Emperor Qi, Wei Chen is fortunate not to be dishonored, and the 'heat' that can carry people to the sky is gone! Tao Yande, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was full of joy and excitement, blushing, trembling his beard, and trotted into the imperial study to report the good news to Li Shimin.

After nearly three months of continuous testing, one dead, two disabled, two hundred and forty-five injuries, and a waste of nearly 300 'hot air balloons', the huge Kong Ming lantern conceived and designed by Liu Yifan, and the Ministry of Engineering was responsible for the experiment and modification, which was enough to fly with several people, and it was completed!

Like a child who got candy, Tao Yande, the old man, almost didn't jump up and cheer, this is an epoch-making idea, this is an unprecedented initiative, to be fortunate to participate in this initiative, aside from his subsequent Ministry of Industry Shangshu can get fame and fortune, in the future Tang Dynasty or the history of future generations, there will be a stroke of Tao Yande.

Although Tao Yande is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but with his own qualifications, such as this kind of thing that has entered history, the old man is just out of reach to think about it.

Liu Yifan, while rejoicing and excited in his heart, for Liu Yifan, the 'hot air balloon' of the early Ming Dynasty, the old man Tao is also full of endless gratitude and admiration. ()

Drinking water and thinking about the source, on the way to the palace and Li Shimin to report the good news, the old man was secretly thinking in his heart, and he must have turned around to the Liu family's small house a few more times, with the short and not deep contact with Liu Xiaozi the day before yesterday, the old man always felt that Liu Yifan's talent was definitely more than that, and secretly I don't know how many hands he left, always giving people an unfathomable feeling, the old man believes that as long as he has a heart, in addition to the 'hot air balloon' and the kind of difficult and obscure 'engineering drawing' can also set out something else.

Tao Aiqing, "Put down the fold in his hand, not caring about the cranky thoughts in Old Man Tao's heart, Li Shimin raised his eyes and glanced at Tao Yande, who was full of joy, nodded lightly, and said lightly: "And sit down on the side and talk back." ()”

Li Shimin's face did not show the kind of joy award as Lao Tao expected, the old man's heart suddenly, glanced at Li Ran behind Li Shimin, and saw that Li Ran was also looking at himself with a calm face, the old man knew that things were not good, he was busy holding back the smile on his face, and after bowing his hand and making a thank you gift to Li Shimin, he sat down on the empty chair beside him with a smile, and did not dare to say anything more.

What's going on? Could it be that the old man has not been in Chang'an for three months, what big changes have happened in the palace? Taking the tea handed over by the palace maid with both hands, the old man didn't dare to take a sip, and took advantage of the tea to carefully look up at the emperor above, and guessed a little uneasily.

"If I remember correctly, Tao Aiqing hasn't been in court for three months." Before picking up the case, the palace maid had just changed into new tea, Li Shimin took a sip, and asked Tao Yande carefree.

Returning to the emperor to ask the emperor, Tao Yande was busy putting down the tea bowl in his hand, and replied to Li Shimin: "According to the emperor's will, Weichen and his people have been spending this period of time in the mountains, and after careful calculation, it is just more than three months." ()”

When Tao Aiqing just came in, her steps were brisk and her face was happy, but the 'hot air balloon' had made new progress? ”

With the words that Fang Cai said when he got started, the emperor and his old man didn't listen to it in their hearts. There was no way, Tao Yande had to repeat it to Li Shimin again: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is fortunate not to be dishonored, the 'hot air balloon' that can carry people into the sky has been completed!" ”

The same sentence, in a different atmosphere, feels that there is a difference between heaven and earth, contrary to the excitement and joy when he first entered the door, Lao Tao is now up and down in his heart, and he is very slippery.

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, which was originally a very festive thing, God knows why the emperor and his old man are always gloomy with an old face, up and down, without a little joy.

"I haven't been out of the mountain in March, no wonder Tao Aiqing's whole person has lost a lot. ()''s face was slightly gloomy, and Li Shimin's voice also eased: "The matter of 'hot air balloons', the merit lies in the community, the benefits are in the future, and it is a blessing for a hundred generations, Tao Aiqing can make it in just three months, and the merit is not uncommendable." ”

"Li Ran!"

"Your Majesty!"

Turning his head to look at Li Ran, Li Shimin waved his hand and ordered: "Those new teas sent by Sanyuan this autumn, as well as those national tributes sent by Gao Chang this year, take half of each and give it to Tao Aiqing, you remember first, and directly send these rewards to Tao Aiqing's mansion in a while." ”

Above! Bowing in response, Li Ran then hung down behind Li Shimin and stood up.

