Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 109 Li Shimin's Decision
Leaving Du Ruhui's mansion, Li Tai let out a long sigh, he really shouldn't underestimate the ministers of this era!

"Fortunately, I'm shameless. I don't want to save all the impression points, but it's good to win the impression of a prodigal son!"

To be honest, Li Tai was indeed drifting away.

When he used the diary to influence Du Ruhui, it was easy to say, but after influencing Du Ruhui, how to deal with the distance between Du Ruhui and how to deal with what happened to Du Ruhui, Li Tai didn't handle it well.

And as long as there is a slight mistake, these top talents will definitely find the clues.

But it is impossible for Li Tai not to come to Du Ruhui to report here, because Li Tai needs to maintain his personality in the diary.

Because the object of Li Tai's acting is not these ministers, the real target is Li Shimin.

For Li Tai, even if these ministers found that he had some problems in it, it was impossible for him to make actions that did not match the personality set in his diary.

He had already written in his diary that he would get close to Du Ruhui, but in the blink of an eye Du Ruhui was about to leave Beijing and he ignored Du Ruhui.

It is a matter of course for others, but what will Li Shimin think after reading the diary full of Li Tai's heart!
Is it thinking that Li Tai's mind is sharp, and he can understand the Sacred Heart so quickly, or he reacted and deduced that there is something wrong with this diary.

Or this kid has a bit of solid eyes, so Du Ruhui should be asked to leave Chang'an to prevent Li Tai from thinking wildly.

Therefore, Du Ruhui's family, Li Tai, had to come, but as long as he came, all Li Tai's words would be easily seen by a top official like Du Ruhui.

Of course, seeing clearly is to see clearly, but seeing clearly how to treat Li Tai is also a headache for these top civil servants.

Because Li Tai is not an ordinary person, he is Li Shimin's son, and he is the legitimate son of Li Shimin and the eldest grandson empress.

The so-called royal nobles, for other people, if they make a mistake in the court, they will die without a place to bury them.

But for Li Tai, if he didn't oppose Li Shimin first and Li Tang second, then he would have countless chances of trial and error!

To give a simple example, because Li Tai is from modern times, his thinking is different from that of people in this era.

So in the face of the words of who will destroy the Han Dynasty, I casually complained, in modern times, who would care about a child.

But that time, because of a coincidence, and Li Shimin himself for the stability of the court, he decisively kicked Li Tai out to start the mansion.

It made Li Tai understand that as a child of the royal family, he should not be disrespectful in every word or deed.

To be honest, it was because Li Tai was the prince, and it was over when Li Shimin kicked Li Tai out of the East Palace and let Li Tai open his house.

But if it was someone else, after saying the wrong thing, I'm afraid it would be the end of a lifetime.

It was the same this time, the ministers knew that this matter was actually unimportant, and it didn't even matter that they had a bad feeling for Li Tai.

After all, Li Tai's biggest advantage as a prince is the chance of trial and error, which is more than that of ordinary second generations.

Ordinary people may not be able to turn around for the rest of their lives if they fail once, and the rich second generation may become civilians after failing once.

As for Li Tai being a prince, if he fails, he fails. As a prince, he admits his mistakes to you in tears, expressing his determination to change when he knows his mistakes. As a courtier, even the top courtier, how many times will you have? very moved.

At least Li Tai showed to Du Ruhui that he was just like his father, he would correct his mistakes and he was good at accepting advice.

As for crying directly, not to mention what's the point of crying as a child with a guilty conscience, even Li Shimin himself has well-developed lacrimal glands.

That's why Li Tai really has Li Shimin's orthodox inheritance!
This lesson made Li Tai understand that it is okay to play tricks by himself, but can he do the aftermath of the tricks without any flaws?

Not to mention Li Tai, how many people in history can play tricks to the point where no one knows about them!

Basically, all the people who played tricks in history have been discovered, but some people can live well.

Because the emperor needs these people to do black work, he can survive smoothly, and this kind of emperor who plays power will suffer backlash in the end.

For example, Li Zhi asked Wu Zetian to come out to fight the courtiers. None of the important court officials knew that Wu Zetian represented Li Zhi, so they all made sense, but Li Zhi and Wu Zetian did not make sense.

For example, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty let Li Linfu be in power, and thus ran amok in the government and the public. Did Tang Xuanzong not know about Li Linfu's unscrupulous methods?

No, it's just that Tang Xuanzong wanted to enjoy it, so he found the most caring prime minister.

And Li Linfu, a sophisticated egoist with great skill, became Tang Xuanzong's backer.

