Li Xiu heard Li Shimin talk about Li Yuan's condition, and his face sank at the moment, during this time Li Yuan died by himself, and drove Sun Simiao out of the palace, and he didn't listen to the advice of other imperial doctors, he did whatever he wanted, no one persuaded him, and even the medicine was not taken on time, and as a result, he successfully made himself to the brink of death, although he is not dead now, but it is almost the same, for this reason Princess Pingyang cried several times a day, which made Li Xiu also frightened, for fear that she would hurt the child in her stomach due to excessive grief. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, the progress of the imperial mausoleum project is already very fast, if the progress is accelerated, I am afraid that the quality of the imperial mausoleum will be affected, and by the beginning of spring next year, the recruitment of the people will also be affected, and the construction speed of the imperial mausoleum will probably slow down!" Li Xiu said honestly.

If you want to speed up the progress of the project, the most important thing is to ensure manpower and material resources, of which there is no need to worry about material resources, after all, no one dares to card the neck of the imperial tomb, but manpower is a little troublesome, after all, the Tang Dynasty is based on agriculture, and everything must make way for agricultural production, so when the farm is busy, the farmer who built the imperial tomb has to go home to do farm work, if anyone dares to recruit the people when the farm is busy, even if the people are powerless to object, the ministers in the court have to scold the emperor as a faint monarch, which Yang Guang is an excellent example.

"Minfu?" Li Shimin also showed a contemplative expression when he heard this, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the people who were busy like workers in the imperial tomb, this is indeed a big problem, but it is not without a solution, so he quickly said, "If the manpower is insufficient, I can transfer some of the forbidden army to you!" ”

Li Xiu was also shocked when he heard Li Shimin's words, although the main force of the Tang Dynasty army was the government soldiers, that is, they were recruited for the people in peacetime, and they were only recruited as soldiers in wartime, but the emperor had a powerful forbidden army in his hands, and these forbidden troops were all elite drawn from the government soldiers from all over the country.

The number of recruits in Datang is not much, but the treatment is much stronger than that of later generations, after all, they are all the elite of the army, and the representative army of these recruits is the forbidden army, in addition to the Longwu Army and the Shenwu Army, but their number is not as good as the forbidden army, so the recruitment of Datang is generally referred to as the forbidden army.

"If the forbidden army joins, the progress of the project can be accelerated." Li Xiu also nodded at the moment and said, the forbidden army is much stronger than ordinary people, and their discipline is also strong, and it is easy to manage, and the efficiency is naturally not comparable to these temporarily organized people.

Hearing Li Xiu say this, Li Shimin finally nodded with reassurance, and now the two of them walked around the construction site of the imperial mausoleum together, in fact, the progress of the imperial mausoleum is very fast, although it is about to be the New Year, but the people are still in full swing, among which the underground palace of the imperial mausoleum has been built, and the outer city wall has also been built, but the palace group in front of it will take some time, and now the foundation has just been laid, and the buildings on the surface have only been partially built.

"Old minister, see Your Majesty!" When Li Xiu and Li Shimin came to the construction site of the palace in the first half, they saw Pei Lin immediately step forward and salute, he was Li Xiu's deputy, but he was more attentive than Li Xiu, and he took the initiative to take charge of most of the affairs of the imperial tomb.

"No need to be polite, there is also Lao Pei Gong during this time!" Li Shimin also said very politely when he saw Pei Lian, originally with Pei Lian's status, he didn't need to come here to work hard at all, but Pei Lin was Li Yuan's friend, so he agreed to go out of the mountain again, it can be said that he was only here to be a friend to Li Yuan.

"Your Majesty is polite, the Emperor Taishang has the grace of knowing me, and I am also the last thing I can do for him!" Pei Lin said quite sadly at this time, and when he said the end, even his eyes were red, as if he was thinking of Li Yuan's illness again.

"Pei Gong Gaoyi, my father has been talking about you all this time, and you don't need to keep an eye on the imperial mausoleum, you can also visit your father more when you have time, I think my father will definitely be very happy!" When Li Shimin saw Pei Lian's appearance, he also sighed at the moment, and then said with a depressed expression.

"What Your Majesty said is very true, in fact, the old minister only went to Da'an Palace yesterday, and His Majesty was in good spirits at that time, and the old minister also accompanied him to play a game of chess, and persuaded him to drink medicine before going home." Pei Lin spoke again at this time, in fact, as long as he was not in the imperial mausoleum during this time, he was accompanying Li Yuan in Da'an Palace, and Li Yuan may not be pretentious to others, but he has never lost his temper with Pei Lian.

"That's good, after my father got sick, his temperament became more and more eccentric, and he didn't listen to anyone, only Pei Gong could persuade him!" When Li Shimin said this, there was also a bit of sourness in his tone, after all, his own son was not as good as Pei Lian, an outsider, which naturally made him a little uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty's words are serious, the Emperor Taishang is just in a bad mood after getting sick, and when he is cured, he will naturally return to his original appearance!" Pei Lin opened his mouth to comfort at this time, but Li Shimin didn't believe his words at all, after all, Li Yuan's illness had already spread out, and all the court members already knew that Li Yuan might not last long.

