Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 234 Give Gifts

Li Tai knew that although Li Jing would keep a low profile in the future, Li Jing's political lifespan was expected to be longer than everyone else in Datang.

As for retirement, at least until a new generation of military leaders is established, Li Jing's political influence on behalf of the military will always exist.

And because Hou Junji, the next-generation military leader selected by Li Shimin, couldn't afford to be polished like Li Jing, and even conspired to betray him, which further extended Li Jing's political life.

Therefore, even though Li Tai didn't know why Lu Cai fell into Li Jing's eyes, he should take this opportunity to spend some time in class.

Of course, Li Tai didn't expect much from Zu Changming Li Tai, after all, Li Tai didn't know which passerby this was.

But Xue Rengui is different. Although Xue Rengui had various problems in the later stage, Xue Rengui himself is still very fierce. Not to mention becoming the commander of a large army, but becoming the commander of an army is still very reliable.

As for who will be the commander-in-chief of the army in the future, history will not give the answer, of course Li Ji will be chosen.

Throughout Li Tang, the two most famous generals in the early stage were Li Jing and Li Ji. I have the answers to copy, so why bother to look far away.

"King Yan!" Peacock saluted Li Tai at this moment, then took out the account book and handed it to Li Taidao,
"This is your account book profit in Chang'an. Please look over it for three years, and the total balance is [-] guan."

"Thank you for your hard work, let Bai He check it!" Li Tai waved his hand casually and said to Peacock.

Peacock nodded obediently and handed over the account book to Bai He, sighing in his heart that Bai He was the most trusted person of King Yan.

In fact, Li Tai's idea is that Bai He was arranged by his father, and he gave Bai He the account book that Peacock gave him without even touching it. not on their own.

After all, three years have passed, and people's minds have changed. I believe that the peacock three years ago is loyal to me.

But three years later, whether Peacock is still loyal to him, to be honest, Li Tai doesn't have such confidence.

After all, it seems that I never look at the other party's loyalty when I employ people, but only whether the other party's interests coincide with my own.

If they can overlap, then the two parties will be able to seek common ground while reserving differences after all. If the interests conflict, no matter how loyal the other party is to him, he will never believe it no matter what.

Li Tai continued: "After I come back, you will ask the poultry farm to prepare a large amount of special jerky for the cavalry.

Medical campers should be ready to be recruited at any time before the end of the year, and make medical and drug savings.

Then how is the sucrose delivery in Guangzhou, we will also reserve some.

In addition, get some horses from Youzhou, I hope they can catch up.

Don't be reluctant to spend money, at least if these supplies are thrown away, even if there is a war, we can deal with it calmly! "

"King Yan, is there going to be a war next?" Hearing Li Tai's words, the faces of everyone present changed.

Li Tai shook his head and said, "Aye sent me back from Youzhou this time to implement the "Seed Project".

However, foreign races may not be able to adapt to planting and production. If it is enforced, it will definitely conflict with the local people.

For short-sighted herdsmen at the beginning, they could not see that there would be food and grass to eat after winter.

They only know that we prohibit them from grazing and occupying their pasture land. It is not surprising that conflicts will break out at that time. "

"Where does the sage plan to arrange for you to carry out the "Seed Project"? Carry it out from point to point?" Du Chuke asked.

"I don't know yet!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "To be honest, it's better to be the kind of place where provocative aliens grin at our Tang, and then we slap them in the face, hitting each other with all kinds of meat.

In this way, we have enough time to deal with grass planting, so I think it can, and even create local conflicts in suitable places. "

"King Yan, as the saying goes, a war will lead to danger. This is Chang'an, which is different from Youzhou!" Du Chuke said to Li Tai.

To be honest, Du Chuke really doesn't like this kind of violence, but Li Tai likes the manipulation of the economy.

Therefore, Du Chuke thought that Li Tai had been in Youzhou for three years, so he got into the habit of violence, but persuaded Li Tai.

But the reality is that Li Tai has never fought in Youzhou. After all, the Western Turks were all taken care of by Li Jing, and Goguryeo was terribly cowardly.

"Great chaos can lead to great governance. If it is carried out step by step, the pressure on the students of agricultural colleges will be relatively great.

