Don't be a prince

In the last sentence, Du Ruhui said it firmly.

Li Chengqian shook his head: "Although Gu ordered people to find this thing, Gu didn't want to take the credit for himself. Du Xiang, do you know how many people died because of this thing? How many people survived?" How miserable is it?"

Du Ruhui shook his head.

With Du Ruhui's company, Li Chengqian finally had the courage to visit the next ward.

Pulling Du Ruhui together, the two walked into the next ward.

The ward is very large, but the smell of medicine is very strong. There are nineteen beds in the huge room, and each person lying on the bed is tied with at least one bandage.

Seeing two people coming in, everyone sat up from the bed, and when they saw the prince's clothes clearly, they all burst into tears.

Li Chengqian didn't know what to say, so he could only stand upright, bend his hands together, and bend at ninety degrees!

"On behalf of the people of the world, thank you for your efforts!"

Seeing the crown prince saluting, although Du Ruhui was still a little confused about the situation, he followed suit.

Scarface was still alive, but one arm was missing. When he saw the prince saluting, he fell to his knees in panic and said repeatedly: "Your Highness, you can't do it, you can't do it!"

Those with both legs fell to their knees, those with broken legs and those who couldn't get up could only worry on the bed.

Getting up, Li Chengqian walked to Scarface's side and reached out to help him up.Touching his empty sleeves, I had mixed feelings.

The scarred face smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, don't be sad, this arm is still a shameful job, who would have thought that the savages in that land would use poisonous bows and arrows. If you don't know how to detoxify, you can only chop off your arm I lost it. I wonder if Your Highness has seen the things we brought back? We tried our best and only got them back. I feel that if I don’t come back, I’m afraid everyone will die, so I’m going to return on my own. I will go again, and I will be able to find all the things the prince wants! Except for those few tree species, I planted a round on that continent. After one round of planting, it was brought back to Chang'an."

Patting Scarface on the shoulder, Li Chengqian sighed and said, "It was so miserable once I went there, how could Gu have the heart to let you go again? Strong man, didn't you ask your name?"

Scarface was very surprised, and hurriedly said: "You can't be a respectable surname, a humble surname Zhang, without a name, and your companions are usually called humble Zhang Da."

Li Chengqian said: "It's okay to have a surname but no name. Why don't you just give you my own name. From today on, you'll be called Zhang Gan, how about it?"

Scarred face, no, Zhang Qian quickly knelt down on the ground: "The humble job is like nothing, how can you use the same name as the prince? It will shorten your life, and please take back your life!"

Patting Zhang Gan on the shoulder, Li Chengqian said: "I couldn't afford it before, but since you came back, I can afford it. The [-] guan that I promised you will be given to you as promised, and you will be free again. Except In addition, Gu will reward you with an additional [-] guan. After a while, the emperor will probably come over, and I will give you a baron title in front of the emperor! Moreover, it will be handed down from generation to generation! As long as it is your descendant, Only one person can inherit the title, and the Tang Dynasty will not change for a day!"

If Zhang Qian and the others were shocked by the naming of the prince, when the promise of the title of baron appeared, they had already forgotten to breathe.

It's hard for them to believe that they are usually awarded the title of baron, a handed down baron?Could it be that I took too much medicine at noon and had hallucinations?

Du Ruhui anxiously said: "His Royal Highness, how can you promise like this? Heir to the Baron? This, this is too much!"

Chapter 421 The Prosperity Arrives

Heirloom Baron?Although the baron is the lowest kind of title, the most valuable is not the baron, but the word handed down from generation to generation.This is equivalent to combining the fate of these people with Datang.This is even more thorough than the combination of their dukes and the like.

The opposite sex is not allowed to be king, this is a rule that has appeared since the Han Dynasty.And the appearance of the handed down baron is even more surprising than the appearance of a king with a different surname.

This not only does not conform to the ancestral system, but also creates a precedent for future generations!

