In Chang'an, Tang Emperor Li Shimin has been immersed in a mountain of dossiers for a month.

The eldest grandson Wujian is not in Chang'an, and the four concubines are all trying to find excuses to go around Li Shimin more, even if they can help polish ink at the desk, it is enough to make people happy.

Concubine Yan Defei personally cooked a bowl of sea cucumber and sparrow broth and sent it to Li Shimin's study.

Looking at the study that was about to be turned into a library, Concubine Yan Defei frowned, put down the soup and said: "The hundred officials are not for nothing, so that the saint is as busy as a scribe. ”

Li Shimin gently pressed his forehead, he felt a little headache, this is an overreaction of the brain.

Concubine Yan Defei wanted to say something more, but Li Shimin waved his hand: "Shangshu Province has been busy for at least five or six hours every day for two consecutive months, and I am still thinking about how to give them some rewards. ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Concubine Yan De immediately changed her words and said: "The concubine specially ordered someone to order the sea cucumber from Laizhou, do you want to taste it?" ”

"Concubine Ai has worked hard." Li Shimin took the bowl and drank up the bowl of soup in three or two bites.

It doesn't seem to matter if you taste it or not.

Concubine Yan De put away the empty bowl by herself, and originally planned to say something more, but saw that Li Shimin was already busy at the desk, so she had to retreat.

At this time, an attendant scribe entered and handed over a lacquered box with both hands: "Sage, the chief secretary and the Donggang department have jointly sealed the envelope, and neither the Shangshu Province nor the Xingshu Division have opened it." ”

"Open it and let me see it."

Li Shimin put down the pen in his hand, took several letters that the scribe took out from the lacquer box, and after seeing the letter with willow wood, he put the letter from willow wood aside, but was surprised to find that there was a letter from Feng An.

Li Shimin had some curiosity in his heart, isn't Feng Ang in Lingnan?

The first letter to open was Feng An's letter, Li Shimin read it quickly, and immediately picked up Liu Mu's letter and tore it open, and after seeing half of it, Li Shimin put down the letter and pressed it on his forehead.

Concubine Yan De planned to approach and press Li Shimin's forehead, but saw Li Shimin wave her hand: "Concubine Ai will go back to the palace to rest first, and order the imperial dining room to burn a red lobster sent by Liu Juma, and the four concubines will share the food and give each a pot of Gaochang ice wine." ”

"Thank you, saint." Concubine Yan De bowed and stepped back.

Li Shimin instructed the attendant scribe again: "Tell the imperial dining room to have one shrimp, one crab, one fish, and one snail, with six hot and four cold." Please invite the four chief officials of Shangshu Province to come over, and the time is in the unitary hour. ”

"Yes." The squire and scribe bowed and withdrew.

Half an hour later, the harem.

Even Concubine Yang, who was once the princess of Dasui, and Wei Guifei, who was once a top nobleman in Chang'an, were surprised for a long time and couldn't keep their mouths shut.

Having eaten shrimp, who has ever seen a shrimp with such a long arm.

Wei Guifei said with a smile after being taken aback: "In this world's food, I'm afraid that ninety percent of the first people to taste it will be Princess Changping." I remember that there were rumors in Chang'an City that the saint had an agreement with Liu Juma. Princess Changping will be the envy of hundreds of people, thousands of people, and ten thousand people. ”

A maid had already cut the lobster and gave each of the four concubines a slice of the cut shrimp.

Wei Guifei said again: "Divide half of it, but the other sisters can taste it." ”

"Okay." Concubine Yang was the first to express her support.

Concubine Yin was a little reluctant, but after Concubine Yan De also agreed, she had to agree.

The maid cut a little more, and then kept the whole shrimp shell, which was held by the others and sent over in turn according to the rank of each concubine. Even if there is only one bite, this is also a reward for the four concubines, which is a courtesy for ordinary concubines, and they are grateful in their hearts.

In the front hall of Taiji Palace, the four chief officials of Shangshu Province have already taken the seat.

Originally, Shangshu Province only had left and right servants, but now there are too many things, and two more people have been added, and Yao Silian, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Labor, entered Shangshu Province, led the right servant to shoot Yulu, and the official position was Shangshu, and he was in charge of the affairs of the Tianxia Sect.

Liu Hongji, the national minister, was transferred to Chang'an, where he was in charge of the training of rotational conscripts in various places, the replenishment and replacement of ordnance of the border army, and other logistical matters, as well as auxiliary matters such as the deployment of the General Staff Department and various defense areas.

Li Shimin personally poured wine for the four of them: "Taste, this is the Red Dragon of the Thousand Islands." Mu Laixin said that this Thousand Island Red Dragon is barely a new grade of big lobsters, and within two years, I will be able to taste the top three top giant lobsters. And this king crab, known as the king crab of crabs, haha. ”

Li Shi laughed.

Fang Xuanling said on the side: "I'm afraid that the name of king crab is only Liu Juma dares to use it." ”

"That's what I'm laughing at, if the Ministry of Rites thinks it's inappropriate and orders him to change his name. Try. ”

After three rounds of drinking, Li Shimin put down his chopsticks: "My younger brother, this time I stumped myself and I also stumped me." ”

"Could it be that there is a repetition on the Goguryeo side?" Du Ruhui's first thought was that Goguryeo had broken the contract, and Liu Mu was ready to fight Goguryeo.

Li Shimin shook his head: "Wenyue Pavilion already has intelligence, and the Ministry of War has also filed it. The six edicts were not very peaceful, and the military department was already preparing to transfer Jingxiang's troops south to assist Lingnan to resist the enemy, and transfer 50,000 Chang'an defenders to Shu to prevent the six edicts from going north. Liu Mu planned to send 100,000 Fusang soldiers to Lingnan to ask for my opinion. ”

Everyone put their chopsticks down.

This matter is indeed as Liu Mu once considered, saying that the big top breaks the sky, and the small is not a matter at all.

The key lies in how everyone in the court views the positioning of Fusang Dao and the Fusang clan.

At the moment, no one dares to define Fuso, and even if many people have been thinking about it for a long time and have mature ideas, no one is willing to be the first to speak.

Fang Xuanling asked, "What does Liu Juma say about this?" ”

Li Shimin first poured himself a glass of wine, put a piece of crab meat in his mouth, and then said slowly:

"He said that Fusang Dao is too calm and needs a little fanatical passion, the Fusang clan needs nobles, Lingnan needs brave soldiers who dare to carry a horizontal knife into the jungle to fight the enemy, and he can't put down the tens of millions of acres of rice that are about to be harvested."

Liu Hongji said on the side: "No one can put down tens of millions of acres of rice, otherwise how could they decide to transfer Jingxiang's troops to the south." ”

Li Shimin shook his head slightly, and after drinking the wine in the cup, he still said in a very slow tone:

"Naturally, I let it go, I thought, isn't it a good thing that Fuso Dao is too calm. Yanagi thinks this is a bad thing, and instead wants to break this peace. Nothing else matters, I didn't understand this, the four Aiqing helped me think about it. ”

Li Shimin's words were also confused in the hearts of the four people.

According to the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, the most important word in the world is peace, which means peace and stability.

However, Yanagi said that the peace of Fusang Road should be changed, so the meaning must be that the peace is not good.

These words are indeed worth pondering.

Li Shimin took out Liu Mu's letter and let the four of them circulate it.