Hearing what Li Shimin said, Li Ke thought about it and it was right. He rode back to make arrangements. He didn't want to take a carriage. The main streets in Chang'an City were paved with bluestones. Overall, they were better. But even so, many places actually They are all damaged, but the roads outside the city are completely dirt roads. The carriages of this era are... simply.
The wheels are made of wood, and there are no shock absorbers under the wheel hubs. Forget it, riding is so fun.
In fact, if Li Shimin goes out of the city now, he doesn't like to take a carriage.
"Wait!" Seeing Li Ke turn and leave, Li Shimin shouted again.
"Dad, do you have any other instructions?" Li Ke turned around, and his excited expression turned into a sad expression in an instant, but the change was so obvious that Li Shimin saw it.
The corners of his mouth twitched and he pretended not to notice, but asked: "In your opinion, what does a good emperor and a good country look like?"
"Is that all?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, please tell me about this issue." Li Shimin said.
"Oh, this is simple. No marriage, no compensation, no cession of land, no tribute. The emperor will guard the country, and the king will die. Dad, I'm leaving." Li Ke turned around and ran away after leaving a word.
Li Shimin: "..."
Chang Lin: "..."
Li Ke ran very fast. Looking at Li Ke's back, Li Shimin did not stop him.
"No marriage, no compensation, no land, no tribute. The emperor will guard the country, and the king will die." Li Shimin chewed in his mouth and repeated it. After saying it, he couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Chang Lin, who was standing behind Li Shimin, remained silent. He knew that Li Shimin failed to do these four points, including the first one. Datang has already married two princesses. We can't say princesses, we should say county lords. They are married to a leader of Tuyuhun. Although they are not Li Shimin's daughters, this is still a marriage.
Li Shimin was stunned by these words for a moment. Did he feel excited after hearing this? Surging! Hot-blooded? ! Hot blooded! But is it difficult? Disaster!
The butt determines the head. Sitting in Li Shimin's position, he certainly knows how difficult it is to do this.
Doesn't Li Shimin want it to be recorded in the history books of later generations: During the Tang Dynasty, there was no marriage, no indemnity, no land cessation, and no tribute. The emperor guards the country, and the king dies in the country? But it can’t be done!
If he has to do it, he can do it! There was nothing he couldn't do. Although Tuyuhun was strong, he could not actually threaten the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty. On the banks of the Weishui River at the beginning, when he formed an alliance with Jieli and Tuli, were the other parties really moved because Li Shimin dared to go out in person? Stop it.
Jieli and Tuli knew very well that they could not conquer Chang'an. They had no time, no tools, and no conditions. If they delayed for a long time and the Tang army cut off their retreat, they would be dead, so they were willing to take money. Form an alliance, no, now the Eastern Turks have been destroyed.
Tuyuhun also could not threaten the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty.
But the prerequisite for all this to be possible is that there are hundreds of thousands of people at the border, their families are ruined, there is no one alive, and there are no pedestrians on the road.
"Do you think this is Ke'er's ideal?" Li Shimin suddenly asked.
Chang Lin was suddenly startled, Your Majesty, you don't really want to make His Royal Highness the Prince of Shu, do you? His Royal Highness the King of Shu himself was right. His biological mother's identity alone was the biggest obstacle, and the important officials in the court would not agree.
However, Chang Lin did not say these words. After a pause, Chang Lin could only say: "Your Majesty, do you remember what His Royal Highness the King of Shu said before? If you are proud of life, you must be happy, and don't let the golden bottle be empty to the moon. But I feel that His Highness the King of Shu has thunder in his chest and his face is like a flat lake."
Li Shimin smiled without comment. He turned back to look at Chang Lin and said, "If he heard what you said, he would probably say, you Chang Lin, you stabbed me in the back."
Chang Lin also laughed. He had heard this before. His Highness the King of Shu once said it. They all understood the meaning.
"I can see that he really doesn't want to be the emperor." Li Shimin sighed.
"Although His Highness does not like this position, His Highness has never forgotten his identity and his responsibilities as a prince. Although he is proud of his life and must enjoy himself to the fullest, he must not let the golden bottle be empty and the moon is unrestrained, but he also has A benevolent heart that cares for all people and sympathizes with the sufferings of all people." Chang Lin said softly.
Yes, the most valuable thing is this heart! Looking at the princes, including Li Chengqian, and Li Tai who wanted to be the prince, they certainly did similar things, but they did them for this position, not because they really wanted to do them.
Only Li Ke doesn't want this position, but when he can, he works hard to do it.
Although we have reached the same destination by different paths, our original aspirations are more than thousands of miles apart.
The king and his ministers were silent.
After a long time, Li Shimin suddenly smiled and said: "But this brat, the king will die in the country, right? I'm not happy about it. Chang Lin, you go make arrangements and send Changle and the others to Shu Wangzhuang outside the city for vacation. Do as I say."
Li Ke hummed a little song and drove straight to Shuwangzhuang outside the city. In fact, he wanted to go to a shopping mall halfway to have a look, but after thinking about it, he forgot about it. Li Shimin's decree to ban people was issued. If he was in the middle When Li Shimin found out about running around, the place where he was not allowed to be banned changed.
He knows his cheap dad very well. If you give him face, he won't bother to care about you. If you don't give him face in this big way, then no wonder his cheap dad is ruthless.
However, Li Ke still asked a guard to explain and asked him to deliver the message, and Li Ke took some of the guards and Tian Meng directly to Shuwangzhuang.
On the way to Shuwangzhuang, Li Ke passed by the 10,000-acre land park allocated to him by Chang'an County. The preliminary construction work here has begun. Tian Meng temporarily dispatched craftsmen to complete the work. Li Ke did not go to the construction site, but stayed far away. Looking at a high slope.
In fact, this place is not far from Shuwangzhuang. The two sides can be said to be close to each other, which makes it convenient for Li Ke to control this place.
"Your Highness, our people have spread all over Chang'an City. We have temporarily conducted a preliminary investigation on the refugees and beggars in Chang'an City, especially the beggars. Many of them are controlled by some green-skinned gangsters, but we already have the data. In addition, we have completed the handover with Chang'an County and obtained the registered refugee data from them."
"It's just that the actual number of refugees is greater than the number of refugees registered in Chang'an County."
"Well, let's go. Give me a detailed report when you return to the village." Li Ke nodded, turned around and rode down the high slope to his village.
Back in the village, Tian Meng did not report directly, but went to sort out the information. Li Ke relaxed and lay leisurely on the deck chair he had made to bask in the sun.
Why! What I want is this feeling, cool and unrestrained!
In this way, until late in the afternoon, a report from the guard came outside, saying that the princesses had arrived, and Li Ke went out to greet them.
But when he went out and saw the long queue of carriages, Li Ke was stunned! Princesses were getting off the car one after another. Li Ke could recognize them at a glance: Princess Changle, Princess Yuzhang, Princess Baling, Princess Qinghe, Princess Chengyang, Princess Gaoyang, Princess Jinyang...
No, dad! Why are you so impatient? You won't send all my sisters here, will you? !
