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Chapter 304

In Xu Qilin's positioning of Dayingku, except for glass, mirrors, and steel, other industries are temporarily only a demonstration role.

For example, the manufacturing of wool spinning, cotton spinning, and even white sugar and rock sugar will gradually open up technology to promote the establishment and development of private enterprises.

Of course, this cannot be accomplished in a short period of time. Wool spinning and cotton spinning have the conditions for promotion to the public within two or three years.

After saying too far, Xu Qilin sent Zhou Qi away and told her that if there was any difficulty, she could write a letter to him.

In the Dayingku organization, whether officials or technicians have suggestions for technological innovation and improvement, they can be reflected to Xu Qilin through channels.

However, Zhou Qi opened a new door of convenience, and the letters could be marked as innovation or improvement and delivered directly to Xu Qilin.

I like this if I do good deeds.

After inspecting the workshop of Dayingku, Xu Qilin saw most of the gratitude and respectful attitude towards him. These female workers were free because of him.

After leaving the workshop, Xu Qilin returned to the yamen and inspected and supervised the preparations for spring plowing.

Last year, tens of thousands of troops were used to provoke land reclamation and planting in the land. This year, the population and labor force did not reach that number, and although the farming area increased, the amplitude was not large.

But even so, the experimental planting of two provinces in Hebei and Henan last year also achieved good results.

This year, it will be widely promoted in these two places, and with Lingnan cotton, the total national output will still nearly double.

As long as the output continues to grow, the price of cotton textiles will continue to fall and become a popular commodity. Xu Qilin is expected to reach the level of "everyone can wear cotton" in three to five years.

To become a pillar industry of the country, cotton spinning still needs the support of the court. From now on, His Majesty Li Er cannot completely relax the restrictions on planting crops.

This is also impossible. The production and transportation level in ancient times made the resistance to natural disasters still very weak.

Unlike later generations, trains, planes, and ships, even if they are thousands of miles apart, disaster relief supplies will be delivered quickly to provide assistance.

Although the seasonal farming books compiled by Xu Qilin were very practical, they did increase grain production and income. However, he agreed and supported it based on grain.

Cash crops can make more money, but the planting area must be limited. There is surplus grain in the warehouse, which is the fundamental basis for maintaining social stability.

This immigration to Hexi not only eased the contradiction between the large number of people in Guanzhong, but also made Hexi more than millions of farmland. In addition, the gradual development of Jiangnan and other places has increased the country's grain output by nearly 50%.

The support of these data undoubtedly made His Majesty Li Er's confidence soar. The household inspections in Hebei and Henan are more thorough and strict, which made Xu Qilin believe that His Majesty Li Er has turned his attention to Liaodong.

Maybe he won’t be able to return to Beijing for a long time and he will be transferred to Hebei Road again. This symbolizes the attack on Gaochang, which is backed by the development and construction of Hexi to attack Goryeo, and Hebei Road will also play the same role.

Calculate the time, if nothing unexpected happens, it will be almost the same.

Xu Qilin carefully recalled the war in history to conquer Goguryeo and found that the Tang Dynasty did not gain much benefit.

During the first expedition to Goguryeo, His Majesty Li Er personally led the army to fight. Although it severely damaged Goguryeo, it was defeated and withdrawn under the city of Anshi.

In the following years, the Tang army continued to attack Goguryeo with harassment tactics, causing it to constantly lose its troops and lose its generals, and was exhausted from dealing with it. The food shortage made it close to collapse.

By the time of Li Zhi, the Tang army continued to weaken Goguryeo's strength and eliminated its important ally Baekje, making it difficult to sing alone.

During the Qianfeng period, after more than ten years of frequent attacks, Goguryeo had already weakened its soldiers and was finally defeated by the Tang army.

But the destruction of Goguryeo and Baekje was the last one who was cheaper in the end, Silla, who always seemed to be obedient and kept asking for help from the Tang Dynasty.

When Tubo rose and captured the four towns of Anxi, the Tang army had to dispatch troops to the northwest and waged a long and difficult war with Tubo.

Silla, the ungrateful wolf, took the opportunity to join Goguryeo's evil forces to fight against the Tang Dynasty, and launched a large-scale attack on the Xiongjin Governor's Office established by the Tang Dynasty in the former land of Baekje, and seized 82 cities.

Afterwards, the Tang army also counterattacked Silla, but fell into a battle with Tubo and Silla. They were unable to do so and eventually failed to destroy Silla.

In Xu Qilin's opinion, Silla is definitely an acting guy, and it is not an exaggeration to get a little golden man.

