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Time has entered the plum moon in a blink of an eye, and the Jianghuai River Basin is raining continuously...

Although he was far away in Guanzhong, Chang'an was not affected by the plum rain, his mood was actually shrouded in the continuous rain. The thief Huang Chao brazenly proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, and the attack on Tongguan had never stopped. The Tang Dynasty capital was in critical condition. At this time, the vassal states in all parts of the world had begun to attack each other regardless of the safety of the court and the emperor.

The Khitan attacked Xi and Yinshan Tatars, causing the two cavalrymen of Xi and Tatars who were supposed to be summoned to the aid to return to the outside of the Great Wall.

At the same time, Li Jing, the King of Qin who was originally highly expected by Li Yan, had already faced the Bian River and was about to reach Luoyang, but suddenly he transferred troops back. He withdrew from the five prefectures of Cao, Song, Yun, Pu and Hua, and a memorial came up, saying that he would hand it over to the three generals of Yu Guan, Kang Chenghui and Xin Xi to move the town.

After Li Jing occupied the territory of Taining Army and other states, he did not attack the Huang Chao rebels for the court, but instead went south to attack the Yanhua Army.

Li Yan in the Daming Palace was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he heard this news. He now obeyed Li Jing, and gave Li Jing the title of King of Qin and the Tiger Talisman Seal of the Marshal of the World, and had high hopes for him. But now Li Jing not only stopped offering sacrifices to the court, but also took the opportunity to swallow Yichang and Taining towns with the rights of the Marshal of the World, and now he has to swallow Ganhua Towns.

Gao Pian from Huainan also had no troops to fight Huang Chao, but now he suddenly had great courage to attack Li Jing. Zhou Bao, who was in his sixties, even came to the back. Taking advantage of Gao Pian's opportunity to deal with Li Jing, he caught Gao Pian off guard.

Before Zhou Bao could be happy, Liu Hanhong from eastern Zhejiang sent troops to western Zhejiang and started fighting with Zhou Bao.

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What's wrong with this?

As the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yan couldn't understand it and felt angry. The capital was attacked by thieves, and the court was worried and anxious. However, at this time, the towns actually ignored the life and death of the court and were having a lot of fun attacking and fighting on the side.

"The mediation allows the candidates to be available?"

In Yanying's palace, Li Yan became much haggard. He glanced at the ministers who had obviously become much haggard during this period and asked.

Feilong envoy Yang Fuguang replied: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Jianghuai to mediate the conflicts between the towns."

The important officials in Chang'an City were not in charge of fighting and killing each town, but now Huang Chao sharpened his sword and pointed directly at Chang'an and was knocking fiercely. Although now, because Li Jing had entered the Central Plains before, Huang Chao had to gather heavy troops in the east of Luoyang to defend Li Jing. But now Li Jing has given up Cao Song and other five prefectures to Yu Guan and others, and obviously did not want to fight with Huang Chao. Maybe Huang Chao would transfer the heavy troops to the west to attack Tongguan again. With the arrogant Shen Ce army in Tongguan, it is hard to say whether he could defend Tongguan. Once Tongguan lost, Chang'an could not be defended. Everyone was a grasshopper on the same rope, and no one could escape.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to need a capable person to go to Jianghuai to mediate the conflicts between Li Jing, Gao Pian, Zhou Bao, Shi Pu, Liu Hanhong and other towns, so that they can send troops to deal with Huang Chao.

This job is not a bad job. Whether it is Tian Lingzi or Lu Xie, basically no one is willing to go there. Now that Yang Fuguang is willing to go there, everyone naturally breathes a sigh of relief. The matter was confirmed immediately, and Yang Fuguang was appointed as the mediator to go to mediate.

Yu Cong stood up and wrote: "I heard from Your Majesty. Mr. Cui from Tongguan issued a document to the court for military pay, food and grass and rewards from the soldiers guarding the pass. A total of 2 million yuan was slapped. The court has not yet dismissed it for a long time, but the soldiers in Tongguan were disappointed, so he asked His Majesty to issue the Ministry of Revenue to dismiss it."

There is no such good thing in the world if you want horses to run away and not eat grass. Now that Guanzhong is fully entrusted to Tongguan, Tongguan has gathered several troops, including Luoyang, Yicheng, Heyang, Taining, Shaanxi Guo, Tongzhou and Shence Army, and the combined number has reached 80,000. However, so many soldiers and horses are gathered together, and food and wages are not a small amount, especially in the current situation. Every time, they confront the bandit army and fight every few days, rewards before and after the war are indispensable.

If there is no reward, who is willing to work hard? Even if Cui Anqian, Du Qing, Zhang Zimian, Zikrang and others are intent, it is not a long-term solution.

However, the Ministry of Revenue did not give it, but did not have money. Li Wei, the Minister of Revenue, was the prime minister and knew the court's family clearly. There was no more money at the moment. The court had no money, but the emperor still had a lot of money in the inner treasury, the money donated from various places, the money from the emperor to publish newspapers, and the money from salt, tea and iron were all included in the emperor's inner treasury. However, the money was controlled by Tian Lingzi, and he, the prime minister and the Minister of Revenue, could not get it out.

Li Wei mentioned several times that he first paid emergency relief from the emperor's inner treasury, but Tian Lingzi refused to lose all his penis.

Now Li Wei took the opportunity to propose the temporary treasury money again, and Tian Lingzi immediately jumped out and said, "Li Xiangguo Tang is in charge of the imperial finances. Does he only know how to make a decision on the emperor's treasury?"

Li Wei was so angry that his beard and fur shook his hair, "Since that's the case, then I resign from His Majesty and beg for bones to return to his hometown to support him."

