The annual tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty court is about 12 million strings of cash. Li Xiang now has so much money, and it is still being produced every day. This is definitely a very deadly thing. Among them, 2 million strings of cash have been paid to the court. If he does not pay it, his assets may be able to increase by several million strings of cash.
Take the expedition against Tuyuhun this time for example. A total of four million strings of cash were spent, which was a bit unbearable for the Tang court. This was because it ended relatively quickly. If it had ended slowly, millions of strings of cash would have been spent every month.
If Li Shimin knew that Li Xiang had so much money, it would be strange if he didn't set his sights on him. After all, the Tang Dynasty was full of holes. Although it seemed to be thriving, its previous foundation was too weak. There were still so many places to spend money all over the country. Even if Li Shimin made a fortune this time, it was likely that he would not be able to fill the holes in the future.
"Why is the East Palace's spending less than before?"
Li Xiang continued to read, and when he saw the expenses of the Eastern Palace, he could hardly believe it. When he was just reborn, the monthly expenses of the Eastern Palace were about four hundred strings of cash, and now it has been reduced by nearly half every month.
"The population of the East Palace has decreased a lot, so the expenses have naturally decreased as well."
When Li Chengqian said this, he felt a little uncomfortable. Every family is happy to have a new baby, but if there are fewer people, Li Chengqian, as the head of the family, will naturally feel uncomfortable.
Li Xiang then remembered that the Crown Princess Hou and his men had been expelled, and now the position of Crown Princess was vacant.
Li Xiang certainly hoped that his mother could become the Crown Princess, but his mother was of humble origin. If she became the Crown Princess, many people would probably oppose it. Now she only had the status of the third rank, and that was the end of her career.
Only then did Li Xiang realize that he might have done something wrong. It would have been better for him to keep the Crown Princess in the Eastern Palace. With this Crown Princess in front, the Emperor would definitely not give anyone else. If there was a new Crown Princess, what if it made things difficult for his mother?
However, Li Xiang quickly shook his head. This kind of thing should not happen. As the saying goes, a mother is honored by her son. Although Li Xiang is not powerful now, people from all walks of life can see that Li Xiang has an unpredictable future. If you bully his mother, you should touch your neck and see if you have an extra head.
"Father's previous accounts should also be settled. Our Eastern Palace shouldn't owe anyone money. This should be written off."
Li Xiang pointed to one of the lines of words and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been misbehaving in the past and owed a total of tens of thousands of strings of foreign money. This was not a small amount of money, but Li Xiang did not give the order, and Li Chengqian was embarrassed to use his son's money to repay the debt. He had already paid off a sum of money before, so when Li Xiang said this, Li Chengqian nodded with contempt on the surface, but he was so happy in his heart that he almost went to heaven. After all, he had the dignity of a crown prince, so how could he be willing to let these people come to collect debts every day?
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, your Highness the Prince of Wu has arrived."
Hearing Qian Ping's voice, the father and son looked at each other. They both had very consistent opinions on King Wu Li Ke. Because of King Wu Li Ke's background, it was impossible for him to inherit the throne, but he was a very talented person, so both of them felt that he could be used.
Although Prince Wu Li Ke later joined the struggle for the crown prince, Li Chengqian had already been deposed at that time. Prince Wu Li Ke felt that there was not much difference in status between him and Prince Wei Li Tai, so the two of them started fighting openly and secretly. In the end, Changsun Wuji came up with a plan and killed Prince Wu Li Ke directly.
"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Meet Uncle Three."
The three elders greeted each other. Li Chengqian, the crown prince, just nodded and sat in the main seat. After King Wu Li Ke stood up, Li Xiang stood up again.
"Brother has been looking very good lately."
It's strange to say. The two of them often met in the past, but according to Wu Wang Li Ke's observation, Li Chengqian seemed to be surrounded by evil spirits. Wu Wang Li Ke was unwilling to get close to this person, always feeling that something bad would happen. But at this moment, seeing Li Chengqian's rosy face, could it be that even his complexion could change?
"I've been very busy lately. I heard that Concubine Shu has been feeling unwell these past few days. I haven't been able to visit her, so is she feeling better?"
Listening to his father chatting, Li Xiang learned that his third uncle's mother had been in poor health recently. Since the death of Empress Zhangsun, Concubine Shu had almost taken over the duties of the empress. After all, Li Shimin had also been very fond of this princess of the previous dynasty.
"Mother is feeling much better now. Thank you for your concern, big brother."
Prince Wu Li Ke was also amazed. You know, Li Chengqian never asked about these things before. Not to mention Concubine Yang Shu was sick, even if Empress Zhangsun was sick, it is likely that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not ask about it. He just tinkered with his weird toys every day, or played with dogs and horses in the East Palace every day.
"Didn't you bring back some Tuyuhun goods from the grassland? Send someone to deliver some to the Queen."
In front of outsiders, Li Chengqian still acted like a prince. Li Xiang stood up and bowed honestly to answer, which was also part of the royal etiquette.
"Thank you, big brother. I came here for another matter, regarding Xiang'er's marriage..."
As soon as King Wu Li Ke said this, Li Xiang immediately felt uncomfortable all over. According to the rules, even his father and uncle had no right to interfere in the marriage of this grandson of the emperor. He wondered what King Wu Li Ke meant?
Lanling Xiao family?
When hearing these words, the system immediately instilled a large amount of information into Li Xiang. During the Western Han Dynasty, this was also one of the aristocratic families and was once considered the top family in this land. However, after entering the Sui Dynasty, with the fall of Emperor Yang of Sui, the entire family began to decline.
The reason why this happened was that the Xiao family was too closely tied to Emperor Yang of Sui. The eldest daughter of the Xiao family at that time married Emperor Yang of Sui. This was the famous Empress Xiao in history. She had married several emperors and was extremely noble. Although it is not a top family now, it also has considerable strength. If Li Xiang were to marry into their family, it would not be a disgrace to him.
The youngest daughter of our dynasty's former Prime Minister, Duke of Song, Xiao Yu...
This is also a top-tier girl from an aristocratic family...