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When the secret report from Gansu reached Chang'an, Lin Ziben, the commander of the Military Intelligence Department, didn't pay much attention to it, because he was more concerned about the series of personnel changes of Meng Yuan in Henan recently.

While checking the wax and finding a translation to translate the news from Gansu, Lin Zi was still scolding his subordinates.

"Damn it, don't let me find any anecdotes about 'Bo Yan'. Let's find out which Boyan it is... I know that there are many people named Boyan, but even if everyone in Mongolia It’s Boyan, don’t confuse the information.”

With displeasure on his face, he said to himself again: "How long has it been, what news do you want me to report to His Majesty?"

Immediately afterwards, after reading the information in his hand, Lin Zi's eyes froze.

Now he finally has something to report to His Majesty, but the matter in Henan has not yet been settled, and Gansu has new problems, which makes people feel exhausted.

"Where is Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is in Gewuyuan."

Lin Zi nodded, and Dang even rushed out of the city.He found that Li Xia went to Gewuyuan very frequently recently.

But Gelaige went, it seems that Gege did not see anything new...

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Li Xia was in a rice field behind Gewuyuan.

More places in Guanzhong grow wheat, but of course there is also rice, and there are even summer rice and winter wheat.The field in Gewuyuan can be called an experimental field. The person who cultivated this field this year is Guo Shoujing.

"Please look, Your Majesty."

When Guo Shoujing gently bent a rice seedling a little, Li Xia leaned over to look at it, but he didn't know what to look at, and continued to look expressionless.

"what."

But another official behind him was surprised: "This piece of rice seedling looks stronger than the one just now?"

"Not bad." Guo Shoujing nodded seriously.

Li Xia only noticed the difference at this time, a little surprised, and surprised at how Guo Shoujing could do this in only one winter.

He felt that he needed this kind of official to drive productivity.

On second thought, Guo Shoujing can boost productivity by himself, with or without him, Li Xia.

In short, at this moment, the light of wisdom is very dazzling.

"How did Guo Qing do this?"

"I didn't do it." Guo Shoujing took a step back, pulled out an old farmer from the crowd behind him, and said, "It's the seed selection method presented by Mr. Qiao."

Everyone's eyes turned to the old farmer one after another, and he shrank his neck and took a step back in fright, trembling and speechless.

Li Xia was tall and majestic, and there were so many guards standing behind him, which was a bit scary.

Guo Shoujing has been building canals for many years and is good at dealing with farmers. He bent down so that his eyes were at the same level as the old farmers, and said a few words with a smile.

"Don't be afraid, Mr. Qiao, tell His Majesty the secret of your family's farming."

"No...it's not the grassroots' very secret method...it's Guo Xianggong's method."

Guo Shoujing let the old farmer show his face before telling Li Xia how he took care of the field.

"Old man Qiao used to grow rice in Yuanjiang County, Songjing South Road. He collected the seeds with full ears of rice every year. He fled to Guanzhong the year before last. He didn't bring any other things with him. He only took a bag of rice seeds with him. Fortunately, After entering Sichuan, there was relief from the imperial court, so I didn’t eat this rice seed.”…

Li Xia's eyes fell on Guo Shoujing's hands, and he couldn't help but nodded, saying, "Old man Qiao's rice seeds are fuller than the rice seeds we sent people to Jiangnan to buy."

Speaking of this, even the timid old man Qiao couldn't help but respond.

"Grassman farming...that's really a good hand."

Everyone laughed and praised him for bringing good Dongting seeds.

Guo Shoujing continued: "Old man Qiao got a field last year, and he mixed the rice seeds he brought from Hunan with the rice seeds from Guanzhong. Although the soil in Guanzhong is not as good as Hunan, his rice grows better than others... "

Li Xia's heart moved, thinking that farmers in this season already had the prototype of the concept of hybrid rice cultivation.

It is a pity that in the era of rampant wars, if there is no powerful and unified court that really cares about people's livelihood to record and promote these good laws, then it may be lost, and it may not be recorded until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The people in this land are far smarter than he thought. They have already thought of the ideas he understands. What they lack is the time to gradually advance, the basic conditions to improve productivity, and a stable and tolerant society that does not imprison them. environment of.

"I met Mr. Qiao when I participated in the construction of the Chang'an Water Canal. Inspired by him, I tried methods to increase the yield per mu, such as the salt water method, the one-ear transfer method, and the deer seed method."

"Guo Qing, tell me one by one, what is the salt water method?"

"As the name suggests, put the seeds in salt water to sift out the disease species. Please see, Your Majesty, the seeds are mostly wrapped by glumes and the inside is the embryo..."

Everyone listened to Guo Shoujing's introduction, no matter whether they understood or not, they all nodded.

Sun Deyu opened his eyes even wider, his eyes full of admiration.