When Li Yan heard that Li Wei was going to pile up the picks, he felt extremely angry, but on the surface he had to keep it with all his heart.

"Li Xiangguo, I heard that Li Jing's income in Taiwan last year was more than 50 million yuan. I think Li Jing's income was only 20 to 30 states, and his income was far greater than that of the imperial court. Can Li Xiangguo know the specific situation?"

Li Jing's income is more than 50 million yuan a year. It can be said that after the news came out, it shocked the world. No one expected that Li Jing's income in a town would exceed the imperial court. Although he later found out that more than 50 million yuan, of which more than 20 million was the income of Li Jing's private workshop caravan, and the income from the Dachangtai was only about 30 million yuan, including industrial and commercial taxes, and the real land tax was only a few million yuan. But no matter what, Li Jing's income still made the world envious. Even Li Yan couldn't calm down for a long time after hearing this. Especially after Li Jing completely cut off his offering to the court, he felt that the difficulty of losing money was getting worse.

As the Minister of Revenue, Li Wei naturally knew the income of the Northeast Taiwan last year and also knew where the money came from. But the situation there could not be copied by the court.

He explained carefully, but Li Yan was not satisfied.

"Since Li Jing can issue banknotes, the court can also issue banknotes. In addition, I think the court can issue this bond issued by Li Jing."

Li Yan also knew that the more he was at this moment, the more he could not be stingy, and the more he would give his soldiers and ministers a lot. But where did the money come from? His own inner treasury does have some money, but the money is for the palace to be used for. Besides, can't the emperor keep some private money?

Hearing that Li Jing issued banknotes, used paper instead of copper coins, and minted gold and silver coins to solve the problem of copper coins shortage, he issued bonds to borrow from the rich. He heard that some rich people even bought tens of millions of guan bonds directly, which made Li Yan excited. The court is in urgent need of money at present. If this method can be used to get 30 to 50 million coins, then the court can not only solve the current financial crisis, but also use this money and recruit 100,000 armed troops.

When Li Wei heard the emperor's request, his face turned pale. As a national plan, although he was not completely clear about Li Jing's banknotes and bonds, he also knew that is that issuing banknotes is not simply using paper instead of copper. Issuing banknotes does not print as much as you want, but requires a reserve. This reserve is the principal. Whether it is using grain as the principal or copper coins or silk as the principal, the capital and issuance volume have a ratio of the issuance, and it must not exceed it. Otherwise, it may eventually collapse the banknote system, and the final result is a disaster.

As for issuing bonds, the court may have some advantages over Li Jing, such as being able to give out some lords or edicts, and posthumously awarded honorary titles from ancestors, but the credit of the court may not be stronger than that of Li Jing.

But his explanation did not satisfy the emperor, Hetian Lingzi and others.

Although it is said that is that is not really a solution to the financial problem, it can only be a poison to quench thirst, the emperor and others don’t seem to care. What they need is to have a sum of money immediately, and the amount of money cannot be at least 30 to 50 million.

Huang Chao occupied Luoyang and surrounding areas, and the canal transportation was cut off. Guanzhong's prices are now rising steadily. The rice price has even reached 30,000 yuan for dou rice, and a pound of rice has reached 5,000 yuan. In other words, you have to carry 30 pounds of copper coins to exchange for a pound of rice, which can be seen.

Although the rise in rice prices is due to the accumulation of hoarding, people have also rush to buy a lot of rice at home, and there is no famine at the moment, if this continues, Guanzhong will lose the grain transportation from Guandong. Even if Huang Chao does not come to Guanyin, Chang'an will not stay for long.

The soldiers in Tongguan need rewards, and the troops of other towns must also receive rewards. In addition, food, grass, and weapons all require money.

"Li Xiangguo, the Ministry of Revenue will prepare immediately. Within one month, no, within half a month, I will ask the Ministry of Revenue to issue at least 50 million guan of banknotes, and in addition to issuing 30 million guan bonds. Raising 80 million guan of banknotes will be used to recruit and form a new army of 100,000 people."

Li Wei opened his mouth, but in the end he had to accept the order.

Li Wei sighed in his heart when issuing 50 million guan of banknotes. At present, the Ministry of Revenue does not even have one million guan. This issuing 50 million guan is equivalent to issuing 50 million guan. As for the 30 million bonds, he doesn't know who wants to buy them.

Yan Ying's comments ended soon, and all the ministers left, and Li Yan sat on the dragon throne and sighed.

Tian Lingzi quietly returned to the hall and walked to Li Yan and whispered: "Your Majesty, Li Jing's behavior has shown that this person is unreliable."

"Li Jing is unreliable, is Gao Pian reliable? Zhou Bao is unreliable, Liu Hanhong is even more unreliable, and Li Keyong's one-eyed wolf is not reliable. Who else can I rely on in this world?" Li Yan shouted irritably.

"Your Majesty, for the current plan, Your Majesty should make plans early. Chang'an is not a place to stay for a long time. For the safety of Your Majesty, the old minister suggested that Your Majesty go to Chengdu. The country of Chengdu Tianfu is not only safe, but also rich in Chengdu, convenient for supply of money and grain, and is provided in Bashu Mountain South and other places."

Li Yan was a little painful, reluctant and unwilling, "Can Chang'an really not be able to defend?"

"The son of a thousand gold medal cannot sit in the hall." Tian Lingzi slowly advised, "Huang Chao has gained a foothold in Luoyang at present, which is extremely unfavorable to the situation in Chang'an. What's more, Huang Chao cuts off the canal transportation and Guanzhong cuts off the supply, which is not a place to defend for a long time."
Chapter completed!