Dai Zhou had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, in fact, the annual income of the treasury this year is acceptable, but there is a fixed amount of money and grain in the world, and this money and grain should be used on the blade." ”

After a pause, Dai Xuan continued: "It's okay to say that the money is good, but this food ...... The cost is too great, and it is a waste of people's labor, so ...... Everything must be done according to one's ability, the minister knows that the Chen family is rich, but where does the food come from? Let's just say that Emperor Yang of Sui, three expeditions to Goryeo, and the opening of canals, these two things, are they wrong? In Yichen's view, if it is only about doing things, these two things can be said to be beneficial for a thousand years. But...... His mistake was in his great success. Of course, the minister can understand the thoughts of His Majesty and Chen Zhan, who doesn't want to complete a thing to a successful conclusion? But in everything, there will be advantages and disadvantages...... The minister has calculated an account. ”

Dai Xuan had already made preparations, he coughed, and said: "In the future, when this city is built, it will inevitably be necessary to conquer a large number of people to migrate to Shuofang, the Chen family has a large population, and now there are a lot of people who depend on the Chen family, so many people are all people's power." According to the rules of previous years, if one stone of grain is transferred to Shuofang, three stones of grain need to be consumed, and His Majesty is also clear when he thinks about it. ”

It costs three stones of grain to adjust one stone of grain, which is not deliberately scary, it is indeed the actual situation!

You must know that transportation in ancient times has always been a long-standing and difficult problem, if you want to transfer a stone of grain, you need to requisition the people, but the people to transport grain to you, you can't go hungry.

Transporting grain is not the same as riding a fast horse, he can't go fast, he can't reach his destination in a few months, so the people who transport a stone of grain always need to eat and drink on the road, but how to solve the problem of eating and drinking?

Naturally, they ate food on the spot, and the result was ...... Everyone is transporting all the way, eating all the way, and when they arrive, at least half of the grain will be eaten.

And people are coming, but you can't help but let people go home later, and then on the way home, do people want to eat and drink?

Then when you go back, eat all the way again. In this way, it is conceivable how much grain can really be transported to Shuofang?

There will be losses along the way, but this loss can be described as terrifying.

And this ...... It's just a loss in one aspect.

Because of a large amount of manpower, to do this useless transportation, this will lead to a decrease in the strength of Guanzhong, and these young and strong people are separated from production, they cannot be cultivated, they cannot be cultivated, and the land will be barren!

And in the coming year, there is a possibility that the land will be reduced.

In Dai Zhou's opinion, this is simply a tyrannical thing.

And this loss is based on the size of the population of Shuofang to increase geometrically.

If Shuofang only stationed 3,000 military horses, it would obviously only need 5,000 or 6,000 people to transport grain at most.

But if the Chen family expands the scale without restraint, not only garrisoning troops and horses, but also gathering caravans, but also ordinary people, if the scale reaches tens of thousands, then there will be hundreds of thousands of special people to support them.

When the ancients fought wars, they often had hundreds of thousands of millions of armies, which actually makes sense!

It's not that there are really hundreds of thousands of millions, in fact, the real battleable soldiers are only 30,000, 50,000, and when it reaches 100,000, the scale is already considerable, and as for the others, eight or nine out of ten are people or auxiliaries who transport grain.

Now it is equivalent to building a Shuofang city, these people have all become a 'border army', and they have to be closed to support every year, after all, money is just currency, no matter how rich the Chen family is, it is just a lot of currency, but what about food?

After all, the war is only temporary, and after a year and a half, the war is over, and everyone can still go back to recuperate!

But this Shuofang City is equivalent to a continuous supply, which is equivalent to the fact that the Tang Dynasty has been maintaining a large-scale war every year, which is ...... How can I stand it?

Dai Guan's opposition now is very reasonable, obviously everyone thought that Chen Zhengtai was just building a military city with thousands of military horses stationed in it, but it was also up to his temperament, for the sake of your Chen family's wealth.

But when everyone comes back to their senses, it's not good now!

Your uncle, what do you mean by playing so big? Do you really think that my Datang is very rich and can be squandered to your heart's content? You can afford it, we can't afford it!

