"Brother, do you still remember Yong'an Palace?" Li You said.

"Yong'an Palace? Do you mean to build Yong'an Palace?" Li Chengqian asked.

Yong'an Palace is the later Daming Palace. It is located on the north side of Chang'an. It is the largest of the three main palaces in Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty (Daming Palace, Tai Chi Palace, Xingqing Palace), and is called "East Nei".

The Daming Palace covers an area of ​​about 3.2 square kilometers, which is 4.5 times that of the Forbidden City in Beijing in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is known as the Palace of Thousand Palaces and the Oriental Temple of the Silk Road. As the main palace of the Datang Empire, the political center and national symbol of the Tang Dynasty, it is known as the "pinpoint work of Chinese palace architecture."

Yong'an Palace was built in October of the eighth year of Zhenguan (634) of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, and in May of the ninth year of Zhenguan (635), Li Yuan, the Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, died in the bedroom of the Da'an Palace in Chang'an, and the construction of the Daming Palace was immediately terminated. The construction lasted only for more than half a year. In history, it was not until 28 years later that the construction of the second year of Longshuo (662).

"Yes, the Sui Dynasty built Daxing City, which is now Chang'an City, based on the Qian Gua theory of the "Book of Changes". According to the geography and celestial phenomena, the Taiji Palace, the imperial palace symbolizing the North Star, was arranged in the center of the northern part of Chang'an City. However, the overly idealized design ignores the defects of the terrain. Taiji Palace is located on the lowest depression in Chang'an City, and it is humid and hot in summer.

The father and mother advocate frugality. After so many years, they have been living in such an environment. It is long time to rebuild the Yong'an Palace." Li You said.

"It's right, what do you think specifically?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Brother, let's discuss it carefully." Li You said.

Li Chengqian ordered someone to take the floor plan of Chang'an city building and study it with Li You.

Two days later, Liangyi Hall.

Li You and Li Chengqian came to Liangyi Hall together. When they were about to walk to the door of Li Shimin's study, they met Gao Jingming. When he saw Li Chengqian and Li You, he saluted and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, the King of Northwest, I just happened to ask you for advice. Please borrow a step to speak."

Li Chengqian and others found a room casually and asked, "Master Gao, what's the matter?"

Gao Jingming said with a frown: "Oh, Your Majesty just asked me to come over and said that it was Duke Li Jun who proposed to build the Yong'an Palace. It was planned to be completed in 12 years, and it would take a total of 260,000 yuan. The Ministry of Revenue cannot take out such a large amount of money.

I talked about the actual difficulties. Your Majesty was very unhappy and asked me to find a solution. What can I do? I said I couldn’t do it at the time, but Your Majesty was very unhappy and scolded me."

Li Chengqian and Li You were both secretly surprised that Li Tai wanted Kang Guo to please Li Shimin and the concubines in the harem. Li Shimin also wanted to give Li Tai a chance to make contributions to improve his status.

The two exchanged their eyes and Li You said, "Mr. Gao, you did it right, don't worry about this."

When Gao Jingming heard this, his heart suddenly felt relieved. He said, "Then I will leave and go and do the job."

After Gao Jingming left, Li Chengqian smiled bitterly and said, "Fifth brother, we are still one step slower. Li Tai is really a fly, he is so fucked."

Li You was also very angry. He said, "Brother, why don't you forget it. Let's not slap this flattery anymore. Let him Li Tai go and make trouble."

Li Chengqian was also angry. He and Li You had already discussed it and were going to propose the construction of Yong'an Palace. The money was already in the source, the construction plan, and even the candidates for implementation were also available. However, Li Tai proposed this matter first. Li Chengqian and Li You talked about this matter again, and it was meaningless. If you did it well, it was Li Tai's credit, but if you didn't have the responsibility, it was the two brothers.

Even a fool wouldn't do such a thing.

Li Chengqian said, "Don't do it anymore."

Li You said, "Brother, let's go back."

Li Chengqian nodded, and the two brothers walked towards the East Palace.

Liangyi Hall, study room.

Li Shimin was very angry, but helpless. The expenses of the court were always clearly divided. Li Shimin also received his salary. His expenses were fixed and distributed to him in a certain proportion according to the fiscal revenue of that year. All the expenses in the palace, including the expenses of all personnel, including the queen, the dietary expenses in the palace, and the renovation of the palace must be paid by Li Shimin himself.

