Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 49 No.40 Seven Symphonies Against the Temple of Manna

When everyone reached the gate of the palace, Li Shimin delivered a decree to invite Feng An to a banquet, and asked Feng Daiwen to accompany him.

Feng An and Feng Daiwen followed a young eunuch to the Ganlu Hall. It turned out that this was a royal family banquet. Li Yuan and Li Shimin were there, as well as Li Yuan's concubine Wan Gui, who was now the eldest grandson of the Empress Wugou. First, Li Yuan affirmed the presence of the Feng family on behalf of Tang Lingnan's contribution affirmed the Feng family's contribution to the Tang Dynasty, and then rewarded Feng An with some gold, silver, jewelry, white jade, silk and other royal items. He said that he was tired, and left with Concubine Wan Gui for a separate banquet another day.
After Li Yuan left, Li Shimin affirmed Feng An's support, learned the details of Lingnan, and expressed his support for Feng An's vigorous development of Lingnan. Feng An also introduced Li Shimin one by one. The eldest grandson asked about the personnel affairs of Feng An's family,

"Wu Guogong, I really don't know how to talk about something here in this palace." After talking for a long time, the eldest grandson pretended to be embarrassed and said;
"Your Majesty has something to say, it doesn't matter, I share your worries for your Majesty." Feng An, an old man who basically understood what the eldest grandson meant, said with a smile;
"Well, I'll just say it straight. Princess Guang'an is 10 out of 5 and has a dignified appearance. I want to be a family with Duke Wu. I don't know what Duke Wu wants." The eldest grandson said with a smile:

"Everything is up to the empress, I don't know which son the empress plans to marry the princess to Yuchen." Feng An was not surprised at all:
"It's Wu Guogong's second son, Feng Daiwen," the eldest grandson said:

"Pfft,,," Feng Daiwen had been eating food in suspense. After all, it was none of his business that they had been chatting all the time. It was a surprise to hear that Guang An was going to marry him. out,
"Brat, why is my daughter not good enough for you?" the eldest grandson said masturbatingly:
"No, no, Weichen just felt surprised, it's because Weichen is not good enough for the princess." Feng Daiwen quickly explained, after all, he and Guang'an got along for a while, and the two got along pretty well, and Guang'an didn't have those savage problems,

"Then it's settled. I will decree to grant the marriage tomorrow, and we will get married when Guang'an turns 16 next year." Li Shimin laughed and said:

"Thank you saint" Feng An, Feng Daiwen quickly saluted and thanked you,
"Haha, from now on, we are all from our own family, so there is no need for Duke Wu to be too polite." Li Shimin said with a smile:

"Thank you sage for your great kindness, I will discuss three rites and six appointments with the clan mansion." Feng An was still very happy to say:

"Weiguo, you have stayed in Shuofang for a while, do you have any suggestions for the grassland?" Li Shimin asked;

"My minister thinks that Turks in the grassland are all wolves, and the best way to deal with wolves is to turn wolves into dogs, and the dogs will be beaten to death if they don't obey," Feng Daiwen said:
"How to do it specifically?" Li Shimin asked:
"We can take a few steps. The first step is to corrupt and open a mutual market. We can open a mutual market in Shuofang, Youzhou and other places. We can sell a large amount of porcelain and silk to Turks. These things cannot be eaten or used as weapons. Silk is not so cold. Well, it’s useless for the Turks to take them, and these are luxury goods that are used by the nobles. The Turkic nobles can only exchange the herdsmen’s cattle and sheep if they want it. Salt and food can be chosen. Those who are close to Tang can sell more salt and food, and those who have a bad relationship can sell less. After a long time, since they can be exchanged at the door of the house, why bother to fight for it?"

"Not bad, not bad, but there's not much salt and food now." Li Shimin asked in agreement:
"Saint, we have food, but there is no shortage of families. Salt is easier to handle. Lingnan has technology. We only need to cooperate with the families in Jiangnan to produce in Guangzhou, Quanzhou and other places. Let Sichuan organize silk and choose among the five surnames. To sell one or two grains, the sage only needs to strictly control the checkpoints to combat smuggling, and can only trade in the mutual market, and increase taxes," Feng Daiwen said:
"Wonderful. Wonderful,,, this can also divide the five surnames and seven wangs. Weiguo is a good strategy. Since there is the first, there will be a second Weiguo coming soon." Li Shimin said excitedly, obviously Li Shimin thought more,
"Second, differentiation. Everything on the grassland is what our Great Tang needs, and there are not only Turkic people on the grassland, we can sell some obsolete weapons, and a lot of grain and salt to other tribes, as long as they need it We sell them all, but we only want war horses, cattle, sheep, not gold and silver, so they can only exchange cattle and sheep. They can only go and rob our enemies." Feng Daiwen laughed and said:

