Signing in Datang: Li Shimin was shocked by the start

Chapter 35 Li Shimin's Joy (please collect and recommend)
"Master Su, you are indeed a smart person who can raise salt!"

The little woman was so impressed that she fell to the ground!

The two were talking and came to the living room.

At this moment, when Fang Xuanling came, he found Suning sitting in the hall drinking tea.

"Master Fang, why are you here?"

Seeing Fang Xuanling's arrival, Su Ning was a little surprised.

Fang Xuanling said: "You still have the nerve to say that you know how to refine fine salt, don't you?"

Su Ning glanced at Fang Tingting behind him, and instantly understood.

Fang Tingting must have added fine salt to the dish, and Fang Xuanling discovered it.

"Okay, is there a problem?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Of course there is a problem. Since you can refine fine salt, why didn't you tell me and Your Majesty."

Su Ning smiled and said, "What are you telling you?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Don't you know that coarse salt is bitter and astringent?"

"If Wanting hadn't added fine salt to the dishes, I wouldn't have known you could refine fine salt."

Speaking of this, Fang Xuanling looked at Suning and said, "Su Ning, you see that you are now Lord Marquis and Yushi. It can be said that you have titles and official positions. How about refining the fine salt? Me?"

Su Ning was taken aback for a moment, and soon understood.

Fang Xuanling wanted to use fine salt to refine the method, and went to Li Shimin to ask for merit.

Indeed, if Suning told Li Shimin the method of refining fine salt, it would definitely be another great achievement.

But now he is a marquis, and he also has a censor.

So he didn't know what Li Shimin would reward him if he was making meritorious deeds.

Let's reward money, given the current situation of Datang, there is not much money at all.

Let's make him an official, he is already a doctor of imperial history.

Civil and military officials, including the emperor's relatives, can be impeached, so Suning feels that it is unnecessary to confer other official positions.

However, Fang Xuanling felt a little disadvantaged by giving Fang Xuanling the fine salt refining technology like this.

"In this way, I can give you the refining method, but let me refine your fine salt for sale."

And he promised Li Shimin that he would turn the county he wanted into the richest county in Datang.

So he knows very well that it is not enough to rely solely on the people, it has to be driven by him with money.

And selling private salt is a good way to make money.

"No problem, I will tell His Majesty about this matter, as long as you are willing to tell me how to refine fine salt."

"Okay, I'll write you the fine salt refining method now, and you can take it back and follow it."

For Suning, if fine salt refining technology can bring benefits to itself and help the people of Datang, it will be the best of both worlds.

After writing the refining technology of fine salt to Fang Xuanling, Suning began to lead his servants and subordinates to purchase coarse salt for refining.

On the other side, Fang Xuanling has returned to Chang'an with the fine salt refining technology given by Suning.

In order to gain Li Shimin's trust, Fang Xuanling personally led people to follow the steps written by Suning to refine it.

Soon, he refined a bowl of fine salt.

Seeing Suning's method, it really can extract fine salt.

Fang Xuanling immediately took fine salt and went to Ganlu Hall to meet Li Shimin.

It was getting late now.

But Li Shimin was still correcting the memorial in Ganlu Hall.

When he saw Fang Xuanling coming in, Li Shimin asked curiously: "Fang Aiqing, it's so late, why are you here looking for me?"

Fang Xuanling showed a smile, took two steps forward, took out a small bag from his arms, and handed it to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, do you see what this is?"

Seeing his mysterious expression, Li Shimin stretched out his hand to watch him.

After opening the bag, he was startled for a moment, then reached out and wiped a little into his mouth.

"Salt?"

"good."

Li Shimin was surprised: "Why is this salt so fine?"

Fang Xuanling immediately laughed and sold off.

"Your Majesty, guess who refined this fine salt?"

Li Shimin said: "You?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Yes, it is true that I refined it, but this refining technology was given to me by someone else."

"Who?"

"His Royal Highness."

"Yun'er gave it to you?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened.

Fang Xuanling said: "That's right, if it wasn't for the young girl who used it when cooking, I would not have known that His Royal Highness would refine fine salt."

Li Shimin looked at the fine salt in his hand with complex expressions in his eyes.

"The salt mine has always been in the hands of the imperial court and the family. Every year, the family earns huge profits from the salt mine. Sometimes the court does not have as much salt as the family."

"If we extract fine salt now, do you think we can control the entire salt mine market?"

"Of course I'm sure. I know that fine salt is important to the court, so I tried my best to get refining technology from the prince."

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Try everything, you mean Yun'er still doesn't want to give you the refining technology?"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "It's not that I don't want to give it, but His Royal Highness wants to sell fine salt to earn money to help the people of Dongzhou County live a better life."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "This is a good thing. Once this fine salt appears, it will definitely affect the family's mine salt and well salt, and it will weaken the power of the family."

Fang Xuanling said: "I think so too, so I came to see your majesty mainly because I hope that your majesty will purchase a large amount of mineral salt and well salt and control all mineral salt and well salt as soon as possible."

Li Shimin pondered and said: "I heard from Qian'er before that the family is a hidden danger of the Tang Dynasty. Now I will start with the fine salt and give the family a blow."

"Fang Aiqing."

"The minister is here."

"Now I order you to do everything possible to seize the salt mine occupied by the family. If you succeed this time, I will definitely reward you."

"Okay, sir, let's do it now."

After Fang Xuanling received the order, he began to use various means to fight for control of the salt mine.

Although there were most of the salt mines before, they were controlled by the imperial court.

But it is the family members who really control the salt mine.

Now that Fine Salt was born, Fang Xuanling decided to take back all the salt mines controlled by the aristocratic family.

At the same time, Suning in Dongzhou County is refining fine salt in large quantities.

Then start selling them on the market.

As soon as the fine salt appeared, it caused a sensation instantly.

No matter whether it is the coarse salt sold by the imperial court or the aristocratic family, it has been hit.

The aristocratic family headed by the Li family immediately convened other aristocratic families to discuss after learning of the appearance of fine salt.

In the end, he decided to go to Dongzhou County and spend a lot of money to buy fine salt refining technology from Suning.Since Cui Ming donated the grain of Chang'an City to the imperial court for free last time, he was expelled from the family by the Li family.

The family who came to Dongzhou County to look for Suning this time is also the Li family.

It's just that the head of the family has become a skinny old man in his 70s.

"Master Su, what do you think? If you are willing to give us the fine salt refining technology to Mrs. Li, we guarantee that the benefits we will get will be equal to yours."

This skinny old man's name is Li Jianghe.

The other party's feeling for Suning can be described in four words, treacherous and cunning.

Sitting on a chair, Suning said with a flat face, "Mr. Cui is late, I have already sold fine salt refining technology to the imperial court."

Li Jianghe smiled and said: "It's okay, it's the same if you sell it to us now."

For Li Jianghe, as long as the fine salt refining technology is in the hands of his family, he can fight against the imperial court.

"I'm really sorry, I promised the court that I would not sell it to another person, not to mention that I am also an official of the court. If I sell it to you, I'm afraid I will not be able to explain it to your majesty."

"So, Master Su is not willing to ask us to sell the fine salt refining technology?"

Li Jianghe's face turned cold.

