The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Chengqian was a lively kid before, but later, he was greatly affected by the adults' affairs, especially after he was made the crown prince. Erlang arranged so many teachers for the East Palace at once. Such a young child was busy every day." Li Yuan said with emotion: "I also know that Erlang has high hopes for Chengqian, and he is also thinking about Chengqian's future, but he is always a little anxious, too much is as bad as too little."

"I can't say much about Erlang's teaching of children, but Chengqian has become a lot wilder with Huairen on the farm." Empress Changsun smiled and said: "I have seen it, and I also think that Chengqian is very good now."

After the Xuanwu Gate incident, Chengqian came to ask me, saying that Prince Anlu and others were gone and didn't play with him anymore, and he was very disappointed.

Reality is very cruel......

Since then, Chengqian has become much more silent, and he has become a crown prince and lived in the East Palace, with so many teachers teaching him lessons every day......

Under such circumstances, how can Li Chengqian be lively and cheerful?

This palace, to put it bluntly, is a place that eats people.

Blood is flowing in the cracks of every inch of the floor in this palace.

"So, it's really thanks to Huairen." Li Yuan smiled.

"Who says it's not." Empress Changsun also smiled.

Since the topic has been brought to the King of Jingyang, Empress Changsun thought for a while and then spoke.

"Father, Huairen has made a big move on the farm recently." Empress Changsun said.

Li Yuan nodded.

"Well, I know that. Cheng Qian talked to me about how Huairen's fiefdom is developing now. He said that Huairen has invested so much money in the farm and has achieved remarkable results. He said that the people in the farm over there are living a good life." Li Yuan said: "In that case, let him do whatever he wants. This kid is not short of money now."

If Li Fu is short of money, what about the warehouse in Da'an Palace?

Li Yuan felt that he was contented in Da'an Palace, but there were not many places to spend money. Every time the money sent by Jingyang Palace was directly put into the warehouse, and it was placed there the same way it was carried.

All the empty boxes in the warehouse of Da'an Palace were gone, and now there were not enough boxes.

The last time the money was sent, the money was poured out of the boxes and piled on the ground.

The people in Jingyang Palace took the copper coins and cloth and didn't take them seriously, but they treasured the boxes they brought.

The money was sent, and the boxes were carefully kept and taken back.

It couldn't be kept, it couldn't be kept at all.

As for the development model of the village in Jingyang County, Li Yuan also had some understanding.

He felt that the village was a special case, and it would be difficult to replicate the village and let the people live a good life, not to mention how many people would spend money to build workshops like Li Fu.

Even if someone paid, there were workshops everywhere. How could he ensure that he could make money and that the people in the workshops could make money?

Moreover, he had to make a lot of money, and the majority of it belonged to the master. Otherwise, who would do this work and not get much good things?

If a workshop could only bring three or five strings of cash to the master in a month, the master would not take it seriously, let alone invest money in it again to develop it.

And the workshops that Li Fu had built on the farm were all owned by him, but not anywhere else. All the businesses were unique, and they were profitable.

Others had to line up to give him money.

In this way, he would have the confidence to invest more money in it.

"It's not that he's short of money, but I heard that Huairen built a school on the farm so that the children of the people could study, and he lacked land." Empress Changsun said.

"Lack of land?" Li Yuan was puzzled, and then smiled and waved his hand.

"Impossible. When I rewarded him, the most I gave him was land." Li Yuan said.

"There is indeed a lot of land within the fiefdom, and there are many good farms, but Huairen built the academy and couldn't bear to occupy the good farms that the people were cultivating, especially...

This year's harvest is not very good. Because of the locust plague, the crops in the fields must be poor. At this time, Huairen can't occupy the good farms." Empress Changsun said: "Father, Huairen's manor is next to Pei's manor. There is a large piece of wasteland at the junction of the two families. Huairen has taken a fancy to that wasteland.

But the relationship between Huairen and Pei's family, father, you know...

So, this matter is difficult here."

Li Yuan heard the expression on his face and became more serious.

So that's it.

