Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 140 The Deal with Fang Xuanling

"6 people, this is 6 people!" Li Tai couldn't help thinking.

Li Tai originally wanted to go directly to Fang Xuanling's mansion to ask if he could give the 6 people to him.

But after thinking about it again and again, he still chose to rush to the palace and decided to find Li Shimin, at least to say hello first.

After all, the source of my rights comes from Li Shimin, and I privately went to find Fang Xuanling who didn't get along with me at all. Even if Li Shimin didn't mind, I was afraid that I would be played by the censor.

More importantly, it would create an excuse for Li Chengqian, so it would be safer to find Li Shimin first.

It's just that Li Shimin was not reviewing memorials in the Hall of Liangyi this time, but had a rare half-day leisure in Fusheng, taking a comfortable bath, and then Li Tai went to find Li Shimin at a very inopportune time.

However, Li Shimin still announced Li Tai to come in. After all, he worked while taking a bath, not once or twice.

"Qingque, what's the urgent matter that made you come to the palace today." Li Shimin asked with his eyes closed.

Because Li Tai has always been quite punctual, and usually does not return to the palace until the beginning of the month.

One is to meet Empress Changsun and others, and the other is to report Zheng Baiqu's progress to Li Shimin.

"I heard Tang Honglu say that some of the people who were redeemed from the Turks had no fixed homes.

So Qingque dared to hope that Aye could hand over this group of people to me and place them near Zheng Baiqu. "

Li Tai added, "The construction of the three canals of Zhengbai Canal started at the same time, which just needs a lot of labor to speed up the construction."

Hearing this, Li Shimin understood why Li Tai hurried over, probably because he was afraid that this person would be placed elsewhere.

To be honest, for Li Shimin, it is very troublesome to arrange such a group of people.

After all, these people have nothing, no matter which town they throw in, it may cause riots.

But now Li Tai asked these people to speed up the development of the Zhengbaiqu area, at least in Li Shimin's opinion, this was somewhat a good thing.

The most important thing is that the Zhengbaiqu area has been refurbished, so the warehouse can be filled up sooner, and Luoyang Palace can be built by myself sooner.

So Li Shimin thought for a while, and said, "You can go to Xuanling about this matter, I believe he will agree."

"Then Qingque will leave first!" Li Tai ran away decisively after hearing Li Shimin's words!
"This kid, he's quick at work, and I want to let him have fun together!" Li Shimin watched Li Tai leave and couldn't help but sigh.

After leaving this palace, Li Tai drove directly to the Liangyi Hall, where government affairs are usually handled.

But halfway, he found that he couldn't catch up, so he took the carriage and went directly to Fang Xuanling's house.

After all, Fang Xuanling came home from get off work on time every day for dinner. Normally, going to his house at night would definitely block Xuanling's house.

And Li Tai asked Lu Anshou to drive the carriage to the house and then knocked on the door. There was no other meaning, just a meal.

Fang Xuanling naturally let Li Tai in, but he didn't mean to prepare dinner for Li Tai, instead he said in surprise.

"King Yue, the sun is about to set, why do you have time to come to Qiao's mansion?"

"It's like this." Li Tai heard Fang Xuanling's words, explained the reason of the matter, and then made his own request and said,

"Fang Xiang, those people who haven't settled down, why don't you hand them over to me, and they must be properly settled in Zheng Baiqu."

"I see!" Fang Xuanling said after hearing Li Tai's words, "I understand what you mean, King Yue.

But we must also consider the overall situation. They were originally the people of the frontier, and they came back with great difficulty, so they were naturally arranged in the frontier area.

In this case, the living habits of these people are more adapted to the Northland.

The second thing is to take a step back, as there are foreign races stationed in the North, our Tang Dynasty also needs to increase the proportion of the local population, so as to form a check and balance with the foreign races, I think you understand! "

Fang Xuanling took a sip of tea at this moment, and calmly told Li Tai about the difficulties.

But Li Tai understands that since Fang Xuanling didn't directly refuse, but is breaking up with him here, this in itself shows that there is something to talk about.

Under such circumstances, Li Tai thought for a moment and said, "Please believe me, Mr. Fang, after my cooperation with Honglu Temple, Honglu Temple will continue to recruit foreigners to serve our Tang Dynasty, which will definitely reduce the number of foreigners in the frontier." quantity."

"Of course I understand the cooperation between you and Honglu Temple, King Yue, and of course I support it!"

