Chapter 274: His Royal Highness the King of Wei is troubled
After Zhang Daan brought all the files from the East Palace, he confirmed the situation of the East Palace. There were five eunuchs and seven maids in the East Palace. Counting Zhang Daan as the prince's concubine, he was usually the prince's servant.
Looking at the East Palace guards, there are more than 170 people in total. This is the entire establishment of the prince.
Zhang Daan called the prince's subordinate officials.
"The last general, the prince, will lead you to the right, Li Anyan." The visitor said with great enthusiasm.
"The last general, Prince Zuo, is in command, Zhao Jie."
After glancing at Li Anyan and Zhao Jie, Zhang Yang continued to flip through the files in his hands, "I have just taken over the affairs of the East Palace, so I asked you to come and get to know each other so that we can communicate with each other if we have to do things in the future."
Seeing the two of them standing upright, Zhang Yang waved his hands and said, "You guys go back to your posts first."
"Here!"
The two of them replied loudly and left.
Li Chengqian whispered, "This Li Anyan was an official of the East Palace when Li Jiancheng was still there. My father kept him here. As for this Zhao Jiegu, I don't even know him."
"At first glance, he is not a good person."
"Not a good person? Why do you say that?"
"Intuition." Zhang Yang cleared his throat. He couldn't tell Li Chengqian now that these two people would end up dead sooner or later.
Not to mention the internal affairs of the East Palace, the salary of the more than 170 guards of the East Palace alone is a small amount. According to the distribution among the team leaders, captains, and deputy generals at all levels, it costs hundreds of dan per month.
But they are all the accounts of the Ministry of War and have nothing to do with the East Palace.
Zhang Yang looked at the accounts and asked, "This is the only manpower to defend the East Palace?"
Li Chengqian stood in front of the window, looking at the scenery outside and whispered: "My father and I told me at the beginning that we would send more people when I reach adulthood, but now my father has not mentioned this matter again."
If you look carefully, the configuration of the East Palace is very simple.
Regardless of whether it was because of Li Jiancheng's incident, Li Shimin was not interested in the construction of the East Palace at all. The families of powerful people had more servants than the East Palace.
With the left and right Wuwei and Jinwu guards around, the East Palace is naturally safe.
The expenses in the DPRK are tight, so if you can save it in the East Palace, you can save it.
The original Ministry of Rites was a poor government office, and now the East Palace is still a poor government office.
The East Palace Zhan Shifu plus the title of Prince's Young Master, even if he is not among the six ministries of the imperial court, he is not considered a formal official. According to the current official rank in the Tang Dynasty, he is still an official of about third rank, with a salary of nearly a thousand dan per year.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yang felt a little relieved.
"His Royal Highness, I heard that Your Majesty likes to punish others' salaries frequently?" Zhang Yang looked worried with his hands in his hands.
"These are all punishments." Li Chengqian explained: "For example, General Chu Mo was fined for several years, and the prince of Hejian County was also fined for several years in salary."
"So that's it." Zhang Yang nodded clearly.
Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Don't worry, as long as you don't make any mistakes, my father will definitely not punish you with salary."
The disadvantage of working for the emperor is that your wages are deducted and you have no way to find a place to redress your grievances.
Li Chengqian invited: "If you have nothing to do, why not play chess with me?"
The chess pieces were placed on the chessboard, and Zhang Yang sat down cross-legged.
The prince and the young master sat opposite each other and began to play chess quietly. The game moved very slowly.
Zhang Daan watched silently, while Zhang Yang responded calmly. He even held a book in his hand and read while playing chess with the prince.
To Zhang Daan, superb chess skills are like a battlefield war. Every time Zhang Yang moves the chess pieces, it will cause great trouble to Li Chengqian.
First it was the general, and Zhang Yang ate another horse, "Your Highness, this trick of mine is called pulling the sheep by the hand."
Li Chengqian wiped the sweat from his forehead and moved a car again.
Zhang Yang's horse stepped forward to block the path of the opponent's cannon. After several games, Li Chengqian's bishop fell into the opponent's hands.
"Your Highness, this move of mine is called sounding to the east and striking to the west."
Li Chengqian tried hard to keep calm.
Zhang Yang moved the chess piece again.
Li Chengqian continued to deal with it.
Zhang Yang moved the other horse in front of the general and said with a smile: "General!"
Li Chengqian tried to move his general again, but found that Zhang Yang's car had already reached the general's flank.
"Stop struggling, you're going to die."
Hearing Zhang Yang's relaxed and lazy voice, Li Chengqian sighed: "I'm not good at chess."
"Brother, you are joking, my husband just needs to study for a few more years."