The money from the Ministry of Revenue is used to maintain the operation of the entire court, and Li Shimin cannot use it casually. Things like building Yong'an Palace require the use of the reserves of the national treasury as a special expenditure project and submitted to the court for discussion. This matter is very difficult, and it will definitely take a lot of effort to pass it.

Li Shimin knew that this matter was very difficult, so he first proposed to Gao Jingming to build the Yong'an Palace and wanted to touch it from him, but Gao Jingming directly poured a bucket of cold water on him.

Gao Jingming calculated Li Shimin's recent imperial expenditure projects. He adopted a strategy of long-term siege in the east to expedition Goguryeo. The army's expenses were huge. Although it was captured by Goguryeo, it could not compensate for the consumption over the past year. The Goguryeo area also had to undergo post-war reconstruction and large-scale immigration. These expenses were astronomical. Next, it would be used to reward the heroes of the Eastern Expedition Army, which would cost at least 20,000 yuan. These combined consumed a large amount of the funds accumulated by the treasury over the years.

The Taishan Fengshan Ceremony was used to support the expenses of Tubo, as well as the entry-level and celebration activities of the Eastern Expedition Army, each item was more than 20,000 yuan. Although Li You had thought of a way to compensate for this money, it was at least not yet in place.

Gao Jingming had something to say at that time. Li You didn't lose money every time he spent money. Li Shimin could make the treasury vomit blood after a war. If the Yong'an Palace was built, not only would the expenses be huge, but a large number of civilians would also need to be recruited, and there would definitely be complaints between the government and the country.

In short, Gao Jingming said that the Ministry of Revenue has difficulties.

After Gao Jingming left, Li Shimin solicited Cen Wenben's opinion, and he also said that there might be resistance in the court.

Li Shimin was depressed. Wang De received news from the eunuchs that he had already arrived at Liangyi Hall and left after seeing Gao Jingming, he told Li Shimin about this.

Li Shimin felt a little curious and didn't know what the two brothers had to come to him, and then changed their minds.

He said: "Wang De, the prince and Li You met."

Shortly after Li Chengqian and Li You returned to the East Palace, they sent an eunuch to come.

Li Chengqian asked the eunuch to leave first, saying that he and Li You would go afterwards. He said to Li You, "Fifth brother, what do you think you should do?"

Li You said: "Brother, we are not doing the construction of Yong'an Palace. We are thankless. Whoever wants to do it will do it. If Li Tai has the ability to get money, he will let him repair it.

However, that thing can be given a favor to him."

What Li You said was that Li Chengqian would take the initiative to propose that Li Tai stay in Chang'an. Since he could not drive him away, he might as well be a favor and use him Li Tai to demonstrate Li Chengqian's filial piety and importance to family affection.

Li Chengqian had already decided to do this, but at this moment he hated Li Tai very much and said, "Fifth brother, I don't want to say it to him anymore. If he has the ability, stay. If you want me to say good things for him, I'm not that cheap."

Li You understood Li Chengqian's feelings and said, "What my brother said is, this is wrong with me, we don't have to do anything with him."

Li Chengqian became much more angry when he heard Li You say this. He asked, "Father, you want to ask us what we do in Liangyi Palace, what should we say? Also, what should we say if he talks about the construction of Yong'an Palace?"

Li You said, "In this way, after we go, my father will ask us what we do. You will talk about the Fengshan Ceremony of Mount Tai, and I will talk about the food conference. If he asks about the construction of Yong'an Palace, we will not object to it, nor will we take the initiative to take this matter into ourselves. In short, we will not participate in this matter."

Li Chengqian and Li You came to Liangyi Hall again. As soon as they entered the hall, they saw Li Lizhi waiting for them.

Since Li Lizhi followed Li Shimin as confidential secretary in the Eastern Expedition Army, Li Shimin liked her very much, so he continued to let her be in charge of the telecommunications confidential room in Liangyi Hall.

Li Lizhi said: "Brother, fifth brother, father is in a bad mood, you should be careful when speaking." She specifically reminded them here.

Li Shimin was really a little unhappy. He thought that he had built a prosperous and powerful Tang Dynasty. If he wanted to build a palace, he would encounter resistance and was very angry.

Li Chengqian said, "Lizhi, thank you."

Li You smiled at her and expressed his gratitude.

Then, the two entered Li Shimin's study.

"Son, please see your father." Li Chengqian and Li You saluted together and said.
Chapter completed!