A classic national scolding came out, and Li Zhi suddenly coughed in embarrassment.

Under the suspicious gaze of Chai Shao and the others, he opened his mouth and said to Chai Long: "Uncle's kung fu is really good, and the little nephew can be regarded as having seen it." ”

Chai Shao opened his mouth and said tentatively: "I don't know if my nephew is willing to keep him here?" ”

Li Zhi said: "I am sure that I will do what I want, but I am afraid that I will wronged my uncle." ”

Chai Shao smiled and said: "It's all about the grievances of your own family, since your nephew is willing, then my uncle will hand people over to you." ”

At this time, Chai Shao's heart was very happy.

He clearly knew Li Zhi's status in the emperor's heart now.

To put it mildly, Li Zhi's current status is no worse than that of the prince, and it is even more faintly higher than Li Tai.

At present, there are guards in the prince's mansion to protect him, and even if his younger brother goes, he may not be able to be reused.

And Li Zhi's side happened to be short of people at this time, and if he arranged his younger brother to come in at this time, he would definitely be able to become a confidant soon.

After listening to Chai Shao's words, Li Zhi first nodded to him, and then said to Chai Long: "In the future, there will be Uncle Lao." ”

Although Chai Long is a little proud of his kung fu, he is not a simple reckless man.

He saw that Li Zhi had agreed to take him in, so he immediately put down his figure.

I saw him respectfully salute Li Zhi and said, "Subordinate Chai Long has seen His Highness. ”

Seeing that Chai Long was so sensible, Li Zhi hurriedly took two steps forward and stretched out his hand to support Chai Long's arm.

He looked up and said to Chai Long: "In the future, there is no need to be like this at home, you and I can be called uncles and nephews." ”

Chai Long said: "Since ancient times, there has been a difference, and now that the humble position has entered the door of His Royal Highness, he should abide by the rules." ”

Chai Shao also interjected on the side: "It's true that you can't break the rules, don't shirk the virtuous nephew." ”

Li Zhi had no choice but to nod and agree.

Li Zhi's palace was not equipped with guards, which was also a point that Chai Shao liked.

After Li Zhi accepted Chai Long, he granted him the position of counselor, and asked him to help him recruit some guards to protect the palace.

Not only that, Li Zhi learned that Chai Rong had expertise in stealth and spying, so he recommended him to Li Jing.

Chai Rong's specialty can be used to cultivate the dragoon's stealth and assassination abilities, bringing this force closer to the modern sense of the special forces.

Li Zhi's attention to Chai Long moved him very much.

At the same time, because of the contact with famous generals and dragoons like Li Jing, the arrogance in his heart also faded a lot.

Through this contact, Chai Long's personal ability has been greatly improved.

This also gave him the idea of introducing his fellow disciples into the Jin Palace.

The sixth year of Zhenguan does not seem to be a good year.

This is what Li Shimin himself said.

On the first day of the first month of the sixth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin went to the place where he feasted the clan and the ministers in the Liangyi Palace.

Just as everyone was drinking and drinking, the sky suddenly darkened.

Seeing this situation, Li Shimin's face became gloomy at that time.

He knew that the eclipse that Li Chunfeng had secretly reported to him before had indeed appeared.

Although he has experienced a lot of this situation in the past few years, his heart is still full of apprehension at this moment.

Since the first year of Zhenguan, there have been solar eclipses almost every year, and it is true that there have been some large and small disasters every year in these years.

It is either a flood or a drought, or a panic in the army, and it can be said that it has never been stable.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhang Ananda to tell him: "Your Majesty, there has been a solar eclipse outside. ”

After Li Shimin heard this, he was immediately disinterested.

At this time, there were already palace maids who were busy lighting the lanterns.

Li Shimin glanced at it and couldn't help but complain to everyone: "I have never owed the people since I succeeded to the throne, why do these eclipses always occur frequently?" ”

Fang Xuanling, who was sitting first on the left hand, opened his mouth and comforted: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about this matter, although Datang has been in this situation for many years, it is also safe." ”

Wei Chi Jingde, who was on the other side, also spoke: "Yes, Your Majesty, my Datang also conquered the Turks in the first two years!" ”

Li Shimin blamed himself and said: "But my Datang has indeed been plagued by disasters in the past few years!" ”

Wei Zheng opened his mouth and said: "In the opinion of Yichen, although these are flaws, they are always flawed, and His Majesty's merits are enough to offset this unfavorable trend. ”

Everyone saw that even Wei Zheng, who had always been critical of the emperor, opened their mouths to comfort them, so they also spoke comfortingly.

Li Zhi sat on the side, looking at everything in front of him, and couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face.

Nowadays, people's understanding of disasters is quite poor, and people often think that natural disasters are the punishment of God who is dissatisfied with certain practices of the human world.

And the emperor's moral problems are often taken out as the target of attack.

Li Zhi was eager to explain to them the cause of the disaster.

But firstly, he did not know much about it, and secondly, the knowledge of these people did not support their belief in science.

However, in recent years, the average temperature in Datang has been relatively high.

As a result, there is little snow in winter and rainy in summer, resulting in spring droughts and summer floods.

In fact, the imperial court has done a lot of things in recent years.

For example, reducing taxes on the affected people, building granaries and digging canals.

Some of these tasks can directly reduce the burden on the people, and some of them can lay a good foundation for the future, although they cannot achieve immediate results.

But the people often don't see this, all they can see is the constant calamities.

God seems to be trying to strengthen the superstitious thoughts of these people.

So from the beginning of the New Year until March, not even a drop of rain fell in the entire Datang.

Li Shimin constantly sent people to various places to supervise the digging of wells and ditches, and spent a lot of manpower and financial resources on this.

However, even so, people with a heart still took this opportunity to launch a public opinion offensive.

They used the eclipse to denigrate the religious policies of the imperial court.

These are none other than the religious forces that were severely attacked by Li Shimin last year.

Among them, Buddhism and its interests were mainly related to officials, clans, and some wealthy merchants.

Nowadays, there is a popular saying in all parts of the Tang Dynasty that because the emperor restricted the development of religion, the number of believers in the world decreased.

And Heaven felt the decrease in believers, so it sent down the punishment.

In addition to this, these rumors are mixed with some other private goods.

For example, collecting taxes from temples is asking for money from the heavens, and letting monks bow down to their parents and elders is to make the gods bow their heads, and so on.

Li Shimin felt even more panicked after hearing these rumors, and even ministers like Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng began to persuade Li Shimin to retract his previous orders.

Li Zhi heard Li Jing talk about this incident in the camp of the dragoon army, and immediately found Li Shimin in a hurry.

When he came to the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin was discussing with the ministers about lifting the restrictions on religion.

The first thing he said after entering the door was: "Father, the emperor and his sons believe that the control of religion must not be relaxed. ”