Li Yue came with Li Lizhi.
Seeing Li Yue, Li Chengqian seemed to have seen reinforcements, "Why don't you play chess with Yue'er and Zhang Yang."
Li Yue held Li Lizhi's hand and shook her head, "Brother, please don't be offended. Yue'er has never won a game against her husband, and my husband..."
Thinking back to the experience of playing chess with Zhang Yang, it was a very torturous process. Zhang Yang would kill all your chess pieces, leaving only one general, and slowly play you until you collapse.
Li Yue never wanted to experience this kind of memory again.
Li Chengqian was in high spirits, "How about playing chess with Gu and Yue'er?"
Li Yue sat cross-legged next to Zhang Yang, looked at her husband's expression, and saw that he was reading a book calmly, and then said: "Brother Emperor, hold the red head first."
Li Chengqian placed a pawn first and played it very cautiously.
The fighting started on the chessboard, but Zhang Daan still watched silently.
Li Yue's chess strategy is more straightforward than Zhang Yang's.
Zhang Yang likes to make plans first. He can't see anything at first. After the layout is completed, the entire situation is in his hands. There are backhands and killers hidden in every step. One side of the game can only be hunted down and use every move.
There is no way to fight back.
Li Yue's chess strategy is different, at least it seems straightforward.
But no matter how Li Chengqian tried to get in, it was like punching a stone and had no impact on Li Yue's situation. At most, it was just a one-for-one result.
This defensive layout made Li Chengqian anxious and he ventured into his car again.
Li Yue calmly ate the rook with his elephant.
Only then did Li Chengqian realize that he had lost his advantage.
At the end of the chess game, Li Chengqian had very few chess pieces left, and was finally killed by two cannons.
Looking at the messy chessboard, Li Chengqian lowered his head, "I lost again."
"Losing is normal. Brother Huang, just practice more and it will be fine."
"Well, that's fine, let's practice more alone."
Li Yue whispered: "Husband, it's getting late."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhang Yang put down the scroll and said, "Your Highness, I will go back now."
When walking out of the East Palace, Li Yue whispered: "It's just a game of chess, and my husband doesn't know how to give way to the crown prince."
Zhang Yang stared straight ahead as he walked, "I never hold back when playing chess, except against you."
"Hmph! Except for me? You torture me every time you play chess with me."
"Yes, it can be over very quickly, but I have to eat all your chess pieces before it ends. Isn't this just giving in to you?"
There was a sudden sharp pain in his shoulder, and Zhang Yang endured her claws, "Besides, when you play chess with the prince, you dug a hole and waited for the prince to jump into it. Aren't you bullying others?"
Feeling Li Yue exerting more force, Zhang Yang gasped in pain and said, "Let go."
Li Yue let go and said: "I saw little Sizi today. He's so small."
"Well, you have to sweep the floor when you get home. I'm going to make some wooden models recently, and you may have to sweep them several times."
Li Yue: "..."
"Anyway, you have been sweeping the floor this month. I will use it as much as possible and cut more wood."
"..."
"Hey! Stop twisting, it hurts."
"..."
"Why are you still biting me?"
The warrior Yun spent three days getting familiar with Lishan Village.
Li Tai explained to the warrior Xun: "This place was originally called Xiashan Village. After the imperial sister came to see it, it was renamed Lishan Village. The name was chosen because it was backed by Lishan Mountain. It sounds nicer."
The warrior Xun stroked his beard and said, "I have been here for some time, and I still haven't seen my master's house."
Li Tai scratched his head and explained: "Brother-in-law and the emperor's sister are both leisurely people. They don't come here to keep an eye on the village on weekdays. They only come here every now and then to take a look."
"How can such a lax governance make this village so wealthy?"
"In the past, there were only about 20 households here, and now there are only more than 20 households, and the number of people is less than a hundred. Just like this, hundreds of people have become wealthy today."
"My ability is indeed remarkable." Warrior Xun nodded in appreciation.
"Of course." Li Tai smiled bitterly, "I have put a lot of effort into this village. Now is the time to employ people, so I came up with this plan to ask Duke Ying."
After hesitating for a moment, Li Tai took out a letter and said, "This is a letter from Duke Ying's family. They are already on their way to Lishan and will arrive in less than half a month."
Samurai Yu took the letter and frowned at it...
Li Tai lowered his head and felt guilty, "Don't worry, Mr. Ying, arrangements have been made along the way. Your family will arrive at Lishan safely. However, your two sons are still in Lizhou. It is difficult to bring them along because of the long journey. But
The king will arrange it."
