Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 701 Li You Arrives in Dengzhou
"Ninth Brother, will we see Fifth Brother again?" Li Mingda and Li Zhi stood on the gate tower of the imperial palace, and Li Mingda asked Li Zhi who was on the side with great pain in his heart.

At this time, Li Zhi also showed his manly side, and gently hugged Li Mingda in his arms and said, "Son, Brother Ninth assures you that Brother Fifth will be back soon, and I won't let you go." Fifth Brother waited too long in his bitter cold fief.

From now on, I will handle government affairs with my heart and win the trust of my father, so that my eldest grandson Wuji will not be able to take power, and my fifth brother will be able to come back. "

Slightly leaning on Li Zhi's side, Li Mingda curled his mouth aggrievedly and said, "Ninth brother, Sizi is only you now!"

Feeling Li Mingda's attachment, Li Zhi's eyes turned red and he said, "Me too!"

As the sun was setting, the sound of the evening drums in Chang'an City sounded. At this time, outside Chang'an City, Li You was sitting on the carriage, looking at the setting sun in the forest and looking back slightly at Chang'an City in the distance, the corner of Li You's mouth With a smile: "Child slave, Sizi, wait for me to come back!"

Li Ke, Li You, and Li Yin left Chang'an and returned to their respective fiefs. Dunhuafang and Qinglongfang remained the same. The most different thing is that the daily income of Dunhuafang and Qinglongfang must now be handed over to the palace.

All this money has become Li Shimin's internal treasury. To be honest, Li Shimin is very happy. You must know that Li Shimin now is very different from the wise and powerful Li Shimin before. What Li Shimin wants more now is to have fun.

Many government affairs have been handed over to Li Zhi by Li Shimin, and Li Zhi is also working hard to do a good job in government affairs, which makes Li Shimin feel at ease, so Li Shimin began to concentrate on his own affairs.

The first thing is beauty. Li Shimin was really not greedy for beauty before. Some people said that Li Shimin was not a lecherous person. He also occupied his younger brother's wife.

To be honest, this is really a misunderstanding. The wife of King Qi Li Yuanji, Yang Shi, and Li Shimin brought her into the palace were not because of her beauty, but because of Yang's identity and the clan power behind Yang.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, the Hongnong Yang family has always had a say in the Guanlong area.After the Tang Dynasty, the Yang family was still powerful.

Li Shimin's throne was rooted in a wrong way. He knew that if he did not seek the support of the Guanlong nobles, he would not last long, so Li Shimin accepted Yang as his concubine for political purposes.

Political marriages were very common in ancient times.After all, this is a way for bureaucratic aristocrats to strengthen their ties with each other.

And it's useless to like Li Shimin alone, Yang himself also likes his little uncle very much.Li Shimin is suave and suave, both civil and military, who doesn't love such a capable and handsome man?
At that time, Li Shimin was still very clean and self-sufficient. However, compared with when he was young, Li Shimin now is very different. At this time, Li Shimin has already started to search for beauties.

Li Shimin set up a management place for entertainers. These entertainers are all serving Li Shimin. They are all between 14 and 18 years old. The officials will recruit those very beautiful girls into the mansion, and then start to cultivate their talents. , Wait until after learning to serve Li Shimin.

What's even worse is that after serving once, if Li Shimin doesn't like it, he will turn these entertainers into official girls. What are official girls? Don't design it for the officials of the imperial court. Some of these official girls have been trained since they were very young. In order to meet the requirements of officials, these official girls must not only be very beautiful, but also proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It is worth a try It is mentioned that some famous poems of later generations also came from the hands of officials.

The sad thing is that the status of official daughters is very low, and there is no freedom to talk about. Their hearts are very hopeful, because they have been influenced by poetry and songs since childhood, and they long for a normal life, and even have a poetic life. Life, although what the official women don’t know is that the life of the official women is still very happy compared to most women at that time. They don’t worry about food and clothing, but they are very eager to become ordinary women and live an ordinary life. In life, I hope to meet romantic talents and live a life of love and concubine, but in an official position, it is not easy to leave.

In addition to beauty, since Li Shimin got the money, he started to build large-scale civil engineering projects. He personally grasped the infrastructure and built large-scale palaces in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places.

Because his Taiji Palace was cold and humid, Li Shimin asked to rebuild it. Just to rebuild it would cost more than 100 million guan, and the "Luoyang Palace" in the eastern capital was originally a place where Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ate, drank and had fun. , public and private labor expenses are almost unbearable", together with the huge building complex including the "Feishan Palace", it is luxurious and extravagant.The whole project is piled up with gold, silver and even the lives of skilled craftsmen.

