I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

After all, no matter how he is the prince or the heir, the world is still Li Shimin's at present, and the throne is still under Li Shimin's ass.

Li Shimin snatched this dragon chair, and he has not yet warmed it up, so how could he give it up.

This is like the lion king who has just ascended the throne, not to mention outsiders, even his own brothers and children, as long as they get closer and show their teeth a little, they will make him feel that they are coveting my throne.

Therefore, Li Chengqian is extra cautious in this regard, even if he is not cautious, as his uncle, eldest grandson Wuji will teach him how to be cautious.

However, if this telegram was only seen by Li Shimin, then it’s okay. After all, although this kind of thing is beyond reason, it is in Li Shimin’s expectation. With so many officials in the world, it is not very normal for a few black apples to appear. ?

But Zhang Nuo had seen this telegram, which was a bit embarrassing.

Because what Li Shimin has always been most proud of in front of Zhang Nuo is that he has always been able to handle major national affairs and government affairs with ease.

He has known Zhang Nuo for a year or two, and he knows very well that he is not comparable to Zhang Nuo in terms of anecdotes and insights, but there is one thing he is better than Zhang Nuo, that is, dealing with government affairs. It's personnel and other aspects.

But now it happened that the thing he was most proud of was embarrassing in front of Zhang Nuo. This is so embarrassing. Li Shimin originally hated those thieves who cheated on others and kept their corpses. He has the heart to tear them apart.

Zhang Nuo sighed after reading the telegram. In fact, the people in the Central Plains are the most simple people. As long as there is a way to survive, and those who can grit their teeth and survive, they will never end up leaving their homes and wandering in other places. this level.

After all, in this era of extremely underdeveloped transportation, the meaning of the word hometown is much more important than that of later generations.

However, under such circumstances, many states and counties still suffered from starvation.

Then, there is only one possibility left. They really can't survive in the local area, and they can't find any hope of survival. Even the government is unreliable, so they can only find a way to find a way to live in other places.

It is true that no matter how the drought, famine, or locust plague happened, it would not have any impact on Zhang Nuo anyway.

His current sphere of influence is mainly in Lantian City and Pyongyang Road. He himself basically does not touch the business of food and land. For the court, he has already warned in advance. It can be said that he has done his best.

However, no matter how he comforted himself, he had to admit that he couldn't just watch those common people starve to death.

Chapter 626 Li Shimin's Joke?

Zhang Nuo remembered that he didn't know whether it was on TV or in a novel. He once saw such a passage, which said that among the ways of death, the most painful and vicious way of death is starvation.

The feeling of slowly dying in despair, feeling weak little by little, and suffering repeatedly in stomach cramps and pain, is not a good thing to think about.

Zhang Nuo is not the Holy Mother. He is not the kind of person who has "big love" in his heart. He would abandon his wife and children and dedicate himself to strangers. He has also done things like donating tens of millions of dollars at times, but that's all.

Today, he is the King of Qin, and no matter where he goes, he is always praised, everyone respects him, after all, although he has not been the King of Qin for a long time.

But in fact, he has done a lot of good things. He helped the remnants of the army to re-enter the society, opened factories to recruit ordinary people, and made everyone's income higher and higher. Later, he even came up with new papermaking and printing techniques. Let the children of poor families be able to read and write, not to mention the potatoes and corn they took out.

To put it a little offensively, Zhang Nuo's reputation among the people is much better than Li Shimin, the emperor who killed his brother and imprisoned his father.

It was precisely because of this very simple admiration that Zhang Nuo felt that if he didn't do something for them when he was clearly capable, it would be a bit too much for his conscience.

Zhang Nuo sighed deeply, looked at Li Shimin and said,

"Old Li, it seems that your journey that you sneaked out of this time is coming to an early end!"

Li Shimin suddenly smiled when he heard the words, without even making a sound, he moved the muscles on his face and the corners of his mouth slightly, and then sighed softly,

"Yeah, I'm really happy to come out this time. I can't remember how many years ago I came out to play with Guanyin's maidservant like this. This kind of simple come out to play, don't worry about your identity, don't care about etiquette, and don't care about anything. It’s a big event in court, this feeling is really good!”

Zhang Nuo nodded. He knew the feeling of a busy person like Li Shimin. When he opened the store, he was always up early and late every day. There were no holidays at all. Later, he couldn't bear it anymore, and finally gave the staff a holiday, and went out to play secretly. for a few days.

He still remembers the relaxation and comfort of lying on the big bed in the hotel after going out.

