Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 665 Can Silver Mine Be Digged?

Entering Chang'an City, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin greeted the new arrival, and the empress's eldest grandson Wugou greeted Dugu Lanruo. The Ministry of Rites did not give a clear statement about who Li Shimin greeted. It can be understood as welcoming the Supreme Emperor or Liumu.

No one will explain this detail.

However, someone with a heart noticed that Changsun Wugou accompanied Dugu Lanruo and the four sisters of the Liu family back to the Liu Mansion, which was the former Prince's Mansion.And Liu Mu and Tang Emperor Li Shimin entered the palace directly.

As soon as he entered Li Shimin's study, Li Shimin cut to the chase and said, "Throw away rewards, titles, etc., they are not important at all. The only thing my second brother cares about is when the Yinshan can start to be dug."

"Anytime." After Liu Mu gave an affirmative answer, Li Shimin heaved a long sigh of relief.

Liu Muyao asked again: "Second brother seems to be under a lot of pressure?"

"It's not just big!" Li Shimin replied and motioned Liu Mu to sit down first, and then ordered people to prepare food and drinks, and then no one should come to disturb him.

A quarter of an hour later, there was no one else in the study of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.

The dish prepared was hot pot. It seemed that Li Shimin had arranged for someone to prepare it before Liu Mu came back, so it would just be brought up.

Li Shimin poured a glass of cold wine for Liu Mu and said: "As for the matter of Ishijian Yinshan, although it must be kept secret, there are about 50 people in the court who know about it. These people must know. Cui Junsu, Minister of the Ministry, proposed to ask my second brother to send the forbidden army to monitor him day and night."

"And then?" Willow asked.

Li Shimin laughed loudly: "Since they are the courtiers of the second brother, if they don't even have this trust, is it possible for them to become important ministers?"

"Second brother is wise."

"Not only did they not send people to monitor, but also let these people know about the establishment of Shence Guard. Of course, Huayuan is still a restricted area. Let them know about the secret guard. This is not a bad thing, but a good thing."

Hearing this, Liu Mu reminded: "Second brother, you have to listen to me. Shence Guard is a double-edged sword. If the opening of monitoring hundreds of officials is opened, it will make officials panic and fight with Shence Guard. Not Rong. But that being said, if the officials are not monitored, this matter will not be easy to handle.”

"That's right, but it's not urgent, there is always a way. Let's solve the troubles in front of us first."

"Second brother, tell me."

After Li Shimin ate a chopstick of mutton in a leisurely manner, he said, "If you can't take Shi Jianshan, you will be in big trouble. Now that you say that Shi Jianshan can be excavated at any time, then the second brother will feel relieved."

"Dare they force the palace?"

Hahaha!
Li Shimin laughed heartily: "They dare."

Liu Mu also laughed, and Li Shimin said: "It's all for my Tang Dynasty. The budget expenditure for next year's budget expenditure is an astronomical figure only for the renovation of the canal, and the construction of four new canal piers. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households jointly, There are two proposals that my second brother can't refuse."

"It must be a good thing?"

"It is indeed a good thing. One is to renovate the vegetation in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the other is to do our best to repair the 15-mile embankments of the Yellow River in Luoyang and Zhengzhou in [-] years with stone cement and some steel bars. Guaranteed The embankment will not break for a hundred years."

When Li Shimin said that the embankment would not be broken for a hundred years, there was excitement and determination in his tone.

Liu Mu also understands that the Yellow River embankment has had problems every year since the Warring States period.

Datang wants to solve this problem permanently, and this boldness is definitely commendable.

but.

Where is the money?It will cost countless coins and countless labors. The most troublesome thing is to transport cement from Huayuan. The cost is terrifying.

Seeing that Liu Mu didn't answer, Li Shimin said again: "The Ministry of Criminal Justice also proposed a plan that would cost a lot of money, and the second brother couldn't refuse."

"A lot of money!"

Li Shimin smiled helplessly: "After the Ministry of Criminal Justice found out about Shence Yinwei, they proposed to ask Shece Yinwei to train a group of Marquis Marquis and police officers on their behalf. The Minister of Finance agreed, but they are still stuck on the issue of coins."

Liu Mu looked for meatballs in the hot pot and said, "There are also the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Officials."

"The Ministry of War didn't ask for it. It just said that when the Ministry of War needs to send troops to fight, Shang Shusheng will support it."

"Old Du Gaoming."

Liu Muxin said, this is not a request, but a big request.

"The request of the Ministry of Officials is also a trivial matter. The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs jointly submitted a proposal to gradually cancel professional land and officials' salaries to be paid in coins. The land is returned to the people, and trading is still prohibited, reducing the number of tenant farmers in the Tang Dynasty. The part of food will also be reduced, and it will no longer be a real seal, but will be exchanged for coins."

Liu Mu had a feeling when he heard this, and it seemed to be a good thing.

Datang's social structure is beginning to undergo some changes, and it is changing in a better direction.

Li Shimin continued: "The feudal land is not attractive except for food. As for food, rice from Liaodong and wheat flour from Bingzhou are better than home-grown sorghum and corn. Don't ask for money directly, and then go to the market to buy it. Good, and the bazaar seems interesting."

"It's fun to go shopping with a bag of coins on your back."

"It's more than that. If your second sister-in-law doesn't go to Wutongfang a few times a month, she won't even have a good meal. The people in the palace look forward to having a holiday every ten days, and [-]% of this holiday will go to Wutongfang. The second brother also went to Xindong City, and it hasn't been completed yet, but it's really interesting, very interesting."

Liu Mu poured a glass of wine for Li Shimin: "Second brother, I met Li Yaoshi and his wife's sworn brother by accident in the northern part of Washima Island. He made an oath in the name of Li Yaoshi and his wife, but he asked to do some fighting and killing." .This plan is too complicated, I need Fang and Du to help me."

"Wrong, such a major event is discussed by the Minister of the Ministry of History. The Ministry of the Minister of History added a yamen called the Military Division, headed by Ma Zhou, and it is divided into two parts. One is for the military and the other is for the government. Or when it comes to major events in the national war , the two divisions merged into one."

"This is a good thing, then I'll send someone to report the draft plan, and ask my second brother to give Zhang Zhongjian trust in this matter."

Li Shimin said: "I saw him, a real hero. He was a trouble in Datang, but he is indeed a hero."

"I want it to destroy the peninsula, so this plan is very complicated. My people can't perfect this plan at all, so I brought people back to Chang'an."

"Well, this matter is not urgent. I haven't finished what I said just now, and the last one is the Ministry of Rites. I want to hand over your printing workshop to the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Rites plans to build [-] elementary schools and [-] artisan training schools throughout the Tang Dynasty. camp. This requires the printing of a large number of books, and what is actually required is the printing technique of the printing workshop.”

Li Shimin asked Liu Mu for something for the first time, and he didn't give him any favors.

Liu Mu agreed without asking for a word.

(End of this chapter)