When Suning was not knowing where to go, he suddenly heard a slight cough, Suning followed the sound and looked over, Li Jing, who was ranked first in the ranks of military generals, looked at Suning, moved his body to the right a little, vacated a vacant seat, and motioned for Suning to sit next to him with his eyes......

Then Suning looked at the reactions of other generals, such as Hou Junji, the second Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Li Shiji, the third, and didn't know what the situation was, they all looked at their noses and noses, as if they hadn't noticed anything, Suning looked at Li Erbixia again, and Li Erbixia also looked as if he hadn't seen anything, Suning was clear, it seems that this is really a blessing or a curse!

So Suning walked to Li Jing's side, knelt down next to Li Jing, this position can see Li Erbixia's face clearly, Li Erbixia's face with a hint of inexplicable smile, Suning shivered, turned his head and looked at Hou Junji, this ruthless man who was not very broad-minded didn't have any unpleasant looks, looking at Suning looking at him, he blinked, nodded, and closed his eyes again.

The courtiers who saw this scene sighed that Suning was really not a thing in the pool, could anyone sit in that position? Li Jing is a noble servant who shoots for the right servant, and has great achievements, so he sat in the first place in the ranks of military generals, and pressed the military department Shangshu Hou Junji, and now Suning is just a light pole marquis who has no official position, Li Erbixia's meaning of doing this is really obvious......

Didn't you see that Yu Chigong, who fought with the prince for a position and almost blinded the prince's eyes, didn't say a word? This seems to be a tacit understanding, the first of its kind reached by a military general in so many years......

The Maison officials watched the scene. The brows were furrowed and silent, some of the civil officials smiled and did not speak, some closed their eyes and did not look, some looked at their noses and noses and did not care about their own affairs, and some were secretly vigilant...... The friends were also very envious that Suning could sit in that position, instead of walking out and standing hard like them......

One day, their father's place might be theirs, but now, it is impossible.

I looked at the position and sat down. Li Erbixia sorted out her emotions and spoke: "Everyone, Aiqing." Now that the reward has been closed, we will talk about the important matters in the future, that is, the official documents that the imperial court often receives these days, about the people and officials in various places who have reduced their forced labor due to the implementation of labor reform in the vicinity of Zhong'an. Thus disgruntled things; I've been thinking about this for a long time. but there is nothing. I don't know what your Aiqing insights, and I ask you Aiqing to speak freely. ”

No wonder I can stay, the labor reform policy has finally gone wrong, right? This is the day I was waiting for. It was imperative to abolish the forced labor, to lighten the burden on the common people, especially the peasantry, and to pass it on to the slaves captured in the war, and then to the state, so that the state would never rest on its laurels and begin to create the conditions for an educational revolution.

Wei Zheng was the first to stand up: "Qi Yu Bixia, the minister Wei Zheng has a play." ”

Li Erbixia nodded: "Wei Aiqing, please speak." ”

Wei Zheng said: "Bixia, for this matter, the minister has heard a little, since the imperial court promulgated the trial labor reform policy, the minister is particularly concerned about this matter, all along, the minister has learned about this matter from three aspects, one is the imperial court, the second is the local officials, the third is the people; From the summary of the information obtained from the three aspects, it can be seen that the policy of labor reform is the policy that has received the most support and the least opposition in recent years and even thousands of years.

In terms of the imperial court, Bixia has always been pitying the people's power, warning officials at all levels not to overuse the people's power, let alone lead to the death of the people due to overwork, once found, the officials in charge will be directly held accountable, so officials at all levels have been cautious, pay attention to ensure the safety of the people, which is indeed very good, but then the progress of the project is slow, especially the water conservancy project related to the grain harvest, which is even more slow.

Although this year, because the high-yield crops offered by Su Hou began to be promoted, but the water conservancy was not repaired, the grain output would inevitably not rise, and officials at all levels were anxious, but there was no way, until the promulgation and implementation of the labor reform policy, a large number of Turkic prisoners of war were put into these projects, and the progress of the projects was accelerated, more than several times faster than in the past, and the quality was also slightly improved, and the results were very good.

As for the common people, it is even more so, they are all people who are begging for a living in the fields, and there are some traders, all of whom are people who want to make a living, once they are conscripted into forced labor, it means that their own income will be reduced, and their lives will deteriorate, but once the labor reform policy is promulgated, the forced labor in Chang'an will be reduced sharply, and even abolished, these people have enough time to farm and cultivate, and beg for a living, so the ministers often stroll in the Chang'an market, and the people get the news, and the people are extremely supportive of this policy.

As for the imperial court, the ministers don't say much, how the six ministries fought for Turkic prisoners of war at the beginning, Bixia must still remember, no need to pay wages, no worries about life and death, and even don't even have to worry about food and drink, and all the terms applicable to the people of the Tang Dynasty don't have to be followed, how can they not be willing? Therefore, the imperial court office also basically supports this policy. ”

Li Erbixia nodded with satisfaction: "Wei Aiqing's understanding of the imperial court's strategy is very good, on the one hand, the view is always far-fetched, only by comprehensive views can we get the most accurate view, what Wei Aiqing said is very true." ”

Wei Zheng said goodbye: "Xie Bixia!" Bixia, as far as the imperial court learned before, including Shuzhong, Shandong, Hebei and southern prefectures and counties, all have a lot of complaints about the implementation of labor reform in the land of Guanzhong, not only the people are dissatisfied, but also the officials in various places are slightly dissatisfied, and there are many official documents, all of which are about when the imperial court will be able to implement the labor reform policy to the areas under its jurisdiction, and the sincerity of the words and the eagerness of the emotions can be seen. ”

