Fu Tang

In the end, Zhao Pu was kind, seeing Li Congjia staring at them with a dark face, he came up and explained, "Did Your Majesty forget about the refugees?"

Li Congjia was stunned for a moment, and then remembered, how could he forget this?

After all, whenever there is a war, there must be some people who are unwilling to fight and cannot survive in their original homes. Although they may not survive after entering the mountains, they will definitely not be able to survive in their original places.

And these people lost their fields. After the new dynasty was re-established, Dasuo Maangyue did not have their records, and naturally they would not allocate their fields. Over time, they could only continue to be refugees.

And the number of refugees should not be too small. Li Congjia said directly: "What's so difficult about it? Just write a "Book of Amnesty for the Refugees", but the arrangements for the refugees can't be wherever they are. Let them go to Lingnan." , The city site chosen by the National Teacher is good, they will like it when they get there."

Fan Zhi and the others didn't care, they were refugees in the first place, should they be given good land?Of course, it was taken to Lingnan to reclaim wasteland. As for whether the refugees like it or not, that is not something they will consider.

Li Congjia breathed a sigh of relief. He had been pulling criminals to Lingnan before, and he was very worried about what would happen if those cities became a paradise for criminals?Although there is an army guarding the city, the army only needs to perform the most basic duties to ensure the safety of the people and the society. If the duty of the army becomes to guard the citizens, then the city itself will be deformed.

Well now, the refugees who can live in the mountains for decades are definitely not good people. It is just right to send them to Lingnan. Anyway, the criminals are not really vicious. The only worry is that these cities will not It will become fierce.

Li Congjia asked Secretary Cheng to write a very gorgeous "Book of Amnesty to the Refugees". Fan Zhi and others were very satisfied, but Li Congjia was very dissatisfied.

Li Congjia said directly: "Go back and write another copy!"

Wei Renpu was a little unhappy, you can't deny other people's work just because you are illiterate and can't understand.

In order not to let everyone continue to misunderstand him, Li Congjia couldn't help but said: "Do you know who the audience of your edict is? Refugees! It would be good if one out of ten of these people can read. You write so complicated, they see Do you understand? This imperial edict is passed on to the whole world, and then write a real document for the state capitals, so that they can publicize it according to that document. Remember, I only ask for four words, and the old woman can understand it!"

Wei Renpu was a little ashamed for a moment. He was so busy admiring the literary grace of this edict just now that he forgot what this edict was for. In fact, people like them who have work experience know better, let alone one out of ten refugees who can read. , that is, one out of a hundred who can read characters is not bad.

Zhao Pu rescued Wei Wei and said, "Your Majesty, there are so few people who know Chinese characters, it's useless to write it bluntly, and you still need to be on duty to preach, otherwise they still won't be able to understand it."

Li Congjia looked at Zhao Pu and said, "You think tolerances are highly educated, don't you?"

Zhao Pu shut up silently, anyway, their majesty is a top-notch sophistry, and he can make sense even when it doesn't make sense, let alone he is making sense now.

Of course, Li Congjia would not care too much about this matter, he just became angry after being criticized by the old gentlemen for being unlearned and incompetent.

Li Congjia went back and told Shi Xueting about his worries about the new city, but Shi Xueting said, "It's not bad to be fierce at all, after all, Dali is not far from them."

Hearing these words, Li Congjia couldn't help thinking that Honglu Temple might receive many letters of condemnation from Dali in the future, and he couldn't help but feel a little headache for a while.

"Tell me, is there anyone who hears that they will go to Lingnan to reclaim wasteland and refuse to come out?" Li Congjia was a little worried, thinking that there might be some people who would rather not go to Lingnan than go to Lingnan.

Shi Xueting said: "If they want to be black households from generation to generation, they will naturally not come out, but those who will plan for future generations should not be afraid, after all, there will be land there, and the first five years will be free of rent What about Lingnan? Being able to plant two seasons a year is better than being wild in the mountains."

Li Congjia nodded deeply. If it was before, he might think that there is nothing wrong with being in the mountains. He always felt that there was everything in the mountains, but since he ran through the mountains and forests, he knew that living in the mountains is really a matter of luck, food and clothing. Not to mention, I can barely make ends meet, and if I encounter a beast, it will take half my life even if I don't die.

Shi Xueting's explanation reassured Li Congjia a lot. Five days after the edict was issued, there were [-] homeless refugees!

This is the first wave. These people are the ones whose lives are really difficult, and they feel that they will not be able to survive every minute. As soon as they heard that the crimes of the refugees have been pardoned, they immediately came out of the mountains. As for farming in Lingnan Anyway, as long as they don't let them continue to live in the mountains, it's fine.

