Li Yue looked inside the room and saw that the skeleton was still hanging.
She whispered: "Is there anything special about this skeleton?"
"It's nothing special. I want to teach my younger brothers and sisters the structure of the human body so that they can understand it."
"I have never talked about the human skeleton with children before."
Zhang Yang explained: "Whether it is good to learn more knowledge, it is best to teach these common sense well at the age when they are best at learning."
The current conditions in Lishan are limited, so we can only use this kind of real skeleton to teach children.
The next day, Zhang Yang carried the fixed skeleton and stood in front of his younger brothers and sisters.
Thought it would scare the children, Li Yue found that they were quite calm. As the man explained the various causes of the human skeleton, the children listened attentively.
She felt a lot more relieved now.
Zhang Yang told the children: "Usually our hands and feet are broken, but it actually depends on the situation. Generally speaking, it is a broken bone."
Li Zhi raised his hand and said: "Brother-in-law, if the bones are broken, do you need to reconnect them?"
"Well, that's indeed the truth. Injured muscles and bones need to be nourished. If the location can be confirmed, the effect of fixing the injured area will be better."
Zhang Yang didn't explain things in depth about fractures or treatment methods. Whether they could understand the medical knowledge of broken bones and muscles with them was another matter. The current medical methods were limited, and the younger brothers and sisters wouldn't be able to understand it if they talked about it too much. Hard to understand.
Zhang Yang pointed to each bone, named it and its function, and explained it to them.
With the human skeleton, they can also point out the bones of the body against themselves.
Zhang Yang asked them to point to each other and tell the location and name of the bones. It was a little game.
The morning court had just ended, and Li Shimin sat tiredly in the Manlu Hall, with a memorial on the table in front of him.
The prince explained: "Your Majesty, this is from Lishan."
Li Shimin drank tea and stared at the unopened memorial for a long time. Then he ate some pastries as his morning meal.
After finishing the pastries, I stood up and looked out the window for a long time.
Your Majesty is in a pretty good mood today.
After a while, he opened the memorial and looked at its contents. The smile on the emperor's face had disappeared and was replaced by anger.
Li Shimin snorted and said: "This guy said that I am superficial. A few taels of fine salt are not enough for a family. I am not practical enough. I am not practical enough. My grace is simple. I should be rewarded with daily needs, more protection for officials, and stability for old age." .”
The prince smiled bitterly and did not dare to answer.
The rivalry between His Majesty and the Marquis of Lishan County did not happen once or twice.
Your Majesty talked about Lishan's faults, and the county magistrate also talked about His Majesty's behavior.
Li Shimin closed his eyes and breathed heavily, and said coldly: "You bastard, how dare he teach me how to be an emperor?"
As soon as Cen Wenwen entered the palace, he heard His Majesty's angry words. He stopped and was in a dilemma.
Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "What's going on in the Hexi Corridor?"
Cen Wenwen took two steps forward and replied seriously: "Your Majesty, the new tax law has not caused much commotion in the Hexi Corridor. It's just that more people are going to the Hexi Corridor for mutual trading. Not only has it not affected the reduction of mutual trading, On the contrary, the current mutual market is becoming more and more lively.”
"Yeah?"
Li Shimin said in surprise.
Cen Wenwen handed over a memorial, recording the current status of these new mutual market policies in the first month of implementation.
This tax change not only did not reduce the mutual trade in the Hexi Corridor, but made the mutual trade more lively.
Li Shimin was very surprised. Surprisingly, this month's taxes were three to five hundred dollars more than before. This showed that there were more goods trading between each other in the Hexi Corridor.
Cen Wenwen added: "Your Majesty, there are many people from the Western Regions, and their transactions with people from the Western Regions are also carried out in the Hexi Corridor, because transactions in the Hexi Corridor can have tax certificates, which is also a certificate of transaction, and more Credible intensity.”
Having said that, Cen Wenwen handed over another memorial, "I also found out that the Ministry of Rites has been collecting lists of merchants coming and going in the Hexi Corridor. Anyone who wants to trade with each other in the Hexi Corridor needs to make a list. Everyone from the Western Regions must keep records, so the Hexi Corridor has become a cage for merchants from the Western Regions, and they have written down the names of many merchants."
Li Shimin nodded and motioned for him to continue.
Cen Wenwen added: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites does this for three purposes. First, it can find out how many merchants are trading in the Hexi Corridor. Second, it can know the origin of the merchants and the direction of the merchants from the Western Regions. Third, it can also find out how many merchants are trading in the Hexi Corridor. How many wealthy households are there in the Western Region, and how many merchants have plenty of goods?"
