The sons knocked on their father's ...... Li Zhen slowly walked into the main hall, but saw that Li Shimin, who was lying on the Hu bed, was already in a state of false sleep at this time, his face was as pale as paper, and his original cheeks were concave by a large piece, looking particularly haggard and old, and his heart was tense when he landed, but he didn't dare to look more, he hurriedly walked a few steps, grabbed the couch, knelt down respectfully, and called in a low voice, but Li Shimin seemed to be really asleep, and he didn't react at all, just lying silently, and Li Zhen saw that Li Shimin didn't move, and didn't call again, Just kneeling there quietly.

I don't know how long it took, the originally slightly dark sky was already completely dark, more than a dozen little eunuchs who were responsible for lighting the lamps walked in and out of the ground to light the lights in the hall, although the movement was not too big, but Li Shimin seemed to be disturbed, turned down slightly, opened his slightly closed eyes, and saw Li Zhen kneeling quietly in front of the couch, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, and he raised his hand with a little difficulty and said: Zhen'er is here, just calm down.

Father Xie. Li Zhen did not complain because of kneeling for a long time, kowtowed, got up slowly, stood aside with a bow, and said softly: Father, the son is late, please forgive me.

It's good to come, it's good to come, come to someone, give a seat. When Li Shimin said this, his waist and abdomen were strong, trying to sit up, but after lying down for a long time, his blood was blocked, and his body did not obey the call, and the whole person was crooked, so shocked that Li Zhen hurriedly rushed forward and supported Li Shimin's body, at the same time, several small eunuchs waiting on the side were busy putting thick pillows under Li Shimin's body, and after a long time, Li Shimin was finally supported on the back of the Hu bed.

Father, it's not early, please have some meals first, if you have any orders, your sons and ministers will listen. Li Zhen saw that Li Shimin's body was so weak, and her heart hurt greatly, so she hurriedly persuaded her.

I'm not in a hurry, I don't have an appetite. Li Shimin shook his hand, not wanting to continue this topic, a pair of old eyes looked at Li Zhen stunned, and suddenly felt that his outstanding son seemed to have undergone some changes In Li Shimin's opinion, the previous Li Zhen was stable and stable, but it was the kind of scheming stability, lacking a kind of frank spirit, even if Li Zhen was brave enough to crown the three armies, a martial arts champion in the world, and good at dancing and writing, and a good poem, he can be called the first in the Tang Dynasty, but he always feels that something is wrong with Li Shimin. At this time, although Li Zhen was as gentle as before, the feeling for Li Shimin was very different, but the specific differences could not be said, in a word, it made people feel reassured and reassured.

Zhen'er has grown up, but her father is old, old, heh, it's useless. After Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen for a while, he suddenly sighed with emotion.

Father;; When Li Zhen heard this, her heart was sour, and tears couldn't help but pop out of the corners of her eyes, choking and unable to speak.

Li Shimin's expedition to Goguryeo was defeated, and he was really depressed in his heart, it can be said that he was ashamed and angry, the reason why he pretended to fall asleep before, in addition to testing Li Zhen's intentions, in fact, it was more that he felt that he had no face to see Li Zhen Li Shimin, and he had already guessed that Cheng Yanjin, Li Daozong and others were entrusted by Li Zhen, so he continued to come up with some ideas to help the Northern Expedition, but it was a pity that Li Shimin was competitive after all, and did not accept Li Daozong's strategy of winning with righteousness and odds. In the end, it led to the end of losing troops under Anshi City, despite this, to be honest, in addition to feeling ashamed of his son, Li Shimin did not have the meaning of being angry with Li Zhen for many things, but at this time, seeing Li Zhen's true feelings, the little resentment in his heart immediately dissipated without a trace, so he smiled and raised his hand and said: Silly boy, isn't it okay for me, why are you crying? Come, sit down.

