Qin Mubai looked at their backs, not only did he not get angry, but laughed hehehe.

"San Lang, your cultivation is getting better and better." Qin Shubao said with annoyance behind his back, "According to the old man's temper, first punish this group of bold and rude offenders according to the military order!" ”

"Father, why be angry?" Qin Mubai smiled slightly, walked up to Qin Shubao and said, "Such rebellious people are not enough to talk about, and they are not worthy of being angry with them. The child has his own furrow in his chest, and he has a long-term plan. The Xue brothers and others are short-sighted and eager to take credit, just like gamblers, just thinking about winning and leaving. If they can get three or five hundred heads temporarily, they will be satisfied, and they will be enough to go back and ask Your Majesty for merit and reward. This is nothing more than their thoughts, and it is also the original intention of their reluctance to farm the fields. ”

"That's a good point." Qin Shubao nodded and said, "Brother Xue, in recent years, their military achievements have flourished, and they are used to charging into battle to kill the enemy. As a general, only by going into battle to kill the enemy can he have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and become rich. Generals are warlike, an important starting point is this, not to mention that my Tang Shangwu attaches great importance to military merits. This time when they came to Lanzhou, the Xue brothers were full of energy, and they wanted to make a big deal, and then leave with meritorious service. They are not interested in the long-term plan of raising Sangtu in Tuntian, which is seriously inconsistent with their original intention. ”

"The child had already predicted in advance that once the new policy was promulgated, it would inevitably encounter endless resistance. As soon as new affairs are introduced, they always have to face the intervention and obstacles of many old things, and it is difficult to move forward. This is not surprising. Qin Mubai smiled faintly and said, "If they impeach me, let them participate!" However, a military order is a military order, and as long as the imperial court does not remove me for a day, they must carry out the decree I have issued. If there is a violation, the child must be dealt with strictly in accordance with military law! However, children will not do this unless they have to. After all, the Xue family brothers are rare generals who can conquer and fight, if we fight in the nest, it is tantamount to cutting off our arms, and only the Tubo people will benefit! ”

"Well, good!" Qin Shubao smiled with relief, stood up and patted Qin Mubai's shoulder, and said, "Not humble or arrogant, there is evidence; Both soft and hard, salute first and then soldier, neither weak nor reckless, very good, for the general, it should be like this! San Lang, I haven't seen you for a year, and you have improved a lot. Even as a father, he will sigh to himself. It seems that you have learned a lot during your trip to Xiangzhou. ”

Qin Mubai smiled and replied, "Father has won the award." At present, our top priority at the moment is to use the army to take the lead in helping and encouraging the prefectures and counties under the rule of Lanzhou to go all out to develop spring plowing production. The child was just in Lanzhou Assassin's Mansion and discussed the matter of iron ore with Xiao Liang and others. It was unanimously agreed that the production of weapons and harness should be stopped at the moment, and the production of agricultural tools should be fully developed. And, when he sent a fast horse to the imperial court, he urged him to plough the seeds for spring. When the child first arrived, he brought some, but apparently it was not enough. ”

"Good! If you want to do something, don't worry! For the father, this old bone will back you up! If the Xue brothers and others dare to disobey the military order recklessly, the old man will no longer be polite to them! Qin Shubao laughed, and the Lingyun arrogance that only a peak martial artist had appeared on his face again, and said coldly, "It seems that they are suspicious, Qin Qiong is old, can he still eat?" ”

A few days later, two copies of the 600-mile expedited concert were handed to Li Shimin's imperial case.

One is a joint impeachment of Qin Mubai by Xue Wanjun, the general of the Shancheng front-line army, who invited the generals of the front-line to jointly impeach Qin Mubai; The other is to come to the Lanzhou Governor's Mansion to don't drive Qin Mubai's recital, and ask for the spring ploughing seeds.

At this time, Fang Xuanling was by his side, and when he saw Li Shimin holding these two copies, he smiled hehe.

"Why is Your Majesty laughing?" Fang Xuanling asked puzzledly, "The front-line generals are out of harmony, but it's a taboo for soldiers!" ”

"Xuan Ling, come and see!" Li Shimin smiled and took the fold to Fang Xuanling and said, "This is really interesting." Xue Wanjun and others wanted to impeach Qin Mubai, but Qin Mubai didn't mention anything about it, as long as he asked me for farm tools and seeds. There is a conflict among his subordinates, what is Shubao doing? I didn't see him say a word. ”

Fang Xuanling took the fold and looked at it for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "I see! It seems that the father and son of the Qin family are confident and are not worried about the rebellion of the Xue brothers. ”

"That's true." Li Shimin smiled, "This pair of Xue family brothers, fierce tigers on the battlefield, don't know anything about political affairs." They are brave and capable, but they don't know my long-term plans. From this point of view, it is still Qin Mubai, a weak man, who knows the general situation. I can imagine how the Xue family brothers' temper was difficult for him, but he didn't say a word. Xuan Ling, who has such a mind and bearing at a young age, knows that everything is important to the overall situation, but is he not a minister of the society? Uncle Bao also lives up to me. Before such a thing was not a contradiction, he showed the mind of a general, neither favoring his own son, nor rushing to complain or explain to me. From this point of view, he is also confident and sure to handle the internal contradictions of these army generals. ”

"Indeed." Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, put the fold back on the imperial case, and said, "It seems that Your Majesty already has a way to deal with it?" ”

"Since Shubao can suppress the Xue family brothers, why should I make such a move and make it difficult for him? I must also actively safeguard the prestige of the front-line commander. Li Shimin smiled slightly, and began to reply. After the approval, he gave Fang Xuanling a look.