Li Erbixia nodded and said, "I know, these things are very tricky, Wei Aiqing has a way to solve them?" ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "Bixia, this matter is not trivial. It is a matter of the unity of the whole country of the Tang Dynasty, and since the establishment of our dynasty, there has been a slight difference in the political strategy of the central and light regions, and it is obvious that these things will happen. ”

Cheng Yanjin stood up and said: "Bixia, Lao Wei, if you want me to say, let's just promote it to the whole country, there are so many prisoners of war, just like Su Xiao...... As the Marquis of Sanyuan said, there is no shortage of jackals, tigers and leopards around our Datang, and there are ill-intentioned people everywhere. Let's go fight. After defeating, don't kill, catch them all, let's catch as many as we want, isn't this okay? ”

Suning rolled his eyes when he heard this. On this occasion, you also call me Su boy. it! Do you think that the population of this era is inexhaustible? Catch as much as you want. Do you fucking know that in a thousand years, the population of one China will be more than the population of Shijie now? Where are you going to arrest so many people? Africa? Americas? Oceania?

Wei Zheng's face was contemptuous, and Li Erbixia's face was helpless: "Cheng Aiqing retreats, how can you talk nonsense above the court!" The heavy weapon of the soldier country. How can you be like you? If you fight, it must be my Datang victory? Even if it is to defeat the loss, what is the geometry? ”

Cheng Yanjin grabbed his hair and retreated, and suddenly turned around and pointed at Suning and said, "Bixia, since this labor reform is Su Xiao...... Sanyuan Hou proposed it, so maybe Sanyuan Hou will also have some methods! Suning suddenly had the idea of wanting to stew Cheng Biting Jin, this pit goods, is there a pit like you? So you sold your teammates? it!

Cheng Biting Jin's remarks really resonated with many people, indeed, Suning is the proposer of the labor reform policy, maybe, he will also have corresponding ideas, although Cheng Biting Jin is vulgar, but sometimes it is really useful...... Of course, Suning wouldn't think like this, this old fox, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd? Is this helping me to build my prestige or pushing me into the fire pit again?

However, seeing that many people's eyes were focused on himself, Suning had no choice but to stand up, walked to the center of the hall and bowed to Li Erbixia, and then to Wei Zheng, and then said: "Bixia, what General Cheng said is true, for this matter, the minister has some ideas and is preparing to tell Bixia." ”

Cheng Yanjin immediately said happily: "Look, I'll just say that he has a way, and he knows how to hide it!" ”

If there is a brick in his hand, Suning will definitely not hesitate to bite Jin's head and smash it, then seal his big mouth and throw it out and shoot him for five minutes!

Li Erbixia glanced at Cheng Biting Jin and reprimanded: "Cheng Aiqing can't talk nonsense, retreat quickly!" Cheng Biting Jin muttered a few words and sat down, Li Erbixia said to Suning with a pleasant face: "What does Su Aiqing think, although it is said that the speaker is not guilty." ”

Su Ning bowed down and said: "Bixia, for this matter, the minister's solution is the same as General Cheng's method, which is to follow the trend and promote the labor reform policy to the whole Datang, which is not only conducive to maintaining the unity and cooperation of Datang, but also conducive to the smooth development of projects in various places, but at the same time of promotion, there are some things to pay attention to." ”

Li Erbixia was slightly disappointed at first, and then, with Suning's "just", Li Erbixia came to hope: "What's the matter?" ”

Suning said: "Dare to ask Bixia, since the implementation of Zhenguan's four-year labor reform policy, up to now, how many of the original 50,000 Turkic captives are left?" ”

Gongnu Division belongs to Li Erbixia, this matter Li Erbixia should know, Li Erbixia nodded: "About thirty-six thousand." ”

Suning nodded: "That's right, the Guanzhong land around Chang'an alone will make 50,000 Turkic prisoners lose 14,000 in a year, if it is put in ten places, ten Chang'an cities can consume all our 150,000 prisoners in a year, and then, in order to maintain the implementation of the policy and the prestige of the imperial court, the imperial court has to send troops to recruit Siyi, capture more prisoners, and then squander and consume, and then fight, and then fight, and then fight, and then catch again, which will eventually cause the surrounding countries of the Tang Dynasty to work together to fight against the bad situation of the Tang Dynasty, Datang will pay a huge price for this. ”

As soon as this remark came out, almost everyone's hearts sank, yes, Suning said it well, this is true, a Chang'an city consumes 14,000 Turkic captives in a year, don't treat them as people, don't give them food or drink, freeze to death, starve to death, in this way, 14,000 captives died of untimely death, if this is ten places, isn't it really 140,000 prisoners who died of untimely death? Datang now has a total of 150,000 captives, not counting those old guys and young children who have no ability to work......

Before Li Erbixia could speak, Wei Zheng said: "Sanyuan Hou, what you said is true, you have never noticed the problem of loss, then, do you have a solution?" Since you said that you want to extend the labor reform policy to the whole Datang, then there must be a solution to the problem of excessive loss, right? ”

Li Erbixia also said: "Indeed, Su Aiqing, this matter is very important, you must know everything, if this matter can be solved, it will be a great achievement, and I will be rewarded!" (To be continued......)