The sun and the moon are flying, and time flies. In the blink of an eye, it has been twenty-eight years since Zhenguan. Li Shimin, who should have died five years ago, is still alive. It is mainly thanks to Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji who advised him to delegate power, which has extended his life span for several years.

The sky in the east just turned white. Heianlang, to be precise, got up early. Heianlang was his nickname, but he has started a family and a career, so even elders like Li Xiu no longer call him by his small name.

Many years ago, Ang Lee worked in Yunzhou and served as the governor for four years. During those four years, Yunzhou was in order under his governance. In addition, the imperial annexation of the grasslands by the court also attracted many people from Guanzhong, Henan and other places to settle down. After all, no matter how rich the Tang Dynasty was, there were definitely still many poor people.

According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, as long as the people of the Tang Dynasty go to the grassland, they can be immediately assigned to a pasture. No one dared to go there before because they were worried about safety. But now with the annexation and governance of the Tang Dynasty, the public security of the grassland’s famous prefectures has also improved greatly. Therefore, many brave people entered the grassland to live and became rich with their own hands.

Four years later, the Tang Dynasty's rule in the southern part of the desert was very stable, and even the northern part of the Tang Dynasty was included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. However, the Tang Dynasty's rule over the northern part of the Tang Dynasty was still relatively weak and could not reach the level of the southern part of the desert for the time being. However, the Tang Dynasty's annexation of the grasslands has now become a trend. As long as the Tang Dynasty itself is not in chaos, the entire grassland will sooner or later be included in the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

When the term of the governor of Yunzhou ended, Ang Lee was transferred back to Chang'an. After all, Li Zhi has taken over a considerable part of the government affairs and is busy every day, so he had long wanted to transfer Ang Lee back to his side to help, and now he finally got his wish.

It was still early and the beautiful woman was still asleep. After getting up, Ang Lee got up and covered his wife with a quilt, he went out quietly to go outside. He had to go to court every morning, so he had to leave at dawn every time. The servants at home prepared a carriage and even brought breakfast to the carriage. Because the time was tight, he usually ate breakfast in the carriage.

"An'er wait for me!" But just as Ang Lee was about to ask the groom to drive the carriage to Chang'an City, someone suddenly shouted, and then his father Li Xiu walked over and boarded his own carriage.

"Father, are you going to go to Chang'an?" Ang Lee couldn't help but ask in surprise when he saw Li Xiu's appearance. Since Li Xiu resigned, although Li Shimin and Li Zhi wanted him to be an official in the court several times, they were rejected by him. They rarely went to Chang'an, but they didn't expect that they would get up so early today and even ride the same car with him.

"Yes, yesterday the palace sent a message saying that Your Majesty is not in good health, and I plan to go to the palace to visit him." Li Xiu sat down and said at this time, and at the same time ordered the groom to start rushing. After all, it was getting late, so he didn't want to delay Ang Lee's morning court.

"Your Majesty is not in good health?" Li Jin was stunned when he heard the news, and then asked in disbelief, "But I met Your Majesty with the prince the day before yesterday. At that time, His Majesty was energetic and had no symptoms at all. Why did he get sick after not seeing him for a day?"

"As aged, he naturally cannot compare with young people. Especially His Majesty worked day and night a few years ago and his life was not restrained, which caused his body to be seriously damaged. Although he had rested comfortably in the past few years, his body's foundation was broken. His Majesty was infected with cold yesterday. It was just a minor illness, but he was bedridden by the afternoon. I only received the news in the evening." Li Xiu sighed at this time.

Although Li Shimin listened to his and Changsun Wuji's persuasion to delegate power and recuperation, he had lived five years more than in history, Li Shimin's health has begun to deteriorate again. After all, recuperation can only prolong Li Shimin's life, but it cannot make him immortal. Although Li Shimin suffered from a minor illness this time, his symptoms were very serious and he was even bedridden. From a medical point of view, this is not a good phenomenon, so Li Xiu wanted to visit him in person.

Ang Lee is also proficient in medical skills. When he heard his father's words, he immediately guessed Li Shimin's physical condition. This made him sigh inwardly. Li Shimin is his father-in-law. What if the other party really has something to do with him, I still don't know how sad Li Zhi would be?

"By the way, what is the prince mainly doing during this period? Is there any major event in the court?" Li Xiu asked his son again at this time. Now Ang Lee is the position of Prince Xima. However, this position is not for Prince Xima, but for assisting Prince Xima to handle government affairs. Although the rank is not high, it is extremely important. If Li Zhi ascends the throne in the future, Prince Xima will almost be the prime minister who is appointed to the public.

"Your Majesty has handed over more and more government affairs to the prince, so the burden on the prince is very heavy now. Even if we are the assistant ministers who help him share the burden, he is still very busy. I have persuaded him to delegate the power in his hands like His Majesty, so that he can be more relaxed."

Ang Lee paused and then said, "As for the major issues in the court, there are many major events. For example, the Anxi Protectorate has expanded part of its territory westward. Some ministers in the court believe that the Anxi Protectorate is too large, so they suggest that the Anxi Protectorate be split up. In addition, there are banks that have been deeply involved in prefectures and counties. Almost every prefecture and county has banks. However, the Ministry of Revenue wants to include the bank in its own jurisdiction. Now the two sides are fighting. By the way, there is one more thing!"

When talking about the bank, Ang Lee suddenly thought of a very important thing, and then slapped his head and said: "Some time ago, my second brother led the navy to send troops to Japan and robbed the silver mine of Japan. The King of Japanese sent envoys to complain, which led to some ministers impeaching my second brother's boldness, but this matter was suppressed by His Majesty!"

"Haha, your second brother has done a good job. Since our bank issued gold and silver coins, it has needed a large amount of gold and silver every year. Although gold and silver are abundant in the Americas, the distance is too far and transportation is not convenient. On the contrary, there is a large silver mine in Japan. Now half of the silver we cast in silver coins is transported from Japan. In the past, we had to exchange goods with Japan. Now Jin'er occupied the silver mine, and the silver mined in the future is ours. With such a great benefit, His Majesty naturally would not pay attention to Japan!" Li Xiu couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

After Liu Renyuan trained Li Jin for a few years, he took the initiative to throw the navy to Li Jin and ran to the south to lead troops. As a result, Li Jin actually managed the navy very vigorously in just a few years. This is mainly because Li Jin's concept of the navy is different from Liu Renyuan, but it is precisely this difference that has caused Li Jin to be criticized by others in recent years.
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