Chapter 166 Busy with gifts!
"The son's minister does not pay attention to the employment of others, which leads to such treacherous villains confusing his father and asking his father to punish him!" Li Chengqian knelt down and apologized.
Li Shimin said: "Get up, I can't tell the truth about this art. What's more, for you, you are also filial to you. If you have any merits and demerits, you will not pursue it anymore. Remember not to be so careless again next time."
"Yes, Father!" Li Chengqian felt relieved.
Li Shimin then looked at Rongda: "This time, the sixth prince made great contributions by eliminating the treacherous and slandered people around me. This shows how magical the science in Li'er's mouth is. But he made such a contribution, but I don't know what to reward him. My dear friends might as well think about it for me."
Li Yan is now a vassal king who guards the country. He no longer needs official positions and fiefs, and as for money and silk, Li Yan, he doesn't need them anymore. Now no one knows that Li Yan is rich and rich.
Li Shimin's question made the officials embarrassed. Some people naturally did not want Li Yan to gain any real benefits and pretended to be confused and did not speak, while Li Ke and Cui Shao usually did their best.
At this time, Li Ke suddenly said: "Father, the emperor, the son, have an idea!"
Li Shimin said: "What method!"
"When my father asked Liu Lang to go to Yizhou, he said that he could not get the emperor's order and Liu Lang was not allowed to return to Chang'an without authorization. Now a year has passed, and Liu Lang must have missed his father very much. His mother and younger brothers and sisters are worse than my father to lift this restriction so that Liu Lang can go back to Chang'an to visit relatives at any time." Li Ke said.
Li Ke's method was to reward Li Yanxing, but he did not get any actual benefits. There was nothing to say, including Changsun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji agreed: "The third prince said this very well!"
Li Shimin smiled. This was something he had been thinking about, but he could not break the emperor's order first. Now it was proposed by Li Ke, and the ministers all agreed that he could go down the road, "Then do it like this! Removal of the restrictions on the sixth prince entering the capital!"
Upon hearing this, all the ministers said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
He discussed some government affairs with the ministers. After the morning court, Li Shimin stood up and returned to the palace, but he was even happier than when he came. He was increasingly looking forward to the changes that Li Yan would bring to the Tang Dynasty.
The ministers scattered in court, and Li Ke took Rongda to the outside of the Tai Chi Palace. The smile that had not faded showed that he was very happy. Although it was a dangerous move for the war, the effect was indeed extraordinary. He was increasingly impressed by his younger brother. Although Li Shimin did not punish Li Chengqian in the end, it was equivalent to breaking Li Chengqian's help, and he was already very satisfied.
Moreover, after the court, the ministers' reaction almost made a 180-degree turn. Along the way, the ministers who greeted him were getting close to each other, changing their previous coldness. Cui Shao was surrounded by many ministers who were flattering each other, and even Lu Jin was shameless and smiling.
These people felt more and more that Li Yan was suppressed, and the higher the bounce, the more he was. The result of being against Li Yan would only be a loss. Let’s take the Yizhou monopoly auction. Some gentry families who secretly opposed Li Yan were beaten down when they were pre-qualified and did not even enter the door.
As soon as these merchants put together, they suddenly realized that Li Yan was deliberately excluding them against the gentry family behind them. The merchants were seeking profit, so they stopped doing it. Many merchants immediately politely broke off from these gentry family, causing them to lose a lot of worship. Those who were in the houses of Li Ke, Cui Shao, Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin, Xiao Yu, Lu Shang and others on weekdays were almost broken, which caused a lot of sensation in Chang'an.
These officials also read the business newspaper and understood how much profit the auction power brought. Who wouldn't want to make some money from Li Yan? Although they looked down on businessmen, they had no grudges against money, and who would be willing to offend a God of Wealth?
After leaving Tai Chi Palace, Li Ke and Cui Shao said hello to return home. Rongda followed Li Ke on a horse. His mission was only half completed, and half was not completed, which was to give gifts.
As Li Ke returned to the Wu Palace, Rongda and Li Ke turned a street and alley to the yard where the Wu Palace was located. However, the scene in front of them shocked both of them. They saw that there were traffic in front of the Wu Palace at this time, and dozens of carriages blocked the Wu Palace, and the two of them were even unable to pass through.
Helplessly, Li Ke and Rongda both got off the horse, and saw the butler of the Prince of Wu trot over, "Your Highness, go and have a look. The prince and the princess are now clamoring to share gifts, and the old slave can hardly stop him."
"Zhi Nu!" Li Ke shouted hatefully. Except for Li Zhi, there was no one else to know about this. He must have shown off with gifts and attracted all these younger brothers and sisters.
Rongda laughed secretly when he heard this. Li Yan brought him a lot of gifts this time. Different gift lists were prepared according to each person, such as the princesses’ gift list, perfume, shower gel, mirrors, etc., and the smaller princesses and princes have more snacks. In addition to some daily necessities, Li Yan also gave each of them a compound bow, and wine and hard yellow paper are also essential.
Li Ke and Rongda entered the palace and saw that Rongda had temporarily placed a circle of people around the carriage in the palace. The guards of the Prince of Wu stood along the carriage, and their foreheads were covered with cold sweat. These princes and princesses were unable to fight, so they could only protect these things as meat shields.
