Li Qi waved his hand disdainfully when he heard this.

"If Li Ming really wants to make himself auspicious, then he will kill himself!"

"Zi Bu is strange and confused, but the ministers in the court hate these the most, please those untouchables can be the co-masters of the world? It's so funny! ”

Zhao Guang listened to Li Qi's analysis and nodded, and then asked, "Then what should we do next?" ”

"Collect evidence, wait and see what happens, the court asks the right question, and kill with one blow!" Li Qi replied confidently.

Zhao Guang also thought deeply when he heard it, and felt that he was not following the wrong person.

A month passed quickly.

During this period, Li Ming taught Zhang Sheng how to intercrop, and Zhang Sheng taught these advanced planting methods to the farmers who received government land.

As soon as the seeds planted had just sprouted, Li Ming and the other three princes were called back to the capital.

In the Taihe Palace, Li Ming and other four princes stood side by side.

In front of them was Emperor Li Tianmin, and behind them were hundreds of officials headed by the Three Dukes.

Huo Zheng, the head of the household, took the lead in reading the achievements of each prince to everyone present.

"The eighth prince Li Yu, led Qinghe County, and handed over a total of 1,000 pieces of grain, 80 horses of satin, 50 horses of silk, and 120 catties of various medicinal materials......"

Li Yu looked at the other princes proudly, these taxes were raised by him half a year in advance, how could the other princes compare with him!

The ministers of the court couldn't help but nod when they heard the tax collected by Li Yu.

The officials present were all officials who had worked for one side of the government, and it seemed to them that it was very rare to be able to collect so many taxes in one month without arousing public resentment.

After reading the political achievements of the Eight Princes, Huo Zheng then remembered the Six Princes.

"The sixth prince, Li Yi, led Lantian County, handed over 1,500 pieces of grain, 100 pieces of satin, 80 pieces of silk, and 1,200 catties of jade......

Li Yu looked at Li Yi suddenly, his face full of disbelief.

Li Yi replied lightly: "Each other!" ”

"The third prince Li Qi, led Chang'an County, and handed over 3,000 grains ......"

Huo Zheng thought of this, and the audience was in an uproar!

Three thousand Hu! Some counties don't pay that much in a year!

Li Qi looked at his two younger brothers with disdain, and wanted to hide from him about their little actions?

As for Li Ming, who hasn't been talked about yet, Li Qi is even less worried, firstly, Guang'an County is a poor county, and secondly, he feels that Li Ming still has a handle in his hands.

"Prince Li Ming, led Guang'an County, and handed over the grain...... None, and neither are any other taxes! ”

The voice of the ministers' discussion was almost about to lift the Taihe Palace, they knew that the prince was incompetent, but they didn't expect to be so incompetent.

Is it true that you can't harvest even a grain of grain?

Tax revenue is the top priority in the evaluation of officials, and an official who cannot collect taxes is undoubtedly unqualified.

And Li Ming was indifferent to everyone's discussions.

Seeing Li Ming's attitude, Li Qi immediately gave Taishi Xu Hanwen a look.

Xu Hanwen understood, and immediately stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince's political achievements are really not suitable to continue to serve as the prince, and I implore Your Majesty to abolish the position of Prince Li Ming and replace it with the third prince!"

After Xu Hanwen finished speaking, officials from his faction stood up and seconded the proposal.

A number of neutral officials also agreed.

Li Qi smiled even more heartily when he saw this, in this battle for the heir, after all, he had the last laugh, but Li Ming, the opponent, was weaker, and some of his preparations didn't even have time to play a role.

At this time, Taifu Lin Chaowen couldn't look at it, and he stood up against the pressure of the ministers.

"Your Majesty, the prince should have a secret for such political achievements, why don't you listen to the prince's explanation first?"

Emperor Li Tianmin nodded after hearing this, "Ming'er, can you explain?" ”

Li Ming stood up indifferently.

"I don't think there's anything to explain, if you don't understand, it can only mean that you are far away from the people!"

As soon as Li Ming's words came out, the crowd was immediately excited.

"Ha, this official has gone all the way from the Qipin County Order to the present, isn't it as good as you, a prince who grew up in the deep palace, to understand the people's suffering?"

"I don't know how thick the sky is, I think this is clearly the prince's excuse for his incompetence!"

These words offended all the officials present, and even Taifu Lin Chaowen couldn't defend Li Ming at this time.

"Silence!"

Finally, it was Emperor Li Tianmin who stood up.

"Ming'er, talk back, why is Guang'an County not taxed?"

Li Ming sighed helplessly, and then talked about the reason.

"Father, there are a total of 87,723 households in Guang'an County, of which only 76 are landed!"

"It's because the gentry are rampant, the officials are corrupt, the people are reduced to fish and meat, and the disease of Guang'an has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, do you want me to further knock the bone and suck the marrow?"

After Li Ming's speech, the court immediately fell silent, and no one dared to look Li Ming in the eyes.

"When Erchen arrived in Guang'an County this time, the first thing he thought of was to cure the disease and save people, only by saving Guang'an County, there would be taxes to collect in the future, otherwise how could the rootless tree last long?"

"Good!" Li Ming's words made Taifu Lin Chaowen cry out unconsciously.

Li Qi is very angry, how can someone still be in the limelight after taking the duck egg test?

"Clever words! You don't think that setting up two porridge shacks is a political achievement, right? ”

Li Ming smiled and replied: "The porridge shed is just an emergency measure, what I really want to do is to use this to reassure the people and revitalize the government and military system!" ”

As soon as Li Ming's words came out, the audience was shocked.

Every official present knew that the early Tang Dynasty was the government military system.

The imperial court granted the people official land to cultivate, and the people sent soldiers as soldiers, and this kind of soldiers were often very effective because they wanted to protect their own land.

However, with the prevalence of land annexation, the imperial court gradually lost its land, and the government military system collapsed and turned into a conscription system.

For the emperor, the conscription system was not only a problem of low combat effectiveness, but also difficult to guarantee loyalty.

Therefore, when he heard Li Ming say that he could revitalize the government military system, Li Tianmin's eyes lit up!

"Ming'er, what you said is true?"

"Erchen doesn't dare to deceive his father, as long as Guang'an County continues to implement it according to my governance method, after three years, Guang'an County alone will be able to provide 5,000 elite soldiers!"

Li Ming's words were loud.

Li Tianmin, who listened to it, applauded again and again, and the waste prince who had always thought of it could not have imagined that he was so strategic.

Taishi Xu Hanwen saw that the emperor had begun to lean towards Li Ming, so he stood up and preached again.

"Your Majesty, these are just empty words, and there is no real evidence!"

After hearing this, Li Ming immediately retorted: "Then what do these collected taxes represent? Will my three good brothers be fit to become tax collectors in the future? ”

After Li Ming's words were finished, he caused a burst of laughter.

At this time, Li Qi couldn't hold back any longer, and the back hand he prepared should come in handy!

"Enlighten the father, the son has something to sue the prince!"

"Speak!" Li Tianmin replied expressionlessly.

"Erchen wants to expose the prince's rebellion!"

Li Qi's words suddenly stirred up a thousand waves!