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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Something Isn't Right

In the middle of the moon, in the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace, the lights are bright, a piece of brightness, the prosperous table and cashmere carpet are lined up with each other, the wine and tea sets are neatly placed, and the palace ladies in pink clothes and the eunuchs in Tsing Yi shuttle back and forth in the palace......

Although Chen Shuda, who was in charge of the Tang Dynasty's Ministry of Civil Affairs for the first time, felt that the Tang Dynasty's financial and tax pressure was extremely high, Li Yuan's night banquet in the Liangyi Hall still cost a lot.

The two ceremonial halls are even more magnificent. Table screen, even if the window lattice is red sandalwood except for the gloomy wood, the hollow carving does not know how much effort the craftsman has; The carved windows on all four sides are opened, allowing the fresh night breeze and bright moonlight to enter the main hall; Each guest is lit by the red clay stove, the seat is covered with a thick mink fur, do not feel the cold of the autumn night at all, the beautiful and enchanting palace lady, the fair-eyed eunuch crushed the animal incense and added it into the red clay oven, the blue and white light smoke dissipated, the fragrant fragrance, and the steam on the cooking utensils are diffused, as if in a fairyland on earth.

According to the political clarity of the early Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan would be so extravagant and wasteful, and the ministers would also give generous advice, in fact, everyone kept their mouths shut and never mentioned this matter.

The family and the country are all over the world, but the family and the country cannot be confused. Even if the emperor admits that he is the world, the world is him, in fact, these are two different concepts. The ancient tax system was actually two systems. The "Hanshu Criminal Law Chronicle" says: "There are taxes and endowments, taxes and sufficient food, and foot soldiers." The tax is to collect grain from the people, so it is next to the word "He", and the fu is to collect money from the people, so it is next to the word "shell". In reality, however, the distribution of taxes and taxes was the state expenditure of the grain received, and the money received (mainly the poll tax) was the expenditure of the royal family.

Qianlong's so-called "never give more." "Actually, it's just a play on words, but he will never mention that taxes will never be raised, which is the bulk of the country's fiscal revenue.

Although the Tang Dynasty did not have an internal affairs office like the Qing Dynasty, which specialized in taking care of the royal family's money, but in the Tang Dynasty, the country's financial revenue was the same, and the royal expenses and the treasury were a money bag, but Li Yuan was concerned about the political cash contributed by the Long nobles and the Shandong nobles.

When Chen Ying entered the hall of the Liangyi Palace, he also felt dumbfounded, although Chen Ying was also well-informed, but he didn't expect that Li Yuan would hold a banquet and be so extravagant.

As the ministers entered the main hall one after another, the melodious sound of silk and bamboo sounded, and the dancing queen entered the arena and danced. Sitting first on Li Yuan's left is Pei Lian, the second is Xiao Yu, and the third is Chen Shuda. Sitting on the right side of Li Yuan is naturally the Tang prince Li Jiancheng, but the second right is not Li Shimin, the king of Qin, but Li Xiuning, the princess of Pingyang. The third from the right is Li Shimin. The fourth from the right is Li Yuanji, the king of Qi.

Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji curiously and secretly, this seems to be an ugly son who is so angry that even Empress Taimu wants to strangle to death in history?

Chen Ying was very puzzled, Li Yuanji was not only not ugly, but more heroic, Li Yuanji was the tallest of the three brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, with a height of nearly two meters.

Although Chen Ying was fortunate to participate in this night banquet, he sat in the lower seat.

Although Li Yuan ignored Chen Ying, he had been secretly observing Chen Ying, and found that in this banquet, Chen Shuda was a little restrained, and the calm foreign ministers were Chen Ying and Pei Lian. It is not surprising that Pei Lin is calm, after all, Pei Lin and Li Yuan's personal relationship is too good, no matter whether it is a big banquet or a small banquet, Li Yuan will definitely not let Pei Lin be absent if he holds a banquet, on the contrary, Chen Ying rarely seems to participate in such a high-level banquet.

