One day, after Li Chengqian left the court, he said to the ministers on the left and right: "Recently, I have been thinking about a problem, I am thinking about the problem of ruling the people, but I have not been able to understand the essentials. ”

The Zhongshu Order and the Inspector of the School Officials came out of the column and replied, "Your Majesty! Chen remembered that during the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Qi Huan once went on a trip and saw an old man enduring hunger and cold, so he couldn't bear it and ordered someone to give the old man food and clothing. ”

"The old man said to Duke Qi Huan: The old man hopes that the king can give food to all the hungry people in Qi Kingdom, give me clothes, and wait for Duke Qi Huan to give him clothes."

"The old man said to Qi Huan Gong again: I hope that the monarch can give clothes to the people of Qi State, so that everyone does not have to be afraid of the cold."

Qi Huan Gong was a little displeased, thinking that this old man was playing tricks on him, so he said: The widow's treasury is limited, how can all the people give it? Even if I wanted to, I couldn't do anything, and the strength it didn't allow the widow to do that. ”

The old man smiled and said: What's so difficult about this, as long as the monarch is willing to do it, it will definitely be done, Qi Huan Gong hurriedly asked: What can the widow do to be like you said?

The old man said: If Jun Spring does not hinder farming, there will be food; In summer, silkworm raising is not hindered, and there are clothes, so it is a good way to rule the people by reducing forced labor. Laiji said.

Li Chengqian could hear it, and Laiji was insinuating that he should reduce the burden on the people and not let the burden on the people be too heavy.

"Then according to what Aiqing said, what should I do?" Li Chengqian asked.

Laiji said: "This year, tens of thousands of people have been requisitioned and transferred to Shandong, and it will be too tiring to serve others, and it will be too wasteful to hire them. I beg Your Majesty to waive all other things except those required by the government. ”

Since ancient times, the feudal dynasty people have been obliged to work without any remuneration, because this is their obligation, so it is easy to leave no one to do the farm work at home.

"What Qing said is very right, then I will issue an edict, from now on, all projects that are not needed by the public shall no longer be arbitrarily recruited." Li Chengqian said that he agreed with Laiji's words.

The conscription of so many people to serve in forced labor not only costs the people and money, but also easily leads to the fact that when the farm is busy, there is no one to farm, which will affect the stability of the Tang Dynasty.

"Recently, the Rite Palace played a game, saying that it was going to stop the worship of Taizu and Shizu, and to match Gaozu with Haotian in Yuanqiu, and the first emperor with the fifth emperor in Mingtang, do you think I should agree." Li Chengqian asked.

Li Chengqian felt that this was very troublesome, anyway, they were all ancestors, and if the sacrifice was not over together, why bother to move around.

"Your Majesty! The minister thought that the things played by the palace were reasonable and courteous, and the ancestor was His Majesty's grandfather, and the first emperor was His Majesty's father. A minister came out and saluted.

"In that case, then I will approve the invitation from the palace of rites." Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian and the others discussed for a while about major national affairs and some things that needed to be changed, such as how to change people's livelihood and make the lives of the people of Datang more prosperous.

At this time, a eunuch ran in and saluted, "Your Majesty!" A secret report came from the west of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Wang Quan hurriedly stepped forward, took the secret report and turned around to return to hand the secret report to Li Chengqian, and the eunuch saluted and withdrew.

Li Chengqian hurriedly opened the secret report to check, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he thought at first that there was a barbarian who was making trouble!

"Your Majesty! What did the secret report say? Lai Ji asked, and the rest of the ministers waited eagerly for Li Chengqian's reply.

He thought the same as Li Chengqian at first, thinking that there was a rebellion somewhere, and the local government was not able to deal with it, so he sent a secret letter asking for help.

When he saw Li Chengqian's stretched brows, he realized that they were wrong! This is supposed to be a secret report of the good news, but I don't know what is written.

"The secret report said that Yang Dongfu, the chief of the Xiyan barbarians, Wang Luoqi, the chief of the Xianhe barbarians, and Wang Jiachong, the chiefs of the four states of Lang, Kun, Li, and Pan, were willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian said.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! The prestige of the Tang Dynasty is directional, and all the countries in the world will come to the dynasty. The ministers saluted and congratulated.

This is undoubtedly another happy event for Datang.

After saying goodbye, everyone discussed for a while before getting up and leaving.

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In September, a tsunami caused a storm in Kuzhou, drowning more than 4,000 families and tens of thousands of people.

In winter, in November, the Shengqiang chieftain Lang I Libo and others were attached to the handsome people, Li Chengqian was very happy, and placed Zhe and Yu Erzhou with his land.

"See Your Majesty!" In the back garden of the Great Interior, Xue Rengui and Li Ji saluted.

"Excuse me! Recently, I received a secret report that the attack of Baekje and Goguryeo on Silla did not stop because the Tang army joined, but launched a more fierce offensive, and Silla is afraid that it will not be able to support it for long! ”

"Soon the king of Silla, Jin Chunqiu, will send people to ask for help from the Tang Dynasty again, and the battle between us and Goguryeo will not be avoided." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty has not already sent Cheng Mingzhen and Su Dingfang to aid Silla, where did Baekje and Goguryeo get their strength to compete with the combined forces of the Tang Dynasty and Silla." Xue Rengui wondered, how could this be possible.

He had participated in the campaign against Goguryeo and had a certain understanding of Goguryeo's combat effectiveness.

Goguryeo was the most powerful of the three countries on the peninsula, and Silla and Baekje were on par with each other, but even if they were inferior to Goguryeo, the difference in strength between the two sides was not that big.

This time, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to unite with Silla to fight against Baekje and Goguryeo, and the Goguryeo coalition army could not get any benefits at all.

Xue Rengui felt very surprised! What is the reason why Goguryeo is so crazy, even if it takes Silla, it will definitely be a big loss of vitality.

This is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity for Datang.

Xue Rengui couldn't figure it out, was the ruler of Goguryeo an idiot?

To do such a crazy thing, this is simply pushing Goguryeo into the abyss, is it true that since the death of Quangae Suwen, the successor is really an idiot.

If this was the case, Xue Rengui wanted to instigate Li Chengqian to send troops to destroy Goguryeo.

Not only did Xue Rengui think so, but Li Ji was even more disdainful in his heart, and the current Goguryeo authorities were crazy.

There is a powerful dynasty like the Tang Dynasty next to him, and he dares to do something that hurts both sides, and he has to be brain-dead to smash Silla.

Such a stupid person, he Li Ji has lived for so long and it is the first time he has heard of it, he has really lived for a long time, and he can hear anything.

Since they have created an opportunity for Datang to eliminate him, they can't grasp how to live in Goguryeo's efforts.

Not only will Goguryeo be destroyed, but it will be better to piggyback on Silla and Baekje together.