The son thanked his father for the throne. Li Zhen was not hypocritical, quickly reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, saluted respectfully, thanked her, and then sat on the brocade pier brought by the little eunuchs, and waited for Li Shimin to speak with a calm face.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Zhen with satisfaction, and said with a smile: You have been in charge for more than half a year, and I am very satisfied and have done a good job.

When Li Zhen heard this, his heart couldn't help but jump Li Shimin often praised other princes in the past, but he rarely commented on Li Zhen, let alone praised him in person.

Well, only the duty is rare, and those who know the duty are content, and you can understand this, and I am very relieved. Li Shimin smiled, pressed his hand, motioned for Li Zhen to take a seat, and then asked abruptly: Is there any lack of politics today?

Li Zhen obviously didn't expect Li Shimin's topic to change so quickly, he was stunned for a while, and after a long period of muttering, he slowly spoke: My father is wise, my Tang Dynasty is extremely strong, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but the sons are still a little shallow, if the father does not give up, the sons will say it directly.

Oh? Li Shimin glanced at Li Zhen meaningfully, raised his eyebrows and said: Zhen'er has any opinion, I will say it, I will listen.

Li Zhen flew down his thoughts, and then slowly spoke: Father, the son of the minister received a few excerpts when he was in Beijing this time, saying that there are rich businessmen in Shu who buy fertile land privately, although the amount is not large, that is, hundreds of acres of land, but the impact is extremely bad, in the long run, the Juntian system will be corrupted, that is, near Gyeonggi, such things have not been heard of, because the Gyeonggi land buyers have many high-ranking officials, this matter has been secretly suppressed, and has never surfaced, however, the dynasties throughout the ages have always declined due to the merger of land. Taking the past as a mirror, every time the sons and daughters think about this, they are worried, and implore their father to see it.

There is a Tang generation inherited the Sui system, the implementation of the uniform field system, that is, the calculation of oral field, according to the scale of 50 acres per person, the field is equally distributed to people, of which the mulberry field can be inherited, and the open field after the death of the person, it will be returned to the state, in order to prevent land annexation, encourage farming, its intention is good, in the Sui and early Tang Dynasty because of the small number of population, this policy has a high effect on the rise of agriculture, but with the growth of population, especially since Zhenguan, the population growth is extremely fast, and the population is unevenly distributed. This has led to an extreme phenomenon, that is, the per capita cultivated land area of Guanzhong and Bashu has decreased sharply, which has made it difficult to implement the equalization system, while Guandong, Shandong, Jingxiang and other places have empty large tracts of land that have not been developed, so that some places have no land to cultivate, and in some places due to the scarcity of land, there has been a phenomenon of secretly buying and selling fields, although the government has repeatedly banned it, it has always been endless, and the result will inevitably lead to the complete corruption of the equalization system.

Li Shimin is an unswerving supporter of the Juntian system, not only hoping to realize the ideal of the cultivator having his land with this system, but also because the Juntian system is the foundation of the government military system, in Li Shimin's view, it is also the guarantee that the Tang Dynasty will not fall, therefore, in the past, if he knew that someone had privately purchased good land, Li Shimin would have been furious and angry, and he would not spare it lightly, but at this time, Li Zhen raised this matter in person, Li Shimin was very calm, just frowned slightly, and looked at Li Zhen thoughtfully: Zhen'er raised this matter, Thinking about it, I would like to hear what Zhen'er thinks about it.

In Li Zhen's view, the Juntian system can only be an ideal, a temporary method when the population is small, by no means a long-term solution, the reason is very simple, human nature is greedy, if you want to average land rights, this is simply a luxury, not to mention that the imperial period can not be done, even the later generations of science and technology civilization is extremely developed years and there is no such possibility, of course, changing the Juntian system is to take a great risk, this Li Zhen is like a mirror in his heart, originally Li Zhen did not want to talk about this matter in front of Li Shimin, and planned to wait until he ascended to the throne, After all, this matter involves too much, and once the change is forced, there will inevitably be a fierce conflict with the Guanlong political group, although it is not afraid, but the trouble is absolutely small, and when the time comes, it is better to simply take advantage of the fact that Li Shimin, the banner of the Guanlong clique, is still there, and it is easier for Li Shimin to launch a change.