"No need." Warrior Xun put away the family letter, "I have been away from home all year round. Now I have married my wife and got a daughter. I didn't tell them. I asked them to guard the ancestral property while their two sons were still in Lizhou. I will make arrangements by myself. No.
I’m sorry to trouble King Wei.”
Li Tai smiled more and more awkwardly.
"If I don't want to come to Lishan, what will your Highness, King Wei, do?"
Li Tai replied: "Since I have connected your family to Chang'an City and arranged a house for you to spend time with your family, it is for the sake of Duke Ying. Even if I don't do this, my father will surely do it."
That’s what it does.”
Warrior Xun shook his head, "No, your Majesty will not do this. Your Majesty will let me return to my ancestral home to take care of myself, and will not let me stay in Chang'an City."
"This..." Li Tai was speechless for a moment.
"If King Wei wants to do this kind of thing in the future, he will have to think more about the relationship between me and His Majesty to avoid any misunderstanding."
"What Mr. Ying Guo said is that I am wrong. Even if I have been running around for so many years, I should think about my family even if I don't think about myself."
"As a prince, King Wei should not take feelings too seriously. This is not beneficial to King Wei."
Talking to the warrior Xun made Li Tai feel very tired.
In the end, Samurai Yu was allowed to stay in Lishan. I have to say that Shangguan Yi arranged it very well. She also thought of Grandpa Huang. If not for Grandpa Huang's intervention, how would my father have agreed to let Samurai Yu stay?
After spending so much time recuperating in Lishan, maybe Grandpa Huang also wanted to return this favor.
The process was not very good, it was almost half-tied and half-threatening to invite the samurai Yu.
When Shangguan Yi presented Lishan's plan for the next five years, Samurai Yu marveled at the entire plan. It was a huge industrial group with an annual output of tens of thousands of coins.
Warrior Xun looked solemn, "If we want to obtain sufficient output value, Lishan will need more people to keep up with production."
Shangguan Yi nodded and said, "It all depends on the consort's clever moves."
"A brilliant move?"
"Yeah." Shangguan Yi nodded: "Instead of increasing the population to achieve growth, it is better to improve the production model."
"Production model?" Samurai Xun thought for a while, "Production has always been inseparable from labor. How much manpower did Yang Guang use to repair the canal? Any production is inseparable from people. We can expand production by changing the production model without thinking about sending more manpower.
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Samurai Yu has a very high level of governance and coordination, which can be seen from the several places he manages. He directly states the biggest problem of Lishan Village in one sentence, which is the lack of manpower.
"It is unheard of for me to expand production by changing the production model."
Shangguan Yi explained: "I used to think that changing the production model to boost production was really unbelievable, but after seeing Zhang Shilang's methods, I think it might be possible."
"How to do it?"
Shangguan Yi slowly replied: "Many times we think that work depends on people, and production can only happen when people work, but our eyes are only limited to people, not production tools, just like the spinning wheel in the village. Its efficiency is
The ordinary spinning wheel is more than three times the size, and one person can complete the work of three people, while the waterwheel has also changed the production model, and two people can do the work of ten people."
"There are many utensils in this village, all of which are unique. I would like to ask Mr. Ying whether tools are important to production?"
"Of course it's important."
"We always think that production is inseparable from people, but most people ignore the role of tools. Different production tools bring different efficiencies."
The warrior fell silent.
"Brother Shangguan, your wife from your hometown is already on the way, and she must be arriving soon." Li Tai suddenly interrupted.
They were originally talking about production issues, but were interrupted by Li Tai. At this moment, Shangguan Yi was a little confused, "What did His Highness King Wei just say?"
Li Tai emphasized his tone and said, "I also sent someone to bring your wife, whom I have never met before in my hometown. She is originally from Shaanxi County. I will greet you and ask someone to take care of the things that happened along the way."
During the war years, the world was in turmoil. Shangguan Yi did not return to his hometown for a long time. He had long forgotten what his hometown was like, and he even forgot that there was a wife he had never met in his hometown, whom his father proposed to marry.
Although it was meant to be a wedding, she had been away from her hometown for a long time due to years of war, and she was both fleeing and hiding.
Shangguan Yi whispered: "She didn't marry anyone else?"
Li Tai smiled and said: "It's a coincidence. Originally, their family planned to let her marry someone else. I let the news out. Now I know Brother Shangguan's situation, and even know how to follow me to do things. Now I don't want to marry.
Others only look for Brother Shangguan."
Shangguan Yi was speechless, "I'm ashamed."
"You're welcome."
"I don't want to thank you. Your Highness, the King of Wei, is so troublesome. It's just that the family has been in trouble for a long time. I wanted to let the two families just give up. Now there are many troubles."