All the members are in love with the group, and the cub is causing trouble in the Tang Dynasty.

On the sixth day of June, Pangpang will start planting in Guantang on the outskirts of Beijing.

Qin Qiong, the Duke of Yi State, wrote to the court to lend all the fertile land in Gyeonggi under the names of the four foodies to the imperial court, so that they could uniformly cultivate Pangpang until Pangpang could be promoted nationwide.

Li Shimin was greatly moved.

There are a lot of official fields in Gyeonggi-do, but many of them have not yet been cultivated. However, fertile fields can be cultivated directly, saving a lot of time.

His Majesty the Emperor immediately commended Qin Shubao and several others. They were not short of money, so they rewarded the women with jewelry.

There are many royal gifts in the house, and it will be an honor to give them as a dowry to the young lady in the pavilion.

***

After going to court, Li Shimin went directly to the Lizheng Palace of Queen Changsun.

Queen Changsun is looking at a thick list of palace maids.

The war was over, and natural disasters struck again. Today, the Tang Dynasty has a small population and a poor country, and the national treasury will never have enough money.

But there were over ten thousand maids in the palace.

Let half of these people go out to get married, which can also increase the population a lot.

Not to mention how much it costs to keep these people in the palace.

Empress Changsun handed the list to Li Shimin: "Many of the palace maids were left over from the previous dynasty. Now that they are older, they should be eager to be able to let them out of the palace. It's just..."

"There are many palace ladies whose relatives died in the war at the end of the previous dynasty. If they are released from the palace, some money will be paid as compensation."

During the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, many civilians were recruited into the army, and wars were fought everywhere. The population of the Central Plains decreased by more than [-]%.

Li Shimin nodded: "Now that there is some money and silk in the treasury, let the palace minister record and report it in detail."

Queen Changsun hesitated and said: "The reduction of maids in the palace will have the greatest impact on Aye. He will definitely be unhappy then."

Li Yuan was the founding emperor. Even after he was enthroned, he still had the most servants in his palace.

He was not willing to take the Zen position in the first place. If he lowered his salary, he might feel that Li Shimin was suppressing him, and the conflict between father and son would intensify.

Li Shimin sighed slightly: "I'll go see Aye later."

Although his relationship with Li Yuan has eased a lot, he is not sure that this matter will be resolved smoothly.

But the Tang Dynasty could no longer withstand civil strife.

Li Shimin thought for a while and added: "I will take Yuanyuan with me."

Empress Changsun laughed: "Aye really likes that child."

Really unable to hold it back, he teased: "Your Majesty and Wu Guogong are suffering some injustice now, so they need the child's protection. The palace cannot live without her now."

Li Shimin also laughed.

Empress Changsun said softly: "I'll call Chang Le and Mrs. Yuan to prepare meals in the Li Zheng Hall, and reward the child well later."

***

After school in Hongwen Hall, Yuan Yuanzheng ran out and saw a smiling Zhang Anan in the courtyard.

"Zhang Aweng!!!"

Zhang Ananda held the cute little dumpling in his hand and said, "Your Majesty is at Xianchi Palace, please let me take the princess there."

Yuan Yuan was very embarrassed: "But I promised Brother Qingque that I would go see the Queen's Auntie!!!"

Zhang Anan said warmly: "Your Majesty has something important that needs the princess's help. After we go to the Supreme Emperor's place, your Majesty will take the princess to the Li Zheng Palace to eat fish."

"Not only fish, but also plump crabs. Your sister came here this morning and set up an iron plate in the courtyard. She said she would make iron plate soft fish. It is very delicious."

Yuan Yuan's mouth is watering.

"Zhang Aweng, let's go find the Supreme Emperor Aweng quickly. I miss him so much!!!"

After saying that, he dragged Zhang Ananda out anxiously.

At this time in Xianchi Palace, Li Shimin had been laying the groundwork for a while.

First, he recalled his own childhood days, then recalled his deceased grandmother, and then showed concern for the lives of the royal brothers and sisters.

