Chapter 850 Vigilance

   Li Zhi was taken aback.

   "What is it?"

  Jia Pingan said it again.

   "Reward..."

   Li Zhi thought about it carefully.

   "Where is the Minister of the Household Department?"

   he asked.

  Wang Zhongliang said with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye: "Your Majesty, he is gone."

  Li Zhi suddenly remembered.

  Isn’t the Minister of the Household Department Lu Chengqing?

   This talent will be driven out of the capital by him.

  Li Yifu said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs has repeatedly said that there is not enough money and food, so it stopped rewarding four years ago."

  Soldiers go out to battle, and everyone must be rewarded when they return. This thing is like a bonus. The richer the bonus, the happier the soldiers and the more the common people like to join the army.

   Jia Pingan took a deep breath to suppress his anger.

   "Your Majesty, the last time we captured half of Goryeo, we captured a lot of money, which was more than enough to reward the soldiers. This time, the Liaodong Three Kingdoms were destroyed, and the treasury piled up like a mountain of money and food. Not only is it more than enough, but it can also supplement the Tang treasury..."

  His anger could not be suppressed, "Lack of money and food...why is it lacking? Where did the seized money and food go?"

   Li Zhi has already remembered this matter.

  At that time, there was a shortage of food in Guanzhong, and he wanted to go to Luoyang several times to eat, but the Ministry of Household Affairs suggested that the rewards be stopped, so that the food in Chang'an could still be sustained.

  —Most of the Fubing came from around Chang'an.

  After the beginning of that time, this matter has become a custom.

  Don’t even mention it, since then Chang’an’s money and food has been loosened a lot.

  After this matter happened in history, the monarchs and ministers in the court acquiesced, and it was not brought up until a few years later.

  Li Yifu said indifferently: "How big is the Tang Dynasty? You need money and food everywhere. You only know about rewards and rewards. Why did Your Majesty lack your rewards? As for those soldiers... they should be considerate of the difficulties of the state. Don't they dare to rebel?"

  This idiot!

   Li Zhi is also a blinded stick.

   I don't know what the consequences of this are.

Jia Pingan said calmly: "Why do the people actively join the army? It depends on the government military system, which is a combination of farming and warfare, and it relies on the government soldiers being able to reduce taxes... But what is more important is that the soldiers will be rewarded by Your Majesty after they have worked hard for the country. "

  He suddenly raised his head, his eyes almost burst into flames, and said angrily: "But now that the reward is gone, does Your Majesty know how the current government soldiers are?"

  He looked at the prime ministers, "Masters, do you know how the common people view the soldiers?"

  Master Xu Yu felt that Jia Ping'an was making a fuss out of a molehill, so he said flatly, "What do they think? It is their duty to protect the family and the country..."

Jia Pingan asked him, "Since Xu Xiang said so, I think I can do it myself. Then Jia dare to ask, maybe Xu Xiang's salary and food will be exempted? By the way, the Xu family has been a high-ranking official for many generations. The money and food are probably piled up like a mountain, so naturally there is no shortage of this salary, money and food. But do those soldiers have any surplus food? Do they have any surplus money?"

   "This is why not eat minced meat!"

  Jia Ping'an's face flushed red.

  He has always felt that the decline of the Fubing system originated from the annexation of fields, but only today did he realize that the decline of the Fubing system originated from the contempt and contempt for the soldiers by the monarchs and ministers in the court...

   "Jia Pingan!"

  Li Yifu said with a cold face: "Roaring Yuqian, what do you want to do?"

   Roar at your sister!

   Jia Pingan glanced at him, the contempt and disdain was very obvious.

   "Your Majesty, do you know that the common people are no longer willing to join the army?"

  Jia Pingan surprised the monarch and his ministers as soon as he opened his mouth.

"impossible!"

  Ren Yaxiang frowned and looked at Jia Pingan, "I never knew about this."

hehe!

   Jia Ping'an smiled and said: "Your high officials live in the temple, so naturally you don't know what the people below think. You can go to Chang'an County and Wannian County, including those places around Chang'an, and ask how the government is recruiting soldiers."

   Li Zhi felt cold in his heart, but immediately felt that this matter was not enough, "how?"

  Jia Pingan said: "The common people regard joining the army as a way out, and they can't escape. When they are forced to join the army, they choose the weakest males from their families to join the army... Those who have money in their families even spend money to clear the way for the officials to avoid being recruited..."

  In another ten or twenty years... No wonder the Tang army was repeatedly defeated when Ajie was in power. This is where Te Niang came from.

   Jia Pingan wanted to ask the monarchs and ministers, did they get water in their heads? He actually did something like self-destruction of the Great Wall.

