The emperor will have many sons, but the weight of each son is different.

Sometimes Li Shimin thinks that Li Tai is well-behaved and obedient, and sometimes he even thinks that Li Chengqian is more like himself.

The choice is the hardest.

But today...... Li Shimin finally understood what Li Tai's biggest weakness was.

Li Chengqian and Chen Zhengtai can work out a strategy together.

At the same time, dare to practice.

Originally, he looked embarrassed, with a blue nose and swollen face, which would cause others to laugh, but now he ...... But it has also become a mark that is enough to show the merits of the war.

Li Shimin still felt a little unbelievable at this time, but now ...... As it turns out, this thing can't be done if you don't believe it!

At this time, he seemed extremely happy, and his eyes were shining: "I am not afraid of the troubles of the Turks, but what I am afraid of is that there is no successor to me, and the prince is resolute and resolute, which is very similar to me." With such a prince, I can sit back and relax. ”

Listening to Li Shimin's unstingy praise, the ministers in this palace have different thoughts.

Most of those who have military merits, such as the eldest grandson Wuji, Cheng Yanjin and others, can't help but be overjoyed.

But there are also people who can't help but feel complicated.

The crown prince has made military achievements, and now his status is as solid as a rock, but Li Tai looks a little disgraced.

In the court, many people like Li Tai, especially those children of big families!

This is actually understandable, Li Chengqian, like his father and ancestors, is too flamboyant, and everyone can see that he, like Li Shimin, has a great side of great joy!

The most disliked thing about the big family is that they are happy to be happy, they like to close the door and hoard food and money to live, and enjoy the quiet years.

Whether it is the Yang family, the Wei family, or the Cui family, it is probably the case, because the dynasty is expanding, it is inevitable that money and food will be needed, and the court will sooner or later hit the idea on their heads, and most of the children of the family love to read, and reading is their resource!

In the era of Chengping, the children of the family who studied and entered the office could have an advantage. So what they prefer is the gentle Li Tai, especially Li Tai, who is knowledgeable and reasonable, at a young age, he can pinch the Confucian classics with his hands, which is even more rare.

In the Yue Wang's mansion, there are a large number of scholars who have become the disciples of the Yue King, and most of these scholars are closely related to the family, some are the former officials of the Cui family, and some are the children of the Yang family, they all have one thing in common.

But for the heroes, this is not the case, they are eager for more merits, they are obviously far inferior to those of the Dashi clan in terms of family background, but it is by virtue of becoming the emperor's humerus ministers, and the outstanding military exploits that can only be today.

These people, in fact, are more like Cheng Biting Jin, although they have become upstarts, there is an indescribable sense of anxiety in their hearts!

They know very well that although they are rich and wealthy by virtue of military merits, this is not a long-term solution, once the Tang Dynasty no longer borrows from the meritorious military ministers, then sooner or later their descendants will gradually disappear from everyone!

For Li Chengqian, Cheng Yanjin likes it very much, he thinks Li Chengqian is like himself.

Li Shimin said with an obvious smile on his lips: "Such a great achievement is rare in the world, and the most important thing is ...... This time to solve the Turkic trouble, it is enough to sacrifice to the Taimiao, to the emperor to report the good news, Li Chengqian is really my unicorn, this time with Li Chengqian to Xiazhou soldiers, also to reward, the eldest grandson Wuji......"

The eldest grandson Wuji was so excited in his heart that he hurriedly stood up: "The minister is here." ”

Li Shimin said: "I heard that your nephew, Sun Jiaqing, also went to Xiazhou with the prince?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyes were bright, and he hurriedly said, "Yes." ”

"Duke of Cixian."

The eldest grandson Wuji immediately said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

His heart is on fire.

The eldest grandson Jiaqing is his nephew and Li Chengqian's cousin, when the emperor was there, because he attached great importance to Li Chengqian's education, he asked the eldest grandson Jiaqing to go to Li Chengqian as an accompaniment, and he has been accompanying Li Chengqian, where did he think ...... Read and read, read a military exploit.

