Ten million taels of silver became about twenty million taels.
This is of course the credit of the Qin army.
Upon discovering this unexpected fortune, Li Shimin naturally had evil thoughts and ordered Hou Junji to take people to Li Keyong to take the treasure.
When Hou Junji arrived at the enemy camp, he spoke directly to them:
"Your Majesty, I heard that you discovered an ancient tomb containing 20 million taels of gold and silver?"
"Your Majesty says that of the 20 million taels, you can keep 2 million taels, and the rest must be turned over to the national treasury."
Hear this.
Li Keyong was stunned. "Twenty million taels? Who told you that, Your Majesty?"
"To be honest, General Hou, I only found five million taels of silver in the ancient tomb. If Your Majesty wants it, I will keep only three hundred thousand taels. You can take the rest."
Only five million taels?
Hou Junji frowned deeply, "Does the King of Jin know what the crime of deceiving the emperor is?"
Li Keyong said in a deep voice: "If General Hou doesn't believe it, you can send people to search."
Of course Hou Junji cannot be searched.
The nature of this search changed.
He had no choice but to report to Li Shimin with 4.7 million taels of silver.
When Li Shimin saw that there was only this much silver, he could not help but get angry and said:
"How dare you deceive me, you little brat!"
"If there were only five million taels, why would you have hidden it in the beginning?"
"What I lack is not five million taels, but ten million taels, twenty million taels!"
"Furthermore, I have been stationed here for many days and have never found any treasure."
"Li Keyong arrived only after the Lunar New Year and discovered the so-called ancient tomb treasure..."
"Is it just that he's lucky?"
Hou Junji was suddenly shocked, "What does your majesty mean?"
Li Shimin said, "The treasure in the tomb is definitely more than five million taels. I suspect that Li Keyong is using the discovery of the ancient tomb to launder this money."
"If there's no so-called ancient tomb, where did he get so much silver? Did he take out all his family fortune?"
"Even if his family wealth is really 20 million taels, or even less or more than that, it's impossible for him to bring all of it to the army..."
"Otherwise, what reason would he use to ask me for money?"
"If that's the case, then who gave him this money?"
Having said that, Li Shimin slammed the table.
The surrounding soldiers were startled.
They then fell into deep thought.
Yes, who gave him that money?
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