Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 245 Number Two Person
Li Shimin is a typical hawk. He firmly believes that big fists are the last word.

Relying on this belief, Li Shimin fought with Li Yuan first, and then snatched the land from Li Yuan, and then beat the surrounding countries so that they did not dare to take the lead, and forcibly played the name of Tian Khan .

Therefore, in Li Shimin's heart, there is only one word - fight!

If it's easy to fight, hit it, if it's not easy, find a niece you don't know well to get married, comfort the other party, and see if you want to fight when you look back.

This is Li Shimin's thinking.

Although Li Shimin is very warlike, he never admits that he is militaristic. On the contrary, he looks down on Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, saying that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is an emperor who has been militaristic for decades and has not achieved much.

Therefore, it is not only the literati who look down on each other, but also the emperor.

But Li Shimin has one advantage, that is, he can listen to other people's opinions, especially the opinions given by his close people, and Li Shimin will seriously consider them.

"Gao Ming, what do you mean by 'focusing on economic construction'?"

"..."

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming was a little dumbfounded, because this thing can't be explained in one or two sentences, and he had no choice but to use his specialty - bullshit.

"Uh... the so-called economic construction is to do business, engage in development, and let Datang get rid of poverty and become rich, and put this matter first. When the people have money in their families, and our treasury will also have money, Datang will naturally Strong."

After hearing Gao Ming's explanation, Li Shimin nodded immediately.

"Well, there is some truth to this statement. I have always wanted to use troops against Goguryeo, but unfortunately the national treasury is empty. Then I will follow what you said, start the economic construction first, and when the treasury is full, I will personally conquer it!"

clever:"……"

Can you think of anything else besides fighting?
Looking at Li Shimin who was full of fighting spirit, Gao Ming suddenly realized that what he just said was in vain, and he suddenly became a little depressed.

"It's okay, I'll go back first."

Li Shimin didn't know why Gao Ming suddenly became depressed. Seeing his listless appearance, he thought he was unwell due to a hangover, so he nodded immediately.

"Well, go back and drink less wine in the future."

"understood!"

Gao Ming agreed and turned around to leave. After he left, Li Shimin thought about it and called Liu Bing in again.

"Liu Bing, go get ready, I'm going to the Taimiao to worship my ancestors."

"Yes!"

In Li Shimin's view, there is no other explanation for Gao Ming's changes except that his ancestors have spirits. How can he not go to the incense sticks for the ancestors to save face?
While Li Shimin was busy burning incense, Gao Ming was not idle either. After returning to the East Palace, he entered his study and began to write and draw.

What Gao Ming is working on right now is the blueprint of the salt field, including how to build the canal, how big each evaporation pond and crystallization pond needs to be dug, the layout of the salt field, etc., all of which are drawn in detail by Gao Ming.

After getting out the draft, Gao Ming revised it again, and after making sure that there was nothing missing, he called Su Wan'er in, asked her to sort it out, mark it up, and then wrote down the detailed steps of drying the salt.

When everything was finished, Gao Ming found that Su Wan'er looked at him differently, it was a look of admiration and admiration.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming suddenly smiled, and then stretched out his fingers to hook Su Wan'er's chin.

"Wan'er, I understand what I'm thinking, don't say anything, just kiss me!"

Su Wan'er: "(⊙o⊙)..."

At this time, Shi Shu was standing at the door of Gao Ming's study, when suddenly he heard a muffled hum from inside the room.

Hearing this voice, Shi Shu frowned immediately.

"This voice seems to belong to His Royal Highness..."

Before waiting for the waiter to react, he found that the door of the study was suddenly opened.

The moment the study door opened, Su Wan'er covered her face and ran out from inside.

"This is……"

Just as the waiter was stunned, Gao Ming also came out from inside with a painful expression on his face.

"Servant, I'm hurt."

After hearing Gao Ming's words, Shi Shu suddenly turned pale with shock.

"His Royal Highness, where are you injured, why don't you suck the wound for you first!"

In Shishu's cognition, if you are injured, you should suck it with your mouth, which is good for the wound.

Gao Ming immediately nodded after hearing the servant's suggestion.

"This method is good. My tongue is injured. It seems to be quite serious. You... oh, don't run away... Come back and suck it for me..."

Seeing Shi Shu who disappeared in a flash, Gao Ming immediately sighed.

"Hey... what about the most basic trust between people?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, the sound of a tiger's urgency came from beside him.

"His Royal Highness, what do you want to smoke, I will help you!"

Looking at Huzi who was smiling brightly, Gao Ming's face suddenly darkened.

"The prince's hemorrhoids have been committed, and he hasn't pulled them out for several days. He is panicking and wants to find someone to suck them. You..."

