"I don't know how Chengqian is now." Empress Changsun added a bowl of rice for Li Shimin in the main hall of the East Palace and said worriedly. The mother was worried about her son's journey, and the prince was only seven years old and was about to travel eight hundred miles away. This made the mother not worry about her.

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Li Shimin took the rice bowl and ate it in big mouthfuls. The sour radish made from last winter was served with a small stack of fresh folded ear roots. When the taste was bitter in summer, it was the best to eat some sourness.

Under normal circumstances, Li Shimin would not let the prince leave the capital easily, let alone traveling 800 miles to Shannan. However, Li Shimin often remembered himself and Jiancheng. Before Jiancheng, he had been staying in Beijing to assist in government affairs. He had been fighting abroad. For several years, the prince was not as good as him in all aspects. Li Shimin felt that the prince was in Beijing and lacked the opportunity to stand alone and real experience.

Li Chao has the ability, but Li Shimin never doubts it. Li Chao also teaches children very well, not the same as ordinary Confucians. The prince has not been in Bashang for a long time, but the changes are amazing. Li Shimin decided on the prince early, just to determine the identity of the heir early, and did not want his son to fight for the throne in the future.

Since Chengqian had long been appointed as the crown prince, Li Shimin hoped that Chengqian could become the best son.

"How can I see the rainbow without going through the wind and rain? Guanyin maid, although I am a few years older than Li Chao and have children earlier than him, if I really talk about educating my children, I think it is really not as thorough as Li Chao. Don't worry too much about Cheng Qian. Following Li Chao, Cheng Qian will not have any problems. I don't worry about teaching the prince to him. Don't worry, it's better than giving it to Li Gang."

Speaking of Li Gang, Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied. It turned out that he was interested in the character and knowledge of Li Gang, but now compared with Li Chao, Li Gang has too many inappropriate points as the prince teacher. Not to mention anything else, look at the prince princes who Li Gang taught, but in the end, he was either deposed or killed. If one or two could be said to be the prince's problem, but all the people he taught did not end well. It could be said that they were the prince's problem. This was obviously Li Gang himself had a problem.

"I don't know where Chengqian has been now, the weather is so hot again!"

"I guess I've arrived in Shangzhou. The weather is pretty good now. It's August and the weather is getting colder. Don't worry too much. Look, the prime ministers have sent their children, and they are younger. I originally wanted to send Kuan'er Ke'er and Taier, and they are also there!"

"It's enough to send Chengqian to me. Qingque is still so young."

Capital.

Li Chao went to Shannan to take office, but it did not cause much trouble. Everyone was even used to Li Chao coming in and out. This emperor's favorite minister felt like a firefighter.

You can go wherever you need it, but you will stay wherever you don’t have a long time.

But with Li Qiao going, it is basically always possible to solve the problem. Li Chao stayed in Longxi for a while, but he expanded the territory of 800 miles, not only making Tuyuhun seek peace, but also opening up the path of silk tea in the southwest, and expanding the territory of the Tang Dynasty thousands of miles southwest.

Li Chao went to Shuofang and recovered Shuofang in a short time, destroyed the Liang Shidu, greatly increasing the security situation in the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and avoiding the danger of being penetrated by the Turks in Chang'an at any time.

Now Li Chao is going to Shannan again to build a new capital. Li Chao shouted that he would build a new capital in five years, and few people in the court thought this would be bragging.

Li Chao has done more incredible things in the past.

"The gentry and powerful people in Shannan will probably be in a little trouble."

"There will be no trouble. No one knows Li Xiangguo, and his wits are all right."

"Well, Li Xiangguo is beautiful in his work and will never suffer a loss. I think the powerful people in Shannan are lucky. If they can get on Li Xiangguo's car, they will be lost."

"Do you think the news that Li Xiangguo said will be a major disaster next year. Is it reliable?"

"Of course it's reliable. Even the Imperial Heaven Supervision said that next year will indeed be a year of great disaster."

"Why will it be a disaster next year?"

"A year of disaster, that's a disaster. The court wants to go to the landlords, grain merchants and buy food from all over the world. What do you think about this?"

"What else can I think? How can I think? Haven't you seen Prime Minister Li's first to sell grain with such a big fanfare? Tens of thousands of stones were sold directly and more than half of it. There was no discount at all. Moreover, many of them were still the grain that had just been harvested this summer. Other Prime Ministers also sold more than half of their family's grain to the official warehouse."

"Following this momentum, there will be a major disaster next year, otherwise the court would not use such a method. Rich households, landlords, and grain merchants in the world will take out half of the grain and sell it to the court at a fair price. The court has also used extraordinary means."

"This is a forced plunder, a robbery!" Some people were dissatisfied.

In terms of matters, as soon as the imperial court and the imperial edict issued, many people in the world were dissatisfied.

It’s okay if you buy some other goods, but after all, it’s generally a scattered levy. Rich businessmen, landlords and sovereignty will not be more than the people.

But this time, the court came directly for them.

That's true. In addition to the excess food they had in their hands, ordinary people squeezed out a few grains of food. Officials from various places also came to the door to explain repeatedly, explaining the seriousness of the situation.

We must unite and work together to overcome difficulties.

But when you say it, you also buy it from them.

And buy, that's grab.

"The prime ministers and lords in the court have all responded to the edict and reported and bought voluntarily. We are so stingy." Some people said sourly. They are reluctant to lose money, but they cannot fight against the court.

"Yes, we only complained a few times. I can see through it. It's the same in all dynasties. When fighting, when there is a shortage of food and salary, there will be a war tax. It is all about levying rich merchants. You have to give as much as you levy. There is no price to say. In the year of disaster, the government will come to our rich merchants to persuade them to donate. This is still about as much as you want. There is no discount to say."

Although powerful, bureaucrats, landlords, wealthy merchants, although powerful and wealthy, have good life, they will also be cut off by the court every now and then.

Now the imperial court issued an edict to buy food, can they refuse?

Of course not.

"You guys have it. At least you have left more than half of it. At least each person has left a quota, and only half of the excess will be bought." Someone said on the side, "If there is such a big disaster next year, if we only lose some food, we should be content with this disaster. If the disaster is really uncontrollable and the Central Plains are corrupt, then we will lose more than just this food."

"That's right, but I feel bad because I'm not buying half of the food for nothing."

"Didn't you also join the disaster relief cake project of Li Xiangguo? The profits of this project are quite large. If you do it, you can make up for the loss of your family by the court and the food you bought. Maybe you can make up for it."

"That disaster relief cake project sounds very good, but who knows if there will be so much profit in the end?"

"I believe this, that's a project made by Li Xiangguo. If others don't believe it, I absolutely believe it."

"That's right, if you don't believe this golden sign of Li Xiangguo, who else can you believe?"

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