In the afternoon, the Purple Light Hall of the East Palace.

Li Chengqian was half-crooked reading on the kang in the side hall, and since the crossing, Li Chengqian has insisted on studying every day, and has almost finished reading the books in the Chongxian Hall and the Hongwen Museum.

Every time Li Chengqian looked through these books, he would be moved by the seriousness of the ancients in writing books.

Before the Tang Dynasty, it was not easy to read and write books, and anyone who picked up a pen and started writing a book thought about his own reputation in the future. Therefore, they do not allow the slightest flaw in the books, and of course these books may be inadequate in one way or another because of the limitations of the times.

However, every book is condensed by the author's painstaking efforts, so every time Li Chengqian reads a book written by others, the image of the author's painstaking efforts will appear in front of him.

Therefore, no matter what he thinks of these books, as long as the important positions in the content of these books are correct, he cherishes these books very much and respects the author's hard work.

After Li Chengqian finished reading the book in his hand, he sat up straight, lay on the small table to extract the important contents of the book, and wrote down his reading experience with a red pen below.

After Li Chengqian wrote down this reading experience seriously, he looked up and saw the old ghost standing next to him with a smile on his face.

The old ghost saw Li Chengqian raise his head, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the more you write, the better you write." After that, Li Chengqian picked up the excerpt of the book he had just written and looked at it carefully, knowing that this sycophant was right.

Then he continued: "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, now that your regular script has become a master of its own, you may be able to walk some grass." ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he put down the words in his hand, shook his hand and said with a smile: "The lonely king is busy, so he can't put all his mind on practicing calligraphy, as long as the words he writes are not ugly." ”

The old ghost laughed when he heard this: "Yes, yes, it's all old slaves!" ”

Li Chengqian knew that the old ghost said this because Li Shimin had asked Li Chengqian to write a thin gold book, but Li Chengqian replied that he could not write a good book.

This made Li Shimin unhappy for several days in a row.

Li Chengqian knows very well that it is good to be perfect in life, but life is more of a fly in the ointment, if it is because of greed for perfection and beauty, and his desire is endless, he always thinks that he is versatile, loved by everyone, and blooms when flowers bloom, sooner or later he will be exhausted to death.

These thoughts only flashed in Li Chengqian's heart, and then he looked at the old ghost and asked, "What is the matter with you coming to see King Gu now?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you can guess as soon as you guess." The old ghost smiled and put a high hat on Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian just smiled when he heard this, and he didn't care, and when the old ghost saw this, he lowered his voice and said: "There is news from Luoyang, King Jin, King Han, King Yue, and King Ji have been by Your Majesty's side every day these days. ”

"What do they say?" Li Chengqian asked.

The old ghost said with some embarrassment when he heard this: "The messenger said that they didn't say anything, and they just coaxed Your Majesty to be happy every day." ”

Li Zhi and the Three Kings spoke with a very high art, and even Li Shimin didn't hear the true meaning, let alone the inner servant who listened to the news.

Li Chengqian also knew that they didn't dare to speak ill of themselves blatantly now, but he still didn't feel at ease and said: "Let people keep an eye on it, if there is any news about the flying pigeon coming back." ”

"Yes." The old ghost bowed and continued, "Also, King Wu wrote a letter to His Majesty. ”

"I know this, it's fine." Li Chengqian said.

"Then the slave and maid retired." After saying that, the old ghost withdrew.

Li Chengqian watched the old ghost walk out, picked up the words he had just written, and looked at them carefully, seeing that his words had indeed grown a lot after more than a year.

If you don't practice well, maybe you can be among the four Tang Dynasty calligraphers when people comment on the calligraphers of the Tang Dynasty in a thousand years, but thinking that it will take a lot of time to practice calligraphy, forget it, pick up the book just now and continue to look.

Li Chengqian read the book for a while, and heard the waiter report outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qi, Qiu Shenji asks to see you." ”

"Pass him in." Li Chengqian hurriedly put down the book.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Qiu Shenji saluted.

"Flat!"

Two years have passed, Qiu Shenji has not changed at all, and he is still a tall and thin man with an expressionless face.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Qizuo, news has come back from Luoyang, some people in Yinchuan, Songxian and other places have spread rumors that the reason why the imperial court wants to build canals and reservoirs is because they want to lead their feng shui and local qi to Luoyang, if the imperial court repairs the local area, it will sink into the sea, and the local people will also become fish and turtles." Qiu Shenji got straight to the point.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, you must know that now in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, he had not experienced Di Renjie's abolition of obscenity, and the common people were very superstitious.

