The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 997 The 'Simple' Li Chengqian

"You really hold grudges." Li Chengqian smiled helplessly.

"I hold grudges because I don't have the strength to bring down a big family that has stood for hundreds of years. I don't have the strength to eradicate him completely. I can only slowly eat away at it step by step." Xuan Shijing said: "I will never forget the day I learned The mood when the Zheng family sent assassins to assassinate my mother on the way, anger, unwillingness, powerlessness, mixed with some remorse, but now that I have this power, I will not let this feeling appear in my heart again. The original intention is to protect people who are very important to me."

Xuan Shijing's words brought back Li Chengqian's memories. When he and Li Taishang were still young, he led his guards all the way to protect Li Tai from fleeing, and he did not hesitate to use himself as a bait to lure away the rebels. Wasn't it just to protect his younger brother? ?At that time, there was anger and fear, but the only difference from Xuan Shijing was that he never regretted it.

"Forget it, you and Zheng Wang's two big families, how do you do it alone, you have to decide for yourself, the father is there, and you have to do things with a degree, don't let yourself get involved." Li Chengqian instructed.

"Of course I know that." Xuan Shijing said.

Li Chengqian and Xuan Shijing sat down, chatting while drinking, and chatting, they talked about Li Zhi's affairs in Minzhou.

"I heard that Zhinu did a good job in Minzhou." Li Chengqian said: "Many people praised him. The place that used to be poor in Minzhou is now governed by him, and it still looks good. Speaking of it, Zhinu I have lived up to my father's painstaking efforts, I saw him once in the palace today, and sure enough, I haven't seen him for three years, and when we meet again, it's like growing up overnight."

Li Zhi is Li Chengqian's younger brother, a compatriot of the same mother, Li Zhi has become more talented, Li Chengqian is also happy, the premise is that Li Chengqian still doesn't know what Li Zhi did in Minzhou.

And only Xuan Shijing and His Majesty Li Er knew about the fact that a hidden stake was set up in Minzhou to stare at Li Zhi.

"The news from the Shenhou Mansion, Tuyuhun is not very quiet recently, are you not worried?" Xuan Shijing asked: "The border of Minzhou is adjacent to the border of Tuyuhun. If Tuyuhun wants to invade the Tang Dynasty, the first choice is Minzhou. Now Minzhou is under the rule of His Royal Highness King Jin, and the people are enjoying a bit of a good life, which is in Tuyuhun's hands, after all, it will be winter in three or four months."

Li Chengqian shook his head: "No, but when Tuyuhun invades Minzhou, it has nothing to do with Zhinu. I met the father just before leaving the palace. It seems that the father intends to transfer Zhinu back to Chang'an. Maybe Zhinu I'm going to move the place. If I change the place this time, my father will probably grant him a more affluent place. Who knows where it is? In short, my father will not treat the young slave badly."

Your Majesty wants to transfer Li Zhi back to Chang'an, and then change places?Xuan Shijing was amazed, and after the difference, he had to praise His Majesty Li Er's methods. In this way, Li Zhi's three years in Minzhou were tantamount to wasting.

Is this a warning to Li Zhi?

"Little Jing? What's the matter?" Seeing Xuan Shijing sitting there in a daze, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Xuan Shijing.

"Oh, it's okay." Xuan Shijing smiled: "If that's the case, then His Royal Highness King Jin will feel bad."

There were hidden words in Xuan Shijing's words, but Li Chengqian didn't know about Li Zhi's affairs, so he couldn't hear it.

"Not necessarily. Although I have served in Minzhou for three years and governed Minzhou well, the topography of Minzhou is doomed to only become a barrier between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun. No matter how much it develops, it will not develop much. It is not as good as Going to the south, such as Shannan Road and Huainan Road, the two are considered relatively affluent places in the Tang Dynasty, with a high starting point, and young slaves also have room to play."

Xuan Shijing's face didn't change, but he couldn't help complaining to Li Chengqian in his heart. If Li Zhi showed his strength again, he might take away your crown prince's seat. Incidentally, today's Li Zhi is not as harmless as it was a few years ago. Xuan Shijing felt that Li Zhi could do anything for the sake of Wu Mei.

Do you have to praise Wu Mei for being amazing, or belittle Li Zhi for being incompetent?

It is understandable for the children of the royal family to have that thought, but Li Zhi has this thought entirely because of Wu Mei, or was forced to go on this road by Wu Mei.

"Things in the world are impermanent, like white clouds and dogs, who knows what will happen in the future." Xuan Shijing replied.

"Xiao Jing speaks very differently today." Li Chengqian looked straight at Xuan Shijing: "Could it be that Xiao Jing knows something? Tell me."

Xuan Shijing shook his head: "It's nothing, just hearing Your Highness talk about King Jin, I was very moved. I heard that on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, His Majesty will issue a decree to bestow a marriage and give me my son."

"What am I supposed to be? It turns out that you are nervous, Xiao Jing. Yes, after waiting for so many years, it's finally the right time. Why, are you unhappy?"

"It's natural to be happy, just think about it, Sizi is only 15 years old now."

"What's the matter, my mother married my father at the age of 12, and I came out when I was 15." Li Chengqian said disdainfully: "I don't know where your ideas come from."

"So the empress has been in poor health all these years." Xuan Shijing said.

"What do you mean?"

"When the queen empress gave birth to you, she was young and her body was not yet fully grown. She was pregnant and gave birth to you, and her body broke down. The root cause of the disease must have fallen. There is not much age difference between you and the king of Wei, right?" Xuan Shijing said.

"This..." Li Chengqian didn't expect to say: "Really?"

"Anyway, I have also studied medicine for ten years, so what are you doing to lie to you?" Xuan Shijing took a sip of the tea on the table and said, "I think that our Tang Dynasty should promulgate a decree that women under the age of 16 cannot Engaged." Xuan Shijing said: "The woman is young, and the risk of having a child is too great. You are the prince of the Tang Dynasty. You can ask the officials of the East Palace to do a private investigation, or combine the information of the Ministry of Households to see. 16 Women under the age of [-] will give birth to a child, there is a certain percentage that they will not die young, there will be a percentage that will not kill two people, and there will be a percentage that the child will not have a mother after birth.”

What Xuan Shijing said made Li Chengqian terrified. He had never been exposed to this kind of investigation.

Even in modern times, women under the age of 16 still have great risks in giving birth, not to mention the Tang Dynasty, no matter whether it is medical conditions or hygienic conditions, there is no comparison.

"I will ask the officials of the East Palace to investigate and produce a detailed document as soon as possible, and present it to the emperor." Li Chengqian said.

(End of this chapter)