I have a backstage in Datang

Datang currently has ten daos, and each dao mansion raises birds. Although they all raise birds, they are not qualified to pass letters directly to the emperor.

If the Taoist government had urgent matters to report, all the birds released would fly to Zhongshu Sheng, one of the three provinces, and then Zhongshu Sheng would decide whether to disturb the emperor immediately according to the priority.

If it is urgent, it must be sent to the palace immediately.

But if you are not in a hurry, then wait until the morning of the next day to report.

So looking at the whole world, only Li Xiuning's bird pass is allowed to fly directly to the palace.

In the past, it was flown to the founding emperor Li Yuan, but now it is flown to the new generation of emperor Li Shimin.

This is Li Xiuning's privilege, and it is also the privilege of Youyun Gu's.

……

A guard soon reported outside the imperial study, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, there are birds coming from the north."

Li Shimin glanced at the eldest grandson empress, and found that the empress looked expectant and had no intention of leaving. Then he looked at Princess Gaomi, and found that his sister also had anticipation on her face.

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, and finally waved towards the door, saying: "Xiu Ning's birds are usually family letters, and if they involve government affairs, they will use Hongling urgent envoys. Therefore, this must be a family letter. Send it in, I read the letter with the palace."

Everyone knew that this was just an excuse, and the intention was nothing more than to allow Empress Changsun and Princess Gaomi to stay in the imperial study.The guard outside is so smart, how could he be confused about such a matter, so the guard did not express his opinion, and respectfully sent in the bamboo tube for the bird to pass the letter.

The wax on the bamboo tube is still there.

Li Shimin was obviously also a little impatient, and said directly: "Bake the wax and take out the letter."

The guard agreed, took out a fire pocket and lit it.

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun raised their feet at the same time, and Princess Gaomi also stepped forward subconsciously. The three of them stared at the bamboo tube without blinking, and said almost at the same time: "I don't know what was written in Xiuning's letter? Could it be about Gu Tianya's marriage?" About the Hannv?"

……

The wax on the bamboo tube melted quickly, and the guard carefully took out a ball of silk from it.

Li Shimin reached out and snatched it away, then waved his hand at the guard, and said calmly: "You have nothing to do here, go out and take people around..."

The guard lowered his eyebrows and looked pleasing to the eye, as if he hadn't seen Empress Changsun and Princess Gaomi in the imperial study room at all, but he did not forget to salute when he left, obviously he was a person who did everything well.

Li Shimin stared at the guard's back and went out, and then said with admiration: "Li Chong's temperament can be used a lot."

Empress Changsun chuckled at the side, and said with sympathy: "After all, he is also a direct branch of the royal family, and he can be regarded as the leader of the third generation."

Li Shimin nodded, then frowned suddenly and said: "It's a pity that this kid also has a problem, that is, he always wants to go to Youzhou, and he wants to study with Gu Tianya, so that he can become a commander of Baiqi Division who is both civil and military. ..."

Empress Changsun was noncommittal about this matter, she just pointed to the letter in Li Shimin's hand, and urged: "Your Majesty, quickly open it and see what exactly Xiuning wrote? We haven't received her letter for a while."

Li Shimin let out a 'hmm', and slowly unfolded the silk.

When they saw it, they were stunned for a while, but the handwriting on it surprised the three of them. This letter was not sent by Li Xiuning.

It was written by Gu Tianya.

The first sentence of the letter is very aggrieved:

"Second brother, I didn't sleep with a man and a woman. This matter is purely the handiwork of eldest brother Jiancheng and Zhaoning. Second brother, you have to be careful. The eldest brother and Zhaoning are still eyeing you. I guess you can't escape... ..."

Li Shimin sighed subconsciously, and said helplessly: "My silly brother-in-law, you made me be careful too late, there is no need for eldest brother and Zhaoning to take action, I have already been targeted by Wei Zheng in the court. Zhen This Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is, hey, not much better than your Lord of Youyun, he is very unlucky, and he is stared at by people..."

Chapter 267 [The Emperor's Couple Cooperate in Acting]

I Have a Backstage in Datang Chapter 267 of the main text [The Emperor and his wife acted together] "What did brother-in-law Tianya say in the letter?"

"Is it just to defend myself that there is no sleeping man and woman?"

Empress Changsun put her head up and looked eagerly at the letter in Li Shimin's hand.Princess Gaomi also wanted to come over, but Empress Changsun pushed her head away.

Princess Gaomi was slightly aggrieved, she held back her mouth and said, "Gu Tianya is my brother-in-law, so I am qualified to read the letter."

