When you are sure that there is someone to support you, you must bully the old guy. If you are suppressed by the old guy for a few years, he will die.
Political influence generally only affects living people. Dead people don't care whether you offend them or not.
Today, if Mr. Ying is willing to speak nicely, Yun Chu will definitely show humility and respect.
Since he refused to talk nicely, Yunchu naturally had no choice but to fight tit-for-tat.
The emperor's tolerance for Yun Chu was limited. At most, he supported him and Liu Rengui, and if they messed around for a while, it was impossible to tolerate the deep friendship between him and Li Ji. Therefore, Yun Chu could not give Li Ji any dignity, just like
Li Ji refused to give Li Xian any face just now.
When an old hero gets old, he must become a bastard, because with the example of Sima Yi before him, recharging his energy will not work.
Emperor Taizong was such a wise and generous emperor. Didn’t the Li Jing family’s door remain open for seventeen years?
Because it was his birthday, Yun Chu only had time to say a word, but was pushed aside by the congratulatory words of Lao Liang and others.
A lively birthday party has officially begun.
The first person to come forward to offer a gift was Li Si, Princess Anding of the Tang Dynasty. She was holding a plate of cordyceps, followed by Yun Jin. The twins Yun Jin were holding two huge longevity peaches. The two longevity peaches were made of pasta.
I don’t know how many kinds of pigments were used by the chef, but it looks ten times more beautiful than real peaches.
The wooden trays held by Wen Huan and Di Guangsi contained Cordyceps tablets and drinks developed by Sun Shenxian. Just looking at the packaging, one would think that this product would not be worthy of the packaging if it did not have the effect of prolonging life.
"Li Si of the Tang Dynasty wishes that the British public will be as blessed as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains."
Li Xian looked on in utter embarrassment, wanting to find a hole to crawl in. He thought that with a letter of edict, he could gain a higher position with Li Ji. Unexpectedly, Li Ji, who was smiling happily, gave the first highest position to Li Si.
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Li Ji picked up the longevity peach on Yun Jin's plate and took a hard bite at the tip of the peach. While eating, he said to Yun Jin: "It looks more stylish than you Aye."
Turning around, he saw Yun Jin holding the longevity peach in his hand and looking at him eagerly, so he took it and took a bite. He also picked a string of pearls from Dahongpao and stuffed it into Yun Jin's hand.
When everyone saw that Duke Ying was willing to eat the food sent by the Yun family and was very affectionate towards the children, everyone's interest became high. It was not surprising that the Duke Ying and the Marquis of Lantian were ministers in the same palace and did not deal with him. At least, he did not target the Yun family.
the meaning of.
Ever since Master Xuanzang braved the rain to congratulate Ying Gong on his birthday, when everyone looked at Yun Chu, their expressions became much calmer, especially when they heard that Yun Chu had brought all the Cordyceps sinensis at home as birthday gifts. They had not spoken to Yun Chu before.
The honorable nobles will also come over and chat a few words at this time.
This is what Su Dingfang said.
"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has started planting sugar cane in Shu?"
Yun Chu nodded and said, "I planted three thousand acres, and the harvest is good. The quality of the jaggery produced is very good."
Su Dingfang said: "I have three thousand acres of land in Jiazhou, central Sichuan. Can I plant sugar cane and make sugar?"
Yun Chu nodded and said: "If Su Gong also wants to plant sugar cane, the prince should be able to provide seedlings. However, Chang'an Workshop will only purchase coarse sugar."
Su Dingfang looked at Yun Chu and said: "You still don't want to let go of the method of purifying raw sugar into white sugar and turning white sugar into rock sugar, right?"
Yun Chu smiled and said: "There are many places in the world where sugar cane and beets can be grown. If the technology of brewing white sugar and rock sugar is released, many craftsmen in Chang'an City will not be able to have enough to eat. If the secret recipe is unfortunately spread to people outside the Western Regions,
No matter where you go, white sugar and rock sugar won’t be as good as hard-to-find goods.”
Su Dingfang said: "In the 19th year of Zhenguan, the three thousand disciples from Shu who followed me to fight bloody battles in Liaodong will return from their villages next spring, but there is no place for them in Shu. I plan to find a place for them.
A good place to settle down."
Yun Chu looked at Su Dingfang and said, "This is a matter for the imperial court, not something that Mr. Su must solve."
Su Dingfang looked at the bustling crowd in the garden, shook his head and said: "I'm not worth much anymore, so I was thinking if I could help them while I'm still of some use and fight for the country as a veteran.
, you can’t get nothing, it’s not fair to them.”
"I am a person who cannot get involved in the military. Mr. Su should understand this."
Su Dingfang sighed and said: "I just saw how easy it was for you to resettle 300,000 victims, so I came up with this idea. Since you can't, just pretend that I didn't say anything."
Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said: "Three hundred thousand victims? Mr. Su thinks too highly of me. This is just an illusion. It seems that all the victims who came to Chang'an have a bite to eat, but they don't know that these meals come from Chang'an's surplus."
A part that overflows and cannot last long.
As long as there is plenty of rain on the Weibei Plateau next year, these people will eventually leave Chang'an. Even if I keep these people for the sake of Chang'an's interests, the court will still send them back to their hometowns.
Your Majesty's decree to me made it very clear that these people were only visiting Chang'an, not settling in Chang'an.
The people on the Weibei Plateau were originally the vassals of Chang'an. If Chang'an absorbed all the people on the Weibei Plateau, the Weibei Plateau would become a barbaric land without human habitation.
