Volume 1 Chapter 37: New Year's Greetings at the Palace (3)
"Niu'er, you can eat here by yourself, I'm going to eat too." Yin Qingfeng patted her and said. And as a foodie, she didn't pay attention to him at all.
"Uncle, are there any horses to match?"
"What? There's not enough for you to ride, don't be greedy. ”
"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent an army to play a heroic trick in order to win the Heavenly Horse of the Western Regions. It stands to reason that those horses have been bred for hundreds of years, at least China should not lack good horses, why can't my uncle give up one? ”
"Of course, there is no shortage of ordinary horses, but there are not many that can be regarded as good horses."
"The little nephew remembers that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established the Shandan Horse Farm in the Hexi Corridor and cultivated a large number of usable military horses, which are now in the hands of my Tang people?"
"There's still a lot of it in Tuyuhun."
"Then what are you waiting for, isn't it over if you find a chance to kill him?"
"To put it lightly, now that the dynasty has just been established, the soldiers and horses are mainly to guard against the Turks in the north and northwest, the high opening road of Huairong, and the Liang division of Shuofang. Now is not the time to think about Tuyuhun.
By the way, more than 50,000 pairs of horseshoe paws you have offered have been made, and they have all been equipped in the army. I really hope to have a good fight with that steppe barbarian. ”
"Already massively assembled? Be careful to keep it confidential. Although they are barbarians, they are not fools. ”
"You're absolutely right. Before the official war with the Turks, the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry had no chance to leak secrets. ”
"That's fine."
"Okay, after talking for a long time, let's go to your aunt and talk, they all want to see you."
"Don't, my uncle hasn't promised to give my little nephew two horses!"
"Why did it become two horses again?"
"Let's not talk about a few, it is not a problem to raise many horses in a place as big as the little nephew, the key is that the little nephew wants to try to see if he can cultivate a large number of horses, and not like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who crossbred the heavenly horses with the local inferior horses, making it difficult to find a bloody BMW with noble blood.
If the uncle can get a few horses, the little nephew promises to send the foal to you when he is two years old, and the little nephew does not plan to go to war, at most he will ride it when he is fine. ”
"Don't have anything else in mind?"
"What does uncle think of his little nephew? The little nephew just thought that his uncle had rewarded so many good horses to the nobles, and it would be troublesome for their horses to leave purebred offspring, so it was better to send them there so that they could have children when they were fine, so that they would definitely breed quickly. ”
"Let's talk about that."
Yin Qingfeng shrugged his shoulders, this was really just a temporary idea for him.
"Ren's Yuemei greets His Royal Highness King Qin."
When Yin Qingfeng and Li Shimin entered the house, it was Yuemei who reacted the fastest. Yin Qingfeng looked at her demeanor, speed of speech, and expression, and it was obvious that she could reach the level of calmness.
Several princesses and a group of children saw the people coming in, and they all quickly got up to salute Li Shimin.
"Jiro is back!"
"I've seen Your Highness."
"The child has seen Aya!"
"This Xiao Langjun is Yueli's husband?"
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When Li Shimin's family was busy, Yin Qingfeng stepped forward to salute: "I've seen the four princesses." I've seen all the princes and county lords. ”
"What is your name princess, you call me uncle, they are your aunts, this is your eldest grandson, this is Aunt Yang, this is Aunt Yin, this is Aunt Wei, Aunt Yan."
Li Shimin is a typical machismo. Among his women, he only values his wife and eldest grandson, and the other women have little affection for him and don't care about it. Just look at the information of Li Shimin's children, many of them are marked with unknown biological mothers.
Similarly, Li Shimin only values the children born to the eldest grandson, and he doesn't care about the children born to other women. And the ones who don't care the most should belong to Concubine Yang's two sons. What is the reason for this, perhaps only Li Shimin himself knows.
Yin Qingfeng, who has been swimming among the flowers for many years, habitually observed these women of Li Shimin: the eldest grandson is the shortest, barely 1.6 meters long, her body is thin, and her facial features are not the most outstanding, but her temperament is the most noble and elegant among these people; The second in temperament and the first in appearance is Concubine Yang; The tallest Princess Wei is 1.9 meters. This Princess Wei's father is the Duke of Yun of the Great Sui Dynasty; The Yin princess is balanced in all aspects; Princess Yan is the most quiet, but her figure is really good.
"Yo~~~ This is the little Langjun that Erlang remembered, just this appearance is rare."
"Look at these eyebrows, look at the little face, it's so beautiful."
"I heard that this little Langjun is only fifteen or sixteen years old, you look at the height, Erlang doesn't know if he is so tall at the same age."
"How could he come up with such a good idea?" ......
They looked at Yin Qingfeng like giant pandas, and they were still muttering to each other.
Li Shimin was not angry that his women had no manners, because he was proud. Not to mention the young man who has such an achievement in Chang'an City, he was robbed by himself to recognize his son-in-law.
"It's rude for the little nephew to come here without a gift, and I ask your aunts to forgive me."
The eldest grandson, who had been observing Yin Qingfeng attentively just now, said: "This knight's costume is the best gift, I have already asked people to cut it, and it matters that these children also like it." By the way, the children haven't come to give Brother Yin a gift! ”
Thirteen girls and boys came up one by one to salute, and then they all looked at Yin Qingfeng curiously.
