Great Tang princess

Chapter 809 Sibling Talk
"Entering the sea is more difficult than going to the sky?" Li Xian asked in disbelief, "What do you mean by that?"

Li Yuechen thought for a while, and then replied: "Simply put, if you want to go to the sky, as long as the structure is correct and the material can withstand the wind, you can take people up. But if you want to go deep into the bottom of the sea, in addition to considering breathing problems, the material The choice is very troublesome. Canvas can be made into a hang glider to go to the sky, but if you want to enter the sea, the material must not only be impervious to water, but also able to withstand the terrible water pressure."

When the topic came to this point, Princess Xuancheng's interest was aroused: "Water pressure? What is that?"

"I said before that the earth is enveloped by the atmosphere, right? The air itself has pressure, or pressure. We are on land or in the sky, and we are all burdened with an atmosphere of pressure, but in the sea, every ten meters below increases by one atmosphere. , This pressure will gradually increase with the depth of the dive. This is also the reason why the navy's oxygen bag will explode if the dive depth exceeds five feet." Li Yuechen tried to explain the principle to them in concise language.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er raised her own doubts: "Then according to what His Highness said, if we replace the navy's oxygen bags with iron cans, can we go deeper?"

"It is indeed possible, but when it reaches a certain depth, the tin can will be crushed."

In fact, even in the future more than 1000 years later, humans will be able to enter space, but they still cannot reach the deepest part of the seabed.

Because the water pressure there has reached an extremely terrifying level, even nuclear submarines cannot get down.

"You don't doubt what she said at all." Li Xian smiled.

Maybe it's also because of growing up together and the relationship with his younger sister, so the relationship between Li Xian and Shangguan Wan'er can be regarded as relatively casual, and they occasionally joke around.

"I believe everything His Highness says." Shangguan Wan'er replied with a firm nod.

Wei Lian'er raised her own question: "But, if I'm under the atmospheric pressure on a daily basis, I won't feel it."

Li Xian also nodded slightly, indicating that he also had the same question.

Regarding the questions from the two, Li Yuechen smiled slightly: "Actually, it is very simple to prove the existence of atmospheric pressure. How about this, I will let the engineering institute prepare it, and you will understand after doing an experiment in a few days."

Hearing what she said, everyone at the scene began to look forward to it, and they didn't know how the experiment was done.

Li Xian has always been very curious, and immediately started asking questions.

However, Li Yuechen planned to keep it a secret, and he didn't say it clearly. He just told him to wait at ease, and he would understand when he watched it live.

Then he changed the subject and talked about other things.

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After lunch, it stands to reason that the emperor should return to the palace at this time, but Li Xian did not leave in a hurry.

Instead, let the two elder sisters and Shangguan Wan'er take the queen to visit the princess mansion, and stay to talk to the younger sister.

Seeing that the siblings were about to talk alone, the others got up and left to make room for the two.

Li Yuechen smiled while making tea: "I knew it, brother can't come to me for no reason."

"Don't interrupt. Recently, many ministers have reported that the rule of man has been changed to the rule of law, and after the implementation of the allocation of land into acres, many farmers are unwilling to farm and produce. How to solve this problem?"

Sitting on a chair, Li Xian asked while circling the health ball.

"Ask me? You are the emperor, okay?" Li Yuechen rolled his eyes, "This matter should be your problem!"

"If I don't ask you, who are you going to ask? There are only you and my brother and sister here, so let's talk freely. Whether it's my mother before or my brother now, this dragon chair is sitting for you, you are the real emperor! If you don't ask this matter, who else can you ask?" Li Xian's voice rose several times.

"Back when Auntie was in power, which of those policies were released by you? Now that Auntie has abdicated, is it possible that you plan to let go of it?"

Hearing my brother's questioning, Li Yuechen was a little helpless: "No, no matter what, my brother is still in his prime now, since he is sitting on the dragon chair, he has to do something, right?"

"Don't talk about those useless things. Anyway, Grandpa said back then that I can ask you if you have anything to do. If you don't care about it, I will issue an edict of abdication tomorrow for my brother and pass the throne to Run'er..." Li Xian looked angry .

Li Yuechen nodded: "Okay, if you are not afraid of A Niang being pissed to death, then retreat."

