The guards in the palace went to the East Palace again and brought back several books that Wang Dazhui had given to Li Chengqian.

Li Shimin took it and looked at it at first glance, and said in his heart: "What kind of messy book is this?" ”

As mentioned earlier, Wang Dazhui's book was written according to modern customs. Not only is punctuation added, but it is also written from left to right.

This kind of writing is really unaccustomed to Li Shimin, so he feels messy.

However, he thought to himself that since this book could make his son forget to sleep and eat, there must be a reason, so he endured the discomfort, read it carefully, and soon found a pattern.

Coincidentally, the first book Li Shimin read was "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and then he was immediately fascinated.

"The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes. Success or failure turns empty. The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times. On the white-haired fisherman river, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet. How many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking. ”

The song "Linjiang Immortal" immediately attracted Li Shimin's attention, he also came from the war, so he was particularly touched by this poem.

At the beginning of the words, Li Shimin thought to himself that he was really wrong to blame his son, so he continued to look down.

Everyone should know that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a long chapter, and its first episode is: Banquet Taoyuan Heroes Three Knots; The first meritorious service of the Yellow Turban Hero.

It is written that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, the Yellow Turban Uprising, and the three brothers Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu gathered in Taoyuan by fate and became brothers with different surnames.

This paragraph can be said to be very similar to the scene of the chaos in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin personally experienced that era, so the feeling of seeing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is deeper than anyone else.

It can be said that this book has a feeling of empathy.

Qin Shubao, Cheng Biting Jin, aren't these people Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the book!

Therefore, Li Shimin took the book, looked at it and forgot about Li Chengqian in front of him, and the whole person was completely immersed in the story.

Seeing this scene, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. But it aroused the curiosity of Guo Ren and Wei Zheng on the side.

So, the two of them also picked up the book and flipped through it, it didn't matter if they looked at it, and the two immediately understood the reason why Li Chengqian was obsessed with books.

Li Shimin was fascinated by the stories in the book, and Li Chengqian's matter was naturally not easy to pursue further.

"Father, father, if you're okay, your son will go back to the East Palace first." Li Chengqian waited for a long time, and saw that Li Shimin did not respond, so he had to remind him.

"Okay, there you go!" Li Shimin didn't raise his head and waved his hand.

……

The next morning, the civil and military officials found that Li Shimin, who had never been late, was unprecedentedly late.

Not only that, but the whole person looked as if he hadn't slept all night, his face was haggard, and his spirit was not good.

Cheng Yanjin stabbed Wei Chigong beside him and said, "Hey, Lao Hei, what did you say the emperor did last night?" How emaciated you look? ”

Wei Chigong said: "Lao Cheng, you ask me, where do I know?" If you have the ability, you can ask the emperor! ”

"Did you say that the emperor was in the palace too much on a whim last night, so he was so spiritless today?" Cheng Yanjin asked disappreciably.

Hearing this, Wei Chigong had two more black lines on his forehead, "I said that you dare to say anything, even if the emperor is fortunate to have a few more mothers, it is not something that we as courtiers can discuss." ”

These two people are really louder than the other, and they don't have the consciousness to whisper at all.

So although they thought that their voices were already very small, in fact, the entire hall heard it, even Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair.

After listening to the words of the two people, some of them immediately laughed, and some whispered to the people next to them.

Li Shimin's face suddenly became darker than Wei Chigong, with a black line at one end.

"Quiet, quiet, this is the court, not the morning market!" Li Shimin slapped the table.

Then the crowd fell silent.

"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!" Li Shimin yawned and said loudly.

It seems that Li Shimin also watched all night last night and didn't sleep, so he is not in good spirits today.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play!" Seeing that Li Shimin was about to slip away, Wei Zheng hurriedly shouted.

Li Shimin just got up halfway through, and quickly sat back down, "Wei Zheng, what do you have to say?" Pick up the important ones. ”

"Your Majesty, a snowstorm broke out in Henan and Shandong last winter, and the crops in the fields were completely frozen and rotten, and now there is a drought again, famine is everywhere, and there are many people fleeing the famine, please make plans early." As soon as Wei Zheng opened his mouth, it was a big problem.

Listening to Wei Zheng's words, Li Shimin felt that his whole head was bigger, "Didn't I send someone to send them food a year ago?" Why is there still a famine? ”

"Your Majesty, the grain transported from Chang'an to Henan and Shandong has arrived, but it is a drop in the bucket!" Wei Zheng spread his hands and told Li Shimin the truth.

Shandong and Henan have always been the most populous provinces since ancient times, so in the event of a famine, the situation here will be the most serious.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Li Shimin glanced at the civil and military officials in the main hall and asked a little tiredly.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, there are no good ideas, and the problem of lack of food cannot be solved by individuals.

Seeing that everyone did not speak, Li Shimin had no choice but to name him.

"Du Aiqing, you are well-informed and well-informed, is there any good way to resettle the victims and solve the food problem?"

Du Ruhui was ordered, and reluctantly walked to the center to bow to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, for today's plan, you can only raise donations from all over the country to see if there is any surplus food in other places." ”

This sounds right, but in essence, it is equivalent to not saying it, which one in the hall does not know such a method? But is there really so much surplus food in other places?

Don't say no, even if you really want them to take it out, it's not easy, after all, spring plowing and sowing is about to begin, and others also need food, and after a winter, the landlord's surplus grain is estimated to be running out.

"Fundraising? Is Prime Minister Du sure to raise money for food? Li Shimin asked.

"This ...... The minister was willing to donate all the food rations in his family. Du Ruhui was forced to have no choice but to bite the bullet.

"Then how much food can Du Aiqing take?" Li Shimin also had no choice but to chase and fight.

"This ...... About 80 stones. Du Ruhui sweated coldly.

"Well, that's a lot, what about the others? How much food are you going to donate? Li Shimin began to ask for food from the others.

(End of chapter)