Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 835 Li Ji's Thoughts

More than 1000 million Guan, how many things can you do with so much money?

The most powerful ministers in the empire and His Majesty Li Er looked at each other in blank dismay. They were all shocked by the news and fell silent, not knowing what to say.

Fang Xuanling didn't know whether he should be comforted by his son's ability to make money, or complain that his son was too busy and didn't give himself a moment's peace of mind.The so-called Muxiu will be destroyed by Lin Feng, it is already enviable to be the head of the road before he was a weak crown, and now he has done such an outrageous thing, wouldn't he become a rafter in the early days?

The Tang Dynasty is rich and prosperous, and the accumulated wealth of many aristocratic families is not necessarily less than ten million guan, but it is absolutely impossible for someone to get 1000 million guan in cash.Didn't you see that even the emperor's eyes were red?
Power over the world is not necessarily a good thing, too many people are jealous of you, and they try to bring you down and share your power in different ways.

The same is true for the wealthy world...

The Fang family doesn't need so much money, this is the source of trouble, not the root of family heirloom.

Do you want to persuade your son to donate the money?He had already dredged the drainage ditches in Chang'an City, which caused the people of Chang'an to applaud and praise him, and the prestige and reputation of that wicked son increased a lot.So what to do next?Is it necessary to widen and consolidate all the roads in Guanzhong?
But this must not cost much, more than 1000 million guan, I am afraid that even if the road is built from Chang'an to Jiaozhou, it will not be used up.

How about strengthening the Great Wall to the north?

Fang Xuanling found that even if his son listened to his dissuasion and donated the money, he didn't know where it was spent.

Fortunately, Fang Jun didn't know about his father's entanglement at the moment, otherwise he would definitely laugh at the chief assistant of the court for his narrow vision, how could he not spend the money?For example, put tiles on the Great Wall and spend the money every minute...

Li Ji thought about it for a long time, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Huating Town opened an iron mine in the south of the Yangtze River, and established a mine?"

His Majesty Li Er looked at Fang Xuanling.

The reason why Fang Jun was besieged in Niuzhuji and almost lost his life was because he discovered an iron mine on Nanshan not far from Niuzhuji and set up an iron factory.But he doesn't know the specific scale and output.

Fang Xuanling sighed in his heart, let's see, too much money is no good, and even Li Ji, who has always been low-key, started to think of his own ideas...

Seeing that everyone was looking over, I had no choice but to say: "It's true, but I don't know the exact scale."

No one doubted the authenticity of these words, let alone think that Fang Xuanling was evading.

Fang Xuanling is first-rate in intelligence and ability, but he is not good at breeding goods. If Fang Jun hadn't done so vigorously in the past few years to make the Fang family's property soar, the Fang family would be poor and used to it, and they have always relied on His Majesty's rewards. live……

With such a temperament, he would never pay attention to his son's business.

But Li Ji didn't intend to let go of the opportunity to blackmail him.

He smiled slightly and said to His Majesty Li Er: "Although I don't know the scale of the Nanshan mine, the Marquis of Huating first surrounded the Nanshan area with no less than hundreds of thousands of acres of mountain land, and then built a wharf in Niuzhuji. He usually recruits from Guanzhong. Almost every month, a large ship transports many craftsmen and laborers to the Nanshan Mine, and the output is amazing. It is especially obvious that when Huating Hou was trapped in Niuzhuji, it was difficult to build hundreds of them in a few days. Armored riding equipment, it can be seen that the Nanshan Mine not only has an amazing output, but also has many excellent craftsmen."

His Majesty Li Er blinked, but did not understand Li Ji's intention, but his face was not good-looking.

Could it be that you asked someone to snatch the Nanshan Mine from Fang Jun's hands?

I can't afford to lose that person!

By robbing the family property of the courtier and son-in-law, are you trying to make someone a model of a foolish king through the ages?

