Li Tai's fiefdom is already enough, this time he reluctantly suppressed it with imperial power, and besides, I'm afraid the court is really going to fry. Although he said this verbally, Li Shimin still hoped that Li Tai would refuse. This guy has a smart older brother who should have warned him about this.

Sure enough, in the face of Li Tai's intelligence, Li Shimin was naturally happy to agree: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, no matter what, I will promise you." ”

Seeing that the emperor had no intention of adding another fief to King Wei, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and Wei Zheng put down the feet that had been raised.

It's good that there is no longer a fief, and as for rewarding some treasures or something, it is also the right thing to do, after all, the sowing cart is really against the sky.

"Then the father, the son-in-law hopes that you will also allow the third brother to stay in Chang'an, not an official, how about it?"

"Good, good, good.... Well? ”

Li Shimin's eyes widened, third brother? No, official? Li Ke?

"No way!"

The most unexpected thing for Li Chengqian and Li Tai was that the first person to make a voice turned out to be the eldest grandson! This is so surprising, it stands to reason that she can't speak out about such a thing.

"The queen is right, the vassal king should be a vassal king, how can he stay in Chang'an? You are a special case, and if you come out with another one, what if the princes in the future follow suit? No way! It's easy to say anything else, but this one can't! ”

In order to divert the attention of the ministers to himself, Li Shimin deliberately raised his voice.

The eldest grandson Wuji stood up one step ahead of Wei Zheng and said, "His Royal Highness King Wei, this is not a nonsense matter, why don't you take back your words quickly?" ”

Seeing that many courtiers had a tendency to speak, Li Tai could only change his speech: "Then father, why don't you give the Furong Garden to your sons!" ”

Furong Garden is in the southeast of Chang'an City, on the south bank of the Qujiang River. Originally, it was the Sui Dynasty to leave the palace, and Li Shimin felt that he had less time to go, so he wanted to give it to Li Tai. As a result, Li Tai felt that he didn't have much time to play, so he didn't accept it.

It is said that this garden dwells 30 hectares, 17 miles back in the week, the vast building in the garden repairs the corridor, even the bending, its place extends over the cool hill, crosses the original Xi, there is the bamboo forest again, the green quilt Gangfu, there is a cool hall under the east saka, there is a waterfront pavilion in the east of the hall. By any measure, this is a very rich reward.

Seeing that Li Tai had changed his words, Li Shimin immediately nodded and said, "In this case, then I will reward you again." Okay, I'm going to keep farming, and you and your queen mother will see if there's any lack of soil!" ”

After speaking, Li Shimin urged Li Chengqian to continue to lead the cow.

The matter of Li Ke's official affairs is over....

This year, unlike previous years, the Quyuan plough replaced the original bulky plow, so the Xungui family cultivated quickly, and it originally took a day or even two days to complete the plow, but this year it only took half a day to complete the plow. As for the emperor's family, who used the seeding cart, it was only half a morning before the planting was finished.

The food at noon was very simple, from the emperor to the officials who watched the ceremony, it was all millet rice.

Li Tai pouted and ate the rice with millet rice, and found an opportunity to come to Li Chengqian's side and said, "Brother Huang, except for the cake, did you really bring nothing today?" ”

Li Chengqian sighed and said, "The order given by my father and the emperor himself, do you think I can still disobey it?" It's the cake on the carriage, which is still the habitual preparation of the coachman. Bear with it, you don't think it's delicious, the people have eaten it for I don't know how many years. ”

Seeing that the emperor got up to fill the second bowl of rice, Li Tai sighed and said, "Brother Huang, I didn't expect that not only did I fail to help Li Ke, but I almost cheated the queen mother, this time, we did something wrong." ”

Li Chengqian also lowered his voice and said: "You are right, I also think things are too simple. Standing in the position of the queen mother and the minister who supports our Li family, Li Ke should be thrown to the fief. It's not so easy to be an official, it seems that at this point, we can't help Li Ke. ”

You can't do this when you do things, as long as you don't think deeply, there will be problems. Many times, people only look at the good side and selectively forget about other results.

