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Although Ling Chi felt regretful, he could only sigh after all: What a wonderful woman, it's a pity that she doesn't belong to me.
After Li Shimin came to the throne, he vigorously promoted farming domestically, and centered on Chang'an, he built bridges and paved roads to develop the local economy. Enlighten children.After three years, students with excellent academic performance can continue to study, and those who are not good at academic performance can at least learn to read characters. Whether it is farming, doing business, or going to work in various industries, it will be of great help.
Of course, many aristocratic families saw that this move had shaken their foundations.In the past, almost all culture was in their hands. Whether they were officials or businessmen, they could do whatever they wanted. Even the rulers had to be polite to them. Otherwise, these aristocratic families would not be officials. Govern the world?
Regarding these aristocratic families, if Li Shimin was still the second son of the Li family, he would not say anything, but now that he is the emperor, he naturally has to find a way to suppress them. It is the best way to consolidate the imperial power and weaken the strength of the aristocratic family.
When Ling Chi said the corresponding method, Li Shimin was so excited that he didn't sleep well for several nights. He only felt that if this matter was carried out smoothly, Datang would never lack talents again, and the aristocratic family would no longer have the soil to be superior.
If you don't do it, some people do it, and they do it much better than you. How can you still be so arrogant?
The world was built by Li Shimin with iron and blood. Coupled with the promotion of high-yield crops, his reputation has reached a height that is beyond the reach of all aristocratic families. Li Shimin wants to promote teaching, although any aristocratic family is very reluctant in his heart. They also knew that they would be cast aside by the common people if they stood up to oppose it. If Li Shimin were to deal with them harshly, the family that had existed for hundreds or thousands of years would be destroyed in one fell swoop.
No one dared to take such a risk. Even if they gritted their teeth, they could only acquiesce to the changes in the education environment of Datang. Apart from worrying about their own children and grandchildren, they could only do their best to teach their own descendants. Work hard, don't lose the family heritage and glory.
On this day, the apse of the palace.
Ling Chi hugged his eldest grandson Wugou's eldest daughter, Li Lizhi, and teased her with various snacks, then looked at his eldest grandson Wugou with a big belly, frowned and said, "I've already given birth to two, don't give birth after this one." Yes, it's not good for your health."
It is now the second year of Zhenguan, and the eldest grandson Wugou has given birth to a son and a daughter for Li Shimin. Unlike in history, Wei Wang Li Tai was not born, but Li Lizhi arrived as promised. He is now three years old and younger than in history. one year old.
Ling Chi knew the reason. In the original history, during the two years when Li Tai and Li Lizhi were supposed to be born, Li Shimin had been leading the army and had no time to make a villain with his eldest grandson Wugou, so Li Tai was not born, but Li Lizhi was bigger than him. Originally one year younger in history, although she is still called Li Lizhi, who can tell whether she is the same person as Li Lizhi in history?
But Li Lizhi in this world is very cute, and has a good personality, caring and well-behaved, she is Li Shimin's caring little padded jacket.But compared to Uncle Ling who can always bring out delicious food, Li Shimin will stand aside.
The eldest grandson Wugou smiled slightly: "Although my younger sister doesn't want to have another son, but she only has one legitimate son, after all, it's a bit weak. My younger sister still wants to have another son, so as to avoid any accidents in Chengqian in the future, she can have another child."
"The future of a child depends first on the words and deeds of the parents, and secondly on the teaching of the teacher, so it is very important to choose a good teacher for Chengqian." Ling Chi said: "But don't choose some old scholars and antiques for Chengqian, they can't teach you well. Good promise."
The eldest grandson Wugou nodded: "Little sister will discuss it with Erlang." After a pause, he smiled and said: "Actually, my younger sister hopes that Brother Ling can teach Cheng Qian."
"I'll forget it!" Ling Chi waved his hand: "I don't know how to govern a country, if I accidentally teach Cheng Qian to be a cook, my brother-in-law will definitely fight me hard."
The eldest grandson Wugou covered his mouth and smiled.
Ling Chi looked at the sky and said, "It's about this time, should we go down?"
"Nowadays there are so many affairs in the court, I'm afraid it will take some time." The eldest grandson Wugou sighed, and said, "Erlang has been very busy every day for the past two years, and sometimes he will be busy until late at night. Although my little sister feels distressed, there is nothing I can do about it." .” Paused: “Erlang really wants to be a wise king.”
"..." Ling Chi squinted at her, and said, "It's so pitiful, you don't want to take advantage of me. Tell me! What do you want me to do?"
The eldest grandson Wugou said with some embarrassment: "Brother Ling, the treasury is out of money."
"..."
"Although high-yielding seeds have been introduced in the past two years, disasters have continued, and the grain production has been much lower than expected. Plagues have even occurred in many places, causing refugees everywhere. There are too many places where the court needs money, but Datang Jianguo The time is short, the production is insufficient, and the treasury naturally cannot collect a lot of taxes, and Erlang even has gray hair because of this..."
"Okay, okay." Ling Chi couldn't listen anymore: "Just tell me! How much do you want?"
"The more the better." After Changsun Wugou finished speaking, he blushed a little and said, "Of course, this is all borrowed from the court and Brother Ling. When the court has money, it will definitely be returned with interest."
"You don't need to pay the principal with interest." Ling Chi waved his hand, and said, "Let my brother-in-law send more people to help me find more treasures from heaven and earth, and use them to pay off the debt!"
