Li Shi really didn't want to know about these troubles, but the situation in front of him was so serious that he couldn't recruit soldiers, and even the army couldn't be maintained, so he really started to get anxious.

He took two steps and said, "Is Guo Song's abolition order also related to this?" ”

Zhang Yansheng is Xiangguo after all, he sees the problem more deeply, and he sees Guo Song's abolition order much more deeply than others.

"Your Majesty, Guo Song's abolition order is not entirely for taxes, but in the end it is also related to taxes, he actually needs labor, mining, winemaking, tanning, papermaking, textiles and other industries need people, but the slaves in Hedong are serious, resulting in a labor gap and slave storage, Guo Song abolished slaves mainly to increase the population, to be precise, the free population."

"Does this have anything to do with resolving land annexation?" Li Shi asked puzzled.

"Of course, it matters, as long as the population is liberated, and then a large number of people move into the city, the land of the big estates will no longer be cultivated, and the owners of the manors can only sell the land, and then the yeoman farmers will buy it sporadically, and after about ten years, the land annexation will gradually reverse."

Li Shi sighed, "Forget it, don't mention him, or how to solve our recruitment problem?" When will the tax grain from Jiangnan, Jingnan, and Lingnan come over? The key is the salt tax in Jiangdu, let Chen Shaoyou ship it over immediately, don't wait until autumn! ”

Cui Zao hurriedly said: "Wechen has sent people to urge him many times, but Wechen frankly said that it will be transported to Chengdu at least until the end of the year." ”

"What then? There must be an army now. Li Shi glared at the two of them with great dissatisfaction.

Zhang Yanxian was silent for a moment and said: "If you really can't rely on money and food to solve the problem, then you can only forcibly recruit soldiers, but doing so will easily lose the support of the people, and it will also cause instability and low morale in the army, Your Majesty must think twice!" ”

In fact, Li Shi meant this, forcibly conscripted, but Zhang Yansheng saw through it, so he said that he wanted to think twice.

Li Shi's face was a little embarrassed, so he said, "I understand what you mean, let me think about this matter again!" ”

Zhang Yansheng and Cui Zao retired and walked out of the imperial study, Cui Zao said in a low voice: "The Holy Lord will not really use forced conscription, right?" ”

"It's hard to say, unless he is willing to take out a little of Neku's savings, but that is tantamount to his life, it is unlikely, and in the end he is desperate, and he can only take the road of forced conscription, I think that's what he meant."

"In that case, Datang is in danger!"

Zhang Yansheng sneered and said: "It's not a day or two that Datang has fallen into a crisis, it started five years ago when the Jingyuan Mutiny began, but it is just getting more and more seriously ill day by day. ”

The two shook their heads and left helplessly.......

In the imperial study, Li Shi, the Son of Heaven, was still pacing back and forth, he was the Son of Heaven, his vision was broader than that of ordinary courtiers, and he knew how to get money and food.

So many rich people refused to pay for it, and the court stared at his little inner treasury, which really annoyed Li Shi.

.........

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Shi summoned Dugu Qiu in the imperial study.

Dugu Qiu was named Taishi, and basically no longer participated in court politics, but the Dugu family participated in the government and the army behind the scenes, and at least three of the ten Zhonglang generals of the Shence Army had the background of the Dugu family, as well as Jiangnan and Lingnan, and many people in the military were from the background of the Guanlong aristocracy.

Of course, the Dugu family is famous all over the world for its financial resources, and the abundant financial resources accumulated over the past hundred years are no less than those of the Yuan family, which is rich enough to rival the country, and the three holes of the cunning rabbit are hidden very secretly.

Gu Duqiu walked into the imperial study, bowed down and saluted: "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

Li Shi smiled and said, "I haven't seen Dugu Aiqing for a long time, what have you been busy with lately?" ”

"Wechen has been doing some small business recently, and he can't be idle at home."

Li Shi smiled, "The small business that Aiqing does must be a big business." ”

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, Wechen opened a weaving workshop, there are about a thousand looms, Wechen wants to weave white cloth, I feel that the white cloth is very comfortable, the raw materials used to be very expensive, and now Anxi is planting cotton on a large scale, so a white cloth is slightly more expensive than a fine linen."

Speaking of Anxi, Li Shi's expression was obviously a little unnatural, and after a while, he sighed and said, "Taishi, your son-in-law, it's difficult to communicate!" There's nothing I can do about him. ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen feels that the relationship still needs to be eased, the key is that Xue Xun has to come back, his health is not very good, the conditions in Banzhou are bad, if he dies in Banzhou, the relationship with Guo Song will really be irreparable."

"But I really called him back several times and made him a scholar, but he just didn't accept the edict, and I couldn't do anything."

