Chapter 841 Li Shimin's Attitude

After the Yuan Dynasty, Luo Tong was going to take office with the imperial guards and could not stay in Sanyuan for a long time, so early the next morning, he left Liu's mansion with Mrs. Luo and Di Zhizhi and returned to Chang'an.

Liu Yi took the butler to see him off and kept sending him out of Sanyuan City. He watched Luo Tong and his party gradually fade away. Liu Yi sat on his little donkey and looked into the distance until they disappeared on the road.

"Is there any news from Your Highness King Jin?" He stroked Liu Wuhen's ears gently, and the donkey turned around and returned. Liu asked the butler Liu Wuchen about the congratulations yesterday: "Have the congratulations King Jin accepted those congratulations?"

"Reply to the young master," Liu Wuchen bent over on the horse's back and replied respectfully: "Your Highness, including Wang An and those wealth, has received all of his wealth and property, and he has no intention of sending it back."

"Well, just accept it." Liu Yi nodded gently: "Wang An and other specialties such as tea, wine and so on are second. The 500,000 jin of silver is also a test for me as a master. Whether he can pass it depends on him, and whether his staff around him can think of corresponding countermeasures."

"Wuchen is very clear about something, so please give me some advice." Little lifted the reins, Liu Wuchen rode his horse forward and rushed forward for two steps, bowed and asked Liu Yi: "There is not much cash at home, why does the young master insist on giving away 500,000 yuan to His Highness King Jin? If it is just for a test, the price paid by the young master is too high. Moreover, the young master's move will inevitably arouse the suspicion of His Royal Highness Prince and His Royal Highness King Wu. Will this have any adverse impact on our Liu Mansion?"

"Is 500,000 guan a lot?" Liu Yiuan shook his head indifferently and said softly: "If it weren't for the lack of cash at home and he also needed to keep some for unexpected reasons, otherwise, I would still be insufficient if I took out 500,000 guan."

There are some things that cannot be told to Liu Wuchen that if he knew that Li Zhi would definitely become the emperor in the future, he would no longer feel that spending 500,000 yuan was worth it, and he would no longer worry about any impact. 500,000 yuan was bought as a favor for the future Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. This was something that everyone dared not even think about after Li Zhi's dynasty. In Liu Yi's opinion, it was worth it.

"As for the prince, the King of Wu and the King of Yue, will he take a child who has just turned eleven or twelve years old?" Liu Yi gently stroked the fine hairs between Liu Wuhen's neck and said in a low voice: "Besides, Your Highness King of Jin has a master-apprentice relationship with me. As a master, I can't stand my disciple suffering. I have sent some money and other people can't find any reason, right? As long as I don't look too close to him in the future."

"Young Master said, Wu Chen was worried too much." He responded lightly, and the worry on Liu Wuchen's face was still there. He just saw that their young master seemed to be in the overall situation. He knew that there must be something that the young master was inconvenient to explain, so he knew that he would not ask more questions.

"I knew it would be like this," Li Shimin looked at the battle report handed over by Li Ran with a gloomy expression, and said in a deep voice: "Since I read Yang Kunshang's report last time, I have been worried. I knew that after Hou Junji captured Shazhou City, he would definitely get Yangguan nearby."

"Originally, I still had hopes that Zhao De could block the situation in Shazhou for a while, so that when Li Jirui's army arrived, at least he could protect Yumen and Yangguan without any loss," Li Shimin roared angrily: "But I didn't expect that just three days later, Hou Junji broke through Shazhou and occupied Yangguan. What was Zhao De doing?! Did he not even stop Hou Junji in Shazhou City for a day?!"

It’s embarrassing. Sha and Yi are located in remote areas, so it’s fine if they lose them. But where is Yangguan? It’s the joint fortress from the Tang Dynasty to Xizai. It can be regarded as the storefront of the Tang Dynasty. It has always been guarded by heavy troops, but now it has been captured by a small Gaochang Kingdom?

How can the love be? How can the love be? Li Shimin was so angry that he slapped the table. It would be fine if it were the Turks in the past, but facing a small country like Gaochang, the Tang Dynasty could not even defend its own gate. What would the other countries outside the border think?

There is nothing else, they will let me be weak and bullied by the Tang Dynasty. They may be recruiting soldiers and are preparing to come to my Middle Earth before Gaochang to share a good soup!

"The emperor calmed down," Li Ran lowered his head and comforted him: "The secret report said that General Li Ji had arrived in Yumen Pass three days ago. I believe that General Li was guarding him. It would be difficult for Hou Junji to make progress. As for Yangguan, there are Sha and Yi provinces, it will be a matter of time before they are recovered. The emperor cannot make trouble with his own body."

"Things are the only thing that happened now." Li Shimin nodded gently and sighed, "I hope Li Ji can really quell the war as you said."

Li Shimin also knew that the war was remote, and everything he said here was useless and would be useless. Everything depends on how Li Ji and his party performed at the border.

