This iron mine has a big background and produces a lot of iron every year.

He followed Li Yuan from the beginning, and then fell into Li Shimin's hands.

This was originally an industry owned by the wealthy men in the court before the Sui Dynasty, referred to as the "Chaebol Group".

How terrifying were the power of those plutocrats at that time? They combined their forces and directly forced the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang to abdicate, and then promoted the more honest Li Yuan to the throne.

At that time, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, because he was afraid of the power of these "conglomerates", asked them to pay for the construction of the Grand Canal to disperse their financial resources.

Then they were sent to the frontiers to fight and disperse their military strength.

Only then did Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty suffer the pressure from the "chaebols" to convict him.

However, Li Yuan was actually a shrewd man. After establishing the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan was also subtly consuming the power of the plutocrats. To this day, the families left by the plutocrats have been almost wiped out by Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

Of course, this does not mean that those families have no money.

For example, the Changsun family is a super big family on the surface. However, their family's power and financial resources have been weakened by Li Shimin. However, a dead camel is bigger than a horse. The Changsun family is still the largest family in the Tang Dynasty except for the royal family.

The second largest family outside China.

The reason why the Tang Dynasty was so powerful was because during the Sui Dynasty, too many materials were left behind and given to the royal family of the Tang Dynasty.

For example: Li Shimin's treasury still contains grain from the Sui Dynasty.

However, due to the recent severe drought, Li Shimin also distributed these grains to the people of Tang Dynasty. Until now, there is not much left.

If God is not kind and there are natural disasters like droughts and floods for several years again, I am afraid that the Tang Dynasty will not be able to survive for a few more years!

Li Shimin was not poor, but pretended to be poor because he was frugal.

Moreover, Li Yuan also knew how much money was left over from the Sui Dynasty.

How many heroes and generals are left behind?

Not to mention anything else, Li Jing, Li Ji, and Li Cunxiao, these three generals named Li, if you take any one of them, they are all the founding generals of the country in the past dynasties.

In addition, there are generals such as Qin Qiong, Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Yaojin, etc. Which of these people is not a dragon or a phoenix among men?

In other dynasties, they would have been among the best generals.

Moreover, the civil servants of the Tang Dynasty were even more powerful. As the saying goes: If you study martial arts but not literature, you will be a person of the Tang Dynasty in vain. If you study literature but not martial arts, you will be worth two hundred and fifty.

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it was a dynasty that was both civil and military and very open.

Therefore, if people within this dynasty make progress in their thinking, then the entire country will also progress accordingly.

But unfortunately, human beings are still too insignificant in the face of natural disasters.

Li Shimin's hoarding of money and food in the treasury was actually a plan for a rainy day.

He couldn't move any of the secretly sealed grain, even if the people starved to death alive.

Because the last grains were all for the soldiers on the border of Datang.

Because when the last granary was opened, it was the time for the Turks, Tubo, Goguryeo and other countries to invade the Tang Dynasty.

Even the Tang Dynasty was like this, so their country was not much better.

Therefore, they will definitely covet the fertile soil of the Tang Dynasty and attack the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, Li Shimin needed to open the last granary to the soldiers on the frontier, so that they would be full and have the strength to go to the battlefield and defend the country's glory and territory.

So I have to say that Li Shimin's political approach is very solid and tenacious.

This can also prove why the Tang Dynasty that Li Shimin was working for was called the Kaiyuan Dynasty!

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In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

The time has finally arrived in September.

It’s September and autumn has arrived.

Logically speaking, this is a harvest season, but the common people are miserable.

Because it doesn't rain, the people of the entire Tang Dynasty have nothing to gain.

Even though some people planted some crops, they were worked to death because there was no water. Some people even starved to death or were sunburned to death when they went out to do farm work.

When Li Shimin went to court, he was heartbroken when he heard the news.

But what is the solution? Man-made disasters can still be solved, but this is a natural disaster. How to solve a natural disaster? We can only light incense, worship God, and let God open his eyes and let it rain.

Li Shimin has removed the grain tax pressure on farmers, but this still cannot solve the problem of people starving to death.

Therefore, the granary of the national treasury is also inaccessible at this moment.

Seeing the treasury's losses increasing day by day, Li Shimin felt uncomfortable.

But so what? Li Shimin is just a mortal, he can't invite the Dragon King to rain? So, Li Shimin can only place all his hopes on Master Shi Kong.

Li Shimin hoped that Master Shikong could perform rituals for the people of the entire Tang Dynasty and make it rain.

And Master Shikong also vowed to agree.

Master Shikong said that he could not guarantee that it would rain, but he would definitely catch some evil spirits coming out!

Sure enough, after Master Shikong performed a ritual, he actually caught a weasel?

Master Shikong immediately pointed at the weasel and shouted: "Drought rat charm, I will let you go today and let you get away from the Tang Dynasty quickly. Let you quickly ask the Dragon King to come and stop the rain!"

"mix!"

After saying that, the weasel immediately rolled away and crawled away.

When Li Shimin saw this, he immediately felt happy.

And all the civil and military ministers of the dynasty also widened their wise eyes.

Even Li Lizhi couldn't help but cheer and applauded Master Shikong who was present.

However, Li Chengfeng said: "It's just a small trick!"

Li Lizhi frowned in confusion, looked at Li Chengfeng, and said, "Brother Feng'er, I think Master Shikong seems to have some abilities. Did we misunderstand him before?"

"Misunderstanding? Humph, this weasel was obviously injured, and was caught and hidden behind a stone by Shi Kong! After Shi Kong finished his ritual, he grabbed the weasel from behind the stone!"

"This is just a trick to deceive people, but it deceives you one by one! Sigh... I don't even know what to say!"

"Ding, here comes the surprise from Li Lizhi, the naughty value is 66!"

Li Chengfeng shrugged helplessly.

Li Lizhi had an incredible look on her face.

Li Li asked: "No, brother Feng'er, but how do I feel that Master Shikong is really powerful?"

"Awesome? It's all just an act! Otherwise, how could he eat meat secretly?"

"Well, brother Feng'er, you are right. Anyway, I will guard against Master Shikong from now on and prevent him from getting close to important places in the palace!"

"Well, this is the best thing to do!"
Chapter completed!