Outside Chang'an City, a group of ragged people are slowly gathering at Qixiamen, southeast of Chang'an City, who have lost their livelihoods because of the snowstorm around Chang'an City.

These people were destitute tenant farmers, who had to work for the landlord's family in addition to renting farmland, and when they were no longer working, they went up to the mountains to cut firewood, hunt and make a living. Now that the snow is closing the mountain, there is no way to find food on the mountain, Li Daozong led people to clear the nearby roads, and they all fled to Chang'an City to beg for food.

Helplessly, Chang'an City has been loose recently and the inside is tight, and these people can't enter the city at all, but every day Wannian County Decree sends people to give a porridge at the gate of the city, but with more and more people, they can't afford a porridge.

Gradually, more and more people began to die of cold and starvation, and the Wannian County Order did not dare to hide it and hurriedly wrote a report.

Because Li Chengqian, with the support of the disaster victims, killed Liu Xun and other officials who were ineffective in providing disaster relief and embezzling disaster food, officials in various ministries now immediately report the disaster when they hear about it.

Li Shimin was also worried when he saw these reports, although the snow plague was not as serious as the locust plague in the early years of Zhenguan, but the locust plague occurred in the summer and autumn, the locusts ate the crops but not the grain, and the common people generally did not have to starve to death immediately at home, and the imperial court could calmly adjust grain for disaster relief.

But this snow disaster is different, a heavy snowfall many people are directly cut off or even frozen to death. However, it is difficult to close the roads and adjust grain in heavy snow, and the slightest carelessness will cause a civil uprising.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin was also satisfied with Li Chengqian's disaster relief measures and his love for the people like a son, and thought that it would be better if Li Chengqian could have a view of the overall situation.

People are casual chatter, Li Shimin was thinking about Li Chengqian, and the person who impeached Li Chengqian came, and Zhan Yu Zhining, who was in the Zhan Shifu of the third grade, asked to see him.

Li Shimin also wanted to meet Yu Zhining, after all, Li Chengqian was still blocking this Zhan Shifu outside the Chongjiao Gate and couldn't enter the East Palace.

Li Shimin was very upset about this, Yu Zhining's mother died, and he was mourning by Li Shimin, who was used by Li Shimin to educate his son, but was stopped outside the palace by Li Chengqian and not allowed to enter the East Palace.

Li Shimin felt very sorry for Yu Zhining, but he didn't want to touch Li Chengqian now, worried that Li Chengqian would publish all the words he said to the eldest grandson Wuji.

Li Shimin met Yu Zhining in the Liangyi Palace.

Yu Zhining gave Li Shimin a salute, and said a little angrily: "Weichen is incapable of asking Your Majesty to let Weichen go home for retirement." ”

Li Shimin originally wanted to comfort him, but when he saw him so rude, he was slightly angry in his heart, and said lightly: "What's the matter with Yu Qing's family?" He didn't even ask the reason for Yu Zhining's anger, and his attitude was very cold.

"His Royal Highness the Prince—" Yu Zhining was halfway through his speech before noticing Li Shimin's cold expression.

"Alas! It's all useless, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly cut off all the use of Zhan Shifu today. Yu Zhining's attitude softened, sighed, and said with a sigh, and no longer mentioned going home to care for the elderly.

"What! Why did the prince cut off the use of Zhan Shifu?" Li Shimin was also puzzled when he heard it, although the Zhan Mansion was under the name of the East Palace, it was also an independent yamen, and the usage was distributed by the household department, how could the prince say that the Zhan Mansion was broken?

"I didn't say anything, I just sent a group of people to directly empty the treasury of Zhan Shifu, and then the things sent by the household department were also robbed by them directly to the East Palace." Yu Zhining was also confused, he couldn't enter the Chongjiao Sect at all, and he didn't know anything about it.

"Nonsense! What nonsense! Li Shimin really wanted to call Li Chengqian to beat him violently, but remembering Li Chengqian's teeth and claws in front of him, he still ordered a reprimand.

Li Shimin was appeasing Yu Zhining's servant to report to Xiao Yu for a meeting, Li Shimin suddenly had a headache, and he definitely came to sue without asking.

Sure enough, Xiao Yu rushed in angrily, and Li Shimin regretted believing the words of the eldest grandson Wuji and named Xiao Yu the prince and concubine.

He snorted angrily in his heart, and saw what Xiao Yu said, if it was really not true, he would beat Li Chengqian a few times.