Chen Zhengtai listened calmly and silently, and then said: "This matter, I have made it clear to my teacher, there will indeed be many difficulties in the early stage, but I have asked the clansmen to carry out tuntian cultivation in Shuofang, and it is indeed necessary to supply a part of the military food in the early stage, and in a few years, you can be self-sufficient, and even in the future, this grain can also be supplied to Guanzhong, after all, in the desert, there is land, not to mention feeding tens of thousands of people, it is 100,000, million, it is not impossible." ”

Chen Zhengtai said very sincerely, in fact, this is just a battle of ideas, Dai Zhou and these people are just purely guilty of empiricism, after all, for thousands of years, in agricultural society, the output is fixed, and there is no possibility of open source at all, so ...... The only way to not let yourself go bankrupt is to throttle.

Therefore, people practice frugality, and the same is true for governing the family and governing the country.

This frugality has become the supreme virtue, as if you were guilty of spending a little more! If you are a courtier, you are a traitor; If he is a king, nine times out of ten he will be a faint king.

It is under this trend of thought that everyone seems to have a value of diligence and thrift that is deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with that.

But what Chen Zhengtai wants to build Shuo Fangcheng is considering is the long-term benefits, and the benefits here are not only for the Chen family, but also for the long-term merits of the Tang Dynasty!

But when he heard that Chen Zhengtai was going to the desert Tuntian, it obviously caused another wave of exclamation, and many people whispered again.

Growing food in the desert? Are you sure you're not fooling everyone?

That place, if you want to be able to plant, everyone has already planted, okay!

Although Chen Zhengtai tossed out high-yield grain before, can this high-yield grain still be planted in the desert?

Some people even suspect Chen Zhengtai's intentions, isn't this guy nine times out of ten, he wants to cook raw rice into rice in the name of trying to grow grain in the desert, and after the city is built, can the imperial court really abandon the people there?

Li Shimin saw that Dai Zhou and the others were faintly showing signs of anger, and then smiled: "Okay, okay, this is just a state dispute, why not let Chen Zhengtai give it a try?" Growing Grain ......"

When it comes to growing grain, Li Shimin's heart is on fire.

After all, in his blood and bones, he also has the traditional genes of thousands of years of agricultural civilization, and when he thinks of growing grain in the desert, he feels very emotional, and his blood is boiling.

If it does, then ...... The Tang Dynasty has passed through the world, and there will be no more border troubles in the north, how is this not a huge temptation?

This is enough to make Li Shimin can't help but gamble in the midst of so many concerns.

Li Shimin looked at everyone else, then waved his hand and said: "Let's discuss here today, all the secretaries will step down, and Zhengtai will stay." ”

Dai Xuan was afraid that His Majesty would make up his mind to stand on Chen Zhengtai's side, and he was ready to refute to the end before coming here today!

At this time, he was a little unwilling, but he was helpless, frowned, and finally had to retire silently.

Seeing that everyone was leaving, Li Shimin let out a sigh of relief, and then smiled bitterly: "Look at me, how much thought has been spent on protecting you." ”

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but complain in his heart, Chen's Tuntian Shuofang needs to spend a lot of manpower and material resources, but isn't this also for Datang? Why is it as if I owe a favor?

Of course, in this case, people who still run to reason with others often don't have very bright brains, and they will lack a string in their brains.

The best way, of course, is to obediently admit it and be willing to accept this groundless favor!

Chen Zhengtai was very interested, so he said with a smile: "If there is no teacher to protect you, how can there be students today." ”

Li Shimin said happily: "I am very relieved that you can think like this." ”

After a pause, Li Shimin said again: "I heard that the Emperor Taishang went to the toilet, what did he say to you?" ”

Chen Zhengtai didn't expect Li Shimin to suddenly ask this, the two fathers and sons really paid attention to each other, he didn't hide it, and told the emperor the original words of 1510.

When it came to Li Yuan's saying that the Chen family was a loyal and good person, Li Shimin was thoughtful and silently chewed on the deep meaning of Li Yuan's words.