Thinking of being called, Du Ruhui suddenly shivered.

After waving his hands again and again, Du Ruhui stepped back and said, "Your Highness, don't think that this old minister can help you. This old minister doesn't dare to fight against the entire noble group with you!"

Li Chengqian frowned and said: "Why are we fighting against the noble group together? A baron handed down soon? To put it bluntly, it is to give these people a honorary reward and give their descendants a guarantee that they will not starve to death. Is it so serious? "

Glancing at the people who were still kneeling on the ground, Du Ruhui took Li Chengqian's hand, walked to the door, repelled the people by the door, and then whispered in Li Chengqian's ear: "Your Highness, do you think this matter It’s so simple? If you change to a nobleman, this matter will be nothing. But who are these people? The old minister can see that these people should be the dead soldiers you secretly summoned. Such a lifeless person, Not only did you join the aristocratic group, but you also became the biggest alternative among the aristocrats. What do you make other people think?

Not to mention that they will attract a group of people to attack, even you will be accused of recruiting dead soldiers without permission.Listen to the old minister's persuasion, such a credit, you, as the big boss, is the best protection for them.At that time, let alone a baron, if you submit a request to make them a viscount, no one will stop them. After all, it is a great merit to support the common people. Don't even think about passing it down as a baron! "

Hearing Du Ruhui's words, Li Chengqian was a little dumbfounded.Is this the situation the emperor has been in all along?No matter what you think about, you can't implement it because of the checks and balances below?In the past, he always felt that the emperor was too stupid to focus on the people, but now it seems that this is not necessarily the case.

The aristocratic class, and even the entire honorable class, are the greatest enemies of the common people!

Good guy, it turned out that I was too simple before. I thought that sitting in the position of Shang Shuling, I could already see through the court, but now it seems that the intricacies of the relationship are beyond the comprehension of myself, a rookie.No wonder, no wonder the emperor even chose the enfeoffment system. Now it seems that his idea is not to enfeoff nobles and guard the royal family at all, but to disperse the power of the nobility to various places, so that the imperial power can be dominated by one family, divide and rule!

No wonder, no wonder Changsun Wuji stood on the opposite side of the emperor this time.No wonder the emperor received overall resistance from the entire noble class this time!

(Personal analysis, don't spray if you don't like it)

Cold sweat began to appear on the back.Seeing this clearly, Li Chengqian suddenly realized that he was still too superficial. Compared with this group of old vixens who saw the middle layer at a glance, and could see the inner layer with a little thought, he was still too young. up.

Respectfully bowing his hands to Du Ruhui, Li Chengqian said: "Du Xiang, I really took the liberty of this matter, thank you for reminding me!"

Seeing the prince's change of heart, Du Ruhui breathed a sigh of relief, stroked his beard and said, "Your son can be taught, as long as His Highness understands. The old minister knows that His Highness is grateful to those who sacrificed their lives for the common people, but you still don't want to treat them badly." The rewards have been given to make a plan, everything, just leave it to His Majesty!"

Nodding, Du Ruhui passed Li Chengqian, walked in front of Zhang Qian and the others and said, "If you don't want to implicate His Highness the Crown Prince, forget what you just said. This old man is the left servant of the Shangshu who shot Du Ruhui. I will guarantee you with my honor. Efforts are bound to get enough rewards. But at the moment, the most important thing for you is to take good care of your body first."

Shangshu left servant shoot?

Although they didn't know what this official position was, they still knew Du Ruhui's name, and they immediately bowed their hands and saluted.

After all the people were settled, Du Ruhui dragged Li Chengqian away, preparing to meet the emperor at the gate of the medical school.

It doesn't take much verbal stimulation, just a sentence "new crops with a yield of [-] catties per mu have appeared", which is enough to make the emperor rush over desperately.

Sure enough, even though it was late at night, the emperor rushed over on horseback under the guard of a group of people holding torches.

