Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 514
Feeding the most people with the least amount of land and manpower is the problem that Sun Xiangfu needs to solve after he is free.

It's a pity that even if Datang conquered the four sides, he may not be free. What will the Lantian Vocational and Technical College teach?Engineering colleges, business schools, what will they teach after they are established?He doesn't even care about the specific teaching after the agricultural college he manages is completed!You will be asked by many people.

Then, there were two restless little guys at home, always asking himself why, which greatly reduced his work efficiency.

Li Chunfeng and Li Chengqian returned to Chang'an. Under the action of the 160 times magnifying lens tube, Li Chunfeng, who saw many microorganisms clearly, had many questions about biology to ask Sun Xiangfu.

After he came to the Sun Mansion, he used the telescope set up in the Sun Mansion's compound to look at the starry sky immediately, and then he wanted to ask Sun Xiangfu many questions about astronomy.

Sun Xiangfu will not help him answer what he knows directly, but guide him to find the answer by himself. The first thing to prove is that the world they live in is round. How to prove it?

Go sailing and circle the earth to see if you can return to the original place from another direction!

Need a boat for sailing?

Then go to the shipyard to help build the ship!
This logic is enough for Li Chunfeng to have no objections. Therefore, not only will there be an additional mathematics expert at the shipyard, but the exploration team led by Zhao Long will also have an additional astrology expert and a sea medical team led by this expert.

Li Chengqian, on the other hand, bragged to Sun Xiangfu about how he had made fun of five surnames and seven families during his time in Shanyang.

"Teacher, didn't you see that after learning that your family was cheated by the Wang family about planting blueberries, their faces, more than a year of hard work, huge investment, wasted for nothing, Lu Wenzhong was going to burn it on the spot The blueberry garden of the Wang family, but the Wang family protected it very well, set up an ambush and beat Lu Wenzhong half to death...

By the way, the Wang family wants to find someone to perform after the father returns to Chang'an, release Wang Gui from the servant, and promote Wang Yao's appointment as the crown princess. Send it to the East Palace..."

"Well, their minds are still on you, that's a better situation. You should also give me the insights from your professional experience in Shanyang. After your Majesty returns to Chang'an, I'm afraid I'll have some questions about you. For the exam, you should answer truthfully, and if you are asked to go to the court to listen to the government, you must be mentally prepared."

"However, my professional experience has not been completed yet!"

Half a month of professional experience, from last year to the present, there are only about [-] kinds of occupations. These experiences can only be said to have given Li Chengqian a lot of understanding of the current society, but it does not mean that he has seen all kinds of people.

Sun Xiangfu said without thinking, "Then continue to experience in Chang'an!"

"Okay, just wait for your words, teacher."

It seems that Li Chengqian came to Sun Xiangfu's side mainly to accomplish this matter.

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Sun Xiangfu realized that this guy probably didn't want to stay in the palace, but if he didn't want to stay, he didn't want to stay!Anyway, the deep palace is really not a good place to grow up.

"By the way, teacher, I heard that Xiaotai was tortured by you recently to the point of death." Li Chengqian, who was about to get up and leave, suddenly thought of an interesting thing, and smiled at Sun Xiangfu.

"Nonsense, I'm doing it for his own good. Your mentality of watching jokes from your younger siblings is unacceptable. As an elder brother, you should always think of what's best for them."

"Uh, I know, I know, I will continue to be good for them."

Li Chengqian ran out with a smile, and Sun Xiangfu didn't bother to talk to him. Li Shimin's ship was about to arrive in Chang'an, and there were many things that needed to be summarized for him. Sun Xiangfu was in charge of so many things, so naturally there were many things to summarize. , the point is, if he wants to come up with an effect, then it will take a lot of thought.

After discussing with several military leaders, Sun Xiangfu made great reforms on the pensions of the fallen soldiers, at least not lower than the pensions of seafarers.Hundreds of pens look like a lot, but you can’t actually buy a life. The key is to let the families of the fallen soldiers feel the continuous love and care from the imperial court. Therefore, the parents of the fallen soldiers and their underage children will all receive monthly payments from the imperial court. subsidy.

