I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

The father and son had actually discussed it before, and Li Yuan would not bring any other servants or maids with him, just Zhongwu.

But at this moment Li Shimin thought about it, he still couldn't do it. After all, he was still a generation of emperors, and he was still his father. How could he not even have a servant to serve him?

Besides, he also figured it out clearly, even though his father was able to come and go in and out of the palace at will without anyone noticing, it should be the result of cooperation between the inside and the outside.

But if you put it on Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper's Zhuangzi, then there is probably no way out!

Thinking about it, it was surrounded by an army of [-] arranged by Li Shimin, and the military power was firmly in the hands of the three generals, no matter how bad it was, it was in the hands of Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper. His father would definitely avoid taboos and would not want military power.

With an army of [-] plus Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang's unpredictable methods, he really has nothing to worry about.

Just at this moment, Zhongwu rushed over because he was close, and Li Shimin directly ordered,

"Zhongwu, now the royal father is determined to spend the rest of his life in the village outside the city. You go back and choose ten caring maids, and they will go there with me later. From now on, you can concentrate on serving the royal father!"

Although Zhongwu was already gray at the temples, he was actually only less than fifty years old. Hearing that Li Shimin was finally willing to let him go, he hurriedly bowed to thank him.

He is not greedy for power, even though Li Yuan trusted him in the palace before, he has always regarded himself as a domestic slave, diligently taking care of Li Yuan in every possible way.

And this is why Li Shimin was able to let him go. Now that the matter has passed, let everyone live in peace.

But Li Shimin turned his head and thought about it, and if he can't do it, he has to explain a few words.

"Zhongwu, before you go, you have to confess to those maids. The father is hiding his identity over there, and he is even called uncle and nephew with Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper. Don't bring some bad habits from the palace with you!"

Zhongwu was taken aback when he heard the words, and then hurriedly agreed!

He knew that these words were not used to remind him, but more to remind those maids who were about to leave the palace. Shopkeeper Zhang, I'm afraid the Supreme Emperor won't keep it.

He had heard Li Yuan lamenting the magic of that shopkeeper Xiao Zhang in the palace before, and he had long admired this strange man who could ease the relationship between the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty, so he could taste what he wanted when he came out of the palace this time.

Seeing that Li Shimin had no other orders, Zhongwu hurriedly said his goodbyes and left. He had to go to the palace to select someone and explain some things, and since he was a permanent resident, he would naturally take away some of the Emperor's favorite things.

As soon as Zhongwu left, Li Shimin hadn't even had a sip of his tea when several generals and Changsun Wuji whom he sent to notify came in together.

After the ceremony was over, Li Shimin directly asked his most distressing question, that is, should he give Zhang Nuo an official position right now.

Changsun Wuji and the others were taken aback when they heard the words, what's the matter?Why did you suddenly think of making the shopkeeper Zhang an official?

Although Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper has repeatedly made admonitions before, he can indeed be appointed as an official, but there is no such urgency!

But when Li Shimin said that Zhang Nuo was going to offer immortal food in exchange for his title today, the four people on the opposite side were stunned, and then there was a burst of ecstasy!

How can you not be happy about this!

Yu Gong said that with the appearance of this kind of fairy food, the national power of the Tang Dynasty will become more and more prosperous. Civil servants don't have to worry about famine, and generals don't have to worry about military food. This is simply the beginning of a prosperous age!

Yu privately speaking, the three generals are all going to be small bosses in the thief village. As long as the fairy food is planted under their care, wouldn't they be in vain for their great contribution?

As the first group of people who knew Zhang Nuo, Changsun Wuji couldn't get away with the credit for recommending talents.

Therefore, for public and private, this is great news for these few!

But they were happy, but they were depressed for Li Shimin.Because, he found that, as he said before, this little shopkeeper is likely to get no reward!

Chapter 123

Li Shimin spoke out his own considerations, and hoped that these few of his most trusted confidants and generals could help him think of a solution!

Yuchi Gong spoke bluntly and yelled directly,

"Your Majesty, since the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang has the credit for offering immortal food, shouldn't it be enough to just give it to the county prince? Or if it's not enough, it's okay to have a prince!"

"If there are really three kinds of fairy grains with an yield of more than [-] shi per mu, no one in the court will object, unless his family doesn't grow them at that time!"

Changsun Wuji and the others all nodded, expressing their agreement, that's all. If someone opposed Li Shimin's ennobling the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang in the court, then you turned around and went to get people's grain, what would it be?

Therefore, they are not worried that this title will be opposed by others, and they themselves have nothing to be jealous of, this is a title obtained by their ability.

Immortal food with a yield of more than [-] shi per mu, if His Majesty hadn't asked, they would probably slap him and see if he woke up.

This kind of credit is not knighted, so what kind of credit can be knighted?

Li Shimin looked at the few people in front of him and said angrily,

"This is what I'm worried about? The day when the celestial food is harvested is the day when Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang can be conferred a title. I don't need you to tell me about this. This will protect the merits of Li Tang for generations to come, and no one can object to it!"

