Qingzhou City.

The afterglow of the setting sun.

"Boom, boom...."

With the whistle of the Yanchi Road car, it resounded at Qingzhou Station, and the group walked out.

This line of people is naturally Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and others.

"It's back again, I didn't expect it to be so fast."

"A few days ago, Yanyun City, which was still thousands of miles away, is now standing on the land of Qingzhou City."

"Whew...."

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's go."

Li Shimin walked to the parking lot.

The crowd hurried to follow.

The carriage paid the money and was taken out again.

"Your Majesty, let's rest overnight in Qingzhou now, and then return to Chang'an tomorrow."

"Hurry up the carriage, tomorrow evening, it will almost arrive in Chang'an City."

Fang Xuanling said again.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and nodded.

"Although the days of this trip are not long, but for me, it is really earth-shattering, Da Yan....they are really amazing."

"Datang can't wait any longer, and I can't wait even a moment."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Everyone bowed their heads one after another.

However, Li Shimin's words just fell, and immediately after. He spoke again, his voice slightly higher than before.

"By the way, when I go back to Chang'an tomorrow, I'm going to go somewhere."

"Go and see that old friend, still there."

Li Shimin remembered one thing.

There was a drought in Qingzhou that year. He went to a small village in Qingzhou for a private visit, and there was only one old man left in that small village, which was very desolate.

Is the old man still alive today?

There was no objection from the crowd.

Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yanjin and Li Junxian also showed memories in their eyes.

At that time, they went to Qingzhou with His Majesty, and it was also the first time that Qingzhou was affected.

The old man, think about his situation at that time.

There was a bit of pain in my heart.

All the people in one village are gone.

Only the old man waiting for death remained.

Although they gave the old man a bag of food when he left, could the old man persevere?

They slept in Qingzhou City for one night.

Early the next morning, we set foot on the way home.

"Is that village still there? I remember, it was just like that. ”

"It's not far from Qingzhou City."

Li Shimin looked left and right, his brows furrowed, and he fell into deep thought.

Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yanjin and Li Junxian also looked around again and again.

At that time, after they came out of Chang'an, they traveled for about two days, and the village was next to the official road.

Count, this is indeed it.

They look.

Finally, at noon, the village was found.

The village, the same village.

Houses, and still those houses.

They can't forget it.

However, the people in this village made them feel very strange, because there were many more people in the village than when they came before.

There is a hint of prosperity in it.

Following the road in the village, according to the recourse in memory, I finally stopped in front of a house.

Around, many people from the village looked at them with great curiosity.

After all, unfamiliar faces are easy to attract attention and onlookers.

Li Shimin was a little nervous.

He was a little scared.

"Your Majesty, this is it."

Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice.

"It's here, Your Majesty, this door, I remember!" Cheng Yanjin said in a low voice.

Empress Changsun, Li Junxian They were standing behind.

"Your Majesty, that old man....should still be alive, you see this door is so clean, and the front of the door is so clean."

"Your Majesty, let me knock on the door."

Cheng Yanjin walked up.

Li Shimin waved his hand in agreement.

Soon, Cheng Yanjin walked up and knocked on the door.

Creak....

Soon, the door opened.

An old man with pale hair looked at them suspiciously.

"Who are you looking for....? Did you knock on the wrong door? ”

The old man's voice was dazed, he had no children and no daughters, he had lived to this age, his relatives were almost dead, and now there were so many strangers standing at the door of his house, his first reaction was to say Did he knock on the wrong door?

After all, after so many years, no one has ever looked for themselves.

But....

It seems that there has been one in the past two years, but that was two years ago, and those benefactors don't know where they are now.

"Nope."

The moment Li Shimin saw the old man, the corners of his eyes trembled wildly, and he took a step forward.

"Uncle, do I still know each other?"

"Two years ago, a bag of grain."

Li Shimin's voice trembled a little.

It's good to be alive!

He swallowed with difficulty, and the heart hanging in his heart finally fell.

But at the same time,

In his heart, endless miscellaneous things also rose.

Without him,

Just because the old man was able to survive, the first thing to thank was Dayan.

As for himself, Li Shimin has no face to compete for credit.