He just runs a small restaurant, and he hasn't been busy for a few years. He has longed to reach that level. How could Lao Li, who has led troops to fight since he was a teenager, and then even intrigues, how could he not like this kind of sneaking in? a feeling of.

However, it should not be used to it or not.

"You can pull it down, you just talk about it, can't you sneak out of the palace without me? Could it be that no one can accompany you around without me?

You just can't bear to part with the ruined throne you snatched, and you want to come out for a stroll in the future, just let Cheng Qian supervise the country. You may not have experience in this kind of thing for the first time, and the more times you do in the future, the better you will do it! "

Li Shimin was dumbfounded by Zhang Nuo's words, what kind of truth is this talking about, what is the stolen throne, it is obviously given to me by my father.

Of course, it’s fine to talk about it outside. You must know that his father still lives next door to Zhang Nuo’s house in Lantian City, and his relationship with Zhang Nuo is even more irrelevant. If Li Shimin dares to take this in front of Zhang Nuo If things were pretending to be sloppy, Li Yuan would probably jump up and spray him with saliva.

But Zhang Nuo just said another suggestion, he can think about it, that is, maybe he can try to let Cheng Qian supervise the country in the future, he took his queen out for a stroll.

In the past, he would never agree to such a suggestion, or would never think of such an idea. Even if someone made such a suggestion, he would probably ignore it at the slightest, doubt the motive or something, and be afraid at worst. He had to be killed on the spot.

But now, his vision is much wider, just like what Zhang Nuo said when chatting with him before, as an emperor, he is already the most powerful and noble person in the world, and as a result, he can only be locked in the palace every day work here?

This day is not as comfortable as the idle prince outside, sitting in the world and enjoying the reputation of Kyushu, but in the end he is trapped in a palace, it is so aggrieved to think about it.

In the past, there was no way, the movement was too much, and the cost of money and food was unaffordable.

But now, he almost can't put the money in his internal money. This is the result after he built the money bank, otherwise there would be no place to put the money.

What's more, the way of transportation is also changing. Not to mention the railway that is still under construction, let alone the car that Zhang Nuo owns, he can drive it now.

Moreover, shipping will be more developed in the future. After the navy appears, shipping will not only be safer, but also speed and stability will be improved.

So, with such good conditions, why can’t you come out for a walk? Anyway, it’s just like it is now. If there is something important, it doesn’t have to be the same as before. It will take ten and a half months to reach him, or even For a longer time, any news from Chang'an can be transmitted as soon as possible.

As long as he received the news, no matter where Li Shimin was, if he really wanted to rush back to Chang'an, it would only take a few days. Li Shimin didn't believe that his empire could be wiped out in a few days.

So, in the future, he might really find time to walk around, because not only did he like it, but he also discovered that after the Guanyin servant girl came out this time, his whole complexion improved a lot.

This also gave him one more reason to continue sneaking away in the future. We have fulfilled our duty as a husband, right?

Li Shimin comforted himself a lot in his heart, and then if he went back this time, he would see the effect. If the effect was good and there were no troubles, he would spend some time every year to go out for a walk.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin became more calm, looked at Zhang Nuo and said without hesitation,

"That's right, maybe every year in the future I will take Guanyin's servant girl out for a walk, and then you have to accompany me!"

Zhang Nuo was stunned, how thick-skinned you are to say such a thing, you are the emperor, let me tell you a few jokes, you really plan to take annual leave every year.

And this kind of vacation with friends is not usually for free car rides and whoring, you are cheating on me, it is better to go on a trip by yourself.

Chapter 627 Problems in the Disaster

The laughing and squabbling between Zhang Nuo and Li Shimin soon ended, and they both knew in their hearts that this was nothing more than a joke between friends, all for the sake of relaxing themselves.

After all, the things to be faced in the future may not be difficult, or they may be easily solved, but it is a great test for people's hearts.

What Zhang Nuo hates most is this kind of thing, which will make him feel guilty that he didn't work hard and killed many innocent people.

Although he has always said that he is not the Virgin, but when he has the ability to solve it but fails to solve it immediately, which eventually leads to bad results, he still feels a little uncomfortable.

Li Shimin also became serious at this time, and sat in the living room with Zhang Nuo, picked up a stack of white paper and a pen that Zhang Nuo put on the coffee table, and began to draw on the paper.

