Datang Nongwang

Chapter 820 Secret Decree
Those who can support the dead are either nobles or officials, or they are from aristocratic families or gentry.

Li Shimin could only think of these people.

After all, dead soldiers are not people that ordinary people can raise, and these people have to start training since they were young. If they don’t have certain strength, back, or family background, let alone dead soldiers, even guards may not be able to afford it. .

It is impossible to know who is behind them from the mouths of the dead.

No matter how good Wang Li's martial arts skills are, and his methods of interrogating others are frequent, there is still no way to take these dead men.

It's a pity that Li Chongyuan is not in Chang'an.

If Li Chongyuan was really in Chang'an, he might be very interested in seeing these dead men.

Dare to stretch out his hand on his own territory, this touched Li Chongyuan's brow.

Regardless of whether he is a dead man or a living man, he has to ask these people who is behind them.

There is a saying, you can just steal some.

Even though he dared to prepare to destroy his potatoes.

Such a thing, Li Chongyuan absolutely does not allow it to happen, let alone such a thing.

Having said that, Li Chongyuan is not in Chang'an at the moment, but Qiongdao Zhenzhou, which is thousands of miles away from Chang'an.

Li Shimin got the king's ceremony in return and knew that these people were dead men, so he couldn't know something from these people's mouths.

Although Li Shimin knew that these people were dead men, he did not let Wang Li kill them directly. Instead, he said: "Put these people into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and send people to watch secretly to see who will come into contact with these people." .”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Li accepted the order.

Li Shimin asked Wang Li to put these people in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but his purpose was still to know who was behind these people.

Although Li Shimin already knew who the people behind these people were, without any evidence, even if he was the emperor, he couldn't do something unreasonable and unfounded.

Soon.

Wang Li sent someone to send those dead men to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

When the Ministry of Punishments received these dead men, the word they got was that these men were robbers.

The Criminal Department didn't take these people seriously either, and threw them directly into the prison, letting the jailers take good care of them.

After entering the prison, if you want to come out intact, then don't even think about it.

Normal people stay in prison for ten days and half a month, and if they are not tortured, they will also get sick.

The prison at this time is really not as clean and hygienic as modern prisons.

The prison is never cleaned, and all kinds of poisons are good, but the disease is still rampant inside.

Once a slightly weak person goes in, he will be infected with the disease within a few days.

Therefore, this is why it is said on various historical books, or on various carriers such as various historical scripts.

After a wealthy businessman or official breaks the law and is sent to prison, he will definitely die of illness.

Even the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is the same.

Among the prisons in Chang'an City, it is estimated that only the Dali Temple is relatively clean and hygienic.

After all, those who can enter the prison of Dali Temple are by no means ordinary people.

and.

Once a person enters the Dali Temple, it is said that he will take a bath every month before he is actually convicted.

Of course, this treatment must only be available to officials of rank five or above.

The high and low, men and women are separated from each other, bathing once a month for those who are above the fifth grade, and the bureau will set up pulp, and paper pens, golden knives, money, and pestles are prohibited from entering.Prisoners are sick, given medicine, and those who are serious are unarmed, and family members are served.

Above, it is contained in the "New Book of Tang".

It can be seen that entering Dali Temple is really not a big prison compared to other big prisons.

After the few dead men were thrown into the Prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Wang Li sent some undercover people to watch in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

At the same time, the news was released.

However, for several days in a row, there was no movement, which made Wang Li anxious.

But no matter how anxious he is, it is useless, he can only fish quietly, hoping to find out who is behind him.

Talk about Li Zhuang.

After the guards caught those dead men that day, Jin's inner servant sent some people to be on duty at the side of Niu Shou Mountain every day, in case someone came to Li Zhuang again to steal and destroy the crops in the field.

but.

Li Yuan didn't care at all, and even thought it was too much for Jin Nei to serve them and his son Li Shimin to send so many people over, so he shook his head repeatedly.

Li Shimin sent soldiers to prohibit anyone from entering Li Zhuang within ten miles, which also made the local people a little nervous after hearing about it.

Fortunately, in the past few days, they didn't have any problems coming in and out, so they felt at ease.

Another day.

Li Yuan brought Qiao Su and others to the edge of the potato field again, "Let's dig, if you don't dig, the potatoes in the field may be perishable."

This time, Li Yuan decided to take out all the remaining four acres of potatoes.

