Don't be a prince

Looking at the little guy in his hand, and then at the big one in the emperor's hand, when Wei Zheng made up his mind to do it, he realized that Fang Xuanling and others had already rolled up their sleeves and started doing it.

It is not the harvesting method of breaking off and throwing them into a pile in the later generations. Everyone who breaks off the corn is as gentle as holding his own newborn child.The carriage covered with quilts had already been prepared, and the broken corn was placed on it in rows, which looked very valuable no matter how you looked at it.

Not all plants can grow two, and not every plant can grow such a big guy.Therefore, if you break it to a big one, you will laugh wildly, and if you break it to a small one, you will be discouraged for a while.

Under the madness of all the ministers, all the corn on the one-acre field was smashed in a short time.Occasionally, Li Chengqian saw a particularly tender ear of corn, and Li Chengqian's saliva immediately flowed out. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he carried it into the nursing room by the experimental field.

Just bake it. The memory of running to a nearby corn field to steal corn and roast it when I was a child is still vivid in my mind.Roasted corn may not be very delicious, and you will have a mouthful of black, but at that time, the spiritual pleasure is better than the stimulation of the mouth.

Fortunately, before departure, it was ready.Small brushes, thick iron wires, and oil are all brought together.

After lighting the charcoal fire in the wooden house, Li Chengqian held the corn cobs and drooled while grilling them.

There are some things that you are used to, or have disdain to taste, but once you leave for many years, you will be very nostalgic for it, corn is like this.

It was finally baked until it was all golden, and it was almost turning black. Smell it, this smell is really long-lost.There is no need to sprinkle any barbecue sauce, apply some grease, just to prevent scorching and lock in moisture.The fragrance and sweetness of the corn itself...

Just as Li Chengqian was thinking about putting the corn to his mouth, a big hand suddenly stretched out and snatched it away arrogantly.

This makes me angry, anyone can grab food from Lao Tzu's majestic prince?

Turning around angrily, Li Chengqian was immediately discouraged.

I saw that the narrow wooden house was full of people at this time, and the most exaggerated thing was that he was not the only one drooling.

Naturally, the emperor was the one who snatched the corn. Li Shimin bit the corn and groaned, but he still chewed and scolded: "As the saying goes, parents who starve to death don't eat the grain, and I and all the nobles are busy picking corn. , you are better off, steal it and eat it. Hmph!"

After snorting, Li Shimin took another bite out of his anger.

After Li Chengqian concentrated on roasting the corn, while the outer skin was crispy, it also retained some of the moisture that had been lost inside.As long as the mouth is good, you can enjoy the original deliciousness without covering.

After four bites in a row, he ate the largest circle of corn kernels, and then Li Shimin remembered the courtiers behind him.Reluctantly, he handed the corn to Zhangsun Wuji, as if it took a lot of courage to let go.

Compared with the emperor, Changsun Wuji was much more reliable, he asked for a horizontal knife from the guard outside the door, and separated the corn, almost one bite per person.

Well, a sip.

After tasting the taste of corn, everyone nodded in satisfaction, especially Wei Zheng and Yu Yue, although their teeth hurt from biting, tears still filled their eyes.

delicious!Who would have thought that this thing could be so delicious just by roasting it.Everyone has weighed the weight of corn. It is no exaggeration to say that the yield per mu must exceed a thousand catties, and it may reach two thousand catties.Maybe it will shrink after drying, and maybe if ordinary people plant it, the yield will drop a lot, but it still has about a thousand catties.

With the emergence of such a high-yield new food, I don’t know how many people will be saved from starvation!

Smacking his mouth to savor the delicacy of corn, Li Shimin reached out and knocked on Li Chengqian's head and said, "No wonder you want to sneakily bake it and eat it. It's really delicious. You can cook it directly, or grind it. How to eat flour and pancakes? It’s a pity that these are grown grains, otherwise I really want to try it.”

Yu Yue stood up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, just wait for three or two years. When the total number of seeds is enough, we will start to select seeds, and those small ones will be eliminated from being qualified as seeds. At that time , if Your Majesty wants to eat, I will send it to you."

Li Shimin nodded, looked at the sun that had just risen, rubbed his hands and said, "Since you're here today, let's stay a little longer. The corn still needs to be rubbed down. I want to try it myself."

