Don't be a prince

These days, the Su family can be called a chicken and a dog jumping around. The head of the family will drink after returning home, and will curse the Wang family when he is drunk.

Naturally, Su Yuan couldn't hide such a big commotion. After learning the whole story, she immediately didn't know what to say.

In her eyes, the prince is actually a very knowledgeable, literary person, but still funny.When she was young, she still dreamed about what her future husband would be like, but as she became more sensible, this vision turned into fear, because she was really incapable of controlling her own destiny.

The heavens pity her, although the crown prince is the heir apparent, he unexpectedly ran to her place, met her, and now he still writes and chats with her all the time.If her destined husband is the prince, she can definitely accept it.However, this grace from heaven is time-sensitive after all. The move of the Wang family to marry the royal family would rather break the oath, which immediately shattered her dream.

The tears couldn't stop flowing down, even though Chang Le stood beside her, she didn't notice it.

"Sister Yuan, why are you crying? Did someone bully you?"

Su Yuan was startled by Changle's voice, she quickly got up from the bed and wiped away her tears.It's just that her complexion was fair in the first place, but now her red peach-like eyes are still so obvious.

"Changle, why are you here again? Didn't you say that the royal family is planning to break off the engagement with the Su family?"

Hearing Su Yuan's words, Changle laughed immediately: "Who did you listen to! How could the father, the queen and the mother cancel the engagement? Isn't the prince and the emperor's brother so angry? Look, this purse is the mother who asked me to take it. I came to give it to you, this smaller one was given to you by Brother Huang. Don't worry, how could such a thing happen?"

Taking the purse, regardless of Changle in front of her, Su Yuan directly opened the purse given to her by the crown prince, and took out a letter from it.

The original sorrow disappeared without a trace after reading the letter, but the tears still couldn't help but flow down.

"You are my daughter-in-law. I don't want to be alone when I marry a daughter. Just wait at ease..."

Chapter 248 Seeding Cart

After reading the letter, Su Yuan regained her smile, picked up the smaller leather bag and handed it to Changle, saying: "Changle, the empress empress gave it to my sister. My sister can't give it to you, otherwise it would be rude. However, the prince gave it to me. For you."

After receiving the purse, Chang Le immediately became happy. She wanted it when she was in the palace, but the prince and brother didn't give it to her, and always used waiting for her to grow up as an excuse.

With a leather bag as a gift, Chang Le happily said: "Sister Su, if you want to write to Brother Huang, please hurry up, I came out late, if you don't return to the palace during lunch, you will be reprimanded by the queen mother."

Su Yuan quickly put down the letter, went to a desk beside her and began to write.

"The mountain has no edges, and the heaven and the earth are united. How dare you break with the king~"

Seeing Su Yuan's reply, Li Chengqian was quite proud.In the Tang Dynasty, it is really rare for a woman to express such meaning directly.After all, my frivolity is still rewarding, at least, my future wife still likes me very much now.

Put the letter in the drawer and store it, and then worry about the memorial on the desk.

Although Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui tricked him before, many of the memorials he chose to send to the East Palace after that were carefully selected by him.Regarding commercial memorials, they would naturally be sent to the East Palace without exception, and Fang Xuanling added a lot of categories of government orders and promotions to it.Many of the memorials have already been approved, and bringing them to the East Palace is just a formality.

Li Chengqian knew that what he was about to learn was in it, so he paid special attention to it.

Datang implemented the government army system, and the distribution of soldiers adopted the principle of strong stems and weak branches.Except for Li Ji, Zhang Jian and others who need to be stationed outside and hold military power, the rest of the generals must live in Chang'an as long as there is no war? They cannot even go out casually.Is the emperor holding the military power in his hand? That's why the king of Xi made him fight against the mouse and finally won? How could he not be vigilant.

In terms of government affairs? Although the emperor holds Shangshu Province and refuses to let go, Zhongshu and Menxia Province can still effectively tie down the imperial power? Especially in the absence of Wei Zheng, Menxia Province still dares to resist the imperial power? So in terms of government affairs? Everything is peaceful.