Li Shimin mastered hard-tipped pen calligraphy very quickly. After all, compared with brush calligraphy, which has various requirements for pen handling, strokes, and wrist strength, hard-tipped pen calligraphy stands out for its simplicity and convenience.

Li Shimin listed all kinds of things he was thinking about now, and all kinds of things to do when he went back, one by one on the paper.

This is a method he learned from Zhang Nuo. Zhang Nuo called it a stupid method, but despite the ugly name, it is very easy to use.

Because all the conditions, methods, and problems are clearly written on paper, people can see them very intuitively and at a glance, and as long as they see it, then it is naturally much more comprehensive to consider.

This is a trick that Zhang Nuo often used when he was running a restaurant. He is not stupid, but most of the time he lacked experience. He was young at that time, and he didn’t have enough experience and knowledge, so it’s not that he couldn’t think of a way. Ideas, but what comes up is always not very comprehensive.

That's why Zhang Nuo finally got into the habit of writing out everything, putting it in front of his eyes, looking at it carefully, thinking about it carefully, and then writing down what he thought about carefully.

This method is very useful for a person like Zhang Nuo who is not careful and a little careless, because if you just think about it in your head, you often think of this and forget that, and it is easy to miss, but it is different when you write it on paper.

Then, Li Shimin, who has a thick skin and is especially good at "learning from others", learned this good method. After trying it a few times, he fell in love with it more and more, and now it is almost becoming his signature skill.

However, after doing this, he really discovered the problem, that is, food, which is enough, but the problem now is that if it is distributed according to the previous idea, there will undoubtedly be a lot of waste, and a lot of food will not be available at all. into the hands of the victims.

In other words, the situation of false reports and concealed reports is serious now, and collecting real information has become Li Shimin's first problem to solve.

Only when we have the real information can we allocate and distribute materials reasonably, instead of dying from drought and flooding like now, and eventually food will be wasted or food will be hacked by those corrupt officials.

This is not Li Shimin's wild imagination. This kind of thing has happened in all dynasties, and even if the government is not good, the situation will be very serious.

In addition to this problem, there is another problem, that is, the resettlement of those victims.

The current situation is that these people basically don't have to expect to earn any food from the fields this year, so how to resettle these victims?

If it is a normal year, then it must be a small amount of rice or porridge, and not too much, as long as they can barely survive. After these months, let these victims go to harvest winter wheat or other crops. This way, you won't starve to death after returning home.

This method is the traditional method of disaster relief. Li Shimin also arranged this way before. Even the food for disaster relief has been prepared and placed in the granary. Once the emergency plan is activated, the distribution will begin immediately.

This is not only arranged by Li Shimin, but also by previous dynasties.

But Li Shimin is a little dissatisfied now. Recently, he took Zhang Nuo to wander around from Chang'an all the way to Shandong Road. He saw a lot of things that he didn't usually see.

Why the ancestors often said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles is because there are many things that you don’t have access to on a daily basis, even if you see them from other people’s mouths or books, it doesn’t make much sense.

On the other hand, when Li Shimin really sees some things that he can't see or understand clearly, Li Shimin will also reflect on some policies in his usual governance.

It's like even in later generations where consultation, communication, and transportation are very developed, leaders often go to the grassroots to investigate. It is undeniable that there is a show in it.

But most of the time, they really need to go down and use their own eyes to see some subtleties that they don't even notice on weekdays.

After all, the reports they saw appeared in front of their eyes after being sorted out and polished by humans. Even if they were not falsified, if they neglected some details a little, there might be a certain gap between them and the actual situation.

Li Shimin actually had such a thought in his heart when he came out this time, and wanted to see for himself what the real situation of the country he ruled was like.

From the current point of view, there are good places and there are also bad places.

At the same time, after corresponding with all kinds of political and economic knowledge from Zhang Nuo in the past year, Li Shimin deeply realized that it is absolutely impossible to directly provide disaster relief in such a simple way, that is simply cultivating lazy people .

And most importantly, if these people gather like this for a long time, they will cause some big trouble if they are not careful.

This is not Li Shimin's random guessing. In almost all dynasties, whenever there is a disaster, as long as a large number of people gather together, all kinds of messy religious and rebellious forces will spring up like mushrooms after rain.

It may be weak when it comes out, but it will spread rapidly like a virus, and it will become bigger and bigger after that.

After all, when this person has nothing to do and is uncomfortable, isn’t it the time when these quick-mouthed guys take advantage of the situation? These people are best at making up a bunch of fallacies and heresies, and then lure people to worship them. Then come up with all kinds of nonsense.

