Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 134 Craftsman's Plan
Ever since Li Jing captured Jieli Khan alive and killed the Eastern Turks, he was beaten up because he had no money during the Tang Dynasty when he came back, and Li Jing returned to the Ministry of War.

To be honest, if Du Ruhui was not still alive, then Li Jing might have become the right servant of Shangshu.

But even so, Li Jing at least got the position of Dr. Zuo Guanglu as a dismissed official.

And Li Jing also knew that he would still be hated by others for destroying the East Turks, so he kept a low profile.

Unless it is about the military, Li Jing said that he is just a clay sculpture and wood carving in the court, and you can do whatever you want.

Under Li Jing's command, those who followed Li Jing and chose to do woodcarving obediently were basically making up for last year's bumper harvest.

Whether it was given silk or food, in short, he must have been rewarded, and Li Jing himself had [-] bolts of silk.

It's just that those who danced very hard, especially those who had a bit of resentment in their hearts, were suppressed to some extent.

After seeing his subordinates being suppressed, Li Jing became even quieter and hardly interacted with his old department.

But this time, Li Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had just woken up.

To be honest, he really didn't expect that what happened today would be related to him, but after thinking about it, Li Jing also understood that it was normal for this matter to be related to him.

Although they are of a different race, they are mainly Eastern Turks, so it is only natural that Li Shimin arranged for him to handle this matter.

Li Jing came out and said: "I don't know if it is appropriate for me to deploy Zuo Wuhou Zhonglang General Su Lie to lead an army of [-] troops to station in Gaoling in case of accidents?"

"Su Lie?" Hearing Li Jing's words, Li Shimin thought of this person. When Wen Yanbo beat Li Jing, he used Su Lie to make an example of him.

The most important thing is that this person was a little resentful and resentful, so he was not given the ration and brocade last year.

Now that he's been hanging out for a year, it's obvious that Li Jing wants to give him a chance!
"Yes!" Li Shimin thought for a while, and finally agreed, after all, Li Jing still has to give face.

When Li Jing heard this, he stepped back and stopped talking, choosing to continue making clay sculptures and wood carvings.

And Li Tai couldn't help asking, "Is this Su Lie strong? Can he suppress the East Turkic labor riot!"

Naturally, Li Tai didn't know if Su Lie was strong or not, after all, he didn't have any need to contact the military.

Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Jing explained: "It was Su Lie who personally captured Jieli Khan when he fought against the East Turks. Unfortunately, he was demoted because of his army and plundering civilians. But with him stationed, the foreigners of the East Turks would definitely not For chaos!"

Is it that strong?Is it really okay for such a strong guy to come and serve as a guard for a foreign race?
Li Tai didn't expect such a guy to come, and said to Li Jing, "I see, thank you Li Shangshu for clarifying the confusion."

At this time, Li Tai turned his attention to Li Shimin, and continued: "Aye, to build the Zhengbai Canal, in addition to labor, it also requires skilled master craftsmen, so I wonder if the Ministry of Industry can deploy about fifty master craftsmen." give me!"

Hearing Li Tai's words, Duan Lun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly came out and said,

"The number of master craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry is limited, and the master craftsmen that the Ministry of Water can dispatch have been dispatched to the Zheng Baiqu project as much as possible.

In addition to the coal, you have to dispatch master craftsmen, and the other master craftsmen, the Tunbu, and the Yubu have responsibilities. At most, you can squeeze out nine...no, squeeze out three for you, King Yue! "

Listening to Duan Lun's words, everyone present also knew that it was obviously unrealistic to ask for manpower from the Ministry of Industry.

Li Tai raised his eyebrows when he heard the words of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, three, how dare you say it!
Li Tai knew that if he wanted to attack the Ministry of Industry again, he was afraid that the Ministry of Industry would let the dog bite him directly.

After all, even if it is to pluck the wool, there is no reason to catch a sheep and pluck it to death.

Li Tai shrugged, but said to Li Shimin, "Aye, the Ministry of Industry doesn't have enough craftsmen, so can we provide policy support!
The construction of Zheng Baiqu is not enough with manpower alone, and it definitely needs enough technical personnel to support it. "

"What kind of policy support do you want?" Li Shimin asked Li Tai curiously after hearing Li Tai's words.

"I want to use this opportunity to release a craftsman assessment to the common people, and the assessment is until the entire project of Zheng Baiqu is completely completed.

Through practice, these craftsmen who come from folk assessment are divided into four categories: master craftsman, good craftsman, backbone and apprentice.

