Don't be a prince

The heavy snow came suddenly, but even though the snow had reached the top disaster level, with the concerted efforts of the Guanzhong people, the confrontation between man and nature gradually gained the upper hand.

The Imperial Palace is open, and the Daming Palace is also open. In Chang'an City, as long as they have a well-heated home, they will accept the people who come to Chang'an to avoid disasters.In the face of natural disasters, one person's strength is always so insignificant, but with more people, no matter how difficult things are, they can be solved, even if it is slow.

Although the affected people agreed to live in the palace.However, they are unwilling to enter the harem anyway.We all know that the harem is the "home" of the emperor, and being able to live in the imperial palace now is a sign of the virtues accumulated by the ancestors. If he enters the harem, it will be a slut stepping on a noble land and his life will be shortened.

The Taiji Hall also accommodated some old people and children. As the best place to keep warm, the people naturally gave it up to the old people and children, as well as some women who were pregnant without the officials needing to explain too much.

In the meeting hall of the Taiji Hall, every time the court meeting is held, the people living here will honestly huddle in the corner, and every time they hear the emperor yelling at the officials about the snow disaster, they will feel warm all over their bodies of.

What kind of world is this!Ordinary people don’t have to pay taxes, but now that there is a disaster, and the court is asking about their health, they can eat a meal of meat in three or four days.At this moment, some old people in the Tai Chi Hall only regret why they were born early and did not fully appreciate the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

After the court meeting was over, and when he returned to the harem, Li Chengqian stuck his head on the bed in the Hall of Erectile Dysfunction.

This time, he did admit that he was putting on a show.Because the disaster this time is really too big.

Along with the opening of the road, the area affected by the disaster is also marked.

From Xiazhou to Chang'an, the snow disaster is the most serious, and the disasters in Liangzhou and other places in Shangzhou are not close, but they should not be underestimated.As the most prosperous city in the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an naturally has the ability to withstand disasters. The answer is that the rest of the places may not.

It is foreseeable that after this disaster, there will be many victims.The Tang Dynasty is a fart. After all, only the royal family and businessmen are rich now, and ordinary people have just reached the level where they can "live".

Seeing that the emperor was depressed, Su Yuan handed the child to the nanny to watch over, sat on the side of the bed, and stretched out her hands to massage her husband.

When you are in a bad mood, you want to vent, but it is the most stupid behavior to vent to the people around you.

Holding Su Yuan's hand, Li Chengqian turned around and lay on his back, sighed: "Talk about the child, I need to distract myself now."

Su Yuan smiled and said: "You know the child Mengyu. He is called mother concubine and father king earlier than other children. Naturally, he is better at studying than other children. It is Mengyue who doesn't study hard. No matter how serious you are, it's okay, girls don't have to become scholars."

Li Chengqian frowned and said: "How can that be done? Look, one day in the future, girls will also want to study and go to college. In this way, you tell Mengyue that when they get older, I will Send them to study in a school outside the palace, and then go to a college to study.

I will order the college....I will let the college set up a women's college to teach women's knowledge and knowledge.If this girl doesn't pass the exam, be careful I'll take care of her. "

I came and went all day long, Li Chengqian was surprised to find that he and the people around him also called themselves like this.This can't work, the emperor is for all the people in the world, for the officials of the court, not for his own family.

Su Yuan also knew what her husband meant, so she didn't care.In her opinion, she may be the happiest queen in history.

Nodding her head, Su Yuan said, "As you arrange, I will naturally follow suit. By the way, Qing Que has returned to Chang'an, do you want to see her?"

"The blue bird is back?"

Li Chengqian was taken aback. Although he had told Li Tai that he would come back during the Chinese New Year, but now that the road was blocked by heavy snow, how did he cross the snowy road and return to Chang'an?

Looking at the maid at the door, Li Chengqian ordered: "Go out and tell Zhang Yun to invite Wei Wang Li Tai into the palace!"

The maid agreed and went out to deliver the order.

The traffic in Chang'an City has improved a lot, so in less than half an hour, Li Tai arrived at Liangyi Hall.

Seeing Li Tai, Li Chengqian didn't bother to greet the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and asked directly: "Qingque, how did you cross the snowy road and return to Chang'an? You should have not come back before the snow fell."

Speaking of this, Li Tai laughed loudly: "When I arrived in Jinzhou, I found that the road was blocked by heavy snow, and I couldn't move forward. It is impossible to wait for the snow to melt or dig the road, so I am in Jinzhou. It is a kind of land ship. Although the heavy snow has blocked the road, it is also like ice, which can be used properly and can become a boost for progress.

