Datang Nongwang

Chapter 632

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When Li Chongyuan heard this, his eyes became dizzy, and he realized that his title of county king was not obtained because Li Chongyuan built a paddle steamer, but that he needed to exchange his own Type C-[-] paddle steamer and design drawings to get it. The title of the county king.

This is my own boat.

Moreover, there is only such a ship at present.

although.

Before Li Chongyuan left Xixiang, another C[-]-type paddle steamer was almost built, but it needed sea trial corrections, and even a long-distance sea trial.

It is at least several months before it can be used.

Li Chongyuan fainted.

It's really a little dizzy.

He never expected that the result of his paddle steamer sailing back to Chang'an would be to hand over to the imperial court, even the design drawings, which made Li Chongyuan really unable to accept this result.

Do not pay?

Not to mention that the title of county king is gone, maybe Li Shimin, or the court officials of the court, have to kill Li Chongyuan.

The paddle steamer can be used as a cargo ship, a passenger ship, or even a warship.

It is a multi-purpose vessel.

If such a ship is placed in Li Chongyuan's hands, the imperial court will definitely not allow it.

Li Chongyuan glanced at the overjoyed old lady, and then at the excited expressions of the brothers and younger sisters. He wanted to reject the title of the county king, but he really couldn't bear it.

He couldn't bear his aunt being happy for nothing, and even more couldn't bear the consequences that his Li family could afford once he refused.

finally.

Li Chongyuan smiled helplessly.

As for what Wang Li meant by the title of Prince of Xixiang County, Li Chongyuan didn't really care.

His fief was originally in Xixiang, and he was originally the county marquis of Xixiang.

It is not unacceptable to Li Chongyuan that he be named the king of Xixiang County this time.

But Li Chongyuan knew that the title of county king would not be named in the name of Xixiang.

In any case, whether it is the king of the county, or the duke of the state, or even the heir to the king, the title will basically be granted according to the enfeoffment system of the Han Dynasty.

Just like Li Chongyuan's uncle Li Xiaogong's title of Hejian King was later reduced to Hejian County King.

Hejian is the grandson of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the feudal state of Liu Bijiang.

Further down, many people in various dynasties were named Hejian Kings.

Before Li Xiaogong was named King of Hejian, it was Yang Hong of the previous dynasty who was named King of Hejian. Yang Hong was the cousin of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty.

and so.

Whether it is a king, or a county king, or even a state prince, basically you have to follow the enfeoffment system of the Han Dynasty, not whatever name you want to be named.

As for those below the county magistrate, they don't pay much attention to it.

And this time Li Chongyuan was named the King of Xixiang County, from this incident, Li Chongyuan could guess that Li Chongyuan's title of County King was also won by Li Shimin and the court officials.

If a certain person was named a county king according to the urgency of the court officials, at least it was the name of a certain place in the north, and it would definitely not be Xixiang in the south.

"Boss Wang, don't you have to discuss this matter?" Li Chongyuan didn't care much about Xixiang's name, what he cared about was his paddle steamer and design drawings.

Wang Li smiled and replied: "King Li Jun, don't ask me about this, I don't know. If you want to ask, you have to go to the palace and ask the Holy Majesty. However, I have to tell you, the Holy Majesty is for you The title of the county king is often contested with the court officials in the court, otherwise, your title can only be raised by one level at most, and you can become a county prince."

"Forget it, the Holy Majesty is fighting with those court officials, how can I have the ability to argue with those people. Forget it, hand it over, anyway, with the title of county king, my land is also big, and the food city There are too many rewards, so let’s treat it as an exchange.” Li Chongyuan had no choice but to accept this reality.

A paddle steamer and blueprints are exchanged for a title of county king, which is reasonable to say.

The cost of a C-[-] paddle steamer is tens of thousands of guan, but the fiefdom of the county king is as high as [-] mu, with [-] food towns. It is estimated that the real food town will not exceed [-], and it may even not exceed [-]. Fives.

As for whether it is true or not, it depends on how Li Shimin arranges it in the end.

Seeing that Li Chongyuan seemed to have compromised, Wang Li immediately said, "Your Majesty Li, since the matter is over, then I have to go back to the palace to renew the order."

"Yuan'er, come on, hurry up and send Manager Wang off." After being happy, the old lady finally woke up, and after hearing the sound, she hurriedly urged Li Chongyuan.

After seeing off Wang Li, Li Chongyuan returned to the front hall with some sighs.

