The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Empress Changsun quickly asked the maid to help the man up and personally brought water to Li Shimin.

Li Chengqian also stepped forward and held Li Shimin's hand.

"Aye."

Li Shimin gently patted Li Chengqian's hand, shook his head, and indicated that he was fine.

He looked at Empress Changsun.

"Am I not doing a good job as an emperor?"

"Your Majesty cares about the suffering of the people. Your Majesty is a wise ruler." Empress Changsun said: "In the past few days, Your Majesty prayed for rain outside the city. The people all know and spread it."

"Then why is God always against me?"

"Who can guess what God is thinking?" Empress Changsun consoled.

"I have an ambition to turn the Tang Dynasty into a strong country. Am I wrong?" Li Shimin's voice was a little tired: "You know, I care about the suffering of the people and think about the country in everything. Why does God force me into a desperate situation? Shouldn't I be the emperor?"

"At the beginning, I thought that I wanted to use a strong Tang Dynasty to prove to the emperor that he made a mistake in choosing the prince. But now? Am I wrong?"

At this point, Li Shimin's eyes were filled with tears and his expression was sad.

"The emperor has seen the country's ruin. What can I do to him?"

"Your Majesty, it's not just the emperor who is watching now." Empress Changsun looked at Li Shimin with a firm look: "The prince is also watching. If a son of heaven is so discouraged, is there any hope for the world? Which wise monarch in the past dynasties has not suffered difficulties? What can God do to us? We have no way, but we can't just give up on ourselves."

"Your Majesty, you must set an example for the prince."

Li Shimin looked at his son.

"Aye, don't be discouraged. Don't be afraid of difficulties. No matter how difficult things are, there is always a solution." Li Chengqian said with a firm look: "When encountering problems, just solve them. If there is drought and the people's crops have no harvest, then we will open the warehouse to release grain and help the people. If there is no grain in Chang'an City, there will always be grain elsewhere. There is no rain in Guanzhong, but there will always be rain in other places."

"There is no grain in the north, but there is in the south."

"Aye is the emperor, ruling the nine states and the four seas. The world obeys the court's orders and allocates them." Li Chengqian's voice was also full of firmness.

"Although I don't know what the outside world is like, I know that even if you are in a desperate situation, there is always a way out."

Empress Changsun looked at her husband and son gently.

"Your Majesty, did you hear what Chengqian said? There is always a way out."

Empress Changsun has always believed that as long as the family is united, no matter how big the difficulties are, they can always get through it.

It was like this before, and it is still like this now.

This is the case for their family in the palace, and the court should also be like this.

"Father, if the emperor gives up, what should the people do?" Li Chengqian said: "Just like my mother said, you can't lose heart."

Li Shimin let out a long breath, and after a while, he regained some spirit.

"Father, you taught me not to bow my head. The prince will not bow his head, and the emperor should not bow his head." Li Chengqian's expression was more serious than before.

Li Shimin nodded.

"That's right, you can't lose heart, you can't bow your head."

After Li Shimin changed his clothes, he went to the front court.

In the Lizheng Hall, Empress Zhangsun looked at her son with satisfaction.

"Chengqian, you are right and well said."

"These are what an emperor should do, and what you should do in the future. You are the crown prince, the successor of the Tang Dynasty. You may not encounter what your father encountered in the future, but you must be prepared, because many things may happen to you at any time. Because you are the crown prince, you must learn to bear it, but don't be afraid, this is what every crown prince and emperor should experience."

"Mother, am I suitable to be the emperor?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Suitable, must be suitable, among my sons, only you are, God made you our eldest son, just to let you inherit the foundation of the Tang Dynasty." Empress Changsun said.

"But Aye is not the eldest son." Li Chengqian said, "I dare not speculate more about the future."

"That's different. Your Aye grew up in a dangerous era. If he doesn't protect himself, he may be killed by others."

"So, do you want to kill your brothers?"

"Yes, if you don't kill them, they will kill your Aye."

"For the throne, right? Then in the future, will Qingque also attack me?" Li Chengqian asked, "I don't want to hurt him, not only Qingque, but also Ake, and other brothers and sisters. I don't want to hurtThey. "

"You are the crown prince, you must be worthy of this position, and make your brothers convinced of you." Empress Changsun said: "Chengqian, don't be afraid, crown prince, you can't be afraid."

Li Shimin sat at the top of the Liangyi Hall and looked at the courtiers below.

"There is a severe drought in Guanzhong, and praying for rain is ineffective."

"Your Majesty, at this point, all dynasties have allowed people to beg for food in other places. Fairy, it seems that Longyou is not satisfactory, and it should be opened to let people go."

"Open it, then, the Turks on the grassland will come to rob people again." Li Shimin was worried.

During the Wude period, the pass had never been opened. Once it was opened, it would be a constant source of trouble, and there would be strong enemies outside.

"But if it is not opened, the victims of the disaster will become hungry people, which is easy to cause greater chaos."

"Then open it, allow the people to beg for food, and the Ministry of Households will immediately release the official document for begging. "Li Shimin said helplessly.

......

A few days later, Ganlu Hall.

"Your Majesty, King Jingyang came to the palace to ask for an audience."

"King Jingyang? He is back from Linying?" Li Shimin was stunned.

"Yes, I heard that he rushed back day and night." The eunuch replied.

"Let him in."

Liangyi Hall is where Li Shimin and several trusted court officials discuss important matters of the court, and Ganlu Hall is equivalent to Li Shimin's study. Reading here and handling some government affairs alone are more comfortable than Liangyi Hall.

Li Fu stepped into Ganlu Hall.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

"No need to be polite." Li Shimin looked up at Li Fu: "I haven't seen you for so long, you have lost a lot of weight and you are tanned."

Li Fu smiled: "Life outside is definitely not as good as at home, and I often hang around the construction site, so how can I not be tanned. "

"Has everything been settled in Linying County?" Li Shimin asked.

"Everything is settled. Jiang Que is taking care of it, and Du Gou is assisting. Some time ago, he recruited a handyman and gave him the position of Gongcao in the palace. He stayed in Linying County to help Jiang Que and Du Gou." Li Fu said with a smile.