Chapter Twenty-Three: The Wine Made by Li Shimin

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Changle's words made Du He stunned. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info What does Li Shimin mean by this, what is it called which prince he is closest to, and which prince he has the closest relationship with. Could it be that Li Shimin is suspecting that he is colluding with the prince to compete for the crown prince?

No, Li Shimin is not a fool, if he really has this suspicion, he will not ask Changle so unsuspiciously.

What's more, he has been in Datang for so long, and he has never participated in the struggle between several princes, and he can avoid several princes and avoid them, and he does not have more dealings with them, this suspicion is unreasonable.

To put it bluntly, he is from Li Shimin's faction, which is his father Du Ruhui, who has been in the court for many years, to guide him to survive.

Let a few princes fight for darkness, as long as they don't change their original intentions and follow Li Shimin, they will have a chance to develop. Li Shimin has at least ten or twenty years of life, and he has mixed it all the way. After these years, he had to become an important minister in the court. Even if Li Shimin is about to die, he can be a lonely minister, and then enter the prince's party in a grand manner, which is safe and secure. Even if the time comes, the prince can't tolerate it, just pat his ass and leave, anyway, he has been in the limelight for so many years, and he is just able to retire and enjoy Qingfu.

This approach is more practical than rashly choosing a pillar of the future and indiscriminately placing chips.

This is the experience of old fritters like Du Ruhui, who have worked hard in the officialdom for many years and have endured ups and downs. Du He also felt that the old man's theory was very reasonable, and he had never had too much intersection with the prince. In fact, all this is also related to the system of the Tang Dynasty, and adult princes have always been sent to leave Chang'an to become officials in the four directions, with the exception of Li Chengqian and Li Tai. Li Chengqian is the crown prince, so he naturally wants to sit in Chang'an, but Li Tai is favored. It just so happens that these two people are estranged from Duhe, and they have no contact with each other.

Du He couldn't figure out the meaning of Li Shimin's words, and he didn't think about it anymore, and continued to comfort Changle: The future situation is unpredictable, and even at this moment, he can no longer judge based on history. But it is certain that Li Shimin is definitely not Li Yuan. Under his control, history cannot repeat itself. Seeing that Changle was relieved, he was relieved, and looked down at Changle lying in his arms, his beautiful posture couldn't help but feel pity because of that faint sadness.

The warm jade is in her arms, and Du He, who has not known the taste of meat for a long time, ** involuntarily germinated, couldn't hold it, hugged Changle with one hand, but the other hand was irregular, slid into her placket, and came to her smooth and plump chest muscles.

Changle drama shook and groaned, and said shyly: "Let go of me, my sister is looking at ......"

Before Changle finished speaking, he suddenly found that at some point, Li Xueyan and Wu Meiniang had left.

Du He lowered his head and held Changle's small ear, and said softly: "They have already left, and now there are only you and me in the entire hall." As he spoke, a pair of big hands caressed the delicate body.

Changle is also emotional, but she is noble and elegant, and this daytime prostitution makes it unbearable for her, let alone in this hall. But she knows her husband better, and knows that he is a little ridiculous in this regard, and the more he resists, the more he refuses to follow, especially in this kind of situation, when he has to send it, he softly begs for the next best, and as long as he returns to the room, he will let him do whatever he wants.

Seeing that Changle was obedient, Du He also met his small condition, straightened his clothes slightly, and walked to the room.

This beauty is accompanied by a woman, prostituting adultery during the day, that kind of taste, naturally not humane.

Until Du Hezema walked on the road to the palace, he still recalled Changle's jade condensation, the curved and rounded **, and the kind of heart-to-heart whispering conversation after the end, the feeling of spiritual fusion was really great and beautiful.

When he arrived at the palace, Li Shimin had just finished dealing with today's state affairs, and when he heard that Du He asked to see him, he nodded and said, "It's the right time to come, invite him to the dining hall, and in addition, I want to have a good drink today with my latest grape wine...... Forget it, I'll go get it myself, you clumsy people, don't smash my wine. ”

Du He was brought to the dining hall, and Li Shimin also arrived, and he was still carrying a jar of wine in his hand, which should be the wine he said.

Li Shimin is an outlier among the emperors, with a wide range of interests, many hobbies, and likes to do it himself, and history records that in order to be able to make wine by himself, he specially vacated a piece of flowers and plants in the palace garden to plant grapes for him to use for winemaking.

The two sat opposite each other.

The speed of the imperial kitchen in the palace is first-class, and in less than a moment, a table of fragrant delicacies is ready.

Li Shimin opened the sealing mud, and a unique aroma of wine wafted out. He sniffed it intoxicated, filled a glass to Du He and said, "Taste it, last year, Qiao Shiwang of Anxi Metropolitan Protector sent me some local specialties, including this wine. I tasted it, and found that the taste was better than what I had ever brewed. I immediately asked people to go to Gaochang to bring the recipe and try to brew the jar, and the taste was really different from Wei Qing's tutor back then. ”

The first wine Li Shimin drank in his life was made by Wei Zheng, and at that time, he was excited and wrote a poem with a stroke of his pen, "A thousand days of drunkenness, the taste remains the same for ten years", and Wei Zheng became Li Shimin's professional winemaker. Wei Zheng is doing great things, how can he spend his energy on winemaking, and he will stop brewing because of his stubborn temper.

