Chapter 57: The Slap of Feng Zen (I)

The East Palace has a lot of good things.

April is coming, the barley in the suburbs of Luoyang is beginning to yellow, and it is the harvest season. The East Palace also began to spread good news, first Di Hui was diagnosed, she was pregnant for the second time, and then it was Di Hao's turn to spread the good news that she was pregnant. After Di Renjie heard it, he couldn't help but secretly enjoy himself at home, our two NV children are not from a good background, but what's the matter, they are very talented.

However, Shangguan Wan'er, Pei Yuhe and Yang Min never moved, which made Li Wei cry and laugh. It's not that he is "partial", although the "work" is different, but it is really "evenly distributed". It can only be said that it is about Di Hui and Di Hao, whose bodies have grown to the most mature stage, so they are easy to conceive.

Then go to the wild and give birth in the bright moon.

Li Wei also put down the affairs in his hand and went over to visit from time to time. At this time, childbirth is a very dangerous task, especially for multiple births, large fetuses, abnormal fetal position, weak birth of NV, and the first child, which are prone to danger. Don't look at Pei Yuhe, she has never been pregnant, her eyes are gloomy, but her physique, once she gives birth, the danger is very high.

I don't know how many times I came over, and I heard the good news from the outer palace: "Your Majesty, you gave birth, you gave birth, and you are a prince." ”

"How is the health of the talented people?"

"Safe and sound."

"That's good," it doesn't matter if it's a man or nv, it's all their own children, and the safety of the mother and child is important. ”

Since I was a child, I have been working since I was a child, I was in good health, and I didn't feel much weak, and when I heard Li Wei coming, I was going to get up, and I scared the midwife.

"Take care of it," Li Wei shouted as he stood at his mouth and laughed.

But Wu Zetian and Li Zhi don't like it, what's going on in the East Palace? Look at what kind of concubines are born to the prince and the emperor? Where did the Di sisters come from? knew that they could both be born, and they shouldn't have been admitted to the East Palace in the first place.

Xu Li is a crazy girl, who chased men to Shaolin Temple and became the laughing stock of people all over the world. Bi'er is a little better, but her parents are equal to ordinary people, and they can let her enjoy glory and wealth, which is her reward for her loyalty and dedication to her son, but can her son be the future lord of the world? At this time, Wu Zetian also forgot that she almost made Li Lu the crown prince.

What's going on with the Wild Moon? Not to mention it.

Not only a few NVs, but they always have a grudge against Yang Min and his wife. It's just that the son is greedy for beauty and never forgets it, otherwise this daughter-in-law Fu actually looked down on the royal family and the prince at the beginning, and would have been rejected a long time ago. I don't know what my son thinks. But not necessarily, Mei Sè Li Wei also loves, and attaches more importance to feelings, but Yang Min looks down on Li Hong, what does it have to do with him? Since he met Yang Min, his attitude has been changing, what is there to hate.

In fact, what I want most is Pei Yuhe, Wei Yue is a little younger, but it's okay, the Zheng family NV also wants her to be pregnant, her family background is good, and she looks very demure. Even if it is Shangguan Wan'er, Wu Zetian is not evil, he is very well-behaved and talented.

Therefore, after hearing this, Wu Zetian specially called Li Wei to Shangyang Palace and said, "I heard that this palace is in the East Palace, what is the rotation system." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother, if there is no special favor, there will be fewer disputes in the harem. Erchen was also afraid of the suffering of the queen mother, and it was staged again in the East Palace. ”

"No matter what the palace is, you don't want to take turns anymore, from now on, the concubine who accompanies you every night must be the queen, or the little lady of the Zheng family. By the way, she has been in the palace for many days, and it is time to be canonized, the meaning of the palace, although she was born in the Zheng family, but she is a later person. Therefore, what do you think of canonizing her as a virtuous concubine? ”

"But it's up to the queen mother."

