bragged in front of his son for the first time, and Li Shimin gained great satisfaction. Because he knew that his son's swordsmanship and boxing skills were learning, but because of his lack of strength, he had not yet practiced archery, so he naturally touted his archery skills again and again.

knew what the emperor's father meant, so after the bragging was finished, Li Chengqian pretended to be respectful and respectfully said: "Father, since there are few people in the world who have your archery skills side by side, why don't you ask you for advice on your archery skills in two years?" ”

Li Shimin laughed: "Naturally, you can, but the four stone bows that I usually use are all four-stone bows, and if you want to have the strength of four stones, it will take a few more years." ”

After this period of rest, the eldest grandson has regained his strength, and the sweat is no longer flowing. Seeing that both her husband and son were laughing, she couldn't help but interject: "Your father's archery skills are rare in the world, this is not nonsense. However, if you want your father to teach you personally, you have to go to the harem more. Your father has a lot of government affairs to deal with this day, and his free time is very limited. ”

Li Chengqian smiled and nodded.

Fang Sheng's eyes were always in place, and when he heard the emperor's impassioned words outside the door, he had brought a pot of hot tea just right, and the temperature of the tea was just right for drinking.

Glancing at Fang Sheng's back seriously, Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian earnestly: "Prince, I have been able to move forward in the battle formation for many years because of my ability to control my subordinates. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, most of them were rebellious armies, but our Li family's army was forbidden by my restraints. Otherwise, why do you think the Li family can occupy the capital before the world?

Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Qin Qiong, Li Ji and others are all talented people who I have recruited all the way. If it weren't for my talents, how could they have supported me until I was sent to the position of the Ninety-Five? Therefore, the art of the emperor is a must for an emperor. I see that most of the people in your East Palace are very loyal, and I came from the Tongxun Gate, and when they saw my figure, they didn't care about being rude, and they had to report to you. The chef in the kitchen is also trying to make a dish that will satisfy you when he has nothing to do.

That's good, so I didn't ask them about it. In the future, you should do the same! ”

Li Chengqian nodded confusedly.

The emperor's father is very wrong today, he is busy with political affairs, even if he has something to say to himself, he will only explain it through letters. Even the fixed greetings every ten days are just casual copies. Even if there is nothing to do today, it is really a bit weird not to go through the main gate, to enter the East Palace from a side gate like the Tongxun Gate, and to walk around. Coupled with this earnest remark, he was almost certain that there must be a deep meaning hidden in this passage.

When he said that, Li Shimin stopped talking. Although the alliance of palace maids and eunuchs occupies the important place of the palace, it cannot set off much storm. Anyway, the object of their obedience is the crown prince, and it is not bad to let the prince learn to rule people in advance.

Thinking so, Li Shimin smiled and reached out again to hold his eldest grandson and get up.

It was originally a very unreasonable thing for the emperor to support the queen, but in the eldest grandson, Li Shimin did it seriously, and there was no element of acting.

Sending his father and mother away, looking at the steps down, Li Shimin still followed the steps and did not walk forward. Li Chengqian suddenly discovered that perhaps, Li Shimin did not treat his eldest grandson as a queen.

Rather, the wife ....

It's a strange phrase to say, but that's the way it is. The emperor is a creature that theoretically does not have a wife, although there is the position of the queen, but in history, the position of the queen will often become a political bargaining chip, or a face-saving job.

Shaking his head and putting his obedient ideas behind him, Li Chengqian called Yu Tai in.

The training of the prince's personal rate cannot be rushed, and only those who are trained every day are the real strength. It's just a pity that the war in China was completely calmed down after the heads of the eldest grandson Anye and Li Xiaochang fell. At least, there shouldn't be an eye-opening dragon whisker to try it out in a short period of time.

There was no battle, and the simple training was still inferior compared to the veterans of a hundred battles.

Under the search of intestines and stomach, Li Chengqian sadly found that it seemed that only Zhenguan's three-year war against the Eastern Turks could allow the prince to participate in it.

After dealing with the matter of pro-rate, you can rest for a while. Damn the plague of locusts, there's no way to tell when it actually appeared. Perhaps, there are some locusts that appeared early and have already grown wings, but before they form a scale, they can only be called "insect plagues", not "locust plagues". Between the two names, there is a clear and vague dividing line.

