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Li Zhi was born in the second year of Zhenguan, and now it is the summer of the 17th year of Zhenguan, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, he is just young.

He once heard those palace people from Henan Province talk about Du Langjun teaching people to fish with needles and beam fish and make canned fish in Laizhou. Rong Yan, talked with relish.

Li Zhi didn't have any great political ambitions. As a direct prince, his character was a bit weak.

But he is very interested in all kinds of country anecdotes and heroic deeds. In short, he likes to listen to stories.He had heard Du Gou's story, and had a good impression of Du Gou.

In the past two days, I heard that the ministers in the court were arguing over the matter of pardoning Du Gou. Li Zhi also wanted to say something, but he vaguely felt that he should not interfere in this matter. Stay, told his emperor father.

Think about it, Li Zhi is now fifteen or sixteen years old, at the age of a little sensible and a little confused.

What happened to their family, his two older brothers ended up like that, not to mention who was right and who was wrong, as a young Li Zhi, seeing all this happen before his eyes, how does he feel in his heart.

Li Zhi was a person who didn't talk much at first, but after that incident, he talked even less.

Under such circumstances, Li Shimin was also rather worried. Seeing that he rarely spoke to him at this time, he was more happy in his heart, and agreed without saying a word.

In the early morning of the second day, someone proposed to pardon Du Gou again, which inevitably aroused some controversy.

When they were almost finished fighting, the emperor said: "I was in a hurry earlier, and the landslide was in front of me. I didn't care about him. I found someone to ask in the past two days. They all said that Du Lang had benefited a lot of people in Laizhou. The local elders were grateful for his kindness. There was also an official document from the county and prefectural government, but I didn’t have time to look at it at that time. Yesterday my son came to talk to me and said that Du Lang was upright, hardworking, benevolent and benevolent, and that he was implicated for no reason. He was really wronged..."

What the emperor said meant that the reason why Du Gou was pardoned was that his actions over the years had saved his life. In addition, there was also the attitude of the new prince.

If the rest of the sinners still want to be forgiven, then there is no more. If the cost of rebellion is so low, how can they deter those ambitious people.

So the matter of Du Gou was finalized in this way, his exile was avoided, and the court allocated some money and silk to order the officers and soldiers who escorted him to send him back to Laizhou.

After finishing this matter, the emperor was in a better mood, thinking about going to communicate with his son, but the boy turned into a clamshell in a blink of an eye, the emperor had no choice but to turn his attention to the court above.

How could there be so many people speaking for Na Du Gou in the past few days, at first he still couldn't understand, but after exploring, he soon had the answer.

It turned out that those old shameless people were planning to sell Luo Yong.

This matter has to start with Zheng Shilang, who was born in the Zheng family in Xingyang. Earlier, some people uttered wild words on the street, saying that Luo Yong was wrong. After being heard by Zheng Shilang, he reprimanded them on the street.

A few years later, Luo Yong "met" Zheng Shilang in Chang'an City. Luo Yong invited Zheng Shilang to have a meal. Perhaps he heard some news from Luo Yong. There are several iron mines, some bought with money, and some opened by themselves.

At the beginning, everyone didn't know what the Zheng family was doing with so much iron ore. Could it be needles?How much iron can be used to make needles?

As soon as the wooden carriage came out, some people figured it out, driving on the wooden track was so fast, but what if it was driving on the railroad track?

This incident seems a bit unbelievable at the moment, after all, the price of iron is so expensive.

However, the reason why the price of iron is expensive is not because iron ore is scarce, but because the level of mining is limited, and iron is so heavy that transportation is really difficult.

Now that there are wooden tracks, the wooden tracks can be directly repaired into the iron mine, and one track is laid in, and the iron ore is transported out by truckloads.

These iron ores are smelted into refined iron, and then transported to all parts of the country. Because of the cement roads and wooden tracks, and the original water transportation system, the convenience of transportation will be much improved from now on compared to before. If things go on like this, the price of iron will definitely drop.

The drop in iron prices does not mean that those iron mines will make less money. On the contrary, because of the lower mining and transportation costs and the unprecedented prosperity of the market, these iron mines will only make more and more money in the future.

Some people in the court have proposed that the wooden track from Chang'an City to Luoyang should be covered with a layer of iron. Given the current iron price, the Zheng family in Xingyang must be making a fortune this time.

