Li Shimin had already raised his hand and was about to hit Li Hao, Li Hao hurriedly shrank his head, and replied obediently: "Your Majesty, the matter in Hangzhou, after all, was investigated by the minister, at that time, the minister was busy getting rid of the Japanese and had no time to delay for those trivial matters, in fact, those unjust, false and wrongful cases in Hangzhou, the minister knows that Di Renjie has always been impartial and upright, and he will definitely find out these problems, and he will definitely come back to report to His Majesty, so the minister guesses that Your Majesty, as a generation of Ming Jun, will be able to see the big from the small, and think of the governance of the whole country from the corruption case in Hangzhou. So the minister prepared in advance, but he didn't expect to be guessed by the minister. ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a while when he heard this, he never expected that Li Hao would actually count everything, such a mind, it is really powerful, fortunately, Li Hao is a virtuous person and has no evil thoughts, otherwise the Tang Dynasty will be in danger.

Li Hao actually didn't want to say these words, after all, this would let Li Shimin know that he was thinking too deeply, but Li Shimin forced it, he couldn't make up any proper reasons for the time being, so he could only tell the truth and gamble, he felt that with his loyal performance over the years, Li Shimin should not be suspicious of himself, after all, he had the opportunity to usurp the throne, but he didn't.

"You, you, you ......" Li Shimin couldn't help but shake his head and smile when he heard this, "At a young age, the mind is so terrifying, just by seeing it, you know the whole leopard." ”

Li Hao bowed his hand and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister is the first smart person in the Tang Dynasty who wisely oppresses Lu Dongzan, how can he fall into the name of the first wisdom star of the Tang Dynasty." Li Hao still tried to correct himself, lest Li Shimin be really guilty.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, I know that you are loyal, after all, you have passed the tests set by me, how can I not believe you, I am also honest with you now, isn't it?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is afraid."

"Okay, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, you can go back, the road will not be easy to walk later."

"Yes, the minister retired." Li Hao bowed and withdrew from the Manna Palace.

Seeing Li Hao disappear into the vast snow in a blue and white robe, Li Shimin's face was full of sadness and joy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In the blink of an eye, the New Year is over, there is a folk saying, the beginning of winter rain and snow, then it is a sunny day, this year it snows in winter, sure enough, the first day of the new year is a sunny day, but the weather is a little dry and cold.

Although Li Hao is now in a high position, he still brought a large group of people to drive the carriage and drag a large number of gifts to the three uncles, Qin Qiong is the oldest, and his head is full of silver hair, as soon as he encounters this cold weather, he does not go out, hides at home to practice boxing, read books, and even the youngest Li Ji does not want to come out in such a cold day, hiding at home to read military books.

Cheng Biting Jin is getting older and more crazy, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he called a few sons to the middle courtyard, saying that he wanted to study their martial arts, and then picked up the iron lance and fought with his sons for a while, he is old, several sons are in their prime, and after Xue Rengui's training, except for Cheng Chumo, all of them are extraordinary in martial arts, Cheng Biting Jin can't beat his sons, he will play tricks, his son dares to attack him, he glared and scared his son.

Several sons were whipped by him, and when he stared, he was stunned, and when he fought, he shrank his hands and feet, and then they were all knocked to the ground by Cheng Biting Jin, and then Cheng Biting Jin began to train his sons with great power, scolding them for not growing in martial arts or something, and several sons did not dare to talk back, so they could only hang their heads and be trained.

When Li Hao came to the door of Cheng Biting Jin's house, he thought of the Cheng family's fierce family style, eating and drinking first, eating meat with a basin, drinking with a bowl, and it was still a strong wine, and he was not allowed to leave without pouring it down.

So he shuddered, knocked on the door, handed the gift list and the greeting note to the porter, and said: "Please inform Lu Guogong, nephew Li Hao will come to give him a New Year's gift, the gifts are all in the car, you take it yourself, I still have something to do, take the first step." After saying that, he ran away as if he were chasing a vicious dog behind him.

Cheng bit Jin Xun's son was trained well, and after getting the report from the porter, his eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted angrily: "How can this be true, the stinky boy will pay New Year's greetings, and he won't even see his face, look down on the old man, come on, prepare the horse, the old man is going to find that kid, and he will be beaten half to death!" ”

Hearing this, the porter hurriedly said: "Master, this is not very appropriate, the gift given by King Qiongnan this time is not thin." ”

"Oh?" Cheng Yanjin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked, "How much did you send this time?" ”

The porter said: "The villain has calculated carefully, and all the gifts are worth about 25,000 yuan. ”

"Hiss-" Cheng Biting Jin grinned and said, "That's it, don't prepare the horse, for the sake of his filial piety, this beating will be avoided." ”

Cheng Yanjin's four sons covered their faces when they heard this, ashamed of their father's undisciplined behavior.

Next, I went to give Qin Qiong a gift, Qin Qiong was hospitable, Li Hao accompanied Qin Qiong for a while, drank two cups of tea instead of wine, and then checked Qin Qiong's pulse, and found that although Qin Qiong was old, her body was also very tough, and it seemed that Qin Qiong had been paying attention to exercise and maintenance.