"Tsk tsk, Mr. Guo is really a god!"

With such admiration from the bottom of his heart, Sun Deyu thought of something, turned around and saluted Li Xia: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask Mr. Guo to be the chief officer of the Gewu Academy?"

"I don't dare to accept it." Guo Shoujing hurriedly responded.

He was still enthusiastically talking about various ways to increase the yield per mu, but he was not very interested in official positions.

In fact, although he joined Li Xia late, he has already held many official positions, such as Hequ envoy, minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Qin Tianjian.

Li Xia thought about it for a while, but felt that Sun Deyu was very perceptive.

"You don't need to bother Guo Qing with trivial matters in Gewu Academy. If you recommend someone who knows about Gewu Academy, Guo Qing can serve as a scholar of agriculture and water conservancy in Gewu Academy. Do you know what that means?"

"I know." Sun Deyu responded, "I should recommend a steward of the Gewuyuan to take care of the complicated and trivial matters."

"It's clever." Li Xia said, "We will set up an Armament Supervisor and a Gunpowder Bureau, which will be separated from the Gewuyuan. You will be the Junior Supervisor of Armaments and also manage the Gunpowder Bureau. We will discuss this matter privately."

"Your Majesty's order." Sun Deyu immediately asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the salary is quite high, right?"

"Um."

Sun Deyu was overjoyed.

He was young, and his knowledge was far inferior to Guo Shoujing's. In the past, he could barely stand up when no one was available, but now he was under too much pressure in the school, and now he felt a lot easier.

This is the adjustment that Li Xia must make after ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor, so that all matters will gradually be standardized.

In short, promote production and standardize the system little by little. …

"Your Majesty, Secretary Lin is here."

With this announcement, the peace of Li Xia's internal political theory was broken.

Let Guo Shoujing continue to take the officials to check other agricultural achievements, while he himself went to meet Lin Zi.

Now Li Xia can already deduce from the steps and demeanor of the courtiers when they came to have an audience, whether they are going to report good things or bad things.

When he saw Lin Zi today, he realized that this time it was a bad thing.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Gansu that a Yuan army has entered and attacked Yan Yunyun's team."

After reading the information from Lin Zi, Li Xia seemed very calm, as if the bad news was not as bad as he expected.

But doubts remain.

"Let's talk again when we return to the palace, call Liu Yuanzhen."

"Yes."

Liu Yuanzhen had guarded Tongguan for many years, and this time he was shot by Dong Wenbing again. Li Xia simply called him back to Chang'an to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War.

As for Tongguan, with Mao Yi'er's current experience, he should be able to handle it alone.

In addition, Liu Yuanzhen was also one of the first batch of meritorious officials after Li Xia proclaimed himself emperor. At the same time, there were also Zhang Jue, Gao Changshou, Li Zengbo, Lian Xixian, Gao Qiong, Zhang Hongdao, etc., who were basically handsome talents who could sit in charge all the way.

When he arrived at the Jiying Hall, Liu Yuanzhen looked at the information, and his eyes fell on the map, looking puzzled.

It has been nearly five months since he was injured, he has already recovered from his injury, and he has become lively again.

"Has the main force of the Yuan army approached Gaochang?"

"This is indeed a more serious matter, but you don't have to worry about Brother Shanfu being in charge." Li Xia said, "Let's talk about Yan Yunyun's attack first."

"Yes, the west of the Datong River should not belong to my Tang Dynasty for the time being."

"Well, the land of Hehuang has been lost since the Anshi Rebellion. There have been no disturbances in the past few years, and the imperial court has no spare power to get it back. Qilian Mountain and Datong River can be regarded as national boundaries for the time being."

"But this time it's not the Tibetans attacking from west to east, but the Yuan army attacking from east to west." Liu Yuanzhen muttered, swipe his finger on the map, and said: "From the desert... It took a lot of work."

This matter is not difficult for them to guess.

"Basiba." Liu Yuanzhen chanted the name and said, "It seems that Basiba, the national teacher of Meng Yuan, has returned to Tibet?"

Li Xia sat there without speaking, waiting for him to give advice after clarifying the situation.

"The Yuan army first opened the way with a vanguard, and happened to rob our luggage to ensure the safety of Basiba. At that time, the Lanzhou defenders found an abnormality and rushed to the bank of Huangshui, and then sent an urgent letter to Chang'an , Twelve days have passed. Basiba has probably arrived in Xining Prefecture?"

Lin Zi said: "Yes, the Lanzhou defenders are pursuing."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up."

Liu Yuanzhen talked a lot, and after sorting out the situation, he said: "The Yuan people are very smart this time. They are still attacking Xingqing Mansion from the east, and they are sending heavy troops to approach Gaochang from the west. It's Lian Xixian, and I can't stop him."

