The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

They are all the family members of the heroes who followed their Li family to conquer the world.

He felt a strong sense of guilt in his heart. He stood up, put on his clothes, walked around in the palace, and came to the outside of the hall.

Although the lights in the palace had been turned off, the busy figures of palace servants could still be seen everywhere. When they saw Li Shimin, they knelt on the ground.

They were grateful to His Majesty the Emperor for ordering the collection of bones and holding a ritual so that their dead family members could rest in peace.

Looking at the palace servants kneeling in the palace, Li Shimin sighed. He stood on the steps and looked at everyone.

"All your fathers and brothers who died in the battle with me, stand up."

As soon as the voice fell, the people kneeling below stood up in a large group.

When Li Shimin fought, he brought the children of Guanzhong, and those who entered the palace to serve the nobles in the palace were also from Guanzhong.

Therefore, many family members died in the army.

"Accept my greetings." Li Shimin bowed and saluted.

"Everyone says that I love my soldiers like my own sons, but today it seems that I don't love them enough."

"Look, there are so many of their children and sisters around me, but I don't know. In ancient times, there were many casualties in the war. I ordered the world to collect the remains. Originally, it was to appease the people and calm their hearts. Unexpectedly, I really didn't know that you were so sad, so the palace servants were negligent."

Then, he turned around and said to Changsun: "Look, let these palace maids go home first."

Changsun nodded, then stepped forward and said loudly.

"Your Majesty allows the palace maids who stand up to take a rest and leave the palace to handle family affairs."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Queen."

The night was long, but Li Shimin was still sleepless. He sat in the palace and thought about what happened today.

"I really didn't expect that there were so many palace maids in the palace. When I fought Wulao Pass, there were only 1,500 people in the palace. How about now? How many palace maids are there in the palace?" Li Shimin asked.

Changsun thought for a moment, and then said, "About ten thousand."

"Including the eunuchs, there must be more than twenty thousand, right?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Your Majesty is the emperor, even so, compared with Emperor Yang of Sui, it is not much." Changsun said.

Li Shimin shook his head.

How could he compare with Emperor Yang of Sui? He wanted to be a wise ruler.

"The monthly consumption of so many people is a huge expense." Li Shimin said, "I discussed national strength with Fang Xuanling, and it seems that the consumption of the inner court is very large."

"The world has just been settled, the people are weak, and the population is insufficient, so we should be careful with the budget." Changsun said.

In fact, she also wanted to say that just repairing the Da'an Palace is much more than the expenses of the inner court.

But on second thought, this money must be spent.

The name must stand up.

Money or reputation?

Therefore, the couple knew about this matter and tacitly agreed that the money must be spent.

Li Fu got a bargain.

"I asked the Turks for the population they had robbed. In fact, I released some palace maids from the palace and betrothed them to the people. In more than ten years, the population increased."

"Yes." Changsun replied.

"How many palace maids do you think should be released?"

"If you calculate carefully, there will be about three thousand." Changsun said.

She had also considered this issue, and today she took this opportunity to do it.

Sometimes, these things are not something she, a queen, can decide. She can only take the opportunity to mention it to the emperor and let the emperor make the decision, and she will handle the matter.

"Then, your majesty, the palace maids punished today..."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin felt a little embarrassed and coughed dryly.

"Don't punish them."

"Yes." Changsun smiled.

In the next few days, the inner court, led by Empress Changsun, began to lay off the palace maids.

On this day, after Li Shimin dealt with the government affairs, he met Pei Ji in the side hall.

"The emperor is not very happy about the reduction of palace maids. It has been nine years since Wude, and there have been no palace maids for nine years. Why is there a palace maid at the end of the year? Although the emperor does not care about the government affairs, and the harem is also managed by the empress, it is better not to reduce the number of palace maids of the emperor." Pei Ji knelt in the hall and proposed to Li Shimin.

In the side hall, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others were all there.

They agreed to lay off the palace maids and reduce the expenses of the inner court.

Now that the people's strength is weak, the court can save as much as possible. If more money is spent on the people, the recovery of the national strength of the Tang Dynasty can be faster.

Li Shimin looked at the bamboo slips in his hand, but he missed Li Fu in his heart.

When Li Fu was in Chang'an, he often went to the palace. The emperor was always peaceful and calm, with nothing going on.

After he left, the palace was in chaos.As soon as the news was passed, things happened.

If Li Fu was here, he would be able to appease the emperor.

Instead of coming to him like Pei Ji and requesting the decision to dismiss the palace maids in Taiji Palace to be rejected.

Otherwise, bring Li Fu back and let him talk to the emperor?

Li Shimin thought that the relationship between him and his father had finally eased. If there was any unpleasantness because of this incident, it would really be too late...

After the matter of establishing the crown prince, Li Shimin no longer had any confrontational emotions towards Li Yuan.

At this moment, Li Fu was spending a lot of money on the farm.

The guards from Jinyang in the house were now going back to Jinyang together, picking up their families to Chang'an, and then settling in Jingyang County.

They gathered early in the morning.

In the huge yard, there was a big table, and next to the table were two big boxes, all filled with strings of copper coins.

The accountant sat behind the table, holding a pen and paper, while Old Zhou was holding a list in his hand.

Li Fu stood next to the box, looking at the guards in the yard.

"Come, line up, come forward one by one to get the money." Li Fu said.

He was going to give these people travel expenses.

As the saying goes, a poor family is rich on the road. With so many people, and with martial arts skills, it would definitely cost a lot to bring some money on the road. The main thing is, if you can spend money on the road, spend it to solve it, don't let yourself suffer.

"You go back, pick up your family, take care of each other on the road, I won't say more, I will also cover the expenses on the road, the most important thing is not to feel sorry for people when spending money, if there is anything, send a message back here, if there is any difficulty, I will also help you find a way to solve it, understand?"

"Understood!"

Everyone said in unison.

Li Fu spent a lot of money, while Li Shimin in the palace was trying to make every penny count.

Li Shimin didn't even look up at Pei Ji who was kneeling in the hall.