Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 640 Li Chengqian's Thoughts
What is unexpected is that Empress Changsun, who has never been to Lingnan, will feel refreshed after arriving here. Perhaps it is because the weather in the south is hot. She loves square dancing and she often sweats, which speeds up blood circulation and aging. The reason for the metabolism!
With the participation of her and several concubines during this southern tour, the exchanges between the royal family and the people of Lingnan became more frequent and harmonious than when Li Shimin came alone. Yes, after arriving in Lingnan, this naturally became their unique dance for the people. Feng An even suggested that the street where Empress Changsun led the people to dance should be named Queen's Road, Concubine Wei and Concubine Yang, Concubine Yan, etc. The street where the noble concubine led the people to dance was named Guifei Avenue, which won the approval of Li Shimin and the people of Guangzhou City.

However, when dancing today, a big event happened, which almost caused riots in the whole city. That is, Empress Changsun actually vomited when she was dancing. The concubine, Concubine Yang and the three daughters frightened the accompanying doctor Zhen Ling. They thought that the empresses were not acclimatized and their stomachs were spoiled by eating, but after the pulse was passed, Doctor Zhen Ling almost smiled crookedly.

The four imperial concubines were actually pregnant at the same time, and they also started to suffer from hiccups on the same day. This is really unprecedented. Counting the days, isn't it the time when the emperor and several noble concubines lived in Jiuyuan County?

"Your Majesty, the report from Shannan Road has arrived. The experimental field in Jiuyuan County has harvested grain this autumn. The yield of dry rice per mu has reached ten stones and five, and the yield of the people in each family has also reached nine stones and seven. The new rice species only planted two In the four seasons of the year, the expected output is about to be reached, and after the autumn harvest, Sun Zhengming raised the output estimate at the end of the first phase of trial planting to eleven stone five."

Eleven stones and five, that is 1380 catties, and there is only a gap of [-] catties from the first phase of hybrid rice trial planting in later generations. The reason why Sun Xiangfu made such a prediction is because the data of the previous phases of planting are completely incomparable. The later generations are worse. It seems that the fertilizer he made with the earth method in this era is not inferior to the fertilizer produced by the chemical production line of the later generations. Maybe the ecological environment also has a little bonus!

"Go to Zhishan South Road, Yin Sun Zhengming's third son Sun Xun, fourth son Sun Ang, and Yihui Xiaowei." Yihui Xiaowei is a military official title from the seventh rank. Its actual meaning now is that of a first-class citizen. Status, and a salary of more than 100 yuan per month, such honor and salary seem to be nothing, but it is not too thin to be rewarded to the concubines born to two concubines. After all, like Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi The bastard son of a founding father like Gong may not have such a reward.

The empress and noble concubines were pregnant, and of course Li Shimin was the happiest. He immediately thought of the theory of the benefit of pregnancy in Jiuyuan County. He was afraid that after the news spread to the people, the people would flock to it.

Anyway, in Li Shimin's view, a larger population is good for the country, so this time, Li Shimin directly explained another reason for rewarding Sun Xiangfu's two sons to the courtiers and even the people.

Therefore, when Yujia set off to return to Chang'an in October, the number of migrants in Jiuyuan County suddenly increased. There were people from Lingnan, and those from China. In the future, there will be more people, because those in the north have collected their fields for preparation. The young and strong people who spent the winter also started to set off.

Sun Deshou went south with the crowds of people who went south to catch up with work in the north, and he was accompanied by a man with a rough love, Cheng Chumo.

He obviously fell in love with a woman, but he had to stay with her brother all day long. The sadness inside cannot be expressed in words. However, through his unremitting efforts for nearly a year, Zhang Cheng finally did not seek death. Zhang Ruyan, also Finally, I have a good impression of him, but it's a pity that Cheng Yaojin's letter of ruining the marriage has arrived in Shanyang at this time, but seeing his father Cheng Yaojin's tone of wanting to eat him alive in the letter, Cheng Chumo almost couldn't help it. He forgot that he was the eldest son of Duke Lu's mansion.

Just now, the relationship with the woman he loves has warmed up, but he was notified by his family to go back and marry Qinghe Cui's daughter, nominally cousin, who had been engaged for a long time. This made Cheng Chumo burst into tears immediately, almost spurting blood.

"Brother Chu Mo, my elder brother can't attend my wedding. I don't have many friends in Chang'an. At that time, can I ask you to be my best man?"

"Naturally, it just so happens that I don't even need to wear armor this time."

"The bridesmaid will be beaten by the woman, how can he not wear armor?"

"People like you who have never tasted love will not understand. Now, even if a horse steps over me, I'm afraid I won't feel the pain."

"If love can make people so numb, I'd rather not try it. If you ask me to be the best man when you get married, I must wear armor. I heard that those women's brooms are so smoky It hurts too."

"If I could marry the person I love and be smoked to death, I would be willing."

"Brother Mo Mo, you have so many orchid concubines, and you are still trapped by love. After you say that, I miss Sister Meng Jiang a little bit. I don't know if she has grown up a bit this year."

"Looking at Concubine Wei's appearance, you can tell that she looks pretty good. You are lucky. This time when Princess Linchuan is married, the royal family and the Wei family will definitely have a lot of dowry gifts. From now on, you can be like Brother Zhengming. , teach more common people farming knowledge for free.”

"Perhaps! By the way, you have stayed in Anxi Dadu Protectorate for two or three years. Are the people there easy to educate?"

