royal robes

Chapter 766
Zong Xin persuaded: "Stop arguing, okay? Let's talk about serious business. Of course the Dugu Clan can take away his own belongings. Your Majesty has no objection to that. My concubine Xingyue sister alone has tens of thousands of taels of gold." Private money, this is not a small amount."

Dugu Xingchen said awkwardly: "Brother-in-law, I have to remind you that Xingyue and Xingye have spent all of Xingyue's money. Now there is no serious property in the Dugu Clan. The Dugu Clan has no income at all this year, because these industries are all It belongs to His Majesty. Even if the food is sold, His Majesty will collect the money, so we are just wasting here and can’t earn a penny. Even so, our pursuit of art cannot be divorced, so we still have to write poetry, Writing poetry is a waste of money, and there are so many people in the Dugu Clan who need to eat, so it has already been spent. Now we are spending Aunt Feng's private money."

Zong Xin looked at Dugu Xingchen with a look of surprise. This brother-in-law used his wife's private money to drink flowers and wine... and spent all the tens of thousands of taels of gold?

"With so much money, ten brothels have been bought. If you go there to entertain yourself, not only will you not spend money, but you will make money. You spent all this money on drinking wine?"

"How can I have such a good body? Anyway, Xingyue's private money is used for all the expenses these days, but it's also her own fault. Everyone knows where she put the private money. We don't need it as a family. It’s too polite, so it’s all spent.”

Zong Xin gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, the money goes away to make people happy. Your Majesty, I know that you have borrowed a lot of money and food from your father-in-law, which should be a huge sum, right? Where's the money?"

"That's right, I did borrow a lot of money and food from the Dugu Clan, but now the Dugu Clan belongs to me, should I pay back the money to myself?" Li Jing looked smug, because he had already settled the accounts clearly. Chu, otherwise he would not have brought the two ministers from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry. They have been calculating the financial resources of the Dugu Clan, so they analyzed the ins and outs of the whole matter very properly to ensure that Li Jing would not suffer.

"Father-in-law, so the Dugu Clan only has some grain left?"

Dugu Huang nodded and said: "That's true, but there is a lot of food in storage. If all of it is brewed into wine, it should be able to make a lot of money."

"I really don't know that the Dugu Clan is already like this. Anyway, the Dugu Clan is going to start again. I will pay for you to buy fields and grow grain again." Zong Xin said depressedly: "Your Majesty, I still have two conditions. If this If His Majesty does not accept the two conditions, then this business cannot be negotiated."

"tell me the story."

Zong Dao said: "First, your Majesty must never increase food prices during your lifetime. This is the ancestral motto of the Dugu Clan. If your majesty fails to agree to this, your father-in-law will spend it with you to the end. It will not be good for everyone at that time."

"Of course this is acceptable. I never thought of raising the price of food." Li Jing knew that the Dugu Clan was already making a lot of money, and the price of food was already fixed, so there wasn't much room for it to rise.If the food price rises after Li Jing takes over the business of the Dugu Clan, I don't know how many people will scold him for being unkind, so Li Jing doesn't dare to raise the price.

Zong Dao said: "Secondly, the Dugu Clan has too much food in stock now, and we can't take it away at all. So I hope His Majesty will send troops to send the food to the border of Dazhou, and someone will take over it. Otherwise, if we come alone, I don’t know how many years it will take to move.”

Li Jing nodded and said: "This is not a problem, as long as this matter can be resolved peacefully, a little effort should be made."

Li Jing has no objection to this at all. After all, he took over all the property of the Dugu Clan without doing anything. It was the hard work of several generations of the Dugu Huang family. Worrying about soldiers' salaries.In fact, Li Jing felt ashamed to take away all the family property of the Dugu Clan, but he had no other choice. After all, Duguhuang had to give it to himself, and it was the time when he was most short of money. Don't be in vain.

Zong Xin looked at Dugu Huang and asked, "Father-in-law, is there anything else that needs to be added?"

Dugu Huang said: "Next year, I will collect [-]% of the food produced here by the grassroots. Only this time, I will never ask His Majesty for anything again. Everything in the entire Dugu Clan belongs to you, and the grassroots also agree with this matter. In the future, Dugu I will never take revenge on the Li family for this matter. Moreover, Caomin has been a citizen of the Tang Dynasty all his life, and he will be recruited at any time when His Majesty needs it. Although our Dugu clan has no power, our Dugu clan's martial arts are not bad, at least we can protect the emperor. Your Majesty's safety, and the grass people will not fight for Guo Wei or Da Zhou. Of course, this is my oath when Duguhuang was alive, and what the descendants of the Dugu Clan will do after I die is their business."

"It's done, I have no reason not to agree to this matter." Li Jing said: "Brother Dugu, we two brothers have been friends for so many years, this time... it's evened out, right?"

"Well~ this is my own obsession with money for a while, but fortunately, a son-in-law has figured out a way out for me, otherwise I would have to die in the Dugu clan." Duguhuang said awkwardly: "Your Majesty has nothing wrong with this matter, The fault is entirely on Caomin alone."

