Ye Chang did not participate in the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners, and it is said that Huangfu Weiming made a big show at this ceremony, and even when Li Linfu greeted him instead of Li Longji, he just made a flat salute.

"The emperor is clearly looking for death." Ye Chang only had one comment on this.

Chang'an City became very lively because of this sacrifice of prisoners, and Ye Chang was very deserted, he went to pay homage to the eldest princess Yuzhen and others, but the result was not there. He could only rent a house near Xishi and temporarily park in Chang'an.

It was dried for ten days, and it was not until the first day of the first day of November that someone came to inform him that the insect mother invited him to meet at Yuzhenguan.

Yuzhenguan is not too far from the West Market, just outside the palace court, and only one street away from the palace. This was originally the mansion of Princess Yuzhen, but after she became a Taoist aunt, she was changed to a Taoist temple. Ye Chang had also been here before, and when Ye Chang arrived here, he saw the surrounding situation, and he had some numbers in his heart.

Sure enough, it wasn't the worm girl who really wanted to see him, but Li Longji.

The insect lady sat on the side seriously, and when she saw Ye Chang saluting, a smile overflowed between her eyebrows.

Li Longji also looked at this young man, and when he saw his appearance, he couldn't help but praise: What a young man.

Unlike the rumors that he had met Ye Chang, it was actually their first time meeting.

Looking at Ye Chang's appearance, and then at the insect girl on the side who was holding back but still inadvertently showing a happy look, Li Longji felt that his head hurt a little.

"Ye Shiyi, I've admired your name for a long time." A headache is a headache, and now there are more important things to solve, Li Longji said with a smile.

There was mockery in and out of his words, Ye Chang didn't dare to respond, he just smiled.

"It's been half a year since the border crossing, how do you feel?" Seeing that Ye Chang didn't answer, Li Longji asked with a smile again.

"Bitter." Ye Chang responded simply.

"Even if you know the suffering of border affairs, do you dare to talk nonsense about border affairs?"

Ye Chang's eyes suddenly lit up.

Li Longji is essentially a person who is very happy, Ye Chang has always wanted to explain his views on the border issue in front of him, and this time he took the initiative to mention it, which is a good opportunity.

"On this trip to Longyou, I felt the suffering of the front-line soldiers, and the minister felt that he had more to say."

Ye Chang's words almost crooked Li Longji's nose.

He stared at Ye Chang, but Ye Chang was not afraid, and his stomach was full of what he wanted to say. Li Longji stared at it for a while, and then said: "It seems that you have gained a lot from your trip to Longyou, and today I will give you a chance to speak in person, lest you be followed by a group of frivolous literati behind you."

This was said very seriously, but Ye Chang was not really afraid. If Li Longji really wants to clean him up, he will give an order, and dozens of samurai will break in outside. Now, it's just a matter of continuing to scare him.

"Your Majesty, there are four main hardships at the border, one of which is the hardships of war, half of life and death before each battle, how can people not be afraid of the dead. The second is that the garrison is bitter, cold in winter and hot in summer, and the plateau is short of breath, which is not a pleasant place, and the soldiers are guarding for several years. The third is homesickness, thousands of miles to the machine, not hearing the voice of the grandmother, it is difficult to sacrifice the ancestors. Fourth, the disease is bitter, and the small diseases in the army are easy to be incured, just because there are few people in the Lang Middle School, and there is a lack of medical treatment and medicine......"

He said a series of bitter words, but did not involve specific people, Li Longji was slightly moved when he heard it: "I know the suffering of the front-line soldiers, so I don't dare to speak out easily. ”

"Your Majesty, and listen to the minister." Ye Changdao.

"Oh?"

In the past 20 years, under the rule of Li Longji, the Tang Dynasty has been extremely powerful, especially in the past ten years, almost no minister dares to talk to him like this. Ye Chang's tone made Li Longji very unhappy, but in addition to being unhappy, he felt that this guy was a sincere person.

Let's listen to him, at least the first four sufferings are the truth.

"Your Majesty thinks, what is the cause of these four sufferings?" Ye Chang asked him rhetorically at this time.

Li Longji is not easy to answer this question, and there are many reasons, and no one can say clearly for a while.

Ye Chang didn't need him to answer, and replied to himself: "Your Majesty and the ministers all know that there are many reasons why the border army suffers, and it is not easy to get rid of it. If the bitterness cannot be removed, then there is only one way to make the war profitable."

"Profitable?"

"The previous wars were in vain in the cost of manpower and food, and the soldiers suffered, the people suffered, and the country suffered. But what if the conquest becomes profitable? Your Majesty thinks about it, why do those dogs who are happy when they hear about the war, and they are tired of committing crimes every year? Won't they be tormented to fight?

