The dumplings with beef filling still taste like that, but when I saw the old gentleman chewing repeatedly in his mouth and couldn't bear to swallow it, it was like a rare delicacy.

"Everyone knows that beef is delicious, but there are few people who dare to kill cattle and eat meat. Even the royal family, when encountering important sacrifices, had to give orders to the surrounding states and counties, where there were cattle that died of illness or fell to death, they could use the head of the cow as a sacrifice. The only time the old man ate beef in his life was during the state banquet of the Sui Dynasty. ”

Not only did the old gentleman regard the dumplings as a delicacy, but even the eunuchs and palace maids who were only assigned one were like treasures, and the dumplings with vegetarian and mutton fillings in the bowl were decreasing, but the beef was not touched.

In addition to eating and drinking from the sea, the New Year is probably the New Year. However, with the old gentleman here this year, it would be a bit inhumane to let the old man stay up all night to keep watch for the New Year.

So after dinner was over and the old man was sent to sleep, Li Chengqian visited the harem.

The Liangyi Hall is still so lively today, and the eldest grandson with a big belly will naturally not attend the annual banquet of the emperor of the Lizheng Palace to entertain hundreds of officials.

Whether it is Concubine Yang or Concubine Yin, they have consciously distanced themselves from the queen.

The queen who is pregnant is the most dangerous individual, and no one dares to get too close. Although the pregnancy of the queen's concubine is a great joy for the royal family, it is not so friendly to the palace maids and eunuchs. If you serve well, you will naturally get a lot of rewards, and if you serve poorly, it will even lead to miscarriage, and it is estimated that it is not a few heads that can fool the past.

The queen's circle will naturally not work for Li Tai.

Snuggling up to the eldest grandson, Li Taizheng was using chopsticks as a pen and writing on the table with tea dipped.

Li Ke was relatively dull, and he would only answer when Concubine Yang spoke.

They all have their own things to do, and the off-the-field dance is a bit redundant.

Seeing the prince coming, the eldest grandson was overjoyed and immediately asked the palace maid to prepare a cushion on her other side.

Li Tai consciously gave up his position on the left and sat on the right.

Just a small gesture, you can see that he respects his brother very much.

"Master Li is asleep? When I heard that you were going to stay in the East Palace for the New Year, the main palace thought that you wouldn't come over all night. ”

After sitting on the left side of the eldest grandson, Li Chengqian smiled slightly: "In the end, in the end of the New Year, the sons still have to come over to see the queen mother." ”

When he looked up, he saw the dense meat on the table, Li Chengqian was pushed a little farther away by the meat dishes, moved the light dishes closer, and said, "You are pregnant, it is better to eat some light things." ”

The eldest grandson accepted his son's filial piety with peace of mind, and couldn't help but reach out and touch his stomach.

If Kuan'er hadn't died early, she should be one on the left and one on the right at this moment, and she was still holding a son in her arms.

After eating a few mouthfuls of the dishes that the old lady had brought over, drinking two sips of tea, and seeing that the concubines in the harem were all doing their own things sullenly, and there was no New Year's atmosphere, Li Chengqian stood up, got off the field, and drove away the dancing girls.

Seeing his son go, although he didn't know what to do, the eldest grandson still clapped his hands excitedly.

Walking in front of the dull Li Ke, Li Chengqian invited: "Third brother, today coincides with Chinese New Year's Eve, how can you do it here, come, go through two tricks with your brother, and let Concubine Yang know what you have gained during this time." ”

Regarding the invitation of the crown prince's brother, Li Ke naturally would not refuse.

The two of them simply took off their coats, put on their underwear, and stood still in the room.

The maid somehow got a small drum and sent it to the queen's table.

After the curious eldest grandson saw that Li Ke and Li Chengqian were ready, he beat the small drum vigorously.

However....

The two people who were confronting each other were still motionless. 手机端 一秒記住→.\B\\\\.\\為你提供精彩\novel說薱讀。

The two pairs of eyes were staring at the opponent's body, trying their best to find a flaw.

No one urged, and all the concubines could feel the smell of gunsmoke between the two.

After a long time, Li Ke took the lead in moving, his speed was very fast, many people just blinked, and the next second they found that the two people were already close.

slapped on Li Ke's straight fist, not seeking to change direction, only to borrow strength.