The court during the Zhenguan period was quite good. Although the emperor hacked Lu Zushang and Zhang Yungu to death in a rage, he still allowed his ministers to speak out and give advice more often. Those who gave correct advice would be rewarded.Flaws hard to conceal? Such an official style is still very good.At least in the current situation where all places need to develop, the good atmosphere driven by the imperial court will also promote the localities.

The memorials of the Ministry of Household Affairs are actually very boring. Most of the time they are about the resettlement of refugees.Because of this, refugees come out every year to apply for naturalization? The number of newly naturalized refugees each year has also become an important plus point in official evaluation.

"Your Highness? Is this a memorial sent by the Ministry of Education? How many of them are specially marked by Changsun Shangshu? You need to read it carefully."

After analyzing one stack, Zhang Yun moved another stack.

"Old Zhang, tell Lao Fang when you go to pick it up again, can you not bring so many over? I haven't had time to eat since the end of martial arts training in the morning. After reading all these, it will probably be late at night. Do you still have time to do your own thing?"

Standing up and twisting his waist, Li Chengqian didn't know what to say.

I used to think that sitting in the office and processing documents was the most enjoyable job, much better than delivering food.Now after sitting for most of the morning, I realized that this job is not easy.No matter how radiant a person is, if he sits and handles government affairs all the time, he can't stand the disc around his waist!

Looking at the remaining memorials, Zhang Yun couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, actually you don't need to read the full text. When His Majesty handles the memorials, he always reads the annotations first before checking the content of the memorials. Only complicated ones will be read." Carefully study and judge."

Pointing to the long comments on a memorial, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Look, there is nothing short about this, as long as it is sent by the old house, it is all long and long. Although there are a lot of memorials backlogged years ago, but this There are too many. In addition, there are many important things in it, and it would be bad if we delay time here alone."

After picking out a few important ones, Li Chengqian handed them over to Zhang Yun without hesitation, and asked him to send them directly to the emperor.Although the prince needs to be cultivated, it is still a loss-making business to exchange the implementation speed of the government order or the dispatch time of the frontier army.It's only been six years of Zhenguan, and the emperor seems to have two to thirty years to live, and two to thirty years to be cultivated, so there's no need to be in a hurry.

After selecting the important memorials and sending them to the emperor first, Li Chengqian continued to check the remaining memorials.

Hmm, my back hurts.

After reading the memorabilia for two months, Li Chengqian had a general understanding of the general structure of the imperial court by the time of the Spring Plowing Ceremony.

I have to say that being an emperor is really hard work. Qin Shihuang has to review [-] catties of memorials every day, and the memorials of the Tang Dynasty are replaced with bamboo slips. It is estimated that there are [-] catties.The chaos in the world is far from being able to be decided by one person.It is precisely because of this that Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng appeared.

The backlog of memorials from years ago has been dealt with, and it will be much more leisurely in the future.Otherwise, I have to read the memorial every day, from morning to night, and Iron Man will be metal fatigued.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has an order. This year's Spring Plowing Ceremony, the East Palace is not allowed to bring delicious food. This year is the same as last year. From His Majesty to all officials, they can only eat glutinous rice."

"Got it."

Curling his lips, Li Chengqian could only leave all the food he had packed in the study.

Cultivated land must look like cultivated land. Wearing a dragon robe to plow the land, no matter how hard you dig the hole, you will be suspected of being a show.So when Li Chengqian walked out of the East Palace in sackcloth, he happened to see the empress who was also in sackcloth. As for Li Tai, with his big belly, he didn't look like a poor man.

Li Tai was originally on the imperial chariot, but when he reached the gate of the East Palace, he cheekily squeezed into Li Chengqian's carriage.

"Brother Huang, don't you really listen to your father's words? Didn't you prepare something to eat? I was coaxed up by my subordinates early in the morning, so I didn't eat any food."

While taking out the baked cake from the hidden compartment of the carriage, Li Chengqian said righteously: "Qingque, the Spring Plowing Ceremony is to warn us not to forget the hard work of the people. How can we slack off on such a serious matter!"

