In order to save the prince, Li Chao decided to let the prince join the team that made the threshing machine.

"What? You asked Gu to do this? Gu is the prince of the Tang Dynasty!"

When Li Chengqian heard Li Chao ask him to make a threshing machine, he exploded like a cat was stepped on its tail.

"Did the prince not wear clothes or eat? This is homework!"

Li Chengqian was not convinced. Although he heard Li Chao say something about the function of slapping the wheat instead of manpower and liberating productivity, he didn't understand it. The inherent impression in his heart is that craftsmen are lowly.

The prince is actually going to do carpenter work.

Unacceptable!

Li Chao stood in front of Li Chengqian, looked down from high to bottom, and rolled his eyes to him.

The two of them stared at each other.

In the end, in less than a minute, Li Chengqian couldn't bear it and was defeated first.

Seeing him shift his eyes aside, Li Chao smiled proudly. I can't stand you, a seven-year-old bastard?

"I want to complain to my father!"

In desperation, Li Chengqian had no choice but to move out Li Shimin.

"Okay, when you return to Chang'an, you can sue me when you see Your Majesty, but now, listen to me honestly. Your Majesty has handed you over to me and let you listen to me."

"I want to go back to Chang'an!"

"It's too late, you can't go back in three days!"

The prince accepted his fate in despair.

"Tell me, what do you want Orphan to do?"

"Go and take the drawings." Li Chao ordered without hesitation.

At the beginning, Li Chengqian was reluctant, but after a long time, Li Chengqian was already happy.

All the ink dolls and planes have become his toys. Li Chao has to look at him from time to time, for fear that he will hurt him. The seven-year-old naughty child only knows how to play.

Li Chao was a little suspicious of himself. What if he inspired Li Chengqian's craftsmanship and what if he became a carpenter emperor?

"Chengqian, I asked you to come here not to play, but to experience the craftsmanship and teamwork. Look, what is the first thing we need to build a threshing machine?"

"Mu." Cheng Qian replied.

This answer almost made Li Chao feel a little shocked.

"Wrong, to build a threshing machine, you must first have a design. For example, why do I need to build a threshing machine? Because human threshing is too slow, we have such a need to replace it with a machine that can be faster and easier. It is precisely because of this need that I began to think about how to make such a machine."

"According to the needs and the purpose of the needs, then designing a machine that meets the needs. Designing is designed on demand, not random design. This is just like when we do things. We have needs, and then we set a goal and a plan as needed to solve this need."

Li Chengqian seems to understand but not.

"For example, I simmered a few chestnuts in the fire. They were cooked, but they were very charcoal and could not be held by hand. What should you do at this time?"

"Pick it out with the tongs!"

"We are smart. If you take the chestnut from the fire, you can't just use your hands, then it will burn your hands, so we use tongs, or just pull out the wooden stick to let it cool down. No matter what method we use, we have to use tools. Using tools is extremely critical and the basic difference between us humans and animals."

"The difference between humans and beasts should not be that humans can think?"

"Wrong, wild beasts can think too, but people know how to use and make tools. Using and making tools can be said to be the real difference between humans and beasts."

"Tools can replace our hands"

Chang'an.

Li Shimin was busy for a long time and was quite satisfied with eating the meals cooked by Empress Changsun himself.

“The food today is delicious.”

"Your Majesty means that the food I made in the past is not delicious?"

"No, I just think it's better today." Li Shimin smiled.

Empress Changsun said, "That's because the ingredients are good. The ingredients that Your Majesty brought back from the Li family in Bashang are very good."

"This Li Chao lives a very young life that I am envious."

"Your Majesty, you are really willing to throw Cheng Qian away like that."

Li Shimin put down the soup bowl and wiped his mouth, "I am not young anymore, so I have to teach you quickly. He usually studies with Li Gang, Pei Ju, Ma Zhou and others, and his homework is still good, but I always feel that it is a bit bad. I stayed in the palace all day long and saw no world. Just as Li Chao said, I can't even distinguish between leeks and wheat seedlings, but the sufferings of the people do not understand the various aspects of the world. So I left him in Bashang this time. First, this child is very hard to go to school every day, so he can relax when playing outside for a few days. Second, let Li Chao teach the prince and learn something from Li Gang and others in Bashang."

“Is it reliable?”

"I am afraid that Chengqian will go to school in Ba. Wenyuan is sometimes quite serious, but sometimes he is very casual."

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Don't worry, Cheng Qian is Wenyuan's son-in-law, how come he is also Wenyuan's son-in-law? He will definitely be very attentive. I don't want Wenyuan to teach the prince seriously and teach these Confucian classic saints, Li Gang and others. I just want Wenyuan to teach the prince some other things. As the crown prince, the crown prince of Taitang, the future emperor, will have a broad vision and a broad vision."

The couple were chatting, and the eunuch sent a report.

Li Shimin opened it and looked at it, unable to help but shake his head.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's about Chengqian. Chengqian is on Bashang, guess what he is doing now?"

“What are you doing?”

"I'm working on a threshing machine with Li Chao."

