"My Tang foundation is weak, and the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty rose up and divided a good Huaxia into pieces, and there is no one in ten men, and half of the registered population is alive. This is a great disaster, so in the eyes of the kid, there are several things that I Datang has to do at the moment, one is to enrich the people and the country, and we don't even have the courage to fight without money.

The second is a strong army, the countries around my Tang Dynasty, Turkic, Tubo, Goryeo, as for the Liang State and the pseudo-Sui, in the eyes of the kid is insignificant. The third is political communication, the people of the Tang Dynasty have long been tired of fighting for many years, and Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, with all due respect, the undercurrent is turbulent under this calm sea! ”

"You put money first, is that why you told me today that you want to do business?" Li Shimin and those ministers don't know how many times they have discussed these questions Cai Cong, but they don't understand why money should be put in the first place.

"That's right, the boy has a question that is very confused, and I want to ask Your Majesty. In this day, the circulation of goods in the world depends on the traders, who sell goods from north to south, so that people can buy the daily necessities they need. But why do we can't do without merchants on the one hand, and despise them on the other? ”

"Merchants travel back and forth between the north and the south, all of which are a good word, and there is no benevolence and righteousness at all. The world despises them for their lack of righteousness, not for selling things. Li Shimin said seriously, the clerk's pen wrote quickly, and Cai Cong's point of view made him feel as if he understood or not.

"The boy thinks that people are not sages, and that the merchants sell things for profit, and you can't expect them to be selfless and transport goods from the east to the west and sell them at a cheap price. The most important thing is that merchants need to pay taxes, if the world is prosperous and rich, then commerce and trade will increase day by day, and the court will pay more taxes.

In this way, it is no longer dependent on the farmland tax, which is extremely unstable, and it can be said that it is all determined by heaven, and if God makes a place have no harvest, then this place may not be able to pay the tax for several years. So the kid wants to be Tao Zhu Gong and bring wealth to my Tang Dynasty, as for the things on the battlefield, I still leave it to the generals, and the kid is only responsible for strengthening the army. ”

Li Shimin looked at Cai Cong and seemed to be smiling, this baby's tone is too big, who is Tao Zhugong? has been worshipped as the god of wealth, does he still want to replace it?

"Do you know how powerful Tao Zhugong's way of making money is, he is a man who is rich and rivals the country."

"A rich country is also worthy of being called the God of Wealth?" Cai Cong said disdainfully, don't those big conglomerates in later generations have the ability to change the world economic pattern?

"Oh! So how do you think you can be called the God of Wealth? ”

"Naturally, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the treasury will be full. However, this positive God of Wealth can only be done by His Majesty, and the kid doesn't want to be a deputy God of Wealth behind His Majesty. Cai Cong said with a smile, only the emperor can do this kind of thing, how did you not see Shen Wansan die?

"How can I compete with the people for profit, I am afraid that only women's families can do such things, Cai Cong don't want to say more, let's talk about how to strengthen the army!" Li Shimin said righteously, Cai Cong despised it in his heart, can Lao Tzu still hear it? You asked me to go and talk to the queen about doing business for the sake of your own reputation.

"The boy obeys. This strong army is the strongest, not to strengthen the physique of soldiers, but military discipline, to enhance the discipline of soldiers, military orders to attack, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of them, they will be ordered to step over. Ordered it to retreat, even if there is a mountain of gold and silver in front of it, it will not squint and retreat in an orderly manner. This is the first step, and only then can one be qualified to be called a soldier. ”

Li Shimin only felt a little dizzy when he heard this, how many armies can have done this from ancient times to the present? Now in Cai Cong's mouth, he is actually the soldier he just counted.

And then there is faith, faith in Datang. Your Majesty is afraid that if you don't understand that the battlefield casualties exceed 20%, the morale of the army will be in chaos, and then it will break and flee. But if it is an army with a sense of honor and fighting for its own country, it will definitely be stronger than an ordinary army in combat effectiveness, regardless of whether it will die or retreat.

Of course, this is not something that can be brought out overnight, it will take time. In order to assassinate an enemy, they have to lurk in a corner for days and nights, just waiting for a chance to kill, they must know how to survive in the absence of food and water, they can distinguish the direction in the forest, know how to kill with one blow, can swim more than ten miles with a weapon on their backs, and land and attack from the enemy's rear.

