The court was over, but the fire was not extinguished.

With the technology of this era, it is not easy to extinguish a fire of this magnitude.

What everyone did last night was not to put out the fire, but to isolate the fire.

It is also necessary to admire the wisdom of the ancients, at the beginning of the construction of the city, they prevented how to stop the spread of fire in the event of a fire.

That's why the fire will be controlled, but when it comes to firefighting, there is no way, it is really limited.

Countless people could only watch the smoke rising from the fire, all with regret.

No matter whose food it is, it can't bear such a waste!

Fortunately, the imperial court immediately opened a regular position to curb grain prices, otherwise the people would be even more miserable.

Wei Zheng walked out of the palace gate, saw this situation, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "If it was a few years ago, how many lives could these grains live?" ”

Everyone was silent, no matter whether they were extravagant or not, but they still couldn't bear to face so much food destruction.

In the afternoon, the preliminary investigation came out, and the cause of the matter was that the shopkeeper of the grain shop had been counting the grain in the warehouse last night, and because he was too sleepy, he fell asleep in the storeroom, and finally the candlestick fell to the ground and caused a fire.

In addition, it is now autumn, and there is a breeze to help, and it is finally out of control.

And the shopkeeper, after knowing that it had caused a catastrophe, also regretted it, and finally died in the fire in order to extinguish the fire.

In this way, there is no proof of death, and the fire that shook the court will eventually be over.

said a thousand things and ten thousand, and the people did not raise officials and not hold them accountable, even if it was the emperor.

But then, the entire Datang began to ban the outflow of grain, which was generally supported by the people.

When Wang Dequan learned the news, he immediately sent someone to send the news back to Sun Moon Mountain.

Once the Tang Dynasty began to ban the outflow of grain, the greatest impact was on the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the grain of the Ming Dynasty mainly relied on imports from the Tang Dynasty.

And the grain export of the Tang Dynasty is actually only the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a counterattack by the scholars.

In this way, they are warning the Ming court not to move their foundation.

Does Li Er know?

Li Er actually knows, and how many people in the court don't know?

But in the final analysis, they are the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and what they think and worry about must take precedence over the Tang Dynasty, which is the premise.

So even if they knew, they wouldn't object, that's the position.

……

Sun Moon Mountain, everyone doesn't know what happened in Chang'an for the time being.

The entire Ming Dynasty is still thriving, and the big guys are very motivated.

Because of the large number of manpower invested in the grassland, even if the amount of work is large, it has also achieved a steady development.

Among them, the most significant is Deyang City.

First, because of the earlier development, the starting foundation is better than other places, and secondly, because the geographical environment does occupy some advantages, gradually, Deyang City has become the third largest city in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it is said that it is the third largest city in the Ming Dynasty, but it is actually similar to Jingyang, but it is just a rare city on the grassland that has such an illusion.

On this day, Xiao Yue was inspecting under his rule, and since Li Chengqian appointed him as the Deyang Commander, he has devoted almost all his time and experience to the construction of Deyang City.

Seeing Deyang City flourishing day by day, he still has a sense of accomplishment.

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why Deyang City has this achievement is inseparable from him.

In order to revitalize Deyang City, he also racked his brains.

Agriculture doesn't work, not to mention the wrong farming time, even if you don't miss the farming time, the habits of the grassland people will definitely not give you honest farming.

Animal husbandry is also not suitable, successive snowstorms have long destroyed the animal husbandry on the grassland to the extreme, unless there is a large amount of investment, it will be difficult to return to the level of the year in three or five years.

Eventually, he set his sights on business.

What he values is the caravan that travels back and forth between Datang and Sun Moon Mountain, and there are caravans passing through his Deyang City almost every day, in this case, why doesn't he make up for it from these people?

As a result, he built a large number of inns, restaurants and even shops in the city.

The grassland people have not yet developed the habit of living in the city, so there are not many people living in these houses in the city.

