"What is the name of Cheng Qian's poem? Although it is straightforward, the meaning is profound. ”

Li Chengqian said: "Father, this was given to us by the teacher. When the child first arrived at the teacher's house, he often had leftovers. The teacher used the poem "Compassion for Nong" to educate me. To be honest, I didn't understand it at first, isn't it just a grain of rice? So seriously?

However, when the teacher came here, he saw the hard work of the peasants; I also experienced it firsthand, and I realized how outrageous I was wrong.

A porridge and a meal, when thinking about where to come from, it is not easy; Half a thread and half a thread, the constant thought of material resources is difficult. The history books say that the way to govern the country begins with enriching the people; The key to enriching the people lies in frugality. ”

"Smack!" Li Shimin applauded: "Chengqian has grown up, and I have a successor to the Tang Dynasty, so I don't have to worry about it!" Cheng Qian, go back and write down this poem "Compassion for Nong", all the princes must memorize it well, and there is a porridge and a meal, it is not easy to think about where it comes from; Half a thread and half a thread, the constant thought of material resources is difficult. When it is an aphorism for the hundred generations, I also wrote it down and posted it in my study. ”

Li Chengqian agreed, and the eldest grandson looked at his son with a smile, his eyes full of appreciation.

The next day, accompanied by Cheng Zhijie, Li Shimin inspected the construction of the Jiangnan Library and Mengxue.

Cheng Zhijie reported to him in detail how many libraries there are in Jiangnan Province, how many Mongolian schools there are, the use of the embassy and the number of Mongolian students and teachers; and the results of the evening literacy classes that are run and, yes, how many people are able to read and write. All kinds of data, easy to say, are obviously familiar with it.

Li Shimin nodded secretly, and accompanied by everyone, he went to the county library to check and look through it, and it was exactly the same as they said; They also improvised two classes at the Mongolian School, chatted with teachers and students, and did not return to Jiankang until it was getting late.

During this period, the eldest grandson Wujian and Cui Yu and others participated in a spring party, and made a spring tour song at the meeting, which won the first place.

The peach blossoms in the upper garden are bright, and the concubine Lan is in spring. Inoue Xintao steals his complexion, and the tender willow on the eaves is light. Come to see the dancing butterflies in the flowers, and listen to the warblers in the trees. Why should the forest be asked far away, and the outstanding romance is famous.

After Li Shimin heard it, he saw it and recited it, and he praised it beautifully; This poem vividly expresses the flamboyance and confidence of a happy woman.

The eldest grandson blushed and said, "It's all Sister Dongfang, you have to drink plum wine with me." This kind of wine tastes sweet and unconsciously intoxicating, but it makes the concubine ugly. ”

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Guanyin's mother's mother is too dignified on weekdays, so it's good to show off it like this, it is the true feelings that are revealed, and it is even more real." ”

The eldest grandson Wujian didn't answer his words and said, "Your Majesty, how do you feel about going to Jiangnan for inspection this time?" Li Shimin clapped his hands and said: "Back then, Cheng Zhijie told me that he would be able to build another Tang Dynasty in Jiangnan in ten years. It's only been three years now, and the scale has been issued, so it's really honest and don't deceive me! Moreover, the literary style here is very prosperous, and I think Jiangnan will be able to occupy half of the imperial examination in the future. ”

After leaving Jiankang, they followed the canal south, and there were already many factories next to the Grand Canal. Cheng Zhijie introduced the role of these factories to them, and finally said: "Your Majesty, two-thirds of our taxes in Jiangnan and Lingnan come from commerce, and two-thirds of the taxes from commerce come from canals and shipping.

Chen believes that with the rapid development of commerce, maybe in a few decades and a hundred years, the proportion of agricultural taxes in Jiangnan will decrease year by year, and we may really cancel agricultural taxes! ”

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "Okay! Good! Fifth brother! The abolition of agricultural taxes is unprecedented, and I wish we could see that day! ”

Then they went down to visit several factories and tasted the delicious wine and food. Li Shimin said with a smile while eating: "Fifth brother, I heard that in Chang'an and other places, there is a kind of rice noodles made of rice, which I have also tasted in the palace, but it is also special; You did that, right? Your world's beauty and food are not to be disappointed, and you are not wrong. ”

Cheng Zhijie said with a smile: "Long live, I learned this method from Lingnan, but I use the rice noodles we have here." There is such a factory in front, let's go and take some by the way, and let the chef make some snacks to try. ”

Li Shimin happily agreed, and then a large group of people walked like the next factory.

Along the canal all the way to the south, they came to Lingnan Road, and Ma Zhou led his officials out of the city to greet them. entered the yamen of the Lingnan Governor's Mansion; Everyone was seated separately.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "In the past, Brother Cheng Wang recommended Ma Zhou to me as the governor of Lingnan, and I thought that he was too young to be this person. When I saw it today, it was my overkill, Ma Zhou is a talent of a country, but it is a bit of a waste to put it in a week's place. ”

Ma Zhou listened and hurriedly humbled a few words. Li Shimin continued: "I am not surprised by the richness and prosperity of Lingnan; After all, I came here a few years ago, when the prosperity of Lingnan had already been on a scale. As long as you don't deliberately sabotage him, you can achieve good results.

