Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 173 Fengyan King

The whole of Chang'an was extremely quiet for the next month, and even Li Chengqian seemed to be extraordinarily quiet because of self-cultivation, and even the rumors spreading in Chang'an about the king of Yue replacing the crown prince gradually dissipated.

Because the news of Li Tai going to Youzhou began to spread among the upper-class families.

Since a first-class family like Du Chuke can get it, other people can naturally get the news as long as they are willing.

For example, Li Baiyao, the right concubine of the crown prince, was born in the Li family of Boling.
Although Li Baiyao is honest and upright, he is not used to seeing someone seriously injuring the prince or the king of Yue, so he pays attention to this matter.

Now that King Yue is willing to take a step back and leave Chang'an to go to the bitter cold land of Youzhou, Li Baiyao doesn't want the prince to make any small moves at this time, no matter for the love of King Quanyue or for the crown prince himself. unnecessary trouble.

But Li Chengqian couldn't help being stunned when he heard the news.

It was the first time he knew that his brother, who was so capable, cared about him so much, and this time he even backed down because of the rumors.

Thinking back to when Li Tai first came to see him, he planned to use the foot bones of the condemned prisoner to find a way to cure his own foot bones, he couldn't help feeling warm, and secretly sighed that maybe this is his real brother!
After all, Li Chengqian at this time was only one year older than Li Tai, and he was still working as a prince.

He has not yet felt Li Shimin's strong expectations for him, and the perverted demands of the Manchu ministers on him.

So he still felt that Li Tai was his own brother after all, and he was really wrong when he doubted him back then!

Because of Xu Jingzong's low official position, if Shi Chang hadn't come to the prince with the "Sui Shu" to proofread the manuscript, Xu Jingzong would not have many channels to know the news.

So knowing from Li Chengqian that Li Tai took the initiative to seal Youzhou, he was also stunned.

But immediately Xu Jingzong showed ecstasy. To be honest, none of the civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty could see that the only one who could pose a threat to Prince Li Chengqian was Li Tai.

Now that Li Tai took the initiative to go to Youzhou, is there anyone more stupid in this world? !

Xu Jingzong couldn't help but lamented that the prince was lucky enough to meet such a fool.

However, he also agrees with Li Baiyao's opinion, before Li Tai leaves Chang'an, let's calm down and don't need to worry about it, otherwise it will be unsightly.

So as the East Palace took the initiative to quiet down, the whole of Chang'an, at least for Li Tai, was extraordinarily quiet.

Li Tai even started selling shops and part of the land in Gaoling City in order to increase his capital to go to Youzhou.

After all, Gaoling's high-quality land has more or less taken the initiative to buy it, and now it's just to realize these.

But this time in the sale, I could feel that someone was pushing the boat along the way, as if I was deeply afraid that I would not sell it, so I found good sellers for myself, so that I could be regarded as a good return to blood.

Soon, Ma Zhou reported that the main project in the Zhengbaiqu area had been completely completed.

Taibai Canal, Zhongbai Canal and Nanbai Canal are collectively known as Sanbai Canal, all of which have been completed, increasing the land by more than 1 and pouring fertile land. The remaining finishing work will be completed within a month.

And Li Shimin was very satisfied with Ma Zhou's efficiency, but considering Ma Zhou's age and his plan to help Du Ruhui in the future, he was still the envoy of the Water Capital in terms of position, but he was given to Ma Zhou as the official of the Chinese doctor Wensan under the fourth rank, and The title of the founding son and so on.

After all, promotion in the Tang Dynasty usually only promoted your official position at the beginning, and it will let you implement it for a period of time.

If you do a good job, then you will be filled with different additional official positions such as Jue, Xun, Sanguan, etc. of the same level, which means that you are qualified to secure this position.

That is to say, after Ma Zhou implemented the "Water Transport Plan" in the Weihe River, he got the envoy of the water capital. Now he said that Ma Zhou has really secured this position, so the supporting benefits are not only matched with Ma Zhou, but also greatly improved.

However, Li Shimin still planned to continue to use Ma Zhou in the "Water Transport Plan" of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, so he did not directly promote Ma Zhou to the official position at this time, so as to facilitate the dispatching of Ma Zhou to Du Ruhui in the future.

But the prose official and title given to Ma Zhou are all from the fourth rank, which is more or less implied.

It means that your current meritorious service has the qualification to become the fourth rank, but you still need to polish the position of envoy of the water capital for a few years, and you can be transferred to the fourth rank position when you have enough qualifications.

