Li Ji is a thorough and honest man in the court, so he lives the longest. Therefore, Sun Xiangfu used improper means to get land for himself in Shuozhou, and he also truthfully reported it to Li Shimin.

"This bastard boy is really angry, he has been put on death row, and he is still thinking about corruption and perverting the law, hum, you want Shuozhou's land, right! I just don't give it to you, come to someone, pass on Xiao Yu, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui to discuss the study room. Li Shimin slapped Li Ji's secret music on the desk heavily, and shouted angrily to the inner servant.

Not long after, the three adults who had not yet left the palace after the court were taken to the imperial study by the chamberlain.

"Let's take a look at a few Aiqing!"

Li Shimin did not shy away from pushing Li Ji's secret performance to the trio.

After a while, the three of them passed the long letter to each other, but after reading it, they were silent.

"Can the three Aiqing be taught?"

"Well, this, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Sun Zhengming's idea is actually very good, but if you want to do it, I'm afraid it will be difficult, and if you let people outside the court support the army, it may lead to the military power of the court falling aside, so you must guard against it."

Fang Xuanling is worthy of being a person of superb wisdom, and he can see the shortcomings of this idea proposed by Sun Xiangfu at a glance, after all, if the money and food of the army are paid by those businessmen or families, after a long time, it is inevitable that the army will listen to those businessmen or families, which is unacceptable.

However, the idea of guiding capital to encroach on the land outside the Guanxi is a stroke of genius, and if the plan is really successful, then the land outside the Guanxi will gradually become the same as the land of the Central Plains, and it is difficult for the Han people to divide it again.

"The old minister thinks, maybe it works, since we have realized the problem of military power, let those who are willing to contribute money to the imperial court, and then the imperial court will distribute it, in addition, the land of Shuozhou can not afford to support General Li's more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, if not open source, these soldiers and horses will soon be withdrawn, and then I am afraid that as the chapter said, the victory of the imperial court in Shuozhou is only to obtain a poor border land, and there is a danger of gaining and losing at any time."

As he learned more about the situation, Li Ji's understanding of the entire Shuozhou became more comprehensive, this is definitely one of the poorest areas in the Tang Dynasty, the population of four counties and one city adds up to only 13,000 households, less than 50,000 people, and the previous seven or eight thousand young and strong were all received by Liang Shi into the army, and the ordinary people are mostly old and weak, most of them can't survive, and those who run have fled to other places, and have been collected by families around the country and become serfs without household registration.

This led to the fact that the fields that could still be cultivated were either abandoned, or fell into the hands of some powerful people, even if the government ruled here, the taxes that could be collected were pitiful, and there was no way to support the army, which was also the reason why Li Jihui summoned Sun Xiangfu to ask the way to germinate, as the local chief, he was also thinking of various ways.

Du Ruhui is the secretary of the Ministry of War, he knows more clearly about military expenses, this year the imperial court is still not rich, 30,000 troops, more than 20,000 horses, plus the maintenance and consumption of equipment, the money and food that need to be spent is huge, and the land of Shuozhou is the gateway to the state, there must be a certain number of troops stationed all year round, and the garrison can not be less, it is better not to defend than not to defend, leaving a small army is to stuff people's teeth.

Seeing that his right-hand man had different opinions, Li Shimin looked at Xiao Yu, it is not for nothing that Li Shimin has used him as a prime minister several times in history, he is indeed talented, he may be weaker in military strategy, but he is slightly stronger than Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui in politics.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that if you want to make the people in the border village calm and no longer repeat, the garrison and the enrichment of the people are the key, yes, what the imperial court should consider is how to make the army stationed in the local area for a long time, how to make the local people rich? Sun Zhengming and Li Maogong said that they can do these two things, why not do it! We just need to formulate a policy to ensure that this plan can be implemented under the control of the imperial court. ”

Xiao Yu is equivalent to summarizing the words of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and formulating policies according to the needs of the court and the country can meet all aspects, but in this case, Li Shimin has to follow Sun Xiangfu's wishes.

In fact, why should Sun Xiangfu embezzle a piece of land in the imperial court today, he did it on purpose to show Li Shimin, the purpose was to give Li Shimin an excuse to stay in Shuozhou, but what he didn't expect was that the Wa State would reply so quickly, and Wei Zheng in the court also urgently asked the emperor to restore his title.

Therefore, the direction of Li Shimin's discussion with the three ministers changed, Sun Xiangfu's original Xinfeng County was gone, and it became Shanyang County, and he was thrown from the rich Guanzhong to the poor borderland, although the level is still the same, but how big the gap is, anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

According to the imperial court system, the county marquis gave 1,000 households and 1,400 acres of Yongye field, of course, this is only nominal, in fact, Li Shimin only gave Sun Xiangfu 500 households of real food, you know, many Guogong's real food towns are less than 1,000 households! In this regard, it can be regarded as a favor to Sun Xiangfu, after all, he was sealed to a remote and poor place.

Then, with the 4,000 mu of Yongye land of the tenants, Sun Xiangfu actually has 5,400 mu of land to cultivate in Shuozhou.

Of course, this is not the end, Li Shimin also gave him the position of Shuo Governor Shi and Tuntian Envoy, and his authority is the same as that of Yangzhou's warrior Tong, of course, Yangzhou is Shangzhou, Shuozhou is Xiazhou, so the level is many levels apart, Sun Xiangfu, the governor of Shuo, is only five grades, and the grade of his title is many levels worse.

After that, Li Shimin was afraid that Wei Zheng would scold him for being mean, so he deliberately allocated 30,000 acres of job land to Sun Xiangfu. Of course, this is another pitfall, Li Shimin actually wants to give more, but he is afraid that others will say that he is too generous and does not conform to the system.

As shrewd as Li Shimin, he had long thought of a new way to exploit Sun Xiangfu.

Just like Happy Village, the field was basically wasteland when Sun Xiangfu was given, but a year later, these wasteland became the golden pimples that everyone yearns for, this time in Shuozhou for Sun Xiangfu to divide so many fields, and when he planted the field, he was transferred to other places, due to the change of position, the vocational field was to be handed over, and the original allocation to Sun Xiangfu was only wasteland, but when it was recovered, it was a good good land, and this deal should not be too cost-effective.

After agreeing on this matter with a smile, Li Shimin sent a long letter to Li Ji on these matters, the development of Shuozhou is a matter of great importance, in terms of operation, let him listen to Sun Zhengming's advice more, and after the initial difficult period, he can almost return to the court, since Sun Xiangfu has involved the Wang family, then before the Wang family has no need to take the initiative to find the court to speak, there is no need to garrison at all, let Sun Xiangfu form a unity battalion in the local area to maintain normal defense.

What is more surprising is that no one in the imperial court came out to oppose Sun Zhengming's sealing of Shanyang County, even if it was Wei Zheng, he just felt that this place was a little sorry, but when he thought of the 500 households of real food and 30,000 acres of vocational land, he didn't say much.

When the holy decree was passed to the Sun family in Happy Village, Yu Xiu'er, who had been sad for a month or two, finally cried with joy, not only thanked the inner servant of the decree, but also gave everyone in the village a reward of consistent money.

For such a loser, Sun Xiangfu said that the pressure is very high, but the real loser of the loser is still behind, she actually asked the craftsmen in the village to help her build hundreds of carriages, ready to move to Shuozhou on this cold day, this is a big news in Chang'an, everyone because of the deep love between the two of them, and the items needed for moving were sold to her at a low price.