Li Yuan wants to build an ancestral hall for Bi Sheng, which means that he has euphemistically expressed his support for Li Er's proposal to establish a patent supervision, and the reason why he did not say it explicitly is just to estimate Pei Lian's face. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Pei Lin naturally understood what the emperor meant, but if he let the other party succeed, he was very unwilling, so he had to focus on the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and kept glaring at him, hoping that the prince would stand up and stop this matter. But Li Jiancheng was motionless like a wood carving, even though Pei Lian's eyes were about to fly out of his sockets, and the other party didn't look at him, and Pei Lian, who was angry, stomped his feet.

After going down to the court, Pei Lin and the others dispersed, so he pulled Li Jiancheng aside and asked anxiously: "Why didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince speak out against King Qin's recital today?" ”

Li Jiancheng quietly straightened his clothes and said slowly: "I think that the proposal of the people of the world is reasonable, why do you want to speak out against it? ”

"......" Pei Lin was sullen for a while when he heard this, when did this happen, the prince would actually speak for Li Er, he really couldn't tell the priority.

"Pei Gong!" Li Jiancheng saw that Pei Lian's face was very ugly, and after thinking for a while, he still opened his mouth to explain, "Now that the people of the world have given up the military power, yesterday they selflessly rejected the money mill rewarded by the imperial court, which won the praise of hundreds of officials, not to mention that his proposal this time is beneficial to the society, even if it is an unfavorable opinion for us, we should endure it." ”

"Alas......" Pei Lin sighed, what Li Jiancheng said made sense, although the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces did not say that they were on Li Er's side today, but if the two sides really couldn't hold each other, I am afraid that there would be more support for Li and the two at that time, and then they would be at a disadvantage, the prince did not show any attitude today, but it was the best policy. But thinking of the secret loss he ate this time, Pei Lin felt that he couldn't swallow this breath.

"Pei Gong, what are you still worried about? The second child took the initiative to give up so much, maybe he really had no intention of taking the throne......" Li Jiancheng shook his head with a smile after speaking, even he didn't believe it, "Even if he still has some unrealistic ideas in his heart, Lone will not be afraid of him." ”

Pei Lin shook his head: "Having said that, let's not take it lightly. I always feel that after King Qin's return from this expedition, everything has been very different from the past, and it always makes people scratch their heads......"

Li Jiancheng nodded with a solemn expression: "Supervisor Pei is reasonable, and he will pay attention to it." Just about to say goodbye to Pei Lian, he seemed to remember another thing: "The origin of that Wang Mai seems to be very mysterious, only found that he appeared in Qi County in the first year of Wude, as for the previous experience, there is no whereabouts at all, it is really a strange thing." ”

Pei Lin smiled: "A big living person will not suddenly appear for no reason, the prince is too worried." Over the years, there has been a shortage of wars and chaos, and there are many displaced people, maybe he has been living in seclusion in the mountains and forests before. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded approvingly: "It's okay to say this, no matter where he comes from, Mr. Gu feels that this person is extraordinary, not like an ordinary scholar, maybe the second child's recent abnormal behavior is related to him." ”

"It's very likely ......" Pei Lin thought for a while and said, "The Qin Wangfu is full of talents, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others are all handsome for a while, and now there is another Wang Mai, the prince should make plans as soon as possible, it is better to transfer these people out of the palace......"

"Lone has always had this intention......," Li Jiancheng said in a low voice, "It's just that the second child has just won recently...... Now is not the time. ”

Saying goodbye to Li Jiancheng, Pei Lin sighed and slowly walked down the jade steps, the prince acted too cautiously, most of the time, this is an advantage, but I always feel that it is a little inappropriate to blindly let Li Er's development forces in this way, especially this time I suffered a dumb loss, which made him angry, fortunately, in the end, reason prevailed over anger, and he did not have a seizure in the court, and he couldn't remember the last time he suffered such a big loss...... Maybe it was the time when Liu Wuzhou beat him and threw away his armor......

"Pei Gong!" The sudden shout suddenly startled Pei Lin outside the wandering object, and when he reacted to see the person who came, he found that it was Wang Mai in a purple robe.

"It turned out to be Wang Tejin...... Pei Lin quickly recovered the majesty of the calm prime minister, but he was surprised in his heart that the other party seemed to be waiting for him here, it seems that he is really old, and his ears and eyes are not as sensitive as they were in previous years.

"The King of Qin intends to build a bell tower for His Majesty, and has brought all the drawings and craftsmen of Luoyang to Chang'an...... "Wang Mai told Pei Lian about the bell tower.

"So that's it." Pei Lin nodded, "I don't know what difficulties Wang Tejin has and needs the old man's cooperation?" Although he said this, he sneered in his heart, if there is really anything that needs his approval, then there will be a "drag" word, and Li Er must not be happy in this matter.

"There's nothing to do with Pei Gong." Wang Mai replied.

"Huh?" Pei Lin wondered for a while, there is nothing to do, so what are you looking for me, and asked unwillingly, "Is it really not?" ”

"Not really." Wang Mai said with a smile, "I just want to inform Pei Gong that the location for the construction of the bell tower is on the north side of the Yamen of Shangshu Province, and the construction may be a little noisy on weekdays, but His Majesty and the King of Qin have already agreed to this matter...... "This matter is not deliberately to make trouble for Pei Lian, but because ancient buildings pay attention to symmetry, and the Yamen of Shangshu Province is next to the central axis of the imperial city of Chang'an City, which is purely a coincidence."

"The old man knows." Pei Lin nodded a little depressedly. After all, Li Er is nominally the governor of Shangshu Province, and this matter has been agreed by the emperor, and Wang Mai can come to inform him, which can be regarded as enough face.

The two of them chatted one sentence at a time, and after a while, they went out of Chaoyangmen, waved goodbye to Pei Lian, Wang Mai went all the way north, and soon came to the yamen who would be the prisoner. He showed his fish talisman to the guards guarding the door, and soon a gray-haired, somewhat short old man came out with a few officials.

"Old man He Chou, meet Wang Tejin ......"

"He Gong is really embarrassed by such a big gift...... "Wang Mai hurriedly picked up He Chou.

He Chou doesn't look young, and his health is not very good, but a few fine lights appear in his eyes from time to time, reminding Wang Mai that the old guy in front of him is not simple at all. He Chou was already a high-ranking official during the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, and was deeply relied on by Emperor Wen of Sui, and later Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo, and the siege equipment of the army was all from his design. After the Jiangdu Mutiny, He Chou served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry under Yu Wenhua and his subordinates, and finally returned to the Tang Dynasty.