"They are actually no different from the Turkic people and the Xueyantuo people. They are even more docile. There are many places where they live by farming. I guess Sun Erli went there, and they can thrive. They are better than us. The people here are much poorer, the capital of a kingdom is only comparable to a county in my Central Plains, and the largest Suiye City cannot compare with Shanyang and Dingxiang... "

When Cheng Chumo mentioned Sun Erli, in Suiye City thousands of miles away, Sun Erli, who was sharing the bed with his new orchid concubine, suddenly sneezed. The right minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, from the official position of the third rank, is higher than Chang Sun Chong, the chief protector of the metropolis, and also holds the position of envoy of the western farmland, whether it is military or civilian, he belongs to him No matter, the local officials and people have to curry favor with him.

In addition, his farming skills were indeed far superior to the local level by several levels, so he was soon enshrined by the local clan as a god, and they dedicated the most beautiful women in their clan to him. There are more than 20 of his concubines, and they are still increasing. They are really blessed to death.

"Uh, is someone scolding me? Could it be that the data I reported to Chang'an is not clear enough for His Majesty to understand?"

Sun Erli very much believed that this sudden sneezing was due to someone speaking ill of him behind his back. However, he had nothing to do about this kind of thing. He glanced at the naked concubine under him, and Sun Erli became interested again. This is not him. How keen is Hu Tian on women's sex? It's really Hu Tian's October snow. After the snow falls, he can only do these things all day long. He thought to himself, if he can bring a few children back next year, my mother will definitely I don't blame myself for taking so many orchid concubines, the family needs food.

Like Sun Erli, there are many people who have sent various data reports under the rule to Chang'an long ago. From October to the period before the Spring Festival, it is the time for the imperial court to compile the annual fiscal and taxation. This year, these tasks, Li Chengqian will be in charge, and Xiao Yu will make specific arrangements.

In the East Palace study, Xiao Yu, Wen Yanbo, Wei Zheng, Gao Shilian and other important officials were all there. Li Chengqian took the lead and asked Xiao Yu who was in the first place, "Xiao Xiang, can you send more people to work overtime, and when the father returns to Chang'an?" Before, count and calculate all the numbers?"

Xiao Yu asked in surprise, "Why is the prince in such a hurry?"

Li Chengqian replied, "I just want to spend all this year's tax before my father comes back."

"Spend it all? Why?" Hearing Li Chengqian's answer, Xiao Yu was even more surprised, and continued to ask.

Li Chengqian explained, "According to my estimation, this year's fiscal and taxation will probably show a relatively large increase in the amount of last year, and after the father sees the money and food reserves in the treasury, I'm afraid it will rise again and move westward." soldier's thoughts."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu felt a sense of school examination, and said again, "Since our Tang Dynasty has enough resources, why does the crown prince stop His Majesty from moving west?"

After Li Chengqian glanced over the ministers who looked at him with expectant eyes, he explained again, "Because Gu thinks that it is not the time to go to war now. There are a few points that Gu saw, and I can talk to you all about it." Let’s talk about it, but I’m afraid there are more aspects that Gu hasn’t seen yet.”

Xiao Yu replied on behalf of the crowd, "Prince, let's talk about it. If it really makes sense, the minister and the others will definitely help the prince to sort out the financial and tax accounts as soon as possible."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Then I'll say it. First of all, the countries in the Western Regions just felt my Chinese culture at last year's sports meeting. This year, their overseas students came to Chang'an to start studying one after another. , at this stage when our Han culture in the Central Plains has not yet taken root in the Western Regions and has not been recognized, I think it is difficult for us to effectively rule the local area."

Everyone nodded when they heard the words, and Li Chengqian said again, "The second is that our Tang Dynasty is undergoing internal aristocratic clan restructuring, and the further development of people's livelihood security is at a critical initial stage. It is not suitable to shift the focus to foreign wars. This will cause the already tense internal manpower and resources to become more tense, leading to interruptions and even the risk of regression.”

Speaking of this point, several ministers also nodded again. In this period of reform of the internal system of major families and clans, and the rapid flow of various money and materials, Chang'an City can be said to be shocked three times a day. In order to maintain stability and ensure the smooth progress of various projects In the process, the manpower and energy have been used to the extreme, but there is no interruption.

With everyone's approval again, Li Chengqian became more courageous, and said again, "The third thing! I think that if our Tang Dynasty wants to rule the Western Regions, we can use non-war means! Have you forgotten Shanyang City?" Is it the household registration system that was implemented before?”

When it came to the household registration system, the ministers present were taken aback. They had been in charge of the imperial court for many years, so they naturally heard about it. Li Chengqian, who had studied politics in Shanyang for more than two years, knew everything about it. The reason why Yang and Dingxiang have so many people on their household registration rosters is not because of this household registration policy.

Seeing everyone nodding, Li Chengqian said excitedly, "With the vast land and low taxation that our Datang has developed, if we allow the barbarians from the Western Regions to join our Datang nationality, assign them fields and houses, and enjoy the same experience as us. The benefits are the same as those of the common people in the Tang Dynasty, do you think they will join my Datang one after another?..."

All right!His next sentence, even if he didn't say it, all the ministers can guess it, that is, when the whole world belongs to Datang, then the whole world will naturally belong to Datang. Grandson Zhengming understands the argument, although some take it for granted, but with the current conditions of the Tang Dynasty, it is really possible to implement it.

(End of this chapter)