Among them, after the examination, the master craftsmen and good craftsmen were absorbed into the country, as for the backbone and apprentices, they were sent home! "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Duan Lun said, "If they are in the country, they can't be raised like this? How does the King of Yue plan to arrange them?"

Li Tai said in detail, "First of all, some of them will be responsible for the regular maintenance of the Zhengbaiqu area.

After the construction is completed, only regular maintenance will prevent Zheng Baiqu from being abandoned. The maintenance work is directly handed over to these craftsmen, and they are even passed on to their families for maintenance.

Unless this section of the canal is completely cut off, at least one of their descendants must be responsible for maintaining Zheng Baiqu, otherwise they will be removed.

Of course, if the flow is completely cut off, then the descendants of their family will no longer need to maintain Zheng Baiqu in this section. "

Hearing Li Tai's words, the people present thought for a while, but there was no big problem.

This kind of system seems to be quite inhumane in modern times, but in ancient times, let alone inheriting the father's business, it was something that most people wanted to see.

For the imperial court, this allows craftsmen to be directly bound to the project, and the administrative cost will be greatly reduced in the future.

Even for those craftsmen, although they have a lineage, they must be limited to this project, but you must know that this is an official meal that guarantees income from drought and flood, not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, many people want to eat it Forever.

"What about the other part?" Duan Lun asked again after hearing Li Tai's words.

"As for the other part, it needs to be reserved for the repair of Luoyang Palace!" Li Taidao, "The reconstruction of Luoyang Palace will require a large number of craftsmen, and I'm afraid there won't be enough craftsmen by then, so I think it's still too late to start training now!"

When Li Tai said this, he looked at Duan Lun naturally.

Duan Lun coughed, even if Duan Lun was willing to build a luxurious facility like Luoyang Palace for Li Shimin, there are many important officials in the court who hoped that Li Shimin would take pity on the power of the people.

Needless to say, Zhang Xuansu and Wei Zheng definitely hoped that Li Shimin would stop.

But at this moment Li Shimin heard Li Tai's words, he couldn't help stroking his beard, it was because his son was really thinking about him.

When doing things, I take this matter to heart. Compared with it, other courtiers are too harsh.

"So..." Li Shimin was really ready to play.

"Saint, I have something to ask the King of Yue!" Wei Zheng stepped out at this moment and said to Li Shimin.

"Wei Qing, please speak!" Li Shimin couldn't help saying when he heard Wei Zheng's words.

"King Yue's idea is very good, but Zheng has some doubts at the moment, and I don't know if King Yue can answer it."

Wei Zheng faced Li Tai with a serious face, but he didn't pass it easily just because Li Tai came up with this idea.

"Secretary Wei, please!" Seeing Wei Zheng's appearance, Li Tai couldn't help but straighten his expression, and replied to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng said seriously: "First of all, if these people are accepted as master craftsmen of the imperial court, where will the money and food allocated in the future come from? Will it increase the burden on the imperial court?
Secondly, Zheng Baiqu's entire project is a test question, and the construction time may take several years. The test is carried out on these craftsmen. After the construction is completed, how should the craftsmen who pass it be placed?
Finally, during the renovation of Zhengbaiqu, there were people from Gaoling and foreign laborers, and now there are a large number of craftsmen. Is the money and food you raised enough?

If it is not enough, it will cause riots, so you dispatched troops to station in advance! "

Wei Zheng asked questions one after another, and the ministers in the court also held their breath and looked at Li Tai.

To be honest, no one expected that Wei Zheng's question would be so sharp, but this is a problem that Li Tai must solve.

Li Tai shrugged and said:

"A third of the Zhengbaiqu area belongs to the imperial court, so it's no problem to use a small part of it to pay them.

In addition, these people maintain different areas. If there is less food in these areas, then their rewards will also be less.

So through them, the imperial court should be able to know where the land has been invaded again.

As for whether they will stick to their self-stealing, it depends on the imperial court finding that there is a shortage of food in a certain area, so they will naturally send people to investigate.

Even when the food shortage reaches a certain level, the qualification of this person will be disqualified in the name of not needing to maintain this place, and some things will be exposed at that time. "

Listening to everyone's words, no matter whether Li Tai's idea is good or not, it is at least a feasible solution.

Of course, there must be loopholes in any plan, and it's just a matter of trying to figure out a solution when the time comes.

But Li Tai continued: "Secretary Wei's second point is that after working in the Zhengbaiqu area for a period of time, these people will have resentment after failing to pass the assessment, which will affect the credibility of the imperial court. This should be the problem. Bar!"