The impact of spreading such rumors on the people is very huge, and it really makes them successful, not to mention building water canals, the slightest carelessness will provoke a civil uprising.

Li Chengqian stood up and said with a solemn expression: "You immediately fly the pigeon to spread the word to Luoyang and order someone to closely monitor this matter, and be sure to find out if there are local scholars involved in spreading rumors."

At the same time, he sent a message to Xue Dading and ordered him to act at the opportunity, but not to startle the snake easily, and ordered Ma Zhou, Liu Zheng and others to ask them to report this matter to His Majesty as soon as possible. ”

"Obey." Qiu Shenji saluted and walked out quickly.

Li Chengqian watched Qiu Shenji go out and was not in the mood to read anymore, so he walked out of the side hall directly and saw that it was not dark outside, so he ordered: "Summoning Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Xue Rengui, Pei Xingjian and Liang Fangjian Chongjiao Hall to see ......"

Saying that, Li Chengqian himself should go out first.

Li Chengqian came to the Chongjiao Hall and saw that the lamp was already in the hall, and a young official was sitting in the corner of the hall writing something.

When he looked up, he saw Li Chengqian walking in, and hurriedly got up to greet him and saluted.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Li Chengqian saw this person clearly and asked, "Why is Secretary Shangguan still in this palace?"

"Go back to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and guard the grass edict today!" Shangguan Yi saluted and replied.

Shangguan Yi is now the secretary of the secretary, Li Shimin likes the articles he writes and often asks him to accompany the draft edict, and now Li Chengqian's edict is from the East Palace, and the secretary and supervisor also send people to the East Palace to be on duty.

"Okay, you can stay here!" Li Chengqian said as he walked up to the throne and sat down.

Shangguan saluted and returned to his seat.

After a while, Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu and others came, and Li Chengqian told them what happened in Yichuan County and Song County.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty is in Luoyang at this time, Yichuan and Song County are just a stone's throw away from Luoyang, and there must be no civil uprising at this time. The minister thought that Xue Dading should be recalled and suspend the construction of the Songxian Reservoir and the Yishui River. "Xu Jingzong's advice is to be old-fashioned.

Li Chengqian was noncommittal when he heard this, but he turned his head to look at the others, but most of these people were proficient in military affairs, and they did not have confidence in governing the people, and they were stronger than Xu Jingzong, so they did not dare to speak.

Li Chengqian was about to say what he thought, when he saw Shangguan Yi in the corner get up and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qi, the minister also has some shallow views on this, I don't know if I can say it." ”

"It's okay for you to say it!" This is also Li Shimin's rule, usually the prime ministers of the three provinces are strict when they discuss matters in Zhongshu Province, and ordinary people dare not intervene.

However, when discussing matters in front of the emperor, whether it is a scholar, a living room, a secretary, or a servant of the imperial history, he can speak freely.

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie, the minister thinks that the top priority is to find out who spread the rumors first, although the rumors are now aimed at the construction of the reservoir and the Yishui River by the imperial court, but if these people are allowed to fan the fire among the people, it will become a big disaster."

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard this, then looked at Xu Jingzong and said: "Your Majesty, I have informed you of the Zhongshu Order, and he will report to Your Majesty in time, and will not let the villain have a chance to provoke it." ”

When Xu Jingzong heard this, he knew that Li Chengqian had a fixed opinion in his heart, so he didn't say anything more.

Li Chengqian turned his head to look at Li Yifu and said: "Xue Dading is an official who is in charge, and it is not his strength to deal with treachery and evil, and his actions in the open are eye-catching, and he can't find out about this matter. Therefore, King Gu wants to ask Yifu to take a trip, and you go to Luozhou to take people to Yichuan, Songxian and Luoyang to secretly investigate this matter. ”

When Li Yifu heard this, he immediately got up and saluted: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Then Li Chengqian said to everyone: "There have been a lot of things in Chang'an this year, and there are few government affairs these days, and King Gu is going to go to the military camps in Chang'an City to go around and comfort the troops, so you go and prepare." ”

Liang Fangjian, Xue Rengui and others got up and hugged their fists and said, "The ministers obey the order." ”