went into his throat and made his whole body feel warm.
The cup of tea was not finished, so the servant reported it, and King Li Tai of Wei asked to see him.
Li Er waved his hand casually, signaling the waiter to bring him up.
Soon, Li Tai was brought in.
As Li Er's favorite son, when Li Tai returned to Chang'an, Li Er naturally knew everything about it.
After not seeing each other for several months, Li Er misses his son very much.
But as soon as he entered the palace, Li Tai took three reports and presented them with respectful hands: "Father, this time I went to Jiangnan, I was lucky enough to live up to my command, and the Royal Bank of the Tang Dynasty was successfully established. These are the specific details.
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His Majesty Li Er, who wanted to reminisce about old times first, couldn't help but be stunned.
It can be seen that Li Tai was talking about business, so Li Er had to drink all the tea in his hand, and then asked: "Qingque has worked hard all the way, please sit down first. I heard that Yang Fan made a lot of noise in Jiangnan.
It is said that not many Guanzhong aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen have been invited to Jiangnan. Is it all because of the Royal Bank of Tang Dynasty?"
Although I heard that Yang Fan invited many aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen to Jiangnan, Li Er didn't pay attention to what exactly he did.
Now that I heard Li Tai talk about the Royal Bank of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty Li Er remembered it.
Li Tai was sent to Jiangnan this time, partly because Li Tai’s fiefdom was in Jiangnan.
On the other hand, there were constant discussions about Li Tai in the court, and they believed that the prince should go to the fief after he came of age.
Due to pressure from all sides, His Majesty Li Er had to compromise.
This time Li Tai went to Jiangnan, not so much to supervise Yang Fan's establishment of the Royal Bank of the Tang Dynasty, but rather to gild and avoid the limelight.
Therefore, Li Er did not actually pay much attention to the three memorials sent by Li Tai.
In his opinion, as long as Yang Fan doesn't cause any big trouble, it doesn't really matter.
Seeing his father's indifferent attitude and even putting aside several memorials he handed over without even looking at them, Li Tai looked a little weird.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Tai could only remind him again: "Father, I suggest you take a look at the contents of the memorial. There are two memorials brought to you by Yang Fan's child care minister..."
His Majesty Li Er lowered his face and said displeasedly: "Did that guy Yang Fan cause some trouble again, so you came to plead with me?"
"Humph, that kid hasn't been quiet since he went to Jiangnan. There are so many impeachments against him in the DPRK. If he causes trouble for me again, he will handle it himself and I won't care about him!"
The emperor's anger was not directed at Li Tai, but the coercive momentum was truly terrifying.
Originally, princes like Li Tai were in great awe of His Majesty Li Er, but now they were suppressed by this invisible pressure.
For a moment, Li Tai didn't know how to speak.
It’s not right to say that Yang Fan doesn’t cause trouble!
After all, Yang Fan's bidding meeting involved the entire Tang Dynasty family and wealthy businessmen.
If we talk about causing trouble, Yang Fan really doesn't cause any trouble.
Instead, he gave a large sum of money to the emperor.
Therefore, in Li Tai's view, this move was a great achievement.
Now that the emperor has not even read the memorial, Li Tai cannot boast.
More importantly, Li Tai also wanted to prove himself in front of His Majesty Li Er.
After all, he had a lot of credit for sending this money.
Seeing that Li Tai looked a little trembling, His Majesty Li Er thought that Yang Fan had caused something else.
For a moment, His Majesty Li Er looked very unhappy.
After all, every time Yang Fan gets into trouble, it's no small matter.
Seeing Li Er's expression, Li Tai knew that his father had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Father, the content here describes a great good thing. Because he was afraid that it could not be conveyed clearly, the governor asked his son to do it in person.
Come to Chang'an to report..."
Hearing this, His Majesty Li Er became even more unhappy.
Whether it was a battle report or a memorial report, Datang had a special way of transmitting information.
Originally, when a senior official like Yang Fan had something to report, he could just pass it on directly through the post station.
But now Yang Fan actually instigated a prince to deliver the memorial to Chang'an in person. He simply didn't take Li Tai as a prince seriously.
What's more, during this period, the censor kept impeaching Yang Fan for defying the imperial power.
In addition to being irritable, His Majesty Li Er felt that iron could not become steel.
In his opinion, Yang Fan is simply a stick!
Li Tai's identity was to go to Jiangnan to supervise the establishment of Datang Royal Bank.
Now that Yang Fan has driven him back, wouldn't it be easy for those aristocratic families to find evidence for impeachment?
Obviously, after that kid made some achievements in Jiangnan, he started to cock his tail with pride!
It is simply lawless to ask a prince to deliver a message to him. Where does this put the majesty of the royal family?
It's absolutely disgusting to give yourself problems every time.
