broken!Li Er's son turned out to be a hidden boss

"Don't go to see me in private, I'll call them over!"

"I want to see how you can convince them."

Li Shimin's words were full of jokes, as if he was very happy to see Li Wenhao make a fool of himself.

But actually...

He was afraid that Li Wenhao would use some shady means, at least with him here, Li Wenhao could restrain himself a bit, and the eldest grandson, Fang Du, including Wei Zheng, could give him some face.

Poor parents!
What's even more pitiful is that Li Wenhao doesn't seem to understand it at all. He really doesn't know his parents' kindness if he doesn't raise a child.

In less than an hour, the eldest grandson, Fang Du, and Wei Zheng all arrived at the main hall, but the main hall is a bit...

"Your Majesty, you..."

"It's okay, we two had a drink!"

Li Shimin waved his hand indifferently, found a clean place to do it directly, a few people glanced at Li Wenhao, saw Li Wenhao's disheveled hair, and guessed most of what happened here.

How do you say something?
Bitten tofu in brine, one thing falls one thing, how can Li Wenhao be invincible in the world, his father wants to beat him, it is not easy to catch.

"I don't know how many of us His Majesty is looking for, what's the matter?"

As soon as Wei Zheng saw Li Wenhao here, he already guessed Li Shimin's purpose in looking for them, so his words were all stabbing.

No way, in Datang, the only one who dared to shake Li Shimin's face was Wei Zheng.

And they are still being righteous, but you, Li Shimin, are the ones who do you wrong, and you don't have any face at all.

"Of course something happened!"

As soon as Li Shimin spoke up, Wei Zheng started talking.

"If it's about His Highness the Crown Prince's large-scale construction, it goes without saying that the minister will not agree to it. How is His Highness the Crown Prince's move different from that of Emperor Sui Yang?"

"Desperate for quick success and quick profit, waste of money and waste of money, can't His Royal Highness see that the entire Tang Dynasty is now starving and dying everywhere, with corpses everywhere?"

Wei Zheng roared angrily.

Now it was Li Shimin's turn to be stunned.

Let's not talk about Wei Zheng's personality, let's be straightforward, but Wei Zheng has an advantage, he never tells a lie, but he is hungry and dead everywhere, and Li Shimin and others really don't understand.

"Wait, Master Wei, when did my Tang Dynasty starve to death and corpses litter the fields?"

Li Wenhao saw that Wei Zheng's words were getting worse, and he didn't care about being polite, so he hurriedly asked.

"Your Highness pretending not to know?"

"Chang'an rebelled, Li Chengye burned grain and grass, and the price of grain in Guanzhong skyrocketed to ten times the original value. The people can only live on grass roots and bark every day. You can't see such a day?"

"Or do you mean you don't want to see it on purpose?"

"Transfer the center of Datang to Hebei, and then abandon the people of Limin in Guanzhong?"

Wei Zheng stood directly in front of Li Wenhao, his mouth was like a watering can, pouring love into Li Wenhao's face, which made Li Wenhao dare not even put his head on the table. He asked Wei Zheng, "Master Wei, where did you hear about this drama?"

"I heard? Do you still need to hear?"

"Are you all blind when you are a courtier?"

"Don't His Royal Highness know that you have already emptied the entire Yuyang warehouse and half of Fanyang warehouse?"

"If it wasn't for lack of food, why would you use the two large warehouses in Yuyang and Fanyang?"

"You know, this is the last foundation of my Great Tang wartime."

After listening to Wei Zheng's words, Li Wenhao finally came to his senses. After a long time of quarreling, Wei Zheng finally decided that Wei Zheng transported food to Chang'an through him, and added some rumors from there.

Although it is said that spreading rumors is against the law, Wei Zheng has good intentions after all, but his news is a bit outdated.

Besides, Fanyangcang and Yuyangcang were used as reserves during the war, that was because of the three conquests of Goguryeo during the Sui Dynasty, as for now...

On the surface, Yuyang Cang and Fan Yangcang are still very important, but what is really important now is definitely not here.

The place where Li Wenhao's granary was stored was unexpected to kill these people.

He directly placed the granaries in the mountains, dug caves, and appointed heavy soldiers to guard them. This is the final heritage of Datang. As for the two granaries, to put it bluntly, how much grain can he hold when he is big?

