Faced with his father's anxious inquiry, Li Chengqian could only open his arms and signal that he was fine.

Niu Jinda, who was next to him, laughed and said: "Your Majesty don't worry, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is young and his strength is not enough, with his skills, it is no problem to deal with one or two weak scholars." ”

After repeatedly making sure that his son was fine, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, and then casually rewarded Niu Jinda with the jade pendant hanging on his waist, and Niu Jinda was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth. The palm-sized jade pendant, only the emperor is qualified to wear it, and he has received such a reward, which can be placed in the ancestral hall to show off with the ancestors and ancestors.

Li Shimin, who returned to the throne, left behind a short period of nervousness and returned to the identity of the powerful emperor.

"Cui Bai assassinated the prince in court, the crime is not forgiven, and those surnamed Cui in the same hall today will be put in prison by the Criminal Department, and they will be beheaded tomorrow. The Cui family acted recklessly, chasing all those surnamed Cui in Qinghe, and removing the official from the dethronement. The remaining six families should have been guilty of the same crime, but when they heard the prince's words, God has the virtue of a good life, so they will not be investigated. Each was fined 2,000 catties of copper. ”

Hearing the results of the emperor's disposition, many people invariably breathed a sigh of relief.

In the court today, although Cui Ba failed to succeed, in front of everyone, the crime of assassination could not be escaped. There is this crime, even if the emperor directly waved the butcher's knife at the seven families, no one can say whether it is or not. Now only the Qinghe Cui family is operated, which is already considered benevolent.

The matter of the five surnames asking the emperor has come to an end, and the next thing is to seriously deal with the locust plague. This locust plague is the first natural disaster since the founding of the Zhenguan Dynasty and even the Tang Dynasty. What a disaster that has affected the entire Guanzhong! Compared with the expressionless generals, the civilian officials are simply crazy. It is the duty of military generals to send troops to the outside world, and it is the duty of civilian officials to be benevolent internally.

Since the locust plague, as long as you can survive this catastrophe safely, you can get a lot of feats from top to bottom!

The civil officials were all excited, but Li Chengqian at this time had a sad face, because he was just about to leave after retreating, he was pinched by his father and dragged into the harem!

Northwest behind the Lizheng Hall is the Liangyi Palace, where the queen lives.

Obviously, it will be a month before giving birth, but the eldest grandson is still sitting on a rattan chair, embroidering flowers while basking in the sun.

Seeing that her husband was dragging her son over, but there was no anger on his face, she was puzzled.

The eldest grandson is pregnant, so he doesn't have to salute when he sees the emperor, but Li Chengqian can't, and he must bow to his mother to say goodbye.

After Li Chengqian stood up, the eldest grandson smiled and said: "Stinky boy, if you don't wear a good prince's clothes, why are you wearing sackcloth?" ”

Li Chengqian stood up straight and said, "Queen Mother, now the palace is full of locusts, and it is estimated that even the Imperial Garden and other places have not been able to escape the mouth of the locusts. The sons were dull and had no good way to deal with locusts, so they could only distribute food to the victims and share their worries for their father. ”

Zhang Yun, who had already passed the news out of the palace, had already returned, and he brought a wine jug to the emperor very intimately, or spirits.

After taking a sip of wine, Li Shimin pointed at Li Chengqian and said to the queen: "The queen doesn't know, on the main hall today, the five surnames and seven hopes are all good generals, Cui Chengdao, Wang Yuebin, these old immortals, all came out to be martyred." Although Mowgli Fang Qiao and the others are famous, they can't get any benefits in front of them. In the end, the Cui family even moved out "Hong Fan", which made Fang Xuanling unable to speak. ”

Seeing the emperor drinking wine and dancing with his eyebrows, he didn't need to ask, and he knew that the plan of the five surnames and seven hopes had failed.

The eldest grandson smiled slightly: "That concubine is curious, who is it that refutes the Cui family?" Although the concubine has only read a few books, she still knows the name of the Hong Fan chapter of the "Book of Shang". ”

How can the eldest grandson not know that her husband came here to show off. Showing off to others will seem undignified, but in front of yourself and in front of her, your husband will always have this temperament.

Pointing at his son again, Li Shimin smiled and said nothing.

