Three days later.

Temple of Manna.

After the northern rebellion was pacified, Li Er was the biggest winner, not only caught King Xi to eliminate the big trouble, but also won the Zheng family and the Cui family.

Carefully calculated, the Taiyuan Wang clan, the Boling Cui clan, and the Xingyang Zheng clan were wiped out in the five surnames and seven hopes, and the vitality of the Fanyang Lu clan was greatly damaged, leaving only the Qinghe Cui clan and the Zhaojun Li clan, these two clans sent people into the palace yesterday to meet and sent a large number of benefits.

But when he thought that all this was done by Qin Huaidao, his good mood suddenly fell.

Of course, with Li Er's tolerance, he can accept the existence of Qin Huaidao, but after Li Chengqian's rebellion, Li Er was stimulated, and he was afraid, afraid that no one would be able to suppress Qin Huaidao after a hundred years, and that the successor would become a puppet in the future, and finally lost the Li family's world, for the Li family's immortality for ten thousand years, Li Er realized that he should take precautions.

"Shengshang, the weather is hot, and the concubine boiled mung bean soup, and sent it to the Shengshang." A charming woman came over, dressed up, a pair of watery eyes can hook the soul, a smile and a cheek, all kinds of style.

Cairen is a kind of court female official, five grades, and a concubine, that is, Li Er's concubine.

Li Er is very infatuated with this talented person who has just entered the palace, not only young and beautiful, but also talented, warm-hearted, and knows how to advance and retreat, unlike the concubines in the palace who always like to compete for superiority, put down the notebook, and said with a light smile: "Let it go, it's hard." ”

"It is the duty of the concubine to serve the saint, it is not hard, but it is too hard for the saint to review the book, it is better to rest for a while, compensate the concubine to talk, relieve boredom, and relax a little, or the concubine helps the saint massage her head, and the concubine helps her father press it often after she is young, and she has learned some means."

Look at it, how intimate!

When did the concubines in the palace come over to ask for this, that is, that, none of them cared about themselves, and they were annoyed.

After thinking about it, Li Er said, "It's later, I still have some official business." ”

"Then do you want the concubine to wait by the side?"

"It's good!"

Li Er did not refuse, picked up a book and opened it to see that it was sent by the Anxi Protectorate, saying that there were signs of abnormal movement in the Turks, and urging him to ask when the repair of the border city promised by the imperial court would begin?

The imperial court has long planned to repair the border city and pour it with cement, but because Qin Huaidao went to quell the chaos, this matter has been delayed so far, thinking of Qin Huaidao, Li Er's mood is not good, put down the book and ponder, if the matter of the prince's mansion is not resolved, Qin Huaidao will definitely not enter the court as an official again, and this city will not be able to be repaired again.

If you don't repair the border city, the border city soldiers will have opinions, the border is unstable, once the Turks attack, the consequences are very serious, but except for Qin Huaidao, no one can develop cement.

Thinking of this, Li Er was even more irritable.

It is necessary to prevent and use, but with Qin Huaidao's temperament, I am afraid that it is not easy to balance, how can this be good?

"Someone!"

"The old slave is here." Wang De hurried in.

"Go to the Ministry of Industry and ask how the cement is developed?"

"Yes."

After Wang De left, Li Er continued to flip through the recital, and the stunning woman sat quietly next to her, not making a sound from beginning to end, quiet as if she didn't exist.

Li Er looked at the notebook while secretly observing, and saw that the stunning woman was so calm, calm, and had no intention of asking about the court, he appreciated it more and more, withdrew his attention, and picked up a book of the recital and opened it, which was sent by the Protectorate of the Tubo Metropolitan Protectorate, saying that the Tubo army suddenly stopped attacking the neighboring countries, and urged several times to no avail, I am afraid that there are different intentions.

At the beginning, Qin Huaidao arranged the Tubo army to attack the neighboring countries, and it has been implemented very well and the progress is good, but now the attack has suddenly stopped, which has to make people think more.

A trace of doubt flashed in Li Er's eyes, is it to take part of the territory of the neighboring country, and after obtaining a large amount of supplies, he is ready to support his own army? Or did they hear something and deliberately stop not attacking, what do they want to do?

Is there a shadow of Qin Huaidao behind this?

Kui Gong Liu Hongji is a rare capable minister, he has learned and has rich experience, why can't he suppress the Tubo army? Could it be that Liu Hongji has different intentions?

One thought after another came to my mind.

Just thinking about it, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling came together, and when they saw the stunning woman sitting silently next to them, they were stunned, and then looked at Li Er, Li Er waved his hand, and the stunning woman saluted Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling with interest, and left.

"Holy Lord, how can there be a woman by your side when you are dealing with official business? In case of leakage, it will not be a loss to the imperial court, and this case cannot be opened. Wei Zheng asked unceremoniously with a cold face.