"What's wrong with your brother-in-law?"

Empress Changsun glared at her, and said angrily, "I've never seen you care so much about other things, but you are more anxious about this than anyone else."

Princess Gaomi held her mouth shut again, and argued: "I just want to see if the third brother-in-law slept with the man or the woman. If he didn't sleep, then my family Duan Lun can also not sleep."

Empress Changsun stared again, and scolded: "What did your second brother say just now? The matter of Han women is now a national policy, and this is the conclusion of the court. Why do you girl always want to escape?"

Princess Gaomi didn't dare to speak up, she just looked at Li Shimin helplessly, and asked pitifully, "Second brother, tell me, third brother-in-law, what the hell is he..."

Li Shimin spoke directly, and said coldly: "It's said in the letter that he didn't sleep with a man or a woman."

As he spoke, he spread the letter of the bird, and said: "Look for yourselves, that guy wrote it very clearly in the letter. The so-called rumor about the sleeping man and the girl is really just a rumor. Although Xiuning did bring someone The Han girl got back home, and she really set up a small courtyard for the Han girl as in the rumors, but Gu Tianya never entered the small courtyard from the beginning to the end, and now there is news in Youyun City about him sleeping with the Han girl. It was all spread on purpose..."

Empress Changsun and Princess Gaomi looked at each other, and reached out to take the silk book from Li Shimin.

Then, Empress Changsun will watch first.

Princess Gaomi leaned aside, peeping eagerly, and asked from time to time: "Are you really awake? How is it possible? Third sister Xiuning kicked her third brother-in-law down that night, and then threw her neck to the concubine." Did you go to bed?"

Empress Changsun looked at her angrily.

Li Shimin was also not in a good mood, and said coldly: "Think about it with your brain, how could Xiuning really do that kind of thing? Even if Gu Tianya and the concubine want to consummate the house, it should be a good deal between husband and wife A good amount... kicking down this kind of statement is purely to arouse the interest of the common people."

Princess Gaomi blinked, and said again: "But there are also rumors that the third brother-in-law was beaten up by sister Xiuning, and in the end it was Baby Tiger who felt sorry for his father, so he pleaded for mercy by crying loudly. This is how sister Xiuning calmed down. Let go of brother-in-law Gu who begged so hard..."

puff!

Empress Changsun burst out laughing.

Li Shimin stared helplessly at Princess Gaomi, and scolded again: "Do you have the brains to believe such rumors? Can you think about it, baby tiger is only a little older now? It's only eight months old. , even if he is already babbling, why does such a young child know how to feel sorry for his father?"

"But it's rumored that there are noses and eyes."

"Nonsense, if you don't make it real, will the common people believe it?"

"So, brother-in-law Gu really didn't sleep with that Han female concubine."

"It should be. I know this guy rarely lies. Since he wrote a special letter to explain, he must have really never done this."

"Second brother, can Duan Lun from our family also..."

"Don't talk about this matter anymore, or you won't blame me for getting angry. Gu Tianya is Gu Tianya, and your family Duan Lun is your family Duan Lun. Just now your second sister-in-law has mentioned you many times about the fact that Manchurians married Han women. There is no negotiating about this matter. Even I have to obediently abide by it."

……

Princess Gaomi finally gave up.

At this time, Empress Changsun raised her head, with a serious expression on her face, and said softly: "It turns out that this letter from brother-in-law Tian Ya is not to explain the matter of the sleeping man and woman, but his real intention is the other two things written in the letter. How do you feel, Your Majesty?"

Li Shimin hesitated for a while before slowly nodding his head and saying solemnly: "Okay!"

After saying this word, he said again: "I think the two things he said are very good."

Princess Gaomi immediately pricked up her ears, obviously not wanting to miss the next conversation between Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.

I saw Empress Changsun looked down at the letter again, and said while reading: "My brother-in-law said in the letter that solving the fate of Han women should be divided into three steps. First, the first step is to change the traditional concepts of the people, especially those who are chauvinistic. People can't let them care too much about the loss of virginity of Han women."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "That's why I agreed with Wei Zheng's admonishment and ordered that all civil and military courts in the Manchu Dynasty should marry Han women. Even the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I personally wanted to marry nine Han women into the palace. way to change the minds of the common people.”

Empress Changsun said 'hmm', followed by reading the letter and said: "The second step is to live. If Han women want to find their destination, it is not just as simple as changing the traditional folk concept. After all, it involves several 10 people. Hundreds of thousands of families need to be formed. Therefore, it is necessary to allow Han women to have a skill, so that they will not be treated harshly after they marry in the future..."