  —Be kind to soldiers, this is the national policy of ancient and modern China and foreign countries. Looking at the former Song Dynasty, the soldiers were regarded as Sabi and slaves, and as a result foreign troubles continued.

   Li Ji spoke up, "Did you hear this matter, or did you verify it?"

yes! I am afraid that Jia Ping'an heard this from where, so he made a suggestion based on it.

   Li Zhi woke up suddenly.

  Li Yifu smiled and said: "It's just hearsay."

  Jia Pingan said word by word: "Yesterday I went out of the city and went to three villages..."

   Li Zhi felt a chill in his heart.

this…

  Li Yifu said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is rumored."

   This is the meaning of questioning Jia Ping'an.

   "Then invite all the gentlemen to go and have a look?" Jia Ping'an smiled very indifferently.

  A group of idiots, after you see the real situation, will you always blush?

   Li Zhi thought it was a good idea.

   "Yesterday, I heard the prince read two lines of poems. I finally realized that what I got on paper was shallow, and I knew that this matter must be done. I like it very much...the world has to be said, but it is more important to do it. If you don't do it, you will just talk about it on paper. So..."

   This is a poem Jia Pingan gave to the students, which is quite inspiring.

   "Your Majesty, I invite His Highness the Crown Prince to leave the palace."

  You can't count on this stick, but your big nephew can't follow you to become an emperor who doesn't eat meat.

  Does this mean that I will teach Goro as an emperor who does not know the suffering of the people?

  Thinking of the prince's repeated begging to leave the palace recently... Li Zhi said indifferently: "That's fine. This matter is important, so please go and have a look. If there is no such matter..."

  He looked at Jia Pingan meaningfully.

   Today, if this guy is roaring at the court and at the imperial court, if he doesn't punish him, I will feel depressed.

  A servant went to the harem.

  Li Hong is studying.

  Jiang Feng avoided Hao Mi and focused on the prince, but Cao Yingxiong next to him looked eagerly at him with a look of thirst for knowledge...

   Really greedy.

Jiang Feng immediately asked him a question, and Cao Yingxiong naturally answered it easily, but he added, "Mr. Jiang, am I right? Hey! I never lie, Mr. Jiang, please don't get me wrong." .”

  This is about how they wronged Hao Mi.

  Jiang Feng blushed, and was about to reprimand him, but he thought that Cao Yingxiong was a hob...

   "Your Highness!"

  Just when the servant arrived, Jiang Feng felt relieved.

  Li Hong stood up, "What's the matter?"

  The servant said: "Your Majesty ordered His Highness to change into plain clothes."

  Going out of the palace?

  Li Hong's eyes lit up.

   I have been looking forward to it for a long time, but today I finally got my wish...Long live Aye!

  The baby hurried to change clothes, and then went to say hello to the old lady.

   "Aniang, I'm leaving the palace."

  He came in and yelled, turned around and ran away, Wu Mei hadn't reacted yet...

   "This kid..."

  Wu Mei couldn't help covering her forehead, "Why did the prince leave the palace? Who is accompanying him?"

Shaopeng went to ask, and when he came back, he held his head high and said, "It is said that Duke Jia yelled at the court earlier, as if it was for the sake of the soldiers. Then His Majesty ordered the prince to go with him to investigate... All the princes went, and Duke Jia also went. "

  Go safe too! That's fine. Wu Mei bowed her head to deal with the government.

  Shao Peng had a loyal look on his face just now, and he just wanted to leave the palace.

   Wouldn’t it be nice for us to follow to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

   But the queen ignored it.

  …

   Everyone changed into casual clothes and waited outside the palace gate.

  The prince came out later, accompanied by more than a dozen guards, and two servants accompanied him with burdens on their backs.

   "Meet Your Highness."

   "You don't need to be too polite."

   Everyone is familiar with such routines, and they are familiar with the road.

   Immediately the carriage came out, and Li Hong got into the carriage. As soon as he got out of the imperial city, he opened the curtain and whispered to Jia Pingan in front; "Uncle! Uncle!"

  Jia Pingan stopped Abao, and when the carriage reached his side, he lowered his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

  The nine-year-old prince looked eager to try, "Uncle, I just want to ride a horse."

  The servant next to him hurriedly said: "Mr. Jia, don't dare to let His Highness ride a horse. If you accidentally fall off..."

  Jia Pingan looked at the front, the prime ministers were all only talking about each other...

  He dismounted, "Your Highness, get off the carriage."

  Li Hong jumped down excitedly, and his skills turned out to be quite vigorous.

   Look, that's the benefit of playing football every day!

  Jia Pingan was overjoyed, and carried him to the horse.