The matter of not being an official cannot be mentioned from now on, and even Li Ke himself can't mention it.

The spring ploughing ceremony, the first time it was held so quickly, Sinong Temple still sent a large number of officials to the academy without giving up, such a big credit, no matter what.

Li Tai took over the Hibiscus Garden, but the renovation and construction were handed over to his subordinates.

The officials of the Wei Palace's Mansion were so happy, the King of Wei was given the Furong Garden, which is the embodiment of Jane's heart in the emperor's heart, and the palace of the previous dynasty was so easy to get? As a well-known idle official in the imperial court official system, the chief historian of the royal palace and other subordinate officials generally have no chance of promotion. But there is an exception, that is, the prince becomes the crown prince, or even the emperor, they become ministers from the dragon, and it is not uncommon for them to rise to the sky.

Because of this, many times, the officials of the royal palace are ambitious, and the more powerful the prince, the more they will attract such people.

Li Tai was busy discussing the construction of the bridge with the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works, and he left the matter of Furong Garden alone. Li Chengqian was busy saving money, and he was in no mood to care about what the Furong Garden was built.

Li Chengqian didn't care, but Kong Yingda, the prince of Zuo Chunfang, was very concerned about this matter, and after learning that the renovated Furong Garden had exceeded the system in many places, he made a big fuss about the construction site mercilessly, and said that many officials and craftsmen from the Wei Wangfu were arrested and sent directly to the Criminal Department for questioning. Later, he sent a letter to the crown prince and the emperor, asking for severe punishment for these restless officials.

Zuo Chunfang is in the system of the East Palace, which is comparable to the Menxia Province of the imperial court. Compared with the two, Kong Yingda is in the same position as Wei Zheng.

However, Kong Yingda's hopes were destined to be disappointed, and the emperor only issued a holy decree of reprimand, ordering him to rework, and as for the vote for the prince, he did not reply at all.

"You see, being too indulgent to the people under the opponent is the result. How dare they build a pavilion higher than the main hall of the East Palace? Knowing that this would be questioned, wouldn't it be extremely stupid to do it anyway? ”

Li Tai said helplessly: "It's all stupid people, every time I enter the palace, they will ask me to please my father and mother more, and go out with you, they strongly ask to take the opportunity to collect your mistakes." For this reason, I don't even know how many people have been punished, but the result still can't be changed. ”

Li Tai obviously entered the East Palace to ask for guilt according to the emperor's request, but at this time he was holding a piece of cake and munching on it, and he didn't have the slightest attitude of asking for guilt, and the fold sent by Kong Yingda was now in front of him, but Li Tai didn't mean to look at it.

They are all people who can't help themselves, Li Tai knows that in this matter, his subordinates will definitely be punished, Li Chengqian also knows, and Li Tai has no ideas. There is no need to be suspicious between brothers, as long as they are pulled according to what outsiders want, and talking too much will affect the relationship.

After eating the last bite of the cake, Li Taicai took out a picture from his arms and put it on the table and said: "Brother Huang, look at it, this is the drawing that all of us finally finalized. ”

Nowadays, almost all the craftsmen have learned to draw, and the advanced craftsmen even have strict scales. The bridge pictured here is magnificent, and the deck can even accommodate several horse-drawn carriages moving side by side.

"That's good, let's make it according to this picture, but Qingque, are you really going to pay for it yourself? The cost of this project is not small! ”

Li Tai smiled and said, "After the bridge is built, it can always come in handy. Aren't you going to pave a concrete road between Xiazhou and the college? As long as this cement road is paved, there is no reason why it will not attract businessmen, your cement road can be built to collect toll stations, why can't my bridge? After the construction of the bridge is completed, I will collect the toll of the passing convoy caravan, although it is a little less, but as long as there are more people, I can always slowly recover the investment! ”

Li Chengqian suddenly smiled, Li Tai is really smart, that's right, such a bridge across Weishui and convenient for transportation, it is weird that there is no charge.

"Since you have decided to make it, since you have to charge, you have to buy cement and other things from the Ministry of Industry, regardless of the discount, as long as you buy it, no one will have an opinion."

