Under the comfort of her mother, Li Lizhi smiled happily and was coquettish again.

"Alright, alright......"

Li Shimin came out and waved his hand to play the round,

"It's hard for a mother to return to a mother, and it is appropriate to be grateful to my mother, but no matter what, our beauty is the protagonist today."

"Come, come, open the table."

He was about to move his chopsticks, but he saw Xu Fenglei raise his hand to stop him.

"In my hometown, there is such a custom."

Xu Fenglei also smiled and said,

"On the day of your birthday, lighting a few candles, closing your eyes and making the most spiritual wishes, so they are also called birthday wishes."

"Lizhi, before the feast, make a wish to blow out the candles, right?"

Li Lizhen's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Make a wish?"

She jumped out of the arms of her eldest grandson, Wuji, and said,

"Okay, Lizhi wants to make a wish!"

"And such a custom? It's also interesting. The eldest grandson said with a smile, "Come on, bring candles." ”

A servant girl stepped forward, and Xu Fenglei commanded two words in her ear.

In a few moments, eight tiny candles lit up and brought to the table.

"Lizhi, make a wish!"

Xu Fenglei raised his hand and said.

"Hmm!"

Li Lizhi closed her eyes, put her hands together, and began to chant words in her mouth.

"Say what?"

"I'll listen, I'll listen......"

The two older brothers started to be funny again.

"Go away, go away! Nasty big brother and second brother! ”

Li Lizhi yelled at the two elder brothers, and then closed her eyes again, making a wish very seriously.

Obviously, she believed Master's words - the birthday wish is very spiritual!

After a moment, the little girl opened her eyes suddenly.

"Whew-"

She blew all eight candles out with a slam blow!

Smack!

"Good!"

Xu Fenglei was the first to applaud and congratulated,

"I wish us a happy birthday, every year today, every year today!"

"Don't say your birthday wishes, it won't work if you say it!"

Bang Bang Bang!

Bang Bang Bang!

Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji, as well as Li Qingquan, Li Chengqian, and Li Tai all applauded vigorously and said in unison:

"Happy birthday to our Lizin!"

Li Lizhi looked at her parents, master, brothers and sisters who all wished her so heartily, and her little nose couldn't help but sour.

"Father, Queen Mother, Master, Brothers and Sisters...... You guys are so nice! ”

"Woo-"

With a hint of crying, she threw herself into the arms of her eldest grandson.

But this cry, of course, is not because of grievances, but because I am moved, and I cry because I am surrounded by love.

At this moment, Li Lizhi felt that she was the happiest and most favored little girl in the world!

"Hahaha, don't cry, don't cry, be happy......"

Li Shimin rubbed his hands and said,

"Come on, open the table!"

"I ate the first chopsticks, and I was already hungry haha......"

He grabbed a piece of fat meat with a chopstick and threw it into his mouth with lightning speed.

"Eh, Your Majesty! You ......"

Xu Fenglei glared.

This is stealing fat!

"Oh, happy, happy! It's just such a piece, I don't eat much, I don't eat much......"

Li Shimin chewed vigorously, and sneered a little scoundrelly,

"Next, I will eat all the fish, and I will eat all the fish......"

As he spoke, his chopsticks were already stirring into the fish bowl.

"This fish is fried too!"

Xu Fenglei teased,

"Our imperial chef can, and the dishes have been improved to this extent."

"To make a fish soup, you have to fry the fish in hot oil first, the skin and flesh are crispy, and the soup is more fragrant."

"If you eat it according to such a recipe, I'm afraid Your Majesty's wind disease won't get better......"

Li Shimin smiled awkwardly.

"Just this meal, I eat light on weekdays, I don't believe you ask the queen!"

He replied,

"You ask her, you ask her, do I strictly abide by the dietary rules and eat vegetable soup and tofu every day? Seriously, I'm almost over becoming a monk! ”

After saying this, Li Er was quite arrogant.

The eldest grandson Wujian also nodded.

"It's true that vegetable soup is vegetable soup, but there is also some chicken soup in vegetable soup."

She snorted softly,

"Tofu is tofu, but there is a lot of minced meat on tofu."

"Turnips are turnips, but the lard is a little too much."

Li Shimin: "......"

He can't even talk about it!

"That's it, take your time, Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, don't eat some meat, and the consumption can't keep up."

Xu Fenglei took a large piece of fish meat and put it in his mouth, waved his hand,

"It's easy to relax in the future, just pay more attention to yourself."

"Come, come, just have fun today, open up and eat!"

After getting this "pardon", Li Er's eyes suddenly lit up, and his eyes frantically aimed at the fat meat.

