Tang's dining table

Chapter 239 What is money?

No matter what dynasty or generation the generals were, they were all worried that all the rabbits would die.

And very worried.

Therefore, creating a powerful but controllable enemy for the emperor has always been what the generals have been trying their best to achieve.

To be honest, the threat of Goguryeo to Datang was too small. As long as they dared to leave the ice and snow area and shorten the supply line of the Tang army, the generals of Datang generally welcomed Goguryeo's attack and were determined. There is also confidence that they will not be able to escape alive.

Nowadays, the Goguryeo people know that the Tang Dynasty has always had ill intentions towards them, and they are in the classic position of distant relations and close attacks. If the Tang Dynasty does not beat them from time to time, they will be sorry for this ancestral precept.

Therefore, the Goguryeo people built a Great Wall on the border and were always ready to deal with the Tang Dynasty's attack.

Since the Goguryeo people could not take the initiative to provoke war, the Tang Dynasty had no room for the numerous and out-of-the-ordinary generals.

A traitor like Ashina Helu only appears once in a few years or more. They cannot be expected to make the emperor pay attention to the general group.

Therefore, after all calculations, it can only be the Tubo people.

Tubo borders the Tang Dynasty in western Sichuan. Unfortunately, the Tubo people here have always claimed to be bullied by the Tang people.

Another place bordering Tubo was Tuyuhun. Although he was beaten by Emperor Taizong in the eighth year of Zhenguan, he was finally defeated in the ninth year of Zhenguan. King Fuyun of Tuyuhun was completely defeated and ran to Shanshan, where he was strangled to death.

Emperor Taizong did not transfer Tuyuhun to the Tang Dynasty because of the epidemic. Instead, he left Fu Yun's eldest son Murong Shun to lead the Tuyuhun people in the east and live in Fuqi City, where he was granted the title of Prince of Xiping County.

Later, Murong Shun was not very obedient, so he killed Murong Shun and let his son continue to serve as the king of Xiping County. Maybe he felt that too many King Tuyuhun had been killed, so in order to compensate, he married Princess Honghua to the prince of Xiping County. Later, They also successively married Princess Jincheng and Princess Jinming to the two sons of Prince Xiping as compensation.

This is a very annoying thing for the generals. After all, Tuyuhun is still the country of Jisu, not the mainland of the Tang Dynasty.

In order to make the emperor nervous, everyone tacitly came up with a story about Tibet seriously threatening Tuyuhun, and then threatening the land west of the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions.

Li Jingye should have known about this, so this guy just went to Qinghaitou to rob Lu Dongzan's daughter. It would be best to cause a war between Tuyuhun and Tubo, and then let Datang and Tubo fight. The protracted battle is to stabilize the basic base of these veterans.

Li Zhi should also know about this, so he has always considered attacking Goguryeo instead of fighting Tibet.

The veterans all experienced the battles of the Sui Dynasty before liberation. They knew how much force Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty used to attack Goguryeo, but failed, resulting in the death of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and the annihilation of his family.

Emperor Taizong also attacked Goguryeo back then. Although he returned with a great victory, he was not able to destroy Goguryeo in the end, which was a pity.

Moreover, the harsh climate in Liaodong also left a very deep impression on the veterans who participated in the war.

Therefore, the veteran generals hope to fight the Tubo people in Tuyuhun and Dafeichuan, and are not willing to go to Liaodong to climb the ice and lie in the snow to fight the Goguryeo people.

Now, Li Jingye will personally open the huge magic box of fighting the Tubo people. ‘

Yun Chu knew what the veterans thought was a must-win battle. The Battle of Dafeichuan not only ruined Xue Rengui's reputation as an invincible enemy, but also became a stain that Li Zhi could not erase in his life. There will always be a flaw on the pearl of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

"If you have a girl, you have to marry your neighbor, but if you give birth to a boy, you have to bury it and follow the grass. If you don't see it, there is no one to collect the bones of the past in Qinghai. New ghosts are annoying and old ghosts are crying, and the sky is dark and rainy, with a wet sound!"

And Du Fu's song "War Chariots" firmly nailed them to the pillar of shame in history.

It was only now that Yun Chu understood why Li Ji had to expel Li Jingye from the family and connect Li Jingye with him.

There has been a tacit understanding between ancestors and grandsons for a long time. Even if there wasn't, Yun Chu still didn't believe that Li Ji would know nothing about Li Jingye's affairs in Tuyuhun.

"They just bully you, a fool with no foundation." Wen Wen lay on the floor, put her feet on the warm fire wall, and poured wolfberry soup into her mouth.

Yun Chu also took off his boots in a gentle manner, lay down on the wooden floor, put his feet on the warm wall, and drank wolfberry soup one mouthful at a time.

Regardless of whether wolfberry soup is useful or not, it is a comfort to married men. Anyway, men have been drinking it since the Han Dynasty. Until the Tang Dynasty, no one has died from drinking wolfberry soup for 1,300 years. of.

"The official is too young, the money is too little, and the people are not enough." Yunchu took a sad sip of wolfberry soup.