Li Tai cupped his hands, then fixed the curtains of the car windows, and began to feast.

"When the columbine was in the laboratory, it has been tested, and the effect is very good. It is a wooden double-layer wheel, which will wear out after a long time. When it hits the ground with many stones, it will be easily broken. Although iron can also be used to make it, but the burden on the donkey is a bit heavy, so it is still necessary to use cattle."

Knowing that Li Tai is not reliable in experimentation, and will not take things out, Li Chengqian also took a piece of cake and said while eating: "Have you thought about it, are you really going to help Li Ke get the treatment of an unworthy official?" ? You must know that in order to let you stay in Chang'an, the royal father was questioned a lot, and in the end he used the imperial power to suppress you."

Li Tai took a sip of tea and said after a long sigh of relief: "I originally wanted to help him fight for it. Seeing that Li Ke is about to get engaged, as long as his engagement is completed, he will be sent to Wudi. , it’s really far away from Chang’an. You can’t make a sound, so I’m the only one here. The three of us have played together since we were young, so we know each other well. Brother Huang, Li Ke really doesn’t have any interest in the throne. Let him go to Wu Dizhai and stay at home, he will die of depression."

Li Chengqian smiled, patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said, "If you want to do it, just do it. Concubine Yang gave birth to Li Min. If Li Ke goes away, it will be very miserable."

During the conversation, Li Tai ate up the whole plate of cakes.If the judge found out that the two brothers were hiding in the carriage and eating cake, they would definitely be impeached.The Spring Plowing Ceremony is so important that no one from the emperor to the nobles dare to underestimate it.It's just that after satisfying the initial curiosity, the common people don't pay much attention to this matter now.

The carriage reaches at most the periphery of the field, and the rest of the road has to be walked.

Li Shimin had just reached the ground when he saw Si Nong Temple Minister Yu Yue jumping up and down around a strange-looking plow stick.

Quyuanli has also been used. This plow stick is the same as Quyuanli, but there is an extra box behind the plow, and there are strange-looking wheels under it. I don’t know what it is used for.

Asked if he didn't understand, Li Shimin turned his head and asked Li Chengqian without hesitation: "Is this something newly made by the Institute of Engineering? Isn't it just adding something to Qu Yuanli, as for offering it again?"

The emperor was a little unhappy. When a new thing appeared, it was okay for the court to give some rewards, but after the upgrade, would there still be rewards?Isn't this the end?

Li Chengqian laughed dryly, patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said, "Father, this thing was not made by the Engineering Institute. Although they have many craftsmen to help, it is Qingque who really made it!"

"Blue sparrow?"

Looking at his fat son, Li Shimin's originally gloomy face suddenly became sunny.

"Hahaha, something made by Qingque, come on, tell Father, what are the boxes and wheels you added for?"

After seeing the magic of Quyuanli, the ministers who came to participate in the farming this year bought themselves Quyuanli early. Last year, the emperor could use it to cultivate the land. In the end, they were the only ones who were exhausted by the old plow.There was a new thing this year, which immediately aroused their curiosity.

With his stomach full, Li Tai swaggered up to the columbine cart and said, "Reporting to my father, this thing is called a columbine cart. My son wanted to restore it according to the records in ancient books, but later found out that the original columbine cart was not It’s easy to use. Although the finished product is modified from the columbine car, it’s actually specious.

You see, this box is actually used to hold seeds. The oxen and donkeys pull it in front, and when the plow is in the ditch, it will also rotate with this wheel. It has been extended to the inner part of the wheel, so that the seeds will not fall due to sticking too much soil.There are small pits on the inner wheel, and the same amount of seeds will be sprinkled every time the wheel rotates.In this way, labor for sowing seeds is saved.

As for cultivating the soil, just hang another wooden stake at the back, and cultivate the soil when pulling it.However, in this way, there will still be some places that cannot be covered, and artificial soil cultivation is indispensable, which just saves a lot of effort. "

After listening to Li Tai's explanation, Li Shimin immediately became interested in this strange-looking thing called a car.

