Cultivation of chastity

With the arrival of spring plowing, the whole Liaodong began to get busy.

At this time, the people of Goguryeo discovered that the corvee workers who they had always thought were only able to move bricks and work, picked up farm tools that seemed a bit strange to them one by one, and they were much more professional than themselves in doing farm work.

Under the guidance of the corvee, they led them to cultivate the surrounding fields.

All kinds of production farm tools, except for the most basic ones, many of them have never been seen before.

There are curved plows pulled by livestock, a breeding room specially used for breeding, and a steam engine that guides water into the fields for irrigation.

It can be said that everything is so incredible, it is the first time that they feel that the people of Tang Dynasty are fundamentally different from them.

He is even full of yearning for being a Tang person, or barbarian yearning for civilization.

What makes them feel incredible is the various ordinary farm tools in their hands.

These farm tools look ordinary, but they are all made of steel. For them who are farming, don't they know whether the farm tools are good or not!
Of course, the most motivating thing for them is that the government said that how much land you can reclaim this year will be counted as your own land.

There is no tax this year, one floor will be collected next year, and the third floor will be collected in the third year. Of course, after this year, the land will stabilize and will no longer be registered.

Therefore, these Goguryeo people have been working hard to reclaim the land this year, and they count as much as they can reclaim.

As for this scene, Li Tai didn't stop it, and even encouraged it a bit.

Because of my own planning for this area, the land here is not enough.

However, this is not enough. After I bring the corvees back to Chang'an, or arrange to build the canal, there will definitely be more vacant land.

But as long as the normal development is followed, there will eventually be a situation where the arable land is not enough for the local people, because more people and less land are the main colors here.

With the prosperity of business and the birth of factories, they will more or less find that the income from farming cannot compare with the income from factories.

With the development of the industry, whether it is the industry's own demand for land or the acquisition of land by landlords, the Matthew effect will eventually form, and then the local people will either start their own businesses and become wealthy businessmen or work for wealthy businessmen.

As for the landlords, Li Tai felt that he would become more and more industrial owners with the nature of landlords, which could be regarded as the budding of local capitalism.

Next, it should come up with something similar to Qingmao Loan, persecute more farmers to go bankrupt, force farmers to become workers, complete capitalist accumulation, and continue to expand the reproduction of their own production products.

Speaking of this, Li Tai didn't understand Wang Anshi's reform method, such as the young crop method, which sounds really good.

While the government lends to increase government revenue, it also has the purpose of restraining private usury, protecting and helping households, but in practice, why are there so many problems!
But after Li Tai really led the agriculture, and after comparing the finances he had mastered, he quickly realized that even if the officials who implement this policy can implement their own ideas [-]%, in fact, it is very easy to cause the people to go bankrupt. of.

Because this thing is strictly speaking financial exploitation, while the landlord’s taxation of tenants is material exploitation.

It is very important that this thing is doomed to how much you must pay back before you plant the food.

If the grain is not harvested, the money that needs to be recovered must be paid back exactly because it is a loan from the state.

Therefore, the officials will definitely not care about your life and death when they execute the recovery, but need to be recovered rigidly.

But if you normally ask the landlord for a loan, this year’s harvest is poor, you talk to the landlord and kowtow more, the vast majority of the landlords in the village will allow you to take less money this year, some landlords are in a good mood, and maybe they will be exempted. ground rent.

It is really rare to see that kind of landlord who really cheats and even kills his own tenants.

Because for landlords, most of the people they can trust are from their own tenants. Not to mention that they are servants in the eyes of landlords, but in the eyes of lower-level people, they may be considered to be in the middle class.

In fact, you can look at the relationship between Lu Xun and Runtu. Although you can appreciate the gap between the two, under normal circumstances, the relationship between the landlord and his tenants is really not to the point of killing people.

In the final analysis, the ability of ordinary people to resist risks is too small. Once there is wind and rain, the debts that were originally nothing on him will become the last straw to kill him.

Therefore, for the sake of social stability in ancient times, saving was advocated instead of borrowing.

But if your plate is big enough, even too big to fail, then it doesn't matter what the loan is.

Because you know very well that no matter how much money you have borrowed, as long as you have the possibility of repaying the money, the country or the bank will save you.

