After reading the letter, Su Yuan regained her smile, picked up a smaller leather bag and handed it to Changle and said, "Changle, the queen gave it to my sister, and my sister can't give it to you, otherwise it will be rude." However, what the prince gave me can be given to you. ”

After taking the purse, Changle immediately became happy, she wanted it when she was in the palace, but the crown prince and brother just didn't give it to her, and always used it as an excuse when she grew up.

With the leather bag as a gift, Changle said happily: "Sister Su, if you want to write a letter to the imperial brother, hurry up, I came out late, if I don't return to the palace at lunchtime, I will be reprimanded by the queen mother." ”

Su Yuan hurriedly put down the letter, walked to the desk to the side and wrote.

"The mountains are edgeless, the heaven and the earth are together, but dare to be with the king~"

Seeing Su Yuan's reply, Li Chengqian was still quite proud. In the Tang Dynasty, it is really rare to be able to let a woman directly express such a meaning. In the final analysis, his frivolity is still rewarding, at least, his future wife still likes himself now.

Put the letter away in a drawer and store it, and then worry about the folds on the desk.

Although Fang Xuanling Du Ruhui cheated him before, many of the twists and turns that he chose to send to the East Palace after that were carefully selected by him. Regarding the twists and turns of business, they will naturally be sent to the East Palace without exception, and Fang Xuanling has added a lot of categories of government decrees to promote it, and Du Ruhui has sent some of the troop dispatches of the military department. Many of them have already been approved, and getting to the East Palace is just a formality.

Li Chengqian knew that what he was going to learn was in it, so he looked at it very carefully.

Datang implements the government military system, and in the distribution of soldiers, it adopts the criterion of strong cadres and weak branches. Military generals, except for Li Ji, Zhang Jian and others who need to be stationed outside and hold military power, the rest of the generals, as long as there is no war, must live in Chang'an? You can't even just go out. Is the emperor in his hands the power of the army? Only then did the king of Xi throw a bogey, and finally won the victory? And how can you not be vigilant.

Politically? Although the emperor is in control of Shangshu Province and refuses to let go, Zhongshu and Menxia Province can still effectively tie up the imperial power? Especially in the absence of Wei Zheng, Menxia Province still dares to resist the imperial power? So in terms of government affairs? Everything was peaceful.

The court during the Zhenguan period was still very good, although the emperor hacked Lu Zushang and Zhang Yungu to death in anger, but more often than not, his subordinates were allowed to speak up and give advice, and the advice was accurate? You will also be rewarded. Is it hard to hide the flaws? This kind of officialdom style is still very good. At least in the current situation that all localities need to develop, the fine atmosphere driven by the imperial court also has a role in promoting the localities.

The twists and turns of the household department are actually very boring, and many times it is about the resettlement of displaced people, after the introduction of the imperial decree? did not get the expected effect as in Chang'an, the farther away from Chang'an? The more difficult it is to implement. Because of this, every year there are displaced people who come out of the mountains to ask for naturalization? The number of newly naturalized displaced people each year has also become an important plus point in the evaluation of officials.

"Your Highness? Is this a recital sent by the Chinese Book Province? Among them, how many letters are specially marked by the eldest grandson Shangshu? You need to watch it carefully. ”

After analyzing a stack, Zhang Yun moved another stack.

"Lao Zhang, when you go to pick it up again, tell them in the old house, can you not send so many of them? Lone hasn't had time to eat since the end of martial arts training in the morning, and after reading all of this, it's estimated that it's going to be evening, do you still have time to do your own thing? ”

Standing up and twisting his waist, Li Chengqian didn't know what to say.

I used to think that sitting in the office and working on documents was the most enjoyable job, which was much better than delivering food. Now that I've been sitting for most of the morning, I know that this work is not easy. No matter how energetic a person is, he has been sitting and dealing with government affairs, and he can't stand the disc on his waist!

