"Your Majesty, Shangshu Xiao returns to the city with the money obtained from the fundraising meeting!"

Chang'an City, Tai Chi Palace, Ganlu Hall.

It was getting darker at this time. Li Er, who had just finished reviewing the memorial, was about to go to the harem for dinner. Zhao Song walked in from outside and bowed.

"Oh? The fundraising conference in Lantian County is over? How much money has been raised in total?"

Li Er's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked with great interest.

He did not forget his previous bet with Xiao Yu.

Zhao Song replied with a smile: "Go back to Your Majesty, the fundraising meeting has ended at the third hour of Youshi. As for how much money I raised this time, I don't know! But after hearing the rumors from the outside world, I think there should be a lot of them."

Li Er nodded and chuckled, "Haha! Then wait until Xiao Aiqing enters the palace later!"

After saying that, he stood up from the dragon couch and walked out the door. While Xiao Yu had not arrived yet, he had to go and have dinner!

Li Er was not worried about that bet. First, he believed in Li Zexuan's ability to create miracles. Even if he raised less than 250,000 guan this time, Li Zexuan would definitely have a second move. Second, even if Li Zexuan was not good, Li Er himself had other ways to raise 250,000 guan. The Maritime Bureau in Guangdong area would transport tax revenue to the court every three months. He could let Li Xiaogong pay the tax to the treasury one month in advance. This is not a small amount of money, and it can completely make up for the holes in the fundraising meeting!

In fact, Li Er had another trick, which was to make Yanhuang Money House print money crazy. Now Tang Yuan has become popular in more than 300 states of the Tang Dynasty and has gradually replaced copper coins. Military expenditure during the war period requires that Li Er could completely let Yanhuang Money House print more Tang Yuan to expand and arm the army. However, when Li Zexuan established Yanhuang Money House, he once said very solemnly that the number of coins printed by Yanhuang Money House every year should be determined based on the annual domestic wealth and GDP of the Tang Dynasty. The unauthorized printing of Tang Yuan is not only destroyed the credit system of Tang Yuan, but also destroyed the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Once this measure is implemented, the Tang Dynasty will not be far from being destroyed!

As smart as Li Er, it is impossible not to know that what Li Zexuan said makes sense. Although it is difficult to fight against the Turks in the Tang Dynasty, it is not completely impossible to fight. Therefore, Li Er felt that it was not time to use the "money printing machine" of Yanhuang Money House. In his opinion, Yanhuang Money House and Tang Yuan will have great use for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in the future and must not be easily destroyed!

When he arrived at Empress Changsun's residence, Li Er directly asked the palace maids and eunuchs to serve the dishes. As soon as the dinner was halfway through, Zhao Song hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, Secretary Xiao is asking for a visit!"

"Ha! He came very quickly! Take him to the Ganlu Palace, and I will arrive in a while!"

Li Er smiled and said to Zhao Song.

"Here~!"

Zhao Song took the order and left.

Li Er looked at Empress Changsun at this time and sighed: "Oh, I originally wanted to have a good meal with Guanyin maid, but now it seems that I can't eat it!"

Empress Changsun smiled and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, go quickly! Mr. Xiao is still in the palace at this time, and I think there must be something important to come! Oh, Lantian County seems to have held a fundraising meeting today. I guess Mr. Xiao must have come for this matter!"

Li Er took advantage of the break of speaking and took two more bites of food, then stood up and exclaimed: "Haha! My queen is really smart. This Xiao Yu is probably here for the fundraising meeting! Okay, Guanyin maid, eat slowly, I'm going to the front hall!"

Empress Changsun nodded naturally.

Li Er stood up and headed towards the Tai Chi Palace.

It’s not easy for him to be an emperor, especially during the recent period when the Tang Dynasty was fully preparing for the Turks, many times he couldn’t even have a good meal. No wonder Li Er in history became a saint king, and his attitude determines everything!

"The old minister has seen Your Majesty!"

When he arrived at the Ganlu Palace, Xiao Yu, who had been waiting here for a while, bowed and bowed.

"Xiao Aiqing is exempt from gifts!"

Li Er waved at Xiao Yu while walking towards the dragon couch.

Since he had already guessed the purpose of Xiao Yu entering the palace, after sitting on the dragon bed, Li Er looked at Xiao Yu without silence, but asked directly: "How? Xiao Aiqing? The money raised at this fundraising meeting is enough for the military expenditure of the 150,000 army?"

Xiao Yu's eyes were slightly closed, and he bowed to Li Er and said in a deep voice: "This fundraising meeting raised a total of 428,500 military funds, which is far higher than the old minister's previous estimate! His Majesty won the previous bet, and the old minister congratulated you!"

"What? Forty-two-eight-five hundred stalks?"

Even though Li Er had been prepared before, he could not help but look a little surprised when he heard such a huge number from Xiao Yu's mouth, because just a quarter of an hour ago, he was still considering what to do if the money raised by this fundraising conference was not enough. Now... happiness comes a little suddenly.

"That's true! Not only did many merchants donate generously to the country at this fundraising conference, but many people who were unexpected to the old ministers also attended the fundraising conference!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Yu took out a book from his arms, held it up with both hands, and said, "The 428,500 trump card obtained by the fundraising conference have been brought back by the officials of the Ministry of Revenue for inventory and compensation for the state treasury. This is the account details of this fundraising conference. Please check it out!"

