Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

"The King of Zhao has already arranged a marriage, which will take place next year, so he has not yet gone to his fiefdom."

Concubine Wei was afraid that Li Shen would say something wrong, so she explained for him.

Most of the young princes had gone to their fiefdoms, and Li Fu would be there soon, after all, he was adopted by Li Jiancheng.

"What about Little Fourteen?" Li Shen also heard that Little Fourteen Li Ming seemed to be demoted to a fiefdom, but Little Fourteen was only nine years old. Isn't it a bit too harsh?

"Li Ming is too young, let's wait a few more years."

At this time, Li Shimin spoke.

"Oh." Li Shen kept silent.

Li Ming's mother was his aunt Yang, the original queen of Qi Wang Li Yuanji.

This is quite embarrassing, so you should avoid it and not say too much.

Li Fu's biological mother also had the surname Yang and was from the Hongnong Yang family.

"Then when will I go to my fiefdom?" Li Shen asked what was in his mind for some unknown reason.

Now that he has achieved something, he doesn't need to stay in Chang'an City. He can go to his fiefdom and it is not a problem to spend a huge amount of money to build a Chang'an City.

It was better than being worried about by his father every day in Chang'an City. When the time came, he could dig a bigger vault to store his gold and silver treasures, and he wouldn't have to worry all day about being robbed by someone.

"Why can't Chang'an City accommodate you, Prince Ji? Or are you trying to hide from someone?"

Hearing Li Shen's words, Li Shimin picked up the teacup and blew on it, then glanced at Li Shen with a sidelong glance, with something hidden in his words.

"Hehe, Father, you misunderstood. I just feel that I should contribute to the court. I have grown up."

Li Shen chuckled twice. He wanted to say loudly that he was hiding from you. However, considering the safety of his butt, Li Shen could only compromise.

"Hmph, don't think that I don't know your little thoughts. You must have made a lot of money this time in Xizhou, right?" Li Shimin took a sip of tea and asked calmly.

"No, no, most of it was handed over to the court. Adding up, it must have been over a million strings of cash."

Li Shen waved his hands quickly. What a guy, he just came back and started thinking about his money. Shouldn’t he transport the money back first?

"Really?" Li Shimin raised his voice.

"Absolutely true." Li Shen nodded affirmatively.

“Humph, I thought you really didn’t know that you made a great profit this time, almost as much as your Ji Wang Mansion’s annual income.

What's the point of the court's money? " Li Shimin snorted.

"Father, that's more than one million strings of cash. Even if the people are rich now, which county can collect a million strings of cash in taxes?

Not to mention the prefectures and counties, even the wealthy Jiangnan Province can't collect more than one million strings of cash in taxes a year, right?"

He is so arrogant. He handed over more than one million strings of cash to the court, but he still says that it is just a small amount of money. Isn't my father a little too arrogant?

"But you gained six or seven million strings of cash."

"Pfft~~~"

"Pfft~~~"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, there were two sounds of water spraying, one from Li Chengqian and the other from Li Shen himself.

"Six or seven million strings of cash?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Shen in disbelief. Is it so profitable to make so much money from a trip?

If I had known this earlier, I should have gone out for a walk.

Then he thought, Li Shen only gave him 350,000 strings of cash, wasn't that too stingy?

The person who was even more surprised than Li Chengqian was Li Shen himself. He was surprised at when he had made so much money.

If he really made that much money, Li Shen wouldn't be so shocked.

"Father, who told you that? Even if I sell Xizhou City, it's not worth six or seven million strings of cash.

Whoever is deliberately spreading rumors will be executed by slow slicing if caught."

Isn't this deliberately harming himself? He embezzled over 700,000 strings of cash, brought back 1.5 million strings of cash from Yanqi, and went to Qu Zhiping's tribe to suppress the rebels and brought back more than 100,000 strings of cash.

The rest were the gains from killing rebels in the north, most of which were food, weapons, horses, etc. The only truly valuable ones were only 200,000 to 300,000 strings of cash, and that was from more than a dozen tribes combined.

That's all the money I have, nothing else.

All of these added up to less than three million strings of cash, and the prince still had to pay 350,000 strings of cash as labor fees.

This amount of money can barely fill the gap in Prince Ji's Mansion this year, so they don't have to borrow money to pay salaries.

"Really? But how come I heard there are so many? Then tell me how many there are, and how much difference there is?"

After hearing Li Shen's explanation, Li Shimin did not refute but questioned directly.

"It's a huge difference. I haven't earned that much in Xizhou."

Li Shen only realized it when he said the last number. He almost fell into his father's trap. He was testing him.

Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough, otherwise I would have been tricked by my father again.

If you want to know how much money you made this time, there is no way.

Li Shimin felt it was a pity to see Li Shen being so cautious. He actually didn't know how much money Li Shen had made this time, he only knew that he had made a lot.

The bribes he received alone amounted to more than 700,000 strings of cash, and he also plundered the workshop area, where the cotton was worth a fortune.

Thinking of cotton, Li Shimin suddenly thought of the letter he wrote and couldn't help asking.

"Old Ten, do you remember the letter I wrote to you?"

"Letter? What letter?" Li Shen was stunned. They had written to each other many times in the past six months. How would he know which letter it was?

"It's the one about armaments." Li Shimin reminded.

"Armament? A letter about 200,000 sets of armament? Father, didn't I reply to the letter?" Li Shen replied bluntly.

At that time, I wrote a long letter to Empress Changsun. The content was so sad that it moved everyone who read it and saw it to tears. It moved heaven and earth, and even myself.

He just didn't believe that Empress Changsun didn't plead for him.

"Are you talking about the six words you replied?" As expected, Li Shimin became furious when this was mentioned.

It is true that Li Shen wrote back to him, but there were two letters in the envelope, each letter was only one piece of paper with only six words written on it. It was impossible and too expensive.

These six words were written by Li Shen himself.

The other letter was addressed to the queen, and he took it out and read it as well.

After reading it, he was so angry that he was shaking all over. This unfilial son actually played a trick on him, and it was a very clever one.

The content of the letter was tear-jerking. Given the Queen's soft-hearted nature, she would surely burst into tears and be deeply moved after reading it.

When the time comes, I will definitely plead for Li Shen. Since I am not in the right, I have to give the Queen some face.

As he expected, Empress Zhangsun was deeply moved after reading Li Shen's letter and begged Li Shimin for mercy with tears in her eyes.

He said that it was not easy for Li Shen to live in a foreign land and hoped that he would not make things difficult for Li Shen. Li Shimin agreed reluctantly.

Now Li Shimin thought of this matter again. He couldn't let this rebellious son take all the benefits.

I had to risk my reputation and promise some benefits to settle this matter.

(I looked up some information and found that Li Fu's mother was posthumously awarded the title of Imperial Concubine. During her lifetime, she seemed to be one of the Four Imperial Concubines.

On the contrary, the mother of Li Ke and Li Yin, Yang, who was known as the emperor's daughter, did not seem to be among the four concubines, and may have been posthumously honored.

I don't know if the search is correct. There is no clear record.)