And it's not the grain and grass saved by Li Wenhao. The grain and grass that can be seen with the naked eye on Hebei Road alone are enough to feed the entire Tang Dynasty for at least two years.

"Wei Zheng, it is true that my allocation of grain to the west has something to do with Li Chengye's rebellion, but it has little to do with it. My main purpose of mobilizing grain is to crack down on those illegal grain merchants, and the other thing is that the captives I captured want to eat. "

"Then since His Highness knows that they want to eat, why do you let them go to work?"

Wei Zheng asked reluctantly.

"If I don't work, I'll feed them for nothing? Ordinary farmers who have a dog know how to take care of the house?"

"What's wrong with me making them work? It's only natural that I killed them. They should thank me for giving them this opportunity to forgive their sins."

Li Wenhao curled his lips. He doesn’t have the great harmony of the literati. In his eyes, people who are not my race must have different hearts. If it weren’t for the fact that the Han people have been in contact with the prairie people for too long, and the prairie people already have a trace of the habits of the Han people. In addition to the situation at that time, it is true that the grassland cannot be wiped out. You can see whether Li Wenhao will do anything.

Li Wenhao is an out-and-out racist, a Han Chinese advocate, and when it comes to this, he is crazier than Yuan Capital.

"They're human too..."

"That's right, so I didn't kill them and let them go to work. After all, animals can't build the Great Wall."

Li Wenhao said indifferently.

"How much food will it cost to build the Great Wall?"

Wei Zheng argued hard.

"Money and food are the affairs of the household department. You belong to Yushitai, so this is out of your control."

Li Wenhao really didn't want to fight Wei Zheng, a flat-headed brother, to the end, so he blocked his way with one sentence.

"The role of the Yushitai is to monitor the officials and correct the wrong decisions of the court. In my opinion, the decision of His Highness the Crown Prince is wrong, and it will push the Great Tang Dynasty to its end."

It's all right now, originally Li Shimin wanted to ask everyone to come over to discuss, but now he has directly turned into Wei Pingtou angry at Prince Yong.

"You said to push the Great Tang Dynasty to its end, so let me ask you, did I let the people build the Great Wall instead of farming?"

"Am I disregarding people's livelihood?"

"I still spent all of Datang's money? Since you said you belonged to Yushitai, then go to the treasury and the internal treasury tomorrow to see if I have spent any money?"

"I work in Hebei Road, when did I use your pointers, am I short of money?"

"You're just like those short-sighted people who don't understand the benefits this will bring to my Tang Dynasty in the future."

"Lu Wenzhao, roll over with the map."

The angry Li Wenhao didn't hold back anymore, he pointed at Wei Zheng's nose and cursed like a shrew.

"I'm from Yushitai, and I'm not the prime minister. I'm only in charge of supervision,..."

Wei Zheng is also a bachelor, with his hands spread out, as if you don't want to, anyway, I just don't agree.

"Okay, okay, Wei Zheng, I will make you stubborn, I will make you the hardest, I will let you how to say what you say today, and how to swallow it for me."

"Lu Wenzhao, bring me all the money and rations and the sympathy list of those who died in the battle between Hebei Province and Datang in the past few years. Hurry up!"

"Here!"

Far away, Lu Wenzhao replied, and rushed towards Cen Wenwen in a hurry, thinking in his heart, what happened to Wei Zheng today, so he couldn't stop and stop, and he insisted on making His Royal Highness unhappy.

His Royal Highness finally came back, why is Wei Zheng so ignorant?
After a while, Lu Wenzhao came to Li Shimin with a few people and a thick notebook.

"Your Highness, here are the things."

"Where to put it, let Master Wei take a good look at it, just the last time Goguryeo violated the border, how many people died and how much money was spent on the war."

"Let him see how many brothers we lost and how much money we spent in the first battle to quell the Turks."

"Every day, just looking at the little profit in front of me, let me ask you, is that money not spent there, waiting for cubs?"

"If you put money in the treasury, can you have a son?"

Li Wenhao was also furious, picked up the wine glass angrily, sat on Li Shimin's dragon chair and drank it, not paying attention to the eyes of several people.