However, Lingnan was originally a wild land, and there were many barbarians in the mountains; Along the way, I found that these barbarians and Han Chinese ate and lived together, and there was no difference at all. This surprised me, Ma Zhou said what was going on? ”

Ma Zhou said: "Your Majesty often says that the world is one family, and we do the same, first setting up a free trade zone to establish contact with these barbarians, and then slowly luring them out of the mountains and forests, and gradually assimilating. ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "That is to say, after the defeat of the Turks, I also established several fetter states, and implemented a fetter policy against these people; But the results have not been satisfactory, why is that? ”

Ma Zhou said with a smile: "I have studied Your Majesty's restraint policy, long live bringing these alien races together to recognize their noble status and control them with physical envelopment. However, there are all kinds of people in the world, including those who are grateful to Dade and swear to repay His Majesty, but there are also those who are ambitious and are ready to rebel at any time due to the situation.

Here in Lingnan, we have a policy of assimilation; First of all, local officials are required to be fair and consistent, and treat barbarians and Han Chinese equally, or even better. And then there are the people who directly benefit the barbarians, these are the basis of the barbarians, and they are also the majority of the barbarians.

These people have received benefits, and some are grateful to Dade, and some are greedy. But their forces are dispersed, and we can have focused strike management; made the Han man slowly merge into one. ”

Li Shimin nodded secretly after hearing this: "Ma Zhou's words are reasonable, you have written these out in the past few days, and the last letter is written; I'm going to study it well. Ma Zhou hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

Li Shimin asked about some overseas trade, and Ma Zhou also gave a detailed introduction.

Seeing that it was not early, Ma Zhou invited them to set up a banquet for them to catch the wind and wash the dust, but everyone had just finished it, and a fast horse came running outside in a hurry, saying that it was an urgent report from Chang'an.

Li Shimin and the others were taken aback, and he quickly called the messenger in. The messenger came all the way from Chang'an in an eight-hundred-mile hurry. His eyes were bloodshot and his body was covered in dust.

Li Shimin hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" What happened to Chang'an? The messenger knelt on the ground and said: "Long live Qiyu, Lord Du Ruhui suddenly became seriously ill, thanks to Doctor Sun Shen, he was able to save his life, and he is currently sick and not good at walking; Your Majesty, please return to the palace! ”

"What?" Li Shimin was shocked, stood up with a bang, and even brought down the table in front of him. Cheng Zhijie was also like a slap in the face, and his brain was full of mush.

In history, Du Ruhui died in the fourth year of Zhenguan, not counting the time when Li Shimin ascended the throne in advance, and now it is the fifth year of Zhenguan; Although Cheng Zhijie has been in the field in recent years, his correspondence with Du Ruhui, Li Jing and others has never been broken.

Du Ruhui's body is also something he has been thinking about, but the safe past of Zhenguan's four years made him think that Du Ruhui had escaped a catastrophe, but he didn't expect him to fall ill.

His important ministers were critically ill, and Li Shimin was not in the mood to stay here longer, so he immediately ordered the guard Lu Chong to prepare a car to return to Chang'an overnight.

Cheng Zhijie and Du Ruhui have a very good relationship, so he also asked His Majesty to let him go back to Chang'an to visit. Li Shimin approved the edict and asked the crown prince Li Chengqian to follow back.

After ordering that there was already chaos outside, Li Shimin took the opportunity to say to Ma Zhou: "I told you that what you wrote must be submitted as soon as possible." Be prepared at the same time. ”

Ma Zhou was stunned and didn't know what Li Shimin meant? Cheng Zhijie said: "Ma Zhou, Keming is seriously ill, even if he is cured, it will be difficult to bear such a big burden, you have to prepare well." ”

Ma Zhou couldn't tell what he was like. If you want to say that you are elevated, you should be happy; But it was his teacher who fell ill, which made him anxious, but he couldn't be happy.

That night, Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie took the escort to ride fast horses first. The eldest grandson Wujian and others also drove to Chang'an in the back.

It took them less than ten days to rush back to Chang'an, and this time everyone was covered in dust, and they couldn't even see the appearance of people on their faces.

The soldiers defending the city saw a group of men and horses rushing straight to the city gate from a distance, and hurriedly put up their swords and guns and stepped forward and said, "Who is it?" Horses are forbidden in Chang'an City? Hurry down and get checked. ”

The general guarding the gate was none other than the eldest grandson Anye, who surrendered to Li Tang after Wang Shichong's death; And he didn't have the consciousness of being a prisoner at all, and he forgot how he drove the young eldest grandson Wuji and eldest grandson Wuji out of the house in the first place.

After arriving in Chang'an, he often went to the palace to ask for money from the eldest grandson Wujian and officials; Li Shimin saw that he was upset, so he named him the general of the prison gate, responsible for guarding the gate of Chang'an.

Today, I heard the soldier report that everyone had broken into the city gate, and hurriedly ran out of it to see who was so bold?