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Chang'an, Tai Chi Palace, Ganlu Hall.

Ganlu Palace is the emperor's bedroom. Today, Li Yuan was in a good mood and specially summoned important officials such as the Prime Minister of the Three Provinces to the palace to drink with them.

Wine is a fine wine, and Bashang Wine Industry special tributes the imperial wine Bailu Daqu.

"This yak meat is also good, and this butter tea is also delicious!" Guanzhong in July was still very hot, and Li Yuan was drinking it so much that he simply opened his arms to reveal the three.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Zhang Wenyuan won the great victory in Taozhou, uprooted the Heiyeli tribe with a population of more than 20,000 in one battle. This is an unprecedented victory over Tuyuhun in the Tang Dynasty!"

Zuo Pushe Pei Ji smiled and congratulated Li Yuan.

Xiao Yu also praised the emperor for his good use of people. "Your Majesty is really wise and he chose Hanlin scholar Zhang Wenyuan to guard the Longyou National Gate. The result was surprisingly good."

Li Yuan laughed, "This Zhang San is indeed a talent. In the battle of Mingzhou, Hebei, he dared to enter the city alone to persuade him to surrender, which fully demonstrates that this man has amazing courage, and he can also instigate the enemy generals, and it is even more valuable to capture Mingzhou City. However, what really makes me amazed is the last battle in Longyou. Zhang San turned the tide with his own strength, saved the King of Qin and rescued the danger of Longyou. It is amazing and amazing. Zhang San, his ability to fight is stronger than his ability to edit books."

Zheng Shanguo, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, praised his nephew and son-in-law as a talent for being a general and a prime minister without hesitation.

Li Yuan nodded after hearing this.

"Zhang San is just a little too young. He lets him stand alone outside and experience it for a few more years. It is not worth it to go to the general and the minister."

Even the prime ministers such as Pei Ji couldn't help but be amazed at the time of being praised by the emperor.

However, they cannot say that the emperor is too much. After all, Zhang Chao's achievements are real. Not to mention the Battle of Longyou, there are some risks and luck, but after that, Zhang Chao guarded Taozhou, destroyed a disobedient Yeli tribe and defeated a large tribe of three thousand people as slaves. This time, he later led to people. Faced with the attack of a Tuyuhun tribe with a population of more than 20,000, Zhang Chao had already found out about it, but he was silent. Instead, he used a trick and fought a more beautiful battle.

With less than a hundred casualties, thousands of cavalry were killed and 15,000 prisoners were captured. In addition, Zhang Chao then sent troops to uproot the Hei Yeli tribe and captured more than 7,000 women, children, and young people.

This cannot be described without the word miracle.

"Your Majesty, the situation in Taozhou is really good now, and it is hard to believe it! After the four states are united, Taozhou now has nearly 80,000 people, and all the immigrants are in place. Now Taozhou is divided into land and land, and it is busy with land reclaiming land." Chen Shuda said with a smile.

Feng Deyi also laughed and said, "Zhang Wenyuan presided over Taozhou for only a few months, but he had done many practical things. He restored the order of Taozhou after the war and rebuilt defense. In addition, recruiting and pacifying, expedition, military farming, promoting business, and running schools are the same. It is quite valuable. With a city in the middle of the river, Zhang Chao has collected more than 20,000 yuan of tariffs, including commercial taxes, etc., and requested half of it to be used for the military, political and civil settlements in Taozhou, and has also escorted more than 10,000 yuan to the court to Beijing."

Speaking of this, Feng Deyi really admires Zhang Chao.

After the war, Taozhou had a population of less than 10,000 and had nothing.

But Zhang San restored Taozhou to order, production, defense in a short period of time, and even relied on the border market he opened, the Taozhou government office was re-operated.

There is even extra money to build cities, forts, roads, and villages.

Feng Deyi couldn't imagine who could do better than this.

