Great Tang Southern Emperor

And with Li Shimin's diligence, he probably spent more time sleeping on this bed than on the imperial couch.From a certain point of view, the status of this small bed is not even inferior to the imperial couch.But what did he see now? At this moment, a child was sleeping on this small bed that was no lower than the imperial couch. Without looking at the child's face, Fang Xuanling knew that the one who slept on it must have caused the gathering in the palace. The chief culprit - Li Zhen, the current king of Yue.

Li Shimin naturally noticed Fang Xuanling's expression, and said with a natural expression: "Before I called you this time, Zhen'er opened my eyes and solved many problems for me. By the time I finished speaking, I was already very sleepy." , so I will let him sleep for a while, and Fang Qing will also rest first, and I will tell you in detail when Du Qing and the others come."

"But this child is not light at all. He is only four years old, and I can't hold it anymore, and I don't know how to eat it." Speaking of this, Li Shimin looked happy.

"Your Highness is born with supernatural power. If he eats a lot on weekdays, his body will naturally become heavy. It's like the second son of my minister. He eats more than our whole family alone, and his stature is also extremely heavy." Fang Xuanling hurriedly He agreed, he is also a sensible person, although this small bed is comparable to the imperial couch in some respects, but it is not an imperial couch after all, it is just an ordinary small bed, as long as Li Shimin does not pursue it, no one can do anything about it. say what.

Fang Xuanling didn't wait long, and soon all the people Li Shimin was looking for were called.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what is the reason for calling the minister to wait late at night?" Wei Zheng was the only one who could say this, and he was the only one who dared not give Li Shimin a little face.

"If Wei Qing doesn't ask, I will tell you." Li Shimin wasn't unhappy at all, only full of helplessness. He really had nothing to do with Wei Zheng, an old guy.In fact, there is nothing about Wei Zheng tonight, because Wei Zheng is not the prime minister of the three provinces, but it is precisely because he is afraid of Wei Zheng, and Li Shimin is afraid that he will cause trouble for him in the future, so he called him here and blocked him directly. Mouth.

"But how should I start? Let's put it this way, it's not that I called you here, or that Zhen'er called you here." Li Shimin summed up his language, and said slowly: "This is what happened. Tonight After correcting the memorial, I was about to rest for a while, but Zhen'er suddenly asked to see me, and then things happened like this, what's wrong with you?"

But after Li Shimin finished speaking, he found that everyone present had different expressions, some were surprised, some were pleasantly surprised, some were horrified, and some were surprised. Although everyone had different expressions, they all had one thing in common, that is, they all had A look of being shocked, obviously, Li Shimin's words had a great impact on them.

After a long time, Fang Xuanling regained his composure: "So the emperor and his ministers are here to discuss this matter?"

Li Shimin nodded and said: "That's right, although Zhen'er is arrogant and ignorant, the five strategies he proposed for the country are indeed very reasonable, especially the strategy of eating people with sheep is unheard of, but when you think about it carefully, there is quite a big difference." operational."

"However, this move is based on the fact that we were able to destroy the Turks this time. I can't raise it in front of others. I can only work hard for you to demonstrate it tonight." Li Shimin turned his attention to Du Ruhui, Fang Mou Du Juan is not talking about it, Du Ruhui has a decisive temperament, plans far and wide, and prepares tents, and forms a close partner with the scheming Fang Xuanling. There is only one way out, but it still needs Du Ruhui to decide which way to use.

"Keming, what do you think?"

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, I think I can try one by one." Du Ruhui's health is already extremely poor, and he also passed away in the middle of this year in history. Therefore, Li Shimin stopped the court for three days and led all the officials to pay homage. Posthumously named Du Ruhui Sikong, and posthumously named Cai Guogong.

But this is in history, now with Li Zhen's participation, Du Ruhui's ending is uncertain.

"Keming, your body..." Li Shimin was very worried. In fact, Du Ruhui hadn't participated in political affairs much since he contracted the disease, but this time the matter was not trivial. If it was small, it was a post-war decision-making meeting, and if it was big, it could be said to be A meeting that will affect the future national policy of the Tang Dynasty, so even if Du Ruhui is worried, this time Li Shimin must be analyzed by this old friend who is good at making decisions.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I'm fine." Du Ruhui took a few breaths, as if he had recovered, and said slowly: "His Highness King Yue's plan can be said to be beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. If it fails, what loss will we have for Datang? But if it succeeds, then Datang will gain more than just a Turk.”

