Chapter 67: Keep Fighting
It's only to blame those families for being too hasty, they only opened yesterday, and you said today that others have caused a stir, which is too untenable.
"Master Cui, you want this again! Then the official is afraid of you at the moment, so I can't say that my Wangjiang Tower has caused the extravagance of Chang'an to prevail! Who is the extravagant person who dares to ask the adults? ”
"Of course, it's the people of Chang'an." Choi Se-hoon replied casually.
"Then the lower officials don't understand, the people of Chang'an, everyone can afford to eat such high-priced meals, where did all this money come from?" Sun Xiangfu asked rhetorically.
"Of course, not everyone is extravagant, just some rich people." Choi Se-hoon explained.
"Well, Master Cui, you finally said the truth, that's right, even if extravagance prevails, extravagance is only those rich and poor, you can't be extravagant if you want to, the lower officials think that those rich people are extravagant, it is beneficial to the country and the people, they are not extravagant, so how can the people earn their money, they are not extravagant, the money will accumulate in their hands, the longer the time, the more they accumulate, when their wealth reaches a certain level, it is possible to do things that harm the country and the people.
For example, this summer, because the nobles of Chang'an City have become popular in eating fish, the farmers around Chang'an have more income, and then they have money to buy clothes in winter to avoid being frozen to death, and in this process, the rich who eat fish enjoy it, they are comfortable, the poor people are profitable, they have the money to buy winter clothes to wear, and they are comfortable, and everyone is a good thing, why can't they do it? ”
"This ······" Cui Shixun didn't know how many times he was speechless, but he couldn't say it anyway, so he just shut up.
"Master Cui, you still want this! Are you the reincarnation of fish spirits, afraid that your caviar and fish grandchildren will be eaten, and want to save them? Seeing Cui Shixun's flushed face, Sun Xiangfu laughed.
"Poof······
Cui Shixun, who is nearly fifty years old, finally couldn't help it, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out.
Sun Xiangfu was frightened, dodged Cui Shixun's blood spurting, and praised with some embarrassment, "Eh, this Lord Cui, if you have something to say, why do you squirt blood without saying a word, you even spray blood so spectacularly, you are really the pillar of the country, and the humerus of the court." ”
"Ah~poof······"
Cui Shixun, who was just squeezing the stuffy breath in his chest and was relieved with a squirt, was even more furious when he heard Sun Xiangfu's words, and squirted out a big mouthful again, and the whole person fell on his back.
"Quickly pass on the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Cui Qing."
Li Shimin forced a smile and shouted at Wang Deyong on the side, Wang Deyong comprehended with his heart, paced slowly, and walked to the back of the hall.
"Your Majesty, the minister impeached this person, his words were excessive, and he was angry with Lord Cui's body, and this son should be expelled from the palace." Wu Yingxue saw that Cui Shixun actually fell like this, panicked, and said to Li Shimin.
Hearing this, Li Shimin said with a cold face, "The matter has not been asked clearly, Wu Qing waits, I remember that just now there was the opera of the imperial history impeaching Wangjianglou that led the people's hearts to the Sui Dynasty, which imperial history came out to reply." ”
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Wang Yuanqiu, the imperial historian who had just done the matter, unconsciously shrank his body, he couldn't imagine that this young mountain boy actually had such strong combat effectiveness, at this moment he was a little afraid to go out of class to ask, no way, he was afraid that he would also end up with Cui Shixun! However, under the gaze of his teammates, he still walked out hard.
"It was the official who impeached him for the opera that he performed to confuse the public and mislead the people, and there is a scene in the former Sui Dynasty in it, which is clearly to let the people remember the former Sui, and this crime should be punished." Wang Yuanqiu cheered up and yelled at Sun Xiangfu with his strongest dantian qi.
However, as soon as he said this, among the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, there were many people who shook their heads, the reason was too far-fetched, the past of the former Sui, can't the Tang people talk about it? You put the imperial court and the former Sui on the opposite side, do you want to say that Li Tang rebelled and overthrew the former Sui? This is a violation of Li Shimin's taboo, Li Shimin positioned himself as responding to the will of the people, overthrowing the improper tyrant Yang Guang, inheriting, and following the national policy system of the former Sui, in terms of face, he put Li Tang in the position of successor.
Sun Xiangfu also smiled when he heard this, and pointed at Wang Yuanqiu and said, "It seems that this adult is more serious when he watches opera!" The lower officials often read Chinese books, and are often obsessed with sentences such as 'those who dare to offend strong men, although they are far away, they will be punished', is it because their hearts are in front of the Han? I have also read a lot of historical books and biographies of the princes of the court, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the Western Wei Dynasty! Are their hearts towards the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty? I have that law in Datang that you can't mention the matter of the former Sui? Moreover, it's just a fairy myth, do you think this makes sense? ”
"This ······"
"You also want to learn from Master Cui?"
"This official, this official is the imperial history, and he can do things when he hears the wind, even if he doesn't win, he is still performing his duties." Wang Yuanqiu said stiffly.
Sun Xiangfu shook his head with a sad look on his face when he heard this, and said, "That's okay, the lower officials won't disturb the pillars of the country who perform their duties like this adult, how unfortunate it is that the court is full of such wine bags and rice bags." ”
Immediately, he bowed his hand to Li Shimin on the dragon chair and said, "Your Majesty, the matter of Weichen has been explained, I don't know if Your Majesty still has something to ask." ”
"Shaft, bold, dare to say that my minister is a wine bag and rice bag, if you don't say a meridian ugly today, I will never spare it."