Father Emperor Mingjian, the son does have some views on this matter, which may not be correct, and he also asks his father to correct it. Li Zhen pondered for a moment and replied very sincerely.

Well, anyway, I'm listening. Li Shimin smiled slightly, raised his hand, and motioned for Li Zhen to speak bluntly.

Father, the saint has clouds: the beginning of man/nature is good, but Xunzi is cloud: the beginning of man/nature is evil, what is right and wrong? Erchen thinks that they are all right, but they are not complete, life is a lifetime, ordinary people are all for the purpose of glory and wealth, the shadow wife and son are even better, the gentleman is inherent, but rare, ordinary people are many, it is known that they are competing for the public, and there are few courtesies, which is also the root cause of the inevitable land annexation of all dynasties, and since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the population has doubled and more than enough, and the dispute has gradually risen, I am afraid that it can be suppressed by non-coercion, does the father think so? Li Zhen did not rush to explain the solution, but started from the perspective of human nature.

Although Li Shimin himself is proficient in Confucianism, he has not said anything like a sage in the past, but his old man actually doesn't appreciate Confucianism very much in his heart.

Li Zhen nodded knowingly and said: Father, taking Guanzhong as an example, since the founding of the country, the cumulative increase in cultivated land has not been more than 20,000 hectares, accounting for less than 30% of the total number of existing cultivated fields, and most of them are not fertile land, but the number of people has increased nearly four times, and the granting of land has gradually become insufficient, after all, is not the solution. Let's take the mulberry field of the small people as an example, set a certain A has ten acres of mulberry field, two sons, if it is mourned, according to the law of our dynasty, the two get five each, if each son has two sons, then the mulberry field is more and more fine, to the great-great-grandchildren, is not there no place to stand? The rebellion of the Northern Wei Dynasty began here, and the father and emperor must not ignore it.

Not. Li Shimin is a sharp-minded person, as soon as he heard Li Zhen's analysis in such detail, he immediately figured out the key to it, and the per capita cultivated land is less, and the purchase of land will increase dramatically, even if it is not for glory and wealth, but also for survival, this matter is many, plus the gentry stirred it up, then the large-scale annexation of land is unavoidable, as soon as he thought of this, Li Shimin's face became serious, frowned, and he didn't say anything for a long time, and at the end, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Zhen and said: Does Zhen'er have any good plan for this?

Father, the son of the minister has been thinking about this matter for a long time, there are two strategies or can be solved, one of them said: immigration, that is, the surplus population in the Bashu, Guanzhong populous places to move to Guandong, Shandong, Jingxiang or even Anxi and other places, give them fields, teach them to courtesy, average the regional population, but this policy can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, once the population in various places gradually increases, the land is not enough, to the sons and daughters, at most, the peace can be guaranteed for 50 years, and then the dispute will arise again; The second said: the law of land endowment, specifically according to the number of acres of land to pay taxes, those who have no land do not pay taxes, and every ten of the law, the merchants are taxed, the two complement each other, when to ensure that the income of the imperial court does not decrease but increases, although these two laws may completely solve the problem of land annexation, but there is another difficulty, that is, it is not conducive to encouraging the reclamation of new fields, therefore, although this law is good, it cannot be done for the time being, according to the private prediction of the sons, after 30 years, the population has been large, the acres of land are sufficient, or the timing of the implementation of this policy is also. Li Zhen saw that Li Shimin had already moved his mind, so he no longer concealed anything, and told the solution and plan he had envisioned.

