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Li Tong responded casually after hearing the words, his eyes still fell on some selected poems and essays in the imperial examination this spring, to understand the current popular style of writing and poetry.

Le Gao laughed dryly after hearing this, and said: "That's not true, I just feel happy in my heart. I am very grateful for the saint's love for the house and the black. It's just, it's just that this closeness is also annoying, and there are too many secrets hidden. , attracting attention..."

When Li Tong heard this, his eyes froze for a moment, he put down the paper and looked up at Lego and said in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

"It's not an important matter. The Empress Dowager summoned me at noon and asked me about the Longqing Square. Of course, I didn't dare to play, but seeing His Royal Highness the eldest princess at the table, I think I vented my words here."

Le Gao whispered again, and Li Tong's eyes flickered after listening, and then he said: "You go to the Chang'an Palace, if the eldest princess has not left the palace, tell her to stay overnight, and the palace will come later. Zhongbei set up a family banquet and have a dinner together."

Chapter 0830 new melon crisp, mouth-watering

Time soon came to the evening, and when Li Tong got up and arrived at Linde Hall, the family members had already arrived.Under the queen's arrangement, the banquet had already been set up, and the family members of Tong Wang and Qi Wang outside the palace had also been invited into the palace, and the banquet would start only after Li Tong's arrival.

"It's really impolite to ask your parents to wait when you forget the time when you hold the paper."

Li Tong hurried up to the palace, and first apologized to the Empress Dowager and his aunt Fang's family, while everyone else stood up to greet the emperor.

"The emperor is diligent and diligent, which is the blessing of the family and the country. Relatives and disciples just sit in the palace for a long time when they have nothing to do. It is joy to be able to gather together."

The Empress Dowager responded with a smile, and pointed to the empty seat beside her, signaling the emperor to come and sit.

Li Tong stepped forward, and when he walked to the side of Princess Taiping who was eagerly looking at him, he raised his hand to help Princess Taiping into the table and said with a smile: "There are so many affairs in the foreign court, it is often difficult to have time to be filial. If my aunt is free But, please come to the palace often, not only to accompany your loved ones, but also to teach the young women how to manage the house."

"The empress manages the harem in an orderly manner, which is admirable. It does not disappoint my grandmother's intentions in the past to invite us to invite us to meet with famous families and choose a good match for the saint. As for me, I am just a foolish woman relying on the favor of the heavenly family. , how can there be any good housekeeping strategies to teach others, if there is a family, there is still vanity to enjoy, but if the family is weak, it is difficult to be like a commoner's family, and I really dare not speak out against others."

Princess Taiping sighed after hearing this, and then spoke, with a hint of resentment in her tone.

Li Tong raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard his aunt's words, but before he could open his mouth, the Empress Dowager frowned and said in the banquet: "You are a lady who likes to speak well and invite favors. The world is in danger, isn't this the favor of the emperor? Born to work in the world, half your life to protect your parents, and half your life to be honored and raised in the high hall, you already have a son and set up a business, and you have all kinds of plans to cling to the family, and put the face of the younger generation on the back of your family. Where can it be respected by the people of the time?"

The empress dowager's rebuke immediately made Princess Taiping's expression a little embarrassed, while Xue Chongxun, who was also in the hall, quickly got up and said: "After all, it is only the younger generation who has no orders. The court class is very expensive, but it does not have the talent and achievements to match the status, so it makes my mother worry about gain and loss..."

After her son handed her a message, Princess Taiping's complexion improved a little, and she pointed at Xue Chong and scolded him: "Since you understand your own shortcomings, you should work harder, and don't let your mother's love for being born in Tian's family be ruined." Spend it all on you!"

Hearing her husband being reprimanded like this, the other eldest princess Li Youniang felt a little annoyed, she was about to speak up to refute, but seeing her husband looking at her with pleading eyes, she reluctantly endured it.

For this cousin and brother-in-law, Li Tong is still quite optimistic, and he does not treat him differently because of the deterioration of his relationship with Princess Taiping. He also pointed at Xue Chongxun and said with a smile: "Although the state implements are highly intelligent, they still need to be raised with stern words. Point of view, whether your parents are admiring or admonishing you, they all want you to be better. Talent can increase with age, but if virtue is stubborn and unruly, then you will inevitably stick to your old ways.

