Faced with the threat of possible extinction, the party leaders had no choice but to kneel in front of the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion.

Although the front of the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion is clean, the face is close to the ground, and it is necessary to choke on dust.

In the past, the high-ranking party leaders were in front of the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and although no one dared to watch in front of the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, they still felt ashamed and indignant......

The sun gradually turned westward, and the shadows on the ground became longer and longer, Li Chengqian never appeared, nor did he give any orders, and the hearts of the party leaders gradually became bottomless......

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At this time, Li Chengqian had long forgotten that there were still people kneeling outside, and he was discussing the construction of Lingzhou with Liu Renliang in the future.

"The felt factory should be established as soon as possible, and when Xue Rengui takes the women and children of the Mobei tribes back to Lingzhou, in addition to ordering some people to graze, the rest of the women and children will go to catch the wool felt."

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, what do you want so much wool felt for?" Liu Renliang asked with some confusion.

Li Chengqian said without thinking: "Wear it to the soldiers and the people, the people of the Tang Dynasty are too hard!" ”

Liu Renliang heard the words and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent, and the officers and men in the army are naturally happy to have wool felt and clothes, I'm afraid that the people don't have the money to buy wool felt?"

Li Chengqian glanced at Liu Ren's track when he heard this: "Since the lonely king is doing this, he naturally can't just make wool felt, the grain here will depend on the input of the Central Plains in the future, and the people will naturally have money to buy wool felt after selling the grain." ”

Liu Renliang and a few people next to him nodded when they heard this, and they were all impressed by Li Chengqian's boldness.

Li Chengqian glanced at everyone and said to Liu Ren with a solemn expression: "You remember that there is only grassland here, and there is no farmland. ”

When the ministers heard this, they were all puzzled, and looked at Li Chengqian with a puzzled expression.

Liu Renliang's eyes flickered a few times and then asked, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to control the grain of the various ministries?"

Controlling grain in the border areas was not a new thing in the Tang Dynasty, and it was used as early as the early years of Zhenguan's reign when the general Zhang Jian was the acting governor of the state.

At that time, Zhang Jian received the Turkic Assi Department and let them settle in the local fields, and waited until the autumn grain harvest was abundant, Zhang Jian was worried that the Assi Ministry had a grain rebellion, so he ordered the surplus grain in the hands of the Assi Department to be bought as military rations.

Li Chengqian didn't know about this and thought that Liu Renliang was really treacherous, but he shook his head and said: "Yes and no, the loss of grain for thousands of miles is huge, and it would be a good thing if it could be planted in the north."

However, once large-scale cultivation begins here, the lower reaches of the Yellow River will inevitably flood, and then the turmoil in the world will only be a matter of moments. ”

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why is it that the lower reaches of the Yellow River will be flooded when cultivating here?" Gao Jifu got up and said solemnly at Li Chengqian.

When Li Chengqian heard this, he turned his head to look at the other ministers, and saw that they were all ignorant, raised his hand and motioned for Gao Jifu to sit down, and explained lightly: "The Yellow River originates in Tubo and flows into the sea after more than 10,000 miles. The Yellow River is mixed with a large amount of sediment, which will be degraded and deposited on the riverbed in a wide area of the river, which is the reason for the diversion of the Yellow River.

If the land is fully reclaimed here, a large amount of sediment will inevitably flow into the lower reaches of the Yellow River Belt, and the speed of sediment accumulation in the downstream will be faster, and the number of diversions of the Yellow River will inevitably increase. ”

When the ministers heard this, they all showed a sudden expression, these people are familiar with history books and have some understanding of the diversion of the Yellow River.

Li Chengqian saw that the ministers could understand him, so he continued: "Therefore, not only can the fields not be cultivated here, but even the grazing must retain some spare energy. Every few years, the cattle and sheep should be driven to Mobei for grazing for one or two years, so that the pasture can rest at this time. ”

Liu Renliang was very excited when he heard this, got up and hugged his fist towards Li Chengqian, and said sonorously: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the world in mind, is a scholar of heaven and man, and uses the world as a paper to draw my Tang Dynasty. ”

Liu Renliang's sycophant patted the vassals of the East Palace, but Li Shiji, Zhang Shigui, and Gao Jifu were embarrassed.

