Among the founding emperors of the past dynasties, Li Yuan was not outstanding in terms of merit, mind, and qualifications, but he was the top one in terms of fertility, not only in quantity, but also in extremely high quality.
The only people who could compete with Li Yuan were Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. The former had Emperor Wen of Han and the latter had Emperor Yongle. However, in addition to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan also had Princess Pingyang... Even Li Jiancheng It's not all bad.
For three generations or less, there was no sage more than Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty... In a sense, this is true. This is a monarch who has extremely strong self-control and decided to be a perfect emperor from the beginning.
As for Princess Pingyang, it is not that there are no female generals in the long history, but Princess Pingyang is unmatched in terms of achievements.
The founding emperors were often quite tolerant towards their heirs, and Li Yuan showed this particularly clearly. When his daughter regained consciousness, improved, and was about to recover, he either visited her personally or had Concubine Wan Gui, who presided over the harem, visit her, and frequently gave her many precious medicinal materials.
In the Liangyi Hall, the discussion was finished. Li Yuan watched the Prime Minister leave and turned to look at Li Jiancheng, "How is Pingyang today?"
"Guanyin went to visit her early in the morning. Third sister is in good health. She also talked about going out to the city to ride and hunt in a few days." Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "Chai Shao tried to persuade her again and again, but he couldn't persuade her."
"Pingyang has been like this since he was a child." Li Yuan laughed and nodded, "This time Pingyang recovered, thanks to Dalang's recommendation."
"Third sister is critically ill, so I have to give it a try no matter what." Li Jiancheng said sternly: "Throughout all dynasties, my family values love the most."
Li Shimin lowered his head slightly and twitched the corners of his mouth. He couldn't say such words... In his opinion, this dynasty was no better than the previous Sui Dynasty.
"If you have merit, you have merit." Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "When I think about it as a father, what should I give as a reward..."
"Father, I don't want to be rewarded. Please reward Li Shan generously for doing this."
"That's natural." Li Yuan smiled and said, "I have summoned him to see you today."
Li Shimin raised his head slightly, and his eyes collided with Li Jiancheng's.
If there hadn't been something like Li Dewu, and if Li Shan hadn't been a time traveler, Li Jiancheng's actions would have been just right, and he would have been able to take Li Shan into his employ.
Li Shimin never had the idea of letting Li Shan break into the East Palace as an internal agent... Li Shan himself would not have such an idea.
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuan talked in detail about the details of Princess Pingyang's recovery. Li Shimin sat aside and listened silently.
Li Shimin was not afraid that Li Shan would turn against him, but he was expressionlessly thinking in his mind why Li Shan rejected Bohai Gao's daughter a few days ago.
His ancestral home was Longxi Cheng Ji, his great-grandfather Shen Guogong, many of his ancestors had titles, and they had been prominent for a while. He himself was quite talented. He should be a good match for Bohai Gao's daughter... What's more, Gao Shilian was also his wife's uncle.
From any point of view, Li Shimin couldn't figure out why Li Shan refused... He also asked his wife to inquire about it. The Liu family in Hedong was interested in it before, but was also declined.
But it happened that that day, Guanyin was asked to take the lead, and she still expected me to make the decision on the wedding... Li Shimin was a little confused, and he just cursed in his heart that this guy was really a slippery man.
At this moment, Huatou has entered the imperial city,
Li Shan had been here before when taking exams and looking at results, and he paid extra attention this time.
Inside the imperial city and outside Taiji Palace, there are Shangshu Province and Menxia Province to the east, and Zhongshu Province to the right.
The Twelve Guards Office is connected to the south from the Monk Book Province and the Menxia Province. To the north of the three provinces, the few houses closest to the Taiji Palace are where the Zuojian gatekeepers are located... In other words, the Zuojian gatekeepers are responsible for guarding the Taiji Palace. 's main entrance.
"Huairen is here."
Li Shan came back to his senses, glanced around, bowed and saluted, "Meet you all."
Oncoming were the three high-ranking officials and adjutants who had just returned from the meeting at Liangyi Hall. The one who greeted them was Yu Wenshiji, the minister of Zhongshu Province.
"Sit down in Zhongshu Province first, and the chamberlain will call for you later."
"Yes." Li Shan glanced. Pei Ji, Pei Shiju and others all went east, and only a middle-aged man came walking over.
"Do you have any poems written recently?"
"Huairen deserves my thanks." Yu Wenshiji introduced, "This is Chen Guogong, my servant."
"Greetings to Mr. Chen Guo." Li Shan quickly bowed, "I really have no time these days..."
Chen Shuda laughed and said, "No time to think about it?"
"I've been at the princess's house for the rest of the month, so I have no time at all." Yu Wenshiji said to smooth things over: "Huairen will remember to ask Mr. Chen to comment on his new work tomorrow."
"How dare you comment?" Chen Shuda shook his head and said: "It is difficult to see the south of the Yangtze River in the north of Chang'an. I would like to listen to the works of old scenes."
The Chen Shuda in front of me is the younger brother of Empress Chen, the prince of the Chen Dynasty. After the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, he was moved to Chang'an. Since then, he has never returned to Jiangnan. I saw "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" that day. One is the elder brother and the other is Jiangnan. scene.
