In the first year of Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty, spring was waning.
Chang 'an Imperial City, Taiji Palace, Li Main Hall.
A dignified middle-aged man with a beard was talking to a beautiful woman in a palace dress.
If there were officials here, they would be able to recognize him.
This middle-aged man was the current emperor, Li Shimin. As for the beauty in the palace dress, it was Empress Zhangsun.
Beside the two of them, there was a child in his teens sitting cross-legged in boredom.
The boy looked extremely cute, but at this moment, his head was lowered and he looked sleepy.
Empress Zhangsun asked Li Shimin with concern,"
"Your Majesty, ChenQie has seen that you have been frowning these few days. Is there something troubling you?”
Li Shi Min sighed and frowned,
"Guanyin servant might not know this, but I've been worrying about the emptiness of the national treasury recently.
The flood in the south and the war in the north had caused a lot of expenses, and the court was struggling to move forward.”
Empress Zhangsun nodded in agreement. After a moment of silence, she said,"
"Your Majesty, the Great Tang has just been pacified, and it is normal for the treasury to be empty. The Imperial Court should set an example of frugality.
ChenQie believes that the Imperial Palace can also reduce its expenses appropriately. For example, the charcoal fire can be withdrawn now…"
Li Shi Min nodded and was about to speak when he heard the Crown Prince Li Chengqian's voice,
No way! If the charcoal fire in the palace was removed on such a cold day, wouldn't they freeze to death?
Father was really too much. He only knew how to say that he had no money. Wouldn't he have money if he held the salt in his hands?
When the time came, he could create a salt monopoly that was enough to be worth half of the national treasury.
As for how much money could be saved by removing the charcoal fire, sigh, it wasn't that thrifty!
Li Shiming's face darkened when he heard the Crown Prince say such disrespectful words.
His brows furrowed as he glared at Li Chengqian and said,"
"Rascal, what did you just say?”
Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian's expression froze and he said in surprise,"
"What? Imperial Father, your son didn't say anything just now. Did you hear wrongly?”
Empress Zhangsun also looked at Li Shimin with a strange expression and said,"
"Your Majesty, Gao Ming indeed did not speak just now. It's already late at night.”
Li Shimin was stunned. He looked at Li Chengqian and then at his Guanyin maid.
If it was just based on Li Chengqian's words, he might not believe it, but his Guanyin maid would not lie to him.
"Could it be that I'm really hearing things? But wasn't that the Crown Prince's voice just now?”
Li Shi Min was filled with doubts.
However, he was the Son of Heaven after all, and his qi cultivation was very good. At this time, he had already recovered his calm and said,
"Guanyin is right. Frugality should start from the court. From today onwards, remove the charcoal fire in the palace.
The rewards of the various palaces will also be reduced by one grade, and five thousand strings of strings will be taken from zhen's palace treasury…"
However, Li Shiming heard the voice again.
And this time, he realized that the Crown Prince beside him really did not speak, but the voice was Li Chengqian's voice,"
Hiss! I thought Imperial Father had a lot of money in his treasury.
It turned out that his pockets were cleaner than his face, and the king of a country only paid 5,000 strings.
It was a pity that the salt industry was not in the hands of the imperial court. Otherwise, how could they lack money?
Those illegal salt dealers were all filthy rich, but the common people could not afford to eat salt.
If the imperial court monopolized salt, not only would it enrich the national treasury, but the price of salt would also drop…
Li Shi Min's expression became more and more strange.
However, when he heard the last two sentences, his eyes lit up.
"Can salt monopoly really make the national treasury rich? What I'm hearing now should be the thoughts of the little rascal, right?
This little rascal had an absent-minded expression. He didn't expect that there were so many ideas churning in his heart.”
Li Shi Min found it funny.
However, before he could smile, the voice in Li Chengqian's heart continued,"
The pitiful imperial court has no money, and even the charcoal fire in the palace is about to be removed. How can my small body withstand it?
I, the dignified Crown Prince, am living in Yiqiu Palace now, which is like a broken temple. The weeds are almost waist-high…
This time, Li Shiming couldn't laugh anymore.
He glared at Li Chengqian and reprimanded him with a black face,"
"Rascal, look at yourself. As the Crown Prince of the Great Tang, you don't know how to sit or stand properly.
It's already so late, what are you still doing here? Hurry up and scram back to your broken temple!”
Broken…temple?
Upon hearing these two words, not only was Li Chengqian surprised, even Empress Zhangsun was stunned for a moment.
She thought that Li Shiming was in a bad mood, so she quickly gave Li Chengqian a look, signaling him to leave quickly.
Li Chengqian didn't think much of it and stood up immediately.
He cupped his hands at his Imperial Father and Imperial Mother, and after saying 'Your son will take his goodby', he ran out with his short legs.
After Li Chengqian left, Empress Zhangsun looked at her husband in amusement and said,"
"Your Majesty, why are you arguing with a brat? It's already so late, you should rest early!”
However, Old Li shook his head and said,
"Goddess of Mercy, you should rest first. I still have a question to think about.
Salt monopoly. If the salt industry is taken back to the court, this is indeed a good idea…"
Not to mention the Tang Emperor who was deep in thought.
On the other hand, Li Chengqian, who had been driven back to Yiqiu Palace, was shivering in the cold wind.
He rubbed his face with his hands and muttered in his heart,
"Speaking of which, it's too difficult to survive in ancient times. There's not even an air conditioner. It's simply freezing to death.
The life of the crown prince can't even compare to the life of an ordinary family in the future.”
As a transmigrator, Li Chengqian felt that he was not very lucky.
It could be said that any other identity would be better than transmigrating to this famous deposed prince.
Unfortunately, the matter had already been decided and Li Chengqian could not change it.
He sighed deeply and thought to himself,"
"My next task is to keep a low profile and strive to be a salted fish prince who waits for death.
He would not stand out and train his body to prevent himself from breaking his leg when riding a horse in the future…
Yes, he also had to secretly improve his living environment. It was also necessary to achieve financial freedom.
The rich could only enjoy it if they lay flat, while the poor could just lie flat and do whatever they wanted. The difference between the two was too great!”
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