Li Shimin had no way, so he asked for the recipe and brewed it himself.

This was a long time ago.

Li Shimin said: "The wine brought by Gaochang is bright in color and fragrant in taste, but the entrance is too strong, which is not suitable for the taste of our Central Plains people. In the past, the wines I made were inferior in color and taste, soft in the mouth, delicious and long-lasting, suitable for us Central Plains people to drink. Each has its own specialty, so I wondered if I could learn from each other's strengths, so I mixed the two recipes and brewed them. After brewing, this taste is really unusual, not only has the characteristics of gorgeous fragrance, but also has a long aftertaste, which is my proud work. ”

Li Shimin is extremely narcissistic, and he is full of praise for this wine that he has personally improved. It's as if he wasn't an emperor, but a top-notch winemaker.

Du He looked at the scarlet wine in the luminous glass, and the color of what Li Shimin invited him to drink in the past, he took a sip lightly, the taste was indeed good, and he exclaimed: "Good wine, compared with the past, has been greatly improved." ”

Li Shimin is a very casual king, especially in private, his smile is even better, and his beard is about to rise.

Du He poured a full cup for Li Shimin.

Li Shimin asked about Xue Yantuo, Li Shimin also knew something about Du He's behavior in Xue Yantuo through various channels, but he didn't know much about the details, he didn't know what the situation was, but he knew that Du He had done a lot of feats in Xue Yantuo.

Du He smiled and explained the details of this trip.

When he said that he had arrived in Xue Yantuo, the people on the grassland showed their goodwill.

Li Shimin smiled "haha", and the smug expression was on his face: "I am the Khan of the sky, how dare those people outside the Sai faction dare to slack off in the face of the envoys of the Cypriot faction. ”

Du He then said that Xue Yantuo planned to use the tunnel to monitor, but he was used by Du He, and he used the plan, deceived the man, and set up the plan magnanimously.

Li Shimin couldn't help but praise loudly: "The heart is as careful as dust, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military can do this, and there is only one virtuous son-in-law." ”

"Thank you, father-in-law, praise!" Du He complimented and continued to say that Yi Nan was unwilling to be coerced by the Tang Dynasty all the time, and planned to secretly unite with Mohe Baha to murder him.

Li Shimin's face became extremely gloomy, Du He was his most trusted courtier, son-in-law, and the Optimus Jade Pillar he had prepared for the future of the Tang Dynasty, Yi Nan dared to murder him so blatantly, this undoubtedly touched the reverse scale in his heart, and the murderous intent loomed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "What a man, what a Xue Yantuo." ”

In the end, Duhe explained the details of how he designed Xue Yantuo and how he separated the relationship between Mohe Baha and Xue Yantuo: this is the most exciting place for the whole trip.

Li Shimin also listened attentively to the twists and turns of the relationship, until the final victory, Xue Yantuo's trick failed, but lost more than 25,000 soldiers and horses, and the case was shocked: "This time Yi Nan really picked up a stone and shot himself in the foot, 25,000 soldiers, that's a lot of money!" When Duke Wei attacked the Eastern Turkic camp, he used only 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the virtuous son-in-law was able to destroy Xue Yantuo's 25,000 soldiers and horses without spending a single soldier, which was really a great achievement, a great achievement, and I didn't know how to reward it. ”

Du He knew that this matter could not be publicized, and it was impossible to make a public reward, but he didn't care, from the beginning of the game, he didn't go for the merits, but just for the way of others, for the body of others, but he didn't care about what reward, seeing Li Shimin mention it, he said frankly: "My father-in-law really wants to reward my son-in-law, so when I conquer Xue Yantuo next year, I will order my vanguard general." My brothers in Zuo Weiwei have been waiting impatiently. ”

Li Shimin was in a happy mood, but one thing was one thing, as an emperor in this national matter, he was still very measured, and he did not immediately agree, and said in a deep voice: "The situation is different, and the military distribution is naturally different." In this way, I promise you, as long as the situation requires it, the first thing I consider for the position of vanguard general is you. ”

Li Shimin drank all the red wine in the cup, and said with emotion: "I have been the emperor for more than ten years, and the number of people I have appointed has long been innumerable, but there has never been one like you, who has done things so colorfully. It's as if with you, something is going to happen. ”

Du He shook his head and smiled bitterly, he also realized that he was like Conan in the comics, he was a disaster star, and there would always be some unsatisfactory conditions around him. However, although the situation continued, under his intelligence, it was calmly resolved.

Li Shimin suddenly said: "I have written down your merits, here...... I have something for you. ”