The eldest grandson grew his mouth in surprise, and couldn't help but ask Li Chengqian, who was scratching his head: "Chengqian, but really?" You actually refuted the Cui family? ”

The feeling of being praised in public is the first time I tried it, and I didn't know why the classmates were stupid to compete for the little red flower and the broken paper, but now I understand.

"The sons and daughters also have to do it, the queen mother, you should be the master of the child, at that time, but the father forcibly threw this mess to the sons. If it weren't for Erchen's brains, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to get off the stage today. ”

Li Shimin laughed, and was not at all disgusted by the prince's complaints: "That shows that I know how to make good use of people, aren't you breaking the game?" The effect is surprisingly good. Even Cui Bai was so angry with you that he lost his mind, haha. ”

Looking at her husband, who laughed from time to time, the eldest grandson shook his head with a smile. has been married for many years, and she knows that this is the time when her husband is the happiest.

I can't help but feel unhappy.

Most of the officials in the early Tang Dynasty were recommended. And the five surnames and seven wangs, who infiltrated the court and occupied almost half of the country, could even occasionally dominate the direction of political affairs. And this is something that the emperor can do nothing about. Maybe one or two recommendations can be regarded as not seeing, or refused, but after a series of recommendations, can they all be rejected?

Even Fang Xuanling is the son-in-law of the fifth surname, and when the fifth surname occasionally asks him for errands, he can only accept it stubbornly. Since he was greedy for five women at the beginning, he now has to bear the bitter consequences.

What directly caused the conflict between the royal family and the five surnames was not the so-called bloodline, the so-called stealing of the throne, or the sister-in-law and sister-in-law. In terms of the transcendent status of the five surnames, even if the emperor pulls off the head of the Emperor Taishang now, it has nothing to do with them.

What really causes a direct conflict is the recommendation. Li Shimin is not Li Yuan, and he can't stand being criticized by a group of well-dressed turtles in the court. Therefore, not only did he refuse the recommendation of the officials below one after another, but he even occasionally took the clansmen with the five surnames.

But this time, not only were the five surnames beaten head-on to the ground, but they could only frantically fight against the laughing stock that spread this time. And the Qinghe Cui clan was cleaned up, and a large number of official positions were also vacant.

Li Shimin wanted to think about it very much, but he didn't dare to drive the power of the five surnames out of the court directly, otherwise the crime of assassinating the prince would not be used too much. The people with the five surnames who are mixed around Datang are like parasites, and if they are all deducted, they will immediately make Datang's body incomplete. If you want to get rid of them without fluctuations, you can only grind them for a long time.

No matter how good you are, you can't drink liquor as water. Plus the court in the morning is really....

Seeing that the emperor's father was drunk and collapsed on the chair, Li Chengqian could only order the eunuch to carry him back to the Manna Palace. The Liangyi Hall can't be stayed, and around pregnant women, drunkards are absolutely forbidden.

The eldest grandson also knew that the emperor was happy, so he didn't even persuade him.

Today, the locusts have "patronized" Chang'an, and Li Shimin, as the emperor, should have expressed it, but the pleasure of winning the five surnames even made him involuntarily let go of his duties as the emperor.

I don't know how many twists and turns are piled up on the dragon case.

Not wanting to see Lao Tzu screaming, Li Chengqian simply left the palace.

The most brilliant drama has ended, although it was not his intention to perform on the stage, but the excitement has ended, and the next thing is simply disaster relief.

Out of the palace, under the desperate request of the commander of the guards, Li Chengqian had to bring five hundred guards. And after Wei Zheng got into the carriage with a cheeky skin, he had to circle around Chang'an.

The eldest grandson Wuji's movements were very fast, and in Chang'an City, there were officials distributing grain near all grain stores. Bags of grain are piled up in the streets, and nothing is more reassuring than this.

However, after looking at several places where the grain was loose one after another, Li Chengqian couldn't help but ask Wei Zheng: "Gong Zheng, since the grain points have been set up, why are there so few people who receive grain?" I looked, and there were only a few beggars, widows, and old people queuing up to receive them. ”

Wei Zheng sighed and said, "On the first day, how could there be so many people. The disaster just got up, and they all stiffened their heads, or rather, their bellies were struggling. People have a good face, and so do ordinary people. ”

Looking at the citizens of Chang'an who were hurrying back and forth on the street with a sad face, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh.

