The carriage quickly arrived at the gate of Qin Mansion. Qin Ming heard Qing Wan's clear voice before he even got off the car:
"Cousin, you see the young master and aunt are back."
Qin Ming and Xiao Changxi looked at each other and hurriedly got out of the car.
Qin Ming was hugged by a petite body as soon as he got out of the car.
You don't need to look at Qin Ming to know it's Xiao Qingwan. He patted Qingwan's back lightly and said:
"Okay, Qingwan, the young master is back, don't worry.
Go back to the house with the young master quickly, it's cold outside, don't get cold. "
As he spoke, he helped the little girl in his arms.
Qingwan just saw the young master and couldn't hold back the excitement, so she rushed into the young master's arms.
"Okay," Qingwan straightened up and looked at the young master. She found that except for the wrinkles in his clothes, there was nothing serious about him.
So he bowed to his aunt, who was holding Zijun's cousin. After everyone greeted each other, they entered the Qin Mansion courtyard.
It was lunch time, and Qin Ming didn't exchange too many greetings with everyone.
Let everyone go back to their own courtyards, have lunch and rest for a while, and inform all the stewards in the house to arrive in their study at midnight.
He took Qingwan back to his small courtyard.
At the beginning of the Shen Dynasty, Chang'an City, Taiji Palace, Ganlu Palace
Li Shimin was in a very good mood today. The reason was simple. He wore the down jacket given by Qin Ming inside his dragon robe this morning. This made him feel much more relaxed who usually wears heavy leather underwear.
Then I have truly experienced the thermal insulation effect of down jackets.
The main hall where the wind is usually biting didn't feel cold anymore after putting on the down jacket today, and I even felt a little sweaty.
What made Li Shimin even more comfortable was that he was the only one in the court wearing such clothes, which made him feel good just thinking about it.
What made him even more happy was that during their lunch break today, several noble concubines in the harem sent their personal maids to deliver them. They made cakes with their own hands and hinted that they hoped they could go there in the evening.
Li Shimin naturally knew the reason, but so what, even if he was the emperor, he could not avoid it. Men like the feeling of being coaxed by a group of beauties and asking them questions.
While Li Shimin was happily reading the memorial, the eunuch came to report that Shangshu Zuopu Shefang Xuanling and Hubu Shangshu Dai Zhou were outside the hall asking for an audience.
After receiving the communication from Li Shimin, it didn't take long for Li Shimin to see Fang Xuanling and Dai Zhou walking into the hall with faces full of joy.
The two of them bowed:
"Your Majesty, Xuanling, your Majesty."
"I, Dai Zhou, see your majesty."
"You two nobles, please get up. When I saw the two nobles, I looked happy, but what's the happy event?"
Fang Xuanling glanced at Dai Zhou and said:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Dai Shangshu just came to Shangshu Province to see me. He said that the amount of donations in Chang'an City today has exceeded 150,000 yuan, so I am here to report the good news to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this. He stood up happily and walked to the two of them. He looked at Dai Zhou and said:
"Dai Qing's family, are you serious about this? Which family donated a large amount of money?"
Dai Zhou was also very excited at this time. As the Minister of Household Affairs, with this money, he basically no longer had to worry about disaster relief.
Seeing His Majesty the Emperor asking questions, he respectfully said:
"Reporting to your majesty, today at noon, the Taiyuan Wang family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Boling Cui family, the Xingyang Zheng family, the Fanyang Lu family, the Zhaojun Li family, the Du family and the Wei family in the south of Chang'an City.
They went to the household department one after another to make up their donations, and now all these families have donated 10,000 guan. "
Li Shimin laughed loudly when he heard this. I sighed in my heart, Qin Ming's plan is very clever, very wonderful.
Then Li Shimin suddenly thought of a question. Now that all donations are the same as those of the royal family, naturally these families cannot be listed in the same row on the merit monument. But if they are written separately, they must be written in order. In this way, wouldn't it be I have a little more space here.
