Datang start shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 635 Killing three birds with one stone

"I don't know who knocked it off, so I just threw it there. I thought it was a waste. I picked it up and gave it to the bastards at home to taste. Waste is used. Although we are rich now, we must not forget our origins when we are rich. We have to save—" —”

Said dressed as if nothing had happened, raised the cucumber in his hand and took a bite.

Crunch and crisp!
Everyone: ...

Your face can stand shoulder to shoulder with a city wall.

After a few people sat down in the back garden, Cheng Yinger had already arranged a banquet for the kitchen, which could be regarded as a clean-up for Wang Zi'an, Su Su and others.However, probably for the convenience of several people talking, Cheng Yinger, Su Su and others did not get mixed up with Wang Zi'an and others, but opened another table with Susu, Wu Zetian and others in the backyard. It's fun.

back yard.

After waiting for everyone to drink for three rounds, Wang Zi'an put down the water glass in his hand, took out the memorial signed by Di Zhixun and others from his arms, and gently pushed it in front of Du Ruhui.

"Du Shangshu, I want to know what's going on—"

Glancing at the memorabilia, Du Ruhui couldn't help but look bitter, knowing that sooner or later this must happen.

Today, I came here to take the blame——

He glanced at Li Shimin sadly, and then at the other big bosses.

Seeing everyone, they seemed to be all right, they should eat and drink there, so they had to bite the bullet and pick it up pretending to be suspicious.

"Is this a memorial?"

Wang Zi'an ignored him.

Du Ruhui touched a soft nail, so he could only pretend not to know. After taking it apart, he just glanced at it and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Sure enough, it was about rural cooperatives.

"It really doesn't make sense—"

Du Ruhui slapped the table angrily.

"These people dare to take advantage of the loopholes in the imperial court's policy, it's really..."

However, before he finished speaking, he couldn't continue because Wang Zi Anzhen looked at him with disdain.

"Come on, don't stop, keep going, keep acting—"

Wang Zi'an raised his eyebrows, glanced at him, and casually picked up a piece of cold cucumber and threw it into his mouth, which means he stopped drinking, otherwise, he felt that at this moment, he should pick up the wine glass and take a sip, in order to be in line with his current situation. The aura of the moment.

Du Ruhui: ...

Li Shimin couldn't help his eyelids twitching, and secretly glanced at Du Ruhui.

Keming, I'm sorry, this blame can only be carried by you——

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling hurriedly lowered their heads to eat their food, Tang Jian also stared at his wine glass, looking up and down, as if admiring some peerless beauty.

Li Junxian also shrank subconsciously, feeling a little guilty.

As the general in charge of the Baiqi Division, he naturally knew what was going on. Of course, he also knew Wang Zi'an's anger when he knew about it.

"Cough, this—misunderstanding, misunderstanding—"

Du Ruhui gave a dry cough in embarrassment.

Fortunately, I drank a little wine just now, and I can still cover my face, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

"Actually, the imperial court has no choice but to..."

"As a last resort, why don't you use the hands of local officials and local tyrants to create a clever name and enslave the people?"

Wang Zi'an snorted coldly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and looked at Du Ruhui who was trying to defend himself.

"The rural cooperative was proposed by me. At that time, I only thought of helping the people solve the problem of labor shortage and better farming. It was also you who helped to report it to His Majesty. In the end, you turned around and used this Things harm the people, what do you mean, playing with my prince An?"

As Wang Zi'an spoke, the anger that calmed down a bit in his heart began to churn again, and his face was already somewhat obviously angry.

This, he is really angry.

There is a rage of being betrayed.

If these few were not the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, and two of them were his father-in-law, he would have the idea of ​​violent murder.

It's not a thing!

When Wang Zi'an was so angry, a cold and violent pressure instantly enveloped the audience.

Several people immediately became excited, especially Li Junxian and Cheng Yaojin, who were generals, all raised their hairy eyes, fearing that this kid would do something irrational in anger.

Cheng Yaojin was a little better, he was just afraid that the prince would hit someone, Li Junxian was really scared, cold sweat broke out in an instant.

He has seen the terrible consequences of angering Wang Zi'an.

Wherever you go, you can't even find a single person...

"Uncle, Uncle, calm down, calm down—don't get excited, don't get excited, you're all your own, your own..."

Li Shimin glanced at the general who had been by his side strangely.

This--

Although Zi'an's strength is a bit high, you're a little too scared, right?