Chen Zhengtai this guy...... The old man looks good, but it's a pity...... The niece had already remarried, and she knew so...... It's better to think about waiting to marry Chen Zhengtai again!

The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but ponder in his heart...... Are there any widows left in the house? Or...... What else is about to become a widow?

He couldn't help but feel a pity in his heart, as the head of the eldest grandson family, he was very concerned about the marriage of his children and nephews.

It's really heartbreaking.

In fact, when it comes to the eldest grandson Wuji, he doesn't care much about a title, but since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, titles have become more and more rare, in addition to the title of his son hereditary father, and then he wants to be knighted by virtue of military merits, it has become very rare!

It's a great honor and it means...... This can rely on the person who follows the prince to be knighted, and in the future, he will become the most important team after the prince ascends the throne, just like the old department of the Qin Palace.

People like Eldest Sun Wuji, of course, do not value the present, but the future.

Li Shimin immediately smiled and said, "Cheng Qing's family." ”

Cheng Yanjin was also very excited: "It's coming, it's coming." No, Your Majesty, the Ministers are here. ”

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Your youngest son is also with the army, such a great achievement, I will not hesitate to reward it, and I will also give it to the county duke." ”

Cheng bit Jin Daxi, he was still afraid that the emperor would be stingy, Cheng Chumo was a kid...... is his youngest son, which means that his eldest son can inherit his title, and the second son marries a princess, but when it comes to this youngest son, there is actually not much grace left...... won a military feat!

Military merits, this is the same person as him and me, although the county is small, but the future will definitely not be here!

He said beautifully: "Thank you." ”

Li Shimin called a few more people, all of whom had an impression, and they were all knighted.

This time the merit is too great, if this battle was led by Li Jing to fight the army, I am afraid that there will be at least more than 100 people who can be knighted for this military merit, but it is ...... The cost of this battle is extremely small, and naturally ...... A special reward should be given, and all who accompanied the army should have a share.

"Gao Qing's family."

Gao Shilian stood up slowly, Gao Shilian is not an ordinary person, he is the uncle of the eldest grandson queen, if it is just the relationship between the uncle, but the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson queen, a pair of brothers and sisters, were kicked out of the eldest grandson's family when they were young because of their orphans, and finally Gao Shilian took them in and raised them, so in the community, people confuse the Gao family with the current eldest grandson family, the Gao family is the eldest grandson family, and the eldest grandson family is the Gao family.

"I heard that your grandson Gao Jin also went with the army? ...... also bestowed."

Gao Shilian's face was blue and pale, and he coughed: "Your Majesty, the minister and grandson didn't go, he was indeed on duty in the East Palace, but on that day, he happened to have abdominal pain, so he ......"

"Oh." Li Shimin sighed: "That's a pity, you just treat me as if I didn't say what Fang Cai said." ”

Gao Shilian: "......"

At the beginning, Gao Shilian was still very proud, his grandson was smart, as soon as he heard the prince say that there was something big to do, he felt that the prince must be messing around, so he directly borrowed the excuse of abdominal pain to escape, and later heard that the prince actually took someone to Xiazhou, and the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, Gao Shilian was not without pride!

You see how clever my grandson is, he knows how good he is.

Can ...... now Gao Shilian has an urge to vomit blood, this turtle grandson is ashamed.

Li Shimin was in a very good mood and was very interested, and he continued to open his mouth to reward him.

But many people listened in their hearts, and they were both envious and jealous.

Li Tai's face was like ashes, he knew in his heart that his father and emperor rewarded the people around the emperor's brother so much, and these people ...... The higher the status, the more he will inevitably become the wings and minions of the prince's side in the future, on the other hand, he has not received anything good, but he seems a little at a loss.

Kong Yingda looked confused, he said it earlier, and said that the old man would go too. Of course...... After all, he is a scholar, and he still disdains military exploits, and I am behind a famous family...... Not uncommon!

