Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 596 Education
"My child understands!" Li Hong lowered his head and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hong'er!" Li Zhi sighed: "You said you understood, but you still don't understand! Let me ask you, do you think that the soldiers in Guanzhong's government have become so sluggish, but I don't know anything about being a father? I'm a fool." generation?"

"No, no, no!" Li Hong hastily denied: "My child never thinks that way, absolutely not!"

"Really?" Li Zhi said with a smile, "Then Honger, why did you ask Zhang Wenguan to collect bullets about the soldiers of Guanzhong Prefecture, and ask the Ministry of War to submit relevant files when you were in the Zhengshitang? "

"This—" Li Hong was dumbfounded for a moment. After the mutiny, he immediately ordered his officials to collect various materials related to the Guanzhong government soldiers, and prepared to find an opportunity to advise his father. Under his gaze, he couldn't help but feel fear and shame at the same time.

"Stupid child!" The Queen laughed and said, "Of course you can't escape your Aye's eyes with your three-legged cat's ability, but it's okay, no one is born with everything, just learn it a few times !"

"Aye!" Li Hong glanced at his father carefully, and said, "I want to check the military affairs in Guanzhong first, and then advise you, but I never think you are stupid. The world is full of places, you There are too many things to worry about, and it is normal to have some omissions!"

"Hahahaha!" Li Zhi laughed when he heard the words: "Awu, Hong'er has grown up after all, and has learned to flatter others!"

"My son is not flattering!" Li Hongzhang explained with a blushing face, but Li Zhi waved his hand, interrupting his son's clumsy explanation: "Hong'er, you don't need to explain, today is my own family, and the widow will treat you as the king's son." Let me share with you!" At this point, he paused for a while, and said to the other sons: "You guys should listen to it together, maybe you will use it in the future!"

"Yes!" Li Zhi's four sons responded in unison.

"What about me?" Li Dingyue looked up at Li Zhi innocently, "I want to listen too!"

"Okay, okay, we want to listen every month!" Li Zhi lovingly touched the top of his daughter's head, turned his eyes to his four sons, and said in a low voice: "The emperor really rules the world, and it is impossible for everything to be done. They all do it by themselves, but military matters are important matters related to the life and death of the country, and they must not be entrusted to others, especially the military affairs in Guanzhong. Fubing is the foundation of the country. Zhou, Zhou, and Sui all established their capitals here, and the late emperor relied on it to pacify the world. Therefore, Hong Er, you are right in planning to rectify the disbanded soldiers in the Guanzhong government. As the prince of the country, this is what you should worry about!"

"Thank you, Aye, for your compliment!" Li Hong blushed slightly: "I also feel that this matter needs to be strictly dealt with, so I'm behind your back—"

"You did nothing wrong in this matter!" Li Zhi smiled and said, "As the crown prince of a country, don't you have this kind of autonomy? Besides, you haven't started to do it yet, but you are just going to let people collect the situation first, and then come to me Report, this is already very prudent! What I mean is that I already knew about the abolishment of the Guanzhong government soldiers!"

"You already knew that?"

"Yes, not only the government soldiers in Guanzhong, but also the government soldiers in Shandong and Henan are in a bad situation. Only Longyou and Hedong are in better condition, but they can't compare with Zhenguan and Wude Nian!" Li Zhi laughed. : "Many officials have written letters to remonstrate on this matter, and the most violent words among them are--" Li Zhi was stuck at this point, his brows were tightly frowned, obviously he couldn't remember all of a sudden.

"Liu Rengui!" Empress Wu laughed.

"Yes, yes, that's him!" Li Zhi patted his thigh lightly: "'In Zhenguan and Yonghuizhong, all soldiers who died in battle were ordered to hang sacrifices, or to give officials to their children. After Xianqing, the crusade will be rewarded. Absolutely; as well as the destruction of Baekje and Pyongyang, those who have meritorious service will not be appraised. The prefectures and counties purchase and recruit, but they are unwilling to do it. Those who are strong and wealthy, use their wealth to participate in the pursuit, and the rate can be avoided. All the recruits are poor, cold and tired, and have no fighting spirit. .' The widow still remembers the letter he wrote when he was in Baekje, the words are sincere, and it makes people cry!"

"Then, why didn't the emperor order the various divisions to reward the soldiers, so as to inspire the hearts of the soldiers!" Li Hong hurriedly said.

"Hehe!" Li Zhi laughed: "Is it useful to issue an edict?"

"The Son of Heaven's order, who dares to disobey!" Li Hong said boldly, "Anyone who dares to disobey his order is disobedient and should be punished!"