Li Jing said awkwardly: "A bet has separated you and me. In fact, I have been thinking recently, otherwise I will return the Dugu Clan to you. But the national crisis is looming, and brothers have no choice. Without the financial support of the Dugu Clan, , I have only one choice, and that is to attack the Great Zhou Dynasty. At best, it will be a fight to the death, and both sides will suffer losses. How many soldiers will die in a foreign land? I would not do this if it was not a last resort."

"Your Majesty also said that in the face of a national crisis, if the property of the Dugu Clan can make a little contribution to the Tang Dynasty, it can be regarded as the grassroots' loyalty to the country. What's more, this matter may not necessarily be a farewell. One day Your Majesty invades Bianliang City in Kaifeng, and you and I will still be monarchs and ministers."

Li Jing likes to hear such words. His lifelong pursuit is to unify the world and reproduce the prosperity of the early Tang Dynasty.Although Li Jing knows that the biggest trouble in the world today is not the enemy's military strength, but the private soldiers of the courtiers, but this problem is the same all over the world.

"Okay! Well said." Li Jing said excitedly: "You have all made so many requests, so it's time for me to make a request. Although I am a little ashamed to seize all the properties of the Dugu Clan, after all, this is brother Dugu's loss. I didn’t use any tricks to give it to me, and it’s not mean. Now that I’m not allowed to raise the price, but also send the grain to Dazhou, if I don’t mention some conditions, I’m afraid it won’t make sense, right?”

Dugu Huang said depressedly: "Your Majesty, the Caomin have already promised not to fight for the Great Zhou, and His Majesty can recruit the Caomin guards at any time, the Caomin have no promises to give."

"It's not you." Li Jing turned to look at Zong Xin, and then said, "Master Zong Xin, can I make a request?"

"You can mention it, but I can't guarantee whether you want to obey the poor monk."

Li Jing said: "Master does not need to abide by it. I just want to ask a question, and I just need Master Zong Xin to answer honestly. Now my biggest obstacle is Guo Wei of the Great Zhou. You can do the math for me, whether I can defeat Guo Wei."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Zong Xin said with a smile: "That father-in-law has less than one year to live, and His Majesty has no chance. Unless His Majesty gathers an army to attack Da Zhou within a year, His Majesty will never have a chance to defeat Him. If you directly ask Datang if he can defeat Da Zhou, I will not be able to say so."

"Then let me change the way of asking...Which is longer between the national fortune of the Great Zhou and the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Jing is also scheming. He can't directly ask who loses and who wins, so he can only ask whose national fortune is longer. In fact, the effect is similar .

Zong Xin chuckled and said, "Even if Your Majesty knows about this kind of thing, it won't do any good, but I can indeed tell Your Majesty, is Your Majesty really willing to listen?"

"Yes, yes." Li Jing wanted to know his result, because he was getting older and older, and hoped to complete the great cause of reunification in his lifetime. Although the process of struggle was the happiest, Li Jing was already the emperor. , he didn't need to struggle anymore, he just wanted to know the final outcome.

"The fortune of the Great Tang Dynasty is longer than that of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The poor monk never lied about this matter. After the fall of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Great Tang Dynasty is still alive, and the heir of His Majesty will still be the emperor." Zong Xin was terrified by what he said. Everyone, in fact, everyone thinks that the Great Zhou has Zongxin to protect it, at least in Zongxin's lifetime, it is impossible to subjugate the country, but they did not expect the final result to be like this.The Great Zhou will perish, and the Great Tang will still be there when the Great Zhou perishes... Is there any nonsense here?There are only two reasons, either because of the chaos and destruction of the country in the Great Zhou Dynasty, or because of being defeated by the Great Tang.

Li Jing was very excited at first, but then he sighed helplessly and said, "According to what Master Zongxin said, when the Great Zhou Dynasty fell... I was no longer the emperor. Do I still have a chance to see this scene?"

"Yes, your majesty wasn't the emperor at that time, but your lifespan is not over." Zong Xin looked around, and then said: "But I hope it's best to keep this matter a secret, and don't reveal a word."

"No, definitely not." Li Jing trembled with excitement. Although he didn't destroy the Great Zhou himself, the Great Tang actually lasted longer than the Great Zhou's national fortune... This is a good thing, a great good thing.

Now that Dugu Huang has accepted the debt, the entire Dugu Clan belongs to Li Jing.Having received such good news again, Li Jing was so excited that she could hardly speak.

Zong said: "Your Majesty, since you asked a personal question, you should let me ask a personal question now."

"Master Zong Xin, please ask whatever you want, I will know everything, and I will say everything."

"Who is that master behind you? Sure enough, as the third prince said, his martial arts are not inferior to my father-in-law. How could he be willing to be your guard, and he lost all his memory... I really don't believe this. And From the outside, it is not a mortal."

(End of this chapter)