In this regard, since Datang's economic conditions allow it, it can do better than later generations. Sun Xiangfu's goal is at least to promote the country's social security services to meet or even exceed the standards of later generations of developed countries.

Then, when Sun Xiangfu finished all the summaries, he found that Datang's financial situation should be good. After all, he still knew a little about the main consumption and main income. By the way, at the end of the year, there should be a large amount of money left.

A war that cost 3000 to [-] million yuan, it only took more than a year to recover, which shows how strong the economic strength of Datang is now, and, in the future, it may be even stronger, because the missions have gone to the countries of the Western Regions The effect after one encounter was gradually manifested.

As countries in the Western Regions learned more about Datang, their lords began to know how to trade with Datang on a larger level, which could bring them more benefits. Therefore, among the merchants from the Western Regions who came to Chang'an to shop this year , many of them came on behalf of the country, and the total trade volume once again showed a large increase, reaching 300 million guan, an increase of 700 million guan from last year's 600 million guan, and the export alone reached more than 1000% Moreover, there are more transactions converted into cash in terms of gold and silver, and the net inflow of assets has reached more than [-].

In this kind of transaction of exchanging goods for gold and silver, it is actually impossible to calculate the specific profit of Datang, because as more gold and silver flow into Datang, its price will depreciate. In fact, Tang already needs a more precise and strict monetary management policy.

Therefore, after Li Shimin came back, the first thing Sun Xiangfu wanted to do was currency reform.

In October, under the organization of Fang Xuanling, the entire city of Chang'an began to wear red and hanging colors. The emperor Li Shimin was about to return to Beijing with the prestige of conquering the barbarians. Even the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan was invited out of the Changle Palace to greet him. , 10,000+ armored soldiers were all dressed up from the original school grounds of Longshou, and lined up directly from Mingde Gate to the gate of the Imperial City.

Therefore, when it comes to being a prime minister, Fang Xuanling is much smarter than Xiao Yu. He knows what kind of scene Li Shimin wants and what kind of scene the court needs to put on.

In front of the Mingde gate, all the officials in Chang'an, as well as the lords, prime ministers, princes, etc. of various subjugated countries, thousands of people, after bowing three times to Li Shimin, followed Li Shimin's car, The common people walked towards the imperial city along the straight Suzaku Avenue with the sound of gongs and drums.

Among the imperial carriages, on the left and on the right, two generations of emperors, old and new, sit side by side.

Although Li Yuan had a faint smile on his face, no one could understand the complexity in his heart.

Li Shimin, on the other hand, looked very high-spirited, and with that momentum, he almost pointed to Li Yuan's nose and said, "Look, I am ten times better than you. It is the most correct way to entrust Datang to me." '

At the gate of the imperial city, Empress Changsun led a group of concubines, princes, and princesses to greet them. Of course, they just came out to pay a visit. Li Shimin would go directly to the Taiji Hall to preside over the grand court meeting. Among the princes, since none of them was an adult, Only Prince Li Chengqian is eligible to participate in this court meeting.

Afterwards, Sun Xiangfu finally knew why the Ministry of Finance deliberately left a large sum of money, because the Tai Chi Hall, where usually only a hundred people go to court, cannot stand thousands of courtiers.

Not to mention that there are currently more than 200 officials above the fifth rank in ten departments in Beijing. In the expanded sequence of generals alone, there are 400 generals above the fifth rank.In addition, there are hundreds of senior officials above the provincial governor level sent by the state road chiefs.There are also more than 20 kings, princes, state ministers, senior generals who lead the army, etc., which are subject to hundreds of people. This has led to more than half of all the people who need to meet directly outside the hall to blow the cold wind .

There is no way, the room is only enough for hundreds of people to stand, and the courtiers can't stand shoulder to shoulder and crowded!

This kind of situation made Li Shimin frown. On his face, the words "I want to expand the palace" were almost written on his face. However, there are a lot of things to be announced today, but those courtiers below the fourth rank suffered a lot. , I have to stand and blow the cold wind for several hours.

There are many things Li Shimin announced to the world. First of all, it is to declare the territorial sovereignty newly included under the rule of Datang. They were all named by him and written in the edict. The people in these territories are also considered as citizens of the Tang Dynasty and can apply for the protection of the Tang court.