So, I made a kind of land boat.Use steam engines as power, increase and expand, and replace the water wheels of steam ships with iron ones.In this way, as long as you find a person who is familiar with the road as a guide, you can sail the boat on the snow, and the speed is much faster than that of a horse-drawn carriage.

The only problem is that it is easy to roll over when encountering bad road conditions. It seems that there is still room for improvement! "

Sailing on land?

Although Li Tai's description was not very detailed, Li Chengqian could still guess what it was.Now that Li Tai has tried it, it means that this thing is really useful.

To this day, the roads in Chang'an City have not been completely opened up. It is not known how much manpower and time it will take to expect to open up the roads between Taiyuan and Chang'an.If this kind of boat can be produced...

Li Chengqian looked at Li Tai, and without opening his mouth, Li Tai replied: "Don't worry, brother, I have sent the ship to the scientific research institute, and the scientific research institute has also built an iron smelting factory. It will take less than five days. It’s no problem to make more than ten.”

Li Chengqian almost jumped up, excitedly walked up to Li Tai and hugged him, saying: "Qingque, you are really amazing!"

Li Tai frowned, pushed Li Chengqian away and said, "Brother Huang, you see I helped you too, now it's time for you to help me fight."

After finishing speaking, Li Tai viciously grabbed Li Chengqiandao's lapel and said, "Tell me, what is the principle of the paper airplane wings? How can I make an airplane? Do you know that I have traveled all the way north, and the boats and cars are exhausted. You have to worry about it, what a torture! If you don't say it, be careful of this year's annual banquet, I won't support you!"

Li Chengqian had long expected that Li Tai would discover the mystery of the wings of the paper airplane, but he did not expect his reaction to be so intense.

Breaking away Li Tai's hand, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "If brother understands everything, why should I leave this matter to you? But, Qingque, brother wants to tell you, in fact, a lot of scientific research comes from life. For example, the steam engine comes from the lid of the pot that is lifted up when boiling water. For example, the hot air balloon comes from the Kongming lantern.

The same is true for airplanes. I remember that you like to eat chicken wings very much. Have you not discovered what chicken wings are like after you have eaten them for so long? "

Li Tai was confused: "Chicken wings are like that, what does it have to do with Feitian?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "When you go back, get some chicken wings, catch two birds and look at their wings, and you will find something. In fact, if people want to fly, they have to learn from birds. What do you want to do in the future?" If we want to study airplanes, we must learn from them."

Li Tai nodded with a vague understanding.

Going back to the desk and sitting down, Li Chengqian said: "The study of airplanes cannot be completed overnight, so you will have the opportunity to practice it after a year. At that time, remember to attend a court meeting in the Taiji Hall and tell your plan, so that As a result, the household department can grant you more money."

Li Tai pouted and said, "If they dare to trip me again this time, I'll hang them on the rope and let the plane fly."

"Don't, you will die!"

Thinking about the scene where the courtiers were being hanged by the plane, Li Chengqian felt an inexplicable sense of joy when he was worried.

Restraining his desire to laugh, Li Chengqian said: "These days, you hurry up and build your land ship. The most urgent thing now is to resettle the people affected by the disaster in various counties. In addition, the coal mines in Taiyuan are also very important. More than a dozen ships , should not be enough. Later, I will give you an imperial decree, whether it is the general prison or the Ministry of Industry, you can use it as you like."

Calling the general supervisor and the Ministry of Industry at will, for Li Tai, there is nothing more attractive than this.

With a promise, Li Tai also sat down.

After talking about important things, it is private time.

Looking at Li Tai's still unrecovered complexion, Li Chengqian asked: "How is the father and mother in Lingnan?"

Li Tai said with a smile: "Don't tell me, when I saw Emperor Father, he was in a bad mood. Feng An is also retired now, and after finishing his family business, he plans to join Emperor Father's tourist team. As for the queen mother, she is also in a good mood, and specially asked me to tell you and the pheasant slave not to worry."

Only then did Li Chengqian breathe a sigh of relief. To be honest, he was still a little worried about letting Li Shimin and the others go out.After all, with such developed transportation in later generations, relatives have to worry about going out, let alone now.

For example, the caravans that came to Datang from the Far West have experienced too much on the way. Generally, the caravans lose [-]% of their staff because of the blessings of their gods. But when they cross the desert, the entire caravan disappears. It's also a common thing.

It is not very safe to play around in the Tang Dynasty. The reason is that the development of the land by the people of the Tang Dynasty is completely inferior to that of later generations.There are too many deep mountains and wild forests.

Seeing Li Chengqian's worry, Li Tai couldn't help but said: "Brother Emperor, you don't need to be so worried, there are so many guards around Father Emperor. Besides, although Father Emperor has completely left the throne now, every place he goes When the local officials received him, who didn't treat him like the Jade Emperor, for fear that something would happen to him. Under such protection, it is very difficult for problems to arise."