"Zhi Nu!" Li Ke quickly walked over, and saw Li Zhi surrounded in the middle at a glance.
Hearing this angry shout, the princess and the princes turned around. When Li Zhi saw that it was Li Ke, he immediately hid behind Princess Changle, "I didn't mean it."
Princess Changle protected Li Zhi and said, "Third brother, it's not Zhinu's fault. It was Yizi who snatched Zhinu's gift slip and gave it to her mother. When the mother asked, she found out what was going on. Later we all knew!"
Li Ke just scared Li Zhi. These things were originally for them. He was afraid that these younger brothers and sisters would snatch them all in a row. Now the gifts are still good, so he felt relieved, but he still glared at Li Zhi fiercely and asked him to gain a memory.
The culprit, Yizi, laughed and didn't think anything was wrong at all. She thought about the gift and said, "San brother, give us the gift."
Li Ke shook his head helplessly and said to Rongda: "Rongda, this is good, so you can save some of the road, so just give it to them."
Rongda responded, took out the gift list from his arms, and chanted: "Princess Changle, one side of the mirror. Ten bottles of jasmine perfume..."
Rongda recited the gift list, and the servants of Chengdu Prefecture who followed Rongda took out the gifts from the carriage.
Princess Changle was very happy when she heard that there was a mirror. Last time, Li Shimin went to Yizhou and brought more than a dozen full-body mirrors. As a result, Li Shimin gave them all to the concubines in the palace. Although there was also a fan in Queen Changsun's palace, it was not her own after all.
Li Ke couldn't share the gifts for a while. So he asked the butler to carry some big tables and asked the servants to put the gifts on these tables, so that the servants would not hold them and delay the speed of dividing things.
"Princess Ankang gift list, one side of the mirror, ten bottles of rose perfume..." After reading Princess Changle's gift list, Rongda opened the next gift list and gave Princess Changle's gift list to Princess Changle, asking her to follow the face on it so as not to make any mistakes.
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"Princess Jinyang, six boxes of milk candy, ten bags of melon seeds..." Princess Jinyang's gifts were almost all eaten. The little girl was so happy that she giggled. Li Zhi's was almost the same, but in the end there was one more - a compound bow.
After receiving the gift, Li Zhi asked the guards who followed him to take all the snacks away. As soon as he reached out to get the compound bow, he reached over with one hand and took the compound bow first.
When Li Zhi saw that it was Li Ke, he said, "Third Brother, this is mine!"
Li Ke ignored him and looked at the compound bow carefully. He had never seen this bow and arrow before, but he could tell at a glance that it was well-made. At present, the bow of this bow is much stronger than his colorful iron bow.
Picking up the arrows sent by the bow and arrow on the table, Li Ke tilted the arrow and used his best efforts to aim at a locust tree fifty meters away. With a "swoosh" sound, the arrow flew out like a lightning bolt.
A guard ran over and took a long time to pull out the arrow. The bow and arrow actually sank deep into the trunk.
The guard came back and shot the arrow into the trunk and talked about it. Li Ke couldn't help but say, "What a good bow!"
Li Zhi snatched the compound bow with anger, "This is mine!"
Rongda also said at this time: "The Third Highness and the Sixth Highness also have such a bow and arrow in the gifts given to you."
"Is that so?" Li Ke said excitedly and said to Li Zhi: "Third brother doesn't want something!"
Li Zhi snorted, held his own thing and ran away.
The princess and the princes both received their gifts and dispersed them. Rongda gave him Li Ke's gift. In order to thank Li Ke, Li Yan gave him a lot of gifts, and his daily necessities were three times that of other princesses and princes. In addition to a compound bow, Li Yan also gave him a carefully crafted horizontal knife, which made Li Ke's mind instantly balanced, thinking that Li Yan had not forgotten his biological brother.
Rongda wanted to rush back to Yizhou early, so he did not stay in the Wu Palace for too long, but came to the door to give gifts one by one. The first one was Li Shimin. Among all the gifts, Li Shimin's gifts were the heaviest. He had what others had, and he had not others had. In addition to twenty compound bows and one hundred horizontal knives, Li Yan also gave him a truck of potatoes. Now Changan potatoes have just been on the market. Li Shimin had not tasted them yet. Li Yan gave him a truck first and told him that the sprouted potatoes should not be eaten. The thing was poisonous. However, there was also an explanation in the Business Daily of the Tang Dynasty. It is estimated that Li Shimin had also seen them, but just in case, Li Yan still asked Rongda to give some advice.
Li Shimin was very happy when Li Yan sent such a thing. He praised Li Yan in front of Rongda. The meaning was nothing more than that Li Yan was really filial and asked Rongda to convey it to Li Yan. While he was happy, Li Shimin also rewarded Rongda with 100 taels of gold, which made Rongda excited and almost unstable. He thought that Chang'an was not in vain this time.
After giving gifts to Li Shimin, Rongda left all the gifts to Empress Changsun and her concubines, and then went to give gifts to Li Chengqian and Li Tai. Although Li Yan was not in dealing with them, he still had to do some superficial articles.
Chapter completed!