The young nobleman raised his eyebrows, looked at Guo Fushan coldly, and said: "What, is it possible that this Military Department Yamen is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den? Those who follow you will prosper, and those who go against you will perish. Can you bite off a piece of my flesh?"
Tian Yunlai and other navy soldiers were all shocked, it was actually King Huo Li Yuangui?
Although he is a pirate, he is also a citizen of the Tang Dynasty. He has heard about His Highness for a long time...
The fourteenth son of the late emperor had a very resounding reputation. He had been intelligent and talented since he was a child, and he was well-equipped with both civil and military skills. Emperor Gaozu was very pleased with him. In the early years of Zhenguan, His Majesty Li Er once asked Wei Zheng: "Who among the children of the royal family can be called virtuous?" Wei Zheng The answer was: "I am ignorant and do not fully know what I am capable of. It is only because the King of Wu has spoken to me so many times that I have failed." At that time, Gaozu was still alive and respected as the Supreme Emperor, and Li Yuangui had just been transferred from the King of Shu to the King of Wu.
His Majesty Li Er then betrothed Wei Zheng's daughter to Li Yuangui as his wife.
In the 10th year of Zhenguan, Li Yuangui was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou. After taking office, he closed his cabinet to study. All affairs of the state government were entrusted to the chief historian and Sima. He was cautious and self-defeating, had no disobedience to things, and was not arrogant in his conduct.
It was once rumored that Xuzhou hermit Liu Xuanping had a close relationship with King Huo. Someone asked him about King Huo's strengths. There are shortcomings, so we can see their strengths. As for King Huo, he is unprepared for everything, how can I call him that?" From this, King Huo's virtuous name was widely spread in Xuzhou.
Among the royal family, he is considered an outstanding talent...
Guo Fushan gave a bitter smile. Naturally, he did not dare to provoke this rude member of the royal family, so he nodded slightly and said: "Your Highness has a distinguished status, and I don't dare to be rude. It's just that the things your Highness handles are not within the scope of my authority. Please wait a moment, Your Highness, until the Chamberlain returns from the palace before making a decision."
It is true that he does not want to provoke King Huo Li Yuangui, but as the right minister of the Ministry of War, he can be regarded as a high-ranking official in the court, so there is no need to debase himself and flatter him. These words may seem peaceful, but in fact they are quite angry. You We can't afford to offend the prince, but there's no need for you to show off to me. You're pointing the finger at Fang Jun. Do you have the guts to fight with that guy?
Li Yuangui's pale face became more and more ugly. He snorted and said displeasedly: "That Fang Jun has just entered the Yamen and turned a blind eye to me. Is this how your Ministry of War Yamen does things? It's like you have betrayed the emperor's favor and the corpse is a vegetarian! It's a must. I will go to His Majesty later to submit a copy!"
Guo Fushan was not afraid of this at all. With a warm smile on his face, he nodded and said: "What your Highness taught you is that the subordinates are frightened... The Minister of Housing has important matters to attend to, and he really shouldn't have stayed in the Yamen. However, the Minister of Housing is on his way at the moment." Go to the palace to see His Majesty. Why don't Your Highness go there immediately and report to the palace that you intend to mobilize the Xuzhou garrison for disaster relief? Even if you get a copy of the Ministry of War, it is only incidental..."
Li Yuangui said "Hey" and started to slap the case. He even laughed angrily: "Your Ministry of War office is really lawless. Why are you so arrogant? I don't believe it yet. I sent a few soldiers to go out to sea and got something. Honey, can you just leave the yamen to do its business? This year it snowed heavily in Xuzhou, countless houses collapsed, and tens of thousands of people were displaced and homeless. I traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an despite the severe cold, and asked your Ministry of War to write a letter to Xuzhou The garrison participating in disaster relief, such a big thing, is not as trivial as him?"
The navy soldiers quit.
Mother!
Even if you are a noble person from Tianhuang, we can't afford to offend you. You can just call us despicable, but you actually look down on our contribution to traveling across the oceans to explore the New World and bringing back high-yielding grain seeds?
We have died so many people, gone through countless hardships and dangers, and have passed death countless times. How can you deny it all with such a light sentence?
It is unbearable!
With a "hoo!", all the soldiers in the guard room stood up and glared at Li Yuangui.
Li Yuangui was startled, and then said angrily: "What, you want to rebel?"
Tian Yunlai stretched out his hand to stop the angry soldiers behind him, and said calmly: "The general will not dare."
Countless tests of life and death on the vast sea have already tempered this illiterate old pirate's perseverance. The status gap between the two sides is too big. If he doesn't flinch now, he has ambition, but it will inevitably
There is no need to suffer humiliation.