With this strength, Li Chengqian spun around in place, and his left leg had reached under Li Ke's leg.

However, this time, Li Ke did not fall directly because of the unstable lower plate, but a harrier turned over, stood firm and pounced again.

Although he knew that he was not the opponent of the eldest brother, in order to show himself in front of his mother, Li Ke had already used all his strength at this time.

Seeing that Li Ke had improved his shortcomings, Li Chengqian secretly praised, changed his defense to attack, and rushed forward against Li Ke.

After getting close, there was a burst of punches and kicks.

After the sound of crackling fists and palms, Li Ke revealed a flaw, and Li Chengqian grabbed Li Ke's chest with both hands without hesitation and threw him out.

At this time, Li Ke couldn't adjust his body again, and his butt fell to the ground hard.

From the beginning to the present, it seems to be a long time, and it seems to be a short time. But no matter which one it is, Li Ke and Li Chengqian's real talent and real learning can't be faked.

Under the leadership of the eldest grandson, all the concubines and palace maids cheered in unison.

Walking up to Li Ke and pulling him up, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "The next plate is still unstable, and when you punch straight, the flaw in your chest is still too big." Brother can see a problem like this, in front of General Niu, I'm afraid you will be scolded! ”

Rubbing his buttocks twice, Li Ke said disappreliantly: "If you know your mistake, just change it, one day, I will beat you!" ”

Li Chengqian didn't care about his younger brother's dissatisfaction. Although he thinks that he has average talent, don't look at Niu Jinda teaching the two at the same time, in fact, he is obviously biased. In such an obviously unfair teaching environment, Li Ke wants to catch up with himself, and it is not something that can be done by simple hard work.

When he returned to his seat, Li Chengqian found that his plate was filled with a lot of dishes by his mother.

After praising the eldest son's skills, the eldest grandson turned his head, twisted lightly on Li Tai's fat, and said angrily: "Look at your two elder brothers, and then look at yourself, you are all fat, and you don't know how to exercise." ”

Li Tai screamed miserably, and then said slyly: "Regardless of the demon like the crown prince and the imperial brother for the time being, if you want to talk about your studies, even if your son lets Li Ke have half of his brain, he is not an opponent." Queen Mother, you can't let me study well and practice martial arts well. ”

patted Li Tai's buttocks casually, and the eldest grandson smiled without saying a word.

In fact, she is already very satisfied with the achievements of this young son.

can make a great Confucian like Li Gang say, "King Wei's intelligence, looking at Chang'an, I am afraid that only the prince can be slightly better", it can be seen that Li Tai is not only very talented, but also did not waste time.

In this way, if nothing else happens, the next emperor is destined to be Chengqian, and Li Tai will be a Prince of Taiping. If the martial arts are not good, it is not good, as long as there is literary talent, it will not be looked down upon by outsiders.

The dance did not resume, and Li Ke, who went back to rest for a while, took the initiative to challenge the prince this time.

As he wished, Li Chengqian once again threw him off a big ass. If he didn't throw it out but hugged Li Ke and directly inserted the onion upside down, Li Ke would definitely be crippled if he didn't die.

I don't know when the door of the palace opened, and the slightly drunk emperor ended the banquet in the Lizheng Hall and returned to the harem.

The competition between the two sons, although he only watched half of it, still pointed out:

"Prince, your release of water is too obvious, just during the time I watched, you had a few chances to win with one blow, but you were worried about hurting Li Ke, so you didn't make a move until the end. Although this is to love your brother, it will also make your own eyesight regress after a long time. ”

"Li Ke, if you can't beat it, just defend and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, but what is the matter with the offense you mean, and you want to suppress the prince all the time with fierce strength. If the prince hadn't let you, I'm afraid you would have been lying in bed by this time. ”

The emperor's voice sounded, and the concubines were just about to get up and salute, but the complicated etiquette was canceled with a wave of Li Shimin's hand.

During the scene, Li Chengqian laughed dryly, and Li Ke lowered his head in shame.

If the emperor didn't break it, he wouldn't know that he had been conceded so many times by his brother. After comparing it before and after, I suddenly felt that I was very arrogant to threaten to surpass my brother's words, so I became more and more ashamed.

When the emperor returned, the position of the tables and chairs had to be adjusted.

A eunuch brought a new small table and placed it on one side of the emperor's table, slightly ahead.

