Man Tanghong

Chapter 839 Li Gang wants to beg for bones?

Seeing that Li Xiaogong had solved the problems of Qu Tutong, Qin Qiong and others, and the solution was not bad, Li Yuanji shifted his focus to the matter of persuading Xie Shufang.

It's already winter, and the first month is approaching. Li Xiaogong decided to have a showdown with the wealthy families in water and sea transportation in the first month.

Then it's time for the Xie family and other wealthy families to enter the game.

It will take time for Xie Shufang to integrate the Xie family, so we have to convince Xie Shufang as soon as possible.

In fact, when Li Xiaogong compensated Qu Tutong, Qin Qiong and others, Li Yuanji wrote to contact Xie Shufang, but Xie Shufang's attitude was very intriguing.

Say he said yes, he avoided the subject every time he wrote back.

Let's say he doesn't agree, and he has refused this matter without words.

This made Li Yuanji a little confused.

Li Yuanji thought over and over again, and decided to call Xie Shufang back to Chang'an City to meet him in person.

As the new year was approaching, it was not out of the ordinary to invite Xie Shufang back to Chang'an City to gather together in the name of Li Yuanxiang's brothers, nephews, and relatives of the emperor.

After the edict summoning Xie Shufang to return to Beijing was sent out, Chen Shuda came and brought a shocking piece of good news.

"What did you say?"

Inside the Tai Chi Hall.

Li Yuanji had just finished writing the edict summoning the vassal kings to return to Beijing, when he was shocked by Li Gang's words.

Now that they have decided to call Xie Shufang back to the capital under the pretext of gathering together, Xie Shufang can't be called only, the other members of the Li clan, the emperor's relatives, must also be called back together.

And Li's ethnic group is not small, and there are quite a few people who are related to Li's marriage.

So there are more edicts to be written.

Prior to this, Li Yuanji had written dozens of edicts and dispatched dozens of callers.

Standing bowed in the hall, Chen Shuda heard Li Yuanji's question, and repeated again: "Returning to Your Highness, Yuezhou City has been completed, and the rice seeds introduced from Linyi have also shown initial results, and one crop has already been harvested.

Although it is impossible to do three crops a year like Linyi, it is still no problem to crop twice a year. "

Right now, no one in the Tang Dynasty doubts that rice can be grown three times a year.

After Ren Gui got the news from the envoys of Linyi and sent someone to Linyi to bring back rice seeds that could be harvested three times a year, Li Gang and others who had been paying attention to this matter completely believed it.

However, they still doubt whether this kind of rice can be grown three times a year after it reaches the Tang Dynasty.

After all, there is a saying that oranges born in Huainan are oranges, and oranges born in Huaibei are oranges.

After the rice planted in Linyi arrived in the Tang Dynasty, it may also be unacceptable to the soil and water.

So although they have expectations for this matter, they don't expect much.

It turned out that their suspicions were right, but it turned out better than they expected.

After Linyi's rice planted in Datang, it is true that it did not achieve three crops a year, but it did achieve two crops a year.

This is already a good thing for Datang and couldn't be better.

This means that as long as Datang vigorously promotes this kind of rice, in one, two, or even three years, Datang's grain production will increase on a large scale.

It is self-evident what this means to Datang, a country where every aspect is linked to food.

It is also reasonable for Chen Shuda to rush to report in a hurry.

But it wasn't this that really shocked Li Yuanji's appearance and tenderness. After all, although the results of promoting Linyi rice were astonishing, everything was within Li Yuanji's expectations.

It can even be said that Li Yuanji promoted this matter only on the premise of knowing the result.

Therefore, no matter there is any change in this matter, it will not affect Li Yuanji.

What really shocked Li Yuanji was the speed at which the governor of Yuezhou and Ren Gui built the city. From Ren Gui to Yuezhou to the present, it has only been a year and a half.

It has only been more than half a year since Yuezhou started to build the city.

With Datang's current level of construction, it is impossible to build a city within half a year.

So what really shocked Li Yuanji was that Yuezhou City was actually built? !
"you sure?!"

Li Yuanji stared straight at Chen Shuda and asked.

Chen Shuda nodded excitedly and said: "I am sure that the rice in Yuezhou can indeed be harvested twice a year. The angels sent by the three provinces have clear records. If your highness does not believe it, I can send someone to get the records." Come over to show you.

In addition, Mr. Pei has already left for Yuezhou, and I believe there will be news in the near future.

At that time, His Highness will be able to confirm what the minister said is true through Pei Gong's words. "

Is Li Yuanji asking this?
Obviously not.

However, after Pei Ju was able to rush to Yuezhou after the news came from Yuezhou, it has not been more than a year. It can be seen that Pei Ju, Li Gang, Chen Shuda, and Xiao Yu attach great importance to this matter.

This also shows that a group of important officials under him are not vegetarians.

When it's time to do things and run around for the court, they are all unambiguous.

This is also in the Tang Dynasty.

If it was in the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, like their level, let alone traveling to Yuezhou for this matter, it would be rare to be able to stare at and ask questions all the time. Could not be more rare thing.