When Li Chongyuan came back, his brothers surrounded him one after another, looking at Li Chongyuan enviously, with joy on his face.

Even Wan'er looked at Li Chongyuan eagerly, as if she was waiting for her fourth brother to give him a big red envelope.

The old lady sat in the first place and looked at Li Chongyuan who came back, "Yuaner, now you have been named the county king. Although it is a bit too childish for the court to be named the county king this time, but you mentioned the county king from the county lord, which is also true. It's an extraordinary promotion. In the future, you have to be cautious and don't be like before."

"Aniang, the child knows." Li Chongyuan replied respectfully, with a lot of helplessness on his face.

Helpless, a paddle steamer is exchanged for a county prince, and I don't know whether it is a loss or a gain.

Li Chongji patted Li Chongyuan's shoulder lightly and said: "Fourth brother, although Xixiang has never been crowned a county king, in Han Dynasty Guangyang Qingwang, his son Liu Rong was named Xixiang Hou, and later Xixiang Hou Guo Was abolished. In the Shu Han period, the famous general Zhang Fei was also named the Marquis of Xixiang. Therefore, you should not have any ideas. The imperial court has its own ideas, and there must be a reason for the imperial court to award such rewards. My brother hopes Make persistent efforts and strive to bring back a prince to our Li family."

Huh.

What a big ambition.

Li Chongyuan was a little scared.

Wang Jue is not so easy to win back.

Moreover, now, if you want to get a prince, you have to be Li Yuan's adopted son, or Li Shimin's adopted son, otherwise, you don't even want to be a prince.

Although Li Chongyuan is a relative of the Li family, even if the surname is Li, the Tang Kingdom has been established for 20 years. Even if Li Chongyuan wants to bring back a prince, he must be able to make great contributions to the Tang Kingdom.

Otherwise, don't say that you won't be able to return to the title of the king, maybe with Li Shimin hanging up, Li Chongyuan's title of the county king will have to be downgraded.

but.

Listening to what his elder brother said, Li Chongyuan realized for the first time that this Xixiang was once a place where the famous general Zhang Fei foraged.

This really surprised Li Chongyuan.

"It turns out that Xixiang really gave birth to a Marquis. I thought I was entrusted to Xixiang for other reasons. But, brother, let me take back a prince, I'll leave it to you. I'm at the end." Li Chongyuan was shocked, but he felt a little lucky.

Li Chongyuan was glad that his fief Xixiang used to be a Hou country.

At least, from this point of view, he, Li Chongyuan, thought that he was no longer enfeoffed to Xixiang because of his concubine. Even though the Xixiang Marquis had been abolished, he was still a Marquis.

Listening to Li Chongyuan's words, Li Chongji thought in his heart, but he also knew that it was hopeless for him to be crowned king.

Beginning from the Zhou Dynasty, the five titles of Duke, Marquis, Bo, Zi, and Nan were established as gifts to nobles and meritorious officials.

In the Warring States Period, the Zhou Dynasty survived in name only.

The titles of Duke and Marquis are obviously not worthy of the status of the monarch of the Seven Kingdoms, but they dare not be called the emperor, but because of the name of the emperor of Zhou, they finally retreated to the second best and chose to be the king.

But the king at this time is only a monarch, not a title.

After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang was a meritorious official, and then the king was officially established.

And the first batch of people who won the titles were the seven people familiar to everyone, including Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Ying Bu.But soon, these seven people were all killed by Liu Bang.

Afterwards, Liu Bang killed the white horse and made a covenant that "the king is not the Liu family, and the world will fight together." From then on, the king is not a member of the royal family.

The later emperors basically followed the rule set by Liu Bang, and only crowned their brothers and sons as kings.

Occasionally, Wang with a different surname appears, but this situation is not the norm.

At the same time, one word king and two word king appeared in the title of prince.

It is well known that the one-character king is more expensive than the two-character king.

And the word king is the most honorable, no more than the four titles of 'Jin, Qin, Qi, and Chu'.Because these four titles were the largest vassal states during the Warring States Period.

The four titles of Jin, Qin, Qi, and Chu, although the four titles are equally noble on the surface, they are actually different.

According to common sense, Jin is more expensive than the three titles of Qin, Qi, and Chu, and if the crown prince dies, according to the rules, the person who succeeds the crown prince must be the king of Jin, followed by the kings of Qin and Qi. King or King of Chu.

Further down, there are eight titles of 'Zhao, Wei, Yan, Han, Song, Liang, Zhou, and Wu'.

