Will Ming

Chapter 620 Do you blame me?

The height of the station determines the breadth of vision, so Li Xianzhen did not feel how exciting it is to enter the imperial study or even have dinner with the emperor. Before he left the grassland, he had met Li Yuan in Yuyang County. On the one hand, he also met Li Jiancheng and Li Huining. At that time, Li Xian did not think that he would have any intersection with these three of them in the future.He was even a little excited because he saw the legendary founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If Li Xian had the opportunity to enter the imperial study at that time, he might feel nervous and excited.

When a person has even slapped the emperor, will he still feel that the emperor is an existence that can only be looked up to?

Enter the palace city from Xuanwu Gate, and walk south along the flat and wide stone road. The magnificent building at the end of the palace city is the main hall of Taiji Palace. On one side of the main hall is the imperial study room where the emperor handles daily affairs.When Li Xian walked into the palace gate, he was told that His Majesty the Emperor was waiting for him in the imperial study.

After entering the door, Li Xian's pace was a little slow, and he looked at the power center of the Great Tang Empire with great interest.Although the current Great Tang Empire is far inferior to the Great Sui Dynasty, it is indisputable that it has become the orthodox world.With the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, no one doubts that it will not take many days for the world to be pacified and unified.

Although he was somewhat interested in the palace, he hadn't reached the point of looking around.Those courtiers who were prepared to see King Yan's jokes waited for a long time but did not see any gaffes from the young and handsome man.After they were disappointed, they remembered that although the young man in front of him was a horse thief, the world he had seen was not small compared to anyone else, and even much bigger.

He had entered Yang Guang's bedroom and slaughtered all of Yang Guang's red-robed guards.

He has been to the royal court of the Turkic Khan, although he did not kill it, but it is undeniable that Da Kedun, who was staying at the royal court at that time, did not sleep well for several nights, for fear that the interest of the plague god would really take a fine horse to plow in the royal court.

When walking from the palace gate to the entrance of the main hall of Taiji Palace, Li Xian paused, his expression changed slightly but he quickly recovered his calm.If you don't stare at him carefully, it's hard to find that his expression has changed.Even though several important Tang officials around him were staring at him, almost no one noticed the slight change in his eyes.

Hardly, not really.

Liu Zhenghui was the first to notice a flicker in Li Xian's eyes. When he subconsciously looked at Pei Ji, he found that Pei Ji was also slightly surprised.

Li Xian stood at the entrance of Taiji Palace for a while, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Something interesting."

He said four words to himself, then moved forward and walked out.

Liu Zhenghui deliberately lagged half a step behind and waited for Pei Ji, watching Li Yuanjing, Li Yuanchang, Li Zhiyun, Li Yuanze and other princes followed Li Xian like stars, and from time to time someone would introduce the palace, he shook his head and smiled, thinking that something No matter how rough a person's life experience is, no matter how hard and shabby his life is, it can't block the light on him.Looking at Li Xian's back, and then looking at those princes who were obviously nervous and cramped, it made people feel emotional.

"He looked at the buildings of the Tai Chi Palace all the way, and he still thought about discovering this."

Pei Ji followed Liu Zhenghui's footsteps and sighed in a low voice: "I'm afraid those princes haven't paid attention to this detail until now. I don't know if this is good news or bad news."

"It doesn't matter whether he is good or bad, anyway, this person makes me look very comfortable."

Liu Zhenghui said with a smile.

"So you found out too."

Pei Ji also smiled and said: "It is [-] steps from Xuanwumen to the main hall of Taiji Palace, which corresponds to the number of ninety-five. We all know it, but we didn't walk out by ourselves. The first time I entered the palace, I found that In this subtlety, it is said that there is only one person."

"Who?"

Liu Zhenghui asked.

Pei Ji said solemnly: "Yang Jian, the great ancestor of the Sui Dynasty... It is said that Yu Wenkai didn't tell Yang Jian how many steps there are when building this palace, and some people say that Yu Wenkai didn't care about it. But after the palace city was built, Yang Jian He led the ministers to discover this detail when they entered the palace city from Xuanwu Gate for the first time. He was surprised to find out and then asked Yu Wenkai if it was done on purpose. Yu Wenkai told Yang Jian that when the palace city was built, it was not deliberately guaranteed how much to walk. After all, everyone's steps are different... Only Yang Jian happened to take [-] steps, so Yu Wenkai praised that this was God's will. , all the officials also bowed down."

"Actually, there is no such a coincidence. At the beginning, Yang Jian's throne was abdicated from Zhou Yuwen's. Many people said that Yang Jian's throne name was not right, so when the palace was built, Yang Jian specially ordered Yu Wenkai to The distance is so far. It is said that in order to ensure that each time he walks [-] steps according to his pace, he has walked back and forth dozens of times and asked Yu Wenkai to record the size, just to ensure that it will not be bad after it is built. One point."