"We are just relying on the command of the Marquis and have achieved some minor achievements. How dare we show off in front of His Highness?"
Tian Yunlai bowed and saluted, his tone low.
The soldiers behind him were filled with anger, but after crossing the ocean and experiencing countless lives and deaths, they had already sincerely loved and respected Tian Yunlai. Although they were confused at the moment, they did not dare to say anything.
Li Yuangui laughed, glanced at Tian Yunlai contemptuously, and said calmly: "You know what you are doing!"
Then he glared at Guo Fushan and said: "Do you think I dare not go to the imperial court to complain? That Fang Jun is certainly a member of the Holy Family, but I have great righteousness in my hands, so I don't believe that Your Majesty will favor him!"
After saying this, he rolled up his sleeves and strode out of the duty room. When he arrived at the entrance of the military department, several personal guards came forward, surrounded by them, mounted their horses, and went straight to Tai Chi Palace.
As the son of Emperor Gaozu and one of the most outstanding figures in the royal family, Li Yuangui has always been proud of himself. Although he has been in Xuzhou and returned to Chang'an very rarely over the years, he has long heard about Fang Jun's rise and rise.
The jealousy and resentment in my heart have long been ingrained. Moreover, when I returned to Beijing this time, I first went to visit my brother, Prince Jing, Li Yuanjing, and heard Li Yuanjing talk with sadness about his situation over the years, and how he was almost imprisoned not long ago.
Going to Silla to become a barbarian king... Li Yuangui became increasingly dissatisfied with Fang Jun.
If you are always arrogant, then that's fine. After all, you are the emperor's consort and can be considered a member of the Tian family. But you are so domineering when facing the children of the royal family. Do you really think that there is no one in the royal family?
Of course, Fang Jun is a staunch supporter of the prince, which is one of the reasons why Li Yuangui has a bad impression of him...
In the duty room, Guo Fushan looked at Tian Yunlai with a smile, shook his head, and sighed: "What kind of general brings out what kind of soldiers? You look like an honest guy, but you are really not a kind person..."
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Tian Yunlai chuckled. He squinted his eyes, revealing a set of jagged teeth: "The general will not understand what Minister Guo said..."
Guo Fushan smiled, pointed at him and said: "Cunning!"
He put his hands behind his back and walked away in a square step.
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Dragon Palace.
His Majesty Li Er had just had lunch and was sitting on the couch, drinking tea and listening to Fang Jun's report in front of him.
"Your Majesty, these seeds are high-yielding grains, and can be planted in a very wide area, including Lingnan, Lianghu, Jiangnan, Hebei, Guanzhong, and even Liaodong and Longxi... Your Majesty, as long as the imperial court vigorously promotes these grains, within five years, Datang will
Grain production will double. Ten years later, planting technology will become more and more sophisticated, and the Tang Dynasty will no longer be in danger of food shortages. The population will surely experience explosive growth, and the current prosperous age will surely reach a higher level!"
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However, no matter how Fang Jun exaggerated the importance of high-yield grain and the wonderful prospects it would create, His Majesty Li Er still drank tea steadily, with a gentle face but doubts in his heart.
It's not that he doesn't believe in Fang Jun. With this guy's current position of power, he has no motive to falsely claim meritorious service. No matter how great the meritorious service is in a short period of time, it will be useless. Is it possible that he can grant you the title of Duke and directly join the cabinet to worship the prime minister?
However, the prospect described by Fang Jun was so wonderful that it made His Majesty Li Er feel a little unreal and a little unbelievable...
Doubling food production in five years?
That means that there will be basically no hunger in the Tang Dynasty. Even if it encounters a natural disaster, it can calmly allocate food from elsewhere for disaster relief. With sufficient food, the army of the Tang Dynasty can attack whoever it wants, and can pursue the Turks.
Fighting in the desert grassland, you can go against the trend from low to high and invade Tubo...
What is particularly important is that with the current population base of the Tang Dynasty, once hunger is eliminated and sufficient food is available, the population will increase at an explosive rate in a short period of time, and it will easily double in twenty years.
At present, the population of the Tang Dynasty is registered at 30 million. Including the hidden slaves and tenants of the famous families, the number of tenants is 50 million, which has doubled...
That's ten million.
With a population of ten million, even if one of a hundred people is recruited into the army, there are still one million.
With one million troops, there is no shortage of food. In addition, the Tang Dynasty has excellent ordnance forging and increasingly mature firearms technology...
There’s nothing wrong with hitting the sky, right?
The picture was so beautiful that His Majesty Li Er could not believe it.
So I only believed half of Fang Jun’s “boast” that was frothing at the mouth...