Li Shimin slowly raised his head, stared at the roof and muttered: "Gu Tianya said in the letter that he has found a way out for the Han women. If this way is done well, hundreds of thousands of families can have enough food and clothing. If we at Datang are willing to cooperate, we will also enjoy huge benefits from this matter in the future."

"Benefit?"

Princess Gaomi stood aside and heard these two words, and immediately wanted to come over to read the letter eagerly.

Empress Changsun looked at her helplessly, and sighed: "Don't worry, it's your family's share. Your third brother-in-law said in the letter that this time the benefits will benefit the Li family, and His Majesty will take the majority of it. Two-tenths are shared, and three-tenths are reserved for the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty..."

Princess Gaomi looked at the queen anxiously, and asked eagerly: "What is the deal? Do you need to invest money? If you need to invest money, the Duan family can help the third brother-in-law to bear more. After all, I am his sister-in-law, sure." To help my brother-in-law solve the problem."

Li Shimin sneered, and directly exposed and slapped his face: "I'm afraid you want to gain more power."

Princess Gaomi did not hide it, and said: "The Duan family has nothing else, but there is a lot of money in the treasury. If I give more money to the third brother-in-law, it can be regarded as solving his problem."

Li Shimin snorted and said, "Does the Duan family have a lot of money? Then you might as well lend some to our envoy."

Princess Gaomi immediately changed her words and said: "The money is not too much. It was saved by my little sister after she married. It will be left to the children in the future, so that they will not suffer from cold and hunger."

Li Shimin glared angrily, and said: "I don't ask you to borrow money, but you are willing to take the initiative to invest in Gu Tianya? You damn girl, do you count as my sister?"

Princess Gaomi was not particularly afraid of his majesty as an emperor, she smiled and said, "Third brother-in-law can earn money, lending you this emperor belongs to meat buns to beat dogs, little girl, I am not a fool, which one is better I still know it's bad."

Li Shimin's face was full of anger, and he said angrily: "You said that lending money to me is a meat bun beating a dog?"

Princess Gaomi swished and hid beside the eldest grandson empress, and defended with fear on her face: "Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue for a while, second brother, don't get angry, you know I have a carefree temper since I was a child."

Li Shimin snorted.

Princess Gaomi saw that he had no intention of pursuing it, so she cautiously walked out from Empress Changsun's side, looked at the silk book in her grandson's hand again, and asked anxiously: "Sister-in-law of Changsun, the third brother-in-law didn't say what the property was in the letter. ? What kind of benefit is it that can be shared by all of us.”

Empress Changsun did not answer directly, but looked at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin snorted again, and said: "Gao Mi is not an outsider, just tell her what she has heard, it will save her from thinking about it every day, and the chattering is annoying."

Empress Changsun nodded, and then said to Princess Gaomi: "According to what your third brother-in-law said, dozens of huge workshops are going to be built in the land of Youyun. After the workshops are completed, those Han girls will be They are all recruited, and then, they buy wool with the Turks..."

"Build a workshop?"

"Recruit female workers?"

"Then, to buy wool?"

Princess Gaomi's eyes were dazed when she heard this, obviously she didn't understand what it meant.

Empress Changsun said again: "Now the Youyun Market is open, the Turkic people on the grassland like the goods on the market very much, Turkic people live as nomads, and almost every tribe has a large number of cattle and sheep, so whenever they go to the market When buying goods on the Internet, they will drive a large number of cattle and sheep as money... Even cattle and sheep are willing to exchange goods. It is definitely no problem to buy wool from them, and the price is so low that it is almost like a free gift generally."

Princess Gaomi blinked and asked curiously, "What happens after you buy the wool?"

Empress Changsun raised the letter and said with a smile: "Your third brother-in-law is a descendant of the Momen, and he has various secret recipes for utensils in his hands. It is said that this time he is going to make a special weaving tool that can spin wool into extremely soft fabrics." Wool, and then, wool can be used to make cloth, and after you have cloth, what can you do?"

Princess Gaomi's eyes were shining brightly, it was clearly like copper coins, she subconsciously said: "The grassland is so vast, the Turkic people have innumerable cattle and sheep, and every spring and summer, the sheep's wool needs to be plucked and thrown away... "

Empress Changsun laughed and said, "I will definitely not throw it away in the future, because the wool can be sold to us."

"But it's very cheap, it's almost like a free gift!" Princess Gaomi is very personal when it comes to money.

