Ye Chang did not participate in the ceremony of offering prisoners. It is said that Huangfu Weiming made a big splash at this ceremony, and even gave a flat ceremony when Li Linfu greeted Li Longji instead.

"Huangfu Weiming is looking for death." Ye Chang only commented on this.

Chang'an City became very lively because of this prisoner offering, while Ye Chang was very deserted. He went to pay homage to Princess Yuzhen, but he was not there. He had to rent a house near the West City and temporarily stopped in Chang'an.

It was hung for ten days, and it was not until the first day of November that someone came to inform him that the insect girl invited him to meet at Yuzhen Temple.

Yuzhen Temple is not too far from the West City, just outside the palace, and is only separated from the palace by a street. This was originally the residence of Princess Yuzhen, but after she became a monk and became a Taoist nun, she changed to a Taoist temple. Ye Chang had also been here before. When Ye Chang arrived here, he knew the situation around him and knew it.

Sure enough, it was not Chuan Niang who really wanted to see him, but Li Longji.

The cuckold sat aside seriously. When he saw Ye Chang performing salute, a smile appeared between his eyebrows and eyes.

Li Longji also looked at the young man. When he saw his appearance, he couldn't help but praise: What a handsome young man.

Unlike the rumors that he had met Ye Chang, it was actually their first meeting.

Looking at Ye Chang's appearance, and looking at the insect girl who was holding it aside but still inadvertently showed a happy look, Li Longji felt a little hurt.

"Ye Shiyi, I have long admired your name." Even the headache is a headache, and now there are more important things to be solved, Li Longji said with a smile.

The words were mocking, and Ye Chang didn't dare to respond, so he just smiled.

"How do you feel when you have been in the border for half a year?" Seeing Ye Chang not answering, Li Longji asked with a smile.

"Threatening." Ye Chang responded simply.

"Since you know the pain of border affairs, do you still dare to lie to stir up border affairs?"

Ye Chang's eyes lit up.

Li Long is basically a very good person. Ye Chang has always wanted to explain his views on the border issue in front of him. This time he took the initiative to mention it, which was a good opportunity.

"This trip to Longyou, I felt the pain of the frontline soldiers, and I felt that I had something to say."

Ye Chang's words almost made Li Longji's nose skew.

He stared at Ye Chang, but Ye Chang was not afraid, and he looked like he was full of words. Li Longji stared for a long time and said in a Senran: "It seems that you have gained a lot from this trip to Longyou. Today I will give you a chance to speak in person, so as not to let you go with a group of frivolous and incompetent literati behind you."

This was very serious, but Ye Chang was not really afraid. If Li Longji really wanted to deal with him, he would give him an order and dozens of warriors would break in from outside. Now, he just wanted to continue to scare him.

"Your Majesty, there are four main sufferings in the border. One is the hardship of war. Half of life and death in each battle formation. How can people not be afraid of death? Second, the hardship of guarding is the cold winter and summer heat, and the plateau is short of air, which is not a pleasant place, but the soldiers guarding for several years. Third, the hardship of homesickness, going to the army for thousands of miles, and not hearing the voice of their parents, it is difficult to worship their ancestors. Fourth, the hardship of illness and epidemics, and the small diseases in the army are easy to be cured, just because there are few doctors and lack of doctors and medicines..."

He said a series of hardships, but there was no specific person involved. Li Longji was slightly moved: "I know the suffering of the soldiers on the front line, so I dare not talk about war easily. You know now that I have a gentle and friendly relationship, it is a must."

"Your Majesty, please listen to me." Ye Chang said.

"oh?"

In the past twenty years, under the rule of Li Longji, the Tang Dynasty has been in great power, especially in the past ten years, almost no minister dared to talk to him like this. Ye Chang's tone made Li Longji very unhappy, but in addition to being unhappy, he also felt that this guy was a sincere person.

Let’s listen to him, at least the first four sufferings are all true.

"Your Majesty thinks, why do you cause these four sufferings?" Ye Chang asked him at this time.

Li Longji is not able to answer this question, and there are many reasons for it, and no one can explain it clearly for a while.

Ye Chang didn't need his answer, and replied to himself: "Your Majesty and me both know that the reason why the border troops suffer a lot is very difficult is not easily eliminated. Suffer cannot be eliminated, so there is only one way to make the war profitable."

"profitable?"

"In the past, the war was only consumed by manpower, food and wages. The soldiers suffered, the people suffered, and the country also suffered. But what if the war was made profitable? Your Majesty think about it, why do those people, such as the Quan Rong and the Barbarians, be happy when they hear the war, and they are tired of being in trouble every year? Wouldn't they be troubled by the war?