The lives of the citizens and ordinary people of Chang'an will not be disturbed by the endless hoarding of grain by the families and grain merchants since last year.

Farming has always been the most basic thing in the Central Plains. Since the ancestors of China learned to make clothes out of leaves to cover their bodies, food has come second.

But in fact, for a living being, perhaps eating is the most important thing.

Some insects eat them, but people don't have to eat them. Therefore, when the weeding people found that the seedlings in the field did not know that something had gnawed off the leaves, they could only sprinkle grass and wood ashes on the field over and over again. Datang, which has no pesticides, sprinkling grass and wood ash is already the only means they can come up with.

People who have not experienced locust plagues for a long time find it difficult to associate those things that are still jumping around with the locust plague that has been passed down from generation to generation. And the old people who can see the signs of the locust plague are generally no longer working in the fields.

The grain merchants in Chang'an are still thieves and scavenging grain in the people's homes. In Chang'an, Wannian, Lantian and even Sanyuan County, the price of grain has risen to ten copper coins per bucket. While groveling to harvest grain, the merchant's heart was singing. When the locust plague rises, the price of grain will always double continuously. When the time comes, the net worth they scattered will always be doubled and come back.

The patriarchs of the five surnames and Qiwang who lived in seclusion in their respective courtyards looked at the pieces written by the children of the clansmen one after another, or the texts. The emperor was obviously unwilling to be occupied by the family to occupy the lifeblood of the court, which can be seen from the successive rejections of recommendations. The position of the emperor is like that. They all thought that everything would be fine when they became emperors, but they didn't know that there were not one or two people who coveted this position.

As a family beyond the world, they are unwilling, and even disdainful, to pursue the position of emperor. Because, participating in it means conquest, and it is far less than maintaining one's own family like now, no matter who is the emperor, you must respect it.

At the same time that the grain merchants and the heads of the five surnamed Qiwang families were in full swing to prepare, Li Chengqian was also preparing. However, the preparation he made was to exchange all the copper coins in the East Palace for silver.

If the locust plague arises, the copper coins that have been deposited among the people, especially those hoarded in the homes of the rich, will inevitably be released. In this way, the exchange ratio of copper and silver, which was barely in balance, will be lowered, and one or two pieces of silver, or the usual money, will exceed the number of a thousand copper coins. Such an opportunity to lie down and make money for no reason, how can it be allowed to slip away in vain.

The 20,000 pieces of the queen's existence in the inner palace were returned to the East Palace. The eldest grandson said that the prince has this filial piety more than anything else. Since the East Palace needs money, then take it back and keep your mind in place.

The steward of the Inner Mansion originally did not know the trick of exchanging copper and silver, but when Fang Sheng, under the order of Li Chengqian, chatted with the steward of the Inner Mansion for a few words when he brought back the copper coin, the palace also followed the East Palace to start the matter of exchanging copper coins for silver.

Because of the reason for buying grain, the copper coins on the market in Chang'an have faintly decreased, and the money in the palace and the east palace has been praised by many wealthy businessmen.

"These businessmen, didn't follow suit?"

In the study of the East Palace, Li Chengqian was stunned after listening to Fang Sheng's report.

Fang Sheng arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, there is indeed no one to follow, your method of making money, if you want to make a profit, you must first have capital." Although the merchants of Chang'an are not short of wealth, there are more people, and the value is goods, not copper coins. Except for the eldest grandson's family, who began to exchange copper coins for silver like Fengdong Palace, there was no second person. ”

After listening to Fang Sheng's answer, Li Chengqian smiled helplessly. O wise man! It's no wonder that the eldest grandson Wuji was able to be included in the list of historical yin people, whether he found this or made the decision to follow the trend, it shows that he is smart enough.

With such a smart uncle here, especially this one who will stand in the court for a long time, this has to be helpless! Fastest update... / .. /

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When the Dragon Boat Festival passed and entered June, finally, the grain merchants gathered in the restaurant on the street side of Anyifang waited for what they had been looking forward to - Hongling Urgent!