But when I heard that Li Yuan wanted to make money...... Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, and said to Chen Zhengtai cordially: "The Emperor Taishang is old, and occasionally he will be selfish, which is also reasonable. He is so beautiful, I will give him beauty, if he is good money, I will give him money. In a few days, if there are any new shares, you can tell him, don't let the emperor down. ”

Chen Zhengtai finally couldn't hold it back, although it is one thing to slap the horse, but when it comes to money, it is another matter.

Of course, it's not about money, it's about self-esteem.

Chen Zhengtai widened his eyes and said: "Didn't the teacher say that if the emperor loves money, the teacher will give him money?" Why did you end up being a student......"

Li Shimin sighed: "Don't I want to borrow flowers to offer Buddha?" But I always have to think about the people of the world, and so many places in the world need money. But where can I be like you, who can enter the gold bucket every day? I can't do it! You are my student, and since you have such ability, I didn't let you pay directly, so why do you push back and block? ”

Chen Zhengtai: "......"

Chen Zhengtai suddenly felt speechless that he admired Li Shimin's good eloquence!

Li Shimin saw Chen Zhengtai's aggrieved face, so he smiled and said: "Of course, I don't let you give it for nothing, I have thought about it, this Shuo is hundreds of miles in radius, it should be regarded as the fief and food of Princess Sui'an, since the emperor has given you a marriage, after a few days, I will announce it to the world, so I will treat this fief as a reward to your Chen family." ”

"On the other hand, Dai Zhou and the others are not relenting, and now this Shuofang has become a fiefdom, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court, as big a city you want to build, you can build as much as a city, and it has nothing to do with them, I should also give you a reassurance, so that you don't still have doubts in your heart."

When Chen Zhengtai heard this, he became excited.

On the one hand, Li Shimin can be regarded as acknowledging the marriage given by the Emperor Taishang, so his marriage contract with Princess Sui'an is a certainty.

On the other hand, the fiefdom given to the princess is indeed as Li Shimin said, so that the Chen family can have no worries.

Although this desert land has nothing to do with the imperial court, after all, the Chen family is still a child of the Tang Dynasty.

When it came to Shuofang to build the city, this was actually Shuofang still from the imperial court, but some people in the imperial court were there all day long, and they were indispensable to stumble and stumble when they started things. And once it is given to the princess, that is, to the Chen family, then it is completely different.

After all, what does it have to do with you what I build on my own land? If you can't get used to it, can you still come and beat me?

This is tantamount to this huge project, removing the big trouble, and there is no need to worry about the halfway through the project, and then there are complications.

Even in the future, the imperial court will not be able to send officials to Shuofang, and the management of the feudal provinces will often be assigned to Changshi, and there will be no people such as assassins and county orders to go to Shuofang to govern, and there will be no intricate relationships, but the Chen family can be free to sway there.

Chen Zhengtai was overjoyed in his heart, and he was also grateful for Li Shimin's decision, so he couldn't help but say movingly: "Student ......"

Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai, waved his hand and said: "In fact, I am also borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, this desert is not owned by me, it is someone else's land, I will reward it to Princess Sui'an, it is just a verbal benefit, and you don't have to thank you." ”

Li Shimin paused, but changed his words, and said: "I am thinking, in the middle of this year, it is time to prepare for the township examination, this is a big deal, you are my disciple, and now the Erpigou University Hall finally has a good reputation, but I heard that the world's families are now teaching their children to memorize, and even let them make articles every day, these people, don't dare to underestimate it, what you do in the university hall, they are also doing, and in the long run, the gap between them will slowly be filled." ”

Chen Zhengtai nodded, and then said: "Don't worry, teacher, the student will never fall into the royal name of Erpigou University Hall." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, this Chen Zhengtai is really smart and clever, and as soon as he said this, he knew his concerns.

Erpigou Royal University Hall was hand-picked by Li Shimin, and he didn't take it seriously at the beginning, but now with the fame of the University Hall, Li Shimin has gradually begun to value it!

Now this university hall has gradually become a signboard, don't let this glittering signboard be smashed in the end.

So Li Shimin said very seriously: "I have expectations for you. In this university hall, let's give fifty people to me, and one of the top three must be one. Arrogant soldiers have always been defeated, and people have learned your methods, and most of these people have a very deep family history, so you can't be careless. ”