Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

Supervisory power can ensure the relaxation of contradictions between upper and lower classes. "

Li Tai is talking about the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty, which is very reasonable. Many emperors have not been in court for more than ten years and the country is still stable.

But later, due to the abolition of the supervisory power and the control of the government by the civil service group, the state system became unbalanced and quickly declined.

Li Shimin sometimes fell into thought and frowned, and sometimes suddenly realized something, and said:

"This matter is a major national event, and I still need to think about it."

"Father, we've arrived at the palace." Li Tai reminded.

"Huh?" Li Shimin looked up, and he had already arrived at the palace before he knew it.

"Well, then the emperor should go to the brothel to work! I still need to think more about it."

"Your servant will leave." Li Tai saluted quickly.

"Slow down." Li Shimin suddenly stopped Li Tai.

"Huh?" Li Tai, who was just about to turn around and prepare to go back, looked at Li Shimin with some doubts.

Li Shimin said to Li Tai.

"I have already chosen the wedding date of Huang'er and Wu Mei, which is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

Regarding the matter of the blast furnace, Huang'er has to take care of it. "

"Yes, father, if there is nothing else, the minister there will leave."

Li Tai saluted.

The ninth day of September, Double Ninth Festival?

Isn't it just seven days later, which is a bit fast.

In ancient times, marriage required three matchmakers (both men and women and the matchmaker who matched the line) and six engagements (Nai Cai, asking for the name, Naji, accepting the request, asking for a date, and welcoming in person.), which is very cumbersome.

As for the custom of hiring a man to marry a woman, it was established by Nuwa and Fuxi that a man should be given a piece of buckskin to marry a wife, which has been passed down for tens of thousands of years.

By employing a man and marrying a woman, Li Tai can successfully obtain some minerals from the Wu family, thus starting the construction of the blast furnace in a legitimate way.

Soon, news of Li Tai's alliance with the Wu family spread.

Whether it was with scrutiny, watching, or even disgust, they all gave enough face at the banquet.

Basically, everyone who could come came, the pomp was great, but it was very low-key.

There are many steps that should be taken, showing that they attach enough importance to the ally of the Wu family.

The Wu family also readily gave Li Tai several minerals as a dowry.

(The marriage ceremony is very complicated, just fast forward and omit it, and step into the bridal chamber...)

The red candles fluttered, and the red paper reflected the word "Hi" wavering.

Wu Meiniang was covered with a red cloth and sat beside the mahogany bed, waiting patiently.

Not long after, the wooden door creaked open.

Then footsteps sounded, and Li Tai walked in with a little alcohol smell.

Li Tai picked up Yu Ruyi on the table and lifted Wu Meiniang's hijab.

With the removal of the red cloth, a face as white as jade with charming eyes appeared in front of Li Tai.

Against the backdrop of the full light of the red candle, her eyes were extraordinarily bright, her face still had a cold expression, only her lips were extra red.

"Is Mei Niang not happy?"

Li Tai watched intently and noticed that there was no trace of joy on Wu Meiniang's face.

Rather, there is a kind of indifference, the indifference of indifference to everything, like the indifference of the Himalayas, which brings people not only coldness, but also the desire to conquer.

Wu Meiniang didn't open her mouth, but said softly: "I'm a concubine~ I don't dare."

Li Tai raised his eyebrows and said with a sneer: "You and I are already husband and wife, and we will spend the next few decades together.

If you feel dissatisfied with something, you can just bring it up, there is no need to hold it in your heart alone. "

Under Li Tai's gaze, Wu Meiniang lowered her eyes and asked softly, "What kind of person does Your Highness think Meiniang is?"

Li Tai glanced at her and said casually.

"Meiniang is full of heaven, and there is a dragon's breath on the tip of her eyebrows. One can tell that she is a person capable of great things. The corners of her eyes are narrow and long, and she will make love."

"His Highness knows fortune-telling?" Wu Meiniang raised her eyes with some doubts.

Li Tai smiled and explained.

"The so-called appearance is born from the heart, the simple point is still clear.

For example, people with evil, gloomy, and vicious eyes are probably not good people. "

"Then His Highness must have miscalculated, Mei Niang is just a girl, how can she accomplish great things?

Married to His Highness again, how can she have a romantic relationship? "

Wu Meiniang questioned softly.

"I don't think I'm wrong."

Li Tai smiled, after all, he knew the history, so this can never be wrong!

"Give me your hand, and I'll touch your bones."

"Huh?" Wu Meiniang showed doubts, paused for a second, then put her hand in Li Tai's.

There are pink nails and a layer of white powder on it. From the enlarged knuckles, you can see the hard-to-cover traces of labor.

Raising horses is a physically demanding job.

"Meiniang has suffered a lot!" Li Tai said with emotion.

"Actually, no matter how much suffering you suffer, it's nothing."

Wu Meiniang seemed to have discovered something, she withdrew her hand, her cold eyes finally fluctuated, and her eyes fell into memories, and she asked Li Taidao.

"Your Highness, would you like to hear about Mei Niang?"

