"I don't know who touched it, so I just threw it away. I thought it was a waste, so I picked it up and gave it to the gangsters at home to try. It's better to use waste. Although we are rich now, we can't forget our roots when we are rich, we have to save -
—”
As he spoke, he pretended to be nonchalant and raised the cucumber in his hand to take a bite.
Crunchy!
Everyone:…
Your face can be compared with the city wall.
When a few people sat down in the back garden, Cheng Ying'er had already asked the chef to set up a banquet, which could be regarded as a welcome for Wang Zi'an, Su Su and others. However, probably to facilitate the conversation between a few people, Cheng Ying'er, Su Su and others did not
Instead of mixing with Wang Zi'an and others, he opened another table in the backyard with Su Su, Wu Zetian and others, and the women were enjoying themselves.
back yard.
After everyone had finished drinking for three rounds, Wang Zi'an put down the water glass in his hand, took out the memorial signed by Di Zhisun and others from his arms, and gently pushed it in front of Du Ruhui.
"Du Shangshu, I want to know what is going on -"
Taking a look at the memorial, Du Ruhui couldn't help but look bitter, and knew that this would happen sooner or later.
Today, I came here to take the blame——
He glanced at Li Shimin sadly, and then glanced at the other big guys.
Seeing that everyone acted as if nothing was wrong, they were eating and drinking where they should, so I had to bite the bullet and pick it up pretending to be confused.
"Is this a memorial?"
Wang Zi'an didn't even pay attention to him.
Du Ruhui encountered a soft nail and had to pretend not to know. After taking it apart, he just glanced at it and couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Sure enough, it was about rural cooperatives.
"This is really unreasonable——"
Du Ruhui slammed the table angrily.
"How dare these people take advantage of loopholes in the imperial government's policies? It's really..."
However, before he finished speaking, he could not continue because Prince Anzhen looked at him with contempt.
"Come on, don't stop, keep on, keep on acting -"
Wang Zi'an raised his eyebrows, glanced at him, and casually picked up a piece of cold cucumber and threw it into his mouth. This meant he stopped drinking. Otherwise, he felt that at this moment, he should pick up the wine glass and take a sip to suit himself at this moment.
The atmosphere at this moment.
Du Ruhui:......
Li Shimin couldn't help but his eyelids twitched and he glanced at Du Ruhui secretly.
Keming, I'm sorry, you can only take the blame for this——
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling hurriedly lowered their heads to eat their food. Tang Jian also stared at his wine glass, looking up and down, as if admiring some peerless beauty.
Li Junxian also shrank subconsciously, feeling a little weak in his heart.
As the general in charge of Baiqisi, he naturally knew what was going on. Of course, he also knew Wang Zi'an's anger when he found out about it.
"Ahem, this - misunderstanding, misunderstanding -"
Du Ruhui coughed awkwardly.
Fortunately, I had a little drink just now and could cover my face, otherwise it would have been too embarrassing.
"Actually, the imperial court had no choice..."
"If you have no choice but to use the hands of local officials and local powerful people to enslave the people under a clever name?"
Wang Zi'an snorted coldly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and looked at Du Ruhui who was trying to defend himself with burning eyes.
"I proposed the rural cooperatives. At that time, I only wanted to help the people solve the problem of labor shortage and better farming. It was also you who helped to report it to His Majesty. As a result, you turned around and took advantage of this
Things harm the people, what do you mean, are you just kidding me, Prince An?"
As Wang Zi'an spoke, the anger in his heart that had calmed down a bit began to boil again, and his face was already filled with obvious anger.
This, he was really angry.
There is a kind of anger at being betrayed.
If these people were not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty or the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, but two of them were his father-in-law, he would have had the idea of violent murder.
It’s really not a thing!
When Wang Zi'an became so angry, a cold and violent pressure instantly enveloped the entire audience.
Several people were immediately excited, especially Li Junxian and Cheng Yaojin, who were military generals, and their hairs stood up, fearing that this kid would do something irrational in anger.
Cheng Yaojin was a little better. He was just afraid that Wang Zi'an would hit someone. Li Junxian was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat instantly.
He had seen the terrible consequences of angering Wang Zi'an.
Wherever I passed, I couldn't even find a single person...
"Uncle, uncle, calm down, calm down - don't get excited, don't get excited, we are all our own people, our own people..."
Li Shimin glanced at the general who had been following him strangely.
this--
Although this bitch Zian's strength value is a bit high, are you too afraid?