"It seems that the king of Yue has also considered this point!" Wei Zheng replied seriously when he heard Li Tai's words.

"This is another part of the policy that I hope the court will add!" Li Tai said,

"All craftsmen who are assessed here, if they have been in service for more than half a year, will be calculated according to the time they have served.

Even if they didn't pass the assessment, I hope that Aye will allow them to be exempted from corvee for the corresponding time because of their assistance in completing the Zheng Baiqu project. "

"That is to say, the time they were assessed in Zheng Baiqu will be counted as the time for exempting from corvee!" Wei Zheng couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Yes!" Li Tai nodded and said, "The Zheng Baiqu project can be as short as two years, and as long as three years, it is inappropriate not to give some benefits.

If the imperial court took advantage of the people for a long time, the imperial court would naturally have no credibility at all.

And maintaining the credibility of the imperial court among the people is the most important thing. "

When the important court officials heard Li Tai's words, they nodded one after another. Although the king of Yue would come and deal with Confucianism, and he was not as handsome as Li Chengqian, but his heart was for the common people. To be honest, the courtiers All approved.

"As for money and food..." Li Tai said, "Money and food must be enough, at least until now.

If it is not enough, I will definitely ask the court for food immediately. More importantly, I think that when that time comes, I will go to the clan family to ask for another sum of money and food, and I believe they will be happy to lend it to me.

After all, they don't want their investment in Zheng Baiqu to be in vain either! "

To be honest, Li Tai didn't worry much about the lack of money and food.

After all, Li Tai knew that with the emergence of food stamps and his continuous mastery of various fragmentary products, the whole system has become more and more perfect.

In the process, the product cost is getting lower and lower, the system is getting more and more comprehensive, and the money in this range is also getting less and less.

And the wealth I harvested is also invisible, becoming more and more.

In short, as long as the wheat can be successfully harvested this year, basically there is no need to worry about reputation bankruptcy in a few years.

Of course, when others heard Li Tai's words, they couldn't help but be full of black lines. They understood that although Li Tai was shameless, this method is really feasible!
If Li Tai really ran out of money and asked the aristocratic family for money, these aristocratic families would really continue to invest the money in Li Tai.

As far as the court is concerned, this matter will naturally not be objected.

Because it was agreed at the beginning that the imperial court would own one-third of Zheng Baiqu's arable land, mainly to meet the warehouses built by Li Shimin, and the remaining two-thirds would be allocated to other aristocratic families, and to make up for the unfulfilled part of the warehouses. .

If this project is really halfway through, at worst, Li Shimin will lose his face. He will just take over one-third of the land of the imperial court. After all, one-third of the land is at least [-] square meters, so it is nothing to be shameless .

At that time, Li Tai came forward and said that he had no money, and he was afraid that many people would rush to give it to Li Tai.

Therefore, after Li Tai said this method, all the ministers of the clan and aristocratic families who had already contributed money could only sincerely pray at this time that the King of Yue would have a bit of personality, and he must not be corrupt and wasteful. It would be best if this wave would be enough.

Li Shimin couldn't help his eyes shining, looking at his son, thinking in his heart, is there such a one-handed operation method?

Will I be able to do the same when I want to repair the garden in the future?

In fact, Li Tai knew that this method of operation was more of a last resort.

If he is in charge of the central government's financial dispatch, then it is natural to increase the proportion of the imperial court's economy, reduce the proportion of the family's economy, and strengthen the imperial court's control over Datang.

No matter what, this reason was given to Wei Zheng, so Wei Zheng withdrew without saying anything more.

This is the best place to do practical things. When others criticize you, you can give a reasonable solution. If others have no other solutions, then basically there will be no further disputes over this matter.

The most fearful thing is that you have a plan, and others have plans, and no one can prove whose plan is the best, which is the most troublesome.

Because this often becomes a so-called moral struggle, and no one will back down for their own plan.

However, at this time, it depends on who has the money and grain to carry out his plan.

It's like, what kind of plan did Li Tai propose? Didn't the people in the court object to it?
impossible!

People from the Confucian school would like to say that Li Tai's plan is useless, so that Li Tai will stop thinking about doing practical things.

But the fact is that Li Tai can always solve the problem of money and food in every plan.

No matter how Li Tai was cheated and abducted, with money and food in hand, a plan in mind, and capital to test right or wrong, this is the ability that most courtiers do not have.

Because they can only ask the court for money to implement their own plans. After all, they can't do certain projects even if they break their families and build a country. This is the biggest gap between them and Li Tai.

Which one will the court choose?Naturally one can imagine!

(End of this chapter)