"you……"

"You... you..., you dare to be a dragon chair, do you want to rebel, His Royal Highness?"

hiss!
After listening to Wei Zheng's words, several people knew that this matter was serious. Usually, they didn't know what kind of father and son Li Wenhao and Li Shimin were. Everyone tacitly understood that the relationship between father and son was good after all, but if Wei Zheng said this clearly today, there would be a problem.

Moreover, after Wei Zheng finished speaking, he realized that he had caused trouble.

pat!

The jug in Li Wenhao's hand hit Wei Zheng's head directly.

"Where do I sit, do you want to take care of me?"

"Remember your ass decides your brain, you just need to take care of yourself now."

After finishing speaking, Li Wenhao still walked down from the dragon chair, but no one present thought that Li Wenhao had done too much. After all, Li Wenhao's behavior, from a certain point of view, could be regarded as saving Wei Zheng and giving Wei Zheng a step up.

After all, since you smashed someone with the jug, it's hard to be unreasonable and unforgiving to find trouble, and it's hard for Li Shimin to say anything, just pretend that Li Wenhao drank too much.

"Okay, let's go, Wei Zheng, take these things back and look at them, give me an answer tomorrow morning, and think about it tonight!"

Li Wenhao said angrily, turned his head to confess to Li Shimin, and walked out directly.

"Second, where are the third?"

Li Wenhao was in a low mood. After all, he had been working so hard to build the Great Wall. He didn't expect these people to be the first to oppose him instead of supporting him. There is no shortage of food, the only ones who are lacking, Ran Min and Li Cunxiao over there are also working hard to catch them.

"Return to Your Highness, the Second Prince and the Third Prince are now at your residence..."

"What? These two boys are in my mansion. When I go back, they don't see me?"

In fact, how did Li Wenhao know that ever since Li Changge and Ashinayun got big stomachs, Empress Changsun grew up in the Prince's Mansion, and even brought those children along with her. How big is his Prince's Mansion?

He only stayed for a short while when he went back, obviously he didn't give others a chance.

"Brother, are you back? Why are you drinking?"

When the two saw Li Wenhao coming in, they rushed up to greet them. They were distressed that they didn't see Li Wenhao just now, but they didn't expect Li Wenhao to come by himself in a blink of an eye.

"Why do you join in the fun with them..."

"Brother, did you say it's lively!"

It's been a long time since I saw Li Chengqian. Now Li Chengqian is obviously much stronger than when he just left, and there is something called self-confidence and independence in his eyes. His skin is not as fair as when he left Chang'an. Now he has gradually developed a bronze tinge.

"what……"

Li Wenhao keenly noticed that there was a mark under Li Chengqian's neck. As his own younger brother, Li Wenhao clearly remembered that there was no scar on Li Chengqian's body.

"what happened?"

"Small thing!"

Li Chengqian smiled and lifted his shirt, and it turned out to be a knife wound directly below the neck and across the entire upper body.

"Back then when the Japanese pirates invaded the country, they were accidentally stabbed, so it didn't get in the way."

Li Chengqian said with a smile, there is no doubt that there is a huge change between him now and when he just left. When he was in Chang'an City, Li Chengqian was like a little sister, who would spend a long time being bitten by a mosquito. it turns out……

"good"

Li Wenhao patted Li Chengqian on the shoulder. As a warrior, he knew how dangerous Li Chengqian's battle was when he saw the scar. Among the brothers, except him, the rest could only be said to have a little understanding of martial arts. Li Chengqian dared to take a knife to the battlefield, very good.

"Lu Wenzhao, bring a Tang knife."

"Here!"

After a while, Lu Wenzhao handed over a Tang Dao, "But was injured by that Japanese Dao similar to Tang Dao?"

"Brother, do you know?"

"Hehe! I don't know what weapon to use to restrain them."

"Lu Wenzhao, take out your knife."

Lu Wenzhao respectfully handed over his own knife. Lu Wenzhao's knife and Qi's knife belong to the same source, and they are both a kind of Qi's knife, but his knife is not the ordinary Qi's knife that is used for hunting in the army. After all, the knives of Lu Wenzhao, Ding Baiying, and Ding Xiu are all very long, a full foot longer than ordinary knives, and it is not easy for people with great strength to master.

