Fu Tang

After Li Congjia found out, he was very calm and only asked, "Who is the uprising?"

Li Ping replied very briefly: "It seems to be from Khitan."

"Oh." Li Congjia nodded calmly and said, "Why do you look at me? Should I send someone to quell the chaos? Do you still want me to say it?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They were expecting Li Congjia to be furious. After all, no matter who had just taken back the territory, someone turned around and turned around.

However, Li Congjia thought very simply, it was quite normal for the Khitan people to rebel, and even the Khitan people didn't call it a rebellion, it was called an international war!

And who knows if the Khitan man is manipulated by someone behind him, and he is angry with them?Is he free?At that time, he might as well pay attention to the progress of the glass.

Glass really made Li Congjia very troubled. After geological surveys, the artisans of the glass kiln found a lot of quartz sandstone. It seems that there are many types, and they are trying a little bit.

Now there are only the last three types left, and none of the ones produced earlier can meet Li Congjia's standards. If they can't even produce glass, telescopes and so on can only be stranded indefinitely.

When Li Congjia was lamenting and sighing, Shi Xueting walked in and said, "It's actually very easy for you to want transparent things."

As soon as Li Congjia looked up, he saw Shi Xueting handing over a transparent circular piece. The moment he saw it, he almost thought that the glass was successfully made, but when he got it in his hand, he found that it was very heavy, at least heavier than glass. Heavy, after he took a closer look, he realized that it was actually a crystal!

Li Congjia looked at Shi Xueting with black lines all over his head and said, "This is the solution you gave me?"

Shi Xueting took it for granted: "Otherwise? You can only use this if you want to use it as soon as possible. After all, colored glaze cannot be fired in a short while."

Shi Xueting even has doubts about whether colored glaze can be fired to be transparent, after all, it is rare to see completely transparent colored glaze without a trace of impurities.

Li Congjia said: "I also know that crystals can be used, but such natural crystals are rare and very precious, so it is not suitable for making them?"

Shi Xueting said strangely: "Isn't it just to make a few for war? If you can really see far away as you said, this kind of thing is a military weapon, and there is no need to get too much, right?"

After Li Congjia heard this, he was stunned for a while, and then he realized that he had misunderstood. It was not a correct idea to connect glass with telescopes. Glass is glass, and it can do many things, and it doesn’t have to be tied to the telescope. Well, using crystals as telescopes is also good. Except for rich and powerful countries, it is estimated that few countries will study this thing.

After all, the composition of Telescope Brother seems very simple, but there are many principles involved, and some of them have not been developed to that point at all. Even Li Congjia doesn't know if the college and the Ministry of Industry can make it.

Li Congjia looked at the crystal in his hand and said: "Let's look for it again, this one is useless anyway."

Shi Xueting was a little puzzled, Li Congjia put it down and said: "The telescope is a bit complicated, um, I'll discuss it with the people from the Ministry of Industry later to see if they can do it."

Shi Xueting slightly raised his eyebrows, did he think he couldn't understand after discussing it with him?If he gave it to others, his first reaction might be that Li Congjia looked down on him, but when he came to Shi Xueting, his first reaction became, should I find some related books to read and learn?

However, after this thought flashed through his mind, he realized that Li Congjia never said what it was about, even if he wanted to find a book to study it.

However, Shi Xueting originally thought that Li Congjia was just talking, but he did not expect that he really invited some people from the Ministry of Industry and the Academy to discuss it.

It was a discussion, but the truth made Li Congjia very collapsed. In this era, there is no such thing as pinhole imaging. If you want to make a telescope, you must first let these people understand the principle of this!

However, Li Congjia's physics has long been returned to the teacher. Even if he hadn't returned it to the teacher, it has been so many years, how much can he remember?

He also knows how to make small hole imaging. After he directly makes it out, he will hand it over to the Ministry of Industry for research. What can be researched is up to them. Li Congjia's attitude towards this is: don't ask me, I don't know anything. I don't know, I just knew this stuff from a dream.

Those people jointly selected by the Ministry of Industry and the college scoffed at what Li Congjia said, and when he made it out, they immediately fell to the ground. However, when Li Congjia said that he didn't know the reason, these people were very calm ...to study by myself.

Li Congjia, who was thrown aside, stared at these people with staring eyes, and had no choice but to leave helplessly for a long while.

After returning, Shi Xueting looked up at Li Congjia and said, "This time... the king of Shu and the Duke of Qin may face criticism from the censor."

