As night fell, snowflakes began to fall outside. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info see that it is time for the New Year again, but whether this year can be good or not, Ansheng's life, is uncertain at the moment.

I got up and walked to the window, opened the crack in the window, and a cool air quickly greeted me, which made people's minds clear.

On such a cold day, isn't the sea water frozen? If the sea is frozen, how will the ships of the sailors fight?

Li Shimin walked back to the table again, picked up the letter that he had read many times in the past few days, and read it again.

It was a secret report from the Ryukyus, and even Duan Chan couldn't open it to see the contents inside.

This letter was written by Xia Hongsheng.

There are three questions that come up with it.

The first one is to ask whether to create an enclave of the Japanese state, or to wipe out the Japanese country in one go. The second is to ask if Baekje is very likely to secretly participate in the war with the Wa Kingdom, ostensibly on the side of the Tang Dynasty, but secretly to help the Wa State, whether to seize the handle and eliminate Baekje in one fell swoop at the same time, so as to prepare for the next conquest of Goguryeo. The third is to ask if you can send a group of craftsmen from the military aircraft workshop to be escorted all the way to Ryukyu by the members of the Tang Blade team according to what is written in your heart, and try to see if you can make a very powerful weapon.

The three issues all need to be considered by Li Shimin.

So a few days have passed, and the reply to this secret report has not been sent.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Shu asks to see you." Suddenly, the voice of the chamberlain came from outside.

"Come in." Li Shimin sat back and said.

Li Ke came in, saluted, and then said: "Father, what you asked the child to ask, the child asked clearly." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Let's listen to it." ”

The child asked the shopkeeper of the winery, and the shopkeeper said that the act of donating money and food was the master's idea. He said that when the business grows, he should give back to the society. Do some public welfare undertakings, prudently provide some benefits for the public, and make some contributions to the imperial court. In this way, you can not only change the image of a businessman in the hearts of the people, but also win the favor of the people, and everyone will naturally buy your things in the future. So it seems that it has taken out something and suffered some losses, but it has played a role in publicity and expanding its influence, attracting more customers and making more profits in the long run. This time, the shopkeeper Wang was angry that Shizun was harmed by the Japanese people, and remembered Shizun's words, so he called on the Chang'an firm, saying that Shizun often said that 'the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband', and the merchant is also a member of the Tang Dynasty, and he can't go to the front to fight, so donate money and food, which can be regarded as a contribution and a responsibility. Li Ke said to Li Shimin.

"The rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible?" Li Shimin's eyes stared: "Okay!" What a sentence 'The rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible'! I really didn't misread Xia Hongsheng! ”

"By the way, father, the son and the emperor talked with the king's shopkeeper and asked some questions." Li Ke continued to say to Li Shimin: "During the conversation, the shopkeeper told the child that the master had mentioned it several times, and others couldn't control it, but his industries must take out more money to give back to the society and help the court, and it is best to deliberately let the court see that the people who do business can have more money, so that the court can ask the businessmen for money." The shopkeeper Wang also said that the businessman who thinks so is afraid that there is only one master. The shopkeeper was originally talking about it as a joke, but the child felt that the master's move seemed to have a deep meaning. ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin narrowed his eyes, smiled, and asked, "Ke'er, what do you think is the deep meaning, why don't you tell me." ”

"This ...... The child also learned some economic knowledge courses in the academy, so I thought so. Li Ke replied: "The child doesn't know whether to talk about it or not, if it is wrong, please ask your father to forgive your sins!" ”

"Anyway, it's just you and my father and son chatting today." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Thank you, Father!" Li Ke said: "When the children were learning the course of economic knowledge in the academy, the teacher in the class said that agriculture satisfies food and clothing, and business creates wealth. On the premise of satisfying food and clothing, the prosperity of commercial circulation represents the wealth of the country. The taxes of commerce will one day make up for the wealth that the state has acquired from the people and the peasantry, to the extent that agricultural taxes will be exempted. Therefore, the child thinks that when the master told the king's treasurer, did he want the court to see the wealth of the merchants, and then tax the merchants and their business practices and achievements, so as to expand the available wealth of the country? ”

Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke in surprise, with nothing on his face, but he was already shocked in his heart. Li Shimin had long heard Xia Hongsheng talk about commercial taxes, so he could understand the meaning of what Xia Hongsheng said to the shopkeeper Wang, but Li Ke was just a student of Jingyang Academy, so he could see the height of reforming the tax system? !

Li Shimin's shock was the shock of the height reached by the students taught by Jingyang Academy.

This Xia Hongsheng is really a genius. The title of the immortal, I'm afraid it's not groundless, and Xia Hongsheng really deserves this title.

In this way, Li Shimin believed a little more in the kind of weapon mentioned in Xia Hongsheng's secret report, which "can make the Tang Dynasty invincible for hundreds of years".

"Okay, Ke'er, you're doing a great job. Let's go down and rest! Li Shimin raised his head and nodded to Li Ke.

After Li Ke retired, Li Shimin quickly spread out the paper, picked up the pen, and wrote hard.

Early the next morning, a carrier pigeon flew out of the spy camp outside Chang'an and flew in the direction of the Ryukyus.

In the palace, several carriages also hurriedly drove out and went to a mountain outside Chang'an City.

Those carriages went to the military machine workshop and took away the types of craftsmen that Xia Hongsheng listed in the secret report. They will set off immediately, and under the protection and surveillance of the Datang Blade special combat team, they will go to Ryukyu as fast as possible. And because these craftsmen were so important, for the sake of safety, they did not take the sea route, but only the canal and land routes.

But......

Li Shimin still has a question in his heart.

Even if these craftsmen were on the ship day and night, they could have traveled as fast as they could on land, and it would have taken them more than a month to reach the Ryukyus. When he arrived in the Ryukyus, Xia Hongsheng had to try to make this kind of thing before attacking the Japanese state.

But who knows how long it will take for this thing to be made, and during this period, is it possible that the Tang Dynasty sailors will be nested in the Ryukyus, and let the Wa Kingdom be fully prepared?

Because he found that he couldn't grasp Xia Hongsheng's plan, Li Shimin was a little irritable. As an emperor, he can't see through what his courtiers have to do, which is very uncomfortable, especially for a very proud emperor like Li Shimin.

However, Li Shimin smiled casually and proudly—let's see how big a situation he can make. (To be continued.) )