"Enlighten the Emperor!" Li Su changed his previous lazy appearance, and stepped forward seriously and said, "As a prince, Erchen should solve problems for the country and share worries for his father. ”

Modest! Be humble! Although I want it very much in my heart, I must prevaricate on my face, which is the philosophy of the Chinese.

"If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have a fault, you will be punished, I have always been a clear reward and punishment, Liulang, since you have made such a great achievement, how can there be any reason not to reward? So don't shirk it. Li Shimin is very satisfied with his son's attitude, it is rare to be able to win without arrogance and defeat at a young age.

"This ......" Li Su deliberately hesitated for a moment, and then continued, "If you really want a reward from your father, your son's forty chapters are in charge of cement affairs and dare to ask your father for something." ”

"Oh, what do you want?" Li Shimin is now full of smiles, and now his opinion of Li Su has changed greatly, this son who originally made him very annoying, but he surprised him everywhere, and even helped a lot in military and political affairs, which made Comrade Li very happy in his heart.

Success or defeat in this move, Li Su secretly gritted his teeth, and then said: "Father, the son wants to take charge of all the affairs of cement!" ”

"Uh~" Li Shimin was stunned, he didn't expect Li Su to make such a request? The surrounding civil and military ministers also looked at Li Su with puzzled eyes, not understanding what he was thinking? Although Li Su is the inventor of cement, since he has dedicated cement to the imperial court, then the Ministry of Industry should come forward in the future, and begin to organize craftsmen to establish workshops, and the cement produced is used for road construction. In addition to being complicated, these things are nothing special, why did Li Su take on such a boring thing?

"Father, the reason why the sons want to take charge of cement affairs is not for their own selfish interests, but because they want to better promote cement, and when they take charge of cement affairs in Chapter 40, they also want to let the court have more income and reduce the cost of road construction." Li Su saw that Li Shimin was silent, and hurriedly continued.

"Oh? Can it also reduce the cost of building roads? Li Shimin said strangely, he is not reluctant, but the production and operation of cement is very complicated, people without relevant experience, can not figure out the clue at all, although Li Su is very smart, but after all, he is too young, Li Shimin can hardly believe that he can do a good job in cement affairs.

"Father, if all the affairs of cement are entrusted to the management of the sons, not to mention anything else, the sons can guarantee that they can pay at least 100,000 yuan to the treasury every year. And the son dared to promise his father that if it could not reach 100,000 yuan, then the son would make up the money even if he paid out of his own pocket. Li Su said anxiously, the operation of this cement is related to the implementation of his future plan, so even if he loses money, he has to take the matter down.

"Good! It's rare that you have such determination, and cement was invented by you, so it's okay to leave it to you to operate, but cement is a major matter related to road construction, so you have to assure me that you must not delay the road construction. Li Shimin doesn't care much about handing over money or something, as long as he can not delay the road construction, it will be the same for anyone, of course, he has a little selfishness, and wants to see what else Li Su's son can do to surprise him?

Li Su saw that Li Shimin agreed, and he was overjoyed at the moment, and said loudly with a deep salute: "Thank you father, your son will live up to his father's trust!" "The big thing has been decided, Li Su seems to see that there is a group of powerful people united around him, let the wind and rain of the Tang Dynasty blow, I will not move, no matter who is the emperor at that time, there is no way to take this powerful brother.

Although Fang Xuanling and other important ministers felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to hand over such an important matter to Li Su, seeing that Li Shimin had agreed, Li Su's performance these days was often unexpected, so they weighed it left and right, and they did not object.

After the meeting ended, Li Su was left alone by Li Shimin, and as a father, he asked him in detail about how he planned to operate cement? Li Su did not hide it, and explained his thoughts to Li Shimin, and some of them still needed the support of Comrade Li. Li Shimin was first shocked by Li Su's idea, then puzzled, and finally greatly admired, and said on the spot that he would give Li Su the greatest support if he tried his best to do it.

It was already noon when Li Su returned to the palace, and Li Ke and Cheng Huailiang and others, who were hangover at his house yesterday, had already left in the morning. Li Su had something in his heart, and after eating something hastily, he locked himself in the study alone and didn't come out, and the writers and paintings thought that something had happened to Li Su, so they hurriedly walked around outside the study, but they didn't dare to go in.

It wasn't until it was dark in the evening that Li Su came out of the study with a tired face, his eyes were full of excitement, and he spent an afternoon supplementing the details of the previous plan to ensure that the implementation could be carried out smoothly.

"Your Highness, are you alright?" Seeing Li Su come out, Wen'er hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Hahaha~, what can I do?" Although he was very tired, Li Su was in a good mood, laughed and raised the plan written in his hand and then said: "Wen'er, after dinner for a while, help me transcribe this thing, if you don't understand it, come and ask me directly." Although he learned a lot of traditional Chinese characters during this time, the brush can barely be used, but it is far from writing alone, and when he encounters traditional Chinese characters that cannot be written, he directly replaces them with simplified characters, and the font is even more messy, and it will definitely make people laugh out of their big teeth, so they generally have to transcribe it once.

"Wen'er obeys!" Seeing that Li Su's mood was so high, Wen'er and Hua'er finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after hearing Li Su's command, they immediately agreed, and a bright smile appeared on their little faces that had been tense all afternoon.