The emperor's words immediately attracted a large crowd of approving voices.

It was just rubbing corn kernels, but what made Li Chengqian dumbfounded was that everyone even washed their hands and squeezed the corn kernels down one by one, with extra concentration.What's more, it is necessary to study what kind of strength is appropriate.

It's just corn, but for the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, corn may really deserve this treatment.

Ignoring them, Li Chengqian dragged Yu Yue to the nearby experimental field.

Persimmons are already out of date, but potatoes and sweet potatoes are not too late.

He ordered someone to find a shovel, even Li Chengqian couldn't help but be more careful when digging.

The crops that bear the lives of more than 100 people, if all these are unlucky, people will be asked to go to America to fetch them. Doing such things in this era is tantamount to destroying human lives.

Only one step away from the plant, the shovel was lowered, and a circle was dug out bit by bit.Next, the process of picking potatoes is as delicate as archeology.

When all the harvest of a potato plant was taken out, Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile wryly.

A bunch of grapes, that's the yield at one go.Only two and a half palms.

Compared with the yield of corn, although potatoes have potential, they are not astonishing.

Seeing that the crown prince was very disappointed, Yu Yue couldn't help but said: "Didn't your Highness warn me at the beginning that corn is easy to bear fruit, and potatoes may take several years or even decades to cultivate? Now it's only the first year That's all, the youngest son in Weichen's family, will study with Weichen during this period of time, and when Weichen dies, I will hand it over to him, and one day, potatoes will become the most precious treasure of our Great Tang!"

"You are optimistic. Let's call someone to harvest them. Pick out a bowl of these grape-sized ones. They are potatoes anyway. You have to taste them!"

Holding a potato, Li Chengqian turned his head to look aside and sighed.

Whether to eat potatoes is a trivial matter, the main thing is that this kind of thing that does not belong to Datang and is familiar to him can remind him not to completely forget the memory of future generations.

It has been 13 years in Datang, close to 14 years. The longer he lives here, the more blurred his memory of later generations will be.

Chapter 466 Busy

This kind of ambiguity is not the kind of ambiguity that is forgotten, but the kind that is gradually weathered by time.If it was a few years before Zhenguan, facing potatoes, he could still think of the "Calendula" text he had learned, and think of the simplest method of seed selection, but now, he needs to think for a while.

Perhaps one day, the experience of future generations may become a dream-like existence, which is regarded as a fantasy by the old self.This is also not impossible.

Yu Yue didn't know why His Royal Highness was holding a handful of potatoes, but he felt sad, so he secretly made up his mind to cultivate good varieties of potatoes as soon as possible.

The emperor and all the ministers "picked" the corn kernels together until the afternoon, and the tea and rice did not move.During the period, officials below the minister were not even allowed to watch from the sidelines.After all the threshing, the seeds were escorted to the warehouse by a team of soldiers.The order given by the emperor here is that not a single mouse can enter. If the seeds are damaged, the problem cannot be solved with one head and two heads.

As Li Chengqian and Li Tai once said, potatoes with the same potential were not valued by the emperor, leaving only a sentence of "carefully cultivated" and then left.I didn't even think about digging one to see.

The success of Champa rice and corn gave the emperor strong confidence.Food has always been the most indispensable thing for the dynasty, even if the court no longer uses grain as taxation, it is still the same.The success of Zhancheng rice, coupled with the success of corn, made Yu Yue a marquis in one leap, and he still had a fief.You know, for the same marquis, Qiao Shiwang only got it back after killing Xue Yantuo, and he was promoted on top of the existing viscount.

The success of corn has given the courtiers great confidence, who doesn't want to be famous in the prosperous age?So for a while, the officials in the DPRK and China became very serious.

In such a serious situation, the 13th year of Zhenguan ushered in the New Year.

The twelfth lunar month is the busiest time for the imperial court. Officials from all over the country have to report the situation on the form. There are many things that have been delayed until the end of the year, and they have to hurry up to deal with them.At this time, the function of Shang Shusheng becomes no different from that of Shang Shusheng.Reviewing and checking for deficiencies and filling in omissions completely fell on Menxiasheng's shoulders.

Although Du Ruhui said that he could bear it with two efforts, Li Chengqian returned to Shangshu Province to help deal with government affairs in line with the morality of respecting the old and loving the young.

