Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 582
At three poles in the sun, Li Shimin was awakened by the drumming noise outside the barracks. His first reaction to regain consciousness was a headache. Then, he began to slowly think about who I am, where I come from, such philosophical questions about life.

"Your Majesty, you are awake."

"Uh, was I drunk last night?"

"Yes! A big jar, five catties of the strongest baijiu, you and Master Sun finished it all."

"Really? Why can't I remember?"

"Daozhang Sun came to see it last night. He also prescribed this kind of syrup made from grapes to you and Master Sun. It is said that drinking it can relieve hangovers. He also said that you may have symptoms of headache, vomiting, and inability to remember things. This is because you drank too much. eliciting a reaction."

Li Shimin suddenly realized that when he was a teenager, he also had the experience of drinking and drinking. After he became the king of Qin, he never did it again. Back to the situation of drinking fragments.

"What's going on outside?"

"It's the people of Dingxiang City who have come to complain about Master Sun again. I beg you to forgive him. However, many soldiers have joined them today. They are all men of meritorious service in the Eastern and Southern Expeditions."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face darkened, and he said angrily, "Sun Zhengming is really hateful."

"Uh, you shouldn't blame Young Master Sun for this! Last night, didn't you have a good time with Young Master Sun, talking and singing to your heart's content?"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "What did you say? We talked and sang together last night?"

"That's right! Those who knocked on the table and knocked on the bowl were very noisy. The old slave and Commander Qu Tu were far away, so I couldn't hear clearly what they were singing."

Li Shimin covered his face, trying desperately to recall the scene of last night, but he basically couldn't remember it, but he felt a strong sense of discomfort, "No, I seem to remember that Sun Zhengming started scolding me after drinking."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he still looked up and thought, but he still couldn't remember what Sun Xiangfu scolded him. When he saw a booklet on the table next to the bed, he pointed and asked, "What is this?" ?”

Wang Deyong replied, "I took it back from Master Sun's case table last night. It must have been presented to you by Master Sun! This old slave didn't dare to read it."

Li Shimin nodded, took the glucose syrup that Wang Deyong handed over, drank it, and looked at the booklet that was sprayed by Sun Xiangfu as a microphone yesterday, and the more he looked down, the more Li Shimin felt Li Shimin's mood became more and more complicated, especially when he saw the disadvantages of the following sentence, "the king is dictatorship of the world".

"Bring the brazier."

"Uh, this...."

"Get it as soon as I let you."

Seeing Li Shimin's stern face, Wang Deyong hurried out of the tent and brought over a burning charcoal stove. He knew that Li Shimin was going to burn something.

Sure enough, Li Shimin directly threw the booklet into the charcoal furnace, and after seeing it burnt to ashes, he said again, "Let the three provinces pass the Minister Fang's memorial yesterday, write it into a notice, and post it to the outside world."

"promise."

Wang Deyong took the order, but he was relieved in his heart. As long as the punishment is passed, he will be able to live in peace outside the barracks.

"Wait a minute, add an article to the imperial decree ordering Sun Zhengming to plant new rice for the imperial court. Without an edict, he is not allowed to take half a step to govern Jiuyuan County."

"promise."

After Wang Deyong sang the promise, he waited for a while, and when he saw that Li Shimin had nothing to say, he bowed and withdrew.

Not long after, a notice was erected outside the camp, roughly meaning that Sun Zhengming openly resisted the decree and disregarded the laws of the country, and his crime should be punished. However, the emperor thought that he had made great contributions to the country, and pardoned his death crime. He will be dismissed from office immediately. , remove the nobles, confiscate all properties with more than [-] people under the name, wives, sons, daughters, the titles are retained, and they are ordered to move to Shannan Road. The imperial court newly established Jiuyuan County to develop and grow new rice seeds for the people. step.

Then, Sun Xiangfu, who hadn't sobered up yet, was shackled again, taken outside the camp, unlocked and released in public.

The result of the whole matter was within everyone's expectations, but there were some unexpected situations.

The people felt that Li Shimin's punishment was too severe and refused to leave. The representatives of the Western Regions, including Heraclius, went outside the barracks and publicly invited Sun Xiangfu to be the deacon of the Byzantine Empire. This official position is equivalent to that of the Tang Dynasty. The prime minister of the Byzantine Empire can take charge of all the internal affairs of the Byzantine Empire, and the same is true for the Persian prince Yi Siqi. If he wants to invite Sun Xiangfu to Persia to be the prime minister, or even the national teacher.

As for people like Poni and Abu Bakr, who cannot be the masters of the country, they also expressed that they can be recommended to the supreme ruler in the country for the top official positions. , a burst of tension.

Sun Xiangfu, who was in a daze, had no ability to politely refuse, and was taken back to the other courtyard by Zhang Ke and other guards who were released at the same time.

Naturally, Wang Deyong wanted to report the situation outside the camp to Li Shimin. After learning that Sun Xiangfu's market was so high among foreigners, Li Shimin was sullen for a while, and then asked Wang Deyong to pass the decree to the Sun's residence. Let Sun Xiangfu leave immediately without delay.

Therefore, after sobering up, Sun Xiangfu rode on the carriage from Dingxiang to Shannan Road.

"Xiu'er, where are we going?"

"Naturally, I went to Jingzhou to farm as my husband wished." Yu Xiu'er replied while stuffing Li Shimin's imperial decree into his arms for him to read by himself.

