Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Li Er looked at the newspaper in front of him and gradually became addicted. The news in the newspaper was so rich in content that Li Er could hardly take his eyes off it.

When he read on and saw that the Yang family began to transform into manufacturing cars and ships, the Wei family began to build large trucks, roads and bridges and other large equipment, and the Wu family began to build factories to produce clothes, cosmetics, etc., Li Er became curious.

These aristocratic families have actually started to make moves in business? Are they no longer fighting in the court? Are they no longer fighting for land?

Li Er is feeling a little jealous now. How great would it be if these families had started businesses while in power instead of opposing him in the court?
What Li Er sees now is actually only part of it. Today, Datang's light and heavy industries are encouraging private participation, that is, building factories and improving competitiveness.

Relying solely on the state-owned enterprises of the Tang Dynasty and Li Yuanji's enterprises is simply not enough to sustain the needs of the entire Tang Dynasty. Li Yuanji has never thought of incorporating all businesses into the state-owned enterprises of the Tang Dynasty and not dividing them out at all, otherwise the subordinates would definitely make a fuss.

Li Yuanji's idea was very simple. In every industry, as long as there was a leading state-owned enterprise of the Tang Dynasty, it would be enough. If the Tang Dynasty wanted to change, it must allow the entire population to participate and join.

Now that the land has been nationalized, if anyone dares to take action in this regard, Li Yuanji will really kill people. There were so many heads rolled down before, and Li Yuanji was ruthless at all. Everyone in the world saw it.

As for entering the officialdom, one must pass the imperial examination. Today's imperial examination is extremely strict. Li Yuanji's focus is on maintaining the fairness of the imperial examination. No one dares to interfere in it. Not only can they not interfere, but it will also implicate the entire family.

Li Yuanji was even more ruthless in punishing this matter. Exile was the lightest punishment. He would kill people and behead them, or even exterminate the entire family. Moreover, once a person committed a crime, he would not be able to achieve anything in the Tang Dynasty within five generations, which meant that the whole family's future was gone.

Li Yuanji was also watching the news, he knew that Yang's family was making cars, in fact, not only Yang's family, many people were making cars, now these have almost become a fixed expense for many people, but now the cars are not small in size, because the engines are a bit big.

For this purpose, Wei deliberately gathered such talents from the public, even those who graduated from the Academy of Engineering, and spent a lot of money to poach them. Li Yuanji was also happy to see this, but in the end, Wei really made some progress. However, the difficulties could not be overcome, so he had to ask the Research Institute to solve the problem.

It was finally realized with the help of the Scientific Research Institute. Although Yang made a contribution, half of it was taken away by the Scientific Research Institute. This made Yang's people slap their thighs.

However, this technology has not been announced to the public and has taken on a patent-like form. Now Yang is vigorously manufacturing small cars and smaller ships. Because the competition from large ships is too fierce, Yang has found a new track.

Li Yuanji still doesn't know whether Yang's small car has been built. As for the small ship, it has remained at the stage of project research.

In addition to what has been reported now, with the infrastructure technology that Li Yuanji exchanged before, as well as the building construction drawings, some people have already begun to enter the real estate industry. It's just that the quality of steel is not good enough for the construction of high-rise buildings. Now, buildings as high as seven or eight stories have appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanji didn't think about it anymore. After reading the newspaper, he put it aside and continued chatting with Li Er.

After taking the train for more than a month, Li Yuanji finally arrived in Chang'an.

Along the way, Li Yuanji would rest for a night at almost every stop, not for any other reason but because he had been sitting for too long and could not bear it at all, the ride was too bumpy, and the noise was extremely loud and irritated his ears.

There was no rush to go back this time, and there was no need for Li Yuanji to rush, so he would rest at one of the stations along the way every night and set out again the next day.

After Li Er took this train, he felt a little weak. He was excited at the beginning, but after sitting for a long time, he realized that this train was really torturous.

But he did see the great advantages of having a train. If they did not rest at stations at night but continued to move forward, they could save at least half the time.

If there were no trains, it would take at least two or three months to send troops from Chang'an, even if they marched quickly. If they went to the place where he was before, it would take at least half a year. This is just the minimum. The actual march would probably take even longer.

However, now, there are trains as a substitute, and there are large trucks after getting off the train. Li Er estimated that if the train and the large trucks are well prepared, it may take only a month or so to arrive.