A large part of the reason why the previous head of Chang'an City was expelled from the family was because of Suning.

So he has long been dissatisfied with Suning, if it wasn't for Suning's mastery of fine salt refining technology.

He will never come to Suning.

"No, if you have nothing else to do, please come back!"

Suning directly issued an order to evict the guest.

He didn't have a good impression of these families.

"Okay, if that's the case, let's take care of ourselves, Mr. Su, and say goodbye."

After Li Jianghe left, Fang Tingting walked in from the outside.

During this time, she stayed in Dongzhou County to help Suning refine fine salt.

"Su Ning, these aristocratic families have always valued interests very much. If you refuse to sell them fine salt refining technology, they will definitely retaliate against you."

Su Ning sneered and said, "To take revenge on me, let's see if they have the ability."

He now has not only an army, but also many skills.

So no matter what methods these families use, he is not afraid at all.

"By the way, is the imperial court doing anything now?"

In the past few days, Suning has been teaching his subordinates to refine fine salt, so he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the court.

Fang Tingting said: "My father is buying and seizing salt mines under His Majesty's order. I heard that many family members who are officials in the court are impeaching my father to Your Majesty."

"Impeach your father?"

Suning smiled.

Have these guys already started to fight back even before the censor himself made a move?
Li Shimin sent Fang Xuanling to control the family's salt mine, which was completely within Suning's expectation.

Because he knew very well that even if Li Shimin had the fine salt refining technology.

If you don't have the salt mine, it still doesn't do anything.

"Okay, don't worry about this, go down and rest!"

Suning smiled.

"it is good."

late at night.

The lights in Suning's room were quickly turned off.

At this time, several men in black with long knives in their hands bypassed the patrolling servants and went directly through the window.

After entering the room, they hacked at the quilt on the bed without saying a word.

But soon, they discovered that there was no one on the bed.

"What's the matter, man?"

"I am here."

At this moment, Suning smiled and walked out from the corner of the closet.

Looking at his smiling face, it seemed that he knew that these men in black would come to kill him.

"Boy, you are here, come on."

Seeing Suning, several men in black rushed forward.

Bang bang bang!
At this moment, the door suddenly opened.

Fang Tingting rushed in from outside with a large number of guards.

"Su Ning, you guessed correctly, he will really send someone to assassinate you."

Suning said with a smile: "Fine salt is a huge benefit to them. If they don't have the technology to refine fine salt, they won't be able to compete with the court."

"So they can only assassinate me, and then snatch the fine salt refining technology."

"It's a pity they can't guess, you will see through their plan."

Fang Tingting smiled and said that she really admired Suning's talent more and more.

The other party not only has many means, but also can guess that others want to assassinate him.

"Hmph, since you guessed it, I can only fight with you."

Hearing this, one of the men in black waved a long knife in his hand and rushed directly towards Suning.

Just as Suning was about to make a move, Fang Tingting stepped forward suddenly, standing in front of him, and fighting with the man in black.

The other guards also fought with several other men in black.

The guards in Suning's mansion are all Qianniuwei sent by Li Shimin to protect him on purpose, and all of them are strong in martial arts.

Soon, several men in black were beheaded.

"Stay alive."

Seeing that Fang Tingting was about to kill the last man in black, Suning quickly took action to stop her.

The family sent someone to kill him.

He couldn't just let it go.

"Su Ning, what are you keeping him for?"

Su Ning said: "Have you forgotten what my identity is for? Now that these aristocratic families are attacking me, I will naturally report to Your Majesty."

"Yes, they impeached my father, you report their crimes in the court, and see how they explain to His Majesty."

Fang Tingting reacted instantly.

"Yes, tomorrow I will bring him into the palace to meet the emperor, and let him testify against Mrs. Li's crimes."

While speaking, Suning flicked his fingers, and a silver needle flew out, directly piercing into the body of the man in black.

Ah!
The man in black screamed and passed out on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Fang Tingting's eyes widened.

Just now she was worried that Suning would be harmed by an assassin.

But after seeing Suning's silver needle technique, she realized that Suning was a master.

She was worrying for nothing just now.

"Okay, let's all go down and rest. After I enter the palace tomorrow, I will leave it to you to refine the fine salt."

Fang Tingting nodded and said, "Well, you can go at ease!"

Day two.

Suning asked several guards to escort the man in black and left Dongzhou County.

At this moment, in the Tai Chi Hall of the Imperial Palace, several family heads had already entered the palace to meet Li Shimin.

They not only impeached Fang Xuanling, but also sued Suning for selling illegal salt.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Fang led people to occupy our salt mine, please Your Majesty to decide for us?"

"There is also Su Ning, Duke of Dongzhou County, who, as an official of the imperial court, actually sells private salt. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, he should be severely punished."

Several patriarchs headed by Li Jianghe cupped their hands to Li Shimin and said.

Li Shimin looked at the people with a gloomy face and said, "Master Fang is not occupying your salt mine. He is temporarily controlling your salt mine in accordance with my will."

"What's more, these salt mines are not owned by your family, they are owned by the imperial court, so they are not considered to be occupied."

The salt mines controlled by the family are basically entrusted to them by the imperial court.

In the early stage, Li Shimin didn't think there was any problem.

But after listening to Suning's opinion, he agrees with Suning's opinion that the aristocratic family is a hidden danger of Tang Dynasty and must be eliminated.

And the way to get rid of them is to slowly reduce their interests

.Hearing what Li Shimin said, Li Jianghe and the others gritted their teeth angrily.

Although the salt mine was entrusted to their aristocratic family by the imperial court.

But the imperial court can't just take it away.

Moreover, when the imperial court handed over the management of the salt mine to their aristocratic family, it was also because their aristocratic family donated silver to the imperial court that the imperial court managed it for them.

Now the sentence has been taken back.

How could they be convinced.

"Your Majesty, let's not talk about the mineral salt for the time being. You should take care of the private sale of salt by Dongzhou County Lord Suning, right?"

In Li Jianghe's view, all of this was caused by Suning.

So as long as Suning is brought down, everything else will be easy.

Li Shimin said: "Su Ning sells salt, and I allow it."

"Your Majesty allowed it, why didn't we know?"

Li Jianghe said: "The salt of the Tang Dynasty has always been sold by the court and our aristocratic family. Now let a county official sell it privately. What's the reason?"

"presumptuous."

Fang Xuanling came out and said angrily: "What is a county magistrate? Suning is not only a loyal general, but also a royal doctor. His actions represent the court."

"That's right. His selling of salt is equivalent to selling salt by the imperial court. How can it be regarded as selling salt privately?"

Fang Xuanling followed suit.

Li Jianghe said: "Hmph, you are officials protecting each other. In short, we have only one request, either return the salt mine to us, or execute Suning."

"That's right, if His Majesty does not agree to our conditions, then our family will not care about what happens to the court in the future."

Li Shimin said with a gloomy face, "Why, are you threatening me?"

Li Jianghe said: "We dare not threaten His Majesty, we just want to seek justice."

"If His Majesty insists on this, then we have nothing to say, but the affairs of the court in the future have nothing to do with our family."

Changsun Wuji came out and said, "Your Majesty, the expenses of many armies are supported by the family. If the family doesn't care about it, then the imperial court will have to bear the expenses."

