Li Chengqian was a little speechless, haven't seen him for several months?
"How carefree have you been in the past few months? You haven't even seen Li Tai. Doesn't that mean you spend every day outside the city being carefree?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Ke and asked.
Li Ke: "..."
He looked at Li Chengqian with a look of resentment: "Brother, do you have the nerve to say that? Do you know how I spent most of the year? I didn't see Li Tai because Li Tai went to the army for training. I thought he couldn't persist. It didn't take long for him to run back by himself, but I didn't expect that he persisted for quite a long time."
Li Chengqian: "..."
Believe it or not, Shiro must be scolding you behind your back.
"Brother, I will help you with whatever you want to do. Just come back. After you come back, I won't have to worry about it." Li Ke said seriously.
"I'm afraid that won't work." Li Chengqian shook his head simply.
"What do you mean?" Li Ke looked at Li Chengqian alertly.
"Say hello to your sister-in-law and the others first, and ask them to go back first, and then I'll tell you." Li Chengqian said.
Li Ke nodded, and first said hello to the Crown Princess and the Wang family behind him. The two of them were somewhat embarrassed to see Li Ke. After all, all they had spent in their carefree time for more than half a year was Li Ke's money.
And not only did they spend Li Ke's money, but they also lived in Qinwangzhuang, not to mention, and the people who took care of them were all Li Ke's people. The care was so appropriate that this was the happiest time in their lives. It's been a while.
Moreover, the relationship between them and Li Chengqian is not only the same as before, just a husband and wife relationship, but also a superficial relationship between husband and wife. Now they have truly become lovers.
There is sufficient understanding between both parties.
After Su and Wang left, Li Chengqian took Li Ke outside and said seriously: "Sanlang, you yourself know how huge your reforms are. You should know better than me."
"Yes, I know." Li Ke nodded. He didn't know what Li Chengqian was going to say.
"I know what you are thinking. You want me to succeed to the throne smoothly so that our Tang Dynasty will be stronger. But to be honest, Sanlang, do you think I can keep up with you? With so many reforms, by then If I can't keep up after I take the throne, won't it delay the development of Datang?"
"I can't just sit back and watch the Tang Dynasty that you and my father have worked hard for so many years decline in my hands, so I need to improve myself no matter what."
"I have seen a saying before. If you as a monarch don't know what to do, you should go to the people and take a look. Hide your identity and go to the ordinary people to take a look and listen to their voices. If you travel enough places, you'll figure out what you're supposed to do."
"To be honest, I don't know the specific effects of many of your reforms. Although you can tell me, seeing is better than hearing. If I don't see it with my own eyes, I have no idea what it will look like after it is implemented. Yes, I won’t know until I see it.”
"When I can take over these tasks in the future, I will naturally be able to handle them."
"Otherwise, even if I sit in that position, you still have to help me every now and then. What's the point?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Ke seriously and said.
Li Ke thought for a moment, and it seemed that what his elder brother said made sense.
"Then you mean, after coming back this time, you will go out again?" Li Ke looked at Li Chengqian and asked.
"Yes, I want to visit Youzhou in winter." Li Chengqian nodded, "Winter is different from summer. It is easier to discover some situations in winter, and it is easier to find any local problems."
"The environment in winter is not good at all, but very bad." Li Ke shook his head and said helplessly, Youzhou now is different from that of later generations.
Although the Tang Dynasty is not like the Ming Dynasty entering the Little Ice Age, it is actually not as hot as later generations. The heat of the Tang Dynasty is also relative. It's probably similar to the 1940s and 1950s, and the winter in the north is still very cold.
It’s not like in the Ming Dynasty, when Taihu Lake, Poyang Lake, Hanshui River, Huaihe River, etc. all froze. But in ancient times, it’s not like there are heaters in modern houses, and there are heaters in various public transportation locations. Numerous security systems in later generations have protected people. It is possible to live normally in an area with a winter of -50 to 60 degrees below zero.
But I'm afraid it won't work in this period of the Tang Dynasty.
It's not that it's impossible to live, but it will be very hard. The winter in the northern region will be very long. Heating, food, etc. are all huge problems.
Although these are not problems for Datang, which has solved the current technological problems, according to Li Ke's current progress, it is really hard for Li Ke to say what Datang will become in another two hundred years of development.
With the large-scale human activities and the emission of greenhouse gases, it is still unknown whether the Little Ice Age from the Yuan to the Qing Dynasty will come.
"It doesn't matter. As a prince, you should endure hardships. Only by understanding the people's sufferings can you truly formulate strategies that suit the people. Isn't this what you told me?" Li Chengqian said with a smile.
"Oh, brother, you have worked hard." Li Ke said helplessly, and he did not stop him. He knew that what Li Chengqian said was true, because if Li Chengqian just stayed in Chang'an, he would be able to become emperor in the future, but he wanted to know more about the world. Partially, it's really difficult.
If Li Chengqian can really understand the sufferings of the people now, it means that when Li Chengqian succeeds to the throne later, he will become an excellent emperor.
Because the concept in his mind contains the concept of the bottom, not the prince who has no fingers to touch the spring water.
"It's not hard, it should be. As the eldest brother, of course I have to protect you younger brothers and sisters. But here in Chang'an, during the reform in the past two years, you helped me pay more attention. In fact, am I not here for you? It doesn't matter, after all, I can't understand many of the things you do now." Li Chengqian said with a smile.
"Yeah, but what you said is right, brother. I think this can become a prerequisite for me to succeed as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty in the future. As the crown prince, I should spend a few more years among the people and travel all over the country before succeeding to the throne. Traveling secretly through the great rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty, you should learn more about the mountains, rivers, and people's lives in the Tang Dynasty. This is what you should do." Li Ke thought of a way.
Li Chengqian's method of traveling thousands of miles is actually quite good.
Didn’t the big bosses of later generations start from the most basic administrative units before they reached their final positions? There are benefits to this.
As a prince, he doesn't need to know these things. Someone will do the actual governance, but he needs to know what Datang needs.
Li Chengqian paused for a moment, then nodded suddenly: "Yes, this is a good idea! You should propose it to your father."