Li Longji hadn't thought about this question carefully, but he was extremely smart, and as soon as Ye Chang said it, he understood what it meant.

The reason why the surrounding Yidi are willing to fight is nothing more than because the war can bring them a lot of benefits. It's just that they invaded the Central Plains to grab something, and the Tang Dynasty attacked them, but there was not much interest to do.

"Yidi's livestock and even the population are all wealth." Ye Chang had a cold air in his eyes: "Your Majesty, now I have two industries in Datang, both of which need manpower, one is cement, only the cement needed for Chang'an Street is recorded in millions of stones, and the other is coal, which is needed to burn cement, and the honeycomb coal used for heating and fire by the people also needs coal......

Li Longji is no stranger to these two industries, in fact, he is happy to experience anything new. He also knew the benefits that these two industries had brought to Datang - I don't know how many magistrates were shouting for the establishment of these two industries.

Both industries require a large number of workers, preferably coolies.

"The dog Rong has repeatedly violated the border, and he can recruit an army of 400,000 for a long time, plus the servants of Tuyuhun and other departments - if His Majesty allows the common people to open mines privately, and allows the front-line soldiers to sell these Yirong families to the rich family, then the front-line soldiers will be profitable, and the war will not be bitter."

"This can't be, it's not the king's benevolence." Li Longji only hesitated slightly, he could almost imagine that the result of the imperial court's encouragement of the border army to sell slaves would be that the border generals would start a beacon fire for the sake of interests: "And in this way, the border generals will be good at doing things at the border, but they are afraid that the country will not be able to bear it before the benefits are seen." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Ye Chang laughed: "The minister thinks so, the imperial court first allows the rich room to open mines and kilns, but whoever starts it, it must be legal to purchase border labor, and the imperial court will award mines and kilns, and collect and issue mining taxes and kiln taxes according to the spectrum, so that the imperial court can have one more income......"

When Ye Chang said this, Li Longji felt that there seemed to be something shining with gold and silver flying in front of him, he fixed his mind and smiled dumbly: This guy said that Yili is moving, and his mouth is really full of profit.

However, at this time, he put away his initial contempt and began to listen to Ye Chang's suggestion.

"For example, now that the western dogs are not inferior, the imperial court intends to make a budget first, how large a war to fight, how many troops to mobilize, and how much food to consume. At first, only a few places in Takaki were sold, and each wealthy household paid two sums of money, one for a uniform entry fee, and the other for an estimate of how much coolie labor would be needed to pay a deposit. The sum of these two sums of money can probably cover the cost of the war, and with this money, the imperial court will make up part of it for military funds, and the other part will be for the money of the soldiers' meritorious service - what is the merit and what is the reward, this court has its own talents, and there is no need for ministers to talk more. In short, the rich room will first raise enough money to start the war, and then raise the army to ask for capture......"

Ye Chang's plan was to turn the border war into a mercenary raiding war, so that every border war became profitable for all parties: the soldiers sold coolies and seized, the rich had to open mines and kilns, and the imperial court collected taxes to reduce the burden of war.

Of course, this is only a superficial interest, a deeper interest, it is the opening of the mining ban by Datang and the rise of the trend of large-scale mining and kilns, which contains the seeds of new industrialization.

Although Ye Chang himself has been working hard to find ways to improve the industrial workshop, he did not hesitate to transfer some techniques almost at no cost, such as cement, and honeycomb coal. But his personal strength is limited after all, and in the past three years, except for Qin Qinshou, Jia Mao'er, Wang Qinian, and a few other six or seven, he has not formed a large community of interests.

Li Longji laughed twice.

Ye Chang's suggestion is really ...... It smells good, but if you eat it, you'll get teeth.

"After all, I am young, and I don't understand the way of old people to seek a country."

Li Longji secretly said in his heart that if he was in his twenties, he would be interested in accompanying Ye Chang to go crazy, but now, when people are old, they don't want to change.

"You say it very well, just like the bread on the wall, no matter how similar it is, it is only a cake painted on the wall after all." Li Longji felt that Ye Chang's meaning was already very clear, and in the final analysis, he was still young and eager to come forward, so he took the side matter and talked about it.

Ye Chang was a little stunned, he felt that his theory should be able to convince people, why did Li Longji think that it was painting cakes to satisfy hunger? He was a little unconvinced in his heart, and immediately said: "The minister is completely sure, if Your Majesty feels that it is not true, why not choose a place to try it, so that it will be of great benefit to the national court, and it will not hurt your muscles and bones if it is not successful."

