Datang Fenghua Road

"Sister Hongnong Yang, hum..." Li Shimin let out a muffled hum from the tip of his nose, and said meaningfully: "Sister Hongnong Yang has indeed helped the three guards of the West House in recent years, but it has also replaced all the civil servants in the three guards. ."

Concubine Yang hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried, "Your Majesty must not think too much. The mother family of the courtiers and concubines is not selfish. Everything the Hongnong Yang family does is for the sake of the royal family and the court."

"Oh? I would like to hear what you have to say..."

Concubine Yang wiped away her tears and said in a hurry, "The three guards of the West House are unwilling to join from the beginning to the end, and they have to get a set of privileges to listen to the tune. Let Your Majesty master this invincible force."

Li Shimin seemed to be very satisfied, he nodded gently at Concubine Yang, suddenly stretched out his hand to pull Concubine Yang up, and said kindly, "What Concubine Ai said, I understand everything. I said Concubine Yang, your personality has been somewhat different in recent years. Change, I remember you used to be cautious and never willing to speak so strongly..."

Concubine Yang hurriedly wanted to kneel down again, sobbing and choking: "Your Majesty doesn't know the reason for this, that's why you have this question, it's not that the ministers and concubines have changed, but that it must be done. Sister Zhangsun has not wanted to take care of things in recent years, and the harem is everywhere. To be oppressed and oppressed, the concubines must be tough, if I don't tough, I can't live."

Li Shimin snorted and said with a deep meaning: "I'm afraid your waist is slowly hardening because your son has become a talent."

As he spoke, he suddenly glanced deeply at a young man beside the bed, and asked indifferently, "Ke'er is now named King of Wu, and he is developing in Jianghuai and Jianghuai. The civil and military people of the whole dynasty say that you are the second sage king. I don't know. What do you think of Li Min's affairs?"

The young man the emperor asked about was Li Ke, who was also the eldest disciple of Han Yue's family.

The most important thing is to hold the power of Jianghuai and Huai, and he also inherited the huge fleet developed by Ren Jing at the beginning. His strength is strong and his wealth is huge. Among the many princes in the dynasty, he can even compete with Li Chengqian.

In recent years, there have been words circulating in the court, saying that Li Ke is the best son of Li Shimin.

With money and power, there is naturally a court power to defect. Now Li Ke is one of the troikas among the princes.

Hearing Li Shimin asking himself, he quickly bowed his hands in a respectful salute, with a leisurely expression on his face, which made people happy at first sight.

"Tell me, what do you mean, Ke'er?" Li Shimin asked again.

Li Ke coughed lightly and said in a calm tone: "It was my brother who cut off his arm, but it was my sister-in-law who did it. They are not only my sister-in-law, but also my wife. Erchen doesn't want to express his opinion on this matter, everything is all right. Let the emperor be the master."

The corner of Li Shimin's eyes twitched again, and his face was a little strange.The emperor seemed to be afraid of being seen, and hurriedly pretended to turn his head to observe Li Min on the bed.

"Is it all up to me?" Li Shimin murmured, looking a little disappointed.

The emperor stared blankly at Li Min on the bed, and said softly for a long time: "Isn't it the greatest opinion that you don't express your opinion? Very good, really good, Ke'er, you have grown up, and even your speech has become more profound. stand up."

Li Ke's leisurely expression froze slightly, and he vaguely felt as if he had said something wrong.He was taught by Han Yue since he was a child, and he was superior to others in both wisdom and knowledge. Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind, and he instantly understood where he was wrong.

His fault was that he gave Li Shimin a sense of indifference that he did not want to repay.

You must know that he is the one who has received the most favor from Han Yue in the entire Tang Dynasty. When something happened to Han Yue's family, he had to be strong and help each other. As a result, he just said one sentence and did not express his opinion. It was clearly stumbling for Han Yue's family.