Although it is only a rumor at the moment, and no one has officially mentioned this matter in the court, just thinking about it makes people very excited. It is a railway track. If Datang can have such a railway track, then everyone It should be more face-saving. At that time, all the envoys who come to Tang will take them to the railway track for a walk to experience the speed and sharpness of Tang's transportation. I am afraid that no one will dare to offend in the future.

Under such circumstances, many families are very greedy for the iron mines currently controlled by the Zheng family in Xingyang.

But in the final analysis, the reason why the Zheng family in Xingyang can take the lead this time is not because of Luo Yong. If the development speed of Luo Yong and the others is like the speed of the wooden rail carriage, then the Zheng family in Xingyang is now They were already in the car, but they could only stand under the car and watch.

So there were those who wanted to get in the car, and seized the opportunity to sell Luo Yong.

This time when they heard that Luo Yong wanted to protect Dugu, they also followed suit. Anyway, the most sensitive period has passed, and it is not afraid to stand up and say a few words at this time. Son.

Tsk, these old men can really save face.

Back then, when I first met Luo Yong, he was still a penniless country boy. In the blink of an eye, these years have passed, and now even though he is in Hexi, he can still influence the court.

Faced with the rise of a new force, as a king sitting at the top of power, he must be wary of it.

However, after the reshuffle this time, Li Shimin's thinking has undergone some changes.

Both Li Chengqian and Li Taiju have lost their qualifications as crown prince. The new crown prince is now Li Zhi. If there is no accident, he will be Li Tang Guojun in the future.

But Li Zhi's character is a little weak. When Li Shimin was in power, he was naturally able to protect him. In the future, I am afraid that he can only be manipulated by Zhangsun Wuji to death.

In the original history, when Li Shimin was in his later years, after much deliberation, he still felt that Li Zhi was too weak, and he would definitely not be able to do Changsun Wuji in the future. Although Changsun Wuji seems to be a good person now, but when he becomes so powerful, Then I don't know what to do.

After hesitating, he talked to Changsun Wuji, if the throne should be handed over to Li Ke to inherit.

At that time, Li Shimin was probably thinking that Li Ke's personality was stronger than Li Zhi's, so he wouldn't be manipulated all the time. He said that, maybe it was to test the attitude of eldest grandson Wuji.

Then his proposal was strongly opposed by Changsun Wuji. In addition, Li Ke's mother is Yang Guang's daughter. Li Shimin was not very satisfied with this. At this time, Changsun Wuji objected, so he gave up. .

But he never thought about what he said that day, but it planted a disaster for Li Ke. After Li Zhi ascended the throne, Changsun Wuji used Fang Yiai's treason case to implicate Li Ke for no reason and eradicate him.

At this moment, although the matter has not yet reached that point, Li Shimin is still worried about Li Zhi's too weak character. He intends to entrust his eldest Sun Wuji, but he is also worried that his eldest Sun Wuji will become too powerful in the future.

So at this time, when he saw the force Luo used again, it was a little different from his previous thoughts.

In the future, he analyzed these courtiers with his sons. When he mentioned Luo Yong, he said: "Luo Yong is loyal, but his loyalty is to the people of his family, not to me. Father and son of the Li family can be ministers, but they cannot be confidantes."

If he were to comment on Luo Yong now, it would still be the same as before.

It's just that time has passed, and Luo Yong's unflattering places at the beginning, but today they seem to be commendable.

Even if there are human rights in the future, Luo Yongying will definitely not collude with him. With his coffin temper, he will definitely fight as much as he wants.

When that coffin board was just a fledgling, he was a stubborn stubble that even he, the ninety-five-year-old, dared to hate. Now that he has full wings, can he be afraid of any powerful officials?Thinking of this, the emperor's mood is better.

"Why is the saint laughing?"

Changsun Wuji and Li Shimin were sitting together in the stone pavilion to enjoy the cool air. At this time, he saw him looking at the scenery outside the pavilion with a smile on his face. Since the incident half a year ago, it had been a long time since he was in such a good mood, so he asked One sentence.

"Nothing." Li Shimin replied.

Then he smiled and greeted his brother-in-law to eat melons: "Eat melons, eat melons. I bought this melon from North and South Grocery early this morning. It is sweet and crispy. It only cost four pennies for such a big cold melon. You said it was cheap or not."

The future emperor's old uncle held a slice of watermelon in his hand: ...I always feel that something is not right.