Although he was angry, Li Er still picked up the memorial presented by Li Tai and opened it with a curse: "I want to see what important things this little bastard can come up with. If he causes trouble for me again,
I will punish you severely and not give you credit..."
Hearing this, Li Tai didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Of course, more of it is envy.
There were so many princes and grandsons, but Li Er didn't see anyone treat anyone differently.
But as soon as he arrived at Yang Fan, although Li Er always cursed, the feeling of closeness could be clearly felt.
However, Li Tai felt very proud at this time.
He was sure that as long as Li Er read the contents of the memorial, he would be shocked.
Li Tai really wanted to see what his father, who was unfazed by honor and disgrace, would look like after reading the memorial.
So, he secretly observed His Majesty Li Er's expression.
As expected, the expression on His Majesty Li Er's face soon changed drastically, and he even opened his mouth. Apparently the content inside shocked him!
After reading the memorial, Li Er did not put it down. Instead, he read the memorial from beginning to end again as if he had found a treasure.
This time the curse in Li Er's mouth disappeared.
But after reading the memorial, Li Er still didn't say a word. He just stared blankly and sat on the bed blankly, like a puppet.
However, Li Tai could see that Li Er's wrinkled hands were shaking slightly.
Li Tai couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart.
Father, isn't he having an epilepsy attack?
If a blood vessel ruptures due to a huge surprise, the trouble will be big.
I think Li Tai was also shocked when he knew the contents of Yang Fan's memorial.
Just in case, Li Tai couldn't help but asked softly: "Father, are you okay?"
His Majesty Li Er seemed not to have heard what he said. He stared straight at the memorial, as if there was a beautiful woman painted in it.
Indeed, Li Er was shocked by the content inside.
However, he had an unreal feeling that Yang Fan was making things up, or even deceitful.
At this moment, there was another sound of footsteps outside the hall. Judging from the sound of footsteps, it was obviously not a person.
Then he heard the chamberlain at the door announcing: "Your Majesty, Duke Zhao Guo, Duke Ying, and Duke Zheng outside the palace are asking for an audience..."
Li Er did not respond.
Li Tai on the side was sweating a little.
Could it be that Li Erzhen was overly surprised and his blood flowed back, leading to dementia?
There was no other way, so Li Tai could only gently remind the chamberlain and ask him to invite some of the princes in first.
After all, if several important ministers ask for an audience, it is impossible not to see them.
Immediately, Li Tai had no choice but to take a step forward and shouted again: "Father..."
Only then did Li Er come back to his senses and asked in confusion: "What's the matter? By the way, is the content of this memorial true?"
"Father, Emperor Long is so powerful that Yang Fan dares to deceive His Majesty!" Li Tai quickly explained, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that he has not obtained the position of prince, he does not want Li Er to stay idle.
Even my father, whom I admire emotionally, was so shocked that he never recovered!
However, Li Tai admired Yang Fan even more.
After all, everything Yang Fan does is always so unexpected.
Fortunately, I was able to drink some soup this time.
But Li Tai knew that this was not the time for Li Tai to be proud, so he could only say quickly: "Father, Zhao Guogong, Zheng Guogong, Ying Gong... They asked for an audience outside, and I made my own decision to let them in."
His Majesty Li Er waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, Duke Zhao and the others have to come over every day to report state affairs to me, so just let them in. By the way, don't leave yet, just wait aside!"
After saying this, Li Er opened the memorial in his hand and read it carefully again, as if there was something profound in the memorial that he still couldn't understand.
Hearing Li Er's words, Li Tai was overjoyed.
Even as a prince, Li Tai has never participated in such a high-level meeting.
When these prime ministers made reports, the princes never participated, and even the princes did not receive such treatment.
At this time, Li Tai couldn't help but thank Yang Fan, this guy is simply a lucky star.
If Yang Fan hadn't asked him to come to Chang'an to report, Li Tai wouldn't have been treated like this.
While thinking, several important officials in the court walked in under the leadership of the chamberlain.
Changsun Wuji, Li Ji, Wei Zheng... they walked into the hall together and bowed.
Seeing Li Tai sitting aside, several people couldn't help but be a little surprised.
They didn't receive any news about Li Tai's return to Beijing!
More importantly, His Majesty Li Er did not ask Li Tai to avoid him, which is incredible.
You know, Li Er doesn't like these princes to have contact with them, the ministers of the court.
Especially Changsun Wuji, at this moment he couldn't help but secretly guess whether the emperor had already planned to establish another prince.
Wei Zheng, on the other hand, frowned and asked the prince to participate in the political discussion in advance, which was against the imperial system. Just when he was about to remind him, he heard His Majesty Li Er say: "Several of your beloved ministers are here. Please take your seats. Let's take a rest today.
