Li Shimin got up a little late, but he stayed in Li Ke's master bedroom with Concubine Yang and Empress Changsun. Well, the bed was big enough to sleep several people without any problem. There was also a small partition in the master bedroom. There is a bedroom, but it is for the maid.
After Li Shimin got up, he realized that Li Tai was here, "How is it? I heard that you did quite well. Some ministers said that you are very steady in your work. It seems that your elder brother and I were right about you." Li Shimin praised you.
"No, no, no, dad, I can't. I think these ministers must be giving you face. After all, I am the prince you elected to supervise the country. If I don't do well, I will lose your face. I think what I did Not even close." Li Tai shook his head like a rattle.
Li Shimin was speechless. Didn't he really want to be the emperor before? Backing off so quickly?
But coming back... Li Shimin looked at Li Ke again, you bastard, you really deserve a beating. Look at you, you are so good at the throne that you no longer want to take it. You really put all the people in it. Everyone has been led astray, and everyone seems to be as ungrateful as you?
I also want to quickly train a successor. I have been a dashing emperor for a few years. That's it. How can I become the emperor?
"Don't belittle yourself. What you do well is good. Don't worry, Aye will see it." Li Shimin still encouraged, "Don't learn from your third brother. Mud can't hold up the wall."
Li Tai almost cried, Dad, is there a possibility that I want to be like the third brother now?
Regarding Lao Li's slander, Li Kecai didn't bother to refute. It's good that the mud can't support the wall. Why refute this? If he refutes too much, he will make himself unhappy.
"Erlang, don't forget that you are living with others and eating from others. Do you say that about your son?" Empress Changsun couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but speak for Li Ke.
"What's wrong? There's nothing wrong with what I said. It's not right for a son to be filial to me." Li Shimin said confidently.
"Aye, I can't agree to this." Li Tai felt that he had to refute, because he still wanted to be like the third brother. If his father said this, wouldn't he be beaten if he played with the third brother in the future? No, we can’t let dad belittle the third brother.
"Aye, Third Brother is a prince. If he really doesn't want to take care of these things, think about it. There are so many refugees, so many beggars, and retired disabled soldiers in Chang'an City. , Third Brother can ignore it."
"Anyway, the third brother can make money again. It would be great if the third brother can use the money for his own enjoyment. But now the third brother has spent all the money on these common people, soldiers and beggars. Which prince can do that? Anyway, I am a minister. It can’t be done.”
"Don't talk about son-in-law, there are so many ministers in the world, how many powerful families can do it? Therefore, the third brother has done many things. He has always kept the people of the world in his heart. Third brother has always been a son-in-law. An example!" Li Tai said seriously, and he specially emphasized the word "example."
"Do you think your third brother doesn't enjoy it? Look at this Zhuangzi. There are several people who have built better buildings than him. My palace is not as good as mine." Li Shimin was speechless and glared at Li Taidao, "Are you so weak?" Can't you hold on a little longer? Look, in less than a month, you have changed so much?
You really made me look at you in vain, and your third brother guessed it right.
"Aye, what you said is wrong. You can't say that. Don't look at what the third brother enjoys but what the third brother has done. If there are only people living in such a house in the world, how many people can live in it? A good life for one hundred thousand people can affect the lives of millions of people. I think it would be good to have more people like this." Li Tai said quickly.
Yo? Li Shimin glanced at Li Tai somewhat tall, "Okay, have you learned how to speak?" It seems that the government affairs during this period were not in vain.
But now Li Shimin is actually a little depressed in his heart. Li Tai's transformation has come as Li Ke imagined. This means that the fight for the crown prince in the Tang Dynasty should no longer exist, and the contradiction between this position will naturally not exist in the future. , and naturally it is impossible for their brothers to suffer the same human tragedy as Li Shimin did back then.
So Li Shimin is actually very lucky, but apart from being lucky, he is also a little depressed. His sons are all too good, but they don’t want to be good, so he is also a little depressed. Okay, I am dedicated to my work, diligent and diligent, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. Prosperity comes from hard work.
It's a good thing that you all don't want to be an emperor, you all want to be a free prince, right? None of them are promising!
So Li Shimin has been somewhat depressed these days. Of course, this kind of depression is due to the ambivalent mood of a father towards his children. Whether he is an emperor or an ordinary citizen, a father always has such ambivalent moods.
Just like those fathers who watch their beloved daughters get married, they first hope that their daughters will marry into a good family, have a happy marriage, have a husband who loves her, and have lovely children in the future. But she is also worried that after her daughter gets married, her husband will treat her badly and her husband's family will treat her badly, and she is also afraid that her daughter will suffer hardship. She is a little princess at home and becomes a family. In order to live a good life, she starts to save and save in various ways.
Being a father is always contradictory.
Li Shimin almost has this contradictory mentality.
Of course, it won't change his overall mind, it's just that he was a little confused for a while.
"Okay, okay, you have all been bribed by Li Ke. Okay, let's go to worship the stove today." Li Shimin waved his hand and was too lazy to discuss this issue. At least for now, Li Shimin was actually very satisfied. Yes, because everything is developing in a good direction! So his mood was really good during this period.
Li Shimin led Li Chengqian, Li Ke and others to start sacrificing the stove and preparing to celebrate the new year. Far away in Xizhou, Li Yan and others had just completed the task of sacrificing the stove with Li Daozong.
Today's festival has been carried out by the captains of each village. In the name of "sacrifice to the stove", these captains gave the herdsmen in these villages a "task that is not a task" on behalf of His Highness, asking them to clean up, and then told these herdsmen, His Highness is also offering sacrifices to the stove in Chang'an. He hopes that the herdsmen like them can live a better and happier life next year. This is His Highness's expectation for them.
This activity is not mandatory, but when these captains perform informal tasks and perform sacrifices to the herdsmen in the name of His Highness, they will unconsciously participate. In a few years, stove sacrifices will also become the custom of these herdsmen. One of the habits is that they will automatically understand what worshiping the stove is and understand the Kitchen God.
These are all things Li Yan learned from His Highness, who calls this cultural identity.
Because when these herdsmen have a common culture with the people of Tang Dynasty, they will be more integrated and identify with their own identities! Therefore, Li Yan will never give up on any process of popularizing "culture".
