Chapter 67: Entering the Palace in Secret

After receiving the note from Li Yuan, Xu Qing thought for a while, and his mood was also low, and he didn't even pay the "regular money" that was never lacking in the evening.

What kind of broken invitation is this, how to get a broken note, or a broken child who can't ask anything. However, if you look at this token, this shabby "edict" should not be fake, but Li Yuan is an emperor, why is it so obscene to send a letter, summon a courtier and hand over a note.

Letting go of Li Yuan's way of sending letters, Xu Qing was extremely depressed about one more thing. The letter reads, "Xuan Xu will enter the palace for dinner tomorrow", and the word "tomorrow night" is a bit strange.

Because since this is the way the letter is sent, it is necessary to consider the delay of the letter, and the time of the invitation should be written on the day of the month, not "tomorrow night". And a little broken child came to deliver the letter, aren't you afraid of losing it, it means that the person who sent the letter above must know Xu Qing's precise location, and has been monitoring Xu Qing's movements, Xu Qing doesn't like this feeling of being touched and monitored. Don't? Or...... Is there a spy among your own people?

In short, no matter what the situation is, it is not welcome. But after receiving the note, Xu Qing had to obediently do it and go to "have dinner", but he didn't know where the palace was and how to get there, but fortunately, anyone in Chang'an City knew how to go to the palace.

The next day, Xu Qing set off early in the morning. This time it's timed, unlike after the vague injury is healed, so I can only go early, not late, and there are still doors and alleys in the palace. This time, Xu Qing didn't bring the official ceremony, because the cows may not be able to enter the first gate if they eat grass.

Go east through Suzaku Street to Qichangfang, then go north, walk to Chongrenfang, you can see the city wall of the imperial city, behind the city wall is Taiji Palace, of course, now it should be called Daxing Palace, and it is Ruizong's business to call Taiji Palace.

The current Taiji Palace, that is, Daxing Palace, is Li Yuan's main "work area", and behind Daxing Palace is the vast Royal Forbidden Garden, which is a place for the harem and the emperor to play and rest.

Xu Qing inquired for a while before leaving, and knew that he was going to the harem, so he went straight to the Xuanfu Gate between the front and the harem. Along the way, looking at the towering walls of the imperial city, I couldn't see the end, and sighed that the emperor's office was so big, and I don't know how much bigger it was than the small halls rented out on TV.

Maybe it was the role of the token, Xu Qing and his party were politely entertained, and even the cattle were not left out to graze, and they were invited to the inner room of the soldiers to rest. Xu Qing looked around refreshed, excited, don't pay the ticket, my God, this little palace maid is handsome...... Why hasn't this old man Li Yuan died yet, this is admiring him.

After receiving Xu Qing's little eunuch and leaving, Xu Qing began to walk around, looking at the palace maids and eunuchs coming and going, and seeing that there was only one with him, the taste was more refreshing than falling into the bathhouse of the women's college. Inside the palace, Xu Qing didn't dare to walk around, and went back to a small house and waited for a few hours, before Xu Qing saw the little eunuch who received him again. Look at the sky, it is only three or four o'clock, during this time period, except for Xu Qing's family, everyone else in Datang has begun to prepare dinner.

Walk through the doors, walk into the West Garden, it is really a five-step first floor, ten steps and a pavilion, the corridor waist is manyback, the eaves are high pecked, but a pavilion and a pavilion, a flower, a grass and a tree all have a rule, and all sides look at a "good painting", which is wonderful. Xu Qing followed the little eunuch with anticipation, so that he could have a stick of incense, and arrived at a pavilion, where two low tables were placed.

"This master, you just wait here, the emperor has already moved over, just talk to the ......" The little eunuch respectfully said some precautions to Xu Qing, it seems that the little eunuch doesn't know Xu Qing's identity yet, and then left alone. After a while, the emperor arrived, and then he did a lot of red tape to Li Yuan, fortunately, there was a eunuch with Xu Qing to do it, otherwise he really couldn't take it down.