It can be seen that the emperor's clothes are all in a mess, the inner clothes are even worn outside, and the fur capes are all turned upside down.

Jumping off the horse, he waved away Li Chengqian's hand that was about to salute. Li Shimin stared wide-eyed and asked, "Where is the new crop? If you dare to lie to me, even if you are the prince, I will punish you!"

Seeing that the emperor lost even one of his shoes, Li Chengqian hurriedly said, "The crops are at Du Xiang's place. Father, you should go into the house first. If you get frostbitten, the loss outweighs the gain."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian couldn't help but Li Shimin refused, so he stepped forward to pick him up and ran towards the hospital building.

Li Jian is always a caring servant, and he has already brought all the clothes and shoes of the emperor when he arrived on the back foot.

After some busy work, the sloppy emperor disappeared, and Li Shimin, who was dressed neatly again, stretched out his hand the first thing he did when he saw Du Ruhui.

Du Ruhui didn't understand the emperor's temper, so he quickly took out the corn and put it in the emperor's hands.

After holding the corn and examining it carefully for a while, Li Shimin stretched out his hand without hesitation to pinch a grain and put it in his mouth.

These corns have dried up long ago, no matter how good the teeth are, how can they taste the taste?

After crushing it vigorously, Li Shimin frowned and said, "Is this a new crop? Shouldn't this be boiled and eaten, or ground into flour?"

Just one sentence, you can know that this is not an emperor who "why not eat minced meat".In fact, even if it was for acting at the beginning, after so many years of uninterrupted, the Spring Plowing Ceremony has become a real event.Whether it is farming or harvesting, the emperor does it himself, at most, someone else will take care of the fields of Tianjia.In a bad year, the emperor would even go to the surrounding villages to rent a place, punch out the grain in the field and bring it back to the palace.

In this way, there are even several bags of grain sent by the emperor in the imperial dining room, specially for the emperor to eat.

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Indeed, but the corn kernels are dry now, and the taste may not be very good when boiled. If you grind it into flour and make pancakes, the taste is still good. Although it is a bit rough, it is at least not bad after eating. People will starve to death! Flour porridge is even better than seaweed soup, but the flavor is different."

While looking at the new crops in his hand, Li Shimin asked, "How do you know such details?"

Li Chengqian said without changing his face: "In fact, I saw this in an ancient book, and it is also because the records in this ancient book do not seem to be fake, that I dared to send people to find this magical crop...."

So, Li Chengqian went on to describe how he organized the dead and sent them to find these things.

If a lie is told a thousand times, it will be half-truth, and if it is told ten thousand times, the liar will think he is telling the truth.The words he had prepared long ago made Li Chengqian impeccable both in tone and demeanor. He was confident that even if he was talking in his sleep, he would not tell the truth.

"What about the ancient book? Since this one is recorded, there must be more!"

Li Chengqian smiled wryly: "That ancient book is actually a bamboo slip. It rained continuously in Chang'an, but the eunuch who entered the warehouse forgot to close the door, and it was destroyed."

"Destroyed?"

When Li Shimin grabbed it, all the corn kernels flew out, and Du Ruhui was so frightened that he lay down on the ground and picked them up one by one.

"Why did it get destroyed! Who is that eunuch? I'm going to tear him apart!"

"The eunuch is Fangzheng. He has been dead for many years, Father. Besides, it doesn't matter if it is damaged. I have already written down the contents. Although these dead men didn't bring back everything I wanted, but The few things you brought back are enough! With these, I dare to tell you that if there is any famine in the future, unless the sun rises from the west!"

After speaking, Li Chengqian showed potatoes, sweet potatoes and persimmons in the same way.

Naturally, Li Shimin doesn't like persimmons. What he values ​​are potatoes and sweet potatoes. Since Li Chengqian said that these things have the potential to catch up with corn and even overtake them, it probably won't be true.

Caressing potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn is more affectionate than touching concubines.

