"There are thousands of willows in the spring breeze, and hundreds of millions of Shenzhou are all in Shunyao.

The red rain turns into waves at will, and the green mountains turn into bridges.

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It's early summer, and there is a natural idyllic scenery in Longshou Plain.

Standing on a high place overlooking the lush crops everywhere, the people who survived last year's harsh winter have been busy in the spring, and at this time, looking at the lush crops, they are also glowing with infinite vitality at the same time as the land.

Whether they were hoeing in the fields, washing laundry by the river, mowing in the woods, or feeding the deer in the enclosures, they were full of hope, spirits, brisk, and occasionally humming an unknown tune.

Li Chengqian looked at all this greedily, and the hundred officials who followed him also looked at this prosperous scene with satisfaction, smiling, and listening to Li Chengqian's half of the song "Sending the Plague God" from *** felt very enjoyable.

It's just that Zhao Jie, who was on the side, couldn't help frowning when he heard it: "Your Majesty is really, obviously Yu Zhining has been killed, and the eldest grandson Wuji has been driven away, but there is no reward for the East Palace, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not allowed to accept a good ......."

When Zhao Jie said this, the henchmen of the East Palace who followed Li Chengqian also sighed in their hearts.

Ten days ago, Li Shimin suddenly issued an order to give death to Zhining, and asked Li Zhi to go to the Criminal Department to pass on the word and immediately send someone to send away the eldest grandson Wuji, and to remove Cui Dunli and 100 officials.

Although Li Shimin's actions did not have a wide impact, the depth and breadth of their impact definitely exceeded all the things Li Chengqian had done before.

No matter how much Li Chengqian did before this, as long as Li Shimin's will could be overturned, but Li Shimin's personal will would not be overturned under normal circumstances.

With this series of wills, the officials of Chang'an City also recognized a reality, that is, whoever opposes the East Palace will not end well, whether you are a favored prince or a cousin.

For a time, the East Palace's push administrative order, there was no yamen, and no official dared to be contemptuous.

It's just that Li Shimin has a bad impression of Li Chengqian, so he doesn't have any rewards for Li Chengqian and the ministers of the East Palace......

Of course, this did not affect the enthusiasm of the ministers of the East Palace, and there was even some snickering.

Who hugs the thigh of a stable prince of the East Palace, and can still have the opportunity to suffer some grievances for this prince, will he be willing?

Don't believe it, look at the previous group of ministers who were wronged for Li Shimin, the king of Qin back then, and now get the reward?

However, this matter made Wang Yedan's mother and daughter very anxious, Wang Renyou was an official in other places, and this time the Liu family brought Wang Yedan into Beijing in order to let Wang Yedan marry into the royal family.

Now the magnates in Chang'an City know that Wang Yedan has taken a fancy to Li Chengqian, and the crown princess personally asked His Majesty to decree that Wang Yedan be accepted as a good person, as long as Li Shimin approves it, he will have face.

But Li Shimin's side neither said that he agreed nor said that he was different, which made the Liu family feel very embarrassed, you must know that it was not easy for Li Shimin to marry the daughters of five surnames and seven families a few years ago, and now they are all willing to be concubines for Li Chengqian, but Li Shimin took them instead?

Li Chengqian knew that this was just Li Shimin gambling with him, so he didn't take it to heart, but with henchmen like Du He and Zhao Jie, he couldn't help but cry out for him.

Today, Li Chengqian and his men came to Longshou to test whether this piece of high ground was suitable for building a large granary.

Building the granary of the Great Punishment was something he had to do a long time ago, and now that the spring ploughing on Longshou Yuan had been completed, the peasants were also hoeing grass in the ground, just enough to draw people to dig the granary.

Originally, Li Chengqian wanted to build a cement warehouse, but unfortunately he had not yet developed cement, so he could only use the construction method of warehouses in the Sui and Tang dynasties, digging deep pits on the high ground, and then burning the pits with firewood and grass to burn the soil around the pits into bricks, so that the grain could be poured into it to make a dusty cover.

This method is simple to operate, can also save materials, and is not afraid of fire, even if there is a fire, at most the upper layer will be burned, and there will be no air underneath the fire.