"Imperial Father!" Li Ke was very witty, and immediately changed his tune when he found something inappropriate, and said loudly: "Today's matter is because of the younger brother, and my son thinks that the sisters-in-law can't be blamed at all. The royal father and mother have already given strict orders, and Tianjiazhuang is classified as a royal family. Forbidden land, no royal children are allowed to disturb. But Li Min is aggressive and powerful, and my son feels ashamed of his younger brother..."

Li Shimin was satisfied with this, and couldn't help but nodded in approval.

Li Ke felt a little relieved, but still felt that the remedy was not enough, and suddenly said in a hurry: "My son is going to ask for an order to the father and emperor to allow my son to go to Tianjiazhuang to visit my sister-in-law. I will kneel and apologize when I go, and beg for forgiveness from my sisters-in-law. Li Min."

"no need!"

Li Shimin shook his head slowly, as if his anger had grown out of this matter, and said coldly: "After all, Doudou has done something wrong, and I must punish them. Their husbands have meritorious service to the royal family, but they cannot be proud of their own merits. In just five years, he has dared to cut down his brother-in-law, if it continues like this, will he cut down the emperor in the future?"

The emperor in his mouth should not be himself, but the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin's words made everyone's eyes light up, and Concubine Yang nodded again and again: "Your Majesty is right, and the concubines also think this is the truth. Doudou and the others have too many things, so they are proud and arrogant. Think about it, the mutual market outside the customs, Shenyang in the northeast, the town of [-] in the Tang Dynasty, the nine major industries in the world, the grassland colony, the Liaodong colony, and the Tubo colony, what a wealth of wealth it is, it can be called an empire, but such wealth is controlled by a group of In the hands of ignorant women and children, ministers and concubines have long thought that something will happen!"

Having said that, I carefully looked at Li Shimin, and then said: "Anyone with such a great wealth will be floating, and the concubine thinks that it will hurt them if it goes on like this..."

The concubine Xu Hui next to her also interjected in a coquettish voice, with a hint of words: "Actually, these wealth were not created by King Zhao, but the result of the concerted efforts of the entire Tang royal family. King Zhao has passed away for five years, and His Majesty should take everything back."

Li Shimin's face was a little unnatural, as if it was because of guilt.

Li Ke's eyes flickered a few times, and he seemed to see that Li Shimin was undecided. He rolled his eyes a few times and suddenly said: "You don't need to take it all back, you have to leave some property for the sisters-in-law. After all, they are also the daughter-in-law of the royal family, and there is a little prince under his knees. They need to be raised. Erchen thinks it’s better to leave Liaodong to them, where the land and resources are abundant.”

After saying this, Li Shimin's face looked a little better. The emperor suddenly gave Li Ke a meaningful look, and praised: "Ke'er is kind-hearted, and I am very pleased to be a father..."

The emperor's words immediately made everyone's eyes light up, and several little concubines subconsciously approached Concubine Yang, gave Yang Concubine a slightly flattering look, and then said together, "Your Majesty, what about the King of Shu?"

Li Shimin seemed to be questioned, his face showed hesitation again, the emperor suddenly walked out from the bed, and walked all the way to the hall.At this time, many court officials gathered in the hall, and many people kept their ears open to listen to the movement inside.

Li Shimin's eyes slowly swept away, and suddenly he said with a little dissatisfaction: "Where is Li Jing and Li Jicheng biting gold? Didn't you just say that you want to meet?"

The eyes of the ministers flashed, and someone said with ulterior motives: "Reporting to Your Majesty, just now the empress left in anger, Li Ji and others actually gave up their audience and followed the queen. We feel angry in our hearts, but we dare not go into it."

Li Shimin snorted and let out a breath, as if he was extremely angry with Li Ji and the others.

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Chapter 681 I'm here to bombard Chang'an

The emperor suddenly glanced at the ministers in the hall again, and asked in a deep voice: "How to deal with the matter of the King of Shu, I feel a little hesitant in my heart, I don't know if the ministers have good advice..."

"Your Majesty!" A minister immediately stood up and said righteously: "Even if you are reluctant to punish the crime, the orphan of the King of Zhao will have to pay compensation. His Highness the King of Shu is a noble man, and you cannot just throw an arm like this casually." gone."