"Judging from the current situation of the imperial court, it simply cannot afford this expense."

Wei Zheng then cupped his hands and said, "That's right, the Tang Dynasty can be as stable as Mount Tai, all thanks to the support of the aristocratic family. Once there is a conflict with them, it may be detrimental to the court."

Li Shimin said angrily: "According to what the two Qing families mean, if there is no aristocratic family, my country will not be able to hold on?"

"No, I don't mean that."

Wei Zheng said: "We just want to ask Your Majesty to think twice and not to conflict with the aristocratic family."

Li Jianghe said: "They are right. The military expenditures in many places in the Tang Dynasty are paid by our aristocratic family. If His Majesty insists on taking back our salt mines, then the military expenditures will have nothing to do with us."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face instantly became ugly.

He originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to reduce the interests of the aristocratic family and consolidate the interests of the imperial court.

But now it seems that it is going to be ruined.

"If your family doesn't want to manage the military's expenses, you might as well leave it to me."

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded outside the hall.

Soon, Su Ning was seen walking in from outside the hall.

"Su Ning, why is he here? Isn't he in Dongzhou County?"

"Yes, did he know that the family sued him, so he came to explain?"

Seeing Suning's appearance, all civil and military officials in the court were guessing.

But Li Jianghe's eyes were fixed.

Logically speaking, the killer he sent should have killed Suning.

Why isn't the other party dead?
After Suning came to the center of the hall, he bowed his hands to Li Shimin and saluted.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin quickly raised his hand and said, "Wanli, why did you suddenly enter the palace?"

Because Suning had obtained Li Shimin's permission, he could go in and out of any place without notification.

Su Ning cupped his hands and said, "I have something to report to Your Majesty."

"what's up?"

Suning said: "I want to sue the Li family. In order to obtain the fine salt refining technology, I sent someone to assassinate me."

"What, there is such a thing, are you injured?"

Li Shimin immediately looked Suning up and down.

Suning is his son, he doesn't want Suning to get hurt.

Seeing Li Shimin's nervous face, Su Ning didn't think much about it. He cupped his hands and said, "I'm fine, but Li's eyes are lawless, and he dared to send someone to assassinate the imperial court official. He should be punished."

Li Jianghe stared at Suning and said, "Master Su, don't talk nonsense. When did our Li family send people to assassinate you?"

Su Ning sneered and said, "I knew you wouldn't admit it, so I brought the person who assassinated me, and he is outside the hall now."

Li Shimin said: "Bring him in."

Soon, the man in black was brought in by two guards.

"Say, who sent you to assassinate Qin Yushi?"

Li Shimin asked.

The man in black glanced at Li Shimin and chose to remain silent.

Li Shimin suddenly frowned and said, "Didn't you hear what I asked you?"

Su Ning said: "Your Majesty, this person has undergone special training. If you want him to speak, you need a special method."

"Special method?"

Su Ning nodded and said, "Not bad."

While speaking, Suning took out a silver needle and plunged it into the opponent's body.

Ah!
The man in black suddenly let out a scream.

"Your Majesty, Qin Yushi is clearly extorting a confession by torture. How can he take what he said seriously."

Li Jianghe looked at Li Shimin and said.

The assassin was sent by him, once the assassin tells the truth, then he will be in bad luck.

Li Shimin said: "Since this person is an assassin, how could he recruit without some special means?"

Turning his eyes to Suning, Li Shimin said: "Qin Yushi, if you continue to torture, you must let him name the mastermind behind the scenes!"

"Yes."

Suning looked at the man in black and said, "Tell me, who sent you to assassinate me. If you are willing to tell the truth, I will make your death easier."

However, the man in black still chose to remain silent.

"Yes, it's quite bearable, but I'll see how long you can bear it."

While speaking, Suning took out a silver needle again.

Seeing the silver needle, the man in black trembled with fright, and hurriedly said, "I said, I said, Li Jianghe asked us to assassinate you. The purpose is to obtain fine salt refining technology, so that we can have the capital to fight against the court." .” You are talking nonsense. "

Li Jianghe cupped his hands to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, the grassroots don't know this person at all, Lord Su is clearly framing me."

Li Shimin said angrily: "If you don't know him, why would he frame you? It's obvious that you have a guilty conscience. Come and throw these people into the sky prison."

Li Jianghe wanted to kill Suning, but he had already touched Li Shimin's backlash.

So in Li Shimin's view, only witnesses are enough.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible."

Changsun Wuji cupped his hands and said: "Once they are thrown into the sky prison, it will be tantamount to completely breaking the face with the five major forces. When the time comes, who will support our Great Tang army?"

Wei Zheng then cupped his hands and said, "That's right, please think twice, Your Majesty."

Suning said: "Two adults, what do you mean by this? Is it possible that just because of this, the five major forces can do whatever they want?"

"Or are you two also involved in this assassination operation?"

"Master Su, please don't talk nonsense, we are just telling the truth."

Wei Zheng stared at Suning and said angrily.

He really couldn't figure out why Li Shimin listened to Suning in everything and favored Suning everywhere.

Su Ning said with a smile: "You are afraid of the five major forces, so you just keep giving in, but you don't know that this will only make the five major forces more arrogant."

"Since you are worried that punishing the clansmen of the five major forces will result in no one supporting the military expenses, then today I will assure His Majesty that the military expenses supported by the five major forces will be borne by me."

"Hahaha, it's up to you, Mr. Su, do you know how much the military expenditure supported by the five major forces is, it's hundreds of thousands of silver."

Wei Zheng laughed back in anger, feeling that Su Ning was just dreaming.

"I just want to ask Mr. Su, where did you, a court official, get so much money, or did you rely on corruption?"

Changsun Wuji also questioned Suning's words.

Su Ning said: "It's easy for me to make money, so don't worry about the two adults."

"Okay, since Su Ning has this confidence, then I don't have to worry about the future, come and put these people into the prison."

As Li Shimin's voice sounded, guards soon came in and captured Li Jianghe and others.

"Your Majesty, you will regret doing this."

"Yes, he is just an official. How can he earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?"

"Yes, even if he earns it by luck, can he guarantee that he will earn so much every year?"

Facing the words of Li Jianghe and the others, Li Shimin suddenly hesitated.

But he still shouted: "Take it down."

The five major forces have been threatening the court, and Li Shimin knew that sooner or later he would break his face with the five major forces.

That being the case, it is better to start early.

"It's all right now, offending the five major forces, the expenditure of the 10,000+ army will be wasted."

"Yes, I'm afraid Datang will face another crisis again."

When Li Jianghe and the others were taken down, many civil and military officials shook their heads slightly.

In their view, Suning alone cannot support the military expenditure of an army of 10,000+.

Therefore, in their opinion, Li Shimin's move was very unwise.

Looking at the crowd, Li Shimin said: "My dear friends, there is still something to announce. If there is nothing else, then retreat."

After this incident, both civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty complained.

So even if something happened, they didn't bother to start playing.

Following Li Shimin's voice, all civil and military officials turned and left one after another.

At this time, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui walked towards Suning.

"Su Ning, are you okay?"

"Yes, those assassins did not hurt you."

"If you get hurt, don't go back."