However, the Qi family knife for ordinary soldiers in hunting clothes only has a one-foot blade at the tip of the knife, and the rest of the blade is blunt, that is, it does not have a sharp edge, so that the person holding the knife can hold the handle with one hand and hold the knife with the other. Staying on the blade, it can be used for close combat or long-distance attack, and it is also very suitable for fighting against Japanese pirates.

"Remember this knife, go back to find a craftsman, and make the same knife. Remember, only cut a foot of blade at the tip of the knife. After making it, go back to Qi Jiguang, he knows how to do it."

"Got it, big brother!"

"In addition, next year, when you go back, I will send you a man who is good at water warfare. Let him train the navy in the southeast when the time comes. The elder brother will be of great use."

"Brother, are you going to attack the pirates?"

"Ok!"

Li Wenhao nodded, and patted Li Chengqian and Li Ke on the shoulders at the same time, "I plan to wipe out Japanese pirates, Dongying and Nanyang within two years."

"When the time comes, tell the big brother where the match is, the big brother is the master, and it will be given to you directly."

When they heard that Li Wenhao was going to give the two of them a fief, their faces darkened at the same time and they shook their heads.

"Forget it, big brother, I thought it was easy to govern one side before, but only after I got there did I realize that I am a shit at all, so let's not delay the important matter..."

"You two!"

While speaking, Li Tai, Li Lizhi and Li Zhi also came, and at the same time Empress Changsun and Sizi followed behind them.

The whole family sat here neatly, and the center was undoubtedly Li Wenhao.

They all know that Li Wenhao wants to learn from Qin Shihuang to build the Great Wall. Those who are sitting here are all royal children, and they are not stupid. They can see the benefits at a glance, but the disadvantages are also huge. Anyway, Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, it is indeed Great Qin It was hollowed out, and it was precisely because of the tyranny of the Great Wall that the people rose up, leaving behind the phrase that princes and generals are better than each other?

"Hey!"

The son has just learned to speak, and apart from his mother, the one who calls the most is his elder brother. Of course, the translation in his mouth is "嘎嘎".

Reaching out his hand to take this younger sister who was only less than two years older than his unborn child, Li Wenhao's eyes almost turned into crescent moons.

"Hey boy, I'm yelling, you grow up slowly, the elder brother is repairing the garden for you now, when the garden is repaired, where shall we go for a horse race..."

"Brother, must the Great Wall be repaired?"

Li Chengqian asked tentatively.

"It must be repaired. This time the Persians undoubtedly sounded a wake-up call for us. Since the Persians can come, so can the Parthian Empire, which is closer to us."

"To the west of them there is a country that is not weaker than my Tang Dynasty. With the intensification of trade, they gradually know the richness of my Tang Dynasty. In other words, if you are the emperor, you know that there are such rich countries in the world. place, what would you think?"

"Qin Shihuang's Great Wall is to defend the grassland, but the Great Wall I built is to defend the world."

"Let me, Datang, be in an undefeated position forever."

"But……"

What else did Li Ke want to say, he is guarding the grassland, and he is farther away from the Central Plains than Li Chengqian. He also understands the current situation better, and in a short time, no one will come to harass Datang.

"You want to say, we just destroyed Persia, the enemy will not act rashly before we know our specific strength, right?"

"Yes, big brother!"

Li Ke nodded.

"You guys remember, and you Qingque, remember, this is what the elder brother wants to teach you. In the future, you will all have to control one side, and you can't ask me for instructions on everything."

"Always remember, don't give the initiative to the enemy."

"We may not want to invade others, but others must not come and leave whenever they want. We must let them know that only we fight for them, and they will never come to our house in this life, unless they Also build a Great Wall."

Li Wenhao said solemnly.

In later generations, he has read too much history and watched too much TV, especially in the dark days of modern times, which let him know what it means to act first and what it means to be different from those who are not of our own race.

Dongying, a small place, has learned from us since the founding of the country, and in the end, it was used to beat us. Why keep them for such ambitious things?

"Got it, big brother."

Li Ke and Li Chengqian nodded, and Li Tai also nodded thoughtfully.

"Brother, do you mean that only we can beat them, and they can't beat me in this life?"

"Correct!"

Li Wenhao patted Li Tai's little head affectionately.

