Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 208 Jane in the Emperor's Heart

The four words 'people's words are awesome' are the most reasonable sayings in any period. It is not so easy for the son of the aristocratic family to wash away the shit pot that Sun Xiangfu knocked over.

First of all, they can't kill Sun Xiangfu in private, otherwise, they will retaliate against those who tell the truth.

Secondly, they have to find evidence to prove their innocence, otherwise, you have to bear the criticism of the world.It's a pity that what Sun Xiangfu said is the truth, it is not so easy to fabricate a false truth.

The advantage of the public opinion offensive is that it does not politicize the matter in the court. Li Shimin will not ask Cui Wang, Zheng Lu and the others about the crimes in the newspaper. These families have no reason to attack the court. After all, this matter is not Li Shimin did it.

Therefore, in Li Shimin's case, the memorials impeaching Sun Xiangfu for wantonly spreading rumors and destroying the names of several great families piled up like a mountain. The record of those who came out.

This is the time to show Li Shimin's partiality and protection to Sun Xiangfu. He didn't even bother to look through those memorials. You impeached you, and I still need him to take cowpox and resist the smallpox plague!
In fact, Sun Xiangfu dared to make such a big fuss at this time, because he was sure that Li Shimin would not punish him for it. He even guessed that Li Shimin would take pleasure in other people's misfortune and see his family make a fool of himself.People in the family line also understand this truth, knowing that the plague has not been lifted, and they can't touch Sun Xiangfu. Therefore, at present, they can only fight for impeachment and try their best to show themselves as being wronged.

The situation in Chang'an is so delicately balanced. After the reputation of the family was tainted by the whirlwind blown up by the newspapers, the folks should spread it very seriously. Those who should be impeached in the court should continue to be impeached. Anyway, Li Shimin didn't deal with anyone. No one can force him to deal with it.

Until a few days later, Sun Xiangfu didn't need to do the work of getting the vaccinia himself, and the people at the bottom of Guanzhong didn't regard the family as a good person. When everything was developing as Sun Xiangfu expected, things changed a little.

After Tuli stabilized the pastures in the [-] land east of Shuozhou, more than [-] young and strong men gathered to approach Shuozhou. The Xue Yantuo tribe and the Huihe tribe did not make any response to this matter.

This is not good news for Datang. You know, the closer the autumn harvest is, the more panic the people in Guanzhong who have no food to harvest in the fields will feel panic. , Which family has surplus food to supply the government soldiers to go out?

Sun Xiangfu is actually confident in the defense of Shuozhou. The city of Shanyang is as strong as Chang'an. Mayi City is also a strong city of war fortress. The people who can be summoned to defend the city at any time are not easily captured by Tuli's [-] remnant soldiers. In addition, there are dozens of fortresses of the Wang family as the first line of defense...

"No, the Xue Yantuo and Huihe tribes didn't take the opportunity to eat Tuli. Someone must have tampered with it, most likely Wang Lin. It seems that this guy is going to kill me now."

Sun Xiangfu speculated a little, then felt bad, called Zhang Ke, Zhao Qiang and a group of guards, and rode to Chang'an together.

Now, matters related to Sun Xiangfu are all big things. Although he is only a fifth-rank senior historian, the request to see him was passed to Li Shimin by the servant at the first time. After a while, Sun Xiangfu was taken to the imperial study.

After some salutations, Sun Xiangfu said directly, "Your Majesty, the disaster relief plan in Guanzhong is about to enter the second step. I wonder if the imperial court has come up with a charter?"

Li Shimin naturally knows that the closer the autumn and winter are, the more unstable the people's hearts in Guanzhong will be. However, the imperial court really has no spare money to spend to realize Sun Xiangfu's so-called work-for-relief disaster relief plan, so he just looked at him sadly and said, " This year Guanzhong has absolutely no income, and the imperial court has no tax income. Last year's surplus money is only enough to support the tens of thousands of troops who went to Yumen Pass a few days ago. Moreover, in the past few months, relief is needed everywhere in Guanzhong, not to mention the treasury, even the harem. The money and food in the treasury have also been exhausted, how can there be money and food to start such a big project.”

