On the third day of the New Year, according to the custom, the emperor will gather the princes and princes to drink and feast together, which is the ancestral system, on the one hand, it is to worship the temple, on the other hand, everyone and the royal family get closer, and the royal family wants to rule the world well, but also with the help of this power.

On this day in previous years, everyone will happily come to the banquet, but this year the atmosphere is a little different, many people went to the palace with sad faces, this year the little emperor is really fierce, with the heads of the three princes and kings, and the seven princes told everyone a truth: the Son of Heaven is angry, and the corpse is thousands of miles.

Everyone came to the main hall and sat down, but the emperor did not come, looking at the main hall surrounded by armed warriors, many people's legs and stomachs were spinning, and at this time Li Jun was teaching Gao Qiang in the imperial garden.

After talking to Xiao Meier that day, the more Li Jun thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable, and when he thought that his flowery girl might be cheap Gao Qiang in the future, Li Jun became angry, so Li Jun took this opportunity to call Gao Qiang to the martial arts arena today.

Li Jun handed Gao Qiang a wooden stick, and said with no one in his eyes: "Use all your strength to attack me." ”

Looking at Li Jun's emaciated body, Gao Qiang smiled bitterly and shook his head, it seems that he is going to be beaten this time, if he dares to hurt His Majesty a single hair today, his father will have to pick his skin when he goes home.

Li Jun sneered and used the long-lost Wang Baquan in the rivers and lakes, Gao Qiang was holding his head and running away, Li Jun fought for half an hour, and he was also tired, looking at Gao Qiang's appearance with blue nose and swollen eyes, he snorted coldly: "Hmph, kung fu is not at home, you still have to practice more." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy." Gao Qiang replied aggrievedly.

Li Jun continued to ask, "Do you know why I beat you today?" ”

"The minister is stupid, and the minister doesn't know." Gao Qiang smiled bitterly.

Li Jun patted Gao Qiang's shoulder and said, "Stinky boy, if the matter between you and Mo Yue is completed in the future, if you dare to let Mo Yue suffer a little grievance, I will beat you." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, if the minister is lucky enough to marry the princess in the future, he will definitely treat the princess well." Gao Qiang said immediately.

Li Jun nodded with satisfaction and said, "Everyone in front of you is in a hurry, let's go too, by the way, if others ask about your injury, how should you answer?" ”

"Ah, this is a Chen accidentally falling."

Li Jun laughed, and left with a teachable appearance, Gao Qiang touched the wound on his face, and also smiled bitterly, and followed Li Jun to the front hall.

Li Jun came to the front hall and laughed and said, "You Aiqing have been waiting for a long time, and the rise of the conversation between me and General Gao just now has delayed time. ”

"Your Majesty, there's no hurry, right? Ladies and gentlemen. King Zhao was the first to jump up and said.

Zhao Kang (Zhao Yuyan's cousin), who had just attacked the lord, and Wuyang Hou Fan Budo immediately stood up and said, "The ministers are not in a hurry. ”

These three people now have a nickname, that is, the three horse spirits, because these three people have received the favor of Li Jun, without Li Jun, King Zhao would have died a long time ago, let alone the other two, let alone being a marquis, it is difficult to be a small official.

So every time there is a court meeting, Li Jun's holy decree The three people are always the first to stand up and express their support, and they are reprimanded several times by the imperial historian Zhang An, but the three of them just don't change their nature, and continue to take the emperor's sycophants as their most important job to do.

As soon as these three-stirring sticks came out, everyone also stood up and said: "Your Majesty is hard, and the ministers are fine." ”

Because there are many elders of Li Jun at this banquet, Li Jun did not dare to be too big at this time, first comforted King Yan, the most respected old prince, and then smiled and asked everyone to sit down, after the banquet began, Li Jun clapped his hands, and it was not as usual, it was the palace maid who offered lunch, but a group of foreign women with white hats walked up.

Zhao Kang asked playfully, "Your Majesty, who are these women?" Forgive the minister for being clumsy and don't know. ”

Li Jun laughed and said: "These women were sent by the envoy of Beijin a few years ago, since they are a piece of the heart of the little emperor of Beijin, I can't live up to it, today we will share it with our monarchs and ministers." ”

"Your Majesty, so the people of Beijin have already sued for peace?" Gao Zhe stood up and asked.

Li Jun nodded and said: "Because it is too unfortunate that the people of Beijin came, it happened to be the New Year, they Beijin people are not the New Year, and our Datang is still celebrating the New Year, so I threw them to Fengchang Order and ignored them for the time being." ”

"Alas, Your Majesty, it's hard for the minister, these Beijin people kneel at the door of the minister every day, and the minister has not been happy this year." Gongsun Kun pretended to say.

The crowd burst into laughter.

At this time, Xiao Wangzhi stood up and said: "Your Majesty, don't be careless, don't forget to practice the matter of lying down and tasting courage." ”

At this time, only Xiao Wangzhi dared to stand up and pour cold water on the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jun replied with a smile: "Prime Minister, please rest assured, I have already read the national book of the Beijin people, and it is really whimsical that Wanyan Zongbi actually wants to change back to Yuyang Pass." ”

"Your Majesty, what are they going to exchange?" Gao Zhe immediately asked.

Li Junnunu said: "It's the group of beauties in front of us, and their little emperor will treat me with the same etiquette as his uncle in the future, which means that I will have a big nephew in the future." ”

"Haha, the minister feels that His Majesty might as well agree, anyway, it will not be difficult to break through Yuyang Pass again." Dou Guan didn't know what was going on, his brain cramped again, and he stood up and said nonsense.