On the issue of the construction of the bridge, Li Chengqian can only say this. Although I have seen a lot of bridges, in front of the ancients, I still don't have an axe.

In the future, the broken bridge in the east of the city will be rebuilt every three or four years on average, and the Zhaozhou Bridge has not been a for more than 1,400 years, and the earthquake of nearly 7.4 magnitude has not damaged it.

With the strongest ability and cement, Li Chengqian is very much looking forward to what kind of monster they can come out.

After sending Li Tai away, Li Chengqian picked up the pen and wrote a reply to Kong Yingda.

Since he participated in politics, Zuo Chunfang and others are no longer decorations, and the emperor's father has added a lot of talents to these institutions, unlike those under Li Tai, these people in the East Palace are all capable, but they are not famous because of their lack of merit. These people can be called the team of the next dynasty.

Although the brothers only talked for a while, in the reply letter, Li Chengqian still indicated that he had severely reprimanded Li Tai. There are some things that can not be done, but they must be expressed.

After the incident in Furong Garden, many people under Li Tai's command were born in peace, and the official positions of various parts of the East Palace were gradually filled. Some of the twists and turns about trivial matters no longer pass through Zhongshu Province, but are directly sent to the East Palace by the Sixth Department, and handed over to the prince for decision, and after Zuo Chunfang is reviewed, it will be directly sent to Menxia Province, and even the emperor is exempted.

With Li Chengqian's joining, the emperor finally relaxed a little.

As soon as people are idle, they can't help but move, and the emperor is not exempt from vulgarity. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the emperor canceled the banquet that was supposed to be held in Qujiangchi and moved it to the bank of the Weishui River.

Wei Zheng persuaded the emperor to withdraw his order on the grounds that "Weishui is far away, I am afraid that there will be a loss, but there are too many people and it will be wasted", but it was easily broken by the emperor's words of "funded by the internal affairs government".

The Internal Affairs Office is actually very rich, not to mention that before Li Shimin became the emperor, there was no shortage of treasures in the house, so in order to avoid falling into the hands of others, it was not revealed. And now that he is the emperor, not only will part of the treasury be sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the royal family will also have part of its own industry.

Li Chengqian also learned recently that although salt and iron and other things were monopolized by some families, the rest of the part, except for smuggling, was almost all handled by the royal family....

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Songzhou Thorn History's request to open trade with the vassal country, I don't know why you vetoed it?"

Wei Zheng did not retreat, but turned to Li Chengqian's side with a chapter and opened his mouth.

Also coming out was Fang Xuanling: "Your Highness, Weichen has also read this letter, Songzhou is located at the foot of the plateau, there are many cattle and sheep in the attached country, and the tea, silk and grain in the Central Plains are all things they crave, and a small part can be exchanged for a lot of livestock, I don't know why you don't agree?" ”

Seeing that Lao Wei really mentioned this letter, Li Chengqian got up and said: "According to the records of Honglu Temple, in the third year of Zhenguan, the Zampu of Tubo was replaced by Songtsen Gampo, and at the age of twelve, he suppressed many opponents and shocked all the tribes. Unified the plateau. After carefully studying the information about the plateau, Lone was almost certain that he would definitely move the Tibetan seat from Yaronza to Luo. If he does not destroy the borders of the vassal countries, I am afraid that his dwelling place will not be stable. Trading with a country that is about to fall will most likely affect the caravan. When a dog bites a dog, who knows if it will bite our people? ”

Hearing this reason, Fang Xuanling was shocked. Regardless of this speculation, it is already extraordinary that the prince can think about it so deeply.