Adding chicken soup and minced meat is just enjoyable, if you really want to satisfy your cravings, you still have to have fatty meat!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

They are all their own people, and Li Er no longer cares about his image as an emperor.

Xu Fenglei is not reserved, he doesn't know how many meals he has eaten in Tiance Mansion, and he can eat as much as he wants.

In a hurry, he still dares to rob Li Er!

"Come, this cumin mutton is delicious, Cheng Qian, look at your skinny, whole piece by piece."

"This fried fish is also delicious, boneless, come on, open your mouth-"

"Qingquan, you're welcome, you can eat whatever you want, you've been busy enough lately, come and make up for some mountain treasures?"

"Shut up."

Several children ate with their mouths full of oil, leaving Li Tai to gnaw on the vegetable leaves with a sad and angry face......

He was prescribed to eat a maximum of two bites of fish, and the mutton was not to even think about it.

If you don't lose the fat in this body, the dietary ban will be implemented throughout!

Half an hour later.

The children have a small appetite and are eager to eat, and after a while, they are all full, and they want to go down to play if they can't sit still.

"Lizhen, let's ride a big horse!"

Li Chengqian wiped his mouth and greeted proudly,

"Father's fierce horse, my brother has been completely tamed, let's take you for a ride?"

"Okay—" Li Li replied and got off the table.

"That fiery horse is not allowed to ride blindly."

Li Shimin said busily,

"It's not for sure, don't drop your sister."

"Come, lead a docile little mare, and ride for the prince and princess."

The guards were ordered, and quickly brought a foal from the horse warden and helped the brother and sister to ride on.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, there is also a person leading the horse, one person pedaling, and a ticket behind him.

"It's boring, it's not exciting."

Li Chengqian pursed his lips and said,

"Come, Lizhi, big brother will take you to feel the vision on horseback first, I'm sure you'll love this feeling!"

"Whew-"

As soon as he threw his whip, the colt galloped.

"Woo! Woo! ”

Li Lizhi felt the beating on the horse's back, and shouted excitedly.

"Qingque, you also go to play for a while, it's okay to sit like this."

The eldest grandson Wujian encouraged,

"Do you want to ride a horse? The queen mother will also help you get a horse? ”

Li Tai buried his head in a snort, his face was hideous, and he didn't pay attention to the old lady at all.

If you are a vegetarian, you must eat enough, and you will be full!

……

"Hiccup—Hear me......"

Li Shimin put down his chopsticks, took out a bamboo skewer and shaved his teeth, and said casually,

"A while ago, you accompanied the queen to Xingguo Temple and met a monk named Xuanzang?"

"He wants to travel out of Kansai and seek the true scriptures?"

Xu Fenglei nodded.

"Yes."

He said,

"This person is determined and has great ambitions, and I am still quite optimistic about him."

"Oh?" Li Shimin said with a little surprise, "Speaking of which, you seem to be closer to the Daomen, right?" I said before that I wanted to take refuge in Quanzhen, but this time I appreciated the monk, between Buddhism and Taoism, isn't it always against each other? ”

Xu Fenglei smiled.

"Buddhism and Taoism do not deal with each other, it is a contradiction between different religions, and it does not hinder personal interactions."

He answered,

"There are many eminent monks and high Taoists in history, and they are all close friends who cherish each other."

Li Er was stunned.

"So what do you mean...... Do you approve of this Xuanzang monk going out of the Western Regions and going to Tianzhu Kingdom to seek the true scriptures? ”

He frowned slightly,

"He also asked for a fold before, but he still handed it over from Xiao Yu, and I refuted it."

"Regardless of anything else, if he really crosses the Western Regions to obtain the true scriptures, it will inevitably set off stormy waves in the Tang Dynasty, and the scene will be sensational!"

"Buddhism is bound to flourish, but I don't want to see it."

"Religious matters are not beneficial to the country......"

If you look at Xuanzang from the perspective of an ordinary person, you will definitely have admiration for his great perseverance.

But if you use the emperor's eyes to discern it, it is not so simple.

From a certain point of view, letting Xuanzang go out of the Western Regions is the way to get trouble.

"Yes, that's what the minister thinks."

Xu Fenglei said bluntly,

"But Your Majesty, you can't stop it."

Li Shimin: "?! ”

"Why?" He replied.

"This Master Xuanzang is not ordinary."

Xu Fenglei Zhengsedao,

"Even if there is no customs clearance document, he can still find a chance to leave Datang, after all, our Datang is not an iron bucket, there are always loopholes to drill, not to mention that in the year of famine, the imperial court will let the homeless people go out to beg for food, Xuanzang can take advantage of such and such an opportunity to slip away."