It wasn't because he was afraid that someone would break into Lizhuang and destroy these potatoes.

It's just because these potato seedlings have begun to go in the direction of yellow leaves, and they have reached the point where they have to be dug.

in a day.

All four acres of potatoes were grown.

After another scale, it was all put into the new warehouse.

"Uncle, I don't guess much. Five acres of potatoes yielded a total of more than [-] catties. But it's a pity that some of them were damaged after being dug up and can't be used for seeding." All the potatoes were put into the new warehouse and piled up in the warehouse. Like a pile of hills, Wan'er stood in the new warehouse with a hint of slyness in her eyes.

On the other side of the potato mountain, there are a lot of dug up potatoes and a small potato.

As for these spoiled potatoes, there is a trace of problem in Wan'er's eyes.

The potatoes that have been dug up are not too many, or a lot less, at least three or four hundred catties.

Of course, there are more small potatoes, no less than two or three thousand catties.

These are selected and are not included in the scope of the seed.

Although Li Chongyuan did not say that small potatoes could not be used as seeds before he left, Li Yuan followed his own ideas, or even subjectively believed that the bigger the potatoes, the better the seeds.

That's why he asked people to pick out all these small potatoes.

actually not.

Potatoes of any size can be used as seeds as long as they are not damaged.

Unless there are no bud eyes.

Li Yuan pointed to those that were dug up badly, and said distressedly: "Look at the good things you have done. You have dug up so many beans for such a good plant. If it is intact, it will surely be able to plant three or four acres next year, you You really don't know how to settle accounts."

"Hee hee, uncle, I didn't think that you love potatoes, so I did this." Li Yuan said Wan'er's little thought, and she immediately acted coquettishly next to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan glared at Wan'er, and told Qiao Su helplessly, "These bad ones, the small ones should be taken to the courtyard. The bad ones can't stay for long, give some to each family in the village, and tell them How to eat it, don't eat it raw."

"Yes, master." Qiao Su who was on the side took the order.

Day two.

All the families in Li Zhuang ate the potatoes they had been coveting for a long time.

And it was at the beginning of eating potatoes this time that the villagers in Lizhuang never forgot the taste of potatoes, and even ran to the gate of the small courtyard from time to time to ask Li Yuan when they could grow potatoes.

There is a saying.

What do farmers care most about?

Of course it is food and vegetables.

And potatoes are both vegetables and food, and the yield is so high, if farmers and people don't care, unless that person is sick.

Potato planting, I am afraid that I will not be able to plant it this year, but I can only wait for next year.

Li Yuan really wanted to plant a second season, but he heard from Li Chongyuan that although potatoes like to be cold, they still need enough sunlight.

But now it's already August, if we plant another season, I'm afraid it won't be possible.

As for whether two seasons can be planted in the north, Li Chongyuan doesn't know, and Li Yuan doesn't even know.

When the five mu of potatoes came out, Li Yuan didn't even think about keeping it a secret, but sent someone to the palace in Chang'an to tell Li Shimin about the yield of the five mu of potatoes.

He even sent two to three hundred catties of potatoes to Empress Zhangsun and Sizi, but these potatoes were not big and belonged to the ones that were picked out.

When Li Shimin learned that the five acres of potatoes had yielded more than [-] catties as Wan'er had said, he became more concerned about potatoes and paid more attention to the crops in Lizhuang.

The high-yield grain that can produce as much as 26 seven stones per mu should be placed on any emperor, and it is estimated that this matter has to be handled as the most important thing.

This is not.

When Li Yuan sent two to three hundred catties of small potatoes into the palace, Li Shimin was really reluctant to throw them all at Shangshi Bureau to make delicious food. Plant potatoes, and they are planted within the Royal Palace Garden.

This behavior of Li Shimin is quite normal.If you change to another emperor, maybe there will be no such practice.

Maybe he just wanted to verify how the yield of the potatoes was.

Another day.

Wang Li came to report suddenly, "Your Majesty, there is news about the Ministry of Punishment."

"How? Who is it!" Seeing Wang Li's return, Li Shimin's eyes shot out a golden light.

Wang Li said: "There are three groups of people, one is the ministers of the court, the other is the royal family, and the other is the monks."

"Huh? Monk? How could a monk participate in it?" Li Shimin understood the court ministers and the aristocratic royal family when he heard the return of the royal ceremony, but this monk also participated in it, which made Li Shimin a little puzzled.

