After indulging in a day of playing, Xia Hongsheng was happy, this was probably the happiest day he had since he came to Datang. The next morning, Xia Hongsheng slept lazily, and after getting up, Qi Yong and the twenty or so Qu Tutong's personal soldiers were talking around a person, and when he saw Xia Hongsheng getting up, Qi Yong led the person over: "Tell the son, the old lady arrived in Luoyang City, this is the herald sent by the general from Luoyang City, come in advance to inform the son, the old woman will arrive in Chang'an in less than four days." ”

Xia Hongsheng was stunned, old lady?! Then I understood, Qi Yong was talking about his sister-in-law, because Qi Yong had never seen his sister-in-law, so he would call him the old lady, thinking that the sister-in-law was only in her twenties, if she heard someone call herself the old lady, I don't know what kind of expression it would be. Thinking of this, Xia Hongsheng laughed, thanked the herald soldier, and then gave him some copper coins as a reward, which made the soldier very excited.

The cook at the back made breakfast and waited for Xia Hongsheng, but before he could eat, he heard someone come to report that the palace guards were coming and were waiting outside. Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, hurriedly invited him in, and he also went forward to greet him, and when he saw the guard, he saw that he bowed to Xia Hongsheng first, and then said: "Your Majesty, summon the man of Jingyang County to the imperial garden in the palace." ”

Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, Li Lao Er wanted to see him? Xia Hongsheng didn't know what Li Lao Er was going to do, so he said to the guard: "This guard brother, I don't know why His Majesty summoned me?" Let me go and change into my dress, and I will go with you. ”

"Your Majesty said, today is not a court meeting, but gossip, the lord does not have to be formal, just plain clothes." The guard bowed to Xia Hongsheng again and said.

"In that case, let's go." Xia Hongsheng nodded, Qi Yong also consciously followed, and went to the palace gate with the guard, Qi Yong was not allowed to enter, so he waited outside, Xia Hongsheng entered the palace with the guard, and turned left and right again before arriving at the gate of the imperial garden. Xia Hongsheng maliciously speculated along the way, saying that it was not necessary to turn left and right like a maze, just to let the assassin get lost in the palace!

It's still the imperial garden from last time, or under the same pavilion, there will be two more palace maids in addition to Li Lao Er and Wang De, who are kneeling on both sides of the ice cube with a fan, and use the fan to fan the cool air on the ice cube to Li Lao Er. While slandering in his heart that Mrs. Li would enjoy it, Xia Hongsheng walked forward quickly and saluted.

"Excuse me, today is not a court, not a court, no formality." Before he could salute, Li Lao Er interrupted him and asked Wang De to bring him Hu Yan, which made Xia Hongsheng breathe a sigh of relief, no need to kneel and sit, it would be much easier. Xia Hongsheng was worried about the completion of his mansion, so he could collect a carpenter to build a set of tables, chairs and sofas!

Sitting down opposite Li Lao Er, he suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing on his face, he was very comfortable, wiped a handful of sweat on his head, and suddenly remembered something, so he said: "Your Majesty, although the cool breeze of this ice cube is comfortable and pleasant, but I don't dare to fan it at people like this, especially when the weather is hot and the sweat has not fallen, it is very bad for the body. If you feel hot, you can put the ice cubes closer to each other, put a few more pieces, and it will not be hot, otherwise it is easy to have a stroke. ”

"Oh? Do you still know the art of disambiguation? Li Shimin looked at Xia Hongsheng with a smile.

"Well, I know a little bit, I can't understand it." Xia Hongsheng shook his head.

"How many more pieces? Do you know that it is the ice cellar in this palace, from winter to summer, the remaining amount of this ice cube is not much, I invited you to gossip today, only to make such a piece, I can only grab the ice cube in the winter, put it in the ice cellar and wait until the summer, but I don't have the ability to make ice in the soil of others. Li Shimin leaned back, raised his eyebrows and looked at Xia Hongsheng and said with a smile. Although he was smiling, Xia Hongsheng suddenly felt threatened.

Look at how much the emperor can talk, for a mere subordinate who has not yet had a real job from the fifth grade, he also used "please" to describe it, how good this word is used, it seems to respect you very much, and said that it was because of the invitation that you came, so he had the luxury of using ice cubes to cool down, which is really giving you face! If there were other ministers, I am afraid that I would have to be grateful for the loyalty of the sycophants at this time! Xia Hongsheng made a decision in an instant, and he wanted to do the same!

Who knew that he had just arched his hand and hadn't opened his mouth, so he heard Li Lao Er snort: "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, don't learn some useless nonsense from those people!" ”

Ah? Isn't that right? So Xia Hongsheng hurriedly changed his words, but still saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, the ice making in the soil is just a trick, and it can't be taken seriously!" Don't look at the evil that is rumored, in fact, it is just to put saltpeter in the water. This one...... The minister is guilty, the minister taught this method to the shopkeeper of Ming Xiangju, and now Ming Xiangju is selling ice cubes, and the minister immediately wrote down this method and handed it to His Majesty! Please forgive your majesty, you also know that the minister's family was poor at that time, and they couldn't open the pot, so they took this method to Mingxiangju to exchange some money......"