And this is already very honorable. After all, Ma Zhou is not a foreign relative, nor is he from an aristocratic family. Even if he survives to a fourth-rank official position before the age of 40, it is not easy.

Not to mention, the current Ma Zhou has a vague tendency to survive from a fourth-rank official at the age of 35.

For the entire officialdom, this is already a slowly rising supernova.

After all, the Shangshu Zuo Pushe and You Pushe, who can be regarded as prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty, were only from the second rank. Basically, the official positions reached the fifth rank or above, and they were already considered high-ranking officials, not to mention that Ma Zhou had already bought half a foot. From Sipin.

Of course, except for Ma Zhou, all the people who came to build the canal were rewarded, and the one with the biggest reward should be Li Tai.

First of all, Li Tai's title was changed from King of Yue to King of Yan. Because the fiefdom was in Youzhou, King Yue was not suitable.

At the same time, Li Tai was named the governor of Youzhou and the governor of Youzhou, responsible for the military and political affairs of Youzhou.

Including the right to control the Bohai Navy, as well as the administrative power over the seven prefectures of Gui, Tan, Ji, Yi, Mo, Ying, and Cang around Youzhou.

It can be said that Li Shimin really gave Li Tai considerable power, which is enough for Li Tai to show his talent.

However, although Li Shimin delegated power to Li Tai, he still inserted two people into Li Tai'an.

One is Gao Feng and Gao Jifu, and the other is Su Lie and Su Dingfang. Among them, Gao Jifu is Biejia in Youzhou, and Su Dingfang is Sima in Youzhou.

One is to supervise Li Tai, and the other is to assist Li Tai. In particular, although Youzhou is not a place of chaos, it is also a place where the Tang Dynasty blends with the outside world, and it is also across the sea from Goguryeo, so it cannot be regarded as safe.

There might be some confusion, so these two people were arranged to assist Li Tai.

Of course, Li Tai believed that if he couldn't convince these two people, then they must have Li Shimin's secret decree in their hands to check and balance him. As long as they act recklessly, they will definitely restrain themselves.

Li Tai is naturally satisfied with Su Lie following him, after all, he and Su Dingfang are more or less acquainted.

Although Li Tai didn't know how strong Su Dingfang was, it could be seen from the way he led the troops that Su Dingfang had never been lazy in leading the troops.

Compared with the so-called famous generals, Li Tai believes in this kind of people who are constantly accumulating with sweat.

After all, sweat doesn't lie.

As for Gao Jifu, to be honest, Li Tai didn't know what he was capable of.

Since it was Li Shimin who pushed it on his own initiative, I would give him a lot of trouble, and when I got to the place, I would push the government affairs to him. I think I should be able to handle one or two.

To be honest, the release of the imperial edict really surprised many people.

In particular, the people of Gaoling organized themselves spontaneously, hoping that Li Tai would not leave, but unfortunately, although Li Tai was also quite moved, he still had to go.

On the contrary, Li Tai said to the aliens who completed the project, if you want to stay in the local area, then register as a citizen of Datang with mixed nationality, or continue to follow him to Youzhou, and become a commoner with good nationality in Youzhou at that time.

A large part of them chose to stay and become a mixed nationality, and about 2000 people were willing to follow Li Tai to Youzhou.

To be honest, they went to Youzhou not necessarily because of the good household registration, but more because they felt that Youzhou was closer to their former homeland.

And Youzhou is also an important city where foreigners and Han people gather, maybe you can meet people from your hometown!

Fortunately, Li Tai didn't have many friends, so he didn't need to visit every house.

But Li Tai still went to bid farewell to the tearful Changle in person, after all, this younger sister Li Tai still liked it very much.

In addition to Changle, there are naturally Empress Changsun, Li Shimin, and even the prince who seemed to be crying, as if he was really reluctant to leave.

When the family members were all visiting, Li Tai took his five hundred carts of silk and satin to Youzhou.

And when Li Tai really showed his assets, the courtiers discovered that Li Tai had already amassed such an unbelievable amount of money in just three or four years when he became the magistrate of Gaoling County.

But in the process, Li Tai didn't take bribes and pervert the law, and he didn't buy noble officials. Instead, he built Gaoling into a very prosperous place, and even renovated Zhengbaiqu.

The money seemed to come cleanly, even Wei Zheng looked at the silk and satin pulled by Li Tai's car, it was a bit inconceivable, because he wanted to complain, but he couldn't seem to find a reason to complain.

No matter how you say it, Li Tai really let the world know his money-making skills this time, it's unbelievably high.

"At the beginning of the third year of Zhenguan, this Gaoling was still in ruins, and even the people of Gaoling itself were refugees.

