Datang: Touching the Corpse Li Yuanba at the Beginning

This time it was not Wei Zheng who stood up, but an old guy who was almost 80 years old, Yang Qi.

Speaking of which, Yang Qi is also a legendary figure. In the early years, he followed Yue Wang Yang Su, one of the nine elders of the Kai Sui Dynasty. Later, Yang Xuangan rebelled, and Yang Qi directly defected to Li Yuan in secret, and helped Li Yuan gain a lot of benefits in the subsequent vassal hegemony. .

Later, in the battle between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin, Yang Qi, an old man, directly bet on Li Shimin.

Although he has been silent in the court and does not hold together, but one thing to say, this old guy is indeed one of the three princes, the top honor of the court.

Although his voice in the court has not been much, but don't underestimate him, he just doesn't want to form a party, and he is also smart, knowing that he is old, and now he is mostly paving the way for his descendants, if it is not because of this This time Li Wenhao did too much, and he will continue to be steady.

"Master Yang, why are you here today?"

Only then did Li Shimin notice that Yang Qi actually went to the imperial court. With Yang Qi's age and status, he could not come to this imperial court without any important matters related to the survival of the country. Commander Xuanling and Du Ruhui also had health problems and were not often in court because of their health problems. But today, all these big bosses came.

"Your Majesty, I don't want to come, but if I don't come, I'm afraid that Tang Dynasty will follow in the footsteps of former Sui."

Yang Qi said sadly.

"His Royal Highness!"

Yang Qi turned his head and bowed to Li Wenhao, and Li Wenhao hurriedly got up and returned the gift. After all, Yang Qi's age is there. In this era, people in their 80s can be called Renrui. Yes, he saluted Li Wenhao, and he had to return the salute no matter what.

"Master Yang, please tell me."

"Okay, since His Highness asked the old man to talk, the old man will talk about it."

"Does Your Highness know how many emperors I have experienced in my life? How many times have I seen the rise and fall of dynasties?"

At the beginning of Yang Qi, he raised the tone very high, "I followed Yang Su, one of the nine elders of the Sui Dynasty, to conquer Beizhen for Emperor Wen Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty, and witnessed the demise of Nan Chen and Yu Wenchan's death. The seat of Zen has witnessed the rise and fall of the Sui Dynasty, and witnessed the great chaos of the world and the rise of the Tang Dynasty. Until now, or a few days ago, His Royal Highness established the four directions, pacified the barbarians, and expanded the territory."

"The old man's voice has witnessed the change of several dynasties and the rise of several heroes, but it is no exaggeration to say that His Royal Highness is the real dragon and phoenix among men."

"Wenzhiwugong can be said to be unprecedented."

"But His Royal Highness is confused, why do you want to learn from Emperor Sui Yang and Tyrant Qin?"

"Why do you have to build that Great Wall?"

"I know that His Royal Highness captured no less than a million aliens in this battle, but building the Great Wall is something that a mere million barbarians can solve?"

"Besides, the life of the people in my Tang Dynasty has just improved, but I have to support the millions of captives to build the Great Wall. Even if we don't need the people of the Tang Dynasty to contribute, will the food be paid by our people?"

"That's a million people, I can't even think about the food I need to eat a year..."

"Your Highness, the old minister knows that you have put in a lot of painstaking efforts, but now that I, the Tang Dynasty, take a look, is it possible to support so many people?"

Yang Qi's words were so resounding that not only the courtiers, but even Li Wenhao felt that he had done something wrong when he heard it.

In fact, this cannot be said to be Yang Qi or the courtiers picking faults. After all, in history, the Qin Dynasty that built the Great Wall disappeared, and it was the peasant uprising caused by excessive taxes.

Now that Datang is already on the rise, as long as Li Wenhao bears with it, wait a minute, and split this project into a 200-year project, then you can see that there will be almost no impact on Datang.

