Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 237
Li Shimin thought in his heart, because Li Tai's previous operations opened the eyes of Li Shimin and others, so they all knew that these aristocratic families had money in their hands, the problem was how to get the money out.

But there is a problem here, that is, if you send corvée to do the "Grass Seed Project", those aristocratic families will not recognize it.

Because the level of corvee in the imperial court and the efficiency of work are not clear to these big and small families.

They believed in the corvee labor in Gaoling, they believed in the students of the Agricultural Institute, and the most important thing was that they believed that Gaoling's project would be done wherever it was said, and as long as Li Tai stepped forward, it could be successfully traced back to everyone.

It's not that the people under Li Tai are as clean as water, but that the people under Li Tai work with standards in everything they do.

If there is an accident within the standard, then find Li Tai, if there is an accident outside the standard, then you can only consider yourself unlucky.

But for these aristocratic families, they are not afraid of setting harsh standards, but they are afraid of having no standards.

However, there is no standard for corvee work in the imperial court. If one thing is delayed for a few days, there is no need to doubt it. It is normal to delay it for a few more days.

In contrast, Gaoling corvée is a little more expensive to do things, but it is worth it, and it is so expensive that you can feel at ease.

Not to mention the "Grass Seed Project" now, if it is handed over to Li Taiqian, it will always produce results for as many years as Li Tai says.

But if it is handed over to the imperial court to implement it, the first year is okay, but things are likely to be delayed later.

Needless to say, the water transportation plan promoted by Du Ruhui himself alone,

Taking Youzhou as a pilot project, the entire Yongji Canal was implemented, and it took only one year to basically implement it in place.

But if it is further promoted to the south, the ordinary Jinkou officials are really far behind the students from agricultural colleges.

This slowed down Du Ruhui's progress, and it was also the reason why Du Ruhui hadn't returned to Chang'an until now.

Therefore, even if the aristocratic family knows that Li Tai's plan is definitely profitable, if it is not entrusted to Li Tai to do it, but to other people to handle it, they are afraid that too much money will be invested in it, and their own money will be destroyed. Trapped.

After all, not to mention the aristocratic family, the simple operation of buying land in a bad year and harvesting grain in a good year can also become stronger and stronger.

They are willing to listen to Li Tai's words because the rate of return on profits is astonishingly fast if they follow Li Tai.

Like the original Zhengbaiqu project, it took Li Tai three years to get it out. Except Li Tai and the court ate up two-thirds, and the remaining one-third was eaten by the family. There are several hectares of land, which is much faster than waiting for a famine year.

It is precisely because Li Tai has brought them benefits that they are willing to trust Li Tai, and the most important thing is that Li Tai stands for them.

Yes, in the eyes of all the aristocratic families, Li Tai is on their side.

Because such projects are replaced by other court officials, most of them are for the country and the people. They would rather distribute these lands to common people than to aristocratic families!

But King Yan is different. Although King Yan took one-third of it himself, he let the country take one-third of it.

But all the rest were distributed to their aristocratic families, but they did not hypocritically distribute the reclaimed fields to the common people.

So if the so-called "Tinder Project" was for the aristocratic families, it was only for the sake of the court that they were willing to contact Li Tai, but the Zheng Baiqu incident made the aristocratic families of all sizes in Gyeonggi Province willing to believe in Li Tai's position.

As long as Li Tai stepped forward, the big and small aristocratic families would all be willing to give Li Tai a face for those minor matters.

After all, although Li Tai made them pay, the land he brought them was real.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Li Shimin to ask the aristocratic families in Gyeonggi Province to contribute money to support the "Grass Seed Project". Pieces of cloth.

But if the whole plan is handed over to Li Tai, with Li Tai taking the lead, then it's not just everyone's superficial meaning, but someone really willing to make a big bet.

Because the last time I paid less, the aristocratic family who only got a few hectares of land in their hands still regret it now!

"But do you really want Qingque to preside over this matter?" Li Shimin shook his head again thinking of this.

Qingque is capable, and he believes that Qingque can do it well, but if Qingque's prestige continues to rise, Chengqian is afraid that he will not be able to hold down Qingque.

Li Shimin thought of this, "There is a plan, there is support, and it is the land of Longyou. Now that Chengqian has been conquered, let him have a try!"

Li Shimin thought of this, and said to Fang Xuanling, "I want the prince to be in charge of coordinating the Longyou family, Xuanling, do you think the prince should choose an important minister to assist the prince in carrying out this plan?"