But now in the sixth year of Zhenguan, only three years, King Yan not only made Gaoling rich, but even he himself seems to have benefited a lot from it! "

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, "King Yan's visit to Youzhou may really make Youzhou a miracle like Gaoling."

"Yue... King Yan's ability to amass wealth is probably unrivaled in the world.

It's just that King Yan is a child of the royal family, so how can such extravagance be a worthy king of the Tang Dynasty! "

Wei Zheng looked at Li Tai but felt a little sad, and sighed, "After all, no one is perfect!"

Fang Xuanling glanced at Wei Zheng with disgust. Of course, Fang Xuanling also understood Wei Zheng's mentality.

In other words, almost all the important ministers of Zhenguan felt somewhat awkward towards Li Tai.

I admire Li Tai's ability, but regret that Li Tai is not perfect, whether it is his identity or his own behavior, there are some flaws.

To some extent, Li Tai's ability to make money is almost directly proportional to his ability to cause trouble, so most courtiers have a headache.

But if it's the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Inspector of the Inner Palace, then I really like Li Tai.

After all, when it comes to making money, Li Tai will take the initiative to attract both. At least compared to many businessmen who don't need to pay, Li Tai is quite active in paying taxes.

In the spring of the sixth year of Zhenguan, the people of Chang'an were supposed to marvel at the ten miles of red makeup that the eldest princess married, but now they marvel at the wealth that Li Tai, the King of Yan, brought with him when he was sealed.

It's just that when Li Tai was an official, he never talked about corruption or accepting bribes. On the contrary, the development of the entire Gaoling is almost visible to the naked eye around Chang'an.

So the people began to say that Li Tai had the ability to turn stones into gold, and occasionally some people who like to bet on horses even started to take the initiative to worship Li Tai's portrait in order to make money!
And Li Tai traveled all the way from Chang'an to Luoyang in a carriage, and then he was going to Xingyang to enter Yongji Canal and go to Youzhou.

This section of the road is the smoothest and fastest road, and it takes about half a month to walk by water.

However, when Li Tai was in Luoyang, he didn't expect that Du Ruhui, who was patrolling the Grand Canal, was also in the station.

Li Tai took the initiative to say hello, "Tai has met Du Xiang, I didn't expect to meet at the inn today!"

"I've seen the King of Yan!" Du Ruhui saluted Li Tai instead, not intending to belittle Li Tai, but looking at the hundreds of carriages that Li Tai mightyly brought along, he sighed: "When the King of Yan took office, he brought a So much baggage!"

"Hmm!" Facing Du Ruhui, there was no need to hide anything.

As a prime minister, since he has seen that he has brought these resources generously, it is obvious that no matter how Li Tai got them, he has obtained the consent of Li Shimin.

Because he didn't know the inside story, Du Ruhui even thought it was a reward from Li Shimin.

So Li Tai responded generously, and then said, "These supplies are the capital for my grand plans to go to Youzhou.

If I have them, I can do it directly. If I don't have them, I will have to save money for a while. "

"King Yue is like this. Ruhui is here to wish King Yan's great ambitions, so that the people of Youzhou can prosper like Gaoling!" Du Ruhui said politely to Li Tai.

"Although I am confident that I can make Youzhou rich, but if you want Youzhou to be as prosperous as Gaoling, this matter requires Du Xiang to help you!" Li Tai said calmly.

"Oh~" Du Ruhui smiled calmly when he heard Li Tai's words, and didn't say much.

Li Tai continued, "Du Xiang, as long as you push forward the "Water Transport Plan", then even if I am in Youzhou, I am willing to fully cooperate.

Because I understand better than anyone else the importance of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to Youzhou.

Therefore, if Aye appoints you to handle the matter of the canal, then both the Chang'an Agricultural Institute and the Agricultural Institute in Youzhou will help each other, because if Youzhou is prosperous, it will thrive on the canal! "

"Then, please ask King Yan for more help!" Du Ruhui said sternly after hearing Li Tai's words and seeing Li Tai's attitude.

It has to be said that the two sides did not mention money or food, because Du Ruhui understood that if the "Water Transport System" of the Grand Canal was to be fully rolled out, then cooperation with agricultural colleges had become inevitable.

And whether Li Tai really wants to develop Youzhou, or he feels guilty because of what happened back then.

It is undeniable that as long as he wants to fully roll out the "Water Transport System" on the Grand Canal, then Li Tai will be the biggest help.

At this moment, both parties are politicians and have no feelings.

(End of this chapter)