There is still a noble concubine and a concubine on it, and they may not all be canonized, but they will be reminiscent of Pianpin. But Wu Zetian's voice changed, and he turned to the matter of accompanying the bed, and said: "Remember, this palace wants to hear the good news of Concubine Zheng Xian and Pei Huang Palace within this year." Shangguan Wan'er has done a lot of things for you, if she has good news, this palace will not investigate. Otherwise, you don't want to use that rotational system. ”

Li Wei couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to promise.

Not only the mother, I'm afraid Pei Xingjian and Liu Renliang don't want the East Palace to become like this, after all, there is a genuine card, and the children born by the concubines who can be taken can be justified. But Li Wei thought of another thing, production, these NVs will eventually give birth, even if there is infertility, it can't be Zheng Gongchu, Shangguan Wan'er and Pei Yuhe, or the future Wei Yue, all have infertility. But if none of the children born are good, do you have to choose the heir of the future empire from among their heirs?

Shaking his head, the future is too far away. Let's get over the mother's difficulty first.

Get up and take your leave.

But in the future battle of the prince, the child of Yeqi Mingyue must be out of play, as soon as he was born, Li Wei took a name, Li Cheng, which means to assist the future lord of the world.

But Li Wei is still very happy, he has another son. So much so that he neglected another thing.

Sima Chengzhen came to Luoyang.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian also have a deep impression of this Sima Chengzhen, the old immortal's high apprentice, good-looking, well-learned, and good-behaved, and very proficient in Taoism. Immediately summoned to Shangyang Palace and explained the meaning of the scriptures to them.

These two people believe in both schools of Buddhism and Taoism, and they also believe in all schools, and even Zoroastrianism and Nestorianism occasionally believe in it, and even a few Catholic missionaries still shouted to the palace and talked for a long time. Li Wei was very embarrassed about their fraternity.

That's what I thought of, so much so that a few years later, Li Wei regretted it.

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Li Zhi Fengzen has another reason, one is the great victory, the second is that he himself became greedy for fame in his later years, and the third is that many envoys came to the West, one by one nostalgic for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and has not left so far, but there is no banquet in the world, some people choose to stay in Chang'an or Luoyang, but most people want to go back. Once the Zen is enshrined, the envoys of various countries accompanying him will exceed those of all dynasties, and the number of countries and regions involved will be unprecedented in ancient times.

At the end of April, he found a reason to become a Zen monk.

After the Eastern Turkic Rebellion*, grain prices also rose again and again, once rising to more than 20 wen per bucket. Many landlords hoarded the odds. Unexpectedly, the Tang army quickly wiped out the Turkic tyranny, coupled with the arrival of a bumper harvest, the price of grain fell very badly. In addition, it was rumored that the imperial court would overhaul water conservancy and open up more arable land. Qinghai has a bumper harvest, not only for the military and civilian food, but also for feeding horses. By the end of April, the price of grain had dropped to a penny per bucket. It's still going down.

The Danshui Canal was completed a little later, but it was also completed. After five or six years of treatment, the entire section of the Danshui River has basically come to an end. The amount of work remaining is not small, but it is another great news that it is in the process of clearing customs. This is the environment inside.

And there are conditions for enshrinement of Zen.

The establishment of the navy has caused some minor controversy. The common people don't know, thinking that the imperial court really escorted the sea passengers, and the army was established. Some people support, not only escorts, but also sea kes in the east and west, "occupying" many areas, these will be the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and if you want to rule, you must have a strong maritime army. This is the interpretation of the common people, and now it is time to take precautions. Opponents argue that there are still decades to go, now established, and that it is làng fee finance. This is clearly because the imperial court is greedy for the profits of merchants, and it is unseemly to submit to it for profit.

There are many people who know the truth, but they dare not say it.

But this made the beast life by the river return again, and he was overjoyed.

If the two countries join forces, even if the Tang Dynasty sends a small number of troops, the Wa Kingdom will also win a complete victory. With joy, I came to Luoyang again. Liang Jinzhu is in Yangzhou, but he doesn't dare to call the shots, he must report. Therefore, the negotiations continued to be held in Luoyang, but the imperial court never came forward. The people of the sea were puzzled by this, and then ridiculed and said some ugly things. The beasts by the river didn't dare to bring these words back.