Hearing this, Li Jun's face was a little ugly, and he frowned and said: "Lord Dou, you can't talk nonsense in the future, Yuyang Pass is exchanged for the lives of all the soldiers, and our Datang must respect the heroes, otherwise we will be sorry for the Liaodong soldiers and civilians who have been killed by the Beijin people for so many years." ”

Dou Guan knew that he had lost his words, and hurriedly asked for sin: "Your Majesty, the minister lost his words after drinking, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

The ministers also immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Li Jun waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please get up, I will tell you about my plans in front of you today." ”

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"My plan is this, although I fought with Beijin last year, the trade that should be there cannot be stopped, so this year I am ready to reopen trade with Beijin."

"Your Majesty, war is war, but you can't afford not to make the money you deserve." Gao Zhe said immediately.

Li Jun nodded and said, "Then tell me what our Datang lacks the most now, and if we lack anything, we will ask the Beijin people for something." ”

Prime Minister Xiao Wangzhi first said: "Your Majesty, we lack things like war horses, cattle and sheep, especially ploughing cattle, the people of Datang have been waiting for a long time. ”

Li Jun nodded and said: "What the prime minister said is extremely true, but I feel that not only these, but our Datang also lacks population. ”

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Xiao Wangzhi suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart and immediately asked.

Li Jun pointed to everyone present and said: "You are all rich families, that family is not more than a thousand servants, everyone count how many people are here, there are more than 400 people, even if the average family is 1,000 slaves, then I Datang will have 400,000 slaves, plus the local heroes, it is no exaggeration to say that there are millions of people in my Datang who are being slaves, and I feel very painful when I think of this, so I said that we are short of people now, and we are short of a large number of slaves." ”

"Your Majesty, you are saying that it is forbidden to use Han people as slaves in the future, and all foreign people will be used as slaves, and you will do human trade with the Beijin people." Xiao Wangzhi asked cautiously.

Li Jun waved his hand and said: "It's not all forbidden, after all, there are all foreigners around you, and you can't sleep well, I suggest that in the future, foreign slaves will be used for dirty, tiring, and dangerous work such as mining and farming, after all, even if you are a slave in our Datang, you will be more precious than foreigners." ”

"Your Majesty is right, the lives of our Tang people are precious, and they really shouldn't be discounted at will." King Zhao clapped his hands and praised.

"Of course, this is just a suggestion from me, not a mandatory requirement." Li Jun emphasized.

In the hearts of everyone, 10,000 grass and mud horses ran over, which is a suggestion, if you don't agree to this kind of occasion, you won't be able to pull them out to feed the dogs, so everyone immediately said: "The ministers obey the order." ”

Li Jun said with a smile: "You Aiqing really understand the righteousness, I will not let Zhuqing suffer, I decided that in the future, the Han slaves will still be taxed according to the previous tax, and the foreign slaves will be directly reduced by five times, which means that from now on, the use of Han slaves will have to pay five times more taxes." ”

Datang's current national situation is that there is no land, especially in the south, there are still many cultivated land in the Wuyue region that is uncultivated, and further south, in the Xiangchu region, there are still crocodiles and rhinoceros roaming around, and these nobles occupy the pit and do not, Li Jun has long wanted to change.

It's also good to take this opportunity to let them let go of more people.

After the banquet, Li Jun left Xiao Wangzhi and Gao Zhe, and Xiao Wangzhi first asked: "Your Majesty, now that the cultivated land in Guanzhong is insufficient, I don't know how Your Majesty will deal with those new countrymen?" ”

Li Jun clapped his hands, and the two chamberlains brought out a sand table map, Li Jun pointed to the piece of Liaodong and said: "Liaodong is now vast and sparsely populated, and I feel that I can put down hundreds of thousands of people, if Liaodong can be self-sufficient, then the treasury will be easier." ”

"What Your Majesty said is reasonable, but in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, I wonder if the new people can suffer this?" Xiao Wangzhi said worriedly.

Li Jun smiled bitterly: "It may be difficult in the past few years, but I believe that the future should be better and better, after all, having a piece of land of your own, no matter how hard it is, is much better than being a cow and a horse for others?" ”

"The old minister also thinks it is feasible." Gao Zhe nodded.

Li Jun turned his gaze to Xiao Wangzhi: "Teacher, do you have anything else to worry about?" ”

Xiao Wangzhi frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is only worried about one thing now, and that is whether the land in Liaodong is suitable for cultivation. ”

Speaking of this, Li Jun immediately said with certainty: "The land in Liaodong is fertile, don't worry about this teacher, if you don't believe it, you can ask General Gao?" ”

I saw Gao Zhe also smiled and said: "Prime Minister, Your Majesty is right, the land in Liaodong is indeed very suitable for farming, and the reason why there were few people before was mainly due to military disasters. ”

Hearing Gao Zhe's words, Xiao Wangzhi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, since this is the case, then the old minister will go and prepare for the relevant immigration matters." ”

Li Jun nodded and said, "Trouble the teacher." ”

Now the so-called Liaodong is not the northeast of the place, the northeast is still under the occupation of the North Jin, the current Liaodong is the area of Beijing, that area is the famous North China Plain, it may not work to do anything else, but it is definitely suitable for growing crops.