"The relationship between Huairen and Pei Ji is irreconcilable." Li Yuan sighed and said"I asked Huairen before whether the relationship with the Pei family could be eased, but Huairen said that he almost died at the hands of the Pei family when he robbed water.

And for so many years, the Pei family's farm has been relying on Pei Ji's status to bully them.

After years of grudges, there must be no possibility of reconciliation."

As early as when Li Yuan heard Li Fu talk about these things, he knew it clearly, and the scale in his heart had already leaned towards Li Fu.

The Pei family is not right in this matter.

Although the matter of robbing water happens in various places every year.

But it is also true that they want to take over other people's farms, occupy other people's fields, and use their power to oppress others.

It's no wonder that Huairen hates the Pei family.

Now Huairen wants the Pei family's land.......

"What does Erlang mean?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

"Erlang doesn't know how to deal with this matter." Empress Changsun said: "In the past two days, Prime Minister Pei's family did something wrong."

"Because of this incident, Erlang asked Sister Linhai's son-in-law to go to Jingzhou to serve as Jingzhou's chief officer."

"For this reason, Sister Linhai also came to the palace to find me, but I saw that Sister Linhai didn't seem to know what the father and son of the Pei family did outside."

Li Yuan was also puzzled.

"Oh? What did they do?" Li Yuan asked.

Empress Changsun slowly told the story.

Li Yuan was silent.

If this is true, then it is not wrong for Linhai's son-in-law to be sent to Jingzhou.

"What about Pei Ji?" Li Yuan asked: "How will the court deal with him?"

Empress Changsun shook her head.

"Erlang said that Pei Xiang is an old minister who has made contributions to the Tang Dynasty. This matter intends to warn the Pei family. Moreover, Pei Xiang has the best relationship with you. Erlang thought about it and said that he should give Pei Xiang another chance. As for the son-in-law of Linhai, he should be punished slightly and severely as a warning." Empress Changsun said.

Li Yuan's face was complicated. He didn't know whether he was relieved for Pei Ji, or felt that Pei Ji had gone too far and Erlang's punishment was too light.

Then, he seemed to have figured out the key.

"Huairen wants to use the land on the farm. Erlang wants to take advantage of this matter to control the Pei family?" Li Yuan asked.

In his opinion, this is an opportunity. If he does this, he can kill two birds with one stone.

Empress Changsun shook her head again.

"The affairs of the court are public affairs, and Huairen's affairs are our own private affairs. The two cannot be confused. Erlang will not do this." Empress Changsun said: "It is precisely because he has no other choice that he asked me to come and ask my father if there is any way. My father has a good relationship with Prime Minister Pei. I am thinking whether I can spend some money to buy the wasteland from Prime Minister Pei."

"Anything that can be solved with money is not a big deal." Empress Changsun said: "It's just that in the meantime, it requires people like you Such a person who has a good relationship with Prime Minister Pei can go and mediate. "

"With Huairen's personality, he has such a relationship with the Pei family, so he certainly can't go to the Pei family to talk about this matter. My concubine and Erlang thought that we couldn't let Huairen down by letting him occupy those arable lands that are very important to the people to build a college. Huairen cares for the people, which is a good thing. He has this heart. My concubine and Erlang thought that this trouble should be solved by the palace for him. "

Li Yuan heard this and nodded in agreement.

That's right.

In this case, the palace will solve this problem for him, and he will definitely not let his nephew down.

My nephew is kind-hearted. He would rather embarrass himself than embarrass the people. As a royal family member, if everyone has such a heart, then their Li family's Tang Dynasty will last for thousands of years.

"Okay, I'll talk to Pei Ji about this." Li Yuan said, "There's no need for the inner court and Huairen to pay. I'll pay for it."

Li Yuan was very generous.

The most important thing is that after so much time, there's finally a reason to spend money.

The copper coins and cloth in the warehouse can finally be moved.

How great.

Moreover, Li Yuan also planned to use this incident to give his old friend a little compensation, even if the money is not much, it can be regarded as a half reward.

