Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

Just as His Majesty Li Er was preparing to give his two sons a small shock of imperial power, on the other side, Li Kuan was also worried about something.

Now that things seem to have reached an uncontrollable situation, should I ask Master Yu for help?

Finally, the next day, after Yu Shinan finished teaching Li Kuan Sun Tzu's Art of War's "Strategic Attack", Li Kuan took advantage of the break after class to ask him for advice: "Master Yu, now the students have encountered a little trouble. I want to ask you..."

"Stop it!" Yu Shinan just heard Li Kuan humbly call himself a student in front of him for the first time. The little old man had a numb feeling: because looking at this posture, even if this guy didn't intend to rebel, he was probably about the same. .

"Master Yu..." Li Kuan felt aggrieved at this time: "Can't you wait for the student to finish what he said? As the saying goes, Master Yu and I are connected from heart to heart, and Master Yu and I are using our brains. This is really sad. …”

"Bad boy..." Yu Shinan suddenly showed a sad and angry expression: "Have I ever told you that there are nearly a hundred people in my family. If you kid commits a crime, why don't you implicate me as a teacher?"

"Master Yu, you misunderstood." Li Kuan said seriously: "What bad intentions can I have? I just want everyone in the world to have a bite of food."

Perhaps it was rare that Li Kuan was as worried about the country and the people as he was today. After listening to what he said, Yu Shinan pondered for a long time, and finally slowly said: "Your Highness, King Chu, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly. What are you planning to do?" what."

Li Kuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. What he was waiting for was Master Yu's words!

Na na na, everyone has seen it, it was Master Yu who asked me to speak directly!

"Master Yu, this is what happened..."

Therefore, in the following time, Li Kuan told Yu Shinan his original plan for the first time: from the time he initially used Liuli and the five surnames, seven houses and six families to represent the five families except the Li family of Zhaojun, In exchange for 800,000 stones of food, he started.

His original plan was to get the 800,000 shi of grain first, and after the locust plague occurred, he would then use the name of "Shan Ling" to forcefully purchase another 400,000 shi from the other party. If the other party was not willing, then he would arrange for manpower to be on the other side's side. They pretend to be bandits on the ground and rob the other party's food to rob the rich and give to the poor. If necessary, they will even organize refugees to stage a small riot for the other party.

Of course, Li Kuan naturally explained the source of his manpower - they were all retainers left to him by the imperial grandmother, Queen Mother Dou.

——"...So...the current situation is that not only the five surnames and Qiwang are divided into two forces, one supports me and the other supports Xiaoke, this also involves the eight Guanlong families, as well as the former dynasty A group of veterans led by Qu Tutong, so I am really having a headache with the current situation, so I would like to ask Master Yu to analyze it for me. Master Yu? Master Yu?"

By the time Li Kuan finished explaining the general story of the matter, Yu Shinan was already stunned.

Good guy...

Yu Shinan thought that there might be trouble when King Chu asked for advice, but he didn't expect that it would be such a big trouble!

You little bastard... When your father was sixteen years old, he still knew that King Qin was guarding him. It's a good thing for you. Now that he has just turned ten, he has begun to stir up troubles in the world!

That's the entire Guanlong Group...

It can be said that the Sui and Tang dynasties were the result of these aristocratic families closing their doors and recommending people to talk about things.

It's better now...

Yu Shinan looked at Li Kuan in front of him. This guy might know that the matter was serious, but he didn't know how serious it was.

"King Chu," Yu Shinan looked at Li Kuan with a majestic look for the first time: "I ask you, do you really have no regrets? Everything you do is just to resolve this locust plague and rescue the victims. ?”

"Of course!" Li Kuan's eyes widened: "I'm not my father, and my eldest brother is not my uncle. It's good for me to be the King of Chu. Of course," Li Kuan thought for a while and added at the end: "If It would be even better if I could be the First King of Qin."

As the saying goes, "If you keep thinking, there will be echoes." Li Kuan believed that one day his father would understand his ambition and let him fulfill his wish.

Of course, it's not impossible to wait for the elder brother to take over and try again then, right?

"..." Yu Shinan looked at the Prince Zhangyu in front of him, who couldn't even learn Sun Tzu's art of war, and thought that he might have been worrying too much. After all, this guy looked like a traitor wearing an imperial robe.

But...this is Empress Taimu's most beloved grandson...

The "legacy" left to Li Kuan, Yu Shinan can only judge from the fact that Dou Shilun did not hesitate to conflict with Pei Ji for Li Kuan a few days ago. That inheritance, even if it is only the tip of the iceberg for the time being, is enough to protect him. Li Kuan has a worry-free life.

"Your Highness the King of Chu," Yu Shinan looked at Li Kuan with a complicated expression: "I don't understand, you already have 800,000 shi of food, plus the 680,000 shi raised by the imperial court, these are enough to make Guanzhong's million The huge number of disaster victims will survive until the spring of next year, why still..."

"Master Yu," Li Kuan's expression at this time was unprecedentedly solemn: "I have made a rough calculation and found that this food is enough to feed 1.3 million victims for the first half of the year. But right now, there are only so many people affected by the disaster? Yes, these grains will be sent to various places. How to calculate the losses on the way? Let’s not talk about the corruption of officials. Let’s just assume that there is no loss of these grains on the way: but I want to know, can this be done with just such a small amount of grain? In this locust plague, not one of our people in the Tang Dynasty starved to death?!"

When Li Kuan asked this question, even Yu Shinan didn't know how to answer it for a while.

After a long time, Yu Shinan exhaled and said in a sad tone: "Your Highness, King Chu, your idea is too naive."

"Are you naive?" Li Kuan smiled casually: "Ah... Master Yu, you already have the answer in your mind, right?"

"Throughout the ages, no matter what dynasty or generation, no one can provide disaster relief without killing one person..." Yu Shinan was worried that Li Kuan was getting into trouble, so he tried to slow down his tone and tried to persuade this young disciple who surprised him almost three times a day today.

"Master Yu, I am not naive," Li Kuan shook his head, and then said: "I know that it would be a fool's errand to prevent any of our Tang people from starving to death during this locust plague, but if we don't If we go to disaster relief with this mentality, more people will starve to death!"