I don't know how long after stroking, Li Shimin finally regained consciousness a little bit, glanced at the ward next door, and asked: "The warrior who went to the unknown place is here!"

Li Shimin knew very well why the prince asked him to come here, and he also knew that after completing this task, those people could no longer be called "dead men".

Li Chengqian nodded.

Kicking corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes into his arms, Li Shimin walked into the ward, closed the door, and didn't even allow Li Jian to accompany him.

After a long time, as Li Shimin opened the door, shouts of "Long live my emperor" also sounded.Although it was only a glimpse, Li Chengqian still saw the expressions of Zhang Qian and others.

How should I put it, fanaticism is not enough to describe this expression.He had no doubt that if the emperor's father ordered them to take their heads off for him to take a look at, these people would not hesitate to chop off their heads.

incredible.

Glancing at Li Chengqian, Li Shimin said: "Send these few seeds to the Agricultural College, order them to cultivate the seeds well, and come and see them if something goes wrong."

Li Chengqian nodded and reached out for something in the emperor's arms, but was ignored.

Holding several corn kernels, Du Ruhui smiled and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, such a grand event should be announced to the world! Putting potatoes and sweet potatoes aside, this corn will be popularized soon. Although we don't need it anymore in Tang Dynasty What is there to prove my orthodoxy, but to announce this matter, just in time for the Chinese New Year, so that the people of the world can have fun together!"

Li Chengqian thought for a while, and said, "Father, in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, we need an introduction, Zhancheng rice, corn, etc., especially after the agricultural tax cuts, the people of the world finally don't have to worry about famine. This kind of The grand event started by the common people is suitable as the opening chapter of the prosperous age. I have always felt that something was missing when the prosperous age came, but now it seems that it has been completed!"

Nodding his head, Li Shimin said proudly: "What you said makes sense. If that's the case, then follow what you said, and the imperial court will distribute the announcement to the state capitals all over the world. This year, let the whole people of the Tang Dynasty enjoy themselves together!"

After speaking, Li Shimin reached out to touch the things in his arms, and walked away with his head held high.

It would be impossible to stay in the medical school any longer, so Li Chengqian and Du Ruhui had no choice but to take their own medicines and left the medical school overnight.

As for the rewards of Zhang Qian and others, although Li Chengqian was expressionless after hearing about it, he couldn't help but smile wryly in the corner where no one was around.

The emperor's promise was just as Du Ruhui guessed, it was a viscount, of course, a serious viscount with a fief.At the same time, the surname "Li" was given to the 19 people who are still alive.

Without a lot of money, just a surname of Li made Zhang Qian and the others crazy.The surname Li was bestowed by the emperor himself. As for Zhang Gan, it was less than one night.It became Li Gan. Now, it really has the same name as the prince.

Rewards in terms of reputation were even stronger in the Tang Dynasty than in later generations.

Only a few days after the Great Court Conference ended, the last work of the previous year was coming to an end, but no one expected that at this time, another Great Court Conference was held.

It was also at this grand court meeting that the emperor announced the newly conferred titles, and also displayed new crops such as corn and sweet potatoes.Suddenly, the audience was in an uproar.

Among them, Wei Zheng smiled the most. He couldn't eat gold, jade and jewels when he was hungry, and he couldn't drink when he was thirsty; so what if he defeated all the enemies?The current land area of ​​Datang alone is enough to keep people busy.In his view, the country should focus on the people now.How business develops will only bring changes in taxation, but if it can make the people live a better life, the effect will not be comparable to that of short-term taxation.

Not to mention too much, the appearance of a single item of corn is many times stronger than the annihilation of an enemy country.When corn is popularized and there is no fear of famine in the world, who dares to say that it is impossible for Datang to create eternal peace?

Compared with the more honorable Li Gan and others, Sinongsi lost face this time.Because the previous report was incomplete, this time they were not even qualified to breed new seeds.If it weren't for Xiangli Xuanjiang kneeling in the court hall and begging the emperor to give Sinong Temple another chance in tears, otherwise the decline of Sinong Temple would have been foreseeable.