Looking at the remaining folds before, Zhang Yun couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, in fact, you don't need to read the full text, when Your Majesty deals with the folds, he always reads the annotations first before checking the content of the folds, and only if it is complicated, will it be carefully studied and judged." ”

Pointing to a long annotation on the fold of a letter, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Look at it, where is there a short one, as long as it is sent by them from the old house, it is a long story." Although there was a lot of backlog of twists and turns in the past year, this is too much. In addition, there are a lot of important things in it, and it would not be good if you delay time here in Lonely. ”

Picking out a few important ones, Li Chengqian handed them to Zhang Yun without hesitation, and asked him to send them directly to the emperor. Although the crown prince needs to be cultivated, it is still a loss-making transaction in exchange for the speed of the implementation of the decree or the dispatch time of the border army. Now it has only been six years of Zhenguan, and the emperor seems to have twenty or thirty years to live, and there are twenty or thirty years to be used to accept cultivation, so he is not in a hurry.

After picking out the important recitals and sending them to the emperor first, Li Chengqian continued to check the rest of the recitals.

Well, back pain.

I watched the twists and turns for two months, and by the time of the spring ploughing ceremony, Li Chengqian had a general understanding of the general structure of the imperial court.

I have to say that being the emperor is really hard work, Qin Shi Huang has to review 500 catties of folds every day, and the twists and turns of the Tang Dynasty are replaced by bamboo slips, and it is estimated that there are 1,000 catties. The chaos in the world is far from being the master of one person. It is precisely because of this that there will be the emergence of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province.

The backlog of folds from years ago has been dealt with, and it has been much more leisurely since then. Otherwise, you have to watch the twists and turns every day, from morning to night, and the iron man will also be tired.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty has a life, this year's Spring Ploughing Ceremony, the East Palace is not allowed to bring delicious food, this year is the same as last year, from Your Majesty to the hundred officials, you can only eat millet rice."

"Got it."

Pouting, Li Chengqian could only leave all the food he had packed in the study.

Cultivated land should have the appearance of cultivated land, wearing a dragon robe to plow the land, no matter how hard you dig the pit, it will also be suspected of being a show. So when Li Chengqian walked out of the East Palace wearing a sackcloth, he happened to see the emperor and queen who were also dressed in sackcloth, as for Li Tai, he was not a poor family with a big belly.

Li Tai was originally on the imperial chariot, but when he arrived at the gate of the East Palace, he cheekily squeezed into Li Chengqian's carriage.

"Brother Huang, you shouldn't really listen to your father's words, you are not ready to eat. I was coaxed by my subordinates early in the morning, and I didn't eat. ”

While taking out the baked cake from the secret compartment of the carriage, Li Chengqian said solemnly: "Qingque, the spring ploughing ceremony is to warn us not to forget the hard work of the people, how can we slack off on such a serious matter!" ”

Li Tai arched his hand, then fixed the curtain of the car window and began to feast.

"When the cart was in the laboratory, it had been tested, and the effect was very good, that is, the wooden double-layer wheel, it would not take too long to wear out, and it would easily break when it touched the ground with many stones, although it could be made with iron, but the burden on the donkey was a bit large, and it was necessary to use oxen."

Knowing that Li Tai was not reliable and would not take things out, Li Chengqian also took a piece of cake and said while eating: "Have you thought about it, do you really plan to help Li Ke also get the treatment of an unofficial?" You must know that in order to let you stay in Chang'an, my father suffered a lot of questioning, and finally used the imperial power to suppress it. ”

Li Tai took a sip of tea, and after a long sigh of relief, he said: "I was originally going to help him fight for it, seeing that Li Ke is about to get engaged, as long as his engagement is completed, he will be sent to Wu Di to be a domain, I see, it is really far away from Chang'an." You can't make a sound, only I'm coming. Our three brothers have been playing together since they were children, and they can be regarded as knowing each other. Imperial brother, Li Ke really has no interest in the throne, let him go to Wu Di to stay at home, he will die of depression. ”

Li Chengqian smiled, patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said, "If you want to do it, just do it, Concubine Yang gave birth to Li Su, and if Li Ke goes away, it will be quite miserable." ”

During the conversation, Li Tai ate up a plate of cakes. If the official knew that the brothers were hiding in the carriage and eating cake, they would definitely be impeached. The spring ploughing ceremony is so important that no one from the emperor to the nobles dares to despise it. It's just that, after satisfying their initial curiosity, the people don't pay much attention to it now.