"The emperor loves! Wechen is terrified! Tao Yande's face did not have the slightest due joy, Yuan

After thanking him, the old man got up and bowed his hand to Li Shimin: "It's just that the emperor, the success of the 'hot air balloon' is not the work of Weichen alone. Mr. Liu, many colleagues in the Ministry of Industry, and thousands of soldiers who have been injured by this incident......"

Xindi glanced up at Li Shimin, and Tao Yande continued: "Yes, the new tea ministers in the three original places can be cheeky, but the national tribute of Gaochang, Weichen is afraid that he can't afford it, and he asks the emperor to ......."

Waibo national tribute, hundreds of thousands, which is not worth a thousand gold, the emperor gave more than half as soon as he opened his mouth, Rao is Tao Yande has that greed, but he didn't dare to accept this reward. ()

"Liu Yiyi also has a reward for a soldier, I don't forget it, Tao Aiqing doesn't have to worry about it." Knowing what Tao Yande was thinking, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: Gaochang Guogong is not as valuable as Tao Aiqing thought. You can go out and inquire in a while, and you'll know. ”

was depressed and unhappy, didn't want to say more, and didn't allow Tao Yande to have another chance to refuse to speak, so Li Shimin waved his hand and beat the old man out. Li Ran, the chief of the inner chamberlain, remembered Li Shimin's instructions, and after bowing to Li Shimin, he also followed Tao Yande and retreated. ()

"Manager Li," out of the study, Tao Yande arched his hand to Li Ran very politely, glanced at the study behind him, and said softly to Li Ran: "I also hope that Manager Li can guide the maze." ”

"Tao Shangshu is polite," Li Ran returned the salute sideways, and said in a false voice: "If there is anything Tao Shangshu can say directly, if the villain knows, he will definitely say everything." ”

Although he often makes errands by the emperor's side, Li Ran, the chief of the inner chamberlain, does not have the slightest arrogance, the inner servant has no important duties, the inner servant does not interfere in politics, the eunuch is a synonym for humility and humility in this era of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ran is very clear about his position and responsibilities, yes, among these officials who can enter and leave the palace, Li Ran has always behaved very respectfully, even if in the end it is all disdain and cold regard.

"Dare to ask Manager Li," while walking, Tao Yande arched his hand and whispered to Li Ran: "The emperor is an old man, why is he unhappy?" But did the official do anything wrong with this trip? ”

"Speaking of which, I can't complain about Lord Tao Shangshu about this," Seeing that Lao Tao had a sincere attitude and was not as cold to him as those officials outside, Li Ran replied in a low voice with a sharp voice: "It can only be said that it is Tao Shangshu that the timing of your visit is inappropriate." ”

Seeing Tao Yande's puzzled expression, Li Ran continued: "Tao Shangshu has not left the mountain for three months, and he is not very clear about some of the things that happened outside the mountain, which is normal, otherwise, according to the wisdom of Lord Tao, he will not touch the emperor's old man's bad head at such a time." ”

Just two days after the rebellion of the King of Qi, Li You, the king of Qi, had not yet been escorted to Chang'an, just when Li Shimin, the Ming monarch, was upset and heartbroken that the fifth child of their family still had a concubine, the Gaochang Kingdom in the west began to move again, showing some disobedience.

The national tribute is added up, there are always less than 200,000 guan, less than the eleventh of previous years, the Gaochang envoy who came to do it is even more stunning, slim down a small look, wearing a beggar robe full of patches, when he saw it in the Taiji Palace, he opened his two big eyes and was full of nonsense, saying that the national disasters were repeated, the treasury was empty, I am afraid that it would be difficult to relieve it within ten years, Gaochang a country, up and down is like a year, without clothing, without food, and there are countless people who starve to death on the road, look at the meaning, in the next few years, Gaochang's national tribute will be reduced.

"Gaochang is a country, located in a barren and uncultivated land, and it is not very rich, or have they really encountered some calamity?"

"Master Tao is kind, but this time, it was wrong." Bowing to Tao Yande, Li Ran said softly: "According to the report from the border, this year's Gaochang country, not only did it not have a disaster, but it was also a harvest after harvest, Bai Diezi, Lord Tao knows?" ”

"I've heard that Gao Changguo's specialty can be woven cloth, but the woven cloth is not as rough as hemp. Back then, Su Bingren's old man had thought of a way to introduce some of them, but later they were only used for ornamentation. Although he is a scholar of the Ministry of Industry, Tao Yande still knows a little bit about this kind of thing in agriculture, and he opened his mouth to explain the shortcomings of Bai Diezi.

"Master Tao is erudite." With a fart, Li Ran continued: "But this kind of useless white stack, some time ago, I Datang was willing to buy a large number of people at a large price. Nearly one million yuan of silver money was used to collect all the white stacks that had been stored in Gaochang for several years in one fell swoop, and now they are being transported back one after another. ”

"Nearly a million? Years of storage? Tao Yande swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Which loser did this?" ”

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