Li Longji hadn't thought about this question carefully, but he was extremely smart. As soon as Ye Chang said it, he understood the meaning.

The reason why the surrounding barbarians were willing to fight was simply because the war could bring them a lot of benefits. It was just that they had things to grab when they invaded the Central Plains, but the Tang Dynasty attacked them, but there was not much benefit to fight.

"The livestock and even the population of the barbarians are all wealth." Ye Chang's eyes were filled with a cold air: "Your Majesty, now our Tang Dynasty has two industries, all of which require manpower. One is cement. Just the cement required by Chang'an Street is recorded with millions of stones, and the other is carbonite. Carbonite is needed to boil cement, and people also need to use honeycomb coal to keep warm and increase fire..."

Li Longji is familiar with these two industries. In fact, he is happy to experience anything new. He also knows the benefits these two industries bring to the Tang Dynasty - many local officials screamed and demanded to open these two industries.

Both industries require a large number of workers, preferably coolies.

"The Quanrong repeatedly invaded the border and was able to conquer 400,000 troops for a long time, plus the servants Tuyuhun and other tribes. If Your Majesty allows the people to open a mine in private and allow the front-line soldiers to sell these Yirong members to the Fufang to the Fufang, the front-line soldiers will be profitable and will not suffer when fighting."

"This is not a king's benevolence." Li Longji just hesitated for a moment. He could almost imagine that the result of the imperial court encouraging border troops to sell slaves must be that border generals will set off fire for the sake of profit: "And in this way, border generals will be good at promoting border affairs, but they are afraid that the country will not be able to bear the profit before they have seen it."

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Ye Chang laughed: "I think so. The court first allows the Fushi to open a mine and a kiln. Anyone who starts it must acquire the border labor force to legally. The court issues mine certificates and kiln certificates, and collects mine taxes and kiln taxes according to the certificates. Therefore, the court can have an additional income..."

When Ye Chang said this, Li Longji felt that something was shiny and silver flying in front of him. He calmed down and laughed silently: This guy said Eli was moving, but he was full of sharpness.

But at this time, he put away his initial contempt and began to concentrate on listening to Ye Chang's suggestions.

"For example, now the Quanrong in the western region is not inferior. The court intends to conquer the battle. First, make a budget and prepare for a large-scale war. How many troops are needed to mobilize and how much grain is spent. Then, the mine and kilns can be sold. At the beginning, only a few places in Gaoji are sold. Each wealthy family pays two sums of money. One is a unified entry fee, and the other is an estimated amount of coolies to be used to pay the deposit. The total amount of these two sums can be used to offset the cost of war. After obtaining this money, the court will supplement part of the military funds, and the other part will be rewarded by the soldiers - what is the merit and what is the reward? This court has its own talents, so there is no need for the ministers to talk too much. In short, the wealthy family will raise enough money to start the war, and then launch a army to fight the enemy..."

Ye Chang's plan was to turn the suffrage on the border into a plundering war involving hired troops, making every side war profitable: soldiers and soldiers were sold for labor and seized, and the wealthy families had to open mines, kilns, and the imperial court collected taxes to reduce the burden on the war.

Of course, this is just a superficial interest, and a deeper interest is that the Tang Dynasty opened up the mining ban and launched a trend of large-scale mining kilns, which contained the seeds of new industrialization.

Although Ye Chang himself has been working hard to improve the industrial workshops, he has been willing to transfer some technologies almost at no cost, such as cement and honeycomb coal. However, his personal strength is limited after all. In the past three years, except for Qin Qinshou, Jia Maoer, Wang Qinian and others, he has not formed much of a community of interests.

Li Longji laughed twice.

The suggestion made by Ye Chang was really...it smelled very fragrant, but it would hurt your teeth if you accidentally eat it.

"After all, I am young and don't understand the way of planning the country."

Li Longji said in his heart that if he was in his twenties, he would be interested in accompanying Ye Chang to go crazy. As for now, when he is old, he will not want to change.

"You said it very well, just like the cake on the wall. No matter how it looks, it is just the cake on the wall." Li Longji felt that Ye Chang's meaning was already very clear. After all, he was still young and eager to stand up, so he talked about it with the side.

Ye Chang was a little stunned. He felt that his theory should be able to convince people. Why did Li Longji think it was a painting cake to satisfy his hunger? He was a little dissatisfied and said immediately: "I am very sure. If Your Majesty feels it is not true, why not try it? This will be of great benefit to the country and the court. If it is not done, it will not hurt the bones."

