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Chapter 127: 30% of the fixed rent

Li Chengqian was shocked when he heard this, saying, "The father's will is so fast?"

He originally wanted to arrange the Yan family and his son before telling Li Shimin that he could let Li Shimin see his kindness and not kill Li Tai and his sons.

"What other decree has the father issued?" Li Chengqian is most worried about Li Shimin's direct answer: pardon Li Tai's wife and family.

In that case, everything he did just now would be useless.

"This is not."

"Okay, since my father sent Xiaojiu to handle the funeral, then take Yan to your mansion now and find the imperial doctor to see that he should not let her do anything." Li Chengqian felt relieved.

"My brother follows the order." Li Ke stood up and bowed and was about to walk out.

"Don't leave quickly, let Li Yan go to pick you up on your behalf. He will pick up his sister-in-law even more. I sent someone to invite Yan Liben Yan Lide to paint me. You can also see these two people."

Li Ke naturally understood that Li Chengqian summoned Li Tai's foreign family at this time, and since he was left behind, he did not treat him as an outsider, he naturally would not refuse.

Li Ke said to Li Chengqian: "My brother follows the order." He turned his head and told Li Yan: "Li Yan, please pick up your fourth sister-in-law to my palace on my behalf, and settle them and their mother and son."

"Hey! Then I'll leave." Seeing that Li Chengqian and Li Ke both agreed to him, Li Yan stood up and walked out.

Seeing that Li Yan was about to leave, Li Chengqian hurriedly said, "Wait a minute!"

Li Ke grabbed Li Yan with one hand and said reproachfully: "You wait until your elder brother gives you an order before leaving!"

"Why!"

Li Chengqian thought for a while and looked at Li Yan and said, "You go ahead and ask Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian to bring more people. No matter what Xiaojiu says, you must take your fourth sister-in-law to the King of Wu's Mansion. If anyone dares to stop him from the spot - take it down directly."

Li Chengqian originally wanted to say that the Dharma was corrected on the spot, but remembered that Li Yan had always been unreliable, so he changed to taking it directly.

"Get orders!" Li Yan got the power given by Li Chengqian and left happily.

"Did Your Highness the Crown Prince treat Xiaojiu?" Li Ke regretted it as soon as he asked. He really shouldn't have asked this question.

"Xiao Jiu is nothing, it's just my uncle..." As a time traveler, Li Chengqian knew that Li Shimin wanted to make Li Tai the crown prince in history. Zhu Suiliang did not agree to reveal Li Tai's hypocritical face, so Li Shimin just hesitated for a moment.

Because Li Shimin promised Li Tai to be the crown prince in person, it was difficult to destroy his promise casually.

Just when Li Shimin was hesitating, Li Zhi was always frowning in front of Li Shimin. Li Shimin repeatedly asked him why. Li Zhi told Li Shimin that it was Li Tai who told him: You have a good relationship with King Li Yuanchang of Han, and now he has been arrested with Li Chengqian's rebellion. Are you not afraid? You don't think of a solution yet...

After hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Shimin completely cut off the idea of ​​making Li Tai the crown prince, and believed that if Li Chengqian and Li Zhi would be killed by him.

Li Chengqian always wanted to deal with Li Zhi, but Li Zhi lived in the Tai Chi Palace with Li Shimin. He was usually a little white rabbit, and Li Chengqian had nowhere to attack him.

Therefore, Li Chengqian always wanted to deal with Changsun Wuji. In addition to Changsun Wuji's influence on him, he also had the intention of attacking Li Zhimen.

Of course, these things cannot be told to Li Ke, so I went through vaguely. Li Ke originally felt that he shouldn't ask, but after hearing Li Chengqian's words, he wouldn't mention them anymore, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

At this moment, the doves flying in the sky seemed to be tired after flying for a long time, and they all fell into the yard to eat.

Looking at the flying pigeons, Li Ke also felt relieved and curious: "Brother, why are you doing so many pigeons?"

Li Chengqian was also smiling at the pigeon's food. Hearing this, he glanced at Li Ke, thinking in his heart that he had to find something for Li Ke, otherwise he would definitely submit a memorial request for external transfer.

Then he smiled and said, "I want to train these pigeons to deliver letters."

Third, you and the sixth brother have passed the military training in the East Palace. Now they are idle in Chang'an, so let's help me train these pigeons."

When Li Ke saw that he was all eunuchs in the Eastern Palace, he felt a little angry and said expressionlessly: "I am willing to help but I don't know how to do this."

Li Chengqian didn't look at him either. Just as he was about to speak, a little eunuch said outside: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, please see you, Young Master Yan and the Lord Lord."

"Come in!"

"My minister Yan Lide (Yan Liben) see His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Two Yan Qing's family are equal! Give it a seat!"

"Thank you, Prince!"

Li Chengqian looked at them with great interest and did not speak. Yan Lide and Yan Liben were both famous people in history. They were both in their forties in the 17th year of Zhenguan, but they were well maintained and had white skin. In later generations, they were considered to be two handsome men.

However, the demeanor that should have been gentle and elegant and calm was gone, leaving only two "old and young masters" who were tight-fitting like lambs to be slaughtered.

Li Chengqian saw this and smiled and said, "The Qing Dynasty scenery of the poet is in the New Year, and the green willows are still yellow. If you wait for the forest to be like a brocade, you will be a flower-seeing person when you go out.

The Lone King saw that the flowers were about to bloom, so he wanted to leave a few paintings. I heard that the two of them were good at paintings, so I invited them together.”