Liu Zhenghui sighed: "I only know the rumor, but I don't know the details."

"Yu Wenkai and I are old acquaintances."

Pei Ji said: "Of course I know more than you...Yang Jian did it on purpose, but he walked over like a leisurely stroll, and his steps are exactly the same as Yang Jian's!"

"Shh!"

Liu Zhenghui looked around and frowned and said, "Keep your voice down, although this may be just a coincidence. But in this extraordinary period, this coincidence cannot be exploited!"

"actually……"

He lowered his voice and said, "Before King Yan, Yang Jian was not the only one who walked this distance exactly [-] steps."

"Who else?"

Pei Ji asked in surprise.

"King Qin..."

Liu Zhenghui said in a very low voice: "But he only found out when he left for the third time. It was Changsun Shunde who told me about it."

Pei Ji was stunned, then heaved a long sigh.

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When Li Xian walked to the door of the imperial study, Gao Liansheng, the new chief eunuch, had already been waiting outside for a long time.Gao Liansheng is not very old, he looks about 30 years old.He was originally an eunuch in Jinyang Palace, and his status was not high at that time, but he was very smart and cautious. After Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, there were only two eunuchs serving in the imperial study, one was Wu Yinghai and the other was him.Wu Yinghai was skinned and executed, and Gao Lian succeeded as the head of the internal servants naturally.

"My servant pays homage to His Highness King Yan, His Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time."

Although Gao Liansheng didn't know Li Xian, it was natural for him to gain the emperor's trust.No need to guess, he knew that the handsome man in the black robe was the famous King Yan, and he quickly bowed to salute.

"working"

Li Xian nodded slightly as a thank you, then stopped and waited for the people behind.

Pei Ji used to be the guard of Jinyang Palace in Sui Dynasty, so Gao Liansheng naturally recognized him.When Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan, it was Pei Ji who dispatched a large amount of supplies from Jinyang Palace to supplement the military, and Li Yuan was able to send troops smoothly.You must know that Li Yuan had only more than 5 people at that time, and it had grown to [-] in just a few months.The weapons and armor of these soldiers all come from the inner warehouse of Jinyang Palace.

"Your Majesty said, keep Mr. Pei, Mr. Liu will accompany His Highness King Yan to go in, and the others will go back to work on their own first."

Gao Liansheng said after saluting the princes, Pei Ji and others.

Li Yuanchang, Li Zhiyun and others hurriedly left, it seemed that they had a deep-rooted fear of their father Li Yuan, because they were afraid of him, even the Imperial Study Room seemed like a wild beast to them.If you get too close, if you don't tell the truth, you will be swallowed in one mouthful and you will never be reborn forever.

Li Xian said a few pleasantries to them, and the princes turned and left. Everyone felt relieved, and some even subconsciously wiped the sweat that didn't exist on their foreheads.Li Xian glanced at the backs of those people, his eyes were flat, without any hint of sarcasm.He understood the difficulties of these people, but could not sympathize with them.It would be wrong for someone to think they are pitiful, as long as they settle down and be rich for several generations, there will be no problem.Compared with those people who are still trying to fill their stomachs and cannot afford to read, they are much happier.

"Please, King Yan"

Gao Liansheng made a gesture of invitation, and then pushed the door of the imperial study room open.At this moment, Pei Ji and Liu Zhenghui suddenly had an illusion at the same time that once this door was opened, it could never be closed again.

Li Xian nodded to Gao Liansheng, but didn't go in directly.Instead, he took half a step back to one side, smiling at Pei Ji and Liu Zhenghui.How clever the two of them were, they immediately understood Li Xian's kindness.The two of them pleaded guilty at the same time, and then walked into the imperial study room first.

Li Xian did this to give those two people a chance to report to Li Yuan.Presumably Li Yuan must be waiting for these two confidant ministers to think about him, Li Xian doesn't mind waiting outside for a while.Thinking of what Changsun Wuji said before, Li Xian couldn't help but smile.

Since some people can use it, it is still necessary to make a proper show of favor.

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Not at all unexpected, the dinner with the emperor will naturally not be too luxurious and sumptuous.As long as he is not a very idiot emperor, he will not show that he is a person who likes to enjoy luxury.Especially for an emperor who still wants to make a difference, he must show himself to be diligent and thrifty enough.Diligence is only one part of a qualified emperor, and frugality is another part.Yang Guang lost the world because he lost diligence and frugality.

A few simple but exquisite stir-fries, a pot of stewed beef with excellent taste, and two soups, this is the whole dinner.Pei Ji and Liu Zhenghui resigned after eating a few mouthfuls. They knew that the emperor stayed behind only as a show, for the court officials to see.The two of them bid farewell, Li Yuan naturally would not keep them, he ordered a few words and then let them leave, only Li Yuan and Li Yuan were left in the room.