Therefore, the houses in the city were originally a little empty, and after he converted them into inns, restaurants, and shops, the caravans traveling back and forth between Datang and Sun Moon Mountain began to slowly get used to a foothold here.

The flow of people gradually began to increase.

And some shrewd businessmen also began to realize that this small town was actually profitable, so they went to the county office to inquire about the shops on the street.

In this way, slowly, Deyang City can have today's prosperity in a short period of time.

All kinds of shops have gradually appeared in the county.

And the surrounding herdsmen have gradually discovered that some of the things they need in life can be bought in the city, and their cattle and sheep can also be sold here.

In the development of such a virtuous circle, Deyang has become the third largest city in the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the flow of people in the city, Xiao Yue was very pleased.

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the ancients are honest and do not deceive me." At this moment, Xiao Yue heard someone in a soup cake shop sigh with emotion, and when he heard this tune, he knew that he was a scholar, and when he turned his head, he saw that this person was seventy or eighty, as if half of his body was buried in the loess mound.

"My husband's words are wrong." After Xiao Yue finished speaking, he walked into the soup cake shop and sat opposite his father-in-law.

The tables and chairs in the Ming Dynasty are all those tossed out by Li Chengqian, which is also convenient.

When the old man heard this, he smiled and said, "Xiao Langjun has a high opinion? ”

"It is understandable to come after profit and go with profit." Xiao Yue said, "If the herdsmen live in pursuit of water and grass, and like the farmers who plough from time to time, who is not for profit? If you don't steal or rob, you can exchange labor for payment, how can you distinguish between high and low? ”

What he is advocating in Deyang City now is commerce and collecting commercial taxes, so naturally people can't belittle merchants.

With this start, who would want to come to Deyang City to do business?

"Xiao Langjun is good at arguing." The old man said with a smile, "But herdsmen can produce cattle and sheep by living in water and grass, farmers can produce grain by farming, and businessmen come in pursuit of profits, what can they produce?" ”

Xiao Yue said with a smile: "The property tax can be paid, and the old man should know that the Ming Dynasty will implement no tax on agriculture this year and next year."

But as a royal court, necessary expenses are always required, and the kid knows what the old man means.

It is inevitable that businessmen will not produce and will scatter because they are not profitable.

But the Ming court must start from its own situation, whether it is governing a place or a country, it must take into account the actual situation, and take it for granted to govern a place, how is it different from talking on paper? ”

The old man nodded, but he didn't say much, he didn't understand the governance of the place, so he didn't express his opinion, he had some emotion before, but it was just because he saw that the street was full of businessmen, and he felt it.

Xiao Yue saw that he didn't say much, but he didn't mean to say much.

During this time, he actually grew a lot and learned a lot, and these things were not learned in books before.

After a bowl of soup cakes, Xiao Yue burped in satisfaction and got up to leave.

It's still that taste, that's the amount, and that's good.

After Xiao Yue left, after the old man ate the soup cake and paid for it, he inquired with the shopkeeper about the direction of Sun Moon Mountain, and carried a crutch on the road again.

No one could have imagined that such a seventy or eighty-year-old man would come from Datang alone.

Xiao Yue, who left the soup cake shop, continued to wander around the city.

In the city, he generally doesn't bring an entourage, first, it's unnecessary, and second, if he brings an entourage, everyone knows who he is, and many things are invisible.

Just as he was walking around the city, he suddenly found that many grain shops were not open today, so he asked someone to inquire, and all the shopkeepers of these grain shops went to Sun Moon Mountain early in the morning.

Why is that?

In the whole city, the Changming grain shop is still in normal business.

Something is wrong, open the door to do business, how can there be a reason to close the door to thank customers?

After returning to the county office, Xiao Yue immediately asked people to inquire.

After a while, the inquiring came back.

"Xiao County Order, the big thing is not good, Taoyuan is forbidden to leave the country, saying that it means the Tang Dynasty."

As soon as he heard this, Xiao Yue immediately stood up, something was going to happen!