Later, due to the system of appointing generals and entering prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty, Li Linfu would have a competitor for his position, so he proposed Hu Ren as a general, thus laying the groundwork for the Anshi Rebellion.

Therefore, the real source of many things is the emperor himself, which makes the conspirators feel helpless and incomprehensible.

But as long as it is a conspiracy, if you use it, it will leave traces after all. After all, bureaucrats are best at infighting.

After the unification of the ancient rulers, these bureaucrats could only be dumbfounded when they talked about how to make a big cake.

But how to intrigue, how to distribute benefits, they are really self-taught.

The same is true for Li Tai now. Even if others don't know how Li Tai operates, they can tell that Li Tai is involved in it by responding to Li Tai's inconsistent attitude towards things.

At most, Li Tai is difficult to deal with because he is the prince.

"Conspiracies and schemes are really not what I'm good at. I'd better not touch them in the future if I can!"

Li Tai sighed, realizing that he was just a successor to the cause of socialism with an order of about one billion.

Playing with development by yourself, relying on the reference of the previous life, the operation is overwhelming, and the facts make people speechless.

But now that he doesn't use these operations, but writes a diary to play tricks, Li Tai said that he is just an ordinary person!
When Li Tai returned to Yue Wang's mansion, he didn't dare to pass the night in Chang'an, so he decisively took people back to Gaoling to avoid danger.

Du Ruhui naturally knew Li Tai's actions clearly, and couldn't help shaking his head.

"King Yue, you still need training! Du Fang, get ready for the ox cart, we will leave for Youzhou tomorrow!"

Du Ruhui said that he also needs to go to work formally.

As the saying goes, listen to his words and watch his actions. Although the king of Yue admitted his mistakes sincerely, the king of Yue didn't say how he got himself out of Chang'an.

To be honest, Du Ruhui really said it was hard to understand.

You must know that you have placed Du Chuke beside Li Tai, even if Du Chuke has some thoughts on Li Tai, but based on your understanding of Du Chuke, Du Chuke will definitely notify him if Li Tai attacks him.

But Li Tai didn't need any manpower, and then kicked himself out of Chang'an just like that.

Obviously, this is definitely a very extraordinary method, and it is normal for Li Tai not to tell himself about this channel!
However, now Du Ruhui said that he would go to inspect the Grand Canal first.

When he came back from his patrol, he could see clearly whether Li Tai was playing tricks or doing things seriously.

After all, Li Tai is the prince, and he admitted his mistake so sincerely, if he doesn't give him a chance, then he is wrong.

Of course, when Li Tai fled back to Gaoling and obediently worked, many people saw this scene.

The most typical one is Li Shimin, and he is even more sure that what Li Tai wrote in his diary is correct.

Li Tai really wanted to get close to Du Ruhui, and although he didn't know what Du Ruhui said to Li Tai, but seeing Li Tai go back to Gaoling obediently that day, Du Ruhui must have understood what he meant by asking Du Ruhui to leave Chang'an to inspect the Grand Canal.

"However, the meaning of letting Keming leave Chang'an has come, and the next step is to beat the blue bird.

He needs to understand that as a prince, he should not make friends with important officials of the court for no reason! "Li Shimin was thoughtful.

And just as Li Shimin was sitting in the Tai Chi Hall with a dark face and working, looking at the memorial sent by the officials below, he saw that the entire Gyeonggi-do tax had been collected.

Li Shimin raised his head involuntarily, looked at Dou Jing and said, "Yuanxiu, have all the taxes in Gaoling been paid?"

"I just handed in the day before yesterday." Dou Jing thought, "The king of Yue's accounts are detailed. A total of 12 two hundred and thirty-four stones of wheat and 1000 pieces of linen were handed in. The rest are Kaiyuan Tongbao. There is no mistake."

While speaking, Dou Jing took out the account book and handed it to the servant, with detailed data on it.

After reading the detailed data above, Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction. After all, when one hundred thousand people settled in Gaoling, if Li Tai, the Yue Palace, wanted to hide the population, Li Tai could actually hide some of the people.

At that time, the tax collection will not need to be so high, but Li Tai has no intention of hiding the population. Looking at the data, it can be seen that males account for the majority.

In order to please the aristocratic family, ordinary officials will directly sell part of the population to the aristocratic family in exchange for the local support of the aristocratic family.

The final registration and reporting ratio of male to female population will converge to one to one.

After all, if fleeing from famine does occur, the longer the time, the lower the proportion of women who survived.

This time, the disaster was suppressed almost from the beginning, but even so, the population ratio was inevitably that the male population accounted for the vast majority.

As for Li Tai, as the Yue Palace, if he really wanted to hide part of the population, he would definitely be able to do it.

