Chapter 39 I have no money, and I will not donate a cent
"Your Majesty, I request to go and pass on His Highness to the King of Qi." Yin Hongzhi said.
Li Shimin knew that he wanted to say hello to Li You first and let Li You be prepared. Li Shimin also hoped that Li You would think about it before talking back, so he said, "Okay, you go."
Yiyang Prince's Mansion.
When Li You returned to the palace, he came to Wang Liao to continue studying the cake. He took a stroke and explained the recipe to Wang Liao.
Yin Hongzhi rushed over to get a little more time to think about Li You. He entered the palace and came to Li You's bedroom. He saw Bai Hu on duty from afar and shouted, "Where is your prince?"
Baihu said, "Uncle, he is in the study."
Seeing Li You, Yin Hongzhi hurriedly told him what happened in the court and said, "Your Highness, what are you doing?"
He extremely hoped that Li You could solve this problem so that Li You could stay in Chang'an.
Li You was not interested in these things, and he said, "I can't do anything about it. These things have nothing to do with me. There are so many capable people in the court, why are you looking for me?"
Yin Hongzhi said, "Oh, they have no choice but to come to find you. Hurry up, Your Majesty is still waiting for you to reply."
Li You said, "Or, you just say I'm sick and can't go."
Yin Hongzhi said, "Are you fooling around? I was still alive just now, so sick! Hurry up, I'm here to pass the order, don't make me unable to submit a job."
Li You had no choice but to follow Yin Hongzhi to court. On the way, he searched the local chronicles of Guannei Road, which scared him. This year, the first rain in Guanzhong area was not until June 29. The drought was extremely severe, with the death toll reaching 700,000, thousands of miles away, extremely tragic.
There were also human reasons for this drought. Because it rained lightly on March 3, everyone relaxed their vigilance. No one expected that the drought would last until June 29, and even the disaster relief was ineffective.
Li You has a very positive outlook on it. He doesn't want to care about it. It's too big and too troublesome. It's not good to care about it, but he feels a little reluctant. He carefully studied the drought situation and found a turning point, so he decided to help.
After Li You left, Li Tai was worried that Li You would really come up with some great tricks and he would steal the limelight, so he thought about all the methods Li You might have thought of and said it out first, so that Li You couldn't show any talent.
Just as he was about to speak, Prince Li Chengqian spoke, and he said, "Father, you care about the people and are so embarrassed that your son is stupid and cannot share your worries. He is sad. My son is willing to donate his salary for one year and do a little bit of effort to provide disaster relief."
Li Tai was very depressed. Such a brilliant place was stolen by Li Chengqian. He immediately said: "Father, son minister is willing to donate two years of salary to share the worries of his father."
Then, he said: "My ministers, in this critical moment, please lend a helping hand to solve the difficulties of the people and relieve the worries of the father."
Seeing that the prince and the prince had done this, the ministers did not care whether they wanted it or not, so they had to come out and say, "I am willing to donate money to provide disaster relief."
Li Shimin was very moved and said, "Dear dear friends, you have done this kind of good deeds to show your innocent heart that loves the people. With loyal ministers like you, why worry about my Tang Dynasty not being able to revitalize. I decided to reduce all expenses in the palace from today to half to help the victims."
"Your Majesty is wise." All the ministers praised it together.
Li You came to the hall and had not spoken yet. Li Tai said first: "King Qi, we have to fight drought and disaster relief. My father and we all donate money to support us. How much do you plan to donate?" He meant, don't mention the suggestions for donation, we have already thought of it.
Li You said: "I don't have money and don't donate a penny."
This angered many people again. Li Tai took the lead and the censors followed, and voices of impeachment rose everywhere.
Li Shimin was not angry. When he saw Li You calm and composed, he knew that this kid should have a solution. He coughed, stopped the noise in the hall, and said, "King Qi, what do you think?"
Li You said: "Father, son minister opposes donations."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately jumped up again. This time he was not the censor, and the bloody thing that just happened was still in front of him, and they had no courage to jump out and speak.
Li Tai argued with Li You, and he said, "King of Qi, what do you mean? The father and the ministers are slack in food and relief, and they are in love with the people. You are unwilling to donate money yourself, and you don't let others donate money. What kind of heart do you want to put the people, where do you place the ministers, and where do you place your father?"
Li You thought Li Tai was like a fly, which was so annoying. He rolled his eyes, his eyes were facing the sky, and he didn't say anything anymore.
Li Tai thought that Li You was getting more and more proud. He continued, "You pay attention to food every day, and don't look at the victims. They can't even eat. How pitiful. The father and the ministers were full of sympathy. They would rather save themselves and help the people. But you are talking nonsense here. Where is your conscience? You..." He looked so sad and couldn't continue.
Li Tai's performance resonated with many ministers and expressed his praise.
Li You watched him perform calmly, still saying nothing.
Li Shimin was waiting for Li You to come up with an idea. Seeing him like this, he was a little dissatisfied and said, "King Qi, if you have any ideas, please tell me quickly."
Li You still didn't say anything, his eyes staring at Li Tai.
Wei Zheng came out and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, King Qi has his own idea, please let him come calmly."
Li Shimin also discovered this problem and said, "When King Qi is speaking, he is not allowed to interrupt him." Then he said to Li You, "Okay, you can tell me."
Li You said, "Thank you, Father."
He said, "Father, ministers, your intentions are certainly worthy of praise, but in the face of millions of people who have been affected, your donation is just a drop in the bucket. If I expected it would be good, the famine in the Tang Dynasty at this time was not only in the Guanzhong area, but also in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The flood caused by the accumulation of ice is also happening? How useful is this salary you donated?"
Li Tai was anxious. This was all he could think of. He also received support from Li Shimin and his ministers. He was denied by Li You. He couldn't help but be angry. He ignored Li Shimin's ban and jumped out and said, "Then just watch the people suffer from disasters? As a prince, shouldn't you do something for the people?"
Li You had to shut up again. He looked up at the sky, took out a milk candy from his arms, put it in his mouth, and tasted the sweet delicacy.
Now, everyone in the hall realized that Li Tai had something wrong.
Chapter completed!