"I...then I'll leave after Auntie goes!" As he spoke, Li Xian sat heavily on the chair and let out a harsh "hum".

Li Yuechen felt a little helpless in the face of his elder brother who had already begun to hob meat.

She originally wanted to make a joke, let him improve a little bit, at least show the appearance of being an emperor.

In the end, I didn't expect that the plan would be completely opened up. It seems that this salted fish can't turn over.

After sighing helplessly, Li Yuechen nodded slightly: "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. Why don't you call me into the palace at any time if you don't understand, okay?"

"Then tell me how to solve this matter first? The memorial in Jixian Palace is still waiting for review." Li Xian still had a bad face.

"Don't worry about it, after all, this is the last struggle of the landlords. Anyway, the land tax is collected now, and the land is under their name. Whether there is a race or not has nothing to do with us, as long as the tax can be paid!" Li Yuechen waved his hand.

Li Xian was silent for a second: "Then what if it can't be delivered?"

"kill!"

This time Li Yuechen answered firmly: "Don't worry, even if there is no one to plant, they will have to pay the tax themselves. The richer the more afraid of death!"

Since the implementation of the "Tan Ding into the Mu", the landlords have faced such an embarrassing problem.

If the cost of land lease is still high, ordinary people can choose not to rent.

Anyway, I have no land in my name, so I don't need to pay taxes.If I don't farm the land, I can barely survive even if I dig wild vegetables and tree roots.

But the landlord can't do it. As long as the land is under his name, the imperial court will collect taxes according to so many lands, regardless of whether there is a race or not.

So the only thing they can do is to reduce the cost of land lease, or sell a lot of land.

But at this juncture, who is willing to buy it?Buying it back means paying more tax!
It seems to be a multiple-choice question, but in fact there is no choice at all, and the only option is to lower the rent.

"Speaking of which, I have also chatted with Lian'er about this in the past few days. She said that this may be some people who have ulterior motives to tempt me..." Li Xian said softly.

Li Yuechen nodded slightly, agreeing to this statement.

In the current situation, to put it bluntly, it is testing the bottom line of the court, and trying to see what will happen if the tax cannot be paid by then.

If nothing happens, then the rent will definitely not drop.

So Li Yuechen told my brother, if he can't pay it, he will kill him!

Kill a group of early birds, and the latter will have to pay taxes obediently.

It's already July, and the harvest season is coming soon, let's see how they end up then.

Wei Lian'er was right in thinking that this kind of thing suddenly happened at this time, it must be discussed by some people.

The policy of distributing households to mothers was proposed by the Queen when she was in power, and a group of disobedient ones had already been killed at that time.

However, the new emperor is now in power, and from the outside world's point of view, he came to power through a coup d'état.

Generally speaking, in this case, in order to reduce the influence of the former emperor, the new emperor will choose to overturn his policies to improve his prestige and dominance.

But Li Xian had been enthroned for several months, and he never took the initiative to mention this matter.

So this should be some people's test of the new emperor to see what he thinks about this policy.

"The empress is right, that's what she meant." Li Yuechen nodded and replied.

The health ball in Li Xian's hand stopped spinning: "Speaking of which, Brother Wei has a hard time dealing with some things. What if Lian Er is like A Niang back then, listening to the government behind the dragon chair behind the curtain?"

Hearing his brother's proposal, Li Yuechen thought carefully.

To be honest, it's a good idea.

Li Yuechen had thought about it before, the empress should be a member of the think tank next to the emperor.

In the case of clear trust between both parties, there is actually nothing wrong with doing so.

But now is clearly not the time.

The main reason is that my mother is still alive, and she has never been very optimistic about this son.

Such a coquettish operation at such a time might really make her sick from anger.

"Now is not the time, but it can be considered in the future." Li Yuechen shook his head slightly, "However, you can ask the queen more about matters in the court."

Although he is now the emperor in the actual sense, Li Yuechen usually spends most of his energy on the army and engineering academy, and has no time to stare at the government every day.

There is no need for him to deal with the usual small things. If he doesn't understand, he should ask the queen more.

At the same time, from Li Yuechen's point of view, this was also a test for Wei Lian'er.

Let's see if she will do such a rebellious thing as ostracizing the emperor under such a situation where the emperor is obedient and in charge of the hidden guard.