There is no need for Liu Yuanzhen to explain this truth, and Li Xia also understands that in a large and sparsely populated place like Gansu, if there is no Great Wall and no super large number of troops, if you don't even let the Yuan army cavalry come and go, then what will happen? It's just too whimsical.

In fact, Lian Xixian made the cavalry of the Yuan army dare not even attack towns, passes, and commercial roads, which can be said to be an extremely terrifying deterrent.If Kublai Khan was guarding Gansu and Li Xia wanted to pass through, he would dare to attack several important towns. …

"Let's go in the past. Basiba wants to go back to Tibet. Instead of going to Gansu, he can go to the Western Regions. If it doesn't work, he can also go around from the Khyber Pass." Li Xia said.

Liu Yuanzhen thought for a while, and soon came up with an idea, and said, "Although we can't catch up with Basiba, we can stop him by going other ways."

As he said that, he glanced at the map one last time, with determination in his eyes.

"I would like to lead a small force to cross the Dadu River from Sichuan and Sichuan, climb over the mountains, go straight to Sakya, intercept and kill Basiba, capture Chana Dorji, and subdue Tubo for your majesty."

Standing aside, Lin Zi glanced at Liu Yuanzhen, guessing that he wanted to take credit for Hao Xiuyang.

Conquering Tubo is definitely an unrivaled achievement.

Not only the hereditary title of the king, but also the name will go down in history, not inferior to the seal of the wolf Juxu...
Thinking of this, Lin Zi simply stood up, cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go too!"

"Even if the mountains are high and the water is deep, the abyss is extremely cold." Liu Yuanzhen said, "Even though I have almost died, I will definitely kill Ba Siba for Your Majesty!"

Lin Zi was not as good at talking as he was, so he said loudly, "So is my minister!"

Li Xia didn't expect to call Liu Yuanzhen to discuss the matter, but only got such a suggestion. He shook his head and asked, "What's the use?"

"Conquer Tubo."

"I ask you, even if Basiba returns to Sakya, what can we do?"

Liu Yuanzhen said: "It can hit our belly and back at the time of the decisive battle between Tang and Meng Yuan, and it can cut off..."

"I'm asking you, if Basiba has gone back, will he be able to call all the Tubo tribes to serve Meng Yuan?"

"This... of course it is possible."

Li Xia frowned, got up and took two steps, called Liu Yuanzhen to his side, and said, "I have an idea, don't tell other important ministers." Liu Yuanzhen was overjoyed, as if he felt that he was the most outstanding of the founding heroes.

Li Xia asked, "Do you think Meng Yuan's plan can be resolved as long as I win Hetao?"

Liu Yuanzhen was taken aback.

"Look." Li Xia raised his hand and pointed at the map, "Why was Meng Yuan able to attack Xingqing Mansion? Why was he able to attack the Western Regions? Why was he able to pass through A
Lashan Desert to Qinghai?Because the Hetao Plain was their springboard, they rested in Hetao, took Hetao as an important military base, and scattered their forces, including forming oppression in Yan'an Mansion all year round. "

"I understand, but"

"As long as the Hetao is taken down, it is equivalent to breaking Meng Yuan's arm and destroying its influence in the southwest. Then even if Ba Siba returns to Tubo, can Tubo still be loyal to Meng Yuan?"

"Your Majesty has learned from you." Liu Yuanzhen said, "But the national power has already been overwhelmed by years of fighting, not to mention that His Majesty promised you a two-year rest, even if you support him, where will Your Majesty get the troops, money and food to attack Hetao?"

"But that's the big picture."

Li Xia also knew that he was unreasonable, so today he only recruited Liu Yuanzhen to ask the next question.

"If I conquer Hetao myself, it can boost morale, bring only elite soldiers and save a lot of money and food, squeeze the treasury again, and tighten the belt."

"Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly. This is obviously impossible. Every year I personally conquer, and every year I tighten my belt. The soldiers are exhausted and the treasury has no food." Liu Yuanzhen said: "It is necessary to rest for two or three years. If we can not fight in these two years It is a good strategy to subdue Tubo and send troops to Hetao after the national strength has greatly increased.”

"I understand, I'm afraid that Kublai Khan will recover after two or three years."

Li Xia pondered and tapped on the table, hoping to find another opportunity.

Opportunities often come at the same time as crises.There may be one in front of you.

——Basiba.

The national teacher of Meng Yuan, the great nobleman of Tubo and the suzerain of Buddhism are indeed an opportunity.

It's just that it's very difficult to catch up with the opponent on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Seeing Li Xia sinking into deep thought, Liu Yuanzhen carefully reminded: "Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Honor now, and you don't have to do everything yourself. It's up to us ministers to share your majesty's worries. I will do my best."

This sentence moved Li Xia.

"I agree with what you said, I hope you can share my worries..."
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