After all, the cost of failure is still too low.Just like the lottery of later generations, you only need two dollars to participate in the game of the 500 million grand prize. If you win, you can get 500 million. If you fail, you just lose two dollars. In future generations, who cares about the loss of two dollars?

What's more, Datang's success rate this time is not comparable to that of a mere lottery. No matter how much you criticize and belittle, at least [-]% of the success rate is still there. If this is the case, why not give it a try?Anyway, failure is nothing more than a loss of some money and food, and such a loss is not even comparable to two yuan at the national level.

Wen Yanbo also agreed to give it a try, but added: "Keming's words are reasonable, but there are a few things I don't understand, please ask the emperor to allow me to ask His Highness the King of Yue."

"Da Lin (Wen Yanbo's word) is an old and prudent statement, and I have no reason not to follow it?" Li Shimin agreed happily, but what Li Zhen received was painful.

Chapter 166 Five Strategies for Establishing the Country (7)

Chapter 92 Five Strategies for Establishing the Country (7)

"Ah! If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have made any moves against you, Father. I'm so sleepy." This feeling of being woken up from a deep sleep is really unpleasant, especially for a child, thanks to his temperament It's not a child, otherwise he would have been crying miserably by now.

"Zhen'er, don't talk nonsense." Li Shimin was so embarrassed, but he could only coax him in a gentle voice: "It's just that some adults are asking you a few questions, and you can go back to sleep after asking them, and the emperor promises not to wake you up again." you."

"Okay, okay, ask quickly, really." Li Zhen looked disgusted, and muttered: "I have to trouble my child with a little problem, how did you get into the prime minister?"

"Uh..." The prime ministers suddenly smiled wryly. After half their lives as officials, they were despised by a brat in the end, and they couldn't refute it. This feeling is really uncomfortable.

"Zhen'er, don't talk nonsense, these adults are all capable, not comparable to your little cleverness." Li Shimin wanted to laugh, and his heart was secretly refreshed. Usually, he was run over by you old guys, but now It's finally your turn, and you were run over by my son, I see if you have the face to refute, this is really reincarnation, retribution is not good.

"Yes, everyone, hurry up and ask." Li Zhen is also awake now, and can't help urging: "It's almost dawn, if you don't ask me, I will fall asleep."

"Yes, then let me ask the first question." Wei Zheng said first: "Dare to ask Your Highness, what is the cost of weaving this wool into cloth?

"Hey, I have to calculate this. According to the price of ten catties of wool, the price is one penny, and the freight plus loss is almost one penny. If three pennies are roughly calculated in this way, ten catties of wool roughly needs one plus one plus two plus five plus five plus three to equal about one tael of silver, that's right, this is the price." Li Zhen's heart darkened even Li Shimin couldn't stop it.

"" Silence, incomparable silence, everyone looked at Li Zhen with weird eyes, while Li Shimin squatted in the corner covering his face, saying goodbye to Jiang Dong's elders without a face.

After a long time, Fang Xuanling said with a sour voice: "Your Highness, although I am not very good at numeracy, simple addition and subtraction are still no problem. According to the consumption given by you, Your Highness, the price I calculated is about Fifteen or so, it's a little bit different from what your Highness said."

Li Zhen took it for granted: "There is a price difference for sure. I have worked hard to transport the wool from the grassland, and then I have to degrease, spin, weave, and finally dye it. I can't sell it at the cost price. You? I always want to earn more or less, right? Isn’t that too much?”

"Of course it's okay to make a little money, and no one has any objections, but isn't it a little too much, Your Highness?" Wang Gui didn't say anything, and couldn't help it now: "The cost is only a dozen cash, and you actually want to sell it?" One or two, this is almost a hundred times the profit, right?"

"Ten catties of wool can probably weave two bolts of cloth, which is only half a tael of silver, and one bolt of cloth is considered to be ten sets of clothes, and ten catties of cloth is twenty sets of clothes. How much can twenty sets of clothes sell for?" ?” Li Zhen did the calculation for them, and then put on a shameless expression that I was doing it for your own good, and said, “Besides, don’t forget, the cheapest linen on the market now costs more than half a tael a piece, right? ? I would like to sell it cheaper, but if it is cheaper, based on the fineness of my woolen cloth, do you think there is room for other cloths in the market? By then you will let those who make a living by weaving linen Man, how do I live? Not to mention linen, even silk has to make way for my woolen cloth, right?"

"What your highness said is so reasonable, but the minister is speechless." Wang Gui immediately bowed down, although he knew that Li Zhen was making excuses for himself to make a lot of money, but what he said made sense, and Wang Gui couldn't find it for a while. to the grounds for objection.

