On June 7, the sixth year of Zhenguan, less than half a month after the eldest grandson gave birth to a daughter, a sad thing happened in Da'an Palace, and Li Yuanheng, the twenty-second son of Emperor Li Yuan, died of illness at the age of twelve.

His mother, Concubine Yin De, was heartbroken and fainted from crying several times, and Concubine Yin Defei was embarrassed by Li Shimin and his wife because of many offends before.

After Li Shimin took the throne, she was afraid and restless for a long time, for fear that Li Shimin and his wife would settle accounts with her.

In the end, Li Yuan couldn't look at it and pointed out a few words to her, Li Yuan told her, as long as you don't die in the future and don't take the initiative to provoke Erlang and his wife, they will not embarrass you for my sake.

It's your mother's family, you have to beat them up, if you let them do something illegal in Chang'an, it is very likely that Erlang will catch the handle, and the new and old hatreds will be counted together.

Concubine Yin De got Li Yuan's guidance, called her mother's family to the palace, and seriously beat and warned, which meant that they would be able to hold their tails and be human beings in the future, and they would never regenerate.

She herself put away all her edges, shrunk in the palace every day, and no longer dared to cause trouble everywhere.

Her father Yin Arat, who was even more exaggerated, was beaten by his daughter, for fear that Li Shimin and Du Ruhui would find trouble with him, so he moved his family out of An and returned to his hometown.

He has relied on his daughter's power over the years, accumulated countless money, and when he returned to the place, he was also a powerful gentry.

As long as you don't get in the way of the eyes of the Son of Heaven at the feet of the Son of Heaven, presumably the Son of Heaven will not think of him as a little person, and he will come from afar to find his stubble.

In order to save her life, Concubine Yin De has lived like an invisible person in the palace in the past few years, but fortunately, although Li Yuan is more lustful, he is not ruthless, although he is not as fond of her as when he was in power, but it is not bad.

Although Li Yuan treats her well, after he abdicated, countless young beauties have been added to his side, and he is getting older, and his energy is not as vigorous as before, and there is very little time to rest in her palace.

In other words, Concubine Yin Defei has no other heirs by her side except for Li Yuanxiang's son, and Li Yuanxiang's death was almost devastating, and she was less than forty, and she turned white almost overnight.

Of course, except for a little pity from the emperor, no one else would take it to heart.

On the 29th, Li Shimin's eleventh son Li Huan also died of illness, the child was only a little more than a year old, and his mother, Concubine Yan Xian, cried and fainted on the spot.

The eldest grandson queen who had just come out of confinement was also very uncomfortable, she only felt that this month was simply a disaster month for the royal family.

The Emperor Taishang and the emperor's sons died one after another, and her husband's face was gloomy for the past few days, as if he was dripping.

Empress Eldest Sun was worried that Concubine Yan Xian would be too sad and couldn't overcome this hurdle, so she went to Zhaoping Palace in person: "Sister of the Yan family, the deceased is like this, you live well as a mother concubine, which is the best comfort for the child, not to mention that you still have Zhen'er to take care of." ”

Concubine Yan Xian has two sons, the eldest son Li Zhen, who is five years old, has been crowned King of Han last year, with the queen's enlightenment, coupled with the persuasion of her mother's family, and the eldest son often watches her from the sidelines, Concubine Yan Xian did not fall.

Two princes died in the palace within a month, Li Shimin's mood could not be much better, he has always liked meat food, he does not like vegetarian food, and he has banned meat food for half a month.

However, no matter how sad he was in his heart, he had to go on, and not only that, but he could not miss a single state affair that should be done every day, because he was the emperor, and the death of his son who was not yet three years old could not make the courtiers stop the court for funerals.

On 17 July, Li Shimin promulgated a new edict to implement the system of "village drinking" in which local governors sent off the recommended officials with wine and food, and the main purpose of this was to enable local officials to promote merit to the state.

In September of that year, another minister proposed to let Li Shi go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, so as to show his merits and the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people.

Li Shimin was quite moved, since ancient times, all the emperors with brilliant achievements have been proud of climbing Mount Tai to seal the Zen, he is an excellent face, and cherish the feathers of the person, naturally is no exception.

It's just that someone raised this matter last year, and there were unexpected factors that failed to make the trip, and this year someone mentioned it, and he suddenly felt a little eager to try.

However, after so many years of being the emperor, he was no longer an impulsive teenager back then, and although he was quite moved in his heart, he did not immediately accept the advice, but turned his attention to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, hoping to hear their thoughts.

Most of the courtiers support the sealing of Zen, in everyone's opinion, today's merits have been far better than the Qin Emperor Han Wu, Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty have gone to Mount Tai to seal the Zen, today of course more qualified to go.

However, there is one person whose opinion is different from others, and this person is Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng stood up from the line, looked at Li Shimin with a serious face, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Your Majesty should not go to Mount Tai to seal Zen. ”

Why is that? Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty both went to Mount Tai to seal Zen, could it be that in your opinion, Your Majesty's merits are not as good as theirs? In March, he dismissed Shang Shu, and Hou Junji, who had just recovered not long ago, was the first to stand up and fight Wei Zheng in the ring.

Li Shimin didn't speak, he also looked at Wei Zheng with a questioning face, obviously, he wanted to hear what this stubborn old guy could say.

"Your Majesty's contribution is of course greater than that of Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Your Majesty's ascension to the throne has only been six years, but it has been a national peace and security, and the four Yi have surrendered, throughout thousands of years of history, there are not many emperors who can do better than Your Majesty."

"But Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sealed Zen, but they could not avoid the stains left in the Spring and Autumn Period, and a series of mistakes they made in the later period of their reign will not be reduced by half a point because of the Zen seal."

"Besides, although Your Majesty has made great achievements, but since the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the consumption has been huge, and the people's livelihood has withered.

"Now the population of our dynasty is less than one-third of the heyday of the Sui Dynasty, and the treasury is still empty.

"What's more, Your Majesty is enshrined in Zen, it will inevitably be gathered by all countries, and the Yuanyi monarch will also obey, and now there are still many areas in the Central Plains, sparsely populated and overgrown with bushes, if the envoys of all countries see that our Tang Dynasty is far less prosperous than they imagined, how can they have no ideas in their hearts?"

"As for the people's taxes, if Your Majesty decrees a pardon, it will not be good for the revenue of the treasury, and second, it will not be able to compensate for the losses caused to them by the army.

"As long as Your Majesty does his duty as a king, so that the people of the world can live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is rich and the people are strong, Your Majesty's prestige is naturally in the hearts of the people and neighbors, so why should you care about such a false name as Feng Zen?" Wei Zheng opened his mouth with a perceptive face.