To tell the truth, Fang Xuanling has investigated Li Tai carefully since the farmer's incident, and naturally knew that those East Turkic laborers who were building Zheng Baiqu had been broken into Li Tai's shape by Li Tai without knowing it.

Therefore, Fang Xuanling still recognized Li Tai's ability.

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Tai at this moment, was silent for a while, and said slowly, "But it is you who I have doubts about!
King Yue, do you really plan to dedicate yourself to the Tang Dynasty and become a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty? "

"Mister Fang, you are serious!" Li Tai smiled calmly when he heard Fang Xuanling's words.

Just kidding, I wanted to seize the heir from the beginning, okay?
Have I covered up my attitude?It seems not!
If I don't seize the heir, I will run out to control locusts at the age of eight, establish a school at the age of nine and become a county magistrate, build a century-old plan at the age of ten, promote the agricultural official system at the age of 11, and lie in my mansion to eat, drink, play, and wait to die Is it not good!

Any suffering is anti-human. People can overcome this kind of suffering because they have greater ambitions in their hearts!

Therefore, although Li Tai didn't answer, Fang Xuanling understood Li Tai's answer.

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Tai at this moment, and said slowly:

"King Yue, maybe you don't remember, this year is over, and your term in Gaoling is about to expire.

So I'm more curious, are you interested in being an official? "

"Fang Xiang, aren't we talking about these [-] people?" Li Tai said calmly when he heard Fang Xuanling's words.

"That's right!" Fang Xuanling said, "It's about the [-] people.

If they were placed in the border areas, they would be able to strengthen the border defenses, but they would be transferred to Zheng Baiqu to settle down, but the frontier forces would be reduced a lot.

After all, most people in this world are willing to come to Chang'an, and they don't want to go to the frontier, right?Therefore, the court needs to make adjustments. "

When Li Tai heard Fang Xuanling's words, he couldn't help being silent for a while, and said, "Master Fang wants me to be a foreign official?"

"The king of Yue is the son of the sage. Although he is the magistrate of Gaoling County, you and I both know that this position is only for you, the king of Yue, to display your talents."

Fang Xuanling said calmly, "Now your talent has been demonstrated, which proves that you are a talented official.

That being the case, why should you be greedy for Chang'an, all the prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty are places where you can display your talents!

Or is it not just that you want to become a famous minister of my Tang Dynasty? ! "

"It seems that Fang Xiang doesn't want me to stay in Chang'an, but wants me to go out!" Li Tai said involuntarily.

"I'm only sorry for your talent in training foreigners, King Yue!" Fang Xuanling sighed and said,
"Where you will go or stay, other than yourself, who can force the sage to decide your stay or stay!"

"But Prime Minister Fang, you still want me to let you out, don't you?" Li Tai looked at Fang Xuanling and said sincerely.

"I just hope that King Yue's wishes will come true, and he will become a famous minister of the clan!" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Tai and said calmly.

Li Tai smiled calmly and said, "If I think about it, only these 6 people are definitely not enough.

Even if I am not allowed to win the crown, I think I will wait until I am 12 years old.

So Mr. Fang, what will you trade with me to let me leave Chang'an! "

Li Tai understands that now is not his own time, and his own time will have to wait until the talents of the agricultural college grow up!
Now that I am in Chang'an, I have no right to speak. The most important thing is that my basic disk is not strong enough.

What I can rely on is only Li Shimin's preference for me, not a real force that belongs to me.

Secondly, compared to other people, to be honest, if I want to go back to Chang'an, it is much simpler.

Whenever he can influence Chang'an, he will naturally be able to come back.

This may be difficult for others, but it is not difficult for myself.

In the final analysis, if Fang Xuanling deliberately suppressed him, his own development would be affected instead.

Of course I am not afraid, but there is no need, the more time I have to develop, the more control I will have when I take over the country in the future.

Therefore, since Fang Xuanling wanted to leave Chang'an by himself, he would naturally use this gesture in exchange for what he needed.

Moreover, Li Gang, who supported Li Chengqian all the way, has already left, and Li Chengqian, who has lost the teaching of a famous teacher, is afraid that his true colors will be revealed after a while.

I don't want to get into trouble, so I'd better get away from the limelight.

So Li Tai was willing to exchange his leaving Chang'an for what he wanted.

In this way, he is good, Fang Xuanling is good, and even Li Chengqian will help him.

The only fear is that Aye and his mother will be somewhat reluctant.

"King Yue, what do you need?" Fang Xuanling asked calmly after hearing Li Tai's words.

"First, the Institute of Agriculture is my heart and soul. After I leave, you will help look after it." Li Tai said.