After all, the vast majority of them are busy fighting among themselves, busy bringing this down and that down, or guarding against being overthrown by this or that, so they wouldn't make a trip for this kind of thing in person.

"I'm not asking about this, I'm asking about Yuezhou City."

Li Yuanji questioned: "Is it really built?"

Chen Shuda was obviously stunned for a moment, blinked, and said as a matter of course: "It's natural. The imperial court conquered the peasants of several states, and everyone in Yuezhou built the city together, and exterminated tens of thousands of water bandits in the lake. Put them all as coolies.

If the city cannot be built well, it will be the governor of Yuezhou's negligence. "

According to what Chen Shuda said, the imperial conquest had enough labor force, and they also wiped out tens of thousands of water bandits from the lake near Yuezhou. It is a matter of course to build Yuezhou city.

It's only a problem if it's not built well.

But Li Yuanji felt something was wrong no matter what he heard.

That is fortification, not a dock building or a manor. The amount of engineering is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

It would be impossible to build it within half a year without paying a painful price.

"Those water bandits who participated in building the city..."

Li Yuanji asked hesitantly.

He had already imagined the ending of those people, but he still couldn't help asking.

Chen Shuda was stunned for a moment, and said again as a matter of course: "Since the imperial army wiped out the water bandits in the lake near Yuezhou, there have been no water bandits in Yuezhou."

The answer Chen Shuda gave was very subtle, but Li Yuanji already understood what he meant.

That is, in order to build Yuezhou City as soon as possible, the water bandits captured by Datang have all disappeared.

If someone is sent to find them now, they may be able to find a place to bury them.

The corner of Li Yuanji's mouth twitched unconsciously.

That's tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of laborers.

Even if they have an unclean past, they can't be tossed away like this.

It's better to keep it as a stallion and fight for Datang's Dingkou problem all his life than to be gone after such a toss.

And these are all from our own people, not the Turkic people captured from Xieli, so we shouldn't have done such a heavy hand.

"Your Highness thinks that Yuezhou Inspector's actions are inappropriate?"

As expected of a smart man, Chen Shuda could see what Li Yuanji was thinking at a glance.

Li Yuanji didn't hide it either, nodded and said with emotion: "It can be said that there are very few Dingkou in my Tang Dynasty now, as long as every Tang person does not say that he has committed a crime of mortal death, we should give him a chance.

Even if we have a bad past, as long as we do good with our heart, we should guide them. "

Chen Shuda said thoughtfully, "For example?"

Li Yuanji glanced at Chen Shuda and said, "For example, the states we took back from the Turks have been reclaimed, but we don't have enough manpower to run them.

For example, there are still hundreds of thousands of orphans and widows in Hebei Province who have no one to rely on. We have to help them find someone to rely on. "

Chen Shuda was stunned, nodded and said: "I understand. I will tell the subordinates later that after they catch the bandits, don't use heavy hands. After a little training, they can be sent to Hebei Road and the newly recovered states."

As for prosecuting Yuezhou governor for his inhumanity, Chen Shuda didn't even mention it.

The matter has already happened, and it is too late to investigate the crime of inhumanity of the governor of Yuezhou.

Moreover, the governor of Yuezhou has made great achievements in building cities and promoting rice.

Pursuing irreparable crimes at this time will only restrict officials' hands when doing things in the future, and will not benefit the country.

Li Yuanji also knew that it would be useless to pursue the fault of the governor of Yuezhou now, so Chen Shuda didn't mention it, and he didn't say anything more on this issue.

"Let's order the Ministry of Officials to reward the governor of Yuezhou for his meritorious deeds. After the next year, send a person with a softer approach to garrison in Yuezhou to vigorously promote rice.

In addition, since Ren Gui's promotion of rice in Yuezhou has achieved results, let the states near Yuezhou send people to Yuezhou as soon as possible to ask Ren Gui how to promote rice, and vigorously promote it under their own governance.

How to do it is up to you, Li Gong and Pei Gong to figure it out. "

Li Yuanji spoke slowly.

Now that the promotion of rice has already started, it goes without saying that Chen Shuda, Li Gang, Pei Ju and others know what to do next, so there is no need to ask further.

People may feel timid when doing things that are not effective, but people don't care so much about things that have been effective.

Li Yuanji originally thought that Chen Shuda would agree without hesitation when he heard this, but he didn't expect Chen Shuda to fall into hesitation.

Li Yuanji couldn't help but asked, "Is there a problem?"

Chen Shuda hurriedly said: "Return to Your Highness, Li Gong intends to hand in the memorial form at the end of the year, beg for bones, and is going to recommend Ren Gui to settle in the three provinces, so the minister and Pei Gong can supervise this matter, but what about Li Gong? Your Highness needs to discuss it with Li Gong.”

Li Yuanji was stunned again and again, completely unexpected that Li Gang would beg for bones at this time.

Chen Shuda's ability to get this news shows that Li Gang has already passed his anger with him and has made up his mind.

This is surprising and unexpected.

(End of this chapter)