People's livelihood, military affairs, and government affairs are all connected. Li Shimin has gone all the way from Tiance to the present, and understands the reason. The prosperity of the military will lead to the decline of people's livelihood. Only under the auspices of the government can the two be kept in balance.
Once there is another war between Guanzhong and the Western Regions, the Ministry of Rites can use these lists to seize the big merchants or nobles of the Western Regions first.
Whoever controls people's livelihood controls most of the chances of winning.
Li Shimin clearly understood that in a battle, it was naturally important whether the warriors on one side were brave or not, but baggage and supplies were equally important.
If we can grasp the opponent's baggage source and food source in advance, the chance of winning can reach more than 60%.
This is what the Ministry of Rites is doing now. Di Zhisun is the Minister of Rites who presides over the exchange market in the Hexi Corridor, and he is also the person who helps the Ministry of Rites do these things.
I don’t know when they started to arrange these, but I didn’t notice it for a while.
To master these is to master the throat outside the pass.
The same is true for Tubo. If you control the cattle and sheep tribes of the Tubo clan, you also control the lifeblood of Tubo.
Li Shimin smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "Xu Jingzong really has good intentions."
Cen Wenwen thought to himself that this was originally arranged by Zhang Yang, and Xu Jingzong just followed it.
But thinking about it again, His Majesty is now trying his best to limit Zhang Yang's power and support Xu Jingzong.
This is a matter between the emperor and his relatives.
Cen Wenwen understood very well, but he didn't want to think too much, let alone ask any more questions.
It seems that everyone in the court knew that His Majesty and the Marquis of Lishan County had always been at odds with each other and had had several quarrels.
That Zhang Yang dared to point at His Majesty's nose and scold him.
Li Shimin picked up the memorial handed over by Li Shan, pointed at it and said, "Look, this Zhang Yang dares to teach me to be emperor."
Cen Wenwen respectfully took the memorial and looked at its contents with a thoughtful and entangled expression.
"What do you think?"
The article is not long, but what it embodies is that His Majesty wants to protect officials and provide them with pension security.
What you said is quite pertinent. I hope Your Majesty will not take it superficially. Ordinary officials in the court would not dare to use a few ounces of fine salt.
Cen Wenwen thought that he had also used these fine salts to replace five buckets of coarse salt, which would last longer.
As Zhang Yang said, this fine salt is not useful at all.
Many families in the DPRK have done the same.
Cen Wenwen handed the memorial back again and said: "What the Marquis of this county said is really rare."
"I asked him to serve as the Minister of Taifu Temple. I hope that he can work down-to-earth. I will not care about all the mistakes he made in the Ministry of Rites in the past. I only hope that he can grow up. He is still young and has conflicting and unrealistic ideas. I also let him go."
The emperor sat down melancholy and sighed again after speaking.
A cold wind blew outside the window, and it started to rain in the originally gloomy sky.
Some rainwater drifted into the window sill, so Wang Gonggong left the window open, leaving some gaps so that too much rainwater wouldn't splash in.
Now His Majesty doesn't like too closed a space.
Cen Wenwen nodded and said: "Your Majesty said that now the county princes should be down-to-earth, but I have recently inquired about Lishan and I did see something."
Li Shimin drank tea and nodded: "Really? Please tell me."
"Since Lishan has its own workshop, the villagers in Lishan can get wages every month, and can get a lot of money at the end of every year. In the words of the county prince, it is dividends."
"This happens every year. The bonuses for each household range from dozens to hundreds of guan."
Li Shimin nodded and said: "It's just a way to buy people's hearts with money."
Cen Wenwen added: "The villagers of Lishan have become wealthy households, but they are still unwilling to leave Lishan or move to the prestigious city of Chang'an. Instead, they prefer to stay in Lishan because they work in Lishan." , as long as you don’t leave, Lishan Medical Center can treat any ailment, and Lishan can also provide care for them when they get old and frail."
Taking a deep breath, Cen Wenwen bowed and said, "Lishan can take care of everything from children to the elderly, from studying to the elderly."
"Well, in this case, children can stay in Lishan for their whole lives, and the elderly can also let their descendants stay. Over and over again, Lishan will last forever? It's a good trick on his part."
Li Shimin's eyes were a little more dissatisfied.
Lishan gave too much to the villagers, but he received very little. This boy can be regarded as a rich and powerful person in Guanzhong.