When his strength is insufficient, Silla Fu is low and small, like a good grandson, and always uses the power of the Tang Dynasty to resist the invasion of Goguryeo and Baekje.

When the wings were full and the international situation around the Tang Dynasty was not good, Silla would backfire and the hooligan face was fully exposed.

The same thing is said, there are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests.

In fact, it is of course wrong to evaluate the naive rulers of the Tang Dynasty.

No one has any eyes on the front and back. Like the Tang Dynasty, Tubo was granted marriage to the Tang Dynasty and maintained peace for 30 years. Who would know that it would become the long-term enemy of the Tang Dynasty?

The same is true for Silla. If the Tang Dynasty continues to be strong and does not give it a chance, it will still be a vassal state obediently.

As for the reasons for the outbreak of the war between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo, in addition to His Majesty Li Er's repetition of the former place of China, there are also factors that Silla seeks help.

As the boss and for the younger brother, His Majesty Li Er sent troops to attack Goguryeo, which can be said to be legitimate, or it can be said to have found an excuse.

Since the outbreak of war is inevitable, Xu Qilin can only strive for some strategic changes. It seems that the best strategy to conquer Goguryeo in one fell swoop. The population base of the Tang Dynasty was there, and it was difficult to occupy it stably.

It was a severe attack on Goguryeo, and it drove Goguryeo's sphere of influence back to the south of the Yalu River, allowing Goguryeo and Baekje and Silla to continue fighting, while the Tang Dynasty looked across the river. Can we reap the benefits of fishermen?

When these three small countries are almost in the process, the Tang Dynasty will march with the trend and destroy them all in one fell swoop. Wouldn't it be wonderful?

Xu Qilin thought about it and felt that it was very feasible, so he couldn't help but pinch his chin and smiled bitterly.

Of course, this strategy may not necessarily match the thoughts of His Majesty Li Er. He is so famous that the merit of destroying the country and restoring the old land is one of his life goals. How can he not compete for the full achievement?

What excuse did you think of to cause this? Xu Qilin fell into deep thought.

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The capital Chang'an, the East Palace.

Li Chengqian did not move to the Daming Palace, but instead felt more free because his father was far away.

However, Li Tai was greatly rewarded for the compilation of "Kuodizhi", which made him feel extremely unhappy, and even felt that his father's favor had been transferred to his fat brother.

The right to inherit the throne is a bit lingering. Although His Majesty Li Er did not speak out at all, Li Chengqian could still sense the threat.

Although His Majesty Li Er appointed him a more stern teacher - Wei Datengzi. However, Wei Datengzi was already seriously ill, unable to do so, and could not supervise at all times, which had little impact on Li Chengqian.

After making this decision, His Majesty Li Er seemed to be telling outsiders that he had no intention of Yi Chu and was looking forward to the prince.

But Li Chengqian didn't think so. He felt that this was the last rescue of his father and his last chance. Obviously, he did not cherish this opportunity, but he begged for his father's fourth brother and sent Wei's trolls and became resentful.

Since I have made myself the crown prince, why did I give all the rewards and rewards to my fat brother? Why did I send all the teachers who are more harsh than the other to me?

If he was really deposed?! When Li Chengqian thought of the deposed prince in history, he felt a chill and shuddered.

Should we sit and wait for death or give it a try, and now we are placed in front of Li Chengqian. It seems that there are only these two paths, either life or death, and there is no other choice.

Just thinking about others, but never looking for problems with yourself. This is Li Chengqian's character.

While His Majesty Li Er praised Li Sipang, he also issued an edict saying, "From now on, the emperor will use warehouses, and the company will not restrict it." In other words, he wrote a blank check for Li Chengqian that he could fill out at will.

If Li Chengqian still has a little enlightenment, he should say hello again and again. Even if he uses it, it will not be too much.

But he was hopeless and took his father's special approval and tried his best to make a fortune. History records: "Being less than 60 years old, the use of more than 70,000 items has exceeded 70,000."

You should know that as the crown prince, Li Chengqian's salary will definitely not be small. The 70,000 yuan he spent was all unplanned expenses, which was made of poverty.

Such extravagance and waste naturally aroused the dissatisfaction and advice of the court officials. Another teacher of Li Chengqian, Zhang Xuansu, submitted a complaint to criticize the prince's arrogance and luxury.

Li Chengqian did not think he was wrong, so he sent a killer again and ordered him to take advantage of Zhang Xuansu's morning court to "hit him with a big horse and kill him a few times."

Well, Du Zhenglun was exiled from the capital because he could not educate Li Chengqian; this time, Teacher Zhang was beaten to death.

If Li Chengqian sent a killer to kill Yu Zhining and failed, three teachers had already fallen on Li Chengqian's rotten tree.

