What happened in the court was meticulously published in the newspaper. The matter of the sneak attack on the Tang Dynasty Sailor by the www.biquge.info of the Pen %Fun Pavilion was also known to everyone.

The crowd was outraged, because everything seemed to be the Japanese people taking the initiative to provoke. First, the pirates of the Wa Kingdom took away Jingyanghou, the governor of Quanzhou, and then used Jingyanghou as a bait to trick the king of Hejian County into bringing the warship of the Tang Dynasty Navy Division to pick up people. The Tang Dynasty is a state of benevolence and righteousness, and he only thinks about leaving after picking up people, and he never thinks that the Japanese will sneak attack, so he is defenseless. However, the Japanese took advantage of the trust of the king of Hejian County to burn the Tang Dynasty warship and attack the sailors and soldiers, and the whereabouts of the king of Hejian County and Jingyang Hou are also unknown, but they are afraid that there will be more luck and less luck.

No matter how you look at it, it was like the Wa Kingdom deliberately yin the Tang Dynasty and made the first move.

The eradication of the Turks made people of all walks of life in the Tang Dynasty have a firm self-confidence and self-esteem in the Tang Dynasty, and also brought unprecedented pride to the Tang people. It is simply intolerable that this pride and self-esteem have now been provoked and hurt by a projectile island country that is far less powerful than the Turks.

For a time, all social strata in the Tang Dynasty petitioned to contribute. The peasants wanted to join the army, the army was eager to go to war, and the scholars wrote one article after another about the Japanese people's disrespect for the Tang Dynasty, so that more people were filled with righteous indignation. Merchants were not far behind, and in Chang'an City, merchants led by big merchants such as the Tang Dynasty Royal Wine Workshop, the Glass Workshop, the Jingyang Caravan, and the Mingxiangju bought food and military supplies out of their own pockets, and donated them to the imperial court free of charge to show their support for the crusade against the Japanese state.

The hearts of the people made Li Shimin in the palace deeply surprised.

"Your Majesty, the glass workshop alone has voluntarily donated 500,000 yuan of money and 20,000 stones of grain for free. The other families add up ......" Liu Zhenghui said to Li Shimin in surprise while flipping through the paper in his hand: "This time, Chang'an merchants actually took the initiative to donate a total of 1.7 million yuan and 10,000 stones of grain!" ”

"Where did these merchants get so much food?!" Li Shimin was taken aback, thinking that he had misheard: "Ten thousand stones?!" That's enough food for 10,000 soldiers and horses for a month! ”

Liu Zhenghui nodded and sighed, "Yes, Your Majesty! The shopkeeper of Mingxiangju just went to Weichen's house, saying that His Majesty attaches equal importance to agriculture and business, and has made a lot of money in business in recent years, so he should repay the country and the court. Who would have thought that so many would be redeemed! Wechen thought he had heard the wrong number at the time, so he sent someone to check it three times, and Wechen himself checked it again, and it was really this number! ”

Li Shimin suddenly thought of what Xia Hongsheng had said when he persuaded him to develop agriculture and business at the same time, instead of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business. It is said that one day the taxes collected from the merchants will be enough to offset the taxes collected from the peasants, or even replace the taxes received from the peasants, so that the peasants will no longer have to pay taxes. At that time, I thought it was just a joke, and I also said, "Prohibit flashiness, persuade cultivation and weaving, and make the people return to their roots. The foundation of agriculture is also", but now it seems that he has indeed underestimated the merchant class, this group.

After thinking about it, Li Shimin raised his hand to greet Wang De and asked, "These two days are the ten-month holidays of Jingyang Academy, and Ke'er will go back to the palace to visit Concubine Yang, and she will go back to the academy tomorrow." Send someone to call Ke'er. ”

Wang De nodded, and immediately went down to send someone.