"Ao, then I know, it's like me and my eldest grandson cousin, only when I rob his drumstick, he never dared to rob me."

"Qingque! Come here for me..."

Before Li Tai could be proud, Empress Changsun grabbed Li Tai's ear, "I said why you kid have gained weight recently, do you go out with your eldest grandson cousin every day to make money?"

"How many times have I told you to lose weight?"

Looking at Li Tai who was being beaten, Li Wenhao and the others smiled knowingly. Isn't this moment what they are fighting for?

"By the way, brother, are you going to court tomorrow?"

Li Chengqian asked weakly.

"Of course, not only going, but also going openly. What do you two mean?"

"Hey, we decided to watch the excitement."

Li Chengqian and Li Ke hit it off.

That night, the three Li Wenhao brothers had a drink until late at night. After knowing that the entire Prince's Mansion was quiet except for the patrolling guards, Li Wenhao dared to sneak up on Irina's bed, because he knew that Gu Lisi was also there tonight. live here.

Hey!

"Honey, here I come..."

Li Wenhao threw himself directly on the big bed, the two little beauties first exclaimed, and then they were directly embraced by the prince's brother's big arms.

"Missing brother?"

"Oh, okay, you two don't wear clothes when you sleep..."

"Hee hee hee!"

That night there was nothing to say, but the next day Li Wenhao walked out of the room with dark circles under his eyes, clutching his waist, and the bed was in a mess, and the whole room exuded a smell called ambiguity.

Putting on the court clothes, Li Wenhao took a rare carriage ride to the court. After entering the court hall, Li Wenhao directly found a chair, leaned against the front pillar and fell asleep.

"If you have something to play early, if you have nothing to do, retreat!"

"Be quiet..."

Li Wenhao, who was angry at getting up, roared subconsciously. It's okay if he doesn't roar. He almost scared the eunuch to tears. After all, Li Wenhao is the master who never blinks when killing people, and anyone who is not a fool knows what His Highness the Crown Prince is doing today. coming.

In other words, there is no reward after winning the battle, and even being gank by a group of people, no one is happy to replace it.

"My slave, my slave..."

"His Majesty,"

"It's okay, everyone, what's the matter?"

Li Shimin also took a breath in cooperation. Since he came to Hebei, he has been getting lazy every day...

"Your Majesty, with regard to the construction of the Great Wall in the west by His Majesty the Crown Prince, all the ministers in the court think it is inappropriate, and please His Majesty to stop the work immediately, so as not to damage the country and society of the Great Tang just because of impulsiveness."

This time it was not Wei Zheng who stood up, but an old guy who was almost 80 years old, Yang Qi.

Speaking of which, Yang Qi is also a legendary figure. In the early years, he followed Yue Wang Yang Su, one of the nine elders of the Kai Sui Dynasty. Later, Yang Xuangan rebelled, and Yang Qi directly defected to Li Yuan in secret, and helped Li Yuan gain a lot of benefits in the subsequent vassal hegemony. .

Later, in the battle between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin, Yang Qi, an old man, directly bet on Li Shimin.

Although he has been silent in the court and does not hold together, but one thing to say, this old guy is indeed one of the three princes, the top honor of the court.

Although his voice in the court has not been much, but don't underestimate him, he just doesn't want to form a party, and he is also smart, knowing that he is old, and now he is mostly paving the way for his descendants, if it is not because of this This time Li Wenhao did too much, and he will continue to be steady.

"Master Yang, why are you here today?"

Only then did Li Shimin notice that Yang Qi actually went to the imperial court. With Yang Qi's age and status, he could not come to this imperial court without any important matters related to the survival of the country. Commander Xuanling and Du Ruhui also had health problems and were not often in court because of their health problems. But today, all these big bosses came.

"Your Majesty, I don't want to come, but if I don't come, I'm afraid that Tang Dynasty will follow in the footsteps of former Sui."

Yang Qi said sadly.

"His Royal Highness!"

Yang Qi turned his head and bowed to Li Wenhao, and Li Wenhao hurriedly got up and returned the gift. After all, Yang Qi's age is there. In this era, people in their 80s can be called Renrui. Yes, he saluted Li Wenhao, and he had to return the salute no matter what.

"Master Yang, please tell me."