"Since it's no longer a columbine cart, let's change its name. The sowing cart is very good. It's simple and easy to remember. Chengqian, you come to lead the cows. I want to see if this thing can really sow seeds by itself."

Li Chengqian had no choice but to pick up the cow.Speaking of which, Li Tai's planter actually saves the labor of planting and cultivating the soil. The emperor still needs to handle the plow, and he still needs to pull the oxen.

The emperor's prince started farming, and the eldest grandson and Li Tai each took what looked like a shovel, but did not shovel the soil.

After Yu Yue and others waited for the emperor to go far away, they opened the furrows to check the sowing situation.

After looking through four or five steps in a row, I realized that the sowing of this thing is really even.Although it is still not comparable to manual labor, it saves too much work!If a farmer has obedient oxen and donkeys, one person can farm the land.

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei is really smart, you can make such things, I admire you!"

After fully enjoying the meeting with Yu Yue and others, Li Tai felt a charming pleasure, as if the difficulties encountered in developing the columbine car were not so important.

After going back and forth, Li Shimin also checked the ditches himself.Sure enough, although there are more seeds than those sown by hand, it is not unbearable. Some well-trained donkeys and oxen can be cultivated even if they are not led.This is so labor-saving!You must know that even if there is Quyuanli, when it is time to plant the land, the whole family of the common people will be dispatched.If this planter can be popularized, then there are two strong laborers in the family, and the cultivation capacity will be doubled.

This is amazing!You must know that the most important thing in the Tang Dynasty is land, and what is lacking are people who cultivate the land.The population should not be anxious, even if births are encouraged, it will not increase in a day or two, but if the farmers can get twice the result with half the effort, the production will increase, and people still worry about food?

There are still many people who have thought of this. As for Changsun Wuji, he is already ecstatic. As long as the food production increases, the people will no longer suffer from hunger, the taxation in many places will be restarted, and the imperial treasury will be empty. Quick relief.

Li Tai's next words became the last straw that broke the camel's back:

"Father, my son also discovered that as long as the hoe is formed into a frame and pulled by a mule and donkey, it can be like a plow stick, saving time and trouble in weeding. As long as the weeding is not too harsh, the labor saving is still considerable! "

Yu Yue really jumped up: "His Royal Highness, can this planting vehicle, the hoe you mentioned, be produced on a large scale? If it is possible, Sinong Temple will start promoting it immediately! This year is designated; it is too late, But within five years, it should be able to spread to the whole of Datang.”

Speaking of this "five years", Yu Yue already gritted his teeth.Five years seems a long time, but considering the traffic and area of ​​the Tang Dynasty, the people of Sinong Temple would lose their legs in five years.

But who knows, Li Tai shook his head again and again: "It's not okay to hand it over to Sinong Temple. The college still counts on this to earn money to support the students. Now the college has started selling it. There is no need to send it to other places, as long as the merchants in Dayi, Tongzhou transport it." Pull them up at the right time, and then slowly promote them with the state capital as the center, three years for ancient books is enough."

"The academy has already started selling it? What is the price?"

Seeing Li Tai's refusal to hand it over to the court, Li Shimin not only frowned, the price of even the best things was too high for the common people to afford, and it was like a dream in the mirror.

"It's not expensive, just a hundred coins."

"One hundred coins? I'm afraid the common people can't afford such a price!"

Wei Zheng, who had just returned to Beijing, blew his beard when he heard the price.He knew the people's families very well. For the people around Chang'an, more than ten Wen is considered a huge sum of money, let alone a hundred Wen.

"Doctor Wei, can you let me finish talking?"

Li Tai gave Wei Zheng a dissatisfied look, and it was not until Wei Zheng surrendered that he gave up the position to Li Chengqian.

Smiling, Li Chengqian bowed his hands to the curious courtiers and said: "The promotion of new agricultural tools is the graduation assessment for the first batch of disciples of the academy. They will bring craftsmen and caravans to various parts of the Tang Dynasty to promote new agricultural tools." This is not only a test of their will, but also an opportunity for them to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Only by broadening their horizons and truly experiencing the people's livelihood and conditions in various parts of the Tang Dynasty can they be good officials."

