"Your Highness, please meet Li Zhongwen, otherwise my Highness will have to make a trip in person."
After Ma Sanbao accompanied Li Yuanji to finish talking about the off-topic topic, he begged again.
He didn't want Li Xiuning to return to Chang'an City at this time, especially when her brothers were about to kill each other.
With Li Xiuning's character that values love and justice, no matter which of her brothers dies in front of her, she will suffer for the rest of her life.
Ma Sanbao did not want Li Xiuning to suffer, nor did he want Li Xiuning to bear the pain caused by Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji killing each other.
Li Yuanji saw Ma Sanbao's thoughts. He didn't want Li Xiuning to bear the pain caused by the fight between the three brothers, so he hesitated for a moment, nodded, sighed and said: "Then let's meet
Bar."
When Ma Sanbao saw that Li Yuanji had agreed, he was overjoyed and immediately said excitedly: "Is that going to make arrangements now?"
Li Yuanji shook his head and said: "There is no need to make special arrangements. When we go to Quchi for the banquet, we can just stop by and see him."
Ma Sanbao hurriedly said: "You have to say hello in advance, otherwise the people from Dali Temple may not let you go..."
Li Yuanji was happy when he heard this. He stared at Ma Sanbao and said, "Are you looking down on me, the King of Qi? I want to go to Dali Temple to see people, and I need to say hello and let them go. Do I need to give them face?"
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Ma Sanbao was stunned and immediately realized that he was confused. He immediately said with a smile: "Yes, yes, your highness is right. I think too much."
Li Yuanji glared at Ma Sanbao and said nothing more.
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Three days later, it will be summer harvest.
Early in the morning, Li Yuanji rushed to Chang'an City with Ma Sanbao, who was disguised as a guard, and the Xue brothers.
After descending from Jiudao Palace and exiting Jiulongtan Mountain, the first thing you see is golden.
The scene described by Bai Juyi in "Guan Mao Mao" was completely displayed in front of Li Yuanji.
Wheat covers Long, a vast expanse of golden color, and the morning breeze blows, causing waves of wheat to rise.
The farmer's man wore a sweat towel on his head, holding a sickle in his hand, harvesting wheat with one stroke.
The women and sisters-in-law at home carried baskets one by one, delivering food and milk and water in the fields. Children followed the farm men in twos and threes, picking up the fallen ears of wheat.
Everything is like a peaceful picture, which makes people want to take a second look.
Xue Wanche was a complete reckless man. Although he had read books, he was not considered a cultured person, so when faced with this situation, he did not hesitate to say something.
"There is nothing interesting about the Guanzhong people harvesting wheat, but the Youzhou people harvesting wheat is interesting. When the Youzhou people harvest wheat, the prairie people come to rob them. The Youzhou people have to harvest wheat and fight with the prairie people at the same time.
That’s what’s interesting.”
When Xue Wanshu heard his brother's stupid words, he glared at him fiercely.
Who harvests wheat because they want something to see?
They all go for food.
Who doesn’t want to harvest wheat in peace and without disaster?
The people of Youzhou are on the border, and they are surrounded by non-productive aliens. The aliens do not grow crops, but they want to survive through crops, so they come to rob them every now and then, especially during the summer and autumn harvests.
The Youzhou people had no choice but to harvest wheat and resist the prairie people at the same time.
If youzhou people had a choice, youzhou people would definitely choose to harvest wheat in peace and without disaster like the people in Guanzhong.
Xue Wanshu felt that he had protected his younger brother so well that he could no longer understand the sufferings of the people and would say such stupid things.
So he decided that when this period of time passed, he would take his brothers to experience the sufferings of the people.
Li Yuanji pretended not to hear what Xue Wanche said, and did not reprimand Xue Wanche like Xue Wanshu did. The reason why Xue Wanche felt this way after seeing the busy scenes of farmers was related to his class.
Xue Wanche was born into a wealthy family and had been in officialdom for generations. He had never lived a hard life, nor had he ever lived like a
He is just as busy as a farmer, so he has no idea what a safe and trouble-free wheat harvest means to a farmer.
After all, you can't expect a person who has been pampered since childhood to understand the suffering of farmers working hard in the fields.
You can't expect a killer who kills people like crazy on the battlefield to pity the lives of a group of people who are struggling for food and clothing.
Perhaps in his eyes, no matter how poor a person is, he will not starve to death because of a small harvest of grain, and no matter how miserable a person is, he will not suffer as much as he did in a bloody battle with the enemy.
This is just like many experts in later generations who believe that no matter how poor the people at the bottom are, they at least have a few houses and a few cars. When they have no money and no jobs, they can rent out their houses to generate income, or go out and drive to generate income.
This is not because they are ignorant, but because their level is too high. The poorest people they come into contact with have at least a few houses and cars at home.
So when people give advice on generating income, they naturally use the poorest people around them as reference.