"Okay, since His Highness asked the old man to talk, the old man will talk about it."

"Does Your Highness know how many emperors I have experienced in my life? How many times have I seen the rise and fall of dynasties?"

At the beginning of Yang Qi, he raised the tone very high, "I followed Yang Su, one of the nine elders of the Sui Dynasty, to conquer Beizhen for Emperor Wen Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty, and witnessed the demise of Nan Chen and Yu Wenchan's death. The seat of Zen has witnessed the rise and fall of the Sui Dynasty, and witnessed the great chaos of the world and the rise of the Tang Dynasty. Until now, or a few days ago, His Royal Highness established the four directions, pacified the barbarians, and expanded the territory."

"The old man's voice has witnessed the change of several dynasties and the rise of several heroes, but it is no exaggeration to say that His Royal Highness is the real dragon and phoenix among men."

"Wenzhiwugong can be said to be unprecedented."

"But His Royal Highness is confused, why do you want to learn from Emperor Sui Yang and Tyrant Qin?"

"Why do you have to build that Great Wall?"

"I know that His Royal Highness captured no less than a million aliens in this battle, but building the Great Wall is something that a mere million barbarians can solve?"

"Besides, the life of the people in my Tang Dynasty has just improved, but I have to support the millions of captives to build the Great Wall. Even if we don't need the people of the Tang Dynasty to contribute, will the food be paid by our people?"

"That's a million people, I can't even think about the food I need to eat a year..."

"Your Highness, the old minister knows that you have put in a lot of painstaking efforts, but now that I, the Tang Dynasty, take a look, is it possible to support so many people?"

Yang Qi's words were so resounding that not only the courtiers, but even Li Wenhao felt that he had done something wrong when he heard it.

In fact, this cannot be said to be Yang Qi or the courtiers picking faults. After all, in history, the Qin Dynasty that built the Great Wall disappeared, and it was the peasant uprising caused by excessive taxes.

Now that Datang is already on the rise, as long as Li Wenhao bears with it, wait a minute, and split this project into a 200-year project, then you can see that there will be almost no impact on Datang.

To put it simply, Yang Qi advised Li Wenhao to take the huge project of the Great Wall as a mortgage, and not to rush around at this moment.

Although Yang Guang repaired the Grand Canal quickly, he died quickly.

Over there, they lost consecutive battles in Goguryeo, and here they are still spending money and people to build the Grand Canal, that is courting death.

Now Li Wenhao is fighting with people from Shiwei, Jiuxing Tiele, and Mohe. The Great Wall is going to be built here. How similar is it to Emperor Sui Yang?

In fact, what Yang Qi didn't know was that Li Wenhao was going to send Zheng He to the south to practice naval training, and he was about to attack Dongpu soon. If he knew, he might be able to spray his old blood directly on Li Shimin's case.

"Master Yang, everyone, what do you all think?"

"Ok!"

Among the courtiers, almost everyone nodded. After all, the reasons for the demise of the Sui Dynasty were still vivid in their minds.

"Okay then, I'll let you see why I built such a wasteful Great Wall."

"Wei Zheng, have you read everything I gave you yesterday?"

"It's over, Your Highness!"

Wei Zheng said with dark circles under his eyes, his face a little ugly.

"Well, tell the ministers in the court, from the moment my father ascended the throne to now, how much money do we need to spend on dealing with the grassland people every year, and how many people do we need to die?"

"Yes!"

Wei Zheng tidied up his clothes, and came out with a statistics sheet, "My lords, since the first year of Zhenguan until now, we have killed a total of 32 people in the grasslands, and 780 people have been missing. People, spending pensions..."

Wei Zheng glanced at the courtier solemnly, and then said a surprising number.

"We spent a total of it because of the battle on the grassland..."

"Six treasuries were spent."

Li Wenhao took the conversation.

"Do you know why after the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, the grassland still had border troubles?"

"Because the grassland is not fortified. Without the Xiongnu, there will be Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Turks. In the future, there will be other ethnic groups in the grassland. What I, Li Wenhao, have to do is to block the way for others to migrate to the grassland. Let the grassland be my back garden of Tang Dynasty forever and ever."

"I know you disagree, but ask the people in Hebei Province, do they agree?"

