In the afternoon, the East Palace Ziguang Hall.

Li Chengqian was half-stuck reading on the kang in the side hall. Since his time travel, Li Chengqian has been studying every day and has almost finished reading the collections of Chongxian Pavilion and Hongwen Pavilion.

Every time Li Chengqian reads these books, he is moved by the serious attitude of the ancients to write books.

Before the Tang Dynasty, reading and writing books was not easy. Anyone who picked up a pen and started writing books was his reputation for his future generations. Therefore, they did not allow any flaws in the books. Of course, because of the limitations of the times, these books may be inadequate in one way or another.

However, every book is hard-working from the author, so every time Li Chengqian reads a book written by someone else, the image of the author's hard work will appear in front of him.

So no matter what he thinks about these books, as long as the important position in the content of these books is correct, he cherishes these books and respects the author's hard work.

After reading the book in his hand, Li Chengqian sat upright, lay on the small table and excerpted the important contents of the book, and wrote down his reading experience with a red pen below.

After Li Chengqian carefully wrote down this passage of reading experience, he looked up and saw the old ghost standing next to him with a smile on his face.

When the old ghost saw Li Chengqian raise his head, he hurriedly said with a smile: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, you are getting better and better." After that, he saw Li Chengqian pick up the book he just wrote and carefully looked at it, and knew that this flattery was right.

Then he continued: "Your Highness the Crown Prince now has your own regular script, and you may be able to copy some running scripts."

Li Chengqian put down the words in his hand and shook his hand and smiled: "The king of the Lone is busy with his work, so he can't devote all his thoughts to practicing calligraphy. As long as the words written are not ugly, it's enough."

The old ghost heard this and said, "Yes, it's all the old slaves!"

Li Chengqian knew that the old ghost said this because Li Shimin once asked Li Chengqian to write a running script in thin gold style, but Li Chengqian replied to it because he couldn't write a running script well.

This made Li Shimin unhappy for several consecutive days.

Li Chengqian knew very well that perfect life is good, but life is more of a lack of beauty. If you are greedy for beauty and desires, you always think that you are versatile, loved by everyone, and bloom when flowers bloom, you will sooner or later be exhausted.

These thoughts only flashed in Li Chengqian's heart, and he looked at the old ghost and asked, "What's wrong with you coming to see the Lone King now?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you can guess it as soon as you guess." The old ghost smiled and put a high hat on Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian just smiled and didn't care. Seeing this, the old ghost lowered his voice and said, "The news from Luoyang that King Jin, King Han, King Yue, and King Ji are with His Majesty every day these days."

"What are they saying?" Li Chengqian asked.

The old ghost said in embarrassment: "The person who reported the news said they didn't say anything, they just made His Majesty happy every day."

Li Zhi and the Three Kings had a very high art of speaking, and even Li Shimin could not hear the true meaning, let alone the eunuch who was seeking out the news.

Li Chengqian also knew that they did not dare to say bad things about themselves blatantly now, but he still said with great concern: "Please keep a good eye on it, if there is any news, Fei Ge will send a letter back."

"Abide by the order." The old ghost bowed and continued, "Also, the King of Wu wrote a letter to His Majesty."

"I know this, it's okay." Li Chengqian said.

"Then I will sue you." The old ghost said and retreated.

Li Chengqian watched Lao Gui walk out, picked up the words he just wrote and looked at them carefully. He saw that his words had indeed improved a lot after more than a year.

I thought it would be better to practice hard. Maybe a thousand years later, when people commented on the calligraphers of the Tang Dynasty, they would be among the four Tang schools. However, I thought that practicing calligraphy would waste a lot of time, so I should forget it and pick up the book I just looked at.

Li Chengqian read the book for a while and heard the eunuch report outside the door: "Your Highness, Qiu Shenji is asking for a meeting."

"Tell him to come in." Li Chengqian hurriedly put down his calligraphy.

"See Your Highness the Crown Prince." Qiu Shenji bowed.

"Flat!"

Two years have passed and there has been no change in Qiu Shenji. He is still tall and thin, with a face without any expression.

"I heard from the Prince of the Crown Prince, and Luoyang sent back news. Some people spread rumors in Yinchuan, Songxian and other places that the court wanted to build canals and reservoirs because they wanted to lead the Feng Shui and earth atmosphere there to Luoyang. If the court built it, it would fall into the sea and the local people would also turn into fish and turtles." Qiu Shenji said straight to the point.