Yin Qingfeng said: "These are all my future sister-in-law and brother-in-law."
Li Shimin had more than 30 children in history, although there were not as many children as Li Yuan, but they were enough to break the cow.
However, Yin Qingfeng is also worried about Li Shimin: rebellion, debasement, early death, remarriage, etc., more than half of his children did not end well. There is no one with this level of education. In other words, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson are both famous in history, why can't they control the children? ”
Li Shimin instructed: "In the future, I will call him my brother, can I remember it?" ”
"Remember, Aya." The turnip heads replied in unison.
Yin Qingfeng looked at the ten-year-old girl standing at the front, it was estimated that it was Xiangcheng. Looking at the appearance, you know that she has picked up the advantages of her parents, and based on her appearance alone, the woman in the room is still the most outstanding in this Xiangcheng at the same age.
This little girl quietly went to that station, even if she saw Yin Qingfeng also observing her, she never had a shy or uneasy demeanor, and she seemed to be down-to-earth and generous.
Yin Qingfeng said: It seems that Li Shimin has found a good daughter-in-law for the master.
After seeing his daughter-in-law, Yin Qingfeng found the oldest boy among the children, and Yin Qingfeng knew that this was the son Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian was made crown prince when Li Shimin ascended the throne, when he was only eight or nine years old. Because he was very sensitive to Li Chengqian, and he was the eldest son, Li Shimin was very fond of him. It's just that I never thought that because of the rigid education methods of Kong Yingda and others, Li Chengqian had adolescent rebellious disorder, and he liked to be absurd in adulthood.
"Old Tang Book" recorded him: "Dozens of hundreds of permanent household slaves specialize in music, learn Hu people's vertebral hair, cut ribbons for dance clothes, look for swords and dance swords, day and night, the sound of drums and horns is heard outside every day." ”
What makes Li Shimin even more unacceptable is that this little brother pampered a male musician who was more than ten years old and named Chengxin, that is, the two of them engaged in Longyang and backed the mountain.
Later, for unknown reasons, Li Chengqian suffered from foot disease again, so that he became a lame duck, perhaps because he broke his leg, or maybe he had gout.
He was afraid that he would be deposed because of this, and he was deeply jealous of his half-brother Li Tai, the king of Wei, who was loved by Taizong. When he was twenty-five years old, he simply conspired with Li Yuanchang, the king of Han, Hou Junji, and Du Ruhui's son Du He. Unexpectedly, he was told by the guards around him.
Li Shimin saw the face of the deceased eldest grandson, and did not ask for his life, but was deposed as a concubine after being imprisoned, migrated to Qianzhou, and died there two years later.
Looking at Li Chengqian, before he was ten years old or became the prince, he was basically a good child. And after he became the crown prince, there were more and more people around him, and Li Shimin had just won the throne, and his parents didn't have time to care about him.
After chatting for a while after the meal, Li Shimin's family got up to send Yin Qingfeng and the little girl.
When he arrived at the Hanging Flower Gate, Li Shimin had no intention of stopping, but just let his wife and children go back.
The little girl understood that Li Shimin still had something to say to Yin Qingfeng, so she took Bai Xue and Yin Liang to converge.
"When are you going to go to Sycamore Villa?"
"Sycamore Villa?" Yin Qingfeng was a little unsure.
"It's Zhuangzi in the south of the city."
Yin Qingfeng calculated for a moment and said, "After the Shangyuan Festival." ”
"I thought about it just now, and I'm still going to transfer a few horses to you, and I'm not willing to let you try. But you have to keep this horse for me. ”
"Horses are not more expensive than ploughing cattle, and the little nephew can only be responsible for thinking of ideas, and the real breeder still depends on the uncle's arrangement."
"That's the way it should be."
"Then it's not a big problem, and the little nephew also hopes that in a few years, there will be a large number of excellent war horses galloping for my Tang Dynasty."
"That's why I agreed to your suggestion."
"Again, the horse must be the best to ensure that the cub is excellent."
"I still understand that."
Since he took a fancy to this matter, Yin Qingfeng felt that there seemed to be something that could be tried, "I heard that there is a bachelor named Xu Jingzong in the Qin Palace?" ”
Li Shimin was a little stunned, "Why did you mention him?" ”
Yin Qingfeng said the previous thing: "The ancients are cloudy, and they can't raise their godfathers. Judging from his son's performance alone, the younger nephew was skeptical of his character. The younger nephew wanted to transfer him to the cottage to help his uncle raise horses and cattle. If there is nothing wrong with the character, the little nephew will recommend it to the uncle. ”
After listening to this, Li Shimin pondered for a long time, "In this way, I didn't expect him to have good ability and good looks, but the education of his heirs is so poor, I originally wanted to arrange him to a position in the near future." I've been thinking about the talent and virtue you talked about before, and I've been thinking about it for a long time. Since you don't like him, you will take him away. ”
"After all, the little nephew is young, and some things are not accurate, maybe he has wronged him."
"It's better to be cautious."
"Then the little nephew will take his leave."