Gentle said: "There's nothing we can do about it. You're about to turn eighteen and you're about to start your career. At this time, you've already reached the sixth rank. What else are you dissatisfied with? Just because of the speed of promotion, in the Tang Dynasty, It’s already rare.”

Yun Chu spit out a wolfberry that he accidentally drank into his mouth and asked, "Tell me, how can I get promoted quickly now?"

Wen Wen sighed and said: "I want to know too, after all, I am now an official of the eighth rank, which is just a little older than the bastard in the Weihe River.

I think you should pay a visit to Liu Rengui. To be honest, I was looking through the documents recently and originally wanted to find some dirty information about Liu Rengui. However, after searching for three days, I couldn’t find anything at all. In the process of searching, I became more and more confused. I admire this guy. To be honest, he can only survive to this day because of the help of ghosts and gods.

According to my understanding, anyone who can't die many times will definitely be able to shine in the future. "

"Why do you say that?"

"Heaven is going to entrust this man with a great responsibility. His bones and muscles will be taxed, his skin will be starved, his body will be depleted, and he will never be allowed to die."

"Okay, I'll go to him to discuss the future development of Anyefang, and ask him if the land in Chang'an County can be linked with the land in Wannian County to grow more cotton.

are you going? "

Wen Wen closed her eyes and waved her hands and said, "I won't go. We are not from the same group. There is a high possibility that we will be enemies in the future."

"Why?"

"Because he is now in Gui Shizhong. As long as he is in Gui Shizhong, he must be an enemy of my family."

When Yun Chu saw Rou Wen and fastened it on his face, he stood up, put on his boots and went straight to the West Market to find Liu Rengui.

There is no comparison between the messy West Market and the neat and tidy East Market, just like there is no comparison between a wet market and a large supermarket. Although it is messy, it is full of life.

It is actually a very taboo thing for officials for the chief official of one county to go to another county to find the chief official there.

There is a truth here called - there are no two masters in heaven!

Similarly, the chief officials above will basically not go to the yamen of the lower officials. If they have something to do, they will meet in the office or other places. Anyway, they will not go to the yamen, at least they will not stay for a long time.

Liu Rengui didn't care about this. When Yunchu arrived, it happened to be his lunch break.

There was a pair of iron chopsticks placed on the brazier, two pieces of Hu cakes were placed on the iron chopsticks, and a pot of tea with mutton oil was placed on the low table. Apparently, this was Liu Rengui's meal.

Judging from the way he skillfully flipped the biscuits and was not afraid of burning his hands, he could not eat this kind of meal twice.

Liu Rengui did not appear embarrassed at all because the lunch was too shabby, but naturally gave one to Yunchu after he passed the Hu cake test.

"I'm used to being shabby. I can't compare to the county magistrate who spends all day in fine clothes and fine food. It's good to try coarse food occasionally. It's fresh."

Yun Chu took the cake with a smile, and expertly ate it from the roasted brown crust first, then finished the wheat-scented crust without touching Liu Rengui's oil tea, poured a glass of water, took a sip and said, "I'm thirteen I had my first bite of white rice when I was 2 years old. Does the county magistrate know what I was thinking at that time?"

Liu Rengui looked at Yun Chu without saying anything, and Yun Chu had no choice but to continue: "I was thinking at that time that I will eat white rice every day from now on."

Liu Ren's track: "It's hard to satisfy your desires."

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "I believe that a person's pursuit of a better life should be encouraged, not discouraged.

Of course, as long as his efforts are in the right direction, he deserves praise and the wealth he acquires should be protected. "

Liu Rengui fluttered the Hu cake in his hand and said: "Not everyone can be lucky enough to survive the thousands of troops, and not everyone has the ability to infiltrate the camp like the county magistrate, and not everyone can survive in the big army." Win the first prize in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Yunxian Cheng thought that what he had obtained through hard work did not know that to stupid people, it was plunder. "

Yun Chu quickly finished the Hu cake in his hand, even stuffing the dregs into his mouth, and said, "A certain family came here today just to correct a fallacy made by the county magistrate."

After hearing what Yunchu said, Liu Rengui actually put down the half-eaten biscuits and saluted Yunchu respectfully: "Liu Rengui is all ears."

Faced with Liu Rengui's expression of being happy after hearing about it, Yun Chu said awkwardly: "We might as well discuss it and learn from each other."

Liu Rengui said seriously: "Since it is Liu's fallacy, as long as it gets to the point, Liu will naturally listen to it."

Yunchu saw that Liu Rengui was serious and didn't seem to be teasing him, so he took out a piece of money from his arms seriously and put it in front of Liu Rengui and said: "Today, a certain family will talk to the county official about money!"

I wonder what the county official thinks money is? "

This was the first time Liu Rengui was asked this question. He couldn't help frowning and thinking for a while, and finally answered: "I think money is things, and things refer to everything that money can buy."

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "The essence of money is time and labor, no matter whether the county minister uses money to buy anything, whether it is a house, a piece of cake, or a piece of clothing.

In the final analysis, what the county official buys is the working time of craftsmen, the working time of suppliers, the working time of farmers, and the working time of silkworm raisers.

No matter how things change, it will ultimately come back to the effective working time of craftsmen and farmers.

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