Tang's dining table

Li Zhi listened to these words very carefully, but he didn't understand a word.

In other words, he felt that he did not need to understand.

As long as some of his ministers understand it, he is just here to enjoy the results.

If it hadn't been for the fact that Yun Chu handed over the second debt to Jiang Tong, Yun Chu would most likely not have seen Li Zhi's good looks.

Everything in the world and even people belong to Li Zhi. Therefore, when the country is peaceful and the people are safe, money is not as important to Li Zhi as people think.

What he cares about is holding the handle of a wealthy family, especially the handle that can destroy the wealthy family at any time.

Once this handle is grasped by him, it will put these people in a dilemma of life and death. After all, failure to pay back the money will not be justified at that time.

Such a handle is much better than using direct coercion with imperial power.

Chang'an City has been living a life of barter for a long time, but it has not had any major impact on the people of Chang'an.

This kind of thing was still prevalent even when Yun Chu was young. At that time, there was not much money in the countryside, and the currency was actually food.

The grains were exchanged for watermelons, fruits, rice, and of course, eggs. At that time, Yun Chu was often beaten.

"Your Majesty, they have caused great harm to Chang'an this time. All the accounts that the ministers want to collect must be collected by then."

Seeing that Yunchu was looking away and boldly speaking out his request, Li Zhi became even happier.

"I know, I know, you have to build the Daming Palace for me, you have to build the Xingqing Palace, and the dilapidated streets in Chang'an City have to be demolished and rebuilt on a large scale. All of these require money and food support. Well, no wonder you had such a big house in the first place. Dare to talk about Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace.

However, you still have to tell me why you spend all the money in the warehouses of Wannian and Chang'an counties every time?

Are you worried that I will suddenly replace you? "

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I really don't think so. Wei Chen thinks that if the county government has money, it must spend it. Don't forget that the county government only spends its own money. However, when the money enters the market, it will It will produce several times or even ten times the benefits of the money spent by Wei Chen.

It will drive various related upstream and downstream workshops, so that the people will benefit and His Majesty will benefit. In short, it is a good thing that achieves mutual success.

When money moves, money can be made.

Copper coins placed in a warehouse cannot be called money. "

Li Zhi looked at Yun Chu's face and said doubtfully: "I don't understand many of the truths about right and wrong, and I don't want to understand them."

Wu Mei, who was not far away, had obviously been eavesdropping, and then said: "I am very interested in the last memorial."

Hearing what Wu Mei said, Yun Chu's heart sank. This ghost woman could already unabashedly ask a minister to submit a memorial to her in front of Li Zhi.

Yun Chu did not agree immediately, but turned his attention to Li Zhi. It was best to let him make the decision, at least there was no problem with his position.

Li Zhi smiled and said: "If you like to read it, let him write it for you."

The emperor had said this, and Yunchu immediately bowed and said: "I obey my orders."

Li Zhi seemed to have something to say to Yun Chu, but finally turned around to talk to Liu Rengui and ignored Yun Chu and Wen Wen again.

Coming out of Liu Rengui's house hungry, he softly said to Yun Chu: "The royal family has been living in Jiucheng Palace recently."

Yun Chu said: "Jiucheng Palace is near Chencang, which means that the emperor has arrived in Chang'an a long time ago and also passed through Chang'an to go to Jiucheng Palace."

Wen Wen said: "We went there secretly. So far, everyone still thinks that the emperor and the empress are still in the Ziwei Palace in Luoyang.

I can even boldly guess that during this period, there may be more spies surrounding a few of us than we imagined. "

"Actually, it's all obvious. As far as the emperor is concerned, it's fine as long as the two of us are not from wealthy families.

As long as you are not from a wealthy family, then what happens in Luoyang City has nothing to do with a few of us.

When I left, Xu Jingzong, an old thief, was extremely envious of us for leaving Luoyang. I could tell from the eyes of this old thief that Luoyang was not a very auspicious city for us. "

Sometimes it is a good thing to stay away from the emperor, but staying away from the emperor means staying away from the political center.

The source of power in the Tang Dynasty was the emperor, and all power came from the emperor, including the divine power of the Tang Dynasty.

When the evening bell of Daci'en Temple rings, the pigeons on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda begin to fly again. This is their last flight of the day. When the bell rings, they enter their habitat.

Sometimes, there are occasional shadows of goshawks over Chang'an, but these goshawks will only spy on Chang'an for a moment and then fly away immediately.

Although under the sharp gaze of the goshawk, there are delicious food everywhere in the city, the goshawk will not fall down to grab it, which is too dangerous for it.

Even when it gets dark, the two large canteens in Chang'an City are still brightly lit, especially their braised pork kitchen, which always has a strong aroma.

Many people who pass by the high wall will involuntarily stand outside the wall and smell the aroma of meat coming from inside the high wall.

As long as there is the smell of meat here, it means Chang'an has become normal.

The braised pork kitchen mainly contains beef. The yaks from Qinghaitou that were originally deducted by Xu Jingye have now entered Chang'an City safely.

However, this time, Xu Jingye's people didn't mention money, so Yun Chu pretended that he didn't know about it.

Anyone who does something wrong or is on the wrong team must be punished, right?

In the fight between Yun Chu and Cui Mian, Xu Jingye showed his ambition and talent as always. He was more than 60% sure that Yun Chu would win. When Cui Mian showed his strength, he decisively He was inclined to Cui Mian, and Cui Mian didn't even invite him, so he actively participated in the team besieging Yunchu.

Hungry Yun Chu and Wen Wen were invited by Li Ji to his house for dinner.

Yun Chu knew that this meal would be inedible.