And with the 10 as a base, Li Congjia immediately felt relieved. Even if those refugees refused to come out later, having the 6 was much better than he expected, and the city built by Shi Xueting was more of a defense against Dali. So it is not very big. Each city can accommodate at most about [-] people. Excluding the placement of soldiers and family members, the two cities can accommodate at most about [-] people.

But no one can settle up to the upper limit at the beginning. After all, these people did not live well in the past. The whole city might not be able to accommodate so many people. However, Li Congjia's thinking was very simple. Anyway, Lingnan is barren and sparsely populated. If it doesn't work, just expand it, rebuild the city, or expand the city. .

Even now, when Li Congjia looked at Chang'an City, he felt that sooner or later it would not be enough. He had already drawn the map of Chang'an City after its expansion.

It's just that Li Congjia thought about the population problem and the folk customs problem, but he didn't think about the various living facilities. There must be merchants to supply daily necessities, and doctors, even if there are not many, and even a husband or official school.

Li Congjia looked at the series of personnel transfers in the newspaper below, and he was completely confused. He thought for a while and asked: "The officials who were exiled to Lingnan before should still have lists? Can they be found?"

This aspect is under Wang Pu's control, and Wang Pu immediately said: "As long as there is no report of death, we can find it."

Li Congjia waved his hand: "Let them go!"

Scholars these days, or those who can be admitted to be officials, are almost all-rounders. They usually have some medical skills. The medicine is already very good, but this anti-inflammatory drug has a lot of side effects.

Fan Zhi knew before that Li Congjia would definitely let those criminals pass. After all, Datang streamlined the official system before, and now the entire official system is very compact. Everyone has their own division of labor. No matter who is thrown to Lingnan, it is not appropriate. Just use the waste.

It's just that when the veterans thought that the residents in the two newly built cities would be criminals, officials or refugees, they couldn't help but feel a little headache. They felt that the officials there must be very capable, otherwise how could they be able to hold on? these people?

After hearing this, Li Congjia smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll let Lei You take the temporary post of governor of Jianchang."

After Fan Zhi heard this, the alarm went off instantly. Their civil servants wanted to break into the military generals. Except for one Zhao Pu, no one has succeeded so far. Zhao Pu is only possible because Zhao Kuangyin is old with Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin takes care of him. Others don’t even think about it Thinking, in the end, the soldier now becomes the governor?

Wang Pu also expressed his opposition: "Lei Youzhong has never been an official close to the people, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to do so."

Li Congjia said: "The governor of Jianchang is different from other places. The people here are tough. The most important thing is that they are unreasonable. Our civil servants are all scholars. They are more reasonable than each other. Didn't they get bullied in the past? Let Lei have his end first." Let’s smooth it out, anyway, I just let him take over temporarily, if everything goes on the right track in the future, I will naturally choose capable people-friendly officials to go there, or you should pay more attention now, and if there are suitable people, you can also send them there.”

Wang Pu: ...

I have to say that Li Congjia's reasons are very good. That place is not for good people to go to. Good people used to be afraid that they would be pissed off, and the poor people came out of the poor mountains and rivers. That place is not poor now, but the people in the past were all very happy. The troublemakers.

Thinking of this, everyone doesn't argue with Li Congjia. The most urgent thing is to see if there is any powerful person who can replace Lei Youzhong. It is absolutely impossible to be a general and a prime minister in this dynasty, and it is best not to appear!

After Li Congjia saw that they did not object, he turned around and gave Lei Youzhong a secret decree to act cheaply. Without this decree, Li Congjia was worried that Lei Youzhong would not be able to let go. Wouldn't it be troublesome if those people stopped him and occupied the magpie's nest?

Regarding Li Congjia's worries, Shi Xueting snorted: "Can you think of something useful? Do you think all the princes in the court are stupid? Not all criminals can go to Lingnan, those who have problems in themselves, or are naturally rebellious." It's been removed long ago."

Li Congjia snorted: "I am prepared for danger in times of peace!"

Shi Xueting said: "Don't be prepared for danger in times of peace, let's take a look at this."

Seeing Shi Xueting handing over a box, Li Congjia couldn't help but wondered, "What is this? Why are you giving me a nice gift?"

Shi Xueting motioned him to open it first, and Li Congjia's eyes lit up after opening it: "This is... woolen yarn?"

The box is placed with very short but very delicate thin lines at both ends. The lines are the most primitive natural color, which looks a bit ugly, but Li Congjia feels like a treasure.

Shi Xueting said: "The wool spinning thread you mentioned before is feasible, but the problem now is that it is impossible to weave the long thread you mentioned, and it is even more impossible to weave it into clothes. Now they are studying .”

