Datang first village

"What is King Qin?" Li Er bit his pipe and sat on the soft chair, stretching his legs comfortably.

Li Yuanxing was kneeling on the soft couch, kneeling in a very formal posture.

What is King Qin?This question has been asked countless times by countless people.Li Yuanxing didn't go to the palace to ask Li Er himself before, who would have thought that Li Er would turn around and ask Li Yuanxing again today.

"Shi Huangzheng, the world said he was ruthless, but they didn't know that he was the most merciful!" Li Yuanxing said calmly.

Li Er laughed, picked up the glass next to his hand and shook the wine in the glass: "Wu Lang, why didn't you approve the money from the Ministry of Households to Chang'an Mengtong?"

"Because, I am the King of Qin! I must harden my heart and do everything for Datang!" Li Yuanxing's expression was still serious.

Li Er was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Li Yuanxing to answer like this.

Li Yuanxing stood up slowly with his left hand on the couch: "Brother Emperor, I used to hate this posture of sitting upright, and I prefer to half-ly lie on a soft chair. Now, I like this sitting posture very much, because Only when I sit like this can I truly feel like a king in my heart!"

"Because if you sit for a long time, you will faint!" Li Er smiled happily.

Li Yuanxing nodded. The sitting posture oppressed the blood vessels in his legs, so it would be a surprise that he didn't faint.

Li Er went on to say: "Lie down and think about the problem, the more you think about it, the lazier you become. But sitting there, my brother will feel dizzy after an hour at most, so I have to come up with a solution to the problem very quickly. This is forcing myself Make up your mind, but Wulang, you haven't answered brother, why don't you allow the household department to give money to Mengtong's schools?"

"Brother Huang, if a ten-year-old child works for the family, he can increase his income by a few dozen or nearly a hundred coins a month. Even if he doesn't charge money for elementary school, many people still think that they have lost money. Minister I'm not interested in sending people to ask them one by one, or forcing them to send their children to school. Chang'an City is different from Qinwangzhuang, Qin Wangzhuang made the rules on the first day, so they are used to it."

Li Yuanxing's explanation gave Li Er a feeling of seeing the sun behind the clouds.

It seems that many things are in line with this truth.

"Brother Huang, think about it the other way around. If my younger brother promotes the planting of Tang corn from the beginning, I'm afraid it will take a lot of persuasion. Let them see the harvest, and they will come to me!" Li Yuanxing was a little proud Lighted a cigarette.

"Active and passive!" Li Er nodded approvingly.

"Brother Huang is wise!" Li Yuanxing's words sounded like nonsense to Li Er.

"Wrong, it's Qin Wang Yingming." Li Er lit his pipe again, walked to the position where Li Yuanxing was kneeling just now, and sat upright on the position where Li Yuanxing was sitting just now, while Li Yuanxing sat on a round stool in front of him. .

When the two brothers talk, no one should approach them. This is the iron law.

"Among the grades of artisans, those who can read and write are given half a grade. This is already a final decision of each family in the workshop area. As for the foreman level, if they don't know how to read, it is impossible to be a foreman. Brother Huang, do you know that now Chang'an What is the most popular business in the county?" When Li Yuanxing said this, his tone was a bit smug.

"I don't know!" Li Er really didn't know.

Even if he has the security officer of the Tang Empire reporting in detail.

"It's night school!"

"What is the night school?" Li Er became curious.

There is a night curfew in Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty, but in fact it is not extremely strict.Dozens of main streets in Chang'an City must not be walked at night, but there is still a little movement inside each workshop.

Chang'an County in the south of Chang'an City will also have a curfew whether it is a workshop area or a craftsman's residence.

But the curfew restricts going out, and the workshops that rush to work overnight only need to seal the door.

The residential area is also divided into several separate areas for living.There is still a curfew in Dafang, but it is allowed to drop by in the separate district and come out to have a drink and chat.However, temporary overnight residents in the area are not allowed to go out after the curfew. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, night walkers are not robbers!

"What is a night school? It is a school where classes are held at night. Craftsmen can't understand the schedule and statistics, but if they can't understand the management work, what qualifications do they have to be supervisors. Those who are talented and capable , you can work as a foreman, but if you don’t even know the words, within a few months, there will be no chance of promotion!”

Li Er was a little interested.

"How should I describe this promotion?"

"From the seventh-rank official to the sixth-rank official, the promotion is the job, and the money is added. The higher one is the status, and the higher one is the face. 36 lines, 72 careers, and the top ones!"

Li Er understood, and nodded slightly: "The craftsmen who really study, they will naturally pay for the dolls to study. Because they see the benefits!"

"After the university is built, Chendi will launch a school called vacation training. Every month, craftsmen have holidays. In this school, there are at least third-class craftsmen giving lectures."

"Very good, so the Ministry of Rites is no longer enough to complete these."

This is a gossip, so Li Er changed the subject: "Wulang, what about the locust plague?"