Li Shimin said to Liu Zhenghui again: "The sailors take the Ryukyus as the rear, and I want to transport grain from Jiangnan Province and Lingnan Province. ”

"Jiangnan Province has 3 million catties of grain reserves, and Lingnan Road has less, only nearly 2 million catties." Liu Zhenghui said: "These two provinces are not as good as Guanzhong, and the grain production is insufficient, so the grain storage is slightly less. Grain can be transferred from Luoyang, including Jiacang still has five million catties of grain storage. ”

Li Shimin thought for a while, shook his head, and said: "The grain containing Jiacang should be used for disaster relief. Never move until you have to. Only the grain from Lingnan Province was transferred to Ryukyu, and the rest, hehe, I think the sailor can solve it by himself. ”

Liu Zhenghui was stunned: "Your Majesty, Lingnan Road only has more than one million catties of grain reserves, but I'm afraid it's not enough......"

Li Shimin smiled slightly, raised his hand, blocked Liu Zhenghui's words, and said: "At this time, Liu Qing doesn't need to worry much, just transport the grain from Lingnan Road in time." I have my own arrangements. ”

Liu Zheng met Li Shimin and said so, so he didn't say more.

Li Shimin understood the situation, and then Liu Zhenghui retired. went out and happened to have a look at Li Ke, and then left after giving a salute.

Li Ke entered the house, saluted Li Shimin, and then asked: "I don't know why my father summoned my sons, and I still ask my father to give orders!" ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "I remember that Xia Hongsheng's several industries include you and Cheng Qian's members, in Xia Hongsheng's words, if you join the shares, you are called shareholders, although you do not directly control the industry, you have the right to know the situation. Yes and no? ”

Li Ke nodded and replied, "If you return to your father's words, this is indeed the case. The child and the eldest brother have shares in the two industries of Datang Royal Wine Workshop and Glass Workshop. On weekdays, the shopkeeper is responsible for the operation, and in the case of a non-industrial crisis, the shareholders do not interfere much in the affairs of the industry. However, they have the right to know and can inquire about the situation. ”

"Okay." Li Shimin nodded and said, "The matter of the Japanese Kingdom, although you are in Jingyang, you must have heard about it. ”

"Back to his father, the child did hear about the sneak attack on the Tang Dynasty Sailors. The students in the academy, like the children, were filled with righteous indignation. When the child came back, he discussed this matter with a few students, and some of them were ready to sort out the geographical information about the Wa Kingdom and hand it over to the army, so that our army in the Tang Dynasty could have an understanding of the situation in the Wa Kingdom. Li Ke said.

"Oh?" Li Shimin was a little surprised: "The students in the academy know the situation of the Wa Kingdom? Do you want to sort it out and hand it over to the military? ”

"Back to my father, there is a course in the academy called geography. Although it is called geography, it is not the theory of feng shui, but the study of various natural and human phenomena on the ground. Because it is still the first year to learn this, I have not talked too deeply, but only talked about the humanities and customs, topography and climate of various places. Li Ke explained: "There is a chapter in the middle about the Wa Kingdom. The country was completely surrounded by the sea and was not connected to any country by land. On the other side of the sea in the west is Baekje and Goguryeo, and in the southwest the East China Sea faces the Tang Dynasty, and its country seven becomes mountainous hills, and the domestic plain area is not large, most of them are small-scale alluvial plains, coastal plains and flood plateaus, which have become the concentration of their people's residences, farming, and economic activities, and the climate is ...... Uh, father, before I finished talking about it later, Brother Sheng'er left. But it's in the textbook, and the child hasn't memorized it yet......"

Li Shimin was taken aback again: "There are still such disciplines? Where else did you speak? ”

Li Ke replied: "Last semester, I mainly talked about the humanities and physical geography of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"These are things that mortals can't learn, so you must learn them with your heart!" Li Shimin solemnly warned Li Ke: "Since you have entered Jingyang Academy as a student, Xia Hongsheng is the master of Er, how can you call him by his name!" ”

"The father forgives the sin, it is the child's rudeness." Li Ke saluted and said.

Li Shimin nodded, and then asked again: "The merchants in Chang'an, led by the Tang Imperial Wine Workshop, the Glass Workshop, and the Mingxiangju, took the initiative to voluntarily donate a lot of money and food to crusade against the Japanese State this time. Since you are a shareholder, you should inquire for me why they are doing this. ”

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and then understood Li Shimin's intentions, so he saluted and received the order: "The child obeys the order!" Then the boy went and inquired. (To be continued.) )