"Ahem, here, where is Zian, you really misunderstood Du Puxe -"
Li Shimin saw that Du Ruhui was choked by Wang Zi'an and his face turned red, so he quickly came out to smooth things over.
Wang Zi'an raised his eyebrows and glanced at him sideways.
"Come on, tell me, what kind of misunderstanding is this? Is there anyone else with a knife who forces them to do this? Who is it? Sign up for me and I will beat their heads out today.
Come on, brain-"
Li Shimin pretended not to hear the sting in the boy's words, stood up in person, and gave Wang Zian a glass of boiled water.
"As for Zian, this matter is actually not about the court taking advantage of your kindness. The main problem is that the court has to consider the overall situation..."
"Yes, yes, yes, it's all for the sake of the overall situation——"
Changsun Wuji quickly stood up for Li Shimin.
After all, he was the one who pushed for this matter at the time. He was really worried that Wang Zi'an would slap his eldest son's house after knowing the truth——
This bitch has a criminal record.
"You're a little steward, you know nothing about-"
Wang Zi'an gave him a dark look.
Changsun Wuji:......
I wish I could give myself a slap in the face.
I'm so damn redundant——
You can pinch me, but if I say one more thing, it will be yours to raise!
He ate his food with his head down and said nothing.
Everyone glanced at Changsun Wuji with sympathy. This Duke of Qi in the Tang Dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the three ministers of Kaifu Yitong, had obviously become the punching bag for this brat Zian.
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I silently sympathized with him in my heart.
Li Shimin was afraid that he would also end up in the same fate, so he could only cast a helpless look at Du Ruhui. Fang Xuanling and others also cast a sympathetic look at him.
Lao Du, let’s just wish ourselves good luck!
Du Ruhui:......
"Zian, you are the Marquis of Chang'an and the Prince Consort of the Tang Dynasty. The others are not outsiders, so I won't hide them -"
Du Ruhui picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it all in one gulp, put the glass down, looked directly at Wang Zi'an, and put on a sincere attitude.
The prince looked at him uncertainly.
"Come on, keep going, I'm easy to fool -"
Du Ruhui:......
I really want to flip the table and leave.
But, I dare not.
He took a deep breath, secretly advised him not to get too excited, and then bowed his hand to Wang Zi'an with a wry smile.
"Do you know how much land reclamation has been reported by Datang in less than a month after the beginning of spring?"
As he said that, Du Ruhui raised two fingers.
"Almost 20,000 acres! This was reported a few days ago. I estimate that when the subsequent figures are reported, there will be at least 30,000 acres. This is only owned by the local governments. If we add the amount of land cultivated by the gentry in various places,
, this number can at least be doubled, or even tripled——"
Having said this, Du Ruhui straightened up his back.
"Do you know how many people can be fed by the output of these 70,000 to 80,000 acres of cultivated land?"
Wang Zi'an couldn't help but frown.
Seventy or eighty thousand acres may not sound like much, but it is actually quite a lot.
No wonder everywhere is trying their best to exploit the people and drive them to open up wasteland, while the imperial court turns a blind eye.
The benefits here are too great.
"So, what benefits can the common people get? They suffer hardships and delay farm work. In the end, how much land will they get?"
Wang Zi'an looked at Du Ruhui coldly.
Du Ruhui couldn't help but hesitate in his tone.
this is the key of the problem.
Whether it is the wasteland reclaimed by local gentry or the wasteland reclaimed by the government, will it be distributed to the local people?
The answer is no——
"Ahem, Zian, you have to look at this from the overall situation..."
Seeing that Du Ruhui was speechless, Li Shimin couldn't help but coughed dryly and came to the rescue again.
"Regardless of who owns the cultivated land in the end, isn't there still more cultivated land in the world? From the perspective of the imperial court, as long as the cultivated land in various places in the world increases, won't the world's food output be more? As long as this
There is more food in the world, which is actually a good thing for both the court and the people everywhere..."
Wang Zi'an was almost amused by the dog emperor's words.
What kind of gangster logic is this?
"Come, come, come, tell me how it is a good thing for the people -"
For a moment, he wanted to punch this piece of shit on the table and knock it down.
It's like we are forced to work overtime for free for a shady boss. The boss makes more money, but later says it's a good thing for us hard-working workers. Damn it!
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin put down his chopsticks and looked at Wang Zi'an seriously.
