Datang Longya

Chapter 417 Agricultural and Commercial Substitution (Debt Repayment)

"Ugh!"

Li Shimin sighed, Li Chengqian's words came from the heart, so why didn't they hit his heart?

Since ancient times, imperial power has been the center of palace struggles. There is a choice between establishing a prince and deposing a prince. No one knows which one will be the emperor in the end.Li Jiancheng, the resting king, if he hadn't been oppressed too tightly, he wouldn't have broken the relationship, and the brothers would turn against each other.

His brotherhood was not perfect, so he always hoped that his children's brotherhood would be better. Brotherhood has been a tragedy since ancient times.

Looking at Li Chengqian, Li Shimin nodded: "Since you think those people in the East Palace are too ambitious, then change them. You decide who you choose. Just give me a memorial when the time comes."

He didn't say anything deeper, and he didn't want to say it.

A small car poked his head in at the door, and seeing the small car, Li Shimin's depressed mood immediately became brighter.

It was Leng Yuewu, to be precise, the three sisters Liu Shuwen pushed Leng Yuewu in the cart and got in.

Li Shimin walked over, skillfully opened the cover, and looked at the children inside. In the past six months, the queen often came to see him. He was busy with work and never got free time.

Leng Yuewu's small face is round now, and she looks very pleasing. Li Shimin already likes girls, and Li Lizhi in the harem is almost overwhelmed with his support.

Picking up the child, Li Shimin said to Changsun Wuji and the others: "This girl is more favored than Yuzhang. What Leng Feng said to me that day, he would only agree to someone this girl likes. Even the parents' order, the matchmaker Words have been left behind.”

Fang Xuanling smiled, the princesses and princes of the imperial brother's family are all resources for marriage, if ordinary ministers can marry the royal family, it is equivalent to marrying this country, this is a very direct recognition.Therefore, almost all the courtiers are eagerly waiting for the good news from the harem. The empress's daughter-in-law dare not think that ordinary princesses must get one for themselves!

Marrying one's own daughter to the prince to be the princess, although there is no direct effect, but it also has the effect of marriage, and everyone is looking forward to it.

But when he came to Duke Xun, he changed unexpectedly, becoming the emperor who only wanted to get married, but Duke Xun didn't pay much attention to the emperor.

It's amazing!

Liu Shuwen looked at the sun, and then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the poor man has almost slept by now, I will go and wake him up."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Just let him come to the restaurant."

The cooks of the Leng family are in the same line as Tianxialou. Because of the small quantity, the products they make are very exquisite. For example, on the plate containing the meatballs, there is a green dragon carved out of cucumber heads, which looks lifelike.

Li Shimin stared at Qinglong for a long time, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said to Lao Li: "This cook is letting me eat his own kind!"

Lao Li shook his head: "Your Majesty, you are the Ninth Five-Year Lord, even among the dragons, you are also the most noble one. You just eat a dragon made of cucumber, nothing more."

Not only was the diet of the Tang Dynasty not as rich and varied as that of the Song Dynasty, there was no decoration either.Diners only need your dishes to be tasty, edible, and plentiful. Who cares whether the plates are decorated?

After the cucumber was carved into a green dragon, it was chilled, sprinkled with lychee powder, it tasted cool and delicious, and it was paired with his favorite meatballs. Li Shimin spoke highly of this cook:

"Old Li, this cook should be sent to the palace. I like his cooking very much."

Lao Li nodded, the emperor asked for someone, can he not give it?

A hearty voice came over: "Damn it, you also covet my cook, and you want to dig it into the palace."

Li Shimin knew who it was, and before he entered the room, he said: "Being able to become an imperial cook is due to his ancestors' accumulated virtues. Do you think it is so easy to be an imperial cook? If you don't believe me, tell him that I want him to be an imperial cook. See if he will do it." won't faint."

Leng Feng walked into the restaurant and sat down at a random place. No matter who the family is, after the emperor comes, the main seat can only be the emperor's. Even if you are the head of the family, you can only sit on one side.

After sitting down, Leng Feng looked at Li Shimin and said, "I don't know if the cook will faint. After reading my letter, did you faint?"

Li Shimin shook his head: "I didn't, Wuji sat down, Xuanling almost pulled over, as for Dr. Wei Zheng Wei, hehe, it took a lot of effort to wake up."

Leng Feng nodded, this result was not his surprise, although Li Shimin said he was fine, but Leng Feng did not believe that he could see the words "farmers without tax" and remain indifferent.

Since Qin Shihuang, "Eternal Peace" has been the goal of all the founding emperors. Although Li Shimin was not the official founding emperor, he laid down a large area of ​​land in the Tang Dynasty, which is similar to the founding emperor.

It's no wonder he can hold back his excitement in the face of the "no tax for farmers" that can make the Tang Dynasty "eternal peace".

Seeing the owner of the letter, Wei Zheng hurriedly asked: "Leng Feng, is it really possible to realize the tax-free farming you said? Are you sure you are not kidding us?"

Wei Zheng's eyes widened, and he clenched his fists tightly, as if if you dare to tease me, I'll tear down your house.

Leng Feng didn't want to be demolished by Old Wei, so he hurriedly said, "Of course I'm not teasing you. The development of commerce can replace the current situation that agriculture is the backbone of the country and reduce the burden on farmers."

"Can commerce replace agriculture and become the foundation of the country? This sentence needs to be considered!"

Fang Xuanling never said that he was dead. He didn't say that this matter was not feasible, but that it "needs to be considered."

Now when it comes to big things, it is impossible to eat, the four of them put down their chopsticks, waiting for Leng Feng to explain.

Leng Feng did not put down his chopsticks, but picked up a vegetable, pointed to it and said, "These things are very complicated, and they cannot be explained clearly in a few words. There are still many things that need to be understood. Let me explain it first. Look at it." How much can you understand."

Is this a competition of IQ?All four of them were concentrating on listening to what Leng Feng had to say.

"Taxation is a meager force that integrates the whole country, gathered into a large force, used for military affairs, disaster relief, salaries of emperors, princes and dukes, and the needs of the country's (crab) political operations, am I right?"

Li Shimin nodded: "That's right."

It's very strange, obviously the imperial court did this before, and it has become a hidden rule, but now it's sorted out on the surface, but it gives people a very strange feeling.

Leng Feng went on to say: "The main body of taxation is the peasants, so the peasants are the backbone of the country, but have you ever thought about it? If the grain tax is turned into a money tax, it will be like Yuchi Gongcheng taking money to buy grain during the war. Reward soldiers with money; when a disaster occurs, don’t you just buy food nearby for disaster relief?”

(End of this chapter)