webnovelvip Chapter 276 Relief
Chapter 276 Relief
Chapter 276 Relief
Lin Xuan quickly said: "Your Majesty, how can the cooks in the minister's family compare with those in the palace. I am willing to hand over the production method to the Shangshan Bureau."
Just kidding, he is not willing to do such thankless work.
There is no benefit if you do it well, and if something happens, you still need to take responsibility.
Li Shimin waved his hands and said, "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's too late to teach them now. I'll leave this matter to you."
Lin Xuan really wanted to say that moon cakes are actually not complicated, but when he saw Li Shimin's eyes, he closed his mouth wisely.
He could see that Li Shimin was taking revenge on him.
What a khan, what an emperor through the ages, is just a cheapskate.
Li Shimin didn't know what was going on in Lin Xuan's heart, but he was very happy to see Lin Xuan's depressed expression.
After Lin Xuan left, Empress Changsun said with a smile: "The concubine heard that there is a saying among the people that Mount Tai is not pleasing to the son-in-law, so your Majesty must have the same mentality, right?"
Li Shimin said angrily: "I am the emperor, how can I be like those ordinary people."
Empress Changsun chuckled and asked, "Then why does Your Majesty always dislike Lin Xuan?"
Li Shimin sighed and said: "Lin Xuan is indeed talented, but he is very playful. I want to polish him more so that I can assist Gao Ming in the future."
"Your Majesty, he is just a child now, and he will naturally be determined when he grows up." Empress Changsun said.
Li Shimin shook his head and said: "It is because he is young that I want to polish him, otherwise he will be led astray."
Although Lin Xuan is not very eager for power now, what about in the future?
Empress Changsun said: "Your Majesty, won't he marry Lizhi next year? After getting married, he will naturally mature. Didn't Your Majesty also escape before getting married?"
"What are you talking about!" Li Shimin's face was a little uneasy.
The young Li Shimin cannot be described as jumping.
The Li family was a relative at the time, and his father was the Duke of the state. Li Shimin was simply a playboy at the time.
Empress Changsun smiled gently and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this. Gao Ming is not young anymore, and my concubine wants to help him choose the crown princess and let him determine his temperament. What does your majesty think?"
"Gao Ming has performed very well these days, but it is indeed time to help him choose a princess." Li Shimin nodded.
As Li Chengqian is the eldest son and the crown prince, getting married is a big event.
From selection to marriage, it will take at least one or two years, so it is really time to prepare.
Empress Changsun said with a smile: "Then the concubine has started to look for candidates, and I will let His Majesty take a look at it then."
Neither Li Shimin nor Empress Changsun had any plans to ask Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian's identity meant that he had no choice.
"Your Majesty, the King of Wei is begging to see you!"
When Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were discussing the selection of a crown princess for Li Chengqian, Li Mu walked in and said.
"Let him in!" Li Shimin said.
"I pay homage to my father and mother!" Li Tai saluted meticulously with a smile on his face.
Seeing Li Tai laboriously saluting, Li Shimin said with some distress: "Sit down."
"Thank you, Father!"
Empress Changsun asked Ruxue to bring the mooncake over, and said softly, "Qingque, this is the mooncake sent by Lin Xuan, it tastes good, try it quickly."
"Thank you, Queen Mother!" Li Tai didn't refuse, picked up a piece, and ate happily.
"What's the matter after Qing Que came to see her father and mother?" Li Shimin asked kindly.
Li Tai put down the mooncake in his hand and said, "I have something to ask my father."
"Oh? What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked curiously.
Li Tai was a little disappointed. If he asked any request in the past, Li Shimin would only ask him after he agreed.
Since he was banned last time, whenever he asked Li Shimin for anything, Li Shimin would ask the reason before considering whether to answer or not.
Putting away the trace of disappointment in his heart, Li Tai said: "Father, I heard that the Marquis of Jingyang County has built a college. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will start recruiting students. I want to go to study, please allow me!"
Li Shimin said with some surprise: "I have arranged so many teachers for you, why do you want to study in Lin Xuan's school?"
Lin Xuan has set up a college, of course he knows.
But Lin Xuan's teachers were all recruited from the Imperial Academy, not to mention great Confucian scholars, not even celebrities.
And the teachers he arranged for Li Tai were all well-educated and talented people.
He really couldn't figure out why Li Tai had such an idea.
Li Tai explained: "Father, the Marquis of Jingyang County has very high attainments in arithmetic. I heard that after the school starts, the Marquis of Jingyang County will teach in person, and I want to learn arithmetic from him."
Li Shimin was a little surprised and said: "I know that Lin Xuan has high attainments in arithmetic, but some of your teachers also have high attainments in arithmetic. Why do you want to learn from him?"
When Lin Xuan competed with the family last time, he also saw Lin Xuan's arithmetic ability.
But in Li Shimin's opinion, he is definitely not as good as those masters of arithmetic.
"Father, the counting ability of the Marquis of Jingyang County makes Master Li feel ashamed. Therefore, I want to learn from him." Li Tai admired Lin Xuan, as if he admired Lin Xuan very much.
In fact, he didn't really want to learn arithmetic, but Hanwen told him that Lin Xuan seemed to have conflicts with his brother, the prince, and had very little contact recently.
Han Wen gave him this idea, asking him to get in touch with Lin Xuan more and try to win Lin Xuan over.
If you have a teacher-student friendship with Lin Xuan, even if you don't have a teacher-student relationship, the relationship will be much closer.
Empress Changsun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is good for Qingque to be self-motivated, so let him go."
As a mother, of course she knew Li Tai's little thoughts before.
But the palms and backs of her hands were full of flesh. She was anxious, but there was nothing she could do.
Now Li Tai is willing to learn arithmetic, it's better than trying to win people's hearts every day.
Li Shimin nodded and said, "You can go, but you must not reveal your identity."
"My son complies with the order, thank you, Father!" Li Tai said with joy.
……
Lin Xuan left the palace depressed and came to the East Palace.
Give him the mooncakes for Li Chengqian, and ask Li Chengqian to deliver the ones for Li Lizhi.
Li Chengqian asked someone to take the mooncakes, and seeing that Lin Xuan was not in high spirits, he asked curiously: "Zi Chu, I just see that something is wrong with you, what happened?"
Lin Xuan said sullenly, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, I'm fine!"
I can't say that I was tricked by your father.
Seeing that Lin Xuan was unwilling to speak, Li Chengqian did not continue to ask, and told Lin Xuan some of the things he had done recently.
Lin Xuan listened carefully, although Lin Xuan was a little disappointed because Li Chengqian wanted to win over courtiers before.
But during this period of time, Lin Xuan thought about it carefully, and it was not wrong for Li Chengqian to have such thoughts.
Because he knows some history, he sees some things more clearly.
After listening to Li Chengqian's narration, Lin Xuan nodded.
During this period of time, Li Chengqian not only built many reservoirs in Chang'an Mansion.
Also taking into account the snow disaster last year, we specially sent people to check the houses of ordinary people.
For weak houses, remind the people to repair them, and ask the government to help repair them if they are unable to do so.
If there is a snow disaster like last year, the possibility of people's houses collapsing will also be reduced.
In addition, with the stove, people don’t have to worry about heating, and the losses caused by snow disasters can be reduced to a very low level.
(End of this chapter)