Faced with the enthusiasm of the three, Suning was a little uncomfortable, but he didn't think too much about it.

"Please worry about the three adults. I'm fine. Those assassins were easily dealt with by Mr. Fang's daughter and the guards sent by His Majesty."

"What are you talking about, Mrs. Fang's daughter, is she in your house?"

Hearing what Suning said, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's eyes widened instantly.

Fang Xuanling showed a proud face.

"Why, can't you? Suning is my future son-in-law."

From Fang Xuanling's point of view, Suning's keeping Fang Tingting in the house was a tacit consent to their relationship.

"No, don't get me wrong, nothing."

Suning came directly with a three-in-a-row denial.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui immediately laughed.

"So, nothing happened between you?"

Su Ning was taken aback for a moment, and soon understood what Fang Xuanling meant.

Immediately frowning, he said, "Miss Changsun went to my residence just to help refine fine salt. Where are you all thinking?"

"Hahaha, then we can rest assured."

At this time, Li Shimin came over and looked Suning up and down.

"I don't worry if you're fine."

Hearing this, Suning felt a little strange.

Why did Li Shimin care about him so much?

When Fang Xuanling and the others heard this, they just smiled.

Because they all know why Li Shimin cares about Suning so much.

Sensing that the atmosphere was a little off, Su Ning quickly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. If there is nothing wrong, then I will go back first."

Li Shimin said: "Wait a minute, is what you said just now in front of civil and military officials true or false?"

Li Shimin didn't believe Suning said that he alone borne the military expenses of the five major forces.

"of course it's true."

Su Ning said: "Your Majesty may not know yet, fine salt is very popular after being put into the market, if this continues, earning 10,000+ taels of silver a year will not be a problem."

Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "I'm worried about the family making troubles now. His Majesty's actions today can be regarded as completely turning against the family."

Fang Xuanling said: "Yes, according to the habits of the aristocratic family, once they learn that His Majesty has arrested Li Jianghe and others, they will definitely take countermeasures."

Du Ruhui said: "Yes, so now we must think of a way to deal with it."

Hearing what the three said, Li Shimin frowned.

At this moment, he regretted arresting the three of Li Jianghe.

After all, something that even Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui found embarrassing meant that it was serious.

"If Your Majesty is worried, I can offer three strategies for His Majesty. Once these three strategies are implemented, the family can be unified, the country can be governed, and the world can be pacified!"

"What, there is such a plan, tell me quickly."

"Yes, please tell me what the plan is."

Staring at Suning, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui all showed anticipation.

Suning said: "The first strategy is to strengthen the army and train a strong army to intimidate the family. Since His Majesty is worried about their rebellion, he will strengthen the army in advance for defense."

"As long as the army is strong, they can be forcibly suppressed when they rebel."

Li Shimin nodded lightly.

Indeed, if there is a strong army, then the family really dares to rebel, and he can remove the family at any time.

Fang Xuanling said: "This strategy is feasible, but how to strengthen this strong army has to be discussed in the long run."

Suning said: "If you have no choice, you can leave the matter of strengthening the army to me. In a few months, I promise to give your Majesty an invincible army."

Li Shimin looked surprised and said: "An invincible army?"

"good."

Seeing Suning's confident face, Zhang Sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other.

Suning's current methods have already surprised them.

Could it be that Suning still has the ability to train troops?
"Okay, since you have this confidence, then I promise you, how many soldiers and horses do you need?"

Su Ning said: "Not too much, eight thousand is enough."

"Eight thousand soldiers, you can suppress all the families of the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Shimin showed doubts.

There are at least hundreds of thousands of members of the five major factions in the Tang Dynasty.

With 10 soldiers, Suning wanted to suppress [-] people. He felt a little impossible.

Seeing Li Shimin showing doubts, Suning smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there are not many soldiers, and if there is a rebellion among the five major forces, it is only necessary to subdue the leader, and there is no need to suppress others."

Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "It makes sense. Although there are many people from the five major factions, as long as the leader is controlled, the others will not be a concern."

"Okay, I'll leave the military training to you, and I'll let Li Jing hand it over to you afterwards."

Li Shimin asked: "Then what is your second strategy?"

Su Ning said: "The second strategy is to vigorously develop the economy. Since His Majesty launched the Xuanwu Gate Change, it can be said that the internal vitality of the Tang Dynasty has been greatly damaged."

Hearing Su Ning mentioned the change of Xuanwumen, the three of Fang Xuanling showed panic.

The change of Xuanwu Gate can be said to be Li Shimin's taboo.

Now Suning suddenly mentioned that they were afraid of Li Shimin's anger.

But when they cast their eyes on Li Shimin, they found that Li Shimin didn't care at all.

In fact, if someone else said it, Li Shimin would definitely care.

But it is different to say that it was his son who changed the Xuanwu Gate.

"Then tell me, is the Xuanwu Gate change my fault?"

Li Shimin interrupted Suning suddenly.

This question has always been hidden in his heart, and every time he wanted to ask someone else, he was afraid that he would not be able to accept the answer, so he forcibly endured it.

But when Suning mentioned this matter, he wanted to know Suning's opinion.

Suning looked at Li Shimin and said, "Since your Majesty asked me about it, I'll just say it straight. Your Majesty was not at fault for the Xuanwu Gate change. If you want to blame this matter, you can only blame the Supreme Emperor."

"What, blame the Emperor?"

Fang Xuanling and the three of them were puzzled.

Li Shimin also frowned, his face full of doubts.

He initiated the change of Xuanwu Gate, so what does it have to do with Li Yuan?
Su Ning said: "That's right, the Supreme Emperor has to be blamed for this matter. His Majesty's military achievements are outstanding and his reputation is far-reaching, and the Supreme Emperor has long promised to make His Majesty the crown prince, but in the end he repented, which led to tragedy."

"So if this matter is to be held accountable, the Supreme Emperor is the real sinner."

Li Shimin stared at Su Ning, he couldn't believe that Su Ning was only 15 years old, and he had a different opinion from others.

He smiled immediately and said: "You speak so directly, aren't you afraid that I will punish you for your crime?"

Su Ning said with a smile: "Your Majesty will not, because Your Majesty is a good emperor, and the standard of a good emperor is to be able to distinguish right from wrong, and understand loyalty and treachery."

"Okay, well said, do you know that you have untied my heart knot."

Li Shimin laughed.

Ever since he launched the Xuanwumen Incident, he has been almost scolded by the people all over the world.

So he forbids others to mention this matter.

But until today, he realized that it was not himself who was really wrong.

Indeed, if Li Yuan was willing to make him the prince, he would not have killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

So the culprit of all this should be Li Yuan.

Seeing that Suning's words actually made Li Shimin so happy, Fang Xuanling and the other three looked at each other, feeling ashamed.

They are Li Shimin's confidantes.

But they never dared to mention the change of Xuanwu Gate.

Only Suning dared to speak frankly.

"By the way, you said that you want to vigorously develop the economy, but you don't know how to develop it?"

Li Shimin continued to ask.

Su Ning said: "It's very simple. Strengthen business exchanges with foreigners and reduce taxes for the people. As long as the people are rich, the economy will naturally rise."

Li Shimin nodded and asked, "Then what is the third strategy?"