At most, the carriage reached the periphery of the field, and the rest of the road had to be passed.

Li Shimin walked to the ground, and saw Si Nong Temple Siqing Yu Yue jumping up and down around a strange-looking plough stick.

The plough has also been used, and this plough stick is the same as the plough, but there is an extra box behind the plow, and there are strange-looking wheels underneath, so I don't know what it is used for.

If he couldn't understand it, he asked, Li Shimin turned his head without hesitation and asked Li Chengqian: "This is a newly made thing from the School of Engineering?" Isn't it just to add a little something to the Quyuan plow, as for offering it again? ”

The emperor was a little unhappy, when a new thing appeared, it was nothing for the court to reward some, but after upgrading, should it be rewarded? Isn't this endless?

Li Chengqian laughed dryly, patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said: "Father, this thing is not made by the Engineering Academy, although they have a lot of craftsmen to work with, but it is Qingque who really makes it!" ”

"Blue Sparrow?"

Looking at his fat son, Li Shimin's originally gloomy face turned sunny in an instant.

"Hahaha, the things made by the green sparrow, come, tell my father, what are you using this box and wheels for?"

After seeing the magic of the quyuan plow, the ministers who came to participate in the farming this year bought themselves the quyuan plough early, and the emperor could use it to plough the land last year, but only they were tired by the old plow. There was something new this year, which immediately aroused their curiosity.

Li Tai shyly walked to the cocoon and said: "Back to my father, this thing is called the cocoon car, and the son wanted to restore the cocoon car according to the ancient records, but later found that the original cocoon car is not easy to use." Although the current finished product is based on the transformation of the car, it is actually plausible.

You see, this box is actually used to hold seeds, the ox and donkey pull in front, and the curved plow will also rotate with this wheel when going through the ditch, you see, this wheel is actually hollow, and the end of the seed box extends all the way to the inner wheel part of this wheel, so that the seeds will not fall because of too much soil. There are small pits on the inner wheel, and every time the wheel rotates, an equal amount of seeds are sprinkled. In this way, the labor of sowing seeds is eliminated.

As for the soil, just hang a stake in the back and put the soil on when you pull it. However, in this way, there will still be some places that cannot be covered, and artificial soil cultivation is indispensable, which saves a lot of effort. ”

After listening to Li Tai's explanation, Li Shimin immediately became interested in this strange thing called a cocoon car.

"Since it's no longer a cocoon, let's change the name, the seeding car is very good, simple, and easy to remember. Cheng Qian, you come to the cow, I want to see if this thing can really be sown by itself. ”

Li Chengqian had no choice but to go to Morning Glory. In other words, Li Tai's seeding machine actually saves the labor of sowing seeds and cultivating soil, and the emperor still has to plow, and he still has to lead the ox.

The emperor's crown prince began to cultivate, and the eldest grandson and Li Tai each took something in the shape of a shovel, but did not shovel the soil.

After Yu Yue and the others waited for the emperor to go away, they turned over the ditch and checked the sowing situation.

After looking through four or five steps in a row, I realized that this thing is really evenly sown. Although it still can't be compared with manual labor, it saves too much work! If a farmer has obedient cows and donkeys, everyone can farm.

"His Royal Highness King Wei is really smart, such things can be made, the old minister admires it!"

After fully enjoying the visit of Yu Yue and others, Li Tai felt a charming pleasure, as if the difficulties encountered in the development of the cocoon car were not so important.

After a round trip, Li Shimin also looked at the ditch himself. Sure enough, although there are more seeds than those sown by hand, they are not unbearable, and some well-trained donkeys and oxen, even if they are not led, can be cultivated. It's so labor-saving! You must know that even if there is a curved plow, when it is time to farm the land, the people's families are also dispatched by the whole family. If this seeding cart can be promoted, then the ability of the family to cultivate will be doubled by two strong laborers.

