A few days later, at nightfall.

Datang, Chang'an, East Palace, Prince's Mansion.

Li Jiancheng was writing hard, and the table was full of stacks of written letters, and the prince of the Tang Dynasty was full of tiredness when he wrote the letter, with a thick sorrow between his eyebrows.

This cold winter, the world is cold, although the land of Guanlong is in the Central Plains, but the climate may not be much warmer than Hebei, especially in recent days, several heavy snowfalls, coupled with a cold wind blowing from the northwest, actually formed a lot of cold disaster in the land of Guanlong.

Chill!

Words that make people hear and change color in this era.

There are floods and droughts, and the people are most afraid of the cold, because the floods and droughts can be avoided, and when it is really difficult, they can flee with their families, but the cold disasters cannot be done, and this kind of disaster cannot be avoided at all......

It may only take one night for countless poor people to freeze to death in their homes.

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People in the world often think that the royal family is happy, but few people know that there are also people in the royal family who are very tired. For example, Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, was still writing hard in the middle of the night.

He has written hundreds of letters today.

At this time, the night was getting darker, the weather was getting colder and colder, because there was a stove burning in the house, and the room was full of unpleasant smoke, Li Jiancheng felt a little depressed, and was ready to put down his pen and walk outside the door to catch a breath.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a few fluttering sounds in the sky, but I saw two big black shadows appear in the night, and they almost landed one after the other.

At this time, Li Jiancheng had just stepped out of the threshold, his face couldn't help but change slightly, and for some reason, he subconsciously sighed and muttered: "God, open your eyes, this year has been too difficult, don't be an urgent letter to report disasters." ”

He stared straight at the two big black shadows that had landed.

Those were two Liaodong birds of prey that had been domesticated and used for rapid transmission.

But it was said that after the two falcons landed, a guard soon rushed over, first feeding the falcon meat, then stroking it, and when the falcon gradually quieted down, he carefully removed the small bamboo tube from the eagle's talons.

Two falcons, two bamboo tubes.

This bamboo tube contains birds to pass on books, which is the fastest means of communication in this era.

After the guard took off the two bamboo tubes, he turned around and ran quickly towards Li Jiancheng, and in a blink of an eye, he was close, but the voice of the guard's announcement was a little strange.

I only heard the guard say in a slightly confused voice: "Your Royal Highness, harvest two copies of the bird biography, and the word Hebei is written on the bamboo tube, and it turns out that all of them are bird biography from Hebei." ”

"It's all from Hebei?"

Li Jiancheng was slightly stunned, then his eyes flashed, and he said hurriedly: "Look at the payment, is there a difference?" ”

The guard had already seen the payment, and when he heard it, he hurriedly said again: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, there is indeed a difference in the payment, although the two copies of the biography are all from Hebei, but their respective signatures are different, one bamboo tube has Lu characters written on it, and one bamboo tube has Zhao characters written on it......

He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The word Lu should be from Fanyang Lu's family, the word Ning, but the villain feels special." ”

Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment, and suddenly sighed lightly: "The word Zhao refers to Princess Pingyang. So there is no need to guess this biography, it must have been sent by my sister from Hebei. ”

The guard was a confidant, and he couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and couldn't help but say: "In the past, the princess sent a bird to pass the book, and the word 'Li' was always used for the payment, why did the payment change this time?" ”

Li Jiancheng didn't hide it from him, and said with a slightly wry smile: "She still has resentment in her heart, so she doesn't want to use the word Li anymore, she wrote a 'Zhao' word, which is the girl's nickname not long ago...... Alas, nickname, nickname, this girl's resentment is still very much. ”

These words involved the royal insider, and the guard did not dare to answer again. He just raised the two bamboo tubes with both hands and asked softly, "Dare to ask Your Highness, which one do you want to read first?" The Fan Yang Lu clan is the gate valve of the north, and Her Royal Highness the princess is also in the north, and the two sides sent a letter at the same time, presumably all of which are important things......"

Although everything was written, Li Jiancheng almost did not hesitate and blurted out: "Read my sister's letter first." ”

The guards also did not hesitate, directly took out a delicate fire fold from his arms, blew it, and put it in the bamboo tube, the fire fold carefully continued to bake, and gradually baked the fire paint sealed by the bamboo tube.

After the fire paint was baked, he no longer dared to hold the bamboo tube, but hurriedly sent it to Li Jiancheng, but he walked to the side to avoid suspicion.

Li Jiancheng glanced at him and said loudly: "You bake the fire paint of the other bamboo tube, and the Lone King will read that one after reading this letter." ”

The guard hurriedly agreed respectfully, and once again took the fire fold to bake another bamboo tube.

Li Jiancheng hurriedly opened Li Xiuning's bamboo tube, and stood directly at the door to read in the cold wind.

This bird biography is densely packed with words.