"Really?" Li Zhi said with a smile, "Yang Guang also issued an edict to pacify Goguryeo in the previous dynasty. Why did the people flee and would rather enter the mountains and become thieves than receive an edict to attack Goguryeo?"

"This—" Li Hong was tongue-tied: "Yang Guang is a tyrannical king, and Your Majesty is a wise king, how can it be compared!"

"Hehehe!" Li Zhi shook his head with a smile: "Honger, I will teach you one thing today. Whether it is a holy king like Yao and Shun or a tyrant like Jie and Zhou, the things they can do with their edicts are actually very good. Limited, the first thing to learn as a son of heaven is not to issue orders that cannot be carried out!"

"However, according to what Liu Rengui said, during the Zhenguan and Yonghui periods of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court sent envoys to pay homage to the officers and soldiers, and gave gifts to officials; but after Xianqing, there were no rewards! Could it be said that the imperial edicts of Zhenguan and Yonghui could be implemented, and when it came to Xianqing? It won't work after the celebration?"

"Yes!" Li Zhi nodded: "In fact, after Xianqing, officials were also given to meritorious officers and men, but the present ones are different from the original ones!"

"What's the difference?" Li Hong asked.

Li Zhi smiled, and said to Empress Wu: "A Wu, please explain to Hong Er, I am a little tired!"

"Yes!" Mrs. Wu responded, and said, "Hong'er, you should have heard of the principle that rare things are more valuable, right? When Wu De was in Zhenguan, the imperial court only sent out so many loose officials every year, how many are they sending out now?" , the same Yitong, a governor, the practical use is far worse. Back then, Jinyang followed Emperor Gaozu to raise troops, as long as they could reach Chang'an in Guanzhong alive, even ordinary soldiers could be assigned to the side of the Weihe River. Tian Zhai. Today, if you want to get the Tian Zhai bestowed by the emperor near Chang'an City, how much credit do you have to make? Honger, you should understand, right?"

Although Li Hong is the prince of Taiping, he is not the kind of mediocre person who grew up in the deep palace with the hands of women. Tang Xuanzong locked the princes and grandchildren in a square city so that they would not have contact with the outside world. It will be decades away.Although he didn't know the exact price of a good farm house next to Chang'an City, he still knew the approximate price.

As the undisputed largest city in the world at that time, the housing prices in Chang'an City were extremely terrifying.Unlike the later Ming and Qing Dynasties, the salaries of Beijing officials in the Tang Dynasty were very considerable, but based on the salary of the official position itself, unless you were at the level of the six ministers, it was absolutely impossible to buy a decent house with your salary.So when Bai Juyi went to Chang'an, people would make fun of his name, saying that it was not easy for Migui to live in Chang'an.As for the soldiers who followed Li Yuan in Taiyuan, as long as they hit Chang'an City, they would all be allocated a piece of land and mansion beside the Wei River. Although we don't know the exact size of the land, it should be enough to support a medium-sized farmer. It would be fine if the property was placed in other places, but it is another matter on the edge of Chang'an City.Many famous ministers and generals of later generations bought themselves old-age farms on the edge of Chang'an City, which were actually the size of the farmhouses allocated to three or five ordinary soldiers. The reason is simple. After hundreds of years, Chang'an City can be used for their annexation There are not many fields left. In their hometown, they can toss all over the mountains and fields. It would be nice to build a small mound around Chang'an.

"What A Niang means is that in fact, the meritorious soldiers can also get the gift of officials, but the gift of officials is useless!" Li Hong asked.

"That's right!" Mrs. Wu nodded, "Especially the military mansion in the Guanzhong area, Hong'er, you know that the Guanzhong area is densely populated, and they are located in narrow townships. One-tenth of the Xuntian, probably not even one-tenth of it in Guanzhong, it’s not that the imperial court doesn’t give it, but it really doesn’t!”

"Since that's the case, why did you ask Wang Wenzuo to do it?" Li Hong asked, "You can't even do it, Father, how can Wang Wenzuo do it?"

"It was impossible at the beginning, but now it is possible!" Empress Wu said, "There are only so many lands in Guanzhong. If you want to repay the military government with Xuntian, then you have to take out the land. In the past, Chang'an was surrounded by Yuan Cong. No one can do it. And the mutiny this time just uses this excuse, and many things that were difficult to do in the past can be done now!"

"Then Wang Wenzuo did these things, I'm afraid that many people will hate him?"

