The two walked to a secluded palace, and Li Shimin opened his mouth and said, "You are very dissatisfied with me putting Gan Xinda by your side? ”

"There was resentment at the beginning, but with Gan Xinda's death, it disappeared."

"Then you're not satisfied that I didn't let you slaughter the Shandong gentry?"

"I killed everything that should be killed, and the pot was thrown to Wei Zheng, there is nothing to be dissatisfied with."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face became even more ugly, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Not satisfied with the marquis?" Do you want to be crowned? ”

"Your Majesty, my mother treats me like a nephew and a family, and the public is not important at all, there is nothing to be dissatisfied with."

"Then you say, you are in the court today, and what are you doing like that?" Li Shimin almost roared, the dust on the beams of the house fell down, and the sound was echoing.

"For the people who have been wiped out of this world like chess pieces, more than 70,000 people! Your Majesty dreams back at midnight, won't it hurt your heart? Cai Cong wiped his tears and shouted, his two eyes staring directly at Li Shimin's tiger eyes and not giving an inch.

"Under the natural disaster, I have done my best, and they should be like this." Li Shimin's voice suddenly became much quieter.

"Natural disasters are followed by man-made disasters, if it weren't for you and the families going back and forth, how could so many people have died? That's more than 70,000 people! It's all flesh and blood! ”

"I said that the family is powerful, and I can't do it in Shandong, have you forgotten?"

"Hehe, there are so many officials in the world, and there are countless orders that dare to be strong. What kind of officials do you put in all parts of Shandong? Look at the officers and soldiers who were robbed of their grain, they actually lived a good life in Shandong. Only the fool Chen sent out the door with the coffin. ”

Cai Cong said self-deprecatingly, Li Shimin was silent, he didn't dare to do it directly to the family, and he didn't dare to do it until the day he died. It's just that in such a temptation, the family is slowly weakened.

"I know I've wronged you, but I can't afford to gamble, so I'll take my whole body into action! If I make a move against this group of people, they will inevitably unite with the gentry, as well as the Turks, and the Goryeo sentence will attack the Tang Dynasty, and the world will be in turmoil at that time. ”

"What you said is right, the minister is also afraid, otherwise the heads of those seven old things should be hung on the city tower that day." Cai Cong said in a low voice, and suddenly he raised his head and shouted loudly: "However, this is not the reason for us to sacrifice innocent people, what the minister wants to say is something, even if it is a vigorous battle, it is better than watching the people die like this." ”

"Confused!" Li Shimin burst into a shout, glared at Cai Cong and said, "Young man, do you know how many people will die like this?" In the pre-Sui period, there were 8 million households in the country, and in the early years of Wude, there were less than 200 households in the country, and after ten years of life, now there are only 3 million households. ”

Cai Cong was silent, Li Shimin was telling the truth, if there were too many people in the war, he would not move the knife lightly for the sake of the superior.

"Even if you are very intelligent, but you look at the problem too extremely, reflect on it! I also love my people dearly, but sometimes I can't avoid giving orders that I don't want to give. Wei Zheng's side, you'd better think about how to deal with it, he should be coming back. Shandong said that he was more ruthless than you, and it was not counted as a killing, and in order to show his innocence, he said that he would crash to death on the doorpost of your house as soon as he arrived in Chang'an. ”

"When I get back, I'll have someone tear down the doorpost, and then it's none of my business."

"Slippery head! Reflect on it, I'm going back to the banquet. Li Shimin said with a smile, when he walked by Cai Cong's side, he suddenly kicked him in the ass, Cai Cong shouted sneak attack, Li Shimin smiled suspiciously: "Next time, if you dare to lose face like this in the court, I will take off your pants and parade the public." ”

Seeing Li Shimin laughing and walking around the corner, Cai Cong breathed a sigh of relief, today's scene can be regarded as a perfect ending. It was a pleasure to let Xu Jie kill so many people that night, but openly resisting the order, what should Li Shimin think of him Cai Cong, now he is just an angry young man with a hot head, and Li Shimin doesn't care too much in his heart.