Li Congjia looked at him blankly: "Huh? The two of them just won the battle, and the censor is full?"

Shi Xueting sighed: "Just look at this and you will know."

After Li Congjia took it over and took a look, he was very upset. It recorded the important things that Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin did during this expedition. Among them, when they attacked the Koryo city, they left almost nothing behind. Live, that is to say, they are likely to go all the way and slaughter all the way.

Li Congjia was shocked at the time: "Fuck...are they crazy? What did they do?"

Even if it is the enemy, Li Congjia only wants to kill the enemy leader, he never thought about wiping out the enemy, or the opponent's army is enough, civilians, you are also moving, are you crazy?

Li Congjia would not doubt the authenticity of the news Shi Xueting brought, so there is only one possibility, that these two people really did this.

Li Congjia put the news on the table and frowned, "What happened? The two of them are not such crazy people."

In the past, when Li Hongji fought against the Western Regions, he was also from a foreign race. He did not commit such a cruel attack. It is not that Zhao Kuangyin has never fought against Ganzhou Uighurs before, and he was not so extreme. Could it be that there is a chemical reaction between these two people?

Otherwise how to explain this matter.

Li Congjia said depressingly: "I'm going to fight the censor again later, and the censor may remember something again."

Shi Xueting couldn't help asking: "Is this what your focus is?"

Li Congjia said calmly: "Otherwise? Although I think it is almost cruel to kill all the Koreans, but if you kill them all, do you still have to ask brother and Zhao Kuangyin to pay for their lives? They deserve it too?"

No matter how much he thinks that civilians cannot be harmed, the Koreans who died in Li Congjia's eyes are just a bunch of numbers. It doesn't matter whether he is narrow-minded nationalism or indifferent to foreigners. Anyway, he has nothing to this nation. How could he blame Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin for killing these people?

Shi Xueting said: "This time their behavior is very abnormal, I think it is likely to be intentional."

"Huh?" Li Congjia asked, "Do the two of them have any deep hatred against Gao Li?"

"No, but I have to do this to save my life."

Li Congjia looked at Shi Xueting and said, "Please explain clearly."

Shi Xueting looked at him and said four words: "Great master."

Li Congjia understood what Shi Xueting meant in an instant. As meritorious service to the founding of the country, Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin really couldn't have more military merits. If they were counted according to military merits, the rewards they received were not appropriate.

Zhao Kuangyin is at least qualified to be crowned king, but Li Congjia is firmly stuck on the title and insists that a different surname cannot be crowned king, then he can only be the Duke of the state, and he is already an extremely human minister when he reaches this position, unless Li Congjia makes an exception for him. Once there is one example, there is always a second and a third.

As for Li Hongji... he is already a prince, and unless Li Congjia can make him the eldest brother of the emperor, or directly give up his seat to Li Hongji, what else can he reward?Closed?Li Hongji's closed households are already enough, any more would take up too much tax from Datang, wouldn't Feicheng just wait to be slaughtered like this?

Both Zhao Kuangyin and Li Hongji knew that they won this time neatly, and they would definitely not be able to escape rewards based on merit, but they didn't want to be suspected because of too much credit, so they simply did something illegal and disciplined by themselves, and Li Congjia would be able to have it too. There is room for change, after all, there is still merit for crime.

After Li Congjia understood their thoughts, he couldn't help feeling a little helpless, but he had to say that what they thought was indeed okay. Although Datang is developing in a good direction, in Li Congjia's view, everything is just the beginning. It only depends on time to develop.

In later generations, the main taxation has become other industries. Agriculture not only does not collect taxes but often receives subsidies. However, in this era, agricultural taxation is still the main source of taxation for a country. Li Congjia is working hard to change this situation, but it is not a short-term Half will be able to handle it.

It is not realistic to regard merchants as taxpayers. Not only are merchants in low status these days, but those who have the conditions will choose to study and become officials instead of doing business.

The most important thing is that the current business is actually a small business. The caravans that really go south and north only go back and forth once or twice a year. This is still within the territory of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to go west, it will take longer.

This is also the reason why the Western Regions are so desolate but very prosperous. As the main link between Datang and Western countries, the Western Regions are a large commercial transfer point. Many merchants bring back goods from the Western Regions and then exchange them with Datang merchants in the Western Regions. Then the merchants of the Tang Dynasty brought things from the Western Regions to the Central Plains.