It is still too early for them to show their loyalty to Li Chengqian, but after hearing Li Chengqian's great ambitions, they can't say anything if they don't say one or two.

Fortunately, Li Shiji got up in advance and said, "I wish to attach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Jiwei." Create a prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Chengqian was very happy to hear this, and personally helped the ministers up one by one, and when he saw that it was already dark, he turned his head and said to Liu Kui: "Go and prepare a meal, King Gu wants to eat with Zhu Qing." ”

Everyone was also very happy when they heard this, but they saw Liu Kui step forward and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, where are the leaders of the party departments kneeling outside the door?"

When Li Chengqian heard this, he remembered that the party departments had come, so he asked Liu Kui, "How long have they been kneeling?"

Liu Kui replied: "One and a half hours." Seeing that the faces of the ministers were a little unpleasant, they hurriedly said: "The slave didn't dare to disturb when she saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was discussing state affairs with all the adults. ”

In the Tang Dynasty, the punishment of the minister to kneel was a very serious punishment, not to mention that he still knelt at the gate, even Li Shimin rarely punished the minister for kneeling at the gate of the palace.

When Li Chengqian heard this, he didn't feel anything and said directly: "Then announce them in!" Then he ordered someone to prepare a meal, and sent the leaders of the party departments, and the lonely king ate with the princes. ”

"Yes!" When Liu Kui heard this, he went out to give orders.

After a while, a group of party leaders walked in with the inner servants in a gloomy manner, and saw that the courtyard was brightly lit, and Li Chengqian was alone on the throne and the ministers were on both sides.

Tuoba Chici took the lead and hurriedly knelt down to salute, Li Chengqian looked at them indifferently, and said lightly: "Flat!" ”

After the party leaders got up, they asked lightly: "I heard that the children of your clan are going to participate in the martial arts?"

Hearing this, Tuoba Chizi hurriedly said: "Ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for permission." ”

Li Chengqian was noncommittal, and continued to ask: "Before, you could sign up everywhere in Lingzhou City, why didn't you send someone to sign up?"

"Uh......"

The party leaders were speechless.

The ministers standing on both sides were also very speechless, feeling that Li Chengqian had lost the bearing that the prince of the Tang Dynasty should have.

Li Chengqian didn't intend to let go of the leaders of the party departments, but he slowly got up and looked at the party leaders with great oppression and said: "The lonely king hates unruly people the most, and since your party departments surrender to the Tang Dynasty in order to get a place to live, you must abide by the rules of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Yes, yes, the ministers must abide by the rules of the Tang Dynasty......" Tuoba Chizi and the others hurriedly said.

Seeing that they were really scared, Li Chengqian sat back and asked, "How are your war horses ready?"

Tuoba Chici was stunned when he heard this, and said with some puzzlement: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the war horses prepared by the ministers have already been presented when they meet the Heavenly Khan. ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he immediately became angry, and just now he thought they were afraid, but in fact, he didn't take what he said seriously at all.

Huo Di got up and glared angrily at the party leaders, and said loudly: "It seems that you don't take what the Lone King said seriously at all!" ”

Wang Fangyi and Cheng Wuting, who were standing in front of the throne, took a step forward very cooperatively, pulled out half of the treasure knife on their waists, and stared at the party leaders with tiger eyes, as long as Li Chengqian gave an order, they would immediately draw their knives and kill people.

Seeing this, the leaders of the party were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged: "The ministers deserve to die, and please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make it clear." ”

Seeing this, Li Chengqian snorted coldly and said: "The Lone King told you last time that you should prepare all the war horses in the tribe, and the Lone King wants to exchange food with you, have you forgotten?"

The leaders of the party really forgot, but now they don't dare to say that they have forgotten a hundred dares, but they just said vigorously: "How dare the ministers forget the orders of His Royal Highness the Prince, it's just that the war horses haven't been sent to Lingzhou City for a long time......"

Li Chengqian pretended to be angry when he heard this: "Since this is the case, then get up!" ”

Li Chengqian will be regarded as having realized what it means to do business with a sword, and he thinks that he should reshape the border trade and tie the Central Plains and Northern Xinjiang more tightly.