Fu Tang

Li Congshan thought he could escape, but Ye Luxian's next sentence was: "Then eat this."

Li Congshan's heart sank when he saw the medicine bottle, and he asked tremblingly, "What is this?"

Ye Luxian didn't answer but asked, "Do you know how your brother got Suzhou?"

Li Congshan shook his head, Ye Luxian shook the medicine bottle in his hand and said, "This is the thing. He used this thing to control Long Lei, who was still the prince at that time, so that Long Lei had to obey his orders."

Li Congshan swallowed, although Yeluxian didn't explain what it was, but he also knew that it must be something bad, so he begged: "Khan, I did everything you asked me to do before, I'm sorry for you I am loyal and will never betray you."

Ye Luxian put the medicine bottle in front of him and said: "You don't even want to take this, and you still say you are loyal to me? Don't worry, Long Lei will have to die in the end. After all, he blocked your brother's way. Now you and I If this problem does not exist during the period, I will send someone to deliver the antidote to you every month."

Li Congshan lowered his eyes and said: "We didn't have any brotherhood before. If I go back, I may be imprisoned. How can the king's people send me medicine?"

Ye Luxian smiled and said, "You can't even get in touch with my people, so how can you pass on the news?"

Li Congshan is not stupid, he understood Yeluxian's meaning in an instant. Doesn't it mean that if he can't pass the news of Datang to Khitan, then his existence is meaningless. If he died because of this medicine, then because of Li Congjia I have used this drug to control others, so others will only suspect that it was Li Congjia's poisonous hand.

From the beginning to the end, he was just a tool in the hands of Ye Luxian. It was only at this time that Li Congshan felt that perhaps it was the best choice to die in Nanchang at the beginning. In that case, he might be immortalized with Li Congjia's superior position. , instead of as it is now, perhaps only a few lines will be left in the history books in the end.

However, today's Li Congshan has no other choice. Even if he refuses, someone will come to "help" him eat.

Li Congshan took the medicine bottle, and swallowed the medicine with despair, Ye Luxian patted him on the head with satisfaction, and asked people to take Li Congshan down to make preparations.

Within two days, Li Congjia received an answer from Khitan, saying that he was willing to cede the land, but it was only the land of Xiuguo. I'm sorry, you have to figure out a way by yourself.

Li Congjia couldn't help complaining: "Ye Luxian is also fine, Xiuguo is divided into fragments and warlords, and he hasn't defeated it until now? Isn't Khitan very arrogant?"

Shi Xueting looked at him speechlessly: "We don't seem to have beaten him either."

Li Congjia said bluntly: "Because we went to fight Khitan."

It was as if Khitan didn't fight with you, but at this moment, Shi Xueting knew that he couldn't continue messing around with Li Congjia, so he just said: "Li Congshan is about to be sent back, what are you going to do with him?"

Li Congjia said bluntly: "Let the cabinet handle it, and just discuss a charter. I don't have any opinions."

Li Congjia dared to let go so simply because when he sent people to attack Xiuguo, people from all over the court basically stuffed them in. However, fighting is not a child's play, there will always be casualties, and then there will be children from someone's family They were disabled when they came back, or some didn’t come back at all.

Gao Huaide was protected by Li Congjia, and he was a victorious general. They would not dare to vent their anger on Gao Huaide, and they could not even complain about Shi Xueting. Now that Li Congshan, the former monarch of the Xiu Kingdom, is back, everyone will definitely not be polite to him of.

Don't think about the throne for Li Congshan. It is already a favor from everyone to have the space to move freely.

Sure enough, in the end the cabinet gave the solution of confinement in another courtyard. In fact, Fan Zhi and others were very worried that Li Congjia would object when they gave this opinion. After this period of time, they understood Li Congjia's temper. It is said that he is so tolerant, gentle and friendly. Although he is not a small belly, he will not do things that repay evil with kindness.

Therefore, many people thought that Li Congjia might not want to save Li Congshan's life, and the reason why he was brought back probably was largely because he didn't want Li Congshan to stay with Khitan and be used by Yeluxian to disgust him.

After Li Congjia agreed, everyone put this matter aside. Strictly speaking, he was just an anti-king. As the year approached, everyone had a lot of things to do, so why waste time on him?

So after Li Congshan came back, he didn't see Li Congjia at all, so he was thrown into another courtyard for confinement. Not to mention, there really is such a desolate courtyard in Longshouyuan, which is specially used to house those royal relatives who committed crimes and were confinement use.

