The news of Yao Yi's return to Chang 'an was spread to the Li Family Zhuangzi on the same day. Li Longji came to look for Li Yi.
He had nothing to do, so he came over for dinner and then went back. He lived nearby.
Li Yi also ate pork ribs and lamb chops. He dipped them into the sauce and ate them.
"I'll bring half of it back, five pounds of chili powder, and other seasonings at home."
Li Longji prepared to pack it up. He knew how to make delicious food and was distressed about the ingredients.
Li Family Zhuangzi's seasonings could be used many times and could be used to make other food.
The seasonings used to make hand-grilled lamb were enough to buy half a lamb chops.
"Chili powder can be sold this year. We planted three batches of chili powder in a row with the help of the greenhouse."
Li Yi talked about making money.
When he first got the chili powder, he was thinking about how to promote it.
When the number of seeds was enough, he wanted to wait two years before promoting it. People would not die if they did not eat chili powder.
Zhuangzi needed money and wanted to sell it as a luxury item. Chili powder was expensive, so why couldn't it be expensive?
He did not sell the seeds, only the chili powder, and continued to invest the money he earned into technology research and development.
"Let the captives mine in winter? How much linoleum paper has been produced? "
Li Longji did not care about how Li Yi made money. He was concerned about the more than 11,000 captives of the southwest barbarians.
Li Yi picked up the warm yellow wine and said, "Mining? Linoleum paper still needs to be produced. Our Tang dynasty is defending now, so we should send the Winged Knights to replace the soldiers at the border.
Also, we should cancel the government soldier system and change it to a mercenary system. If we can complete it this year, the Tang dynasty's soldiers will be even stronger. "
"The imperial court is already dealing with it. The Zeyong government, which has low fighting power, will be reduced by 50%.
We need to wait until March or April next year, when there is water in the Yellow River and enough salt is stored in the salt wells of Shu. "
Li Longji was ready to sell salt for money to raise soldiers.
"The imperial court is rich. Raise soldiers as if the imperial court is paying for it."
Li Yi emphasized. Who would pay their own money to recruit soldiers? What was the use of taxes?
Li Longji laughed. "The Ministry of Revenue's money is used to build roads, to build roads that lead to our territory. Qin Shihuang was able to build the Great Wall, so why can't he build roads now?
According to what you said, the newly recruited soldiers will be trained on Taibai Mountain. There is a lot of cement in the mountains of Lantian County, which is suitable for repairing roads that cannot be repaired. "
Li Longji had great ambitions. When Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall and the roads, the common people suffered greatly and many people died.
Instead of harming the common people, he provided them with tools and materials, paid them, and was in charge of logistics.
When the roads were repaired, the people would enjoy the benefits of the roads.
The process of cultivation could lead to death. That was due to carelessness, falling to death, or being crushed to death by stones.
There wouldn't be a situation where they would die from overwork or malnutrition.
Li Yi thought for a moment. "It's better to take captives. There are people in Bohai who have been hired to repair the roads in the northern part of Hebei Province. "
"Yes, repairing the roads will delay production. The common people of the Tang dynasty built the roads themselves. We have to find people who don't have land at home."
Li Longji also thought that it was better to hire others to repair the roads. The Tang dynasty spent money, but it was a pity that the southwestern barbarians did not come to fight.
The southwestern barbarians in Zhuangzi were still few in number, and they had to go mining. He believed that Brother Yi would have other arrangements for the rotation of manpower.
"Yao Chong and the others have to retire. Lu Huaishen and Yao Chong will join the military group. What's Zhang Shuo's arrangement?"
Li Longji changed the topic. Zhang Shuo was still young, and it would be a pity for him to join the military group.
Li Yi thought for a moment and gave an answer. "Be the Henan Provincial Magistrate. Other positions are considered demotions."
In history, Zhang Shuo was demoted directly and waited for Su Yi to become the Prime Minister. He had a good relationship with Su Yi, and he slowly gained power through coordination. In the end, he became the Prime Minister again.
Now that history had changed, Zhang Shuo did not need to find an excuse to demote him. He was assigned to the Henan Provincial Magistrate. His power was small, but his position was important.
Everyone said that Zhang Shuo was domineering, but Li Yi did not notice. Was he not domineering when he was sent to the Henan Provincial Magistrate?
"It's about time. I'll go back." Li Longji finished the wine in his bowl and took his things back to Xingqing Palace.
He did not eat at all. He wanted to eat with Empress Wang.
Li Yi ate slowly by himself. The palace maids and eunuchs watched over the lamb scorpion pot and ate.
The next day, Lu Huaishen resigned. Li Longji agreed and arranged for him to join the inspection team of the Tang dynasty.
The next day, Zhang Shuo was arranged to be the Henan Provincial Magistrate. He was not prepared to bring his family to Henan Provincial Magistrate for the New Year.
Zhang Shuo was already prepared. When he heard that it was Luoyang, he was relieved. Let's go and pack up!
The next day, Yuan Qianyao became the Capital Magistrate.
Yao Chong took the initiative to resign. Li Longji allowed him to join the inspection team.
Song Jing, Bi Goo, and Su Yi became the Prime Ministers. Everything was done.
The power changed once. They had to wait for the next change.
In normal history, after Yao Chong resigned, he returned the house in Xing Ning Fang that the imperial court gave him and went to live in Wang Ji Temple.
He was appointed as the head of the three departments, so he was not short of money.
However, he also had malaria. Just like his son, he looked quite pitiful.
Not anymore. He was still living in the house. There was no such thing as the head of the three departments, so he joined the inspection team.
He also did not return the Earthly Paradise membership card. He could still eat if he wanted to.
The most dumbfounded was Yao Yi. He came back and thought that he would have a good position.
Why did his father resign? Did he have nothing to do now that he was a retired official?
No one gave him gifts, and no one invited him to dinner.
"Father, how could this be?" Yao Yi was confused at home.
"It's time to go down, Your Majesty …" Yao Chong did not continue.
"What's the use of that inspection team? It can catch other officials and reduce the punishment of the officials who made mistakes? "
Yao Yi began to understand the first inspection team of the Tang dynasty. If they had more power, they would have more power.
"They can only arrest people, but they can't get away with it. It's not good for them, but it's good for the Tang dynasty."
Yao Chong was going to rest for a few days. He was too tired. He had to sleep well and recuperate before reporting.
"What about me? I should have something to do. "Yao Yi was annoyed.
"Write books. See what kind of books you want to study, or help with Cihai. Read the dictionary first. Cihai has more content than the dictionary. "
Yao Chong arranged things for his son. It was good enough that his son could survive. He wanted to be an official immediately.
Now he had to keep a low profile. Yes, keep a low profile.
Otherwise, if he put his son in a certain position, would other colleagues ostracize him?
What's more, what Yao Yi did before had already been spread.
No one dared to touch him in the position of Prime Minister. If he left the position, his son was likely to be impeached.
…
"The heavy snow is good. The wheat is not short of water."
On October 1st, Li Yi saw half a foot of snow when he got up in the morning.
Once it snowed, the winter wheat was covered.
However, many people did not sleep well last night. They had been busy removing snow for the greenhouses.
There were more people planting greenhouses this year. The rich people expanded their industry, and the poor people cooperated with Zhuangzi.
According to the pattern of last year, they expected to make as much money this year as last year.
The Ministry of Revenue also hoped that they could make more money. They sent people to check the situation early to see if the greenhouses were crushed by the snow.
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