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Chapter 690 Li Shimin's Attitude
At this point, Li Yan said angrily: "You have also seen that as soon as my father handed the Flying Tiger Army to me, those petty thieves came to bribe me in the name of donations, just to ask for a higher military position."

"And any time you make a move, it's one million strings of cash!"

"These people are backed by great families, and all of them have huge wealth, rich enough to rival a country. Even if the emperor ordered all the concubines and servants in the Taiji Palace to save money together, they would not be able to save the money in eight or ten years, but they just took it out without hesitation."

"On the one hand, my father is short of money to fight the Turks, and on the other hand, those wealthy families have too much money to spend. It's just right that my father asked me to put on a show, so I just did both things at the same time."

Li Yan looked at Heng Lian with sparkling eyes and said, "You just heard that the positions of Lieutenant General and Lieutenant General alone have raised 13 to 14 million strings of cash. If we wait until all the officers below are recruited, I have calculated that we can raise at least another 6 to 7 million strings of cash."

"The total is nearly 20 million guan of wealth!"

"This is a huge amount of money. The annual income of the entire Tang Dynasty's treasury is only more than 30 million strings of cash. The wealth obtained this time alone accounts for more than half of the treasury. If your father gets this money, the expenses for the northern expedition against the Turks this winter and next spring will be enough. There will be no need to use the money in the treasury, and there will be no need to think about increasing taxes on the people. Your father will not have to worry about lack of money."

"My father has been in battle for many years and his health is not good. Every autumn and winter, his legs hurt so much that he can't stand up. And my mother has respiratory problems. She lives frugally here. After a long time, her health will not be able to bear it. As a son, how can I not share my parents' worries?"

Li Yan's expression was sincere and his words were emotional. Heng Lian couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. He was deeply moved by the prince's filial piety. Finally, he thought silently for a long time before saying, "But Your Highness, you have good intentions, but have you ever thought about yourself? If the emperor blames you in the end, you may not be able to keep your position as the crown prince?"

"You have good intentions. Why don't you report this to the Emperor in advance? That way you might get his permission and then implement it when the time comes."

"Henglian, stop talking!"

Li Yan said decisively: "As the ruler of a country, your father's every word and action should be a model for the people of the world. If he knew about this kind of conspiracy, he would definitely stop it in advance, so we must not let him know."

"When I collect all the money, the case of the Flying Tigers will surely shake the court and the people, and the emperor and his ministers will fight against it. At that time, all the responsibilities will be borne by me. Father only needs to confiscate these properties as stolen money to fill the treasury."

Hearing this, Henglian realized that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was willing to use his position as Crown Prince to raise money for the Emperor even though he knew there would be such serious consequences. He said anxiously, "No! Crown Prince, let's think about it again. Maybe there are other ways?"

"Master Changsun, by the way, we can ask Master Changsun for advice. He has always cared about you the most, right?"

Li Yan shook his head: "My uncle has gone to the south of the Yangtze River and won't be back for a while. Besides, it's too late for him to rush back now. I just asked Wang Xuance to collect the money."

"Henglian, I have a task for you. When Wang Xuance gets the money back, you will work with him to sort out the accounts. Don't let anyone take advantage of the situation. This will serve as evidence when the emperor investigates later."

Heng Lian said anxiously: "Your Highness."

"Okay, stop talking. For the sake of my father and mother, I don't care no matter how big the guilt is." After Li Yan finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to Heng Lian's advice and left without looking back.

Henglian looked at the prince's back and frowned, thinking for a long time. Finally, he decided to report the matter to the emperor immediately. The prince was there to share his father's worries and could care less about anything, but his duty was to protect the prince.

The rise and fall of the world has nothing to do with me, but the safety of the prince is my mission!
Seeing that the prince was getting closer and closer to danger, he couldn't just sit there and do nothing.

By the way, Wang Xuance has not received the money yet, so everything is still in time. Thinking of this, Henglian took advantage of the prince entering the Chongwen Hall and hurriedly turned around and walked out of the palace.

What Heng Lian didn't know was that at this moment Li Yan was watching him go away through the gap in the gate of Chongwen Hall.

Li Yan was willing to take the risk, firstly so that he could legitimately kick out the pawns that the King of Shu, the King of Wei, and the King of Qi had placed in the East Palace, and secondly because he was about to disgrace himself anyway, so instead of being demoted alone, he might as well drag those ambitious brothers down with him.

Everyone has surrendered, so in the final analysis, I am still the strongest.

However, the decline in the overall strength of the princes can also directly reduce the pressure on Emperor Li Shimin, allowing him to focus as much attention as possible on the outside world and court officials, rather than staring at his sons all day long, otherwise he will sooner or later develop a fear of them.