Li Shan's mind suddenly changed. Now he was the prime minister in the court, Li Shimin, a high-ranking official in the Shangshu, Xiao Yu and Pei Ji were servants on the left and right, Pei Shiju and Chen Shuda were the ministers, and Yang Gongren and Yu Wenshiji were in the secretariat.
Among them, Pei Ji, Pei Shiju, Yu Wenshi and others all have heel, while Xiao Yu, Yang Gongren and Chen Shuda hold the middle position.
Among these three people, the one who has a close relationship with Li Yuan is naturally Xiao Yu, whose wife is Li Yuan's cousin.
In terms of family reputation, Yang Gongren was of course born in the Yang family of Hongnong, and there were countless officials in the family.
As for talents and his reputation in the court, it was Chen Shuda, Duke of Chen State, who was talented in debating, had the skills of a temple, and was straightforward in temperament, daring to speak out and impartially.
Not to mention other things, Chen Shuda was also kind to Li Shan himself... Although it was designed by Li Shan, it was Chen Shuda who sent the examination papers to Li Yuan after all.
Well, Li Shan had deliberately inquired about it a long time ago. Because Chen Shuda was born in Jiangnan, he supported many famous people in Jiangnan.
His mind was spinning rapidly, and Li Shan said with a smile: "I have no time to think about it these days, but in February I was walking by the Jing River with my friends, and I got a few poems."
"Why don't you sing and listen."
"Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo are a foreteller of the warm water in the spring river. The reed buds are short on the ground, and it is the time when pufferfish are about to come."
Yu Wenshiji couldn't help laughing and scolding: "In your own words... you are a foodie!"
Chen Shuda was stunned for a while, with a lonely expression on his face, as if recalling the grand scenery of Jiangnan he saw as a young man, and said softly: "Although it is simple, it is interesting. You cannot write about it unless you have been to Jiangnan in person."
Of course, pufferfish... people in the Northland can't eat it in their entire lives.
After a few more pleasantries, Chen Shuda turned east and went to Menxia Province.
Yu Wenshiji took Li Shan into the Zhongshu Province and gave a few instructions before walking away... Li Shan couldn't help but mutter in his heart, why did he take him into the Zhongshu Province?
At this time, a familiar voice sounded beside him.
"Isn't this the world-famous Li Huairen?"
This was a bit sinister. Li Shan sneered in his heart. What kind of fool would do something provocative at this time?
Although Li Shan is still young, although Li Shan's future is worrying, although Li Shan is likely to fall into a whirlpool... But today, when he is summoned by a saint for his diagnosis and treatment of Princess Pingyang, only a fool will provoke her.
For such an idiot, Li Shan was not going to let it go easily... If he could grasp the scale, he might be able to cause some trouble.
Well, for example, when Cui Bo was killed last year, the scale was kept very well...otherwise, Prince Li Jiancheng would have been eager to recruit Li Shan under his command.
With a smile on his face, Li Shan slowly turned around...and then the smile on his face froze.
What he saw was Cui Xin with a gloomy face.
After a while, Li Shancai realized that by the way, Cui Xinguan was from Zhongshushe and was in Zhongshu Province.
"Meet Mr. Cui...Cui...Cui Gong."
Listening to Li Shan's intermittent remarks about Duke Cui, Cui Xin's face turned even more ugly, and he waved his sleeves and said: "I am only a humble person, how dare you claim to be the Duke!"
Li Shan kept silent with a sad face. Could it be that he still called Uncle Cui like he did in Qinghe County?
At that time, you were interested in recruiting a son-in-law, although I wasn't very interested...
Seeing that Li Shan didn't speak, Cui Xin only intensified his behavior... Instead of reprimanding him directly, he pointed at Sang and Huai in a strange and yin-yang manner.
Li Shan really didn't dare to refute or defend... Thinking about it, it was indeed his own problem, what a shameless person!
He wrote something like "Human faces are nowhere to be found, peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze". He just wrote it and asked Zhang Wenguan to send it... Li Shan heard the latter mention once that the little lady Cui had been banned for a long time.
Li Shan stood there, his eyes blank, listening to Cui Xin in front of him lower his voice... Suddenly he remembered that a drunk roommate in his previous life said that once he and his girlfriend did not go to a hotel in order to save money, but went to At the girlfriend's house, during a fierce war, suddenly the girlfriend's father came back.
Well, the situation is different, but the nature is similar.
"Others praise you for your benevolence and righteousness. You are a young hero, but unexpectedly..." Cui Xin sneered: "You have not yet been crowned, but you have already taken a beautiful concubine. If you are a greedy young man, you will not last long!"
Well, I remember that Mrs. Zhang visited Princess Pingyang twice, and Mrs. Zhou was at the side at that time. Li Shan blinked and said, "Cui... what does Cui Sheren mean?"
Cui Xin's nostrils dilated in anger, and Li Shan called Cui Gong, which in his opinion was a sign of indifference.
You wrote that kind of poem to my daughter, but now you want to call me Cui Gong?
