Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

However, when the Supreme Emperor saw the dishes on this table, his expression was a little sleepy.

Although thanks to Li Qiu's previous effort, the Da'an Palace has its own kitchen.

There is a dedicated cook responsible for cooking, which is much better than when the imperial dining room delivered the food.

But for the Supreme Emperor and these children who lived in the Da'an Palace all year round, they must get tired of it after a long time.

I can't even whet my appetite.

Chapter 451 Ruixue heralds a prosperous year, and the world is peaceful

Seeing this, Li Qiu also took the initiative to cook, and personally made a few simple, but quite delicious dishes.

But let this group of little princes and little princesses feast on it, and everyone ate a lot more rice than usual.

And while eating, he yelled that the dishes made by Li Qiu were delicious.

In fact, every year during the first month of the lunar year, Li Qiu would come here to show off, bringing unique delicacies.

So the seasonings in Da'an Palace are still very complete, but these cooks don't know how to make them, and the dishes are old-fashioned.

Seeing this group of children was so happy that he even pulled Wu Sui over to their table and told them about the novel world outside.

Seeing them like this, the Supreme Emperor smiled and shook his head, "Come on, Li Qiu, have a few drinks with me today."

"You don't know, at ordinary times, I only rely on this Sirius to get by."

After obediently having a drink with the Supreme Emperor, Li Qiu persuaded with a smile as usual: "The Supreme Emperor, this Sky Wolf wine is still too strong."

"It's not good for you to drink too much every day."

Li Yuan waved his hand, "Is there anything good?"

"Now that I have seen it clearly, there is not much to miss in this world. Maybe this is also a kind of relief."

"If you really want to talk about nostalgia, I really want to see the future children of you and girl Wu Sui."

"Besides, it's the shooting of Sirius, and the dishes you have never eaten before, with a unique style and taste."

Li Qiu smiled at this moment: "Supreme Emperor, now that the war is over, I don't have much to do in Furong Garden."

"From now on, I will often come to this Da'an Palace to have a few drinks with you, the old man, and play chess to relieve boredom."

"But only, you have to take good care of your body."

Afterwards, the Da'an Palace was full of children's laughter. They were also surprised by Wu Jue's story and description, and sometimes laughed.

It also undoubtedly shows the nature of children.

As for the Supreme Emperor, seeing the rare vitality in the palace, he felt very relieved, and drank too much after drinking.

So much so that when it was getting dark outside, Li Qiu and Wu Jue had to say goodbye and leave.

The Taishang Emperor was reluctant to give up, his eye circles were red, and he waved his hands with mist in his eyes, telling the two children to be careful on the road.

And as for those little princes and little princesses, some even secretly wiped their tears and cried their noses, also reluctant to let their best friends leave in such a hurry.

So much so that after leaving Da'an Palace and returning to the carriage, Li Qiu couldn't help sighing a few times.

There was also some unbearable and reluctance in Wu Jue's eyes.

……

As time passed day by day, heavy snow fell from the sky.

There is still more than a month, and it is the New Year's Eve again.

Fortunately, before the heavy snowfall, the last batch of refugees in the pass had been sent to Youzhou.

Otherwise, it will be more difficult for them to walk on this road, and more people will die.

In the palace, the eldest grandson Wuji, who had just returned from a business trip, accompanied Li Shimin, standing on the railing to watch the heavy snowfall.

Just like it was ten years ago, or even twenty years ago.

"Auxiliary machine, have the last batch of refugees been sent away?"

Changsun Wuji nodded, "According to their footsteps, they should be approaching Luoyang now."

"It's not far from Mozhou, where Li Qiu meets."

"It's a hurry, it's finally a good ending for this year's disaster relief." Li Shimin nodded, and then asked the question that had been buried in his heart for a long time.

"This time, the refugees in Shandong, Luoyang, and the pass must be as many as 30 to [-]?"

"Li Qiu's 21 small states can really support so many people?!"

Changsun Wuji sighed softly at this time, "Your Majesty, it's not 21 states."

"And his thirteen states."

"This year, when His Majesty assigned Xingzhou, Beizhou, Qingzhou and other states and counties to him as fiefdoms, it was already the end of Xia."

"During this drought, these eight states also had refugees, and they were also transferred to the thirteen states for resettlement."

"So including these refugees, the number of refugees resettled by Li Qiu this year is close to 40!"

"If Li Qiu and their thirteen prefectures weren't there, most of the people here would probably die of starvation."

"At that time, the number of households in my Tang Dynasty will be even smaller."

"During the reign of Wude, there were a total of 70 million households registered in the Tang Dynasty."

"Now, with the severe drought for three consecutive years and the Turkic military turmoil, there were less than 200 million households at this time last year."

Hearing this, Li Shimin was also heartbroken and sighed deeply several times.

"This is all my fault as the emperor, it's my fault!"

"Since I ascended the throne, there have been severe droughts for three consecutive years."

"Even if this God is not satisfied with me, he can't last the fourth year in a row, right?!"

Changsun Wuji hurriedly said at this time: "Your Majesty, do you still remember what he told us when we found Li Qiu when he was still running the tavern?"

"This God, will not change because of our will."

"So no matter who is the emperor, this disaster will come as it should."

"It's just that a wise king like His Majesty will not be written into the history books if he is effective in disaster relief."