Li Congjia said with a smile: "It's good to make progress. Nothing can be achieved overnight. I don't understand these things. I can only tell them that they can do this. It's up to them how to implement it."

Shi Xueting nodded and said: "They are also wondering why you still know about this thing, and they all ask me if you have seen it before. If so, they can go and learn from it."

Li Congjia's face froze, and then he pretended not to care and said, "I haven't seen it before. I just had such an idea, and it's thanks to them that they can figure it out."

Shi Xueting didn't ask any more, he was very clear in his heart that this kind of thing could not be successful with just a random idea, if it was really a random idea, why didn't Li Congjia pay attention to goat hair, but chose cashmere instead?

It's just that Li Congjia obviously didn't want to talk about it, so he wisely didn't ask any more questions.

Shi Xueting came here to tell Li Congjia that cashmere yarn can be produced, but it just takes time, and then he turned around and went to work on himself. He also has a lot of work. The Ministry of Intelligence, Guangming Sect, and Buddhist disciples come to him from time to time. .

Li Congjia looked at Shi Xueting's back and heaved a long sigh. In fact, he knew in his heart that he had exposed too much. The firearms before could be said to be his own whim. After all, fireworks have appeared long ago. Cannons only It's just that the weight of various ingredients in it has been changed.

However, there are always times when the truth is revealed, not to mention the previous ones, Fuchuan plus wool is enough to make people suspicious. It's not that Li Congjia doesn't want to tell Shi Xueting his origin, but he is just worried that Shi Xueting will not be able to accept it.

After all, it's one thing to pretend to be a ghost, but it's another thing if there is such a miraculous thing.

Li Congjia rubbed his temples with a headache, feeling a little irritable, thinking that since Shi Xueting didn't ask, it's okay if he doesn't say anything.

It's just that he also knows in his heart that if he doesn't want to speak out, this matter will become a hurdle between them.

Li Congjia sighed, and picked up the paperwork from the Privy Council to challenge the war. Li Congjia took a closer look and saw that it belonged to Zhao Kuangyin. He had some helplessness and asked Zhao Kuangyin to come over and asked, "What are you thinking about so persistently going to the sea?" ah?"

Seeing that there was no one else in the study except Chunsheng and Taofu, Zhao Kuangyin immediately relaxed, and said happily, "I heard that Goryeo is rich in celadon and so on. I'm going to go and see if I can grab some for my daughter as a dowry. After all, I'm going to marry the prince. Don’t dare to be too shabby.”

"Stop coming!" Li Congjia said angrily, "Hurry up and explain the reason clearly. If the reason is sufficient, maybe I will think about it."

Zhao Kuangyin came over and asked, "Is there a good reason or is it just consent?"

Li Congjia raised his chin and said, "Of course, I have to be responsible to the soldiers. I can't let you, a novice, take them to death, can I?"

Zhao Kuangyin really had nothing to say, he was not very familiar with naval battles, he had no choice but to praise Haikou, so he looked at Shi Xueting seriously and said: "My father was humiliated by the Koreans, and he was worried and angry for a long time, and he still held it in his heart until he died. As a son of man, it is a great pity that he has not been able to avenge his father these years."

Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin was serious, Li Congjia wanted to ask his father what it was that made his father remember it for so long, but after thinking about it, this should be regarded as a disgrace to the Zhao family, so there was no need to ask the bottom line, so he said, "Well, later In a few days, the Yuanxi Fleet will arrive in Dengzhou. You follow the king of Shu to go there ahead of time to have a look. In fact, not only you, but also my elder brother has to get used to it. I will ask my elder brother if I can do it later. , you just follow."

Zhao Kuangyin immediately smiled: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Li Congjia rolled his eyes, and he uttered a good sentence like an opera, which made people want to kick him, but as soon as Li Congjia lifted his leg, Zhao Kuangyin got out with a wink.

Li Congjia was angry and funny, and he couldn't make trouble for him, so he could only continue to critique papers with his head down.

At night, Li Congjia waited for Shi Xueting to come, but Shi Xueting didn't come, but sent someone to say that he was busy.

Li Congjia was worried that he was angry because he refused to confess, but felt that Shi Xueting was not such a stingy person, and he probably thought too much.

However, when Li Congjia didn't see Shi Xueting for two consecutive days, he felt a little uneasy. He couldn't help but find Shi Xuehe and ask Shi Xueting what he was doing recently.

Shi Xuehe scratched his head and said: "I don't know what the younger brother is doing. He has been at the house in the east of the city for the past two days, and he seems to be doing some carpentry work. Oh, it is said that he is looking for a folk today. The old carpenter has gone, he has been looking for the old carpenter several times, I don’t know why people don’t seem to pay him much attention.”

