Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 339: The Great Court Meeting at the End of the th Year of Zhenguan

Everyone's destiny is different.

Some people’s acquired efforts are not satisfactory.

Some people are gifted and thrive like fish in water.

Li You is a leader among the gifted.

He ruled Tibet and the Northeast, and was doing very well. He enjoyed a lot of freedom and made many achievements.

People like Li You can accomplish great things in Tubo and the Northeast, but many people are unwilling to accept this and are dissatisfied.

But if someone else were to take up these two positions, I'm afraid no one would be able to do better than him.

Li You is a damned vicious bully, his whole body is filled with the temperament of a prince of the Tang Dynasty who is arrogant, domineering, and overbearing.

In both places, he treated his officials, local nobles, and common people with almost no regard at all.

It can be said that in the eyes of the officials in the court, Li You's reputation is not just bad, but extremely bad.

The only thing that separates it from heresy is that it is local.

If what he did happened in his home country, it would definitely cause resentment among the people and impeachment by the officials, who would not stop until he was stripped of his title and demoted to a commoner.

Who can do this? Who can be as prestigious as Li You and not have any psychological baggage?
No one can be so heartless and stress-free.

Li Ke may appear to be evil on the outside but he would never do something like Li You.

Just as Li You said, they were caught and the people were built on the roads and dug pits, and they were digested on the spot, under centralized supervision and centralized work.

Li You was able to say it, but Li Ke said it so bluntly and would beat around the bush.

Even if other people in the court had such an understanding, they would definitely not dare to speak like this.

As for governing the southwest, Li You has experience in both places, and he is in charge of governance, which is a perfect match for his profession.

In a word.

No one knows how to deal with the barbarians better than Li You.

……

Li You faced himself, from west to north, and then from north to south.

I feel extremely sad.

What did I do to deserve such treatment?

Is it because I didn't give enough money to the two palaces, or is it because their behavior in Tubo and the Northeast was too kind?

"There must be some unruly people trying to harm me."

"Slandering in front of the two palaces."

"Don't let me know who it is, otherwise, I will capture him and take him to the Northeast to open up wasteland!"

At the dinner table, Li You was so drunk that he could hardly speak straight and shouted loudly.

Li Jue sipped his milk tea, his eyes rolling around, and said, "Uncle Qi Wang, you are too amazing."

"Governing Tibet, developing the northeast, and now we have to manage the southwest."

"Looking throughout the court, there is no one with achievements as great as Uncle Qi."

"Not to mention among all the officials, even among the princes and royal family, Uncle Qi's ability is definitely one of the best."

"Uncle Qi."

Li Jue held up the cup of milk tea and shouted, "My nephew wants to toast Uncle Qi."

"Respect Uncle Qi, you are omnipotent. Respect Uncle Qi, you are the pillar of the royal family."

Li Zhi was stunned and looked at Li Jue in disbelief.

Erlang, don't you feel any pain when you say this?
How can I say that out loud?

"Uncle Jin, raise your glass."

"Don't you recognize Uncle Qi's achievements?"

"In the entire Tang Dynasty, who else can be like Uncle Qi, who has traveled from west to north and south for the sake of his country and the world?"

Li Jue shouted.

Li You's mouth was cracked with laughter, "Erlang, is your uncle really that powerful?"

"In my mind, besides Aweng and Aye, Uncle Qi is the most powerful and the most extraordinary."

Li Jue said seriously with a stern face.

"Good good."

Li You shook his head, walked to Li Jue with the wine glass, put his arm around his shoulders, and said, "My good nephew, you must drink this glass."

"Uncle has done it, you can do whatever you want."

Li You drank it all in one gulp, muttered something, then fell asleep leaning on Li Jue.

Li Jue: “…”

He winked at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi walked over helplessly, put Li You down, and lay flat on the ground, falling asleep.

"Uncle Qi is really important to my uncle."

Li Zhi was unconvinced and asked, "Am I not important?"

Li Jue said: "Aye almost always lets Uncle Qi Wang do the most difficult and tough things."

"Uncle Jin, do you think you can do Uncle Qi's job well?"

Li Zhi was stunned. He thought about it and felt that there seemed to be some gap between him and his fifth brother.

There is a gap, but how can I admit that I am not good enough?

"affim!"

"I'll go back and tell Father that Uncle King of Jin will replace Uncle King of Qi as the Grand Commander of the Southwest?" Li Jue said tentatively.

"you dare!"

Li Zhi was so shocked that he couldn't sit still.

If we really want to go to the southwest, that would be great.

Li Jue curled his lips, he stood up and squatted beside Li You, looking carefully at his sleeping uncle.

It became increasingly clear to me that this Uncle King Qi was a treasure.

"what happened?"

"You've finished drinking it?"

Gao Yang walked in, followed by Changle.

"I just went to meet my sister, and you guys got Wu Lang drunk."

Li Jue explained: "Aunt Gaoyang, it was Uncle Wu who drank it himself. He was not forced to drink it."