Empress Wu glanced at Li Hong in surprise. She didn't expect her son to think so much. She hesitated for a moment, then reached out and stroked her son's head: "Yes, but as a subject, it is the right thing to share the master's worries. Yes. Honger, you treat Wang Wenzuo with great kindness, he should have put his heart and soul to death for you, and died!"

"But he has already done a lot for the boy and the court!" Li Hongdao: "I have heard people say that what he experienced in Songzhou, Baekje, and Wa Kingdom. Eating mice to satisfy hunger, eating snow Quenching your thirst; Marching in heavy snow, braving raindrops of falling rocks and arrows to attack mountain cities; why use such a meritorious official like him to do such things? Change someone else? As long as high-ranking officials are given generous salaries, there should be many people who are willing Offend someone?"

Wu looked at her son, it was the first time she saw her eldest son so excited, his cheeks were flushed, his eyes were bloodshot, he was a different person from his usual gentle and refined appearance.She wanted to say something, but heard Li Zhi's voice.

"Why can't it be him? Because you prefer him?" Li Zhi's voice was tired: "So you don't want him to be hated by too many people?"

"Yes?" Li Hong lowered his head.

"Hong'er, if you want your monarchs and ministers to last long, it's better to let more people hate him, I mean Wang Wenzuo!" Li Zhi's voice was not loud, but his words were clear: "I understand how you feel. In my heart, there is a child who is innocent, kind, and hopes that everything will go well; but to become an emperor, one must first kill the child in the heart! The widow knows that Wang Wenzuo is good at fighting, he is magnanimous, and he is a capable minister. But it is precisely because of this that I let him go through this experience. Only when he is hated by others is he a lonely minister, and he has no other support except you. For a long time! Hong'er, do you understand?"

"My child understands, but will Wang Wenzuo—" Li Hong asked.

"He must understand this truth better than you!" Li Zhidao: "And as a monarch, you shouldn't care too much about the feelings of your subjects!"

"Yes!" Li Hong's face turned pale, without the usual expression.

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Chang'an City, Xuanyang Square.

"General Wang!" The eunuch who announced the decree handed the decree to Wang Wenzuo: "You just arrived in Chang'an, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave you such a big house. This kind of favor is the only one in Chang'an!"

"It's hard to repay the holy grace, so I'm really scared!" Wang Wenzuo took the imperial decree, passed it to Cui Hongdu who was beside him, and said with a smile, "Listen to you, is this gift of a house very rare?"

"That's natural!" The eunuch's sharp voice was particularly harsh: "Let's put it this way! Are there still five-rank officials who live in rented houses in Chang'an City? They are placed in prefectures and counties, but they are governors! And you are Xuanyangfang! On the right is Dongshi, and there is a Pingkangfang across the north from Miyagi, which is huge, tsk tsk! The people who are your neighbors are all the founders of the country!"

"If that's the case, then I'm even more terrified!" Wang Wenzuo smiled wryly.

"What are you afraid of!" The eunuch laughed and said, "This is a holy favor! If I were you, I would only live in more peace of mind. Now that the crown prince is in charge of the country, you will definitely use it in the future. If you guess wrong, you will kill me." Those eyes are gouged out!"

"Serious words, serious words!" Wang Wenzuo calmly took a small bag from Sancho beside him and stuffed it into the hands of the eunuch. Although the eunuchs are not as majestic as they were after the Anshi Rebellion, they are pleasing to the side of the big leader. The people in the house are always right: "A little bit of meaning, use it to buy a pair of shoes to wear!"

Although the eunuch didn't know what was in the bag, it must be a good thing after all. He secretly rejoiced in his heart: "A character like General Wang will either be released as a chief executive, or he will enter the political affairs hall. Thank you, thank you very much!"

After seeing off the eunuch who announced the decree, Wang Wenzuo returned to the hall, heaving a sigh of relief.He heard voices coming from the hall, but it was Cui Yunying who was teaching the servants how to clean up the new house, he shook his head, women are always the same when it comes to tossing about the new house.

"The servants left behind are really stupid!" Cui Yunying complained: "Tell them to go east, but they go to the west. It's useless to talk about it seven or eight times. I'm exhausted. If I had known this , I’ll bring a few more people from home, at least it’s easy to use!”

"I think you should relax a bit, just open your eyes and close your eyes!" Wang Wenzuo grabbed his wife's hand, pulled her down and sat down next to him: "I have worked in this house for more than ten years, can't I still do it?" Okay? It’s just not to your liking! They’re not the roundworms in your belly, how do you know what you want? After a few months of working together, they’ll be in harmony, why bother to find someone from Qingzhou?”

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