Chapter 938: Li Shimin's Persistence
In this world, the care of parents and elders is indeed wrong sometimes. However, as children and grandchildren, they can refuse, but they are not qualified to blame. After all, no matter what they are, the starting point is not for themselves.
When a father is a father, he always thinks about his son.
That's why Di Zhixon will tear his face and break the contract with the old man to find a better daughter-in-law for his son.
So although Leng Feng knew that Leng Jing was not at home all day, he avoided the blind date arranged by his mother like Di Renjie and Wu Mei, but he did not force him to stay at home.
That's why Li Shimin gave up his seat to Li Chengqian again after returning to power for a period of time, and forcibly pressed him to the dragon chair.
Yes, Li Shimin decided to withdraw from the court.
This point made many people unexpected, although the emperor is old, he is still in good health, even if he is in power for a few more years, it is not a big deal, why did he release power at this time?
What is even more puzzling is that although the emperor personally pressed the crown prince to the dragon chair in the court, he did not announce his abdication. Li Chengqian, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was still the prince.
After going down, Leng Feng entered the harem to find Li Shimin with doubts, wanting to know why he did this.
It's already the season when the grass and trees are yellow, but it's still hot and sweaty at noon every day.
This year is another dry year, and if it were in the past, such a year would inevitably cause a drought in several state capitals to have no harvest.
But this year, the court did not receive a single letter asking for disaster relief. It's not that the local state is holding on, but that they are really capable of carrying it.
Among them, the documents of Zheng Cheng, the assassin of Dengzhou, are the most terrifying. Although his writing is neat and beautiful, those who read the full text will still feel that he is chattering. Translating his words into ordinary words, it probably is: The imperial court can rest assured that although Dengzhou was affected by the disaster, the food reserves are sufficient, and the state capital can allocate food internally, and the people do not have to worry about hunger. In addition, if there is a shortage of food reserves in the neighboring state capitals, there is no need to ask the imperial court for disaster relief from all afar, just come to me directly to receive it.
With the promotion of new agriculture and new taxation, the people hoarded a large amount of grain. People no longer have to worry about handing in too much food and not enough to eat at home. Even peasants who work under the landlords do not have to worry. The oppression of peasant households by landlords has quietly disappeared in Datang, and even in disaster years, landlords will still care about whether their peasant households have enough food to eat.
This is so because....
Food is worthless!
Years of bumper harvests have caused the price of grain to fall again and again. In the past war years, with enough food, it was not impossible to compete in the world. But now, even grain merchants are rare. Powerful big businessmen have set their sights on more profitable industries.
Sitting in the gazebo, Leng Feng had a lot of thoughts.
A country that no longer worries about what to eat can be considered to have the foundation for long-term existence.
Datang has developed until now, and it can be regarded as a complete lack of worry about the internal people. In the long past, even if it is still the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, it may not be impossible for Datang to continue.
Future generations will feel the shortcomings of the system and will naturally adapt to the changes, which is no longer a concern for the current generation.
While he was thinking about it, he felt someone enter the gazebo.
Before he could tell who it was, a bowl of ice cream was placed in front of him. Three k
Li Shimin held a large glass of cold juice in his hand and sat down leisurely opposite.
"Tut-tut, the season when the frost should fall is as hot as summer. I originally wanted to go to see my son today, but before I left the city gate, I was blocked back by Jiang Yi, alas! ”
Jiang Yi is Wei Zheng's successor, this guy has the same hard neck as Wei Zheng, not only Li Shimin, but Li Chengqian has been scolded by him in the past two days.
"Although the officials hate it, they can indeed correct their own problems with them. In this weather, it is indeed easy to suffer from heat stroke, so you can go out early tomorrow. ”
After taking a sip of juice, Li Shimin pointed to the ice cream: "Why don't you eat it?" The imperial chef in the palace didn't know what to think, but he actually made ice cream with yogurt, and the taste was simply amazing! ”
Leng Feng spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "No chopsticks and no spoons, how do you let me eat?" Holding and licking? ”
Li Shimin was shocked to realize that there was no spoon, and hurriedly ordered the accompanying eunuchs to fetch it.
Putting the bowl aside, Leng Feng asked, "Tell me, what are you thinking?" How can you get Cheng Qian up for you? ”
Li Shimin put the cup on the table and hesitated for a while before saying: "Cheng Qian is already in his thirties, and he is really wronged to continue to be the prince." Some time ago, I was not there, and there was still nothing wrong with the court. So, let him govern, there will be no problem. Also...."
Li Shimin pointed to his temple: "Although I am still the same as before, in fact, my wind disease has always recurred recently. Sun Daochang saw it, and he said that it was impossible for me to recover from this chronic disease, so I could only recuperate as much as possible and avoid complicated government affairs. ”
This is Leng Feng, a different minister, Li Shimin will never reveal the recurrence of his old illness.
Hearing Li Shimin say this, Leng Feng was also helpless. Li Shimin's wind disease is actually hereditary hypertension, and there are no antihypertensive drugs with obvious effects in this era, so handing over power is indeed the best way.
At this time, the eunuch had already taken a spoon, and Leng Feng was digging and eating ice cream while organizing the language.
Li Shimin saw that he had something to say, so he simply waited quietly.
After eating half a bowl of ice cream, Leng Feng made up his mind: "Since you have already given power to Cheng Qian, why don't you simply abdicate and give up to Cheng Qian?" You know that Cheng Qian has been the crown prince for more than 30 years, and he is very aggrieved, but if you occupy the throne for a day, Cheng Qian will be the prince for a day. Your arrangement, in fact, is of no use. As for power, when you asked the Jiucheng Palace Cultivator, didn't the power other than the military power also go into the hands of Cheng Qian? ”
"Protector! Be careful! ”
Li Shimin didn't turn his face, but the eunuchs behind Leng Feng were anxious, they all rolled up their sleeves, and they all had the posture of arresting Leng Feng as soon as the emperor ordered them.
Although he didn't turn his face, Li Shimin still changed his face, glanced at Leng Feng, and then shouted at the eunuchs: "Get out!" ”
Several eunuchs did not dare to disobey the order, so they could only withdraw from the pavilion.
There were only two people left in the pavilion.
Leng Feng picked up the bowl again, eating ice cream neither fast nor slow.
After a long time, Li Shimin spoke: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, it's just that now is not the time. I have my own insistence, you don't have to feel aggrieved for Cheng Qian, at most another year, it is estimated that I will abdicate to him. When the time comes, what are you going to do? ”