Li Congshan didn't make any noise, and went very quietly. He just said to the person sent by Li Congjia: "Ye Luxian let me take the medicine that Li Yu gave Long Lei."

The guarding soldier shouted: "Bold, you dare to call His Majesty by his name."

Li Congshan smiled slightly: "Anyway, I'm dying soon, what else is there to be afraid of?"

After the guarding soldier pondered for a while, he turned around and sent someone to report to the superior.

After hearing this, Li Congjia was a little puzzled: "How could Yeluxian have that kind of medicine?"

Ever since Shi Xueting was used by Long Lei, Li Congjia has been very strict about this aspect. On the one hand, he forbids the cultivation of poppies, and on the other hand, he charges high taxes for those who grow poppies.

In fact, this kind of guarding is very rudimentary, and the strict defenses of later generations will not be able to guard it. It is estimated that Li Congjia's methods are not easy to stop. The only thing that needs to be thankful is that people nowadays use poppies as ornamental and medicinal plants, and they are not used for them. When taking drugs.

But it's not completely useless, it's just that it hasn't been widely spread. Even if Li Congjia wanted to formulate strict laws, because there were no actual examples, even if Long Lei was used as an example, it would not be able to convince the cabinet because it was an isolated case.

Shi Xueting also frowned. Back then, he told Li Congjia that no one else could make this kind of medicine except his teacher. Now that Ye Luxian also has the same medicine, his first reaction was that Shi Qingsong sent someone to sent over.

It's just... Shi Qingsong has been staying in the temples in Chang'an all these years honestly, rarely stepping out of the temples, and even if he did, he would go down the mountain to see a doctor and do good deeds. Of course, it is not ruled out that there are Khitan people pretending to be pilgrims. Find Shi Qingsong.

However, what benefit does Shi Qingsong do to him?

After all, in the past few years, Shi Xueting has gradually regained the feeling of being in the temple when he got along with them, even more relaxed than that time. After all, no one can control him. Not much, and because they have the title of national teacher, they get a lot of sesame oil money, which Shi Xueting has never cared about.

Shi Qingsong's brain is sick, so he will live a stable and leisurely life in his later years. However, he ran to join Khitan, what can Khitan give him?

Shi Xueting said with some uncertainty: "I'll ask my master later."

Li Congjia closed his eyes and thought for a while and said, "It's fine to ask, but it's probably not Master Qingsong."

Shi Xueting breathed a sigh of relief: "You don't think it's them either?"

Li Congjia smiled and said, "They are not stupid."

Except for the fact that Shi Qingsong had a flawed Buddhist heart, was lured by interests, and made unwise actions towards Li Congjia, Shi Qingsong has always been rational, and after he followed to the Western Regions, he just stayed there and never made trouble. , so until now he can still live in peace and stability.

Li Congjia would not believe that such a person would disclose the prescription to Khitan if there were no secret reasons.

Shi Xueting nodded and said: "I think Ye Luxian may not know the real efficacy of Furong, but just treat it as an ordinary poison."

After Li Congjia heard it, he thought that in order to control Long Lei, they had been drugging Long Lei's diet for many days. It can be said that even with the pill in Shi Xueting's hand, it is impossible to become addicted to it just this time, or There will be slight symptoms of addiction, but it is very easy to quit.

After Shi Xueting went to inquire about Shi Qingsong, he came back with a complicated face and said: "My master said that he made another kind of medicine before, and put some drugs less, but the name of the medicine is the same, but this medicine mainly It is for the pain relief of patients."

After hearing this, Li Congjia said clearly: "In other words, Yeluxian's people got this bottle of medicine from some unknown source, and they also knew that I had used it, so it was a coincidence that they gave it to Li Congshan."

It is indeed a very coincidence that even Shi Xueting has doubts, but the fact is like this, Shi Xueting may disbelieve what Shi Qingsong said, but he will not ignore the results of his investigation in detail, unless Shi Qingsong can hide the truth and escape It has been traced by the Ministry of Intelligence, but if Shi Qingsong has this ability, I am afraid that he will not stay in that temple honestly.

Li Congjia saw Shi Xueting's frowning expression, touched his face and said, "Don't think too much, so what if Ye Luxian knows? Anyway, he doesn't know how to use it, whether he wants to use Li Congshan to threaten him or not. It doesn't matter whether I want to frame it or frame it, and since he knows that we have used this medicine, can't he think that we have an antidote?"

Li Congjia found it very puzzling, even using the secret poison of the Khitan court would be more reliable than this.