However, the battle that was almost certain to win was added to many variables due to Hou Junji's participation. Now, Li Shimin couldn't help but regret it. How could he have taken care of the monarch and his ministers to ask Hou Junji for a life, and caused himself a huge trouble for nothing.

"Emperor, there is another thing that the villain must report to the emperor." Seeing that Li Shimin's anger gradually faded, Li Ran looked up carefully and whispered: "It is about His Highness King Jin."

"Zhi Nu?" Li Shimin was stunned and couldn't help but look down at Li Ran: "Has he just moved out of the palace not long ago, but something happened outside the palace?"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but mention that Zhinu has always been well-behaved and sensible, and is very favored by Li Shimin. If it weren't for the restrictions of the palace rules, he wouldn't want his youngest son to move out of the palace. So now when he hears that Zhinu might have something to do, Li Shimin, the father-in-law, will inevitably be a little worried.

"Go back to the emperor, Your Highness King Jin is safe and sound, and there is no surprise." Seeing the emperor's misunderstanding, Li Ran hurriedly explained, saying, "It was a big incident that happened in His Highness King Jin's mansion today."

"Say!" I felt relieved, and Li Shimin gave Li Ran a soft command.

"Go back to the emperor," Li Ran said in a straight voice: "At the beginning of the afternoon, a team of chariots and horses rushed directly from Sanyuan to the palace of King Jin. The carriages and horses were filled with 500,000 stags, Sanyuan tea, wine, cotton coats and quilts, and a total of fifteen carriages were given as gifts to His Royal Highness of King Jin."

"No need to ask, this must be given to Liu Yi." Without thinking too much, Li Shimin found the master immediately, lowered his head and asked Li Ran indifferently, "Has he accepted it?"

"All the car and horses are put into the warehouse," Li Ran bent over and replied: "Among them, there is also a horse master from Liu Mansion. It is said that he was the chief horse master of Yantian Ranch in Northwest. It was given to His Highness King Jin for horse training."

"Liu Yi thought it appropriately," Li Shimin said in a low voice: "And it takes 500,000 yuan in cash at one time, which is a big deal. If you can get such a rich teacher, Zhinu made a profit this time. At least, from now on, there is no need to be annoyed by the lack of money as an example."

Li Shimin did not show any dissatisfaction or anger about the congratulations that Zhinu received from Liu Yi. Since Liu Yi thought he had too much money, Li Shimin did not mind his youngest son spending some for him.

As for what impact this incident will have on Zhinu, Li Shimin also has some intention of waiting and seeing. He also wants to see how his youngest son will deal with these troubles and how to deal with his relationship with several other emperor brothers. I think this is also the reason why Liu Yiu did this move.

"Report to the Emperor," at this time the little eunuch who was guarding the hall came in and reported: "Your Highness the King of Jin is looking for a meeting outside!"

"Oh? Is Zhinu coming?" Li Shimin shook his head and chuckled: "As soon as he mentioned him, he came over. It's really time to come. Let's go and announce him in."

"Yes, the emperor!" The little eunuch bowed and replied, and then turned around and went out with Li Ran. After a while, Li Zhi took a small step and slowly entered the hall.

"Sit," After seeing the ceremony, Li Shimin looked down at his youngest son and said warmly: "After leaving the palace, you are already an adult, and you must follow the etiquette you deserve. Here, you and I are the monarch and ministers. You can no longer sit on your father's lap like when you were still in the palace."

"My son knows, thank you for your father's teachings!" He responded in a regular manner, and Li Zhiti sat down.

"Come here today, but what's the important thing?" After the palace maid handed over the tea and saw that Li Zhi was sitting there without saying anything, Li Shimin couldn't help but ask him first.

"Reply to the words of the father," Li Zhi, who was thinking about how to speak, heard Li Shimin's inquiry, stood up and replied: "Yesterday, my minister accidentally got some money in the mansion. In addition to the daily expenses in the mansion, there were more than 500,000 yuan. It would be a waste to put it there."

Speaking of this, Li Zhi carefully looked up at the emperor's eyes, took out a bill from his arms and handed it on his hands, and continued to say, "My son knows that the war in the northwest is getting tighter and the court's property is in urgent need, so he intends to donate the money for military purposes. Please ask the emperor to take a look."

"Fifty-five thousand guan?" Looking at the amount of silver and money on the order, Li Shimin was stunned. Didn't he say that there were only 500,000 guan, but why did he get another 50,000 guan? You know, Zhinu just established his mansion, and all the things in the mansion would not exceed 10,000 guan, so why did he get another 50,000 guan?

However, after thinking about the tea, wine and other things that Liu Yi sent, Li Shimin suddenly realized and was somewhat moved. The reason why there were 50,000 yuan more in the item was that the Zi Nu discounted the gifts.

"Okay! OK! OK!" After thinking through this, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing and said three good words in a row, not because of the 550,000 extra silver coins, but because of his youngest son's filial piety.

As the saying goes, if you get a son like this, what else can you ask for?
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