Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 166 Slap
In this dignified atmosphere, everyone was very quiet for a while, and no one said much.

Li Tai's eyes flickered, Empress Changsun and Chang Le looked forward to Sun Simiao who entered, while Li Shimin sat aside majestic and silent, even though he was the king in charge of the Tang Dynasty, but at this moment It can only be resigned to fate.

Not long after, Sun Simiao came out, but Sun Simiao's expression was not very good.

But at this time, Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and others stopped sitting, but stood up and looked at Sun Simiao.

At this moment, Sun Simiao bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Sage, the imperial physician handled it very well.

The old Taoist couldn't think of a better way. I believe that after three to four months, the prince will be able to walk on the ground. "

Hearing this, Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the expressions of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, he did not see any joy from them, and even Li Shimin's expression looked somewhat desperate.

Li Shimin took a step forward and said to Sun Simiao, "Isn't even the Daoist leader able to do anything?"

"The old Taoist is good at medicinal reconciliation, please forgive the old Taoist for his inability to do anything for this kind of bone injury!" Sun Simiao said helplessly.

Hearing Sun Simiao's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Originally, before Sun Simiao, Li Shimin still held some hope, but now, Li Shimin knows that if he treats according to the imperial physician's method, Li Chengqian's leg will naturally be preserved, but in the future, he may be a little lame when he walks. up.

It's fine if it's someone else, it's not uncommon for someone to fall off a horse, even if he falls directly to his death.

But this is Li Chengqian, the prince, he is his future heir, how can he be lame!

If the emperor of the Great Tang Empire becomes crippled in the future, how will he show the majesty of the emperor, how will he command the officials? I am afraid that even a small country will laugh at the emperor of the Great Tang Empire. Li Shimin's heart tightened when he thought of this.

"How is brother's situation?" Li Tai asked Sun Simiao directly, but he was confused.

Sun Simiao did not answer Li Tai directly, but looked at Li Shimin. After all, this matter was related to the crown prince, but Sun Simiao was somewhat politically savvy. He knew that there were some things that had better be agreed by the sage.

"Tell the truth!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice, but his eyes fell on Li Tai's face. Li Shimin knew that there were some things that he couldn't hide.

Sun Simiao said, "Although His Royal Highness fell off the horse, his life was not in danger, but the soles of his feet were trampled by the horse's hooves, causing the bones to shatter.

If you want to repair the broken bones and restore your walking, I am afraid that only the Huayuan resurrection of the big man can do it! "

Obviously, Sun Simiao sentenced Li Chengqian's cellar to death, at least he couldn't be saved.

"Aye, how many death row prisoners are there in the cell!" Li Tai's face was solemn, but at this moment he became somewhat determined.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm a prisoner in the Tang Dynasty, where are the death row prisoners!" Li Shimin said proudly after all.

In the fifth year of Zhenguan, under the rule of Li Shimin, there was not a single death row prisoner. For Li Shimin, this was a model of his rule of virtue.

"Is that so?" Li Tai couldn't help ending the curtain when he heard this, and sighed, "There's no other way!"

"What do you want to do!" Li Shimin couldn't help saying when he heard Li Tai's words.

"I think the soles of the condemned prisoners should be similar to ours, so let them exchange their lives for one leg.

Then send someone to study the human bones and draw an image to see if the medical master can use this image as a shape to help his brother set the bone.

Maybe it can make my brother's legs recover. "Li Tai expressed his thoughts frankly.

"This..." Li Shimin was a little moved when he heard Li Tai's words, and he was even more relieved to see Li Tai.

No matter what, at least Li Tai will give a feasible solution no matter what problem he encounters.

And compared to Li Chengqian, what is a mere death row prisoner? As long as you want it, as much as you want, you can...

"No!" Empress Changsun stood up, came to Li Tai, slapped Li Tai hard, and said,

"Qingque, even though death row is a person who deserves to die, you must not violate the law for selfish reasons.

The so-called don't do good things because they are small, and don't do evil things because they are small. You are a talented person, and you can't go astray! "

Li Tai instinctively touched his red face, and was really shocked when he heard Empress Changsun's scolding.

This was the first time Empress Changsun beat herself since she was a child, and even her original intention was to find a way to heal Li Chengqian. Of course, she also wanted to use this opportunity to piece together human bones and make a specimen.