The killers Zhang Sizheng and Hegan Chengji, sent by Li Chengqi, were unable to bear to kill Yu Zhining when he saw that he was "a bitter piece of sleep" in his sleep. Compared to Li Chengqian's coldness and viciousness, it was more humane.

Just say whether Li Chengqian's various actions are worthy of being the crown prince? He also wants to inherit the throne and do whatever he wants. It is really a delusion and overestimating one's ability.

If Li Chengqian really ascended the throne and became emperor, his cruelty would definitely be a disaster for the Tang Dynasty.

How could His Majesty Li Er let the Tang Dynasty he worked hard to create be destroyed in the hands of Li Chengqian? Li Chengqian's various actions made His Majesty Li Er's rescue fail. Yi Chu is actually an unchangeable thing.

Li Chengqian is not only unrepentant, but also dreams. He thought that if he killed his fat brother who had been a long time ago, the throne would fall steadily on his head.

But how could I say this clearly? At least it has not reached that point yet. But Li Chengqian's obscure words still shocked his confidants, and no one dared to answer easily.

Seeing that no one said anything, Li Chengqian had to speak out by name.

His eyes first moved to Du He, paused for a while, and then looked at Zhao Jie, feeling that this guy was more active and should be able to understand his meaning.

Li Chengqian reluctantly relaxed and asked, "Ajie, how do you think you should deal with it now?"

Zhao Jie's eyelids twitched, pretending to be thinking, and after a while, he replied: "Your Highness, the King of Wei has no friends, so he must have not yet planned to be exiled. The subordinates thought that there is no need to move rashly at the moment, and it is the best way to observe quietly."

Li Chengqian squirted out his breath heavily from his nostrils, and was very dissatisfied with Zhao Jie's words. He was still silent. The position of the prince was not guaranteed. Can't you tell it?

Du He didn't see Li Chengqian's murderous intention, but he didn't want to be the first to be the first, but he still had to show his wisdom, so he slowly said, "If you want to deal with the King of Wei, the lower officials have a plan."

"Speak quickly." Li Chengqian's eyes flashed and he urged in a hurry.

Du He smiled faintly and said, "Your Highness can send someone to collect the crimes of the King of Wei, and then write a letter to the Meridian Gate."

Li Chengqian was a little disappointed, but asked patiently: "This move is quite time-consuming, and it is unknown whether the crime can be collected."

Du He said confidently: "Don't worry, your Highness, that crime can definitely be collected."

Li Chengqian pondered for a moment and understood Du He's meaning. As for false accusations, just make up some crimes.

Although he was not very impressed by this method, Li Chengqian thought it would be fine just now. If he failed and then made the assassination clear, I believe his subordinates would have no excuse to shirk it.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian's expression relaxed and said, "Then I will leave this matter to you, how about it?"

Du He bowed to take the order and said, "The emperor will do his best to share his worries for His Highness."

Li Anyan, the general of the Zuotun Guard, was Li Chengqian's eyes and ears in the palace. At this time, he spoke: "The emperor thought that your highness should pay a lot of money to win over the ministers in the court to strengthen his power. Hou Junji was imprisoned for his achievements in destroying the country, and perhaps he was resentful and seemed to be able to win over."

Li Chengqian thought for a while and said, "This discussion is very good. There is Helan Chushi in the East Palace, so you can also make a bridge."

"Your Majesty once wrote "The Weifeng Fu" to give Duke Zhao." Du He bowed and said, "Duke Zhao is also his nephew and uncle. If Duke Zhao is inclined to His Highness, his words will be valued by Your Majesty."

"Weifeng Fu" is the work of His Majesty Li Er. Its main content is to memorialize the difficulties of establishing a king's career and express its gratitude to the heroes.

This article "The Virtue of the Phoenix" was given to Changsun Wuji by His Majesty Li Er, which expresses his gratitude to his brother-in-law for assisting his life.

Li Chengqian pondered silently. As his nephew, his relationship with his uncle Changsun Wuji was very ordinary.

Moreover, Changsun Wuji was very treacherous and did not show any tendency toward any prince. Even when he was against Prince Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji kept his distance.

Of course, Changsun Wuji's position in His Majesty Li Er's mind is indeed one of the best. If he can help Li Chengqian, he will naturally be the most important bargaining chip.

"If your highness is in a dilemma, you can start making friends with your son-in-law, Changsun Chong." Zhao Jie finally intervened at this time and said, "I have a bit of friendship with Changsun Chong, so I can test it."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Then I'll have a hard time."

Zhao Jie bowed and said, "It is your duty to serve Your Highness and serve you."
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