For the sake of taxation, Li Congjia has already started to think about which city to set up as a city specially used for trading in the Western Regions, but he hasn't made up his mind yet.

It is precisely because of this that the more noble titles, the more tax revenues will be occupied, and the less tax revenue will be collected by the imperial household department, but the richness of each noble master, so the more powerful emperors generally want to cut down the feudal clan. When the weakness reaches a certain level, it's time for wars to break out.

Li Congjia knew that Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin were actually wronged by this matter, but he could only let them bear this wronged.

He thought for a while and said, "Is there any other interesting things I have from the past, pick some out, and give them back to my elder brother and the children of Zhao Kuangyin's family."

This can be regarded as compensating them in terms of money, and it can also be regarded as a signal from Li Congjia to them. Knowing that they have been wronged, the emperor will remember it in his heart.

Sure enough, when Li Ping, Minister of the Ministry of War, received the documents two days later, he was very happy to see the harvested supplies at first, and he still said: "In such a small area of ​​Korea, there is actually quite a lot of surplus, tsk tsk, one person is tall." There are actually a lot of corals, and Wang Zhao's life is quite extravagant."

As soon as this sentence was finished, Li Ping saw the battle damage and the number of people killed by Zhao Kuangyin and the others below. At that time, Li Ping's scalp went numb and he shouted: "What are the two generals doing?"

Zhu Yuan leaned over to take a look with a puzzled face, then slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, what a joy! If I had known earlier, I would have followed!"

Li Ping stuffed Zuo Shu into his sleeve, glared at Zhu Yuan and said, "You know what!"

After speaking, he hurried out, Zhu Yuan was taken aback by him: "Why are you so rude? Hey, Shangshu, what are you going to do?"

Li Ping said as he walked, "Enter the palace to face the saint!"

Zhu Yuan scratched his head, didn't seem to realize the seriousness of this matter, hummed a ditty and left.

When Li Ping met Li Congjia, he was in the Xuanzheng Hall. At this time, Li Congjia was discussing the affairs with the cabinet ministers. When he saw Li Ping coming in sweating, he knew it, but he still asked, "Why is Li Shangshu so panicked?" ?”

After Li Ping saluted, he directly submitted the memorial without saying a word. He made up his mind not to follow this muddy water. Anyway, this matter itself has nothing to do with him. In the Privy Council, Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin are both more official than him. Gao, there is no such thing as him directing those two people, he should just be... as quiet as a chicken.

After reading it, Li Congjia raised his eyebrows and handed the memorial to Li Zhongyu next to him. After reading it, Li Zhongyu looked terrified, and then handed the memorial to Fan Zhi.

After a group of people had finished watching, Li Congjia said, "Let's discuss this matter after the King of Shu and Duke Qin come back."

Li Zhongyu looked up at Li Congjia. He really wanted to ask if his uncle would be punished. He had a good relationship with Li Hongji, and even better with Li Hongji's son. After all, they both went to school together in the academy. Now he was very worried about his uncle.

It's just that he is not a child who doesn't understand anything. After hearing what his father said, he looked around and found that everyone present didn't seem to be particularly surprised or angry. They were all calm as if they were talking about today's weather. .

Li Zhongyu was keenly aware that there might be something wrong with it, but he couldn't figure it out.

Li Congjia and Li Ping could see clearly what he couldn't understand. The ministers in the cabinet didn't have the slightest objection, and they didn't scold Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin angrily. It can be seen that no one is talking about it.

Li Congjia found it very funny that everyone continued to discuss political affairs with charades. After returning home, Li Zhongyu finally asked his own question. Li Congjia patted his head and said, "It's nothing, but your uncle's reward is probably gone. So in two days you have to bring something to see your cousins."

The reward is gone?Li Zhongyu was a little too late to remember that his uncle had almost been regarded as a group of rewards without rewards, so it didn't matter if it mattered or not?

After he breathed a sigh of relief, he followed Li Congjia to learn how to review memorials for a while, and then he was ready to share the information he got today with his cousins.

Li Congjia is still happy to see him get close to his brothers. Poor Li Zhongyu himself will not have any brothers. The two little guys raised in the harem are quite different from him in age, and they are still his uncles. Only cousins ​​play together.

In fact, maybe Li Zhongyu prefers to play with his cousins. If he is a real brother, maybe he has a sense of crisis.

The next day was the Great Court Meeting. As soon as Li Congjia sat in that seat, he waited for the censor to come out to impeach Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin, but he almost fell asleep and no one stood up. , Finally someone came forward to impeach them.