Lantian fat jade still needs to be carefully crafted before it can be called a beautiful weapon. Xue Lang can clearly see the shortcomings, listen to and learn from teaching, and it will not be far away.The heavenly family's double blessing to you, naturally also has high hopes for you, hoping to become a success.My young lady Hui is not said to be very good-natured, but your husband and wife are good-looking, like glue, and in terms of human affection, Xue Lang is already good, so there is no need to underestimate yourself. "

When Li Youniang heard this, she immediately said coquettishly: "Brother appreciates my husband, it's fine to talk to him, but he wants to include me in the talk, it's annoying!"

Hearing Li Youniang's scolding voice, everyone in the hall smiled, diluting the awkward atmosphere.As Li Tong entered the table, the palace people began to spread dishes and spread meals.

Although Li Tong's food and clothing were not extravagant, the royal family banquet was rich in food and drink. Needless to say, all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas were the most attractive.

Although meat is delicious, it will inevitably get boring if you eat too much. In this medieval society, it is definitely not easy to eat a mouthful of out-of-season vegetables and fruits that are commonly seen in later generations.

It seems that Li Shouli is not interested in all kinds of carefully cooked dishes on the table. He holds a big melon in his hand and eats it. He eats up his desk and touches Li Youniang's desk. He stops his hands when he is frequently watched by the empress, but looks up again. Looking at Li Tong, he laughed and said: "The children in the family are anorexic, and they like to eat these crisp melons and fruits the most. If there is still stock in the ban, can you give me a box later?"

Hearing Li Shouli's way of eating and drinking, Princess Qi, who was seated at the same table, blushed with embarrassment and hung her head in silence.

After Li Tong heard the words, he said with a smile: "Children can only grow strong if they eat healthy food. I ignored it. Not to mention the preparation of goods in the palace, there is a melon garden in the inner garden in the south of the city, and I will give it to my second brother."

Hearing this, Li Youniang immediately became interested, she hurriedly raised her hand and said, "I want it, I want it too, bro! Although I don't have a baby yet, I like to eat melons and fruits!"

"All of them, all of them! One for the elder brother, one for the second brother, and one for you, young lady. Each will be given ten acres of melon gardens, and you will each manage them."

For these innocuous little requests, Li Tong has never refused, smiling and giving each of the brothers and sisters a small melon garden.

Princess Taiping was quite moved after hearing this, not to mention whether she likes to eat melons, the benefits alone are tempting.Melons need to mature in June and July, and the cost of growing them out of season is quite high. Today, a melon weighing half a catty costs hundreds or even thousands of dollars in the market, and the price will gradually decrease until summer Come down, even a rich family would definitely not dare to do something like this.

However, Princess Taiping is an elder after all, and she really can't be ashamed to open her mouth to ask for it like Li Youniang.The Fang family in the banquet frowned after hearing this, and advised: "Eat in season, this is the normal state of strangers. A sage should not be in this kind of greedy way when he governs the country and seeks prosperity. It consumes too much cost and material!"

Although anti-season cultivation in ancient times was difficult, it was not impossible.In the Qin and Han dynasties, there were already quite mature hot spring cultivation techniques. Qin Shihuang ordered people to use hot spring geothermal heat to grow melons in the Lishan Mausoleum Valley and attracted Confucian scholars to watch.

In addition to borrowing geothermal conditions, there are also greenhouses for growing fruits and vegetables.However, the cost involved is much higher, because all the heat required for greenhouse planting depends on charcoal combustion, which is simply burning money.

Even the emperor would not dare to consume so willfully. Even if he builds a greenhouse, the harvested vegetables must first be used for sacrifices. After the ancestors have eaten them, he can eat a little leftover, otherwise he will be advised by the courtiers that it is too extravagant.

Hearing Fang's persuasion, Li Tong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that these methods of growing fruits and vegetables are not old-fashioned methods, and do not need to consume a lot of labor. Inner Garden Palace made a new plan, and the cost of materials and labor is all there. Reduced. An acre of melon fields consumes less than [-] yuan in winter materials, but the profit is quite considerable. The inner treasury collects these fruits and vegetables, some of them are stored for palace use, and some of them are distributed to courtiers. Calculated, it is more economical than before Physical power."

When Fang heard this, his complexion improved a little. He didn't doubt the authenticity of the words, and he didn't continue to ask. He wasn't very interested in these things.

But Mrs. Fang was not interested. Princess Taiping was very surprised when she heard the words, and hurriedly asked: "One mu of warm land consumes less than [-] yuan for overwintering. This is more than ten times less than the old method! What is the new method? Can it be so miraculous? Is it because the palace slaves lied to the Lord in order to invite favors? How is the new law manipulated? Can the sage take it out and watch it? But don’t be fooled by the slaves!"

