Ma Zhou didn't know what they had just said here, but he quickly sensed that the atmosphere in the hall was not right.

Hurriedly stopped talking.

After a while, Li Shimin slowed down and saw that Ma Zhou was still standing there, so he raised his hand and motioned for him to sit down.

"Ma Qing, tell me, how did Cheng Qian appease the dissatisfaction of the ministers?" Li Shimin asked lightly.

Li Zhi and the others also listened seriously when they heard this.

When Ma Zhou heard this, he probably said that Zhang Xingcheng and Yu Suiliang had impeached Lu Chengqing and Zhang Wenqian for forming a party for personal gain, and the party was the same and fighting against each other, and then Zhang Xingcheng took the will to go to Lu Chengqing's house to raid the house again.

Li Shimin listened to it and wanted to evaluate Li Chengqian's approach, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't find a suitable word, and finally just nodded and said: "The court is stable, and I will be relieved." ”

Although Ma Zhou saw that Li Shimin was always in a low mood, he felt that the next matter had to be reported to Li Shimin as soon as possible, so he was silent and said: "Your Majesty has one more matter, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered Xue Dading to be crowned as a special entry." ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin was a little puzzled when he heard this.

Before Li Zhi could speak, he heard Li Shen, the king of Ji, question: "This is overstepping, right?"

Li Shimin glanced at Li Shen angrily when he heard this, not only did this move make Li Shen so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head, but even the other three kings also restrained their breath and tried to reduce their sense of existence as much as possible.

Ma Zhou didn't seem to hear it, just looked at Li Shimin and waited for him to speak.

After a while, I heard Li Shimin say suspiciously: "Xue Dading's errand here is not going well, why doesn't Chengqian give him a messenger to hold the festival?"

Ma Zhou groaned when he heard this, but he didn't say it.

Li Shimin willingly waved his hand at Li Zhi and the others, signaling them to retreat.

Seeing this, Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, hurriedly got up and led Li Zhi and the three of them to withdraw.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's move seems to be to raise the level of the six Shangshu." Ma Zhou waited for King Han and them to go out before telling his guess.

Suddenly heard that this was nonsense, but Li Shimin understood what Ma Zhou meant.

Li Shimin thought about it carefully, and then said solemnly: "What does Ma Qing think is at stakes in Cheng Qian's move?"

"It's not easy to say this minister, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just took the opportunity to enter the seal for Xue Dading, not the six Shangshu at the same time, so you can know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still very cautious about this matter." Ma Zhou analyzed seriously.

Li Shimin thought for a moment and hesitated: "Cheng Qian's intention to no longer set up Shangshu Province is to tell me, but if the six Shangshu all mention the second grade, isn't the authority still too heavy?"

Ma Zhou listened to it, and the left and right servants have been vacant, and the father and son really have a tacit understanding.

"Your Majesty, if there are no important ministers and deacons in the court, it will be difficult to control the place, and the six Shangshu are six branch deacons after all, and no matter how high the official character is, the authority is limited." Ma Zhou said more of his opinion this time.

Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Cheng Qian is cautious this time, and he has not been in place at one time, which shows that the experience of the past two years has made him a lot more stable, and let him try it first." ”

Speaking of this, he looked up at the door again, with a cold glint in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "It's just that you still have to pay attention to Luoyang here, I heard Zhao Jie say that the steel mill that Chengqian wants to build here is huge, and the steel planned to be smelted can be used to build weapons for the entire Datang army, and in the future, the soldiers of Datang will be able to use hundreds of weapons made of refined steel."

Moreover, the remaining batch of steel can be used to build agricultural tools, which can be supplied to Shandong, Hebei, Huaishang and even Yangzhou Jiangnan and other places, which is a major event related to the world. ”

Ma Zhou knew about these things a long time ago, and he still pointed out that Zhao Jie came to see Li Shimin, and when he heard this, he naturally bowed down to receive the order.

The chaos in the court calmed down Li Shimin's mood was much better, and he suddenly felt hungry and screamed, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Come and prepare lunch for me, and then send the pheasant slaves to accompany me to eat." ”

Seeing this, Ma Zhou hurriedly saluted and said, "Now that the matter is reported, the minister will retire." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, Ma Qing will retreat first." ”

Ma Zhou bowed again and withdrew.

