I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

The illusion of a castle in the air.

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression became dangerous.

It's okay to scold himself, he doesn't care about it, anyway, he can leave a good name - but cursing Datang like this, somewhat stabbed his lungs.

Wang Gui remained expressionless, and continued: "Does Your Majesty think Datang is very good now?"

Is it bad?
Many people looked at Wang Gui in surprise. They didn't know why this person dared to say such a thing—in order to refute Yin Xuan, didn't he even want the most basic facts?

"Isn't it good?" Li Shimin's voice was mixed with anger. Instead of suppressing his emotions, he vomited out all his brains.

Wang Gui suddenly laughed: "I know what His Majesty thinks."

"I feel that the people in Chang'an have enough food and clothing, don't have to worry about life anymore, and have money left in their hands, so they can go out and have fun like nobles..."

"Even the Great Harmony of ancient times, I am afraid it will be difficult to compare with the present day."

"But I dare to ask His Majesty... Is this scene in Chang'an, or the entire Tang Dynasty?"

Li Shimin replied: "It's a place in Chang'an."

The development of Datang... is actually a bit deformed. The economy of Chang'an City is like a rocket, and it has jumped up, but... the time is too short, and other cities have not been able to catch up.

Luoyang, which is the closest and has received the most dividends, has only caught up to the level that Chang'an had before Yin Xuan.

Not to mention Yizhou and Yangzhou.

The so-called Yang Yi Yi Er... is far from Luoyang.

If Chang'an is the only one, then Luoyang is not even a second-tier or third-tier city. It is a fourth-tier city, and Yangzhou and Yizhou can only be counted as a fifth-tier city—maybe not even a fifth-tier city. superior.

The gap is so large.

"Your Majesty, it was only with the power of the entire Tang Dynasty that Chang'an was supported." Wang Gui said, with a strong heart, "However, the matter of wasting people and money did not come into your Majesty's eyes. The people are ignorant and don't know what Duke Zhengyang exploited from them, so No flag chanting."

"However, these... are different from the former Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty who was very happy and digging canals."

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment.

I began to think about whether what Wang Gui said was correct, or whether there might be some merits in it.

Fang Xuanling sneered, stood up from the queue, pointed at Wang Gui's head, and almost cursed: "What Wang Shangshu said, my Tang Dynasty seems to be really in a critical moment of life and death."

"But there is one thing I don't understand, and I hope Wang Shangshu can give me some advice."

Before Wang Gui could speak.

Fang Xuanling asked: "You said... Chang'an was supported by the power of the whole Tang Dynasty, so please ask Wang Shangshu to tell me, what places did Chang'an use for support."

Wang Gui opened his mouth to spit out a few place names, but he was stunned as soon as he opened his mouth.

It seems...he really can't tell.

Fang Xuanling sneered again: "Wang Shangshu seems to be getting old, and some things seem to be unclear, so I will remind you."

"In March of this year, Chang'an allocated 100 million yuan for the construction of cement roads in the city of Luoyang."

"In May of this year, Chang'an allocated 60 yuan for the construction of cement roads in Taiyuan."

"Just a week ago, it was here!" Fang Xuanling raised his voice, pointing to the bluestone slab under his feet, "50 yuan was allocated for the construction of public schools in Luoyang!"

As he said that, Fang Xuanling took a breath, it was really hard work for him to yell like this when he was old.

"By the way, Wang Shangshu may talk about the railway built from Chang'an to Goguryeo."

"I will remind you in advance."

"The railway was built from Chang'an to Yingzhou, a total of 50 miles, and [-] people were recruited."

"In Chang'an, five renminbi a day and one meal. Outside Chang'an, two renminbi a day and one meal. The cost of corvee service is only one million guan. Wang Shangshu can guess these expenses. Where did it come from?"

The reason why the corvée near Chang'an City is more expensive... is because the people in Chang'an City have seen the world, and two pennies a day really can't afford it, so the price has been raised to five pennies.

Wang Gui remained silent.

Fang Xuanling suddenly raised his voice, exhausted all his strength, his old face was flushed red: "Wang Shangshu, tell me! Where exactly is Datang supported!"

Wang Gui still didn't speak.

He couldn't make up any of them.

Everyone in the hall was silent, no one expected that Fang Xuanling would lose his temper in such a matter.

After a while, Cheng Yaojin sighed and scratched his ass: "So that's what happened. I was really taken aback at the beginning."

"It's also fortunate that Xuan Cheng is not here."

"No, I'll go to him today and learn how to swear. It's too uncomfortable to hold back."

Cheng Yaojin was gearing up, he was stupid and couldn't learn to swear, and he was angry, so he wanted to hit people now.

Li Shimin glared at him: "Nonsense."

"Is this also a place where you can do it?"

Cheng Yaojin shrank his head.

This is not a place where you can do it, so you can just leave here?

Understood, when the court meeting is over, I will go home and prepare sacks.

At this time, Fang Xuanling finally regained his breath under the situation of others obediently, and continued to speak slowly: "I have had such concerns as Wang Shangshu before."

"Why is Chang'an so rich?"

"Later, I figured it out. It was because of Duke Zhengyang—the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, that he and his grandson Sikong built the Linlang Pavilion together."

"After the construction of each workshop in Datongfang is completed, it will start to rise like a lit fuse."

"But why Chang'an became rich after opening the workshop, I have never thought about it."

"There's only one ambiguous answer, and that's the economy, and that's development."

Speaking of this, Fang Xuanling sneered, looking at Wang Gui's face full of disgust: "The Tang Dynasty is a castle in the air now? If you let Zhengyang Gong come over, I will definitely call you bloody."

"In our view, Chang'an seems to be incredibly prosperous."

"But if he were to make an evaluation, I'm afraid he would just miss a word... Right now it's just laying the foundation, not to the point of development."

The last sentence of Yin Xuan's evaluation was not fabricated by Fang Xuanling, but the answer he got from asking Yin Xuan in private.

This made him must read every issue of the magazine, especially looking forward to Wu Jue's articles - although Wu Jue's articles are very few, he may not be able to wait for one in two or three issues.

Wang Gui paused for a moment, and said, "I'm not discussing the opening of middle schools and universities, so why mention Zhengyang Gong?"

Fang Xuanling's eyes widened.

He never thought that Wang Gui could be so shameless, why did you bring up this topic, don't you have any idea?It wasn't you who started it, why did I scold you?