To be honest, Li Tai was very satisfied with Peacock's ability to obtain 70,000 to 80,000 grade linen.
If Li Tai were to get this kind of thing, he really wouldn't be able to get it. Only a big store like Zheng's could get so much of it at once.
As the first piece of clothing for these people, Li Tai was not prepared to let them wear it for a lifetime, or even only for three months.
What I need is to allow them to earn enough money to buy a new piece of clothing in three months to replace this old piece of clothing.
After all, what Li Tai wanted was for the currency to circulate in the hands of the people, not for the people to hold on to the coins and wish they could take them to their graves.
To put it simply, except for this small incident, Li Tai's transformation of refugees into civilians is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Although there were many people coming from the entire Guanzhong area, Gaoling formed its own system of reassuring the people. These incoming people were quickly digested in an orderly manner, and on the contrary became the driving force for Gaoling's development.
To people who don't understand, Li Tai is like spreading money, like a boy spreading money, using money to drive people to action.
But Li Tai himself knew that as long as the court could still afford to pay for food, his tricks could continue.
First of all, in this era, food itself is a kind of currency. Secondly, it seems that I have been spending money, but in fact, what I have spent is just materials.
As for money, it seems that it is being consumed, but as long as there is not a large amount of money flowing out of Gaoling, then everything is within control.
However, when Li Tai's maintenance of stability lasted until July, a heavy rain finally occurred.
The heavy rain poured down, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Tai was naturally the same.
Although it is not yet the winter wheat sowing season, in these few months, you can try to plant beans to nourish the soil.
When winter wheat is sown in winter, next year's harvest will be even better.
Of course, if the drought continues for a while and you don't have enough time left, you won't have time to plant beans.
You know, it is best to plant a batch of beans to fertilize the soil in a newly cultivated field. Otherwise, it cannot be said that the cultivated field has no harvest, but if it can recover its original cost, it will be a shame to God.
Due to the drought in Gaoling, the entire rhythm is based on work. Li Tai used work as a relief method to help these people survive.
But with the arrival of rain, farming is the first priority.
Don't forget that Li Tai built a port through working-for-relief and dredged part of the river, thus making Gaoling's commercial trade flourish.
But Li Tai knew that business in the feudal era was just a rootless business and was not worthy of excessive investment.
Because this era is really not the era of capital, but the era of land, because productivity is not enough!
It is undeniable that business plays a huge role in the entire society, but the social productivity in the feudal era determined the upper limit of the unemployed population.
Not only will you be suppressed by the court if you encourage business, but more importantly, your fundamentals will be shaken.
Therefore, Li Tai had no intention of encouraging business until productivity had developed to a certain level.
Because the prerequisite for the emergence of capitalism is that there must be enough unemployed people to enter the secondary industry.
Now that the drought has slowed down, Li Tai immediately began to encourage people to go farming.
As for jobs at docks or other places, they have also begun to consciously decline, in order to transfer some people to agriculture.
Li Tai knew the potential of the working class, but until the productivity has not developed to a certain level, no matter how great the potential of the working class is, it is only potential.
Just like when the gods were anointed in the ancient times, the West kept shouting that the west will rise. If there had not been a great catastrophe for the apotheosis of gods, Zhunti might have been shouting for the rest of his life.
And just when Li Tai was handling all these matters, in August, Li Shimin sent someone to summon Li Tai to come to Tai Chi Hall.
Well, as Li Shimin has successfully gained power over the years, especially after pulling out the old ministers left behind by Li Yuan one by one, Li Shimin finally no longer needs to stay in his East Palace this year, but has moved to Tai Chi.
The palace handles government affairs.
Faced with Li Shimin's summons, Li Tai naturally did not dare to delay at all, and immediately took an ox cart to the palace.
Under the guidance of the chamberlain, Li Tai came to Li Shimin and saluted, "I have seen Aye, Aye is well."
"Get a life!" Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and said, "This drought has been done very well, especially the memorial that was submitted. It was clearly written and well-founded. The most important thing was to use more numbers and less rhetoric.
Let people understand at a glance, who wrote it?"
"Prince Yue's Mansion has sent Ma Zhou!" Li Tai recommended to Li Shimin, "This person is quick to see things, very cautious in nature, and his talent is rare in this world!"