Not only did he not dare to say it, he stayed in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and he also knew some habits of the Tang Dynasty. This was forced to do so, and I understood it very well.

But this time, his return made the Tang Dynasty monarchs overjoyed. After listening to the report of the beast by the river, although the sea man is a god and horse emperor of a backward country, he can also be regarded as a king with achievements. Asked very carefully, including the trilogy promised by Li Wei, why did the emperor of the Tang Dynasty ascend the throne and say that he redeemed the trilogy, and tactfully purchased the trilogy through money? After asking, I finally understood, it turned out that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty regarded his people as a noble and first-class people, and wanted to replace the original Tang Dynasty with the Silla people. For the nobility of the nation, the Japanese people believe in this evil the most. All of a sudden, he "came to his senses", but this made him very happy. The Wa Kingdom also needed slaves, but not as urgently as the Tang Dynasty.

There were many ordinary people in Silla, and if they captured hundreds of thousands or 1 million, could they offset all the military expenditures and get a large number of weapons and excellent ships in vain? Not only that, but he also minted his own currency, all modeled after the Tang Dynasty, copper coins as a monetary system, excluding gold and silver. When the beast by the river left, he heard the edict from Li Wei, but he did not know the implementation status, and it was expected that there would be a lot of trouble. In their own country, this gold and silver is only gold and silver, an ornament. And after the beast by the river left, he sent people all over the mountains to look for silver mines, and he really found a big silver mine.

Li Wei's other promises also made him quite moved, whoever occupied the area belonged to whom, and even the spoils of war did not interfere, so he added 500,000 taels of silver and 50,000 taels of gold, and came to Jiāo Yi. This also looted almost all the current gold and silver reserves of the Wa Kingdom, and almost took the gilding off the big Buddha statue and melted it again.

Gold was not yet a quasi-currency, but after this period of implementation, silver gradually developed into the upper class of the Tang Dynasty. Many large quantities of jiāo Yi have come out of the trend of silver coins instead. This is a huge amount of money, and the people of the sea think that they have taken a big advantage, but the Tang Dynasty has made a lot of money. Everyone was happy. With this money, the treasury was finally replenished.

It's not that you don't talk about profits, but look at how thick the benefits are.

It's like the five families and seven surnames are noble, but if they really put 100,000 yuan in their family, will the nv son marry? If you don't marry, put another 100,000 yuan, marry or not? There are few Youhuo who can refuse this huge amount of money. The same is true of the imperial court. Silver is developing towards quasi-money, but it has not been much, and it has not been in circulation if it is not much. Receiving a large amount of silver is like receiving a large sum of money.

The profit is too thick, as long as the price of silver is maintained, it is possible that this jiāo can bring nearly 3.5 million yuan to the Tang Dynasty. In the face of this benefit, even the direct ministers Zhu Jingze, Wei Xuan and others also chose to remain silent one by one.

Sell it.

It is estimated that even the fire yào formula is now sold, and it is estimated that there are not many people who oppose it.

This state treasury is also full, and you have no reason for me not to seal the Zen.

At this time, Wei Yuanzhong summoned back and gave the secretary the position of young eunuch of the province, from the fourth grade, he is considered a senior member, but the secretary has very little power, and this cannot be counted from the fourth grade. The transfer of Di Renjie to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs is an exceptional promotion, Wei Yuanzhong has political achievements, and when he returned to Beijing, he was only awarded the secretary of the provincial junior prison, which can only be regarded as a normal transfer.

But the added bonus is that I can go back to Beijing, which is already very good. That's it, Wu Zetian often regrets it in his heart, and his son seems to have added another cadre to his side.

Wei Yuanzhong didn't care about Wu Zetian's thoughts, he had been in Jiangnan for a long time, and he was also paying attention to the current situation, but some of the situation was not very clear, after returning to the capital, he lived in Di Renjie's house, stayed overnight, and talked about it for half a night, before he sorted out what happened before and after.

