The first free king of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 41

After a quarter of an hour, the officials fell silent.

After Li Shimin processed the strategy obtained from Tang Sufan, he silenced the ministers who were stunned by this series of national policies that could be called a thesis.

Fang and Du's expressions were exaggerated, and they quickly pretended to be shocked and said: "The plan to govern the country is really a wonderful strategy!!"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he quietly looked at the faces of the officials in the audience, and then at the expressions of the old officials in the court who didn't know how to adapt, and laughed wildly with extreme comfort in his heart.

It's extremely refreshing, I have never felt that going to court can be so enjoyable~~
Your Highness, countless people stared wide-eyed, thinking back and forth in their hearts about the strategy Li Shimin just said, no matter how they think, it is a great plan for the country!
Unexpectedly, there is such a method of perfecting both, oh no, three perfects.

This set of strategies can be called a major plan for governing the country. Could it be that His Majesty's rank is so high?
Even if there is no famine next year, once the five roads east of the river and the water conservancy to the Yellow River are successfully built, the imperial court will have great confidence in dealing with floods, droughts, snow disasters in the future.

But... How did His Majesty know that there will be drought and snow next year?

It was a matter of great importance to the country, and Wei Zheng didn't care about his old 'red and swollen' face from Li Shimin's beating. He stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know where the news of next year's disaster will come from?"

When he looked up, he clearly saw Li Shimin's smile that he wanted to bear but couldn't help it, which made his old face twitch.

Li Shimin recovered from his comfort, and said softly: "Xuan Cheng needn't be surprised, I won't tell you the source of this news for now, you'll know next year."

Wei Zheng thought for a while, and he decided to forget it, probably because of the news from Qin Tianjian.

Go back and think carefully before thinking about it. It is rare for His Majesty to feel at ease today...

Wei Zheng withdrew, and Dai Zhou stood up again: "Your Majesty, although this strategy can be used as a national disaster prevention policy in the Tang Dynasty, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the national treasury is tight. Food is a problem after all."

Li Shimin couldn't help but twitch his brows, now that he saw Dai Zhou, he wanted to punch him.

Because the news of this dog thing is almost the same every time it is reported, that is, the treasury has no money~
Li Shimin glanced at Cheng Yaojin, and then pretended to be worried and said: "Since I have already mentioned the plan of using work for relief, I naturally know the importance of food at present, but... oh..."

In one breath, the sigh is a worry that cannot be concealed, and the sadness is overflowing~
Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Shimin's look, although he looked like a tough guy, he actually slipped a lot in his heart.

He stood up immediately, slapped his chest, and said in a buzzing voice.

"Your Majesty, although my old Cheng is a rough person, such a plan for governing the country is really important. I am willing to donate the food in my family! Contribute to flood control!"

"Also, wait for someone who has a surplus of food in their family, why don't they quickly take it out to relieve the country's worries!?"

Then he turned around and acted as a shit-stirring stick, regardless of 21, he grabbed a civil official with a fierce expression, and said in a voice like a cannonball: "Lu Shilang, don't you have a lot of food in your family, don't you hurry up and take it out!"

Cheng Yaojin was born as a bandit, and his brute force is not light or heavy, and the arm grabbed by Lu Shilang is numb~

Lu Shilang's face was livid and he patted Cheng Yaojin's bear's paw and shouted: "Cheng Zhijie, let go!"

Qin Qiong on the side quickly grabbed Cheng Yaojin: "Zhijie, what are you doing, let go quickly!"

With Cheng Yaojin, he started to make a fuss, and immediately pulled and tugged, making a mess.

After arguing for a while, Li Shimin opened his mouth and shouted angrily: "Knowing Jie, don't let go, above the court, is it plausible?"

Although Li Shimin pretended to be angry on his face, he was happy in his heart that it was rare for Cheng Yanzi to do things well. This gag would have the best effect if Cheng Yaojin was willing to do it~
The monarch and his subjects exchanged glances, and then Cheng Yaojin pretended to let go angrily.

Li Shimin shook his head: "I know that Zhijie has a strong heart, but the food needed for work relief is not a small number."

Cheng Yaojin snorted and said: "Your Majesty, these people's corpses are for vegetarian meals, and they don't take out food when they have food at home. It's really abominable!"

Immediately, the ministers knew that this Cheng Pifu was probably in collusion with His Majesty, otherwise, with Cheng Mang's culture alone, how could he hear such a cultural phrase as a vegetarian meal in a corpse!

Lu Shilang bowed to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty clearly checked that we all live on salary, and there is hardly any food left in the family~"

Li Shimin's brows sank, these bastards really don't see the rabbits and don't scatter the eagles!

Li Shimin said slowly: "I know that everyone loves you and is honest, but the family will also build a fort to store food. After all, working for relief is related to the well-being of the people..."

"How about this, half of the donation and half of the borrowing of grain this time will be counted as national merit. After the next year's harvest, I will never default on repaying the principal and interest. If there is a lot of grain donation, I may consider letting a disciple of his clan enter the court as an official!"

When the words fell, the officials were shocked again, His Majesty made it clear that he could sell officials and nobles for food!

However, why is it so serious to pretend to be poor? How could the emperor know that the clan would build castles and store food?

However, all the officials of the sect and clan knew it. Since His Majesty knew that they had food, His Majesty probably had their attention completely.

But even so, is it possible that His Majesty will not be able to grab it, let's wait for a while.

Of course Li Shimin knew what these dogs were thinking, raised his eyebrows, and said, "This time, Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie will be in charge of the grain payment!"

Countless people in His Highness breathed a sigh of relief, is this old rascal paying for food?Isn't that a food grab? ! ! !
Li Shimin showed a puzzled smile to Cheng Yaojin again: "Zhijie, I ordered you to be the head of the imperial envoy's grain requisition! Take full responsibility for the matter of grain collection. This matter is related to the well-being of all people, so you must take care of it!"

"Also, this matter is all subject to the 'voluntary' of the ministers, you must remember it! Don't be reckless!"

Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Shimin, his mouth was almost behind his ears, he was always disgusted by these dog officials before, today it is finally the turn of labor and management to go to your house to sing a big song!
Cheng Yaojin patted his chest, and respectfully accepted the order: "Observe the order, rest assured, Your Majesty, I will live up to your Majesty's trust!"

Immediately Cheng Yaojin stood in the middle, turned around and showed a bewildered smile: "Ministers, my old Cheng is a rough man from Wagang. ...Wahhahahaha~"

At the end, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help laughing.

The hearts of the ministers trembled, the bandits are now ordered to 'go down the mountain', if there are fewer, then the mansion will have to be demolished?
Lu Shilang glanced at the two civil servants, and the two civil servants stood up: "Your Majesty, there is no food in the world today, and our family also has very little food, so we can only do our best to give a certain amount of food. ~"

Another minister said: "Yes, Your Majesty, although I hope to build a great water conservancy project, but I have more intentions but not enough energy!"

These two people belong to the Lu family of Fan Yang and the Cui family of Bo Ling.

In fact, the Qiwangzhong clan of the five surnames hoarded the most food, and more or less people in the court had surplus food in their families. Facing the famine, all the officials knew it.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin suddenly became enlightened. He knew their meat fat and was ready to kill him.

Cheng Yaojin jumped out quickly, and grinned at the two of them with ill intentions: "Wang Shizhong, Lu Xuanwei, if there is no food at home, that's fine, you ask someone to go to your granary to see, if there is really no food to cook , I am an official in the same court, I think everyone will help you."

The two shrunk their necks and let the dog bandit into the granary. It was no different from luring a wolf into the house!

(End of this chapter)