Unconsciously, seven years of Zhenguan have passed.

In the winter at the end of this year, Li Shimin's mood was not particularly beautiful. Because of a big flood in September of the seventh year of Zhenguan, a whole thirty states were affected, but at this time, there was even news that officials were not effective in disaster relief, and even greedy for food!

This has allowed him to be on the throne for seven years, but how can Li Shimin, who has only repaired the Jiucheng Palace, endure it?

Therefore, on the 29th day of the first month, Li Shimin appointed Xiao Yu, Li Jing, Yang Gongren, Wang Qi, Li Daliang and other thirteen envoys to the Quartet to observe the customs of the province, called the customs of the province...... This is also known as the dethroned envoy. Patrolling the world, asking questions about the suffering, observing the gains and losses of customs, and inspecting the harshness of political punishment are the important duties of the envoys who observe customs.

"So I set up a view of customs to make my mind, can the two Aiqing know?"

While strolling in the small garden, Li Shimin asked softly to the two people beside him.

Without glancing at Li Jing beside him at all, Xiao Yu immediately bowed down and said loudly: "The minister understands, he should share his worries for His Majesty!" ”

"Haha, Xiao Aiqing, please get up!"

Seeing that the important minister of the country was so solemn, Li Shimin hurriedly supported him with both hands and asked him to get up quickly.

Although Xiao Yu was dismissed from the post of imperial historian for the third time three years ago, and only gave him the position of a prince and young master, so that he would no longer participate in court politics, but from the bottom of his heart, Li Shimin still has a lot of respect for this cousin who had been friends with the Li family since the former Sui Dynasty. Moreover, Xiao Yu is now nearly sixty years old, more than twenty years older than the emperor, and Li Shimin usually deals with him politely, so naturally he will not let him salute for a long time.

After getting up, Xiao Yu also had a solemn face.

He has an upright personality, is upright, upright, and upright, and at the same time strict and upright, has always refused to tolerate people's shortcomings, and naturally attaches great importance to the position of viewing customs, and at the same time secretly made up his mind that he must find out a few more corrupt or incompetent people for Datang......

However, compared with Xiao Yu, Li Shimin values Li Jing next to him more.

For this old man, who is four years older than Xiao Yu, Li Shimin's attention must be above Xiao Yu - if you want to talk about credit, Li Jing's military achievements are great, and the defeat of the Eastern Turks alone is enough to make him immortal; And in terms of ability, even Li Shimin, who also made great achievements when he was young, has to admit that Li Jing is definitely one of the strongest generals in the Tang Dynasty.

And......

In the court, Li Jing is much more capable of being a person than Xiao Yu.

In the past seven years alone, Xiao Yu has visited the prime minister three times and was dismissed three times, almost all of which are related to his stinky temper; In contrast, although Li Jing is brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, his temperament is extremely calm, and he almost never fights with others, even if he is impeached, he is unwilling to defend himself - when he broke the Jieli tooth tent, the treasures in the tent were looted by the soldiers, and when the imperial historian impeached Li Jing and had no way to govern the army, the old man only kowtowed to apologize in the face of Li Shimin's reprimand, and did not say anything else......

As the emperor, Li Shimin can be said to appreciate Li Jing's actions very much.

Merely......

Just when the emperor turned his gaze to Li Jing, the right servant of Shangshu hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty has a life, and the minister should have done his best, but the minister has a foot illness again today, and it is difficult to travel far, I am afraid that it will ......."

"Foot disease?"

After listening to Li Jing's words, the emperor's brows suddenly furrowed.

Seeing that the emperor's expression seemed to be a little relaxed, Li Jing hurriedly said: "So the minister wants to ask Your Majesty, can Wei Shizhong be allowed to take the position of the envoy of this view of customs?" ”

"Wei Zheng?"

After hearing this name, Li Shimin was stunned again, and then shook his head: "No!" Wei Shizhong has other important things to entrust...... If Li Aiqing's foot disease recurs, he can set off a little later, and there is a state where Aiqing must go in person! ”

A state must Li Jing go in person?

After hearing the emperor's words, Li Jing and Xiao Yu frowned at the same time, looked at each other, and a trace of curiosity suddenly rose in their hearts......

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"Poof!"

After spitting out the warm water that rinsed his mouth after dinner, Fang Xuanling wiped his mouth, cleaned his hands, and suddenly took a long breath, and waved his hand to let the waiting maid go down.

Today's dinner, Fang Gongyong was very satisfied.

However, thinking of the taste of the meal just now, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but ask: "Madam, the taste of these dishes tonight is quite different, but King Xu sent someone to send a new recipe?" ”

In the past two years, the taste of Fangfu's food can be said to have risen in a straight line, all thanks to the future son-in-law in Luzhou.

Since Li Yuanjia, the king of Xu, sent people to send ten iron pots, and asked Mrs. Fang to send two cooks to Luzhou to learn the skills of stir-frying, Fang Xuanling was no longer interested in the methods of roasting, steaming, and boiling that he was used to before, and was conquered by stir-fry all of a sudden. And since then, whenever King Xu has a new recipe, in addition to the palace, he will always send a copy to the Dugong Mansion, which makes the whole family praise every time.

The taste of these dishes today made Fang Xuanling feel fresh again.

"Recipes? Not really! ”

Shaking her head, Mrs. Fang Lu chuckled and said, "However, King Xu sent someone to send a strange seasoning, which seems to be made by grinding a variety of spices into powder and mixing it, and calling it thirteen spices...... It looks unremarkable, but it is exceptionally delicious. ”

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling frowned, and asked curiously, "Thirteen incense?" This fame is quite strange, is it made of thirteen spices? ”

"This ...... The concubines don't know. ”

Blinking, Lu Shi shook his head and smiled: "But the person from Xu Wangfu said that a batch will be sent every six months in the future." It's just that this thing is not easy to make, and I'm afraid we can only eat it ourselves, and it's probably difficult to give it away. ”

"We can use the kindness of King Xu, how can we expect too much?"

With a smile, Fang Xuanling said with satisfaction.

However, after squinting his eyes and thinking for a while, Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "But...... In the past two years, he has almost never been sticky in Luzhou's affairs, but he has really devoted himself to these miscellaneous things. The blank paper he sent last time was quite useful, second only to His Majesty's gift in my opinion, and I'm afraid it was also made by the craftsmen in his house, right? ”

"Hmph, isn't that what you'd like to see?"

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, Lu's face sank, and he was suddenly a little displeased.

As Li Yuanjia's future mother-in-law, of course, she doesn't want her son-in-law to become a person who only knows how to think about food, carpentry, iron and other craftsman things every day. But after listening to her husband's words, Lu also felt that if Li Yuanjia could be so low-key and plain, let her daughter live a stable life, it seemed to be the best result.

It's just that the breath in my heart has always been difficult to calm down.

Hearing Mrs.'s routine complaints, Fang Xuanling, who was afraid that his wife was famous, naturally didn't dare to look at others, so he could only smile helplessly: "Madam, don't say more about this matter...... By the way, as soon as the New Year is over, Bong-joo will be fourteen years old, and we should start preparing a dowry for her......"