In less than three months, Zhang Chao escorted the court about 10,000 yuan, which was the tax money paid to the treasury. It was not renting, but customs and commercial taxes.

It is more than 10,000 yuan. Although some powerful families have more than so many property. However, for the Tang Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country, the court's fiscal revenue was very small, and of course the expenses were also small.

Even officials only have salaries, while foreign officials have no salaries, and even the office expenses of local governments will not be transferred to the court. The salaries of foreign officials are topped by the land of the office, and the office expenses of the office expenses of the government office are paid by the government and the government money.

Many of the current expenditures of the Tang Dynasty actually depend on the income from war. The treasury of the previous dynasty, as well as the property of the defeated forces, etc., relying on these, the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is quite good.

In addition, officials gave jobs and soldiers adopted the system of government troops, which saved the court the expenses of raising officials and soldiers, which was able to support them under the current extremely low fiscal tax revenue.

The commercial tax of more than 10,000 yuan is only paid by a border state, but only in less than three months, and even half of it is paid.

An important official like Feng Deyi even knew very clearly that Zhang Chao was definitely not half of what he handed over.

After all, as far as they know, Zhang San obtained more than 20,000 slaves in Taozhou, and the cattle, sheep and horses he seized were countless.

If all of these are included, Zhang San will earn more than 20,000 guan in the past few months, and more than 100,000 guan.

This is only a few months, if it is a whole year, how many will it take?

There are more than 300 prefectures in the Tang Dynasty, and Taozhou is the only one.

Feng Deyi did not expect Zhang Chao to pay a million in commercial tax to the court in a year. Even if he could pay a hundred thousand chunks of 100,000 chunks, it would be very impressive. The court actually needed money very much. Now the court can only pay a salary to a few capital officials, which is actually a helpless move.

If the income of another 100,000 yuan a year can be increased, the prime ministers will be so happy that they can't stop.

Li Yuan patted his hairy chest, "If I had a few more Zhang Sanlang in the Tang Dynasty, I would have no worries about it. In the border areas, I need a minister like Zhang Sanlang the most, and my literary ability can stabilize the country and the martial arts can be used to stabilize the country. Tuyuhun was cut off this time, and I feel very comforted!"

This time, Tuyuhun took advantage of the Turks and Jianghuai rebellions and took advantage of the situation to rob, which made Li Yuan very thrilling.

With the courage of his son Shimin and the wit of Zhang San, the Tang Dynasty did not allow Tuyuhun to take advantage of the situation, but in the end it was quite embarrassing, and several states were trapped in war and suffered heavy losses.

More importantly, the Tang Dynasty was slapped in the face, and it was a slap. Every time Li Yuan recalled, he almost let Tuyuhun enter Guanzhong, and his second son was almost killed in Longxi, and he couldn't help but feel scared.

Then there was incomparable anger.

But Li Yuan could not take revenge on Tuyuhun immediately now. Not only could he not take revenge, but he also had to send someone to discuss with Tuyuhun Khan and send the princess a marriage partner to comfort him.

Whenever Li Yuan thinks of this, he feels extremely depressed.

It wouldn't work if he didn't do this. After all, the strategy he and his ministers agreed was to first and then outside. For the time being, we cannot fight with the Tuyuhun people first. The Central Plains will be determined in the future, and there will be Turks and Goguryeo in the north.

However, this time, the Tuyuhun people first came to the border to plunder Taozhou, and Zhang Wenyuan was just defending. The Tuyuhun people once again broke the agreement, and the Tang army was defensive and counterattacking.

Tuyuhun suffered a great loss, but he could only swallow his teeth and swallow them in his stomach.

When Li Yuan heard that Zhang Chao had destroyed a large tribe of more than 20,000 people in Tuyuhun, he was really excited as if he had a cup of iced sour plum soup under the sun in June.

