Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 212 Family Dinner
"Go to Nanzhao Kingdom to borrow food?" Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin said in unison, both with incredulous expressions.

Their impression of Nanzhao was no better than that of Li Shimin.

"You are really ignorant!" Li Shimin put on a wise man's appearance, and taught the two princes a lesson.

When Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde learned from Li Shimin that Nanzhao's grain could be harvested twice a year, and there was a large amount of grain reserves, the two princes suddenly became excited.

"No, Your Majesty!" Yuchi Jingde asked worriedly: "You asked us to go to Nanzhao Kingdom to borrow food, if they don't lend it to us, what should we do?"

"Stupid!" Cheng Yaojin didn't wait for Li Shimin to answer this time, and slapped Yuchi Jingde directly on the head, "Are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid? No matter if they borrow it or not, the result will be the same. If they don't borrow it, will it be the same?" No more food?"

"Uh..." Yuchi Jingde was a little confused, but when he saw Li Shimin's weird smile, Yuchi Jingde finally came back to his senses, "Understood, I understand, if you don't borrow it, let's grab it, Your Majesty, your order Well, we are good at this!"

"You're good at shit!" Cheng Yaojin slapped him on the forehead again, "Can you be as good as I am? I was the devil king of Wagang Village back then! Your Majesty, let me be the commander in chief when you go to Nanzhao this time. !"

Hearing what Cheng Yaojin said, Li Shimin immediately agreed, "I have exactly this intention. Duke Lu is the commander-in-chief, and Jingde is the deputy commander. You command 5 people and set off tomorrow. You must end the war within a month. Return to Chang'an!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!" Cheng Yaojin said in a big bag, "As long as the Nanzhao state owns it, it will belong to our Tang Dynasty from now on!"

"That's right!" Yuchi Jingde also agreed, but immediately changed the topic, "Your Majesty, you see that we are going to go to war tomorrow, can the prince give us all the horses with horseshoes, let's go , the journey is far away, and war horses are indispensable!"

"Okay, I've approved this matter, and now I'll write the decree, you go directly to Xue Rengui to dispatch the horses!" Li Shimin also took care of everything, and didn't care about the prince and Xue Rengui's thoughts at all.

After receiving Li Shimin's handwriting, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde were suddenly overjoyed. This time it is really a great contribution.

Nanzhao has not been a big country since ancient times. It has always bowed its head to the Tang Dynasty, and would come to pay tribute from time to time.

The reason why he has been kept is also because the north is not peaceful, and the Tang Dynasty also needs Nanzhao to contain Tubo and other countries.

But now there is no need. The food in Nanzhao has been watched by everyone in the Tang Dynasty. If you don’t know about such a big piece of fat, forget it. Now that you know it, how can you let it go?

But he said he didn't care about the crown prince, but when Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde were sent away, Li Shimin thought about it and decided to talk to Li Fu about it.

So Li Shimin borrowed the name of the family banquet and invited Li Fu to enter the palace. Li Fu didn't want to go, but he couldn't stand up to Princess Jinyang, and he heard that he was accompanied by his eldest grandson Pingting, so Li Fu could only enter the palace.

During the meeting, Li Shimin took the initiative to mention [-] horseshoes, and Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde's plan to mobilize the horses of the Modao Army.

In front of so many people, of course Li Fu wanted to give Li Shimin this bit of face. After all, Li Shimin said that he would immediately replenish the horses of the Modao Army, but he asked Li Fu to supply the horseshoes.

"No problem, there are still some spare horseshoes in Erchen's iron and steel factory warehouse, and I will send them to the Modao Army barracks later, so that Xue Rengui can start accepting horseshoes!" Li Fu agreed without hesitation.

Hearing this, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect it to go so smoothly, so he couldn't help but glance at Li Fu twice, and noticed Princess Jinyang and eldest grandson Pingting sitting beside Li Fu.

Li Shimin suddenly understood something. Li Fu's willingness to agree so happily was probably not because of himself or the family banquet, but because of his daughter and the woman in front of him.

So Li Shimin had an idea and raised his wine glass, "Come on, Pingting, I'll toast you!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Fu raised his brows slightly, and did not move dryly. Li Mingda was a little dazed, not knowing why, but Changsun Pingting was stunned, and didn't recover for a long time.

In the end, it was Li Fu who coughed and reminded the elder grandson Pingting, and the eldest grandson Pingting realized it, raised her glass and stood up, "Your Majesty, this is..."

"Still calling me Your Majesty?" Li Shimin joked and said with a smile: "That's right, it's not time to change my words, it's my fault, I'll punish myself!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, the eldest grandson Pingting blushed suddenly, and Princess Jinyang's eyes lit up, "Father, is this going to marry Pingting and Ah Fu?"

Li Shimin laughed aloud, "I have passed the decree to Shang Shu Sheng and the Ministry of Rites on the matter of giving the marriage. I believe that it will not be long before Shang Shu Sheng will have a decree promulgated."

The eldest grandson Pingting lowered her head and looked shy, but she was obviously more happy than shy.

Li Fu still had a calm expression on his face, but Princess Jinyang was happier than Li Fu. She put her arms around her eldest grandson Pingting's shoulders, affectionately called her eldest grandson Pingting's younger brother and sister, and made her eldest grandson Pingting feel ashamed.

Seeing the happy and harmonious appearance in front of him, no one present was unhappy, but after all, there was still someone who was in a bad mood, and this person was the Empress Dowager.

After all, the eldest grandson Pingting should have married Li Chengqian, but now she has become Li Fu's concubine.

But facing everything that was happening in front of her eyes, the imperial concubine could do nothing. After all, it was Li Chengqian himself who ruined a good hand of cards from the very beginning.

"Empress Dowager, what does this word read?" Suddenly at this moment, Li Zhi ran up to the Empress Dowager, and asked the Empress Dowager softly.

The imperial concubine raised her eyebrows and saw Li Zhi secretly stuffing a book in front of her, like a thief, pointing to a word on it and asking herself, but at the same time asking herself, she didn't forget to look left and right, for fear of being caught. It seems that people have discovered it.

At this time, Li Zhi, who was only seven years old, was in the stage of literacy enlightenment. On weekdays, after Li Zhi left school, if Li Shimin had no time to discipline Li Zhi, he could only ask the empress dowager for questions.

Li Shimin listened attentively from the side, and looked back at Li Zhi's cautious little family, feeling even more worried, and asked in a rough voice: "Child slave, did you not study hard at the Chongwen Museum today?" ?”

Li Zhi was startled, and quickly stood up straight, not even wanting the book, first nodded, then shook his head, stumbling and replied: "Father, my son has learned, I have learned, but, but I forgot, forgot !"

"Mr. Chongwenguan, Mr. said that if you don't do it tomorrow, you will beat someone, my son, that's why my son..."

(End of this chapter)