The last visit is Li Ji, if you want to say who Li Hao likes the most among the three people, it must be Li Ji, Li Ji is usually taciturn, a little stuffy, but in fact, Li Ji's character belongs to having nothing to say to strangers, nothing to say to good friends, Li Ji and Li Hao have a good relationship, and are proficient in the art of war, Li Hao has been in his house for a long time, and has also discussed many issues of the art of war with Li Ji, as well as the military plan for Tibet and the Western Turks, and has benefited a lot, although Li Hao is very good at fighting, but in fact, his foundation is not very good, In most cases, it is a strange trick to win, if Li Hao and Li Ji are arranged to fight the plain, Li Hao estimates that he will lose more and win less, and the way of the battle formation is the essence of Li Ji's lifelong experience in the art of war, even if Li Hao is now respected as the god of the Tang Dynasty, he does not dare to look down on Li Ji in the art of war.

After worshipping the New Year, it will be boring, during this time, there is no need to go to court, there are not many shops in the city, everyone is going to relatives to pay New Year's greetings, but Li Hao has no relatives, he can only play with his children at home, and teach them boxing or something by the way.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Yun came back, Lu Yun came back from the Wa Kingdom, because he and Wu Lei led the fleet to the Wa Kingdom to sell Japanese knives and grain, this time it was a transaction by order, and the transaction volume was huge, Lu Yun came back in advance to report the situation to Li Hao.

Li Hao welcomed Lu Yun into the study, sent Ye Mengqiu and Zeng Yulin to guard outside, and then asked Lu Yun: "Lu Yun, where are they Wu Lei?" ”

Lu Yun said: "I came back ahead of schedule, and I rushed back all the way non-stop, and it is estimated that the fleet is still at sea." ”

Li Hao hurriedly asked, "How is this transaction?" ”

Lu Yundao: "I made a lot of money this time, and I sold a total of 200,000 large Japanese knives, 800,000 stone old rice, each big Japanese knife sold for 40 taels of silver, and one stone of rice sold for 20 taels of silver, a total of 24 million taels of silver." ”

"So much!" Li Hao was a little surprised when he heard this, and said slowly, "You actually sold 200,000 big Japanese knives?" Does the emperor know? ”

"This is what the emperor meant." Lu Yun said, "At the beginning, the speed at which we cast the Japanese knives was too fast, and when the emperor learned about it, he ordered us to make more Japanese knives, and in a month, we built 200,000 handles." ”

"Good." Li Hao nodded slightly and said, "I didn't expect that there is so much silver in the Japanese country, but it's not a good thing that so much silver suddenly flows into the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yun, I have to trouble you to go again, go and inform Wu Lei, leave 6 million taels of silver, transport it to Chang'an, hand it over to the emperor, and the rest will all be transported to Liuqiu." ”

"Huh?" Lu Yun glared at the words and exclaimed, "Didn't you promise the emperor to hand over half of it at the beginning, why are you only paying 6 million taels now." ”

"Can I be corrupt?" Li Hao rolled his eyes and said coldly, "The emperor doesn't understand the market economy, if he is given 12 million taels of silver at once, he may use it aggressively, so much silver suddenly appears in Datang, which will have an impact on Datang's market economy, resulting in a sharp depreciation of the currency, which is easy to cause panic." ”

Lu Yun looked at Li Hao blankly with blinked eyes, and said for a long time: "Don't say that the emperor doesn't understand, I don't understand after listening to you, but I understand a sentence of corruption." ”

Li Hao scolded with a smile when he heard this: "Yes, I am corrupt, I am the number one corrupt official in Datang, although this transaction is a transaction by order, but the business activities have always been our money and efforts, the emperor just opened his mouth and said a word, a sentence can be divided into 6 million, this is already a great thing, what else do you want." ”

Lu Yun thought about it carefully, and felt that what Li Hao said was quite reasonable, but he immediately made a bitter face and said: "However, we have been begging for thousands of taels of silver that have not been used up over the years, and there are already several silver mountains in the treasury, so what can we do?" ”

"You, you." Li Hao smacked his lips and said, "You are so strange, how can anyone think that there is a lot of money, are you lacking heart?" ”

Lu Yun shook his head, Li Hao spread his hands and said: "That's it, you, you haven't lived a poor life, alas, I think back then, the great powers wanted our country to pay hundreds of millions of silver dollars in compensation, and almost squeezed our country dry, I am very angry when I think about it, when this king settles down the country and the border, he must personally take the boat to the sea to teach those wild monkeys who don't know the height of the sky!" ”

Lu Yun asked with a puzzled expression: "What are the great powers?" When did we Datang pay the money? What is a silver dollar? ”

Li Hao waved his hand and said: "Don't care about these details, you hurry up and take a good rest, and go and report to Wu Lei tomorrow." ”

"Yes." Lu Yun clenched his fists and withdrew from the study.

Li Hao was suddenly the only one left in the room, Li Hao thought about Fang Cai's words, and muttered to himself: "Corruption? Am I corrupt? Hehe, what's the use of me asking for so much money, it's not for big things, alas, suddenly a little nostalgic for the days in the mountains, although it's a little harder, but you don't have to worry so much, now the revitalization of China is shouldered, and you can't pick it up, the baby is really tired. ”

He leaned back in the boss's chair and rubbed his temples.