Chapter Eighty-Seven: Pei Lonely

After the Xiao family offered two tea estates, the Gao family also followed suit and sent the title deed of a saline-alkali land by the Bohai Sea. It also shows that Li De can go to receive it at any time, and before that, he will be taken care of by their two family servants.

The two families are so interested in Li De that he will also do it, and when he has his hands freed, he can prepare to develop these two businesses, and it is best to bring the big families and the nouveau riche of the court over, so that they will be united, and there will be less trouble for Li De in the future. I'm not afraid, but it's good to have fewer obstacles. Just when Li De was about to find a craftsman to study roasted tea and make salt, his father sent someone to summon Li De into the palace, saying that he missed his son, and Li De could only obediently enter the palace to see his father.

Came to Da'an Palace, because Li Yuan had already made peace with Li Shimin, and finally gave up stumbling on Li Shimin under Li De's persuasion, with him in the middle of the peace, Li Yuan was not against Li Shimin, after all, he was also the emperor, so he naturally knew how tempting this position was, and it was beyond the reach of man to come to this point, and Li De and Li Shimin had a very good relationship, and Li De was willing to help Li Shimin rule the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin saw that his father finally recognized him and gave you the Taiji Hall as the main hall, Li Shimin was overjoyed, and went to Da'an Palace every day to ask Li Yuan for peace, and from time to time he sent a lot of good things to Li Yuan to fulfill his filial piety.

From the Three Kingdoms period to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty by Li Yuan, the three words of Taiji Hall have always been the orthodox places confirmed by the rulers of the dynasty, that is, they have been destroyed many times in history, and the emperor's office is still called Taiji Hall after the relocation of the capital. Now that Li Shimin has obtained the jade seal of the country, and Li Yuan has given up the Taiji Hall by himself, Li Shimin's throne has been justified and firmly rocked. broke the Turks again and took revenge, Li Shimin was full of red light during this time, and he was very happy.

Li De walked to the palace and saluted Li Yuan, who was sitting on the top, "Dad, my son has come to see you."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, the third child, you have a heart, come on, come, I'll introduce you to a close friend of the old man." ”

Li De saw that there was an old man with a white beard sitting under Li Yuan's head, who seemed to be very old, but his eyes were indeed full of wisdom. Those who are even more good friends with Li Yuan are definitely not ordinary people.

Li Yuan pulled Li De and said, "Come, this is your father's friend, Pei Lian." ”

Li De said in surprise: "You are Shi Zhixuan." ”

Pei Lin said suspiciously, "Why is the prince so called the old man, the old man's surname is Pei Minglone, the word Xuanzhen, and he has never called Shi Zhixuan." ”

Li De touched his nose embarrassedly and said, "Pei Xiang, don't blame, you are very similar to a person I heard about, and you think about it for a while, don't mind." ”

Pei Lin nodded and said, "It's okay." However, the prince doesn't need to call the old man Pei Xiang, His Majesty has already removed the old man from all his official positions last year. Order a person to move back to his place of origin. The old man came to see the emperor this time, and he talked about the old feelings, and today he was afraid that it would be indefinite. ”

Seeing Pei Lin sighing like this, Li De didn't know how to answer. can only hear Pei Lone's loneliness from the words, Xiao Suo, it stands to reason that Pei Lone is his father, Li Yuan's henchman, he will discuss anything with Pei Lone, Pei Lone has followed Li Yuan since Li Yuan stayed in Taiyuan, from preparing to make Yang Guang's rebellion, to Li Yuan's ascension to the throne and becoming emperor, Pei Lone has made great contributions, slightly better than Li Shimin's henchman and eldest grandson Wuji. It is the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, Li De also understands that the removal of Pei Lian's official position is just for the replacement of the old and the new, Li Yuan has abdicated, and the old courtiers who keep him are naturally a thorn in Li Shimin's side, but if he wants to return to his hometown, he doesn't know what to provoke Li Shimin to make him so popular.

