Li Daozong has not been weakened in his year, but Li Xiaogong is up to the task.

Therefore, a few years ago, Li Yuan sent Li Xiaogong to comfort Shannan.

Compared with other peers, Li Xiaogong can be said to be the one with the heaviest power and responsibility outside of Li Shimin.

However, he is only the prince of Zhao County, unlike several clan brothers, who have already been crowned the king of the county.

Li Shimin is not on good terms with his eldest brother and fourth brother, and his father is estranged from him.

Although Li Xiaogong has a heavy responsibility, he is not allowed to get close, and such a talent is exactly the object of Li Shimin's recruitment.

After the new emperor ascended to the pole, the two met, one talked about the eastern capital, and the other talked about comforting Shannan.

Li Xiaogong listened to Li Shimin's account of the ambush of the Three Kings' Mausoleum and the defeat of Duan Da, and he couldn't help but feel bloody, and praised: "This Li Yaoshi, the true god is also!" ”

Li Shimin said: "Li Yaoshi is the nephew of Han Baohu and the second brother of the general Li Yaowang. He is not only well versed in the Wuhou formation, but also good at the art of war of Sun and Wu, Taigong's "Liutao", and Liuhou's "Three Strategies". ”

"Taigong" is Jiang Ziya, and "Liuhou" is Zhang Liang.

Li Xiaogong said: "It turned out to be Jiangmen Shiran!" He groaned slightly and said: "I am in Shannan, although I have appeased more than 30 states, most of the people who surrender originally had the intention of looking for peace. The really tricky Xiao Milling, but I haven't been able to deal with it yet. ”

Li Shimin said: "The pharmacist once discussed the world with me, and he knows Xiao Mo very well. If my brother wants to talk deeply, I can get acquainted with him. ”

Li Xiao congratulated: "Really? If Your Highness is willing to be introduced, what a blessing! ”

Li Shimin said: "It's so good. The pharmacist has just been granted the opening of the mansion, and the housewarming will not be carried out soon, why should we go to congratulate each other? ”

Li Xiaogong hesitated: "So afraid of being presumptuous? ”

Li Shimin waved his sleeves and said with a smile: "It's okay! Anyway! The pharmacist was originally an open-minded gentleman, and his house was still in my favor for him, but I don't know how he arranged it? Take a look. ”

Li Xiaogong happily agreed.

At that time, Chang'an City, that is, Daxing City of the Sui Dynasty, was a brand-new city designed and built by Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian, who ordered Yu Wenkai, a native of the Western Regions, to design and build the country.

Yu Wenkai based on the "Zhou Li. The system of "Examination of Work" will build this city as the ideal form of the capital city of "Fang Jiuli, next to three gates". There is a sub-castle on the north side of the castle, and the northern half of it is the emperor's palace city, and the southern half is the imperial city of the government office.

Outside the sub-city is the outer Guo of the official and private life, where "nine longitudes and nine latitudes, nine rails are painted by the warp", and the symmetrical pattern is bounded by straight avenues, including the east and west cities, as well as one hundred and eight squares.

Its situation is neat and square, so that Bai Juyi, more than 200 years later, described in the poem "Ascending Guanyin Terrace and Looking at the City": "Hundreds of thousands of families are like a game of Go, and the twelve streets are like planting vegetables." ”

There are also streets in the square, and the corners are demarcated.

There are alleys in the corner of the district, which are divided into residential land, and the general residential buildings cover an area of about one Tang mu.

Pharmacist Li's original residence was hastily prepared by Dusty during his imprisonment in Chang'an Prison, which is exactly the size of this acre.

Their family of four, plus a few servants, lived comfortably here.

Now that Pharmacist Li has entered the mansion, the new residence that Li Shimin chose for him is far from being comparable with his magnificent mansion in the future, but it also covers an area of ten acres.

At that time, the Chenggan Hall where Li Shimin lived was located on the west side of the palace, and in order to facilitate daily return, the house he chose for Li Yaoshi was also on the west side of Chang'an City.

After Pharmacist Li settled this new home, Li Shimin invited Li Xiaogong to visit with him.

Pharmacist Li greeted him out of the door and was about to greet him, but was stopped by Li Shimin: "Pharmacist, as we said, meet in private, don't stick to these." ”

Later, Li Xiaogong and Li Yaoshi introduced each other, and they praised each other and gave each other some praise.

Since it was a new home, Pharmacist Li invited Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong to look around.

There are three brothers of Pharmacist Li, the eldest brother Li Yaowang has a private business in Kunmingchi, and the third brother Li Keshi also has his own mansion in Chang'an City, so the population of Pharmacist Li's family is quite simple.

There are only three main courtyards in this new house, but there is a large garden on the east side with a pond carved into it.

The topography of Chang'an City is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, and there is a rockery at the entrance of the southeast flowing water in this park, forming the image of the mountain spring gushing.

Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong praised each other, and Pharmacist Li frequently thanked him.

