hsntnovel Chapter 2304 There is news
Chapter 2304 There is news
It was relatively easy to obtain a title in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, but it became difficult to obtain after the founding of the country.
During the twenty-plus years that Li Shimin came to power, he hardly ever bestowed any titles.
Apart from royal families like Ashina She'er who surrendered and were given a title, there were very few others.
Therefore, it is the dream of many people to obtain a title in the Tang Dynasty.
The titles in the Tang Dynasty could have been hereditary, but this was rejected by Wei Zheng and others.
Therefore, at present, only a few people's titles can be passed on to their descendants, such as Fang Xuanling and Cheng Yaojin, who made outstanding contributions in Xuanwu Gate.
Other noble heirs cannot inherit the title or are demoted to inherit the title.
Li Shen relied on this system and dared to ask these people to help them get titles.
These nobles are all around fifty years old and belong to middle-aged age.
Even if they were given titles, good land, and salaries, they would not live for many years.
By the time their next generation comes around, they won’t be aristocrats, but at most they’ll be wealthy.
Even if they wanted to downgrade the inheritance, Li Shen could accept it.
Because the title given to them will never be Duke.
Li Shen also promised many benefits to win the hearts of these people.
For several days, Li Shen spent his time enjoying himself and being persuaded.
He knew that this matter would not be accomplished overnight. No matter how small Yanqi was, it was still a country. How could it be conquered just by a few words from him?
This is too unrealistic, and I don't have any domineering aura.
"Your Majesty, there's news from the sharp blade."
On this day, just after Li Shen finished the banquet, Xue Rengui came to report.
"what news?"
Li Shen took a sip of tea to sober up.
"News about General Han's investigation of those treasures." Xue Rengui came to Li Shen.
"How is it, did you find it?" Li Shen immediately became interested when the treasure was mentioned.
"Your Highness, there is indeed something strange here." Xue Rengui reported.
"Oh? What do you mean?" Li Shen asked curiously.
"According to the information passed on by our people, more than half of the treasure is still in the house of Prince Ji.
When Han Wei sent people to investigate, they found it on the first day.”
"Still in the house?" He was stunned for a moment, then immediately thought of something and spoke.
"It seems that someone wants to embezzle this treasure."
It's obvious that it's still in the house, it just hasn't been handed in, only a small amount has been paid less.
Some people wanted to wait until after the war to transfer most of the treasure.
“Yes, I think so too. Judging from the situation when Han Wei found the treasure, he was not aware of it and was very surprised.
At that time, there were some barbarian soldiers guarding the house, dressed as ordinary people.
They said that the house belonged to them, and Han Wei had already arrested them and was interrogating them.
Xue Rengui nodded, he thought so too.
"Of course he doesn't know. Only a general would dare to do such a thing. Money can move people."
Li Shen sighed. Although Han Wei was also a general, his rank was still not high enough.
As expected, every time the cannon was fired, there would be a fortune of gold. These generals would make a fortune every time they fought, but this time it was their own fortune.
"What about the other treasures?" Li Shen asked again. He was concerned about the other treasures.
Xue Rengui replied quickly.
"I think they divided it up. Han Wei is tracking down the rebels who plundered it, but he doesn't seem to have found them.
I analyzed that he might have gone to the front to fight.
The treasures distributed to the generals should still be in Yuanqu City, but Han Wei did not look for them. Instead, he went to the royal city to find the new king of Yanqi."
"Humph, it's not that he can't find it, it's that he doesn't dare to look for it. The one that Qibi Heli and Guo Xiaoke have must be in Yuanqu City.
He must know where it is because he has to look after it for these two people.
Han Wei probably wanted the King of Yanqi to help him mend this hole. Li Shen snorted.
He could still see through this, it was just the social customs and practices in the Tang Dynasty officialdom.
"I think so too, but it is inconvenient for the sharp blade to enter the King of Yanqi's city, so I don't know what Han Wei said to the King of Yanqi."
Xue Rengui also understood what was going on.
Li Shen sneered:
"Haha, what else can I say? It's nothing more than coercion and inducement. I estimate that my treasure is only worth a million strings of cash.
But Xuan Ce told Han Wei that it was worth 1.5 million strings of cash. Han Wei didn't know who else was involved and whether the smaller portion was divided among others.
He didn't dare to ask, so he could only find someone to fill the gap.
This is such a big hole, I want to see what he can use to fill it.
Immediately send an order to Li Ren to find out where Guo Xiaoke and Qibi Heli's treasures were kept.
And Ashina She'er, as the chief steward, must have a copy too. Find them all for me.
Even Your Majesty has to pay a price if he wants to take my things. They really don't know how to live or die."
Li Shen has a perverted obsession with money, which may be due to the fact that he was relatively poor in his previous life.
He loves money very much and he is always worried that he doesn't have enough money to spend.
But it is still not enough for him now, as his infrastructure has drained all his savings.
He has to think about making money all the time, and he has to pay back his sister's money that has been owed to him for a year.
The best way is actually to get it from his father, but it's too difficult.
There are many cases in later generations where projects with investments of tens of billions of dollars just broke down because of a broken funding chain.
Especially those companies worth trillions of dollars, they can go bankrupt at any time.
Xue Rengui immediately took the order and retreated.
Han Wei arrived at Li Shen's residence one day before the seven-day deadline given by Li Shen.
At this moment, Han Wei no longer had the rosy complexion he had at the beginning, but instead looked haggard.
Niu Er told him that there were treasures worth 1.5 million, but according to his careful calculations over the past few days, the total amount was only a few hundred thousand.
There is still a shortfall of about one million strings of cash.
He suspected that it was Niu Er or the Prince Ji's Mansion who had made false reports to deceive him, but he didn't dare to ask.
But he never expected that on the first day, he came to the house of Prince Ji under the leadership of Niu Er, ready to investigate to see if there were any clues.
If Niu Er were asked to identify someone, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. There were more than 100,000 soldiers this time, and most of them had gone to the front to fight.
There were only a few thousand people left in Yuanqu City.
When they arrived at the house, they found that there were people living there and they called it their house.
Han Wei recognized the identities of these barbarians at a glance, and decisively ordered his men to capture them and search them.
This search scared Han Wei. There were more than a hundred boxes densely packed in the basement.
There is also a lot of gold and copper coins.
This time, Han Wei immediately believed what Erniu said, and was afraid that it was really 1.5 million strings of cash.
The treasures here alone are of inestimable value, and according to Niu Er, there were originally more than one or two hundred boxes here.
(Warmly celebrating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. 80 years ago today, the Japanese invaders surrendered.)