"Sister!" On the path next to the rockery in front of her, a palace beauty suddenly turned, and when she saw Princess Nanyang in the corridor, she immediately shouted and walked over quickly, it was Li Su's mother, Concubine Yang. She just got the news that Princess Nanyang had come to Chang'an, and she was happy that she didn't call her two sons, so she came in a hurry.

When Princess Nanyang saw that it was Concubine Yang, she immediately stood up and smiled: "After a few years, you are still so beautiful, Ninth Sister, but I am about to become an old woman." ”

"Where does my sister look old, if she changes this robe, I don't know how many princes and nobles have been killed?" Concubine Yang walked over quickly, laughing loudly at the same time. The sisters have a good relationship, so it's normal to make a little joke about each other.

Princess Nanyang wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Queen Xiao next to her with a smile: "Okay, okay, you two sisters don't be modest, no matter which one is not old!" ”

As soon as they heard Empress Xiao say this, Princess Nanyang and Concubine Yang immediately complimented Empress Xiao that she was really not old, and she would definitely live past a hundred years old. For the words of the two daughters, Queen Xiao also joked with them with a smile, and the family got along well and was happy, which made Li Su look warm.

Until noon, Concubine Yang called Li Ke and his wife and Wen Xin over, and the family got together for a meal and chatted some gossip, and then Queen Xiao, Princess Nanyang and Concubine Yang's mother and daughter, plus a little Cai'er, the four women went to the street to buy things together, Li Ke was called to be an errand runner, Yang Jian stayed at home because of physical inconvenience, and Li Su accompanied him at home.

"Rokuro, once you leave this time, it is estimated that you will not come back for a long time?" It was still morning in the corridor, Yang Yun picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then asked.

"Well, there are more things this time, and the eldest brother and the fourth brother are becoming more and more restless, if I stay in Chang'an, it is likely to lead to some other incidents." Li Su, who was sitting opposite Yang Xuan, nodded and said, the reason why he was in such a hurry to leave Chang'an. Although the main reason is because of the affairs of Silla and Baekje, but the competition between Lee Seung-gan and Lee Tae for the throne is also one of the reasons, although he has already said that he will give up the throne, but as long as he is in Chang'an for a day, it will make those two elder brothers feel at ease, so it is better to leave early. Save yourself from being swept up.

Yang Yan nodded after hearing this. He has been in Chang'an for a while, and he is also very familiar with the situation in Chang'an in all aspects, especially the affairs between the princes, and he is very clear, in his opinion, no matter whether Li Su really gave up the throne or not, it is a wise choice to hide for a period of time now.

But then Yang Jun thought of another question, and reminded solemnly: "Liulang, I know that Yang Lie and the others will also come back with us this time." Although the clean guard is easy to use, and sometimes it can help you solve some troubles completely, but this is not the right way after all, so it is better to use it sparingly! ”

All the power in Yang Jun's hands was given to Li Su, and the Jingwei team that was specifically responsible for assassination was naturally no exception, and this time he also followed them back to Chang'an. This made Yang Xuan a little worried, thinking that Li Su wanted to use the power of Jingwei to get rid of some opponents in secret, so he reminded him, after all, Li Su's reputation is very good now, and if his reputation is damaged because of some trivial things, it will really outweigh the losses.

But Li Su laughed when he heard it. Shaking his head, he explained: "Uncle, you are too worried, the reason why I brought Yang Lie and them this time is mainly to let them recruit more people, and they are all the old subordinates of Mr. Yang, the king of Hades. By the way, let them get together for a while. And those who are recruited will be taken to Taiwan for special training, and these people who are trained are not killers! ”

"Not a killer?" Yang Jun felt a little puzzled, Jingwei was originally a group of professional killers, let them recruit people for training, what else could they do besides being killers?

Looking at Yang Xuan's puzzled expression, Li Su smiled secretly in his heart, among the subordinates that Yang Xuan gave to him, in addition to that Chen Gong, the most important thing for him was Jingwei, but it would be a pity if Jingwei was only regarded as a killer organization, Li Su had already made other arrangements for it.

Yang Xuan saw that Li Su didn't elaborate, so he didn't ask again, after all, he also knew that everyone has their own secrets, especially people who want Li Su's identity, and there are many things that they don't want others to know.

It wasn't until Concubine Yang and the others came back that Li Su left the Sui State Lady's Mansion, because he still had one more thing to deal with, and this matter had to go to the palace to meet Li Shimin. Empress Xiao also knew that Li Su was going to leave Chang'an, and there must be many things, so they didn't keep him.