After finally waiting for the little savior, the little savior actually followed Pei Ji and Feng Deyi into the palace.

Pei Ji and Feng Deyi are both veterans of martial arts. They will definitely oppose the reduction of palace maids.

Because only by maintaining the supreme honor of the Supreme Emperor can they have the dignity of their military-virtuous veterans.

Li Shimin's face darkened.

Zhang Anan had already lost his temper with Yuan Yuan on the way, so as soon as the little boy came in, he first gave Li Shimin a look that said, "Watch me."

Yuan Yuan ran to Li Yuan and ate a piece of cake placed on the table in front of him.

"Your Majesty, Aweng, the classics and history class is really difficult!"

Li Yuan smiled and gave her a sip of tea: "Eat slowly. Academician Yu is a great contemporary scholar. I don't know how many people are breaking their heads to listen to his classics and history class."

Pei Ji and Feng Deyi paid tribute to their majesties and sat down at the bottom.

Li Shimin spoke about the reduction of palace ladies: "According to the harem roster, Aye needs to reduce half of the palace ladies."

Sure enough, before Li Yuan spoke, Pei Ji couldn't sit still.

"Your Majesty, you must not do this!!! If we reduce half of the maids in Xianchi Palace, how will outsiders view the Supreme Emperor, and how will they view Your Majesty?!"

"The Supreme Emperor is the founding king of the country, so he should enjoy the honor that a king should have!"

These words were extremely disrespectful to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin has struggled since he came to the throne because of these long speeches.

As the saying goes, changing the soup without changing the medicine will make it difficult to implement the new policies and new orders.

The veteran Wude minister clamored every day to govern the country according to Wude Chao's decrees, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the Supreme Emperor.

Li Shimin's patience has long been exhausted, but filial piety and people's support are greater than heaven.

Less than a year has passed since the Xuanwu Gate Mutiny, and he can no longer be blamed.

Others don't care about reputation. Li Shimin is the emperor, and all the people in the world are staring at him. Future generations will judge him, and he cannot ignore it.

At this moment, Pei Ji, who had just returned his righteous words, suddenly shouted "Ouch!"

The little kid came up to him and grabbed his beard: "Pei Kongkong, you can't be cruel to Uncle Erlang!!!"

Pei Ji begged for mercy: "It's not evil, it's not evil... How dare I..."

Yuan Yuan asked him loudly: "Then are you still cruel to him???"

Pei Ji was weak: "No, no, no, please let me go..."

Yuan Yuan let out a "hum" and let him go, then ran back to Li Yuan to happily eat pastries.

Li Yuan and Feng Deyi had seen this scene several times and had accepted it well. This was the first time for Li Shimin to see it.

The wise and mighty Emperor was stunned, and for a moment he wanted to become sworn friends with the boy.

This sworn brother is really capable.

Feeling full of security!

Soon, Li Shimin cleared his throat to cover up, and said to Li Yuan: "My love for Aye can be seen from heaven and earth. Aye, I promise you that there will always be more servants in Xianchi Palace than in Ganlu Palace."

Ganlu Hall is Li Shimin's sleeping hall.

Pei Ji glanced at Feng Deyi and motioned for him to say a few words.

Unexpectedly, Feng Deyi carefully stroked his beard and pretended not to see it.

Pei Ji was furious to death.

Li Yuan clearly saw the small movements of the people in the palace, and he gave the little boy another sip of water: "Okay, don't eat another piece. Don't you want to go to the queen's place for dinner?"

Although Li Yuan doesn't go out easily now, Queen Changsun always comes to invite her immediately, so Li Yuan naturally knows.

Yuan Yuan pouted her little lips and reluctantly licked half of the flower cake in her hand.

"Why do babies only have one belly?"

angry.

Li Yuan smiled and touched her head, and then said to Li Shimin angrily: "Okay, let's save a few palace servants' matters, and still have Baba to ask my father, are you still a child?!"

This is promised.

Li Shimin curled his lips, but when he glanced at Pei Ji, his eyes flickered slightly.