Fang Xuanling was startled when she heard Li Shimin's words, but frowned again, and said slowly,

"I think Xu Guogong is the most suitable candidate."

Li Shimin couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the word Xu Guogong, and after careful consideration in his heart, he felt that Gao Shilian was really suitable.

However, when Wen Yanbo heard that Fang Xuanling recommended Xu Guogong, he took a step back and stopped talking.

Because Wen Yanbo knew that Fang Xuanling recommended Gao Shilian, which showed that Fang Xuanling also agreed to implement the whole plan in Longyou.

Gao Shilian is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He is good at identifying talents and is familiar with the affairs of the powerful. All the officials he appoints are incompetent.

At the same time, Gao Shilian was the one who raised the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson empress, and in terms of identity, he was Li Shimin's uncle. Li Chengqian had to call Gao Shilian more or less uncle and grandpa, so that he could manage the prince in terms of identity.

Therefore, the whole plan is perfectly suitable for the prince and Gao Shilian to come forward, and everyone thinks it is also suitable.

However, just when everyone thought it was very good, Wei Zheng suddenly said coldly,

"The sage practiced such a method, and wanted to break the brotherhood between King Yan and the prince!"

Fang Xuanling couldn't help squinting his eyes when he heard this, and everyone else stared at Wei Zheng.

But only Li Jing lowered his head even lower, anyway, he didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the court anyway.

"Why did you say that!" Li Shimin's face turned down when he heard Wei Zheng's words.

Wei Zhengdao, "Sage Mingjian, this matter was first brought up by the King of Yan, and it was an experiment that the King of Yan spent five years from scratch, from the Arabian Nights to the present.

If in the end, the full power is handed over to the crown prince, without even informing the king of Yan, then compare his heart to see if there is any resentment in the king of Yan's heart.

But King Yan is afraid that he will not resent the saint, but will have a rift with the prince! "

Hearing this, Wen Yanbo stood up, but said, "Thunderstorms and rain dew are the grace of God, why is King Yan complaining!"

Wei Zheng glanced at Wen Yanbo disdainfully, but looked at Li Shimin, and said, "Just compare your heart to your heart!"

When Li Shimin heard the words "Compare heart to heart", he thought of the situation when his father Li Yuan came out to fight against Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji when he made outstanding achievements.

The more meritorious service he made, the more Li Yuan feared him, and he finally got involved in the matter of Xuanwumen.

Obviously, as Wei Zheng said, if he handed over all this matter to Cheng Qian, it would be tantamount to picking the fruits of Li Tai's five years of hard work.

Isn't this kind of behavior the same as Li Yuan's behavior at the beginning, which not only discouraged Yan Wang's enthusiasm, but more importantly, even if Qing Que and Cheng Qian had no conflicts, they might eventually create conflicts because of this matter!
"Xie Weiqing reminded that today's discussion ends here, and no news should be leaked!" Li Shimin said seriously.

When everyone heard Li Shimin's words, they also saluted Li Shimin, because they also knew that Li Shimin would definitely consider this matter carefully because they had experienced the Xuanwu Gate change.

If Li Tai is not the son of Empress Changsun, then it is politically correct to seize it, and even suppress it to death.

But now it is impossible for Li Shimin to kill Li Tai, so as long as Li Tai is still alive, Li Tai will definitely hate him, so why bother!
It's just that no one dared to say this sentence, everyone felt that it was enough to just mess around, why bother to care about it so seriously.

But who let there be Wei Zheng here, from the spine to the neck, Wei Zheng seems to have turned into a bone.

Others, at most, see through it and don't say it through, but Wei Zheng really left a dilemma to the saint!

Fang Xuanling watched Wei Zheng leave with his head held high, but he couldn't help sighing that it was indeed a blessing to have Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty.

To be honest, Fang Xuanling planned to fool the past, let Li Chengqian do the real work first, after all, let Li Chengqian work first, only Li Chengqian works, as long as he can achieve an ordinary standard, then Li Chengqian can also sit firmly as the crown prince seat.

Otherwise, if Li Chengqian continued to write books, the gap with Li Tai would be more than a little bit.

But unexpectedly, Wei Zheng resisted this matter with his strong bones, and the saint might have a headache.

However, because of Wei Zheng's reason, Li Shimin was also very restless.

