Datang Institute of Technology

He remembered the contents of the letter very clearly.

"Brother Gao Ming, I almost got spanked today, twenty big boards, isn't it scary? Because I burned down the yamen in Chang'an today..."

"Fortunately, the great grandfather handed over our method of growing bean sprouts to the imperial court, so the three of us were not punished."

"The laws of the Tang Dynasty are really unfair. Our method of growing bean sprouts does not consume a bit of arable land. In three days, one catty of beans can be turned into five catties of bean sprouts, and dozens of boards are replaced... The county magistrate still doesn't allow us to do it in the future. Sell ​​bean sprouts."

The ambiguous words, plus the same words that the chicken had scratched, he thought they were just childish jokes, but now it seems...

Li Shimin showed a smile that he hadn't seen in many days, "Cui Zitong!"

Cui Zitong knew that it was time for the reward, so he quickly knelt down with a radiant face.

"The Cui family has made great contributions, reward..."

"Father, wait a minute!" Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a Wen Yu's voice.

Li Chengqian, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, has performed very well since he was a child, with a calm personality. In the eyes of almost everyone, he is a model prince.

At a young age, his reputation and ability to govern the country have already been demonstrated, and there are records in later generations that Prince Li Chengqian began to supervise the country when he was young, and governed the world for Li Shimin.

It seems inappropriate to describe it as a young man with high spirits, because Li Chengqian is much more stable than a young man.

Such a stable prince actually interrupted Li Shimin at this time?

Li Chengqian came out, he was such a beautiful young man dressed in fine clothes, and with his outstanding temperament, many ministers nodded secretly.

"Father, I have a few words I want to ask Chang'an County Magistrate Cui Zhitong."

Li Shimin became interested. Li Chengqian was trained by him alone. When he knew how inappropriate it was to interrupt him at this time, many admonishing officials would soon come to admonish the prince for his indecency.

"allow!"

Li Shimin is also very curious, what does his son want to ask at the risk of being admonished?It is a certainty that the Cui family will be successful in offering advice.

Cui Zhitong was probably the most speechless, the reward was clearly in front of him, but he was just a step away from realizing it.

Li Chengqian looked at Cui Zhitong, "Magistrate Cui, are you sure that the method of growing bean sprouts is from your Cui family?"

The courtier couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, this matter is already obvious, why do you still ask this?

Isn't this a waste of everyone's time?I have to talk about the prince with the admonisher later.

Cui Zhitong was startled, why did the prince ask such a question?After thinking about all the possibilities in his mind, his Cui family has already done everything safe.

Cui Zhitong replied, "The method of growing bean sprouts is exactly what my Cui family has repeatedly researched."

After speaking, he carefully observed Li Chengqian's expression.

Li Chengqian's face remained unchanged, but he said, "I might as well tell Master Cui, I have a...a friend who is from Xujia Village, and I often communicate with each other by letter."

Speaking of the word "friend", the corners of Li Chengqian's mouth twitched involuntarily, and a small body appeared in his mind who was walking and squatting and laughing.

Up above, Li Shimin was getting a little impatient. This is the Golden Palace, a place where major issues are discussed. Why is the crown prince so obsessed with inexplicable questions?

Just as he was about to speak, Cui Zhitong's face turned pale and he broke out in a cold sweat.

Cui Zhitong was really frightened.

Are the prince and the people of Xujiacun good friends?Do you still have regular correspondence?

Have you mentioned the method of raw bean sprouts in the correspondence?

As for why the prince didn't come up with the method of raw bean sprouts?Cui Zhitong concluded that the prince probably wants to offer advice when everyone is at a loss. This will have the most impact and the greatest contribution, and the prince's position will be more stable.

The Cui family wanted to take the credit for the Xu family, but what they didn't expect was that the replacement was not the powerless Xu family, but the prince's contribution.

At this time, Li Chengqian's voice continued, "Are you sure you didn't use dozens of boards in exchange for the method of raw bean sprouts?"

It's over, Cui Zhitong only has this idea now, and the crown prince even knows this.

Cui Zitong fell to the ground as if he had lost his strength.

I thought I got a lot of credit, but I didn't expect the bamboo basket to fetch water in vain. I'm afraid it's not just that, but I have to face the wrath of the Tian family...

Especially the prince, the credit originally belonged to the prince, but now, the prince can't take credit for himself.

If it's cheaper, then the Xu family?

The surrounding ministers couldn't help being stunned. This is... the Cui family is claiming credit under false pretences?

Li Shimin also reacted, his face turned dark, "What's going on?"

This matter is a trivial matter for the solution to the famine, but he has always done things to perfection. It was originally a matter of praise. If such a trivial matter becomes a joke...

Thinking of this, Li Shimin felt even more uncomfortable. His position was a little beyond words, so everything he did was telling the world that he was the most suitable person.

Li Chengqian thought about the messy letter and said, "Father, the thing is like this, my friend was playing in Chang'an City, and accidentally set the Chang'an Yamen on fire..., and finally made a contribution to the court in the form of merit instead of punishment." The strategy of raw bean sprouts..."

Li Chengqian spoke eloquently, no need to be too careful, the people in the hall could understand it as soon as they heard it.

The county magistrate of Chang'an exchanged dozens of boards for the policy of raw bean sprouts, and did not immediately hand it over to the court, but was born with the heart of profiting for the Cui family. There is correspondence.

"Cui Zhitong, are you guilty?" Li Shimin asked sullenly, daring to deceive the king.

"The minister is guilty."