"The night is long, you have a story, and here is the wine."

Li Tai directly pulled Wu Meiniang to the table and poured wine for her.

Wu Meiniang lifted it gently, with graceful movements.

"The concubine was born in a famous family, with a wealth of wealth that rivals a country.

Everyone enviedly called this concubine the second miss of the Wu family.

The mother is more expensive than the child, and the mother has left two daughters, and the status of the family has plummeted, and she is often bullied.

The concubine has inherited his father's intelligence and intelligence, and is as beautiful as his mother.

It's a pity that no one likes beauty, and everyone only ravages and envies beautiful things, so the concubine is often punished.

Their way of punishing people is not beating and scolding, because beatings will leave scars and scolding will leave tongues, so they punish people to starve.

Shut people into the boudoir without food and drink, and the punishment lasted for several days.

Extremely hungry, with chapped lips, fierce eyes, claws scratching his heart, wishing to take a bite of his own flesh.

With this kind of thought, in retrospect, I should have evil spirits in my heart.

Therefore, the concubine always hides some food at ordinary times, and hides it in a place that only she knows, so as to be prepared. "

Li Tai was stunned when he heard it, it was hard to imagine that he would feel this way when he was extremely hungry.

Wu Meiniang filled a glass for herself, she didn't care about etiquette anymore.

"When my father was alive, he could still live by this method.

But with the death of his father, the eldest brother became the father, and life could no longer go on.

My mother let me find His Majesty.

The concubine understands in her heart that even if it is His Majesty, he can't meddle in other people's family affairs.

The concubine didn't want to, and couldn't go back, begging His Majesty.

His Majesty was thinking about the old love, so he gave it to a talented man, let the concubine raise a horse, and the life is not wronged,

Thanks to my concubine, my mother's life is much better, and she often visits my concubine.

Three years later, when I heard that His Highness wanted iron ore, due to his inconvenient status, he thought of the Wu Family.

Thus, the concubine's body was dressed up like cattle and sheep, and sent to His Highness.

Your Highness, do you think concubines should be happy? "

"You should be happy. It's not Meiniang who has evil spirits in her heart, let alone Meiniang is still alive, isn't she?"

Li Tai replied without hesitation.

"My mother often said that everything will pass, and being alive is the best thing."

There was resignation in Wu Meiniang's tone, a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes, filled with loneliness again.

Li Tai knew that her open heart was closed again.

Her heart is a book, if she can't read it, it will be closed forever.

But Li Tai understood that she didn't accept her fate as she said, it was a disguise.

"Meiniang is not reconciled, she wants this to change everything.

But in the end, in the end, I found that nothing can be changed, because Meiniang found out that Meiniang herself is a daughter, right? "

Li Tai told the truth.

"Huh?" She raised her eyes again, her loneliness and coldness disappeared instantly, and she looked at Li Tai with disbelief.

Li Tai fell into memory, recalling the strangeness and incompatibility he had just come into this world.

"I also had this idea, trying to change something.

In the end, I found that there was nothing I could do. I could only hide my thoughts deep in my heart and disguise myself with other things.

I think ~ we are the same kind of people, good at thinking, imagining, pretending, lonely people. "

Wu Meiniang revealed surprise in her eyes, she never thought that she would meet a bosom friend in this life.

Gao Leng's disguise completely disappeared, and he asked impatiently, "What is Your Highness thinking?"

"I think I've already done it." Li Tai said with burning eyes as he drank a glass of wine slowly.

In an instant, Wu Meiniang's eyes were filled with brilliance, and her smile was like a flower.

Li Tai knew what Wu Meiniang had misunderstood, so he asked, "What is Meiniang thinking?"

"..." Wu Meiniang was a little hesitant, and her ten fingers were stirring restlessly, showing that she was not at peace.

After a long time, she raised her head and her eyes were lost in memory, and she said.

"This matter starts with my concubine learning how to train a horse.

After raising horses for three years, my concubine learned how to tame horses.

No matter how violent a horse is, it only needs three things to tame it.

The iron whip frightened it, and then rode it. If it was still disobedient, it would be hit on the head with a hammer. If it still refused to submit, it could only be killed with a dagger.

Such methods can be used not only to train horses, but also to train people.

The concubine has personally seen how to tame servants in the palace.

At the beginning, when the servants came, they were a little bit dissatisfied and resentful, and even ran away, but later on, they were only resigned and trembling servants.

Thinking back carefully, the concubine realized that this situation was exactly the same as what he was punished for, both were taming people.

So the concubine thought to herself~ There is actually not much difference between humans and cattle, sheep and horses, both of which can be tamed and docile through these methods. "

In her tone of voice ~ the word is very long, revealing affirmation.

As he said that, he watched Li Tai secretly, seeing that Li Tai had no major reaction, he continued to talk.

"By analogy, to tame the people, Confucianism is the whip, the law is the hammer, and soldiers and horses are the daggers.

Then the concubine thought that whether it was to tame the servants, or the people, or even the clan, or even the entire Tang Dynasty.