Li Shimin in history was only 50 years old when he died, as for the cause of death, some books recorded dysentery, some books recorded that he took a pill, both of which are credible and suspicious, so no one can say clearly, but one thing is certain, that is, in the last few years of Li Shimin's reign, his health was indeed very poor, and he would get sick at every turn. In addition, when the historical Princess Jinyang died, Li Shimin was so sad that he couldn't go to court for a few days, although this shows that the relationship between their father and daughter is very deep, but it also shows from the side that Li Shimin's body also had problems at that time.

When Li Shimin was eighteen years old, he rebelled with his father and brother, and in the best years of his life, he spent almost all of his time in the army, and in the army, he not only learned to march and fight, but also experienced the suffering of the people, and also brought him a good body, even at the age of forty, he often went out to hunt.

But it was Li Shimin, who was so strong, that suddenly after 17 years of Zhenguan, his health took a sharp turn for the worse, and even in the last few years of his life, he began to take some pills that were harmful to his body, which aggravated the deterioration of his health. In the end, maybe it was a minor illness, maybe it was taking a highly toxic elixir, and as a result, Li Shimin, who was not over in his prime, died, which is really regrettable, if he can live a few more years, maybe Datang will be stronger than in history.

So now there is a question, what is the reason why Li Shimin's body began to deteriorate sharply when he was in Zhenguan for 17 years?

This question is actually very simple, just look at what happened in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan in history. In that year, it was Li You who rebelled at first, and then was given death by Li Shimin. Later, Li Chengqian was involved in the rebellion, which made Li Shimin heartbroken. And Li Chengqian was also demoted from Chang'an and died within two years. Then Li Tai was in a hurry to compete for the throne. exposed his mean nature, but he didn't get the position of prince, and he was also demoted from Chang'an.

The rebellion of the two sons, as well as the deception of the most beloved son, hit Li Shimin as a father a big blow, even with his imperial heart, I am afraid he can't stand this series of blows, and it is worth mentioning that it was in the second year of Li You and Li Chengqian's rebellion. The most favored princess of Jinyang, that is, the son who was only twelve years old, also died of illness, which made Li Shimin's spirit completely collapsed, and it took a long time to mention the spiritual court, but since then, the body is not as good as day by day, and finally began to take pills like Qin Shi Huang, and died at the age of fifty.

Li Shimin is the father of Li Su in this life, and he is also his most powerful supporter of opening up. The reason why Li Su can break through such a big situation overseas now, in addition to his foresight as a traverser, the biggest reason is Li Shimin's unconditional support, although sometimes Li Shimin will also calculate Li Su. took some benefits from him, but Li Shimin also gave Li Su a great trust, as long as it was a reasonable request from Li Su. He will never refuse, even if the population of Datang is not large. He also agreed to Li Su's request to emigrate from Datang.

Li Su also knows very well that although he is developing well now. But it is still inseparable from the support of Datang, and even in the next ten years, he needs to keep introducing population from Datang. Li Shimin is Li Su's father, and he has always loved Li Su the most, so he can support him unconditionally, but if the Tang Dynasty changes an emperor, even if the other party must be Li Su's own brother, I am afraid that he will not be able to support himself like Li Shimin.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Su hopes that Li Shimin can live longer than in history, even if he does not live to be 80 years old, but at least he has to live for a few more decades, not to die in the prime of life as in history. That's why he took in Li You and Li Chengqian, and tried his best to help them untie their knots, so that they had the courage to live, so that although Li Shimin was angry about the rebellion of his two sons, at least he didn't have to experience the pain of losing his son.

understands the above, and understands why Li Cheng cares so much about Li Chengqian's life and death, don't look at Li Chengqian's abolition, but after all, he is the eldest son of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, and the eldest brother of their brother, the other party has a very important position in Li Shimin's heart, if he dies, I am afraid that Li Shimin will be really painful, and it will even become a knot in his heart that he can't untie.

Therefore, as soon as Li Cheng arrived in Shanghai this time, he immediately asked Li Ke about Li Chengqian's situation, and when he learned that the other party had actually found an errand in Shanghai to repair the railway, although he did not know how to build the road at the beginning, and made a lot of jokes about it, Li Chengqian was very willing to learn, and slowly worked well, and had become one of the main officials in charge of the construction of the railway, Li Su finally put his mind at ease. Since Li Chengqian is in the mood to help Li Ke repair the railway, he has really let go of everything before, and he will not suffer any grievances here in Li Ke, if nothing else, he will definitely not end up depressed like in history.