After the reward, it also gave an explanation for the friendship between the two.

The queen came to say so much today, how could he not hear the implication?

If Pei Ji did this kind of thing behind his back again next time, then he would not be so easy to deal with, just let Lawyer Pei leave Chang'an City and go to Jingzhou.

Li Yuan sighed slightly in his heart.

"How can I ask my father to pay for it?" Empress Changsun said, "Since Erlang and I want to do this for Huairen, the palace must pay for it."

Li YuanWaved his hand.

"Don't argue with me. What's the point of an old man like me guarding so much money in Da'an Palace all day long?" Li Yuan said, "Look, there is nothing missing here, and Chengqian often comes here to see me. What else can I do? The money is in the warehouse, and it will be left for you in the future."

"Okay, this matter is settled. I will do it, and you don't have to interfere." Li Yuan said.

"Yes." Empress Changsun responded.

The land issue is not a big deal. The main thing is to take this opportunity to talk about Pei Ji's problem.

The matter is settled.

If there is a next time, the court wants to deal with Pei Ji, and the emperor will definitely not speak for Pei Ji.

This time is enough.

In the afternoon, after Li Chengqian finished his lessons, he came to Da'an Palace from the East Palace with the drawings.

Yesterday, he made an agreement with Grandfather to show Grandfather the blueprints.

Since Empress Changsun left, Li Yuan was also curious about what kind of academy Li Fu was going to build that would occupy such a large area.

Remembering that his great grandson said yesterday that he wanted to show him the blueprints, he was now looking forward to it.

Li Chengqian came to Da'an Palace with the blueprints.

Li Yuan had the musicians in the side halls leave early.

"Grandfather, grandson is here." Li Chengqian strode into the hall and shouted loudly.

"Chengqian is here, come on, come in." Li Yuan greeted with a smile.

"Grandfather, we agreed yesterday that grandson brought you the blueprints." Li Chengqian said.

"Okay, okay." Li Yuan smiled and nodded in response.

Then Li Chengqian looked at the palace people in the hall.

"You all leave first." Li Chengqian said.

"Did you hear what the prince said? Leave now." Li Yuan sent everyone away, and then added: "Stay outside the palace, no one is allowed to come in without the prince's order."

"Yes." The palace people responded, and then left the palace.

Li Chengqian put the blueprint on the ground and spread it out.

It was a large blueprint, just this piece of paper that was longer and wider than Li Chengqian's body. When it was made, it took a lot of manpower and material resources.

This large-sized paper is specially used for drawing blueprints.

"Look, Aung, this is the current plan of the school on Zhuangzi. This is only temporary. According to Uncle Wang and Yan Shaojiang, this part will be built from this year to next year."

Li Yuan looked at the magnificent blueprint and listened to Li Chengqian's words.

"From this year to next year, this part? Such a large blueprint, so many drawings, just a part?" Li Yuan was surprised.

"It is indeed only a part." Li Chengqian said: "This is what is currently available on the farm. It is just a courtyard with a pavilion at the back and two east and west wing rooms in front. This side is the school where the teacher teaches, the west wing room is where the teacher rests and prepares lessons, and the east wing room is the kitchen and utility room."

"The rest of the courtyard is where everyone plays during recess, and the surrounding buildings are all buildings to be expanded."

"This area is planned to be where students live, called dormitories, accommodation houses." Li Chengqian talked freely: "This side is a The area is where the gentlemen live. They are all small courtyards separated from each other. The place is not big, and the second floor is to be built inside. "

"Over here, there is a large open space, which is to be used as a martial arts arena." Li Chengqian said: "In addition to the martial arts arena, there are also stables and horse farms. In addition, Uncle Wang also said that he wanted to build an indoor stadium... I don't know what this grandson is, anyway, there are many things that he has never heard of.

By the way, the most important thing is the library."

"Is the library used to store books?"

Li Chengqian nodded.

"It is to copy many books and place them in the library. Students can borrow them freely. They just need to keep them properly and return them on time. The books in the library are all the property of the college."