Tibet

Li Fuguo said calmly: "Your Majesty can borrow money from Long You, and King Qi will definitely be able to get the money."

"Borrow it from him?"

Li Heng was really a little doubtful, "Will he borrow it?"

"Of course he doesn't want to borrow it, but if His Majesty exchanges benefits with him, or sells him something, he should agree."

"What can I sell him?"

Li Fuguo smiled and said: "Your Majesty can sell him the right to appoint and remove officials in Jiannan Road or Shannan West Road, and he should be able to get a good price."

Li Heng hesitated, "Isn't this inappropriate?"

Li Fuguo got one hundred thousand taels of gold from Li Ye, but he did not play a corresponding role. It was just a small financial power. He was really uneasy. He was afraid that Li Ye would liquidate him in the future.

But he was reluctant to return the gold. The only way was to do something to compensate Li Ye. After thinking about it, he decided that it would be the official power of Bashu and Shu.

Taking this opportunity to sell the official power to Li Ye, he can give an explanation.

Li Fuguo continued to persuade: "I also know that your Majesty had a hard time negotiating the official power in Bashu, but it is impossible to change the officials in Bashu within at least three or four years, and this official power is meaningless to us.

Besides, Your Majesty sold Yanzhou to the King of Qi before, which had no impact on the court. So what impact would the sale of the official power of Bashu to Li Ye have on the court? Could Li Ye rebel?

In fact, His Majesty also understood in his heart that Li Ye wanted to rebel long ago. He left Bashu to be governed by Li Ye. In fact, it still belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and the ancestors did not blame Your Majesty. "

Li Heng pondered for a moment and said: "Besides the official power of Bashu, is there anything else that can be sold?"

"Or sell the Guannai Road to him!"

Li Heng shook his head, "This is absolutely not possible!"

"Then only the official power of Bashu and Bashu will be left."

Li Heng finally wavered. He hesitated and said, "I'm just afraid that the political hall will object!"

Li Fuguo sneered, "I'm afraid they are more anxious to sell than Your Majesty."

"Oh well!"

Li Heng finally made up his mind. He had already sold Yanzhou and he didn't mind selling it again.

"You go and talk to Dugu Ming. I am urgently asking for money. The price is one million yuan. I will sell the official rights and taxation rights of Jiannan Road and Shannan West Road to the King of Qi. Within ten days, I must To get the money, ask him to notify the other party with the eagle letter."

"Your Majesty, do you want to talk to the Political Affairs Hall?" Li Fuguo asked tentatively again.

"No need, I've decided this matter."

Li Heng was forced to panic. If he didn't come up with the money, the army would rebel. Whoever dared to oppose him in the political hall would be dismissed by him?

At noon, Li Fuguo arrived at Duguming's mansion. Duguming politely invited him into the guest room and asked the maid to serve tea.

If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, Li Fuguo must have something to do when he comes here.

"The imperial court's financial crisis must be known to the consort!"

Dugu Ming said with a mocking look on his face: "Issue a few more million dollars and everything will be solved!"

"The issuance of large amounts of money is a crime committed by Wu Qi to deceive the emperor. The emperor has decided to stop the circulation of large amounts of money."

Dugu Ming said coldly: "What about the big money that has been issued?"

"The Emperor has decided to take back some of it within his power."

"What a good one!"

Dugu Ming shook his head, "It is estimated that the big money in the hands of the army and the big money in the hands of officials will be taken back, and the big money in the hands of the people will be ignored."

Li Fuguo still said calmly: "There is nothing we can do about it. A lot of the big money was not issued by the imperial court, but by other forces who took the opportunity to issue it and plunder people's wealth. We cannot let the imperial court bear the consequences!"

Dugu Ming was too lazy to talk about the big money anymore, so he asked, "I wonder why Li Changshi came to visit?"

Li Fuguo said with a smile: "The emperor wants to make a deal with His Highness King Qi, let me negotiate. Of course, I persuaded the Emperor for this deal, which can be regarded as repaying His Highness King Qi's favor of giving gold!"

Dugu Ming was used to Li Fuguo's shamelessness. He said calmly: "What is the specific transaction?"

"The emperor wants to package up all the official and financial rights of Jiannan Road and Shannan West Road and sell them to His Highness the King of Qi for a fixed price of one million!"

Dugu Ming nodded, "I will not comment on this kind of matter. I will inform His Highness Prince Qi immediately."

"It is best for the prince-in-law to use Eagle Letter. The emperor hopes to see the money within ten days. Gold and silver can also be used. Silver is one to three, and gold is one to thirty."

"Okay, I'll send the Eagle Message now."

Li Fuguo stood up and left, and Dugu Ming immediately sent this important news to Longyou with an eagle letter.

Li Ye has returned from his inspection tour of Qinzhou. He learned from Yan Quanming that Hun Yao will defect to him, which really makes Li Ye happy. The reason why Hun Yao is important is that Li Ye urgently needs someone to compete with Tubo in Hezhou and Kuozhou. famous general.

Although Xin Yunjing is good, he still lacks the talent of a coach like Ge Shuhan to control the overall situation. He can only be regarded as a general, able to act alone, but unable to control the overall situation.

Therefore, Xin Yunjing can defend the Chiling-Xihai line, but he cannot take into account the Jiuqu and Jishishan lines hundreds of miles away.

Li Ye also needs a general who can independently defend Tibet. Although he has other generals, he lacks experience in fighting the Tubo army, so Li Ye cannot rest assured. The person Li Ye likes is Li Sheng or Hun Yao.

Li Sheng couldn't dig him out, but Hun Yao made Li Ye look forward to it even more. He knew Hun Yao, was loyal, straightforward, courageous and resourceful, and was fully capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility he had given him.

He was full of expectations for Hun Yao's arrival.

At this time, Li Mi and Liu Yan hurried to Li Ye's official room.

"Your Highness, we have just received important news."

Li Mi handed a copy of the Eagle Letter to Li Ye, "The emperor wants to discuss with us the appointment and removal of officials in Bashu. He wants to use the official power of Jiannan Road and Shannan West Road plus financial power to exchange benefits with us."

Li Ye looked at the copy and smiled lightly: "One million strings, this is such a big statement. Does the emperor want to give us all of Bashu?"

"That's what it means!"

Li Ye thought for a moment and asked the two of them, "What do you think?"

Li Mi and Liu Yan looked at each other, and Li Mi smiled and said: "To be frank, this deal is actually good. It's three hundred and thirty thousand taels of silver. It should be a big problem, but the whole Bashu belongs to us. I think it's a good deal. It's a great deal." ”

"What's your opinion, Ambassador Liu?" Li Ye looked at Liu Yan again.

Liu Yan smiled slightly and said: "I guess there is something wrong with their big money. Didn't you receive information from Xiangyang a few days ago? Liang Chongyi exported 300,000 yuan to the Central Plains. I guess the three towns in Hebei and Li Zhengyi also They all seized this opportunity, which resulted in the court having to stop the big money. However, they had to take back the big money from the army and officials, otherwise the army would rebel. The court's finances were now in dire straits, so the emperor had no choice but to take this step and completely wipe out Bashu. sell."

Li Ye smiled approvingly and said slowly: "This is also a rare opportunity for us. I would like to spend another 500,000 yuan to buy back the governance power of Jingxiang."

Li Mi frowned slightly, "I'm afraid the emperor won't agree!"

Li Ye shook his head and said noncommittally: "This is a bundled sale. Either sell them together or not sell them at all."