"Pei Gong, you don't have to comfort me, I also told Li Xiu just now that I hope the imperial tomb can speed up the progress, otherwise I am really worried about my father and the emperor...... He ......" Li Shimin said in the end but couldn't say it anymore, and finally could only turn into a long sigh, although he had a lot of dissatisfaction with Li Yuan, but after all, it was father and son, and this kind of blood relationship was cut off no matter what.

Seeing the sadness on Li Shimin's face, Pei Lin seemed to be infected, and he sighed at the moment, and didn't speak again for a long time, but Li Xiu next to him looked at Pei Lin with strange eyes, if he didn't know the inside story in advance, I'm afraid he would really be deceived by Pei Lone's acting skills.

"Your Majesty, yesterday ...... When I left Da'an Palace yesterday, **** Jing said something to me! Pei Lin suddenly spoke again at this time, but there was a little hesitation in his tone.

"Oh? What did the father and Pei Gong say? Li Shimin also showed a curious look when he heard this, after Li Yuan got sick this time, his brain seemed to be really confused, and he didn't have a good face when he saw Li Shimin, let alone communicate, and only Pei Lin could talk and chat with Li Yuan normally.

"This ......" Pei Lin seemed to be very hesitant, but finally opened his mouth with a long sigh and said, "Speaking of these words is also ominous, but the minister has to say, yesterday when I was leaving, the Emperor Taishang took my hand and repeatedly told me, hoping that I could help him take care of the aftermath, I was also grief-stricken when I heard this, and I did not refuse the Emperor, but this matter still needs to be ruled by His Majesty!" ”

The emperor died, the funeral must be very huge, and things are very cumbersome, there must be a person to preside over the funeral, and this person is either an important minister of the court, or a highly respected person in the royal family, Pei Lin is not only Li Yuan's friend, but also his most trusted minister in the past, known as the first minister of the Tang Dynasty, with his identity, it is naturally the most suitable to preside over Li Yuan's funeral, not to mention that this is Li Yuan's own request.

"It's okay, since my father wants Pei Gong to preside, then there will be Lao Pei Gong in this matter in the future!" Li Shimin really nodded and agreed without hesitation, in fact, there are not many people who are qualified to preside over Li Yuan's funeral, although Li Yuan has several brothers, they all died early, and there was originally a Li Shentong who could preside, but he also died a few years ago, and only Pei Lin was the most suitable to be elected.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" When Pei Lin heard this, he immediately bowed to Li Shimin and saluted, but when he bowed his head, no one saw a trace of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Next, Pei Lin took Li Shimin around the imperial mausoleum, he was much more familiar with the imperial mausoleum than Li Xiu, and he would introduce it everywhere, and in the northeast of the imperial mausoleum, there was still a large open space, because this is the burial area of the imperial mausoleum, and only those courtiers who have made great contributions in the court are eligible to be buried here after death, for example, if Pei Lin has no accidents, he will also choose a place to be buried in this area in the future.

After turning around the imperial mausoleum, Li Shimin drove back to the palace, and Li Xiu and Pei Lin inspected again, and it was getting late, so Li Xiu asked people to prepare the carriage and asked Pei Lin to go home together, anyway, the two lived close.

"By the way, will the colt be free tomorrow?" As soon as the carriage left the imperial mausoleum, Pei Lin suddenly asked Li Xiu.

"Free, Pei Gong has something?" Li Xiu immediately nodded, and then asked rhetorically.

"I'm going to visit the emperor in Da'an Palace tomorrow, why don't you go with me?" Pei Lin said with a smile at this time.

"This ......" Hearing Pei Lin invite him to visit Li Yuan together, Li Xiu was also shocked, in fact, since he knew Pei Lin and Li Yuan's plans, he had been a little worried, and he deliberately avoided being alone with Li Yuan during this time, but now Pei Lin actually took the initiative to invite him to Li Yuan, and it would definitely be inevitable to talk about that matter at that time.

"Actually, yesterday, the Emperor Taishang also told me, saying that he missed the horse very much, and he wanted to talk to you about the horse, so he asked me to invite you to Da'an Palace together." Seeing Li Xiu's hesitation, Pei Lian said again at this time.

When it came to this, Li Xiu couldn't refuse anymore, so he smiled helplessly at the moment: "Okay, then I'll wait for Gong Pei at home tomorrow, and then let's go to visit the Emperor Taishang together!" ”

"Hehe, seeing the horse coming, the Emperor will definitely be very happy!" Pei Lin saw Li Xiu agree, and immediately smiled happily, but when he said this, he suddenly paused and then said, "But it's better not to let the princess know about it, after all, she is not in good health now, and some things are still not suitable for her to know!" ”

"I understand!" Li Xiu also smiled bitterly when he heard this, things were really as he feared, otherwise Pei Lin would not have specially told Princess Pingyang not to know, after all, it was really inconvenient for Li Xiu and the three of them to talk when she went.