"Go to Yanshan and have a look. There are no less than 50 tombstones on it. I can also tell you that the more than 30 people who died in the grassland were all sons of my Hebei Province. Some of their parents are still alive. I can't believe they have died in battle and are still waiting for them to come home."

"If today I raised my arms and shouted, saying that building the Great Wall can put an end to the grasslands forever, and the people of Hebei Road can support their whole family, do you know why?"

"Because they hate that this vast grassland has swallowed their brothers and their sons, and they don't want their descendants to continue to suffer this kind of suffering."

Li Wenhao walked over, gently helped Yang Qi onto the chair, and then walked to the middle of the court hall. Seeing Li Wenhao's actions just now, everyone present was relieved. It seems that Li Wenhao is going to convince others with virtue today. Not going to kill anyone.

"Cen Wenwen, Zhang Juzheng, Mu Yikuan, He Shen, come out."

"Chen is here!"

The four stood in front of Li Wenhao respectfully.

"You guys are in charge of the money, food, people's livelihood and logistics of our Hebei Province. Now tell the ministers how much food our Hebei Province produces in a year, how much money it makes, how much it costs, how much food it consumes, and how much surplus it has. Enough for how many people."

Li Wenhao didn't bother to explain. Everything was based on data. If there was data here and they didn't listen, they could only close the door and let Lu Wenzhao go.

"My lords, the food produced by our Hebei Road in one year is enough for all the soldiers and civilians in the Tang Dynasty to eat for two years, so you can rest assured about the food."

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.

"Everyone, the ministers and the master are in charge of the money, and my Hebei Road's money, what should I say..."

"It can be said to be the wealth of the world. The amount of money is unimaginable. The daily storage is an astronomical figure. A month ago, when we lightened it, we can probably be sure. Now Hebei Road should save money at 30. Ten thousand up and down, now a month has passed, and I am afraid that there will be a lot more."

He Shen said with a smile that he is quite good at making money.

"Everyone, I'm not afraid of your jokes. The food we transported to the west to supply the captives is more than three years old. In other words, if you don't feed the captives, you have to throw it away or make wine. After all, this kind of food is It's not going to the market or the military."

"As for the granary..."

"To put it simply, the granaries you can see and those you can't see are all overcrowded"

Cen Wenwen told the courtiers the current situation like a closing statement. What the Tang Dynasty lacks now is the population, and the rest of the problems are almost solved. After all, the population problem takes time. growth.

"Everyone, what else can I say?"

"I am Hebei, and even I am not afraid of spending money in Tang Dynasty. After all, money is dead in the warehouse. Only when it is used to benefit the people is the money useful."

"Besides, how do you know that I am building the Great Wall at the expense of people and money?"

"Why don't you take a look at how my Great Wall has driven the economic development of the grassland since the beginning of construction?"

"On my grain transportation route alone, there are no longer a few towns formed by the people spontaneously, providing accommodation, meals, and guards for people passing along the route."

"Can't you see these?"

"As everyone knows, only the money from my Hebei Province circulates throughout the Tang Dynasty, can my Tang Dynasty be truly rich?"

"What His Royal Highness said is true, and if it is true that Hebei Road is so rich as His Royal Highness said, then building a Great Wall is nothing more than a trivial matter, but Your Highness, can you guarantee that everything they say is true?"

Yang Qi pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"The four of us, dare to swear to the sky, if there is a lie, five thunders will strike the top, and the nine clans will be wiped out."

Cen Wenwen stretched out three fingers, knelt on the ground on one knee, and said reverently to the sky.

"Okay, since Dalang knows it well, let's stop arguing and follow Dalang's plan. After all, it's not that you don't know the benefits of building the Great Wall. It's over now. In the future, the imperial court will fully support Dalang."

"Wait, Your Majesty, hearing is believing, seeing is believing, after all, these are all the words of His Highness the Crown Prince."

Just when Li Shimin was about to regard this matter as a national policy, one of the courtiers, Shi Shiran, walked out and said with a look of displeasure.

"My mother, do you not give up if you don't see the Yellow River?"

Li Wenhao's anger welled up for no reason. After all, he said so much, it was equivalent to telling those ministers the root of the war in Hebei Province in disguise.

"Everyone, is there anyone else who thinks like Mr. Li?"