To put it simply, Yang Qi advised Li Wenhao to take the huge project of the Great Wall as a mortgage, and not to rush around at this moment.

Although Yang Guang repaired the Grand Canal quickly, he died quickly.

Over there, they lost consecutive battles in Goguryeo, and here they are still spending money and people to build the Grand Canal, that is courting death.

Now Li Wenhao is fighting with people from Shiwei, Jiuxing Tiele, and Mohe. The Great Wall is going to be built here. How similar is it to Emperor Sui Yang?

In fact, what Yang Qi didn't know was that Li Wenhao was going to send Zheng He to the south to practice naval training, and he was about to attack Dongpu soon. If he knew, he might be able to spray his old blood directly on Li Shimin's case.

"Master Yang, everyone, what do you all think?"

"Ok!"

Among the courtiers, almost everyone nodded. After all, the reasons for the demise of the Sui Dynasty were still vivid in their minds.

"Okay then, I'll let you see why I built such a wasteful Great Wall."

"Wei Zheng, have you read everything I gave you yesterday?"

"It's over, Your Highness!"

Wei Zheng said with dark circles under his eyes, his face a little ugly.

"Well, tell the ministers in the court, from the moment my father ascended the throne to now, how much money do we need to spend on dealing with the grassland people every year, and how many people do we need to die?"

"Yes!"

Wei Zheng tidied up his clothes, and came out with a statistics sheet, "My lords, since the first year of Zhenguan until now, we have killed a total of 32 people in the grasslands, and 780 people have been missing. People, spending pensions..."

Wei Zheng glanced at the courtier solemnly, and then said a surprising number.

"We spent a total of it because of the battle on the grassland..."

"Six treasuries were spent."

Li Wenhao took the conversation.

"Do you know why after the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, the grassland still had border troubles?"

"Because the grassland is not fortified. Without the Xiongnu, there will be Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Turks. In the future, there will be other ethnic groups in the grassland. What I, Li Wenhao, have to do is to block the way for others to migrate to the grassland. Let the grassland be my back garden of Tang Dynasty forever and ever."

"I know you disagree, but ask the people in Hebei Province, do they agree?"

"Go to Yanshan and have a look. There are no less than 50 tombstones on it. I can also tell you that the more than 30 people who died in the grassland were all sons of my Hebei Province. Some of their parents are still alive. I can't believe they have died in battle and are still waiting for them to come home."

"If today I raised my arms and shouted, saying that building the Great Wall can put an end to the grasslands forever, and the people of Hebei Road can support their whole family, do you know why?"

"Because they hate that this vast grassland has swallowed their brothers and their sons, and they don't want their descendants to continue to suffer this kind of suffering."

Li Wenhao walked over, gently helped Yang Qi onto the chair, and then walked to the middle of the court hall. Seeing Li Wenhao's actions just now, everyone present was relieved. It seems that Li Wenhao is going to convince others with virtue today. Not going to kill anyone.

"Cen Wenwen, Zhang Juzheng, Mu Yikuan, He Shen, come out."

"Chen is here!"

The four stood in front of Li Wenhao respectfully.

"You guys are in charge of the money, food, people's livelihood and logistics of our Hebei Province. Now tell the ministers how much food our Hebei Province produces in a year, how much money it makes, how much it costs, how much food it consumes, and how much surplus it has. Enough for how many people."

Li Wenhao didn't bother to explain. Everything was based on data. If there was data here and they didn't listen, they could only close the door and let Lu Wenzhao go.

"My lords, the food produced by our Hebei Road in one year is enough for all the soldiers and civilians in the Tang Dynasty to eat for two years, so you can rest assured about the food."

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.

"Everyone, the ministers and the master are in charge of the money, and my Hebei Road's money, what should I say..."

"It can be said to be the wealth of the world. The amount of money is unimaginable. The daily storage is an astronomical figure. A month ago, when we lightened it, we can probably be sure. Now Hebei Road should save money at 30. Ten thousand up and down, now a month has passed, and I am afraid that there will be a lot more."

