Seeing that Li Xiaogong had solved the problems of Qu Tutong, Qin Qiong and others quite well, Li Yuanji shifted his focus to persuading Xie Shufang.
It was already winter and the first lunar month was approaching. Li Xiaogong decided to have a showdown with the wealthy families in water and sea transportation during the first lunar month.
Then the time has come for the Xie family and other wealthy families to enter the game.
It will also take time for Xie Shufang to integrate the Xie family, so he must convince Xie Shufang as soon as possible.
In fact, when Li Xiaogong compensated Qu Tutong, Qin Qiong and others, Li Yuanji wrote to contact Xie Shufang, but Xie Shufang's attitude was very thought-provoking.
Let’s just say he agreed. He avoided talking about this topic every time he wrote back.
Let's say he didn't agree. He didn't refuse the matter in words.
This left Li Yuanji a little confused.
Li Yuanji thought over and over again and decided to recall Xie Shufang to Chang'an City to see him in person.
As the new year is approaching, it would not be out of place to invite Xie Shufang back to Chang'an City to gather together in the name of Li Yuan's brothers, nephews, and relatives of the emperor.
After the edict summoning Xie Shufang to return to Beijing was sent, Chen Shuda came and brought shocking good news.
"What did you say?"
Inside the Tai Chi Hall.
Li Yuanji had just finished writing the edict calling the vassal princes back to the capital when he was shocked by Li Gang's words.
Since it has been decided to use the excuse of gathering together to summon Xie Shufang back to the capital, Xie Shufang cannot be summoned alone. Other Li clan members and relatives of the emperor must also be recalled together.
The Li family is quite a large group, and there are many people who are related to the Li family by marriage.
So there were more edicts to be written.
Prior to this, Li Yuanji had written dozens of edicts and sent dozens of visitors.
Chen Shuda bowed and stood in the hall. Hearing Li Yuanji's question, he repeated again: "Back to Your Highness, Yuezhou City has been completed, and the rice seeds introduced from Linyi have begun to bear fruit, and one crop has been harvested.
Although we can’t have three crops a year like Lin Yi, we can still get two crops a year.”
At present, no one in the Tang Dynasty doubts that rice can be harvested three times a year.
After Ren Gui got the news from the Lin Yi envoy and sent someone to Lin Yi to bring back rice seeds that could be harvested three times a year, Li Gang and others who had been paying attention to the matter were completely convinced.
However, they still doubted whether this type of rice would be able to achieve three crops a year after it was introduced to the Tang Dynasty.
After all, there is a saying that if oranges grow in Huainan, they are oranges, and if they grow in northern Huaibei, they are oranges.
After the rice planted in Linyi reached the Tang Dynasty, it was possible that it would not be adapted to the climate.
Therefore, although they have some expectations for this matter, their expectations are not great.
It turns out that their suspicions were right, but the results were better than they expected.
After Linyi's rice seeds arrived in the Tang Dynasty, they did not achieve three crops a year, but they did achieve two crops a year.
This is already a good thing for Datang.
This means that as long as Datang vigorously promotes this rice seed, Datang's grain output will increase on a large scale in one, two, or even three years.
What this means to Datang, a country where everything is linked to food, is self-evident.
It is reasonable for Chen Shuda to rush to report in a hurry.
But what really shocked Li Yuanji was not this. After all, although the results of promoting Linyi rice were amazing, everything was as expected by Li Yuanji.
It can even be said that Li Yuanji promoted this matter only after knowing the result.
Therefore, no matter how this matter changes, it will not affect Li Yuanji.
What really shocked Li Yuanji was the speed with which the governor of Yuezhou and Ren Gui built the city. It had only been a year and a half since Ren Gui arrived in Yuezhou.
Only half a year has passed since Yuezhou began building the city.
With the current level of construction in the Tang Dynasty, it would be impossible to build a city within half a year.
So what really shocked Li Yuanji was that Yuezhou City was actually built?!
"you sure?!"
Li Yuanji looked straight at Chen Shuda and asked.
Chen Shuda nodded excitedly and said: "I am sure that the rice in Yuezhou can indeed be harvested twice a year. The angels sent out by the three provinces have clear records. If your highness does not believe it, I can send someone to get the records."
Come and show it to you.
In addition, Duke Pei has already left for Yuezhou, and I believe there will be news soon.
At that time, His Highness can use what Pei Gong said to confirm that what I said is true."
Is Li Yuanji asking this?
Obviously not.
However, Pei Ju was able to rush to Yuezhou as soon as the news came from Yuezhou, and it was not passed for several years. It can be seen that Pei Ju, Li Gang, Chen Shuda, and Xiao Yu took this matter very seriously.
This also shows that the group of important ministers under him are not vegetarians.
When it is time to do things and run around for the court, there is no need to worry about anything.
This was also in the Tang Dynasty.
In the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it would be rare for an elder of their level to be able to keep an eye on and ask questions at all times, let alone go to Yuezhou in person for this matter.