It is no secret that the college disciples will become officials, but Li Chengqian said it in public, and many people still looked embarrassed.The joining of a large number of civilian students directly impacted the nomination power of honorable groups, but they could only accept the emperor's straightforward statement.After all, it has not been abolished directly, the emperor has already lenient.

Li Shimin didn't ask too much about the college, but walked up to Li Tai, patted his head with his hand and asked, "Qingque, I have to reward you for making this thing, tell me, what do you want?" ? Is it pearls, jade, gold and stones, or a little more fief?"

Hearing these words, many people involuntarily shifted their eyes to Li Chengqian.

The emperor's favor for the king of Wei was too much, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Li Tai's current fiefdom not only surpassed the previous ones, but was also an official that the emperor personally promised, that is, he could live in Chang'an without being a feudal vassal.The king of Wei, who is so in the limelight, has already threatened the position of the prince.

But what shocked them was that the prince never showed a worried look from the beginning to the end, and he didn't know if it was because his energy-raising skills were too powerful.

Li Tai scratched the back of his head and said, "Father, I already have a lot of fiefdoms, so there is no need to add more, but if you are really happy, why don't you promise me something?"

Chapter 249 Thinking About Things Deeply

Li Tai already has enough fiefdoms, and this time he barely suppressed them with imperial power. Besides, I am afraid that the court will really be fried.Even though he said so verbally, Li Shimin still hoped that Li Tai would refuse.This guy has a smart older brother who should have been warned about this.

Sure enough, facing Li Tai's intelligence, Li Shimin was naturally happy to agree: "It's easy to say, easy to say, no matter what, I promise you."

Seeing that the emperor had no intention of adding another fief to King Wei, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and Wei Zheng put down his raised foot.

It’s fine not to add any more fiefdoms. As for rewarding some treasures or something, that’s what it should be. After all, the planting cart is really against the sky.

"Father, my son hopes that you will allow third brother to stay in Chang'an, how about not being an official?"

"Ok, ok, ok...huh?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened, third brother?No official?Li Ke?

"no!"

What surprised Li Chengqian and Li Tai most was that the first one to make a sound was the eldest grandson!This is too surprising. It stands to reason that she can't speak out about such things.

"The empress is right. The feudal king should be a feudal prince. How can he stay in Chang'an? You are a special case. If you make another one, what should all the princes in the future follow? No! You can say anything else, except this one! "

In order to divert the attention of the ministers to himself, Li Shimin deliberately raised his voice.

Changsun Wuji stood up before Wei Zheng and said, "His Royal Highness Wei Wang, this is not a nonsense, why don't you take back what you said?"

Seeing that many courtiers tended to speak, Li Tai had no choice but to change his speech: "Father, why don't you reward the Furong Garden to your ministers!"

Furong Garden is located in the southeast of Chang'an City, along the south bank of the Qujiang River.It was originally the Li Palace of the Sui Dynasty. Li Shimin felt that he didn't have much time to go there, so he wanted to give it to Li Tai.As a result, Li Tai felt that he didn't have much time to play, so he didn't accept it.

It is said that the garden occupies an area of ​​[-] hectares, with a circle of [-] miles. There is a cool hall at the bottom of the ban, and a Linshui Pavilion at the east of the hall.No matter from which angle you look at it, this is an extremely generous reward.

Seeing that Li Tai changed his mind, Li Shimin nodded immediately and said, "In that case, I will reward you again. Well, I will continue to cultivate. You and your queen mother can see if there is any lack of soil!"

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin urged Li Chengqian to continue leading the cows.

The matter of Li Ke not being an official is over...

This year is different from previous years, the Quyuan plow replaced the original heavy plow, so the Xungui family cultivated very quickly. It used to take a day or even two days to complete the plowing, but this year it only took half a day to complete the plowing.As for the emperor's family who used the seeding cart, it took only half the morning to finish planting.

The meal at noon is very simple, from the emperor to the officials watching the ceremony, they are all glutinous rice.