The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 362 Debate
The dozen or so students from Chang'an were all dumbfounded. After talking for a long time, how could they all become coolies?One or two came here to work for this 'ancestor'?
But as the saying goes, if the goods arrive on the ground and die, these unlucky bastards themselves know that they will never dare to return to Chang'an without the emperor's order. If they stay in Shuozhou with Li Muyun's character, if they are disobedient, they will probably kill them .

So even if they were regarded as coolies, the dozen or so people could only accept their fate, and followed Li Muyun down the mountain one by one dejectedly.

No way, go to the construction site. Of course, it is not acceptable to live in a cottage. In order to facilitate work, I can only live near the construction site.

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Without talking all the way, when we arrived at Lijia Town at the foot of the mountain, Li Muyun brought his dozen or so students to a simple courtyard with strange fruit trees in the middle of the town. As soon as he entered, he yelled loudly: "Yi Zhi, Yi Zhi Are you here?!"

"Master Shijun, what's the matter?" Facing Li Muyun's voice, the door of the only room in the small courtyard was pushed open from the inside, and a young man came out from the inside. It was either Fang Yizhi or someone else. .

Li Muyun had already walked to his side at this time, stood side by side with him, and pointed to the dozen or so students with drooping eyebrows behind him: "Didn't you say that you were short of people a few days ago, today I will bring you They are all students of Taixue, see if they are enough!"

"A student of Taixue?" Fang Yizhi glanced at Li Muyun in surprise, then turned his head to look at the dozen or so people, and soon found a familiar figure among them, and immediately walked forward a few steps to the person Front: "Frugality? Why did you come to Shuozhou?"

"Brother Yizhi, I..." Pei Xingjian looked at Fang Yizhi, full of complaints came to his lips but found that he couldn't say anything, he could only sigh: "It's hard to say!"

Fang Yizhi has been in Shanyin County for nearly a year, and he has become much more mature than before. Seeing that Pei Xingjian seemed to have something to hide, he didn't ask any more questions. He just nodded and said, "If that's the case, let's talk about it later when we have a chance!"

"En!" Pei Xingjian nodded, although he didn't express the grievance in his heart, but the joy of meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign country made him feel much better.

The other people actually knew Fang Yizhi, but their family status was too low, and they had nothing to do with Fang Yizhi, a top son of Chang'an, even if they knew each other, they would not dare to speak to him rashly.

On the contrary, Li Muyun felt curious when he saw how familiar they were chatting, so he stepped forward and asked, "Yi Zhi, who is this? One of our own?"

"It's one of my own. He was born in Pei Shi, Hedong. His father is Pei Renji, a famous general in the former dynasty, and he has some friendship with my father." Sure enough, Fang Yizhi's name was not wrong, and he was really straightforward. His old bottom was shaken clean.

However, Li Muyun's historical knowledge is really lacking, whether it's Pei Renji or Pei Xingjian, it's the same for him - he doesn't know anything.Otherwise, he should have known that Pei Xingjian was not an ordinary person, but the future prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

Pei Xingjian, who had been dumped, was a little embarrassed, but after glancing at Li Muyun, he still didn't say anything, just smiled embarrassingly.

There is no way, the students in Ding class were already psychologically shadowed by Li Muyun when they were in Chang'an. After all, this is the master who kills with a knife at the slightest disagreement. If it is not necessary, it is better not to provoke him.

Fang Yizhi didn't say anything after getting rid of Pei Xingjian's background. He was more concerned about how to repair the current road than some messy things.

So he quickly changed the subject and said to Li Muyun: "Master Shijun, there are more and more people involved in road construction, and the statistics are getting more and more troublesome. How do you think this matter needs to be resolved?"

"That's your problem. I can't control so much. Now I have brought you people. But let's talk about it first. Each person only has [-] yuan per month. Food and housing, but missed work Money will be deducted, and money will be deducted if you ask for leave, the standard is up to you!"

"That's not a problem!" Fang Yi nodded straightly, the so-called emperor does not send hungry soldiers, more than a dozen people, only six or seven guan a month, for the entire project of Shuozhou, it is simply a drop in the bucket.

What he really cares about is the progress of the project and the excessive participation of the people. After all, Datang is still a country dominated by agriculture, and the people don't farm the land to build roads.

So after a brief hesitation, Fang Yi stopped Li Muyun who was about to leave: "My lord, there is one thing that I don't understand, I wonder if my lord can help you?"

Li Muyun turned around when he heard the words, and took a look at Fang Yi: "Is it because I said I don't know, so you don't ask?"

"My lord, the next official is serious." Fang Yi said with his neck straight.

"Okay, tell me!" Li Muyun spread his hands and said.

"My lord, why do you have to let the people of the Tang Dynasty participate in road construction? This will delay the farming season and reduce the grain production in the future. Don't you think this will lose the foundation of the country?"

"What's the matter? Everyone has their own way of life. It's like your Fang Yi always likes to read, and I, Li Muyun, like to sleep. But are we all starving to death? No?"

Fang Yizhi was not diverted from the topic by Li Muyun, he just looked at him fixedly and said: "My lord, we are discussing the foundation of the country."

"The heart of the people is the foundation of the country, and the heart of the people is the Tang Dynasty." Li Muyun shook his head and said: "As for farming or labor, there is no difference. They are all contributing their own strength to the country. I know, your concept itself is wrong."

"But if the common people don't farm land, then what do we eat?" Fang Yizhi didn't think he was wrong, nor did he consider the surrounding environment. There were more than a dozen students from Taixue who directly distracted the atmosphere of the small courtyard. , Let Xiaofang only think that he has returned to the debate above the school again.

"It's just that you are generalizing. Where the land should be farmed, the land will still be farmed, and where the labor should be done, the labor will be done. You have always heard the saying that we should do what we can. We are located in northern Xinjiang, and we are It’s not a place that produces grain, even if all the people go to farm, how much do you think the yield can be increased? Can it be doubled?”

Li Muyun's words of 'do what you can' made Fang Yizhi realize something, he lowered his head and stopped talking.

Shuozhou was indeed not a major grain-producing state in the Tang Dynasty. The grain grown was often not enough to pay taxes. Tangled question.

(End of this chapter)