With the development of the Tang Dynasty, there are naturally more and more government affairs, which are becoming more and more difficult to deal with quickly. It seems that the system of three provinces and six ministries has begun to be overwhelmed.However, there are only so many chief officials in the three provinces. If they are forced to increase, it will be equivalent to setting up a few new boss-level positions in the imperial court. The impact on the government and the noble group is unknown.

Because they were not sure, they dared not implement it. This led to the government affairs before this year, which made the courtiers who were supposed to work half a day, go to work before dawn and leave work after dark.In this way, there will still be some important memorials, which will be sent to the chief official's bedside in the middle of the night.

Compared with Fang Xuanling, who was reckless alone, and Men Xiasheng, who encouraged each other with two old men, Shangshusheng has three chief officials, so he hasn't reached his limit for the time being, and the three of them can even chat about family affairs when they have time.

Picking up a memorial from Wenzhou, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief seeing that Zhou Jizhi had successfully arrived in Wenzhou and began to appease the people immediately.

Zhao Bo, the former governor of Wenzhou, has good talents and learning, but his ability to handle affairs is poor.Yuezhou has been developed now. If Yuezhou is to function as an important traffic route, then an official road must be built between Yuezhou and Chang'an.In order to speed up, the Ministry of Industry chose the way of division of labor.The Ministry of Industry dispatched artisan leaders, recruited migrant workers on the spot, and one state was responsible for half the distance between neighboring state capitals.

This was originally a very simple job, but there was a problem with the time arrangement of the governor of Wenzhou. The repeated delays delayed the people's autumn harvest, and when the people went to work after the autumn harvest, he had to deduct their wages.The people of the Tang Dynasty were indeed simple, but they were used to living a peaceful life, and they could figure out what it was like to be an official.There was no civil uprising, no rebellion, but the people helped one person and went to Chang'an to sue the imperial court.

In the "New Tang Law", the law of "accusing an official by the people is first guilty" was abolished and changed to "false accusation of an official by the people, the punishment will be doubled, and the facts will be rewarded". This change has given many people the dawn of hope. .

As a result, Zhao Boren was exiled and returned to his hometown for self-reflection, which happened to make room for Zhou Jizhi.

On the other hand, if you look at Zhou Jizhi, you will do more things.After taking office, he immediately apologized to the people on behalf of the government, paid back the deducted wages, and built a charity hall in Wenzhou Prefecture at his own expense.This series of actions seems to be normal, but, to be honest, for other officials at the level of the governor, it is really cheap and embarrassing to apologize to the people so openly.

However, what they don't know is that this is what the people want most.Can the government not make mistakes?If you make a mistake, just correct it. As long as the salary is not bad, you will be fine if you return it.And the new governor, the governor, not only knows how to do things, but also knows how to apologize, and even established a charitable hall, that is a good official.

Therefore, Zhao Boren, who had not enjoyed the "Manmin Book" during his ten years as the governor, enjoyed it when he took office as one of Zhou Ji.

"Walking with your head held up is easy to stumble, but walking with your head down, you may be able to take every step steadily!"

With a sigh of emotion, Li Chengqian picked up a pen and wrote a reply on Zhou Jizhi's memorial: "I will not repeat the merits that are due, and I know the hard work of you alone. And be down-to-earth to settle down and work hard to enrich the people."

After writing the reply, he threw it into the basket belonging to the official department. When Li Chengqian looked up, he realized that Du Ruhui and Yang Shidao were looking at him.

Looking at the memorial that was almost finished on his desk, Li Chengqian said vigilantly: "Don't think about it, you two. When we were on business today, we agreed that each of you would get three points for four points alone. Now four points alone It's almost over, you two, don't try to trick Gu again! The children in the family are still waiting for Gu to go back and play, and I think they will call Aye or father in a few days!"

Even so, during this period of time, Li Chengqian taught his children to call himself "Daddy".

Du Ruhui sneered and said: "The old minister is someone who has been here. Your Highness, even if you are talented, you have inherited it from the emperor's eldest grandson. It is an exaggeration to call someone before you are one year old! The two of us did not ask you to help with government affairs I mean, I'm just curious, what did you say just now?"

