Chapter 347: A Brother in the Trenches?
Chapter 347
Li Chengqian was very angry at the moment, and shouted loudly directly.
"Your Highness, don't say that!" Su Mei was in a hurry, he was very afraid of Li Chengqian, after all, he directly criticized Li Shimin, and if Li Shimin knew about it, he could still do it.
"Just say that, why does Qingque fight with Lonely, what does he take to fight with Lonely, and his father has been supporting him like this, what do you mean? Whetstone, does Lone need a whetstone? Is there something wrong with Lonely? Li Chengqian stared at Su Mei and asked.
"Your Highness has done nothing wrong!" Su Mei hurriedly said to Li Chengqian.
"Those young courtiers are accessible to Qingque, they are the important ministers of the future court, what does it mean that the father asked Qingque to meet? I said before that the prince couldn't get too close to the ministers, and in order to abide by this, he didn't dare to meet those ministers, why? Is he a green sparrow? Li Chengqian continued to say angrily,
Su Shi sat next to Li Chengqian, holding his hand, and she didn't know how to persuade her, she also knew that Li Chengqian was wronged, but he didn't dare to say this grievance in front of Li Shimin, so he could only hide here and get angry.
"Lone just can't figure it out, why? Why is Qingque arguing with Lone, Lone is the prince and the eldest son, Lone is still there, what is he fighting for, what does his father mean by being so indulgent to him? Li Chengqian continued to shout angrily, Su Mei sat there, not knowing what to say, she could only watch him get angry, hoping that he would be able to calm down when he was done.
Soon, Li Shimin knew about Li Chengqian's anger in the East Palace, Li Shimin sat in the study, burned the note, and lay there in a daze,
Li Chengqian is like this, very irrational and not calm, fortunately this is a time of peace, not his own time, if it was his own time, Li Chengqian is estimated to be dead now.
"Why? How can there be such a good place to sit in the world, just like that, how can I rest assured that the world will be handed over to you? Li Shimin lay there and sighed deeply,
Li Chengqian is already an adult, Li Shimin hopes that he can be stable, I hope he can see some things clearly, nothing is certain, the same is true for the throne, or you need to work hard, otherwise, the Son of Heaven is deaf, the people will suffer, and it is not impossible to change the dynasty at that time. Li Shimin has been lying there, and after a while, Wang De took a blanket and covered Li Shimin.
"You remember one thing, if Shen Yong doesn't go to the East Palace tomorrow, will it be early in the morning the day after tomorrow, you will personally go to Shen Yong's mansion and let Shen Yong go!" Li Shimin closed his eyes and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang De nodded, and then carefully withdrew,
The next morning, Wei Hao was still drinking tea and writing at home. Someone came from the concierge: "Son, Li Dejian, Li Dexian, Cheng Chuliang, Yu Chi Baoqi and several sons are here, and one is the King of Shu!" ”
"King Shu? Oh, Li Ke? Wei Hao heard it and nodded, and now it was the King of Shu who was immediately sealed.
"Please! Open the middle door! Wei Hao said to the porter, he also cleaned up the things on the desk, took them to the study, and then went to the living room, and was just about to go outside, when he saw a few of them coming.
"Quick, here, you're not afraid of the cold, come out so early?" Wei Hao stood at the door and asked them.
"Tut-tut, prudence, I don't know if I don't look at it, I'm shocked when I see it, how did you design such a good house?" Cheng Chuliang shouted at Wei Hao with a smile.
"Just think about it, quick, go to the sun room and do it!" Wei Hao said to them with a smile, and then said to Li Ke: "I've seen His Royal Highness the King of Shu!" ”
"Well, I'm sorry to come and visit!" Li Ke put his hands behind his back and said with a smile.
"Don't bother, come, please inside!" Wei Hao said with a smile.
"I still have to go to see the Emperor Taishang first, I just came back, and I want to go see Azu!" Li Ke said to Wei Hao.
"Oh, then, I'll take you over, uncle, you're familiar here, you can help me greet them!" Wei Hao immediately said to Li Dejian. "Go ahead!" Li Dejian nodded, and soon, Wei Hao took Li Ke to the courtyard where the old man was.