Li Shimin glanced at him, nodded in acquiescence, and suddenly asked, "Then how to compensate?"

The minister's eyes flickered, and he seemed to peek behind the emperor vaguely, and then said loudly: "I feel that your majesty can take back some properties of the orphan of King Zhao, and then give them to His Highness King Shu as compensation."

"Which ones?" Li Shimin looked straight at the minister, as if he didn't notice Li Ke, Concubine Yang and others standing behind him.

The minister coughed and said with twinkling eyes: "The three guards of the Xifu have been run by my Hongnong Yang family for a long time. Your Majesty can rectify the name of a decree. Only [-] of the [-] towns of the Tang Dynasty were built in five years, so we must Only by taking it back can we speed up the progress. The Tubo colony was obtained by sacrificing the people of Jiannan Road, and it is reasonable for His Majesty to take it back to the court. There are also the foreign exchange market, the nine major industries of the Tang Dynasty, the plantation land in Longyou, and grassland immigrants. city……"

He talked more and more vigorously, and almost talked about all Han Yue's industries. Suddenly, he felt greedy, and quickly explained: "Many industries need to be managed by elite officials. If they are placed in the hands of the orphan of King Zhao, they will fail one day. , this minister is also thinking of Datang, Your Majesty must not have any other ideas..."

Li Shimin nodded, with a half-smile on his face and said: "I know, I know, you are good ministers, and you are broken every day for Datang."

When the emperor said this, he suddenly turned around and looked at Li Ke, Concubine Yang and the others who followed behind, and said with deep meaning: "Ke'er, did you notice that there are many people here today, some of them from the imperial court and some of the civil servants. The powerful, your dozen or so imperial brothers are all here to support, and even some of your uncles bent down and came to the Shu Palace. Whose face are they looking at, are they trying to please me?"

Li Ke was a little startled by this, and quickly swore and swore: "Father, don't be suspicious, the boy has always put his mind on Jianghuai. In the past five years, I have turned Jianghuai into a land of fish and rice, and it is convenient for countless people to sail. "

Li Shimin let out a sigh of relief and said indifferently: "The fleet belongs to Ren Jing, and it was developed by your junior sister who sacrificed the time for a woman to marry, but unfortunately this good boy failed to enjoy the happiness, so you inherited the JAC. wealth."

Li Ke hurriedly knelt on the ground and said loudly, "Although Erchen has inherited Ren Jing's fleet, I have also put in a lot of effort, Erchen just wants to be a wise prince in the mouths of the common people, and it's definitely not the case that everyone came to Shu Wangfu today. My plan, if the royal father does not believe it, my son can swear..."

Li Shimin suddenly laughed, with such a meaningful smile.

The emperor slowly raised his foot forward and walked all the way to the door of the hall. He put his hands behind his back and looked at the sky outside, and said with a face full of disappointment: "Ke'er, you are very smart, why didn't you find a strange thing. Although there are a lot of kings of Shu coming here today. People, but some of the most important royal families have never appeared. Your second brother Li Chengqian didn't come, and your third brother Li Qingque didn't come either. One of them is the prince and the other is the king of Wei. Do you know why they didn't come?"

Li Ke had a faint feeling of unpleasantness in his heart, but he still blurted out subconsciously: "The two brothers have always looked at the child and Li Min in the past few years.

These words even set a trap in secret, clearly instilling bad thoughts on Li Shimin.

It's a pity that Li Shimin suddenly smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "Ke'er, you are wrong. The Crown Prince and King Wei didn't come because they didn't dare to come."

Li Ke was stunned, and the ministers and the royal family were also stunned.

The emperor suddenly looked up at the sky and murmured: "These two children have been beaten before, and they know the taste of being beaten is not good, so they have learned to be smart and know that some things cannot be done. During the past five years, there have always been people in the court who thought about it. Move the orphans of King Zhao, but do you dare to see Chengqian and Qingque? They dare not..."

The emperor's words caused everyone present to be stunned.