Fang Xuanling smiled after reading it and said, "Your Majesty is smart. ”

"Haha!" Li Shimin laughed heartily a few times and said, "Let's wait and see!" I am very much looking forward to Qin Mubai's performance in Lanzhou! ”

A few days later, in the Governor's Mansion of Lanzhou.

The holy decree was issued, and all of Qin Mubai's requests were granted, and the military department and the household department were already busy, preparing to bring a large number of seeds and livestock to Lanzhou to help open up the wasteland for production. and allowed the Lanzhou Governor's Office to act cheaply and use iron ore and salt mines.

In the holy decree, there was no mention of the contradiction between the Xue family brothers and the Qin family's father and son.

Qin Shubao and Qin Mubai accepted the order and laughed together, quite heartily. Since the emperor has already made such an approval, it means that he supports a series of new policies implemented by Qin Mubai!

That's enough! No matter how unconvinced the Xue family brothers are, they can only honestly go to Tuntian to raise mulberry!

At the same time, another decree, along with a large reward of gold, silver, and silk, was also sent down to the military camp on the Shancheng front. The emperor commended Xue Wanjun and others for their hard work and meritorious service, and gave gold, silver, silk and other things as a consolation and reward. Similarly, there is no mention of their proposal to impeach Qin Mubai!

Xue Wanke wondered: What does the emperor mean by this? I impeached Qin Mubai, but he gave me a reward?!

Puzzled, he called all his generals to discuss and ponder together.

As the saying goes, three stinkers arrived at Zhuge Liang, and everyone summed it up, and they really came up with a reasonable explanation: the emperor neither dismissed Qin Mubai nor reprimanded Xue Wanjun, the implication was that his old man supported Qin Mubai to implement the Lanzhou New Deal. The reason why he did not explicitly reject Xue Wanjun's impeachment was just to take care of his face, and at the same time to express that he did not want the contradictions between them and the Qin family's father and son to expand, and everything was based on the overall situation. The gold, silver and silk silk is not so much a reward as a consolation, and the meaning is nothing more than - don't make any trouble, or obediently follow Tuntian to raise mulberry! What's not pleasant, look at the money! If you want to go into battle to kill the enemy and make contributions to the country, aren't you just trying to reward you? I've already given it, it's time to be satisfied, right?

After discovering the emperor's intentions, Xue Wanjun and the others completely lost their temper. It seems that the reason why Qin Mubai, a kid, dared to act so recklessly was because the emperor backed him, but not because he was the general of the governor, so he picked up a cheap official to do!

Come on, it doesn't matter who we have a conflict with, but don't make trouble with the emperor - let's go to Tuntian to raise mulberry!

As a result, in Shancheng and Liangzhou, which had been passively slacking off before, spring plowing activities also began in full swing.

Shancheng, Liangzhou, Lanzhou, in the Tang River and Longlong area constitute an iron triangle, the hinterland is the Yellow River alluvial plain, quite a lot of fertile soil, is indeed conducive to Tuntian animal husbandry. However, before that, Shancheng and Liangzhou had been slacking off and did not cooperate, and the progress of Tuntian was slow. Now, all three points are moving, and the spring ploughing under the rule of the Lanzhou Governor's Mansion is in full swing!

With an army of 50,000, every soldier is a skilled labor force. Coupled with the strict discipline and organization of the army, the efficiency of farming can be many times higher than that of ordinary people.

Together with his father, Qin Mubai visited many prefectures and counties under Lanzhou for a period of time, personally supervising spring plowing and production in various places. Seeing that the situation was gratifying, Qin Shubao was greatly relieved, and said to Qin Mubai: "San Lang, you still have the ability!" If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have been interested in implementing any of the methods of tuntian for my father. And when the Xue family brothers came to force the palace before, if you hadn't come out to mediate, your father might have taken them to justice, and the conflict would have been stimulated. It seems that having lived for my father for more than 50 years, this way of governance is not as good as yours. ”

"Father is too modest." Qin Mubai said with a smile, "Actually, this is all a strategy set by His Majesty the Emperor before leaving Beijing, and the child is just executing." The Xue family brothers and others didn't know the current affairs, and they dared to provoke and force the palace. You must know that it is not me who they provoke, but the emperor. If it weren't for the fact that His Majesty the Emperor was broad-minded and focused on the overall situation, they would not know what the situation would be at this moment. ”

"Father, I finally understand why His Majesty the Emperor sent you." Qin Shubao smiled heartily, "You know the overall situation and government affairs better than the old man. It seems that the old man's name is the commander, but it is you who actually runs Lanzhou's plans. It won't take a few years for me to be old and useless, and then the lord of Lanzhou must be you! The emperor's arrangement is exquisite! ”