"Okay, okay, don't cry poor here with me, I don't mean to blame you." Li Shimin waved his hand impatiently: "Then this method ......"

"Turn it in now! Deliver it right away! Xia Hongsheng hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "If the minister has any good way in the future, he will definitely hand it over to the country!" ”

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly asked, "By the way, I heard that you have some thoughts about the troubles in the north?" ”

Xia Hongsheng's heart sank, it turned out that this was the real purpose of summoning him today! Don't think about it, it must be Li Ke's big mouth again!

was about to speak, but suddenly heard a voice outside: "Father, my son Chengqian asks to see." ”

At this time, it was the early Tang Dynasty, and the title of his father's son and son was not yet popular, but Xia Hongsheng also knew because of this that the person who was about to come in was Li Chengqian.

This is very curious, Xia Hongsheng looked back, but saw a very handsome young man standing there, although his face still seemed to be immature, but there was a kind of maturity between his eyebrows, which was also somewhat similar to Li Shimin. He stepped forward to meet Li Shimin and confessed, saying that the homework time had not ended, so he came late.

"Xia Hongsheng, a man from Jingyang County, Weichen, meet His Royal Highness the Prince." When he met Li Laoer, Xia Hongsheng got up and saluted him.

Li Chengqian was very polite and replied: "I often hear the third brother mention, when I see it today, it really deserves its name, regardless of whether it is the song "Man Jianghong" or "Loyal to the Country", which has now spread all over the palace, every time Chengqian hears it, his heart is surging, and he can't immediately ride his horse and whip, cross the desert grassland, and wash away the shame of the Snow Wei League. I heard that the third brother and Xia Jue are called friends, why don't Cheng Qian follow the example of the third brother and call Brother Xia, how about it? ”

Xia Hongsheng bowed forward: "Fortunately! ”

Li Chengqian's first impression of Xia Hongsheng was very good, polite, approachable, and not putting on a show, which also made Xia Hongsheng wonder in his heart, how did it become like that later, it was indeed a physical disability that led to a mental illness.

Li Lao Er just smiled and watched on the side, but did not speak, seemed to be very satisfied with Li Chengqian's approach, nodded at him, and asked Wang De to bring another Hu Yan.

"Okay, now that you two know each other, you haven't answered my question just now." Li Lao Er saw the two of them sitting down, so he looked at Xia Hongsheng again and reminded: "You chatted with Ke'er yesterday and said, 'Only fight but not occupy, no matter how many times you fight, how many years you fight, the Central Plains is still the Central Plains, the grassland is still the grassland, the Tang people are still the Tang people, and the Turks are still Turks. Even if he is scared now, he is beaten and scattered, and in one hundred and eighty years, one or two hundred years, he will rise again, and then it will still be a disaster, and it will not work at all', what does this mean? ”

Sure enough, it's Li Ke's big mouth! Xia Hongsheng hesitated: "This ......"

"Brother Xia doesn't have to be restrained, although to put it simply, when did our Datang ever punish a crime for words? If the crime is punished for words, where is the way for those speech officials to live? Before Li Lao Er could speak, Li Chengqian, who was opposite, spoke first.

Li Lao Er nodded: "Yes, but it doesn't hurt to say it, no matter what you say, I won't blame it today." ”

"Then the minister dared to say it." Xia Hongsheng gritted his teeth and said: "The trouble in the north has been a long time, there are Xiongnu in Han, and now there are Turks, whether it is against the Xiongnu or the Turks, they have repeatedly attacked, and we have repeatedly fought back, the Xiongnu were disabled at that time, but what happened later?" Didn't you take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to rise again? Why is there no way to eliminate this contradiction forever? In order to show the mind of the saints of the Heavenly Empire, not only did we return the prisoners of war, but as long as the other party called them tribute, they would be rewarded again. These are not small rewards. It is enough for them to make up for the losses of the war, go back and continue to develop, continue to grow, raise strong soldiers and horses, and then find an opportunity to invade us again. We only have to fight again, and after the fight is over, it will still be the same, and so on, so that the Huns will always be the Huns, and the Han people will always be the Hans, even if the Huns are scattered, their descendants can still change their names on the grassland and continue to establish power. Then continue to repeat the previous process. If we treat the Turks in the same way, then the result is actually the same, so Weichen said that the Central Plains will always be the Central Plains, the grassland will always be the grassland, the Tang people will always be the Tang people, and the Turks will always be the Turks. If we want to completely solve the troubles in the north, then let the Central Plains be the Tang Dynasty, the grasslands will also be the Tang Dynasty, the Tang people will be the Tang people, and the Turkic people will also be the Tang people. In this way, it can be eradicated. ”

After saying this, I saw Li Shimin's brows furrowed slightly, pondering something, and turned his head to look, but Li Chengqian was writing hard, as if he was recording his words.

After a long time, I heard Li Shimin speak in a deep voice: "What Aiqing said is not unreasonable. If it is as Xia Qing said, then the plan will be settled? ”