It’s just that the impeachment this time made Li Congjia feel a little subtle. After all, what the other party impeached was not only Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin’s massacre of Koreans this time, but also impeached them for their high positions and powers, and even conniving at home slaves to bully the people, all kinds of domineering things .

Regarding this, Li Congjia's heart is very complicated. To be honest, in this era, the equality of all beings is a joke. Li Congjia felt unaccustomed at first, but now he is forced to get used to it. When people in Li Hongji's position, the family slaves will always appear One or two cheating masters, this is normal, as for bullying the common people... If it is true, Shi Xueting's report has already been placed on his case table, how can you still use the censor?

So to sum up, Yu Shi took this opportunity to mess with Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin?

The more Li Congjia thought about it, the more he couldn't understand it, and what made him even more confused was that the censor didn't know why, and he complained more and more.

Li Congjia felt that maybe he didn't refute the other party at the beginning, so he encouraged the other party. Later, the more he said, the more outrageous he was, and he almost said that Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin wanted to become kings in Koryo and turned out of the Tang Dynasty!

When the censor said this, even the ministers in the cabinet couldn't stand it anymore, and asked each other with winks: Who found the second pen for this nima?

Yes, this impeachment is actually the result of everyone's discussions, mainly because the civil servants feel that the position of the Privy Council is too high, pressing down on the cabinet, look at the Privy Council envoy... Well, there is no way to say this, who made him the emperor Woolen cloth?

However, the emperor's part-time job as a privy envoy is already very telling!Then the deputy privy envoy is a prince, a king of Chu, and a straight court is the Duke of the State.

It was not easy for their cabinet to have a prince who killed himself before!

From the perspective of the lineup, the cabinet is worse than the Privy Council at 01:30, so it is good to add obstacles to them when there is a chance. Of course, this is also the tacit understanding between the cabinet and the Privy Council, or the tacit understanding between the cabinet ministers and Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin. Civil servants know that they want to defile themselves and keep themselves, so they play a part of the role.

That's why he arranged for the censor to play, and it turned out... What is this all about?You talk so nonsense, what if the emperor gets angry and cuts you off?

Just when everyone was worried, Li Congjia actually laughed when he heard it from above!

Everyone stared at him dumbfounded, not understanding what kind of operation this was. Li Congjia lightly coughed and adjusted his facial expression and said: "I have said long ago that there must be a reason for the censor's gossip. What I just said What is that... the king of Shu wants to stand on his own? If it were me, I would definitely not kill all the local people if I really wanted to stand on my own. Do you think he is stupid?"

Everyone was killed, and he still proclaimed himself king?A light commander?

The censor surnamed Wang stiffened his neck and said, "But the king of Shu and the Duke of Qin have soldiers in their hands!"

Li Congjia nodded: "Indeed, strength comes only when there are soldiers, so...haven't you thought about how many soldiers they have in total?"

If you really want to rebel, relying on this little army...is this a joke?Why did Gao Li kneel down without counting?With such a lesson learned from the past, will anyone dare to fight against the Datang Navy?

Wang Yushi insisted: "In any case, what the King of Shu and the Duke of Qin have done is simply devoid of humanity, and please punish them severely, Your Majesty!"

Li Congjia lazily said: "I know, I know, but after all, the king of Shu and the Duke of Qin have made merits in opening up territories, so the merits and demerits should be balanced."

Wang Yushi wanted to speak, but he was abruptly forced back by the glaring stares of several bigwigs in the cabinet. He could find trouble with Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin. Anyway, those two were in the Privy Council and couldn't control him, but if he offended If the cabinet boss is appointed, then it is not a question of worrying about the future, but a question of whether there is a future from today!

Yu Shi silently returned to his team. He was not of high grade and was relatively close to the door, so when he went back, he saw the Hongling Envoy standing at the door. The Hongling Envoy was the official legend of Tang Dynasty Credit institutions are generally not very important things, and these red feather envoys will not come to the hall, especially during the Great Court Meeting.

Yu Shi didn't fight Li Hongji anymore, instead he wondered what major event this time needs to be reported directly?

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Li Congjia knew that this matter was over. He was about to leave the court when he heard Chun Sheng say, "Your Majesty, the envoy Hongling is waiting for the upper hall to report the matter about the six prefectures of Yanyun."

After hearing Chunsheng's words, Li Congjia's heart tightened and he said, "Let's declare."