"Old minister, see Your Majesty!" Xiao Yu's voice was much stiffer than in the East Palace.

"Why did the Qing family come to see me?" Li Shimin was angry in his heart, and he didn't even let Xiao Yu flatten.

"Why did Your Majesty treat His Royal Highness the Crown Prince harshly, making it difficult for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to complete the grand events, and Your Majesty is not afraid of being infamous through the ages?" Xiao Yu's voice was so sonorous and powerful that it shook Li Shimin's heart!

Li Shimin was confused when he heard this, and the anger in his heart suddenly rushed up.

He said in a gloomy voice, "Why did Xiao Qing say this?"

"Why did Your Majesty cut off the use of the East Palace for no reason? Your Majesty can know that the East Palace is holding a grand event, and His Majesty suddenly cut off the use of the East Palace, and this grand event will not be completed, and it will cause a thousand hatreds and infamy through the ages. The more Xiao Yu spoke, the more angry he became, and he didn't save face for Li Shimin at all.

If he hadn't figured out what was going on, Li Shimin really wanted to get rid of Xiao Yu's official again in a rage.

"Xiao Qing speaks well, when did I cut off the use of the East Palace? What kind of grand event is the East Palace doing?" Li Shimin asked patiently.

"Your Majesty doesn't know?" Xiao Yu expressed disbelief.

Li Shimin: ......

Xiao Yu didn't care whether Li Shimin really didn't know or not, and immediately told Li Shimin what he had seen and heard in the East Palace like pouring beans from the bamboo tube, and praised Li Chengqian as he spoke.

Li Shimin's heart was like a cat scratching when he heard this, and he wanted to go to the East Palace immediately to see what Li Chengqian was doing, but when he thought that Li Chengqian had done such a big thing, he must be proud in front of him, so he didn't want to go.

But I don't worry about letting Li Chengqian handle such a big thing.

Chongxian Pavilion doesn't have Hongwen Pavilion, can you get it and put it in Hongwen Pavilion to repair books?

"Xiao Qing, this is an unprecedented event, can the prince do it? It is better to put it in the Hongwen Pavilion and be supervised by the prime ministers. "Li Shimin was discussing with Xiao Yu on the surface, but in fact, he asked Xiao Yu to play for Li Chengqian, and the emperor couldn't openly rob the prince's things.

If Yu Zhining has a good relationship with Li Chengqian, he should stand up against it, and the East Palace has also contributed to this matter, but Yu Zhining is incompatible with Li Chengqian at the moment, and he can't get good anywhere, so he doesn't say anything.

Fortunately, Yu Xiao has a straight temperament, and he didn't care about these and said directly: "Your Majesty's words are wrong, the prime ministers have to assist Your Majesty in governing the world, and the matter of supervising books has always been under a name, how to manage it well?" This matter is placed in the East Palace, and with the assistance of the old ministers, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be able to handle it. ”

Li Shimin looked at Xiao Yu and knew that he couldn't compete with him at this time, after all, his name was not right, but he also knew that there were definitely many people who wanted this credit, so he said that now the officials of Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province don't want to put their names in the history of books supervised by the imperial court?

Li Shimin calculated in his heart that the key to this matter was Li Chengqian, and he had to break Li Chengqian apart first, and he would take someone to see it for himself, and when the time came, he would make a decision on the spot, and when Li Chengqian came back, he would have to admit that the wood was already in the boat.

Li Shimin thought of this and happened to see Wannian County reporting the disaster victims to Chang'an, and his heart moved, didn't Li Chengqian love the people like a son and would still rescue the disaster?

Let him go out of the city to help the disaster.

"What Xiao Qing played is indeed important, I have to consider it carefully, in the past two days, many nearby victims have gathered outside Chang'an City, it is very difficult to have no food and clothing, Xuan Ling has retired and the newcomer has not yet been elected, and no one in the court can share my worries.

I think the prince has done a good job in disaster relief in Chang'an City this time, so I want to send the prince out of the city to appease these victims, what do you think?"

Xiao Yu heard Li Shimin talk about disaster relief, and thought for a while before saying: "It stands to reason that the prince should take care of the people on behalf of the Son of Heaven, but the matter of Yan Liren has not yet been found out to be the mastermind behind the scenes, and the prince is afraid that it will not be safe to go out of the city, right?"

"Hmph, there is me in Chang'an City, who dares to come nonsense!" Li Shimin was very domineering.