Su Ning said: "The third strategy is the reform of the imperial examination system. Although there was an imperial examination system before, the places were basically occupied by the aristocratic families, so reforms must be carried out."

"How to reform?"

Li Shimin asked.

Su Ning said: "It is to let everyone in the Tang Dynasty, regardless of high or low, as long as they have talents and learning, they can take part in the imperial examination, and then use their real talents and knowledge to enter the palace as an official."

"In this way, a group of officials supported by the family will be replaced. Because these new officials do not have the support of the family, they will be loyal to His Majesty and help His Majesty govern the world."

"In this way, we will be able to manage the family and govern the country and secure the world."

"Yes, if these three strategies can succeed, then Datang will have no worries."

"Yes, but if you want to succeed, I'm afraid it depends on Suning."

"That's right. After all, with our talents, if we want to succeed in these three strategies, I'm afraid we won't be able to."

The three of Fang Xuanling looked at Suning and smiled.

Li Shimin also nodded slightly.

Suning's ability to propose these three strategies shows that it has the ability to succeed.

So he felt that it would be safer to hand it over to Suning.

"Why, Your Majesty will not leave the latter two matters to the minister, will he?"

Suning saw Li Shimin's gaze and said, "I'm a person with only two hands. I can't do so many things at once."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Who told you that you only have two hands. From now on, the three of them will be at your disposal."

While speaking, Li Shimin cast his eyes on Fang Xuanling and the other three, and asked, "I wonder if the three of you are willing."

"If we can really manage the family and govern the country and the world, we are naturally willing to help."

"Yes, one hundred of us are willing."

"Okay, since that's the case, let's start with a strong soldier."

Li Shimin looked at Suning and said: "Tomorrow you will go to the barracks to find Li Jing, and if you want to train soldiers, you can find him."

Suning rubbed his head, and seeing that he couldn't shirk it, he nodded and said, "Okay!" The next morning.

As soon as Su Ning came out of the room, he saw Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui standing outside.

"Why are you three here?"

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Didn't His Majesty ask us to help you? So we plan to go to the military camp with you today."

Fang Xuanling said: "Yes, we want to see how you train soldiers."

Hearing what the two said, Suning smiled.

The three said they came to see, but Suning knew that Li Shimin didn't believe that he would train soldiers.

So I deliberately sent three people to investigate the truth.

But this is normal.

After all, he was only 15 years old.

Looking at the generals training in the imperial court, they are not battle-hardened.

"can."

Suning didn't say anything, and immediately took the three of them out of the palace and walked towards the military camp outside Chang'an City.

After learning of Suning's arrival, Li Jing immediately greeted him from the tent.

"Su Ning, long time no see, what did you do?"

Suning smiled and said, "It's a long story."

Fang Xuanling said: "General Li, you should have received His Majesty's imperial decree, right?"

Li Jing nodded and said: "Got it, Your Majesty asked me to cooperate with Suning in military training, but I'm curious, I have been training soldiers all the time, why Your Majesty asked Suning to train soldiers."

Fang Xuanling glanced at Suning and said, "You don't need to ask more about this."

Suning set his sights on the martial arts arena.

I saw tens of thousands of soldiers training.

Immediately asked: "When you usually recruit soldiers, how do you recruit?"

Li Jing looked at the soldiers in the martial arts arena and said, "As long as they are young and middle-aged who are healthy and healthy."

Su Ning pondered and said: "Even young and middle-aged people have good and bad physiques. Now I give you a task to select [-] soldiers with no scars on their bodies, and I am looking for an imperial doctor to check their physical conditions for me. "

"Remember, I don't want anyone who is a little sick."

Li Jing's eyes widened, and he asked, "Are you so harsh in selecting soldiers? If you select like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to find 8000 soldiers in a day."

Su Ning said: "If you can't find it in one day, it will take two days. In short, you must choose according to my requirements."

"Ok."

Because Li Shimin had already given him an order, Li Jing could only choose to cooperate.

Soon, he led people to start selecting soldiers.

Seeing this, Fang Xuanling and the others showed puzzled expressions.

"Su Ning, these soldiers have all fought in battle, and they will inevitably have scars on their bodies. Is there any intention for you to choose soldiers without scars?"

"That's right, there are people who don't have any minor illnesses. If you select soldiers so harshly, it may be difficult to find [-] soldiers in a day or two."

Both Fang Xuanling and Fang Xuanling had opinions on Suning's method of selecting soldiers.

Su Ning said with a serious face: "Since I promised Your Majesty to train an invincible army, then naturally I have to use the most stringent conditions to select."

"And my training method is different from Li Jing's training. If I am sick or injured, I will definitely not be able to bear it."

Hearing what Suning said, the three of Fang Xuanling were very curious about what kind of method Suning would use to train soldiers.

Could it be that these handed down training methods are not advanced enough?

Although they were puzzled, the three of them didn't ask questions.

As time passed, ten days passed in a blink of an eye.

Li Jing finally selected [-] qualified soldiers according to Suning's request.

"Su Ning, these people were selected according to your requirements, what do you think?"

Su Ning glanced at the soldiers in front of him, and began to use the god-level scanning function to scan.

"get out!"

"And you, go out too!"

As long as people with physical problems are found, Suning will let them go.

His training methods are all selected according to the selection criteria of modern soldiers.

The purpose of this is to make it easier for them to withstand high-intensity training in subsequent training.

Seeing Suning letting some soldiers leave, Li Jing looked puzzled.

He saw no problem with these people.

Why did Suning let them leave inexplicably.

After half an hour.

Of the 1000 soldiers, more than [-] were eliminated by Suning.

"Okay, the remaining 7000 people should be fine, and the other 1000 people, you can find a way to make up for me."

Li Jing showed a look of helplessness.

He lost his temper by Suning's way of selecting soldiers.

"Okay, I will try my best. By the way, I have already repaired the training ground you asked me to build, and the training tools you drew. I have built them according to your requirements and arranged them. Go and see how it goes."

"Ah."

At the moment, under the leadership of Li Jing, Suning walked towards a plain not far from the barracks.

I saw that in the plain, there are horizontal bars, parallel bars, fences, and various obstacles.

After Suning walked in and took a look around, he nodded and said, "Okay, well done."

Li Jing said: "Your Majesty asked me to assist you, so naturally I dare not neglect."

Su Ning said: "Go and call those soldiers now, and I will personally demonstrate to them how to train. When they are familiar with it, you will supervise the training."

Although Suning knows many ways to train troops, when it comes to commanding, he still feels inferior to Li Jing.

Li Jing said: "Okay, anyway, what you say to do, I will do."

Following these words, Li Jing turned and left.

At this moment, a voice sounded in Suning's mind.

"Ding, it is detected that the host is standing on the training ground, do you sign in?"

"Huh? Is that okay?"

This training ground was opened up by Suning for Li Jingxin.

Before this was a wasteland.

"Sign in."

No matter what the reason is, since he can sign in, Suning will naturally not let it go.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully signing in, and you will be rewarded with Overlord Xiang Yu's power!" Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully signing in, and you will be rewarded with Overlord Xiang Yu's power. "

With the sound of this voice, Suning felt a powerful force sweeping his whole body.

After a moment.

When he lifted the clothes on his arms to watch, he found that his body had undergone earth-shaking changes.