"The county magistrate of Gaoling definitely came from an agricultural school. As for Ma Zhou, when he finishes repairing the Zhengbai Canal, he should be in charge of the water transportation plan of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.

After the completion, he returned to the imperial court or the Ministry of Civil Affairs or the Ministry of Industry, and he should have the status of a servant under the fourth rank. "

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Tai and continued, "It may not be impossible to be considered by Keming to inherit the mantle."

"The place I want to settle in is either Hangzhou or Youzhou. Of course, I don't mind if it's the land of abundance in Sichuan!"

Li Tai looked at Fang Xuanling and said calmly, "I don't know which place Prime Minister Fang gave me for me to manage!"

"Does it have to be these three places?" Fang Xuanling asked Li Tai's words instead.

"I don't think there are many places I can go!" Li Tai looked at Fang Xuanling and said,

"First of all, Aye will not let me go to a poor place, and I also need a place where I can display my talents.

After thinking about it, it’s only the four corners of the Tang Dynasty. There is Yizhou in Shu, Youzhou in Kanto, and Hangzhou in Jiangnan. I’m willing to go anywhere.

In addition, Fang Xiang, you think I am good at dealing with matters of foreign races, so the places I can go are naturally mainly dealing with foreign races! "

"Why didn't Longyou choose?" Fang Xuanling asked Li Tai curiously after hearing Li Tai's words.

"Because the East Turks retreated, the part belonging to the east of the East Turks was absorbed and digested by our Tang Dynasty, but the part belonging to the north was absorbed by some tribe on the grassland. After five or ten years, there should be a Share the alien forces in the north.

I'm not good at war, if I choose the land of Longyou, I don't know what to do if I encounter a war! "

Li Tai shrugged and said, "So, although I think places like Shengzhou are not bad, it's better to be cautious!"

Hearing Li Tai's words, Fang Xuanling couldn't help being silent at this moment.

Fang Xuanling really felt that Li Tai was excellent, especially this kind of strategic vision, even if he ignored it, Li Tai noticed it.

But unfortunately, Li Tai is not the eldest son!

It is precisely because Li Shimin relies on seizing the heir to ascend to the throne, so as long as Li Chengqian is around, then Li Shimin will never let Li Tai inherit his position.

Let Li Tai continue to stay by Li Shimin's side, because Li Shimin's preference will continue to stimulate Li Tai's desire to seize the heir.

This made Li Tai's talent and qualifications that could have become a famous official of a generation wasted.

Fang Xuanling collected himself and said, "King Yue, where do you want to belong?"

"Youzhou!" Li Tai said calmly, "After all, Chunfeng built a branch school of the agricultural school there, and he also arranged a fishing plan, and even the grass planting plan, which has already been tried to promote in Youzhou.

If I go there in person, I should be able to continue to implement this plan. After all, I made this plan, and I will be more careful! "

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "I will push this matter forward, but what else does the King of Yue want?"

"If it's Youzhou, I don't need any military power except for my own guards, but I want the royal court's monopoly rights on salt and iron!" Li Tai looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "I don't have any money, so I can't use my talents. Come on!"

Fang Xuanling frowned when he heard this, "The King of Yue is joking, who in Chang'an is richer than you!"

"I'm not talking nonsense. Wanting to revitalize Youzhou is a completely different concept from Gaoling County.

It doesn't make any sense to throw all the money and food in my hand, so I have to get the rights to salt and iron! "

Li Tai didn't give an inch at this moment!

"Youzhou is the border between the Tang Dynasty and the foreign tribes, if the ironware flows into the foreign tribes, there will be endless disasters.

At most, I approve King Yue that you have the qualification to make salt by yourself, and ironware will never be opened to you! "

Fang Xuanling replied with a serious expression.

"It's really stingy!" Li Tai couldn't help complaining when he heard Fang Xuanling's words, but after thinking about it, he said,

"Wait until I finish building the Zheng Baiqu, if possible, then build Aye's Luoyang Palace..."

"Please rest assured, King Yue, Xuanling will definitely fulfill King Yue's filial piety to the Holy One!" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Tai and said,
"These [-] people, I will order someone to dispatch them tomorrow, and I will let them come to Gaoling within a month at the latest!"

"Fang Xiang, you really have everything ready!" Li Tai looked at Fang Xuanling and couldn't help sighing.

"Because you, King Yue, are truly willing to work for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty!" Fang Xuanling saluted Li Tai respectfully.

(End of this chapter)