In the end, I still forgot to empathize, if it were me, I am afraid that I would not give up looking for another way out, until my brain could not bear the belly, and I would hide my face to receive relief. Born in an orphanage, he attaches great importance to "self-improvement". Unlike other places, whether it's subsistence allowance or something else, they rush to ask for it. There are even Mercedes-Benz BMWs that enjoy the five-guarantee policy.

This is an era that has not yet been polluted, and the stubbornness engraved on the bones has not been washed away by time.

When I went around Chang'an and wanted to go out, I saw that a large number of people had gathered at the city gate. Everyone had a sack in their hand, and just by looking at the wriggling inside the sack, they knew it was a locust.

Yu Qiusheng, the county magistrate of Chang'an County, gave a lecture to the people under his rule with Jing Tiao on his back:

"Folks, we don't need to receive relief from the imperial court! A letter from Wannian County said that the prince's farm is harvesting locusts, and as long as we catch locusts, we can go there to exchange for food! I know what you're worried about, but I believe that the prince is benevolent and won't bother with you civilians. In the past, the guilt of the official can be alone. You can go and change the food with confidence, and the official will go to the prince to ask for the guilt. Take all the places in your hands, although the official will take you over, but there is no place, and it is very troublesome to enter Wannian County and be found...."

After passing the place, the people of the Tang Dynasty must have left the country to go to other places. Once there is no place during the inspection, the light ones will be treated as homeless people, and the heavy ones will be suspected of being bandits and robbers. Even some low-level officials must prepare their official certificates when they go out.

If you don't bring these two things, you can still run rampant, I'm afraid there are only a few big guys in Chang'an.

However, Li Chengqian was not in the mood to think about these at this time, but looked at Yu Qiusheng's messy back helplessly.

He Shou is okay, did Yu Qiusheng's brain also be kicked by a donkey? When it comes to pleading guilty, he will only play hooligan with his upper body naked, and then torture himself with a thorn on his back? Although "guilty of petitioning" is an idiom, it can be regarded as a code of conduct, which is a bit excessive.

Seeing that Yu Qiusheng was going to take the citizens of Chang'an to the farm together, Li Chengqian hurriedly walked out of the carriage and ordered the guards to stop.

In the entire Chang'an City, those who can command five hundred guards at every turn are by no means ordinary people. So Yu Qiusheng, who saw the team from afar, ordered the citizens to pull aside and get out of the way first.

But who would have thought that the road was out and the team stopped.

Seeing the young man coming out of the carriage, Yu Qiusheng was shocked, and he was about to kneel on the ground without hesitation.

didn't kneel, because Wei Zheng also got out and stood beside the prince. If you kneel, it is not a guilty plea, and if it is seen by other officials, it is rude.

Jumping out of the carriage, Li Chengqian said as he walked: "Okay, hurry up and get the thorns down, how can you turn over and over one in this way?" Can't it be a little new? ”

Although Yu Qiusheng is the commander of Chang'an County, he is not a little worse than He Shou, he is not carrying a thorn on his back, nor is he kneeling, and the embarrassed sweat is flowing out.

"Well, there's no need to excuse yourself. Now it's only right to take your people in exchange for food. ”

Wei Zheng helped Yu Qiusheng out of the siege just right.

There were many people gathered at the gates of the city, and there was a growing trend. If they were to go to the farm with the locusts, it would be a little too far, and a single return would be delayed for a long time.

Yu Qiusheng, who had lost the thorns, simply put on a piece of clothing and waited by Li Chengqian's side, waiting for the dispatch.

"Yu County Order, you still let these people hold the locusts first, and the orphan will borrow some of the forbidden army guards from my father, and send the grain and meat from the warehouse to Chang'an City, and exchange them outside the city, which can save a lot of time."

Yu Qiusheng arched his hand and went down to announce the news.

Although the Tang Dynasty did not have a circle of friends, the speed of news delivery was still very fast.