Something that cannot be more rare.
After all, most of them are busy fighting among themselves, busy moving this and that, or guarding against being moved by this and that, so they would not go there personally for such a thing.
"I'm not asking about this, I'm asking about Yuezhou City."
Li Yuanji asked: "Is it really built?"
Chen Shuda was obviously stunned for a moment, blinked, and said matter-of-factly: "This is natural. The imperial court conquered civilians from several states, plus everyone in Yuezhou built the city together, and also conquered tens of thousands of water bandits in the lake.
They were all used as coolies.
If the city cannot be built, then the governor of Yuezhou has neglected his duty."
According to Chen Shuda, the imperial court had done enough conquest work and had wiped out tens of thousands of water bandits from the lake near Yuezhou, so it was a matter of course that Yuezhou City was built.
There will be problems only if the construction is not good.
But Li Yuanji felt something was wrong no matter what he heard.
That was building a city, not a fort or a manor. The amount of work was far beyond what most people imagine.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It took more than half a year to build it. It would be impossible without paying a heavy price.
"Those water bandits who participated in building the city..."
Li Yuanji asked hesitantly.
He had already imagined the ending of those people, but he still couldn't help but ask.
Chen Shuda was stunned for a moment, and then said matter-of-factly: "After my army wiped out the water bandits in the lake near Yuezhou, there are no more water bandits in Yuezhou."
The answer given by Chen Shuda was very implicit, but Li Yuanji already understood what he meant.
That is, in order to build Yuezhou City as quickly as possible, all the water bandits captured by the Tang Dynasty have disappeared.
If we send people to look for them now, they may be able to find the place where they are buried.
The corners of Li Yuanji's mouth twitched unconsciously.
That's tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of laborers.
Even if we all have a dirty past, we can't just let it go.
It would be better to stay as a stallion and fight for the Dingkou problem in the Tang Dynasty for the rest of his life than to end it like this.
Moreover, these were our own people, not Turks captured from Jieli, so we should not have taken such a heavy blow.
"Your Highness thinks that what the governor of Yuezhou did is inappropriate?"
Chen Shuda is indeed a smart man, and he can see Li Yuanji's thoughts at a glance.
Li Yuanji did not hide it, he nodded and said with emotion: "It can be said that there are very few Dingkou in the Tang Dynasty today. As long as every Tang person is not guilty of a mortal crime, we should give him a chance.
Even if you have a bad past, as long as you are dedicated to doing good, we should guide you."
Chen Shuda said thoughtfully: "What about?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Chen Shuda and said: "For example, several states we took back from the Turks have been cultivated, but there are not enough manpower to manage them.
For example, there are still hundreds of thousands of orphans and widowers in Hebei Province who have no one to rely on, and we have to help them find someone to rely on."
Chen Shuda suddenly understood, nodded and said: "I understand. I will tell my subordinates later that after they catch the bandits, they should not use heavy hands. After a little training, they can be sent to Hebei Province and the newly recovered states."
As for pursuing the crime of being unkind to the Yuezhou governor, Chen Shuda didn't mention it at all.
What happened has already happened, and it is too late to pursue the Yuezhou governor for his unkindness.
Moreover, the governor of Yuezhou made great contributions in building the city and promoting rice.
To pursue irreparable responsibilities at this time will only constrain officials when doing things in the future, which is of no benefit to the country.
Li Yuanji also knew that it would be useless to pursue the fault of the Yuezhou governor now, so Chen Shuda did not mention it, and he did not say anything more on this issue.
"Order the officials to reward the governor of Yuezhou for his merits. After the year, send someone with softer methods to garrison in Yuezhou and vigorously promote rice.
In addition, since Ren Gui's promotion of rice in Yuezhou has achieved results, let the states near Yuezhou send people to Yuezhou as soon as possible to ask Ren Gui for advice on how to promote rice, and vigorously promote it under their respective governments.
It's up to you, Duke Li and Duke Pei to figure out what to do."
Li Yuanji said slowly.
Now that the promotion of rice has made a good start, Chen Shuda, Li Gang, Pei Ju and others also know what to do next, and there is no need to ask any more questions.
People may be hesitant to do things that are not effective, but people don't have to worry about things that are already effective.
Li Yuanji originally thought that Chen Shuda would agree without hesitation when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Chen Shuda would hesitate.
Li Yuanji couldn't help but said: "Is there any problem?"
Chen Shuda hurriedly said: "Back to Your Highness, Mr. Li intends to submit a memorial at the end of the year to beg for the bones, and plans to recommend Ren Gui to the three provinces, so I and Mr. Pei can supervise this matter, but Mr. Li still has
Your Highness needs to discuss this with Mr. Li."
Li Yuanji was stunned again and again, not expecting that Li Gang would beg for bones at this time.
The fact that Chen Shuda could get this news meant that Li Gang was angry with him and had made up his mind.
