Tang Dynasty Never Night

It was right for Li Xian to focus on making cement before, but after being scolded by Wang Fu, he left this matter to the people below. Anyway, he just wanted to see the result - he just wanted to reform himself It’s just a royal palace, but although people did it at the beginning, they didn’t build any cement kilns.

Li Xian directly called Chang Shi over to ask, and Chang Shi said respectfully, "It was Wang Fu's order."

For Zheng Qi's departure, Chang Shi was very excited. Speaking of which, Chang Shi should be the most powerful figure in this palace besides the prince's family, and this prince is still careless about everything. It was manipulated by Chang Shi, and it turned out... He was in his 30s and had seen a lot of things in the market, but he couldn't even play with that teenage kid. He was always suppressed in the palace, and most of the servants were more willing. Listen to Zheng Qi.

After finally Zheng Qi left, Chang Shi almost sent someone to see him off!Of course, he also knew that the reason why Zheng Qi's words were effective was because their king trusted Wang Fu, and they would discuss any confidential matters with Wang Fu.

So even if Li Xian didn't care about anything, Chang Shi didn't think about going over to Li Xian. Of course, he was hit too hard by Zheng Qi. Zheng Qi was so cruel. His Royal Highness King Zhou who was taught by Zheng Qi for half a year... Yes, he should be obedient.

Li Xian was slightly taken aback after hearing this, did Zheng Qi even take this trivial matter to heart?Obviously he didn't want him to touch these things, but because he liked it, he still got him a cement kiln?

Li Xian came up to ask about the cement kiln, and then found that...the output of the cement kiln is so pitiful that it makes people sad. The amount used to renovate his palace has kept the craftsmen in the cement kiln busy for two months.

Hey, there is no way. The productivity of this era is too low. One is that the amount of limestone mining is not high, and the firing is better, but it is a very labor-intensive thing to put these raw materials together.

The most important thing is that cement is not used for some food, and it is not so easy to promote it, so now Li Xian is asking them to make more and prepare it. Anyway, this thing is not bad, in case it is used in the future If the output cannot keep up, it will be broken.

What Li Xian didn't expect was that the cement would come in handy so soon.

The ancients believed that a solar eclipse was a sign of disaster. If there is no disaster, it means that there are traitors in the court. Anyway, the solar eclipse in June caused a small-scale court exchange, but it did not cause court turmoil. It is said that these things are all under Li Zhi's control.

But what happened next was out of his control.

New Tang Book Volume 26, Zhi 70 records: In June of the second year of the Zongzhang, there was a heavy storm in Kuozhou, the sea overflowed, and the two counties of Yongjia and Angu were destroyed, and [-] people were drowned.It rained heavily in Jizhou, and the ground level was one foot deep, destroying thousands of houses.

The previous solar eclipse seemed to be heralding this catastrophe. The population of this era is incomparable with that of later generations. At the peak of the Tang Dynasty, the population was only more than 6000 million. Even less.

The drowned were downgraded to 1 people, two counties were destroyed, and Jizhou was affected by the disaster. The court began to be busy with various post-disaster compensations.

It's just that the national treasury is not abundant now, and it has to be carefully arranged where the grain is allocated, and what to do with the dead, those who destroyed the farmland, and the reconstruction after the disaster.

All these sums were bad debts. Although Li Xian was also anxious, he knew that he couldn't help much, so he began to dilute his sense of existence more and more - if he couldn't help, don't make trouble.

After returning home, he would check all kinds of information, but if he didn’t read it, he would not know. He was shocked when he saw it. The second year of Zongzhang was really not a good year. In the first half of the year, there was a famine, and there was a severe drought in forty states. , although not to mention the grain failure, this year's grain production is not good enough. For this reason, Li Zhi also reduced or exempted some of the taxes in the severely disaster-stricken areas, and finally the people have to slow down. When it rains in the middle of the year, it can be regarded as a little bit of replanting Something happened, and as a result, there was a typhoon in the south, and floods in the north...it couldn't be more chaotic.

Li Xian took a look, and now Kuozhou is probably in the area of ​​Wenzhou, Zhejiang. It is not uncommon for a typhoon to occur in that place. Although Jizhou is inland, but... probably because of the rain in the second half of last year and the first half of this year They were all gathered together, and this time, there was a flood of gold.

All kinds of operations at the court were proceeding in an orderly manner. Li Xian's first reaction when he knew about the disaster was that the people there were too miserable, and when he went to the court, he found out...the number of those drowned was in the mouths of these people Once it passed, it was really just a number, and they all dealt with the follow-up very calmly.

Li Xian also knows that governing a country should not be too emotional, such rationality is normal, he is just not used to it.

And this time the disaster was basically the prince and King Pei fighting in the ring again. The teams behind the two were very strong, and they also gave a lot of useful suggestions. Every time Li Xian saw the prince stand up or answer questions or express himself When I got my opinion, I couldn't help but wonder, did Zheng Fu tell the prince this?Did Zheng Fu remind the prince of that?

I always feel...a little miss.

The post-disaster pensions are being carried out step by step. The court cannot only focus on this matter, and what everyone cares more about is not how the disaster-stricken places are. Everyone is talking about the emperor's choice of a prince for the king of Zhou!

In fact, the position of Wang Fu is not a permanent position, but Li Zhi promised Li Xian to find him a good Wang Fu before. As an emperor and a father, you can't say nothing to your son, right?

So he let out the wind. Of course, in his opinion, his son was too dull. If he hadn't stood in front of him, he would have been ignored by others because of his height and silent appearance. A teacher taught me well.

This time Zhou Wang's selection of Fu is different from the last time. Many people are staring at this position. From Wang Fu of the third rank, he has a high official position and reputation. Once you say that you are Wang Fu, it means that the royal family trusts your knowledge and character. , That's why I let you go to the Pope.

What's more... Zhou Wang's Mansion is a good place, didn't you see that Zheng Qi stayed in Zhou Wang's Mansion for half a year and then directly entered the East Palace and became Prince Zhan Shi?Maybe it was the king of Zhou who said something nice in front of the empress, and since the king of Zhou entered the court, everyone has also seen that the prince is really low-key, but he is not stupid at all-nonsense, can you talk to the prince and the queen? King Pei remained neutral in the battle, and he was able to meet both sides. Who dares to say that he is stupid?

So, half a year ago, the foolish king whom everyone hated and didn't want to touch at all, now turned around... he became a favorite.