Li De didn't know how to answer this conversation, so he could only turn his head to look at Li Yuan, meaning your friend, you say, what kind of trouble is this?

Li Yuan coughed and said, "Third child." Pei Jian was affected by a monk named Faya, the monk because the people canceled his privilege to enter and leave the palace freely, so he held a grudge and resented your second brother, often bewitching the public, saying something demagogic and leading people to do evil, unfortunately Du Ruhui was in the trial of the case of the monk Falla, that Falla bit Pei Jian to death, and asked him to come back, which did not let the second child seize the opportunity and removed all his official positions and titles, in fact, the old man also understood that the second brother just wanted to replace me, these old ministers, It's just that Supervisor Pei has followed me for decades, and I have contributed to the work, so I will be removed from my official position, and it will be a bit too much to rush back to my hometown. The old man has few people to talk to except you, Pei Jian is gone, and the old man doesn't know how long he can live, and when people are old, they always think of the old feelings,"

Li De said, "Oh, old man, what's the use of you telling me this, you go and tell the second child, you see that now you have reconciled, as soon as you say it, he will definitely agree that he will not let Pei Gong return to his hometown." ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "It's because of the current situation, Dad, it's not easy for me to open this mouth, you think, I have already abdicated and moved out of the Taiji Palace, in fact, I recognized him as the emperor, and finally our father-son relationship eased, at this juncture, I intervened, it is difficult to ensure that the second child will not think about it, you are his own brother, I want you to persuade him to say a few words, only if you don't let Pei Jianbian return to his hometown, I also have a friend in Chang'an who walks around." ”

Li De thought that this was nothing, Li Shimin just wanted to get rid of Li Yuan's old courtier, and said, "Okay, Dad, I listen to you, but Pei Gong, I can talk about the front, what does my second brother think, you know in your heart, I can come forward to persuade him, let you stay in Chang'an, the matter of official position, I don't think you should think about it, you have already achieved fame, as the saying goes, once a son of heaven and a courtier, you can just retreat bravely and live in peace." You say no. ”

Pei Lin heard that Li De was willing to help and got up to salute Li De, but was supported by Li De, "Old man, thank you for your help." ”

Li De said, "I don't dare to accept your old gift, don't worry, I'll arrange it." ”

Li De turned his head to Li Yuan again and said, "Dad, you asked Wang Quan to go to the Taiji Hall for this matter, just say that we are playing mahjong here, there is a shortage of people, let him bring his sister-in-law over, and our family just has a table." I'm looking for a chance to talk to him."

Li Yuanlian said yes and arranged for the chamberlain to invite Li Shimin and his wife. Pei Lian's heart fell by more than half.

Not long after, Li Shimin and his eldest grandson Wujian came together.

Li Shimin saw that Pei Lin was still in Da'an Palace and didn't leave, and he wanted to lose his temper, but fortunately, the eldest grandson Wujian quietly sighed. Li Shimin is only patient.

Pei Lin stepped forward and saluted, "Grass people, meet Your Majesty, Queen"

Li Shimin nodded and walked up to Li De and said, "You kid, I heard that you went to Lantian and are going to build a big city?" ”

Li De said, "Yes, where I am going to build a new city, a workshop, a city, and a school. After completion, it will complement each other with Chang'an and promote the development of our Tang Dynasty, economy, culture and education. ”

Li Shimin said happily, "Okay, you have such ambitions, and the second brother fully supports you." Craftsmen, money and food, give as much as you want. ”

Li De said, "That's right, I'll solve the money and grain myself, and the money of the imperial court will still be used for the state, but the craftsmen and those Han slaves, you have to give me control." ”

Li Shimin was puzzled and said, "You built such a big city by yourself, and you took so much money?" You're not going to go to the steppe to rob again, are you? Third, let me tell you. ”

Li De hurriedly said, "How could it be,." I plan to build Lantian in several phases, instead of starting construction at the same time, so that I can start construction with very little investment, and you don't have to worry about money, I am planning several industries, as long as it is successful, the money is definitely enough for me to do a big job. ”

