Although he was the crown prince of Tang Empire, he couldn't put all the money into the national treasury of Tang Empire... because after the battle at Weishui River, Li Er assigned Liangzhou Province and Youzhou Province to Li Chengqian...
Youzhou was on the border with the Turks, so they often had to guard against harassment by Turkic soldiers. Secondly, Youzhou was barren and the climate was abnormally cold. Every winter, many people of the Great Tang would freeze to death…
If he wanted to renovate this place, he definitely couldn't do it without money…
Empress Zhangsun looked at the father and son who were in a deadlock and could not help but laugh. She said indifferently,""I didn't expect that His Majesty and the dignified Crown Prince would actually quarrel over a little money.”
"Humph! As the Emperor of the Great Tang, how could I care about such a small amount of money!”
"Alright, since that's the case, then all the money your son earns will belong to your son!" Li Chengqian said with a smile.”
He had to control this money. If he put the money into the national treasury…it would be like putting a piece of fat meat into a wolf's den. The ministers would definitely spend it for all kinds of reasons and then corrupt it…
Although there were honest officials in the Great Tang, more than half of the court was made up of the descendants of the great clans…
Li Er glared fiercely at Li Chengqian and said,""Humph! You unfilial son, you don't study the way of governing the country and stabilizing the country, but you only know the art of commerce all day! Where is the dignity of our royal family?"
'No, I can't let this unfilial son do whatever he wants. Otherwise, how will these officials view my descendants of the royal family…'
"Can't Imperial Father see the reality clearly?" Li Chengqian said with a faint smile. Now that the Great Tang's treasury was empty, the aristocratic families were gathering money like bloodthirsty insects, and they were colluding with foreign enemies in the face of national crisis. What was the reason for all this?”
Li Er was speechless. After all, this was the reality of the Great Tang.
"Humph! All of this was because the aristocratic families monopolized most of the wealth in the Great Tang. Now that the Great Tang was poor, was Father waiting for the officials to donate? Or was he planning to increase the taxes on the farmers? Or was he going to start a war to snatch it?”
"Merchants are also raised by their parents. Why should they look down on merchants? Just because merchants reeked of money? If Imperial Father is so stubborn, then it's best to get rid of the Great Tang as soon as possible!”
"Impudent!" Empress Zhangsun hurriedly pulled Li Chengqian's clothes and said,""Have a good discussion with your Imperial Father. You can't say such treasonous words!”
"Mother, your son has always thought that you are a reasonable person, but you are also so stubborn!”After saying that, Li Chengqian began to remove the accessories on his body.
Li Er was also a little angry. He almost roared,"You unfilial son, how dare you say such treacherous words!”
Li Chengqian looked at Li Er coldly and said,""Imperial Father, don't forget that you are the ruler of the world and have the power to decide the lives and deaths of the people. The ministers have to flatter you every day in order to survive. Even if it was Wei Zheng, Lord Wei would at most only say what you did wrong. Why would he say everything?”
"Imperial Father, you have to understand that good medicine is bitter to the mouth and good advice is unpleasant to the ear! It's because your son is the Crown Prince, the heir to the throne of the Great Tang, and your son that I'm telling you this!”
"Humph! If Imperial Father doesn't believe me, your son has nothing to say. I only hope that Imperial Father can appoint another talented person as the Crown Prince!”
Li Er and Empress Zhangsun were carefully tasting what Li Chengqian had just said. Good medicine was bitter and good for the disease, but good advice was unpleasant to the ear and good for the action. His words were really sharp!
I didn't expect the Crown Prince to be so talented…Li Lizhi also looked at Li Chengqian with stars in her eyes. His royal brother was indeed a peerless genius!
Seeing that Li Chengqian was about to turn around and leave, Li Er hurriedly shouted,""Stop right there!"
"Is there anything else, Imperial Father?" Li Chengqian asked coldly.”
Li Er deliberately put on a dignified look and said in a deep voice,"The money you get will be split 50 - 50 with me!”
Empress Zhangsun and Li Lizhi were speechless. Their father had been strongly against it at the beginning, so why did he suddenly start bargaining…
"Not a single copper coin!" Li Chengqian snorted.”
"Zhen will suffer some losses and split it 40 - 60 with you!”Li Er said with some heartache.
"Not a single copper coin!"
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