But no matter how you line up, the royal family will definitely be in the first row.
Thinking of this, he summoned Wu Shi and asked him to give an oral instruction to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. The merit monument must be repaired as soon as possible and the quality must be guaranteed. It must be erected for at least a thousand years. Any neglect shall be severely punished.
The reason why Li Shimin attaches so much importance to this matter is because the power of the aristocratic families is too great and the reputation among the people is too high. There is a saying among the people since the Wei and Jin Dynasties,
A century-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old family.
What it means is that the royal family is not as powerful as the aristocratic family.
Even two years ago, Li Shimin wanted the prince to marry a legitimate daughter from a noble family, but no noble family agreed. They would rather marry their legitimate daughter to a commoner than to the royal family. This incident made Li Shimin very angry.
If it weren't for the fear of shaking the country's foundation, Li Shimin really wanted to eradicate these aristocratic families one by one. Now that there is a merit monument, he can't say anything to make the aristocratic families have an easy time.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin took Fang Xuanling and Dai Zhou and whispered for a while. The general meaning was that since the merit monument can only have one family in a row, in addition to donating money, the ranking also depends on what these families do in resettling the refugees. other contributions.
Fang Xuanling and Dai Zhou are both veteran officials, so they naturally understand what His Majesty means.
After everyone finished talking, Fang Xuanling suddenly asked:
"Your Majesty, I see that your clothes are a little thin. I hope you will pay more attention to your dragon body. It is cold now and you should wear more clothes."
Dai Zhou next to him also followed suit and said: "Yes, yes."
Li Shimin felt that today was really his lucky day. Like people in later generations, only he knew that he was happy when he got good things.
But if you have something good and let others know about it, but others don’t have it, that’s another kind of happiness.
So Li Shiming told Fang Xuanling and Dai Zhou the words he had discussed with Empress Changsun.
This made the two veterans, who were in a good mood just now, suddenly feel bad.
Just when Fang Xuanling was hurting because she couldn't get acquainted with such an invisible person.
Suddenly I saw a new calligraphy hanging on the wall where Li Shimin was working on memorials in Ganlu Hall. Seeing the special font, I couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Your Majesty, this calligraphy is so well written."
Li Shimin said like an old god:
"Xuanling, don't just read the words. How about you go in and take a look at the poems above?"
Dai Zhou, who was on the side, had already seen the words, but he lost his sense of caution in front of His Majesty and did not go forward to take a look.
Seeing that His Majesty agreed, he followed Fang Xuanling to the front of the calligraphy and painting. I glanced at it and couldn't help but chant:
"Ten thousand dollars worth of wine in gold gourds, ten thousand dollars worth of delicacies on jade plates. I stopped eating and threw chopsticks. I drew my sword and looked around at a loss. I was about to cross the Yellow River, which was blocked by ice. I was about to climb up to Taihang, where it was snowy and dark. I came to fish and sit on the stream in my spare time. Suddenly, Return to the boat and dream of the sun.
The journey is difficult, the journey is difficult, and there are many divergent paths, but now I am at peace.
There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, and the clouds and sails are hung directly to help the sea.
On October 18th, the fifth year of Zhenguan, Qin Ming presented it to Uncle Li. "
"Good poem, good poem, very well written. But, who is this Qin Ming, Your Majesty?"
Could it be that he is the child of Duke Yi Guo? That's not right, even the children of Duke Yiguo's family would not dare to write such a signature. " Dai Zhou said puzzledly after reading.
Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling looked at each other, both smiling and saying nothing.
Several people commented on the poem and the thin gold style together.
During this period, Fang Xuanling secretly hinted to Li Shimin that she would take him with her next time she went to the Qin Mansion. It was not until Li Shimin nodded in agreement that Fang Xuanling and Dai Zhou exited the Manna Palace together.
Seeing them leaving, Li Shimin's mind became active again. Which imperial concubine's palace should he go to at night?
