"Is that really what Li Xiu said?" In the Ganlu Palace, Li Yuan asked in disbelief. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"That's true, according to him, sweet potatoes not only have a high yield, but also do not pick the ground, whether it is saline-alkali or mountainous, can grow, and do not need to take too much care after planting, of course, the yield will be lower, but it is much stronger than wheat!" Pei Ju said solemnly, he stayed with Li Xiu for most of the day, and he didn't come back until it was getting late, but Li Xiu didn't say anything valuable after that, except for a warning to him, which also made Pei Xiu very helpless.

"It's not picky, it's not squeamish, and the yield is so high, but is there really such a food crop in this world?" Li Yuan stroked his beard at this time and said to himself again in disbelief, he always felt that Li Xiu's words this time were not very reliable.

"I also have some doubts about this, especially Li Xiu said that the yield per mu is just a conservative estimate, and the actual yield will only be more than this and not less than this, I wanted to propose to see the so-called sweet potatoes with my own eyes, but Li Xiu was very dissatisfied with my skeptical attitude, and then he didn't even bother to explain, so I didn't want to ask again." Pei Lin replied again.

"The yield per mu is only a conservative estimate, I'm afraid even the gods don't dare to say such big things, right?" Li Yuan chuckled when he heard this, and even more doubted whether Li Xiu had lied about this matter, after all, this was far beyond his cognitive common sense.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't think that Li Xiu is lying, for example, if you think about it the other way around, Li Xiu's lying will not do any good at all, but will only disgrace his reputation, and may even attract His Majesty's blame, this kind of thankless work, no one should do it, right?" Pei Lin spoke for Li Xiu at this time, which he only figured out on the way back.

"Hehe, Eunuch Pei, don't be deceived by Li Xiu, this kid is extremely treacherous, and he doesn't care about his reputation at all, last time I forced him to marry, mainly because I wanted to reuse it for him in the future, I guess he also felt it, so he wanted to use this method to defile himself, and even deliberately made me angry, thinking that in this way he could escape my appointment to him, and this is not the first time he has done this kind of thing, for example, the last time he fell out with Li Jing and fell out in the name of unfilial piety, I suspect that he did it on purpose." Li Yuan said with a smile at this time, he asked himself that he had seen through Li Xiu's tricks, but he didn't know that he had really wronged Li Xiu.

"This ...... With Li Xiu's character, it is really possible to do such a thing. Pei Lin also showed a contemplative expression when he heard this, but then he said a little unwillingly, "But what if this sweet potato is real, then wouldn't we miss a great opportunity to solve the food shortage?" ”

"Hahaha~, Supervisor Pei, why are you confused, even if the sweet potatoes are real, Li Xiu can only plant sweet potatoes on the land of our Datang, and with his and Pingyang's temperament, he will definitely promote sweet potatoes in the future, so there is no need to worry about this matter, when the yield of sweet potatoes comes out in the future, it will naturally be known!" Li Yuan couldn't help laughing at this time, Pei Lin was also concerned about it, otherwise he wouldn't have asked such a stupid question.

"Well, the minister made a mistake and forgot about this." Pei Lin couldn't help but pat his forehead when he heard this, and said with some annoyance at the moment, in fact, it was not that he made a mistake, but that during the time he spent with Li Xiu for most of the day, he had been thinking about Li Xiu's warning to him, and he had not come back to his senses until now.

It was getting late, Li Yuan once again asked Pei Lin to accompany him to dinner, and then let him go, but Pei Lin kept frowning urgently on the way back, and when he returned home, he immediately locked himself in the study, and told his subordinates to say that no one was seen.

However, not long after Pei Lin entered the study, when he was sitting behind the desk and thinking about Li Xiu's warning to him, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside, which made him very angry and reprimanded: "Bastard, didn't I say that no one can disturb you!" ”

"Master Qiyu, Wang Zhongyun asks to see!" I only heard the subordinate who knocked on the door outside whispered, although Pei Lin said that no one was seen, but the identity of the person who came was extraordinary, so the subordinate had to report it head-on.

"Wang Jue is here!" Pei Lin also showed a groaning expression when he heard the report of the subordinates, the so-called Wang Zhongyun actually refers to the prince Zhongyun Wang Jue, speaking of which, Wang Jue is not only his friend, but also Li Jiancheng's confidant, when he contacted Li Jiancheng before, most of them also passed through Wang Jue, and now the other party comes to visit, it is likely that Li Jiancheng sent him to inquire about the news that he went to Li Xiu today, after all, this matter was proposed to him by Li Jiancheng.

