Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

After retiring from the court, Li Shimin wanted to directly order Li Jing to send Li Zhenying to the palace tonight.

But when he thought that Li Zhenying had a good status after all, if he was so casual, he might be at odds with Chu Mo. After thinking about it, he asked Wang Dehai to issue the order first, and then choose an auspicious day for Li Zhenying to enter the palace.

Then he thought about how he had raided so many temples and officials' homes last night, and why Hu Bu and Li Daozong hadn't delivered their loot yet.

As soon as the thought arose, a chamberlain came in to report that Dai Zhou was coming with Li Daozong and was seeking an audience outside the palace.

Isn't this just a coincidence? Li Shimin didn't say anything, and just let the two of them come in.

After Dai Zhou and Li Daozong entered the door, Dai Zhou handed over a thick booklet.

After Li Shimin took the folder handed over by the waiter, he checked it casually, then turned to the end and looked at the items that were finally settled.

It doesn't matter if you don't see it, Li Shimin was really shocked when he saw it.

He had originally heard Chu Mo say that Buddhism was a treasure trove of gold and silver. He had no idea about it before, but now that he saw it, it was beyond his expectation.

Among the properties confiscated from Buddhism, the amount of copper coins and silver was not very large. The copper coins were only about 500 million taels, and the silver was less than 1000 million taels, which also included some silver notes.

What really surprised Li Shimin was that the most gold in it was actually gold.

More than 800 million taels of gold were confiscated from major temples.

According to the exchange calculation of 1 tael of gold equal to 10 taels of silver, this time I got almost [-] million taels of silver.

Li Shimin was instantly shocked by this number and fainted.

Datang's current tax revenue for a year is only about 3000 million taels of silver. This trip directly increased tax revenue for Datang for three years.

And these are not the most important.

Among the items confiscated from Buddhist temples, money only accounted for a small part. What shocked Li Shimin the most was the house deeds, shops, land deeds and deeds of sale that were confiscated from these temples.

Not to mention the house deeds and shops, Li Shimin took a general look and found that there were 110 lifang in Chang'an City, ranging from seven to eight to three to five. There was not a single lifang that did not have these temple properties.

As for the number of land deeds, Li Shimin was even more shocked.

Not for anything else, just because he saw two properties inside. If he remembered correctly, they should be royal properties.

And when did the royal family’s property become the temple’s property?

The most frightening thing is that the total number of confiscated fields actually accounted for nearly a quarter of the land outside Chang'an City.

The bandit Chu Mo had only obtained nearly one-third of the land through deception and abduction.

And these monks accounted for a quarter without making a sound. You can imagine how much land is left outside Chang'an City.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin felt a sense of tightness in his chest, and felt even more wise and powerful for having stolen the lairs of those monks.

But when he saw the row of numbers following the deed of sale, he gave up the idea.

On the contrary, I felt that I had started too lightly, and even more regretted that I had started too late.

Not many deeds of sale were confiscated, just over 27869 million.

However, half of the more than 20000 prostitution contracts were for young girls, and the remaining half were all for strong men.

What would a group of monks do without so many women?No need to think about it.

As for why so many strong men were needed, Li Shimin frowned.

I originally thought that since these monks owned so much land, it was understandable to raise some slaves to farm the land, but then I saw the memorial saying that most of their land was rented to the surrounding people for farming.

This somewhat puzzled Li Shimin.

The other party bought so many slaves not for farming, so why?

If the memorial had not clearly stated that a large number of weapons and armor had not been found in the temple, Li Shimin would have thought that they were about to rebel.

Unable to figure out the reason, Li Shimin asked Li Daozong and Dai Zhou to pursue it with all their strength.

After sending the two people away, Li Shimin drove everyone out, and then he burst out laughing while holding the memorial.

Now that I finally have money, I no longer have to look at Chu Mo's ugly face. I can just kill him with money.

When he thought of the scene where he took out banknotes and threw them in Chu Mo's face, Li Shimin couldn't wait to put on his casual clothes and went directly to Shiweitian.

Chu Mo slept very soundly last night, but as soon as he got up, he heard someone outside saying that Li Shimin was coming.

Thinking that the other person coming so early must have benefited a lot from being older last night, and now he was probably here to show off, Chu Mo didn't want to see him.

However, money delivered to your door is not free of charge.

So he asked the waiter to call the person in.

As soon as Li Shimin came in, he saw Chu Mo curled up on the bed.

After curling his lips in disdain, he mocked: "They say the early bird catches the worm. I see you are so lazy, sooner or later your family fortune will be ruined."

Chu Mo rolled his eyes: "Li Er, I have something to say. What kind of trouble are you going to make by coming here so early in the morning?"

Li Shimin chuckled, took out a list from his arms, threw it in front of Chu Mo and said:

"The materials and the amount of food and grass I need at this time, you can see how much money it costs, tell me the amount, and I will give it to you directly."

Sure enough, it was no different from what he thought. Li Er was full of food now and wanted to be a money-splitting boy.

After thinking about it, Chu Mo rolled his eyes and said: "Old Li, you also know that my original intention of hoarding supplies is to make a fortune. Now, in the entire Tang Dynasty, I am the only one with the most abundant supplies, and only I can continue to do so. I’ll help you gather all the supplies in the shortest possible time.”

"So, the prices of my supplies cannot be based on the market prices."

As soon as Chu Mo finished speaking, Li Shimin became anxious: "Chu Mo, are you trying to take advantage of the situation? You know, my butcher knife is still dripping blood."

"Oh, so your butcher knife is still very sharp. How about you bring it over so that I, a common man, can see it?"

Chu Mo didn't care about Li Shimin's threat at all, but instead started teasing him.

After hearing Chu Mo's words, Li Shimin's evil spirit showed up and he stared at Chu Mo fiercely.

But when he saw Chu Mo's indifferent look and his obviously mocking eyes, he instantly calmed down.

Yes, Chu Mo is no better than those bald donkeys. Those bald donkeys do not dare to confront him openly because of inheritance issues.

But Chu Mo is this weakling. He is alone with four grandmasters behind him. If he is angered and hides directly with the four grandmasters, then there is really nothing he can do to him, and he has to be on guard against the four grandmasters at all times. A sneak attack by a grandmaster.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin sighed in his heart and said to Chu Mo: "What are you trying to do again? You made an agreement with me before, as long as you have money, you will have supplies."