All the struggles were in vain, and Cui Zhitong had to plead guilty.

Cui Zhitong was taken down to await punishment.

The hall was quiet again.

The admonitors who were going to admonish the prince for his misbehavior also turned off, but the prince made up for the flaws in this plan to save the people at a critical moment. What dare they say?

"Your Majesty, the prince should be rewarded for his ability to argue clearly." At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji, the uncle of the country, came out and said.

He is Li Chengqian's uncle, so of course he is thinking of the prince. Although the prince's current position is stable, his achievements are not overwhelming.

In order not to favor one over the other, Changsun Wuji said again, "Your Majesty, although the Xu family's policy of raw bean sprouts has saved dozens of boards of criminal law, compared to the merits of the Xu family's contribution to saving the people, the rewards and punishments are obviously unfair. I hope Your Majesty will reward you." .”

What he said was impeccable.

Li Shimin nodded. With the solution to the famine, he felt much more relaxed, and said, "Reward."

After speaking, he looked at Li Chengqian again, "By the way, which Xu family is it?"

Li Chengqian said, "The Xu family where the great Confucian Xu Wenyuan belongs."

Xu Wenyuan...

Many ministers secretly looked at Li Shimin's face.

Today's Holy Majesty has been harassed by Xu Wenyuan's writings. The reason why Xu Wenyuan left Chang'an was not because he was not liked by the Holy Majesty.

Li Shimin smiled, he was not stingy enough to hate a Hongxue Confucian for so long.

Later generations said that Li Shimin was an enlightened emperor, which is actually true. No matter what he did before, he really did his best for the Tang Dynasty.

This is an enlightened age.

Li Shimin said, "I didn't expect to hear news about Hongru Xu Wenyuan again in such a short period of time. I don't know if everyone knows that his granddaughter won the first prize at the Winter Poetry Festival, overwhelming all the officials present. He taught a What an incredible talent."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, it seemed that the Holy Majesty had really let go of his grievances with Xu Wenyuan.

Next, many officials who had followed Li Er to participate in the Xuanwumen Incident showed smiles. They had made the right choice. Only such a sage can be called a sage.

There is no need to question Li Er's personality charm, otherwise there would not be so many people following him.

"How do you think rewarding the Xu family is appropriate?" Li Shimin looked at the expressions of the courtiers with satisfaction. It is now the third year of Zhenguan, and he has already won the approval of most courtiers. Unlike the beginning, a large group of reluctant officials, really Fucked.

Speaking of rewards, the group fell silent again.

Because...the current national treasury has nothing to ask for, and it is clinking poor.

Fang Xuanling sighed, let him be the villain. His Majesty asked everyone about the rewards, but it was because the rewards were too little and His Majesty was too embarrassed to ask. After all, this is a strategy to save the people, and the contribution is not small.

Fang Xuanling said, "Your Majesty, I heard that after Xu Wenyuan left Chang'an, he led the Xu family to start farming, and now he is selling bean sprouts in Chang'an...how about... exempting Xu's village from all agricultural taxes and taxes. Let's do business and tax, the time is as long as Xu Wenyuan passes away."

It means that as long as Xu Wenyuan is alive, Xujia Village will not have to pay agricultural tax and commercial tax.

In the main hall, almost everyone was watching their hearts. The old boy Fang Xuanling could really say, how much is the agricultural tax and commercial tax in a broken mountain village?

Li Shimin blushed when he heard that, but Datang is poor, because of this famine, the national treasury really has nothing.

It's just that they don't know that Fang Xiang, who has always been famous for his schemes, soon felt remorseful. From then on, whenever he disagreed with others, someone would bring it up and make him speechless.

And His Majesty Li Er, who is holy, looks at Fang Xuanling like a resentful woman every day. When he dreams back at midnight, he always wonders if he should shamelessly send someone to solve Xu Wenyuan, so that he will have a lot of taxes. , because he personally promised that he would not collect taxes from Xujia Village as long as Xu Wenyuan was alive.

Of course, the current civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are a little ashamed, because this reward is really a bit out of hand.

But what can I do?Datang is poor!

"Sure!" His Majesty Li Er said something, and then quickly changed the topic, his face was red, but fortunately his face was dark, and ordinary people could not find it.

"Gao Ming, you said that you are good friends with a person from Xu Family Village. I'm curious. Could it be that Xu Wenyuan taught some great juniors? You even made friends with him."

The ministers also hurriedly changed the subject, "Yes, yes."

They are so enthusiastic about discussing a junior of the Xu family, in fact, they are making compensation.

To be an official in the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the imperial examination, one also had to have a good reputation.

They discussed this in the Golden Palace, as long as the person mentioned by the prince can pass the imperial examination, even if he is the last one, he is destined to be appointed an official and a noble in the future.

As for whether this person can be named in the imperial examination?

Is not this nonsensical?To be called a friend by the prince must have real talent and learning, not only to be named in the imperial examination, but also more likely to see Jun Changan roll his name in front of the palace.

However, Li Chengqian's whole body was stiff, and he opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say, his "friend" was only four or five years old! ! !

Everyone looked at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian's face was somber, why did his style of painting suddenly change, and everyone was talking about his "friend"?

Li Shimin also looked at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian was expressionless, seeing that he couldn't hide, he could only take out a letter from his bosom, and handed it to Li Shimin, "Father, this is the letter my friend wrote to me."

"Yeah." Li Shimin nodded with a smile, opened the letter, and he saw what kind of talent it was...