Li Shimin is really angry, but he is not angry with Sun Xiangfu, but angry with those minions of the family, now, Sun Xiangfu taught them to be a man in a few words, Li Shimin naturally didn't want to let go of the opportunity, he wanted to dig out the goods in Sun Xiangfu's stomach.
Sun Xiangfu instantly understood Li Shimin's meaning, and then bowed his hand again, "Your Majesty, Weichen is the first time to go to the court, I thought that above the court, the discussion must be about the national economy and people's livelihood, but I don't want to say just some trivial things, Weichen is very disappointed, there is something inappropriate in his words, please forgive your Majesty, since Your Majesty wants Weichen to say that a meridian is ugly, then Weichen here happens to have a major event related to the national economy and people's livelihood, just tell you." ”
After that, Sun Xiangfu's eyes glanced at the location where Wang Yuanqiu was, and said condensedly, "There are only two light snows in Guanzhong this winter, and there will be a drought in the coming year, can the princes of the court deal with it?" ”
"Uh······"
Sun Xiangfu really said a question related to the national economy and people's livelihood, above the court, there are many people who are proficient in astronomy and geography, and naturally they know that there are only two light snows in Guanzhong in one winter, and the next year will definitely be a dry year, but, what to deal with?
"Drought is a natural disaster, how can manpower deal with it?"
Above the court, many voices converged on Wei Zheng, so Wei Zheng started again.
"If people don't eat, they will be hungry, this is also the way of heaven, so why do you eat every day to cure hunger, Lord Wei?" Sun Xiangfu looked at Wei Zheng and asked.
"Hmph, don't be forceful in your words, what does natural disasters have to do with eating?" Wei Zheng blew his beard and glared.
"Xia Guan just thinks that since people know that they are hungry, they have to eat and treat their hunger, so why do they know that they need to drought, but they don't know how to store water to fight drought?"
"Uh, this ······"
"Master Wei, do you want to learn from Master Cui too?"
Sun Xiangfu saw Wei Zheng's speechless appearance, and said with a three-point smile.
However, above the court, not everyone is dead-headed, Fang Xuanling was the first to react, and said, "Sun Xiamu should have a feasible way, it is better to come to the court and discuss with all the adults." ”
"Yes, Fang Xiang."
Sun Xiangfu arched his hand towards Fang Xuanling when he heard this, organized the language and said, "There are many rivers in the Guanzhong Plain, but many water systems only flow through the land of Guanzhong, but they do not form a large water storage lake, so once there is less snow in the middle of winter and the water from the upstream decreases, then Guanzhong will be dry, then, we should prescribe the right medicine, build more embankments in the mountain and forest areas, intercept mountain streams, gather into reservoirs, at least, but also prevent the rainwater in Guanzhong from flowing downstream wantonly."
In this regard, the fishing ground of Xingfu Village is an example, Weichen only spent less than half a month with more than 100 villagers to build a dam between the two mountains, and the water stored can not only raise hundreds of thousands of fish, but also at a critical moment, it can be used for farmland irrigation, the most poor, the people around Xingfu Village for several miles, drinking water is not lacking.
If there are 30 or 50 more reservoirs like these in Guanzhong, unless there is a major drought that has not been encountered in a century, then the lives of the people will basically not be threatened by the drought. Hearing that the imperial court's war against the Turks was quite smooth, and that 70,000 or 80,000 Turkic prisoners were captured, it was just in time that when the winter was dry, these Turkic prisoners could be organized to build reservoirs everywhere, and during the spring flood of the next year, they would be able to store a lot of water sources to alleviate the drought. ”
Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji and others were shocked when they heard this, and nodded to each other, feeling that this method was feasible.
"Your Majesty can't, natural disasters are God's punishment for the people, people can't act against God, otherwise, it will cause greater disasters, in addition, the Turkic captives must also be returned to the Turks, so as not to damage the diplomatic relations between the two countries, to avoid war, this son is just a retainer, but in the court to talk about the government, it is really inappropriate, the old minister asked His Majesty to expel this son from the court."
It's not Wei Zheng this time, because Wei Zheng actually thinks that what Sun Xiangfu said makes sense, and what jumped out is Wei Zheng's fellow countryman and his top boss, Kong Yingda, one of the imperial historians of Jiuqing.
"Well, this old man, if people are hungry in the sky, why should people eat and be hungry? Isn't that against the heavens? Also, let the Turks go back and let them come and slaughter our people again next year? Otherwise, you go and tell the Turks, just say that they are acting against the sky, and there will be a greater disaster, see if they dare to use swords against my Tang Dynasty again? ”
Li Shimin wanted to laugh again when he heard this, this kid actually dared to knock the contemporary person in charge of the Kong family in the court, it was really a model of death, this was putting himself on the opposite side of the world's scholars, but he didn't know that the stunned young grandson Xiangfu didn't know Kong Yingda at all, and thought that this was another family minions!
"Juniors, don't be strong, the will of heaven is hard to disobey, since God wants to punish his own people, then as His Majesty the Son of Heaven, he only needs to confess his sins to the heavens and ask God for forgiveness, as for the Turks, as long as they are treated with kindness, they will naturally miss Your Majesty's kindness and will not invade my Tang Dynasty again." Kong Yingda angrily pointed at Sun Xiangfudao.
"You say if you don't invade, you won't invade? A fool who reads his brain badly, do you think you are a Turkic Khan? Even the Turkic Khan, when his people have no food to eat, he has to choose to go south to plunder, how can he listen to you. Confucianism is not enough to talk about politics, you still have a clear understanding of what is the desire of heaven and man, and then come out as an official! Sun Xiangfu said politely at all.