Li Er didn't know whether his estimate was accurate, but there was only more than a month left, no more time.

In the past, Li Er could not even imagine such a fast mobilization of the army. Now it is entirely possible to do so. The assembly and mobilization of the army can be completed before the enemy has any chance to react.

Li Yuanji did not care about Li Er's thoughts, but took Li Er back to Chang'an. Then in Taiji Palace, he announced the restoration of Li Er's position as King of Qin. This time, everyone was furious.

Some people were confused, some were angry, but no one was just watching the show because Li Er was involved, and no one dared to be careless. If something went wrong, how many people would die?

Afterwards, Li Yuanji took Li Er to pay tribute to Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng. Li Yuan passed away five years ago. Li Yuanji did not give Li Yuan the longevity pill. He was not a saint. After all, it required one hundred contribution points to exchange for it. He would not give it to anyone.

When paying tribute to Li Yuan, Li Er's expression was just a little sad, without any other complicated emotions. However, when paying tribute to Li Jiancheng, Li Er was in a daze and was reluctant to leave. Finally, Li Yuanji had no choice but to leave Li Er alone here and went back.

Li Yuanji looked at Li Er's sad expression, shook his head, and then left.

On the way back, Yang Jianhe hurried to Li Yuanji before he arrived.

"Your Majesty, the officials ahead are blocking the road. I'm afraid it's because of Li Er's matter."

Yang Jianhe did not call Li Er the King of Qin, but called him by his name. Li Yuanji did not say anything either. At this time he frowned and then looked at Yang Jianhe.

"Take another route back and call Cen Wenben, Wang Xuance, Ning Chun, Wei Zheng, Xie Shufang, Xi Junmai, Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui, Feng Ang, Wei Ting, Feng Li, Xue Wanche and others. Also, let these people disperse and go back to their homes. Don't block the palace."

Li Yuanji expected that there would be a reaction when Li Er returned, but he did not expect that these people would react so strongly.

Li Yuanji sneered in his heart. This time, there was going to be a good show to watch. Did you really think that he treated Li Er so well because he valued his talent?
At his current position, being sentimental all the time is not an option.

When Li Yuanji arrived at Taiji Palace, Cen Wenben and others were already waiting inside.

"See Your Majesty."

"No need, sit down."

Li Yuanji came to the dragon throne and sat down. Seeing that Cen Wenben and others did not sit down but stood, he immediately laughed.

"You all look so serious. Is it because of the matter of King Qin? If you have an idea, just say it out now.

But I have already said that what I said today must not be spread outside. Anyone who spreads it will be killed.”

Li Yuanji's calm voice made Cen Wenben and the others startled. Then Cen Wenben, Wei Zheng, Wang Xuance, and Ning Chun were the first to react, their faces full of joy. "I obey your command!"

Cen Benwen and his companions knew very well that there must be a secret behind Li Yuanji's actions, otherwise he would not have made today's events known and threatened to exterminate the entire clan.

It was also at this time that several people realized that they had been overthinking. This was their Majesty. Li Yuanji had always acted decisively and never showed mercy to his enemies. But now he treated Li Er like this. It seemed that there must be a hidden story, and it was not a small one.

Although Cen Benwen and his companions understood, Su Dingfang and his companions still didn't understand. However, none of them said anything. They would definitely not spread the news to others, especially Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui, Feng Ang and other people who had originally followed Li Yuanji in Lingnan.

They were more worried that Li Yuanji was irrational, and they were also standing up for Li Yuanji. No matter what Li Yuanji did, they would support him and had no other ideas at all.

As for Xie Shufang, Xi Junmai and a few others, they had no expression at all. They were mostly there to watch the show. They had known the news for a long time and had already gotten used to it.

Moreover, no matter what decision Li Yuanji made, they would only support him. As for Li Er's evil intentions, Xue Rengui had already made it very clear before. Just defeat him, kill him, and destroy him. It was that simple.

The ones who were anxious were Feng Li and Xue Wanche, especially Feng Li, who was the most anxious.

After agreeing, he spoke immediately.

"Your Majesty, Li Er killed his brother and imprisoned his father, usurped the throne, killed innocent people, and wanted to kill you. Now he is at the end of his rope, Your Majesty must not be deceived by him.

