Chapter 85: The Princes and Ministers Communicate with Each other
"Wei Guo, Shuo Fang has nothing to do, you will stay in Chang'an for the time being, Bogutang was proposed by you, take the time to see how they are doing, let them change if they are wrong, and accompany Guang'an more, but you can't do anything that will disgrace the royal family." After retiring from the court, Li Shimin returned to the harem and saw that Feng Daiwen had not left, so he left him for dinner.
"The minister obeys," Feng Daiwen, who didn't know how to answer, had no choice but to say straight.
"Aiqing knows more about the current situation of the Turks than I do in Shuofang, and what do you think about the grasslands," Li Shimin asked.
"The cold winter of the grassland is approaching, and the two of them have already ceased fighting, and the minister thinks that the beginning of spring will be known," Feng Daiwen said.
"Oh, can my Datang take the opportunity to send troops to destroy the Turks in one fell swoop." Li Shimin asked:
"The minister thinks that it is not appropriate to send troops in the spring, first, there is not enough grain and grass, if it is forcibly mobilized, I am afraid it will affect the country, and secondly, it is not good to mobilize fewer soldiers and horses, and more will affect spring ploughing, even if it is defeated, it is not easy to settle, if the saint is patient for a year, after a year, I Datang will have enough materials and grain and grass to digest the grassland, and I can't fight it and leave it alone." Feng Daiwen analyzed.
"Wei Guo is reasonable, pharmacists, auxiliary machines they said the same, it seems that I still have to wait for a year, but it seems that Wei Guo has already begun to prepare, with wool, goat milk powder, even if I don't want the grassland, the family will eat the grassland powder clean," Li Shimin said with a smile. Li Shimin knew how greedy those big families were.
"The saint is wise, the minister is indeed preparing, be prepared," Feng Daiwen said with a smile.
The two then talked about some idle things, while drinking and chatting, Li Shimin has been listening to Feng Daiwen's arrangements and experiences, although he also received a report after all, it was not true, Li Shimin was happy to have a drink with Feng Daiwen, and when he heard that he found out that he had saved Zhang Gongjin in time, he was even more happy to drink three glasses in a row.
"Okay, okay, you and I don't have to see each other like this, but since I ascended the throne, the old brothers have either been guarding outside, or they have respected and alienated me, and I am about to become a real loner." Li Shimin sighed and did not call himself me.
"A saint is a saint who belongs to all the people of the world, so naturally he can't be taken lightly," Feng Daiwen replied cautiously.
"Hmph, you are also sloppy with me, who is missing is not the same, except for some old brothers, many people think about their own family first, thinking about the country, or you and Shubao, Jingde, Zhijie, only a few of you can accompany me to live and die together, everyone else is selfish, hum I don't know." I don't know if Li Shimin is drinking high, and he is already talking about wine.
"In fact, many people are willing to die for the saint and Tang, but the saint just thinks that everyone is estranged, so he has such an idea." Feng Daiwen persuaded:
"Weiguo, now there are only you and me, tell me why your Feng family did not hesitate to support me, and as soon as you arrived in Chang'an, you would sacrifice your life and forget your life to help me." Li Shimin stared at Feng Daiwen with red eyes and asked. Although Li Shimin believed very much in this person who was bloody with him and desperately covered himself, he had always hidden doubts in his heart, but Feng Daiwen was still from a family after all, so he couldn't help but think about it.
"The minister was born in Lingnan, since he was a child, he has seen many people eat very poor food, and they can't eat enough, they starve to death, they die of disease, many, many, they don't even have a decent clothes, they are skinny, even the minister's family wears linen clothes and animal skin armor most of the time, and the food is good, often Aya will bring back wild beasts, and most of the time the grain is still coarse grain, and the minister thinks that he must do something in the future." Feng Daiwen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Shimin asking, after all, they would trust each other only when things were said, so he recalled the scene when he first arrived in Lingnan and said slowly.
"Even so, the people are very good to the minister's family, often help to farm the land, give them a little food is very content, and have been thinking about good, every time the slang people make trouble, they are very active to help defend the city, quell the chaos, the minister made up his mind, in the future, he must let them live a good life, follow the teacher to study for a few years, but unfortunately the family teacher died of illness three years ago." Feng Daiwen saw that Li Shimin did not answer, so he had to continue to make it up.
"Just look at the ability of Wei Guo to know that the Ling Shi must be a generation of masters, but unfortunately the fate is not a sight, the Wei Guo can contribute what he has learned to benefit the people of the world to be worthy of the hard work that the Ling Shi taught you." Li Shimin also sighed.
"Yes, the family teacher often says that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, and also said that the most bitter people in all dynasties are the people, as the so-called prosperity of the people suffers, and the people of death suffer. As for why the Chen family supports the saint, as soon as the grandmother of the minister is concerned, there is a family motto, although the descendants of the Feng family are in the wilderness, they must not forget the identity of the Han people, and they must not separate the country, so the Feng family will be loyal to whoever the main middle palace will be loyal to, if it is the Ming monarch, the clan will help, and if it is the faint monarch, it will protect the people," Feng Daiwen explained for Li Shimin, and he was not worried about Li Shimin's grudge, believing in his tolerance.
"I see, no wonder your Feng family has always been in Lingnan, but the person who was born in Lingshi has the world in mind, and he can understand his heart from just a few words, and the former Sui is really ,,," Li Shimin sighed, after all, Yang Guang and Li Shimin are also relatives, and it is really difficult to say that he had to stop.
"Yes, so when the Emperor Taishang established the Tang Dynasty, the world was clear, and it was time for the Feng family to go out of Lingnan, the minister heard about the deeds of the saint very early, and he has always admired it, originally he just wanted to follow the saint to conquer the world, and it was unintentional to get to this day." Feng Daiwen continued to explain.
"Yes, it's all unintentional to get to this day, and it's all involuntary! However, in the future, you and I will have to protect this great country with the dedication of your monarchs and ministers. Li Shimin thought that he had come so far.
"The minister is happy to have the trust of the saint to show his strength, and he can show the ambition in the heart of the minister, the saint is broad-minded, and it is really an honor to be able to allow the minister to change indiscriminately." Feng Daiwen said excitedly.
"Haha, Weiguo just let it go, I will back you up," Li Shimin said with a laugh while holding the wine.
"Hmph, how can Wei Guo not dissuade the emperor from drinking so much wine!" At this time, the eldest grandson pushed the door in with the palace maid, and when he saw Li Shimin's drunken appearance, he was angry at Feng Daiwen.
"It's okay, I'm happy today," Li Shimin said with a stunned smile at his eldest grandson.
Seeing that Li Shimin was already drunk, the eldest grandson glared at Feng Daiwen, helped Li Shimin and said, "The emperor drinks a bowl of sobering soup," and said as he picked up the soup bowl and fed Li Shimin.
"The minister is retiring," Feng Daiwen hurriedly said goodbye when he saw this.
"Go and take Xiaotai and them to live with you for a few days, they know that you are back, and they all come to beg the palace to let them come to you, bring the prince with them, teach them well, don't teach the prince badly. Xiaotai is much more naughty now, he doesn't listen to the words of the palace as much as before, a child who used to love to read a lot, now he thinks about practicing martial arts every day, hum," the eldest grandson said to Feng Daiwen very dissatisfied:
"I," Feng Daiwen, who was really speechless, had to agree, knowing that the eldest grandson was angry with himself when he saw Li Shimin drunk.