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "You don't know, I'm not afraid of not being thorough in protection, but I'm afraid that the father will have a convulsion. You also know that the father's mentality is just disobedient, and he just wants to do something exciting."

When he said this, he saw a wry smile on the corner of Li Tai's mouth, and Li Chengqian said in surprise: "Don't tell my father that he really did this."

Li Tai said helplessly: "You don't know. When I first arrived in Lingnan, my mother and some civil servants were on the shore, and my father and most of the generals went out to sea in a boat. When I came back, the boat was full of treasures. Went out to sea and wiped out a bunch of pirates..."

Having said that, the two brothers sighed together.

I can't persuade you. It doesn't make sense at all to reason with the Supreme Emperor.Since he became the Supreme Emperor from his Zen position, the principles of the whole earth belong to him.

Looking at Li Tai, Li Chengqian said: "How about..."

Li Tai refused without hesitation: "Don't do it! Don't think about sending me out again. My mind is full of airplanes now. If you are really worried, just send the pheasant slave. I want to stay in Chang'an Research aircraft. If I can't fly within five years, I will give up meat!"

For Li Tai, who loves flesh and blood, this is already a very vicious oath.

Li Chengqian is well aware of how tempting the progress from land to sky is to a person who is truly passionate about scientific research, so he can only agree.

"Okay, then I won't send you out, but the pheasant slave is in charge of the promotion of pinyin and typesetting, and I added a task of simplifying Chinese characters to them, and I guess they won't be able to get away within a year or two. How about this, after a few years, send Li You and the others there, since they are in the fief anyway, it doesn't matter."

Li Tai said with a smile: "That's fine, as long as it's on your mind. By the way, Brother Huang, speaking of the Chinese New Year, are you planning to carry out your plan at the New Year's banquet?"

Li Chengqian nodded.

Li Tai suddenly became anxious: "Everything else is easy to talk about. You can take anyone's income from the fief, but mine. I plan to pass it on to my son in the scientific research institute. How can he do without the income from the fief? The money sent by the imperial court is not enough, all the income from my fief and industry have been invested in the scientific research institute."

Seeing Li Tai's sad look, Li Chengqian smiled: "Okay, okay, why did my brother cheat you? In the future, all positions in the scientific research institute will also be included in the imperial official system. Especially the dean, who has a very generous salary of."

Li Tai asked curiously, "How rich is it?"

Li Chengqian firmly said: "It will definitely satisfy you, not just now, but in the future, the salary of anyone related to scientific research will never be low. Especially for some important research results, the rewards will definitely be quite real. It’s not just one or two imperial edicts to fool around.”

Because he has deeply seen the morbid star chasing and money worshiping in the later generations, Li Chengqian is more willing to completely elevate the social status of scientific researchers now that he is in power, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty.

It is no exaggeration to say that being a scientific researcher will definitely become a more attractive choice than being an official in the future.

Today, Datang stands at the forefront of the world's technological development and leaves its peers far behind. In the past hundreds or thousands of years, it would be an absolute shame to keep this distance.No matter what, you have to throw them so that you can't even see their backs.

Chapter 553 The Prince

What the emperor and King Wei talked about, others don't know, only know that when King Wei came out of the palace, he looked very proud, and even brought a group of new disaster victims who came to Chang'an back to King Wei's mansion when he was out of the palace .

The things developed by Li Tai are actually very weird, a kind of four different things.It is only suitable for today's environment, because if there is not enough snow on the road, it will be "grounded".

However, thanks to Li Tai's land ship, Taiyuan's coal was quickly transported to Chang'an, and from the south of Chang'an to half of Jinzhou, the people affected by the disaster also gathered in Chang'an.

As for the statistical data of the victims, Li Chengqian chose not to make it public, but issued a "crime order" and took the responsibility on himself.

This is also something that can’t be helped. The disasters around Chang’an are not serious, and the number of dead is more than a dozen.But further south, entering the territory of Jinzhou, there will be more, more than 300 people!The governor of Jinzhou is also knowledgeable. Like Chang'an, he also organized the disaster-stricken people to gather in Jinzhou City. He didn't even ask Chang'an for help until the imperial messenger arrived.

However, with so many people dying, someone must be held responsible.

Therefore, Li Chengqian sent out the "Sin Ji Zhao", but because of the snow disaster, it could only be sent to Chang'an City for the time being.

But... the next day, the county magistrate of Chang'an reported that the emperor's edict of guilt had been torn up, and the people who tore it up were none other than the people who came to Chang'an to avoid the disaster.

Li Chengqian was going to ask Chang'an county magistrate to enter the palace to ask what was going on, Cheng Chusi, the guard of Zhuque Gate, went into the palace to report, saying that it was the imperial palace, and a large number of people had gathered in front of the gate.

