Chapter 132: Conquering Goguryeo (asking for monthly ticket)
After returning to the palace, Li Xiang's first thing was to go to Lizheng Hall to find Li Shimin.

Ever since the heating was installed in the Lizheng Hall, Old Li has become a little lazy.

It's such a warm house, why would you run out and get cold?
But he had to go to the Liangyi Hall to preside over the government meeting. During the meeting, Old Li sat there like a mountain eagle, with a cold look on his face.

Li Xiang walked into the Lizheng Hall and shook off the snowflakes on his body.

"Prince." Luoluo immediately stepped forward, helped him wipe the snow off his body, and helped him take off his cloak and hung it next to the heater.

Li Xiang grabbed an orange from the plate and walked into the house while peeling it.

Li Shimin and Li Mingda did not live in the same room. Li Mingda's room was the first one on the left, while Li Shimin's room was the third one on the left.

"Aung, what's the posture you're in?" This was Li Xiang's first sentence after entering the side hall.

Old Li unexpectedly learned Ge You's pose without any instruction, lying behind the desk, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Li Shimin rolled his eyes and saw that it was Li Xiang, so he smiled and said, "It turns out that Xiang'er is back. Come and sit down."

Li Xiang walked over and lay down like Li Shimin...

Oh, it is indeed very comfortable.

As the saying goes, nothing tastes better than lying down, and nothing tastes better than dumplings. This is the truth.

"Here, old man, these are brought from my teacher's house." Li Xiang handed the volumes of memoirs to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took the memoir and asked casually, "What is this?"

"It is the "Memoirs" written by the teacher, which mainly records his memories from the ninth year of Wude to the sixteenth year of Zhenguan now." Li Xiang replied.

Li Shimin immediately sat up straight, glanced at Li Xiang with a gleam in his eyes, then lowered his head and began to read Wei Zheng's memoirs.

After a while, Li Shimin put the memoirs on the table.

"Why, Grandpa, do you think that the teacher is trying to gain fame and reputation, so he wrote such a memoir?" Li Xiang asked tentatively.

Li Shimin snorted arrogantly and said, "How is that possible? I will never doubt Xuancheng!"

"But why did Wei Xuancheng also learn that kind of... Tsk, look here, when I suffocated that eagle to death, I was really afraid that he would nag me, but this old guy actually said something like, saying that I was treating my subjects out of courtesy. Why is Wei Xuancheng so charming?"

Li Xiang thought about the charming look on Wei Zheng's old face and almost vomited out the overnight meal.

I asked if you could use a different adjective? You said Wei Zheng was charming, and you said Chu Suiliang was cute and cuddly...

It really ruins words!

Although Old Li kept complaining, his expression gradually became more amiable.

"Xuan Cheng handed this manuscript to you. Did he ask you to give it to me?"

"Oh, yes." Li Xiang nodded and replied.

Li Shimin knew the answer but asked, "Why?"

"The teacher is worried that some of these things may leak court secrets, so he asked me to give it to Aong to review it." Li Xiang said with a smile.

This reason is quite good. It not only saves Li Shimin's face, but also gives him an explanation.

"Well, Xuancheng is an experienced man who is good at planning for the country. I certainly won't doubt him." Li Shimin hummed, flipped through two pages and said, "But out of responsibility to the court, I should take a look."

Li Shimin did not suspect Wei Zheng of leaking the secret, he just wanted to see how Wei Zheng would praise him behind his back.

After all the praise in the beginning, what about the rest?

Hey, this Xuan Cheng, he is really...

You are truly worthy of being my trusted minister, my Prince's Grand Tutor!
Old Li looked back happily and found that Wei Zheng had indeed beautified him as much as possible in some places, and it was still justifiable.

The name of Wei Zheng, a loyal minister, is known to everyone.

If Li Shimin said it himself, no one would believe it. Perhaps some people would say yes, yes, yes, because he is the emperor, but what they think in their hearts will be different.

Refer to the idiot who personally participated in the confrontation and wrote "Record of Awakening from Delusion".

