The conversation with Li Yuan was very pleasant, and the father and son did not have much disagreement.

Mainly because in the past few years, Li Yuan has completely let go of everything, and he can be regarded as having understood the philosophy of life.

What do people live this life for?

Power? Money? Or desire?

No, in order to let myself live this life happily.

Power has been its own, money has been its own, and desires have been satisfied.

But the result?

Of the four sons born to him, the third died young, the eldest died unexpectedly, the second imprisoned himself, and the fourth killed the second and rescued himself.

Li Yuan is very satisfied with his current life, although he has no power, as long as he does not involve some important issues, Li Yuan only needs one sentence, Li Yuanji will not give himself face, and now he is free, he can go anywhere at will, do whatever he wants, do not have to worry about anything, have endless money, and enjoy endless blessings.

I often think of my deceased sons, and I always have regret in my heart.

can regret and regret, but Li Yuan has no intention of doing anything again, his life is very good now, and he doesn't need to change it.

Li Yuan, who has clearly recognized the current situation, when talking to Li Yuanji, naturally he will not be as impulsive as when he talked to Li Shimin before, and some questions are only pointed, whether to listen or not, Li Yuanji has his own considerations.

After chatting with Li Yuanji for a while, Li Yuan was a little speechless and stopped.

After all, there are lessons from the past, although Li Yuanji is performing well now, who can guarantee that it will always be like this?

Although Li Yuan doesn't think about himself, he also has to think about his other sons, among the remaining sons, Li Yuanji is the oldest, and he is twenty-nine years old this year.

As for the rest, the fifth son died young, and the sixth son, Li Yuanjing, is only 14 years old this year, and it is impossible for him to pose any threat to Li Yuanji politically, and he has no connections of his own.

As for the rest, they are even smaller, and there are even a few that are still in their infancy.

Li Yuan didn't dare to guarantee that after a hundred years, Li Yuanji would not attack these princes, although he didn't know these things, let alone knew about them, but he still couldn't help but have some worries.

"Yuanji, Yuanjing will be sixteen after the New Year, and he is barely an adult, what are you going to do with it?" After a long time, Li Yuan couldn't help but glance at Li Yuanji.

I don't want him to do what he says, I just want him to give himself a satisfactory answer in his lifetime, so that he can be carefree when he leaves in the future.

If you don't ask for the king, if you can give them a sum of money, it is acceptable for them to go outside and find a way out.

After all, the identity of the royal family is still too dangerous for them.

They are young, but most of them are older than Li Yuanji's sons, and when Li Yuanji is old, when he is the crown prince, these imperial uncles are not like this now.

"Anyway, they are Erchen's brothers after all, even if there is something in the future, at least Erchen, as a brother, can't be sorry for them first." Li Yuanji didn't have too much worry about this, those little children were not worth spending too much energy to beware, "Prince Feng, I will set a rule in the future, and I will be the king at the age of sixteen." ”

Li Yuan nodded, but he didn't say anything.

But in his heart, he was very satisfied with this answer, at least Li Yuanji had already expressed his position, if he couldn't even be satisfied with this condition, then Li Yuan really couldn't think of what other conditions he wanted?

As early as last year, Li Yuanji had already promulgated a new decree that no prince or prince other than the crown prince should open a government office, interfere in government affairs, or interfere in military affairs.

That is to say, except for the crown prince, the other princes and county kings are all bird-like, and no one is more noble than the other.

To put it bluntly, Li Yuanji is going to raise these princes and county kings as if he were pets, and give you a sum of money every month, so that you can live a carefree life, if you are not satisfied, you can also do business by yourself, but everything has to be in accordance with the rules.

Therefore, since last year, all the princes of the Tang Dynasty have been princes without any power, except for Li Daozong, of course.

But this is just an isolated case, and Li Daozong himself is willing to accept the emperor's supervision, everything about him is transparent, so Li Yuanji can use him with confidence.

However, for the sake of fairness and justice, Li Yuanji also publicly stated that for this term, after the term of office, either Li Daozong asked for a demotion of his lordship, or he enjoyed treatment like other princes without interfering in politics.

I have to say, this method is quite good.

In addition to the crown prince, other princes are not allowed to contact politicians and generals, which avoids the bloody cases caused by the struggle for power and profit in the future to the greatest extent.

And if the princes have no power, and if they don't die, then no matter who ascends the throne, they will not do anything to these people, this is a method once and for all.

Of course, there is no need to worry that these people will not be able to get rid of it.