As soon as Li Zhen said this, Li Shimin fully understood Li Zhen's overall idea, that is, to first immigrate to develop Kanto and other places, and then implement a package solution, but if you understand it, you will understand it, and it is a big matter, and it is difficult for Li Shimin to make a decision for a while, and after Li Zhen finished speaking, Li Shimin pondered the pros and cons, and after being silent for a long time, he muttered: This matter will be presented first, well, just write down the matter of immigrating to Kanto, and wait for me to think about it.

Yes, father, son, obey. Li Zhenzi also knew that this matter was not easy, after all, it involved the entanglement of interests of the powerful and powerful, and it affected the whole body, without the argument of the court, just relying on the wishful thinking of his father and son, it would not be possible at all, even if the father and son were the emperor and the prince, it would not be successful.

It was already a little late, but after talking to Li Zhen, Li Shimin's originally depressed mood became cheerful, and he was very interested in talking, and he didn't plan to pass the meal, but sat up from the Hu bed, and looked at Li Zhen with a pair of bright eyes and said: Zhen'er, Xue Yantuo's war is still frequent, and it is not appropriate after all, what does Zhen'er think about this?

Xue Yantuo was Li Zhen's punching bag prepared for the old man, and Li Zhen naturally knew the war on the prairie, and at this time he heard Li Shimin mention this matter, and he didn't feel very surprised, so he replied calmly: Back to his father's words, Xue Yantuo is now fighting with each other, and the war is repeated, and the grassland is devastated, and the situation is really miserable.

Well, I also think so, and I will discuss this matter in the morning of the next day. Li Shimin nodded, affirming Li Zhen's suggestion to send troops, but without waiting for Li Zhen to say anything, he suddenly changed the topic and said: I heard that there is an extremely magical divine machine battalion in the Anxi army, but is there such a thing?

Li Zhen had long known that the Shenji Battalion had participated in the war, and he would never hide it from Li Shimin's ears and eyes, and at this time he heard Li Shimin talk about it, but he did not hide it, and replied bluntly: There is indeed the existence of the Shenji Battalion, however, there is no miraculous to say that this Shenji Battalion was built by Erchen in the Western Regions in the past, until the day when Erchen returned to Beijing with the edict, it has not yet achieved results.

Oh? And what about the musket? Seeing that Li Zhen was so frank and straightforward, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, frowned, and then asked.

As soon as he heard the old man even call out the name of the musket, Li Zhen was almost startled, but Li Zhen had already thought of the relevant countermeasures, but he was not flustered, and said calmly: Father, this is a weapon created by the skilled craftsmen from all over the world, using gunpowder and other newly invented things, using guns to shoot projectiles, which can be hundreds of steps away, fighting in formation, and being invincible. My father could see it with his own eyes.

Li Shimin's Northern Expedition, since he saw the power of the oil bomb, he was interested in the weapons in Li Zhen's hands, and he had already arranged for relevant people to investigate privately, and the results were not much different from what Li Zhen said, and then he thought that Luo Zhengsheng had also said that the manufacture and transportation of new weapons such as oil bombs were extremely difficult, and he believed what Li Zhenzhi said. Seeing that Li Zhen's face was tired, and his heart was full of pity, he smiled and said: Okay, when the musket arrives, I will personally test it, let's discuss it here today, and after a few days' journey, I will go back and rest first.

Yes, father, son-in-law retired. Li Zhen rarely accompanied Li Shimin to talk for so long, and her heart was also full of attachment to her father, but considering that Li Shimin's illness had not healed, she didn't dare to delay more, so she got up, replied respectfully, withdrew from the Yide Palace, and returned to the East Palace on her own without mentioning it.

Your Majesty, it's time to eat. Previously, Li Shimin's father and son were talking happily, although Liu Donghe was worried about Li Shimin's body, but he didn't dare to come forward to disturb him.

Okay, pass on the food, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll pass a few more dishes, and add a pot of wine, and I want to use it. Li Shimin shook his sleeves happily and laughed happily;

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