Datang: Begin with Li Shimin as a father

Chapter 117
The next day, early in the morning.

When Li Gen woke up, there was a letter from his father beside his pillow.

Li Gen knew that his father had already left.

He definitely didn't want to cry because of the parting, so he left quietly in advance.

My son Li Gen:

See the letter like face!

He left for his father, and left with a cart of refined salt. The people in Jingyang County needed their father, and they needed refined salt even more.

After listening to Gen'er's words yesterday, I felt a lot for my father.

Set your mind for heaven and earth!
Live for the people!
For the sake of the pilgrimage to the saints!

Peace for the world!

Gener, you are a good guy!

In the future, I will keep these four sentences in mind, and I will take this as the foundation of being an official!
Gen'er, you have really grown up, and you have become a man who can make your father proud.

For the father, I believe that in a short time, you will become an upright person!

Take good care of Lele and be filial to grandpa.

.........

After reading the letter, Li Gen got out of bed and ran directly to the door.

Look up.

There is also the figure of the father.

"Grand grandson, don't look at it, your father talked to your mother until midnight. After talking, your father left. He didn't even say goodbye to grandpa!"

"Grandpa, since you've seen it all, why didn't you stop my father?"

"Son, your father has your father's career, grandpa can understand, and grandson will naturally understand too."

"grandfather……"

Li Genqiang held back his tears.

…………

Li Shimin drove the carriage to the palace.

Shocked the guards into panic!

"His Majesty……"

"Stop it all, I'll do it myself..."

Li Shimin stopped all the imperial guards.

In this way, he drove the carriage and went straight to Xiande Hall.

In the Hall of Xiande!

The ministers were noisy.

Your Majesty has not been in court for two days.

Now this is the third day.

The ministers whispered to each other and talked a lot.

Many officials thought that the concubine in the harem gave her a waist!
But such a topic, they naturally dare not speak presumptuously.

Only people with a particularly good relationship would whisper a few words.

Otherwise, it will be heard by the doctors of Yushitai.

I can definitely participate until they vomit blood!

Suddenly, the sound of heavy carriages sounded outside Xiande Hall.

Hearing this voice, one can be sure that this is a carriage full of goods.

The ministers were quite puzzled.

Your Majesty will not go to court, is the Imperial Guard starting to dawdle?

The carriages pulling goods dared to come to the entrance of Xiande Hall.

The carriage arrived at the gate of Xiande Hall.

Li Shimin tidied up his clothes and shouted loudly.

"Come out for me!"

The hall of Xiande was shocked, all the officials never expected that the one pulling the carriage outside would be His Majesty.

Fang Xiang Du Xiang led all the civil and military officials to file out.

Then follow the steps and walk down quickly.

"I see you, Your Majesty!"

Although Li Shimin was wearing regular clothes.

However, this is definitely the true Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

"Everyone is flat!"

Li Shimin glanced at the officials and nodded in satisfaction.

At least, when he was not around, these courtiers still went to court on time.

"Xuanling, Keming, is there anything wrong with the court recently?"

"Returning to His Majesty, a few more memorials have been sent, all of which happened last time."

In front of all civil and military officials, Fang Xuanling naturally kept in mind the matter that had to be kept secret.

"Xuanling, I'm fine now, look at me, what did you bring back?"

Li Shimin slapped the sack on the carriage vigorously. Although his eyes were red and swollen, he still had a bright smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, could it be..."

Li Shimin nodded with a smile.

"Come here, carry a sack to Xiande Hall."

"My dear friends, discuss matters in the palace!"

Several guards walked down the steps, and when one of them wanted to lift the sack directly, he realized that it was too heavy.

Li Shimin walked to Xiande Hall first, followed by civil and military officials.

The imperial guards worked together to carry the sack into the Xiande Hall.

Place it about five steps away from the dragon chair.

"My dear friends, you must be very confused. Where did I go these two days? Why didn't I go to court?"

"To tell you the truth, Jiangnan Road has encountered floods that have never happened in a century, and the salt farms in the south of the Yangtze River have suffered heavy losses, and they cannot supply salt to Chang'an City."

Li Shimin's words shocked the officials!
Everyone knows what this means.

No wonder a few days ago, the salt supply department began to supply salt in limited quantities, and it turned out that something really went wrong.

"Not only the Jiangnan salt field was completely destroyed, but the Longyou Road salt field was also attacked by Tuyuhun and the Turks, and the salt road from Longyou Road to Chang'an City was also cut off."

Li Shimin's voice fell to the ground.

Needle drop can be heard throughout Xiande Hall.

There is no worse news than this.

No wonder His Majesty is so worried that he will not go to court for two days.

"That day, I left the officials in charge of the six departments of the three provinces, together with Xuancheng, Zhijie, Jingde, Shubao and others, to discuss countermeasures. In desperation, we had no choice but to limit the supply of salt first."

"I, for the people of the Tang Dynasty, and for the millions of people around Chang'an City, I have no choice but to find a way to solve the problem of salt!"

"My loves, I have succeeded!"

All the officials in Xiande Palace stared wide-eyed.

Li Shimin walked to His Highness again in high spirits.

Untie the mouth of the sack with your own hands!

"My dear friends, what do you think this is?"

The entire top of the mouth of the sack was exposed.

hiss!
hiss!
hiss!
There was a gasp in the Xiande Hall.

"Your Majesty, could it be that these are table salt?"

Wei Zheng asked tremblingly.

In the past few days, Wei Zheng has also been restless.

If the salt supply in Chang'an City is cut off, the consequences will definitely be more serious than imagined.

"Xuancheng, come and taste it yourself, remember to dip a little bit with your finger!"

Hearing this, Wei Zheng left work and walked to the sack.

Seeing the crystal salt like snowflakes, Wei Zheng seriously doubted whether it was real table salt.

Stretching out his fingers, Wei Zheng dipped a few grains of crystal salt on them.

Put it in your mouth and sip it lightly.

Wei Zheng's complexion brightened instantly!

"God bless the Tang Dynasty, God bless the people. My colleagues, this is really salty!"

Seeing Wei Zheng's excited appearance, the officials naturally knew that this was definitely a joke.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, His Majesty!"

Fang Xiang Du Xiang, Changsun Wuji and others were also very excited.

Unexpectedly, this day's big trouble turned into a turning point.

When trouble is no longer trouble, of course it is a cause for celebration!

"Your Majesty, is there such refined salt on the carriage?"

After listening to Wei Zheng's words, Li Shimin nodded with a smile.

"Your Majesty, although this fine salt is good, it is a drop in the bucket. How can it solve the salt problem of millions of people around Chang'an City?"

After hearing Wei Zheng's words, the officials also fell silent.

A cartload of refined salt is a lot.

However, if you look at the entire inside and outside of Chang'an City.

What Wei Zheng said is good, it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket, nothing helps!
Li Shimin glanced at Wei Zheng approvingly.

Said lightly.

"My lords, from now on, I announce that there will be a salt field belonging to Chang'an City around Chang'an City!"

(End of this chapter)