I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

In fact, this is easy to understand. The head of Dingyang County is not Li Shimin’s biological daughter, but the daughter of Concubine Wei’s ex-husband.

The biological father of the lord of Dingyang County was Li Min, the son of Li Zixiong, the former Sui Dynasty Minister of Household Affairs.

Therefore, just like the reorganized families of later generations, the Dingyang County Lord found it difficult to integrate into the new family.

Especially since her stepfather is still the emperor, she is sensible and does not want to cause trouble to her mother.

Seeing that Concubine Wei looked a little sad, Li Shen immediately said: "Concubine, don't worry. I just want to ask how Ashina is loyal to the eldest sister. If they are loving husband and wife, then this little thing will help."

"I've also asked people to investigate, and they are indeed very much in love with each other. Ashina Tadashi also loves your eldest sister very much."

"That's good. If that's the case, please help me. The provincial mother-in-law is worried about my eldest sister." Li Shen nodded after hearing this.

"Shen'er, don't force it. Concubine Mother knows that your eldest sister is different from Meng Jiang. Concubine Mother used to give a lot of money every year. This is all your money." Concubine Wei also felt that it was inappropriate to ask Li Shen to pay. .

"Mother and concubine, it doesn't matter. After all, we were born from the same mother and are blood relatives. In fact, it is not difficult to help Ashina Chung." Li Shen began to comfort.

For Li Shen, as long as his mother is happy, it doesn't matter whether she has money or not.

"Concubine, if that's the case, then I'll leave first. I'll go to Duke Xue's mansion. They are all selling off their property. They must be experiencing great difficulties."

Concubine Wei also told Li Shen not to forget her marriage and to clean up the palace. Li Shen nodded and agreed, then left the palace.

Li Shen didn't know where Ashina Zhong lived, so he could only ask Shitou to inquire about Jinwu Guards. After knowing the address, Li Shen led a large number of people to Xue Guogong's mansion.

At this moment in Duke Xue's mansion, Ashina Zhong had a sad look on his face. In order to prevent invasion from the north in the 13th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin issued an order to move the tribes of the Eastern Turks back to their original locations.

Ashina Zhong's tribe was also moved away, and he was transferred to the north as the Zuoxian King to assist the Khan in guarding the North Gate for the Tang Dynasty. However, he had lived in Chang'an for ten years and had long been accustomed to this colorful world.

He longed for the Tang Dynasty and Chang'an, and his longing lingered in his heart. He would often look in the direction of Chang'an and fall into deep thought. Later, when Li Shimin learned about this, he was very grateful for his sincerity and recalled Ashina Zhong and his family back to Chang'an.

His tribe has 4 to [-] people, and many old, weak, sick and disabled people were left behind because of the war. Ashina Zhong couldn't bear these people to starve to death, so he spent money to buy food for them.

It can be said that most of his annual salary was used to buy food, and his life was always tight. For the reason of the Dingyang County Lord in recent years, Concubine Wei would often send some money over to make their lives easier.

But no one expected that for unknown reasons, their tribe’s cattle and sheep began to die on a large scale. Most of them are dead now.

Their tribe is a nomadic people, relying on cattle and sheep for food. Now that the cattle and sheep are dead, doesn’t that tribe all have to starve to death?

"Mr. Lang, there is really nothing we can do. I'll go find my mother and concubine for help." The head of Dingyang County couldn't bear to see Ashinazhong's frowning face.

"I'll think about it again. This time I need too much money. It's estimated that the purchase of grain and livestock will cost more than [-] yuan." Ashina Zhong didn't want the Dingyang County Lord to borrow money from Wei Guifei. It would be too embarrassing.

"More than [-] guan? But Lang Jun, even if some of our family's properties are sold, it will only be tens of thousands guan. How can we solve the problem of the [-] guan shortfall? Why don't you talk to your majesty and see if the imperial court can provide disaster relief?"

"The imperial court has exempted them from taxes for three years, and also distributed some grain, which can only last for two months at most." Ashina Zhong knew in his heart that they were Hu people, and it would be great if the imperial court could give them tax exemptions. Not to mention two months' worth of food.

"Alang, King Ji is here."

Just when Ashina Zhong was at a loss what to do, the housekeeper came in to report that King Ji Li Shen was here.

"King Ji?"

Although Ashina Zhong was wondering why Li Shen came, after all they had never met, he still said:

"Quick, open the middle door to welcome you"

Li Shen is the prince, he doesn't dare to neglect him.

"Madam, come with me to greet her." With Princess Dingyang here, Ashina Zhong felt confident.

"I have met His Highness Prince Ji." The middle door opened, and the couple stood in front of the door and saluted Li Shen.

"No need to be polite, we are all one family." Li Shen said with a smile, and then saluted the Lord of Dingyang County.

"I've seen my sister."

The two parties greeted each other, and Ashina Zhong led Li Shen to the front hall. After letting his servants serve tea, Ashina Zhong asked:

"His Royal Highness Prince Ji, I wonder why you came here this time?"

He has never met Li Shen, and it cannot be said that he has never met. He also met Li Shen during the Great Dynasty, mainly because he knew Li Shen, but Li Shen did not know him.

Li Shen took a sip of tea

"Well, not bad, good tea. This is from the palace, right?" Li Shen drank it in one sip and knew it was tribute tea.

"Your Majesty is right. They are all rewards from the imperial concubine." Ashina Zhong replied.

The Lord of Dingyang County on the side also replied:

"My mother and concubine will send some first-class tea and some tribute tea every month. I have been taking care of my mother and concubine in the past few years, but my daughter has not been filial to my mother and concubine. It is really unfilial."

He said with a sad face, it was indeed Concubine Wei who had provided financial support all these years, otherwise life in the huge Duke's mansion would have been difficult and would have been a joke to outsiders.

"Eldest sister, you don't have to be like this. Mother and concubine also know your difficulties, so the whole family doesn't have to worry about them.

This time I came here, I heard that my family was going to sell off their property to buy food. So my mother-in-law asked me to come over and see if I could help. "

Although Li Shen is not close to this eldest sister, she was born from the same mother, so she still respects her.

Upon hearing that it was Concubine Wei who asked Li Shen to come, the head of Dingyang County was moved to tears.

She lost her father when she was young and remarried with her mother. Later, she married young and didn't get much love.

After marrying, because she married a foreigner, not many people in the circle of ladies could look up to her.

It's just that in recent years, I don't know when, these ladies began to behave like his sisters and intended to make friends with them. Even his husband had many officials coming and going.

At first, everyone thought it was the reason why Concubine Wei Gui's position in the harem was stable, but later I found out that it was mainly because she had a half-brother.

This younger brother can move around freely in front of His Majesty and can meet His Majesty at any time. And his family fortune is huge.

Even the prince has received favor from this younger brother, and the senior officials have said that after Li Chengqian succeeds to the throne, King Ji will be reused.

Li Shen looked at the crying Dingyang County Lord and felt emotional in his heart,

"Sister, don't be like this. We are all a family. Mr. Xue Guo, I don't know what kind of difficulties you have encountered? You need to sell your family property."

"Hey~~ To be honest, most of the cattle and sheep of my Ashina tribe died. Tens of thousands of people in the tribe relied on cattle and sheep for food and clothing..." Ashina Zhong told the whole story. .

"Well, how much does it cost?" The experience was not important to Li Shen at all. Just tell me how much money you need.