Carpentry?Shi Xueting?Li Congjia was very puzzled, when did Shi Xueting become obsessed with carpentry?Why doesn't he know?What is the house in the east of the city?

The more Li Congjia thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still, so he simply got up and said, "Come on, will you take me to have a look?"

Shi Xuehe was a little timid immediately, worried that his junior brother would blame him for saying everything, because he had heard people say that there seemed to be several women in the house in the east of the city. It is still clear that he originally wanted to hide it for Shi Xueting, but he always felt that Shi Xueting hadn't come for two days. Li Congjia asked if he might have obtained some evidence. After all, Shi Xueting was too busy before. When Kung Fu entered the palace, let alone two days, it took three or four days. At that time, Li Congjia did not follow up to ask about Shi Xueting's whereabouts.

At that moment, Shi Xuehe thought a lot, and the more he thought about it, the more worried he became, so he gritted his teeth and told the truth. Sure enough, Li Congjia asked to go over to see if Li Congjia was not particularly surprised. He always felt that the other party might know more.

Li Congjia never imagined that his guilt-ridden questioning of Shi Xueting's whereabouts made Shi Xuehe think so much. He was simply curious about what Shi Xueting was doing. He will not convict Shi Xueting casually.

Shi Xuehe prepared a carriage for Li Congjia, and Li Congjia left the palace directly after approving the documents in his hand.

Li Congjia was relatively free in Chang'an, and he could leave the palace with his guards if he wanted to. If he didn't want to expose his identity, he could even let the guards hide in the crowd without following him.

The carriage he was sitting in looked a bit ordinary, and no one thought that the person sitting in the carriage was the emperor even though Shi Xuehe was leading him all the way.

But halfway through, Li Congjia couldn't help asking: "Didn't you say that Shi Xueting has been in the east of the city? Why is he going south now?"

Li Congjia is not afraid that Shi Xuehe will lead him around, not to mention that Shi Xuehe cannot be bribed, even if he is bribed, there are at least six masters around him, all selected by Shi Xueting himself. It may be their opponent, he is just a little strange.

Shi Xuehe replied very naturally: "That house is in the east of the city, but the person my junior brother visited these two days is in the south of the city."

Li Congjia couldn't help being even more surprised. Although Chang'an is the capital of the country, and there are a lot of high-ranking officials and wealthy households living here, it doesn't mean that there are no poor people. The south of the city is where the poor live. These poor people are responsible for the dirtiest jobs in the city. They are what Chang'an cannot do without.

Xinghuafang in the south of the city can be said to be a slum. The sudden appearance of a carriage in such a place is enough to attract people's attention, even if Li Congjia rides in the simplest kind of carriage in order to keep a low profile.

Of course, the most important thing is that the carriage can only go outside the square. There are various illegal buildings in the square, and the originally wide road is occupied, and some people's houses are located.

Seeing such a scene, Li Congjia was not angry, but felt a little sad. Slums can never be eradicated in any era, even in the future generations with advanced economy and technology. Moreover, the more developed the city, the more slums will exist. .

After Li Congjia got off the carriage, the other people in Xinghuafang looked at Li Congjia with some fear in their eyes. Li Congjia's dress and demeanor had already distinguished him from this place.

Shi Xuehe said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Lang, how about... I'll go find my junior brother first, you can wait outside."

Li Congjia shook his head and said, "Forget it, just go in."

He has visited the entire Chang'an City not once or twice, but he has never been to this place, and it is ridiculous to think about it. He only saw the Chang'an that those people were willing to present to him, but he never saw what the real Chang'an looks like .

The environment in Xinghua Square is really bad. The river in the square emits a stench. Li Congjia walked along the way, and there are countless ways to change this place in his mind, but he can only think about it. The slums are different from other places. , can't create any value here, if you want to rest, you can only rely on the imperial government's finances, and the imperial court can't invest here endlessly.

So this place will only change with the times at most, but it is always the dirtiest place compared to the same era.

The only thing that makes Li Congjia feel better is that the people here don't seem so hopeless and numb, and seem to be full of hope for life, so there is hope.

Shi Xuehe stopped in front of a dilapidated brick house and whispered, "This is it."

If he hadn't seen enough along the way, Li Congjia wouldn't have believed that Chang'an still has such a dilapidated house. He motioned for Shi Xuehe to knock on the door, but as soon as Shi Xuehe stretched out his hand and patted it, the wooden door burst open fall.

In the courtyard inside the gate, Shi Xueting stood in front of an old man and bowed to salute, but the old man raised his wooden stick and hit him on the back!

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