"What I am worried about now is that I have only known the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang for half a year, and he has already made a lot of contributions. After that, he will go to Korea. How can he be rewarded?"

Cheng Yaojin understood in his heart that His Majesty was worried that Xiao Zhang's treasurer would not be able to be sealed or rewarded, and the reason why he invited a few of them to question him was because he wanted to be a staff officer, and on the other hand, he was afraid It is also necessary to beat it.

Because Cheng Yaojin and others are now the Dukes of the state, and then there are only kings with different surnames, but since the Han Dynasty, it has basically become an unwritten iron law not to confer kings with different surnames.

But seeing that they are about to conquer Korea with shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, will they be considered unsealable by then?

Cheng Yaojin thought clearly in his heart, but he said indifferently,

"Your Majesty, what is there to think about, the big deal is to give more to the Marquis, the Duke or something. Anyway, the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang will definitely have more than one son, and a pair of Dukes is also a good talk!"

Li Shimin almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, what the fuck, you black-hearted bastard, what kind of duke of two kingdoms are you?

The Duke is so easy to seal?

You must know that as long as the Duke of the state is granted, the fief must be allocated, and there are food guards. It's not just one star and a half that come and go.

If you really want to give a duke of two kingdoms or even duke of three kingdoms, then the fiefdom of this family will basically not be much smaller than that of an ordinary prince.

What's more terrible is that this thing doesn't mean that it can be taken back if it is given. If it is given away, it is hereditary and will be replaced by the country!

As long as this family does not break the law, the children and grandchildren will not be able to take it back!

If this guy rewards too much, what will his descendants use to reward meritorious ministers in the future?

In addition, awarding a reward itself is an act that affects the whole body. If you give the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang a reward, then do you want to reward the three princes who are doing it next to you?

Not to mention the first credit, that small credit is also a credit, you can't pretend not to see it!

If you really want to do that, people's hearts will be scattered in the future. Anyway, if you have credit, you won't be rewarded. Then who will work for you?

Li Shimin regretted that he had found these three idiots at the moment, what kind of answer did they answer, it would be better not to answer.

After all, Changsun Wuji is caring, he thought about His Majesty's thoughts, and said seriously,

"Your Majesty, instead of worrying about how to award rewards afterwards, why don't you give the best rewards next year when shopkeeper Xiao Zhang makes great contributions to the sky, and rewards are extremely rewarding. If there is nothing to reward, naturally there will be no need to reward again!"

Li Shimin was taken aback, this is not nonsense, he was just worried that this situation would happen, and he directly awarded the extreme reward, how could there be no need to reward again.

But Changsun Wuji didn't say anything, he continued seriously,

"Your Majesty, what do you think, shopkeeper Xiao Zhang is now alone without father, mother, son or daughter. If he really made a great contribution to the sky and directly made him a king, wouldn't he need to be rewarded?"

"It happens that the Supreme Emperor and Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang are also called uncles and nephews, so what if they become real uncles and nephews? Your Majesty and Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang are also called brothers, so what if they become brothers with different surnames?"

"At that time, it was all about the royal family's affairs. No matter how much credit you make, you will be contributing to your own family, so you don't have to worry about awarding rewards!"

Li Shimin blinked his eyes, this is too cruel!

This is equivalent to saying, take a hat with a different surname Wang to frame you, and then choose one of his father's daughters, that is, his sisters, and stuff it into the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang.

Then it will be a family in the future, so there is no need to talk about rewards for meritorious service, it is all a business of your own, you should work hard, anyway, you have a share.

But in fact, it’s just a king with a different surname, and I’ll give you a fief or something. The royal family’s surname is always Li, not Zhang, so it’s useless no matter how much you trouble yourself!

This is simply using shopkeeper Xiao Zhang as free labor. This shopkeeper Xiao Zhang is used to it. Can you agree?

Li Shimin hadn't spoken yet, Cheng Yaojin and the others were taken aback, what's the matter, why did Wang Du with a different surname come out while chatting?

I haven't seen a king with a different surname in the past few years. Could it be that His Majesty really wants to set this precedent?

And this shopkeeper is so powerful?This hasn't started to make meritorious service, but this has already made His Majesty start thinking about giving to the king of a different surname?

After all, they didn't have much contact with Zhang Nuo, so they didn't know as deeply as Changsun Wuji.

Only Changsun Wuji and Li Shimin knew in their hearts that as long as the shopkeeper Zhang was willing to do it, it would be an inevitable situation that there would be no reward and no reward, and maybe the only way to be a king with a different surname was really the only way.

This is something they have been very sure of since they have been in contact with shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, that is, as long as shopkeeper Xiao Zhang is willing, he can really do all kinds of shocking things.

For example, isn't it just a simple meal today, and Li Shimin knows that this is actually the fairy food that will be handed over to Guochao next year.

God knows how many things this little shopkeeper still has to hand in, and then wait to be exchanged for a title?

Therefore, after thinking about it, Li Shimin still felt that Changsun Wuji's plan was more reliable. It seemed that he really had to think about it, and find a beautiful and virtuous princess to send to Xiao Zhang's house.