Li Tong laughed after hearing the words. Leaving aside whether he was deceived or not, it was obvious that his aunt was deceived by Diao Nu.Although out-of-season greenhouse planting costs a lot, the main expenditure is charcoal heating.

When Li Tong was still in Taiwan earlier, Li Tong engaged in some field mulberry activities when he had nothing to do, and tried to grow melons and fruits for several seasons with the old method. If one mu of warm land wanted to maintain the growth of crops, even if labor costs were counted, it would cost a lot of money. However, between [-] and [-] yuan, this is still under the condition that the price of charcoal is extremely high.

Of course, this cost is still a huge expense for the vast majority of ordinary people, and off-season planting is against the weather after all. How to deal with frost and snow disasters and plant diseases, etc., also requires quite ingenious agricultural planning. It is difficult for many ordinary people to reach.

Princess Taiping opened her mouth to say such a number, obviously she also has some understanding of this, and she may have also run related industries, but the difference between what she said and the actual situation is so huge, she must have been pocketed by the relevant steward.After all, as a princess, although she loves wealth, she doesn't know how to do the farming and manage Tian Sang's affairs by herself.

Chapter 0831 Li Tong's thin name, whether the princess has heard of it

In the absence of the most important light-transmitting and warm-keeping film material for greenhouses in later generations, Li Tong's so-called new technology does not have a high level of leaping over the times. It is nothing more than a more ingenious allocation of personnel resources.

The rapid increase of Chang'an households has caused the prices of daily materials such as charcoal to soar.After years of reclamation, planting and large-scale construction, in addition to the decline in land fertility in Guanzhong, bamboo and wood resources have also become scarce, and the water and soil conservation situation is worrying.

After all, the river area is the main population settlement area, and the logging of bamboo and wood materials along the river is also very serious.Therefore, after the mid-Tang Dynasty, the lower reaches of the Yellow River burst frequently, and river governance became a serious problem that subsequent dynasties had to face.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the felling in the Guanzhong area is not out of control, and in order to control the price of materials in and around Gyeonggi and open up financial resources, as early as the Xingtai period, the charcoal production around Chang'an was gradually included in the government, and a large number of related workshops followed. born.

A large amount of heat is generated in the process of burning charcoal. Previously, this part of the heat was not applied enough, or was wasted because there was no matching profit point.Although Li Tong's farming skills are a bit useless, but his thinking is still broad, so he connected charcoal burning with greenhouse planting, and ordered the relevant officials to study and try.

Using the heat generated by burning charcoal for off-season planting is somewhat similar in principle to citing hot spring geothermal heat.So after several years of trying, at the end of last year, the farms accompanied by various official workshops gradually took shape. Thousands of hectares of Wentian land are distributed around the entire Gyeonggi Province. Compared with the Lishan Hot Spring Huangzhuang in the early years The area has increased by more than ten times.

And because this model gets rid of the limitation of geographical resources, there is still a lot of room for replication, and the scalability is very high, so it will also be a profit point worth digging in the future.

Although this achievement is based on the deployment of existing resources and does not involve technological progress across the ages, it can be considered to have a certain role in promoting the development of productivity.Li Tong was quite satisfied with this, and felt that his status as a time traveler was not wasted.

Not to mention that his agricultural and industrial skills are not good enough. Since he came to this world, he has been exposed to the most intense and brutal high-level power struggles. Out of the needs of self-protection and rapid growth, he really has no time and energy to devote himself to agricultural and industrial work. Play with flowers.

Any ideas are often left to professional talents to research and explore, not to ask about the process, but only to look at the results. As for the technical details, he rarely has mature ideas to provide effective guidance, like a domineering product manager in later generations.

Off-season fruits and vegetables are a gimmick, and its necessity is far less important than increasing the yield per mu.A large number of people at the bottom are still worried about the basic problem of feeding their stomachs. It doesn't matter whether they can eat fresh vegetables in the cold winter.

However, holding this model in hand is of great significance to the court.One is naturally to directly increase revenue, and the other is also conducive to wealth collection for the wealthy class. After all, these talents are the main audience of such products.

Although it is said that exterminating the family and ransacking the house has a more direct and effective effect on the accumulation of wealth, it is not sustainable, and the impact on the current order is too bad.