But these words were said by Wei Zheng. He was a loyal minister. How could he do such an immoral thing?

The ideological imprint is very serious. Unless one is an unwavering fan of Li Shimin, others will generally subconsciously believe what Wei Zheng said.

Seeing Li Shimin becoming more and more delighted as he watched, Li Xiang was also happy for Wei Zheng.

Historically, many disturbances occurred after Wei Zheng's death.

The first is that Wei Zheng made a copy of his previous and subsequent admonitions and showed them to the historian Chu Suiliang. The second is that when the Crown Prince Li Chengqian was involved in a rebellion, Hou Junji participated in the rebellion and was executed; the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Du Zhenglun was implicated and demoted.

Wei Zheng once recommended the two to Li Shimin, saying that they had the talent to be prime ministers. Li Shimin was so angry that he thought they were forming a clique for personal gain, so he ordered the demolition of Wei Zheng's monument of merit, and even cancelled the engagement between Princess Hengshan and Wei Shuyu.

In this matter, we cannot say that Li Shimin was wrong, nor can we say that Wei Zheng had a problem. It can only be said that things just happened at the same time.

Now that Wei Zheng no longer has that problem and Li Chengqian will not rebel, this will definitely not happen.

Of course, there are also people who, due to the misleading information from certain online articles or street literature marketing accounts, believe that Li Shimin dug up Wei Zheng’s tomb. But... don’t believe it. Li Shimin would not do such a tasteless thing.

Li Xiang was happy because, on the one hand, he had taken care of his teacher's affairs after his death, and on the other hand, he had also saved his grandfather's reputation.

In addition to the throne, Li Xiang really likes Lao Li more and more.

Perhaps it was because blood is thicker than water, or perhaps it was because of the idol effect, but more importantly, it was because of Li Shimin's doting on her.

Even if it's a stone, it will be warmed up if you hold it in your arms, right?

Li Xiang was feeling happy when he suddenly noticed Li Shimin's face darken.

Before Li Xiang could ask, he saw Li Shimin was happy again.

"How could Xuancheng write about Qingque like this? He is really... an unkind person..."

At this point, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing out loud, and he leaned over the table and pounded it.

"What's wrong, old man?" Li Xiang stretched his head and looked curiously at the manuscript in Li Shimin's hand.

"Didn't you read what he wrote?" Li Shimin looked up and saw that Li Xiang didn't seem to be lying. He was really curious.

"I don't have time to read it. I came to you directly after getting the manuscript." Li Xiang said, scratching his head.

Li Shimin nodded, but couldn't help laughing out loud.

After his laughter subsided, he handed the manuscript to Li Xiang. "Here, this is the paragraph. See how your good teacher evaluates your second uncle!"

Li Xiang looked down -

"The King of Wei values ​​his reputation more than his principles. If he gets wind of something wrong, he will flee on tiptoe."

He even read it out loud.

After hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but curse again.

"This old bastard! How can you say that about my son!"

"Indeed, how about... deleting this part?" Li Xiang didn't really want to delete it. After all, this was vinegar. Old Wei and he had been going through so much trouble just for this plate of dumplings wrapped in vinegar...

Li Shimin pondered for a while, then said sternly, "Forget it. Since this is Xuancheng's hard work, it would be bad to delete it."

That being said, Old Li, who recently took off his filter, certainly knows how fierce the fight between Li Tai and Li Chengqian was.

Now is now, and the past is the past. There is nothing wrong with what Wei Zheng said, so why delete it?
"But what about my second uncle..." Li Xiang asked vaguely.

"You don't need to worry about your second uncle. Anyway, that old bastard Wei Zheng didn't say anything wrong." Li Shimin snorted. He suspected that this was a collusion between his eldest grandson and Wei Zheng, but unfortunately he had no evidence.

Li Xiang also wanted to add a sentence at the end: "He increased the average weight of the princes, but lowered their average health", but when he thought about how good his second uncle had been to him recently, he thought about it and gave up.

But after thinking about it, I always feel that I should stimulate my second uncle's motivation to lose weight.