"What worries him? He holds great power day by day, governs a region, and has many officials under him. He is happier than anyone else."

Gao Yang said unhappily: "Brother, you just spoil Wu Lang and make him more and more ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth."

Changle glared at her and said, "Then you go to Tubo, to the northeast, and now to the southwest." "Are you willing?"

Gao Yang stuck out his tongue and said, "Forget it then."

"Go and arrange a room for Wulang to sleep in. There's nothing wrong with lying on the floor." Changle said.

This is at the Sheng Tang Restaurant, Gao Yang’s territory.

Gao Yang immediately ordered his servants to arrange a room for Li You and send him out.

"Uncle Han and Uncle Teng said they would come in the evening."

Changle said.

"Why at night?" Li Jue asked in surprise.

"It's you, Aye, who is teaching them a lesson."

Changle said with a smile: "There is a problem with the paper industry under Uncle Han Wang. The quality of the paper in the school is poor. Someone below is embezzling money."

"Uncle Teng failed the exam and beat someone up."

"Let's eat first and set up another table in the evening."

"Zhi Nu, tell us about Qizhou."

……

The grand court meeting at the end of the 24th year of Zhenguan arrived as scheduled.

Civil and military officials gathered in the Taiji Hall.

After a year, Fang Xuanling appeared in the Taiji Hall again.

However, this time he appeared symbolically and just showed his face.

After all, he was still the Zuo Pushe of the Shangshu Province, and he could not be absent from such formal occasions until Li Shimin issued an edict to dismiss him.

Zhangsun Wuji was responsible for presiding over this grand court meeting and also making a work report for the Secretariat.

There is a lot of content and it is very comprehensive.

He reported on major aspects including people's livelihood, population, education, economy, culture, military, industry, and infrastructure.

In five years.

The Tang Dynasty underwent earth-shaking changes.

People's livelihood is improving, people have enough food and clothing, there is no hunger, and no cold.

In terms of food, oil, salt, meat, etc., they have achieved great satisfaction and improvement.

It has greatly reduced the cost of living and improved the quality of life.

In terms of population, it has exceeded 30 million.

It is a major event that deserves the world's excitement.

The population base of the Tang Dynasty was originally low, and years of encouraging fertility have not led to a major population explosion.

The fact that the population has exceeded 30 million has the effect of encouraging fertility, but there is still a portion of the population that is unregistered as a result of the population census.

The Taxation Department played a vital role in this.

Right now, with the population census and people’s births, the population growth will not increase much.

But this is a cumulative effect.

Ten years later, those who were first encouraged to have children will be able to get married and have children, and the same will be true for those in the year after that.

The population will continue to grow at a stable and high rate every year for many years.

Population is the most urgent, requires the most time, and is also the simplest.

As long as the living environment is comfortable, people will definitely be more willing to have more children.

In terms of education.

Age-appropriate education has been rolled out across the country. In five years, this system has been rolled out at the county level in various places, allowing countless children of school age to receive education.

In the past five years, 500,000 new students have received education of appropriate age.

In addition, more than 10,000 students have, through their own efforts and study, passed the next level of education and were able to pursue further studies.

There are more than 30,000 people who have graduated from age-appropriate education in age-appropriate schools across the country and become teachers at the age-appropriate stage.

The maturity of the age-appropriate education system will, in a virtuous cycle, continuously cultivate students who can enter higher education stages, and more talents will emerge.

economy…….

culture…….

military…….

Industrial aspect.

After the steel smelting process was made public, with the strong support of the imperial court, steel smelting workshops appeared on a large scale and the increase in steel production increased significantly.

Most of the steel production is used for laying railway tracks, and a small part is used in the military, civilian and other fields.

The production of cement has also been increasing year by year.

Infrastructure.

The focus was on the construction of roads in Lingnan and the Northeast, as well as the railway tracks from Weishui to Luoyang.

……

Changsun Wuji's work report took as long as two hours.

He was talking about having a dry mouth and had to drink water to moisten his throat countless times.

The officials looked through the report documents and felt a little tired, but they had to continue listening.

The main reason is that there is too much content to summarize, and everyone needs to know what has been done and what achievements have been made over the years.

Let everyone see the achievements of your work, so that they can be better and more confident and passionate about the affairs of the coming year.

Fang Xuanling sat aside, and only he knew the feeling in his heart.

No matter how hard or tired Changsun Wuji was, he wanted to sit on it.

However, now he has become a spectator, and no matter how big or small the events in the court are, they have nothing to do with him.

"This concludes the work report of the Chancellery."

"Do you have any objections?"

Changsun Wuji suddenly became energetic, all his fatigue was swept away, and his face was flushed.

Li Shimin asked.

"I have no objection, and I hope Your Majesty will exercise His power and blessings!"

"it is good!"

Li Shimin laughed and said, "In that case, Duke Zhao, let's move on to the next chapter."

"Yes!"

The next step is future planning and arrangements.

(End of this chapter)