He was still thin before, but now his body is covered with explosive and sexy muscles.

"Unexpectedly, the power of Xiang Yu, the overlord, can not only enhance my strength, but also change my body. It's amazing."

After discovering that his body had changed, Suning was a little proud.

At this moment, the [-] soldiers, led by Li Jing, came to the training ground.

Su Ning put down his sleeves and glanced at everyone.

After everyone stood up, he said, "From today onwards, this general will train you. During the training, if anyone feels that they can't bear it, they can quit at any time."

"No, since you are a soldier, you must obey absolutely. There is no reason to quit."

Li Jing spoke from the side.

Suning turned to look at him and said, "Are you training, or am I training?"

The training method he used can be called devil training.

This training method requires a lot of perseverance, and not everyone can bear it.

Therefore, he allowed soldiers with poor physical ability to have the option to withdraw.

"Of course you are training."

Li Jing laughed.

I shut my mouth now and didn't dare to speak.

Suning continued to look at the soldiers and said, "Now I will personally demonstrate these training items to you."

Before, Suning was a little worried that her body wouldn't be able to bear it.

But after gaining the power of Overlord Xiang Yu, he didn't worry at all.

As these words sounded, Suning began to run in the training ground.

Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui, who were watching from the sidelines when they saw Suning perform all kinds of strange training moves, showed doubts.

"What kind of training method is this, why haven't I seen it before?"

"Yeah, is this training method okay?"

"Do you want to report to His Majesty?"

The three of them came here under Li Shimin's order to watch how Suning trains soldiers.

Seeing Suning jumping up and down in the training ground now, they feel a little unreliable.

"How about we go back and report to His Majesty?" Fang Xuanling suggested.

"Okay, let His Majesty come and see it in person, otherwise we will be blamed if something goes wrong."

As these words rang out, the three of them turned and left.

Inside the Tai Chi Hall.

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling who was jumping up and down, and frowned.

"Your Majesty, that's it. This is how His Royal Highness taught them to train."

"you sure?"

Li Shimin's face was indifferent, a little disbelieving.

The action Fang Xuanling performed just now felt like a joke to him.

Fang Xuanling cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the three of us saw this with our own eyes."

Du Ruhui said: "We have never seen this kind of training method before, so we report it to His Majesty."

Li Shimin suddenly looked thoughtful.

Soon, he put down the memorial in his hand, stood up and said, "I'll go and see it myself."

He felt that the three strategies Suning offered him were feasible.

So he hopes that Suning can train him a strong army.

But Suning's training method made him a little worried.

Soon, the four came to the training ground.

"Your Majesty, look."

Fang Xuanling pointed to the training ground.

Li Shimin cast his eyes away.

When he saw the soldiers doing all kinds of strange movements under Suning's command, he frowned instantly.

When Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, he also led soldiers and watched others train soldiers.

But he has never seen Suning's way of training soldiers.

Li Jing stood aside and watched.

When he saw Li Shimin coming, he hurried over.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin asked: "General Li, what do you think of Suning's training method?"

Li Jing cast his eyes on the field, shook his head casually and said, "It's hard for me to accept."

"Go and call Suning."

"Yes."

Li Jing turned around and called Suning.

Because Suning has been guiding the training of soldiers, he did not notice the arrival of the four of Li Shimin.

It wasn't until Li Jing called him that he followed Li Jing to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, are you looking for a minister?"

Li Shimin asked suspiciously: "Does your training method really work?"

Su Ning glanced at the soldiers who were training, and then asked, "Does Your Majesty think these movements are very simple?"

Li Jing said: "Although it's not easy, it's not difficult either."

Su Ning said: "Since General Li said so, why don't we have a competition?"

"Competition, how do you want to compete?"

Li Jing was puzzled.

Suning said: "Didn't you say that these moves are not difficult? Let's compete with these moves. If you can beat me, you will train these soldiers from now on, and I will not interfere."

"it is good."

As Minister of the Ministry of War, Li Jing always believed that his way of training troops was the most effective.

If it wasn't for Li Shimin's order, let him assist Suning.

He didn't agree with Suning training soldiers in this way at all.

"Since General Li didn't suggest anything, I'll use the simplest push-ups as a test."

"push ups?"

The four of Li Shimin showed doubts.

Su Ning pointed to the edge of the training ground and said, "Your Majesty, please look where they are doing push-ups."

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling cast their gazes over in an instant.

It was found that thousands of soldiers were throwing themselves on the ground, doing the same movement one high and one low.

"This push-up seems simple, but it takes a lot of energy. Whether a soldier's physical strength is up to standard can actually be judged by how many push-ups he can do."

"Really? Then I'd like to give it a try."

Li Jing said with a look of disdain.

As a general, he believed that his physical strength must be higher than that of Suning.

So if there is a competition, he is 100% confident that he can win.

Suning smiled slightly, looked at him and said, "The general will come first, or I will come first."

Li Jing said: "To prove that this action is not difficult, I will do it first."

While speaking, Li Jing raised his sleeves, threw himself on the ground, and began to do push-ups.

He was very fast at first, but after reaching thirty, he couldn't hold on any longer.

Finally reached forty, then stood up.

His face was flushed and there were beads of sweat on his forehead.

"I made forty, it's up to you."

Su Ning smiled slightly, lifted his sleeves, put one hand behind his back, stretched out two fingers, fell to the ground, and began to do push-ups.

"This?"

Seeing that Su Ning not only did it with one hand, but also supported it with only two fingers, Fang Xuanling and the others widened their eyes.

Although they don't know if this action is difficult or not.

But just now I saw that Li Jing could only do forty with both hands, so I knew it was difficult.

Suning supported the ground with two fingers, and quickly rose and fell.

In less than a moment, a hundred were made.

At this time, he was still blushing and out of breath.

After standing up, Suning looked at Li Jing and said, "How about General Li, are you convinced?"

Although Li Jing looked unwilling, he still cupped his hands and said, "I'm convinced."

With both hands, he can only make forty.

He can make a hundred with just two fingers, but he won't accept it.

Li Shimin pondered for a while, then rolled up his sleeves and threw himself on the ground to do push-ups.

But after ten, he couldn't bear it and stood up.

"This movement seems simple, but it is very difficult. It seems that we are blind and don't know that Suning's training method is so powerful."

Su Ning said with a smile: "In fact, with your majesty's physique, you should be able to do more, but your majesty must have exhausted your energy last night, which will lead to your lack of energy today."

"Excessive physical exertion?"

Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui and Li Jing heard the words, and turned their gazes to Li Shimin at the same time.

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, and then understood what Suning meant.

Immediately said angrily: "It's just nonsense, okay, you continue to train, I will come to see it another day."

After finishing speaking, he turned and left in embarrassment, after all, he hadn't finished eating the Liuwei Dihuang last time!
In fact, what Su Ning said was not wrong, he stayed overnight at Empress Changsun's place last night.

If this is not the case, it is not enough to make only ten.

"Keep training."

Seeing Li Shimin leaving in embarrassment, Suning smiled and continued to direct the soldiers to train.

When Suning was training troops, after learning that Li Jianghe and others were thrown into prison by Li Shimin, the five major forces began to take revenge and cancel the expenditure on the imperial army.