"I know that this matter is a bit aggrieved to the people, but from the perspective of the court, it is the best choice. If you follow your original idea, the people can solve the farming difficulties well.
problem, but other than that, what other problems can be solved? Those who deserve to have no food will still have no food, those who deserve to be poor will still have to suffer from poverty. If there is a famine, people who deserve to starve to death will probably still starve to death.
people--"
Speaking of this, Li Shimin felt a little emotional in his tone.
"The local government and the powerful gentry took advantage of loopholes in the policy and enslaved the local people. But there is no doubt that they were driven by interests carefully and their efficiency in land reclamation was very high. They really added tens of thousands of acres of land for the imperial court and the world.
Cultivated land, with this cultivated land, the imperial court can harvest tens of thousands more dan of grain a year. Once there is a famine somewhere, this grain will be life-saving food for the people of the world!"
Wang Zi'an couldn't help but be speechless, frowning slightly, showing a somewhat thoughtful look.
When Li Shimin saw this, he couldn't help but feel happy.
make persistent efforts.
"So, when the imperial court does this, it is actually based on the overall situation. Aren't you telling us all day long that when doing things, we must maximize interests? Isn't this maximizing interests? The imperial court has no choice but to do this. What on earth are you doing?
If you don’t work in court and think about problems, you are still narrow-minded..."
As Li Shimin spoke, he couldn't help but reveal a subtle smile.
Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
They know the energy of this young master, and they also know his status in His Majesty's heart. If it is because of this incident that this incident has caused him to have feelings for Your Majesty and the court, I am afraid that they will be indispensable for making decisions together.
Hang down.
Just when a group of people thought they had succeeded in persuading, they heard Wang Zi'an put down his chopsticks with a snap.
"So, the imperial court can harm the common people? So, those common people deserve to be bullied and exploited? You still think those common people are not miserable enough, right? After all, that dog emperor and those prime ministers are not the same thing!"
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji all looked at Du Ruhui: Anyway, we are just ordinary people...
Du Ruhui:......
This is too much!
"Actually, I also know that this is a bit inappropriate, and I tried to persuade them, but your father-in-law, the eldest grandson, pushed hard, and several other prime ministers also thought it was feasible. There is nothing I can do..."
Who doesn’t know how to take the blame?
Anyway, don’t take it personally——
Du Ruhui also became ruthless and wanted everyone to die together.
As he said this, he secretly gave Changsun Wuji an apologetic look.
"Brother Zhangsun, thank you for your hard work. You are obviously the father-in-law of this little ancestor. If you are sold, he will not knock on your door -"
Changsun Wuji was now bleeding out from Du Ruhui's hand.
Damn it!
Du Ruhui, you have gone too far——
But at this moment, he was speechless.
What else can I do? I have no place to interrupt here!
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others could not help but be dumbfounded, their scalps numbed by Du Ruhui's move.
"Ahem, Zian, it's not as serious as you think. In fact, those common people are not working in vain. When I came, I heard Du Pushe say that later, the court may take this matter and give those who participated in reclamation
Some subsidies for the common people——"
As he spoke, Li Shimin looked at Du Ruhui.
"That's what happened, Du Pushe..."
Du Ruhui was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and nodded desperately.
"Yes, you can't be wrong. This matter has been put on the agenda, but it hasn't been announced to the public yet—"
Having said this, Du Ruhui became a little stiffer.
"Your Majesty is kind. The other prime ministers and ministers are also caring people. How can they make the people suffer in vain? It's just that the court is short of money and can't relieve it for a while. Don't worry, this subsidy will soon be paid out according to the number of people.
This matter is beneficial to the court, the local area, and the people. It kills three birds with one stone..."
Having said this, Du Ruhui glanced at the other people.
"I'm right, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes, that's it..."
Fang Xuanling, Tang Jian and others quickly nodded in agreement.
Anyway, His Majesty has nodded his head on this matter, there is no need for him to be the bad guy.
What's more, although there is no money in the treasury now, Your Majesty has money. Just yesterday, His Majesty's first batch of caravans selling colored glaze from the sea channel to the southeastern coastal countries came back and brought back a sum of money for him, a civilian.
All the ministers were jealous of the profits.
I am thinking about how to find a way to steal some of it from His Majesty to fill the national treasury. Now isn’t there a reason——
Therefore, Tang Jian, the Minister of Civil Affairs, nodded more positively than anyone else.
Upon hearing this, Wang Zi'an nodded slowly.
That's pretty much it--
Although people were forced to work overtime, they were given some overtime pay in the end.
Although he was still a little dissatisfied, he also knew that for the people of the world, this was the best outcome they could get.