Li Shimin has no money, and Sun Xiangfu knows it, but Sun Xiangfu has no money now. For more than a month, Xingfu Village spent money every day like running water, and most of the locusts in the entire Guanzhong area were collected by his personal wallet. I bought a lot of locust powder, but all of the more than 200 million yuan in cash was spent. However, the first thing to do when building roads is to acquire land, especially for roads. There are a lot of fields needed, so you need to spend a sum of money to buy them first. Those private fields.

In addition, the labor tools for hundreds of thousands, or even nearly a million people, also require a lot of money to build. Even if there is Lingnan, the food shipped from Yangzhou is free for these victims, and the imperial court wants to complete such a large project. You need to invest a lot of money to settle all aspects. Without this money, your situation will not turn around.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan to solve the current predicament." After Sun Xiangfu thought for a long time, he decided to use a development method commonly used by later generations, that is, to issue national bonds.

"What's the best strategy? Tell me quickly." Li Shimin now has medicine rather than no medicine. He is willing to listen to any strategy. Recently, Ma Zhou has been instigated by him.

"Issuing national debt, borrowing money to build roads, and paying back the money."

"National debt?"

"Yes, in the name of the imperial court, borrow money from the people all over the world, promising to pay interest, and use the borrowed money to relieve disasters and build roads. After the road is repaired, corresponding fees will be charged to users to offset the loan and interest." Sun Xiangfu explained.

"It's not right, it's not right, you have to charge money even for walking, then the common people will definitely scold the imperial court for extorting money. It's unpopular to act like this."

It's not that Li Shimin has never thought about borrowing money, but he has never thought about such a large scale as Sun Xiangfu said. When Sun Xiangfu said that he wanted to collect money from people who were walking, his first reaction was to shake his head and refuse. You know, the former During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang levied violently and violently. He once came up with a city gate tax, that is, people had to pay a tax when they entered the city. In fact, this kind of tax did not really bring much money to the court. Its impact was very great. It affected the city's commerce and exploited the poor and low-level people, which was a big failure for Yang Guang to lose the hearts of the people.

"If there is no fee, it can only be filled with the imperial court's tax revenue. If this is the case, the imperial court needs to extend the account period. After all, the imperial court's annual tax revenue is used for other purposes."

Disaster relief is the top priority at the moment. In the absence of other options, Li Shimin can only consider Sun Xiangfu's suggestion. After talking with Li Shimin in detail about some precautions for issuing national bonds, Sun Xiangfu proposed to ask the imperial court to send troops to reinforce Shuozhou. Regarding the matter, his wife Yu Xiuer is still in Shuozhou!
The matter of Shuozhou is urgent, it is not urgent, it is not urgent, in fact it is also urgent, with Tuli's 2 horses, it is not easy to take down Shuozhou, besides, it is impossible for Wang Xu to sit back and watch Tuli Those who rule Shuozhou, they have tens of thousands of young and strong soldiers and 80 mu of spice fields with annual profits of millions, or even tens of millions!

However, the reason why Tuli was able to maintain an offensive posture against Shuozhou was probably because of the support of Wang Lin. Then, he approached Shuozhou, and the possibility of sabotage and robbery was very high. The people of Shuozhou under the rule are being tortured again, so it is necessary to send troops quickly to take precautions.

"I can send up to five thousand soldiers to Shuozhou, and it won't be too long." Li Shimin said after thinking for a long time.

"But the 5000 expeditionary army trained by General Li Jing?" Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu understood Li Shimin's meaning. At present, only Li Jing's [-] troops can be mobilized in Chang'an, because they don't need the support of the court. After making preparations for the long journey, at the latest in August, they will escort the Hu merchants from the Western Regions back to the country again. That is to say, in fact, the [-] soldiers and horses can only be dispatched by Li Shimin for one month. , Those Hu merchants.