"When did His Royal Highness the King of Shu come back, why didn't you say anything?" Wei Hao asked with a smile.
"I arrived the morning before yesterday, I went to the palace yesterday, and today I want to come to see Azu, you know, I am in the fiefdom, and I can only come back once a year, and I still need the consent of my father, and I want to thank you for taking care of Azu!" Li Ke said and said to Wei Hao.
"Your Royal Highness is serious, it's the same, the old man is a beautiful Azu, naturally he is also my Azu, the old man feels that my house is more comfortable, and he is willing to come here to live, of course I am happy, come, please here!" Wei Hao led the way in front and spoke.
"Well, I heard what my father said, but, Shen Yong, your ability, this king also admires, and after meeting Azu, I want to have a long talk with you when the time comes, I heard that you are now serving as the county commander of Wannian County, and the county commander of Wannian County is not good,
Moreover, it is said that you have a big move, you can teach me, I am in Shudi, it is really, difficult! The people are also poor, just on the way here, I heard the virtue award say that where they cultivate the straight road, the people are poor, that is he has not been to my Shu land, the people there are really poor! Li Ke said to Wei Hao.
"Of course you are welcome, you can't talk about teaching, just talk together!" Wei Hao said with a smile.
"Good!" Li Ke still spoke with a smile, Wei Hao had a very good impression of Li Ke, very polite,
And the long one is also very handsome, the key is to give people a very cordial feeling, I heard that he is very righteous, but Wei Hao has not had much contact with him, just simply chatted a few times! Soon, Wei Hao took him to the courtyard where the old man was, and the old man was watering his flowers and plants.
"Old man, are you busy? Let's see who's coming to see you! After Wei Hao entered, he shouted with a smile. Li Yuan heard it, turned his head to look, Li Ke also went to the front at this moment, clasped his fists and saluted and shouted: "Ke'er has seen Azu!" ”
"Oh, Ke'er is back, quick, sit down, Shen Yong, make tea, I still have a few pots of flowers that haven't been watered yet, it'll be fine right away!" As soon as Li Yuan saw that it was Li Ke, he shouted with a smile.
"Okay, come, His Royal Highness the King of Shu, please take a seat!" Wei Hao immediately beckoned Li Ke to sit down, and he was boiling water there to make tea.
"Well, thank you!" Li Ke nodded, but his eyes were looking at Li Yuan's side, and he found that Li Yuan was very careful to serve those flowers and plants.
"The old man likes this, fiddling with this every day, you see here, there are flowers and plants everywhere!" Wei Hao explained to Li Ke with a smile.
"Well, the old man still has this hobby, I haven't heard of it before." Li Ke nodded with a smile.
"Wangwang~" At this time, a white puppy ran over and rushed straight to Wei Hao's side, and Wei Hao also hugged him.
"Edamame, why did you go?" Wei Hao asked with a smile.
"Just!" Li Yuan also put down his things at this moment and walked over here.
"Go to the old man's side!" Wei Hao put down the edamame, and the edamame immediately ran to Li Yuan's side, and Wei Hao began to pour tea for them.
"Azu, did you raise it? Called edamame? Li Ke pointed to the edamame and asked Li Yuan.
"This rabbit cub took it, and the call was smooth, so it was called, this time I came back, and I want to leave after the New Year, right?" Li Yuan sat there, looked at Li Ke and asked.
"Yes, I'll leave after the New Year!" Li Ke nodded.
"After leaving, the capital is not a good place, far away from the land of right and wrong, you, don't think about those things that are not boundary, in the fiefdom, what should you do? Remember Azu's words, the royal family, there has always been a lot of right and wrong, if you don't get it right, you lose your life, it's not worth it! Li Yuan sat there and said to Li Ke,
Wei Hao was very shocked, Li Yuan would actually say this to Li Ke, and other people, Li Yuan never said it.
"Ke'er, when it's okay, learn from this kid, make some mistakes, you are also heroic, the more suspicious you are, Azu has a hope for you, just be safe, the others don't want to think about it, it's not what you can think about, although you are also very good!" Li Yuan continued to say to Li Ke.