"My brother thought that the order to control locusts could be found. Locusts are not a terrible thing. My brother has a way to eradicate locusts. But there is one thing, my brother thinks again and again, but still can't make up his mind!" When Li Yuanxing said this, he also said that Li Er knelt on the couch together in a sitting posture.

"Goro tell it, listen to it for my brother!"

"The people in Luoyang suffered a catastrophe, and the army of the Tang Dynasty saved their lives. They believed in the army. But Hebei is one of the hardest-hit areas predicted by the locust plague this time. So do they trust the army?"

Facing Li Yuanxing's question, Li Er nodded slightly.

"Wulang is very worried. The soldiers are also bandits. The war has been chaotic for many years, and the soldiers are independent. Therefore, the people in Hebei are more afraid than agreeing. Chang'an is better. It is close to Luoyang. The surrounding area of ​​Chang'an is five hundred miles away. Under the strict orders of the army, the reputation of the soldiers is rising day by day."

Li second-hand has the Security Department of the Tang Empire.

As long as he wants to check the big and small things in the Tang Dynasty, he can naturally find out.

This kind of thing related to people's livelihood, economy, and the majesty of the Tang government, the Imperial Security Department will naturally investigate.

Thinking of this, Li Er asked: "Wu Lang thinks how to deal with it, I want to hear your opinion!"

"Brother Huang, give up Hebei!"

"Give up!" Li Er's tone was more severe: "Wulang, Hebei is also my Tang Dynasty!"

"Brother Huang, this renunciation does not mean giving up completely. Brother Huang, listen to my younger brother!" Li Yuanxing was not nervous, and still spoke in a leisurely manner.

But Li Er's eyes were a little angry, and he stared at Li Yuanxing: "Speak!"

"The seventh family loves me, so the seventh family will naturally follow the method of preventing locusts from the younger brother. Therefore, there will be no chaos in Hebei, and the five hundred miles around Chang'an, even if there is a locust plague, it can be completely controlled in a short time. The farmland is only [-]% of it. So the surrounding area of ​​Chang'an is safe!"

Li Er nodded: "Go on!"

"Hebei will definitely be affected by the disaster, and the Seventh Family's family will not suffer too much. But ordinary people, ordinary landlords, will definitely be severely affected, and even have no crops. At that time, the minister sent twelve guards to rescue the disaster. There are three reasons for this! "

"Speak!" Li Er's tone became more severe.

Li Yuanxing's tone became more relaxed.

"Brother Huang, the first reason is to concentrate the superior forces to completely wipe out the locust plagues around Chang'an, including the future ones. The Tang Dynasty does not have enough power to completely solve the locust plagues in the entire Tang Dynasty in less than a year." .Chendi has made calculations, if it is fully implemented, the result may be even worse!"

Li Er knew better than Li Yuanxing how much manpower, material and financial resources Datang had.

So Li Yuanxing's reason is acceptable to Li Er.

"Brother Emperor, the second reason is that it's like teaching. When the people don't know the benefits, they don't pursue profits. Similarly, when the people don't know the disadvantages, they don't feel pain, and they don't feel pain. Go and treat them. It's one thing for my brother to say, but another thing for the people to believe or not. So, I'm going to let them hurt once."

Li Er's expression softened a lot.

After looking at Li Yuanxing, Li Er smiled: "Choose one or two counties and let the surrounding counties take a look."

"This, all voluntary!" Li Yuanxing also laughed.

"Tell me the last reason!"

"It's still a matter of the status of the sergeants. The sergeants rushed to Hebei eagerly. If they are neglected by the people in Hebei, it will not be good for the Tang army." After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, he kept looking at Li Er's expression.

"This reason makes sense!"

Seeing that Li Er agreed, Li Yuanxing continued: "If you go as a savior..."

"Goro, now you are truly like the King of Qin. Saving one person is not goodness, but saving the world is a great kindness. The kindness in the hearts of high-ranking people is different from the kindness in the hearts of ordinary people. Although Goro has understood this truth now, but , there is still a gap between you and the real King Qin in my heart!"

"Is my brother not ruthless enough?"

"Wrong, it's not about being ruthless or not, but that true kindness is ruthless, and you can't do it for a brother, so I don't ask you to do it. But you have to understand what it means for a brother." Li Er said sincerely, stretching out his hand Lightly patted Li Yuanxing's shoulder twice.

Li Yuanxing really didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, so he just nodded: "Brother Huang, I've made a note of it."

"Brother Huang stayed for lunch. I just heard that Brother Huang came to the village of my younger brother. My younger brother specially arranged a special meal in the kitchen. It's not really a novelty, but my younger brother likes to eat the most. It happened that my older brother was here, so I asked my surname. A complete set, but I don’t know if Brother Huang has enough appetite to taste all of them!”

Hearing what Li Yuanxing said, Li Er was very happy: "Okay, very good. Let's taste it today!"

Li Yuanxing shook the copper bell in his hand, and a personal guard came in to listen to the order.Li Yuanxing ordered: "Send the order, a feast of thousands of dumplings!" (To be continued.)