   "Stand on firmly."

  Li Hong also practiced riding in the palace, but never tried it out.

  After getting on the horse at this moment, his whole body tensed up, worried that Ah Bao would jump or lose control.

  A Bao hissed softly, obviously dissatisfied with Jia Pingan letting others ride him.

   "Stay safe!"

   Jia Ping'an patted its neck, A Bao turned his head and rubbed his head against Jia Ping'an's face.

  This is acting like a baby.

  The guards are fine, but the two servants are in a hurry.

   "Duke Jia, Your Highness is honorable, absolutely not!"

  Jia Pingan said angrily: "Sooner or later, he will ride the horse alone, and when the time comes, why are you shouting beside him?"

   Li Yifu in front of him inadvertently turned his head, and then turned back.

Huh!

  What did the old man see?

  Li Yifu turned his head suddenly, and heard a click on his neck, his mind went blank.

   "Jia Pingan!"

  The prime ministers turned their heads and saw that the prince came on horseback, and Jia Pingan was sitting on the shaft of the carriage accompanying him. They couldn't help being shocked.

   "The prince is still young, how can he travel on horseback?"

   "Hurry up and get off your horse!"

   "Mr. Jia, you are being frivolous."

   Jia Pingan sat down and ignored him.

  You say what you say, try it if you have the ability.

  Li Yifu smiled and said, "Your Highness, please dismount."

  Li Hong was proud of himself, and shook his head seriously, "Gu is nine years old, why can't he ride a horse? Last time Gu asked the guards around him, some children can ride a horse at five or six years old, why can't Gu?"

  Ahem!

   Jia Pingan gloated and watched the old men blushing.

  Li Ji pointed at Jia Ping'an, with a look of warning in his eyes.

  If something happens to the prince, you can't escape!

  Li Yifu ordered: "Come up a few, and protect His Highness from front to back."

  The guards looked at Jia Pingan and said nothing.

  Jia Pingan couldn't help being happy when he saw that Li Yifu's nose was almost crooked. "That's my horse. I'm here. Your Highness has nothing to do. You are all worried, hurry up."

  He made some calculations, maybe he will have lunch outside today...

  Thinking of these well-clothed and well-fed guys, Jia Pingan kept laughing.

   "Jia Ping'an has been laughing like a weasel who has stolen an egg."

  Li Yifu was very dissatisfied.

  After leaving Chang'an, Li Hong couldn't do it anymore. Jia Pingan took him down, and Li Hong swore: "Uncle, when I return to the palace, Gu will practice horsemanship hard. Wait for half a year, and Gu will be able to gallop the horse."

"good!"

  You think about having too many children, and with your father and mother sitting in the palace, your thoughts are all dreams.

  Out of the city, turn left, then go forward, then turn left again... Just like this turning from time to time, the crowds gradually become sparse.

   "That's your farm, right?"

   Someone asked Li Yifu.

  In front of the endless fields on the right, Li Yifu said reservedly: "Exactly."

  The empress valued him more and more, rewarding him with money today and the farm tomorrow. The Li family's property is inflated at the moment, it is heard that the followers of Li Yifu dare to spend money and compete for prostitutes in Pingkang Fang.

   After riding for half an hour, we arrived at a village.

   "Everyone, go in and ask."

  Jia Pingan did not choose a single family as the object of inquiry, which made everyone feel better.

  Everyone entered the village, Li Hong followed Jia Ping'an, looking at everything around him curiously...

  The thatched hut looks very simple, dusty, and a little low, making Li Hong, who is used to living in tall palaces, feel too cramped.

  The fence is also very simple, and a few chickens are looking for food in the corner, walking calmly, looking at them, and then lowered their heads to dig the soil.

   "Who is going to ask questions?"

  Old men, you pushed and let me go, and finally Xu Jingzong was elected.

   "Didn't Prime Minister Xu say to love the people like a child? Come on, it's best for you to go." Li Yifu smiled as warmly as the spring breeze.

   A group of idiots!

  Xu Jingzong coughed dryly, "Is anyone home?"

  Even the emperor cannot break into the people's homes without authorization, otherwise it will cause criticism, and the censor will even impeach him.

   "Who is it?"

  A woman came out and saw a group of men outside, she was frightened and ran in.

  Boom!

  The door is closed.

  Xu Jingzong turned around, "It's not that the old man is not dedicated, she was scared away by you before the old man said anything."

   Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

   A group of clubs!

  Jia Pingan said to Li Hong: "Your Highness, go down and try it, and say that you are thirsty, please drink some water."

  Let the prince ask for water...you **** want to eat a fart!

  A group of old men blowing their beards and staring at their eyes, but Li Hong jumped up and shouted happily: "Master, can you give me some water?"