"Come on, let's raise our glasses for Zhang Wenyuan!" Li Yuan raised the wine glass in his hand with a smile. Anyway, it was not a court meeting or a meeting, and there was no official in charge of the ceremonies here, so he was very relaxed.

After three rounds of wine.

The king and his subjects were just happy, and the eunuch reported to the prince for his visit.

"The prince is here, let him come in." Li Yuan smiled and waved.

Li Jiancheng followed the eunuch into the hall and saw that the scene inside the hall was a little different.

"Crown Prince, what's wrong with you?" Li Yuan asked.

"Father, my son-in-law received a report. He heard that the governor of Taozhou, Zhang Chao, had a serious conflict with the Tuyuhun Yeli tribe. He sent troops to kill more than a thousand Yeli tribes and attacked tens of thousands of Tuyuhun people. His father, Zhang Chao was disrespectful to the court and acted without authorization! My son-in-law requested that Zhang Chao be arrested and returned to Beijing immediately, interrogated strictly, and punished according to law!"

The smile on Li Yuan's face gradually solidified.

The prime ministers and ministers in the hall also opened their mouths wide.

The emperor just praised Zhang San with them and praised Zhang San for his good work in Taozhou, especially the battle against the Yeli Ministry, which was even more satisfying.

But now the prince came to impeach Zhang Chao, saying that he had provoked border provocation without authorization, and this...

Li Yuan is now very disappointed with the prince, even extremely disappointed.

He could not have imagined that a dignified crown prince could say such a thing. He naturally knew what happened between the prince and Zhang San, but he could have imagined that the prince could depose the public for personal gain and turn black and white.

He originally asked Zhang San to stay in Taozhou in order to give the prince some time to consider it. He even believed that the prince should cherish and value talents like Zhang San. He planned to ask Zhang San to return to the East Palace again after a while to assist the prince.

But now, Li Yuan is really disappointed.

"Father..."

"Call me!" Li Yuan shouted angrily.

Li Jiancheng was shocked, and didn't know why he suddenly angered the emperor.

"Yes, your Majesty. My son thinks Zhang Chao..."

"Zhang Wenyuan is the only one in Taozhou, guarding the other side, expeditioning, pacifying, garrisoning farms, promoting business, and running schools. He was very beautiful. As for destroying Yeli's troops and expeditioning Heiyi, there was no mistake. But you, Prince, where are your eyes on? Have you treated Zhang Chao from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty and everything that happened in Taozhou?"

Li Jiancheng's expression changed slightly.

"Zhang Wenyuan is a hero of my Tang Dynasty!" Li Yuan reiterated.

Li Jiancheng's hands were trembling, and he didn't expect the emperor to value Zhang San so much.

"Is there anything else?" Li Yuan glared at Li Jiancheng angrily.

"There is nothing else to do."

"Then go back to the East Palace and study and handle the government affairs well. Don't be indifferent to the black and white, and right and wrong are reversed!" Li Yuan was a little drunk and said very mercilessly.

Li Jiancheng was both ashamed and angry. In front of the prime minister and other important officials, he was scolded by the emperor in front of him. He was so shameless that he was so embarrassed. He lowered his head, sued the emperor and left.

Li Yuan looked at Li Jiancheng's disappearing figure and couldn't help but sigh.

"I want to make Shimin the crown prince, what do you think?"

The emperor's words woke up all the ministers. Although the scene just now made them very satisfied and they secretly despised the inappropriateness of the prince, most of the people here actually supported the prince.

Not only are there members of the Crown Princess's family like Zheng Shanguo, but also like Pei Ji, who simply think that the Crown Prince should be the crown prince.

The eldest son is the crown prince, and this is the best heir.

What's more, the prince has been doing well in recent years. Although he is not as good as the King of Qin, he is also in line with the rules and there is nothing big mistake. Why did the emperor suddenly change the throne?

"Your Majesty, you must not!" Pei Ji and several other prime ministers quickly exclaimed and dissuaded!
Chapter completed!