Does that mean you don’t want to be responsible?
Poor daughter is still looking forward to it!
Hey, in fact, Li Shan called Uncle Cui, which made Cui Xin even more angry... You shameless person, you really wanted to deceive my daughter with two crooked poems!
Over there, Yang Gongren and Yu Wenshiji came from the corridor and couldn't help but be stunned when they saw such a scene.
"Li Shan's courtesy name is Huairen, but his deeds are very energetic." Yang Gongren shook his head and said, "Why are you so submissive?"
Yuwen Shiji, who knew Li Shan very well, was even more surprised... You beheaded Cui Bo in Qinghe County, and now you look like this. Do you want to reconcile with the Cui family in Qinghe County?
"Cui Sheren, this is..."
Cui Xin turned around, bowed, and said with a forced smile: "We were old acquaintances in Qinghe that day..."
Yang Gongren didn't care about the dispute between Li Shan and the Cui family of Qinghe. He nodded casually and walked away, but Yu Wenshiji stayed behind. "Huairen is young and energetic, and he has many benevolent deeds. Cui Sheren should do more." understanding."
Li Shan beheaded Cui Bo that day, which once caused a turmoil in Chang'an...but as the details came out, the turmoil gradually subsided.
On the one hand, Li Shan became famous for his poetic talent, and on the other hand, Dong Palace secretly suppressed him... In the end, Li Shan's killing of Cui Bo was a favor to Dong Palace.
"That's what the benevolent brother said." Cui Xin nodded expressionlessly. Damn it, this guy has secretly communicated letters with my daughter, and he still has the nerve to say anything about his benevolent deeds!
At this time, the chamberlain came to summon him, and Yu Wenshiji walked out of Zhongshu Province with Li Shan side by side, and said in a low voice: "A few days ago, there were rumors that you killed Shi Wanbao with your own hands. Cui Hao should be involved in this matter..."
Li Shan nodded slightly and said nothing.
Yu Wenshiji added: "Don't worry, your Majesty will not punish you for this matter."
Li Shan nodded again, thinking that of course Li Yuan would not punish... He wished that this kind of thing that could weaken the reputation of a wealthy family happened every day.
Suppressing powerful families has been the responsibility and instinct of almost every emperor since the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
After entering the Taiji Palace without entering the palace, Li Shan was guided around by the chamberlain. He looked around with great interest... Regarding the imperial cities in the feudal era, the most famous one was Chang'an. It is a pity that these will not be seen in later generations. .
Looking at the building in front of him, which was not grand but quite exquisite, Li Shan squinted and looked at the plaque, Liangyi Palace.
He once heard Ling Jing mention that the Taiji Hall was used for the official dynasty, and the Liangyi Hall was the place where saints, princes, and important ministers discussed matters. Li Yuan summoned them here, which was considered very important.
"Your Majesty Li Shan pays homage to..."
"Huairen is here." Li Yuan raised his hand repeatedly, "Dalang!"
Instead of calling Li Qing, he calls him by his own name. Similar titles only appear between Li Yuan and his very close veterans. For example, Li Yuan calls Pei Ji "Pei Jian", calls Dou Kang his brother, and calls Xiao Yu his "Zi Shi Wen".
Li Jiancheng stepped forward to hug Li Shan and said with a smile: "Today is a banquet for my father and son to thank each other. Huairen cannot do this grand ceremony."
"What Dalang said is true." Li Yuan nodded and said, "Such medical skills are enough to be famous for future generations."
"Pingyang has recovered, I will reward him generously!"
Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "My father is cheating today. Even the child and Erlang don't know what reward my father will give me."
"If the reward is too light, the child will feel injustice for Huairen."
Li Shan humbly gave in, and glanced at Li Shimin, who had been silent, from the corner of his eye... Today, it seems that Li Jiancheng is really not a fuel-efficient lamp. He is not as courageous as Li Shimin, but he is not inferior at all when playing such tricks.
Li Shimin chose to overturn the table in the end, perhaps for this reason... Palace fighting was Li Jiancheng's forte.
Li Yuan stroked his beard and pointed at Li Jiancheng, "Huairen has made great achievements this time, and he should be given a title to the county duke and food to a thousand households in the city."
Li Jiancheng was startled, and Li Shimin, who was silent, couldn't help but look in surprise... Such a reward was really an exaggeration.
In the Li Tang dynasty, under the princes and princes of the clan, there were the princes, princes and county princes.
In other words, Li Shan, the county prince, was already ranked third in the ranking of ministers, and he had a thousand households in the city... This was a reward that exceeded the county prince's standards.
Generally speaking, the county government has 600 to 800 households, the county government has 800 to 1,000 households, and the government has more than 1,000 households... For example, Chai Shao, the prince-in-law, is given the title of Duke Qiao. The number of food towns is only 1,200 households.
Just now, Li Jiancheng kept saying that he should not be lightly rewarded, but now he has nothing to say.
But what surprised Li Jiancheng was that Li Shan suddenly fell to the ground and shouted: "I dare not accept this reward."
"Huairen?"
"The title is an important weapon of the country, how can you reward your ministers for personal matters?"