Shi Xueting said in a deep voice: "Ye Luxian may not be ignorant of this matter, so... what is his plan?"

Li Congjia was about to say something, but saw Chunsheng stepping in to report: "Your Majesty, there seems to be something wrong with You Ning Palace."

You Ning Palace is the place where Li Congshan is imprisoned. Although the name sounds nice, the desolation there is probably comparable to that of a ghost house.

Li Congjia was stunned for a moment and then asked: "What's the situation?"

Chunsheng said calmly, "It's very similar to Long Lei's situation back then."

Chunsheng had been with Li Congjia for many years and knew a lot about these things, so he didn't hide them.

Li Congjia came to a sudden realization: "On this journey, compared to Li Congshan, he has taken a lot of antidote. Well, don't worry about him, it's not too long, and he should be able to quit."

In fact, even if Li Congjia couldn't quit, he wouldn't give Li Congshan to eat this thing. Sooner or later, this thing would eat the dead, and when he died, he was skinny, and it turned out to be the same as him abusing Li Congshan. What's the point?

Li Congshan knew that Li Congjia was dissatisfied with him, but he didn't expect that Li Congjia would really risk the reputation of killing his mother and brother to get rid of him, but he would not give him the antidote. He told Li Congjia about this at the beginning, for The only thing is to get the antidote.

However, Li Congjia not only refused to give it to him, but instead had his limbs tied up when he fell ill.

At that moment, Li Congshan really hated Li Congjia, and yelled at Li Congjia, no matter how ugly the scolding was, if it weren't for the fact that the two of them had the same ancestors, not to mention the 28th generation, even the [-]th generation of ancestors, I am afraid that their ancestors would be the same. to suffer.

The person Bi sent to deliver food and things to Li Congshan was very angry, and he told Chunsheng when he came back. At first, Chunsheng didn't want to bother Li Congjia with this matter, but Li Congjia knew it himself.

Because Fan Zhi personally came over to comfort him and said, "If Your Majesty didn't take in the common man Li Congshan back then, it's fine. Now that he has been taken in, don't abuse him anymore. Why are you angry with him? He's just a subjugated king."

Li Congjia asked very strangely: "Where did the chief assistant hear that I abused Li Congshan? Where did I have the time to think about how to torture him?"

Yes, Li Congshan is not even qualified to be tortured by Li Congjia now, after all he is very busy, even if he is not busy and has that time, he might as well be with Shi Xueting and do something unsuitable for children, why bother to compete with Li Congshan?

Fan Zhi coughed lightly and said: "Someone passed by You Ning Palace once, and heard the screams of Shuren Li and unbearable obscenities inside."

Li Congjia suddenly realized that Li Congshan lost his sanity when he quit drug addiction and was heard by others. However, if it was just the howl, Fan Zhi probably didn't bother to care about it. Someone might have heard Li Congshan scolding too much. It's ugly, Fan Zhi naturally wanted to comfort Li Congjia after he knew it.

Li Congjia carefully explained Li Congshan's poisoning to Fan Zhi, and said: "I have no intention of letting him die now, only in this way can he not rely on such drugs, otherwise he will only become a slave of drugs in the future, if So what am I going to do to save him?"

After Fan Zhi heard this, he immediately shifted his focus to other places: "Does the drug really have such an effect?"

Li Congjia nodded and said, "Exactly." Of course, there is no need to give Fan Zhi an example about Long Lei, he still needs to maintain his own image.

Fan Zhi said in amazement: "This wind cannot last long."

Li Congjia said: "So I told everyone not to plant, and set up a tax, otherwise how to stop them?"

Fan Zhi shook his head and said, "It's better to be tougher."

Li Congjia didn't say a word, and said in his heart that it wasn't because you didn't pay attention to it and refused to listen to me, now you know how powerful it is?

But it would be good to think about Li Congshan being a counterexample, at least to make the cabinet people pay attention to this matter occasionally.

Li Congjia: "Let's leave this matter to a few people. Discuss a regulation as soon as possible. Before everyone has planted this thing, first formulate the regulations. It will definitely become much easier to manage in the future."

Fan Zhi began to think seriously about Li Congjia's proposal, but Li Congjia didn't seem to want them to be idle. He issued an order that surprised everyone: Collect antiques from all over the world and build a museum!

This proposal is very abrupt. Before, he was still concerned about military reform and people's livelihood. How did he come up with such a thing in a blink of an eye?

And... what is a museum?

Many people who didn't understand turned around and asked Shi Xueting, but Shi Xueting didn't know either, but it was convenient for him to ask Li Congjia.