"Hurry up, send someone to send the news back to Sun Moon Mountain."

After saying that, he was also a little incomprehensible.

Datang: Why is this?

Banning food from leaving the country is stuck in the throat of the Ming Dynasty.

"I sent someone to keep an eye on the grain merchants, and not a drop of grain was allowed to be transported. At the same time, no leakage of any information is allowed. After the messenger left, Xiao Yue commanded.

After speaking, he went to the Changming shop to check the grain reserves.

The most critical reason why the Ming Dynasty is still stable today is that as long as everyone is willing to work, they will never go hungry.

But if there is really a food shortage, this stable estimate will come to an end.

And in Riyue Mountain, Li Qinjian was also curious, it stands to reason that in the past, there would be grain entering the city at this time every day, but today there are indeed a lot of caravans, but there is not a single grain of grain.

This surprised him a little, and just as he was about to send someone to ask, the messenger from Deyang's side arrived.

"On the street, what kind of galloping horses!" Li Qinjian immediately scolded.

That person naturally knew Li Qinjian, and immediately got off the horse and whispered in Li Qinjian's ear.

After he finished speaking, Li Qinjian looked stunned, and immediately asked, "Can you be sure?" ”

"It's been decided." The messenger said.

Li Qinjian's face darkened in an instant, and he was really afraid of something: "You rest for the time being, and I will go back to His Highness." ”

With that, Li Qinjian turned around and returned to Sun Moon Mountain directly.

Li Chengqian was studying wool with Zhang Erniu and others in the workshop at this time, and it was already autumn, which meant that winter was coming.

No one knows what the market will be this winter, so it is important to prepare in advance.

In addition to wool, as early as when the iron ore was discovered, Li Chengqian asked the blacksmiths to start building a return air furnace, all in order to prepare for the winter.

When Li Qinjian came to find him, he saw that Li Chengqian was studying with Zhang Erniu and others, so he hurriedly walked over and said, "Your Highness, something happened." ”

Hearing this, Li Chengqian glanced at Li Qinjian, but as soon as he looked at his anxious appearance, he knew that something really was wrong, otherwise this guy wouldn't be like this.

"You continue to study, and this king will take care of some things." After speaking, Li Chengqian took Li Qinjian out of the workshop.

Now in the workshop, there are a lot of people.

"What's wrong?" As soon as he got out of the workshop, Li Chengqian asked.

Li Qinjian hurriedly said: "Datang has banned grain from leaving the country!" ”

As soon as he heard that this was the case, Li Chengqian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, you scared me to death......

This matter was expected by him, and he was waiting for this day from the moment he began to output paper to Datang.

Of course, he also had a look of surprise on his face, and said in disbelief: "Why is this happening? ”

"I don't know, I think it's strange today, at this time on weekdays, Datang's grain should go into the city, but today I haven't seen a drop of grain, just now Xiao Yue in Deyang City also came to the news, it has been verified, Datang prohibits grain from leaving the country." Li Qinjian's face was worried.

The main reason is that the current grain of the Ming Dynasty relies on imports from Datang, and without Datang's grain, they will be in trouble next.

Hundreds of thousands of mouths that can eat people!

"Inform all the officials in Sun Moon Mountain, and come to the king's tent to discuss matters quickly." Li Chengqian said.

Li Qinjian could only nod and obey at the moment.

And after Li Qinjian left, Li Chengqian smiled.

For him, that's a good thing.

Not long after, among the king's tents, all the officials in Sun Moon Mountain were in place, and even Xiao Yue rushed back from Deyang City.

"Today, this king has convened everyone to discuss the matter, and the reason must be known to everyone? I don't know yet, here is a simple thing to say, Datang has banned grain from leaving the country. Li Chengqian said bluntly.

When everyone heard this, whether they knew it or didn't know, they were all flustered.

Food is the foundation of human life.

"Your Highness, do you want to send an envoy to Datang to discuss again?" Wang Xuance asked when he heard this.