"You look proud!" Li Shimin smiled and said,
"Although the drought was severe this time, your Gaoling absorbed the victims and maintained the stability of the entire Guanzhong.
The court personnel who assisted in dealing with the disaster were given a first-class title. They did not have any merits from the court position, and they will be counted when they become officials in the future.
But this Ma Zhou..."
"What's wrong with Ma Zhou?" Li Tai was a little confused and a little nervous when he heard Li Shimin's words.
Although Ma Zhou seems to be irresponsible for everything, in fact, Li Tai uses Ma Zhou quite smoothly.
After all, Ma Zhou can do the planning by himself. If it were anyone else, Li Tai would not be able to find such an excellent person who can control the overall situation.
After all, Li Tai is still too young now, and it is unrealistic for him to be in charge.
Many plans require people like Ma Zhou who can adjust and implement their policies.
"Keming recommended Ma Zhou because he felt that he was overqualified and underused as a servant of the Prince of Yue under you.
Xuan Ling also wrote a letter praising Ma Zhou. I originally planned to transfer him directly.
But considering that you still need his help, I will transfer Ma Zhou to the center when your three-year term in Gaoling expires.
So I won’t reward him for now." Li Shimin said to Li Tai calmly.
Li Tai smiled and replied: "This is really a blessing for King Bin. He is a talented prime minister. It is indeed wrong to follow me.
King Bin has worked hard to relieve the disaster this time. He has always liked fine wine and asked his father to reward him with some fine wine from the palace."
To be honest, Li Tai was both happy and surprised that Ma Zhou was favored by Li Shimin, but when he thought about it, it was natural.
After all, Ma Zhou is actually the same as himself, all he lacks is a platform to display his talents.
Whether it was controlling locusts, solving winter disasters, or even this drought, although he made a plan, it was Ma Zhou who actually implemented the plan.
Therefore, his ability to work naturally came into Li Shimin's eyes.
Li Shi is not the kind of psychopath who doesn't tolerate those under him being stronger than himself.
Li Tai even wished that there would be more talented people around him who would be favored by Li Shimin, so that they could occupy a place in the court.
It's a very simple reason, because after doing this, it will naturally form a reputation in the officialdom.
Regardless of whether he has many talents around him or he can dominate the world with one hand, for those who do not know the inside story, using the King of Yue as a springboard is a shortcut to the south.
Only in this way will the talents in your hands not be out of schedule, let alone involution.
Of course, doing this is very dangerous even for the prince, because if you are not careful, you will be accused of forming a clique for personal gain.
But Li Tai has confidence in Li Shimin, and regardless of whether he is forming a clique for personal gain, he is one of the few good fathers in history who can forgive even a prince who actually rebels.
To be honest, Li Taizhen didn't believe that he would not be tolerated by Li Shimin just because he formed a party for personal gain.
Just when Li Shimin was about to praise Li Tai, he saw a muscular general walking in after informing the Minister of War.
Li Jing saluted Li Shimin and said, "The sage, Zhang Gongjin, the governor of the state, hastily delivered it three hundred miles away."
"There is no need to salute." Li Shimin said with a serious look, "But there is something strange about the Turks, and what happened in Daizhou!"
When Li Jing heard Li Shimin's question, he couldn't help but glance at Li Tai.
Although Li Jing knew Li Tai, this matter was really not a trivial matter. Even though Li Tai was a first-class prince, he was just a child after all.
I am worried that if Li Tai accidentally leaks the secret, it will cause uproar in the city. After all, this may be related to the war with the Turks.
"Aye, I will go back to Gaoling first!" Li Tai saluted respectfully to Li Shimin.
"Well!" Li Shimin was very satisfied with Li Tai's sharp eyesight and said to Li Tai, "Continue to be your county magistrate, get a good evaluation, and then set an example for county magistrates all over the world!"
"No!" Li Tai responded decisively, and then retreated, while Li Tai walked thoughtfully:
"Daizhou is closest to the Turks. This memorial needs to be delivered personally by Li Jing, the Minister of War. It seems that the crusade against the Turks is about to begin.
I am afraid that everyone in the court, even Aye himself, thinks this is a protracted war.
But I didn’t expect that Li Jing would take action and directly destroy the Eastern Turks.”
To be honest, is Turk bad? It’s really not bad!
At least in the sixth century, which can be said to be the era of the Turks, they wrestled with the Sassanid Dynasty in the west, went south to destroy the White Huns who dominated the world, and collected tribute from the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi in the east. It can be said that there is no limit to the extent of the violence.
