1305 Interest in the South
If it was before, Li Shimin was not very interested in the Western Regions, after all, he couldn't bring anything to the Tang Empire, but now the situation is different, the trade between the two places is very frequent, and this trade route can bring three million yuan of tax revenue to the Tang Empire every year.
In addition, there are tributes from all over the Western Regions, which are also very valuable, just take some beauties in the palace now, the Western Regions have contributed a lot, so it is absolutely impossible for Li Shimin to give up the Western Regions.
Even without these people and things, how could a great monarch give up his land casually? What's more, these lands are not easy to come by, and all of them are fought by Tang Dynasty soldiers.
"I think you still stay in Chang'an City for a while, during this time, I don't know their reality yet, wait until the next letter from the Western Regions comes back, and then it's not too late to make a decision, if they are defeated, then you have to lead troops from Chang'an."
Li Shimin's words are also very reasonable, Li Xiang is now in the past, and no one can change the overall situation, if Cheng Chumo and they can fight, then Li Xiang does not need to rush over, but if he can't beat it, then he has to send reinforcements over, and it is not too late for Li Xiang to follow the reinforcements when the time comes.
To tell the truth, the reason why Li Shimin said this is also because Li Xiang has spent too little time in the capital, and when he looks at his grandson, Li Shimin is inevitably a little distressed.
Li Xiang has been fighting outside all these years, if there is no victory for Li Xiang, where does the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty come from? So Li Shimin rarely feels sorry for Li Xiang, not to mention that the family has just married so many beautiful girls, and they have been hanging people at home, how can this work?
From a political point of view, it is impossible to govern the whole country by relying on the royal family alone, and there must be a group of relatives of the emperor, so how to connect the relationship between the royal family and the relatives of the emperor? That is, there has to be a next generation.
As long as Li Xiang's wives have children, even if they give birth to a daughter, it is better than nothing, and there is no need for all kinds of gifts in ordinary times, as long as there is a common next generation, then the relationship between the two sides will go into a lot.
"Then it's all up to my grandfather, it just so happens that my grandson is also lazy, although it is not hard to fight in the south during this period of time, but the humid weather in the south is really uncomfortable."
Speaking of the humid weather in the south, Li Xiang really can't stand it, this is not in the rainy season, but the bedding is wet every day, if it is really the rainy season, I really don't know how to spend this day.
"I've heard that it rains a lot in the south, and it seems to rain several times a day, and if that's the case, wouldn't it be a lot of flooding?"
After talking about national affairs, Li Shimin also became interested in the south, although he also fought in the four seas, but he never went to the south.
"There are a lot of rivers and lakes in the area, and although it rains a lot, because the temperature is higher than in the north, there is more water evaporation, and the moisture in the air is ......."
When Li Xiang said this, he found that Li Shimin's eyes were confused, and he couldn't understand what Li Xiang said, so Li Xiang could only change the way, and even said with comparisons, which made Li Shimin understand the reason why it often rained in the south and was not affected.
Of course, if it is really the rainy season, the amount of rain will be more every year, and the chance of flooding is still very high if the drainage is not timely.
"It seems that it's better for us to be in the Middle Earth Datang, and the outside world is a place where a bunch of monkeys live."
Li Shimin said very proudly, we have four distinct seasons here, this is the place where the days are passing, don't care how many years he is there, just that kind of humid weather, in his opinion, it is not a normal person to live, but for the local people, if they all move to Chang'an City, they can't stand this kind of dry weather, otherwise how can one side of the water and soil support one side of the people?
Li Xiang chatted with Li Shimin for a long time, and then Li Shimin put Li Xiang back and agreed to set up a banquet tomorrow.
"There's nothing going on in the house this time, right?"
Coming out of Li Shimin's hall, Li Xiang saw Qian Ping waiting at the door.
"There aren't many other things, but the mother is not in good health."
Qian Ping said with a bitter face, Li Xiang has more women, and the harem will definitely not be as peaceful as before, after Cheng Luan gave birth to a daughter, it should be a good time to recover, but the eldest grandson Huanting gave birth to a son, even if there are more than a hundred women in the Tiance General's Mansion, there is no more son to make people uncomfortable.
"Anything else?"
This matter is expected, although Cheng Luan is a relatively generous woman, but she always lives in this place, and she always feels powerless against the gossip around her.
"The eldest young master has moved to the capital to live in ......"
Qian Ping stayed to assist the eldest grandson Huanting, although he persuaded several times, but in the end he was not persuaded to stay, and the eldest grandson Huanting moved directly from outside the city to the capital, and lived in Li Xiang's other courtyard in the capital.
Qian Ping is the assistant of the eldest grandson Huanting on the surface, but in fact he is still a person from Li Xiang's side, after suffering a big loss last time, Qian Ping of course knows whose fate he is, no matter what others say Qian Ping will report the most authentic news to Li Xiang.
"It's really not worry-free, go to my father's place first."
Li Xiang came back from the south, and after meeting Li Shimin, he had to go to Li Chengqian, and as for these women in the family, they had to take advantage of this time to beat and beat well, although they may not be able to break off this kind of fighting, but they can't get worse either.
The eldest grandson Huanting originally lived outside the city, but she didn't want to face these people in Chang'an City, after all, this identity was not good-looking, and it might bring a certain amount of shame to the eldest grandson's family.
But now it's different, although Li Xiang's promise is not said, everyone in the capital knows it, but most people have heard that as long as it is Li Xiang's son, there may be equal opportunities in the future, so the eldest grandson Huanting can't stay outside the city, and he must let his son live in Chang'an City.
The environment can shape a person, if he has been living outside the city, then the child may seem timid, and do not know how to deal with many things, so he must live in a den of power, only in this way can the child slowly grow up and become a person like his father.