Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 425 Li Tai is in trouble

Soon, the imperial court officially released the news that Li Tai had been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

At this time, Zhang Liang, who came to the Prince's Mansion to do Prince Zhan's affairs, patted himself on the head belatedly, and sighed:

"The fortune-teller said that I've been buoyed by the breeze recently, and I've been on a steady rise. So that's what happened. It looks like I've been honored by King Wei!"

As long as Zhang Liang doesn't involve his wife, and doesn't involve metaphysics like fortune-telling, he is still a normal person after all.

But as long as these two things are involved, Zhang Liang will become abnormal.

But now, from the third-rank official position to the second-rank official position, don't care about the need for a real job. Anyway, when he was in the Ministry of Industry, he always sat in clay sculpture and wood carving. Apart from urging the speed, he never cared about specific projects.

Now it's easier to become Zhan Shi of the Prince's Mansion. At least theoretically, he can manage the Prince's Mansion except for the prince and the princess.

Compared with Zhang Liang's relaxed and freehand style, after Li Tai came to the Ministry of Industry, his first order was to maintain the normal operation of the Ministry of Industry.

There should be some kind of project in the first place, so what kind of project should I do? When I come to the Ministry of Industry, I will do three things, don't intervene, don't intervene, or don't intervene!
As for the Vientiane Shrine that was promised to Li Shimin, the staff is not yet ready, the land has not been confiscated, and the blueprints have not been drawn...

This attitude of putting on a bad show when he came to the Ministry of Industry formed a very strong difference with Li Tai's vigorous and resolute behavior.

Facing Li Tai's extraordinarily quiet, the court stared at Li Tai more or less disappointedly.

After all, it is easy to catch the shortcomings of a worker, but to catch the shortcomings of a guy who does nothing... Even if he is dereliction of duty, it will take at least two or three months.

Not to mention that Li Tai is the king of Wei, as long as he commutes on time every day, who can control Li Tai.

It's just that for the people in the censor's line, they are only disappointed that they have lost a place where they can do their daily work, but for Li Chengqian, who has been prepared for a long time and wants Li Tai to suffer.

With Li Tai's immobile appearance, he really didn't do anything except stepping on the daily bell to go to and from get off work on time.

If there were any, it was after Li Tai was assassinated, so when he came to the Ministry of Industry every day, he was also guarded by five hundred guards.

After all, King Wei was assassinated in Luoyang back then, and everyone can understand that there are more guards now.

It's just that Li Tai's appearance of becoming a clay sculpture and woodcarving in the Chang'an Ministry of Industry and not working at all is very different from the busy Wei Wang back then.

Almost a month later, even Li Shimin couldn't bear it. When Li Tai entered the palace, Li Shimin said:

"Qingque, how are you doing in the Ministry of Industry?"

"The Ministry of Industry is very good, all four departments are operating normally!" Li Tai said calmly looking at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin looked at Li Tai in front of him with a serious expression and said:

"The four parts are running normally, so I naturally know. I mean when will the Vientiane Shrine you mentioned be activated!"

"I've checked this. Because spring plowing is coming, the four subordinate departments of the Ministry of Industry are also quite busy, especially the Ministry of Field and the Ministry of Water. They even need to transfer manpower from other places to operate, and there is no manpower to spare for construction."

Li Tai looked at Li Shimin and said, "Aye, it's unlikely that the people will be recruited to do corvee in spring!"

Hearing Li Tai's slightly joking words, Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction and said,
"How could Aye do such an inhumane thing? It's great that you can think so comprehensively!"

Li Tai looked at Li Shimin and said, "Of course, it's not impossible for Aye to rush to work, after all, spring plowing will take at least three months, not to mention the wheat will be harvested at the end of May.

It's better to dispatch some of Erchen's corvee workers who are building roads in Luoyang. They are all professionals and earn living expenses by working hard. Letting them work will not affect the construction period. "

"If so, how should we deal with the corvee of the people around Chang'an?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice when he heard Li Tai's words.

"Build roads!" Li Tai said calmly, "If anyone is free, arrange for them to repair the surrounding roads.

Especially the road from Luoyang to Chang'an, if the road is built, it must be discussed at the court, and the results of the research will come out.

But only repairing the official roads that were somewhat damaged, repairing the main roads that can lead to small towns, will eventually find jobs for the common people!

Isn't the vast majority of corvees the common people who bring their own food and drink, and then sell it to the court for a period of physical labor! "

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard Li Tai's words, and didn't answer for a while.