But looking at the data presented by Li Tai, Li Shimin understood that his son did not fool himself in his work.

Li Shimin raised his head, looked at Fang Xuanling, but said, "Xuanling, does the matter of the righteous warehouse count?"

"This is the covenant between the saint and the imperial court, how to do it is countless!" Fang Xuanling stood up and said after hearing Li Shimin's words.

"After Yuan Xiuna's taxes this year, how far is it to fill up the warehouse!" Li Shimin asked Dou Jing after hearing this.

Dou Jing answered calmly: "According to the old calendar of the Sui Dynasty, the households will be divided into three classes to pay taxes. The upper households are no more than one shi, the middle households are no more than seven dou, and the lower households are no more than four dou. Now after the autumn harvest, the warehouse has been filled with three hundred. Think about it, in another ten years, the warehouse will be full!"

"Ten years...ten years!" Li Shimin's voice turned cold when he heard this!

Fang Xuanling hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said, "This is because the expenses were high last year, and this year's good weather will definitely increase the storage."

"..." Li Shimin was silent for a while when he heard Fang Xuanling's words, and then said, "Xuanling, let's develop Zheng Baiqu!"

"Eh?" Fang Xuanling couldn't help being a little bit stunned when he heard Li Shimin's words.

He didn't expect Li Shimin to say such a thing, and he couldn't help saying:

"Saint, the country has been plagued by disasters year after year, and last year it even sent troops to the Turks, you are all aware of these situations.

Although there is a bumper harvest this year, there are many places where money is needed, especially the salaries owed to officials last year must be repaid.

We really don't have much money in our hands to develop Zheng Baiqu! "

"En!" Li Shimin nodded and said, "I know that it is really difficult for the country to mobilize corvee to build the Zheng Baiqu.

But Qingque said that if he was entrusted with this matter, he would definitely be able to develop Zheng Baiqu.

And I only want one order, after the money and food developed in the Zhengbaiqu area meet the charity warehouse every year, there will be no other excessive taxes.

Then he promises that the shortest three years, and the elder five years, will be able to build this Zheng Baiqu for me! "

"..." If it was someone else, Fang Xuanling really didn't believe that anyone could build the Zheng Baiqu without any support from the imperial court.

But Li Tai's words... To be honest, Li Tai's ability to spend money out of nothing is really too strong.

Needless to say, two years ago, who would have believed that a village that was just a small county town would be so prosperously built.

"The King of Yue has a detailed plan!" Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin.

"Hmm! Qing Que's plans have always been based on money, and that's all he has to offer!"

Li Shimin said to Fang Xuanling proudly, but his tone was somewhat smug.

So Li Shimin didn't make any excuses, and said directly:
"Qing Que said, if this Zheng Bai Canal is opened up, it will be a good paddy field, and it will be held by ordinary people. After a long time, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold it, and the rich and powerful will continue to embezzle the land.

Therefore, in this section of Zhengbaiqu, except for the imperial court's own policy to require one-third of the land to be planted with medicinal materials, the other developed lands are all handed over to the clan and aristocratic families.

Whoever invests more will get more land.

These lands do not need to pay taxes, and the only task is to fill up the righteous warehouse after harvesting every year, and the surplus is their own grain! "

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling's eyes widened. Of course, such an operation method is not impossible.

Even Fang Xuanling can be sure that there must be many people who are willing to participate. To some extent, this is bribing Li Shimin!
"The king of Yue is really a genius!" Fang Xuanling couldn't help but sigh.

To be honest, if this kind of thing is not mentioned, then no one is willing to develop such a thankless thing like Zheng Baiqu.

But now the development of Zheng Baiqu is linked to Yicang, and Yicang is linked to Li Shimin's ability to build Luoyang Palace. Under this series of operations, Fang Xuanling knows that the construction of Zheng Baiqu is already an inevitable thing.

Not to mention those families who are really noble or fake, but the royal family and nobles of the Tang Dynasty are not willing to pay for Li Shimin's happiness!
After all, Li Shimin's Longxi Li family itself is a big family in Longxi, and these royal relatives and relatives are already at this time, so why don't they come up with some money.

And as long as there is the first batch of initial funds, no one in the following aristocratic families will pay.

"Yes, Qingque is really thoughtful in doing things." Li Shimin nodded and said, "For this matter, let Qingque take charge of the promotion after completing the Gaoling county magistrate's assessment, but this matter is very important. Xuanling, do you recommend some leaders? Officials, assist Qingque to preside over the project."

Li Shimin thought about it again and again, and still chose to let Li Tai continue to let him out, which was considered to keep Li Tai calm and calm.

(End of this chapter)