Back at Qinwangzhuang, Li Shimin naturally didn't tell Li Ke about Li Yan. What a joke! When did he, Lao Li, need to discuss with his son? Whatever his parents ordered the matchmaker to say, I said whatever he said will be what he said! Of course, you can't be anxious about this. I'm thinking more about it because you have done a lot of serious things this year.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Shimin returned to the palace. Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve). There are various activities in the palace during the New Year's Eve, and other concubines and some princes are also in the palace. It is impossible for Li Shimin to bring them all there. Li Ke comes here, although Li Ke can live here.
But princes such as Li Min and Li You are also in the palace. Li Shimin will definitely go back during the Chinese New Year. He can't really stay here with Li Ke all the time. Although Li Ke doesn't dislike it, so does our old Li. A person who wants to save face.
When Li Shimin returned to the palace, he definitely wanted to see other people first. He walked around the palace of each concubine. It was not until evening that Li Shimin came to Liangyi Palace. As soon as he entered Liangyi Palace, he saw him. After that, Li Tai jumped up from behind the table and said quickly: "I have met my father. How is your health, my father?"
"Well, I'm recovering well." Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction. Although Qingque's original intention has changed, at least he can still persist until now. His sense of responsibility has not changed.
"That's good, dad, I'm leaving. Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve. I'll go back to the house to see your grandson. I'll stay with you at the palace tomorrow. Good night, dad." Li Tai left a word and turned around to the two of them. He ran outside the Yi Palace.
Li Shimin: "..."
He watched in confusion as Li Tai rushed directly to the door of Liangyi Hall with vigorous steps that were completely inconsistent with his body, and left without saying a word.
Li Shimin didn't react until Li Tai left. His nose was almost crooked with anger, what a guy! What, your father is a beast? Or is there a thorn in the chair? Your running proves that you haven't missed out on your exercise this month. I just saw that his face has indeed lost some weight.
With a "crunch", Li Tai, who had just ran out, showed his head again from the door of Liangyi Palace. He looked at Li Shimin and said: "Dad, it suddenly occurred to me in the past few days that the third brother's ability to handle government affairs is much better than mine." "If third brother makes a mistake from now on, please stop beating him. He is not afraid of being beaten. If you punish him to handle government affairs, I feel it will be more painful than beating him. I'm leaving."
Li Tai didn't even dare to wait for Li Shimin to respond. He turned his head and ran away without saying a word.
Li Shimin: "..."
He looked at the direction Li Tai left with a bit of fun. Do you think you've exercised and you're good again? Can you beat your third brother? Have you forgotten how you were beaten so hard by your third brother when you were a child?
But... Li Shimin was very moved by Li Tai's proposal. Li Ke's ability to handle government affairs is beyond doubt. Just look at Xizhou. The situation in Xizhou is not more complicated than that in Datang? Li Kedu handles everything in an orderly manner, and there must be no problem with him handling political affairs and supervising the country.
And Li Tai is right, why beat him? He's not afraid of being beaten. This kid doesn't want to deal with government affairs or become emperor, right? I didn't expect you to be the emperor. It's definitely no problem for you to come to supervise the country and handle government affairs.
Tsk tsk, okay, Qingque’s idea is good. If he dares to make me angry next time, I will do this.
Li Shimin suddenly expected Li Ke to come over and make him angry. I want to see how you hide this time? They relied on Changle to avoid being beaten several times, right? If I don’t beat you this time, how can Changle and the others accuse me of bullying you? Tsk tsk, perfect!
While talking, Li Shimin walked to the table and wanted to see the government affairs that Li Tai was currently handling. When he saw the half-reviewed memorial on the table, especially when only half of the reviewed words were written, Li Shimin became angry. .
Hurrah! This brat, you are like a snake and a scorpion here, right? I didn’t want to finish writing a single word of this, so I ran away halfway through? ! I'm so angry. None of them are worry-free.
"Chang Lin, has Li Tai worked hard these days?" Li Shimin asked angrily.
Chang Lin: "..." Your Majesty, there is no reason for you to be angry. Although the royal painting style seems to be different from the royal painting styles of various dynasties in history, shouldn't you have thought of it before letting His Highness King Qin intervene?
When did things related to His Highness King Qin develop in a normal direction? Aren’t they all beyond your expectations? After all these years, you still haven’t been able to read it like I always do.
"His Royal Highness the King of Yue is very dedicated. About a week ago, His Highness the King of Qin arranged a lot of things. One was to count the number of donkeys and draft horses in the country. His Highness the King of Qin gave a report saying that the horses and mules were born from male donkeys and female horses. Its disease resistance, strength, endurance, etc. are all excellent. Although it is infertile, it can be used for a long time and does not eat much, making it an excellent animal power tool."
"The Tang Dynasty should promote horses and mules on a large scale, so His Highness the King of Yue is here to compile statistics on relevant data across the country, and then Chang'an Order Li Shuang will submit a memorial regarding the return of the more than 40,000 refugees in Chang'an County who are willing to return to their hometowns to farm. Matters." Chang Lin said.
Li Shimin: "..."
No wonder Li Tai runs so fast. Data statistics are very cumbersome. In Datang, these things are very slow. Obviously Li Tai not only has to arrange people to retrieve the data of previous years, but also has to find a way to arrange people to do it. Recount.
The Tang court had to collect statistics on animal power such as donkeys, packhorses, and oxen. There were some important grain-producing areas. In fact, if possible, officials would also allocate animal power to help some people who were unable to plant food on time. .
Retrieving data from previous years is also useful.
And like the latter one, regarding the return of more than 40,000 refugees who are willing to return to their hometowns to farm, it seems to be a simple sentence, but it is extremely complicated.
Just the resettlement situation of these refugees, their residence, housing, how to walk on the road, how to reach their destination, how to allocate land, etc., are all very troublesome for Li Shimin to deal with, let alone Li Tai.
No wonder this kid was so frightened that he ran away. None of these things are simple.
Li Ke is quite ruthless. You really spare no effort to secure your eldest brother's throne.
Li Shimin was speechless. The main reason was that Li Tai had already run away, and Li Shimin didn't want to do these jobs either!
If Li Tai ran away, wouldn't he have to deal with it? Li Shimin didn't want to do the data collection. It was too troublesome, and the arrangements for officials and the resettlement of people returning home were very complicated.
This is no simple matter.
He doesn't want to do it either. This thing can't be finished in just one or two months. The point is, you can't delay it too long here with the refugees. It will take at most two months after the New Year. Winter wheat is still available in the south and Guanzhong areas. Okay, but in the more northern regions, there is only one season a year, and it is about to enter the grain sowing season.
People cannot miss this planting season when they return to their hometowns. Otherwise, there will be no food harvest this year, and what will the people eat? It is a huge consumption of food.
You have to work overtime to do this! This treacherous son, aren't you looking for trouble for your father and me?