"For example, this year, although my Tang Dynasty suffered severe disasters, not many people died of starvation."

"Perhaps hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years later, they only thought that this was an ordinary year, but they didn't even know the severity of the disaster this year."

"What's more, His Majesty just watched the heavy snow fall so heavily."

"But it is far beyond the previous years, so this auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, and in the coming year, my Tang Dynasty will definitely have good weather and a good harvest!"

Listening to Changsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin also burst out laughing, "What an auspicious snow for a good year, and a good harvest!"

"Hearing what you said, I feel much more comfortable now."

"Sometimes, the words that Li Qiu said, although they don't quote the classics like others, don't sound profound."

"But the deep meaning in the words and the shock and reflection they bring to people are often intriguing."

"Just now you mentioned the small restaurant that Li Qiu once opened, and I suddenly remembered that dish of Shengping in the World (Maoxuewang)."

"In this snowy day, wouldn't it be wonderful to eat a steaming, spicy and hot Si Hai Sheng Ping, and then drink two cups of shooting Sirius?"

Changsun Wuji always knew what Li Shimin was thinking, so he immediately asked with a smile, "Then, your majesty, shall we drive to Furong Garden now?"

"Go to Li Qiu's place for a drink or two?"

Li Shimin laughed immediately, "Haha, okay, let's drive to Furong Garden!"

"Go to Li Qiu's place and have a few drinks!"

Chapter 452 The Surprised Du Zhenglun

Afterwards, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji also took a walk-and-go trip.

But when the two of them were leaving the palace, they happened to bump into Prime Minister Du Zhenglun who came to ask Li Shimin to play a role.

By coincidence, Li Shimin also pulled Du Zhenglun into the carriage and drove to Furong Garden together.

On the way, when Du Zhenglun learned that he was going to the Furong Garden of Peking King Li Qiu, Du Zhenglun was also very surprised.

But since he had already boarded the car, he could only go along with him.

When Li Shimin and the others were about to arrive at the Furong Garden, they had already dispatched the eunuchs in the palace, and specifically told Luo Kexin that the situation was special, so she was not allowed to come out to pick him up.

Even Du Zhenglun, who had been an official in the court all his life, had seen this kind of treatment for the first time.

At the same time, I was also feeling emotional in my heart. It was said before that the emperor had shown great favor to the Beiping king's family.

Looking at it now, it is even more exaggerated than the rumors.

Afterwards, their carriage and team arrived at the Furong Garden.

At this time, Li Qiu, Wu Jue, Li Yin, A Ke, and Princess Youle who had already received the news were all waiting at the door to greet them.

Seeing Li Shimin coming, Youle took the lead to greet Li Shimin with a smile, and saluted Li Shimin and his uncle, grandson Wuji.

Li Shimin was also inexplicably surprised when he saw her.

"Have fun?"

"Why did your child run into this Hibiscus Garden?"

Princess Changle said with a smile at this time: "Reporting to my father, Youle saw that it was snowing heavily, so I brought Xiaobai to play with Sister Yunzhong."

"Do you see how happy Xiaobai and Xiaohei are playing in this Hibiscus Garden?"

"Besides, the King of Peking is also in a rare mood, and he built a big snowman with us."

After speaking, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others followed Princess Youle's eyes and saw the two border shepherds who were playing wildly in the snow.

And the snowman next to him with a scarf, a hat, and a carrot nose is very modern.

Then Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were also amazed.

He smiled and said that Li Qiu even made a snowman so ingenious and unique in shape, which he had never seen before.

As for Du Zhenglun on the side, his eyes were focused on the tall and magnificent Furong Garden courtyard wall in front of him, which crushed the Chang'an city wall.

He had heard it before.

But never seen it with my own eyes.

Looking at it now, it turned out to be much more real and shocking than imagined.

He really couldn't figure it out, as a military commander of the Tang Dynasty, he actually built such a city wall in the mansion.

No one cares? !

Even Li Shimin saw it as nothing.

According to common sense, this is absolutely unreasonable!

Next, after seeing the ceremony, everyone surrounded Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, Du Zhenglun and others and walked inside together.

In fact, for Li Qiu, Wu Jue and others, they were quite surprised to see Prime Minister Du Zhenglun coming together.

Because Du Zhenglun was regarded as the leader of the officials of the gentry clan, and he was also the one who took the lead in criticizing Li Qiu the most.

Like them and Li Qiu, they are incompatible with each other, and never get along with each other.

Generally speaking, there is absolutely no reason to go to the Furong Garden.

However, this visitor is a guest, and he is a great Confucian in the court and the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Qiu is quite warm and sincere to Du Zhenglun.

When he accompanied Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji to the Zhongzhai area of ​​Furong Garden, Du Zhenglun noticed very keenly that the soldiers in charge of guarding the periphery of Furong Garden were wearing dark and shiny armor.

What he was holding in his hand turned out to be the famous Mo Dao with a unique shape!

As for the names of these two things, in the past six months, no one in the entire Chang'an city knew.

He also knew that Li Qiu and the Youzhou army relied on these two pieces of equipment to finally kill the Turkic Khan and defeat the Turkic army.

According to normal understanding, such tough armor and sharp Mo Dao should definitely belong to the forbidden.

It is absolutely necessary to strictly control it, so how could it appear in the hands of a private soldier of a county king's mansion?