Datang: Showdown, your father and I are Li Shimin

Chapter 26
"The empress and the emperor? What's going on?" Li Ze frowned, and led by several villagers, he came to a clearing on the east side of the village.

Sure enough, before he got there, he saw a very luxurious carriage and dozens of cavalry behind it.

"This kind of pomp can only be achieved by an emperor." Li Ze walked forward quickly, and Li Er and Queen Changsun also got out of the car at the same time and walked towards Li Ze.

Empress Changsun followed closely behind Li Er, wiping away tears.

But her emotions were still out of her control, and Li Er felt a little uncomfortable. He was afraid that Empress Changsun would expose Li Ze's identity, which would cause Li Ze to be in danger in the future.

Li Ze stopped at the edge of the village, and saluted Li Er: "Your Majesty, please stop, please don't approach the disaster area!"

Li Er and Empress Changsun immediately stopped in place.

When Empress Changsun saw the abscess on Li Ze's face, she opened her blood-red eyes in horror, "Ze'er! Ze'er, is this... smallpox on your face?"

Li Er beside the queen quickly tugged at the sleeve of Queen Changsun, and said in a low voice, "Guanyin maidservant! Calm down!"

Li Ze didn't understand the excited actions of the two of them, so since he rescued Empress Changsun, he felt that the behavior of these two people had been acting strangely.

Did the Tang Dynasty really respect people with excellent medical skills so much?
Li Ze recalled Sun Simiao. It is said that Li Shimin personally invited Sun Simiao to serve as an official in the court many times, and also gave him a lot of rewards.

Li Ze also felt relieved when he thought that he had only saved the life of Empress Changsun, and Li Er would make him county magistrate, imperial physician and reward him with a lot of money.

"My queen, don't be excited. Weichen's face is caused by cowpox, not smallpox. If you catch it, you can completely resist smallpox. However, it is still in the experimental period and has not been used in large quantities." Li Ze explained truthfully.

Upon hearing this, Empress Changsun looked at Li Er suspiciously.

Li Er frowned tightly, and explained in a low voice: "I have already told you that the Ze'er Mountain people have their own tricks, and he is not afraid of smallpox! Maid Guanyin, do you trust me now? Come back with me later!"

Empress Changsun looked at Li Er and then at Li Ze, and suddenly her eyes became extremely firm: "No! I said that I would accompany my Ze'er, so I must accompany Ze'er. Now that I'm here, I won't Going back."

As he said that, he was about to walk towards Li Ze, but Li Er grabbed Empress Zhangsun with a helpless look on his face: "Okay! Everything is according to Guanyin's servant, so you have to wait for me to explain it to Ze'er. "

"Let me explain a few words to Ze'er. When the time comes, I will naturally let you stay in this disaster area. What do you think?"

Empress Changsun glanced at Li Ze reluctantly, then turned and walked towards the carriage.

Li Er saw that Empress Changsun compromised, he sighed helplessly, and waved to Li Ze: "Master Li, come with me, I have something to say."

Li Ze looked up at Li Er in bewilderment, and walked towards Li Er.

After a little distance from the guards and the name of the village, Li Er let out a long sigh: "Alas...the Avalokitesvara insists on staying in the disaster area. Safety?"

"Ah?" Li Ze opened his mouth wide in surprise, "Is the Empress going to stay in the disaster area?"

Li Er nodded helplessly.

"It's no problem to ensure the safety of the empress, but the disaster area is short of everything now, and there are a large number of disaster victims gathered outside the village. What if these villagers riot?" Li Ze said tactfully. I have always wanted to question Li Er's words: why haven't the food and herbs been shipped yet.

After all, he was the emperor of the dynasty. If he spoke too frankly, Li Ze was really afraid that Li Er would burn all the villagers in their village to death in anger.

Li Er found a stone at random and sat down, looked at Du Village not far away and the crowd of victims outside the village, Li Er sighed helplessly: "It's not that I don't allocate food, but that the national treasury is really empty now. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made disasters have occurred continuously, and the foreign tribes are now eyeing the Tang Dynasty, and are ready to invade the Tang Dynasty at any time."

"I really have no money! Datang also has no money! The herbs and food in Chang'an City have indeed been distributed now. It may take a day or two to arrive from the country, but it is not much. If you count the one day outside the village I’m afraid it’s not enough to feed the disaster victims for a week.”

Li Er grimaced, sighed and shook his head constantly.

Li Ze was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but frown. In his impression, the Great Tang Dynasty was created by Li Er, with an annual income of tens of millions. How could he have no money?
"Your Majesty, the national power of the Tang Dynasty is so strong, and the tax revenue is one million a year. How can it be so embarrassing now?"

Li Er gave a wry smile, shook his head and sighed: "Although the taxes are high, they are spent quickly! Resisting foreigners requires military pay, and resolving natural disasters requires money and food. Not long ago, there were either floods or locust plagues, locust plagues or droughts in various places. The food that came up has not been allocated much, and the treasury has already run out of money!"

After hearing this, Li Ze's complexion suddenly became solemn: "I do have a way to make salt, sugar, cotton, etc., and you can make His Majesty a lot of money!"

Little stars seemed to be shining in Li Er's eyes, and he looked at Li Ze in shock: "This...this...salt making!"

"Cough, cough...don't worry, Your Majesty, these things can't be completed in a short time, but your Majesty needs to borrow money to solve the urgent need." Li Ze looked at the excited Li Er and coughed a few times in embarrassment.

After Li Er heard this, he immediately realized his gaffe, but after hearing the word "borrow", his head shook like a rattle: "Borrow? It's easy to borrow, but difficult to pay back!"

It's not that he didn't think about borrowing money. He opened his mouth to borrow money and broke his legs in a hurry to pay back the money.

As soon as Li Er thought of what little tricks those guys in the court would secretly do under the pretext of borrowing money, he felt angry.

"This humble minister has his own way to make His Majesty earn a lot of money. Your Majesty can rest assured that in a few days, the minister will naturally provide His Majesty with ways to make money such as making salt, sugar and cotton. But the most urgent thing right now is to Your Majesty should bring the food and herbs here as soon as possible, otherwise these people and even the humble ministers will starve to death." Li Ze's eyes flashed suddenly and his face became mysterious as he spoke.

"Your Majesty, I think there is a way for this humble minister to help you with disaster relief, and at the same time, your Majesty will not need to borrow money."

Li Er's eyes lit up suddenly: "What is the solution? Say it quickly!"

"Donate!" Li Ze raised a finger.

"Let Man Chao Wenwu donate money by himself, but His Majesty has to take the lead in donating money, and how big the head of His Majesty is, those famous families will donate as much, and His Majesty will pay a lot. How much you paid, you have to write it down and post it in Chang'an City, so that the officials in the court will definitely pay a lot of money for the sake of face and reputation."

"Your Majesty is secretly manipulating and taking back his share, wouldn't it be good? This way, you don't need to use a penny from the treasury, and all the civil and military officials have to pay for disaster relief. It's the best of both worlds." What a great thing!"

After Li Er heard this, he stood up suddenly from the stone, clapped his hands, and laughed loudly:

"Wonderful! Really wonderful! Miracle doctor Li is really cunning, ah no, resourceful and resourceful!"

(End of this chapter)