"Azu, what are you talking about, my grandson wants to be an idle prince, but he doesn't have so many ambitions!" Li Ke immediately smiled and said to Li Yuan.
"It's good if you don't have it, it's good if you don't have it, but when you return to Beijing, don't you know how to go to the painting boat! Provoke those things out. Li Yuan continued to say to Li Ke, Li Ke heard it and smiled embarrassedly. Have you ever been to see your mother? Li Yuan continued to ask.
"I watched it yesterday, and my mother also specially instructed my grandson to let my grandson take a good one for her, saying that you are in the palace, and my mother can't go to see you from time to time." Li Ke nodded and said,
And Wei Hao looked at the pair of grandchildren very incomprehensibly, Li Yuan actually liked Li Ke more than Li Chengqian and Li Tai, what is the reason for this?
"Come, tea!" Wei Hao beckoned them and said.
"Shen Yong, you take 1,000 yuan to Ke'er, keep the account, and let the queen give it to you when the time comes!" Li Yuan said to Wei Hao.
"Good!" Wei Hao didn't think about it, so he nodded.
"Azu, I can't help it, my grandson is rich, really rich!" Li Ke immediately waved his hand and said.
"Take it, it's given by Azu, your father won't give it to you, and your mother doesn't have a lot of money, Azu gave it, just take it, when you get to the capital, you like to play, how can you do it without money?" Li Yuan said to Li Ke pretending to be angry.
"Oh, okay, then the grandson is cheeky! However, I heard that a group of beautiful people came to the painting boat, Azu, go no, take you to the theater! Li Ke looked at Li Yuan at this moment and asked,
Wei Hao looked at Li Ke in shock, what is the situation, the grandfather and grandson went to the painting boat together, this style of painting is not right.
"Don't go, it's cold, now Azu likes to hide here, today you are early, if you come later, you will know how lively I am here, Azu is accompanied by someone to play every day, so those flowers and plants, Azu has to serve well in the morning, and if it is late, there will be no time." Li Yuan said to Li Ke with a smile.
"Azu is happy, if you don't go to the painting boat, why don't your grandchildren bring a few people who can sing?" Li Ke continued to say to Li Yuan,
Li Yuan heard it and was actually thinking.
And Wei Hao looked at them in shock, and then stammered a little and said: "This, this, this can't work, my father knows about it, and he will kill me!" ”
"What are you afraid of? How dare he hit you? Li Yuan heard it and glanced at Wei Hao with disdain.
"No, that, His Royal Highness the King of Shu, let's not play like this, you can take the old man out, I don't know anything!" Wei Hao immediately looked at Li Ke and said.
"No need, it's not interesting to listen to the play, forget it!" Li Yuan said at this moment.
"Okay, so I'll go in the afternoon?" Li Ke said to Li Yuan, Li Yuan nodded, while Wei Hao looked at the two of them dumbfounded, he didn't understand at all, is this his grandson? This Nima is a brother in the trenches!
Then Li Yuan asked the king of Shu about the domain, and the king of Shu also answered one by one, and Wei Hao was sitting there making tea for them.
After chatting for almost half an hour, Li Ke said goodbye, Li Yuan sent Li Ke to the door of the greenhouse, Wei Hao took the king of Shu to his greenhouse,
Along the way, Wei Hao had too many questions in his stomach, and he really couldn't figure out how King Shu could say such a thing to the old man.
Soon, when they arrived at their own conservatory, at this moment, several of them were leaning on their sofas, drinking tea and bragging.
"I said King Shu, what are you doing, so long?" Cheng Chuliang looked at Li Ke and asked.
"Isn't this a while since I saw Azu? After chatting for a while, what are you talking about? Li Ke sat down with a smile, and Wei Hao also sat down.
"Shen Yong, come on, I can't brew it well, and I spoil those tea leaves!" Li Dejian stood up and said to Wei Hao, Wei Hao could only sit in the position of making tea.
