Although it rained the day before yesterday and it was cold outside, it was always a pleasure to watch a flock of pigeons circling and flying in the clear blue sky under a clear sky.

The old ghost's execution ability is very strong, Li Chengqian's method is also very effective, mainly at this time people don't feed the pigeons much, are to let the pigeons find their own food to eat, so the pigeons come to the East Palace to eat, drink and have a special person to serve, and they are flooded and naturally recognize the East Palace as their home.

Li Chengqian was standing in the courtyard of the pavilion in the northeast corner of the East Palace, watching the little chamberlain holding a small flag high and directing the flock of pigeons in the sky to fly around the East Palace in the sky.

The flowers and trees in the courtyard of the pavilion have some greenness, so the sky is unobstructed and it is very convenient for people to watch the pigeons flying in the sky.

After standing and watching the pigeon for a long time, his neck was a little sore, Li Chengqian motioned to the old ghost to give him the recliner, and Li Chengqian lay comfortably on the recliner, while watching the pigeons, while waiting for people, still thinking about other things in his mind.

It has been three months since he crossed over last year, and in these three months he has uprooted Li Tai's party, stabilized his position, rescued the victims, and reclaimed Longshouyuan, but his ultimate goal is to reduce the tenant rent in Guanzhong.

It is difficult to achieve this purpose, and it is for this purpose to recruit peasants from Guanzhong to come to Longshouyuan to open up wasteland, and it is also for this purpose to attack the Guanzhong family for this purpose.

Li Chengqian's reduction of tenant rents is not to let the common people have money in their hands and increase their spending power according to the capitalist argument, so that business will be good.

Li Chengqian's reduction of tenant rents was aimed at increasing investment in infrastructure construction.

During the Zhenguan period, the rent was regulated, and the rent refers to the land rent collected by the state. Yong refers to forced labor, that is, each person works for the state for free twenty days a year. The local specialties drawn by the imperial court are what you produce, and then the state transfers a part of it from here every year.

In addition, the peasants also have to bear the burden of miscellaneous labor, that is, there are some projects to be built in the locality, and you are asked to work for free.

These three types of rent adjustment are generally not negotiable by the state, but miscellaneous servitude is based on the mood of local officials and the living conditions of local people.

For example, Li Chengqian recommended Xue Dading, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Works, that he must repair water conservancy when he goes to a place, and this must be his own recruitment of local people.

However, more officials did not dare to mobilize the people easily, one was worried that the poor repair would cause resentment among the people, and the other was that the common people had a difficult survival, and the peasants' families had no food to eat in winter, so they had to go up to the mountains to chop firewood and hunt to earn food, and if you pulled the people of his family out to dig rivers and build roads, the women and children in his family would starve to death.

If Li Chengqian wants to build a big project in the future, it is impossible for him to rely on the support of the state treasury and the inner treasury like Long Shouyuan, and you must know that he is about to empty the inner treasury.

Therefore, he can only give the common people the part of the benefits that were originally taken away by the landlords and nobles, and then the interests of the state are reflected from the common people.

Now that Li Chengqian has basically opened up the situation, Long Shouyuan is the most loyal to his hundreds of thousands of people, and the most important thing is that he has already made contact with ordinary people in various parts of Yongzhou through the recruitment of peasants in various parts of Yongzhou a few days ago.

Now Li Chengqian's decree can be known to the people of Yongzhou without going through the government.

Because Li Tai rebelled against Li Chengqian's public trial of Wei Shanfu, as well as the eldest grandson Jiaqing and Yu Yongning, who were collecting evidence of the crime, if these three public trials were completed, it would give a signal to the people of Guanzhong: Li Chengqian was willing to avenge their grievances, and those people who were bullied by the landlords of the family would definitely form a large team to come out and cry out for their grievances.

As long as Li Chengqian handles this matter properly, no one in the entire Guanzhong will dare to be his enemy again.

What's more, he also asked Cheng Mingzhen to plant a bomb that could burst at any time, so Li Chengqian felt that he should let people come out to test the water now.

"Haha! Big brother has made so many pigeons, do you want to boil soup or roast them?"

Li Chengqian was thinking about it, when he saw the little waiter leading Li Ke, the king of Wu, and the king of Shu to walk in, and the king of Shu, Li Ke, was still as heartless as in the past, and he thought of eating as soon as he saw the pigeon.

Li Ke, the king of Wu, walked in Qianxi, and there was no sadness or joy on his face, but he looked more careful than before.