It even caused the Habayashi Army to mutiny. Faced with Li Shimin's debauchery, some veterans who followed Li Shimin really felt so distressed, so they "shot at the palace at night, and shot at the bedroom five", they naively hoped that Li Shimin would not no more.

But in the end, these guards were sentenced to death for "big treason".However, it can also be seen from the side how far this famous Emperor Zhenguan has fallen.

In addition, the Tang Dynasty was the most active period of history compilation. "Southern History", "Northern History", and "Sui Shu" were completed one after another.Li Shimin cares too much about his fame before and after his life. He not only cares about the "lessons from success and failure", but also interferes with the independence of historians.

Ordinarily, the emperor's daily trivialities were recorded by a special person for future compilation into national history.Because there are few mother-in-laws, these records are generally more objective.

No one is ashamed to inquire about the details and tendencies of the records, and the historical traditions and unspoken rules do not allow imperial power to interfere.Li Shimin wanted to break the rules, not only interfering with the content recorded by the historians, but also implying that they "followed the straight book".

This practice of not having 300 taels of silver here is extremely degrading.Sima Guang denounced this bad thing. He believed that Li Shimin, who had a guilty conscience, forcibly demanded a living note, which set a bad precedent for the later emperors of the Tang Dynasty.This kind of behavior, even the little wife Wu Zetian curled her lips.

But Li Shimin no longer cares about these.

Just when Li Shimin began to let go of himself infinitely in Chang'an City, Li You on the other side brought his 1 people to his fief Dengzhou Prefecture.

Dengzhou is a state located in Shandong, located in the Shandong Peninsula.

This is a very good port, that is, a treaty port. Of course, the current Datang doesn't know much about the ocean, so they don't understand the meaning of ports and treaty ports.

This place is impoverished. Although before Li You arrived, Yin Hongzhi and Yin Cheng were already taking care of him, and Li You also supported him. Of course, there was very little support. The state values ​​it, so there are not many supporting materials.

"Well, this is Dengzhou, it feels so desolate!" Li Xiang opened the curtain of the carriage, and took the lead to look at the gate of Dengzhou Prefecture.

Following behind Li Xiang, Li Jue and Li Heng also came over.

"It's Uncle Grandpa!" Li Heng jumped out of the carriage recklessly first, and then ran to Yin Hongzhi in front of the gate of Dengzhou Prefecture. If the child is the most grateful person, whoever treats her well? She will remember that person forever.

Seeing Li Heng, Yin Hongzhi also laughed and got off the carriage and shouted: "Heng'er...!"

"Grandpa!" Li Heng sprinted over and fell into Yin Hongzhi's arms. Yin Hongzhi also happily hugged Li Heng in his arms. The relationship between the grandfather and grandson did not change due to time Over time, it becomes unfamiliar, but it becomes more intense.

At this time, Li You got out of the carriage with Quan Zhixi and others, and Yin Cheng came over and bowed to Li You at this time: "Brother, we finally met, but this is too soon. According to my I think you're at least a year away from being here."

"Haha.!" Looking at Yincheng and Li You, he laughed: "I really want to come here sooner. This place is like a picture scroll that hasn't been written yet. I want to write the most beautiful picture here."

"Oh!" Yin Hongzhi walked over with Li Heng in his arms and smiled: "Yuer, you are still ambitious, but this place is not as good as you imagined. It is too poor here. The poor have nothing. Land Barren, lack of food, no business, really soon you will know everything here.

By the way, everything about Dengzhou will be entrusted to you starting tomorrow, and I will be able to retire. I will teach Heng'er, Xiang'er, and Jue'er in the future. I will teach them all to be successful. "

"Uncle Er, Dengzhou still needs you." Li You hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay.

But Yin Hongzhi shook his head continuously: "You'er, I'm not young anymore, just let me enjoy family happiness. I've been calculating all my life, calculating things that don't belong to me.

Now that I finally understand, let me stay with my grandchildren! "

Looking at the sincere Yin Hongzhi, Li You understood Yin Hongzhi's heart at this time, and then Yin Cheng nodded with a smile: "Brother, let my father enjoy his life, don't worry, I will definitely do my best Help you."

"Alright then!" Li You smiled, "However, uncle will definitely come back to help us when we need it. After all, you have eaten more salt than we have eaten rice."

"Haha!" Li You's words made Yin Hongzhi laugh happily, and then he nodded and said, "Don't worry, if you need it, I will definitely help you."

"That's it. Brother. Let's advance to the city, you mighty crowd, but please rest assured that a residence has been prepared for them. It may not be as good as Chang'an, but I believe it will get better soon, even surpassing it." Yu Changan." Yin Cheng looked at Li You and smiled happily.

(End of this chapter)