Li Shimin was amazed, but he was surprised: "This homestead is only ten acres, how can there be eight acres of pond water?" ”

Pharmacist Li pointed to the octagonal pavilion on the rockery on the other side of the pond and said with a smile: "Your Highness, would you like to take a look at that pavilion?" ”

Li Shimin was very happy, that is, he and Li Xiaogong walked out of the east hall with Pharmacist Li, bypassed a tall green locust on the side of the hall, and stepped on a gentle winding path by the pool.

But seeing the moss marks are glorious, the water is shining, the bamboo is cultivated, and the weeping willows are still clinging, what a quiet realm!

The three of them traveled all the way, passed through the Cuizhang Cave Gate, crossed the white stone bridge, walked past a dwarf locust tree that was eight feet long, walked to the stone steps, and climbed the octagonal pavilion.

When he came to the pavilion and looked at it, Li Shimin felt that the water in this pond was far smaller than what he could see, and he was puzzled for a while.

However, before he could ask, Pharmacist Li had already smiled and said, "Your Highness, please see, on the other side of the pond, the layout of the east hall is far larger than this pavilion, and the two green locust trees on its side are also very tall. This pavilion is quite cramped, and there are also two locust trees planted on its side, but the variant is much shorter than the green locust. Looking at each other across the pond like this, I can't help but think that the two acacia on the other side are the same size as the two acacia here. If the entity on this shore is greater than the other shore, it feels that the other shore is far away; On the contrary, it feels close at hand. ”

Li Shimin high-fived and said, "High! When we march and fight, we often use things of unusual size to confuse the enemy's assessment of the position of our troops. My brother actually used the method of battle formation for garden planning! ”

Pharmacist Li hurriedly thanked him.

Although the timing has entered midsummer, the green willows by the pool are dotting the water, and the swallows are murmuring; The green lotus in the pond is blooming, and the blue scales are playing. Li Shimin said with a smile: "Lone once had a poem of 'Early Summer', and several of the sentences in it were in line with the current scene. He said casually:

The side of the table is stunning

In front of the Xuanyan dance eaves

Why bother with Fenyang

There are mountain springs all the time

Li Xiaogong and Li Yaoshi praised successively: "Good poetry! ”

Li Xiaogong said again: "However, it also needs to be a good situation." ”

Pharmacist Li thanked him again.

Li Xiaogong visited this time, met Pharmacist Li for the first time, in addition to the congratulatory gifts of meeting and housewarming, he also brought several urns of Jian Nanchun that he brought back from Shannan.

This wine comes from the Bashu Mianzhu, takes the local five-color high-quality grains of thousands of miles of fertile fields, and is made from the "Jade Concubine Spring" water of the ancient Shu princess of Lutang Mountain.

Such a peerless wine has been recorded in the "Huayang National Chronicles", and the two Jin and Southern Dynasties are even more famous.

This time, it was brought back to Chang'an by Li Xiaogong and has since become a royal tribute wine. In the future, Jiannanchun was processed and distilled, which was called "Jiannanchun burning".

This is the earliest known distilled liquor in Middle-earth, also known as "soju". However, at that time, Li Xiaogong brought several urns were still brewing wine.

Li Shimin brought a pair of huge carp and kept them in the water tank.

Pharmacist Li was about to order someone to take him to the kitchen, but Li Shimin stopped him and said: "There is a cloud in the Book of Songs: 'Turtle and carp.'" Why don't we try carp jelly today? ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and an attendant walked out behind him, who had even brought the slashing servants.

Seeing this, Pharmacist Li immediately called "Suizhu". When Li Shimin dismounted before, he knew that the name of the governor of the house was "Hebi", and when he heard "Suizhu", he was surprised and delighted, and praised: "'Hebi', 'Suizhu', Mr. is really elegant!" I just don't know if this bead can play a sparrow? ”

Hebi, He's Bi, can be found in "Han Feizi. And the family", according to legend, Lin Xiangru will be "finished to Zhao", Qin Shi Huang will be carved into a national treasure seal.

With the pearl, with the pearl of Hou, the allusion of "playing the bird with the pearl" is seen in "Zhuangzi. Jean King".

Pharmacist Li bowed down and said with a smile: "Your Highness made fun of the envoys of the family." However, Suizhu refused to live up to the name, and worked the bow and arrow. ”

I saw a maid holding a jade pot in one hand and a gold plate in the other, and Wan Ting stepped in and saluted upwards.

Li Xiaogong saw that the interaction between Li Shimin and Li Yaoshi was not like a master and minister, but like a teacher and friend, so he was no longer restrained, and praised: "'I ask for sake, and the silk rope carries the jade pot; I ask for a delicacy, a golden carp.'" Today's meeting, Shiya Jiye! ”

The four sentences he quoted are from the poem "Yu Lin Lang" by Xin Yannian in the Han Dynasty.

At that time, in Pharmacist Li's house, how could there be a jade pot and a gold plate? Naturally, it was brought by Li Shimin.