Li Zhi was born in the second year of Zhenguan. It is now the summer of the 17th year of Zhenguan. He is fifteen or sixteen years old, and he is young.

He once heard the palace people from Henan who came from Taoism talk about Du Langjun teaching people to fish for fish and canned fish in Laizhou. Many of these palace people also heard about it, but because the story happened in their hometown, they were honored and talked about it with relish.

Li Zhi has no great political ambitions. As a legitimate prince, his personality is a bit weak.

But he was very interested in various rural interesting heroic deeds. In short, he liked to listen to stories. He had heard of Du Gou's stories and had a good impression of Du Gou.

In the past two days, he heard that the ministers in the court were arguing over the pardon of Du Gou. Li Zhi also wanted to say something, but he vaguely felt that he should not interfere in the matter. He endured it and endured it. In the end, he couldn't help it and said to his emperor father.

Think about it, Li Zhi is fifteen or sixteen years old now, and he is a little sensible and confused.

This happened to their family, and his two brothers ended up like that. Not to mention who is right or wrong, as a young man, Li Zhi, watching all this happen in front of him, how did he feel in his heart?

Li Zhi originally said less, and since that incident happened, he has said less.

In this case, Li Shimin was also quite worried. Seeing that he rarely spoke to him, he was also very happy and agreed without saying a word.

On the morning court the next day, someone proposed to pardon Du Gou, which inevitably caused a controversy.

When they were almost contention, the emperor said, "I had been busy and the landslides in front of me. I had no intention of taking care of me. I came to ask people in the past two days and said that Du Lang has benefited many people in Laizhou. The local elders were grateful for his kindness. The county and prefectures also submitted official documents, but it was not enough to take a closer look. Yesterday, my son told me that Du Lang was upright and diligent, kind and kind, and was implicated for nothing. It was really a bit unfair..."

The emperor's words mean that the reason why Du Gou was pardoned was that he had saved his life after all these years, and there was also the attitude of a new prince.

If the remaining sinners still want to forgive, there is no more. This one is forgiven and that one is forgiven. If the cost of rebellion is so low, how can they shock those wolves who are ambitious?

So Du Gou's matter was finalized, eliminating his exile. In addition, the court allocated some money and ordered the officers and soldiers who escorted him to send him back to Laizhou.

After doing this, the emperor was in a good mood. He thought about having a good exchange with his son, but the boy became a clam shell again in a blink of an eye. The emperor had no choice but to turn his eyes to the court again.

How come there are so many people talking to Du Gou these days? At first, he still couldn't understand it. After exploring it, he soon got the answer.

It turned out that those shameless people were planning to sell them to Luo Yong.

This matter has to start with Zheng Zheng, who was born in Xingyang. Someone said that Luo was not using it. When Zheng Zheng listened to it, he scolded them on the street.

A few years later, Luo Yong "meeted" Zheng Shilang in Chang'an City. Luo Yong invited Zheng Shilang to have a meal. Perhaps he heard something from Luo Yong. The people from the Zheng family in Xingyang have built several iron ore all over the country in recent years. Some bought it with money and some opened it themselves.

At first, everyone didn’t know what the Zheng family had to do with so many iron ores. Do they also need to make needles? How much iron can be used to make needles?

As soon as the wooden carriage came out, some people figured it out. It was still so fast to drive on the wooden track. What if it was driving on the rails?

This matter seems a bit incredible at the moment, after all, the iron price is so expensive.

However, the reason why iron prices are expensive is not because of the scarcity of iron ore, but because of the limited mining level and the heavy iron thing, it is really difficult to transport.

Now there are all wooden tracks, and the wooden tracks can be built directly into the iron ore. A track is laid in, and the iron ore that has become a cart is transported out.

These iron ore are refined into fine iron and then transported to all parts of the country. With cement roads and wooden tracks, and the original water transportation system, the convenience of transportation has increased much from now on compared to before. In the long run, the iron price will definitely drop.

The decline in iron prices does not mean that those iron ores will make less money. On the contrary, because the cost of mining and transportation is reduced and the market is unprecedentedly prosperous, these iron ores will only make more and more money in the future.

Some people in the court have now proposed to wrap a layer of iron on the outside of the wooden track from Chang'an City to Luoyang, which requires a lot of iron. The court will likely buy iron from the people of the Zheng family of Xingyang. At the moment, at the current iron price, the Zheng family of Xingyang will definitely make a big profit this time.