Tang Jian stood up and said, "Fang Xiang, His Royal Highness the Prince's speculation is the same as that of the lower officials. Songtsen Gampo unified the plateau, and the most elite soldiers under his command were from the Luo, and the new nobles were also produced in the vicinity of the Luo. In order to firmly control this force, moving the capital is the best choice. ”

Li Jing generally doesn't speak in the court, but when it comes to his apprentices, he can't help but stand up and say: "Since Gujing, it still makes sense. When Wude was in the ninth year, didn't Jieli almost drive Chang'an with his troops? It wasn't until the fall of the Eastern Turks that we settled down a lot? Although the Tibetans lacked education, they would not understand this truth, and because of this, the Tibetans were very likely to attack the vassal countries and expand the border to the vicinity of Songzhou again. ”

Even Li Jing said so, Wei Zheng could only hand over the fold to Fang Xuanling and retreat to the team.

Wei Zheng is now the boss of Menxia Province, and he has the right to question or even refute the abnormal twists and turns. Of course, the East Palace is no exception.

Seeing that there were no objections, Li Chengqian gave up the venue.

Before he sat back in his place, the old man next to him smiled and said: "What a hero is a young man, what Tang Jian and Li Jing analyzed together, I didn't think that the prince would guess it alone, the old man even questioned your decision, it's really old." ”

Li Chengqian didn't know what expression to use to deal with Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng couldn't understand it, you old bastard couldn't figure it out, it's too much!

"Fang Xiang, how many catties and taels does Gu himself have, it is still clear, if Gu is not wrong, you have already guessed Gu's thoughts, and now ask in the court, just see if Gu thinks clearly. Moreover, most of the folds that Wei Zheng held had already been approved by Menxia Province, so they were sent to Shangshu Province for execution. ”

At this moment, Fang Xuanling was really convinced, arched his hand, and stopped speaking.

When thinking about things, you might as well think deeply, sometimes things that are not related to each other are likely to be related. This is the reminder given to Li Chengqian by the Li Ke incident.

Now that Li Ke is also engaged, this time, everyone, including Concubine Yang, has not revealed the information of the engaged woman.

"If you don't know, you don't know it, with the character of my mother's concubine, I won't choose among the high-ranking officials, but the appearance must be good, not the official thing, bother the brothers, in fact, Wu Di is also good, I heard that the beauties there have charm, and when I get to the fiefdom, I will recruit beauties, and if I meet a good one, I will remember to keep it for you!"

The words are free and easy, but Li Ke's far-fetched smile still can't hide from Li Chengqian and Li Tai.

Li Ke likes to do things, especially like to manage things, but after he arrived in the fiefdom, to put it mildly, he went to benefit the people and command the local troops, but to put it mildly, he actually went to raise pigs under these two banners.

Although the governor of Anzhou has the power to command local soldiers and horses, but the actual operation is the long history of Wu Wangfu, or the long history of the emperor inserted, in addition to this long history, any person in Wu Wangfu wants to get involved in military power, and will eventually blame Li Ke's head.

In fact, Li Ke himself knows that when he arrives in the fiefdom, he can only be stable by closing the door and being an otaku.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Chengqian put down the cup before saying, "Who told you that you want to be an otaku after you go to the fiefdom?" Others want it to be so, and I don't agree with it! Tell you Li Ke that when you go to the fiefdom, you must bring a group of academy disciples and command them to build horse heads and clean up the river. On that day, my father handed over to me the work of cleaning up the sea transportation, and I also asked for the right to dispose of the river transportation. Although there are many poor places in Wudi, because of the dense waterways, it is the most suitable for the development of river transportation.

As long as river transportation can connect the north and south, then wherever there is a large river estuary, it can form a marine terminal. These tasks need to be led by someone, brother, and I can count on you! ”

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Li Ke's far-fetched smile immediately turned into ecstasy: "Really? ”

Li Chengqian nodded: "Naturally it's true, now the first batch of graduates of the college are promoting seeding vehicles, but this thing is generally only used in the north." Next year's second batch of graduates will be sent to the south. Although my father had the idea of selecting officials in the academy, it was impossible to recruit too many people for the first time, and many of the remaining people still had to fend for themselves. My father picked the rest, and I found some part-time jobs, which shouldn't be too much! ”

Li Tai patted Li Ke on the shoulder and said, "Look, Brother Huang wants to use you as a free laborer!" ”

Li Ke shook his head, in his opinion, there is something to do, no matter what!