"Shen Yong, go to Juxian Building for dinner at noon, do you have a treat?" Li Dexuan looked at Wei Hao and asked.
"Okay, I'm sure I'm in for a treat, by the way, how are you doing with road repairs?" Wei Hao looked at them with a smile and asked.
"Eh, it's estimated that it can be repaired next year, but this year's time is too short, only a quarter of it has been repaired, but the materials are ready!" Li Decheng sat there and said with a wry smile.
"No way, but, Shen Yong, this time I went to cultivate, I really saw the poverty of the people of the Tang Dynasty, eh, when I came back yesterday, I thought I was dreaming, think about it, we are really, eh, sin!" Cheng Chuliang also sighed and said.
"Well, yesterday Fang Zhizhi and they also talked about this, and they also came back, so come on!" Wei Hao immediately beckoned the people around him, and someone came over immediately.
"You send someone to call Fang Zhizhi, Xiao Rui, Gao Zheng, and Changsun Chong, just say that I will invite them to dinner in Juxian Building at noon, the old room!" Wei Hao said to his subordinates.
"Yes, Childe!" The next man went out immediately.
"Shen Yong, we should do something!" Li Dexuan looked at Wei Hao and said.
"What to do? What will you do? You can't improve the living standards of the people, you don't have the ability! Wei Hao looked at them and smiled and said.
"You have this ability, my brother said, now the people of Chang'an, because of those workshops you built, life is a lot better!" Li Dexuan looked at Wei Hao and said.
"Why, if you want me to open workshops all over Datang, is it possible? The population of the Tang Dynasty is so much, during the Wude period, I heard that there were only 3 million households, how many people can there be! Wei Hao looked at them with a wry smile and asked.
"That's, why not? You don't know what the Ministry of Civil Affairs was like before, I dare to say that now the population of my Datang will definitely not be less than 8 million households, of course, the registered ones may only be 3 million! Li Dejian immediately spoke.
"What you said is too exaggerated, you said that I believe 4 million households, and 8 million households?" Wei Hao looked at Li Dejian with disdain.
"Yes, absolutely, even exceeded!" Li Ke on the side nodded and said, Wei Hao looked at him,
"If you don't believe it, you just take the registration book of Wannian County, go to the right, as far as I know, the people's settlement in Dongcheng is registered with 2,000 households, you go and take a careful inventory, and the households living there will not be less than 4,000, or even more,
Many people have five or six sons in their families, and after those sons get married, they have not separated their families, because there is no way to divide their families, there is no house, and the household registration is not separated, that is, they are registered along the old head of the household, so it is only counted as one household, in fact,
The population of my Datang, according to the registration, is about 18 million, but the actual population may have exceeded 50 million, and there are still many people, because of the war, they all fled to live in the mountains, and there is such a situation in my fiefdom.
Once I went hunting, into the deep mountains, found that there is a village, completely isolated, now there are more than 200 households, about 1,500 people live in it, they are still asking, who is the emperor now, and thought that it is now the reign of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and such a village, in the dense forest, I don't know how many! Li Ke sat there and said, Wei Hao just looked at Li Ke.
"In addition, in the past ten years, there has been no major war in the Central Plains, so there are many people who have children, among the farmers, there are generally six or seven children, three or four boys, a little money, more than a dozen children, and the population has increased a lot!" Li Ke said to Wei Hao,
Wei Hao sat there and began to think about it, he really didn't count in detail how many people he ruled, just roughly estimated how many households, and then estimated how many people, it seems that it is necessary to count how many people are in Wannian County.
"Shen Yong, you have great ability, let's not say that you make the whole Datang rich, if you can make the people around Chang'an rich, it is also very good, around Chang'an, I estimate that the population will not be less than 1 million!" Li Ke sat there and continued to say to Wei Hao.
"I don't have such skills, eh, it's hard to be a county order!" Wei Hao said to them with a wry smile.
"Shen Yong, don't be modest, I can really only count on you for this matter! Other civil officials are unreliable, even my father can't be trusted, he can only fight, not govern the people. Li Decheng sat there and persuaded Wei Hao to say.