Although the imperial court is also opening up new tax sources, such as the stable tax implemented by Wu Youyi, the administrative cost and resistance to law enforcement are still not small. For example, some mansions and hotels in Chang'an City have begun to expand their buildings to more buildings under the condition of limited land area. layer development.There are also some powerful and powerful people who are unwilling to pay taxes, which has caused some problems of corruption and bribery.

Harvesting wealth through market transactions has less impact on the political situation than the integration of politics and religion and the addition of institutions. After all, market transactions still follow the basic logic of voluntary buying and selling. If you don’t buy, no one will force you.

However, before this, the large-scale influx of off-season fruits and vegetables into the market has not yet occurred.After all, even the emperor's enjoyment in this aspect must be moderate, and the needs of ordinary people are even smaller.Even if there are some powerful and powerful businessmen who carry out this kind of production and operation, the scale of production is not large.Moreover, in the value system of Confucianism, there is also a viewpoint of not eating from time to time, which is considered to be against the destiny of heaven.

There is still no accurate understanding of market acceptance and pricing and other related matters.So even though a large number of fruits and vegetables are already ripe, Li Tong is not in a hurry to order them to the market.

He decided to reward the ministers with this year's harvest first. On the one hand, it saves the court's expenditure on the supply of materials. A fad.

In the end, he is still somewhat dissatisfied with the step-by-step resumption of production and continued national power. He hopes to shorten the efficiency of national power recovery as much as possible, so that the country can grasp a large amount of wealth, so as to take the pace of going abroad as soon as possible.

It is necessary to ensure the efficiency of the country’s accumulation without increasing the burden on the people at the bottom, so we can only start from the middle and upper classes of society, and use a relatively cheap way to improve their quality of life, so that they are willing to transfer part of their wealth through the market. In the hands of the imperial court.

Princess Taiping was obviously very interested in this matter, she didn't pay attention to a mere melon garden, but wanted to directly inquire about the new production technology.Li Tong just chuckled at this, and said casually: "My aunt reminded me that I will send my staff to investigate this matter strictly later. If there are such problems, the relevant staff must be severely punished."

He never mentioned the details of the new technology.Of course, there is no point in doing so. After all, with such a large production scale, it is too easy for a character like Princess Taiping to find out. Li Tong is simply unhappy with his aunt and does not want her to easily fulfill her wish.

But even if the relevant production model is leaked, Li Tong is not worried.This production model is based on the already solid foundation of the imperial court's official workshops, and realizes profitability on a large scale.

Even if the rich and powerful want to step in and take a share, the size of the scale directly determines that they are not competitive in the market at all.Previously, it was just a greenhouse, but now it needs to be equipped with a charcoal burning workshop.As charcoal is a basic living material, the imperial court has absolute control over its production and price. If you really want to join in on a large scale, you will only lose your money.

After the meal, everyone was not in a hurry to leave the table, but called the musicians from Yunshao Mansion to enjoy the singing and dancing while gossiping.

According to Li Tong's style, if he wants to stir up something, he often has to create momentum in culture, and this time is no exception.

Therefore, when the musicians sang the lyrics, there was no shortage of lyrics such as "the inner garden was given warm water, and the melons had been eaten in mid-February", "the jade basin by the curtain was filled with clean water, and the insiders cut the silver melons in their hands". But it is also enough to make people pleasing to the eyes when paired with Shengci dance, and even the tongue is full of fluid. If you don’t hold a melon in your hand and listen to it, you will feel that it is not enough.

Listening to the lyrics of the musicians, Princess Taiping caressed a melon with thin, delicate skin and plump color, her eyes flickering.

Although the relationship with the saint has deteriorated recently, she still knows this nephew quite well, and has studied some of his routines in managing world affairs deeply. After all, they have cooperated with each other more than once.

Although the sage was vague about the inside story of the operation of the melon garden, he thought it was just an excuse.Especially after hearing the content of the new words sung by the actors, I am even more sure that the saint is planning to make money by making money.

After pondering for a while, she said with a smile again: "The lyrics sung by the palace musicians are plain but interesting. Could it be that the sage recently broke gold?"

Li Tong smiled and waved his hands after hearing the words, turned to look at his aunt and said: "Recently, the world affairs are intertwined, so there is no leisure to play with lyrics and music. As for these small works, they are all imitated by a scholar from the outer dynasty. Interesting, I brought the rehearsal of the case of Yunshao Mansion. As for this bachelor, I don’t know if my aunt has heard of it, but it is Li Tong Li from Sanyuan.”

