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    Chapter 293 Promote corn

    Li Zhen looked at Li Ji. Others were complaining that the emperor should not let Li Zhi go on the expedition, but Li Ji did not say anything, looking confident.

    Li Zhen raised her hand to Li Ji and asked, "Old general, what do you think?"

    Li Ji smiled slightly and said, "Good thing, good thing."

    "A good thing? Niubi, this Li Zhi is almost in the sky, and you still call it a good thing?" Cheng Yaojin shouted.

    "The higher you climb, the harder you fall." Li Ji still looked indifferent.

    "Oh, old general, what do you mean by this? Please clarify."

    Li Zhen always knew that Li Ji was resourceful and his words must have profound meaning.

    Li Ji smiled and said: "You think Li Zhi's expedition is a bad thing, but I think it is a good thing. Li Zhi will undoubtedly lose this battle. If he loses, he will no longer have the capital to compete with His Highness."

    "Niubi, it's easy for you to say that. In this battle, the Tang Dynasty dispatched an army of 300,000, all of which were elite central imperial guards and border troops. And I fought against the Tuyuhun army. Their combat effectiveness was very poor, and their equipment and training were the same.  The Tang Dynasty is not on the same line and the number is small, how can it be possible to defeat the Tang army?" Cheng Yaojin said.

    Cheng Yaojin had fought against the Tuyuhun people, and had defeated the Tuyuhun army, so he knew the details of the Tuyuhun people.  After Cheng Yaojin defeated the Tuyuhun people, the Tuyuhun people surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. But now, the Tuyuhun people were instigated by the Tubo people and launched an attack on the Tang Dynasty again.

    Li Ji said: "In terms of combat effectiveness, the Tuyuhun people are much inferior to our army of the Tang Dynasty, but don't forget that the Tuyuhun people live in the plateau area and have long adapted to the plateau environment, but our army of the Tang Dynasty has not.  They are adapted to fight on plateaus, so the advantages of the Tang Dynasty¡¯s elite soldiers will be offset.¡±

    "More importantly, there are Tibetan people behind Tuyuhun. On the surface, Tubo is on good terms with the Tang Dynasty, but that is only because they were defeated by the Tang Dynasty."

    "The Tubo people know the strength of the Tang Dynasty very well, and it is not that they don't want to attack the Tang Dynasty. Songtsen Gampo once personally led troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, but was repelled by the Tang Dynasty. Only then did he make good friends with the Tang Dynasty and marry him.  Princess Wencheng, but if the Tubo people are given a chance, they will definitely be the most difficult enemy to deal with in the Tang Dynasty."

    "I always feel that the Tuyuhun people are so courageous and dare to be enemies of the Tang Dynasty. There are shadows of the Tubo people behind them. Although Xue Wanche under Li Zhi is a veteran, he was newly defeated in Youzhou. Chai Lingwu is brave.  , but they are just starting out and have no combat experience. They may be able to defeat the Tuyuhun people, but they will never be able to defeat the combination of the Tuyuhun people and the Tubo people."

    "Niubi, according to your opinion, Li Zhi will definitely lose this battle?" Cheng Yaojin asked.

    "Nine times out of ten." When Li Ji said this, he was confident.

    "Hehe, you are very arrogant. If this is the case, we will have a good show. I really don't understand how someone as wise as your Majesty could make such a decision." Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji were  Wagang Jun's old friend didn't have any scruples when talking to Li Ji and called Li Ji a bull nose.

    Li Ji didn't take it seriously and just said: "His Royal Highness, you only need to calm down and wait for good news. Once Li Zhi fails, the Emperor will definitely call you out again. At that time, His Highness can come out to clean up the mess and take charge of the military."

    After listening to Li Ji's analysis, Li Zhen nodded and had to admit that Li Ji was a very smart person. Li Shimin also valued Li Ji very highly and believed that his intelligence was not inferior to his own.

    Li Ji¡¯s analysis just now is very pertinent. Since the Tubo people are likely to intervene in this battle, then Li Zhi will most likely fail. He can just handle the political affairs and wait to clean up the mess.

    After several veterans returned, Li Zhen's mood suddenly became brighter. From then on, Li Zhen was busy with government affairs every day.

    Since Li Shimin gave Li Zhen all the power of appointment and dismissal of officials below the third rank, and most of the government affairs were handled by Li Zhen, the things Li Zhen had to deal with were very complicated.

    Fortunately, Li Zhen has two good helpers, one is Shangguan Yi and the other is Di Renjie.

    Shangguan Yi is indeed a prime minister. After he became the prince, Shangguan Yi was the actual person in charge of handling government affairs. Shangguan Yi handled everything appropriately, which made Li Zhen feel relieved. If he became the emperor in the future,  This Shangguan Yi must be of great use.

    As for Di Renjie, as he grew older, he gradually showed extraordinary talents.  During the last expedition to the Western Regions, Li Zhen deliberately took Shangguan Yi with her and left Di Renjie to handle matters in the Prince's Mansion, in order to train Di Renjie's abilities and talents.

    And Di Renjie took care of things in the Prince's MansionThe handling was very good, even better than when Shangguan Yi was there. This made Li Zhen feel very grateful. Although Di Renjie is not very old, he has shown a maturity that does not match his age. It can be seen that he will become a big thing in the future.

    With the help of these two people, Li Zhen felt much more relaxed. Li Zhen let Shangguan Yi and Di Renjie do ordinary things. Only important matters would be dealt with personally.

    Recently, Li Zhen has been personally promoting something, which is to issue an administrative order to promote sweet potatoes throughout the country. Li Zhen estimates that when the sweet potatoes mature next year, the entire Tang Dynasty will usher in a big harvest, and even save money.  Enough food for the next two years.

    With the promotion of sweet potatoes, Datang's food production will see explosive growth in the future. If there is more food, you can start some side businesses, such as raising chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs with surplus food. The living standards of the people will rise sharply.  By that time, Datang will usher in a prosperous age ahead of schedule.

    In addition to the promotion of sweet potatoes, Li Zhen is also planning to promote another crop, which is corn.

    Corn, native to the Americas, was the crop with the highest total yield in the world during the era in which I lived. The yield of corn was extremely high, several times that of ordinary crops, and it was also an excellent forage crop.

    If corn is popularized on a large scale, it will effectively promote the development of the breeding industry, allow every household to eat meat, and greatly improve the quality of life of the people.

    Originally, Li Zhen had not thought of promoting corn, but one time, the system rewarded him with dozens of ears of sticky corn. Li Zhen ate two ears and found them very fragrant. He wondered if he could eat corn all the time in the future, so he  Got the idea to grow and promote corn.

    Fortunately, the system was very powerful and gave Li Zhen hundreds of kilograms of corn seeds at once, which allowed Li Zhen to try planting corn in the official fields in Chang'an area.

    Li Zhen believes that before long, corn will bloom everywhere in the Tang Dynasty like sweet potatoes.

    Li Zhen seems to have seen the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty coming in advance. The rule of Zhenguan, the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, the rule of Renxuan, and the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong. I, Li Zhen, want to create an unparalleled prosperous age and make the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty prosperous!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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