Wang Qi's identity is special, and he is his friend, so Pei Lin can't be seen, he stood up and came to the front living room, and when he entered it, he just saw an old man with gray hair sitting there drinking tea, and when he saw Pei Lone, the other party immediately held a teacup and smiled at him: "Pei Xiang, you also use this kind of fried tea here, it tastes really good!" ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect Brother Shu Jue to like this tea too, when we have time in the future, we can meet friends with tea!" Pei Lin also smiled when he saw the other party, the old man in front of him with gray hair, a Chinese face, and good facial features was the crown prince Zhongyun Wang Jue.

Speaking of Wang Jue, he had to advance the Yang Wengan incident for a period of time, and this matter was originally implicated in the prince, but after the incident, Li Yuan was reluctant to blame Li Jiancheng, but instead poured his anger on Wang Jue, because Wang Jue, as the crown prince Zhongyun, has the responsibility of teaching the prince, and now that the prince has an accident, it is naturally his teaching that is not good, and as a result, Li Yuan demoted Wang Jue from Chang'an in anger.

However, it is also considered Wang Qi's good luck, and soon Li Yuan changed his mind and began to favor Li Jiancheng, and then slowly restored Li Jiancheng's freedom and power, but in this case, just a few days after leaving Chang'an, Wang Qi, who was still rushing to other places, was transferred back again, and the official was reinstated, just from this incident, it is enough to see Li Yuan's partiality towards Li Jiancheng.

Although Wang Jue's influence in the court is not as good as Pei Lian's, the relationship between the two is good, in fact, they were old acquaintances in the former Sui Dynasty, but they didn't have a deep friendship at that time, and later the two were both officials in the Tang Dynasty, and the contacts gradually increased, and Wang Jue was a square person, and he would never scold him because of Pei Lian's identity, which also made Pei Lin respect him very much, and he was a rare bosom friend.

I saw Wang Qi and Pei Xiao exchange a few words, and then went straight to the point: "Pei Xiang, I don't know what the result of your visit to Li Xiu today was, did he agree to persuade Princess Pingyang?" ”

Although Wang Qi is a square person, he is also one of Li Jiancheng's most proud henchmen, and he has also been actively helping him to win over all forces, although the number of women in the hands of Princess Pingyang is small, but it is extremely elite, and the women's army has great prestige both in the army and among the people, if Princess Pingyang can openly support the prince, then it can offset the military pressure on Li Shimin's side, not to mention let Yang Wengan recruit private soldiers like Li Jiancheng did before.

I saw Pei Lin smiling bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and said: "Shuji, we all underestimate Li Xiu too much, he is not willing to persuade the princess at all, and he directly made a decision for the princess, and will not intervene in the battle between the prince and the king of Qin at all, so you and the prince are still dead!" ”

"Li Xiu helped the princess make a decision, how could he help the princess make a decision?" Wang Jue was puzzled and a little puzzled when he heard this, Li Xiu's relationship with Princess Pingyang was only known to Li Yuan's father and son, as well as a few people such as Pei Lin and Ma Ye, even Wang Jue, a confidant around Li Jiancheng, didn't know about it, but they knew that Li Xiu had a lot of influence on Princess Pingyang, even more influential than the stinky and hard Ma Sanbao, so Wang Jue hit Li Xiu with the idea.

"This ...... Shuju, don't inquire, but I can tell you that Li Xiu does have the qualifications to make decisions for the princess, and in my estimation, even if the prince personally persuades Princess Pingyang, I'm afraid the princess will not agree to stand on the prince's side, so forget about this matter! Pei Lin hesitated for a moment and said again, originally there was little chance of success in this matter, but now it is completely out of play.

Hearing Pei Lin say this, Wang Jue couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, in his opinion, as long as Princess Pingyang stood on the side of the prince, almost all problems could be solved, but unfortunately it was in vain.

"Pei Xiang, since it has failed to win over Princess Pingyang, then now we can only hope to weaken the military power in the hands of King Qin, didn't you tell the prince yesterday that you can use the method of wanting to capture the old people to divert the attention of King Qin, so as to make it more convenient to weaken the military power in the hands of King Qin, today we discussed with the prince and think this plan is very feasible."

When he said this, he saw Wang Qi pause for a moment and then said: "Just after the beginning of spring this year, there is too much rain in Shandong, and the local officials are worried about causing floods, so it is better to take this opportunity to hand over the matter of inspecting the river affairs to the King of Qin. Rectifying military affairs and so on slowly weakened King Qin's control over the army, I don't know what happened to Pei Xiangyi? ”

"This ......" The strategy Wang Qi said was originally thought up by him, but now Pei Lin was a little hesitant, because Li Xiu's warning had been circling in his mind, which made him wonder if he should continue to follow the prince with an iron heart?

Seeing Pei Lin silent, Wang Qi was also strange in his heart, in fact, when he saw Pei Lin just now, he felt that the other party was preoccupied, as if there was something hidden in his heart, which made him ask again: "Pei Xiang, what are you thinking, don't you think this plan can't work?" (To be continued.) )