After going there, I found that it was indeed the case, because Li Ji didn't prepare any food, only wine.

There is a round table, three stone benches, and three jars of wine in the octagonal pavilion, which is all Li Ji entertains guests for dinner.

Moreover, Li Ji drank more than half of one of the jars of wine.

"You can keep the cow Xu Jingye sent without paying." When they met, Li Ji put down the wine jar and said straight to the point without bothering to wipe the bunches of wine off his beard.

Yun Chu smiled and said: "I have no intention of paying him, and I don't even expect to receive money for the cattle he sent later."

Li Ji handed a jar of wine to Yun Chu and said, "I appreciate it."

Yun Chu and Wen Wen raised their wine jars and took a sip each. Yun Chu said, "I thought Xu Jingye would lead an army to compete with the Tubo people for the Dafeichuan River. Unexpectedly, the Tubo people had already withdrawn to the west, and he still didn't have the guts." Enter Dafeichuan."

Li Jidao: "You entrusted me to someone else."

Yun Chu said with a half-smile, "Young Master is also disappointed, isn't he?"

Li Ji sighed and said: "As long as he advances westward, every inch of mountains and rivers he advances may belong to him."

Wen Wen said: "He may think that as long as he stays in Tuyuhun, Tuyuhun will be his."

Li Jidao: "That's the truth."

Yun Chu looked at this famous general who understood everything but couldn't change anything. He put down the wine jar and said, "Young Master, you don't have to say anything. This junior understands."

Li Ji laughed and said, "Do you know what I'm going to say?"

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Yesterday I met a white-haired beauty and asked me if she was beautiful. She used to be very beautiful, but now I feel very uncomfortable when she still asks me if she is beautiful."

Li Jidao: "So, am I beautiful?"

Yun Chu put down the wine jar and said, "Since ancient times, famous generals are like beauties, and they are not allowed to grow old in the world."

After reading these two lines of poetry, Yun Chu got up and left Li Ji's house. It was not until after leaving that he Wen Wen said, "Li Ji has something to ask of us."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Forget it, let Xu Jingye go one more time. If Li Ji is allowed to say this, I'm worried that this old guy will die tomorrow."

Gentle patted his sleepy head and said: "The emperor took away all the authority of the British Duke and also warned him, right?"

Yunchu sneered and said: "Xu Jingye didn't find it himself. If he didn't follow the emperor's idea of ​​advancing to Dafeichuan and gradually encroaching on Tubo and Qinghai, he would come to Hexi to plunder again and again.

You see the emperor is going to deal with Xu Jingye. "

Wen Wen suddenly realized: "Young Master thought that the emperor would send you to reorganize the military affairs of Tuyuhun."

"It's not unusual for him to have this idea. Now there are two chaos spots that can be noticed by the emperor. One is in Yingzhou and the other is in Tuyuhun.

Xue Rengui went to Yingzhou, and Pei Xingjian was busy suppressing the rebellion in the Western Regions, so they thought it was natural for me to go to Tuyuhun.

As a result, he still misjudged me and the emperor. I really had no interest in fighting. The emperor valued Chang'an at this time and would not allow me to go out.

The Young Master still thought highly of his grandson, but I don’t know whether in my eyes or in the eyes of the emperor, Xu Jingye was nothing. There was no need to use my great sword to kill him, a black-toothed Changzhi was enough. "

Wen Wen frowned when she heard the name Hei Te Changzhi and said, "This person received a lot of favors from us in Liaodong, but after returning to the Tang Dynasty, he stayed far away from us. How is it possible?"

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Because the emperor likes him, no matter how much kindness we have to him, it is not as real as being loyal to the emperor.

Furthermore, the emperor is now beginning to have the idea of ​​​​gradually consuming the soldiers and generals. If you look at the recent newspapers, the positions of many soldiers and generals have been adjusted, and the garrison locations have also been changed.

The generals from the north went to the south, and the generals from the south went to the north. I just didn't know whether the emperor would use them to death. "

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Chu's stomach growled. He Wenwen pointed to a small wonton stall on the corner and said, "Let's have a meal while we have it. I always feel that if I don't eat now, I won't have anything to eat today." ”

Yunchu looked up and saw the gate of Pingkangfang. On weekdays, Pingkangfang was bustling with lights and tourists.

It was deserted here today, and even the wonton stall run by an old couple seemed extremely lonely.

Yunchu said: "Actually, the snacks on Fengyue Street have always tasted good."

Wen Wen dismounted and said, "You have never been to a brothel, where did you get these experiences?"

Yun Chu pointed to his head and said: "Because the men and women here are the most willing to spend money. Because they are willing to spend money, the food stall owners can make a lot of money. Because they can make a lot of money, they are willing to spend their time. Make snacks more delicious.

Look at this small stall, even the bowls of wontons are boiled in boiling water. This should not be the consciousness that the couple should have, but a certain doctor from the Taiyuan Hospital who is proficient in medical skills. After visiting the brothel, he ate Unsatisfied with the wontons, I gave the old couple their advice. "

Wen Wen said: "What's the use of boiling water to cook a bowl?"

"Because there is a saying in the Tai Hospital now that the reason why wounds on the human body fester is entirely because of a very small bug, and boiling water in a bowl can kill all those bugs.

Just like the linen cloth used on sick wounds in the hospital is boiled in water and then dried in the sun, it is the same principle. "

Wen Wen laughed loudly and said, "How do you know that the allusion to boiling water and cooking bowls comes from?"

Yun Chu smiled and put his hand on the shoulder of the only diner at the wonton stall, and said with a smile: "Old He, do you think so?"

Chapter One