"Imperial sister-in-law, imperial sister-in-law" Princess Jinyang called Zhang Wenyi with a playful smile on her face, this is the third time she has been distracted today.

Zhang Wenyi, who came back to her senses, smiled embarrassedly, did not speak, lowered her head and continued the needlework in her hand. What she had in her hand was a liner sewn for Li Zhi.

"Miss Brother Jiu?" Princess Jinyang asked reluctantly.

Zhang Wenyi didn't deny it, nodded, and still didn't speak.

Princess Jinyang said with a smile: "They have now passed the sandbank, you don't have to worry if everything is going well." ”

Zhang Wenyi asked strangely: "How do you know, is it His Highness who has written it?" ”

Princess Jinyang replied: "Brother Jiu didn't write from him, but there is a report every day, and there is everything on it." ”

Di Bao? What is this, is it a newspaper? Zhang Wenyi asked, but Jin Yang couldn't say why, she told Zhang Wenyi that the newspaper was there in Li Shimin.

Li Shimin, who had just finished reviewing the recital, heard the report from the chamberlain: Princess Jin asked to see her. Li Shimin rubbed his temples and motioned for the chamberlain to let Zhang Wenyi in.

Princess Jin has been in the palace for more than a year, and if it weren't for someone deliberately targeting, she would almost be like she didn't exist. Until now, as long as the concubines of the harem mention Princess Jin, it seems that there are no more deeds to talk about except that she has killed people.

It was the first time that Li Shimin, such a quiet girl, saw her, except for morning and dusk, to take care of the Jinyang sisters every day, and she must be in her bedroom. There are many women in the harem, and many people don't know that the little girl standing next to them is Princess Jin.

If he hadn't found out that this child looked like Empress Changsun in many places, Li Shimin might not have thought of her. How long will this child be silent? Li Shimin wanted to know.

After entering the door, Zhang Wenyi knelt on the ground and said, "The concubine greets Your Majesty." ”

It's still an unfamiliar tone, but people can't find the handle. Li Shimin obviously heard Zhang Wenyi's deliberate estrangement, because the other daughters-in-law, whether they were sincere or false, called him "Father Emperor", and the only family that called him "Your Majesty" had no semicolon.

Li Shimin deliberately frowned and asked, "What did you come to see me?" ”

He couldn't stand up without the emperor's permission, so Zhang Wenyi could only kneel and answer: "The concubine wants to borrow the newspaper from His Majesty's mansion here to take a look." ”

Li Shimin said "um" and said, "You get up first." As he spoke, he turned his head to the chamberlain and said, "Take Princess Jin to see the palace newspaper, and give her the letter from King Jin by the way." ”

Hearing about Li Zhi's letter, Zhang Wenyi was very happy. The chamberlain took her to a corner of the study, handed Zhang Wenyi a stack of newspapers and a stack of thick envelopes, and then stepped aside for her to read.

In the imperial study, two people read the chapter, and the other concentrated on the newspaper, and they were very quiet without interfering with each other. It wasn't until her stomach protested that Zhang Wenyi suddenly realized, and when she looked up, she saw that it was already dark, and an apologetic look appeared on her face.

Biting his lip, he plucked up the courage to wait for Li Shimin to finish approving a book, walked up to him and knelt down, and said: "The concubine is fascinated and forgets the time, I hope Your Majesty will forgive you." ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "It's just this time, don't take it as an example, go back." After speaking, he said to the chamberlain: "Someone will take Princess Jin back to the palace." ”

The chamberlain bowed down and led Zhang Wenyi out of the imperial study, and sent someone to send her back. On the way, Zhang Wenyi went to Princess Jinyang's dormitory, and learned that the two sisters had slept peacefully, so she went back with confidence.

When he returned to the bedroom, he saw that Caiyi was waiting anxiously, so he hurriedly put down Li Zhi's letter and asked what was wrong.

The last time he caught Caiyi's handle, Zhang Wenyi had successfully turned this palace maid into a double agent. This Li girl is really good, left and right Fengyuan has become the number one palace maid in Zhang Wenyi's bedroom, and if she has a title, she can become a female official.

Caiyi said eagerly: "Today I saw a palace maid like me among the female officials serving the prince. ”

Zhang Wenyi nodded and asked, "Did she see you?" ”

Caiyi replied, "No." ”

"Do you know about her?" Zhang Wenyi asked.

Caiyi replied a little proudly: "I inquired, she is now called Yan Nu is the Shang of the East Palace." ”

Zhang Wenyi smiled slightly and said, "Good job, don't ask her again in the future." ”

Seeing Caiyi's confused face, Zhang Wenyi explained: "Asking too much is easy to arouse the suspicion of others, and besides, she is now subordinate to the East Palace and we have no direct interest, so it is enough to know that there is such a thing." ”

After listening to Zhang Wenyi's explanation, Caiyi was relieved. Seeing that Zhang Wenyi looked a little tired, she hurriedly beckoned someone to prepare hot water for her to bathe.

took a hot bath, Zhang Wenyi declined Caiyi's eager request to be on duty at night, and asked her to have a good rest, maybe there would be something important to do tomorrow. After everyone left, she opened Li Zhi's letter and read it carefully.

Feeling very sleepy, Zhang Wenyi packed up the letter and marked it before going to bed to rest.