Li Chengqian has nothing to do recently, Xue Dading has selected a place on Longshou Plain, and he brought a group of ministers from the East Palace out to take a look.

Xue Dading led everyone to the place he chose to build the granary, Li Chengqian looked around and nodded secretly in his heart, this is a highland near the water and the mountains, and the front of the Weishui can be directly connected to the Yellow River, whether it is to transport grain from outside the customs to the Guanli, or to transfer materials to Gansu and other places against the Weishui.

And because it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the iron cavalry in the north hits Chang'an City, it is not easy to conquer here. Li Chengqian looked west to see that there was Wan'an Palace, and Li Chengqian was also going to expand a palace there in the future.

When the expansion over there is completed, these two places will be connected in one place, whether it is the palace garrison, or the inner government is very convenient, and here is the first granary of Chang'an and even Guanzhong, and it is also very convenient for the emperor to come to inspect in the future.

"This place is very well chosen, which shows that Xue Qing is the minister who rules the world." Li Chengqian said and looked at the more than 100 young Jinshi who followed him out of the palace, and said to Xue Dading: "Xue Qing's family must have a lot of experience and methods in building river canals. Then take them to see your newly built Longshou Canal, and tell them how this canal was built, what problems you have encountered, and how you have overcome them. ”

As soon as Li Chengqian said that, Xue Dading and the new scholars who followed him were all stunned, and Xue Dading didn't know where to start for a while because Li Chengqian suddenly gave him a topic.

What do the newcomers think is there to learn about these things?

However, Xue Dading was an old minister, and after being stunned, he walked a few steps to the side and said, "Everyone, please come here and listen to the old man." ”

When the new scholars heard this, they were all hesitant and unwilling to go.

Li Chengqian saw that all the new scholars were hesitant, so he said to Xue Dading: "Xue Qing's family, think about how to tell them first." ”

Then he looked around and said solemnly: "The Lone King knows that you came to Chang'an to take the exam this time so that you can enter the Chongxian Pavilion to study, and now the Lone King only lets a small number of people go to the Chongxian Pavilion, and the rest of the people have no arrangements for ministry, so they have some ideas in their hearts."

It may also be that you think that this Xue Qing family is nothing remarkable, and you don't need to learn this.

Then you're wrong. ”

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian paused, glanced at the crowd majestically, and saw that none of them dared to show disdain before he continued: "I have been a country in the Tang Dynasty for nearly 30 years, and although there are still some external troubles, my Datang is not afraid, but because of the internal stability and peace for a long time, the population will increase, which will inevitably cause less land and more people, and food will become a big disaster."

Therefore, at the beginning of this year, King Gu ordered all localities to build canals and reclaim fertile land, so that future generations would not be like the people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty who could not eat, and the world was in chaos as soon as Zhang Jiao was instigated.

In the future, you are all going to go to the local area to experience, and you will enter the phase, if you don't even know how to lead the people to open the tuntian?

You see Xue Qing's family, he led the people to repair canals and reclaim fields in Cangzhou, and he was very loved by the local people, and Jia Dunyi and Zheng Hui were called the bell feet Taishou by the people.

Originally, King Gu wanted to transfer them all to Chang'an at one time, but he was worried that the three of them would leave, and the local people would suffer.

Don't think about living in the temple now, first of all, you have to think about how to benefit the party for the first term of office, the lone king brought you here to let you learn more about the ability to help the world and the people. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said well!" Before Li Chengqian could say that, he heard someone behind him say in a loud voice.

Li Chengqian looked over and saw that the person who spoke was Gao Jifu, so he couldn't help frowning, and said secretly: Gao Jifu is from the middle school, why did he come here at this time?

Li Chengqian was thinking that Gao Jifu had already come to him, so he bowed meticulously and said, "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Gao Qing's family is flat. ”

Gao Jifu and Zhu Suiliang are friends and upright, and they have always been a firm force in support of Li Chengqian, so Li Chengqian's attitude towards him has always been friendly.

