hsntnovel Chapter 2291 The Joy of Victory
Chapter 2291 The Joy of Victory
Today, Li Chengqian, who has been taught by Li Shen, is not as pedantic as others who still retain feudal ideas.
With Li Shen's words and deeds, Li Chengqian's thoughts also kept pace with the times, and he would look at many things from the perspective of an outsider.
This also made him see things differently.
Although Li Shen never taught Li Chengqian how to be a king, and he did not know how to be a king, many of the lessons learned by later generations are still worth learning from.
This kind of modern thinking is irreplaceable in ancient times.
"Your Highness is right. If these merchants can be guided, they will indeed be of use to the imperial court.
However, we must also be careful about the degree. If it is promoted too much, the people will follow suit, which will increase the difficulty of court management.
Furthermore, if all the people were engaged in commerce and no one was farming, it would easily lead to food shortages.”
Zhang Sun Wuji said a few pertinent words. In fact, he also looked down on merchants in his heart. Although his family was also engaged in business,
But he is a nobleman and a prime minister.
In this period when there was no Shangshu Ling, he, as the Zuo Pushe, was equivalent to the head of all officials.
In fact, it is slightly higher than Ma Zhou's Zhongshu Ling and Yu Zhining's Menxia Shizhong.
He never considered his business as a business venture, but rather as a means to increase the strength of his family.
"Your Highness, Duke Zhao is right. We need to control the ways of business. Otherwise, the people will follow suit, which will be very detrimental to the court."
On this point, Ma Zhou also agreed very much with Changsun Wuji's words.
Even Yu Zhining beside him nodded.
Seeing the three people's concerns, Li Chengqian smiled and said:
"My dear ministers, rest assured, I understand the truth. Agriculture is the foundation of the country and cannot be neglected.
That is why I have never agreed to Prince Ji’s suggestion to improve the status of merchants.
Today, our Tang Dynasty has vast territory, rich resources, a sparse population, and countless fertile fields that can be cultivated.
Prince Ji once predicted that due to the abundance of food, the population of the Tang Dynasty would experience an explosive growth within ten years.
It is very likely that the population of the Tang Dynasty will increase several times within a hundred years.
King Ji said that one day there would be a time when there would be too many people and too little land, and at that time we would have to vigorously encourage business and build workshops.
Let some people work as craftsmen or merchants to alleviate the shortage of land."
What Li Shen was talking about was the decline of the imperial court in the later period. The population increased, land annexation became serious, and finally the people could not make a living and began to revolt.
No matter what, Li Shen is now a descendant of the royal family, and he hopes that the Tang Dynasty can last longer.
Ordinary people's lives are better.
After hearing what Li Chengqian said, the three of them pondered for a moment.
They didn't expect that King Ji was so far-sighted at such a young age, and was even thinking about things a hundred years later.
Officials like them don't have such a long-term vision.
At this moment, a loud chanting sound was heard outside, and the news of a great victory in Xizhou broke the silence.
A messenger and a guard ran in.
"Report~~~Your Highness, the Crown Prince, a great victory in Xizhou. His Highness Prince Ji personally led his troops to annihilate over ten thousand rebels and captured tens of thousands more."
"What?" Li Chengqian stood up excitedly after hearing that.
Changsun Wuji and the other two were also surprised. The rebellion incident had just happened not long ago, and this great victory had arrived.
The first word that came to Changsun Wuji's mind was murder to silence the witness. He thought to himself, Prince Ji has such a cruel heart.
In order to cover up his crimes, he actually went to suppress the rebels.
"Present it quickly." Li Chengqian didn't think too much, but wanted to see the battle report as soon as possible.
Wang Zhong immediately went down to take the memorial.
After Li Chengqian opened it, he found that there were not just one memorial but several, including one from Li Shen, one from Xue Rengui, one from Zhou Daowu, and even one from General Li, the Sima of Xizhou.
Li Shen's was the general outline, while the others wrote down the details of the battles they led the soldiers in.
At the end, there is a list of merits, which seems very formal.
Li Chengqian did not look at other people's works, but directly looked at Li Shen's. Li Shen's handwriting was generally not shown to others easily, so it was written by the Chief Secretary Wang Xuance.
The above is the process of his deployment of troops, and he first praises himself for leading by example, making strategic plans, etc.
Then the results of the battle were recorded: over 13,000 enemies killed, over 15,000 captured, and over 11,000 horses captured...
All kinds of coldness are clear at a glance.
Of course, this does not include the treasures obtained. The most valuable thing is the more than 10,000 horses.
Then there are weapons and equipment.
The letter also mentioned that he hoped to lend these more than 15,000 people to build roads, and he had already done it without authorization.
Li Chengqian didn't care about these things. What he cared about was that Prince Ji had already gone to suppress the bandits.
That's basically the end of this matter.
"Wang Zhong, read it out to the three of you, my dear ministers." Li Chengqian handed the memorial in his hand to Wang Zhong and gave the order happily.
Wang Zhong immediately took it and began to read out the numbers, including how many enemies were killed, how many prisoners were captured, and how much our army had lost.
After hearing this, only Ma Zhou showed a surprised expression. Zhang Sun Wuji and Yu Zhining were both people who had experienced many ups and downs.
To them, the rebels were just a bunch of rabble, and it was too easy to suppress them with 20,000 soldiers.
The only thing that surprised them was that Prince Ji led the troops himself instead of hiding in the rear and letting Xue Rengui encircle and suppress them.
"Congratulations, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Hexi. Prince Ji's move has dealt a heavy blow to the rebels in Xizhou.
I believe Xizhou will be more stable than before."
Ma Zhou spoke first, followed by Changsun Wuji:
"Your Highness Prince Ji leads the troops, which is a blessing for the people."
Yu Zhining then expressed his approval.
"Haha, this tenth brother of mine, although he likes to play around a bit on weekdays, he is never vague about the major issues.
This time, the suppression of the rebels was a great achievement. I think I should announce it in court tomorrow."
Crown Prince Li Chengqian smiled happily.
Li Shen is sometimes very reliable and can bring honor to the royal family, but he is still the same when things get embarrassing.
No wonder his father loves and hates Li Shen, and even says that he has to beat him every now and then, otherwise he will be difficult to control.
Now he really understood it. The two major events that had just been settled not long ago were now being wiped out again. Isn't it said that good and evil cannot coexist since ancient times?
"Haha, Your Highness the Crown Prince is right. Such achievements should be announced in the court to make the ministers happy.
I just don't know how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will reward Prince Ji."
Changsun Wuji laughed twice, then asked tentatively.
During this campaign, more than 10,000 enemies were killed, more than 10,000 captured, more than 10,000 horses captured, and even tens of thousands of weapons and equipment were obtained.
This is definitely a great achievement and naturally deserves a reward.
(I am illiterate.)