"He refuses to come back, it's just because of Li Yi, Your Majesty recalled Li Yi to Chengdu and put him under house arrest, and it makes no sense for Xue Xun and Han Rong to stay in Banzhou, Your Majesty can let Han Rong go to Jiangnan, and Xue Xun will go back to Chengdu to recuperate, isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"

Li Shi pondered for a moment and said happily: "It makes sense, I can consider it!" ”

The two exchanged a few more words, and Li Shi turned to the topic, he sighed and said: "Dugu Aiqing, now the finances of the imperial court are severe!" There are only 300,000 copper coins left in the Zuozang treasury, and the military is owed for three months, and the pension for the fallen soldiers in Guanzhong last time has not been settled, and the court official's salary has not been issued to this day, the key is that I want to recruit troops to defend the border against Tibet, and Nanzhao is unstable, and there must be an army to guard Yuzhou, at least 30,000 people must be recruited, but only 6,500 people have been recruited until now, and the imperial court can't get money and food, it is really too difficult, and I implore the Dugu family to help the Tang Dynasty. ”

Dugu Qiu didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would cry to himself for poverty, and in the end he wanted the Dugu family to take money to support, but since the Son of Heaven opened his mouth, it was impossible for him not to agree, and he muttered: "The Tang Dynasty is difficult, of course Weichen can't stand by and watch, he should share his worries for His Majesty, but Weichen wants to ask again, has Your Majesty considered opening up to other Guanlong families?" ”

Du Isoqiu's attitude made Li Shi very satisfied, and he nodded, "I must have considered it together." ”

"That Weichen has a suggestion for His Majesty."

"Aiqing, please speak!"

"It is the matter of Zhao Chongwen's family being assigned to Yunnan to fill the army, which makes the other Guanlong nobles very worried, I hope that Your Majesty will issue a pardon as soon as possible and let them come back, with all due respect, this matter will hinder Your Majesty's implementation of the plan to a certain extent."

Li Shi nodded, he really forgot about this matter, no matter what, since Guo Song implemented an amnesty, he could also implement an amnesty, along with the Zhao family and Li Yi.

Dugu Qiu immediately said that the Dugu family could support the imperial court for 200,000 yuan, which made Li Shi overjoyed, he really didn't expect the Dugu family to be so generous, and he was full of confidence in the fundraising of other families in the future.

........

An hour later, the imperial palace issued an edict of amnesty, and in order to celebrate the defeat of the Tang army, Li Shi issued an order to pardon all prisoners in the world, including the exiled royal family and the families of court officials.

In this way, Zhao Chongwen's family and the deposed emperor Li Yi will be pardoned and return to Chengdu.

After the pardon decree was issued, Li Shi issued an edict to change Li Yi as the king of Qiong, so that he could return to Chengdu to reflect behind closed doors, and at the same time, Li Shi appointed Han Rong as the assassin of Mingzhou, which is today's Ningbo, so that he could immediately set off to take office, and at the same time named Xue Xun as a scholar of Chongwendian University, and ordered him to accompany the deposed emperor Li Yi to return to Chengdu.

.........

Chengdu Wangjiang Restaurant, this is the best restaurant in Chengdu, this restaurant is also the industry of the Dugu family, Du Qiu listened to the persuasion of Guo Song, basically sold all the granges over the years, and finally left only a large grange in Changzhou, Dugu began to work on the layout of commerce and handicrafts, and vigorously started the investment in restaurants, shops, cabinets, shipbuilding, textiles, brewing and other commercial and handicraft industries.

This Wangjiang restaurant is the industry of the Dugu family, they bought five large restaurants and seven cabinet shops in Chengdu alone, and there are twenty or thirty shops, which can bring rolling profits to the Dugu family every day.

In the evening, the Wangjiang Restaurant was full of drinkers, in an elegant room on the third floor, Duyi Qiu was inviting Dou Yi, the head of the Dou family, to drink, Dou Yi was an official to worship Taiwei, and the power of the Dou family was no less than that of the Dugu family, but it was much inferior in terms of financial resources.

"You mean, the Son of Heaven has finally attacked the Guan Long family?" Dou Yi picked up his wine glass and looked at Dugu Qiu sharply.

Guanlong nobles are what outsiders call them, they claim to be the Guanlong family, since the Sui Dynasty, the imperial court has never reached out to the Guanlong family, today is the first time in a hundred years, so Dou Yi was deeply shocked, he was shocked by the embarrassment of the court's financial resources, and at the same time shocked the brazenness of Li Shi, the son of heaven.

Dugu Qiu said lightly: "This afternoon, the Son of Heaven summoned me, I thought it was because Guo Song refused to enter the customs, but I didn't expect to reach out and ask the Dugu family for money." ”

"He's so shameless!"

Dou Yi said angrily: "The tea and wine tax, business tax, and mining tax were all taken away by him, and all went into his inner treasury. ”

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[It's still two chapters today, sorry! ] 】