After being busy for a while, Li Shimin finally set his eyes on Chen Zhengtai and said: "This time to destroy the Turks, although Chen Zhengtai did not go with the prince, I thought it was ...... It is closely related to Chen Zhengtai, if there is no Chen Zhengtai in the middle of the plan, how can today's great victory be? ”

Li Chengqian was already smiling, so he followed Li Shimin's words and said: "What my father said is that there is no senior brother, and the son is still wasting his time in Chang'an, this time...... Although he regretted not making the trip, it was the first achievement. ”

Chen Zhengtai immediately straightened his waist, and thought to himself: That's right, it's down.

Of course, this could not be said directly, and he said with a very modest look on his face: "The prince is serious, this is the result of the struggle of the prince and all the soldiers." Where can I have any credit, but I just blindly figured out gunpowder and flying balls, and accompanied His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to customize the strategy for the battle, all of the above are not enough to worry about, and the teacher and the prince are too loving. Oh, yes, it's worth stating that the flying balls, the gunpowder, and the money and food along the way were all paid by the students. Of course, Xiangzan money and food, this shouldn't be considered a merit, isn't the student's money the teacher's money? not one another, not one another. ”

When the ministers heard this, they really wanted to vomit blood.

In the past, many people heard some rumors from the eldest grandson's family, saying that this Chen Zhengtai was flamboyant, and everyone only thought that this was just an exaggeration, but I saw it today...... Someone already wants to roll up their sleeves and break this guy's dog head directly.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "The first merit is the first merit, what are you humble, you are my disciple, and I have treated you badly?" The knight is added to the first class, and the prince of the county is sealed. ”

Just add a little more?

Isn't that too stingy?

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but complain in his heart, I am just modest, didn't Your Majesty see it?

It's just that in the eyes of others, there is an unbridgeable gap between the county duke and the county duke, and after the founding of the country, the county duke has rarely been granted again.

Chen Zhengtai is naturally obedient and grateful.

Li Shimin smiled and said: "The county duke awarded by the court can be described as rare, this time Chen Qing's family has made a lot of contributions, I think about it, the county duke's food is two thousand, so ...... Let's seal the real account. ”

The ministers couldn't help but be surprised.

You must know that any ruler actually has careful thoughts, on the surface, what kind of country and county prince, willing to give you a reward, what kind of food thousands of households, thousands of households, etc., to give you the protection of interests, but in fact......

In the Tang Dynasty, the so-called eaters began to shrink, and most of these eaters were just eaters on paper, so on this basis, the concept of the so-called real households was derived, that is, on the surface, the county prince was two thousand eaters, but where did the imperial court have so many eaters for you to collect their taxes. Thus...... The real food households were only three or four hundred, which were called real households in the Tang Dynasty.

Just like Chen Zhengtai, who was a county magistrate before, with 1,500 households, but in fact, he couldn't see a single hair, but now he ...... Finally, Li Shimin gave a special gift, and the county prince directly gave 2,000 real households.

Chen Zhengtai thanked him again.

Li Shimin said teasingly: "This time, I don't know where Zhengtai wants to seal it?" You know, there is no place for you to seal this Chang'an. ”

Chen Zhengtai said without hesitation: "The student implores the teacher to seal the student in Ju County, preferably in the southwest of Ju County." ”

Ju County?

Juxian County also belongs to Jingzhao Mansion, which is actually adjacent to Chang'an, but it is only a few tens of miles away!

This small county faces Chang'an across the river, but because the county is mountainous and in the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains, the farmland is scarce and extremely barren!

In the eyes of the imperial court, this small county under Jingzhao Mansion, if it is not close to Chang'an, is simply a chicken rib, and compared with other counties in the Guanzhong region, it is simply a heaven and an underground.

Every time there is a famine, the worst is often this county, for no other reason, poor!

Li Shimin laughed dumbly when he heard this.

This group of ministers couldn't help but laugh.

They also thought that Chen Zhengtai would open his mouth, after all, this is a real county prince, different from others, once Chen Zhengtai chooses a county with fertile land, the benefits are extremely amazing.