"Okay! Thank you for your hard work in this trip!"

Li Er's eyes lit up and he sighed, without his instructions, Zhao Song took the account book from Xiao Yu and stepped forward and handed it to Li Er.

After reaching out to take the account book, Li Er didn't care about Xiao Yu in the hall and looked through it directly. Due to the haste, the account book did not deliberately sort it according to the amount of donations. It was recorded in the order of the appearance of everyone during the fundraising meeting. Many people in the front line knew Li Er, such as Li Zexuan, Lin Wenyuan of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, and Feng Zhihua, the "World Yi Businessman" he personally gave to him, etc.

All of these people donated a lot. Among them, Li Zexuan was the leader, not only donated 30,000 yuan, but the Nuan Tang Foundation he founded also donated 20,000 yuan this time, which combined 50,000 yuan to the court. This touched Li Er's heart, and he said intimidly:

"Although this kid Li Zexuan is not inconsistent on weekdays, he cares more than anyone else when it comes to national interests and foreign wars!"

The reason why Li Er thought so was not only because Li Zexuan launched a fundraising meeting and contributed 50,000 jin to the court in this fundraising meeting, but also because Li Zexuan had previously offered to forge new and exquisite equipment for the expansion of Xuanjia Army for free. Later, in private, Li Er probably made a calculation that the new equipment worn by the five thousand Xuanjia Army from head to toe, from people to horses will definitely not be less than 100,000 jin!

Such a big deal, few people in the Tang Dynasty could produce it. Even if someone could produce it, they would not proactively propose "sending money" like Li Zexuan! Because giving this money will not only not be beneficial to him, but may also cause suspicion from the emperor!

Li Er knew in his heart that the reason why Li Zexuan, who had always been smart, made extremely stupid actions in the eyes of ordinary people was entirely due to his innocent intention towards the Tang Dynasty. He wanted the Tang Dynasty to prosper, but he did not want the Tang Dynasty to perish at the hands of a foreign race!

It is precisely because of this that Li Er always looked at Li Zexuan differently and promoted Li Zexuan all the way. Moreover, if Li Zexuan makes mistakes on weekdays, Li Er will try his best to reduce the punishment for Li Zexuan. It is also because Li Zexuan has a innocent heart that Li Er will feel at ease to put his two most beloved sons beside Li Zexuan to study and grow!

"Jubaozhai? Where is this store originated? It can even donate 30,000 yuan? And this name sounds familiar!"

Li Er looked at ten lines at a glance. When he saw that in addition to Li Zexuan, there was someone else on the list that donated 30,000 yuan, which made him look at it twice. Then, he frowned and muttered in confusion.

Xiao Yu smiled and bowed, "Go back to Your Majesty, this Jubaozhai is the property left by the governor of Qizhou Wang Renbiao in Chang'an before. As for the Li Ji carriage, horse and luggage that he donated behind him, it is Wang Renbiao's newlywed wife. The couple donated a total of 32,000 guan!"

"Oh? Is it Wang Renbiao?"

Upon hearing this, Li Er suddenly realized: "I heard that he was going to get married a few days ago. Unexpectedly, he came to donate money with his newlywed wife just now. Wang Yu gave birth to a good son and a good daughter-in-law!"

After saying that, Li Er put down Wang Renbiao's affairs for the time being and continued to look back. The more he looked, the more surprised he became. Slowly, he finally understood why Xiao Yu had told him before, "There were many unexpected people coming to this fundraising meeting"!

"Cheng Ji Winehouse? Isn't this the winery of Cheng Zhijie's family? He also donated 5,000 guan?"

"Qin Ji Clothing Shop? This is Shubao's shop!"

"Baochang pawn shop? This is the pawn shop of Jingde's family!"

"Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Chu Suiliang, Kong Yingda... It seems that all the civil and military officials in the court secretly participated in the fundraising meeting!"

Unlike other emperors, Li Er subdued a large group of civil and military officials in the process of conquering the world. These people worked with Li Er for so many years and had a very good relationship with Li Er. Li Er knew most of the private life of his ministers. Therefore, although Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong attended the fundraising meeting in the name of their own shop, most of them were recognized by Li Er at a glance! Seeing that his ministers supported him so much, Li Er was moved, but when he saw the next name, he couldn't help but twitch:

"Wei's winery, isn't this winery opened by Wei Zheng? No, didn't this winery close two years ago? Donate ten tons??"

When Li Er saw the four words "Wei's winery", he was a little surprised. However, after seeing the donation of ten cents, he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, because the people in front of him donated tens of thousands of cents. It was Wei Zheng's turn to donate only ten cents. The contrast is really too big!

"Ahem! Xuan Cheng's family has limited resources, please forgive me!"

Seeing this, Xiao Yu coughed dryly and pleaded in a low voice for Wei Zheng.

Li Er rolled his eyes secretly, too lazy to speak.

"Well? Lantian County Government donated 10,000 yuan? What's going on?"

Li Er looked ten lines at a glance, and soon saw the last page of the account book. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, his eyes fixed on the middle line of the last page of the account book, and said in surprise.
Chapter completed!