Although he gave a bag of food, he made the people helpless, corrupt officials and corrupt officials ran rampant, and ate the old backbone gods of the people into his stomach, and he, the emperor, had an unshirkable responsibility.

On the land of Qingzhou, the people who died had a close connection with him.

I just saved one person.

What's the merit?

Even, Li Shimin now feels in his heart that if there is a famine in Qingzhou, Dayan will do much better than Datang I don't know, and there will definitely not be the kind of thing that makes the old man alone and stays at home waiting for death.

"Goo-dong...."

Listening to Li Shimin's words, the old man's hand trembled violently, his cloudy gaze was clear in an instant, and he hurriedly swallowed his saliva, and his breathing became more and more rapid.

He stared at Li Shimin, and then looked at Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yanjin and Li Junxian next to him.

"Oops!"

After a while, the old man screamed, slapped his thighs with both hands, and tears fell directly.

"Oops, benefactor, benefactor, benefactor!"

"You're back, the old man kowtowed to you! The person I want to see once in my life is your benefactor, and what I want most is to invite you to a meal. ”

"Benefactor, you are finally here, and the old decay has finally looked forward to you!"

The old man trembled, and his excited public body was about to kowtow.

However, Li Shimin's eyes were quick and he directly supported the old man.

"Uncle, what are you kowtowing? Just take care of the meal. ”

Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Benefactor, please come in, please come in!"

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly invited him, laughing, and extremely excited.

"This time, eat! Benefactor, this time the old decay invites you to eat! ”

The old man danced with his hands.

He never imagined that after two years, he would meet his benefactor in the disaster again.

Li Shimin walked in with a smile.

He glanced at the courtyard.

Compared with the desolation of two years ago, the yard is full of beauty now.

There are three small ridges of vegetable fields, a grape trellis, and a lot of flowers are still planted on the wall.

It's the beginning of July, and everything is green and full of life.

"Hiss....uncle, your yard is much better than before."

Li Shimin said with a smile.

Lao Zhao invited them to sit down under the grape trellis, and then they were about to prepare snacks and tea, but they were stopped by Li Shimin, and Empress Changsun took her maid to do it.

"Harm....It's much stronger than two years ago, isn't it, do you still want to thank the benefactor? If it weren't for the benefactor's bag of grain, he would really not be able to survive. ”

The old man sighed, he looked at the small vegetable patch, and then at the gorgeous flowers blooming in the corner of the wall: "Now it is really much stronger than before." ”

"Don't worry, there's nothing to worry about, I still thought before I died, I could see my benefactor again before I died, but I didn't expect it to come."

"Benefactor, have you settled in our Dayan?"

Li Shimin and the others had stiff faces.

The old man didn't seem to see it, and continued to say to himself: "Take advantage of now, hurry up and settle down, let's be a great Yan, and win the hearts of the people!" ”

"As the saying goes, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world, Datang, don't go back."

The old man said bitterly.

Pei Lian, Cheng Biting Jin, and Fang Xuanling's faces changed slightly, but they didn't say anything, they were all silent.

Li Shimin swallowed his saliva and smiled.

"Our situation is a little complicated, let's be in Datang first."

"Oh, that's fine, that's fine...."The old man nodded: "It's okay, don't worry, Dayan is very good to the people, even if the Tang Dynasty is destroyed at that time, it doesn't matter about the affairs of our people." ”

Li Shimin coughed: "Ahem, uncle, how are you living now?" Or is it just you? This land can't be cultivated, can it? ”

Li Shimin diverted the topic and asked about the doubts in his heart.

An old man with no children and no daughters.

And now at this age, there is no longer the ability to reclaim farmland.

He didn't know how Da Yan arranged it.

"Harm, benefactor, what kind of land are you cultivating, I'm an old man, if I'm dead, I'm gone."

"Besides, I can't pick up a hoe now."

"Now that I am alive, I rely on the support of the government, and when I reach a certain age, our government will distribute pension food, which will be delivered every five days."

"I don't have to worry about food or clothing, and then I planted some vegetables in the yard, and I couldn't eat them at all, so I didn't have to worry about anything."

The old man was delighted.

But

Fang Xuanling, Pei Lian, Cheng Biting Jin, you look at me, I look at you, there is only bitterness in their eyes.