Li Er was very troubled by Wei Zheng's lack of face, and smiled awkwardly: "When will the two Aiqing come over?" ”

Wei Zheng's heart was straightforward, still tendoned, and asked, "The Holy Lord hasn't answered the minister's question yet." ”

Li Erqi almost scolded his mother, it's over, right? In the end, who is the king and who is the minister, but after all, he is at fault first, he took a deep breath to suppress the fire, saw the mung bean soup moved, and said with a smile: "Don't get me wrong about the two loves, the martial arts are sending mung beans to me."

The soup came, I planned to let the martial artists accompany me after drinking, and let him wait for a while, but I didn't know that the two Aiqing came over, I don't know what happened? ”

The reason is very far-fetched, Wei Zheng obviously didn't believe it, but he didn't dig deeper, all he wanted was Li Er's attitude.

Fang Xuanling bowed his hand: "Holy Lord, the successive heavy rains in the south of the Yangtze River have caused heavy floods, and I don't know how many people have suffered. ”

"Is there any hidden meaning in releasing grain as usual?" Li Erren saw that something was wrong.

"Returning to the Holy Lord, it is indeed a little troublesome, the grain of the imperial court is too far to be transported, and the rain has caused the mountain road to be blocked, impassable, and the waterway is also blocked by the debris carried away by the mountain flood, and the boat is difficult to pass, the minister and the ministers have discussed for a long time, and there is no countermeasure, and please atone for the saint."

Li Er's face changed greatly, heavy rain caused landslides, blocking roads is not uncommon, flash floods wash away houses, branches, corpses, etc., blocking the river is also a common occurrence, dredging takes time, and it is too dangerous, no one wants to take risks, but the disaster area can't afford to wait, how can this be good?

For a while, Li Er couldn't think of a good way, and asked, "Xuan Ling, can't any of the ministries?" ”

"Back to the saint, the minister convened the six departments to discuss for a long time, but there was no good way, so he could only take the risk of clearing the road, but this would require a large amount of money, or let the local people serve as conscription." Fang Xuanling looked embarrassed.

"You must not serve in conscription." Wei Zheng hurriedly said: "Conscription is a bad government, not to mention that in the face of the catastrophe, it will only arouse the anger of the people, try to ask who is willing to risk death to clear the road, it is better to try the original proposal of Lord Qin, to work instead of service, as long as the court offers a high reward, the people will definitely be enthusiastic, and the road dredging is just around the corner." ”

Li Er immediately understood why the two of them came together, one complained, the other proposed, in the final analysis, they still came to their own inner treasury, and dared to copy the Zheng family and the Cui family, and they were about to take it out before they could cover the heat, and they were unwilling, and asked: "Xuan Ling, how much silver is still in the treasury?" ”

"The treasury is barely maintained, but there is an abnormal movement in the west, and it is necessary to set aside a military budget, not to mention that it will cost silver to repair, and it is no longer possible to take out the silver for disaster relief, so please ask the Holy God to see it." Fang Xuanling hurriedly said.

"There's no other way?" Li Er is still unwilling, he finally saved some family funds, so many palaces are waiting to be repaired, and the mausoleum is also in urgent need of silver, otherwise the work will have to be stopped, and Chang'an City will also have to be repaired, and the palace can't be simple every day, right?

Fang Xuanling knew Li Er too well, exchanged a look with Wei Zheng, and said: "Holy Lord, the minister is incompetent, and he can't think of any other way, maybe Lord Qin of the Protector of the Kingdom has a way." ”

Li Er's face stiffened and he didn't answer.

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng did not rush and waited patiently.

At this moment, Li Er understood that the two of them were testing their attitude in that matter, and he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't show it, and secretly thought to himself, either pull down his face and go to Qin Huaidao to ask, or Neiku came out with the silver.

This multiple-choice question may seem simple, but it is difficult.

The inner treasury is finally filled, disaster relief is not a small amount of money, Li Er is reluctant, but it is even more difficult to find Qin Huaidao, you have to have an attitude, right? At the very least, there must be an explanation for He'er's being tied up.

After thinking for a moment, Li Er suddenly asked, "How is the matter of the prince's rebellion being tried by the three divisions?" ”

Fang Xuanling replied solemnly: "Back to the saint, the trial has been concluded, and the evidence of the prince's rebellion is conclusive. ”

"Since the evidence is conclusive, let's depose it as a commoner and exile it to Qianzhou." Li Er said coldly, and the corners of his eyes twitched after speaking, after all, he was his own son, and he couldn't kill him.

As soon as Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng heard it, they knew that Li Er was protecting the prince's immortality, and it was against the laws of the imperial court to do so. ”

"Holy Lord, the greatest sin is rebellion, if the rebellion is so lightly sentenced, how can the people of the world be convinced? How to convince the Tang soldiers? Fang Xuanling also stood up.

It was a matter of court rules, and it was impossible for Wei Zheng to compromise.

It is about Qin Huaidao, and it is impossible for Fang Xuanling not to fight.

Li Er knew that this would be the case, so he didn't make a decision, but threw it to the third division for trial, just to delay time and find a solution, seeing that the two right-hand men were so resolute, he didn't like it in his heart, and said coldly: "This matter has been decided, and there is no need to discuss it again." ”