How can I be considered dangerous in times of peace?

Although Li Chao was very happy to dig the corners of the Tang Dynasty, he saw that Li Er was so embarrassed now, and he knew that sometimes it was too bad. Things will turn back when they are extreme, and they will jump over the wall even if they are anxious.

Li Shimin, the lord of the world and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was a larger aristocratic family. How could he be willing to do it? He knew that Li Er was still very ambitious. Moreover, Li Er was very cruel and was very powerful. He drank poison to frame the prince. The person who dared to put the emperor's father under house arrest and locked up the prince's elder brother was not ordinary people.

The digging of the corners is too fierce, and Li Shimin will definitely fight back.

"Sanlang, spring plowing is coming soon. How do you arrange those thousand acres of land?"

Cui Yingying's belly is already showing signs of pregnancy and is almost five months pregnant. She is rich in nutrition, and follows Li Chao's advice and has moderate exercise. Cui Yingying is now very healthy, plump and has a more rosy face. She has now handed over many things to Zheng Hongxian and Zhao Siniang for help.

Maybe she became pregnant and became more generous and generous. She was better for the other women in the family, such as Du Caiwei, three pregnant concubines, and she never treated her badly inside and outside.

However, she did not completely let go of her family's affairs. She has been paying attention to major events like Chunfen.

Nowadays, the Li family has many fields and many people.

The ones bought before, given by others, and the imperial court also sold the land to the Li family when they immigrated to Taozhou last time. Finally, their family had more than 3,000 acres of land in Bashang. Not even including the thousands of acres of land in other counties in the capital, as well as those in Wu'an, Hebei, there were also many land in Taozhou.

In addition, the 20,000 mu of land in the bathing ditch bought by the Li family was newly developed last year. Now there are almost 3,000 mu of terraced fields, and basically all have been developed. Other slopes are planted in the future.

In the capital area, there are more than 7,000 acres of arable land and grain planting land in the Li family in the capital area, and more than 10,000 acres of forest land.

But these lands are not as much as those of Li Yuanji. Those lands are still in Li Chao's hands, covering the capital, even in the Guandi, Henan, Hedong, Shannan, Hebei, Jianghuai, etc. Anyway, there are more than a thousand hectares, and a total of more than 100,000 acres of land. Li Yuanji is a well-deserved landlord, and now it belongs to Li Chao.

Li Chao is actually a bit tricky in these places.

If it was a thousand acres of land, Li Chao would eat it without hesitation. But there were not many families in Chang'an that had so many land. Li Shimin was generous when he gave it to him. I guess he would regret it and feel distressed now.

Li Chao has quit twice, but Li Shimin is still insisting. It is probably because he is still relatively thin now, so he is embarrassed to send it out and take it back immediately.

"Don't worry about those lands, I'll give it to your highness."

Cui Yingying nodded, but she was still a little reluctant to leave, more than a thousand acres of land. But in such a big event, she still obeyed her husband.

"I'll go to the East Palace. You can rest at home and don't be too busy with family affairs. Just take care of those red lines, Si Niang and the others."

Cui Yingying smiled and said, "My body is getting heavier and heavier, and I can't control it anymore. Just so, my cousin Wanyan is about to enter the door. Let her take care of me at that time."

Li Chao said embarrassedly, "Actually, I did not agree to the Zheng family for this matter, so I can completely refuse."

"Why do you refuse? My cousin Wanyan has been like sisters since childhood. We have a good relationship. Although she is a few years younger than me, she is very good. It is a good thing for her to enter our Li family. I will also add an assistant to this family in the future. Besides, if we do this, we will marry the Zheng family."

"Are you really willing? If you don't want to be wronged, the Zheng family in Xingyang is now the leader of Guandong, to be honest, our Li family can never look at the eyes of any wealthy families, and we don't need to marry them."

"I know, Sanlang, you can be arrogant to the five surnames and seven sects, but getting married to the Zheng family is beneficial and harmless. Besides, I do have a good relationship with Wanyan's cousin, and I want her to come in."

What Li Chao said is the truth. Marrying the Zheng family is of course beneficial. But now he does not need to specifically aggrieved himself and his wife. In this matter, he can make the decision by himself. Unlike when he was kinship with the Cui family, when his father and Qin Qiong had the final say.

Now that we are married to the Zheng family, we are just accepting it. Even if we are a mother, we are still accepting it, not marrying it.

The real decision was Li Chao, and then he wanted to ask his parents and wife for his meaning. Of course, the father was quite supportive of marriage with a noble family as before, and Cui Yingying was even more so. She always strictly followed the ethics of the women of this era.

She would not let herself be jealous, and would not stop her husband from taking concubines and buying maids. They respect her husband's power and also ask her husband to respect their power in the backyard. She would not stop Li Chao from taking concubines, and would even help arrange it. But after the person was taken into the door, she had to be under her control.

After kissing Cui Yingying's forehead, Li Chao said goodbye with a smile.

Cui Yingying was still a little shy, but she smiled happily.

When you go out and go to the East Palace, you can see many Wuhou and Jinwu Guards patrolling on the street.

The day when the prince ascended the throne is getting closer and Chang'an is becoming more and more tight.

Eastern Palace.

Li Shimin was worried that he would not leave any money. What he placed in front of him was multiple account books, various expenses, and he asked for money everywhere.

"Your Highness, Duke Zhao asked for a meeting."

