Li Jiancheng, Li Er, and Li Yuanji buried their heads in the thought of what they could do with the 700,000 strings of money the court had, when they heard the old man Li Zhao raise the price again. He actually offered an additional 50,000 strings of money, and they couldn't help but secretly click their tongues.
Li Tai was planning to take advantage of them!
But it felt so good!
Nowadays, all the people in the world respected the five surnames and the Seven Wangs. Many ministers wanted to marry a woman of the five surnames and marry the five surnames and the Seven Wangs. Even if they were the descendants of the emperor, they sometimes had to restrain themselves and follow the general trend. They did not dare to go against the people.
This also led to the Five Families and Seven Wangs becoming more and more unscrupulous, nibbling away at the interests that should have belonged to the Imperial Court. Since the founding of the Great Tang, Li Yuan had worried countless times about the Five Families and Seven Wangs growing larger and larger. He wanted to rectify the noble families, but he was always helpless in the face of major events.
But now, after Li Tai's methods, the two of them had been defeated.
The heads of the five families and seven Wangs of Chang 'an were wagging their tails and begging for mercy.
Delightful!
Li Jiancheng, Li Er, and Li Yuanji felt as if they had just drunk a bowl of iced soup in the heat of summer. They felt refreshed.
Li Tai sat cross-legged on the soft couch and munched on melon seeds. He blinked his eyes and looked at the old man outside the room. He was also a little surprised. He could actually raise the price. As expected of a rich dog. His family was really rich! But soon, what's yours will be mine. I won't give you a single cent!
"Do you mean the same thing?"
Li Tai's tender voice came from the room.
Li Zhao's expression lit up. It seemed that the matter regarding the stone tablet had been settled. He hurriedly replied with a yes, then turned his head and continuously winked at the other six old men, asking them to quickly agree.
The six old men looked helpless and said in unison,"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Li Tai jumped down from the soft couch and strode out of the house. He spread out the melon seeds in his hand and raised them high in the air. He said in a childish voice,"I'm very satisfied with what you've done. Come, eat some melon seeds!”
The seven old men were speechless.
Looking at the melon seeds in Li Tai's hands, the seven old men looked sorrowful. They recalled the first time they met Li Tai and how he had rewarded them with melon seeds.
Eat melon seeds?
Eat my ass!
Just because we ate your melon seeds, each of us lost 150,000 strings!
If we had known in advance that we had to pay to eat your melon seeds, we would never have touched them!
"Your Majesty, I'm on fire and can't eat…" Li Qing laughed bitterly.
" What?" Li Tai was startled." Do you know what the last person who said he got angry from eating my melon seeds is doing now?"”
Li Qing was stunned.
The expressions of the other six old men changed. They remembered the news they had heard. Yesterday, Wu Qishan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, had been punished for saying that eating melon seeds would cause heat. Now, his entire family had been exiled for 2,000 miles.
Li Qing's heart was trembling. His face was pale as he bowed and said,"I will die!"
Li Tai blinked and said," You guys have done well in donating. I won't reprimand you if you make a mistake. Come, eat some melon seeds."”
"We thank Your Majesty."
The seven old men bowed with their hands folded in front of their chest with bitter faces. Then, they stepped forward and each took a few melon seeds from Li Tai's small hands. They held them tightly in their hands, but they didn't dare to eat them in front of Li Tai like they did the first time they came.
It hurt money too much!
Li Jiancheng, Li Er, and Li Yuanji looked at the seven old men strangely.
See, I knew it back then. Do you want to live a good life after eating Li Tian's melon seeds?
Are those melon seeds?
That's the blame on you!
Li Tai looked at them with a smile and said in a childish voice,""I won't keep you any longer. You can go back and prepare the money. The Imperial Court is in a hurry to use it and cannot be delayed.”
"Money is naturally not a problem."
"Your Majesty, those seven stone tablets…" Li Zhao hurriedly said.
Li Tai looked at them in surprise.”
The seven old men were going crazy. Was that Kreishi's merit? Was there such a thing as memorizing merit? If the seven stone tablets were left there for a few more months, the reputation of the five surnames and seven Wangs would all be ruined!
"Forget it. Since you don't like them, I'll move them away from Ming De Sect.”
Li Tai's face was full of regret. He turned around and said to Shen Lian,""Shen Lian, remember to ask someone to retrieve the seven stone tablets and place them at the palace gate. It is the palace gate that the civil and military officials pass by every day.”
"Here!" Shen Lian cupped his fists.
The seven old men widened their eyes and looked at Li Tai in disbelief. Wasn't moving the stone tablet from Mingde Gate to the palace gate destroying it?! What did His Majesty mean by this? Did he want them to pay more?!
It had already increased to 150,000 strings per family!
Li Zhao was also anxious. This was different from what he had thought. He said anxiously,"Your Majesty-"
Li Tai's face turned serious. Although his voice was young, it was rare for him to be serious.
"Moving from Ming De Gate to the palace gate is already my limit. This is not a matter of money! Other people can forget about your contributions to the Imperial Court, but I can't! Don't look down on me because I'm young, but I remember the kindness others have shown me the most!”
Li Jiancheng, Li Er, and Li Yuanji looked at Li Tai with faint gazes. This seemed to be a grudge!
The seven old men were also stunned. They had never expected that Li Tai would not play according to their plan. Each of them had offered 150,000 strings, but they had only moved the seven stone tablets from one place to another?
But even so.
It was better than leaving it at the city gate!
If it was placed at the city gate, the merchants who came to Chang 'an would be able to see it!
However, it was different when placed at the gates of the Imperial Palace. There were Imperial Army guards at the gates, and ordinary people were not allowed to approach. This made it difficult for ordinary people to see the seven stone steles.
The seven old men's faces were gloomy. They still wanted to talk to Li Tai, but when they saw Li Tai's expression, they understood that this was Li Tai's last line.
Li Zhao sighed in his heart and said," I understand. I was hoping that Your Majesty could tell me when those seven stone tablets can be moved away from Mingde Sect.”
"That depends on when you donate the money to the imperial court.”
Li Tai blinked and said," Once you're done donating, Shen Lian will move it for you immediately. When to move it, it's not up to others, it's up to you!"”
"We can definitely do it today. We will go back and prepare now!”
Li Zhao smiled bitterly as he finished speaking. Then, he and the seven old men bowed helplessly and said,""We will take our leave."
Li Tai waved his little hand and laughed."Go ahead."
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The seven old men walked out of King Qin's Mansion with ugly expressions.
Lu Hu grumbled," What is Your Majesty doing? Each of us will pay 150,000 strings of strings, but in the end, seven stone tablets are still seven stone tablets. It's just moving a place!"”
"That's still better than not moving at all!"
" If it continues to remain in Mingde Sect, the whole world will despise the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs in less than three months!" Li Qing said with a gloomy face.”
"Isn't it still the same!"
Wang Yu, the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan, said angrily,"Could it be that the news can't be spread if it's placed at the palace gate? The little Emperor was just messing around. He had no idea what the consequences would be for the five surnames and seven Wangs if he did this!”
"Do you still think that the little Emperor is fooling around?”
Li Zhao sighed. After leaving King Qin's Mansion, he seemed to have aged ten years. He smiled bitterly and said,"How is the little Emperor messing around? He's clearly clear-headed. The few of us, no, I'm afraid that all the civil and military officials in the court have been played by the little Emperor!”
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