And these titles basically cover all the one-word kings.

The two-character king is basically named after the county. Of course, this county refers to the name of the county that appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In addition to the two-character king, there is also the two-character county king, all of which are named after the county.

Just like Li Xiaogong's Hejian King, or Hejian County King, Hejian was the name of a county in Zhao State during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.

and so.

When Li Chongyuan said that his title had come to an end, he hoped that his elder brother could bring back a title to the Li family, which made Li Chong sigh and hopeless.

Li Chongyuan was named the county king, such a happy event, naturally all relatives and those who have a good relationship with the Li family should know about it.

This is not.

As soon as the old lady spoke, she asked the brothers of the Li family to start posting to each mansion, saying that in half a month, they would make a big fuss in the original Li County Hou's mansion.

It was such an honor for Li Chongyuan to be crowned King of Xixiang County, which also made Qi Huo and others return to the County Marquis's Mansion one after another to start preparations.

And one day later, the imperial court re-designated the mansion for Li Chongyuan's county marquis mansion, which included gate courts, gate halberds and battles.

There is a saying.

As the king of the county, he naturally needs a certain appearance, otherwise, Li Chongyuan's mansion is so shabby, why would he be laughed at to death.

New mansion?
No.

Li Chongyuan really wanted to change to a new mansion, but the court refused to give it to him, and Li Chongyuan had no choice but to continue living in his original county mansion.

the next day.

According to the regulations, Li Chongyuan began to report to various ministries.

Going to the ministries to report on their work is nothing more than reporting to the ministries about the relevant situation in Yangzhou in the past two years, and then crying to the ministries for money.

I can't get the money, but I can definitely get the note.

The ministries don't care about money and food, and the Ministry of Households is in charge of money and food.

Only after getting the notes from the various ministries can we go to the household department to ask for money and food.

For several days in a row, Li Chongyuan was in the middle of running various ministries, and he never had a day off.

When Li Chongyuan went to various departments to report on his work, Wan'er went back to Li Zhuang by herself.

After Li Chongyuan finished his work report in various ministries, he went into the palace again and reported some things in Yangzhou to the big boss Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, look, this is my minister's plan for Yangzhou's education reform, please take a look at it." After Li Chongyuan reported all the things in Yangzhou, he finally told Li Shimin his biggest goal.

Li Shimin took over Li Chongyuan's education reform plan, looked at it carefully and asked, "Can your blackboard and white pen really be used by the master to teach students on the spot? Do you have the real thing? And what about your hard pen? "

"My lord, yes, but I didn't bring it into the palace today, why don't I go back and get it?" Li Chongyuan replied expectantly after Li Shimin asked about these things.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chongyuan's plan again, "Come back in a few days, and then bring your so-called blackboard, white pen, hard pen, etc. into the palace and show me. If it is feasible, I will allow you to do so in foreign countries. Let the state make a try. As for the money you want, I can't answer you at the moment. Well, back down."

Li Chongyuan's words made me feel very happy.

Whether it's the blackboard he made himself, or white chalk, or even hard pens, he, Li Chongyuan, has a hundred confidences to open Li Shimin's eyes.

This is the best thing to use for education reform, at least for now, it is definitely the most practical thing.

At present, the master teaches students to read and write, basically by reading, and then let the students write on the paper with a brush, and then let the master correct.

If there are these few things, the master will be troubled, but at the same time he will be liberated from correcting the students, and moreover, he will be able to teach more students.

Moreover, students don't need to ask the teacher every time they learn a word or something, and then let the teacher guide them.

Li Chongyuan, who got the words, left the palace and returned to his home. After preparing these things, he took some of each and got into the carriage and went back to Li Zhuang.

Li Yuan was still waiting in Li Zhuang for Li Chongyuan to explain about the blackboard.

When Li Chongyuan returned to Li Zhuang, Qiao Su couldn't wait to greet him.

Ever since Qiao Su saw Li Chongyuan, the smile on his face never fell off, which made Li Chongyuan feel a little speechless when he saw Qiao Su's smiling face, "Since I entered the village, you have been laughing all the time. Old Qiao, you are smiling so happily, you have found a wife, right?"

"Xiao Langjun, don't make fun of me. I am happy because you, Xiao Langjun, have been named the Duke of the County King. From now on, I can also tell others that I am the steward of the Xixiang County King. Others underestimated us." Qiao Su continued to smile after answering.

(End of this chapter)