Before Gao Ming finished speaking, Hu Zi ran away and disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming suddenly felt his mood improved a lot.

"To be a man is to learn to find happiness!"

Gao Ming is happy, but many people are doomed to be sad.

When he went to the morning court the next day, Li Shimin announced the demotion of more than a dozen officials from Chang'an, and they were directly demoted to Lingnan.

As soon as this imperial decree came out, several people in the court fainted immediately.

After leaving court, Li Ke immediately came to the East Palace and told Gao Ming the news.

"Brother, you don't know. This morning, the father dealt with more than a dozen officials in a row. The atmosphere in the hall was particularly depressing. Seeing the father's stern face, none of the ministers dared to speak, so they left the court early."

After hearing Li Ke's words, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"Haha, the old man is just pretending. He is in a good mood. By the way, you didn't come here just to tell me the news, did you?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Ke's face became a little hot, and he quickly cupped his hands towards Gao Ming.

"I really can't hide anything from you, brother. In fact, I really want to ask brother Huang for something this time. I hope brother can agree."

Hearing Li Ke's words, Gao Ming laughed again.

"Haha, they are all my brothers. If you want anything, just talk about it."

Seeing Gao Ming agreeing so happily, Li Ke also nodded with a smile.

"Since my brother has said so, then I'll just say it straight. In fact, I want to go to Qizhou to be the governor. Do you have a solution, brother?"

Qizhou was originally Li You's fiefdom. After Li You was sent to Chang'an by Gao Ming, the position of governor of Qizhou became vacant. Now that he heard Li Ke's request, Gao Ming frowned.

"Okay, what are you going to do in Qizhou?"

Hearing Gao Ming's question, Li Ke shook his head immediately, but said nothing.

Seeing that Li Ke didn't seem to want to tell him the reason, Gao Ming frowned immediately.

"Third brother, Qizhou is not a good place to go. It is close to Jizhou and Yingzhou. You should know that the Qinghe Cui family and the Boling Cui family are there. When the fifth child made troubles, I suspect that these two families played a disgraceful role." character of!"

Having said that, Gao Ming raised his head and looked at Li Ke seriously.

"How can you allow others to snore next to the couch, these two families won't let you stay there comfortably, third child, if you go, you will definitely not be able to live in peace, you have to think about it."

Seeing Gao Ming's cautious expression, Li Ke laughed.

"Brother, I've already made up my mind, and I'm not the fifth child. Besides, don't you still have your eldest brother in the court? As long as you are there, I won't be afraid of anything."

Hearing Li Ke's words, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing.

"It seems that you kid has already decided, okay, then I will tell the old man later and ask him to let you go to Qizhou to be the governor. After you arrive in Qizhou, you can do whatever you want without caring about others. I'll take care of it for you."

"Thank you brother!"

Looking at Li Ke with a happy face, Gao Ming smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Two brothers in the same world, don't be so polite, and I don't worry about your work. Well, it's noon soon, let's go after lunch!"

"Yes, brother!"

Li Ke left after lunch, and after he left, Gao Ming went to the imperial study and told Li Shimin about it.

"Old man, anyway, the third child has nothing to do in Chang'an, so it's better to let him go to Qizhou, and also help you keep an eye on the Cui family."

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin nodded immediately.

"Okay, since you've said that, let him go to Qizhou. The third child is a prudent person, so I don't worry if he goes. Do you have anything else to do?"

Generally, when someone asks "Is there anything else you can do", they are basically seeing off the guests. Of course Gao Ming understands this, so he immediately slapped himself on the back of the head.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I still have porridge stewing at home, old man, you are busy, I will go first!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming cupped his hands towards Li Shimin, then turned and left. Seeing his leaving back, Li Shimin shook his head helplessly.

"This kid, it's so easy to find an excuse."

Having said that, Li Shimin's tone didn't mean much to blame, but rather pampering.

In Li Shimin's eyes, Gao Ming is special, he is a descendant blessed by the ancestors of the Li family, so his attitude towards Gao Ming is naturally very different from other princes.

Li Shimin also warned his other sons to let them follow Gao Ming as an example, and let them respect Gao Ming and not be rude to him.

In fact, even if Li Shimin didn't say anything, those princes would not dare to put on airs in front of Gao Ming, because even Li Tai, who was the most arrogant back then, knelt down, and with this lesson learned from the past, the others would naturally dare not be presumptuous.

And in the court hall, after several confrontations with the courtiers, Gao Ming returned victorious every time, and this time he didn't even show his face, causing more than a dozen officials related to the aristocratic family to be demoted to Lingnan.

Although everyone didn't say it, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the current Gao Ming had become the veritable No. [-] figure in Datang.

(End of this chapter)