The three dishes on Xu Qing's table, a plate of roast mutton, a whole chicken, and a plate of purslane, were insignificant compared to Li Yuan's ten bowls. Li Yuan didn't move the chopsticks, and Xu Qing didn't dare to move the chopsticks, he only dared to look down at his nose, this was the so-called rule that the little eunuch told Xu Qing, and the pavilion was silent and very depressing.

"Xu Chuliu, or Xu Qing?" Li Yuan broke the silence.

"Minister Xu Chuliu, also Xu Qing'......" Xu Qing said and secretly glanced at Li Yuan, with a short beard and a slightly dark face, a tall half-old man.

"Well, the settlement is a good name, but it fits your identity......" Li Yuan looked playfully at Xu Qing, who was sitting at the bottom, who didn't dare to be angry and only dared to squint his eyes, remembering what it was like when he was a minister. Xu Qing, what do you think of Liu Heimin's defeat of the Turks and the disturbance of the Turks? ”

"Li Jing led the troops to go, there is nothing to be afraid of, this battle will be won......" Xu Qing naturally knew that the * Ji kicked the iron plate this time, Li Jing not only won the battle, but also wiped out the * Ji in one fell swoop.

"Oh?" Li Yuan looked at Xu Qing confidently saying that the battle would be won, and his face showed a little joy, and said, "But the people of Hebei are not attached, what can they do?"

"The people's livelihood depends on it, and the people's will is attached ......to it," Xu Qing replied by changing "the words of improving the people's living standards".

"Oh? If you were asked to govern Hebei, what would you do? ”

"Lightly pay for the meager endowment, rest with the people, remove tariffs, and attract investment to make up for the shortage."

"Oh? I've heard a lot of words about resting with the people, and the removal of tariffs and investment promotion sounds fresh, and the removal of tariffs, where does the imperial court come from? Li Yuan asked with interest, finally no longer so serious.

Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't know why Li Yuan wanted to ask this, so he thought about it and said: "The tariffs are heavy, and the merchants often sell more than half of the things, and the merchants are unwilling to go far. In this way, if the merchant is not good, then just like a person's blood is not connected, there will be paralysis where the blood is not connected. The abolition of tariffs is to clear the blockage and return blood and nourish the whole body. As for the loss of customs duties, commercial value-added tax can be charged, such as not earning ten yuan, one penny, instead of ten stones for transporting goods. ”

"Hmm, hehe...... I didn't expect you to be quite politically talented, and you have a lot of wonderful ideas. Li Yuan smiled, but didn't say anything else to affirm Xu Qing, picked up the chopsticks and clamped it, meaning that after the question before the meal, it was time to eat.

Xu Qing was naturally not polite, he had been hungry for a long time, and halfway through eating, Li Yuan said: "It's the first time I've seen you eat like this, I invited other courtiers to eat, and they all only ate one bite and thanked them and went out, you are so ......."

"Forehead ......" Xu Qing held the chopsticks, there were still unchewed vegetables in his mouth, he didn't know whether to swallow or spit it out, and said depressedly: Did the little eunuch say this rule?

"You eat, I can't eat enough, I still have it here, it's good to be young, eat a lot, and eat deliciously......" Li Yuan looked at Xu Qing's taste so good, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, looking at the exquisite food in front of him, he didn't feel the slightest feeling of wanting to move his chopsticks. Xu Qing saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, and secretly said that when the hawthorn was ripe, he would make some pastries and send them over, and it would be good to exchange them for a reward of a few acres of land.

After eating, when he was about to wipe his mouth and leave, Li Yuan spoke:

"Xu Qing listened to the order, and asked you to be reappointed as the court doctor, and from tomorrow you will participate in the court meeting and enter the palace to discuss matters. In addition, you have made a lot of meritorious contributions, and I thought that you were only alone, so you could not fully appreciate them. Now you are crowned with your wife Luonan County Jun, give Xiang Luan brocade, Jin Luan Luo fourteen, Xun Fang, Xun Yeyu, Zhang Linlin three people plus Cao to join the army. ”

After Li Yuan finished speaking in one breath, Xu Qing was dumbfounded, sure enough, the meal was going to be eaten to the end, there were easter eggs!

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