"Hey, what about Zian, you really misunderstood that Du Pu shot—"

Li Shimin saw that Du Ruhui was blushing from being choked by Wang Zi'an, so he hurried out to smooth things over.

Wang Zi'an frowned, and glanced at him sideways.

"Come on, tell me, what kind of misunderstanding is this? Is it possible that someone else is forcing them to do this with a knife? Who is it? Please sign up for me, and I will beat their heads out of dogs today Come to your mind—"

Li Shimin pretended not to hear the thorn in the kid's words, got up himself, and served Wang Zian a glass of boiled water.

"As for Zi'an, this matter is really not because the court took advantage of your kindness. The main problem is that the court has to consider the overall situation..."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's all for the sake of the overall situation—"

Changsun Wuji hurriedly stood up for Li Shimin.

After all, he was the one who strongly promoted this matter at the time. He was really worried that Wang Zi'an would brand his grandson's mansion after he knew the truth——

This dog has a criminal record.

"You're a little manager, you know what a fart—"

Wang Zi'an gave him a dark look.

Grandson Wuji: ...

I can't wait to slap myself directly.

I'm fucking redundant-

You feel free to pinch, I will say one more word, you raised it!
He ate his food with a dull head and stopped talking.

Everyone glanced sympathetically at Changsun Wuji, the Duke of Qi in the Tang Dynasty, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, obviously became the punching bag of this brat Zi An.

Ah, what a pity—

I silently sympathized with him in my heart.

Li Shimin was afraid that he would end up like this too, so he could only give Du Ruhui a helpless look.Fang Xuanling and the others also cast him a sympathetic look.

Old Du, let's hope for luck!
Du Ruhui: ...

"Zian, you are the Marquis of Chang'an and the son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty, and the others are not outsiders, so I won't hide it—"

Du Ruhui picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it down in one gulp, put down the wine glass, looked directly at Wang Zi'an, and put on a posture of confiding in his heart.

Wang Zi'an looked at him noncommittally.

"Come on, go on, I'm easy to deceive—"

Du Ruhui: ...

I really want to turn the table and leave.

But, dare not.

Taking a deep breath, he secretly persuaded him not to get excited, and then he cupped his hands at Wang Zi'an with a wry smile.

"Do you know that after the beginning of spring, in less than a month, how much land reclamation has been reported by our Tang Dynasty?"

As he spoke, Du Ruhui raised two fingers.

"Almost [-] mu! This was reported a few days ago. I estimate that after the follow-up figures are reported, there will be at least [-] mu. This is only attributable to the local governments. , this number can at least be doubled, or even doubled—”

Having said this, Du Ruhui straightened his back.

"Do you know how many people can be fed by the output of these [-] to [-] mu of cultivated land?"

Prince An couldn't help frowning.

[-] to [-] mu does not sound like much, but it is actually quite a lot.

No wonder all places are trying their best to squeeze the people and drive them to open up wasteland, and the imperial court also turned a blind eye.

The benefits here are too great.

"So, what benefits can the common people have? They suffer hardships and delay farm work. In the end, how much land can they get?"

Wang Zi'an looked at Du Ruhui coldly.

Du Ruhui couldn't help but stagnate.

this is the key of the problem.

Whether it is the wasteland reclaimed by the local gentry or the government, will it be distributed to the local people?

The answer is no—

"Ahem, Zi'an, you have to look at this from the overall situation..."

Seeing that Du Ruhui was blocked, Li Shimin couldn't help coughing dryly, and made another rescue.

"Don't worry about who will own the cultivated land in the end. Isn't there still a lot of cultivated land in this world? From the perspective of the imperial court, as long as the cultivated land in all parts of the world increases, will there be more grain output in this world? As long as this There is more food in the world, whether it is a good thing for the court or for the people everywhere..."

Wang Zi'an was almost amused by the dog emperor's words.

What kind of gangster logic is this?

"Come, come, come, tell me, how is it a good thing for the common people—"

For a moment, he wanted to punch the dog and smash it down on the table.

It's like us, being forced to work overtime for free for the unscrupulous boss. The boss made more money, and then said that it was a good thing for us hard-working wage earners. Let me go to your mother!

Who knew that Li Shimin put down his chopsticks and looked at Wang Zi'an seriously.

