Chapter 17 Lingering and preaching
"Is this the list drawn up by the Ministry of Rites?"
Li Shimin's eyes showed a hint of sternness, and he looked at the Ministry of Rites in front of him and said.
At this time, Lu Kuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind his back under this gaze, this emperor is not easy to bully.
The changes in Xuanwumen, which had not been long in the past, were vivid, and he would not forget the cold side of this emperor.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has reviewed its merits, and it is true."
Lu Kuan said stubbornly, he naturally knew why this majesty was like this, because according to the above records, the military generals occupied the majority.
"That's it, you stand down!"
Li Shimin was silent for a long time and then said loudly, in fact, this cannot be blamed on the Ministry of Rites, because there are still things that many people don't know.
For example, many of Wenchen's previous plans in Tiance Mansion were only known to him, and they were not recorded, after all, he was only the King of Qin at that time.
However, even if he added it, how to rank it, Li Shimin couldn't help but have a headache for a while.
After thinking about it for a long time, Li Shimin finally didn't start writing and gave the specific ranking of these people.
"Let's go to the Imperial Garden first."
In the end, Li Shimin decided to take a breath before speaking, even in the face of ranking, he still couldn't say it.
After all, there will always be people who will be dissatisfied, but when he came to the Imperial Garden, after seeing Guanyin alone, Li Shimin couldn't help but wonder.
"I've seen Your Majesty."
After Empress Changsun saw Li Shimin, she couldn't help but stand up, and said with a hint of affection between her eyebrows.
"Guanyin, where is Gao Mingli?"
Li Shimin shook his head slightly and said loudly, although he had already said that there was no need to salute, but Empress Eldest Sun was still the same.
"I've gone to the farm on the outskirts of my father."
"They were supposed to go yesterday, but Father wasn't in the city."
Empress Eldest Sun seemed to think of a few children and couldn't help but show a trace of love and said, but at this time, Li Shimin felt that the whole person was not good.
"This old horseman, after throwing a trouble, he knows how to run."
Li Shimin said with some annoyance, obviously worried about this matter.
"Your Majesty, my father is old, but he is much more shrewd than when he was young."
Empress Eldest Sun covered her mouth slightly and chuckled, between her father and her husband, she chose to stand above the truth.
She knows a little more about the things above the court, although the harem can't interfere in politics, but it doesn't mean that they don't even understand.
And the mutual calculation of the pair of Weng sons-in-law above the court made her cry and laugh a little, as if the two of them looked at each other unpleasantly from the beginning.
"Your Majesty, why don't you ask your father how about the concubine?"
Empress Eldest Sun's eyes flashed and she said, to know that as a queen, if there are no special circumstances, it is very difficult to leave the palace.
Of course, even if the eldest grandson queen has this thought, as the master of the harem, she also sets an example by example.
Li Shimin's eyes lit up, but he seemed to remember something, and his eyes dimmed a little.
"Let's go together, I haven't been there yet."
Li Shimin's faint voice sounded, in fact, the minister's home did not go to buy people's hearts when he was the king of Qin.
After ascending the throne, he went once or twice, but not as many as when he was the king of Qin, but neither before nor after he ascended the throne.
Speaking of which, he hadn't been to the mansion of this cheap father-in-law, but the eldest grandson queen often went back to stay for a few days when she was the princess.
"Good!"
Empress Eldest Sun said with a smile in her eyes, if she could alleviate the rivalry between this pair of sons-in-law, she would naturally be willing to see it.
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The wind is blowing, and the autumn north is already very cold, but this still can't stop the children's cheerful mood.
"Grandpa An, Changle wants to eat this, and this."
In a farm, Xiao Changle's cheerful voice sounded, pointing to the fruit and the vegetable at a time.
"Okay, grandpa will pick it for you."
Shu An looked at Xiao Lori and couldn't help but smile and said, his farm has opened up a large vegetable garden.
It is not easy to cultivate a variety of fruits and vegetables, some of which are transported from other regions.
"You two, pick what you want to eat at night."
Shu An looked at Gao Ming and Qingque and said, but the two seemed to be hesitant at this time, after all, the noble-born two had never picked melons and fruits.
"Grandpa An, the gentleman is far away from cooking."
Gao Ming hesitated for a moment and then spoke up, with a hint of reluctance in his words.
"Reading should be read thoroughly, this sentence was used by Mencius to exhort King Xuan of Qi to exercise benevolent government."
"What's more, the gentleman is a Confucian saying, as a superior person, Confucianism can be used, but not reused."
"And your grandfather won it, your mother won it, even your father must have had this experience, can't you two pick it up?"
Shu An glanced at it lightly and said slowly, although he was born in Confucianism, but in his opinion, Confucianism is just a kind of tool.
The little fat man was the first to do it, he didn't care about what Confucianism said, but Grandpa An's last sentence aroused his interest.
That's right, his father, queen mother, and Grandpa An can pick fruits and vegetables, why can't he.
As for Gao Ming's words, when he saw that his younger brother had entered the vegetable garden, he gritted his teeth and picked up a basket to pick.
"Laifu, in addition to grilling fish, go kill two ducks, one let the kitchen make a white duck, and the other roast."
Shu An continued to speak, there is a vegetable garden, and naturally there is a small pasture, in which there are a lot of chickens and ducks, and of course, there are also pigs.
Because of the seasoning, there are not many foods that can be made in the future, but white chopped duck and roast duck are still possible.
In this era, the main meat was mutton, and the top meat was beef, but the shortage of cultivated cattle led to a ban on beef.
If it is found, it is a sentence, and as for pigs, they are called dolphins in this era.
However, the cycle of raising a pig takes two or three years, and the pig needs a lot of food, ordinary people can't afford it, and they don't even dare to think about it.
As for the rich and noble, they don't look down on pork, because pork is eaten by the poor, and this perception should have been formed for a long time.
Of course, this is nothing to Shu An, on the one hand, he has enough financial resources to support him, after all, he made a lot of war money in his early years.
In addition, he is used to eating pork, after all, most of the modern tables are pork, not lamb.
"It's a pity that there are only black pigs, no white pigs, otherwise the cycle would not be so slow."
Shu An thought silently, although there are more than a dozen heads in the farm, it is not a large-scale breeding, and if you eat one, you will have one less.