Soon, urgent reports of food shortages were sent to His Majesty in several cases in front of Li Shimin. The five major forces suddenly canceled the expenditure and food supply for the army, which was obviously against the court. "

"Yes, they are probably planning to have sex with the imperial court."

Fang Xuanling and Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's face was gloomy, although he had already guessed that the five major forces would fight against the court.

But he didn't expect that the face of the five major forces would be so fast.

"Is there any food left in Chang'an?"

Li Shimin raised his head, looked at the two and asked.

Fang Xuanling said: "The food we got from Suning last time has all been given to the common people. Now there is no food in Chang'an."

Fang Xuanling pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't want to go to Suning again, he should still have some food."

Wei Zheng said: "I have long said that the five major forces cannot be offended, but Your Majesty insists on going his own way. Now that this situation has occurred, it can only be said to be a disaster for the Tang Dynasty."

Du Ruhui sneered and said, "Catastrophe? Master Wei, don't you know the virtues of the five major forces?"

"If they just hold back, they will only make progress."

Fang Xuanling said: "That's right, the early removal of the five major forces will be a blessing rather than a disaster for the imperial court."

Wei Zhengdao: "Since several adults feel that the five major forces should be eliminated, then I would like to ask several adults, what should we do now?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Xuanling and the other three were instantly speechless.

Li Shimin looked solemn.

After a little.

He said: "It seems that we have to go to Suning for this matter. Maybe he has a way to solve it. Even if there is no way, you can borrow some food from him to solve the urgent need."

When Suning gave them food last time, they found out that Suning had 10,000+ denier left.

If Suning is willing to give them these grains, it may be able to relieve their urgent needs.

"In that case, let's leave the palace now."

Fang Xuanling said.

"Okay, let's go to Suning now."

At that moment, Li Shimin took Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui out of the palace.

As for Wei Zheng, he was completely ignored by them.

In their view, Wei Zheng and them were not in the same camp at all.

Outside Chang'an City, in the training ground.

After a few days of instruction, [-] soldiers have mastered the training steps.

Seeing that the instructions were almost the same, Suning asked Li Jing to direct the training.

And he only occasionally went to observe.

When there is nothing to do, I help the soldiers in the barracks and check their bodies.

Just after Suning helped a soldier check his body, Li Shimin brought Fang Xuanling and the others to the barracks.

Seeing Li Shimin coming, Suning asked, "Your Majesty, are you here to inspect the ministers and train the soldiers?"

Li Shimin said solemnly: "No, there may be something that needs your help."

"Oh, I don't know what it is?"

Fang Xuanling said: "The five major forces have lost their face. They not only withdrew the military expenditure, but also took back the food they sent. Now the army in many places is already facing a crisis of food shortage."

Su Ning frowned, "The five major forces are moving so fast."

Fang Xuanling asked: "Su Ning, do you have a solution? If not, don't I remember where you still have 10,000+ deniers of food? Why don't you take it out first?"

Suning gave Fang Xuanling a white look, and said, "How long can the 10,000+ denier grain last? If the 10,000+ denier grain is eaten up, what will the army eat?"

Li Shimin said: "Then what should you do?"

They really have nothing to do.

If this were not the case, he would not come to Suning.

Su Ning sneered and said: "Since they want to use this method to threaten the court, His Majesty will order an increase in the grain tax. I want to see how long they will stockpile the grain."

"I'm afraid it won't work to increase the food tax. In this way, it will only increase the pressure on the people."

Fang Xuanling said.

Su Ning said: "I said Lao Fang, why are you so stupid, I asked His Majesty to increase the food tax for the family, not for the common people."

"Besides, the people of Tang Dynasty don't have much food at home, and all the food is in the hands of the aristocratic family."

"At that time, His Majesty will collect taxes according to the amount of grain stored. If you don't want to pay taxes, that's fine, then use the same amount of grain to pay."

"In this way, there will be no food."

"That's a good idea."

"Yes, let's see what their family will do then."

Li Shimin nodded lightly and said: "This method is good, but I am afraid that it will cause opposition from the aristocratic family."

Su Ning said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it will be implemented in accordance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Whoever dares to say a half word will be arrested."

"Of course, in order for the aristocratic family to have no reason to object, His Majesty must find a few people to set an example."

"be role model?"

Li Shimin was startled at first, then smiled and said: "I understand what you mean, kill chickens to scare monkeys."

"good."

"Okay, then I will go back to the palace now and implement according to your method."

Following these words, Li Shimin turned and left with Fang Xuanling and the others.

After returning to the palace, Li Shimin was about to issue an order when an eunuch walked in suddenly.

"Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor asked you to go there."

"The emperor, what does he want me to do?"

Although he was puzzled, Li Shimin still walked towards the palace where Li Yuan lived in Tai Chi Palace.

When Li Shimin came to the palace where Li Yuan lived, he saw him sitting on a chair reading a book.

"Father, are you looking for a son?"

Li Yuan put down the book in his hand, looked at Li Shimin with a smile and said, "You are here, sit down quickly."

"No, I just need to stand."

Li Shimin was still busy going back to make an order, so he didn't want to stay for a moment.

"Okay, since that's the case, the emperor will tell you straight."

Looking at Li Shimin, Li Yuan said: "Why do you want to send people from the five major forces into the sky prison?"

Li Shimin said: "Because they threatened me."

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and said: "I'm afraid not, the emperor heard that it was because they sent someone to assassinate that kid."

Li Shimin said: "Father, you may not know that Suning is not an ordinary person. Not only is he wise and brave, he can also refine fine salt. Li wants to kill him just to get the fine salt refining technology."

In fact, Li Shimin did not say that Suning is his son.

If Mrs. Li wanted to assassinate Suning, that would be to make things difficult for him, Li Shimin.

He can tolerate anything, but he can't tolerate others hurting Suning.

Li Yuandao: "Father, no matter what your reason is, he immediately let go of those clansmen from the five major forces. Do you know that the five major forces have contributed a lot to Father's ability to become emperor?"

"If you arrest their people now, it's like burning a bridge across the river. How can you ask them to help you in the future?"

"Furthermore, Royal Father has also heard that they have canceled their military support for the army. Do you know how much it is? You can't destroy Datang just because of one person."

Li Shimin opened his mouth, but finally swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

He really wanted to tell Li Yuan that it was not a person, it was your grandson.

But he knew that Suning's identity could not be revealed yet.

Immediately said: "Father, there is no need to say more, my son knows how to do it."

Li Yuan frowned and said, "Do you know what to do? Tell Father the truth, why do you want to protect that kid, and what does he have to do with you?"

Li Shimin said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, I just think he is young and promising, and I don't want the five major forces to hurt him."

Li Yuan's eyes met Li Shimin's, he wanted to see what Li Shimin was thinking.

But no matter how he looked at it, Li Shimin remained expressionless.

"Okay, very good, since you are determined to protect him, then father will not say any more, I hope you don't ruin the country that my Li family has finally won."

"Father, don't worry, the country of our Li family will never be ruined in my hands."

After uttering these words, Li Shimin turned and left.

After Li Shimin left, Li Yuan said, "Come here."

Soon, an eunuch ran in from outside.

"What orders does the Supreme Emperor have?"