When Li Chengqian saw them approaching, he helped the old ghost to stand up, and said to Li Su with a smile: "Big brother, this pigeon neither boils soup nor cooks exams, it is of great use to keep it." ”

Li Su was puzzled when he heard this: "What else can the pigeon be used for, it can't fight-"

Li Ke was interrupted by Li Ke before he finished speaking, Li Ke looked at Li Su and said: "Shut up, you can just listen to what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince says, Hugh has to talk nonsense." After that, he turned to Li Chengqian and bowed to his fists and said, "Li Su is used to playing with skin, and I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not to be like him." ”

Li Chengqian was angry when he saw Li Ke turning it over like this, he couldn't help rolling his eyes, and said angrily: "I don't have the same knowledge as him, I have the same knowledge as you." ”

Li Ke's face turned pale when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness the Prince......"

Li Chengqian didn't wait for him to continue, and directly interrupted him: "I remember that when Li Tai was alive, he always called me His Royal Highness the Prince, no wonder he never treated me as a brother, so he only recognized the courtesy of the monarch and minister." ”

Li Chengqian originally wanted to pretend to be sad or disappointed about the loss of his brother, and his lines were correct, but his expression and tone were completely wrong.

Li Ke heard that he still had a deep grudge against Li Tai, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, you must know that Li Tai's son Li Xinke is still in his mansion, and according to the practice of Li Shimin of Xuanwu Gate, he will be killed.

Li Su didn't dare to say anything when he heard Li Chengqian mention Li Tai, after all, Li Tai died when Li Chengqian tried his rebellion case, and there was no canonical punishment, so this is also fratricide.

Li Tai committed suicide in prison, and Li Ke was still wondering if Li Shimin didn't want to kill Li Tai, so Li Chengqian forced him to death in prison.

Others may not think about it so much, can Li Ke, who is also a brother, not think about it?

Before Li Ke came, Li Chengqian didn't expect that Li Ke would care about Li Tai's death, but now seeing Li Ke behaving like this, it is obvious that he has hurt Li Tai's death.

Li Chengqian wanted to comfort them a few words, but it was impossible for him to show that he was sad about Li Tai's death, he couldn't act.

Li Chengqian looked at Li Ke and Li Su and was silent for a long time before he said: "I originally wanted to give Li Tai a way to live, so I let people break his legs, but he was arrogant and didn't want to hang himself in prison so long, and I had no choice."

Maybe if I say this, you will think that I have pushed all the blame, but I have never let Li Tai have the intention of rebelling, and I can't blame me for this. ”

Li Ke hurriedly said when he heard this: "Li Tai is to blame for this matter, and no one dares to complain about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in this matter." ”

"Don't you dare to complain? Or do you really think that the Lone King is not wrong?" Li Chengqian asked unhappily.

Li Ke hadn't spoken yet, but Li Su, who had always been slow to react, spoke first, although he was naïve, but he still saw the situation in front of him clearly, and hurriedly explained for Li Ke: "Big brother, uh, His Royal Highness the Prince, my brother really thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not wrong, the fourth child wants to kill his father and eldest brother, and he should have killed him." ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he pulled Li Su behind him and said, "You are my brother standing here!" Li Su had to stand next to Li Chengqian and look at Li Ke.

In this way, Li Ke was even more embarrassed, looking at Li Chengqian's playful gaze, he hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Li Tai's death is indeed his own doing, and he can't complain about His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Chengqian nodded slightly and asked, "Well, is Li Xin okay in your house?"

"It's fine!" Li Ke knew that the point was coming, so he hurriedly lowered his head and made a look of resignation.

Li Chengqian didn't look at him, turned around and sat back on the recliner, and then slowly said: "Li Tai's wife Yan is pregnant, and you can take you to your house after Li Tai's funeral." ”

"Huh?" Li Ke thought he had misheard.

"Sit," Li Chengqian said, pointing to the chair next to him.

Li Ke was busy sitting down, Li Chengqian motioned for Li Yu to sit down as well, and then said earnestly: "Our brother's second brother, Li Kuan, the king of Chu, died early, and now I am the oldest except for you, so I can only let him worry more." ”

"Won't Big Brother kill them?" Li Su will only understand at this time.

Li Chengqian shook his head when he heard this: "If you don't kill them, if you can learn something in the future, Datang will open up overseas, and it will not be worth giving them an island." ”

Li Ke looked up at Li Chengqian, but it was much better than when he first came, and suddenly remembered Li Shimin's will and hurriedly said: "My father has decreed that Li Tai will be buried with the rites of the Duke of State, and let Xiao Jiu handle his funeral." ”

(End of chapter)