The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Being an envoy to the Turks was not a troublesome matter. When two countries were at war, the envoys would not be killed. This was the rule.

Even if the Tang Dynasty and the Turks fell out, the safety of the envoys could be guaranteed.

As long as the envoys did not learn from the envoys of the Han Dynasty, there would be no problem.

But how could Tang Jian have thought that Li Jing would appear in the middle of the trip?

He did not follow the martial ethics. He was talking here and suddenly attacked from there.

"Your Majesty, the candidate for the envoy..." Fang Xuanling asked.

"It must be selected from the Ministry of Rites. After thinking about it, Tang Jian is the most suitable." Li Shimin said: "In the first year of Zhenguan, he went to the Turks and was an old acquaintance of Jie Li Khan, so he must be the best."

Fang Xuanling nodded slightly, which was appropriate.

Li Fu had a look on his face that was just as expected.

However, Zhao Deyan should be able to thrive on the grassland.

"Regarding Zhao Deyan, I received a letter from Jie Li on the grassland." Li Shimin said with a smile, "Zhao Deyan is also highly valued by Jie Li on the grassland, otherwise, Jie Li would not have personally sent me a letter asking me to ensure the safety of Zhao Deyan's family."

At this point, Li Shimin smiled.

"Zhao Deyan plans to stay on the grassland, so I ordered people to send all of Zhao Deyan's family to the grassland without missing a single one, so that he has no worries."

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that Zhao Deyan will really follow Jie Li wholeheartedly?" Du Ruhui asked.

"Hahahaha, Keming, you don't have to worry about this. We are just afraid that he won't follow Jie Li wholeheartedly." Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

He knows too well what Zhao Deyan is.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have made such a move to let him go to the grassland.

He went to the grasslands. With his mouth, Jie Li would certainly use him. He found a sense of existence and the meaning of life in Jie Li. He would definitely feel that it was much more comfortable to live on the grasslands than in the Tang Dynasty.

He wanted fame and fortune, and Jie Li could give it to him.

But Zhao Deyan could not give Jie Li what Jie Li wanted.

Instead, it would be more of a hindrance.

The Turks had their own national conditions, which were completely different from the Tang Dynasty.

If Zhao Deyan let Jie Li forcibly apply the Tang Dynasty's system on the grasslands, the situation on the grasslands would be exciting.

Li Shimin and Li Fu also laughed.

"Du Shangshu has never met Zhao Deyan, so he naturally doesn't know what kind of person he is. He is a mother who feeds her. If such a person goes to the Turks and works for Jie Li, he will be guaranteed to be successful." Li Fu laughed and said, "This person has ambitions, but not too big ambitions. He has abilities, but not the ability to govern. Can such a person help the Turks?"

"There is only one thing. As long as he doesn't sell out the Tang Dynasty, he can do whatever he wants in the Turks." Li Fu laughed and said, "And he doesn't dare to sell out the Tang Dynasty and completely offend us."

Du Ruhui nodded.

In this case, doesn't it mean that Zhao Deyan is just a troublemaker?

Although it is not good for the Tang Dynasty, it is also not good for the Turks... Once Jie Li reuses such a person, the Turks will be finished.

"I heard that there have been snowstorms on the grassland for two consecutive years." Du Ruhui said: "If it is the same this year, then it may be an opportunity for us, but everything can only be determined after the Duke of Ju's mission."

"Yes, that's right." Li Shimin nodded seriously: "God has not given us a good life in the Tang Dynasty. Similarly, the life of the Turks is not much better."

Thinking of this, Li Shimin felt much more balanced.

Although the Tang Dynasty had drought, the Turks had snowstorms, and countless cattle and sheep were frozen to death. Their foundation is not as strong as the Tang Dynasty.

It's better not to survive.

"The Tang Dynasty cannot fight a protracted war against the Turks, considering the current national strength." Li Fu said: "A quick victory is the best, saving manpower, money and food."

"And after the battle, we can bring back a lot of things from the grassland, but don't let it go just because of the trouble. Even a small fly is meat, don't waste it. If you give some to the people in Guanzhong through your fingers, they will be happy for a while."

Hearing Li Fu say this, Li Shimin and others couldn't help but think of the last time Li Fu followed Yuchi Gong to fight against the Turkic vanguard in Jingyang.

That was the last time they plundered the camp.

If it wasn't on the land of the Tang Dynasty, the soil in the camp had to be dug up and brought back.

Either the industry of the Jingyang Palace makes money, with such a master who knows how to live, it's hard not to make money.

"Is the grain in the treasury still being released?" Li Fu asked."Localities are still counting the number of disaster victims and distributing grain according to the list." Fang Xuanling said.

"Since the land is dry and grain is not produced, let's not worry about the land and do something else." Li Fu said: "It's not a good thing to eat the grain without working after receiving it."

Several people looked at Li Fu in confusion.

Good guy, just a good guy.

Let the hungry disaster victims work?

Ignore the land?

But it's true, whether the land is managed or not, it's just like that, anyway, grain is not produced, and it won't produce even if it is managed.

"What work to do?" Changsun Wuji asked.

Changsun Wuji thought that as a court official, as the emperor's right-hand man, as a minister who gave advice to the emperor, he was very cruel.

But now compared to King Jingyang...

Changsun Wuji couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his chest.

So warm.

"Now is a drought, it's a good time to build water conservancy projects." Li Fu said: "Dredging the river, right? Cleaning the riverbed and stabilizing the embankment, how good."

Li Fu said, spreading his hands: "It's okay for the people to contribute a little bit of labor to receive the relief grain from the court? In addition, if the money for buying grain in the south cannot be spent, symbolically giving some money to the people who work hard can be regarded as a disguised relief for the people."

Li Fu spent the money and didn't plan to take it back.

However, he still had to take some money out of Li Shimin's treasury.

Otherwise, how can the landlords live?

He can't let his wife save the family expenses every day.

Why should he let his wife do this matter of saving money?

If he wants to calculate the expenses, he should let Li Erfeng go back and calculate them behind closed doors.

Fang Xuanling thought about it.

There is nothing wrong with this statement.

Now that the rivers in Guanzhong are dry, it is a good thing to clean up the rivers and build water conservancy projects. To be honest, such opportunities are not always available.

Moreover, if the river water conservancy projects are well built, the water resources will be sufficient next year, and Guanzhong will be a vibrant landscape again.

There is no need to worry too much about whether too much rain will cause floods or something like that...