Li Congjia explained to Shi Xueting: "You can think of it as a room where I collect antiques. It's just that qualified people can go in and look around in this room, but they can't touch it."

Shi Xueting asked: "Eligible? What kind of person is eligible?"

"Scholars, ordinary people don't know how to read, and Tongsheng may not understand these things." Li Congjia rubbed his chin and said, "In the future, there will be other welfare policies for scholars above the level of scholars."

Shi Xueting was at a loss: "What do you want to do?"

Li Congjia said: "The tax should be reformed. In the future, scholars will not be exempted from tax, and officials will be exempted from tax. There is a limit, and tax must be paid if it exceeds a certain limit."

When Shi Xueting heard it, he couldn't sit still: "Limit? How much do you plan to limit? No, you shouldn't have a limit. If you do it like this, there will be problems."

Li Congjia said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I am either simple and rude, or I want to collect taxes. This limit must be within a certain range. This time, I not only did a census of the population, but also a census of everyone. If individual cases do not work, then big data is always useful and will give a reasonable range.”

Shi Xueting just asked persistently: "You said that you don't want to collect taxes simply and rudely, so besides this, is there anything else?"

Li Congjia rubbed his hands and said, "I plan to build a medical system and pension system. Everyone can invest money every year, and if they see a doctor, they will be reimbursed according to a certain amount. Oh, reimbursement means that the cost can be reduced. As long as he takes The receipt of a doctor’s visit to a regular medical center is enough. The pension system is the same. You can pay for the first few years. After you meet the age limit and age, you don’t need to pay again, and you will be given routine money every month. The remaining regulations We need to discuss it together.”

Medical insurance and endowment insurance, these are benefits, scholars and above can enter, for ordinary people, Li Congjia would like to push, but it is estimated that ordinary people will not be interested in this, and the national finance may not be able to support it , only a little bit.

Shi Xueting was devastated to find out that Li Congjia's words were read separately, and he knew every single word, but together he didn't know what he was talking about.

Li Congjia had no choice but to explain these things a little bit. Anyway, sooner or later he will have to explain to the courtiers. It is good to straighten out his thoughts now. Anyway, he thinks that this kind of social welfare is better than nothing, and it is not that he does not charge money. Well, the country can do a lot of things with the money collected, the only thing that needs to be done is... Even social welfare, in this era, it has to be divided into three, six, and nine grades.

However, Li Congjia is using this thing to weaken the rebound brought about by the scholar class, and it is also laying the foundation for future tax collection for the whole people. As long as everyone gets used to paying for pensions and medical insurance, and gradually increase some tax quotas in the future, it should be is no problem.

The problem is how to push it out now. Li Congjia wants to give a sweet date a stick, and do a good job of appeasement in advance.

After hearing this, Shi Xueting nodded and said: "I probably understand, the old-age care... It's okay, it's just paying money, it's good to set up another department to manage this, but what do you want to do with medical care? This is a very complicated thing.”

Li Congjia rubbed his hands and said: "It's actually not complicated. I plan to let the academy open a medical department. Of course, this is something that the distant water can't save people who are thirsty. So I decided to entrust this great matter to you, the national teacher, to check it out." What are the reliable medical clinics in the entire Datang Group? Those with brands and semicolons can be directly included in the medical insurance system. Well, to put it another way, if you want to enter the medical clinics of this medical system, you need to In addition to having qualified qualifications, the rest is to pay a part of the fee.”

Shi Xueting understood Li Congjia's meaning almost immediately. Although on the surface, it is not cost-effective for these clinics to join the medical system, after all, they have to pay, but from another perspective, as long as the medical insurance can be implemented, then Those who have medical insurance must go to these medical centers to see a doctor and take medicine, otherwise they will not be reimbursed in other places.

He looked at Li Congjia in surprise, wondering how this guy's brain grew, how could he think of such a method?Although it is still necessary for everyone to discuss and decide whether to do this, the framework set by Li Congjia has already taken shape.

Li Congjia did what he said, and directly sent people to ask in a hurry. Li Congjia's idea was nothing more than a ticking time bomb for the cabinet.

There were a total of four people in the cabinet, and there were actually two different opinions. Both Wei Renpu and Wang Pu felt that Li Congjia was shaking the foundation of the country, but Fan Zhi and Zhao Pu felt that this was feasible.

So the cabinet quarreled first, and before they could come up with one to take over, a news suddenly came from the south: Xia Shuang, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of Yizhou, rebelled and made himself king!