After all, medicine itself is a road full of sacrifices. If medicine is to develop, there must be enough people to sacrifice.

"Fourth brother, you still haven't apologized to your mother!" Chang Le quickly went to support the eldest grandson and said, "Mother, fourth brother only cares about elder brother."

"Qingque, you know your mistake!" Empress Changsun looked at Li Tai, but she didn't flinch at all.

"Mother, I will definitely not mess with the laws and regulations of Tang Dynasty with selfish intentions!" Li Tai lowered his head and said to Empress Changsun at this moment.

"Qingque, I know that you are cold-faced and kind-hearted, and if your brothers and sisters have something to do, you are probably the one who advises.

But as children of the royal family, we should abide by the laws and regulations formulated by the imperial court.

Because we don't obey, the courtiers and even the common people can't obey! "

Empress Changsun finished teaching Li Tai, and said caringly, "Qingque came here, but mother hurt you."

"It doesn't hurt!" Li Tai walked over and said to Empress Changsun, "It was the mother who woke up Qingque."

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin couldn't help sighing. Although he regretted for the first time that he really released those death row prisoners last year, but now, seeing Empress Changsun scolding Qingque, he understood that Empress Changsun was admonishing him.

Don't do anything harmful to the Tian family for the sake of Chengqian, after all, once the hole is opened, it will be difficult to close it in the future!
Empress Changsun stroked Li Tai's cheek, couldn't help but sighed, then turned her head and said to Li Shimin:
"Second brother, you still have important national affairs to deal with, so it's enough that Chengqian and I are here to accompany you.

Qingque, you and Aye should leave together, after all, repairing the Zheng Guoqu is a major national event! "

When Li Tai heard Empress Changsun's words, he couldn't help looking at Li Shimin, but he saw Li Shimin nodded slightly.

Li Tai naturally didn't say anything more, and said to Empress Changsun: "Follow mother's order!"

Li Tai exited the room, couldn't help touching his cheek that was slapped by Empress Changsun, and couldn't help thinking.

"But your mother hurt you!" Li Shimin looked at Li Tai's appearance, but couldn't help asking.

Li Tai shook his head and said: "Aye, I was joking. If it wasn't for this slap from my mother, Qing Que would have never thought that after all these years, Qing Que just feels that she is becoming less and less like herself!"

"Huh?" Li Shimin couldn't help narrowing his eyes when he heard Li Tai's words, but said, "What do you think?"

"How should I say it?" Li Tai thought for a while and said,

"I don't know when it started, Qingque seems to stop taking other people's lives as his own.

Even though death row prisoners are death row prisoners, they are life after all. I don’t know when, their lives seem to me to be just numbers, and they become extremely light. They just become props for me to achieve my goals! "

When Li Shimin heard Li Tai's words, he couldn't help but fell silent, but Li Tai's words touched him a little.

Because, as the emperor, he could feel Li Tai's feeling better.

As an emperor who ruled the world, not to mention death row prisoners, even soldiers, subjects, and even civil and military officials, apart from the people he cares about, who in his eyes is not a simple number?

Li Shimin patted Li Tai on the shoulder, and said: "Remember today well, remember the slap that Guanyin servant girl gave you, when you are full of ambition, then think about it!"

Li Tai looked at Li Shimin in surprise, didn't he expect Li Shimin to be so sentimental?
"Reporting to the saint, all the servants in the East Palace have been executed and are waiting for everyone's fate!" Wang's servant came to Li Shimin and said.

"All of them will be sent to Ye Ting, and we will replace all the servants around Cheng Qian!" Li Shimin said.

"Follow the order!" Wang's servant turned around and looked at the servants of the East Palace who fell on the ground, and said, "Escort them all to Yeting!"

Several servants in the East Palace heard about this fate, and they didn't come up immediately, and then died.

"As expected, I was thinking too much!" Li Tai silently added in his heart, Li Shimin is the emperor after all!
Yeting is the most mixed place in the imperial palace. It can be heaven, but it can also be hell.

Because it can be regarded as a shelter for the descendants of the court's criminal officials. For example, the future Shangguan Wan'er made a way out of it and became Wu Zetian's "inner minister".

What's more, the living environment here is quite harsh, and you may not know how to die after staying for a long time.

In short, if ordinary people do their best to survive, then this place in Yeting does their best to survive.