"This...Brother Ling is really at a disadvantage." Although Changsun Wugou was delighted, he also felt that he owed himself a brother.
"There is nothing to eat or suffer." Ling Chi said: "Money is nothing to me, but natural materials and earthly treasures are hard to come by. I search for it alone, even if I search for 100 years, it is not as much as my brother-in-law. , let’s just get what we need!”
"Then, my younger sister would like to thank Big Brother Ling on Erlang's behalf." The eldest grandson Wugou got up and was about to salute.
"Sit down." Ling Chi pressed his hand: "It's seven or eight months old, don't mess around." After a pause, he looked at his eldest grandson Wugou's belly, frowned, and sighed.
"Brother Ling, what do you mean?" Changsun Wugou was stunned for a moment, a little nervous.
"It's nothing." Ling Chi sighed: "It's just that Wugou, your child is a daughter, and it seems that you are going to have a fourth child."
"Ah? This..." Changsun Wugou's face changed slightly, he stroked his belly with both hands, showing a look of sadness.
"Don't be like this, it's good to have a daughter." Ling Chi said: "A daughter is a caring little padded jacket for parents, much better than those boys who can only be mischievous."
The eldest grandson Wugou forced a smile: "Brother Ling is right."
Maybe because she felt that Changsun Wugou was in a bad mood, Li Lizhi jumped out of Lingchi's arms, ran to Changsun Wugou, and put the milk candy in her hand to her mouth: "Mother, this milk candy is very sweet, you can eat it." .”
Seeing his daughter's concern for him, the eldest grandson Wugou smiled: "Thank you Lizhi."
The eldest grandson Wugou ate the milk candy, Li Lizhi smiled openly: "Mother, is it delicious?"
"Delicious." The eldest grandson Wugou nodded, stroking her little head with plain hands: "Lizhi is so good."
"Hee hee." After seeing her mother, her mood improved, and Li Lizhi happily ran back to Ling Chi and sat on his lap: "Uncle Ling, do you still have milk candy?"
"Yes." Ling Chi flipped his hands, and two milk candies appeared in his hands, and said with a smile, "Since Lizhi is so well-behaved, uncle will reward you with two candies this time."
"Thank you, Uncle Ling." Li Lizhi happily took the two milk candies, jumped down again, and ran to the eldest grandson Wugou: "Mother, Lizhi has two more milk candies, give them to the mother."
Seeing how well-behaved his daughter was, the eldest grandson Wugou almost shed tears, and stroked her cheek: "One is enough for the queen mother, eat these two beauties!"
"Then, the queen mother will eat with Lizhi." Li Lizhi put a toffee to her mouth.
The eldest grandson Wugou ate it with a smile, and Li Lizhi happily peeled off another milk candy and put it in her mouth. The sweet milk candy made her squint her eyes: it was delicious.
"Look, let's have a daughter!" Ling Chi laughed.
The eldest grandson Wugou smiled slightly: "Brother Ling said that the daughter is indeed very good." After a pause: "It's just that the daughter grows up and will eventually get married."
"So what about getting married?" Ling Chi said: "Don't you care about your mother's family after you get married? Besides, Wugou, after you married your brother-in-law, how much benefit did the eldest grandson's family get? Even your allotted uncle Now that I have become a high-ranking official, I don’t know how beautiful it is!”
The eldest grandson Wugou was speechless and could only smile awkwardly.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps from outside the hall, and the two turned their heads to look, and saw Li Shimin in a dragon robe coming in from outside the hall, saw Ling Chi, and walked a few steps happily: "Brother Ling, I miss my little brother!"
"Miss me?" Ling Chi sneered, "You miss my money!"
"Uh..." Li Shimin turned his head and glanced at Changsun Wugou. Seeing Changsun Wugou covering his mouth and sniggering, he couldn't help laughing a few times in embarrassment, and said, "Isn't there something I can do, little brother! Otherwise, I wouldn't bother Big Brother Ling to come out." Island to help."
"There's no need to talk about polite words." Ling Chi waved his hand: "I'll give you 3000 million taels of silver, and some antique calligraphy and paintings. If you can sell them, I'll give you all."
"Three... 3000 million taels of silver!?" Li Shimin and Changsun Wugou were startled.
They had no choice but to be taken aback. It has been less than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that a lot of waste is waiting to be done, and money is needed everywhere. Now the annual fiscal revenue is only 900 million guan, which is 900 million taels. For silver, Ling Chi took out 3000 million taels of silver in one breath, which is equivalent to Datang's fiscal revenue for more than three years. How could this not surprise them.
Moreover, Ling Chi also gave him a batch of antique calligraphy and paintings. Even if these things are not for sale, it is good to use them to enrich the collection in the palace.
"Brother Ling's kindness to my younger brother and the people of the Tang Dynasty, my younger brother and the Tang Dynasty will never forget each other." If it weren't for the different identities, Li Shimin would have knelt down to Ling Chi, but he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty after all, bowing and beating the ground , enough to show sincerity.
"Okay." Ling Chi waved his hand: "It's not for nothing. Remember to help me collect more natural materials and earthly treasures. I will buy them according to the market price. When will the 3000 million taels be spent and when will it end?"
Li Shimin was stunned, he never dreamed that Ling Chi didn't want him to pay back the money, and instead used Tiancaidibao to pay off the debt.Although Tiancaidibao is very precious, it is of no help to the country after all. If it can be exchanged for 3000 million taels of silver, it will be a big profit for the entire Tang Dynasty.