Li Yuan actually didn't know that in the era in which Chen Ying lived in later generations, the atmosphere of eating and hosting banquets was the most prosperous, and it was necessary to invite marriage, children to be 100 days old and 100 days old, to be admitted to university, to move to a new house, and to invite the old man to pass away...... If there is a sick person in the family, please invite yourself. Once one of Chen Ying's friends had hemorrhoids, and he actually held a banquet...... As a personal relationship, it is a very large amount of money in the living expenses of later generations.

After all, the Tang Dynasty people were very civilized in persuading alcohol, and there was no bullying persuasion method of "good feelings, one bite dry" and "not doing it is looking down on people" in later generations.

However, in Li Yuan's opinion, this fifth son of Hou Mochen was calm and unhurried at the banquet of the world's rulers, and his demeanor was chic and upright, and he seemed to have the style of Zhou Lang Xiaoqiao's first marriage and lupine scarf when talking and laughing. Well, this is not a thing in the pool!

Li Yuan looked at Chen Ying, just like that, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became. Li Yuan's mood seemed to be good, the banquet had only been held for half an hour, and he was already slightly drunk.

Li Yuanji suddenly moved his position and came to Chen Ying with the wine jar.

"General Chen!"

Chen Ying hadn't heard Li Yuanji speak, as if a thunderbolt sounded in his ears. Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji suspiciously: "His Royal Highness King Qi, what is the matter?" ”

Li Yuanji stepped forward and patted Chen Ying's shoulder lightly and said: "You are very good, you saved my third sister, I owe you a favor, in the future in Chang'an City, if you encounter trouble, come to me, even if the sky falls, I will give you a favor!" ”

Chen Ying was a little speechless, feeling that although Li Yuanji's voice was a little louder, he was still a good person. It's not at all as unbearable as it has been recorded in history.

In the face of Li Yuanji's persuasion, Chen Ying was naturally not afraid, with the alcohol content of this era, it was not even a beer level, Chen Ying drank three bowls with Li Yuanji in a row.

Li Yuanji looked at Chen Ying's gaze becoming more and more eager: "Refreshing, General Chen is really refreshing, I like to make friends with refreshing people the most, I recognize you as a friend!" ”

Chen Ying originally remembered that he didn't want to get drunk, in fact, every drunkard was like this, he obviously didn't want to get drunk, but he couldn't help but get drunk.

Slowly, Chen Ying's consciousness became blurred.

……

A leisurely sigh sounded in Chen Ying's ears, Chen Ying opened his eyes, and suddenly found that he had appeared in an unfamiliar environment, Chen Ying remembered at this time, this was actually in the warm pavilion of the Taiji Palace.

A vomiting smell of swill came to his nose, and Chen Ying felt that his stomach was still churning.

Chen Ying struggled to get up, and then found that there was vomit all around him, so Chen hurriedly ran out of the warm pavilion and came outside the house.

The sun in the warm pavilion was so big, it stabbed Chen Ying's eyes for a while before he got used to it, and patted his head hard, he felt that his brain was blank.

"You're finally awake!"

Chen Ying didn't have to look back, but he also knew that this was the voice that haunted him.

Chen Ying turned around, and sure enough, he saw Li Xiuning standing in the corridor.

It's just that Li Xiuning's expression was very tired, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Chen Ying just wanted to open his mouth, but his stomach was not under his control at all, so he ran to the side of the pillar and vomited, but the contents of Chen Ying's stomach had already been vomited clean, and he was very uncomfortable at this time.

A beautiful palace lady came with warm water, and Chen Ying continued to rinse his mouth, and it took a while before he reacted.

Chen Yingdao: "The princess ......"

Li Xiuning breathed a sigh of relief, and said with red eyes: "You go back and rest first!" ”

The smell on his body was too strong, so Chen Ying had to withdraw and leave.

When I was leaving, I always felt that something was wrong.