But the foreign races defeated by the war, and those lands that have just been conquered, can forcefully implement the new model through military control, which makes work much more convenient! "Li Tai explained to Du Chuke.

After all, Li Tai also knew that if he was honestly looking forward to fighting, this was not the behavior that a mature politician should have.

But it is undeniable that war can implement various plans as quickly as possible, which is not available in other spring-like plans.

However, if Li Tai remembered correctly, Li Jing seemed to have retired not long before being pulled over by Li Shimin to destroy the country again.

Now I need to use Baihe to propose that I want to promote the "Seed Project" in the post-war territory. After that, if I really have the opportunity, if I take the initiative to propose ideas to Li Shimin, it can be regarded as my words and deeds.

As for the supplies for the war this time, Li Tai also hoped to let Li Shimin know that he just likes to keep supplies.

This is also the reason why Bai He must be by his side.

Because Li Tai knows that only in this way can his attitude be passed on to his father.

After all, people always like to believe what they find out rather than what others tell you, especially if Li Shimin is the emperor, this feeling will be even stronger.

Soon, following the exchanges between these three people, Li Tai learned a lot about the environment in Chang'an that he wanted to be in.

At the same time, Li Tai also asked Lu Cai to prepare a house to accommodate his own soldiers. As for himself, it was almost enough to bring two hundred soldiers to Chang'an. use them.

After all, Chang'an City is completely in Li Shimin's hands. Any enemy who wants to deal with him will be directly crushed by Li Shimin.

It's just that when they arrived at the palace, the guards could no longer go in, and finally just waited at the gate of the palace.

After Li Shimin finished his morning court, he soon met Li Tai in the form of a family banquet in the Tai Chi Hall.

At the same time, Chengqian, Changle, Chengyang, Pheasant Nu and Sizi were also on the side, all of whom were his own direct siblings.

"I met Aye, mother." Li Tai saluted Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, then turned to look at Chengqian Changle and the others, saying,
"I haven't seen you for a long time, brother, and Changle and Chengyang. I didn't expect that the pheasant and Sizi would grow up so big in three years?"

Although the pheasant slave and Sizi sat obediently on the table, their small eyes wandered around Li Tai's body.

Although they also knew that they had a fourth brother who was a direct relative who went to Youzhou to be the king of Yan, but with their current small brains, they still don't know how far Youzhou is, let alone why this matter is.

It's just that they looked at the elder brother who was far away and returned to their side today, so they were a little curious.

But Li Tai smiled and said, "I'll prepare some sweets for you guys, you should try it first."

Li Tai clapped his hands, and a servant brought in a wooden box, and Li Tai opened the box as he spoke.

Inside are toffee made by myself. It is impossible to make large-scale production, but it is not a problem to find a skilled sugar craftsman to make a few boxes on a small scale. That glutton Bai He even ate a lot up.

Li Tai put the things in front of the three little guys, and said, "I only have these three boxes, save some for yourself, if you don't have any, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat until next year.

In addition, this thing should be stored in an ice cave. I sent it from Youzhou, and it was only through ice luck that it was finally delivered. "

"Xie Yan Wang brother!" Although Sizi was the youngest, but he was the most courageous, he smiled sweetly at Li Tai and took it with both hands.

The pheasant slave imitated the example and took the box immediately, but Xincheng seemed a bit timid.

Obviously not very familiar with Li Tai, I don't know if I should have taken this box from Li Tai.

"Brother, where's mine!" Chang Le saw that Li Tai had no more candies, and said with a pouted mouth.

"How old are you, and you still eat candy!" Li Tai shook his head, asked someone to bring the box up, and said, "It's for you!"

Changle opened the box curiously, but saw a set of supplies with plum as the main body inside, including a pen holder, pen stand, inkstone, ink box, ink, paperweight, printing box, painting holder and a complete set of tools.

At the same time, on that pen, there is also a poem engraved with "there are several plum blossoms in the corner of the wall, and Ling Han blooms alone. I know it is not snow, because there is a dark fragrance." There is also an inscription of Wang Anshi's plum blossoms.

"I specially ordered this set, just for you to practice calligraphy and painting!" Li Tai said with a smile.

"Thank you brother!" Chang Le looked at his pen and asked, "Who is this Wang Anshi? This little poem has a profound artistic conception!"