Speaking of which, Li Shimin, the emperor, is really pitiful, three hundred and sixty-five days a year, he has to deal with a lot of government affairs almost every day, so if you want to find him in the palace, it is very simple, and it will usually be in the Liangyi Palace.

"Rokuro, are you ready?" Li Shimin asked without raising his head. There were mountains of twists and turns in front of him, and he didn't have to be so busy, but Fang Xuanling had been sick for the past two days, and he could have let others deal with it, but Li Shimin was not at ease, so Fang Xuanling's government affairs were all pressed on his head.

"Father, everything is almost ready, but there is one thing that needs the help of my father!" Li Su replied with a smile.

"Oh, what's the matter?" Li Shimin heard that his son needed his own help, so he finally raised his head, closed the music in front of him, and then threw it aside and asked. At the same time, Li Shimin also had some doubts in his heart, his son has never asked for much, and even rarely asked for his father, but today he came to himself and said so, so naturally there is a trouble that cannot be solved and he has to help himself.

"Father, you must also know that Erchen is developing Taiwan, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the population of the entire island is less than 200,000, which greatly restricts the economic development of the island, so Erchen hopes that Father and Emperor can provide some help to Erchen." Li Su bowed solemnly and said.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and asked with some puzzlement: "Liulang, didn't I promise you at the beginning, as long as you have the ability, you can recruit a large number of people from China to overseas at any time, of course, the premise must be that these people are voluntary, and you must not use coercive means." ”

However, Li Su said with a bitter face: "Father, you did promise your son's minister, but now Taiwan is still a barren place, and there are wild people everywhere, unless you are forced by life, who would want to go all the way there?" And now that my Tang country is rich and the people are strong, there are very few people who really can't eat, so even if my son wants to recruit people now, it's not easy to recruit! ”

Although his words are a bit exaggerated, there are indeed some troubles in terms of immigration to Taiwan, after all, Taiwan is not the same as the recovered Goguryeo, and Goguryeo is also the mainland no matter how it is said, and part of it is still the territory of the Han Dynasty, plus the land exchange, so the immigration is very smooth. However, Taiwan is different, it is isolated overseas, and as a pure mainland people, Han people are rarely willing to settle there.

However, Li Shimin laughed and said: "Liulang, I can't help you with this problem, after all, Taiwan is now your private territory, not the land of the Tang Dynasty, although you are my son, but state affairs and family affairs still have to be separated, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it is absolutely impossible for me to forcibly issue an order to let the people move to Taiwan, after all, now the world is decided, and the people's hearts have just condensed. ”

"Father, you misunderstood, Erchen didn't let you forcibly relocate the people to Taiwan, but hoped that you would allow Erchen to recruit fugitives to Taiwan in the Tang Dynasty." Li Su said with a flattering face.

"Fugitives!" When Li Shimin heard these two words, a little displeasure immediately appeared on his face. The so-called fugitives refer to those people who do not have household registration in Datang. There are many kinds of fugitives, such as hiding in the mountains and forests because of the war, and there are few contacts with the outside world, for example, some people are unwilling to pay taxes, so they take the initiative to run away and become fugitives, and some are passive fugitives because of historical reasons.

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were only more than 2 million households, and by the time Li Shimin ascended the throne, there were about 3 million households, and it was estimated that there should be about 15 million people, but this is only the population with household registration in the Tang Dynasty, and the nomads without household registration are not counted. And if someone wants to ask how many fugitives there are in Datang, I'm afraid no one can answer this question, I can only say that there are definitely not a few, and a rough estimate is at least a few million, and even the number is likely to be more. Because even during Wu Meiniang's reign, the number of fugitives in the country sometimes exceeds the number of registered people, which shows the number of fugitives.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the fugitives were mainly in the late Sui war, the people fled into the mountains and forests in order to escape the war, although some of these people came out after the war, but there were still a considerable number of people who did not want to register their household registration, and in the south of the Yangtze River, the Tang Dynasty's rule over there was relatively weak, and the statistics of household registration were very loose, so the number of fugitives was larger, and Li Su had long taken a fancy to these fugitives, especially in the southern region, and it was more convenient to relocate, but this had to be agreed by Li Shimin first.

When Li Shimin thought of the fugitives, he was also a little annoyed in his heart, Datang collects taxes according to capitation, these fugitives are not registered, so naturally they don't have to pay taxes, and the country's income is less, so Datang will immediately return to their hometowns as long as they are caught, but the number of fugitives in Datang is huge, and it is impossible to catch them at all, so he can only stare at these huge numbers of fugitives in vain. (To be continued)

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