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief and said: "As for the governor of Wenzhou, the two of you should know about the fact that the people of Wenzhou broke into the imperial city to sue the imperial court. The governor of a state is in the same state, just like the magistrate of a county is in the same county. Zhao Boren has only seen the past of this person, and he is also an official close to the people, why did he become confused after becoming the governor, and chose to act recklessly?"

Yang Shidao sighed, "Suddenly occupying a high position without virtue is like this. At the beginning, Wei Zheng proposed in the court that an official's official position should not be based entirely on merit, but should be supplemented by virtue. , was rejected by the majority."

After finishing speaking, Yang Shidao also looked at Du Ruhui.

Du Ruhui suddenly became annoyed: "What do you think the old man is doing? At that time, the old man objected, but at that time, most people stood up, can the old man not oppose it together?"

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Okay, I also know your hard work. But, I feel that Wei Zheng's statement may not be wrong. Back then, the five surnames were in power, so it can't be done. In the past few years, it's okay. After the New Year , I wrote a letter to mention this matter again, what do you two think?"

Yang Shidao directly nodded in praise, Du Ruhui thought for a while, and finally nodded.Although the current emperor is in the prime of his life, the crown prince has also secured the position of crown prince. The future emperor cannot afford to offend him.

After some conversation, needless to say, the three of them fell silent again and started to deal with their own government affairs.

Li Chengqian's words were just words. After dealing with his own affairs, he helped Du Ruhui and Yang Shidao deal with them.

The three of them worked together, and when the sky was still bright, it was almost done.

The last few tasks are still insignificant. Naturally, it is more interesting to deal with them while chatting, so this time it was Yang Shidao who took the initiative to start the conversation:

"Brother Keming, Buddhist and Taoist schools have been doing quite a lot recently. The Ci'en Temple has been refurbished, and the new big Buddha has been carved and gilded. So the Buddhist school held a consecration meeting, and only one hundred eminent monks who have attained Taoism from three mountains and five mountains have arrived. Yu. It’s rare to see any of these people on weekdays. Unexpectedly, more than 100 came out at once. There are also Daoist temples. Now they set up temples not only for the Sanqing Laojun, but also for the Jade Emperor Temple and Yan Luo Temple , Yuelao Temple, now I want to visit the temples around Chang'an, it will take a few days to come and go!"

Du Ruhui finished processing a memorial, glanced at Li Chengqian secretly, and asked Master Yang: "Don't talk about this, every time they build a temple, they will send invitations to the old man's house. Not only do they not need to bring congratulatory gifts, but they also have thank you gifts. Who wouldn't Knowing what they were thinking, did you also receive it?"

Yang Shidao nodded and said: "In the past few days, the old man not only has to deal with government affairs every day, but also writes a letter of thanks to them when he goes back. He is very irritable. But if you don't raise your hand to hit a smiling person, you can't scold them, alas!"

Li Chengqian also accelerated the processing of a memorial, raised his head and said with a smile: "The next time you receive an invitation from the Taoist sect, just write that you have agreed to the invitation from the Buddhist sect. If you come here a few times, you will definitely give up at both ends.”

Du Ruhui laughed and said: "The heart is like a bright mirror, no one knows what's going on. You are the prince, let alone use this method, even if you write a pile of cow dung to their reply, they will have to accept it. We can't do it. , what I am most afraid of is this kind of offending at both ends."

Seeing the way Du Ruhui and Yang Shidao looked at each other and smiled wryly, Li Chengqian also smiled.

Building temples and attracting believers shows that Buddhism and Taoism have entered a "competition period", and now they are all starting to attract nobles, which shows that there is already a sense of gunpowder between each other.Especially when both parties were trying to get the assistance of the printing house exclusively, I heard that the monk and the Taoist priest fought.

Conflict, there will be a real conflict one day.However, although Buddhism is a foreign sect, it has been considered Sinicized over the years.It is inappropriate to fight in the nest, and it is still necessary for them to change the direction of the struggle.Some plans have to be made in advance.

Shake your head and temporarily seal your messy thoughts. The more you think about other things while doing things, the more distracted you will be, and the more distracted you will be, the more time you waste.

Sure enough, if he concentrates, he will deal with it quickly. It didn't take long for him to finish all the government affairs.

Seeing that Du Ruhui and Yang Shidao were approaching soon, Li Chengqian stretched his waist and said: "You two keep busy, but this time Gu really went back."