Wei Yuanzhong said to the Japanese people: "I was in Jiangnan, and I saw that some areas in Jiangnan were very rich, especially in the past two years of navigation, which brought huge profits to some large families. Rich is rich, Yangzhou is wet and congested, so many people light agriculture and business, which makes me also worried. The country needs money, but food is the foundation of the country's stability. ”

"Young Eunuch Wei, you are too worried, Your Majesty also considers this section, he attaches more importance to food than anyone else, so he asked Liu Xianggong and Li Xianggong to inspect the south of the Jiangnan Zhunnan Mountain, just to enclose the swamp shallow, overhaul the polder, and expand new cultivated land. It's just that the cost is very huge, so I have to wait until the Danshui Canal is completely completed, look at the finances of the imperial court, and gradually implement it. Once these polders appear, they will add a lot of food to the country. It is impossible for everyone to abandon agriculture and business. In this regard, I have also had a jiāo talk with His Majesty. His Majesty's words seem to be quite reasonable, and businessmen pursue profits, and they cannot be too encouraged and promoted, but it seems to be overkill and not well controlled over the ages. ”

"Di Shiro, I'm relieved to be able to say that. All along, I was also worried that His Majesty would see that the treasury was always tight, so I also learned from the merchant and began to pursue profits, forgetting the fundamentals of the country. ”

"No, Your Majesty is carrying out a series of reforms, not only in commerce, but also in the military, taxation, currency, education, agriculture, imperial examinations, and military system. His heart is very big, but because of the political situation in the imperial court, he does not dare to implement it easily. But some took the opportunity to implement it. You don't know, last year, there was a case of Wu Chenghe's steward, and His Majesty wanted to use this matter as a price to transfer you back to the capital. However, His Majesty gave up on his own initiative for the sake of the country. As a result, all prefectures and counties across the country have implemented three practical things: Pucha water conservancy, the military system and universal education. ”

"This is what Your Majesty should do."

"What should be done is the future, and now is just a tipping corner. But even in the future, Your Majesty...... We must not act recklessly, but also weigh the importance as we do today, and carry out changes silently, so that the country will not have a big movement, and it will develop towards a good xing, and the national fortune will be longer. ”

"Yes."

"This time, it is not only for money, but also for the ......future," Di Renjie said again, and then said: "And Your Majesty is also worried that there will be changes in the Turks, and with money, you can reserve more grain in the north, not only in the north, but also in the western Turks, and not only in the north, but also in the western Turks. The Tubo brothers may still instigate. There must be some reserves in the treasury just in case. ”

"But I'm worried about one thing, the country has not become very good, the emperor still wants to seal the Zen, the more reserves in the treasury, he is not as far away as in previous years, but I am afraid that the more it will cost. His Majesty finally got the money, but the Emperor used it to squander a lot. ”

"You have a point, tomorrow we will meet Your Majesty together."

I met Li Wei. After some cold words, Wei Yuanzhong expressed his worries.

Li Wei's face immediately became cautious.

It's not impossible, it's very likely. Even with money, maybe parents use it to buy people's hearts and consolidate their rights. The proceeds of millions of dollars will be an astronomical amount on the head of that family, but if it is placed in a large country, as long as it is not an idea, it will be used for seven or eight purposes. And the mother said a word that she couldn't refute. My father's time was short, and he did many useful things for the country.

There are only a few years left, just some "small money", and it is not an exaggeration to learn what Yang Guang took a dragon boat to the south of the Yangtze River. How can you stop it?

"Let me think about it."

Di Renjie said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have an idea. ”

"Di Qing,."

"The Emperor Taishang wants to seal Zen, but only like this, the ministers are not convinced. But His Majesty can advise the Emperor Taishang to take out a part of the money and redeem a large number of parts. The people of the five surnames and seven families moved around each other, and soon the sea ban would be lifted again, and His Majesty, in order to divert the pace of annexation by several major families, promised to relax the original maritime policy a little more. There will be more parts to come. It is better to take advantage of the present to redeem part of the tribe and let them fill Qinghai, which is also the virtue of Haosheng, and at the same time consolidate the fruits of His Majesty's victory in Qinghai that he has achieved with great difficulty. ”

"That's a brilliant idea." Li Wei stroked his palms and praised.