  The woman probably looked out from the crack of the door, and seeing that Li Hong was still young, she opened the door and asked, "What are you waiting for here?"

   "Your Highness still works."

  Everyone couldn't help but feel ashamed.

   "Look, the woman came out with a word from His Highness." Xu Jingzong praised: "It's His Highness's benevolent breath that moved her!"

  Li Ji turned around and took a look, then said calmly: "You wait and look back."

   When everyone turned their heads, they saw more than a dozen big men running towards them with weapons in their hands.

I go!

  It turned out that the woman had the courage to come out when she saw the men from the village coming.

   "I'm here to beg for water."

  Li Hong stepped forward again.

   The guards wanted to rush over nervously, but Jia Pingan stopped him.

   Watch how this kid copes...

   Jia Pingan watched with great interest. He was standing beside Li Hong, ready to protect him at any time.

  The big men stopped, and the leader was probably Muramasa. He frowned and looked at the crowd, "Ask for water?"

  This group of people... a group of old guys are nothing to be afraid of, but there are more than ten big men behind them...

  The old guy plus the big man, and a half-old child, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a posture of traveling.

  Cunzheng's complexion looked better, "They are all from Tang Dynasty, so it's easy to drink water."

  The woman went to get water.

   Everyone pretended to drink, Xu Jingzong went in and took a look, his eyes were not very good when he came out... a bit embarrassed.

   "The furnishings in your home are simpler, but life is not easy?"

  Xu Jingzong's question made the woman laugh, "Life is much better now than before."

  This is an entry point, Li Ji said: "Life is what comes out, family and everything are prosperous. Seeing that you have a lot of houses and a lot of men, wouldn't it be better to join the army?"

Those big men were behind. After hearing this, someone said: "Who is willing to join the army these days? Only those whose families are difficult go. Or some people think that they will be able to rely on their military achievements to get ahead... But Nowadays, there are fewer people with outstanding military achievements, how many are willing to go?"

   This is disappointing! Li Ji's heart shuddered.

  Li Yifu asked: "The year before last, I saw those people enthusiastically joining the army. What happened in your village..."

  The woman sighed: "It's not very beneficial to join the army now, and you have to bring a lot of things yourself. Who wants to go? The year before...the year before last, some places had bad harvests. Those are just trying to get tax relief!"

  Datang soldiers need to bring their own dry food and a lot of equipment...

  These *** formed the most powerful army of this era, but now this army has a problem.

   Something is wrong with this army!

A hen slowly walked over as if curious, and the woman drove it away, sniffing, "You all seem to be rich, but you don't know... Now that you are losing money in the army, those who have been conscripted, their own Prepared a lot of things, but came back without a reward... Hey! Many people said that it was a traitor in the court, who took away the rewards His Majesty gave them. But they told the Shangguan...the Shangguan was full of complaints, saying... It's gone from now on..."

  The big guys behind him talked in a hurry.

   "This is treating us as fools!"

   "Let us go to work and not give money or food, then whoever joins the army is a fool."

"Last time I heard people say that in the past, soldiers with military merits could be promoted to other positions, but now those who have achieved military merits have not been promoted... This court! It seems that warriors are regarded as cattle and sheep, just drive them, don't care about them." their lives."

  Ren Yaxiang's heart skipped a beat.

  The Ministry of Households proposed to stop the money and food rewards to the soldiers who went to war. The Ministry of War did not fart. He thought it was nothing more than that, but everything in front of him told him...

   You got into trouble!

  You have a big deal!

  Jia Pingan looked at them with eyes that meant this.

  A group of old men who don’t eat minced meat really think that the people are just cattle and sheep, and they can drive them as they please.

  Seeing that everyone looked serious, Li Hong asked in a low voice, "Uncle, why?"

  Jia Ping'an did not lower his voice, "People's life is already hard. In the past, joining the army was a way out. They relied on the swords and guns in their hands to win official positions and titles, and to win rewards, so life at home will naturally be easier..."

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, "You have to remember that the common people have to have a way out, otherwise the Tang Dynasty will be lifeless. The offspring of officials are still officials; the offspring of celebrities are still celebrities, and the offspring of generals are still generals. Tan, sooner or later something big will happen.

   If you want to get ahead, you have to have a way. Naturally, ordinary people can’t take the imperial examinations. They don’t have the contacts and fame of being officials for many generations in their families, and they don’t have the good fortune of their father and grandfather Mengyin being an official, and they don’t have the support of countless officials and celebrities in the family. The road is now blocked by people. "

  When everyone turned their heads, they saw something else in the prince's eyes.

   Be alert!

  (end of this chapter)