Don’t discuss court affairs…”
After saying that, he glanced at Li Tai with a complicated look and said, "Qingque brought several memorials from Jiangnan. Some of the contents are a bit unclear. Please help me to compile them together!"
Changsun Wuji and others looked at each other with a feeling of confusion.
Apart from major events like the Jiangnan Rebellion, is there anything else that the big guys can do together?
For the first time, several people thought of Yang Fan. Could it be that that guy caused trouble in Jiangnan again?
Although a few people were curious, they were inconvenient to ask questions.
In their opinion, since His Majesty Li Er proposed it himself, he would not hide it from them and would just wait.
At this time, His Majesty Li Er's face was also very strange, a little confused and a little confused.
Of course, most of them are still a little unbelievable.
After a long while, Li Er asked a nonsensical question: "You are all important ministers in the court. You should know how much the national treasury's annual taxes are in recent years, right?"
Changsun Wuji and others couldn't help but be slightly startled. Why did they suddenly ask this? Isn't it discussing the issue of Jiangnan?
More importantly, you, the emperor, should know best how much taxes there are in the country.
Of course, Changsun Wuji and others did not dare to question His Majesty Li Er.
Finally, it was Wei Zheng who replied respectfully: "Reporting to your Majesty, in the early years of Zhenguan, the tax was about 20 million yuan. Since the early years of Zhenguan, your Majesty implemented self-cultivation and rest, the number of households in the Tang Dynasty increased.
, until last year, the annual tax amount was about 30 million yuan."
"Thirty million guans, is that so little?"
His Majesty Li Er murmured, his expression getting weirder. He looked at the memorial in his hand, handed it to Wei Zheng and said, "Wei Aiqing, please take a look. This is the memorial brought by Qingque from Jiangnan, and the content was submitted by Yang Fan."
Li Ji's heart skipped a beat.
I thought to myself, could it be that Yang Fan is really up to something?
You must know that his friend’s orphaned and widowed mother is still in Jiangnan!
Therefore, Li Ji couldn't help but look at Wei Zheng.
If he hadn't been afraid of the emperor's blame, he would have wanted to see what the memorial was about immediately.
Wei Zheng stepped forward and took the memorial from His Majesty Li Er, and quickly read it.
After reading the memorial, Wei Zheng seemed to be frozen, his mouth opened so wide that he could almost fit a fist in!
Changsun Wuji became more and more curious when he saw Wei Zheng's expression!
What did Yang Fan write in this memorial that actually shocked Wei Zheng, who was unfazed by honor and disgrace?
Fang Xuanling and Li Ji were also curious.
What on earth could have surprised a prime minister like Wei Zheng, who was accustomed to troubles?
There was a bit of silence in the hall, and everyone was silent, wanting to see what Wei Zheng had to say.
After a while, His Majesty Li Er stared at Wei Zheng and reminded: "Wei Aiqing, do you think the contents of this memorial are true?"
Wei Zheng came back to his senses and said in disbelief: "More than 40 million yuan? This... this... is impossible? This is equivalent to the taxes for the two years of Zhenguan!"
In fact, Yang Fan established the Royal Bank of the Tang Dynasty in Jiangnan and invited aristocratic families and wealthy people from all over the country to Jiangnan. Wei Zheng also heard about it.
After all, whether it is the establishment of the Royal Bank of Tang Dynasty or the application for salt farm quota approval, official documents from the province are required.
But Wei Zheng really didn't expect that the shares of Datang Royal Bank and the salt farm index would be sold for more than 20 million yuan.
Of course, Wei Zheng also knew that the reason why the salt field index was auctioned at such a high price was actually because of Yang Fan's method of drying salt.
But no matter what, this is real money, who dares to believe it.
What surprised Wei Zheng even more was that Yang Fan's various techniques were actually sold for more than 20 million yuan. It really felt like a fantasy.
If this is true, then the richest man in the Tang Dynasty is none other than Yang Fan!
You should know that except for the money from the auction of Datang Royal Bank shares, Yang Fan does not own it exclusively.
The other more than 30 million yuan are essentially Yang Fan's private property.
It can be said to be a truly wealthy country!
Until this moment, Wei Zheng still felt a little unreal.
It is even suspected that Yang Fan exaggerated in the memorial.
More than 40 million yuan?
What kind of technology and shares can be sold for so much money?
In his opinion, Yang Fan must be teasing the emperor?
However, although Yang Fan, a bastard, is usually very bold, he doesn't dare to joke with the emperor, right?
If you deceive the emperor, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor.
After pondering for a moment, Wei Zheng could only reply: "Your Majesty, I don't know the authenticity of this matter, but didn't Yang Fan mention it in the memorial, and there is also a list of bidding details and a list of money disposal?"