As soon as he said this, although the sound of silk and bamboo in the hall remained the same, many people in the banquet were shocked and turned their heads to look.Li Tong looked at it, good guy, it turns out that his little vest has become an open secret among family members.

His own wife and concubine knew it was okay, but his grandma looked at him with deep eyes, obviously she knew the reason.As for Princess Taiping, she was a little surprised and embarrassed after hearing this, but Li Tong took the initiative to point it out.

"Sanyuan Li Tong? I've heard of this guy before! He's used to relying on his talents to manage the market, and he's quite a master at chanting things. Many of the things he chanted have skyrocketed in price, making people disgusted!"

Li Youniang raised her hand to speak, feeling resentment that she was victimized by him: "Such a character, relying on his talents and making fun of his nature, is also a person with a frivolous character. Brother, you still admire him very much, have you misjudged him? "

Li Tong's face darkened immediately after hearing the words, and he gave the little girl an angry look, while Li Guangshun coughed dryly and said in a low voice: "Young lady, you know how people are, don't act recklessly and criticize the time, Li Xueshi Very educated, yes, yes, a very interesting person."

Putting aside the little girl Li Youniang's interruption, Li Tong turned to look at his aunt again, and said with a smile: "Bachelor Li is well-known in poetry in Xijing, so has my aunt never heard of it?"

"This, this, the time to return to Beijing to settle down is still short, and it is indeed shorter than what I have seen and heard. But since the saint is so applauded, I am lucky to choose a day, but I have to sweep the couch to welcome..."

Hearing the sage's further questioning, Princess Taiping lowered her head and responded with a dry smile.

"It's night, let's go."

At this time, the Empress Dowager raised her hand and said, then looked at Li Tong and said with a smile: "The saint is free at night, and I will give your grandmother a ride."

After Li Tong heard the words, he nodded quickly and said yes, raised his hand and told the palace people to prepare the chariot, and when the family members dispersed, he helped his grandmother board the chariot.

Chapter 0832 repatriated from Gyeonggi, don't set up other states

After returning to the palace, the empress dowager was not in a hurry to rest, but at the same time signaled the sage to stay for a while, and retreated more than half of the palace people, leaving only a few confidantes, then pointed to Li Tong and raised his hand and sighed: "You, every time He is omnipotent when it comes to important matters, so how come he loses control over these trivial matters? White dragon fish clothes, hiding in the wild, if any accident happens, where will the safety of the family and the country be placed?"

Of course, Li Tong also understood that what he did was wrong, so he just listened to the training with his head bowed. After the empress dowager finished speaking, he sighed and said: "Maybe he has been full of worries since he was a child, and when the time comes Today, all the affairs of the family and the country are tied together, and I dare not enjoy myself to the fullest, and I can sleep soundly in the morning. Although it is full of fun to be in power, I still have to be a little bit indulgent when I have free time. It is true that I have caused my grandmother to worry about me. I'm ashamed."

Hearing the emperor admitting his mistake, Wu Zetian's expression improved a little, and after a moment of silence, he sighed: "I talked to you about this, and I didn't intend to blame you. Whether it is subtle or obvious, you can always control it. Things are the most disorienting, but they are not a problem for you.

As long as the queen doesn't say anything, no one else has room to comment.It is still important to remember not to take this tolerance for granted. The husband and wife communicate with each other and do not leave gaps for others to trick.Now the family members all rely on you to live, and dare not go against your wishes.

Friendship is also full of trade-offs, and it is not a bad thing to have a confidant who does not care about honor or disgrace in the world for a long time.But if this personal relationship is also included in the interests, it is inevitable that there will be chaos..."

After hearing this, Li Tong nodded and said, "I will definitely keep my grandmother's kind words in my heart, and there will never be any contradiction."

It was quite embarrassing for Wu Zetian to say these words. After all, this is also the experience of her life experience, and she is still a little ashamed to speak in front of the younger generation.But the situation of Shangguan Wan'er, who was expelled by her from the palace, was more and more similar to her old years, so she couldn't help being more vigilant, and couldn't help but say a few words.

"How is that girl now? Do you blame me for harming her marriage and wealth?"

After a pause, Wu Zetian asked again.

After Li Tong heard the words, he replied with a smile: "How could this happen? She was able to become an adult and start a family, all under the care of her grandmother. Although she sometimes misses the story, but now that she is a new student, she is more at ease in her current life."

"It's good to be content, although I often miss you if you don't come, but since we are already separated, there is no point in entangled in the story, unable to extricate ourselves. Copy a Buddhist scriptures in a brush, and you choose someone to send to her. May her mother and child live in good health. Years, disasters and diseases will not disturb."