The third purpose was to win Li Shimin's favor and make money.
Now the money has not been received yet, he called Henglian today, in fact, he wanted to tell Li Shimin about his plan through this spy, firstly, he still needed his acquiescence and cooperation, secondly, it was also for the sake of aftermath. Li Shimin's wisdom is beyond doubt, Li Yan has also been an emperor, I'm sure he will never give up the 20 million guan that is within his reach for the sake of his image as a prince, which accounts for more than half of the current treasury. Fighting the Turks will only cost this amount on the surface.

Some time ago, Li Shimin discussed with old ministers such as Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng whether it is possible to increase more taxes, but was severely refuted by Wei Zheng. As a counselor, Wei Zheng only knew that increasing taxes would increase the burden on the people, but did not care about what to do when the treasury was empty?
But Emperor Li Shimin and Prime Minister Fang Xuanling had to worry about it, and the Turks had been attacking the border year after year, and they could not just sit there and do nothing. Everything required money.

This time, Li Yan used the Flying Tiger Army to make some money from the powerful and wealthy, which would not affect ordinary people and would also make up for the needs of the Northern Expedition. Li Shimin would definitely agree.

Of course, as the crown prince, there was no problem for Li Yan to share his worries, but he did not want to be swept away by Li Shimin in the end, to be a sacrifice in vain, and to be both a crown prince and a successor by Li Shimin, so he let him know in advance through Henglian.

If he really didn't want the money, then since the deal hasn't been concluded yet, he could have come forward with a high-sounding excuse to stop it. However, if he waited until the palace gates were closed at night and Li Shimin still hadn't summoned him into the palace, it would mean that he had also become greedy and wanted the money.

In this case, his next operation would be semi-legal. Everyone maintained a tacit understanding, and Li Shimin finally got a windfall without affecting his dignity as an emperor. The bad guys were all done by Wang Xuance, Hu Lixian, Zhou Yande, and Liang Sijin.

In the end, the blame will fall on himself, the King of Shu, the King of Wei, the King of Qi and others. As for Changsun Shunde, he was a greedy guy, and he wanted to get involved. Li Yan would not be polite and count him in as a share.

Since I reported to him in advance, he would naturally give me rewards afterwards so that I could get through it safely. This was an unspeakable tacit understanding between the two of us.

The ones who were really cheated were the powerful people like the King of Shu, the King of Wei, and the King of Qi, Changsun Shunde, etc.

Li Yan felt that his apparent strength was a bit exaggerated at the moment, so he wanted to do some subtraction and drag those princes to do it together. This way, in the end, if everyone suffered together, it wouldn't actually be bad luck.

As for whether he would offend the wealthy and powerful people in Chang'an, Li Yan didn't care much. He had seen a lot of dynasties' rise and fall, honor and disgrace, and knew very well that the operation of a dynasty depended not on external threats or ordinary civilians, but on whether the emperor could control the huge ruling interest groups in the middle.

The emperor also manages the world through this group of civil and military officials and aristocratic families. If they are managed well, neither the people nor foreign threats will be a problem.

Once they lost control over them and were instead sidelined by them, the fall and replacement of this dynasty was only a matter of time.

When the dynasty really encounters a crisis, it must attack them instead of the ordinary people, otherwise it would be drinking poison to quench thirst and destroying its own Great Wall.

These people seem powerful, but in fact they are just paper tigers. During the Wude period, most of these powerful people supported Li Jiancheng, while Li Shimin's supporters were mainly in the military. Facts have proved that the powerful people still cannot defeat the generals.

Li Jiancheng's failure also declared that capital was defeated by swords and guns.

Therefore, Li Yan had no psychological burden in cheating them, not to mention that this time the King of Shu, the King of Wei and the King of Qi were there to share the burden with him. In the original drama, Li Chengqian lost Li Shimin's respect in order to win over these groups.

In fact, it has been proved that they were just using Li Chengqian. When Li Chengqian was deposed as the crown prince, these people were of no use and turned to the King of Wei.

After the King of Wei fell, they turned and swarmed towards the King of Jin. It can be seen that these people will wave flags and cheer when you win, but it is basically impossible to expect them to really play with swords and guns like Hou Junji.

Later in the afternoon, when Henglian appeared next to Li Yan again, Li Yan observed him quietly. Henglian said nothing, as if the conversation in the morning had not happened, but it was obvious that the anxious expression on the other's face had disappeared.

Li Yan smiled slightly in his heart. After all, it was a huge sum of money. Li Shimin, who was both a powerful official and an important figure, was indeed tempted.

Moreover, he didn't even invite me to discuss the matter, pretending to be ignorant and staying out of it, and clearing me of all blame. I'm afraid he wants to trap his sons as well. Li Yan curled his lips lightly. Originally, Old Li wanted to weaken his influence.

This is great, it's exactly what he wants, and he can also get a huge sum of money. Old Li can definitely have an extra bowl of rice tonight.

(End of this chapter)