Qinghai has been transferred twice, and with the addition of some Han people, there are already many Han people. This is not the original approach of Emperor Yang of Sui, using criminals to consolidate the edges, but it is easy to turbid the grain. However, the proportion is still not as good as the party people's congress, although the party people now have a very good attitude towards the Tang Dynasty. got on the ship of the Tang Dynasty, afraid of the retaliation of Tibet, so I had to do this. But prevent the future. Besides, there is food and land, and there is a huge space to absorb the people to relocate.

And the current Qinghai environment is very good, such as Dafeichuan, which is quite a bit of a blue sky, wild, wind-blown grass and low smell of cattle and sheep. What about the Hereafter? Only patches of the Gobi Desert remain, and it is rare to see patches of dwarf weeds. This is also the result of overgrazing damage to the environment.

Far-fetched explanations.

The current environment in the north of Guanzhong is not bad, but later it became a loess high slope. Excessive farming is also damaging the environment. However, some of his strategies play a protective role in protecting the environment. The first is to propose greening, which most people do not take seriously, but it is reasonable to say that some officials have done so. Cultivating an atmosphere can ensure that a part of the soil and water will not be lost. The second is the early exploitation of coal resources.

It's also damaging the environment, but it's better than using charcoal. The poem "The Charcoal Seller" was written about the poor old man who sold charcoal. However, the process of making charcoal is not written, it is not dug from the ground, it is cut down one by one, and then baked in a kiln, and the charcoal is obtained. Every time winter comes, thousands of families use this charcoal to keep out the cold.

The third is the popularization of cotton huā. Without cotton huā, there would be no cotton clothing. Wearing only linen clothes, how many ordinary people are willing to wear fur coats? This is unimaginable in the future. If there are even those who doubt, then will they not freeze to death? Therefore, Li Shimin led the army to return a step late, and the soldiers really froze to death. Therefore, when the Song Dynasty was cold, the soldiers guarded the head of Bianliang City and froze to death. This makes it even more important for the people to stay at home and bake the fire. Sticks, firewood, and charcoal burned incessantly, and a large number of trees were cut down in this way.

Li Wei thought about this, but he didn't think about it seriously.

It may not be superior in wisdom in this era, but few people can match it in terms of insight. But no matter how the revival and revolution is, including those that have already been implemented, they must wait for their own hands to be in power before they can be truly implemented and truly become a concept. Otherwise, it will be implemented, a small change, and the previous efforts will be lost.

He also called Di Hui Di Hao sisters to come and talk to Di Renjie Jiāo, their parents and relatives are no longer alive, and they can be regarded as their mother's family.

Then Li Wei went to Shangyang Palace.

He said: "Father, if you want to seal Zen, according to the opinion of your sons, you will finally do a good deed. ”

As long as you don't oppose the canonization of Zen. Li Zhi said: "What kind of good deed? ”

"Recently, I have received a large sum of money from the Japanese state, and there is another amount of money added to the taxes in various places...... The treasury does not worry about expenses for the time being. However, Qinghai still lacks labor, and many tuntian fields have been cultivated and left uncultivated. Therefore, the sons begged their father to allocate 1.5 million yuan to redeem 100,000 yuan, or tens of thousands of parts, to give them a way to live, and to strictly guard the western border for the country. With this act of kindness, the enshrinement of Zen will become more meaningful. ”

In the past, if 1.5 million yuan was allocated, at least more than 100,000 people could be redeemed by men and women, but now it is not possible. But it's a good deed. Li Shimin did a lot of work, before the early years, the Eastern and Western Turks did not conquer, mercy through various ways, some escaped by themselves, some were rewarded by the Sui Dynasty, some were plundered, and the two raids had nearly one million people. So he took out a lot of money to redeem the Central Plains for them. He even used the reason of not returning the Chinese people as a reason to start a war against the Qiuzi people and Xue Yantuo. In the hands of Li Zhi, almost nothing has been done.

The situation is a little different, but the xing quality is the same.

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and replied, "Hong'er, this move is good, I depend on you." ”

Regardless of whether this Zen can be sealed or not, one more thing has been implemented.

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