Li Tai sighed, knowing that these servants were unlucky, but following the prince's side, he must take such a risk.

Even if he changed himself, if something like Li Chengqian happened, Baihe and Lu Anshou would be punished, not to mention the servants by his side, which can be said to fully reflect the feudal hierarchy!
Li Tai no longer entangled in these matters, but followed Li Shimin step by step.

And Li Shimin asked, "Qingque, are you planning to return to Gaoling, or are you planning to stay in Chang'an for a few days?"

"Let's stay in Chang'an for a few days!" Li Tai thought for a while, compared to those aristocratic families in Gaoling harassing him every day, it is better to come to Chang'an, at least under the emperor's feet, even the aristocratic families are not so arrogant.

Thinking of this, Li Tai took out a memorial from his sleeve, handed it to Li Shimin, and said,

"Father, this is the scale of the second batch of paddy fields and the proposal to divide the fields.

Because the first batch of land has been given to the imperial court, the imperial court will only witness the refurbished land of Zheng Baiqu and determine the size of the land to facilitate taxation, and no longer have a share!

However, the specific account books and information came in a hurry and are still in Gaoling. If necessary, they can be sent over directly. "

"It's nothing!" Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Shimin shook his head and said, "It's time to make up for it!"

What Li Shimin admires most about Li Tai is knowing the rules.

Knowing the rules does not mean that he is very sophisticated in what he does, but that Li Tai respects the laws of the country, especially the tax laws.

With the status of Prince Li Tai, if Li Tai fights for or asks for it in person, he will definitely get the tax exemption qualification, and Li Shimin is absolutely willing to give Li Tai the tax exemption qualification.

But Li Tai has never done this before, no matter what he does, he will take the initiative to pay taxes.

Even if the imperial court didn't have this type of tax, Li Tai would still get the Inner House Supervisor or the Ministry of Civil Affairs to share about [-] to [-]% of the income.

Li Shimin understood that what Li Tai meant was that the money was his own tax payment to the court.

So there are more and more properties under Li Tai's name, and he owns a lot of land, but Li Shimin is also happy to let Li Tai control it.

After all, compared with other wealthy families who promised taxation secretly, Li Tai could at least receive money for these things in his hands.

"This time the Zhongbai Canal is open to water, I didn't expect you to ask for one-third of the farmland in one go?"

Li Shimin looked at the share distribution above, and looked at Li Tai in surprise.

You must know that the renovation of Zhengbai Canal this time includes three canals in total: Nanbai Canal, Taibai District and Zhongbai Canal. When these three canals are all open to water, plus some detailed planning, the total area of ​​fertile land is estimated to be 1 square meters. about.

One-third of what Li Tai wants here is one-sixth of the income from the imperial court, which is about [-] to [-] yuan.

"Aye, I proposed this plan, I supervised the construction, and I managed to gather the people who worked on it. Even if I worked hard to get the initial capital from the family, I can't afford it with so much money. Divide up!" Li Tai couldn't help complaining.

"Don't lie to Aye, when the last canal is opened, are you going to ask for a third!" Li Shimin said.

"Isn't it possible!" Li Tai said, "Even if I don't have meat, it's not too much to drink soup!"

Li Shimin stroked his beard, inexplicably feeling a little thorny, after all, in Li Shimin's opinion, Li Tai was too profitable.

Obviously at the beginning, the Yue Palace was poor and empty, and the start-up capital was Li Tai's hard-earned salary, but after wandering around like this for a few years, Li Tai justifiably got nearly [-] yuan of private land.

Even if he looked at it greedily, it seemed that there was no reason to seek it.

As Li Tai said, this matter was facilitated by Li Tai alone, the upper part gave the court, and the lower part gave the aristocratic family.

As for the acres in his hands, although this amount is indeed a bit eye-catching in the hands of the Yue Palace, Li Tai contributed money and effort to the whole project, and it seems reasonable to be able to get so many acres in the end.

"It's just that it's only been a few years since it was released, and it has already earned such an astonishing amount of fertile land. If it is released to other places, will it buy the whole place?" Li Shimin couldn't help but press his own Head, what a headache!

Li Shimin doesn't know if his son has the talent of a prime minister like Gan Luo, but Li Tai's ability to earn wealth is indeed unparalleled in the world, and it is precisely this way of making money that makes Li Shimin a little reluctant to let it out!
(End of this chapter)