Government pension?

Da Yan, have you done it all?

This is absolutely unimaginable in Datang.

Li Shimin was also stunned.

"That's right."

After a while, Li Shimin grinned: "That's good, that's good." ”

However, there was also bitterness in his smile.

Datang, after all, is a little far behind.

The old man said, getting up: "I'll tell the two dolls, those vegetables, and meat, can they find them?" ”

The old man walked very neatly and went directly to the house.

These two dolls refer to the eldest grandson queen and her maid.

"Doll, this meat is stewed, all stewed, these are just sent yesterday, fresh."

"This, and this, eat them all, eat them all! These dishes are also used! ”

"Oh, this rice is a lot, look at it, every time the government sends so many things, and these are sent by neighbors, how can I finish eating it as an old man, and it's a pity that it is broken."

“…….”

The old man's words came from the room, and there was silence under the grape trellises.

Soon, Empress Eldest Sun and her maids, they simply cooked some meals.

It's simple, but it's also hearty.

Stew, stir-fry, rice.

The old man was very happy to eat this meal.

After eating, Li Shimin got up and said goodbye.

said that he would return to Chang'an as soon as possible, but the old man did not stay, but just said that he would come back to sit when he was free.

The carriage is set off again.

Leaving the village, this time, the speed was all turned on.

The old man was sent all the way to the head of the village.

Li Shimin waved his hand and shouted vigorously: "Go back, go back!" Don't send it, go back quickly! ”

"I'll come back next year when I'm free!"

Li Shimin waved his hand, and he kept seeing the figure of his father-in-law, but he couldn't see it again, so Li Shimin sat down.

He looked at Pei Lin and Fang Xuanling.

The expression became more and more solemn.

"Reform, must be reformed!!"

"Look at Da Yan, and then look at our Datang, if we don't act again, Datang really has no chance at all."

"Whew....go back, hurry up!"

Li Shimin frantically urged.

He really can't wait for the reform.

Li Junxian riveted his strength, drove the carriage, and went crazy all the way.

Fang Xuanling nodded heavily: "Your Majesty is right, after this trip, the shock of those industrial systems in Dayan is far less than the shock that the people of Dayan brought to me." ”

"Da Yan, it's the ultimate, with such an official mansion, how can the people not fight to protect it?"

Fang Xuanling's voice was hoarse.

"The old man....can be regarded as a complete peace of mind, and he is willing to suffer? Hahaha, our Datang has done too poorly in comparison. ”

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said directly.

I am not afraid that Li Shimin will be unhappy.

There is no other reason for this, because it is true.

This is a fact that has to be admitted!

Li Shimin was taking a deep breath, his eyes deep.

When I arrived in Chang'an, it was already midnight.

But

Li Shimin didn't care about resting at all, and immediately discussed it with Pei Lin and Fang Xuanling.

This night, sleepless.

Candles in the Tai Chi Palace. Changed and changed.

Next

It wasn't until noon that Li Shimin let them go back.

But

After going back for two hours, the people came back again, with all kinds of bedding and all kinds of supplies of their own.

They are to stay in the palace for a few days.

Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu, Li Jing and other national pillars were also called in.

The Imperial City has never been so lively.

….….….….….….

Great Flame.

Yanyun City.

Yanyun Palace.

It's also lively here.

He Shen, Guo Shoujing, and a group of scholars on urban management, they sat directly on the ground in the Panlong Hall and had a heated discussion in front of Li Kuan.

Li Kuan sat above, looking down at them thoughtfully.

But at this time, Chen Qingzhi hurriedly walked in.

"Your Majesty, outside the palace, there is a Taoist priest who said he wants to visit you."

"He said that his name is Yuan Tiangang, and he came to ask to see His Royal Highness the Second Prince."

"Oh? His Royal Highness the Second Prince? Li Kuan's eyes flickered, and he laughed: "This is really....incomparably long-lost title." "Hands

"Yuan Tiangang, it's interesting, let him in."

Chen Qingzhi immediately took the order and left.

Below, Guo Shoujing, He Shen and the others were all silent and looked up at Li Kuan.

"You go ahead and discuss yours." Li Kuan waved his hand.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you.

Still silent.

(End of chapter)