However, which one is better?This is a big problem!

Chapter 124

Putting aside the issue of rewards, I have a general idea for the time being, so there are still important things to arrange right now.

Li Shimin summoned Cheng Yaojin and the other three to come here because of this!

"Zhijie, I have called you here to discuss matters, and there is another important matter, that is Zhuangzi's defense!"

"Now the Supreme Emperor has confirmed that he will retire near the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang's house. In addition, in the spring of next year, three kinds of celestial grains will go to the ground. Either of these two things is a big deal, and there is no room for sloppy!"

"Do you have a good strategy?"

As soon as the words fell, Changsun Wuji added,

"You have to think about it carefully. Based on what I know about Zhang's shopkeeper, this fairy food is just the beginning. His favorite is the workshop. Just moving the wine shop and book printing house is a big area!"

"Besides, in the past, shopkeeper Xiao Zhang was able to set up two workshops without any space. Now there is a large open space, and there are a large number of sergeants, military subordinates, and craftsmen. I don't believe he doesn't build workshops!"

Li Shimin also nodded when he heard the words. He knew his little brother. If he wanted to say what he was most interested in, it must be making money.

Whether it's the two wine shops that cooperate, or the book printing house that they set up independently later, this is a profitable business.

I didn't know it before, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid it's all fairy art, no wonder it's endless.

However, if there is one, there are two. Since such workshops could be created before, there is no reason not to do so in the future.

But this Zhuangzi already has the Supreme Emperor and Immortal Food, if this is added to other confidential matters, the defense will become even more important!

At this time, Cheng Yaojin and the others lost their previous playful smiles, and instead began to think seriously.

As generals who have fought for many years, they naturally know that this kind of place must be well defended. Whether it is food or other things in the future, if it is lost to other countries, it is simply a crime against the Jiuzu.

Thinking about how excited Li Shimin was before, you can understand how jealous other countries will be when they see this thing in the future!

This is the fairy food that can ensure that no one will starve to death in a country, and it cannot be overemphasized.

Qin Qiong, who was the most stable among the crowd, said,

"The second head of the family told XX to go to Zhuangzi to recuperate from his injuries, and XX originally planned to spend the next year. Now it seems that XX should go ahead and occupy a house for the New Year!"

After hearing this, Li Shimin was stunned, but then he was overjoyed. Shubao is a good person. This is tantamount to asking to go to the front line. With Shubao settling down in Zhuangzi, and cooperating with the sergeants dispatched in advance, there is nothing to worry about!

However, at this time Li Shimin was concerned about another matter.

"Uncle Bao, shopkeeper Xiao Zhang said that he can help you take care of your body?"

Qin Qiong nodded and replied seriously,

"The last time I went to Zhang Erdang's house with Zhijie and Jingde to recognize him, I also had some thoughtful intentions, but I never thought that the three of us would join forces to fight the second master, and we would lose in one round without using weapons. Come down!"

"The second master later told XX that XX's body needs to stay with him for a short period of time, and the exercise and medicine can be taken care of together!"

Li Shimin nodded excitedly after hearing this, and said repeatedly,

"Go, go, go! You have to go! I was worried about your health in the first place, but now that shopkeeper Xiao Zhang is taking action, it is natural that the medicine will cure you!"

After pondering for a while, Li Shimin turned to say seriously,

"Since this is the case, the soldiers you sent from Youwuwei went to Zhuangzi years ago. I asked the Ministry of Industry to send craftsmen to cooperate, and strive to build all the soldiers' houses before the year, and all the soldiers will be stationed after the New Year!"

"After you go to Zhuangzi, the defense of the whole Zhuangzi is up to you. You just need to inform Xiao Zhang, the shopkeeper. From now on, all the people around here will move out, and the only ones left are military members and craftsmen."

"And all the craftsmen have been checked up for three generations. If they are not innocent or have no imperial order from me, I will block them all!"

Li Shimin was getting angry, Qin Qiong hurriedly bowed to accept the order when he heard the words, this is a military order, and there will definitely be documents issued afterwards.

But after this matter was clarified, Changsun Wuji pondered for a while and asked another question.

"This shopkeeper Xiao Zhang will soon be in charge of the cultivation of immortal grains in almost a county, and will lead the army to go to Korea in the next year. Although he is a thief in name, in fact, we all know that it is my Great Tang army. That Xiao Zhang Is the shopkeeper a civil servant or a general?"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, alas, there is still such a problem!

However, what Changsun Wuji said was not unreasonable. From the perspective of cultivating and planting celestial grains, the people in charge of such important tasks must be the civil servants of the Ministry of Households or the Ministry of Industry.

But if you count the fact that the army will fight against Goryeo next year, then he is the leader of the army with real power, and he must be a military officer!

This is not just a matter of official position, it involves a series of issues such as future appointments and powers.

When Cheng Yaojin and the others heard it, their eyes lit up immediately, and they didn't even have to wink at each other, they said almost in unison,