After reading Li Shimin's imperial edict, Sun Xiangfu cheerfully put it in his arms.

"We can be regarded as farming according to the order, and finally we don't have to worry about so many nonsense things."

"Really? Just look at the flow of people behind our convoy."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu was taken aback, opened the curtain of the carriage, and looked at the concrete official road behind.

Be good to me, the team is so crowded that there is no end in sight.

"How is this going?"

Sun Xiangfu asked Zhang Ke, who recruited a horse to guard beside the chariot.

"Five surnames and seven families. There are quite a few gentry families from all over the country. They have all sent people to follow us to Shannan Road. In addition, representatives of the Fanbang countries have also sent people."

"What are they doing?" After Sun Xiangfu asked this question, he felt bad again.

Someone pushing themselves uphill?

This must be the case. Li Shimin will definitely be very upset when he sees this kind of scene, and this is probably a trick left by Wang Hao. It seems that he may not be able to relax without an official title.

"Someone told them that you were the head of Xingfu Village in the beginning, but Xingfu Village became the richest village in the world.

Later, you went to Lingnan to introduce rice seeds. As a result, in just a few years, Lingnan became rich and rich and became the most important financial and taxation center in the Tang Dynasty.

Afterwards, you became the governor of the Northland, and Shanyang and Dingxiang became the richest counties in the world, and even several other counties in the Northland are on the rise.

now!You are going to settle in Shannan Road, and Shannan Road is also on the rise, so many people want to follow you to Shannan Road to make a fortune. "

"Anything like that?"

"Yes! Many people in Shanyang and Dingxiang believe it is true. After preparing for the autumn harvest, let's go to Shannan Road to have a look!"

Not long after the autumn harvest, the snow fell in the North. Except for the workers in the workshop, most people would choose to winter at home. However, there were reports in the newspapers that Shannan Road was recruiting a large number of people to build embankments. As for Tian's matter, now, there is a concrete road from Dingxiang all the way to Luoyang and Jingzhou, which has attracted many people who can't take time off to work there for a few months, but they can earn a lot of wages.

"Come on! Come on all of them! The large-scale formation of the fields as soon as possible is a sharp weapon for Datang to ensure long-term stability. When the time comes, don't blame me for calling them."

Sun Xiangfu sighed and said, but Yu Xiuer stared into his eyes and said, "My husband is no longer the chief executive of Shannan Road. If you want to order people around, I'm afraid you won't be able to do so. The court will make a series of appointments later. , I heard from Grandpa that Mr. Zhao should be the chief manager of Shannan Road."

"Eldest grandson Wuji?"

Regarding this matter, Sun Xiangfu was not surprised. Jiangling City will be the venue for the next sports meeting, and it will be Datang's third capital city. This is an important step. Changsun Wuji needs such achievements in order to be able to ascend to the position. Fang Xuanling and Li Jing have been in the position for too long. Wuji is the prime minister Li Shimin's first choice, while Li Jing, who is good at strategy and military affairs, should retreat to the second line.

"We have those properties that have been collected? Don't we need to make a handover?"

Sun Xiangfu has always been only responsible for developing the property for his family. The real management is actually handed over to his subordinates. When Yu Xiuer and Hongmei Chuntao are free, they will check the accounts. I took it away, but I was afraid that after Li Shimin took over these industries, the management would not be good.

After all, even if Sun Xiangfu didn't take care of the affairs himself, some of the directions set by later generations had already been set for his subordinates.

"Where do we need any handover? Our family does not have any property with less than a hundred people, so we handed over everything to His Majesty. I have submitted the list of those in charge to His Majesty. Later, His Majesty should have some appointments. In terms of management, roughly It won't change, let's go to Jingzhou to farm with peace of mind!"

"Uh, your majesty didn't say anything about taking so much money from us for nothing?"

"Yes! The empress will marry Deshou and the princess next year. Also, earlier, she mentioned to me about my younger sister's marriage. It seems that she wants to accept her as Princess Pu."

"Is this a sign? Let the younger sister marry that fat man Li Tai? Impossible, whoever the younger sister wants to marry can only be decided by the younger sister..."

"Husband, you are a grassroots person now, how can you refuse the royal family."

Sun Xiangfu was taken aback when he heard the words, and said in embarrassment, "Rejection is an attitude. If you can't, just find a way to do it. Li Tai, aren't you still in Jingzhou now, wait until you go back..."

"Husband, your position as a prince and junior teacher is gone, so after you go back, those little princes may not listen to you, a grassroots man."

"Really? How about we move after we return to Jingzhou!"

"I heard that the entire Jiuyuan County is composed of several large fields. Where are you going to move?"

"Uh, that's fine! Fortunately, I still have brother lawyer there, with him covering me, the little fellows shouldn't dare to retaliate against me."

When he had an official position, Sun Xiangfu didn't feel that now that he had returned to being a grassroots person, it was really not so convenient to do things. It seemed that everything should be low-key in the future.

"Well, we may not be living in Jingzhou for a short time this time, let's ask Uncle De and the others to come over too! Just leave a few people to take care of the mansion in Chang'an."

When Yu Xiu'er heard the words, she nodded in a low mood and replied, "When I arrive in Shanyang, I will go to Chang'an. Now, I'm afraid there are only a few servants in the mansion who can be used by us."

(End of this chapter)