That's amazing! You must know that the most important thing in Datang is land, and what is lacking is people who farm land. The population can't be in a hurry, even if fertility is encouraged, it can't grow in a day or two, but if you can make the people who farm twice the result with half the effort, the output will come up, and people will still be worried about eating?

There are many people who have thought of this, as for the eldest grandson Wuji, he is already ecstatic, as long as the grain production comes up, the people no longer endure hunger, the taxes in many places can be restarted, and the emptiness of the imperial treasury can also be quickly alleviated.

Li Tai's next words became the last straw that broke the camel's back:

"Father, the emperor and his sons also found that as long as the hoe forms a shelf and is pulled by a mule and a donkey, it can be like a plow stick, saving time and trouble for weeding. As long as the weeding is not too harsh, the savings on labor are still considerable! ”

Yu Yue really jumped up: "His Royal Highness King Wei, can this seeding car, and the hoe you said, be made on a large scale?" If you can, Sinong Temple will start promoting it immediately! This year is the designation; It's too late, but within five years, it should be able to be promoted to the whole of Datang. ”

Speaking of this "five years", Yu Yue has already gritted his teeth. Five years seems like a long time, but considering the traffic and area of the Tang Dynasty, in five years, the people of Sinong Temple will break their legs.

But who knows, Li Tai shook his head again and again: "It's not okay to hand it over to Sinong Temple, the academy is still counting on this to earn money to feed the students, and now the academy has begun to sell it." There is no need to send them to other places, as long as the merchants of Tongzhou Dayi pull them up when they are transported, and then take the state capital as the center and slowly promote them, and the ancient books will be enough for three years. ”

"The academy has already started selling? How much does it cost? ”

Seeing that Li Tai refused to hand it over to the imperial court, Li Shimin not only frowned, no matter how good the thing is, the price is too high, and the people can't afford it, and it is also a flower in the mirror.

"It's not expensive, it's only a hundred yuan."

"A hundred wen? At such a price, the people may not be able to afford it! ”

Wei Zheng, who had just returned to Beijing, blew his beard when he heard this price. He knows the people's families very well, and for the people around Chang'an, more than ten wen is considered a huge amount of money, let alone a hundred wen.

"Doctor Wei, can you let this king finish speaking?"

Li Tai glanced at Wei Zheng dissatisfied, and it was not until Wei Zheng gave up his position to Li Chengqian.

Smiling, Li Chengqian arched his hand to the curious courtiers and said: "The promotion of new farm tools is the graduation assessment of the first batch of disciples of the academy, and they will take craftsmen and caravans to all parts of Datang to promote new farm tools." This is not only an assessment of their will, but also an opportunity to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Only by broadening one's horizons and truly experiencing the people's livelihood and feelings in various parts of Datang can one become a good official. ”

It is no secret that the disciples of the academy will join the ranks, but when Li Chengqian said it in public, many people still looked embarrassed. The participation of a large number of civilian students directly impacted the recommendation power of the noble group, but in the face of the emperor's straightforward statement, they could only accept it. After all, it was not abolished directly, and it was already the emperor's net.

Li Shimin didn't ask too much about the academy, but walked up to Li Tai, stretched out his hand and patted his head and asked, "Qingque, you can make this thing, I have to reward it, tell me, what do you want?" Is it a jewel, or a little more fiefdom? ”

Hearing this, many people's eyes involuntarily shifted to Li Chengqiande.

The emperor's favor to the king of Wei is so great that anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Tai's current fief not only surpasses the precedent, but is also allowed by the emperor not to be an official, that is, he can live in Chang'an without having to be a vassal. King Wei, who is in the limelight so much, has already threatened the position of the crown prince.

But to their shock, the prince did not show a worried look from beginning to end, and they didn't know if it was because the Qi cultivation kung fu was too powerful.

Li Tai scratched the back of his head and said, "Father, there are already a lot of fiefs for your sons, and you don't need to add more, but if you are really happy, why don't you promise your sons one thing?" ”