If she can pass this test, Li Yuechen can agree to let her listen to the government behind the curtain in the future.But if you can't pass, then spend your whole life in the deep palace, and don't even think about coming to the stage in the future.

This kind of thing can only be done by Li Yuechen.

Now, although Wei Lian'er, the queen, is the commander of the hidden guards, Li Yuechen can still obtain information about the queen through the hidden guards.

Because her status in the hearts of soldiers across the country is too special, she is an existence similar to spiritual belief.

As a living legend, if she wanted to sit on the dragon chair herself at this time, it would be a matter of saying something.

Whether it is the inner guard or the hidden guard, they will bow to her immediately.

Of course, this sentence was not said to Li Xian, it was Li Yuechen's own plan.

Otherwise, let him know that he is testing the queen, I am afraid he will feel unhappy.

After saying this, Li Xian's mood also stabilized, and the health ball in his hand continued to spin.

Then he said: "In addition, a minister reported that the grain yield per mu in Zhenzhou exceeds 350 catties, so Liu Zihe, shouldn't he be conferred a title?"

After finishing speaking, he shook his head lightly: "I guess, this is to reduce your influence among the people."

"Hmph, it's just a boring struggle. But with his merits, it is inevitable to be knighted in the future!" Li Yuechen nodded.

Liu Zihe not only increased food production, but also brought back various crops such as sweet potatoes and corn from overseas.

In terms of merit alone, he can already sit on an equal footing with the emperor, and he should even open a shrine and erect a longevity tablet for him!

"Then... a duke?" Li Xian asked with some uncertainty.

If it is an ordinary person, the Duke of the State can be said to be the supreme honor, and it is generally the treatment that only the founding minister can have.

But for Liu Zihe, it seems that it is not enough. The main reason is that it is difficult to define his contribution.

"Not in a hurry, wait until he brings back the people from South America." Li Yuechen shook his head slightly, "It's just that the title system needs to be carefully thought about how to change it."

It was Li Yuechen's idea to turn these titles into honors.

But the problem is, a pure title without any practical rewards seems to be unreasonable.

But it cannot be inherited from generation to generation as before, which will have a great impact on the national economy.

"How do you want to change it?" Li Xian asked.

Li Yuechen thought about it carefully, and then said: "Each generation has a lower level of succession."

It's very simple, for example, if Lao Tzu is a Duke, his son will become a Marquis after he succeeds, and his grandson will become an Earl if he succeeds...

The most important thing is that, as before, only one heir can be chosen, either male or female.

In this way, after five generations, if the descendants do nothing, they are ordinary people.

As for the title itself, other than honor rewards...

After drinking two sips of tea, Li Yuechen thought of a way, different degrees of personal income tax can be reduced or exempted with different titles.

In this way, the title will have a substantial reward and play a certain role in motivation.

When Liu Zihe brings back the people from South America this time, he can be directly promoted to general, made a prince, and then given a military medal for special merit.

In this case, he and his sons and grandchildren basically don't have to worry about it for the rest of his life, and it can be regarded as the reward given to him by the empire.

It's just that this idea is not perfect at the moment, and I need to talk to my brother and others more specifically, and it is even necessary to ask my mother for her opinion.

Anyway, there is no rush for this matter. It will take several years for him to go there and come back, which is enough to arrange.

"Okay, bro, don't worry about this matter. After you think about it, there is still time." Li Yuechen waved his hand, "It's getting late today, let's go back to the palace with my sister-in-law earlier."

"Well, let's make this decision first. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and I will give the order directly." Li Xian nodded, indicating that he would do as she said.

Then he suddenly said: "Speaking of which, Run'er is also engaged, so Lu Yao...do you want to move up?"

"No hurry." Li Yuechen smiled, "Run'er is now the Minister of the Ministry of War, where do you want her to go? After a few years, Run'er will become Minister of the Ministry of War, so it's not too late to think about it."

"That's right. Even if the adjustment is raised, a more relaxed position should be arranged. After all, after Run'er becomes the crown prince, she should follow Lian'er to study in the dark guard." Li Xian nodded as he spoke.

The prince is the future emperor, and the hidden guards are the eyes and ears of the emperor.

So when Li Chongrun was established as the crown prince, she had to prepare for learning to control the hidden guards.

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