After that, Zhang Wenyi had another habit of going to the emperor's imperial study to read the newspaper for half an hour, and Li Shimin didn't care about it at first. Zhang Wenyi is very quiet every time she comes and goes, and basically doesn't disturb him.

Li Shimin was very interested in Zhang Wenyi's daily reading of the Di newspaper, and one day he asked Zhang Wenyi, can you understand? Zhang Wenyi told him very shyly that some could understand and some couldn't.

After Li Shimin asked Zhang Wenyi where he understood and where he didn't understand, he took out the map and explained it in detail. It's just that the ancient maps are similar to Chinese paintings, and they are very freehand. Because the division of the boundary of mountains and rivers makes the map look like fish scales from a distance, the ancient map is also called the fish scale map.

Zhang Wenyi is used to looking at modern maps, and it is more difficult to look at ancient maps. Fortunately, Li Shimin was more patient, and slowly he was able to understand.

Looking at Yutu Zhang Wenyi asked a question: "Your Majesty, it is said that the previous dynasty died in the canal." But why did they have to dig the canal? You see, we have water to the east, so we just need to build a ship. ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, and he smiled: "How can it be so simple, the emperors and ministers of your current dynasty are all fools?" Our east side is not just water, it's lots and lots of water. We call it the sea, where the wind and waves are high, and non-big ships cannot sail. Boats cannot be docked at will, and only a few special places can dock. Even large ships may not be able to reach it safely, they may be overturned by the wind and waves, and they may get lost in the sea. ”

Zhang Wenyi let out an "oh" and said no more. Li Shimin's heart moved, and he felt that some thoughts were fleeting in his heart, and he wanted to catch it but didn't catch it.

A few days later, Zhang Wenyi pointed to a place in the palace newspaper and asked, "Your Majesty, the concubine remembers that the sage said: The whole world is not the king's land." Does it mean that all the lands in the world belong to our royal family? ”

Li Shimin smiled and replied, "Yes, it is true. ”

Zhang Wenyi said: "Then does the money from the land sale above belong to the royal family?" If the land can be bought and sold, then the royal land can become someone else's land, when someone has more land than us, and even he buys all the land, will they become royal? ”

Li Shimin just smiled secretly in his heart: The daughter of a businessman is the daughter of a businessman, and everything is a good word. smiled and was about to explain, but suddenly found that it was difficult to explain, because Zhang Wenyi's inference was theoretically valid.

Facing Zhang Wenyi's clear gaze, Li Shimin hesitated. And he also thought of the battle between himself and the wealthy family, and another uncertain thought flashed in his mind, but he didn't catch it again.

Zhang Wenyi, who had not received an answer for a long time, saw that Li Shimin was deep in thought, so he lowered his eyes and stopped bothering him. When the time came, Zhang Wenyi retired, leaving Li Shimin, who continued to meditate.

Guanzhong, Longxi, Hedong these places used to be the richest places, and most of the gate valve families originated from here. However, now the land here is not even able to support the people of Chang'an City, and the emperor led the people of Chang'an to move to Luoyang several times when he was alive.

Is it true that the land is barren and the output is not enough to feed the people here? Of course not, but most of the land became the private property of these wealthy families. The output of these lands is not subject to taxes, and even more, the land of many ordinary people is also in the name of these wealthy families, which causes the state's taxes to flow into the pockets of these wealthy families.

The swelling Guanlong nobles need to master the government in order to continue their development, and the imperial court cannot become the court of the Guanlong nobles, and the struggle between themselves and the Guanlong nobles does not stem from this,

Yes, he appointed the generals of the Hu clan to suppress the old generals of the Han family, which was nothing more than hoping to get the support of the Cui, Wang, and Li clans in Shandong and Hebei to fight against the Guanlong nobles.

However, these noble families were essentially the same as the Guanlong aristocracy, and the land cultivated in these places increased year after year, while the taxes decreased.

Now Li Shimin can already understand why Yang Guang is crazy about digging canals, and the country's taxes are concentrated in the southeast. If the taxes collected over there are transported to Chang'an by land, the loss is not known, and the internal battle with the Guanlongmen valve will have to be fought, and Yang Guang, who has no choice, can only launch an external war to relieve the internal pressure.

Therefore, Yang Guang can only dig the canal, and his subordinates can dig the canal under the encirclement and suppression of these wealthy families, and it has also gone through a lot of hardships. Li Shimin crossed his fingers and counted his subordinates, except for Qin Qiong, who has passed away, I am afraid that no one can do it, and Qin Qiong is the subordinate of Hu'er back then.

Now he is facing a better situation than Yang Guang because he has canals. The grain from Jiangsu and Zhejiang was continuously transported from the far south to Chang'an, which supported Li Shimin to continue to fight with the Guanlong nobles.

In these imperial examinations, a large number of southerners were selected, and about seventy percent of the Jinshi and the first were scholars from Jianghuai. Most of these people are the descendants of the Southern Dynasty scholars who belonged to the Wei and Jin dynasties who lived in Jiangdu and Jinling, and were called Jiangzuo scholars.

Most of these people are from famous families, but the world has changed, and now these people can only be regarded as poor. With the influx of these people into the court, they are currently fighting the most fiercely with the Guanlongshi people, and they are using the banner of the Hanmen to attract those generals from the Hanmen, which has formed a threat to the Guanlongshi and the famous families in Shandong.

This is also Li Shimin, in order to prevent trouble, can only suppress those cold generals, lest these Jiangzuo scholars become the second Guanlong nobles.