Li Su's heart was fluttered by Wen'er's soft voice, and he was really happy today, so he couldn't help but reach out and touch her little face and laughed: "Wen'er is so good, your prince is going to be an official!" Hahahaha~" After saying that, he laughed and left.

Wen'er was thin-skinned, and her face was flushed by Li Su's intimate actions, and she didn't pay attention to what Li Su said. The little girl looked at the back of Li Su's departure, her face was full of puzzlement, and it took a long time before she said to herself: "Your Highness, what is crazy today, he is already a prince, what else is he an official?" ”

Early the next morning, Li Su hurriedly got up, today he was going to participate in the morning dynasty, when Li Shimin would issue a holy decree and officially entrust him with the cement matter. This is the first time he went to the court, and he took out the royal clothes that he usually didn't use, and Wen'er and Hua'er were busy for most of the hour, so they put on this cumbersome clothes. Fortunately, the early dynasty of the Tang Dynasty was not like the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was held before dawn, and the early dynasty of the Tang Dynasty generally did not start until ** o'clock, if it weren't for the fact that he was wearing this cumbersome royal dress, he didn't have to get up so early. After breakfast, Li Su got into the carriage and entered the palace with those civil and military officials.

There were not many people who attended the meeting in the Liangyi Hall yesterday, that is, Fang Xuanling and Li Jing. The early dynasty was different, almost all officials above the fifth grade had to participate, Li Su originally wanted to count, but he was dazzled by those colorful official uniforms, but according to his estimates, there were definitely hundreds of people. The officials of the previous dynasty did not react to Li Su's arrival, after all, Li Su, as a prince, was also qualified to go to the court, but he usually had no right to speak.

Li Su's status is noble, and he is still ranked in front of Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji in the column of civil officials, only after the crown prince Li Chengqian. For Li Su's arrival, Li Chengqian also received the news, for Li Su, a younger brother who has been very active recently, he was also slightly dissatisfied in his heart, thinking that he had stolen the limelight of his prince, but on the surface, he could still maintain the love between brothers, and talked with Li Su very cordially, and Li Su also answered one by one, and did not interrupt them until Li Shimin came.

After Li Shimin took his seat, the civil and military Baiguanshan shouted long live, and the early dynasty was officially convened. At first, Li Su was still in high spirits, but soon he felt a little bored, and all he discussed at the court meeting was where the disaster had been affected, and then asked for relief; Either an official was impeached by the imperial history for embezzlement, bribery, or misconduct; Or which subordinate tribe on the border was bullied and came to the boss for help, these things may be very important, but after all, they are too far away from Li Su to arouse his interest at all.

finally got down to the court, and the appointment of Li Su was finally read out in the court. Li Su is still ignorant of the literary language, but he probably understands the meaning of the holy decree, which is nothing more than the temporary official of the cement superintendent before Li Su, directly turned into a permanent official, registered by the Ministry of History, temporarily received the fifth rank, in charge of all matters related to cement, in addition to the cement workshop that will be supervised, a group of craftsmen and related officials are also allocated by the Ministry of Industry, all of whom are dispatched by Li Su, if there are problems in manpower or other aspects, Li Su also has the power to order the Ministry of Industry to assist, And immediately take office.

For the appointment of Li Su, the civil and military officials in the palace did not have any special reaction, the last time they were in the general prison had already seen cement, and knew that it was invented by Li Su, and now it is not strange to let Li Su lead the cement affairs, but many people are worried that Li Su is too young and will mistakenly use cement to build roads, but this is not impossible to solve, as long as some more experienced and talented officials are sent to assist.

Li Chengqian, who was standing in front of Li Su, frowned, originally he was not hostile to the two brothers Li Ke and Li Su, although Li Ke was favored by his father, but compared with him and Li Tai, there was still a little gap. Not to mention Li Su, what his father hated most before was him and the fifth Li You, but what no one expected was that since Li Su lost his memory, it was like a changed person, especially in recent times, first in the name of literary talent in Chang'an, and then held a banquet of five kings, so that many civil and military officials have a great change in his opinion, and recently he has successively offered cement and three strategies for peace and Liao, which won the favor of his father. I heard that after yesterday's deliberations, Li Su was left alone to talk to him, and this kind of love between father and son has not even enjoyed him, the prince. Although Li Su's identity is flawed and the threat to himself is small, if he has the strong support of his father behind him, and his performance is good enough, then he will be another strong threat to his position as the crown prince after the fourth Li Tai!

It is precisely because of these thoughts, so when he heard that Li Su began to enter the court to take charge of practice, he was very unhappy in his heart, although it was only a small five-grade superintendent, but this was different from the title of the noble prince, who was in charge of the production of cement, an important material, could justifiably meddle in government affairs, and it was easier to enter the sight of his father, from this point of view, even Li Tai's most favored guy was not as good as Li Su. Thinking of this, Li Chengqian's gaze at Li Su also began to become a little hostile and vigilant.

Li Su was only happy, took the holy decree and thought about the next plan in his heart, and did not pay attention to the changes in Li Chengqian around him at all. However, there is a person in the court who has been paying attention to Li Su's every move, and he has also seen the changes in Li Chengqian around him, this person sighed in his heart, he thought that Li Su could be a leisurely prince who was famous for his literary talents, but he didn't expect him to jump into the muddy water of the court by himself, and now he has provoked the prince Li Chengqian, I really don't know if it was a blessing or a curse for me to make that decision?!!!