Li Yuandao: "Immediately send someone to check Suning's identity for me. I want to know all about him."

After Li Shimin returned to Ganlu Hall, he immediately wrote an imperial decree.

Anyone who hoards more than ten deniers of grain at home will be charged double the grain tax.

Ten days is one thousand catties.

Based on the current situation in the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible for ordinary people to have more than one thousand kilograms of food.

Therefore, Li Shimin's imperial decree is aimed at those aristocratic families and merchants who hoard food.

When this imperial decree was passed down, the five major forces were completely outraged.

Qinghe County.

This is where the high-level members of the Li family gather.

At this moment, Li Ergou, the leader of the Li clan, smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground with an angry face.

"It's simply deceiving people too much. Li Shimin's actions are simply forcing our five major forces to die."

"That's right. By doing this, he is clearly retaliating against our five major forces for canceling the military expenditure of the army."

"Hmph, can we blame this? If he is willing to let Li Jianghe and others go, we won't do it either."

"Patriarch, what should we do now? Among the five major powers, our Li family has the most grain. If we follow the imperial decree, we will have to pay at least tens of thousands of taels of grain tax."

"I heard that this strategy seems to be given to him by Dongzhou County Lord Suning. This person has repeatedly opposed our five major forces. It is really hateful."

Li Ergou is over seventy years old, but he is still going strong.

With his hands behind his back, his eyes fixed, he said: "Su Ning is indeed a hateful person. He is always against our five major forces, and now he is helping Li Shimin to plan against us. He must not stay."

One of the clan elders said: "What is the clan leader going to do? Li Jianghe sent someone to assassinate him before, but instead of killing him, he got himself involved."

Li Ergou said: "You go contact the other four surnames and ask them to send people to join us and kill Suning together. Then I want to see what Li Shimin can do to our five major forces."

The foundation of Datang is the five major forces.

Li Ergou knew this very well, so he decided to take a gamble.

Bet that Li Shimin would not dare to attack their five major forces at the same time.

a few days later.

Outside Chang'an City, in the training ground.

"Su Ning, do you know that your majesty has already implemented your method."

Fang Xuanling looked at Suning who was examining the soldiers, and said with a smile.

"How does that work?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Except for the five powerful families, the rest of the merchants have already started to sell a large amount of grain, and now some of the grain has flowed into the government."

"That's good. If things go on like this, we won't be far from selling grain by the five major forces."

Fang Xuanling frowned and said, "It's just that I heard a piece of news that Li Ergou, the patriarch of the Li family in Qinghe, seems to have secretly contacted the other four surnames to get rid of you."

"After His Majesty knows about this, let me remind you to be more careful."

"Of course, if you are afraid, you can send the army His Majesty sent you here to protect you."

"No, those troops should stay to guard the border!"

The army that Li Shimin sent to protect Suning has already been sent to guard the border.

For him, it would be better for those soldiers to be sent to guard the border.

After all, he knows the history of Tang Dynasty very well.

In the early years of Zhenguan, the internal situation in the Tang Dynasty was not stable, and the Turks often came to invade.

Now that he traveled to Datang, he naturally wanted to help Datang resist foreigners.

"Well, since that's the case, I'll go back first."

While speaking, Fang Xuanling was about to turn around and leave.

But at this moment, he suddenly looked at the distant woods and widened his eyes.

"Su Ning, run quickly."

Suning turned her head in confusion.

In the woods in the distance, thousands of bandits rushed out, each of them holding a long knife in their hands.

"kill!"

After these people rushed out, they rushed directly towards Suning.

"Su Ning, they seem to be coming for you, hurry up."

Seeing these people rushing towards Suning, Fang Xuanling quickly stood in front of him.

He knew very well that if something happened to Suning, Li Shimin would definitely question him.

Seeing these bandits rushing, Su Ning's eyes were fixed.

Then he took out a palm-sized copper horn from his arms, put it in his mouth and blew it.

woohoo...

With the sound of the horn.

I saw the soldiers who were training, all gathering towards Suning.

The horn in Suning's hand was specially made by him.

Once it is blown, people miles away can hear it.

Soon, eight thousand soldiers gathered in front of him.

"Someone is coming to attack us now. I have been training you for several days. You were also soldiers before. Now I want to see how your training is going these days."

"Everyone rush to me."

"Yes."

Following Suning's voice, [-] soldiers rushed towards the bandits without using any swords.

Seeing this, Fang Xuanling showed a worried look.

Although there are many people on their side, they have no weapons.

But soon he was surprised.

I saw that the soldiers trained by Suning were not only agile, but also almost fatal with one blow.

"This?"

He had seen too many scenes of soldiers fighting on the battlefield.

But it was the first time he had seen fighting with others with bare hands like this.

"Kill, kill that kid, and reward him with ten thousand taels of gold."

At this moment, there was a shout from the crowd
I saw three bandits breaking through the barrier and rushing towards Suning.

Seeing this, Fang Xuanling quickly stopped in front of Suning, saying: "Su Ning, be careful."

Su Ning was a little surprised to see Fang Xuanling standing in front of him.

Fang Xuanling was just a civil servant, and he had no blood relationship with him. Suning was a little moved to stand in front of him at such a dangerous moment.

Of course, he didn't know his identity. If he knew, he would probably be relieved.

"Old Sun, get out of the way, these people alone can't hurt me."

Su Ning pushed Fang Xuanling away, looked at the three people rushing towards him, and smiled coldly.

Just when the three of them were about to approach him, he turned his body and dodged to dodge.

Then quickly stretched out his hands, grabbed the wrists of two of them holding the knife, and threw it violently.

I saw the two of them were directly thrown tens of feet away by him, and then he kicked the last one flying.

With the power of Overlord Xiang Yu, Suning threw these people like throwing a chicken.

Fang Xuanling was filled with disbelief when she saw that Suning had easily dispatched the three of them.

Because how could he have thought that Suning's strength would be so great.

"Suning, you are so strong, how many abilities do you still have that you haven't used yet?"

Fang Xuanling looked at Suning and couldn't help asking.

Su Ning said with a smile: "I have so many skills, I'm afraid I can't finish them all the time."

Fang Xuanling immediately looked at Suning as if looking at a monster.

Under the siege of these soldiers, thousands of people who came to assassinate Suning were quickly surrendered.

At this time, Suning walked up to one of them and asked, "Tell me, who sent you here?"

Fang Xuanling said indifferently: "You don't need to ask, it must be sent by the five major forces, do you want to play His Majesty?"

Su Ning thought for a while, and said: "There is no need to play it, even if it is played, His Majesty will not dare to take action against the five major forces for the time being."

Fang Xuanling asked in confusion: "Why?"

Su Ning said: "Because these people are sent by the five major forces, the five major forces must be eliminated, but they cannot be dealt with at the same time, otherwise it will hurt the enemy one thousand and self-damage eight hundred."

"What should I do?"

Su Ning said: "You tell His Majesty to leave me alone and speed up the hoarding of food. Once the five major forces make chaos, once the surrounding foreigners know about it, they will definitely take the opportunity to attack Datang."

"Okay, I, Su Ning, will go to the palace to meet the emperor now."

"When I see the emperor, I will tell him everything!"

(End of this chapter)