Li You was already in the hall, so he naturally did not need to be summoned in from the outside.
However, it was against the rules for an underage prince to listen to court affairs, so Li Shimin still had to pretend that Li You had not officially participated in the court before. Otherwise, he would definitely be annoyed to death by the censor.
This time, everyone's gaze was focused on Li You.
" It's actually His Highness King Chu?!"
At the beginning, many people only felt that Li You looked familiar. Only now did they completely confirm Li You's identity.
But why did King Chu appear on the court?
"What's going on…?”
" I don't know. I didn't hear anything about it before…"
"Why did Your Majesty choose this time to announce the King of Chu?”
The officials couldn't help but whisper among themselves. Li Shimin coughed and said,"Silence! The King of Chu has something to report. Please listen carefully.”
Li You came to his senses. He already knew what to do.
He strode forward and said in a clear voice," Father, I heard that the imperial court is in a financial crisis. I can't help but feel anxious. Now, I have a good plan. I hereby present it to Father!"”
Li You's words caused the ministers 'faces to turn green and red. The current situation of the court lacking money everywhere was like a money disaster.
" What…!?"
Only Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji widened their eyes in shock!
Wait, why does this topic sound so familiar?
Didn't Li You mention this to Li Shimin a few days ago?？
" It can't be…" Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji's hearts were fluctuating." His Majesty clearly rejected King Chu that day, didn't he? Why did he bring up the past again at this time?”
What had happened?
"Tell me in detail, what are the conditions for this plan?" Li Shimin nodded.”
Li You said," The conditions for this plan are very simple. First, Imperial Father will allow your son to act in the name of the Imperial Court. Second, Imperial Father will allocate 100,000 strings to your son! In exchange, your son will definitely return a million strings to the Imperial Court!”
As soon as Li You finished speaking, everyone present immediately exploded!
"100,000?"
"A million strings?"
These two figures were extremely shocking. One had to know that a top-notch official of the first rank, even if he had reached the peak of the officialdom, would not have a salary of more than two thousand strings of money a year!
The two numbers that Li You had mentioned were too frightening!
"A million strings? His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not know what a million strings of strings meant. It was already almost one-tenth of the annual income of the imperial court!”
"A million strings is an unimaginable amount, so how can I boast like this?？”
Immediately, a few more censors stepped forward, all of them displaying indignant expressions.
However, they were still a minority. As for the other ministers who were more popular…
Of course, he wasn't supporting Li You. Instead, he was focusing on the 100,000 strings of money that Li You needed!
"Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
"That's a hundred thousand strings of money. What can we do with it?”
"Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
Very quickly, several ministers jumped out and prostrated themselves in front of Li Shi Min, afraid that Li Shi Min would agree to Li You's request.
Seeing this, Li Shi Min sighed in his heart."As expected, the resistance is still too great…"
Even if Li Shi Min could not oppose Li You's proposal after witnessing his capabilities, he could not force Li You's proposal to pass when all the officials were strongly against it.
"Looks like we can only drop this matter. In the end, I was too rash.”
Li Shi Min shook his head. Just as he was about to speak, Li You spoke first.
"Sir, how should I address you?”
Li You picked one of the ministers who shouted the loudest. He did not feel angry at all and asked with a smile.
The minister was stunned for a moment before gritting his teeth and saying,""I am Liu Sanxing, assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. May I know what advice Your Highness has?”
" The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue…" Li You nodded." He's also a fourth-rank official. He can be considered one of the two second-in-command of the Ministry of Revenue." However, this king remembers that the person in charge of the Ministry of Revenue is still the Minister of Revenue, right?”
"Of course…"
Li You had already stopped smiling." Then why are you jumping around when the Minister of Revenue, Lord Tang, hasn't even spoken yet?!"”
"I…!"
Liu Sanxing choked and couldn't speak. After a while, he said with a red face,"I'm doing my duty. As the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, how can I watch 100,000 yuan go down the drain?”
Liu Sanxing's words resonated with many ministers.
"That's right, that's right. We're already so short of money now, and you still want 100,000 yuan?”
"The problem is that if you want to use 100,000 strings to get 100,000 strings back, how can there be such a good thing in the world!？”
"There's no evidence for such words. If this hundred thousand strings of money were to be given out, it would undoubtedly be wasted!”
After receiving the support of so many ministers, Liu Sanxing also revealed a smug expression and looked at Li You fearlessly.
Li You looked around and sneered,""Lord Liu is inexplicably very confident, very sure that this hundred thousand strings of money will go down the drain in this king's hands?”
"There's no need to think too much about this. With my many years of experience as the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, I'm completely certain of this!”Liu Sanxing said proudly," I've never heard of His Highness King Chu having such talent. Do you need to say more about the results?”
Li You suddenly didn't answer the question." Alright then. May I ask Lord Liu, how much is the final sum of 350,000 wen, plus 6,000 strings of coins and 750 taels of silver?"”
This was actually a very simple addition and deduction operation, but it involved several unit transformations. In the Tang Dynasty, where mathematics was not developed, Liu Sanxing was stunned for a long time.
However, all the officials were staring at him. Liu Sanxing broke out in a cold sweat and forced himself to answer,"Six…six hundred taels?"
"Wrong!" Li You said firmly," It's 560 taels of gold!”
Liu Sanxing's face instantly turned red!
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