Monks are a very special kind of people nowadays.

Moreover, there are many temples in Chang'an City.

In addition to the original ones and new ones, there are also some built with the help of others.

Of course, there are also family-run temples.

There are one hundred and eight squares in Chang'an City, and within one hundred and eight squares, there are about fifty temples, and this does not include family-run temples.

So many temples, in addition to being supported by people, either have a lot of land or shops.

At the same time, also do some pawn things.

And the people in these temples also had a lot of contacts with noble officials.

Therefore, naturally, the people in these temples have a close relationship with the officialdom, and if they want to do something, it is more convenient for them than most people.

When Wang Li said that there were three groups of people, one of which was monks, Li Shimin frowned a little bit.

Wang Lide asked, and quickly replied: "At present, I don't know why those monks participated in it, but I have sent someone to investigate, and I think there will be news in a few days."

"Keep an eye on them. I want to know who is behind them. As for those monks, report back immediately after finding out." Li Shimin really wanted to know who was behind these dead men, and at the same time, he wanted to know even more , Why are there monks involved in this matter.

To move the temple, Li Shimin has been doing it, but there is great resistance.

Promoting the Tao and suppressing the Buddha, this is something that has been implemented since Li Yuan came to power.

But for the father and son, in the past few decades, this method of promoting the Tao and suppressing the Buddha and erecting the Li family is the method that Lao Tzu Li Er followed.

But father and son's method of promoting Taoism and suppressing Buddhism has had little effect.

As long as it is the method of promoting Taoism and suppressing Buddhism practiced by their father and son, whether it is the court or the people, there will be a lot of opposition.

Therefore, the progress of promoting the Tao and restraining the Buddha has been slow.

After Wang Li got the words, he sang promises and retreated.

Soon, Li Shimin called him in again and said, "This imperial decree is sent to Zhenzhou."

Wang Li took the imperial edict, bowed and withdrew.

As for what was written on the imperial decree, it was inconvenient for Wang Li to read, but he could guess what Li Shimin wrote.

Li Shimin asked him to send the imperial decree to Zhenzhou, and Wang Li knew that this was a secret decree, and it was a secret decree that had not even been passed by the three provinces.

Not long after, several horses galloped out of Chang'an City, galloping towards the southeast.

At the beginning of September, Li Chongyuan, who was busy, met a man who claimed to be from Chang'an.

"What's your confession?" Li Shimin asked after viewing his identity token.

The man replied: "The matter of Feng's family is known to the Holy One, and the Holy One said that there is no need for Prince Li to intervene in this matter."

"Nothing else?" Li Chongyuan continued to ask after hearing this.

"Never said goodbye."

"okay, I get it."

Li Chongyuan left the man after eating some food.

This person is a member of Baiqi Division.

The members of the Baiqi Division were ordered to rush from Chang'an to Lingnan to investigate the affairs of Feng's family and pass on Li Shimin's words.

After Li Chongyuan knew what Li Shimin meant, he sent someone to call back Liu Xiang and others in full.

Li Shimin didn't want him to intervene in the affairs of the Feng family, of course Li Chongyuan was happy.

I really don't want to get involved in this matter, lest I get into more trouble, and Li Chongyuan is also worried that when the war happens, the people in Lingnan will suffer.

mid-September.

When Li Chongyuan was happily looking at various crops growing well and various saplings, he felt really strange when he had to report that someone said he was from Chang'an.

After seeing those people, without saying a word, those people directly handed over an imperial decree to Li Chongyuan, and left without saying much.

Li Chongyuan was really puzzled. After opening the imperial decree, he immediately understood, "Hehe, it seems that the choice at that time was correct. I didn't put all the crops in Lizhuang. Otherwise, it would be a shame to be missed by those people Trouble."

"Xiao Langjun, those people really don't know how to live or die. They dare to stretch their hands to Li Zhuang. Xiao Lang Jun, why don't I go back to Li Zhuang to guard." Xing Ba, who was on the side, looked at the imperial edict and was filled with righteous indignation.

Li Chongyuan shook his head, "No need, Li Zhuang has the Supreme Emperor here, everything is safe. However, the monk in Chang'an City stretched out his hand to Li Zhuang, which is beyond my expectation."

(End of this chapter)