How could a powerful person give so much to the villagers? It was simply not what a powerful person should be like.
What are the other powerful people doing? Busy collecting food, busy annexing land, busy making friends with the clan and court officials?
From this point of view, Zhang Yang is indeed a clean figure among the powerful, and the clean figure is unreasonable.
He has given so much to the villagers, how can other powerful people live in the future?
Li Shimin knew the unspoken rules, and Zhang Yang would probably be impeached.
The rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, and the emperor's expression became more smiley.
Cen Wenwen continued: "Your Majesty, I also heard that Lishan made a rule yesterday, saying that it is necessary for Lantian and Gaoling counties to produce Lishan. The company with the most production in the two counties will not only get extra dividends, but also Get the opportunity to retire in Lishan.”
Li Shimin smiled disdainfully, "It's just a promise. I'll talk about it later."
Cen Wenwen frowned and said, "If that's all, that's it. It's just that there is a lot of discussion about this matter in the DPRK and the Central Committee, and many resignation memorials have been sent to the Zhongshu Province."
The Manlu Hall was quiet for a moment, and Li Shimin drank tea without saying a word.
Some rainwater fell on the windowsill and splashed on His Majesty's face.
The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, he stood up and said loudly: "How do you think you can calm these discussions?"
I know that His Majesty and Zhang Yang are now competing.
It was uncomfortable to be caught between the emperor and the emperor's son-in-law. Cen Wenwen's expression was stiff and he whispered: "In fact, it is easy to calm down this discussion. As long as His Majesty issues an edict, praises Lishan's behavior, and also supervises Lishan fulfills its promise.”
The reason why Cen Wenwen said this was because he hoped that His Majesty and Li Shan would be on the same level, and that the emperor and the emperor's son-in-law should be in harmony.
When did this secret rivalry end?
The emperor said that Lishan was not good.
Lishan also said that the emperor's hypocrisy was not a lose-lose situation in the end.
As long as His Majesty shows an attitude of not arguing with Lishan and appreciates Lishan's actions, this matter can be settled.
Each takes a step back.
I waited for His Majesty's reply, but there was no response for a long time.
With the last sigh, Li Shimin blew the tea leaves and said again: "Leave the tax list of the Hexi Corridor and you can step back."
"Here."
Cen Wenwen put down the memorial and was about to leave when he turned around and said: "Your Majesty, I also heard that the Marquis of Lishan County collected a dead skeleton. He is a relative of the clan and the Marquis of Lishan County, so he should behave more appropriately. "
Li Shimin nodded to indicate that he could leave.
This son-in-law actually collected a dead man's bones.
What did he do with the bones?
Incredibly, Li Shimin couldn't figure it out. He just sneered and thought of Shangguan Yi's words.
Provide security and pension?
The imperial court finally had some money, and it was too late to build a court, let alone spend more money.
The emperor's smile became more and more sinister, making people afraid to look directly at him.
Suddenly he slapped the case, and Li Shimin shouted angrily: "Despicable kid, you're trying to push the envelope even further!"
Seeing His Majesty being so furious, the prince immediately leaned to the ground.
"Retirement care? Security? You, Lishan, have money to spend. Do you really think that I am as rich as you? I don't know how high the sky is."
Li Shimin tore up Zhang Yang's memorial on the spot, with an almost crazy smile on his face. The fallen pieces of paper were like Zhang Yang's corpse.
This was not the first time that I was angered by this kid's unreasonable and shameless behavior.
Now Li Shimin's mentality is much calmer. He did not smash the Manna Hall or draw his sword.
The relationship between His Majesty and the county princes is not that simple. Cen Wenwen only saw the surface.
After reviewing the memorial, Li Shimin looked at an article he had brought from Lishan. It was only three to five pages and contained some words, which were the teachings he and his children had said.
After reading it a few more times, Li Shimin felt that he had figured out an outline. If he read a few more articles like this, he might be able to understand the purpose of that boy's Lishan Mountain Gate.
At this time in Lishan, Zhang Yang stood on the edge of the field and watched the rain pouring down.
As expected, it rained today, but the intensity was heavier than expected.
The field was not far from the Weishui River. Zhang Yang was walking on the bank looking at the water level of the river. Shangguan Yi, Li Tai and Li Xiaogong stood beside him.
Zhang Yang warned: "Brother Shangguan, arrange for the villages and counties in the upper reaches to prepare for the flood season."
"Here."
Li Tai stood under the tree and straightened the bamboo hat on his head and said, "March and May are always times when the water level rises. Will this year be special?"
