No wonder Xiao Fan was dressed as a woman today.
Hiss!
Filthy!
If you want to hook up with the princess, why don't you just ask? Even if His Majesty doesn't agree, your aunt can still help you!
She had done such a great service for the Great Tang, so what if she was just a princess? Just pick!
Why did he have to dress up as a woman to participate in that stupid poetry meet?
Empress Zhangsun's eyes were filled with confusion.
Hmm? Could it be that he had taken a fancy to the daughter of a high duke?
A hint of displeasure flashed across Empress Zhangsun's face. When she had time, she had to go and talk to Xiao Fan. How could this daughter of the Duke compare to the daughter of the Imperial Family?
……
Li Shimin brought Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and Fang Xuanling to the Xiao Manor.
Xiao Fan stared at the four of them curiously.
He knew Wei Zheng, he was an official of the Imperial Censorate.
When he saw Wei Zheng, the corners of Xiao Fan's mouth curled up into an imperceptible smile.
Li Shimin winked at Wei Zheng.
At present, Wei Zheng had the highest status here, so he had to take the lead.
Wei Zheng coughed dryly and said to Xiao Fan,"Brother Xiao, how have you been?"
Xiao Fan nodded and said suspiciously,"What's the matter?"
"The four of us gathered together to drink, and when we had nothing to do, we talked about sending the Tang envoy to Tang."”
"This old man felt that this was a matter of raising the prestige of our country, but after hearing some comments afterwards, I was afraid and wanted to hear brother Xiao's opinion.”
Xiao Fan smiled knowingly.
He knew that his father's lover would definitely tell his father about the Wei Nation's envoy to Tang.
His father, who was a speculator, would definitely inform his friend in the Imperial Censorate.
Regarding the matter of national rejuvenation, Xiao Fan felt that he needed to explain the stakes to the higher-ups.
That was why he had used Empress Zhangsun to play hard to get.
Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't be able to lure the officials of the Imperial Censorate.
As a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, Xiao Fan had the obligation to do his part to prevent this nation from being slaughtered by steel knives in the future.
However, this was all he could do. As for whether the court would listen to him or not, it was none of his business.
Xiao Fan did not waste time and said directly,"A few days ago, I saw a group of monks cheating in the suburbs."”
Li Shi Min and the other three were confused by his words.
"Huh?" Wei Zheng asked curiously. What does that mean?"
Xiao Fan said,"I suddenly thought of the four classes in the Great Tang: the ruling class, the working class, the slave class, and the sitting class.”
"We can try to classify these monks and Taoists as sitting food.”
"They don't care about production, they don't need to work, they don't need to pay taxes on the money and silk offered by incense, and they can avoid taxes on the income from their fields and hiring tenant farmers.”
"Every year, the Great Tang loses an uncountable amount of money on this level.”
Li Shi Min and the other three smacked their lips.
Although Xiao Fan's words were a little ahead of time, after careful consideration, they could easily understand. The four of them nodded without batting an eyelid and did not interrupt Xiao Fan.
Xiao Fan continued,"From the looks of it, these people are useless except for using mysterious things to drum up people's hearts.”
"Actually, it's not the case. Everything in the world is reasonable as long as it exists.”
"The Wei Nation sent Tang envoys to Tang to learn about Han culture in order to steal Tang's advanced technology. No one can talk about these dirty things.”
"Then how can we change this situation?”
"How?" Li Shiming asked with anticipation.”
Xiao Fan rolled his eyes at Li Shimin,"If your brain isn't working well, don't speak."”
He looked at Wei Zheng and asked,"Do you understand?"”
Wei Zheng was speechless.
What was that?
Know what?
Xiao Fan covered his forehead. As I said just now, what's the use of keeping those highly respected monks in the country who don't produce or work and only eat the incense offerings of the common people?
Send them over, send them to the Wei Nation! The more, the better. Teach more Buddhist scriptures to the working people of the Wei Nation, send more craftsmen to build houses, and build temples for the people of the Wei Nation…
If all of these were implemented in the Wei Nation, not to mention the dwarves of the Wei Nation wanting to revitalize the Wei Nation, it would probably take a few years for the national strength to be completely exhausted. The people would stop working and only pray to Buddha, and the soldiers would stop eating meat and become vegetarian. What was the difference between such a nation and sheep?”
Xiao Fan spoke enthusiastically and even pointed at the country.
Li Shi Min and the other four nodded as they listened, their eyes glowing.
"Do you think this is the end?"
Xiao Fan smiled sinisterly.
F * ck!
He was most afraid of seeing this kid's ghostly smile. This was a scam!
Li Shi Min suddenly became interested, his eyes shining with anticipation.
Xiao Fan said indifferently,"To tell you the truth, I've browsed through an ancient book from the Wei Nation. The book records that there is a large amount of gold and silver buried under the Wei Nation's island... So, when the Ministry of Works sends the craftsmen over, can they do something else... Oh, do you understand?"”
"What?" Wei Zheng's defense was instantly broken.
"Is what you said true?" he asked excitedly.”
Money!
Now that the Great Tang was developing, its economy was changing, and its military and military expenses…which of them couldn't do without money?
If there was a large amount of gold and silver buried under the Wei Nation island…
Hiss!
Wei Zheng suddenly began to tremble and asked solemnly,"Brother Xiao, is what you said true?"
Xiao Fan smiled." It's better to see it than to hear it. If the Wei Nation knows to send an envoy to Tang, why can't our Tang send Buddha to the Wei Nation? At that time, what was wrong with letting his entourage dig three feet into the ground? If the pirates dare to touch the Tang…Haha, isn't the Great Tang worrying about having no reason to move its troops to the East Coast?”
After Xiao Fan finished speaking, he smiled at Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng could not help but be a little shocked, and his heart began to beat violently.
"No harm within a hundred miles." These words burst into Wei Zheng's mind. He took a deep look at Xiao Fan.
None of them had expected that Xiao Fan would bring so many benefits to the country.
It killed several birds with one stone!
Especially the incident of sending Buddha into Japan. It seemed that…the Tubo people also favored Buddhism!
Inferring from one instance, what if this kind of thing was applied to Tibet?
At this point, the hearts of the four people began to throb.
I'm convinced!
Wei Zheng was really convinced by Xiao Fan.
This kid was not the slightest bit careless when scheming.
It was so satisfying, so satisfying!
If Li Shimin wasn't here, Wei Zheng would have laughed out loud.
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