After hearing this, Yan Lide quickly stood up, folded his fists, bowed his head and said humbly: "The Prince Palace is too good. Since His Highness wants to take photos, he should do his best."

Li Chengqian saw this and smiled and said, "Why should Yan Qing be so nervous? Although we are kings and ministers, we are relatives after all, and the matter we are discussing today is not a major national event..."

Before Li Chengqian finished speaking, Yan Lide was so scared that he knelt down in a hurry.

"Your Highness, please don't say that, I really don't dare to take it." When Yan Lide heard Li Chengqian mention the word "relative", he thought Li Chengqian must have borrowed Li Tai's affairs to clean up their Yan family.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian smiled and signaled the old ghost to help the man up and sit down, and then sighed and said, "Although the fourth brother of the Gu Wang doesn't learn well, he is still dead now, but he is the Gu Wang Wang's fourth brother. No matter what, we still have to take care of his younger brother and sister." As he said that, he pointed to Li Ke and said, "Now, I have brought the third brother and let the third brother take his younger brother and sister to his palace to live in. Moreover, Gu Wang also knew that the fourth brother's rebellion had nothing to do with the Yan family.

Therefore, the two Qing families don’t have to think too much. As long as they are loyal to the court to share the worries and problems, neither the Lone King nor the court will treat the Yan family unfairly.”

When Yan Lide heard this, he knew that Li Chengqian came to them today to kill them, and felt relieved. He also heard that Li Chengqian asked Li Ke to take care of his daughter, and he was excited and knelt on the ground again, and said loudly: "I thank the Crown Prince for his magnanimity and unstoppable grace for not killing him. In the future, if the Crown Prince has ordered him to die, he would die." As he said that, he shed tears.

The old ghost helped Yan Lide up and sat down again. Li Chengqian waited until his emotions calmed down before he slowly spoke: "Okay, let's not mention these. This time I asked the two Qing families to come to paint. Besides, there is indeed one thing that needs the help of the two Qing families."

When Yan Lide heard this, he immediately stood up and fisted and said respectfully: "Please give orders to the Crown Prince!"

"Well, there is no way to tell me. Only last winter, Guanzhong suffered a disaster and lived a difficult life. The Lone King also heard that the land rent in Guanzhong was 60% and was very worried about the lives of the people." Li Chengqian said that he stopped here and looked at Yan Lide.

Although Yan Lide didn't know what Li Chengqian was going to say, he flattered: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is a blessing for the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "What's the use of being kind to the Lone King alone? It's better for all the families in Guanzhong to be kind to the people. I wonder how much rent does Yan Qing's land charge?"

"Ah?" Yan Lide was stunned when he heard this. How could he know how much rent his land at home charge? But seeing Li Chengqian keep looking at him and waiting for the answer, he said in embarrassment: "I really don't know!"

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Mr. Yan's heart is not about meticulous matters, I don't know anything. But the Lone King thought that 60% of the harvest was indeed too high. What about Yan Qing's family thinking that 30% of the harvest?"

Yan Lide hurriedly said, "Thirty percent is not bad. When I go back, I will give my orders. From now on, the rent of the family will be collected at 30%.

"That's good, but the Gu Wang thought that Yan was a great family in Guanzhong, and Xian Kunzhong's character and knowledge were admired by the world. If Xian Kunzhong wrote to the court, it suggested that Guanzhong reduce the rent to 30%, it would definitely be a response.

This is a great thing that has been made in the present and famous for thousands of years. I wonder what Yan Qing thinks?”

Although Yan Lide was not sophisticated and was poured a lot of soup by Li Chengqian, hesitated after hearing Li Chengqian's words: "Your Highness, can other families really agree to reduce the rent to 30%?"

Li Chengqian laughed and said, "Yan Qing just writes a letter, and the other matters will be handled by the Lone King."

Yan Lide thought about it and nodded, "Then I will write a memorial."

"Okay!" Li Chengqian signaled to get him a pen and ink. The eunuch in the East Palace quickly brought him a table, with all the pen, ink, paper and ink on the table.

Yan Lide stood up and was about to write the memorial, but he saw Yan Liben, who had been sitting there in a daze, suddenly stood up, clasped his fists at Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has been thinking for a long time. If you want to write your poem on the painting, you must draw mountains and rivers on the canvas."

Yan Liben was stunned when he heard this. After a long time of trouble, Yan Liben didn't hear anything Li Chengqian and Yan Lide said. He was thinking about painting.

"Which poem is Lord Yan going to write?" Li Ke, who was standing beside him, was sighing at Li Chengqian's ability to conquer the Yan brothers in a few words, and suddenly saw Yan Liben's reaction was really curious.

"It's the quatrain that His Highness the Crown Prince just recited. The poet's Qingjing is in the New Year..."

Li Chengqian originally thought that he would appear more educated when chatting with great artists in the Tang Dynasty, so he recited Yang Juyuan's poem "Early Spring". At that time, few people were not thinking about it, and they didn't even applaud it, so they didn't mention it and went on.

I didn’t expect that Yan Liben not only remembered it in his heart, but also thought about how to write the poem into his paintings. He couldn’t help but sigh that he was really a great artist!

When Li Chengqian was about to nod and said to Yan Liben to paint as you said, he suddenly heard footsteps and Yan Shigu walked into the yard with an anxious look on his face.

Seeing Li Chengqian hurriedly walked over and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is not good..."
Chapter completed!
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