After a while, Li Zhi and Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, and the other three arrived.

When everyone arrived, the chamberlain brought a large pot of mutton soup and more than a dozen baked cakes and some delicate side dishes according to Li Shimin's instructions, and a few people gathered around a round table and began to eat.

Because Li Shimin didn't eat breakfast, he devoured the food as soon as it came up, and slowed down until he was half-full.

During the banquet, the three brothers of Li Zhi continued to pour wine and cloth vegetables for Li Shimin and Li Yuanjia very attentively, so that Li Shimin was very relieved to praise the three of them, and the three brothers of Li Zhi were praised for their sweetness, although they pretended to be shy.

Just when Li Shimin's family was trying their best to show brotherhood, friendship and brotherhood, father and son, filial piety and happiness, an attendant hurriedly walked in and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu has a letter." ”

"Huh?" When Li Shimin heard this, he looked up, and saw the waiter holding a fire-lacquered envelope in both hands and asked, "Is it Ke'er's letter?"

"A letter from His Royal Highness King Wu from Guangzhou." The chamberlain put the trust in front of Li Shimin.

This time, Li Shimin did not hesitate, put down his chopsticks, took the letter and glanced at the fire seal, and hurriedly opened it.

Li Shimin took out the letter paper while standing up, walked to the Luohan bed, sat down and read the letter.

This was the first letter Li Ke wrote to Li Shimin after leaving Chang'an, so the letter wrote everything since he arrived in Yangzhou.

Li Zhi and the others saw that Li Shimin threw them aside as soon as they received Li Ke, so they had to sit at the dinner table and wait awkwardly, looking at Li Shimin with a sour heart and reading Li Ke's letter.

Suddenly, seeing Li Shimin, who was reading the letter, he slapped the little one on the bed and scolded loudly: "What a bastard!" actually sent so many big ships overseas, so that Su Dingfang did not attack Goguryeo directly under the pretext that there were no big ships. ”

Li Zhi and the others were excited when they heard this, waiting for Li Shimin to continue scolding Li Chengqian, but after a while, they saw Li Shimin finish reading all the letter paper in his hand, put it on the small table, raised his head and laughed.

The four of them couldn't help but feel disappointed when they saw it, but when they saw Li Shimin looking over, they didn't dare to show it.

"Pheasant slave, Cheng Qian is really the best for you! He promised to give you the Daliuqiu Islands, and your third brother went to see it, it is very close to Quanzhou and the place is very good. Li Shimin said and picked up the letter paper and raised it towards Li Zhi.

Li Zhi's heart almost collapsed when he heard this, and he showed an ugly smile with great difficulty, and trotted over to pick up Li Ke's letter.

The three kings, who were still sitting at the table, also looked at each other when they heard this, and they didn't know for a moment whether to be happy with Li Shimin or sad for the fate they were about to face.

Li Shimin knew that Li Ke had sent a ship to bring back 200,000 stone of rice, and he was in a good mood and wanted to immediately convene his ministers to discuss the matter of the Eastern Crusade.

Seeing that they all stopped eating, he rushed to the people directly: "Since you have all eaten, then go back first, I will summon the ministers who are there to discuss the matter." ”

Li Yuanjia and the three had to get up and say goodbye to Li Shimin, and Li Zhi put down the letter and followed the three out in a daze.

When the four of them left the courtyard where Li Shimin lived, they all had sad faces, and they no longer had the bright smiles in front of Li Shimin just now, and walked back to the small courtyard where Li Zhi lived listlessly.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Ji Wang Li Shenxian couldn't help it, and said haggardly: "Why hasn't Uncle Dao come yet, are you really waiting for us to be driven to the ends of the earth?"

Li Yuanjia, the king of Han who was walking in front, looked back at him and said, "The Dao King is now here, and he has no power to return to the sky." ”

Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and Li Shen, the king of Ji, were not qualified to covet the throne, and the reason why he was pulled by Li Zhi was because he didn't want to be divided overseas.