Li Tai looked at the city in front of him, which was still covered with rice paddies and fields, and more or less understood the future here.

"King Wei, King Wei!" Just when Li Tai was feeling relaxed and happy, Zu Changming ran over in a panic.

"Huh?" Li Tai looked at Zu Changming and said calmly, "What happened, the sky won't fall!"

"The sage is seriously ill, Chang'an sent you a letter asking you to return to Chang'an quickly!" Zu Changming hurriedly said to Li Tai.

"What?!" Hearing this, Li Tai took a step back involuntarily, then immediately stepped forward, took Zu Changming's letter, read it, and said in a deep voice, "Immediately prepare the boats and horses. Let’s go back to Chang’an!”

"Obey!" Zu Changming immediately agreed when he heard Li Tai's words.

Li Tai's expression was a bit serious, or Li Tai felt that Li Shimin didn't die this year!
After all, the chronology of Zhenguan seems to be in his twenties, so my father must still have several years to live!
Could it be that, because of the completion of the great cause of subjugating Goguryeo, and overjoyed, there was a problem with the body?

Li Tai had some doubts in his heart, but no matter what he said, since Li Shimin was sick, he could only deal with the matter here quickly and go back quickly.

To be honest, for Li Tai, staying here is more to show that he can work.

But now that the situation is urgent, the only option is to hand over the plans to Wang Zhenru first, and ask him to help him implement these plans.

However, it should be done and planned by myself, and even set aside a part of the surplus, so that the local area can develop along with the trend.

After Li Tai made it clear to his subordinates one by one, he immediately took his guard of honor, took a boat to Youzhou, took his female officials, and went directly to Chang'an.

When I arrived in Chang'an, it probably took about half a month.

At this time, Chang'an was singing and dancing, and it didn't look like Li Shimin was going to die anyway.

Seeing this scene, Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Tai went to report the news of his return to Chang'an, and after returning home to wash and bathe, he went to the palace immediately.

When Li Tai came to the Tai Chi Hall, he saw Li Shimin reviewing the memorials normally, and he looked sick.

"You came back very quickly this time!" Li Shimin said with a little feeling when he saw Li Tai.

"Aye, I heard that your dragon body is weak, so I naturally rushed back to Chang'an wearing stars and moons. Now that I see Aye, you have the spirit of a dragon and a horse, I finally feel relieved!" Li Tai looked at Li Shimin and heaved a sigh of relief.

"You're sensible!" Li Shimin also smiled and said, "It's just that it's just warm and cold occasionally. After taking the medicine prescribed by Sun Simiao and resting for about a week, it has recovered to a good degree.

However, it’s just right that you’re back, and you’ve been feeling a little bit out of energy recently, so you can just watch and review these memorials! "

"Follow the order!" Li Tai didn't dare to delay when he heard Li Shimin's words, and soon the servant brought Li Tai a seat, and then Li Tai began to review these memorials beside him.

Li Tai took a memorial, "Because of the war that lasted for a year, the collective price increase in Chang'an was caused."

"Who posted the memorial? The layout is too small. Why should we look at the whole country?" Li Tai murmured in his heart and saw that the signature was Chang'an Ling, well, this is the responsibility of the other party.

However, this is easy for Li Tai. Li Tai first suggested that supplies should be divided into necessities and non-essentials.

Because Li Tai has already completed "charcoal rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea", which can almost be regarded as savings for necessities in the feudal era, especially the four places of Chang'an, Luoyang, Youzhou, and Yuhang.

Because as long as there are no problems in these four places, there will be no problems in the country's major transportation cities relying on Chidao and canals.

As for non-essential items, you need to find a lot of alternatives.

For example, enrich the types of fruits. If you can’t eat apples, you can eat pears, and if you can’t eat pears, you can eat oranges.

Even if necessary, Li Tai said that he can get lychees from Guangzhou, but only in the form of canned sugar water.

At the same time, Li Tai said that for canned sugar water, which can dilute the cost of fruit, you can try to build a local factory for production.

It's just that the demand for sugarcane in Guangzhou will increase a lot.

After this article was processed, it was put aside, and then Li Shimin asked the servant to take it over for a look.

After reading what Li Tai wrote, Li Shimin took a deep breath, and somehow his heart rose, "This kid is so terrifying!"