Having said that, Chang Le took out the pen and handed it to Empress Changsun and Li Shimin, saying,
"Mother, Aye, can you read this poem for me? Changle thinks this poem is very good, but he can't say it."

It has to be said that under the training of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, Changle has a fairly good ability to reward Wenhua art.

But because my knowledge background is not enough, although I think this poem is very good, I don't know what is so good about it.

This is typical because the reading comprehension is not done enough. After a few sets of five-year real questions and three-year simulations, you will probably be able to answer them.

And Li Shimin looked at it, picked up a pen, looked at it, and said with a smile,
"The person who wrote this poem is arrogant, and the poem uses ambition, I'm afraid it's as tough as Wei Zheng!

Qing Que, where did you meet this person? He has such a literary talent, so he can be admitted to the Literature Museum!

"I met it in my dream!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "At that time, I was thinking about what main body should be used to make this whole set of stationery. After thinking about it for a day, when I was dreaming, I met a scholar named Wang Anshi. Such poems."

Does Li Tai really want to take the path of copying poems, mainly because it is unnecessary.

After all, I am a prince, and I don't rely on this to earn a false name. In addition, I am incompatible with Confucianism, and I don't usually participate in any literary conferences, so I don't need it at all.

But to prepare a gift for my younger sister, it naturally takes a little more effort. After making the stationery for Li Changlin, there are only some plum blossom decorations. I feel that something is missing, so I just copied the plum blossoms that need to be recited in the text. .

The more I used my brain to memorize the students of the agricultural school, the more clearly I recalled the previous high school knowledge.

There is no way, the double peak of my mental and physical strength is probably the day when I finish the high school entrance examination.

After that day, even if I still had the habit of reading, my intelligence inevitably began to decline steadily.

"Encounter in a dream?" Li Shimin was stunned when he heard Li Tai's words, and asked curiously, "Did you meet a fairy fate?"

"Maybe!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "But I don't believe in fairy fate, I only believe in the beautiful future created by my hands!"

"..." Li Shimin felt that even if there are immortals in this world, they would be pissed off by this attitude when they meet Li Tai!
And Li Tai came in front of Li Chengqian, and handed out a Xiuyan jade Buddha sculpture from Goguryeo, saying,

"Brother, this is the top-quality jade I bought from a Korean merchant after the opening of Tianjin. I hope you like it."

"Of course I like the gift from Qingque!" Li Chengqian politely took the jade from Li Tai's hand, and returned the gift to Li Tai.

Empress Changsun really likes to see her children getting along in harmony, she said,

"Qingque, you have taken care of the others, so what about your mother and you, Aye, have you prepared any presents?"

"How can I forget the gift from my father and mother!" Li Tai asked someone to take out a sweater, and said, "Mom, this is a winter coat I made from the softest wool of [-] sheep. Made of shredded ice, after degreasing, degreasing and deodorizing, I believe you will like it!"

"Ten thousand sheep?!" Li Shimin couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this, and Li Chengqian's eyes widened even more.

"Yeah!" Li Tai nodded and said, "I paid for it myself, but I didn't bully the people, buy or sell by force.

Even if it is said by the officials, at most they say that I am extravagant and unreasonable, but I have earned so much money, what to do with it if I don’t spend it! "

Li Tai said it with confidence, Li Shimin said, "It's good that you know it yourself, when the time comes, the officials will play, and I won't help you block it!"

However, Empress Changsun liked this gift very much, looked at Li Tai and said:
"Qingque is still caring, but what have you prepared for you, Aye?"

"Of course it's ready!" Li Tai said, and quickly delivered the gift, which was a slender box.

When the box was opened, there was a rather huge ear of wheat inside, and the whole thing was strip-shaped.

Li Shimin couldn't help being stunned when he looked at this thing. He stepped forward and found that the ears of wheat were sealed in the wax. Even so, he could tell that the wheat harvest in Youzhou this year should be a bumper year!
Li Tai saluted Li Shimin again, "It's a good thing that Li Tai, the governor of Youzhou, did not disgrace his life. He cultivated wheat in Youzhou with more than three stones per mu!"

"Okay, okay!" Li Shimin stroked Li Tai's wax-sealed ears of wheat, put them back into the brocade box, stepped forward to help Li Taidao himself,

"I like your gift very much!"

(End of this chapter)