It even split into Eastern and Western Turks due to internal strife, but in terms of actual strength, it still has the power to suppress surrounding areas.
For example, the Eastern Turks can still suppress northern China. Needless to say, the northern princes who fought for the world in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were basically supported by the Turks.
They were like the agents behind the princes during the Republic of China. For the East Turks, China, which was constantly in chaos, would always be enslaved by them.
The Turkic Khan began to display great talents and strategies. Under his leadership, the countries from Khitan and Shiwei in the east to Tuyuhun and Gaochang in the west all surrendered to the Eastern Turks. There were more than a million people in control of the Eastern Turks, reaching the level of "
The Rong and Di were so strong that they had never been so powerful in ancient times.”
Just when Shibi Khan was about to take advantage of the Sui and Tang Dynasties to get a piece of the pie and recreate the scene of Wuhu chaos, he suddenly died!
It was his death that gave the Central Plains a precious window period, which at least allowed Li Shimin to wipe out all the enemies in the north one by one and rebuild the northern defense line. When the Turks wanted to go south, they could not take advantage of them.
It can be said that without Li Shimin, no one knows whether the Tang Dynasty could have been unified after the Sui Dynasty.
After all, if the northern princes cannot be eliminated in a short time, it will not be so easy to solve them when the Turks calm down.
This is a bit like the great man taking advantage of the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in Germany to decisively launch three major battles and annihilate the main force of the national army.
Sometimes the window period given to China by the international community is only a small amount of time. If you miss it, you may have to wait for hundreds of years.
"But what can I do in this war? A cautious person like Li Jing will probably not give me any chance!"
Li Tai narrowed his eyes slightly and began to figure out how he should get a piece of the pie.
In any case, Li Tai felt that he could harvest the planted herbs when he went back, and take advantage of these few months to dry them, so that he could use them when the war came.
As Li Tai left, Li Jing handed the memorial to the chamberlain, and then asked the chamberlain to deliver it to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin looked at this memorial, looked at the memorial written by Zhang Gongjin to invite the army, and softly recited the reasons:
"Jieli Khan is luxurious and cruel, killing loyal people and getting close to traitors, this is one of them;
Xueyantuo and other tribes have rebelled, this is the second one;
The third is to make sudden gains, to expand the area, and to set up in the valley.
The northern part of Saibei experienced frost and drought, and food was scarce. The fourth was;
Jieli alienated his people and entrusted important responsibilities to foreigners. The Hu people were capricious. Once the Tang army arrived, there would be internal chaos. Five of these;
In the early years, the Han people went to the north to escape chaos, and by this time their numbers were relatively large. Recently, they have gathered armed forces, occupied dangerous places, and sent out large armies. Naturally, there will be an internal response. This is six of them."
"Pharmacist, today's matter is very big, and we need to summon Xuanling, Keming, Chengfan... and other important officials from the three provinces and six departments to discuss it together.
You just wait here, I'm going to order people to recruit them all, and we're going to discuss the outcome today."
Li Shimin said to Li Jing seriously.
"I obey the order!" Li Jing respectfully replied to Li Shimin, standing up straight.
To be honest, there are really many major generals in this world who belong to the chaotic camp.
That's the kind of person who is happy as long as he can kill people, and is excited if he can fight. It doesn't matter why he fights, as long as he can fight.
Normal generals pay attention to soldiers. They must pay attention to the major events of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival.
To put it simply, in a war, you have to fight to what extent, what goals you have to achieve, when to give up when things are good, when to pursue victory, and even if you fail, under what circumstances should you bow your head and admit defeat, instead of dying if you cannot afford to lose?
support.
What I fear most is falling into the quagmire of war, being unable to escape even if I want to, and being unable to win even if I want to win.
And Li Shimin must have been a little hesitant about whether he should follow the Turks to fight a war.
After all, Datang has been hit by disasters in recent years. Its foundation is too weak. Normally, this war should not be fought.
But if both sides have strong soldiers and horses, and the Turks, who have superior cavalry, really take advantage of it, how many generals of the Tang Dynasty can stand firm against the counterattack of the Turkic cavalry!
Therefore, facing the memorial given to him by Zhang Gongjin, even Li Shimin became a little hesitant at this moment.