"The No.1 Village in the World!"
It was unknown when Empress Zhangsun had ended her conversation. She quietly came over and read in a crisp voice.
All the princes and princesses were shocked. Seeing these words and thinking of the Village Mo, which was in the limelight recently, they suddenly realized that only the Village Mo deserved this title.
"Father, isn't it a bit too much to say that the Village Mo is the No.1 Village in the World?" Li Tai frowned. But in this world, most of the well-known families and surnames also had family residences similar to the Village Mo. Although the Village Mo was good, it was far inferior to those families in terms of foundation. If the Village Mo was named the No.1 Village in the World, what would the other families think?
Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Not at all. Which village in the world has a household in every village? And which village is able to pay nearly 100,000 strings of coins in taxes for the imperial court? And which village has free enrollment for schoolchildren, and villagers who are ill have medical treatment."
Even in the Guanlong family, only the direct descendants were really rich. As for the concubines and collateral branches, they were just a little better than ordinary people. As for the tax, the total tax paid by all the families in the world may not be 100,000 strings of coins.
"Well …" Li Tai was suddenly speechless.
Li Shimin put down the pen and ink in his hand and asked again, "Then tell me, in terms of financial resources and potential, which village in the world can be compared with the Village Mo which is governed by law?"
Li Tai thought for a while and suddenly shook his head dispiritedly. In terms of financial resources, the Village Mo had reached such a scale in only one year. In terms of potential, the Village Mo was governed by the Three Chancellors and Nine Ministers, which was much more advanced than the management of those families. In addition, the Village Mo was governed by law, which could certainly ensure the development of the Village Mo. As for other villages, to put it bluntly, they had been like a pool of stagnant water for thousands of years.
Li Chengqian sighed and said, "I think that the Mo Family Village deserves the title of the number one village in the world. In the Mo Family Village, everyone does not have to worry about food and clothing, and they work hard to improve themselves. If all the villages in the world follow this example, our Tang Empire will definitely prosper and live forever."
The Village Mo was built by Meton with great efforts. It was like a paradise on earth. In his opinion, the reason why Li Shimin gave the title of the No.1 Village in the World was to set the Village Mo as a model to inspire thousands of villages in the Tang dynasty.
Now the Village Mo only radiated around Chang 'an City, and the furthest was the entire Guanzhong area. The Village Mo was still blank in the Tang dynasty in the Tang dynasty. Although the imperial court didn't care about the tax of 100,000 strings of a tax, if there were dozens of villages Villages Mo in the world, it would benefit to the Tang dynasty!
Everyone could see that as long as they had the secret skills of the Mo family, the Village Mo's model could be copied. And the Village Mo's secret skills were continuously released. In the future, the Village Mo's, Village Hua's, and Village Liu's would definitely appear in the Tang dynasty.
Li Shimin shook his head. He wanted to promote the Village Mo's, but more importantly, he wanted to protect the Village Mo's.
He knew the situation of the Village Mo better than others. During the year, the memorials submitted to Meton and the Village Mo's were endless. Some of them were hostile to the Mo family, some coveted the secret skills of the Village Mo's, and some coveted the wealth of the Village Mo's. If it weren't for the fact that Meton had repeatedly released the secret skills of the Mo family to benefit countless people in the Tang dynasty and overcome the three disasters of the Tang dynasty, and Li Shimin's secret protection, the Village Mo's, which was in its infancy, would have been attacked by those greedy aristocratic families like a pack of wolves.
At the same time, Meton directly released the financial statements of the Village Mo's and spent all the money in the accounts of the Village Mo's. In this way, the Village Mo's would not fall into a passive position in the law and be caught by others. This was also a means of self-protection.
"Since the Village Mo's is trying to cross the river by feeling the stones, I will put a stone in the torrent for the Village Mo's, so that the Village Mo's can take a firm step forward." Li Shimin said boldly.
As an emperor of all ages, Li Shimin was naturally very broad-minded. He gave the Village Mo's the title of the First Village in the World, which was like covering the Village Mo's with a layer of protection.
In the future, if anyone wanted to scheme against Modun, they would naturally have to be wary of him. Some of the underhanded schemes and underhanded tricks would naturally be greatly reduced.
"Father, you really love Mo Jiazi too much!" Li Tai was jealous in his heart.
This time, everyone could see how much Li Shimin valued Meton. He said that he would write a calligraphy as a return gift, but in fact, these five words were more precious than any reward given by any minister. It could even be said that he would not exchange it for a thousand pieces of gold.
Meton's insistence that he was useful to the Tang dynasty finally paid off today. Who in the world did not like people who could bring him endless benefits? Perhaps even the emperor was no exception.
Meton contributed so many secret skills, which made the whole Tang dynasty change dramatically. If it were someone else, he would have been promoted to an official.
However, Meton was too young, and too much reward would only spoil things through excessive enthusiasm. In addition, the Village Mo's status was special, and too much reward would only cause the opposition of the officials. As for Meton's reward, Li Shimin had been holding it back.
This time, Li Shimin did not reward Meton, but the Village Mo. He not only blocked the officials' mouths, but also did not let others feel that he had mistreated the meritorious minister.
More importantly, Li Shimin did not spend a penny. It was a benefit but not a waste. Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction. No wonder Wei Zheng always liked to send calligraphy and paintings. This feeling of doing things without spending money was really good.
"Send this scroll to Meton. I believe he will like it!" Li Shimin raised his head and said proudly.
"Yes, sir!" Pande bowed and took the scroll. Then he turned and left.
Mo Mansion.
"Young master, this is the return gift from the other marquises' mansions." Mo Da presented a gift to Meton and reported.
Meton took it. After the training of managing the experimental fields, Mo Da became more and more stable, and more and more independent.
As for the weight of the return gift, Meton did not take it to heart. Moreover, it did not mean anything. This was just a return of politeness. However, Meton's glasses were too special, so the return gift from the other marquises' mansions was quite generous.
Meton understood that this was also the intention of everyone to avoid suspicion. They did not want to be too close to the Village Mo, but they could not leave the Village Mo's glasses. After all, no one had the elderly and children, so they could only return the favor with generous gifts.
Only Qin Qiong and a few others had close relations with the Village Mo, so they returned the gifts more casually. Even so, so many gifts added up, was not a small number.
"Convert these into money and donate it to the Red Cross Society." Meton had an idea.
The Red Cross Society was presided over by the Empress and Princess Changle. It played a great role in the flood disaster area and the Tuyuhun invasion, and was becoming more and more popular with the people of Chang 'an.
These gifts were too generous, so Meton did not keep them. If they were donated to the Red Cross Society, then it would be the best of both worlds.
"Yes!" Meton nodded.
At this moment, Fu Bo suddenly came in with a brocade box and excitedly said, "Young master, the Emperor's reward has arrived."
"Brocade box!"
Meton raised his eyebrows. He had asked Qin Huaiyu and the other two before. Over the years, the Emperor's rewards were mostly gold, silver, silk, and the like. Why did it become a brocade box here?
Meton shook the light brocade box, and could not help but be curious. Meton did not care for real gold or silver, but Li Shimin's unique brocade box immediately attracted Meton's intense interest.
"Pa!" The brocade box opened, revealing a scroll.
When he opened the scroll, he saw the words written on it in bold strokes.
"The World's Number One Village!"
At the bottom of the scroll, there was a bright red jade seal. Moton's heart skipped a beat. This was probably the most valuable gift he could give in return!
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