Wu Zetian sighed again, and then said.

"Grandma has such a wish, which is enough to comfort the deceased, and there is really no need to work hard."

Hearing what the emperor said, Wu Zetian waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's my heart, and it's also to make up for the debt to the child who can't see each other. The descendants of the Tian family want to be ordinary people. If they grow up, if they are angry Inevitably, they came to blame my evil great-grandmother, not because my parents didn't love me or the world made things difficult."

After hearing the words, Li Tong sighed secretly again, then nodded, no longer dissuading.

After talking about Shangguan Wan'er's mother and son, Wu Zetian said again: "Your aunt is indeed not safe enough and has a mischievous nature. If it is really difficult to get along with, you might as well send her to leave Beijing and settle in another state. Now that things have happened, It is also difficult for me to plan long-term plans for the younger generations, as long as they can take care of them for a long time, there will be no regrets to say."

Hearing his grandma talk about Princess Taiping, Li Tong couldn't help frowning.To be honest, his aunt told his grandma about the Longqingfang incident in private, this behavior really made Li Tong very upset.

The family relationship is the most complicated. What his aunt did was not just a simple gossip by a gossip woman in the workshop. There was also a very deep plot in it. She wanted to make Li Tong's house uneasy, so as to gain sex from it. Chance to make trouble.

If Li Tong's predictions are correct, his aunt probably wants to operate activities to send Shangguan Wan'er mother and son back to the palace, so as to create a story about his grandma's ascendancy, and by influencing the structure of the harem, she can gain more voice Satisfy her thirst for power just around the corner.

But not to mention whether Li Tong will let his aunt mess around, the mere fact that Princess Taiping wants to achieve this intention through the Empress Dowager is enough to show that her political consciousness is really a negative number. skillful.

This can be seen from his grandma's attitude. After the grandparents and grandson talked, Wu Zetian didn't mention the possibility of Shangguan Wan'er's mother and son returning to the palace at all, and he didn't even plan to reunite with the old man in any public or private occasions.It can be seen that Wu Zetian absolutely does not want Shangguan Wan'er's mother and son to enter the palace, at least in her lifetime, she will definitely try her best to prevent this from happening and work hard to maintain the position of queen.

Such an attitude, apart from reflecting on his own life and unwillingness to see the old things that troubled the harem again, is more based on the judgment of interests.The current Wu Zetian obviously has more interests with the Empress. The Empress was chosen by her personally, and she also serves her respectfully. There is no discord or motivation between them at all.

And the most important point is that after Li Tong succeeded to the throne, he was not as eager as the fourth uncle to eliminate his grandma's influence and liquidate his grandma's past affairs in power.On the contrary, whether it was his grandma or the old ministers of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, they were all treated with courtesy.

If Wu Zetian still wants to do things in the palace at this time, not to mention the process and results, at least this kind of behavior is slapping the face of the emperor and the new court officials, and he will never get any solidarity and support politically. It is said that the fame and honor behind him will no longer be available.

Princess Taiping didn't realize this, or she was not politically sensitive enough, or she was too selfish and took it for granted, so she actually wanted to win over her mother to co-operate on this matter.Regardless of whether it can be done or not, when this attitude is revealed, it will force the Empress Dowager to draw a clear line and distance herself from her.

It may seem too utilitarian to say so, but when Princess Taiping made such a plan, not to mention the offense it would cause to Li Tong's family, at least she did not give enough consideration to her mother's situation and demands.

From this, it can be imagined that Wu Zetian was extremely disappointed with this daughter, otherwise she would not have said the words of deportation from Beijing and house arrest in Biezhou.She has seen through the essence of this daughter, but she can't bear to see Princess Taiping go further and further on the road to death, so she proposes to let this daughter fade out of the center of power to save her life.

Li Tong thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "In the current situation, it is especially necessary to be prudent. The family has suffered heavy losses, and the descendants are already extremely thin. If the eldest princess is assigned at this time, the public opinion will inevitably criticize. Grandma, please Don't worry, it's not that I don't have the tolerance for relatives, and I will try my best to keep my aunt within the limits."

It's not that Li Tong doesn't want to solve his aunt's troubles, but he will clean up all his grandma's children soon after he takes office.

Moreover, if his aunt is left in Gyeonggi right now, even if there are any means of trouble, he can be stopped and controlled in time, but if his aunt is sent to another state, it will be a bit difficult to control it.