That's all it takes, when necessary, they will be Pianpian Jiagongzi, or they can be husbands and peddlers, bustards, beggars, and they can disguise themselves as whoever they need. ”

"According to you, are these people still soldiers?" Li Shimin was dumbfounded, how could he be willing to be a soldier if he had this ability?

"It's a soldier, but it's a powerful soldier, and often the role played by one person may determine the direction of a battle." Cai Cong said affirmatively. Li Shimin felt that his brain was a little hypoxic, and he didn't know what to say with his mouth open for a long time?

"This matter will be decided after I and the ministers have passed it over!" After a long time, Li Shimin spoke.

"Yes! If Your Majesty has nothing else, please retire, the boy has not returned for many days, for fear that his mother will be worried. Cai Cong also knew that this kind of thing was definitely not decided by Li Shimin alone, and he still had to hold a meeting to discuss it, so he decided to go home first.

"It's time to go back, last night your cousin Cai Tian broke into the house to rob money, your mother was frightened, a child was hacked to death, I ordered him to be arrested and brought to justice, I think there will be news soon." Li Shimin said at this time.

Hearing this, Cai Cong's eyes were full of murderous energy, and then he retracted it. Very unwilling and helpless to ask: "Although I am very unwilling, but the kid asks His Majesty to spare his life, the uncle and the old man in the clan are all gone, there is only such a grandson, the kid can't bear his old man for a hundred years without anyone to send him to the end." ”

"Since this is the case, I will call the shots, and after I catch someone, I will hand it over to your Cai family to dispose of it by itself, and the government will not ask." Li Shimin said with a smile, showing grace to the subordinates is one of the skills of the superiors, since Cai Cong has been released, it is also a matter of these two days to knight him, why not sell personal favors to him again.

"Boy, thank you, Your Majesty."

"Someone came to arrange a carriage and horse to send Cai Cong back, and also spread my will, transfer thirty people from the right military guard to protect Cai Cong's safety, and obey Cai Cong's dispatch." Li Shimin is also afraid of another accident.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Go back first, and there will be a decree in the near future. Your mother is not an easy person, remember to be filial to your heart. Li Shimin waved his hand, Cai Cong didn't stop much, turned around and left.

"If Your Majesty is reluctant to take the mother and son back to the palace, the concubines are not jealous women, so they will naturally be treated equally." After Cai Cong left, Empress Changsun walked out of the corner and said quietly.

The palace has been privately rumored that Cai Cong is the emperor's dragon son who lives among the people, and she only slightly heard this rumor, but she didn't expect that the emperor today actually asked Cai Cong to take good care of his mother, and there was guilt in his tone, which made her not nervous.

"What?" Li Shimin couldn't bend it, and asked in wonder.

"Your Majesty, don't pretend to be stupid, the concubine is talking about Cai Cong and his mother, if it is a dragon species, how can it be left to the people?" The eldest grandson glanced at Li Lao Er and said calmly.

"Alas, I'm sorry for their mother and son!" Li Shimin said guiltily, the eldest grandson's heart seemed to be pumped, she was not worried that she would fall out of favor, but worried about her son's future. If Cai Cong is really the prince, who can compete with him for the throne with him with his wisdom?

"What do you want? I sent someone to check, Cai Cong was from his mother and a passing soldier, and it has nothing to do with me. ”

When Empress Changsun heard this, her heart fell, even if she was praised as a queen of eternity, she was secretly afraid in her heart. If Cai Cong is really a prince, there is really no comparison with her sons.

However, when she heard that Sister Cai and the soldiers were *** good, her good-looking eyebrows were raised, and she said very unhappily: "Debauchery and lewdness, it's really shameless." The female precepts she wrote were the celestial precepts of women for thousands of years after her death, which shows what kind of defender she is, and when she hears about such things, she is naturally filled with righteous indignation.

"Hey, that's her fault." Li Shimin said with a sigh.

"Oh! Is it reasonable not to abide by women's morals? What does Your Majesty mean by this? The eldest grandson, Empress Dan's eyes narrowed slightly, and she rarely talked back to Li Shimin, as an example for women in the world, she must curb this incorrect concept.