"Okay, I already understand what you mean, Ye Shiyi, I secretly summoned you today in the name of the worm girl, but I didn't listen to your nonsense." Li Longji waved his hand: "Bian Lingcheng's matter, you really tell me, what's going on"

His tone was extremely stern, Ye Chang was stunned for a moment, and then sighed discouragedly.

In his own opinion, it is a big strategy related to the future of Huaxia, and in Li Longji's heart, it is just nonsense of young people, and the death of Bian Lingcheng, which he thinks is not very important, is the most important thing in Li Longji's heart.

In that case...... Doctor Huangfu, I'm sorry, this evil breath can only come out of you.

Ye Chang pondered for a while, and Li Longji over there looked at him and lowered his head to think, and said impatiently: "What you have heard and seen, to be honest, I have been delayed here for a long time, don't listen to your tirade, just play according to the truth, I will judge."

"Yes...... And so it was. ”

Ye Chang heard him say that he had been delayed long enough, and his heart was even more unhappy, Li Longji was tired of government affairs in his old age, and he wanted to come to today's secret summons, which affected his enjoyment in the harem. Ye Chang was unhappy, and Huangfu Weiming became an inverted ghost, but Ye Chang was not stupid enough to sue Huangfu Weiming directly, but told the matter from beginning to end.

Speaking of his first arrival in the army, someone sent letters, and even a letter from the eldest princess Yuzhen asking him to take care of him, but Huangfu Weiming was even more harsh on him. Li Longji raised his eyebrows unconsciously, and Huangfu Weiming made him very happy when he did this.

But after Ye Chang and Gao Shi offered a plan to lure the dog Rong to attack and ambush him, Li Longji's expression became cold, and Huangfu Weiming was not wrong to use Ye Chang as bait, but if he didn't explain to Ye Chang and let him prepare, he would be suspected of deliberately killing Ye Chang.

When he learned that he had even given Ye Chang only 500 troops, Li Longji began to hide his dissatisfaction. Pit Yechang doesn't care about him, and even repaying personal grievances with public power is not in his heart, what makes him dissatisfied is that this is too risky, if the dog Rong captures Huacheng City, I am afraid that the battle situation will change.

"Hugh has said so much, how did Bian Lingcheng die, did he abandon the city and flee, or did he leave the city to break through and ask for help"

Li Longji finally got impatient.

This is the most critical time, Ye Chang has been nagging for a long time, waiting for him to ask at this moment.

Ambassador Bian did not tell the minister about it, but ...... At that time, in the city, the best archery was Nan Jiyun, and the most fierce in the war was Shanzhi, these two were warriors, although they were not in the military, they made great achievements. If the minister wants to escape, he will be escorted by these two people. ”

"But why don't you use these two people to break through?"

Li Longji asked this sentence, proving that he was not really confused, Ye Chang pursed his lips and stopped talking.

"Say."

"The ministers were also worried that the city would not be able to hold it, so they stayed with them, if... If there is a problem in the city, they will let the guards flee. ”

Ye Chang's words made Li Longji stunned.

Li Longji thought a lot, but he never thought that Ye Chang actually admitted that the two of them were the way back he left for him

Even this kind of thing has been said, and what I said before must be honest. Li Longji looked back and thought about it, and his heart, which was already a little inclined, was firm.

The emperor is only aware of this guy...... I can't stay in Longxi anymore.

"There is another matter, and the minister must report to His Majesty." Ye Chang said again.

"What?"

"After Dr. Huangfu learned the news of Ambassador Bian's death, Zeng Lingchen signed his memo, agreeing that Ambassador Bian had deserted from the battlefield because of his resignation." Ye Changdao.

He had told Huangfu Weiming that he would not tell the matter—but if he didn't, he would be a real fool.

Why did he want to help Huangfu Weiming hide this matter

Ye Chang is a person who knows the hole cards of the road, and in the secret letter before Bian Lingcheng's death, there is no half of a sentence that directly says bad things about Huangfu Weiming, but only exaggerates Bian Lingcheng's own merits and dangers, and vaguely reveals Bian Lingcheng's grievances. Judging from that letter, Bian Lingcheng was a loyal and brave man for the country, but Huangfu Weiming wanted to put all the blame on him, the deceased, after his death

No matter how much credit the emperor has made, no matter how much he has gotten along with Li Longji before, this alone is enough to ⊥ all his trust to end.

A person who is not responsible for the task and pushes the merits, and who holds the military power - as long as Li Longji still has half of the youthful spirit, he will remove the emperor.

And the emperor who has lost his authority is only clear...... What else?