Li Shimin was very curious and said, "Oh, if you have such a good business and such a profit, you have to let me participate in it. ”

Li De said, "No, you are also worried about this money, this time when you come back from the grassland, your treasury is full." ”

Li Shimin said with a wry smile, "Hey, you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, this big victory is indeed a lot of seizures, but the officials of the imperial court are not vegetarians, all eyes are staring at the treasury, this wants money, that wants money, to tell you the truth, I want to speed up the construction of Daming Palace, but Wei Zheng's old goods have been brought back, what to say that we should be people-oriented, and first consider improving the quality of life of the people." This day, all the people in the court have asked me for money. ”

Li De laughed and said, "You just have fun, how much can you do with so much money and food, the people know that you can give priority to them, I don't know how to say hello, you are still so hypocritical, you have to be the emperor of the ages." Okay, I don't want to eat alone, I'll let my second sister-in-law run it with me when the time comes, and make some money for you to spend, okay. ”

Li Shimin and the eldest grandson said happily: "Of course." ”

After chatting, the chamberlain set up a mahjong table in the side hall and invited them to the table. When the eldest grandson saw that Pei was there, he sat next to Li Shimin and served him tea and water.

Li Yuan, Pei Lian. Li De and Li Shimin happened to be at the same table. Li Yuan was not allowed to sit in the village and roll the dice, and the sound of mahjong rose in response. To say that since Li De made mahjong, the quintessence of mahjong, now there is an uproar everywhere in Chang'an, from the princes and nobles, down to the peddlers and pawns, all of them love, one billion people and nine billion hemp, the charm of this thing can be seen. Combining vertical and horizontal, hidden strategies are really good things for relatives to move around and make friends for entertainment.

"Bang", "Four", "Touch", "Five Tubes", "Up", "Thirty Thousand", "Wait for me, I'm hu." "Haha, give money, give money"

Li Yuan made a fool of 10,000 words, laughed and looked for someone to collect money, and Li Shimin and Li De also happily released the water to make Li Yuan happy.

After the next round, there were both losses and wins, and Li De put a mixed color to Li Shimin, making him happy and happy, and just opened his mouth to plead with Pei Lian.

"Second brother, you see that Pei Gong is a good friend of his father, and his father is a lot happier with him, you see that his old people have moved to Da'an Palace. You don't have to open your mouth, and you're happy, isn't it? I think you're looking at Daddy, forget it,"

"Although it is said that once a son of heaven and a courtier, Pei Gong is a patriarch, although there is a mistake, but you flatten him to the end. , other courtiers are talking nonsense that you are ruthless and ruthless, in my opinion, it is better to leave Pei Gong in Chang'an, in order to highlight your care for the elders, the benevolence of the old ministers, and give the ministers a decent look. ”

Li Shimin groaned and thought that he originally wanted to be ruthless to get rid of Pei Lin and let those people retreat bravely, which was a signal he sent to the old ministers, but the third child was right, his father did not give him a stumbling block anymore, and he automatically moved out of the Taiji Hall and gave him a correct name, the face of the father and the third child had to be given, and then nodded and said, "Pei Gong, then I will not let you go back to your hometown for the sake of my father and the third brother, and I will resume the Chang'an mansion for you later, and you will live in Chang'an to retire, and you can also enter the palace to accompany the emperor." ”

Pei Lin finally doesn't have to go back to his hometown if he gets amnesty, if he goes back to this old bone, he will not be far from death, Pei Lin bowed and thanked Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the grassland must cultivate one's self-cultivation, spend the rest of your life well, and don't participate in political affairs." ”

Li Shimin nodded after seeing Pei Lian's promise not to participate in politics, and did not continue the topic, the four of them had a tacit understanding to play mahjong and solve Pei Lian's troubles, Li De did not show mercy to his subordinates, and said that there was no father and son on the mahjong table, and Li De had lost a lot in front of him.