Because Li Shimin has been a son of an aristocratic family since he was a child, even if Li Shimin has the idea that the people are more important than the king.

But Li Shimin is also used to conscripting people as corvee, after all, it has been like this since ancient times.

But Li Shimin looked at Li Tai again, and felt that Li Tai's employment was different, that was Li Tai's respect for the common people.

Compared with other corvees, Li Tai's corvee is not so much a corvee as a job.

Even the working conditions are pretty good. Basically, you will definitely be able to eat oil and water within a week, and you will have three meals a day.

Generally speaking, even rich peasants may not have this kind of treatment, but they do have this kind of treatment when they work as corvees under the king of Wei.

This had to make Li Shimin sigh occasionally, Li Tai treated these corvees too well.

Of course, this is just corvée. As for the army, let alone Wang Xuance in Xihai County and his army are Li Tai’s direct descendants, but they are far away in Xihai County, theoretically speaking, it should be a place of bitter cold. .

But the reality is that Wang Xuance's army gorge on meat every day, and they need to keep tea cakes to help them relieve their boredom.

Of course, there are more or less Wang Xuance leading the soldiers to defeat Tubo, integrate the Qiang people in Xihai County, and transfer part of the logistics to these Qiang people.

But no matter how you say it, this food is better than Chang'an Forbidden Army, it's outrageous!

Li Shimin thought of this, looked at Li Taidao, "Qingque, what do you think? Why are you so kind to the corvee!",

"Because Aye said that the king is the boat, the people are the water, and the water can carry the boat and overturn it!"

Li Tai looked like a good baby, carried Li Shimin's words behind his back, looked at Li Shimin with a gratified expression and continued,

"Under such circumstances, Qingque will use this as a basis to set three goals, or three steps!"

"Oh?" Li Shimin was curious when he heard Li Tai's words, and asked with a smile, "What target!"

"The first step is for the people to live comfortably!" Li Tai said to Li Shimin very solemnly, "This is also the goal of the Agricultural Institute, which is to be able to research enough food, at least so that the people on this land will never be raped." starve!"

Li Shimin nodded, no matter how you say it, in Li Shimin's eyes, Li Tai has been working hard to practice this step.

"The second step is that the people don't pay more!" Li Taidao: "The people don't pay more and the national football is used, which has always been my goal.

In this process, there needs to be something that requires the participation of the people, one is the call for honor, and the other is actual compensation in materials, at least it is no longer like corvee.

Because it has been a matter of course to exploit the people since ancient times, so I have always turned a blind eye.

It's just that this change doesn't happen overnight, but I hope to develop in this direction.

And my choice to give the corvee money and a certain degree of protection for the corvee is to recognize their contributions. "

Li Shimin listened to Li Tai's words, but he couldn't help but feel a little throbbing in his heart, and he suddenly understood a little bit in his heart.

Because in the early years, he could not withstand the pressure of the court, Li Tai's words to Kong Yingda became the fuse, and Li Tai became a victim of his own concessions.

Although this incident bought him time, Li Tai no longer believed in the orthodox theory.

If Li Tai sinks like this, eating and drinking, even though he feels a little bit sad, he will definitely make up for Li Tai.

But Li Tai didn't sink and give up, but gritted his teeth and insisted on walking out of a path that he didn't even think about, so even if it was him, the only thing left now was pride.

Li Shimin thought of this and said to Li Tai, "Qingque, what about the third one!?"

"Abolish the agricultural tax!" Li Tai said seriously, "The purpose of my development of agriculture is to cancel the agricultural tax!"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard this, and then laughed loudly, "Qing Que, you have to work hard, Aye is also looking forward to that day!"

Li Shimin naturally didn't believe a word of Li Tai's idea of ​​canceling the agricultural tax.

Don't look at the current Li Tai who seems to be particularly rich, but when it comes to the fact that the country's tax revenue is still the bulk of the land.

Li Shimin didn't even dare to think about the idea of ​​canceling the agricultural tax. He just thought Li Tai was talking nonsense!

Li Tai watched Li Shimin laugh nonchalantly, but didn't force anything.

Because Li Shimin has never seen such a world, he does not think such a world exists.

What I said now is just the dream language of a fool.

But I have really seen a country that is poor and has nothing. After several generations of hard work, it has built a country that cancels agricultural taxes.