"Okay, I already understand your meaning very well. Ye Shiyi, I secretly summoned you to the name of the insect girl today, but I didn't listen to you talking nonsense." Li Longji waved his hand: "Tell me what happened to Bian Lingcheng, really, what's going on?"

His tone was extremely stern. Ye Chang was stunned for a moment, then sighed discouragedly.

In my opinion, it is a big strategy related to China's future. In Li Longji's heart, it is just a young man's nonsense. Bian Lingcheng's death, which he thinks is not very important, is the most worthy thing in Li Longji's heart.

Since that's the case...Doctor Huangfu, I'm sorry, this anger can only come from you.

Ye Chang pondered for a while, and Li Longji looked down at him and thought impatiently: "What you heard and saw is to be honest, I have been delayed here for a long time. Don't listen to your long comments. Just report to the truth, I will make a judgment."

"Yes...that's what it is."

Ye Chang felt even more unhappy when he heard him delaying for a long time. Li Longji was tired of government affairs in his later years and thought that the secret summons today affected him to enjoy himself in the harem. Ye Chang was unhappy and Huangfu Weiming became an unlucky person. However, Ye Chang was not stupid enough to tell Huangfu Weiming directly, but instead told the matter from beginning to end.

Speaking of his first arrival in the army, someone sent letters, and there were even letters that Princess Yuzhen asked him to take care of him, but Huangfu Weiming was even more harsh on him. Li Longji raised his eyebrows unconsciously, and Huangfu Weiming's actions made him very satisfied.

But after Ye Chang and Gao Shi offered a plan to lure Quanrong into an ambush, Li Longji's expression became cold. Huangfu Weiming was not wrong to use Ye Chang as bait, but if he didn't explain to Ye Chang and asked him to prepare, he would be suspected of deliberately killing Ye Chang.

When he learned that he had even given Ye Chang only 500 troops, Li Longji began to disguise his dissatisfaction. He did not take Ye Chang's snare in his heart, and even replacing his personal grudges with public power was not in his heart. What made him dissatisfied was that this was too risky. If the Quanrong captured the city, the situation of the war would probably change.

"Don't say so much, how did Bian Lingcheng die? Should he leave the city and flee, or break out of the city and ask for help"

Li Longji finally got impatient.

This is the most critical time. Ye Chang was chatting for a long time before, and he was waiting for him to ask at this moment.

"The Ambassador Border never talked about this with me, but... at that time, the best archery skill was Nan Jiyun, and the most powerful person in the war was good at straightforwardness. These two were warriors. Although they were not military, they made great achievements. If I wanted to escape, I would be able to attract these two people to guard them."

"But why don't you use these two people to break through?"

Li Longji could ask this sentence, proving that he was not really confused yet. Ye Chang pursed his lips and wanted to speak but stopped.

"explain."

"I am also worried that the city cannot be defended, so I keep them by my side. Ruo... There is a disaster in Ruocheng, and they want to protect me and escape."

Ye Chang's words made Li Longji stunned.

Li Longji thought a lot, but never thought that Ye Chang actually admitted that the two of them were the way for him to leave him.

Even saying such words was said, and what he said before must be frank. Li Longji looked back and thought, and his heart, who had already had some tendencies, became firm.

Huangfu Weiming...cannot stay in Longxi anymore.

"There is another matter that I must report to Your Majesty." Ye Chang said again.

"What's the matter?"

"After learning about the death of the border ambassador, Dr. Huangfu ordered his minister to sign his memorial, agreeing that the border ambassador escaped in the battle to abandon his post." Ye Chang said.

He once told Huangfu Weiming that he would not say this - but if he really didn't say it, he would be a real fool.

Why should he help Huangfu Weiming conceal this matter?

Ye Chang is a person who knows the trump card. In the secret memorial before Bian Lingcheng died, there was no ill-that words from Huangfu Weiming. It just exaggerated Bian Lingcheng's own contribution and danger, and vaguely expressed Bian Lingcheng's grievances. Judging from that letter, Bian Lingcheng was a loyal and brave man, but after he died, Huangfu Weiming wanted to put all the blame on him, the deceased.

No matter how much contribution Huangfu Weiming made, no matter how he had met the king and his ministers before, this alone would be enough to be complete with all his trust.

A man who is not responsible for the mission and has been responsible for military power, and Li Longji will dismiss Huangfu Weiming as long as he is still half as young as he is.
Chapter completed!