This is what this group of people are best at and also the most disgusting thing. Li Shimin simply hates this kind of thing to the extreme.

Chapter 628 Li Shimin Started to Defraud People

After listening to Li Shimin's complaints and worries, Zhang Nuo laughed completely. If it was something else, he really didn't know. After all, as a little guy in later generations, he really didn't have much contact with specific policies.

But only disaster relief, disaster relief and other things, he really has a lot of contact. After all, the small owner of the restaurant is also the boss in later generations. As long as the country is in trouble, it must be supported by all directions. As a small restaurant owner, donating money and materials is sure. Yes, although the difference is all voluntary, but at least knowing that I have done my part, it is considered that I did not pay for nothing.

At the same time, every time I come into contact with this kind of thing, I always see the publicity of various disaster relief measures in the media, and I can't even think about it.

Therefore, in the face of Li Shimin's problem, Zhang Nuo gave his own opinion very directly - work for relief.

The so-called work-for-relief is actually to allow people who have lost their source of income due to natural disasters and man-made disasters to regain the opportunity to work, and use this kind of semi-welfare work to distinguish the victims, so that it is convenient for the government to provide disaster relief. Get some rewards there.

As soon as Li Shimin heard what Zhang Nuo said, the thoughts that were still hazy in his mind immediately became clear.

That's right, that's it, neither raising lazy people nor raising useless people, but at the same time it won't make the victims hungry, and even at the same time, it can win-win with the local government.

And he almost instantly thought of the best way to use work for relief, that is, taking advantage of this year's drought, the river is basically dry, and this is the best time to build water conservancy projects.

Moreover, there is no need to recruit common people for corvee, so we can use the opportunity of this labor-for-relief to solve the problem directly. If the common people don’t bring their own dry food, but pay wages instead, maybe the quality of the project will be even better.

Li Shimin is not just thinking about it, even if he is not a businessman, he knows a truth, that is, if you give money, people must be more motivated.

Thinking of the various benefits of working in relief, Li Shimin really got a little excited, he couldn't sit still, scratching his head and wanting to do something.

On the contrary, Zhang Nuo was very sober, looked at Li Shimin calmly and asked seriously,

"Old Li, do you have enough money in the treasury? There are indeed a lot of benefits to this work-for-relief program, but there are also disadvantages. The biggest disadvantage is that it costs money!"

"After all, calling people to work is not a random thing. It all costs money, not only food, but also money. Don't slap your face and pretend to be fat, and finally sack the treasury so that you can only run away as rats." Now, then we have to deal with the Turks!"

Hearing Zhang Nuo's reminder, Li Shimin finally woke up from the over-excited state just now, then turned his head and started rubbing his teeth again.

He really forgot this point, but it’s not that he’s too stupid or that Zhang Nuo is better than him in politics, but Li Shimin’s habitual thinking, that is, it doesn’t cost money to attract people to build water conservancy projects, as long as they pay corvees. up.

At the same time, it is obvious that relief is provided by work, but when he thinks of the victims, Li Shimin reflexively thinks that it is enough to give some food. Then the food prepared for this year's drought will come in handy.

But he just forgot that with the rapid development of commerce and workshops, food has gradually retreated from the position of the main commodity.

For the workshop owner, instead of buying a batch of grain and then distributing it, it is better to send the money directly to the workers, so that everyone will save trouble.

After all, they are different from those traditional landlords. They don't have a lot of land in their hands, let alone hoard a lot of grain. The reason why those landlords distribute the grain as money is actually to sell the wholesale price of the grain at the retail price.

After more and more workshops appeared, these ordinary people, who gradually changed from farmers to workers, gradually got used to the joy of receiving their own wages from the workshops every month, and then buying whatever they liked.

In the past, the reason why the family hoarded food was actually because they were poor. They were always worried about food shortages at home, and worried that the family would be interrupted when something happened.

But when they gradually have money in their hands, although they will still hoard some food at home, the demand for food is far less urgent than before.

After all, in their subconscious mind, they gradually discovered that as long as you have money, you can buy food at any time. There is no need to buy a lot of it and store it at home. When there is not enough at home, just buy this year’s new rice. Isn't it better than the old rice at home in the past years?

This kind of change is obvious, but it is not obvious. The people in it don't seem to feel much. After all, no one stipulates that the salary of the workshop must be food or money. The government will intervene only when it is at the government's place.

Even the government didn't pay attention to these situations seriously, let alone Li Shimin who is aloof.