"The prince followed Li Chao to make a threshing machine? Make a machine?" When the queen heard this, she frowned and looked not very good. She agreed to let the prince gain insight and open her eyes, but she became a craftsman. What is this?

"Queen, don't be anxious." Li Shimin said with a smile.

He left the prince in Bashang, of course it was impossible for him to leave it alone. Bashang also left many guards and eunuchs. These people were always staring at the prince. Basically, every move there was in their eyes, and then they all reported to the palace.

Li Chao took the prince as a carpenter, which was beyond Li Shimin's expectations.

The threshing machine he made seemed like a good thing, and Li Shimin actually didn't care much about these things. However, after listening to the news about what Li Chao said to the prince, Li Shimin was still very satisfied.

Although he does not completely agree with Li Chao's these, it makes sense at least.

Confucian things are not completely right, but they are very important for governing the country. But as an emperor, you cannot listen in a biased manner, you must have your own judgment, and at least you must also understand things other than Confucianism.

Whether it is craftsmen, technology, or even business and trade, these should be part of governing the country. How to grasp and how to grasp it is a question that the emperor should consider.

Li Chao is always so alternative.

"Technology is productivity! People-oriented!" These words make sense. Now the Tang Dynasty is short of people. With good tools, good technology is of course good.

But scholars, farmers, industry and commerce should also dominate the scholars, scholars are thoughts and minds. For Li Shimin, land, farming, taxation, and commerce are all important, but the more important thing should be scholars. Scholars are administration, personnel, and management.

But it’s okay to open your eyes. You can’t just stare at the high place, look far away, and look at your feet.

Wait until Empress Changsun goes back.

Li Shimin held the report, looked at the drawings of the threshing machine attached on it, and looked over and over again.

This threshing machine is interesting, and it actually saves time and effort. If the court gets Chameng rice, uses curved plows to cultivate and carefully, and adds fertilizer, and this threshing machine, then the rice can be promoted in Jianghuai area, and the imperial court's grain output will greatly increase.

Well, what is Li Chao thinking all day long?

Last time, I invented the curved plow, which greatly improved the efficiency of the plowing land. A cow can plow the deeper and faster than two cows. Now I have a threshing machine, which greatly improved the efficiency of threshing.

After putting down this report, Li Shimin picked up another report.

This is a report from Li Chao. Li Chao went back to Ba and came forward. He had been on his desk for several days. Li Shimin had to look at it almost every day.

He has been hesitating.

Li Chao's memorial is no less important than his last time to propose the management of Buddhist temples.

Li Chao proposed to move the capital, and the address was selected to build a new capital between Xiang and Deng. These memorials detailed the reasons for moving the capital and the reasons for choosing Xiang and Deng.

One, two, three, four, five, list them clearly.

Li Shimin was very moved when he said it.

The capital of Guanzhong was established has many benefits. The capital of Guanzhong Chang'an in the Western Han Dynasty was established for more than 200 years.

But since the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong has also had many flaws.

For example, after so many years, Guanzhong has always had a large population, excessive cultivation and severe soil erosion. The Guanzhong Plain cannot carry so many people, and the grain supply is seriously insufficient.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty had a huge territory. The Tang Dynasty was no longer dominated by Guanzhong and Central Plains during the Han Dynasty. The southeast was also constantly developed, and now it even accounts for a huge proportion in the empire.

At that time, Yang Guangying set up a new capital of Luoyang in order to make the center of the empire at the center of the world and to better manage the world.

Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty unified the world, and the southeast became heavier in the empire pattern. The Tang Dynasty established its capital Chang'an, which was too far away from the southeast.

Even from the northeast, it is just as far away.

In addition, Guanzhong is too close to the grassland and is not strategically safe. Secondly, it is the problem of food. It is too difficult to rely on Guandong to transport grain and grass taxes, and Guanzhong cannot carry too much population.

If the capital is moved to Xiang Deng, it can improve the security of the Tang Dynasty court, and the second is that Xiang Deng is at the center of the world and the new capital is moved eastward, then its control over the northeast, southeast and other places can undoubtedly be greatly enhanced.

Secondly, the surrounding mountains and rivers and rivers are in good shape, and the defense is also OK. Moreover, Xiang Deng is a large plain, with a lot of land that can be developed, and it has the advantage of water transportation, making it easy to transport.

Furthermore, after moving the capital to Xiang Deng, a large number of people would inevitably be taken away, so the population pressure in Guanzhong would be reduced. The imperial court moved the capital to Xiang Deng and could also drive the large-scale development of Jianghan, Jingxiang and other places.

There are still a lot of undeveloped good places in these places.

With all this, it seems that moving the capital is much more beneficial.

However, it cost a lot to build a new capital, and it will inevitably be very troublesome to move the capital. When Yang Guang built the new capital Luoyang, a large-scale construction project caused a lot of money.

This Chang'an City has only been built for decades. Now that we have abandoned another new city, we always feel that it is a bit too much to waste.

It has been many days since Li Shimin still couldn't make up his mind.
Chapter completed!