In fact, after reaching a critical value, the number of princes is basically fixed, and it is difficult to have a large increase or decrease.

Because the Tang Dynasty, like other dynasties, the title was passed down one level for each generation.

A prince will become a prince of the country after two generations, and he will become an ordinary commoner in less than ten generations, so there is nothing to worry about.

With this system, coupled with Li Yuanji's statement, Li Yuan could not be said to be unhappy, and finally solved a root cause of the disease that had been pressing on his heart.

The two chatted for a while, and Li Yuan ran to tease a few emperors and grandchildren, and occasionally held the emperors and granddaughters in Yang's or Yu'er's arms in his arms and laughed, feeling extremely happy.

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It's been a boring year, so boring that it makes people feel a little moldy.

During the period, the cabinet ministers took turns to enter the palace to congratulate, but they left with a large number of Li Yuanji's return gifts.

There are also a lot of officials who go back and forth in private, but because it is the Chinese New Year, Li Yuanji is too lazy to care about those, as long as it is not an extreme gang, it is acceptable.

In addition, Li Yuanji also asked people to prepare a lot of gifts.

In the past year, the Royal Business Group has spent a lot, but it has also gained a lot.

Officials above the fifth rank gave some slightly more precious gifts and varying amounts of gold, and officials above the seventh rank gave some less precious gifts and silver, and even the officials below the ninth rank, Li Yuanji did not forget them.

It's just that it can't be too much to give, after all, the royal family is not engaged in charity, and it is not easy to earn that little money, so you can't give it all away during the New Year, right?

So from the ninth to the eighth grade, each person sent a tael of silver.

Although the gift is light, but the affection is heavy, after all, it was sent by the emperor, even if it is just a chicken feather, they must offer it well.

A lowest-level official can get a gift from the emperor, even if it is only one tael of silver, this is a supreme honor for them, even if someone is willing to exchange ten taels of gold for this tael of silver with them, it is estimated that most of them will not exchange it.

Although everyone knows that this is a batch, it does not mean anything, but no matter how batch it is, there are hundreds of thousands of officials across the country, and only these nearly 1,000 officials in Chang'an have received gifts from the emperor, not to mention anything else, the capital of bragging is there.

There are even many people who directly offer the silver or gold sent by the emperor, which is not a derogatory term, and now the minister of which cow breaks does not have a special offering platform at home, and there is no treasure given by the emperor on it, and they are embarrassed to pull their colleagues to show off at home.

Under the squandering of a large number of gifts and money, Li Yuanji once again ruthlessly bought a wave of people's hearts.

Although it did not affect the people, there is one thing that cannot be denied, the news still spread, after all, nearly 1,000 people have received it, and it is impossible for no one to go out to show off, so that in the people, Li Yuanji's prestige is much higher.

After all, such a loving and righteous emperor is rare now.

In addition, their lives have indeed improved in the past few years, and the price of grain has been declining year by year, and it will soon reach the point where the people disdain to look at the price of food.

And everyone knows that the expenses of the royal family do not take money from the treasury, but are taken care of by the royal business group.

Although the power of the common people is small, it adds up to a lot, and many people prefer to go to the Royal Commercial Group to join in the fun, although they can not afford to buy much.

On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Li Jing and Su Dingfang entered the palace and told Li Yuanji about the results of their final discussion, which was also a farewell.

Tomorrow morning, they will go back to their respective places, and when they meet again, it will only be when they return victoriously.

At this time, Li Yuanji's heart was a little tangled.

He wants to expand, he wants to make a name for himself, but he doesn't want to watch people die, to die in battle.

Although some women are benevolent, it is not like the idea that an emperor should have.

After all, he has done a very good job, adapting in advance, innovating equipment, improving treatment and a series of other measures, and those soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are more willing to fight and seize military exploits to justify themselves.

"When I arrived at the place, I told the soldiers that I am waiting for you to return in Chang'an, and on that day, I will personally stand outside the city to greet the soldiers, not only to greet them, but also to hold a banquet to invite you good men who throw their heads and spill blood for the Tang Dynasty!" Motivational words must be said, but no matter how much you say, it is better to do better.

Send them money? Together, there are more than 200,000 people, and their own small coffers can't take out so much money, the only thing they can do is to put on a big banquet and eat the banquet set by the emperor, no matter when, for these ordinary people, it is an exciting thing.

In fact, many times, Li Yuanji doesn't mind lowering his status to mingle with those grassroots soldiers, and he understands them, because he is also from the grassroots and knows the hardships of the grassroots.