In the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the people in every place actually had their own reasons for existing. Mr. Su knew this better than I did.
Now, the Western Region has been stable for two years, and Liaodong has been stable for three years. In order to save expenses, the imperial court must recall some soldiers and horses.
During the Zhenguan period, those who left the Western Regions and the Daliao River were not the only ones you mentioned, the three thousand children from Shu.
You may have thought wrongly, even if the imperial court wants to recall some soldiers and horses, the soldiers and horses that will be recalled must be young and elite soldiers, and they will never be the old soldiers."
When Su Dingfang heard Yun Chu's words, his tiger eyes widened and shot out cold light. He grabbed Yun Chu's arms and said, "Is this still justified?"
Yun Chu said indifferently: "Su Gong is calculating favors, and the imperial court is calculating interests. For now, what is the interest of the imperial court in recalling those gray-haired veterans? These veterans have been in the Western Regions and Liaodong for more than ten decades.
They are already familiar with the customs and customs there, and some of them have already taken root there.
Rather than recalling those old soldiers, it would be better to let them stay in the local area. Once there, where the territory is vast, the court can continue to implement the policy of government troops in the local area.
Secondly, the border needed Tang people to guard it, and they were the best candidates. If they could marry local wives and have children, it would stabilize the border.
Furthermore, the veterans have more or less meritorious deeds, and the frontier lands can reward them casually for their merits.
If they all come back, where will the imperial court find the extra land to maintain its military policy? The most important thing is that since the imperial court has already failed those gray-haired veterans, it might as well continue to do so.
This is the best choice for the imperial court."
Su Dingfang beat his chest hard and roared: "Does it mean that if you say you are sorry, you have to continue to be sorry? Whose principle is this?
Are you civil servants all evil-hearted? Those old soldiers and young soldiers who left their parents when they were young, and their newlywed wives when they were still married, you are such a child...you actually...actually..."
Su Dingfang's miserable appearance finally attracted everyone's attention, and they all cast surprised glances.
Yun Chu lowered his head and looked at his clothes that had been scratched by Su Dingfang, shook his head and said, "It always hurts one or more generations."
Su Dingfang calmed down his frantic mood, stared into Yun Chu's eyes and said, "Your Majesty, the court will not be so ruthless."
Yun Chu didn't know how to comfort this veteran who was still thinking about the group of subordinates who followed him in the battle in the distance. He only knew that thinking about them was the biggest mistake for him, an old commander.
When Yun Chu himself was in the Western Regions, he saw countless old soldiers who followed Hou Jun to defeat Gaochang. They were not yet old at that time. After more than ten years, those who were not old at first should be now.
My hair is gray.
There are many soldiers who have returned from the Western Regions, and there are also many officials who have returned. There are very few old soldiers among those who have returned south from strongholds time and time again.
Yun Chu, who was in Qiuci as Zhang Gu at that time, also asked Fang Zheng, the great pass commander, and Fang Zheng's answer to Yun Chu was exactly what Yun Chu had just said to Su Dingfang.
Fang Zheng's words had great credibility at that time, because his brother-in-law group was actually very knowledgeable, and it was natural for him to know some secret information that others did not know.
"When Mr. Su returned from Liaodong to the east, it was actually his last chance to bring them back from Liaodong. If that opportunity was missed, it basically meant that they had no chance of returning to the west."
After saying this, Yun Chu pulled off Su Dingfang's hand that was holding his arm, then grabbed a wine baron from the side and handed it to Su Dingfang, hoping that this large glass of wine would make his eyes see more clearly.
When Su Dingfang left Liaodong, it was when Liu Rengui took office as the commander-in-chief of Xiongjin Road. At that time, the Tang army stationed in Xiongjin Road should have been the richest time in their lives. They could plunder countless treasures in Baekje and Silla.
Wealth, therefore, many people are unwilling to return.
Su Dingfang's army was definitely not a well-disciplined army in Liaodong. It was because they burned, killed, and looted too much in Liaodong, which caused Baekje, which had already surrendered, to rebel again, and even promoted Heiji Changzhi and others to generals.
Raising troops to rebel again.
Just when this group of people thought that as long as they made enough money, they could return to Guanzhong and Shuzhong to enjoy the blessings in these prosperous places, but it turned out that they were wrong. The court did not pursue their misdeeds in Liaodong and just left them in their original place.
land.
Now I want to come back, but it's too late.
Seeing that Su Dingfang calmed down, everyone turned their attention to other places. It was obvious that the conversation between Su Dingfang and Yun Chu was not something they should participate in.
Su Dingfang took a sip of wine, spit out his breath and said, "Two of them are my old subordinates who have been with me since I joined the army. It looks like they are going to die of old age in Liaodong."
Yun Chu looked at Su Dingfang and said with a smile: "If there are only two people, with Su Gong's prestige in the army, it will not be difficult to bring them back."
Su Dingfang waved his hand and said: "No, you can't. It's not fair to the other veterans. Just like you said, one sentence of sorry and a lifetime of sorry can be regarded as having a beginning and an end."
Yunchu said with a smile: "Why does your father-in-law resent me so deeply? Even Master Xuanzang can't extinguish the anger in his heart towards me, so he can only suppress it temporarily?"
Su Dingfang patted Yunchu on the shoulder and said, "Ask him yourself."
Yun Chu turned around and looked at the heroic Li Ji, whose eyes drifted over from time to time, and continued: "I am ready to let his grandson go. It is really unreasonable to hate me anymore."