Du Ruhui and Yang Shidao put down their pens at the same time, and without getting up, they held the memorial and bowed their hands to see them off.

Without disturbing the two of them, Li Chengqian strolled out of the Shangshu Province, planning to go to the harem to see his little son.

The most unlucky thing in the world is to get out of a trap only to fall into another trap.

Li Chengqian had just entered the Hall of Liangyi, grabbed his son and teased him for a while, and then saw the emperor who was almost buried in the case in the Hall of Liangyi.

There is a saying that when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.It's okay to watch, don't watch for too long, you will be dragged in...

Only when Li Chengqian was dragged to the desk by the emperor to sit down did he realize how correct this sentence was.

There are very few memorials that need special treatment, and the rest have basically been separated into categories. Some memorials have already added opinions from the Minister of the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Basically, you only need to read them. Modify or add some content.

In this way, the link of the emperor is actually relatively easy.

After all the memorials on the table were processed, Li Chengqian took a deep breath, wanting to stretch, but was suffocated by a strong smell of medicine, and retched several times.

Li Shimin also finished dealing with the memorial, looked at Li Chengqian dissatisfied, and said: "What are you vomiting? The memorial, Hou Junji only wrote three sentences, good guy, you just wrote three pages of blank paper and clipped it in, do you know how long I read it?"

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "No matter how big or small, you must pay attention to it. Dengzhou Shipyard's matter of changing the power of the ship is very important. How can Hou Junji give complete instructions in a few words? However, there is a saying that my son thinks , it's time to tell you."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter?"

"You should also give some power to the courtiers appropriately, and expand the system of three provinces and six ministries. Now our Tang Dynasty has only developed for a few years, and the land is only two more pieces of East Turkic and Gaochang. You are busy with this Look, what if the land of Xue Yantuo and Tuyuhun is taken over? How busy it will be!"

Chapter 467 A Warm New Year

"Then what do you mean, let me delegate power? Or expand the three provinces and six departments?"

Li Chengqian didn't speak, but still nodded.

Li Shimin suddenly smiled bitterly: "Do you think I haven't thought about this issue? But, the expansion of the three provinces and six departments, do you think it's just a casual talk? There are too many changes involved, even I dare not be the first The time will dictate! Although I'm sorry for Fang Xuanling and the others, but until I figure it out thoroughly, I still have to let them carry it first."

"The position of the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries is the most important position in the court. These people are in high positions, and coupled with the power of their own families, even I can't easily deal with it. Expanding the three provinces and six ministries is like casting It’s not that easy to add some soft iron to the hard iron. Besides, the new nobles of the Fang family and the Du family are already enough to give me a headache, if there is more, wouldn’t it be a disaster for future generations?”

Li Chengqian nodded, it's true that good things take a long time, as long as the emperor's father has this idea.

Handed over the memorial for urgent processing to Li Jian, asking him to send it to the Ministry of Finance for implementation as soon as possible. After stretching himself, Li Shimin sighed and said, "My body is really loose. Originally, autumn hunting is a rare pleasure." , but the death of the Supreme Emperor made me just stay in the palace honestly, which is really boring. I read the secret report of Baiqisi, and now small-scale conflicts have broken out in Buddhism and Taoism. Presumably you are also involved in it. What are you going to do? Do you want Buddhism and Taoism to really fight life and death?"

Li Chengqian got up, brought the teapot, poured tea for the emperor, and said: "You are talking about a conspiracy theory. Their conflict is really not because of the meddling of their ministers, but because they themselves dislike each other. Conflict is a thing, With the first time, the second time is because of the first time, the third time is because of the first two times, and after that, conflicts may arise at any time, and there is no need for a reason.

Although it is a good choice to let Buddhism and Taoism conflict, but ah, it is our own struggle, and the impact is very bad, or internal friction.You know, this is what Erchen hates the most. "

After taking a sip of tea, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Then what are you going to do? Drive tigers away?"

Seeing Li Chengqian smiling, Li Shimin's eyes widened: "No, are you really planning to do this?"

"Naturally, we have to do this. Because Buddhism and Taoism have a deep foundation, if we force them to act, it will not be good for Datang. However, other things are different. After letting Buddhism and Taoism experience it once, they will take the initiative to suppress them, which will save us trouble. gone."

"The abacus is good, but it's a bit difficult to realize."