It is undeniable that such a country has such and such shortcomings. Even if it is clear that it made a promise to its successor when it was a child, in the end, it is only a consumable of the times.

Even so, I personally witnessed the country step by step from weak to strong, from a big country to a strong country, from being unable to enter the international seat to becoming a real member of the three permanent members.

In the former country, I was just a consumable that could be copied at any time. No matter how hard I tried, there would be someone who worked harder, smarter, and more organized than me to replace me.

Even if I was lazy, complained, or escaped, I would still be able to survive in Anyi. After all, there are people who are braver and greater than myself to hold up a sky for this incompetent person.

But not in Datang!I only hate that I have learned too little, read too closely, and have no chance to memorize encyclopedias.

In this era, it is really impossible to miss our own era. The current Tang Dynasty is not good, and we can build it ourselves. The current court is bad, and we can correct it ourselves. Even the ignorant people can find ways to educate them. .

My every move can really make this flower of civilization bloom more brilliantly.

Other people in this era really cannot replace themselves.

They don't lack ability or intelligence, but they don't have a bright future that they firmly believe in.

Li Tai also knows that what he has done, under the rolling wheel of history, just turned one or two cars around, and maybe one day he will return to the original track again.

But even so, I have to leave a legacy to future generations as much as possible. This legacy can be wealth, production technology, ideas and inheritance...

Even for every square meter of land controlled by the Tang Dynasty, when the future dynasty conquers it, it can confidently say the four characters "since ancient times".

Perhaps, this is the meaning of Li Tai consciously coming to this era, doing every step steadily, making himself the helmsman of the small ship of Datang, and deciding the direction of the ship.

The so-called people are water, and the king is a boat. Li Tai felt that he brought it in personally at the beginning, so his understanding was a bit narrow.

In fact, what Li Shimin said may be the common people, but what Li Shimin said is the whole Tang Dynasty!

Li Shimin patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said calmly: "Since you have a plan, follow your plan! I'm not in a hurry!"

Li Tai raised his eyebrows when he heard Li Shimin's words. Obviously, Li Tai didn't believe a word of Li Shimin's words anyway. It seems that Li Shimin is still looking forward to the so-called Vientiane Shrine!
"Then I will urge Wang Zhenru and others to come to Gaoling quickly!" Li Tai looked at Li Shimin and said,

"By the way, please ask Aye to urge Du Xiang. Logically speaking, shouldn't he assign me a working group to coordinate all parties? Why hasn't there been any movement yet?!"

"What are you thinking? It's not that you came up with a plan that needs to be adjusted by Kuazhou at the beginning, what kind of working group to configure, and you are a minister of the Ministry of Industry, what else can't be decided!"

Li Shimin rubbed Li Tai's head and said, "Ruhui originally planned to configure one for you, but Xuanling rejected it.

Xuanling said that if there are too many organizations, it is easy to become bloated and overstaffed. After thinking about it, I think what Xuanling said makes sense. "

To be honest, Fang Xuanling is the last person who wants to increase the number of posts in the court, and even if possible, try to streamline the organization as much as possible, using one person as three people, this is what Fang Xuanling likes.

Fang Xuanling, who had lived a hard life, couldn't adapt to Li Tai's style of throwing money at every turn and doing things.

Therefore, the working group model that recruited members from the six ministries of the imperial court basically had to be passed by Fang Xuanling when he crossed the state, and even once the project was completed, it was abolished immediately.

Li Tai nodded after hearing this. Originally, he wanted to ask Ma Zhou to introduce a few people for him to use, but it seems that he should forget it.

It's better to wait for Wang Zhenru and the others to come over honestly. At least the people in the Ministry of Industry, now I really dare not give them important tasks.

This is not a question of trust or not, it is still the same sentence, after entering Chang'an, the most important thing is not how well you do it, but how you do it safely.

Anyway, don't say that he is in the Ministry of Industry, even if he is arranged in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Sinong Temple or Honglu Temple, Li Tai doesn't think the inside is clean.

So it's best not to move around until your direct descendants come over.

It's like a general who wants to dispatch the entire army. Unless that person is very famous, he needs his own guards to come over and suppress him, so that the entire army can be controlled slowly.

So I can only wait slowly, waiting for my own people to come!

　I watched The Wandering Earth 2 today, and I can only say that an otaku like me who can eat well can live a peaceful life because there are many people who I can see but not see all the way forward, and even sacrificed!

　　So, I'm going to save Teyvat.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)