Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 174: White Cat, Black Cat
In the Summer Palace, after the court meeting, Li Shimin, as usual, left his grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other ministers behind for a small meeting.

During this period of time, Datang was not stable.

All kinds of things emerged one after another, and Li Shimin was a little tired of coping.

"Your Majesty, there are more and more internal turmoil in the Eastern Turks. Last month, several tribes couldn't stand Xieli's new policy and jumped out to make trouble, but they were suppressed.

Wei Chen felt that this was a good time to attack the Eastern Turks. "

As a general in the army, Yu Chigong must be warlike.

However, his proposal was immediately refuted by Fang Xuanling.

"Not right! Although East Turkic is a bit chaotic now, the emaciated camels are bigger than horses, and their national power is still there, so it is not suitable for them to act rashly.

And we just signed the Weishui alliance last year. If we violate the agreement now, it will be easy to be caught by others in terms of faith.

The most important thing is that we are not ready yet. If we wait a few years before we start, the chances of winning will be much higher. "

Fang Xuanling is not the kind of frail scholar who doesn't understand anything.

Mounted can lead troops, dismounted can rule the people.

This is the ability that many ministers possessed in the early years of Zhenguan.

"It's really not the best time right now. The Eastern Turkic State Teacher is now copying my Tang Dynasty's policy according to the gourd, and sooner or later it will make the Turkic interior even more chaotic. At that time, it is the most suitable time for us to act."

Xiao Yu also stood up and raised objections.

In fact, he wants to attack East Turkic earlier than anyone else, because his sister, Empress Xiao, is still in Eastern Turkic.

However, because of this, even he thinks that now is not a good time to send troops, and everyone is quite convinced.

So the conversation quickly turned elsewhere.

"The situation in Jiangnan Road this year is not very optimistic. It just suffered a rare drought in the first half of the year, and it seems that there are more hurricanes recently. It is estimated that this year's harvest will be greatly affected."

When Fang Xuanling thought that his unreliable son was still in Mingzhou, his mood immediately became bad.

"It is said that the imperial court has arranged for Qin Xiedao to go to Mingzhou as a disaster relief envoy. Presumably he is so good at fishing that he should be able to solve the famine problem in the south of the Yangtze River by virtue of the right time and place."

As always, Changsun Wuji spoke without feeling pain in his back.

"That's right, Jiangnan Dao's matter is probably not that serious, unless Qin Xiedao is hiding his true skills."

Gao Shilian also held it beside him.

This kind of thing they thought was obviously impossible, but they deliberately praised Qin Xiedao so highly, obviously hoping that Qin Xiedao would fall more painfully.

However, I don't know if it was such a coincidence that Li Junxian, who came in hurriedly, happened to overhear the two of them talking.

Then he handed Li Shimin a memorial with a very strange expression.

"Huh? Each household in Mingzhou can get two large yellow croakers, each weighing five or six catties. Afterwards, they can buy unlimited large yellow croakers at a super low price of two yuan a piece?

Qin Xie said, did he really find a way to catch sea fish? "

Li Shimin read this somewhat thick memorial at a glance.

Then the face is very wonderful.

"Your Majesty, is there news from Mingzhou?"

Fang Xuanling, who always looked down on her second son, was more active than anyone else this time.

Although the news of Fang Yiai may not be mentioned in the memorial, but from the clues, Fang Xuanling can also infer Fang Yiai's situation in Mingzhou.

"Everyone, take a look! The life of the people of Mingzhou is more comfortable than that of you. Every day, the big yellow croakers are full and they don't need to eat."

Li Shimin's mood suddenly became very good.

As for the construction of the salt drying workshop and the shipbuilding workshop mentioned in the memorial, naturally there is no opinion.

He even agreed to ask the supervisor to arrange a group of elite craftsmen to support Qin Xiedao.

It can be regarded as solving the big problem of the Qin family's insufficient foundation in one go.

"This... how is this possible? You can catch boats full of large yellow croakers after a few hours every day. If this fishing is so easy, where is the famine in Mingzhou?"

Gao Shilian obviously couldn't accept this result after reading it.

I obviously wanted to send Qin Xiedao to Mingzhou, but in the end, I made a great contribution?
When he returns to Chang'an City this time, won't His Majesty find another chance to promote him?

Even if the official position has not changed, the kind of treatment that Jane has in the heart of the emperor is not something ordinary people can enjoy.

"It's really strange. The memorial didn't specify the specific fishing method. It just said that at least hundreds of thousands of catties of sea fish can be caught every day, or even millions of catties of sea fish. Isn't that too exaggerated?"

Changsun Wuji also expressed doubts.

"Your Majesty, although we don't know exactly how Qin Xiedao fishes. But whether the people of Mingzhou really have fish to eat every day, and whether the famine problem has been solved, this will surely receive a memorial from the Mingzhou government soon. .

When the two sides are compared, the situation will naturally become clear.The things reported by Qin Xiedao can be verified by just checking them casually. There is no need for him to play tricks in this kind of place. "

Fang Xuanling's well-founded analysis immediately left Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji speechless.

Yes.

How could Qin Xiedao be so stupid to lie about this kind of thing?

The imperial court can easily find out.

Thinking about it this way, it means that what was said in the memorial is true?

The mood of Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji immediately became worse.

Is this equivalent to sending Qin Xiedao to Mingzhou to make meritorious service?

Is it evil?

"Qin Dalang has a saying that it doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat. We don't care how he catches sea fish, as long as he can catch a large number of sea fish, it is a good thing."

Yu Chigong's third son also went to Mingzhou with Qin Xiedao.

This credit, no matter what, has his share.

That's why Yuchi Gong jumped out very actively today to express his support for Qin Xiedao.

Besides, it is quite normal for generals to support generals.

"Everything you love to say makes sense. Qin Xiedao can solve the famine problem in Mingzhou. No matter what method is used, it is a great thing to celebrate.

If this opportunity can be used to let the people of Mingzhou master the new skills of fishing at sea, then the counties along the coast of Datang will not be in a state of starvation every year. This is also something worth looking forward to. "

From Li Shimin's point of view, he naturally hoped that his subordinates would be as powerful as possible.

Anyway, he didn't worry about who would threaten his throne.

People who are really threatening can beat drums in their bones.

With such good news, today's small meeting naturally went smoothly.

(End of this chapter)