Until the evening, there were even people from Sanyuan County who brought locusts to exchange food.

is bigger than the sky, and he was still hesitating to receive relief food from the imperial court, but he suddenly heard that the prince could exchange locusts for food. As long as they are paid for their labor, they can eat with peace of mind.

Only one day after the locust plague, Li Chengqian's hoarded grain was consumed, and around Chang'an, there were still people who came to exchange food regardless of the distance.

"Since the people are willing to exchange locusts for food, and are unwilling to provide relief for nothing, then the grain transported by the imperial court from Longyou and other places will be sold to you in the East Palace at a low price."

Li Shimin, who had sobered up, was still a little embarrassed, but after hearing the report of the Baiqi Division, he generously sold the grain of the imperial court to the East Palace.

In the end, the court will suffer a loss in the face of parity transactions, because counting the freight, the price of these grains will have to be doubled. The imperial court sells grain at a low price, and if it is analyzed by means of shopping malls, it is to hurt people. But in the face of disaster, even if the court loses money, it is willing to lose. It's just that those grain merchants who plan to make a windfall, after experiencing this turmoil, there are those who get drunk and cry bitterly, and there are also those who commit suicide. The rest of the businessmen, seeing the tragedy of their peers, couldn't help but feel sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

"Father, your attack this time is too ruthless, my sons have heard that there are more than a dozen grain merchants who committed suicide in Chang'an alone."

Li Shimin, who was half-lying on the brocade collapse, drank the porridge without a mouthful, and when he heard Li Chengqian's words, he put the porridge bowl on the table and said, "Chengqian, I came to ask you, if you fill the bucket with water and seal it, and put it in the courtyard in the cold winter, what will it look like?" ”

Li Chengqian said without hesitation: "It will be cracked by ice." ”

"That's the truth, there is a popular saying among the people, it is called how much you eat when you have a big belly. People can't always think of opportunism, or even cunning. Merchants are cheap business, and I have seen many merchants, especially big businessmen, vying to do something good for the country, hoping to use their reputation to offset the impact of their status. I think this is very good, but once it is morally corrupt and takes the 'profit-seeking' to the extreme, it is not a pity to die.

When you are an emperor, you can't deviate from the overall situation because of the life and death of a few people. Think about it, what would happen if I left them alone? With food prices soaring and the people suffering unspeakably, it is likely that they will follow the old path at the end of the Sui Dynasty. I don't want the Tang Dynasty to die in two generations like the Sui Dynasty. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, facing his father's education, he didn't know what to say.

An ordinary person would not use the word "decisive killing". Today, the emperor's father called himself over, probably to teach him some things needed to be an emperor. And these are things that Li Gang can't teach.

"I know you're unhappy that I'm secretly hoarding food and not making it public. But Cheng Qian, the five surnames need to be suppressed in the end. You look at the resume of the ministry, regardless of the son-in-law of the five surnames, how many official positions do the five surnames alone occupy in our Datang? Since the time of Emperor Taishang, they have already had the ability to influence the emperor's decision. If it continues to develop like this, will our Li family be the emperor, or will they be?

Over the years, both the Emperor Taishang and I have suppressed the wealthy as much as possible and reduced taxes and labor, in order to let the people recuperate. However, if the officials of the wealthy families above the court were in the dominant position, I could guarantee that even if the emperor wanted to reduce taxes under his will, it would be difficult. Those who don't plan for the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain, you only see that the people of Guanzhong have suffered a disaster, and they are rushing to Chang'an, striving for a full meal, but you don't see the fangs of the family sticking out to the royal family! "Mobile One second to remember →.\B\\\\.\\ for you to provide wonderful \ novel reading。

This was the first time that a father and son had such a serious conversation, and it was also the first time that Li Shimin, as the emperor, taught part of the imperial doctrine to his son.

There is a joke that "only children make choices, adults want all", although humorous, there is some truth to it. If you are a child, you will only choose what you like based on your likes and dislikes. And adults, sometimes, can accept things that they are not willing to accept for their own goals.

Dad's words, without thinking about it for too long, Li Chengqian can distinguish the stakes and disadvantages.

Indeed, if the five surnames are really allowed to dominate, it will indeed be a disaster for Datang. And the postponement of the imperial court's disaster relief, although it will suffer those people who are a little far away from Chang'an, will not lead to too serious consequences.