Li Chengqian was shocked when he heard this. You must know that now, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there was no experience of Di Renjie's dethronement of lewd sacrifices, and the people were very superstitious.

Spreading such rumors has a huge impact on the people. If they really succeed, let alone building canals, they will cause civil unrest if they are not careful.

Li Chengqian stood up and said with a serious expression: "You immediately send a letter from Fei Ge to Luoyang to order people to monitor this matter closely, and be sure to find out whether there are local gentry involved in spreading rumors.

At the same time, he sent a message to Xue Dading, who ordered him to act according to the opportunity, but he should not easily alarm the snake. He also wanted Ma Zhou, Liu Shi and others to ask them to report this matter to His Majesty as soon as possible."

"I obey the order." Qiu Shenji bowed and walked out quickly.

Li Chengqian looked at Qiu Shenji walking out and was not in the mood to read again. He walked out of the side hall and saw that it was not dark outside. He ordered: "Summon Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Xue Rengui, Pei Xingjian and Liang Fangjian Chongjian Hall to meet..."

As he said that, Li Chengqian walked out first.

Li Chengqian came to Chongjiao Hall and saw that the hall had already lanterns in it, and a young official was sitting in the corner of the hall writing something.

He looked up and saw Li Chengqian walking in, and hurriedly got up to greet him and salute him.

"See Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Li Chengqian saw the man clearly and asked, "Why is Secretary Shangguan still in this palace?"

"Return to the Crown Prince, today I am on duty to draft an edict!" Shangguan Yi replied.

Shangguan Yi is now the secretary-general of the Secretary-General. Li Shimin likes the articles he wrote often asks him to accompany him to draft edicts. Now Li Chengqian's imperial edicts come from the Eastern Palace, and the Secretary-general also sends people to the Eastern Palace to pay the imperial edict.

"Okay, just stay here!" Li Chengqian said as he walked up to the throne and sat down.

Shangguan Yi bowed and returned to his seat.

Soon, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu and others arrived, and Li Chengqian told them about the incidents reported by Yichuan County and Song County.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is in Luoyang at this time, Yichuan, Songxian and Luoyang are just a short distance. There must be no civil rebellion at this time. I think Xue Dading should be recalled to suspend the construction of Songxian Reservoir and Yishui River." Xu Jingzong's suggestion was to be honest and persistent.

Li Chengqian turned his head and looked at the others after hearing this. Unfortunately, most of these people were proficient in military affairs and had no confidence in governing the people, and they were better than Xu Jingzong, so they didn't dare to speak.

Just as Li Chengqian was about to express his thoughts, Shangguan Yi in the corner stood up and said, "I have some simple opinions on this, I don't know if I can say it."

"You just say it's okay!" This is also Li Shimin's rule. The prime ministers of the three provinces are usually very strict when discussing matters in the Secretariat, and most people dare not interrupt.

However, when discussing affairs in front of the imperial court, whether it is the Secretariat, the Secretariat, the Secretariat, or the Censor, they can speak freely.

"Your Highness Xie, I think the most urgent thing is to find out who spread the rumors. Although the rumors are now targeting the imperial court's construction of reservoirs and Yishui River, if these people are allowed to fan the fire among the people, it will be a big problem."

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard this, then looked at Xu Jingzong and said, "I already know the Minister of the Central Secretariat where you are. He will report to Your Majesty in time and will not give villains the opportunity to provoke them."

When Xu Jingzong heard this, he knew that Li Chengqian had a certain view in his heart and stopped saying anything.

Li Chengqian turned to look at Li Yifu and said, "Xue Dading is the official in charge of dealing with evil people. Moreover, his actions in the open are eye-catching, so he cannot find out the matter. So the Lonely King wants to ask the Yifu to have a trip. You go to Luozhou to take people in Yichuan, Songxian and Luoyang to secretly investigate the matter."

Li Yifu immediately stood up and saluted and said, "I obey the order."

Then Li Chengqian said to everyone: "A lot of things happened in Chang'an this year. There are few government affairs these days. The Lone King is preparing to go to the camps of the various military camps in Chang'an City to comfort the army. You can go and prepare."

Liang Fangjian, Xue Rengui and others stood up and clasped their fists and said, "I will follow the order."
Chapter completed!