The first wave, the second wave, the second wave, the third wave, and waves of Hongling Rush envoys rushed into Chang'an with the urgent twists and turns of their respective state capitals. At the beginning, there were still people who were interested in counting, but when from morning to night, when Hongling was in a hurry, everyone fell into a panic.

Whether it is the enemy at the border, or where there is a disaster, under the backdrop of this endless stream of Red Feather Urgent Envoys, it is a major event at the level of cramps.

Before dawn the next day, the courtiers who were still unstable in their sleep were all awakened by their families - the emperor had an order, and a great court meeting was held immediately!

The sudden court meeting was held until the next day, during which the meals of the courtiers were even provided in the Lizheng Palace.

I don't know how the news leaked, the news of the locust plague completely shocked Chang'an!

I heard that since the south of Guanzhong, locusts cover the sky and the sun, swarming, everywhere they go, not to mention that almost all the green things have been eaten up, even the continuous growth of the team, it is frightening.

It was only at this time that the families who sold their stored grain at high prices complained about the bitterness and wanted to buy the grain back, and as a result, many grain merchants, and the wooden signs inserted in the grain troughs in the store, rose to more than 15 copper coins a bucket. Moreover, with the increase in the price of some stores, they will all rise in unison, no one will go down at all, and the price of food in Chang'an will change ten times a day!

Just when the people of the entire Chang'an were shrouded in fear of the locust plague and confused about the future, Li Chengqian left the East Palace and came to the boundary of Wannian County, which received the most displaced people.

The chickens and ducks on the farm are still free-range, and compared with the seedlings that have disappeared in Lantian and Sanyuan counties, the seedlings in Wannian County and Chang'an County are still green. The prince himself led 2,000 men to leave the barracks and camp near the farm. And when they saw the army, they were greatly astonished. Because not long after the prince's compensation, some people said that the seedlings in the field were eaten by those free-range chickens and ducks....

At this time, there was no time to pay attention to those useless rumors, because according to the report of the state capital that sent the Hongling Urgent Envoy, the locusts should not reach Chang'an in a few days.

Those who can fly are naturally not much slower than those who run. Along the way, the locust group almost always chased Hongling's envoy north.

Sun Simiao didn't see him for a while, lost a lot of weight, and with the help of fellow Taoist priests, after transporting a large number of medicinal materials and medicines to the farm, he asked: "Prince, why did you leave Chang'an and choose Wannian County?" You must know the surrounding area, only Chang'an County has the most people. ”

Li Chengqian played with a copper coin in his hand, and said worriedly: "Daochang Sun, we are also familiar with each other, so I won't hide it from you." Around Chang'an, there is naturally a court to help them. In fact, almost all of Longyou's grain stocks were transferred to Chang'an. What worries me the most is Lantian County and Wannian County, which have received the most displaced people, and they are the most vulnerable people in this disaster. After all, before the harvest was even a season after coming out of the mountain, such a disaster was encountered. ”

Sun Simiao nodded knowingly, and looked at the south worriedly.

The cloudless weather is cloudless, and I don't know what the overwhelming locusts look like.

From sunrise to sunset, there were no locusts today, which made everyone's hearts relax a little.

It's just a little bit.

Lying in the tent, tossing and turning, Li Chengqian still forcibly suppressed the thoughts in his heart and forced himself to fall asleep.

This hand was brought over by him from the afterlife. If he doesn't have a limited amount of time to get a good night's sleep, he's really sleep-deprived.

Li Chengqian fell asleep, but there were some people who were celebrating overnight. The most humble grain merchant among the merchants, this time finally completely occupied the Chang'an merchants!

slept hard all night, and the next day, Li Chengqian opened his eyes irritably, eager to go upstairs directly to find his neighbors.

Tainima is noisy, and the decoration didn't start early in the morning!

But the anger in his heart disappeared without a trace after seeing the hair hanging down in front of him. hurriedly opened the camp tent, and under the persuasion of the guards, Li Chengqian forced himself out.

I don't know when a large area of dark clouds drifted in the sky, some "rain lines", always falling from the sky to the ground, and then revealing the clear blue sky hidden by them.

Locusts, here!