Li Shimin said: "Zhuqing, this disciple of mine, everything is good, but I lack geography, okay, Fang Qing's family, how many households are there in this county?" ”

Fang Xuanling stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Juxian is a small county, a few years ago it suffered a war, and this year it suffered a disaster, it can be said that it is ten rooms and nine empty, the year before last, there were still three thousand households in the county, and at this age, Yichen's prediction, I am afraid that it will be less than two thousand." ”

"It's so good, this county is barren, so I will give this county to Chen Zhengtai, he has worked hard and deserves this reward."

Chen Zhengtai immediately said: "The students are grateful. ”

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Don't cry when you arrive." ”

Will I cry? I'm so happy that I want to sing a song now!

Chen Zhengtai thought to himself, I don't know who is crying by then?

Do you really think he's stupid?

Naju County...... It is the largest vein in Guanzhong! Whether it is copper or iron, gold, silver, or coal, the production is huge! In later generations, the mineral resources of the whole Shaanxi ...... Most of them came from there, but in the Tang Dynasty, everyone had not yet realized the value of this county.

The Chen family has Ju County, and they can eat for a thousand years!

Such a big truth naturally can't be said at this time, Chen Zhengtai said with a straight face: "Given by the teacher, don't say that it is this county, it is broken copper and iron, and the students are also willing to be like gluttony, and there is no day that they are not grateful for the grace of the teacher." ”

Broken copper and iron?

This copper, but today's currency, copper is money to put it bluntly. As for iron, needless to say, it is the most important material in the world, and there is no such thing as broken copper and iron in the Tang Dynasty.

But everyone just laughed it off.

Li Shimin cheered up: "The edict ordered the Tuli Khan to come to Chang'an, if he wants to be attached, I will approve it, and I want to see him." ”

As he spoke, he said, "It's not too early, so let's step down." ”

The ministers retreated one after another, but only Li Tai refused to leave.

Li Shimin lowered his head, picked up the good news again with great interest, looked at it for a while, raised his head, but saw Li Tai standing alone in the hall!

After all, it was his own son, Li Shimin called Li Tai's nickname with a smile: "Qingque, what are you still doing here?" ”

Li Tai said respectfully: "Father forgot? A few days ago, my father gave his sons homework. ”

Li Shimin remembered something: "Why did you attack the Turks?" ”

Li Tai nodded: "Yes." ”

Li Tai's face was a little unnatural, but he still stiffened.

Li Shimin said angrily: "This Turk is about to die, what are you fighting back?" ”

Li Tai: "......"

In the past few days, he has almost forgotten to sleep and eat, read countless scriptures and histories, and consulted many great Confucians, so he painstakingly wrote an article showing how to appease and conquer the Turks, which took countless hard work.

Li Shimin saw his aggrieved look, and his heart softened again: "Okay, I won't read your homework, I will give you a new homework, um......"

Li Tai ignited some hope in his heart: "Please also ask my father to teach me." ”

Li Shimin thought about it, and said: "It's good to write an article, about the time of Brother Ru Huang attacking the Turks, think about it, why Brother Ru Huang fought so much, and why he was able to make the Turks fall apart. ”

Li Tai's face was slightly ugly, but immediately, he smiled sincerely: "Yes, Erchen understands." ”

"Let's go and do our best."

Li Shimin waved his hand, he still has a lot to do!

Li Tai was about to leave, but Zhang Qian bowed down at this time and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Zhengtai is still outside the hall, and it seems that he has something to say to His Majesty." ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said happily: "It seems that there are some things that Zhengtai is inconvenient to say in front of the ministers, and he has some private words with me, so call him in." ”

Not long after, Chen Zhengtai entered the palace, and the more Li Shimin looked at him, the more pleasing he became, and said: "A few days ago, you were placed under house arrest, you must have complained to me in your heart." ”

"House arrest?" Chen Zhengtai was surprised and said: "The student still thinks that the teacher sent someone to protect the student, the teacher doesn't know, the student is a strong person, so he got acquainted with a lot of enemies in Chang'an City, the so-called wood show in the forest, the wind will destroy it, the student thought that the teacher sent a guard, guarding the door of the student's house, the student is grateful, more important or peace of mind, the teacher's good intentions, how can the student not know?" ”

Li Shimin: "......"