After some crying, Xiangli Xuanjie got the right to cultivate sweet potatoes, and at the same time issued a military order that must succeed.

Of course, Li Chengqian didn't care about these things, the only thing he cared about now was his wife.

Now the Liangyi Hall is almost turning into a big shed, the windows and doors are covered with quilts, and the inside is as warm as spring.Because Su Yuan and Yan Wan were here, even the emperor was embarrassed to come here.Li Chengqian and Li Tai couldn't come here alone, but when the two came together, the eldest grandson couldn't help but drive them away.

Yan Wan's belly is already very big, although Su Yuan's is a little later, but not much younger than her.Li Chengqian believed in Sun Simiao's diagnosis. This baby is likely to be twins!

"You two, there is no shortage of beauties in the East Palace and Prince Wei's Mansion, why can't you think about it after you haven't seen each other for a few days?"

Sitting in the first place, the eldest grandson couldn't help criticizing the two brothers.

Li Tai smiled, walked quickly to the eldest grandson's side and hugged her arm and said, "Queen Mother, you can't be blamed on us two brothers. There are quite a few concubines in Father's Palace, so I still favor you alone." Well."

Facing Li Tai's cheating, the eldest grandson was speechless and could only say repeatedly: "Okay, okay, don't hold it, he will soon be a father, why is he still so childish. Anyway, since You guys are here, so stay here. It just so happens that this palace is very happy to see your father today, so let's have a meal together as a family."

After speaking, the eldest grandson got up and went to find the emperor.

After the eldest grandson left, Li Tai irregularly sat down beside Li Chengqian, ignoring the fact that his sister-in-law was also nearby.

Grabbing Li Chengqian by the neck, Li Tai said: "After studying in the engineering college for such a long time, I have never thought of a method. What is it that has such great strength that it can even help ships sail against the wind and the current? I was not convinced before, but now I'm convinced, you tell me the answer quickly!"

Slapping Li Tai's hand off, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "How can anyone who is convinced like you be like you? Forget it, the adventure team just happened to bring back what I wanted, so it's okay to tell you. After dinner later, You came to the East Palace with me, I have already recorded this kind of power in a book. According to the guidance of this book, you can always research the steam engine."

"Steam engine? Steam? The one that comes out when cooking and boiling water? Brother Huang, are you kidding me! That thing can move the boat? Gunpowder is laborious!"

"Okay, don't be confused, you will understand when you read the book. The steam engine is a door for you, and you have to rely on yourself. I have taken over Shang Shusheng now, but No time to study that stuff."

Li Tai sneered: "Did you spend time researching before? Seriously, brother, I really doubt that you are born with these things. I stay in the laboratory and have the best team. The results that can only be obtained after days of experiments don't seem to surprise you at all!"

"What are you thinking about, get out of the way, how can you flatter like this."

To deal with Li Tai, Li Chengqian could only choose a simple and rude way.There is no way, corn and the like can still use "ancient books" as an excuse, and medical skills and the like can still use "medical books" as an excuse, but it will not work when it comes to science.Science, especially scientific exploration, really does not come out of results just by turning around in your head.It is indeed scary enough to have results without combining them with practice.

Fortunately, however, this scariness has "stopped here".

Chapter 422 Elder Brother Like Father?

The steam engine is already the upper limit of his mastery of technology, and he only knows the principle clearly, but he has no way to design a model.As for the internal combustion engine, Li Chengqian simply didn't understand at all.I know that this guy burns oil to provide power, but how it burns and how the power is converted is not clear at all.

However, it is definitely not something that the steam engine can match.

Not long after, the emperor and queen came back together.He had just finished his busy period, but the emperor seemed to be in high spirits, without any signs of fatigue.Yes, no matter which emperor gets a lot of new crops in a row, he will be in good spirits.