"As long as he leaves the territory of the Tang Dynasty, he can run rampant freely and run towards his destination, Tianzhu."

This is not nonsense.

Xuanzang in history was able to leave the border of the Tang Dynasty and enter the Gaochang Kingdom by disguising himself as a homeless person to beg for food.

The same operation is not difficult to reproduce.

"That's ......"

Li Shimin touched his chin and groaned,

"Then depending on what you mean, do you think he can successfully go back and forth and bring the scriptures back?"

Xu Feng thundered his head.

"The I Ching has clouds, the chaste, and the auspicious."

He said,

"When a person has great perseverance and perseverance, there is not the slightest doubt in his heart, and only firmness remains, even heaven and earth will help him!"

"Although I have only seen Xuanzang once, I can confirm that he is such a person."

"Therefore, he will definitely succeed, it may take years, ten years or even decades, but he will definitely be able to obtain the true scriptures!"

"And when the time comes, even Your Majesty will have to greet him, because he is too legendary, right?"

Li Shimin's face changed.

But immediately, he could only nod.

Truly.

If Xuanzang can really single-handedly cross the vast desert, crisscross 100,000 miles, successfully travel back and forth between the Tang Dynasty and the Tianzhu Kingdom in the Western Regions, and bring back the Buddhist scriptures, then he will definitely become a legend!

Needless to say, the children of Buddhism are bound to go crazy!

Even ordinary people will be fanatically welcomed, and he, the emperor, is not exempt from vulgarity......

"Since he will definitely go, he will definitely succeed......"

Li Shimin muttered,

"Should I be a little more enthusiastic? For example, give him a customs clearance paper? Give him some more funding? ”

"Yes." Xu Fenglei said firmly, "The minister thinks that Xuanzang should be given the convenience he deserves, and at the same time, the Tang Dynasty can also benefit from the westward journey." ”

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.

"Take profit?"

He said with great interest,

"I know that you kid has a lot of ideas, and you can be so positive when things that don't benefit you?"

"Talk about it, talk about ......"

Xu Fenglei laughed.

"Your Majesty intends to develop in the Western Regions?"

"If you are interested, this is an opportunity for Datang, Your Majesty, to have an in-depth understanding of the Western Regions!"

He said hesitantly,

"Although we have a Silk Road, and there are merchants from the Western Regions who go back and forth, those people are only concerned with doing business, and they can't ask for any valuable information at all."

"But if Xuanzang is allowed to send an envoy to the Western Regions......"

"When we provide convenience for him, we can also make requests for him! For example, every time you go to a country, you must meet its king, and while showing my Tang Dynasty diplomacy, you can also take the opportunity to understand geology and geography, customs, folk customs, language and culture, etc., we can ask Xuanzang to record all of these! ”

"In this way, one country after another, and finally to Tianzhu Kingdom, Xuanzang has a detailed map of the Western Regions in his hands!"

"Your Majesty should understand the value of this picture, right?"

Li Shimin's eyes are full of brilliance!

He already has the intention of expansion, even if he doesn't plot to the west in this life, his children and grandchildren will definitely do it in the future!

It's just that at present, the information in my hand is all a few words left by the Han Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

After hundreds of years, the information is useless.

It can be said that the situation in the Western Regions is now blank and there is no way to talk about it.

But if you can get such a detailed map of the Western Regions......

Bang bang! Bang bang bang!

Thinking about it, Li Er's heartbeat began to speed up.

Ambition grows in the bottom of my heart!

"Western Regions, I have intentions!"

In front of Xu Fenglei, Li Shimin did not hide it, and said straightforwardly,

"This map of the Western Regions is very important!"

"I want to know which of the more than 100 countries in the so-called Western Regions are, where they are, and what connections they have with each other!"

"I want to know where the Tianzhu Kingdom is, and whether they are rich in products and resources!"

"I need to know it all!"

Xu Feng said with a smile: "I heard that the Western Regions are rich in minerals, and there are quite a lot of gold mines. ”

In the Western Regions, there are not many things, but there are many dogs!

This has been true since ancient times.

Li Er: "!! ”

"Good, good!"

He said fervently,

"When you say that, you hook my greedy heart!"

"Xuanzang's matter, since I can't stop it, then I decided to agree! You are solely responsible for contacting, and you must let him leave Chang'an and go to the Western Regions in a beautiful manner! ”

"You tell him that I am waiting for him to come back from the true scriptures, and I am waiting for his treasure map of the Western Regions......"

"If he really returns successfully, I will welcome him with the treatment of a triumphant general!"

In Li Shimin's mind, he is already opening a gold mine in the Western Regions at this moment!

(End of chapter)