"Please come here."

As soon as Li Chao came in, Li Shimin pulled him to complain.

"Wenyuan, you are here in time. Look, after I became the prince, I haven't had a good sleep all day long. The various expenses in the palace were incredible. But this is still small. Look at this again. Li Jing, Li Shiji, Shubao and Sichang have all taken office. Now they have sent memorials to say that there is something going on above the border. The four of them asked the court to withdraw money, ask them to recruit civil servants and purchase supplies, to strengthen border defense, repair the Great Wall, military forts, checkpoints, reserve grain, grass and weapons, etc. The lonely head is big, where can I get them to pull out money?"

"The Turkic people are moving?"

Li Chao frowned, this is no trivial matter.

Nowadays, the Turks are the number one enemy of the Tang Dynasty. Last year, the Turks went south with great force, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small. Finally, they snatched it and left.

The Tang Dynasty claimed internally that it was killing 100,000 Turks and winning a complete victory, but it was not the case at all.

It can even be said that the Tang Dynasty did not win at all, but instead exposed its true strength in front of the Turks. In the end, the marriage was given to the princess and gave a lot of dowry. It was necessary to continue to fulfill the agreement reached with the Turks and give them money to be considered as a peace agreement to quit the war.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has changed its master, it would be too unusual for Jie Li Khan to take advantage of this transition period of the old and new transition period to do something.

"A lot of intelligence shows that the Turks are indeed preparing for war."

Although the Turks were not as complicated as the Han people in the Central Plains, they also had to be prepared. If it was just a small-scale enemy, there was no need for any preparation. However, if it was a full-scale war, the Turks' preparations were no less than those of the Han people.

"The Turks usually choose to go south when they are invaded by high autumn and fat horses. If the Turks are now preparing, they will definitely go south in ninety-years."

Li Shimin nodded, "Sanlang, you have a good judgment, and I am exactly this idea. The Turks did not get much benefit when they went south last year, but they tested our virtuality and reality. In fact, our current strength is far less than that of the Turks. If they really want to go south with all their might, it will be very troublesome at that time."

Li Chao immediately thought of the Weishui Alliance.

Although the Wei River Alliance was a few years later, before history, the Turks had invaded south one after another. After Li Shimin ascended the throne and became emperor after the Xuanwu Gate, Jie Li even led an army of 200,000 to directly break into Guanzhong and killed all the way to the north bank of the Wei River in Chang'an City.

Finally, Li Shimin signed a alliance with Jie Li to retreat.

But that time, although Li Shimin was awesome, the Tang Dynasty was actually a big loser. He was only given the offer of tribute every year and paid protection fees to the Turks.

The Turks came and went, burned, killed and looted a lot.

He was directly defeated by the Turks to the city of Chang'an. If Li Shimin hadn't reacted quickly and prepared to fight to the death, the Turks would have never left when they saw that Chang'an City had a strong defense.

Now, the Turks are likely to come to the Weishui Alliance again.

"Your Highness, if the Turks come again this time, they will definitely not have attacked from three sides as they did last time. They will definitely choose to make a breakthrough. I think the Turks are most likely to drive directly to Guanzhong and come to Chang'an."

Li Shimin frowned tightly, and Li Chao's words were exactly what he judged.

In Hebei and Hedong, the Turks had already robbed the last time, and they could not grab much, especially with the two generals Li Jing and Li Shiji, the court also deployed a lot of heavy troops there.

And here in Guanzhong, it’s different.

The last time this road has gained the least, but this road is closest to Chang'an.

As long as the Turks took advantage of the Lingwu occupied by the Liang Shidu and Shuofang as the base for advance, they could gather 100,000 or even 200,000 Turkic cavalry to focus on attacking the front line of Xiaoguan. After opening this gate, they could drive straight in and reach the city of Chang'an within a few days.

The Guanzhong Plain is now the richest place in the Tang Dynasty. Even if it cannot conquer Chang'an, it can grab a lot of money in the Guanzhong Plain and force Li Tang to pay tribute, and the Turks can make a big profit.

Although Xiaoguan is the gateway to the northwest of Chang'an and Qin Shubao is personally guarding it, he will definitely not be able to prevent the Turkic army.

"I plan to send more troops to Shubao and strengthen the defense of Xiaoguan on the front line."

"Your Highness, the imperial court has only so many soldiers. If you strengthen the front line of Xiaoguan, then the troops in Daibei and Yanbei will inevitably be weakened."

Li Shimin was helpless, "Do you have any better way?"

If there are too many families who enter the government, the noble family is too good, and the wealth and wealth are too strong. If there are too many people who enter the government, the farmers and workers will become less; if there are too few farmers and workers, the goods will be insufficient, and the country will be poor. If there are not enough taxes, the children will be rewarded and rewarded and eat the people.

The Qin opened Zheng Canal and irrigated 40,000 hectares of land. The Han opened Bai Canal and irrigated more than 4,500 hectares of land. The woyan in Guanzhong was actually here. However, the Tang Dynasty only had more than 6,000 hectares of land.

Compared with the Han Dynasty, the reduction was 30,000 hectares. The remaining stones per mu were reduced by four or five million stones.

Since the geographical advantage is so depleted, the manpower is scattered and like that. If you want to be rich and strong, can you get it!...

Li Shimin is indeed so poor that he can't get out of the way!
Chapter completed!