"What are these people going to do? I just didn't announce the specific number of dead, so I won't tear up my sinful edict, and then run to the gate of the palace to trouble me."

Cheng Chusi shook his head and said: "The general doesn't know what's going on, it's just that these people want to see His Majesty, there are too many people, and the general is not easy to expel."

"Then go have a look."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian got up, put on a cotton coat, and followed Cheng Chusi out of the palace.

Because there were too many people gathered outside the city, Cheng Chusi ordered the Suzaku Gate to be closed. After all, no one knew what the people were gathering for.

After climbing up the city wall and looking at the crowd of people outside, Li Chengqian was surprised that Chang'an could accommodate so many people.

Zhang Yun moved a chair and asked Feiying to step aside. After all the Qianniu guards in the city let go of their bows and arrows, Li Chengqian stepped on the chair and stood up.

Clearing his throat, Li Chengqian said loudly: "Fellow folks, I don't know what you want from me?"

Hearing this voice, especially seeing that iconic bright yellow color, someone shouted, and all the people in front of the city gate suddenly fell to their knees.

"Your Majesty, please take back the edict of guilt. This crime is God's fault, not His Majesty's!"×n

From disharmony at the very beginning, to uniting into one voice at the end, the effect is still very shocking.

Although I also deduced such a result in my heart, the fantasy thing really appeared in front of my eyes, and the inner comfort at this moment is still uncontrollable.

It is to let me take back my sin...

And, blame the sky?Feeling that I, the emperor, is more popular than God?

Standing tall is not an attitude to talk about things, you have to go down.

Ordering to open the city gate, Li Chengqian didn't bring too many Qianniu guards, but just walked out with a few guards.

Seeing the emperor walking out, the victims immediately stood up and swarmed in. Fortunately, they knew that the emperor's side could not be approached easily, so they left a distance of more than two meters.

"Your Majesty, let me tell you that this snow disaster is all due to God, how can you blame it?"

"Yes, yes, during the locust plague, some people said that the locust plague was all the fault of the emperor, and that it was caused by the emperor's improper position. I don't care how the Supreme Emperor got the throne in the first place. I only know that during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, the lives of our common people Had a great time."

"That's right. Now that I've encountered a snowstorm, His Majesty couldn't bear to see us living in a collapsed house. He was worried that we couldn't bear the cold, so he called us to live in Chang'an. Whether it's food or drink, the court pays for it." Money. Your Majesty has treated me like this, and it’s too late for me to be grateful. If anyone dares to pour dirty water on His Majesty as he did back then, I will be the first to beat him to death!"

...

When they saw the emperor, the people tried their best to explain their opinions, but no matter what they said, they all had the same meaning:

This time it's a natural disaster, don't blame the emperor!

Looking at these simple people, Li Chengqian wished he could strangle the person who invented the word "unscrupulous people".What's wrong?What's wrong?The people of Tang Dynasty are the most honest, as long as you treat them well, who wouldn't understand?

While excited, Li Chengqian pressed his hands empty, and suddenly the city gate gradually became quiet.

Clearing his throat, Li Chengqian said loudly: "Fellow folks, you have to go to Chang'an to avoid the disaster due to this snowstorm. Now it's been a month since it snowed, and it looks like the New Year is coming, but the snow hasn't even [-]% It looks like you are going to celebrate the New Year in Chang'an.

This year, it is rare for so many people to gather in Chang'an. Although we are not related to each other, this does not prevent us from celebrating the New Year together.The land ship researched by King Wei solved the fuel problem, and the various materials hoarded by Chang'an were also sufficient.I am very happy today, so, let me pay for it, let's have a good year together! "

As soon as Li Chengqian said this, it naturally attracted a lot of opposition.However, Li Chengqian refused to listen, and turned back to the imperial city with his guards.

Entering the imperial city, the Zhongshu Foreign Province and other government offices that should have been demolished years ago had to be kept as shelters for the common people.The renovation plan of the Taiji Palace naturally also includes the government offices of the three provinces and six ministries.

What happened outside Suzaku's gate naturally spread to the palace as well.

Seeing that the streets from Chengtianmen to Suzakumen were also full of people, who also wanted to kneel down, Li Chengqian had no choice but to flee.

In fact, there is not much cost for the whole people to celebrate the new year. Now the food price in Datang has always been stable at a stable price, and the cost will not be very large.As for meat... In fact, the biggest livestock and poultry dealer in Datang is now the emperor.Back then, the caravans in the East Palace went to the grassland, and even bought a large piece of grassland to graze, eating up every profit.

The requirements of the common people are actually very simple. If there is rice and meat, it is the Chinese New Year.