The dance music started again, and Li Ke, who learned that he had been given up many times, blushed and saluted the prince's brother with a cup of tea.

The queen was pregnant and couldn't drink, so the work of persuading the emperor to drink fell on the emperor.

After pouring his huge harem around, Li Shimin still did not get drunk.

After generously letting some drunken concubines leave, Li Shimin instructed the chamberlain to bring mead to the prince as well.

After touching two glasses in a row, looking at the handsome eldest son in front of him, Li Shimin said: "Cheng Qian, tell me, how much grain and dried meat have you stored?" ”

The hand holding the wine glass shook slightly, but Li Chengqian quickly calmed down.

The matter of hoarding grain and meat must not be hidden from the first person in the Tang Dynasty, but he did not expect that this matter would be silent for so long, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, he took it to the surface.

"Back to my father, the East Palace has stored about 180,000 quintals of grain and 200,000 catties of meat."

Hearing this number, compared it with the account books he saw, and found that there was not much discrepancy, Li Shimin continued to ask: "If I expected it to be good, you also guessed the possibility of a locust plague, so you will spare no effort to hoard grain and dried meat like this." It's just that Cheng Qian, tell your father what kind of grain price are you going to use to sell this grain? ”

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "Father, you are wrong, the sons and daughters are not cheeky enough to make a fortune in the year of disaster. So much food was hoarded just for disaster relief. Even if the locust plague can't afford it, as long as the scale of the two breweries is expanded, the grain can be consumed quickly. If the locust plague really appears, and Erchen plans to exchange grain for locusts, ten bags of dried locusts for one bag of grain, what do you think? ”

"Grain for dried locusts?"

Li Shimin was a little surprised, he didn't expect his son to want to collect locusts, what is the use of locusts?

People can't eat it....

Wait, if people can't eat it, it doesn't mean that other things can't be eaten!

Thinking of the farm established in Li Gang's name, Li Shimin suddenly realized. It turns out that the seemingly useless locusts still have such a usage.

Although he wanted to praise his son's idea, Li Shimin couldn't help but ask: "Now the grain merchants who predict the arrival of the locust plague are all hoarding grain and preparing to make a big profit when the price of grain increases. ”

Li Chengqian couldn't tell a child of a family about the stubbornness of the people at the bottom.

There may be some people who can put down their faces, accept alms from others, and even ask for alms on the pole, but many more people can't let go of their faces.

When Shuidi Shou was used by many people to gather ill-gotten gains, many real seriously ill patients were still gritting their teeth and persevering. Once, when he was delivering food to the hospital, he met a migrant worker crying silently at the window. After the meal was delivered, he had recovered and continued to call relatives and friends to borrow money.

The more desperate a person encounters, the more backbone he has, although this backbone is a bit stupid in the eyes of outsiders.

If you can't say this reason, let's talk about other advantages.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Chengqian said in a low voice: "Actually, this is a little careful thinking of the ministers, I learned from Master Li that since the locust plague, the common people will think that it is caused by the king's lack of virtue. In some places, the foolish people will even deify the locusts, not only watching the locusts wreathet, but also putting altars to sacrifice them. If the retainers exchanged grain for locusts, one would catch them, and then two, then four, eight, and sixteen. If this continues, the people will no longer think that the locust plague is a disaster from heaven. ”

Li Shimin clenched the cup and suddenly found that what his son said was very reasonable.

The reason why the people believe in the rumor that "locust plagues fall from heaven and are used to punish the king" is because they do not have much knowledge and are easily deterred by large-scale natural disasters. If the people were encouraged to catch locusts for food, such a statement would become a joke.

But it's a pity that it is absolutely impossible for the imperial court to exchange grain for locusts like the East Palace, otherwise, if he does this, it will make his situation much better.

couldn't help but touch the prince's shoulder, Li Shimin was a little moved at this time. Unexpectedly, the prince was already able to think about sharing his worries at a young age.

Moved, thinking that Wei Zheng had been running to the East Palace during this time, explaining the affairs of the court to the prince, Li Shimin couldn't help but think about taking the school examination.

"Prince, I ask you, if the locust plague really happens, what do you think the court should do?"

Before, he was called "Cheng Qian" and called himself "Father Emperor", which shows that Li Shimin is saying some common words.

Now that the titles have been changed to "prince" and "I", it is not time to talk nonsense.