"Let's not talk about this, let's discuss it at the end of the Tao, let's ask the next question first." Because Li Zhen's shameless defeat, the atmosphere at the scene was awkward, Li Shimin came out to save the scene in time: "Dalin, don't you have a problem? What is your question?"

"Yes." Wen Yanbo took advantage of the situation to change the topic: "May I ask Your Highness, the five policies to fix the country are indeed beneficial to the country, but they are somewhat sinister, and they are too harmful to the peace of heaven, right?"

"" Li Zhen glanced at him, but didn't speak.

"Oh, it's my fault, Your Highness, please don't blame me." Wen Yanbo apologized quickly, wishing to slap himself in the heart, what kind of bullshit question is this asking?In the confrontation between countries, do you care whether you are insidious or not, or whether you hurt the peace of heaven?Am I out of my mind to ask such a question?

"Actually, my minister's problem is like this." Wen Yanbo rearranged his language: "It's Tubo's problem. His Highness also said that Tubo Zanpu is not an easy character to deal with. If he realizes that our grain transportation plan is a If there is a conspiracy, it is very likely that this road will be cut off immediately, and our decision will fail. I wonder if His Highness has any supplementary methods?"

Li Zhendao: "Actually, I haven't finished talking about this strategy. We don't want their money when we sell food, but we need to trade by barter."

"Barter?" Li Shimin frowned and said, "It's bitterly cold in Tubo, what valuable things are there?"

"Father, don't underestimate any country." Li Zhen took a sip of tea to refresh himself, and explained: "After all, it can become a country, no matter how small the area is, it is only relative. What special products are there, who is this?" Can't tell.

Just like the country of Wa, the emperor knows that the people of the country of Wa are short and ugly, cruel and distorted, but you must not underestimate the country of Wa because of this. According to the records in the book of the old man, the country of Wa is rich in gold, silver and copper , On such a small piece of land, its gold and silver reserves are more than three times that of Datang, and its copper reserves are also very gratifying. Moreover, the country of Wa is a volcanic country, rich in sulfur and saltpeter, and its coal reserves are also amazing.

Then there are Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje. These three countries are located between the white mountains and the black waters. The output of medicinal materials is amazing, and the land there is fertile, and almost everything can be harvested. Iron ore reserves are known as the largest in the world, and there is a place called Maoshan, which is also known as the second largest in the world. Unfortunately, they don't know how to mine in batches, so they can only do small things. They really guard the golden mountain without knowing it.

Therefore, father, you must not underestimate Tubo, Tubo is indeed bitter cold, but bitter cold"

"Let's not talk about Tubo now, Zhen'er, what you just said is true?" Li Zhen gave a series of examples to prove that elementary school does not mean poverty, and when she was about to return to Tubo, Li Shimin suddenly interrupted him, Just interrupt when you interrupt, but why do you always feel that his voice is not right?

When I looked up, I was startled, what's wrong?Li Shimin's eyes were bloodshot, he was short of breath, his face was pale, and he stared at him with his eyes open. Those who didn't know it thought he had stayed up too late, but Li Zhen could clearly see that it was caused by excitement.

Looking at the others, they were no better than Li Shimin: Du Ruhui was trembling all over, his breathing stopped, and those who didn't know thought he had epilepsy.

Fang Xuanling did not twitch, but his eyes were wide open, with a wolf-like light in his eyes, under the light of the candle, Li Zhen even saw a faint green light.

Wang Gui was even more unbearable, Fang Xuanling's eyes were still shining, he even let out a sigh, his expression was the same as that of an old bachelor who hadn't seen a woman in 30 years when he saw a stunning beauty.

Wen Yanbo was a little better, but he opened his mouth wide. Coupled with his painful expression and the crisp cracking sound just now, it was obvious that the old man's jaw was dislocated.

Among all the people, only Wei Zheng performed the best. He deserves to be a big bull who can stand up to Li Shimin. This psychological quality is indeed not covered, and Li Zhen admires it.

Chapter 167 Five Strategies for Establishing the Country (9)

Chapter 94 Five Strategies for Establishing the Country (9)

Li Zhen has been asked all kinds of questions, until late at night, when everyone stopped talking, Li Shimin said: "Do you have any questions? If there are no questions, then you can go to Zhen'er." Go to sleep, Father is going to discuss the details with your lords."

"I have one last question." Fang Xuanling raised his hand.

"I also have a question." Li Zhen's words were almost indistinguishable from Fang Xuanling's.