After all, Li Chengqian is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and there should be room for maneuver in this matter.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "Since Datang has made such a decision, and it has made such a decision without notifying us, it means that they must have sufficient reasons." ”

Negotiate?

Talk about a fart!

That's what he wants, okay.

"But what should we do if we run out of food and rule hundreds of thousands of people?" After Wang Xuance finished speaking, he was a little weak.

The hope I had just seen seemed to have been shattered again at this moment.

Li Chengqian said unhappily: "In the past, the predicament we encountered was more difficult than today, why, this little difficulty stumped you?" ”

This is what he is most afraid of seeing, everyone regards Datang as a way out, which is actually very unfavorable for the Ming court.

Whether it is a country, a family, or even a person, once you have the idea of retreating, the enterprising spirit will not be as strong as before.

This is why Xiang Yu had to break the cauldron and fight against the water, what he wanted was to cut off his retreat and move forward.

Everyone didn't speak, they were actually halfway monks, and it was the first time they encountered such a thing, and they didn't know what to do at the moment.

Li Chengqian sighed and said: "No matter what the identity of this king is, remember one thing, the Tang Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty."

Between countries, there is no family affection at all, only interests!

Even though this king is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he is also the prince of the Tang Dynasty after returning to the Tang Dynasty, but here, this king is only the king of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, Murong Shun wanted to join forces with this king and go north to the side of the Qing monarch, why didn't this king allow it?

This king knows very well that as long as this king nods, then Tuguhun will definitely be swept down by the Tang Dynasty, but the Ming royal court is very likely to be greatly damaged, and even completely annihilated after the first battle.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will eventually become the pawns and death squads of the Tang Dynasty's destruction of Tuyuhun.

Of course, as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, this king will take the lead in this battle to destroy the country, and in the midst of thousands of calls, he will return to the Tang Dynasty and continue to be the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

But at that time, the king's position was only one, that is, the Ming Dynasty, so the king refused, and the Tang Dynasty also lost the golden opportunity, can you understand? ”

Everyone nodded, they had all heard of it.

From the standpoint of Puxiruo and others, Li Chengqian did a good job.

"Even if one day, this king will take you back to Tang together, but before that day comes, the Ming royal court is just the Ming royal court, and the Ming royal court can establish diplomatic relations with anyone, and it is possible to start a war with anyone, and this anyone also includes the Tang Dynasty.

You have also seen that Datang said that it is forbidden to leave the country, so it is forbidden to leave the country, and if you don't ask the reason, just ask, are you willing to have an invisible hand stuck in your throat forever? ”

Everyone shook their heads, who wants this? Li Chengqian continued, "Since we don't want to, then why do we send envoys to discuss? They can jam us once, they can jam us a second time, a third time, do we have to grovel and send someone to counsel every time?

Remember, we are a completely autonomous nation, how can we leave our throat in the hands of others? Could it be that in addition to Datang, there is no second place in the world where there is food?

As for the way out? We have never had a way out, instead of pondering about returning to the Tang Dynasty with this king, we should think about how to build an empire comparable to the Tang Dynasty with this king!

Datang is strong, but so what?

No matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty is, it is also beaten down by people, others can, why can't we?

It is better to inherit an empire than to rebuild it with your own hands!

Just run out of food, tell this king, can it be solved! ”

"Yes!" When everyone heard this, they replied in unison.

Those who followed Li Chengqian first even had a feeling of returning to the beginning.

This was the case at the beginning, Sun Moon Mountain wanted nothing, but Li Chengqian constantly stimulated their self-confidence, and finally there was today's Ming Dynasty.

Seeing everyone like this, Li Chengqian smiled.

It doesn't matter if there is no food, what he wants is for these people to rekindle their fighting spirit.

It's the kind of fighting spirit that goes forward!

Since the identity was exposed, everyone's minds have changed, and now, it seems to have changed again.

Out of food?

Hehe, Li Chengqian really wants to say a word, good break!

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