All riding lightly and traveling lightly, this army with long-distance travel experience can march more than three hundred miles a day. Their horses are all equipped with horseshoes. Even if they run, there is no wear and tear. They can reach the border of Shuozhou in eight days. It is early autumn and the weather is sunny. Including the return time, Li Jing's army will spend more than ten days in Shuozhou, which is enough time to fight Tuli. .

"Exactly, this team is well-equipped and experienced in marching, but they have never seen blood. It would be appropriate for them to fight against Tuli's remnants."

Li Shimin's army has rich experience, and his evaluation is naturally pertinent. However, Sun Xiangfu always feels that it is not reliable to fight more troops with less troops, even though the leader of the army is a figure who is called the god of war by later generations.

"Your Majesty, although General Li has a strong army, he only has 5000 men. As the governor of Shuozhou, I should return to Shuozhou to take charge of the overall situation when Shuozhou is alive and dead. It's just the matter of vaccinating... "

"If you want to go back, go back! You have caused such a big disaster, you can go back and avoid it, but I can only remember the credit for fighting the plague this time. Now the Tang Dynasty is troubled, and there are many things that cannot be done. It's too much, you have to understand me."

Since Sun Xiangfu started running the newspaper, he never thought about what kind of reward he would get this time. Li Shimin can help him carry half of the family's revenge. Amitabha, but it is not easy to hear a few soft words from Li Shimin's mouth Yes, this is much better than when I was exploited for free.

If there is no accident, Li Shimin's contribution to fighting the plague should be placed on the heads of Sun Simiao and Li Chunfeng. If Sun Xiangfu is not generously rewarded, the sensitive nerves of the family will not be stimulated. On the surface, as long as Li Shimin shows the attitude of suppressing Sun Xiangfu Officials of the aristocratic family are not easy to take advantage of the issue and get angry in front of Li Shimin. This is something that Li Shimin and Sun Xiangfu have gradually formed a tacit understanding.

Of course, Sun Xiangfu couldn’t keep the cowpox in his hands all the time. After expressing to Li Shimin in fear that he would not be proud of his achievements, Sun Xiangfu said again, “Your Majesty, cowpox can resist smallpox, but after supplying the people in Weinan, The quantity is still not much, His Majesty can let people release a small amount in the market at a high price, and return a sum of money as a backup, this winter in Guanzhong is doomed to be difficult!"

That is to say, Sun Xiangfu dared to trick Li Shimin to make money with this thing. If others said this, he would probably be killed by Li Shimin, but after thinking about it carefully, Li Shimin had to admit that in this way, he could get a sum of money to solve the court turnover When faced with a difficult situation, he asked, "Have all your subordinates learned all the skills of picking and inoculating pimples?"

"Hehe, to put it bluntly, that ability is not worth mentioning. It's just because people are afraid of this thing, so they stay away from it. There are many people in Xingfu Village who will take acne and inoculate it. Your Majesty just recruit them." Seeing that Li Shimin didn't like it Resisting the use of cowpox to make money, Sun Xiangfu laughed.

A penny is hard for a hero, even if Li Shimin doesn't want to, he has to use these methods when he really has no money. He also knows in his heart that the reason why Sun Xiangfu made this suggestion is to cheat the rich. , Take a little revenge on them. In this situation, only those rich people can spend a lot of money to buy their lives.

Now that he has decided to do it, Li Shimin will do things more thoroughly. He is going to use the royal family to impress others as before. Even the royal family will buy vaccinia from Xingfu Village at a high price, so that those who are waiting to use it for free The people with vaccinia gave up their minds and paid for it, so they nodded and said, "The people in Xingfu Village spend a lot of money developing medicines, so let them go to the palace tomorrow to vaccinate the royal family members and a group of palace people in batches. It will be greatly appreciated.”

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