Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

royal palace,

In the Imperial Study,

Everyone was shocked by the strong murderous aura emanating from Zheng Zhengjin. Only then did they remember that King Xian had single-handedly challenged an army of 200,000 Turks.

Especially the last sentence, that the royal family members would still be killed without mercy, frightened everyone.

Li Jing thought about what Zheng Zhengjin said. If the Ministry of War sent people to escort them, it would be possible to monitor all officials. It would also be possible to monitor some local officials who were just small officials and thought that the sky was high and the Yellow Emperor was far away, and who did not care about the lives of the people. This would be a good thing. And using those retired soldiers could also be considered to reduce the burden on the country.

But the God of War Li Jing would not take the initiative to stand up. After all, he did not want to be feared by Li Shimin. If his achievements were too great by then, wouldn't he be waiting for death?

At this moment, Li Shimin was looking at the salt and several A4 papers that Zheng Zhengjin had handed over to him. On them were the methods for making rock salt, well salt, sea salt, and other drawings for making salt.

Li Shimin was cautious and did not give out the method of making sea salt first, but took out the method of making mineral salt.

Zheng Zhengjin was very thoughtful, and each method had a backup.

Li Shimin took out a copy of the production steps, drawings, and methods of mineral salt and shouted, "Duan Lun, keep this drawing and method safe. If it is leaked, I will hold you responsible."

"I obey your command." Duan Lun knew very well that the emperor entrusted him with such an important task, which showed that he had great trust in him.

He took the blueprint and stepped aside.

"Pharmacist," Li Shimin called Li Jing.

"Your Majesty, I am here." Li Jing came out respectfully and saluted.

"You must cooperate with Duan Lun and guard it strictly. Do you understand?" Li Shimin attached great importance to the salt-making method.

"Your Majesty, I obey your order." Li Jing accepted the order and stepped aside.

"Fu Ji, Ke Ming, Fang Qiao, Gao Shilian, you guys please think carefully for me, can the method that Prince Xian mentioned be used? If so, how much can you optimize it?" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, we obey your command." Everyone said.

"Li Daozon, Li Xiaogong," these two are royal relatives, and Li Shimin has special arrangements for them.

"Your Majesty, here is my minister."

"When the first batch of salt comes out, you two will personally lead the troops to escort it, and by the way, you can inspect the country for me. If you encounter any obstacles at that time, I will grant you the power to execute first and report later." He still trusted these two princes very much. He entrusted them with important tasks.

"Your Majesty, I obey your command." Both of them were very excited.
"Today we are discussing matters in the Imperial Study. Once we leave the Imperial Study, we must keep it secret. I don't want the people from the aristocratic families to know about it before the salt is even on the market. Do you understand the importance of this matter?" Li Shimin is an old fox. He knows that those people from the aristocratic families will definitely inquire about this matter.

"Sir, obey the order."

"Since this salt was produced during the Zhenguan period, let's call it Zhenguan salt." Li Shimin shamelessly named the salt, which made Zheng Zhengjin almost laugh. He continued, "Prince Xian's method of offering salt this time has been very successful. My Princess and Princess Yuzhang will be married to you. However, they are still young now. You should take them back to the palace and take good care of them. You can only consummate the marriage after they reach the age of 15."

Wei Zheng now knew the purpose of his appearance here.

He stood up and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Li Shimin, "Xuancheng, the salt offering from Prince Xian can be regarded as a betrothal gift to Changle and Yuzhang. I am so generous in giving the betrothal gift to the people, you should stop here."

Wei Zheng was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is very wise and righteous. The two princesses are kind and righteous for the people of the world. I bow down to them."

Zheng Zhengjin was almost crushed by Li Shimin's shamelessness. The ministers present were all a little confused. It seemed that the prince had offered such a valuable salt-making method, but you sent your daughter to harm him. You really are the emperor. However, the ministers had heard of Li Lizhi's reputation. She was born beautiful. She was a beauty.

But Li Lizhi and Yuzhang are not yet of marriageable age, so what does it mean that I should take them home and take good care of them?

These ministers also felt sorry for Zheng Zhengjin silently in their hearts for three seconds.

At this moment, Zheng Zhengjin wanted to say to Li Shimin: "Thank you, my royal brother." But this was obviously impossible. Some people knew that Huainan went to his house, but this matter was not made public.

"Thank you, father-in-law. I will definitely not let Changle and Yuzhang down." Zheng Zhengjin said.

Li Shimin said: "Since everyone is here, let's have lunch together. It's a good opportunity to try out the Zhenguan salt!"

No one said anything. Wang De had already sent the Zhenguan salt to the imperial kitchen and gave it some instructions.
Li Shimin knew that once the Zhenguan salt started to be sold, his treasury would be very rich.

Soon, a hearty but not extravagant lunch was served.

Why not be extravagant? Because Wei Zheng was around and Li Shimin was afraid of him. The problem was that what he said made a lot of sense.

When everyone tasted the food, Li Shimin's eyes lit up as soon as the delicious dishes entered their mouths, because the bitter taste of coarse salt was gone from the food, and it naturally became much more delicious.

At this moment, everyone was thinking that they must ask King Xian to give them some Zhenguan salt so that they could take it home and try it. After all, with this salt, the food cooked with coarse salt would be really hard to swallow.

It's no wonder that everyone thought: "The business of the Xian Wang's Zhiweixuan is always full of customers every day. It turns out that it's because of this salt."

But even the food prepared by the imperial chefs in the palace tasted inferior to that of Zhiweixuan.

With the Zhenguan salt, the food is much more delicious.

"Your Majesty, this is a blessing for the Tang Dynasty." Fang Xuanling said happily.

At the same time, he envied Prince Xian a little bit in his heart. After all, there were many beauties in Prince Xian's mansion. As far as he knew, there were the eldest princess, Li Leyan, Princess Huainan, Li Chenxia, ​​the courtesan Yu Youwei, and the beautiful Zheng Liwan. There were also Princess Wencheng and Li Xueyan, while he only had Lu from his family.

He didn't even dare to go to Pingkangfang. If he went there, he would definitely be punished by his wife to sleep in the study.

After lunch, everyone thanked Li Shimin. After all, this was the emperor’s grace.

After leaving the palace, Li Xiaogong patted Zheng Zhengjin on the shoulder and said, "Are you interested in going to Pingkangfang?"

Fang Xuanling was so delighted when he heard this that he almost jumped up and shouted, "Take me with you, take me with you."

Zheng Zhengjin glanced at Li Daozon. After all, he was his father-in-law. He didn't know if Li Xueyan would make a scene if she knew about going to a brothel with his father-in-law, but he could not be their companion.

Everyone present here is familiar with Pingkangfang.
Seeing Zheng Zhengjin was hesitant, Li Xiaogong said, "Everyone just goes to Pingkangfang to listen to some songs and relax. It won't be a problem."

Li Jing wanted to run away, but was stopped by Li Xiaogong. Everyone was together, and Li Jing wanted to go home alone, but there was no way.

Therefore, the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, the Minister of Punishment, Li Daozon, the Minister of Rites, Li Xiaogong, the Minister of Personnel, Gao Shilian, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and even Wei Zheng, who had no objection, together with the only king of a different surname in the Tang Dynasty, went to Pingkangfang in a triumphant manner.

Even if Li Shimin knew about this lineup, he would at most curse: "These bastards didn't even ask me to go with them."
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(End of this chapter)