As he finished reading word by word, Li Jiancheng's brows gradually furrowed.

For some reason, his hands holding the letter seemed to tremble, and after a long time, he let out a long breath, as if with emotion: "You girl, you really dare to think and dare to do......

This emotion is very complicated, like being entangled, and like being full of relief.

At this time, the night was cold and windy, but he did not turn around and go back to the house, but stood at the door blowing the cold wind, and looked at the north with a pair of eyes.

He seemed to be in a daze, and he seemed to be looking out.

Suddenly, I heard a chaotic footstep at the door, and someone hurriedly shouted: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty is here!" ”

Li Jiancheng was shocked, and hurriedly raised his feet to greet him, but before he could take a few steps, he had already seen his father's figure come into view, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "Father, why are you here, the night is cold and cold, you should rest." ”

But seeing Li Yuan waved his hand at him, he said: "There is something in my heart, and I can't sleep, so I just come to you to have a look, I know that you will definitely not sleep at this hour." ”

Li Jiancheng bowed again and said, "Erchen still has a few letters to write. ”

Li Yuan glanced at him and suddenly asked, "Is it a letter for help to the family?" ”

This question was scary, but Li Jiancheng did not hesitate, nodded directly and admitted, and said softly: "Yes!" ”

Then he explained aloud, and said with a bitter face: "Heavy snow in Guanlong, a sudden cold disaster, many people died of freezing and starvation, but the court can't come up with a good way to provide disaster relief, the ministers just quarrel every day, but the people can't wait for the result of the quarrel, so ......"

"So you're writing to those families, hoping that they'll help you again?" Li Yuan suddenly opened his mouth and said what Li Jiancheng was about to explain.

Li Jiancheng still did not hesitate, nodded again and admitted, "Yes!" The reason why the ministers wrote the letter was precisely because of this purpose, the ministers quarreled in the court in order to take advantage of the cold disaster to compete for interests, and they quarreled with each other, and they didn't care about the civil disaster at all, but the ministers couldn't care less, and the ministers had to raise food. ”

Li Yuan let out a long sigh, and suddenly said as if he was guilty: "Boss, I'm sorry for you!" ”

The founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty slowly stretched out his hand, directly held Li Jiancheng's palm in his hand, and said: "Since the time when our Li clan raised troops, you have been running for military food and supplies, giving people a smile, and saying good things to others. Who can know your silent dedication behind your younger siblings. ”

Li Jiancheng's face was calm, and he said softly: "What do outsiders think, what do you have to do with me?" Everything Erchen has done is for the future of our Li family, and these things are enough for the second brother to know and the third sister to understand. ”

Li Yuan glanced at him and suddenly nodded heavily.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty stretched out his hand and pulled his eldest son to walk away, the two of them seemed to be stepping on the snow in the courtyard to enjoy the scenery, Li Yuan sighed and said: "At the beginning, the Li family raised troops, the strength can be regarded as weak, the eighteen anti-kings in the world, we can't even rank up, people are strong and I am weak, we will inevitably struggle to survive, so my father first went to the Turks to be a minister, and then asked you to marry the wife of the family as a marriage, and then let your second brother continue to make friends with the wealthy families in Shandong, the three of them barely had a weather, but your sister started from scratch, On the contrary, he relied on a lot of ruthlessness to lay down a lot of land, and in retrospect, I still feel like a ...... in a dream for my father."

Li Jiancheng smiled and said sincerely: "That girl in Xiuning has really made a great contribution. ”

Li Yuan suddenly opened his mouth and asked aloud: "Then do you understand now why your father came here late at night." ”

These words were obviously headless and brainless, but Li Jiancheng almost did not hesitate, and nodded directly: "Erchen understands that my father should have also received a letter from the third sister." ”

"Not bad!"

Li Yuan nodded solemnly, his face suddenly became a little solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "When the Sui Dynasty was in turmoil, the family took the opportunity to encroach on the land, encompass the wealth of the world, drink the blood of the people and fatten, we are father and son, needless to say, if our Li family fails to win the world, then we, as a top wealthy family, will definitely plunder the people and fatten, this is the way for the family to gain foothold, and it has been the case for thousands of years...... But ......"

Li Yuan suddenly stopped talking.

On the contrary, Li Jiancheng followed closely and said softly: "However, our family has now won the world, and from now on it will no longer be a gate valve but a royal family." ”

After becoming a royal family, the things that plundered the people and fattened the people in the past must not be done anymore, not only can they not be done, but they have to be reversed, the emperor protects the world and needs to shepherd the people, which is the burden of winning the world, and it is also the responsibility of the royal family.

Li Yuan was very pleased, stretched out his hand and patted Li Jiancheng's shoulder, and suddenly the emperor sighed lightly, and said with some guilt again: "Boss, I have suffered you!" ”

He's said that once.