To be honest, Li Shimin naturally knows what Li Chengqian lacks the most. After all, not everyone like Li Tai became a county magistrate at the age of eight or nine, and became a governor at the age of 12, and they all did well in the end.

Now that Li Chengqian is convinced, let him complete the project that he has already prepared.

After the completion, even though Li Tai might have small words in his heart, in reality, at least the courtiers had nothing to say.

But just as Wei Zheng said, this matter is suspected of picking Li Tai's fruit, which makes it very troublesome for him to deal with.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin planned to go to Empress Changsun to sit down. After all, he encountered such a headache, and only Guanyin's maidservant in the court could solve his troubles.

But when Li Shimin came to Lizhen Palace, he saw Qingque and Pheasant Nu playing Go, and Sizi, who was as big as a kid, came to Pheasant's side to give advice to Pheasant.

Of course, under the tenacity of the pheasant slave, his skillful hands, and his best efforts, he failed without any accident.

Don't think that Li Tai can't beat Li Chunfeng, even a draw is needed to make Li Chunfeng a little bit challenging.

But in fact, Li Tai's chess is not weak. According to the current Go rules, there are still amateur five-dan, and he has participated in several competitions. Not bad.

But in the Tang Dynasty, Li Tai's chess strength is not high, but it is still at the level of a head-to-head match with the chess of this era.

Of course, when the fixed formulas in my stomach are used up to sevens and eighty-eight, the probability of winning will be infinitely close to zero.

To be honest, Go has not changed much from ancient times to modern times, and it is quite easy for Li Tai to pick it up.

Especially in the Tang Dynasty, the chessboard of the [-]th Route has become popular, but Li Tai is not used to the seat system, so he canceled the seat system when playing with the two little ghosts, and the two sides played quite comfortably.

It's just that Li Tai originally wanted to make a draw with the pheasant slave, but he tried a handicap, and almost the whole piece was killed by Li Zhi. Surprised to move back.

At this time, Li Tai looked back and thought about Li Chunfeng's way of making a way for himself in a calm manner and forcibly playing draws. He sighed in his heart that an amateur chess player who grew up with modern experience was like a Ordinary people who eat a lot of experience to grow are just waiting for a day when a protagonist with extraordinary talent appears, eats his own experience, and then continues to grow.

Li Tai sighed in his heart, but he looked at Li Zhidao with a smile on his face, "If you don't accept it, call it Fourth Brother!"

"Fourth brother..." Li Zhi felt that it was a pity when he saw that he lost Liumu chess in the end.

"Oh, Qingque can also play chess, so Aye will also play with him!" Li Shimin said excitedly while watching.

"Aye?" Li Tai looked at the people around him, obviously he didn't pay attention, and Li Shimin also asked others not to disturb him and Li Zhi.

"Aye, please!" Li Zhi stepped aside obediently and gave up his seat to Li Shimin.

Li Tai looked at Li Shimin, and didn't mention his own modern chess, but obediently put on the pawns, holding Bai Qi, and said confidently to Li Shimin, "Then Aye, I'll go first!"

"Let me see your chess strength too!" Li Shimin smiled when he heard Li Tai's words.

Li Shimin is a master of chess. When he played against Li Tai, he played dozens of moves. Li Shimin also felt the pressure Li Tai put on him in the first move layout. Every move seemed to be honed, but the efficiency was extremely high. , impeccable.

However, when it slowly reached the middle game, the pressure that seemed to be playing against the top chess chess gradually eased.

Li Tai always avoids complicated situations as much as possible in chess, but he is best at handling complicated situations.

So in the process of playing chess, I was at a disadvantage in the early stage, but slowly moved back, at least at the beginning, I couldn't see the skillful hand like an antelope hanging horns.

As the middle game entered the stage of competition, Li Shimin said, "I plan to hand over the implementation of the grass seed plan to Chengqian!"

Li Tai was taken aback when he heard this, put his chess in the chess box, looked at Li Shimin, hesitated to speak, and finally said,

"Aye, this is a bit invincible!"

"As a saint, this is an order, as Aye, I hope you can understand!" Li Shimin sighed.

"Of course I can't refuse the saint's order, but I want to ask Aye for some compensation, I don't know if I can!" Li Tai said.

"What do you want!" Li Shimin asked.

"Suddenly unexpected, but at the latest a month, I will answer you!" Li Tai said to Li Shimin.

"It means you dare to bargain with me like this!" Li Shimin heard Li Tai's words, and said, "Aye, you!"

(End of this chapter)