"The minister is resting today, and I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brought the officials of the East Palace here to check the place where the granary was built, so he took the liberty to come and disturb him, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to forgive his sins." Gao Jifu explained at a glance why he came here to see Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "How can you be guilty when you come to see King Gu." ”

When Gao Jifu heard this, he still clasped his fists and saluted Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie is magnanimous. ”

Seeing this, Li Chengqian knew that he must have something to say, so he nodded with a smile, and waved his hand to the more than 100 new jinshi to signal them to listen to Xue Dading's lecture.

Seeing this, the new jinshi hurriedly walked over there.

"Along the way, I saw tens of thousands of people here ploughing the fields, and everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment. Just now, I heard the prince teach these new scholars that when they go to the local government to be officials, they should benefit one party for the sake of the officials, so that they can learn some skills in repairing canals and cultivating fields, and I sighed in my heart that His Royal Highness the prince is far-sighted and thinks about the people everywhere, which is really a blessing for the people of my Tang Dynasty! Gao Jifu said and saluted solemnly again.

Although Gao Jifu's words were sincere, and he was willing to do this, Li Chengqian knew that he would definitely criticize himself later, otherwise he would not be Gao Jifu.

He first said modestly: "The lonely king is only shallow in learning, and he originally wanted the Gao Qing family to mention more, you flatter him in person, if you exalt the lonely king and are arrogant and don't know the east, west, north and south, it will be misleading the country and the people." ”

Gao Jifu smiled embarrassedly when he heard this, and quickly said calmly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so modest that the old minister really admires, and the minister just has something to say." ”

"Gao Qing's family, please speak."

Gao Jifu bowed again and said: "The world knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves the people like a son, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rescued the victims, presided over the reclamation of Longshou Plain, and vigorously promoted the tenant rent in Guanzhong to be reduced to 30%. But the minister didn't understand why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had to raise the price of grain, and overhauled the granary here to prepare for the autumn to buy grain?"

Gao Jifu said without waiting for Li Chengqian to answer, and continued: "There was a lot of grain stored in the warehouse in the former Sui Dynasty, and it was not eaten up in the early years of Wude, but Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not care about the people, and still made the world ruined, and the country was ruined.

The future is not far away, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will put the well-being of the people in the world first and take back his fate. ”

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard this: "Gao Qing's family is also worried, but Gao Qing's family also said that the former Sui was not sympathetic to the people, not because there was too much grain stored in the warehouse, and the lonely king built a warehouse to store grain for the people, how could he follow the old path of Emperor Yang of Sui?"

Gao Jifu smiled indifferently when he heard this: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is naturally reasonable, and the ministers also believe that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not harm the people, but as soon as this government comes out of the world, when the time comes, there will be many officials, and His Royal Highness the Prince's good governance will become a bad government."

The imperial court has always been simple and light on government, in order not to give the officials below a chance to harm the people! ”

What Gao Jifu said was the meaning of 'big society and small government' put forward by some modern people, and some people in later generations thought that government officials had a serious bureaucratic style, so they thought that the government should be allowed to hand over power to society.

But everyone knows that when power is handed over to society, it is also handed over to specific people and institutions, and this person or institution has money and power will harm society as much as it will do in the future, and it is difficult for the government and the people to supervise it.

As we all know, a few years ago, coal mines were contracted to coal bosses, and mining disasters were endless, and in the end, it was the government that took back the mining rights and the mining disasters decreased rapidly.

Real estate is handed over to the developer. Housing prices remain high and social contradictions are serious, and now the government is preparing to build low-rent housing in order to solve this problem.

In fact, it would be good to keep the power in the court and ensure the participation of the people in supervision, but there is really no need to say that the people in the government must be bad guys and businessmen must be good people.

Li Chengqian naturally understood what he meant, so he would never follow his advice and stop his plan halfway.

Then he said lightly: "The imperial court stores grain, calms grain prices, and guides the people to open up the wasteland is a major thing that the imperial court should do. ”

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian glanced at Gao Jifu, who was still talking, and said: "Today, the lonely king is tired, Gao Qing will go back early, take a day off and reunite with his family." Li Chengqian said and left first.

"Minister?? - Alas" Gao Jifu sighed as he watched Li Chengqian walk away, but he had already made up his mind in his heart, even if he offended Li Chengqian, he would advise Li Shimin on this matter.

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