"Okay, that's really good. Well, how about this? You are now the deputy captain of Shuofang Anxi Dufu, and I will leave this matter to you. You can do it freely in Shuofang. I only look at the results. If the results It’s better to implement it in Youzhou and other places.” Li Shimin actually tested it;

"I will obey the order, and I will live up to the grace of the saints," Feng Daiwen received the order;
"Fei Ji said that having a child should be like Feng Daiwen, this statement is true, Wu Guogong is indeed very lucky," Li Shimin said to Feng An with emotion;
Feng An was so happy to hear Li Shimin praise his son so much, he kept saying, "The sage has praised his son, the sage has praised him."

When the grandson saw Feng Daiwen and Li Shimin's performance, the mother-in-law became more and more satisfied with the son-in-law.
"Wei State's recent arrangement for the Turkic captives in the imperial court has been quarreling. There is also how to arrange it. Some say it will be arranged to build a plank road in the middle of Shu, some say it will be resettled in Jilin Prefecture, and some say it will be called Jielina. There has been no good suggestion, I don’t know what you think.” Li Shimin thought of it;
"Such a simple matter hasn't been discussed for so long?" Feng Daiwen frowned:

"It's simple, tell me," Li Shimin said:
"Select a part to be managed by Zhishisili, and train a group of Turkic soldiers to fight for our Tang Dynasty. They must learn Chinese. This part can be better for them. The rest are all demoted as slaves to build roads and canals. There are so many ministers under the sage in Tuntian who should be rewarded, and if there are more rewards, they will be sold to landlords and businessmen, they have money, and they must be short of people to cultivate the land, but the details need to be negotiated," Feng Daiwen said fiercely;
Li Shimin didn't expect Feng Daiwen to have such a heart: "Very good, Wei Guo, please write a note, and we can discuss it in the court."

"There is one more thing that makes me difficult, Wei Guo, let me think about what to do." Li Shimin saw that Feng Daiwen was flexible and had many ideas, and immediately asked the question:

"Yes, please ask the sage to say it clearly. If the minister is wrong, please don't blame the sage." Feng Daiwen didn't expect Li Shimin to ask himself so many questions, and if he didn't ask his father, he couldn't help being stunned:

"It's okay, today is a family banquet, we're just chatting, Shen Ke, an official in the court, but many of them are veterans of the Supreme Emperor, I don't like to move, it really affects government affairs, such as Liang Guogong, Lai Guogong,,,," Li Shimin He waved his hand generously and said:
"This matter seems to be very simple," Feng Daiwen said:
"Easy? I've been in trouble for a long time, why don't you say it quickly?" Li Shimin said angrily:

"It is only necessary to divide these people, and the nerds will organize the books. Since Qin Shihuang burned books and buried Confucianism, we have lost a lot of cultural knowledge inheritance, such as the Zhuge crossbow restored by Weichen. It is said that one crossbow can hold 10 arrows. Until now, Weichen’s subordinates have only designed one crossbow and five arrows. It’s better to let this part of the people organize the ancient books. The sage only needs to set aside a place and let them divide them into different departments. Feng Daiwen said:
"That's right. From the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty to the present, the royal books are very chaotic, not to mention other things. This is a good thing, and it's also a big thing. It really should be done. Write a booklet and discuss it together. Is there anything else?" Li Shimin agreed happily. :

"As for other people, Datang is currently short of manpower everywhere, just arrange to do things. If they don't do well, they will be punished to go to the county to teach, teach children to read and write, and teach Turkic people to learn Chinese and Chinese characters. The matter of the two princes is even more serious. Good arrangement, you can add a few more ministers. There were only two before, but now there are four? I think it is possible to add two, and it is best to add 10, so that you can relax a lot. Discuss those trivial matters, so you won't bother the saint." Feng Daiwen said flatteringly:
"It's a trivial matter, huh, the Tang Dynasty has only been established for a long time, and the court is in chaos. I don't have to look at it and it's already in chaos." Li Shimin snorted and said:

"Okay, that's the end of today's discussion. After you go down, write a notebook carefully, and write down the method clearly. Then we will discuss it in the court." Li Shimin said:
"Abiding by the decree, I will wait for you to leave." Feng An and Feng Daiwen resigned when they saw that Li Shimin was almost done.

(End of this chapter)