In fact, it is the angry young brain, the key is how to make Li Shimin believe that this is the angry young brain, the most suspicious emperor, if Cai Cong does not make such a big move today, Li Shimin will definitely suspect that Cai Cong wants to provoke the world.

When Cai Cong rubbed his ass and walked back to the eldest grandson, the four people present burst into laughter, Cai Cong's buttocks were like sandbags, anyone who came over could hammer them a few times, Li Gang was like this, and so was Li Shimin.

"Laugh and laugh, when I'm old in the future, I'll grab young talents and kick them in the ass." Cai Cong said angrily, his buttocks were swollen, and now it was really swollen.

"Queen Mother, you see how shameless he is, this is a way to praise himself!" Li Chengqian's tears of laughter came out, and Li Tai hammered the table even more exaggeratedly.

Cai Cong only felt warm in his heart, his nose was sour, the most noble family in the world was changing ways to relieve his depressed mood, what did Cai Cong pay back this friendship?

"I'm hungry, I'm hungry, I'm full!" Cai Cong took a deep breath and shouted, the eldest grandson laughed, Li Chengqian also laughed, the family became personable, eating vegetables in small bites, talking in a low voice, and on one side, the ceremonial official finally showed a smiling face, which was in line with the norms of the heavenly family.

It was only noon when Cai Cong left the palace, and the gray sky was mixed with the slightest line of rain. When Cai Cong arrived, he didn't go into the imperial banquet to eat a bite of food, and he always had a pimple in his heart!

"Are you out?" Fang Yuan saw Cai Cong and said in confusion, how long has it been since he went in? Could it be that today is a light meal?

"If you don't come out, will you keep it for dinner? Have the brethren been sent home? Cai Cong glanced at him before he asked sadly.

"I sent it back, and the people sent by the imperial court also followed, and there was no shortage of pensions." Fang Yuan said calmly.

"What about their family?"

"Don't worry! Although sad, no one will complain, since they have chosen to eat a knife, they should think of this day. They're all grateful to you, at least for the fact that you didn't cut off part of it. ”

Fang Yuan said seriously, this is not enlightening Cai Cong, only people who grew up in this era and know this era well know how rare it is for superiors who do not eat military salaries and do not deduct pensions, just rush to this point, next time someone will block the knife for Cai Cong.

"Help me see if there is anything they need help at home, I still can't get past that level in my heart, and I don't dare to see them now." Cai Cong said in fear, don't say that he is ashamed, as a thief in his previous life, he was not a good person, whoever dies will die, and he doesn't need to explain to anyone, but now it's different, he can't cope with this change, so he can only choose to escape.

"You're just too soft-hearted, so where are you going now?" Fang Yuan said casually, in his opinion, dead people are normal, they can be sad for a while, but they must not indulge in it.

"Go back to the village! If I don't go back, my mother is afraid that she will chase after Chang'an. Cai Cong said with a smile, Sister Cai probably won't go out in person, but it is very likely to send a maid.

But he probably didn't think that Sister Cai would be suffering. With two books under his arms and a red rope less than two inches long tied to his feet, he walked on a wooden board that could only accommodate one foot.

On the side, an old pious woman sat on a chair, holding a bamboo board in her left hand, holding a teacup in her right hand, taking a sip from time to time.

Sister Cai was probably tired and couldn't stand steadily, one foot stepped on the plank, the old woman put down the teacup and stood up violently, and shouted to Sister Cai: "Stretch out your hand, is there any noble demeanor?" ”

Sister Cai didn't dare to talk back, looked at her red and swollen left hand, and stretched out her right hand. The old goddess smiled and said, "Stretch out your left hand, and your right hand will practice the etiquette of eating with chopsticks for a while, and you will have an excuse if you hit it." ”

Sister Cai'er's tears instantly reached her eyes, and she gritted her teeth and stretched out her left hand. The eyes of the two maids on the side were red, and they wanted to bite this old pious woman to death.

The old goddess smiled evilly, rounded the bamboo board, pumped Sister Cai three times, looked at the swollen left hand, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a chuckle: "Continue to practice." ”

(End of chapter)