Of course, Li Su tried his best to prolong the life of Li Shimin and Li Chengqian, although there were some utilitarian purposes, but the family affection also accounted for more than half, after all, no matter how you say it, they are also their own relatives, especially Li Shimin, and his love for him is definitely from the sincerity of a father, so whether it is public or private, Li Su does not want to see Li Shimin die early.

Li Chengqian is no longer depressed, Li Su and Li Ke are both successful in their careers, plus the three brothers finally got together, so the three of them were drunk this night, and finally Li Chengqian was carried back to the mansion by his wife Su Shi, and Li Ke returned to the inner courtyard of the palace with a drunken fist. As a result, the next morning, none of the three of them could get out of bed, and they all lay on the bed and covered their heads and groaned for a long time before they could get up.

Originally, Li Su only planned to rest in Shanghai for two days, and planned to visit Shanghai today, and then leave tomorrow, but now that he is like this, he can't visit Shanghai at all, and it seems that he can only stay in Shanghai for one more day.

In the afternoon, Li Su felt that his headache was much lighter, and he drank a bowl of hot porridge under Wen Xin's service, and then swore again in the other party's complaining voice that he would never drink like this again. However, the credibility of his oath is not very high, at most, it is half a pound and eight taels with Wen Xin's vow not to swim in Royal Island.

After drinking the porridge, Li Su went to the garden for two more turns, and then he felt that he had recovered seventy or eighty percent. At this time, Xijun came back from outside with someone, and when he saw Li Su in the garden, he immediately rushed over and asked with concern: "Husband, do you feel better?" ”

"Much better, what are you doing here?" Li Su smiled and pulled Xijun to sit down, and then asked.

Xijun was followed by five women, four of whom were older business managers in the palace. Because Xijun is in charge of the business of the palace, she usually needs to deal with outsiders, but after all, she is Li Su's concubine, and it is inconvenient to meet outsiders, so she trained four female stewards to help her deal with business matters. Another young woman, Li Su, also knew, it was Feng Shijie's sister Feng Shuyu, originally she was brought to the palace as Li Su's personal chef, but later Xijun talked to her very much, and Xijun felt that the other party was smart and clever, and was a helper worth cultivating, so he often took her by his side, so she also helped deal with some business matters, which was equivalent to Xijun's business secretary, and Xijun praised her behind her back.

I saw Xijun take a sip of Li Su's tea bowl and said, "What else can you do, isn't it just the matter of issuing silver coins?" Shanghai is a big port of public transport in Dengzhou, there are also several branches of Datang Bank, and the scale is not small, since we are here, I naturally have to check to see if they are ready, and at the same time can listen to the opinions of the following people, if there are any shortcomings, I will also make people correct in time. ”

Hearing that Xijun went to examine the issuance of silver coins, Li Su couldn't help but be a little interested, and immediately asked: "How is it, is Shanghai ready, have you found any problems?" ”

After hearing this, Xijun frowned and said: "I am ready to prepare, but husband, the silver coins you have prepared are not too few, and from the date of issuance, it is only 400,000 pieces, according to the consistent value of each piece, then it is only 400,000 yuan, and it will be issued at the same time in Chang'an, Dengzhou, Shanghai and Guangzhou, so that each city is only 100,000 yuan, which is simply not worth mentioning for the total commercial volume of our Datang." ”

Xijun felt that the first batch of silver coins issued was too few, which made Li Su also smile bitterly, how could he not know that there were too few silver coins, but the gold and silver production of the Tang Dynasty was not much, although he collected some before, but it was a drop in the bucket, and later if it was not for the Iwami silver mine that occupied the Watian, he would not have any silver to mint silver coins. However, even if there is silver from Iwami Silver Mine now, it is still not enough, after all, the silver mine has just started, and it is far from reaching the maximum output, and there is no accumulation, so Li Su can only issue so much for the time being.

Thinking of this, Li Su sighed and said to Xijun: "Now the production of silver is insufficient, and there is no way to do it, fortunately, we only regard silver coins as a kind of auxiliary currency with a large denomination, in the next few years, copper coins are still the main currency in circulation, so it doesn't matter if there are fewer silver coins, there will be new coins on the market every month in the future, and one day it will be able to meet the current demand, in addition, I heard that there are silver mines in Luzon, if it can be mined, it can increase our silver coin issuance." ”

Xijun naturally knew this, and just complained to Li Su just now, but she didn't just complain, but had her own thoughts, so I saw her smile and say: "Husband, I have a way to make up for the lack of silver coins temporarily!" (To be continued.) )