Empress Changsun glanced at her, nodded, and said, "Now you understand, how big are the benefits your third brother-in-law said. However, he said that there is still a problem with this matter, that is, wool cannot be spun directly into thread, and it needs to be added to it." Something called cotton is used as an auxiliary, otherwise pure wool thread is not strong enough, even if it is spun, it is not easy to use.”

"cotton?"

Princess Gaomi blinked.

Empress Changsun did not lie to her, and raised a letter to explain: "According to your third brother-in-law, cotton is a kind of crop that can be planted like crops, and after harvesting, it will be snow-white cotton... This cotton can not only be used as The auxiliary material for weaving wool can even be spun into cotton thread directly, and then weaving cotton cloth. In addition, cotton can be used as filler to make cotton quilts and cotton jackets. It is said that the effect of keeping warm is excellent, not necessarily better than wearing fox fur worse."

Princess Gaomi swallowed her saliva.

At this time, Li Shimin suddenly spoke, and said with deep meaning: "So the third step that guy said in the letter is to plant a large amount of cotton in the land of dark clouds. But his land is vast and sparsely populated. It used to be completely insufficient for the common people to flee famine on their own. Even if he had enough manpower, he alone could not support such a large industry. The reason is simple. A large number of people flocked to open up wasteland and grow cotton, which would consume a lot of food. What is he most lacking now? ? Just a lot of food..."

Princess Gaomi blinked, vaguely feeling that there are benefits to be gained.

Sure enough, Empress Changsun took over the words and said: "Your third brother-in-law is unable to support the cotton planting industry, but he knows that the most important thing for the great families of the Tang Dynasty is financial resources. As long as the cotton industry can bring profits, the family members will guarantee that they will Full support, although he is not willing to share the cotton industry with others, but he is more concerned about solving the problem of the fate of Han women, so he plans to invite all families to grow cotton in the land of clouds."

Gum!

Princess Gaomi swallowed her saliva.

The princess, who is interested in money, spoke without hesitation, and said anxiously: "The Duan family registers, and our Duan family registers first. As long as the third brother-in-law is willing to release the share, our Duan family dares to buy as much land as possible." , don’t worry about not having enough manpower, our Duan family will find a way to relocate the people there..."

Li Shimin sighed and said, "This is exactly what Gu Tianya needs."

Empress Changsun followed closely with a sigh, and said, "But it is also what the world's great families are eager for."

The emperor and his wife looked at each other, and said helplessly: "When he was developing the land of Youyun before, he was so strict about guarding against the aristocratic family. The only way to gain benefits from the land of clouds is to send the heirs of the clan to act as small officials, but this time, that guy seems to be really unable to hold on, otherwise he would not open this hole and allow all the big The family went to grow cotton."

Princess Gaomi looked eagerly at the emperor and his wife, and said pitifully, "Second brother, second sister-in-law, don't stop me, even the third brother-in-law himself is willing..."

Li Shimin seemed extremely helpless, but he couldn't think of any solution, so he nodded his head with difficulty, and solemnly warned: "Don't be too greedy, you are only allowed to buy [-] mu at most."

"Second Brother..." Princess Gaomi's tone became even more pitiful, she suddenly turned her head to look at Empress Changsun, and pleaded bitterly: "Sister-in-law, please help me to talk. How much can be planted on [-] mu of land, even if the price of cotton You can’t earn much more than gold.”

Empress Changsun seemed to be moved by her entreaties, she turned to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty..."

Li Shimin seemed hesitant to make a decision, and he gritted his teeth after a long time, and said coldly: "At most [-] mu, no more. There are so many civil and military families in the Manchu Dynasty, how much money does a family have to make with [-] mu ? When the time comes, everyone wants to grow cotton to make a fortune, so who is willing to work hard in the court. So, at most, it will be [-] mu."

Princess Gaomi smiled happily, and assured her again and again: "Don't worry, don't worry, second brother, don't worry, little sister can make a guarantee, my family will definitely do things with heart."

Suddenly, as if thinking of something, she feigned panic and exclaimed, "Oh, I have been away for too long today, so I have to go home quickly, and there is a nursing baby at home. Second brother and second sister-in-law, my sister Farewell. Don't send it off, don't send it off..."

While speaking, she ran out of the imperial study in a panic. She is the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and the guards will not stop her, but will respectfully escort her until she is sent out of the palace gate.

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In the imperial study room, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun looked at each other, the couple burst out laughing suddenly, and Li Shimin said happily: "It's a good thing she didn't let her read the letter, otherwise this girl wouldn't have fallen for it."