Li Jiancheng smiled, and suddenly said loudly: "Erchen is the eldest son in the family, how can there be suffering?" In order to compete in the world, our Li family must get the help and support of the family, but how can the benefits of the family be easy to take? Once it is stained, it is like a tarsal chrysalis for a lifetime, so this kind of thing of marriage cannot be done by the second child, nor can it be done by the third sister, only I, the eldest brother, should bear it, father, you don't need to be sentimental, let's continue to ...... according to the plan"

There is a deep allusion to these words.

Li Yuan stared straight at this eldest son, and after a long time, he suddenly burst into tears and said, "Boss, boss!" ”

The dignified founding emperor actually cried in front of his son, Li Jiancheng suddenly panicked, and stretched out his hand to appease his old father.

But seeing Li Yuan stretching out his hand to push him away, he choked up and said: "Our family's strategy is indeed bitter for you, let you hook up with the old Guanlong family, let your second brother support the emerging Shandong wealthy family, the thousands of disputes in the world are actually conflicts of interests, but the wealth of the world is counted, and it is impossible for the two sides of the competition to coexist peacefully, if we want to support the emerging forces against the old family, we have to pay a Li family's family as bait, only by being so ruthless can we deceive all the people......"

When Li Yuan said this, it seemed that he could no longer hold himself back,

But seeing that the emperor suddenly cried loudly, he hugged his son's shoulders and howled: "But, boss, why is it you, why is it you?" When you are fighting for the world, you hide behind the scenes and pay secretly, and after establishing the world, you are brought to the open as bait, your brother and sister are praised by the world, and everyone has to say that they have great achievements, but only we know how their great achievements came about......"

Li Jiancheng patted his father's back with both hands, and gently comforted: "Father, the second brother will do better than the son!" ”

After he finished speaking, he paused slightly, suddenly spoke again, and said softly: "There is also a third sister, and now she has grown up." In the past, she only liked to lead troops to fight, and she was extremely disgusted with power and internal affairs, but after a death robbery, the third sister suddenly seemed to have changed as a person, father, you also received her bird message, Erchen wants to ask you to analyze and analyze, do you think this matter can be done? ”

"It can be done!" Li Yuan did not hesitate, and nodded abruptly.

The emperor seemed to have a feeling, and then muttered, "I really want to know what that girl has experienced. This time, she sent a bird biography, to use the method of sorting out the fields and acres of the former dynasty to target the family, this strategy is simply a stroke of genius, and it is precisely where the family loses. ”

Li Jiancheng became solemn in tone, and said in a deep voice: "Although it is righteous, it is still difficult, since the family has swallowed the acres of land, if they want to take it out, they will definitely go crazy, so at this time, it can't be done in one fell swoop, let alone move wantonly, only by slowly advancing, can it be done slowly." ”

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Even if it is just a slight move, the court will inevitably quarrel into a pot of porridge." ”

Li Jiancheng's eyes flashed, and he suddenly glanced at Dongfang, and said, "Second brother, he should have also received the third sister's message." ”

After finishing speaking, his eyes looked at the north, Li Yuan also looked at the north, and the father and son stood silent in the cold wind.

After a long time, I heard Li Yuan hesitate slightly: "Whether this matter can be done or not depends on your third sister's next move." ”

Li Jiancheng suddenly smiled mysteriously, and said: "Or should we say it differently, let's see the actions of the person who can change the third sister's mind......"

Li Yuan was slightly stunned, then his eyes were a little eager, and he asked anxiously: "Boss, could it be that you have found something?" Tell me about the situation. ”

Li Jiancheng looked at Hebei again, as if he wanted to look at someone across the Central Plains, and said softly: "It's a teenager, and now Fang is eighteen years old, a while ago there was a message from Hebei, saying that Xiuning was going to set up the specially approved post station in Gujia Village, Erchen inquired in many ways, and found an interesting thing, Gujia Village has a hundred post soldiers, ninety-nine are the soldiers of the women's army, only that young man is from the village, but Xiuning did not let him serve as the post chief, although he did not serve as the post chief, but sent a fool to put on the bright side......"

It was through this small mistake that he guessed why his sister changed from dead to alive.

Li Yuan was so shrewd, he immediately understood when he heard the words, but the emperor's eyes flashed a few times, and he hesitated: "A folk boy? And he is three years younger than Xiuning. ”

Li Jiancheng hurriedly spoke, and said: "Father, don't force her again this time, the third sister's temperament must not be forced again." ”

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then he was afraid, and quickly changed his words: "It's okay to be three years old, the female junior holds the gold brick!" ”

Female junior, hugging gold bricks, this is the emperor's words, even if it is a joke, it is not trivial.

The key is that Li Jiancheng actually supports this statement.

The father and son looked at the north again, and after a long time, they almost spoke again, as if muttering: "Now I just want to see what that little guy will do next, touch the family, don't make too many moves......