Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 370
One day, after Li Chengqian came down to the court, he said to his neighbors: "Recently, I have been thinking about a problem. I have been thinking about the problem of ruling the people, but I have not been able to get to the point. Can you explain it to me?"

Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu Laiji came out to salute and replied: "Your Majesty! I remember that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi once went on a trip and saw an old man suffering from hunger and cold. He couldn't bear it and ordered him to Give the old man food and clothing."

"The old man said to Duke Huan of Qi: I hope that the king will give food to all the hungry people in Qi State, and give me clothes, after Duke Huan of Qi gives him clothes."

"The old man said to Duke Huan of Qi again: I hope the king can give clothes to the people of Qi, so that everyone will not have to fear the cold."

"Duke Huan of Qi was a little displeased. He felt that the old man was playing tricks on him, so he said, "The widow's treasury is limited, how can everyone give it to everyone? Even if I want to, I can't do anything. The strength does not allow the widow to do so."

"The old man smiled and said: What's so difficult about this, as long as the king is willing to do it, it can be done. Duke Huan of Qi hurriedly asked: What should I do to do what you said?"

The old man said: "If you don't interfere with farming in spring, you will have food; if you don't interfere with silkworm breeding in summer, you will have clothes. From this point of view, reducing corvees is a good way to rule the people." "Laiji said.

Li Chengqian understood that Lai Ji was insinuating and telling him to reduce the burden on the people and not to make the burden on the people too heavy.

"Then according to what Aiqing said, what should we do?" Li Chengqian asked.

Laiji said: "This year Shandong has recruited tens of thousands of corvee workers. It would be too tiring to serve others, and it would be a waste of money to hire them. I implore your Majesty to exempt all others except those required by the public."

Since ancient times, the feudal dynasties and civilian husbands have been voluntary to work in corvee without any remuneration, because this is their obligation, so it is easy for the family to have no one to do the farm work.

"Qing is right, then I will issue an edict that from now on, no civil servants will be recruited at will for projects that are not needed by the public." Li Chengqian said, he agreed with Laiji's words.

Conscripting so many people to serve in corvée will not only waste the people and waste money, but also easily lead to no one farming the land during the busy farming season, which will affect the stability of the Tang Dynasty.

"Recently, the Palace of Rituals announced that it is going to suspend the sacrifices of Taizu and Shizu. Gaozu will match Haotian in Yuanqiu, and the late emperor will match the five emperors in Mingtang. Do you think I should agree?" Li Chengqian asked.

Li Chengqian felt that this was very troublesome. Anyway, they were all ancestors, and it would be over if they worshiped together, so why bother to move around.

"Report to Your Majesty! I think that the things played by the Palace of Rituals are reasonable and proper. Gao Zu is His Majesty's grandfather, and the late Emperor is His Majesty's father. According to the etiquette system, it should be like this, and there is nothing wrong with it." A minister came out to salute.

"Since this is the case, then I will approve the invitation from the Palace of Rituals." Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian and the others discussed the major national affairs and some things that needed to be changed, such as how to change the people's livelihood, so as to make the life of the Tang people more prosperous.

At this time, an eunuch ran in and saluted, "Report to Your Majesty! There is a secret report from the west of the Tang Dynasty."

Wang Quan stepped forward in a hurry, took the secret report, turned back and handed the secret report to Li Chengqian, the eunuch saluted and retreated.

Li Chengqian hurriedly opened the secret report to check it, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At first, he thought that some barbarian made trouble again!
"Your Majesty! What did the secret report say?" Lai Ji asked, and the rest of the ministers were eagerly waiting for Li Chengqian's reply.

He thought the same as Li Chengqian at first, thinking that there was a rebellion somewhere, and the local government was unable to handle it, so he sent a secret letter asking for help.

When he saw Li Chengqian's stretched brows, he realized that they were wrong!This should be a secret report to announce the good news, but I don't know what to write.

"It was reported in the secret report that Yang Dongfu, the chief of the Western Barbarians, Wang Luoqi, the chief of Xianhe, and Wang Jiachong, the chiefs of Lang, Kun, Li, and Panzhou, were willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian said.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! All the kingdoms of the world are coming to court, as the Tang Dynasty is majestic." All the ministers saluted and congratulated.

This is undoubtedly another happy event for Datang.

After congratulations, everyone discussed for a while before getting up and leaving.

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In September, there was a storm in Kuozhou and a tsunami occurred, drowning more than [-] families and tens of thousands of people.

In winter, in November, Langwo Libo, the chief of Shengqiang, and other commanders joined him. Li Chengqian was very happy, and set Zhe and Gongzhou with his land.

"See Your Majesty!" Xue Rengui and Li Ji saluted in the back garden of Da Nei.

"Excuse me! Recently, I received a secret report that Baekje and Goguryeo's attack on Silla did not stop because of the joining of the Tang army. Instead, they launched a more violent offensive. Silla may not be able to support it for long!"

"Soon King Jin Chunqiu of Silla will send someone to ask for help from the Tang Dynasty again. The battle between us and Goguryeo may be inevitable." Li Chengqian said.

"Didn't Your Majesty already send Cheng Mingzhen and Su Dingfang to assist Silla? Where did Baekje and Goguryeo come from to compete with the coalition forces of Datang and Silla?" Xue Rengui wondered, how could this be possible.

He once participated in the battle against Goguryeo, and has a certain understanding of Goguryeo's combat effectiveness.

Goguryeo is the most powerful of the three countries on the peninsula, while Silla and Baekje are comparable in strength, but even if they are not as good as Goguryeo, the gap in strength between the two sides is not that big.

This time the Tang Dynasty sent troops to join forces with Silla to fight Baekje and Goguryeo, and the Goguryeo coalition forces could not get any benefit at all.

Xue Rengui felt very surprised!What is the reason, Goguryeo is so crazy, even if it wins Silla, it must be seriously injured.

This is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity for Datang.

Xue Rengui couldn't figure it out, was the ruler of Goguryeo an idiot?
To actually do such a crazy thing is simply to push Goguryeo into the abyss. Could it be that since the death of Quangai Suwen, the successor is really an idiot.

If this is the case, Xue Rengui would like to encourage Li Chengqian to send troops to destroy Goguryeo.

Not only Xue Rengui thought so, Li Ji was even more contemptuous in his heart, the current rulers in Goguryeo are crazy.

There is a powerful dynasty like Datang next to it, and it dares to do something that hurts both sides, so it has to be brain-dead to smash Silla.

For such a stupid person, this is the first time Li Ji has heard of it after he has lived for such a long time. He has lived for so long and can hear everything.

Since people created an opportunity for Datang to eliminate him, they didn't make good use of their efforts to live in Goguryeo.

Not only is Goguryeo going to be destroyed, but Silla and Baekje will be tidied up as well.

(End of this chapter)