No one is born weak.

As long as you focus on exercise, it's easy to get strong and strong.

Especially like a slave who has to do a lot of work all day.

Under the training of Yu Chi Baolin, the bodies of the slaves and orphans became stronger and stronger.

At first, there was nothing wrong with running three laps, then there was nothing wrong with running four laps, and then later, it was five laps, and they didn't feel anything.

Shuozhou City, Yongde Palace, Li Yu's personal soldiers are stepping up training.

At the same time, on the Beijing side, it is a different situation.

After the New Year, the Tang Kingdom will begin to count the number of people who die in winter.

In such an era, the country has a large population, and the national strength is strong, so the Tang State has always paid great attention to the investigation of the population, which is also an assessment criterion for the performance of various localities.

Early this day, Li Shimin looked at the ministers below and asked, "The New Year has passed, can the household department count the dead population in various places?" ”

After speaking, Hubu Shangshu Lu Tong stood up and said, "The words of the Huisheng have been counted. ”

"Read!"

"Whoa!"

After Lu Tong received the order, he began to read, "The number of casualties in Beijing and Prefecture is 567, the number of casualties in Hengzhou is 2,000, the number of casualties in Qingzhou is 1,500, and the number of casualties in Yizhou is 1,600...... Shuozhou zero ......"

As Lu Tong was talking, the court suddenly made a babbling sound, and Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, suddenly became curious and asked, "Lu Aiqing, did you make a mistake?" ”

Lu Passage "returned to the Holy Word, and there was no mistake. ”

Li Shimin frowned, "There are zero people in Shuozhou, is there no dead person in Shuozhou?" ”

"Saint, we count all the people who freeze to death or starve to death in winter, not counting the war or other casualties, and according to our statistics, Shuozhou has not frozen to death or starved to death this year."

Lu Tong's words were very firm, echoing throughout the hall, and immediately after, the entire hall suddenly erupted into various discussions.

"This ...... How is this possible, Shuozhou, as the northern border of my Tang Kingdom, has the most severe cold, how can it be that no one has died? ”

"Yes, in previous years, Shuozhou had the largest number of deaths, how could it be possible this year?"

When everyone was discussing curiously, Li Shang, the winged king, stood up, "Father, there must be something wrong with this, if you want to say that there are few people who die in Shuozhou, it is nothing, but there is none, it is too strange, Shengshang, Erchen suspected that Hubu Shangshu accepted a bribe from King Yongde of Shuozhou, so he helped King Yongde speak." ”

Li Shang's fiefdom is Yizhou, and more than 1,600 people have died this year, which is not a small number, and now he can't stand such a comparison with Shuozhou.

After Li Shang stood up, Li Qing, the king of 1,500 people, also stood up, "Father, the son also thinks that there is a problem with this, this is impossible at all, who is King Yongde, you know best." ”

Li Qing's words were a little unkind, Li Shimin's expression was slightly condensed, he naturally knew what kind of person Li Yu was, and no one in his fief died, he also felt strange.

After thinking for a moment, Li Shimin looked at Lu Tong, the head of the household, and asked, "Lu Aiqing, I want you to explain." ”

Lu Tong was not in a hurry, and said, "Holy Lord, please listen to the minister, after the minister learned about this matter, he also felt strange, and later sent someone to investigate, and found that this winter, King Yongde built some welfare homes in his fiefdom to accommodate those who were homeless, and provided them with food, clothing, and shelter. ”

"Welfare home?"

"Yes, a welfare home is a place dedicated to sheltering the poor......"

Lu Tong told him about the situation of the welfare home, and after listening to it, the ministers of the court and the central government felt that it was very fresh, and they also felt that this method was good, after all, if the people were rescued, there would be no death.

However, as soon as Lu Tong finished speaking, Li Shang spoke again, "Father, don't listen to Lu Gong's words, there are so many refugees and people, they want to build houses, and provide them with food and drink, does Yongde Wangfu have so much money?" ”

After Li Shang raised this question, the ministers were stunned again, and they quickly realized that they didn't have enough money to support them to save so many people, so I am afraid that it would not work.

Shuozhou is not particularly rich, and a lot of business and economy are in the hands of the family, Li Yu has just been there for a few months, what money can he have?

Everyone immediately questioned it, and Li Shang finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

He naturally knew that what Lu Tong said was true, but he couldn't let Li Shimin believe it, otherwise his father would be happy and get Li Yu back to the capital, so what was the matter, maybe he would become the prince again.

Everyone questioned it, but Li Shimin was not as suspicious as before, because he ate the vegetables sent by Shuozhou, and his prince could grow vegetables in winter, so it shouldn't be a bad money, right?

Sure enough, when he was thinking like this, Lu Tong said again, "Shengshang, the minister has no friendship with the king of Yongde, what he said is just because the minister, as the head of the household, has the responsibility to make everything clear, Yongde Wangfu is rich, since King Yongde went to Shuozhou, he has invented tofu, alkaline noodles, steamed buns, etc., and even planted vegetables in winter, which made King Yongde make a lot of money, and it is not a problem to settle thousands of people." ”

After Lu Tong finished speaking, the ministers were stunned.

"What, the greens we eat are grown by King Yongde?"

"Those white steamed buns are also made of alkaline noodles invented by King Yongde?"

"Tofu too?"

Everyone was dumbfounded, they dared to love that the things they ate some time ago were all from King Yongde, they all liked those things very much, and they could sell them to the capital, and it would be strange if they didn't make money.

With so much money, it makes sense to help the people.

"No wonder, no wonder, I didn't expect King Yongde's ability to be small."

"Yes, King Yongde used this money to help the people, and the people of Shuozhou are blessed."

"Holy Lord, the minister thinks that each fiefdom should also build welfare homes, so as to reduce the death of the population of my Tang Kingdom and improve the strength of my Tang Kingdom."

"Yes, thousands of people freeze and starve to death every year, if they survive, my Datang will definitely be richer and stronger."

“…………”

Everyone, you and I are talking word by word, Li Shang is angry, but now it is useless for him to say anything.

At this time, Li Shimin nodded, "What you Aiqing said is reasonable, the welfare institute can indeed minimize the death rate of my Datang population, and it should be promoted throughout the country, I don't know that Aiqing is willing to act as an envoy to study in Shuozhou, and then promote it throughout the country." ”

After Li Yu finished speaking, he looked at everyone, everyone looked at each other, and then saw Li Shang, the king of wings, standing up, "Father, the son is willing to go to Shuozhou to study, so that the people of Yizhou can also live a happier life." ”

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