Li Ji didn't seem to notice His Majesty Li Er's displeasure, and continued: "Your Majesty, Tuguhun is ready to move, Tubo's wolf ambitions, and even the Turks are revived in the Western Regions! Although my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty vowed to defend their homeland to the death, the troops lacking cavalry are still here. When facing the cavalry charge, you can only fight with your flesh and blood. Fight for the country. The horse leather shroud is the glory of our soldiers, but so many loyal and bloody warriors have to sacrifice in vain under the hooves of alien races. How tragic is it? I request Your Majesty to increase the number of armored cavalry in the army, so that cavalry can be used against cavalry, and the tigers of the Tang Dynasty will bleed less. Cruel slaughter!"

What Li Ji said was sincere and touching, which fully embodies the excellent qualities of a minister of the Ministry of War who is devoted to serving the country and caring for his subordinates.

But Fang Xuanling felt like cursing...

Li Ji made no secret of his intention to increase the number of armored cavalry in the army, but where did the armored cavalry come from?Although Datang's treasury is getting more and more abundant, everything is preparing for the upcoming Eastern Expedition, and it is absolutely impossible to allocate more money to build armor and riding equipment.

Since Fang Jun's Nanshan Iron Works can produce hundreds of iron riding gear in a few days, why not buy in large quantities from Fang Jun?As for the money for purchasing equipment, you can pay it on credit first, and then pay it back when the imperial treasury is sufficient. Anyway, Fang Jun has plenty of money, so it's not bad...

Fang Xuanling was very upset.

It's not that he is reluctant to part with the money, it's just that donating it on his own initiative is the same as being tricked into giving it out, how can it be the same?

The old house snorted and said: "The dog is deeply favored by His Majesty, and he should do his best to serve the country. But now the dog is focused on building the city ship department, forming the Royal Navy, developing Huating Town, and successively building the Naval Academy, The Manufacturing Bureau and other facilities have long been caught and owed countless money and food. Stabilizing Jiangnan and integrating Jiangnan are the most important things at present. Didn’t the preparations for the construction of the Royal Navy and the formation and training of the Royal Navy delay His Majesty’s plans for the Eastern Expedition? There is a priority, and the alien race in the northwest is still considered stable, so we should do our best to manage the south of the Yangtze River.”

It's not that Lao Fang deliberately wants to fight against Li Ji, his structure is far from being so bad.At present, the center of the imperial court is indeed constantly tilting eastward. Conquering Goguryeo is not only the dream of His Majesty Li Er, but also the ambition of everyone in the Tang court!
To flatten that piece of land that has never been conquered, His Majesty Li Er can certainly become the emperor of the ages who is proud of the past and the present, comparable to the Qin Shihuang who ruled the world, how come these civil servants and military generals have not had a brilliant history and a long history?
At their level, power, money, beauties, everything is more important than the touch of color that cannot be left in the history books.

Li Ji disagreed: "Mr. Fang's words are wrong. The Eastern Expedition is the national policy, and we must go all out to succeed in the first battle. But at the same time, we must also give a strong deterrent to the countries of the Western Regions and barbarians such as Tubo. , completely suppress them, so that we will not act rashly when we march eastward. Otherwise, we will fight on two fronts and be attacked by the enemy. Stick, as long as you pull it out for a walk, you will surely subdue the barbarians, and the empire will be able to march eastward with all its strength, without any worries."

One starts from the perspective of internal affairs, and the other starts from the perspective of military affairs, each has its own reasons.

Changsun Wuji said: "What the British official said is reasonable. If the barbarians in the Western Regions cannot be deterred and they take advantage of the empire's all-out eastward expedition, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and even the country will be in turmoil. It will be too late to regret."

Hmph, Fang Jun, can't you make money?

Then give more to the empire...

Fang Xuanling took a look at his eldest grandson Wuji, cursed inwardly, cupped his hands and said, "What Yinggong and Zhao Guogong said is reasonable, it's the old officials who were careless, please don't blame me. However, the scale of our iron factory is limited, and the output is even more limited. , I am afraid it will delay the deployment of the British Duke. Tianxia Iron Works, headed by the Changsun family, is several times larger than my family. If the two can forge armor and riding equipment together, it will definitely be faster and can be deterred early. The barbarians of the Western Regions, march eastward with all their strength."

Since you're an old boy who fell into trouble and has bad intentions, then don't blame the old man for dragging your family into trouble too!
(End of this chapter)