Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Chapter 412

Early the next morning, Changsun Wuji had someone deliver 150 million copper coins to the Ministry of Household Affairs and handed them over to Dai Zhou.

After Li Shimin received Dai Zhou's report, he just said softly and asked Wang Dehai to transport all the 1000 million copper coins to Shiweitian.

After Chu Mo received the copper coins from Wang Dehai, he directly asked Li Zhenying to take Li Ke to handle the handover of supplies.

In the past few days, Li Ke had someone find a place with excellent Feng Shui. After simply burying Concubine Yang, Chu Mo asked her to follow Li Zhenying and learn some management skills.

And Li Ke didn't complain at all. He just treated himself as an errand boy when he followed Li Zhenying.

Whenever there is any dirty work, I rush to do it.

In this regard, Chu Mo said nothing on the surface, but he was very pleased in his heart. It was very rare that the other party did not give up on himself because of the death of his mother and concubine.

As for Li Min, Chu Mo threw him directly to Yangjiacun and let him study in a private school with the children in the village.

After Li Shimin received the supplies from Chu Mo, he immediately ordered Li Chengqian to supervise the country, and Zhang Sun Wuji assisted.

You have to prepare yourself for the imperial conquest.

Because the news had leaked out before, it didn't cause much of a stir when the real order was issued.

Only those remnants of Buddhism suddenly became extremely excited after hearing that Li Shimin was leaving Chang'an.

At this time, in the Cangjin Pavilion of Daxingshan Temple, a monk wearing gray monk robes, with a white, beardless face and a glowing face was standing respectfully in front of an old monk.

If Yang Hongyu were here, she would definitely recognize that the white-faced and beardless monk was Hui Jue, who was wanted throughout the Tang Dynasty.

And that old monk was the same old monk who scared him away before.

After Hui Jue escaped from the ambush by Yang Hongyu and others, she understood that she had caused heavy losses to the Buddhist sect this time. After the other brothers knew about it, they would definitely add insult to injury and take the opportunity to replace her.

Originally, he wanted to come to Cangjin Pavilion to seek help from this master, hoping that he would help him out because of the many things he had done for him in the past.

However, people are not as good as God. Before Hui Jue negotiated the terms with the old monk, Li Shimin couldn't wait to start attacking Buddhism.

This not only caught him off guard, but also caused the entire Buddhist sect in Chang'an City to suffer a disaster.

Fortunately, he was in the Hidden Gold Pavilion at the time, and the old monk helped him disguise himself, allowing him to escape and prevent Li Shimin from succeeding.

However, although he escaped, the imperial notices for his arrest are now posted everywhere. Not only the imperial court is looking for him, but the Buddhist and Taoist sects are also looking for him, hoping to get rid of him quickly.

It is not difficult to understand that the imperial court and the Taoist sect are looking for him. Hui Jue was a leading figure in the Buddhist sect before, and he was also a master. If he is removed, the Buddhist sect will definitely be further weakened.

As for the Buddhists looking for him, it was because of pressure from Li Shimin. They wanted to hand over Hui Jue in exchange for the court no longer pursuing the Buddhists.

But what no one expected was that the other party was hiding in the Hidden Gold Pavilion.

"Master, I just received news that Li Erxiao'er is preparing to go on a personal expedition. When the time comes, he will definitely take away the masters from the Enshrinement Institute."

"If you can take this opportunity to take action in person, then you may not be able to catch Yang Hongyu and the others in one fell swoop."

The old monk opened his expressionless eyes, looked at Hui Jue with his cloudy eyes, and said with a squirming mouth:

"How many times do you think I can take action now?"

"Moreover, have you found out how many masters there are around Yang Hongyu?"

"My target is not Yang Hongyu, nor is it the Taoist sect. I will not take action before that person actually appears. If you want to die, then go and do it yourself."

After saying that, the old monk seemed to have been drained of all his energy and fell into silence again.

Hui Jue looked at the old monk in front of him, his fists clenching loudly, but he did not dare to disobey him at all. He could only sigh and sit cross-legged on the futon beside him again.

At this time in the Weiguo Palace, while Li Jing received the imperial edict to accompany him on the expedition, he also received Li Shimin's edict to let Li Zhenying enter the palace.

When Wang Dehai finished explaining what Li Shimin meant with a smile, the entire Duke Wei's palace was confused.

The Red Buddha Girl went into a rage on the spot. If Li Jing and her two sons hadn't stopped her, she might have entered the palace with her sword in hand and asked for an explanation from Li Shimin.

Seeing this, Wang Dehai didn't dare to stay any longer. He immediately left only one sentence: "The Duke of Wei will do his own thing," and then ran away in despair.

Looking at Wang Dehai's leaving figure, Li Jing sighed softly, then put on his court clothes and entered the palace holding his seal.

In the end, I don’t know what Li Jing and Li Shimin said. After the two had a big fight in the imperial study, Li Jing left his seal and official robe and returned directly to the house.

He took his family and moved out of Duke Wei's Mansion overnight.

However, Li Zhenying didn't tell Chu Mo about this, she just endured the depression in her heart and suffered it alone.

After Li Shimin lost Li Jing as his coach, he directly issued an order to temporarily replace Cheng Yaojin, who had been grounded, as the vanguard. He himself was in charge of the central army, and Xue Wanjun was in charge of the rear team. At three o'clock the next day, the entire army set off. Head to Youzhou.

As soon as Li Shimin left Chang'an, Li Chengqian had an overview of the power of the government.

And the first thing he did was to resume commercial taxes, causing Chang'an City to once again stir up trouble after finally stabilizing it.

Early in the morning, Chu Mo was awakened by the quarrel in the front yard.

When Yang Paifeng at the door saw his uncle woke up, he immediately ran in and shouted:

"Uncle, those businessmen are here again, and they are all gathered in front now. I want you to give an explanation."

Chu Mo frowned: "What's the explanation? What's going on? Please explain it clearly."

"They said you lied to them before. The imperial court is now starting to collect commercial taxes, and the Imperial Army will bring people from the Ministry of Household Affairs to pay directly at their doorsteps. But those who are dissatisfied, or are delaying with excuses, will be locked up."

Chu Mo was stunned for a moment, that's not right. He and Li Er had made an agreement, but how long had it passed before the other party turned his back and refused to admit it?

After thinking about it, Chu Mo asked Yang Paifeng to help him wash up, and then came to the front yard.

Seeing Chu Mo come out, a variety of merchants gathered around him.

"President Chu, you are finally here. If you don't come out, we may have no way to survive."

"Yes, President Chu, this is fine. The court will change it no matter what it says. Why does this business tax suddenly have to be levied again?"

Everyone started to complain.

Chu Mo glanced at the people present and did not find Li Zhenying, nor did he see the figures of the heads of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs.