Chapter Ninety-One: Reward

At this time, Li Su was a little dissatisfied with the crown prince Li Chengqian, and he was also angry with those princelings. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, Sun Wuji, the chief secretary of the ministry, stood up, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what His Royal Highness King Liang said is very reasonable......

The eldest grandson Wuji listed the merits of the institute, and finally expressed his support for the proposal of Li Su, the king of Liang.

The eldest grandson Wuji is the uncle of the crown prince Li Chengqian, he is a staunch supporter of Li Chengqian, as soon as he came out, the prince's people felt that this should be the attitude of the prince, and they also came out to support.

The men of Li Ke, the king of Shu, and Li Tai, the king of Wei, continued to oppose it, and the two sides argued endlessly in the court.

Li Su listened to the arguments in the court, and suddenly wanted to see what kind of attitude Wei Zheng, who was called the first minister in the world by later generations. At this time, Wei Zheng had already been promoted, and he was now the chief officer of the Imperial History Observatory - supervising the imperial history.

Li Su said: "Lord Wei, don't you come out to say something?" ”

In history, Wei Zheng put forward more than 200 suggestions to Li Shimin in his life, and they were basically adopted by Li Shimin. His prestige in the court was extremely high, and after he stood up, the court immediately quieted down.

Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that His Royal Highness King Liang's proposal is not inappropriate, but very inappropriate!" ”

As soon as his words fell, Li Ke, the king of Shu, Li Tai, the king of Wei, and their men were all very excited.

Li Su and the people in the research institute had their heads drooping. Li Su's head began to glow.

Li Shimin also had a headache, Wei Zheng objected, and this matter would have to be a lot of trouble.

Wei Zheng stood there, as if thinking about something.

Li Ke, the king of Shu, said: "Lord Wei, please continue." ”

Wei Zheng said: "The minister wants to impeach Li Su, the king of Liang. ”

Li Shimin said dissatisfiedly: "Wei Zheng, what do you want to impeach him?" Anger gathered in his heart, and he was about to go crazy.

Wei Zheng said: "Since the first year of Wude, it has been 16 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and almost all years, the whole country is in a state of food shortage, and people starve to death every year. In a famine year, the people had no food, and either starved to death or fled the famine.

Everyone still remembers last year, when there was a severe drought, thousands of miles of red land, a considerable part of the area had no harvest, and the people dragged their families and fled in all directions. In the Guanzhong area alone, 260,000 people starved to death! How many are there in the country? It can't be counted!

Even in the army that the imperial court focused on protecting, more than 2,000 people starved to death! What a tragic scene this is, have you forgotten it? ”

Wei Zheng said such a thing in a low tone, and there was silence in the court. Last year, more than 100,000 victims of the disaster came to Chang'an City alone, and the victims were dressed in rags, their faces were withered, and the corpses of those who died of disease and hunger were everywhere. This scene has been deeply engraved in the minds of the ministers.

Wei Zheng continued: "Liang Wang Li Su led the research institute and researched new varieties of wheat, high-yield potatoes, as well as sorghum, corn and other high-yield crops.

How much credit is that? This is the first great achievement of mankind for thousands of years! It is the first great achievement of the ancients! ”

Wei Zheng was excited, and he couldn't go on. He calmed down for a moment, and then said, "The minister wants to impeach His Royal Highness King Liang, and the reward he asked for is too low. He shouldn't bury the merits of the heroes of the Institute.

The minister suggested that on the request for the reward put forward by His Royal Highness King Liang, the level of the reward should be raised again! ”

"Okay, what Lord Wei said is good! The minister seconded the proposal! "The minister seconded the proposal!"

Most of the ministers are upright and conscientious. Everyone expressed their support.

Li Shimin was also excited, and he said: "Wei Zheng is right. Increasing grain production is indeed the first major achievement since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and it is even greater than the defeat of the 200,000 iron horsemen who exhausted their efforts that year.

I have already decided, and agree to the proposal of Li Su, the king of Liang. Huang Qi, Li Dan, Du He, Cheng Chumo, Li Ninger listen to the seal! ”

Huang Qi, Li Dan, Du He, Cheng Chumo and Li Ning'er walked to the front and knelt down to listen to the seal.

Li Shimin said: "Feng Huang Qi is a first-class earl, Li Dan is a second-class earl, Du He is a first-class viscount, Cheng Chumo is a first-class viscount, and Li Ning'er rewards 200 acres of fiefdom. Specific matters shall be reported by the Ministry of Books in the draft plan. ”

Huang Qi, Li Dan, Du He, Cheng Chumo and Li Ning'er knelt down together to thank him: "Ministers, thank you for the emperor's grace, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Next, Tang Taizong Li Shimin asked Li Su: "Tell me, what reward do you want?" ”

Li Su said: "Father, the sons and daughters have only done some things within their ability, and there is no credit, even if the institute has made some achievements, they have all been achieved under the leadership of His Royal Highness the Prince, and it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who should be rewarded." ”

Li Shimin said: "The crown prince Li Chengqian has meritorious, I will naturally have a reward, you are specifically responsible for the research institute, and you are also meritorious, just tell me, what reward do you want?" ”

Li Su said: "If my father wants to reward his ministers, then give his sons the river beach (by the lake of Hancheng) in the northwest corner of Chang'an City." ”

Li Shimin asked curiously, "What do you want to do with that barren beach?" ”

Li Su said: "It is precisely because it is a barren beach that Erchen intends to transform it into a useful place. ”

Li Shimin said: "Gao Jingming. ”

Gao Jingming, the head of the household department, came out and said, "The minister is here." ”

"Is there anyone else in that barren beach?" Li Shimin asked. He had to find out if there was a noble master there, and not get into a dispute.

Gao Jingming said: "No. There are only about 20 fishermen there. ”

Li Shimin said: "Okay, just give that piece of barren land to Li Su, the king of Liang, and you have to settle those fishermen properly." ”

Li Su stepped forward to thank him.

Things have developed to this point, and Li Ke, the king of Shu, and Li Tai, the king of Wei, have been hit hard. Li Tai was unwilling, although he didn't know what Li Su wanted to do with that barren beach, but he instinctively wanted to oppose it. So he touched his right ear again and gave a signal of disapproval.

Li Tai's sworn friend Zuo Shilang (the first deputy Shangshu, Zheng Erpin) Wang Qi came out and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Liang has meritorious service and should be rewarded, but he already has 8,000 acres of fief in Xiangcheng (Li Su is also the assassin of Xiangzhou, and his fief is also there), and now this land also has 3,000 acres. In this way, the fief of His Royal Highness King Liang has reached 11,000 mu, which exceeds the specifications of His Royal Highness the Prince's fief (10,000 mu of the prince's fief), which violates the system. ”

Li Shimin glared at him, and said in his heart: "Didn't you give me eye medicine?" "However, what people say is really reasonable, King Liang's fief cannot exceed the number of princes.

Li Tai was very satisfied, and said in his heart, "Wang Jue is worthy of being my teacher, and he grasped the main point as soon as he made a move." ”

Li Su said: "Father, the son can't embarrass the father, the son is willing to use the 3,000 acres of fief in Xiangcheng to exchange for the fief here!" ”

As soon as his words came out, everyone talked about it, and they all felt that King Liang was sick. He exchanged 3,000 acres of good land for the same amount of barren land, I really don't know what he thinks. Silly, right?! ”