The reason why he did this was because he had been to the sea, and he knew in detail how big a dot Feng An indicated on the map, a place the size of a broad bean, was actually.

Secondly, he once again reiterated the power enjoyed by the people under the Tang Dynasty and the responsibilities they should bear. Although these things, those ethnic minorities who can't even understand Chinese, or overseas barbarians, will be impossible to understand for a while. But the superficial work of the imperial court must be done first. As for the specific household registration, it may take many years to implement the same management as the Han people before it can be implemented slowly.

The third is to award the meritorious officers and soldiers of the Eastern Expedition, Western Expedition, Southern Expedition, Tuyuhun, and other expeditions of the party.

In terms of this kind of military merit, the most important award must be the general who fought to kill the enemy on the front line. Therefore, Zou Guogong Zhang Gongjin, who actually participated in the most battles, is the first meritorious service. The Duke of Sanzi County rewarded ten thousand taels of silver, one thousand pieces of silk, and countless other rewards.

Second, he actually arrived at Sun Xiangfu's place. You must know that although he did not participate in the battle, he played a crucial role in the whole process. First, he guaranteed the new equipment of the entire army, as well as the supply of food and grass. .

Then, it was a strategy of pouring water into ice, which allowed Li Shimin to easily take down the strong city of Goguryeo.

The greatest contribution, of course, is the Battle of Yanping Gate in Chang'an. Although more than half of the credit for this battle should be distributed to Fang Xuanling who facilitated the whole plan, Du Ruhui and many other ministers who stayed in Chang'an, and more than 200 million people in Guanzhong, but The initiator is Sun Xiangfu.

Therefore, although Sun Xiangfu did not directly gain military merit by killing the enemy on the battlefield, his credit was also ranked second. However, Li Shimin did not transfer his title, but gave him the official title of Dr. Yin's second son, Sun Fengyan, was the Duke of Yan, his third unborn son was the Duke of Shanyang County, and his second daughter, Sun Wanyu, was the Lord of Hong'an County.

The reason why he, the second son of a concubine, was directly enshrined at the level of Duke is because he was the title of Duke of Shanyang County before. Let him take the last step on the title, which can be regarded as Li Shimin's contribution to Sun Xiangfu in the south. A kind of compensation is tantamount to giving the Sun family a duke title for nothing.

Moreover, it also meant to encourage him to have a son soon, because the third son would be the Duke of Shanyang when he was born.

As for the rewards of other gold, silver and property, they are almost the same as Zhang Gongjin. It can be seen that although Li Shimin ranked Zhang Gongjin as the first credit, in fact, in his heart, Sun Xiangfu's credit is even greater, because Sun Xiangfu's rewards, In fact, it is thicker than that of Zhang Gongjin.

Also having this kind of honor is Cheng Yaojin. This guy won over a dozen countries in the Western Regions, with a radius of thousands of miles. He has made a lot of contributions. They were all made county princes, and the concubines Cheng Chucun and Cheng Chuli were made county marquises.

After that, it is the merits of the commander of the front army. Hou Jun was promoted to Duke of Jiyin County, Li Jiyin was Duke of County, Qin Qiongyin was Duke of County, Niu Jinda was promoted to Duke of Lu, Dugu Mou was promoted to Duke of Xing, and Shelong was promoted to Duke of Xing. Duke of Dian.

Thirdly, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Du Ruhui, etc. at the first level did not directly participate in the battle, but they strategized and played a key role in the strategic leadership, and they all received rewards.

In the end, it was Su Dingfang, a general at the level of merit. He was promoted to the Duke of Pyongyang, Cheng Mingzhen, Zhang Jian, etc. all had corresponding promotions. The two people in Shuzhong, who did not complete their work perfectly, also received certain awards.

When everyone thought that the internal military merit awarding process was about to end, another climax occurred. Li Shimin broke the practice of not setting up official positions above the second rank in the Tang Dynasty. Fu Yi Tong Sansi.

This led to the emergence of a living official from the first-rank level in the sequence of civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty, who gave a higher level of pursuit to the generals of the sixteen guards, ten ministers, and prime ministers.

(End of this chapter)