"I know, this matter is a bit wronged for the people, but from the perspective of the court, it is the best choice. If you follow your original idea, the people can solve the farming difficulties very well. problems, but other than that, what other problems can be solved? Those who should not eat will still be unable to eat, those who should be poor will still be poor, and if there is a famine, those who should starve to death will still starve to death people--"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin's tone was a little emotional.

"Governments and gentry tyrants in various places took advantage of policy loopholes and enslaved the local people, but there is no doubt that they were driven by interests carefully, and their efficiency in land reclamation was very high, and they really added tens of thousands of acres to the court and the world. Cultivated land, with this cultivated land, the imperial court can collect tens of thousands of shi of grain in a year, and if there is a famine somewhere, these grains will be the life-saving food for the people of the world!"

Wang Zi'an couldn't help but frowned slightly, showing a thoughtful expression.

Seeing this, Li Shimin couldn't help being overjoyed.

make persistent efforts.

"So, what the imperial court did was actually based on the overall situation. Didn't you tell us all day long that we should maximize our interests in doing things? Isn't this maximizing our interests? The imperial court has no choice but to do this. You, what is it? If you don't do things in the court, think about problems, it's still narrow..."

As Li Shimin said, he couldn't help showing a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

They know the energy of this young master, and they also know the status of this young man in His Majesty's heart. If it is because of this incident, this person has a knot in his heart towards His Majesty and the court, and they will make decisions together, I'm afraid it will be indispensable Hang down.

Just when a group of people thought they had succeeded in persuasion, Wang Zian put down his chopsticks with a snap.

"So, the imperial court can entrap the common people? So, those common people deserve to be bullied and exploited? Do you think those people are not miserable enough? In the end, the dog emperor and those prime ministers are not the same thing!"

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji all looked at Du Ruhui in unison: Anyway, we are just ordinary people...

Du Ruhui: ...

Too much!

"Actually, in fact, I also know that this is a bit inappropriate. I tried to persuade them, but your eldest grandson and old man pushed hard, and several other prime ministers also thought it was feasible. I can't help it..."

Who wouldn't throw the pot away!

Anyway, don't take aim at me--

Du Ruhui also became ruthless, and everyone died together.

As he spoke, he secretly gave Changsun Wuji a sorry look.

"Brother Changsun, thank you for your hard work. Who made you the father-in-law of this little ancestor? If you sell you, he won't be able to hit your door—"

Changsun Wuji is now bleeding from Du Ruhui's hand.

What the hell!

Du Ruhui, you're going too far——

But at this moment, he couldn't argue with a hundred words.

What else can I do, there is no place for me to interrupt here!
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help being stunned, their scalps numb from being shown by Du Ruhui's hand.

"Ahem, Zi'an, it's not as serious as you think. In fact, those ordinary people are not working in vain. When I came, I heard from Du Pushe that later, the imperial court may target this matter and give those who participated in the land reclamation some subsidies for the common people—”

With that said, Li Shimin looked at Du Ruhui.

"Is that the case, Du Pushe..."

Du Ruhui was taken aback for a moment, then came to his senses and nodded desperately.

"That's right, it can't be wrong, this matter has been put on the agenda, but it hasn't had time to announce it to the public—"

Having said this, Du Ruhui's waist stiffened a little.

"Your Majesty is merciful. The other prime ministers are also caring people. How could they make the people suffer for nothing? It's just that the imperial court is in short supply, and they won't be able to relax for a while. Don't worry, the subsidy will be reduced according to the hair of the people soon. This matter is beneficial to the court, the locality, and the common people, and it kills three birds with one stone..."

Having said that, Du Ruhui glanced at the others.

"The old man is right—"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's it..."

Fang Xuanling, Tang Jian and the others quickly nodded in agreement.

Anyway, His Majesty nodded his head on this matter, and there is no need for him to be this bad guy.

What's more, although there is no money in the national treasury now, His Majesty has money. Just yesterday, His Majesty's first caravan selling colored glaze from the sea channel to the southeast coastal countries returned, and brought back a sum of money for him, a citizen. Bu Shangshu felt jealous of the profits.

I was thinking about how to find a way to instigate part of it from His Majesty to fill the treasury, now there is no reason for this——

Therefore, Tang Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is more active than anyone else.

Upon hearing this, Wang Zi'an nodded slowly.

This is more or less—

Although they were forced to work overtime, they were paid some overtime pay in the end.

Although he was still somewhat dissatisfied in his heart, he also knew that for the people of the world, this was already the best outcome that could be won for them.

(End of this chapter)