This is the same as the allusion of Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty: "Why not eat minced meat?"
It's not that Emperor Hui of Jin was ignorant, but that the poorest people around him were eating minced meat. If you asked him to give the people a survival suggestion, he would naturally let the people eat minced meat.
This has nothing to do with his level of intelligence, it is purely a cognitive problem.
It is precisely because of his example that later emperors attached great importance to experiencing the suffering of the people.
At the beginning of the founding of the country, the founding emperors would allocate a large imperial estate at the foot of the capital. Then, when the time came for sowing and harvesting, successive emperors would take their ministers to sow and harvest together.
There was such an imperial village in the Tang Dynasty.
Now the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are waiting on him. In a few days, Li Yuan will probably issue an order for the officials to go to work in the fields with him.
Li Yuanji didn't like to participate in this kind of thing in the past because he thought it was a bit ***, but this year, he felt it was necessary to participate.
Otherwise, if Xue Wanche says this again on that important occasion next time, he will be completely embarrassed.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Yuanji took Ma Sanbao and the Xue brothers and stayed in the fields for a long time before setting off for Chang'an City.
After arriving in Chang'an City, Li Yuanji was not in a hurry to go to Quchi, but followed Ma Sanbao to Dali Temple first.
When I arrived at Dali Temple, I was catching up with Dali Temple. I heard that Li Yuanji was going to see the rebels.
We were taken to the prison of Dali Temple.
The door of the prison is very low, so you have to bend down to pass.
After entering, you turned through three low doorways before reaching the prison.
The reason why the door of the prison is so anti-human is to prevent prisoners from sleeping and escaping.
Just think about it, there are copper walls and iron walls all around, and there are only three low doorways that can only allow one person to pass through. Even if the prisoner tries to escape, how far can he get out in a short while?
I'm afraid I didn't even get out a few before the soldiers and horses guarding the surrounding areas came over.
The environment in the prison was beyond Li Yuanji's expectation. The prisoners lived in cells that were not only one foot long and four feet wide, with three brick walls and one wooden fence. There was also a fire bed and clean bedding in the cell.
In addition, there are areas outside the cells where prisoners can bask in the sun and move around.
The hygiene inside and outside the cell is also very clean. It is completely different from the mess that Li Yuanji imagined. Except for the place where the toilet is placed, which is a little messy and smells bad, the rest of the place can't be said to be spotless, but it's not that good either.
It's dirty and messy, but there's no smell.
Li Yuanji thought about it carefully and figured out the connection.
To the cell owner, all the prisoners in the cell are free labor.
Before they are sent out or beheaded, the cell master can let them do anything.
Cleaning up can only be considered a trivial matter.
If it weren't for the fact that all the prisoners in the cells of Dali Temple were felons, and the Tang Dynasty had no advantage,
If we use the relevant provisions for prisoners to generate income, then these prisoners may have been taken advantage of long ago.
However, according to the laws related to the Tang Dynasty, even if all conditions are met, yamen in various places will not use prisoners to generate income for the Tang Dynasty.
Because rather than letting prisoners work in prisons to generate income for the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty preferred to let them guard the border and open up bitter and cold places.
Therefore, it was impossible to use prisoners to generate income in the Tang Dynasty.
Because Li Zhongwen was a serious prisoner among serious criminals, he lived in a separate cell surrounded by brick walls. There were two guards guarding the door. His clothes were not neatly dressed, and he stood there looking...
The restrained look was obviously just arranged.
The purpose, of course, is to cope with Li Yuanji's inspection.
Although Li Yuanji did not come here to supervise the work of Dali Temple, if he saw something he didn't like, he could pass a copy to Li Yuan, or even mention it to Li Yuan when he met Li Yuan in private, which would be enough for Dali Temple.
People drink from a pot.
Li Yuanji ordered someone to open the cell door and saw Li Zhongwen who was eating chicken.
Although *** is in jail, and he is in jail for treason, the treatment in prison is really good.
Not only are there single rooms, but there are also high-quality mats, well-made beech beds, cattail fans and other items for use.
The food is also very good.
There are chickens, muttons, and a jug of wine.
"It's not bad. I'm living a very fulfilling life as a child."
Li Yuanji stared at Li Zhongwen and said sarcastically.
Li Zhongwen quickly put down the chicken in his hand, pulled out half of the chicken butt from his mouth, wiped his greasy hands on his clothes, and saluted hastily: "The guilty minister Li Zhongwen, please see His Highness King Qi..."
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Zhongwen and did not speak to Li Zhongwen. Instead, he said to the Dali Temple Shaoqing and the cell supervisor who were guarding the door: "Who asked you to serve him wine and meat? Don't you know he is a rebel?"
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The young minister of Dali Temple and the cell supervisor heard the unkindness in Li Yuanji's tone. They looked at each other and did not dare to answer.