Although it is just a rumor and no one has officially mentioned this in the court, just thinking about it makes people feel very moved. That is the railway track. If the Tang Dynasty could have such a railway track, everyone would have much face. At that time, any envoys who came to Tang would take them to the railway track and feel the speed and sharpness of the Tang Dynasty's transportation. I am afraid that no one will dare to invade it again in the future.

Under such circumstances, many families are very envious of the iron ore currently controlled by the Zheng family in Xingyang.

But in the final analysis, why can the people of the Zheng family in Xingyang take the lead this time? Isn't it because of Luo Yong? If the development speed of Luo Yong and the others is like the speed of the wooden rail carriage, then the Zheng family in Xingyang is already in the car now, but they can only stand under the car and watch.

So there were those who wanted to get in the car and wanted to sell Luo Yong a good one when they got the chance.

This time, when Luo Yong wanted to protect Du Gou, they also worked hard. The most sensitive period of horizontal and vertical lines has passed. At this time, they are not afraid of anything when they stand up and say a few words. They are not afraid of talking.

Tsk, these old guys can really show off their faces.

I remember when I first met Luo Yong, he was still a young man in the countryside. In a blink of an eye, these years have passed, and now even if he is in Hexi, he can still influence the court.

Faced with the rise of an emerging force, as the king at the top of power, he will inevitably be wary of it.

However, after this reshuffle, Li Shimin's ideas changed a little.

Both Li Chengqian and Li Tai lost their qualifications as crown prince. The new crown prince is Li Zhi. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be the future monarch of Li Tang.

However, Li Zhi's personality was a bit weak. When Li Shimin was in power, he could naturally protect him. After he passed away, after thinking about it, the most suitable candidate for the orphanage was Changsun Wuji. With Li Zhi's personality, he would probably be able to be controlled by Changsun Wuji in the future.

In the original history, when Li Shimin was in his later years, he still thought that Li Zhi was too weak and would definitely not be able to beat Changsun Wuji in the future. Although Changsun Wuji seems to be a good person now, he will not know what to do when he is powerful.

After hesitation, he talked to Changsun Wuji, saying that it would be better for Li Ke to inherit the throne.

Li Shimin thought at that time that Li Ke's personality was stronger than Li Zhi, so he would not be controlled all the time. This may be to explore Changsun Wuji's attitude.

Then his proposal was strongly opposed by Changsun Wuji. In addition, Li Ke's mother was Yang Guang's daughter, and Li Shimin was not very satisfied with this. At this time, Changsun Wuji opposed it, so he gave up.

But he never thought that what he said that day had laid the trouble for Li Ke. After Li Zhi ascended the throne, Changsun Wuji used Fang Yiai's rebellion case to implicate Li Ke in vain and eradicate him.

At this moment, although things have not yet developed to that point, Li Shimin is still worried about Li Zhi's too weak character. He intends to entrust Changsun Wuji to the orphan, but he is also worried that Changsun Wuji will be too powerful in the future.

So when he saw that Luo Yong's power was a little different from his previous thoughts.

Then, he analyzed the ministers in the court by his sons. When he mentioned Luo Yong, he said this: "Luo Yong was loyal, but his loyalty was the people of the country, not my father and son of Li. He could be a minister, but not a confidant."

If he asked him to comment on Luo Yong again, he would still be the same as before.

But time has changed, but Luo used those unpleasant places today, but today it seems rare.

Even if there is human rights in the future, Luo Yongying will definitely not be in a relationship with him. With his coffin-shaped temperament, he will definitely be able to argue as much as he wants.

When the coffin board first appeared, it was a tough guy who even dared to fight against him. Now that he is full of wings, can he be afraid of any powerful minister? Thinking of this, the emperor was in a better mood.

"Why does the saint laugh?"

Changsun Wuji and Li Shimin sat in the stone pavilion to cool off. At this time, he saw him smiling at the scenery outside the pavilion. Since the incident half a year ago, it has been a long time since he was in such a good mood, so he asked.

"Nothing." Li Shimin replied.

Then he smiled and called his brother-in-law to eat melons: "Eat melons and eat melons. This melon was bought by melons from north and south early this morning. It was sweet and crispy. It cost only four cents for such a big cold melon. Do you think it is cheap or not?"
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