There is no way, in Li Shimin's eyes, Li Tai took this document and glanced at it, as if a schoolmaster already knew the way to solve the problem, and started to work on it when he got the problem.

Sprinkling hundreds of words in eloquence, expanding horizons, improving the pattern, explaining ideas, giving examples of measures, and even proposing new ways to make money based on this, isn't it scary?

The most important thing is that this thing is still executable, because there is money to be made, and the people below are afraid that the enthusiasm for implementation is still very high.

But after Li Shimin finished reading it, he saw Li Tai put down another memorial.

Li Shimin picked up another memorial and looked at it. This is a memorial for Xue Yantuo who suffered from snow disaster this year, so he hopes to borrow food from Datang.

Basically, this kind of memorial Xue Yantuo would come here every year, more or less with the intention of fighting three poles.

Li Tai said, "It is possible to borrow grain, but the Tang Dynasty has just finished the war, and it is difficult to squeeze out grain to rescue Xue Yantuo. It is better for Xue Yantuo to exchange livestock and horses at a suitable price.

In addition, let's see which prince is most likely to inherit Xue Yantuo Khan's position. As long as it is not this prince's person, other princes of Xue Yantuo Khan can send people to negotiate, and they can try their best to facilitate this matter.

Take advantage of this opportunity along the way, and send some people from agricultural colleges to teach them how to grow grass and animal husbandry.

After all, the current grass planting technology is mature and should be spread.

Xue Yantuo's barbarian Khan is also getting older, and we have to start getting ready to accept Xue Yantuo! "

"Hey, you just came back from Goguryeo, are you ready to harvest Xue Yantuo after seeing this memorial?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Tai with a very different look, his son's ambition was bigger than he thought!
And just after he finished reading it, Li Tai reviewed another memorial and put it beside Li Shimin.

Li Shimin picked it up to take a look. It was about Chang'an City, where the number of people had gradually increased over the years and began to become congested, especially at intersections. It was easy to get crowded at noon, and it was impossible to move forward or back.

Li Tai's proposal is to separate the front and rear lanes, set aside a special road for urgent use, and then use the modern traffic light model to create jobs, arrange trust to clear the road, and then let the corvee maintain order, implement it and implement it. not difficult.

After a long time, the people get used to it, and it will be fine. As for the high-ranking officials and dignitaries driving, it depends on the eyes of the traffic officers.

After all, this is a human traffic light.

To be honest, Li Shimin was somewhat dumbfounded by Li Tai's quick handling of various policies.

In Li Shimin's view, many policies need to be considered, and after consideration, he is afraid that if he does not handle it well, it will cause serious impact.

But for Li Tai, many modern inconspicuous regulations are the accumulation of thousands of years of ancient wisdom.

Even if there are no examples around me, I can remember the history by myself and compare it with others. I can know the pros and cons of many policies by myself.

After all, whether it's a small folk matter or an affair involving the entire Tang Dynasty, as long as these people bring it up, Li Tai will always find a way to deal with history.

Of course, if you really encounter some solutions that you can't think of, then you can forcefully solve them with your own financial resources.

After the stack of memorials around him had been completed in sevens and eighties, Li Tai couldn't help stretching, and the bones on his body even made a crackling sound.

"Aye, you have worked really hard all day, and sitting for a long time is even more harmful to your health. You need to find some time to practice archery!" Li Tai couldn't help but sigh.

Li Shimin couldn't help raising his brows, and said, "It's late today, you rest in the palace for one night, go to pay your respects to your queen mother tomorrow morning, and then go to Wei Guogong for me, just say I asked you to go to him !"

"Oh? Hmm!" Li Tai nodded when he heard Li Tai's words, "Qing Que obeyed!"

Li Shimin looked at the stack of memorials that was almost as tall as a person, couldn't help but took a deep breath, and said, "Send all these to Menxia Province, and give them to Song Guogong!"

Soon, the servant came over and delivered these things.

"Qingque, it's surprisingly useful!" Li Shimin touched his chin involuntarily, "One day handles the government affairs that I have to deal with in a month, can I play for a month..."

After paying off the debt, I can finally be a watchdog with peace of mind in the future, woo woo woo