This man is a threat to the Tang Dynasty. If he is left alive, it may cause disaster. Your Majesty should not be lenient. Li Er should be killed!"

After Feng Li finished speaking, Xue Wanche hesitated for a moment, then spoke up to agree with Feng Li.

The rest of the people were silent and did not say anything.

Li Yuanji looked at Feng Li and Xue Wanche without any thoughts in his mind. As Li Jiancheng's former confidant, it would be strange if he had no thoughts about Li Er.

"Shili, Wanche, I know what you mean. In fact, even if you don't say it, I know what you think.

The rest of you must be confused as well. This time I can tell you that don’t worry about this matter. I have my own arrangements.

But Shili, Wanche, I cannot kill Li Er now. Li Er is still of great use. Now I restore him to the position of King of Qin just to make things easier.

Li Er will go out again and lead a large army to march westward for the Tang Dynasty, but I can let you arrange the army to go under Li Er's command.

This time, Li Er will be equipped with 80,000 troops. Shi Li and Wan Che, you two can choose 40,000. The other 40,000 troops will be selected by Shu Fang and Ding Fang.

The selected people can be close to Li Er, but they must obey Li Er's orders completely and wait for the military orders from the court in secret. Do you understand now?"

Li Yuanji looked at everyone, full of helplessness. Now he realized that perhaps only Cen Wenben and a few others guessed that he had other great uses for Li Er. Feng Li and Xue Wanche, especially Feng Li, probably didn't think much about it at all.

Li Yuanji was not a good man. He remembered that Li Er had wanted to kill him before. If he was not so powerful, he would have gone down to accompany Li Jiancheng.

Now that he treats Li Er like this, he is not really magnanimous, nor is he really letting Li Er go. He still needs Li Er to do things, and only Li Er can help him do it.

Not only did he not pursue Li Er, he also restored Li Er's position as King of Qin and showed such kindness to Li Er. Li Er might have felt that he was so broad-minded that no one could compare to him. Li Er might have thought that he had really let go of the past. But in fact, what Li Er felt might not be right.

Everything he did to Li Er was half true and half false. He and Li Er really didn't have that much affection for each other.

As for being merciful and lenient, that is what Li Yuanji believes in. In his position, if he is merciful and lenient, he might be the one to die, and that is not what Li Yuanji wants to see.

Li Yuanji's words made Cen Wenben and others think deeply, while Feng Li, Xue Wanche and Wei Ting were confused.

What Li Yuanji meant by this was to let Li Er lead the Tang army to expand the territory, and they had to make good arrangements for this army.

Feng Li just felt that it was a waste of time. The Tang Dynasty needed to expand its territory. Who among these people standing here couldn't do it? Anyone could do it, but why Li Er?

Although Feng Li couldn't figure it out, he was not stupid. Li Yuanji's attitude now made it clear, that is, Li Yuanji did not really intend to treat Li Er like this, but just needed Li Er to accomplish some things, and he would still deal with Li Er afterwards.

Although Feng Li and the others didn't understand, they didn't say anything. They were not actually forcing Li Yuanji to kill Li Er. They just wanted an explanation. After all, Li Er killed Li Jiancheng, and they had to seek justice for the dead Li Jiancheng.

Now that Li Yuanji has not reconciled with Li Er, but is using Li Er to do things, even if they don't know what it is, Li Yuanji has no intention of letting Li Er go. It is enough to just know this.

"Your Majesty, I know and understand.

I have offended Your Majesty, I am guilty, please punish me."

"Okay, I understand how you feel. Just figure it out."

Li Yuanji never thought of punishing Feng Li and his companions. Instead, he felt relieved that Feng Li and his companions could do this. If he didn't do so, he would have suspected them.

After all, he was an old minister of Li Jiancheng and was naturally hostile to Li Er, so it was normal to ask him to kill Li Er.

Li Yuanji then looked at everyone and continued speaking.

“In addition to the army I just mentioned, the descendants of Yuchi Gong, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong and others will also be arranged for Li Er to lead over to establish a second empire for the Tang Dynasty.

You must also be prepared for this matter. These people will definitely join the army, so you must be prepared in advance."

Li Yuanji's words surprised Cen Wenben and the others. He actually sent these people to Li Er? (End of this chapter)