He Shen said with a smile that he is quite good at making money.

"Everyone, I'm not afraid of your jokes. The food we transported to the west to supply the captives is more than three years old. In other words, if you don't feed the captives, you have to throw it away or make wine. After all, this kind of food is It's not going to the market or the military."

"As for the granary..."

"To put it simply, the granaries you can see and those you can't see are all overcrowded"

Cen Wenwen told the courtiers the current situation like a closing statement. What the Tang Dynasty lacks now is the population, and the rest of the problems are almost solved. After all, the population problem takes time. growth.

"Everyone, what else can I say?"

"I am Hebei, and even I am not afraid of spending money in Tang Dynasty. After all, money is dead in the warehouse. Only when it is used to benefit the people is the money useful."

"Besides, how do you know that I am building the Great Wall at the expense of people and money?"

"Why don't you take a look at how my Great Wall has driven the economic development of the grassland since the beginning of construction?"

"On my grain transportation route alone, there are no longer a few towns formed by the people spontaneously, providing accommodation, meals, and guards for people passing along the route."

"Can't you see these?"

"As everyone knows, only the money from my Hebei Province circulates throughout the Tang Dynasty, can my Tang Dynasty be truly rich?"

"What His Royal Highness said is true, and if it is true that Hebei Road is so rich as His Royal Highness said, then building a Great Wall is nothing more than a trivial matter, but Your Highness, can you guarantee that everything they say is true?"

Yang Qi pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"The four of us, dare to swear to the sky, if there is a lie, five thunders will strike the top, and the nine clans will be wiped out."

Cen Wenwen stretched out three fingers, knelt on the ground on one knee, and said reverently to the sky.

"Okay, since Dalang knows it well, let's stop arguing and follow Dalang's plan. After all, it's not that you don't know the benefits of building the Great Wall. It's over now. In the future, the imperial court will fully support Dalang."

"Wait, Your Majesty, hearing is believing, seeing is believing, after all, these are all the words of His Highness the Crown Prince."

Just when Li Shimin was about to regard this matter as a national policy, one of the courtiers, Shi Shiran, walked out and said with a look of displeasure.

"My mother, do you not give up if you don't see the Yellow River?"

Li Wenhao's anger welled up for no reason. After all, he said so much, it was equivalent to telling those ministers the root of the war in Hebei Province in disguise.

"Everyone, is there anyone else who thinks like Mr. Li?"

Chapter 435 Did you collect the corpse in the past?

After listening to Li Wenhao's words, Yang Qi immediately stood up.

"Your Highness, no."

"Since ancient times, grain storage land has been the most important thing in a country, and it should not be easily shown to others, even if it is an important official of the court, if it is not an official directly in charge."

Yang Qi stood up and objected sharply.

If Li Wenhao leaked the location of the granary, especially the kind of military warehouse, that is, the so-called truth leaked out.

Go, if someone with a heart knows, it will be troublesome.

"Why not?"

Li Wenhao raised his eyebrows, "All those sitting here are the ministers of my Tang Dynasty."

At this time, the eldest grandson and others had already shut up, and now the situation in the court had changed. It was no longer how Li Wenhao persuaded these people to let him build the Great Wall, but how Li Wenhao spent money on these people to build the Great Wall.

Those who are familiar with Li Wenhao also know that this is almost a fixed routine of Li Wenhao.

Get things clear first, and then start making money on those who don't know the depth.

"Everyone, who wants to follow me to see my Datang's granary?"

"I'm going to wait, how about His Royal Highness?"

The two old men stood up with unkind expressions. Li Wenhao seemed to have seen them there in a daze, but he couldn't remember.

Undecided Lu Wenzhao, this has become Li Wenhao's routine operation, subconsciously Li Wenhao waved at Lu Wenzhao, "Did I meet them there? Or did I offend them there?"