So he said to Li Shimin: "Aunt, actually... I see that my second uncle is not keen on losing weight recently and his weight has not dropped much. I just thought of a good idea that may stimulate my second uncle."

"Oh? What's the solution?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

Mr. Li really cares about the children's health.

Li Xiang pointed at the sentence and said, "Actually, I can add another sentence at the end, but... I'm afraid that Grandpa will beat me up."

"I pardon you, go ahead and speak." Li Shimin waved his hand generously.

"Well, let me just add one sentence - he increased the average weight of the princes, but lowered their average health." Li Xiang's tone was a little vulgar and a little annoying.

Li Shimin thought about it and laughed again.

"Aye, Xiang'er, what are you doing?" Li Mingda walked in from outside after hearing the laughter.

Li Shimin pointed at Li Xiang and laughed loudly, "Sizi, come here quickly, you don't know how bad your good nephew is!"

"Ye Ye just slanders Xiang'er, but Xiang'er is the best child in the world!" Li Mingda said unwillingly.

"Okay, okay..." Li Shimin surrendered immediately. Since his beloved said so, what else could he say?

Li Mingda walked over, and Li Xiang handed the manuscript to Li Mingda and repeated what he had just said.

"Guji..." Li Mingda laughed, but then she felt that this was not a good idea and she was sorry for her fat second brother. She endured it and stretched out her pink fist to hit Li Xiang.

"You little rascal... humph." Li Mingda looked at Li Xiang with curved eyebrows. Although his words were somewhat reproachful, his expression did not show any hint of blame. He even supported Li Xiang in doing so.

Li Shimin had already been laughing so hard that he fell backwards. After a while, he wiped his tears and said, "Okay, it's settled. I see that Qingque has been so lazy recently. I must motivate him, otherwise he will continue to be fat!"

"My grandfather is wise and enlightened." Li Xiang crossed his arms and said pretentiously.

"Sizi, go and copy a section of this manuscript. I will send it to Qingque later." Li Shimin said with a smile, but after thinking for a while, he felt that it was not appropriate: "Forget it, I will summon Qingque to the palace and let him take a good look."

"Let him know that he should lose weight now that he is in his current size!"

Li Xiang was also happy. He peeled the orange and divided it into three parts, one for Li Shimin, one for Li Mingda, and one for himself.

The oranges are very sweet, completely different from the sour oranges I have eaten before.

"Oh, by the way, Aung, there is something else going on this time." Li Xiang said, "It's quite urgent."

"You say." Li Shimin said.

Li Xiang then told Li Shimin everything they had talked about at Wei Zheng's house before, including the "bard", "propagandist" and comic strip, and explained everything to him in detail.

The more Li Shimin listened, the more serious his expression became. At the end, Li Shimin nodded deeply.

"Is this what you thought, or what Xuancheng thought?"

"Both, actually half and half." Li Xiang scratched his head and gave some of the credit to the teacher.

Li Shimin smiled at him: "Hehe..."

In fact, he also realized that Li Xiang wanted to give the teacher some favor, but he didn't point it out.

"It is indeed a good thing to let the children of poor families act as propagandists and tell comic books to the children on the grasslands." Li Shimin nodded and said, "And what you said about dividing people into groups and going to various countries to tell the heroic deeds of our Han people is also a good suggestion. I think it is very good."

"It's settled. After three years away, when you come back, you will be awarded the rank of lower eighth rank. After five years, when you come back, you will be awarded the rank of full eighth rank." Li Shimin was extremely satisfied with this proposal: "This is a way out for children from poor families."

"In the past, poor children could only win the recognition of high-ranking officials by submitting investment bank papers, or become retainers of others, such as King Ma Bin." Li Shimin said with emotion: "If they participated in the imperial examination, they could not compete with the children of the aristocratic families, which resulted in poor children having no way to serve the country."

The King Ma Bin mentioned by Li Shimin refers to Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou lost his parents when he was young. Although his family was poor, he loved to study and was particularly proficient in the Book of Songs and Zuo Zhuan. Later, he came to Chang'an and lived in the home of General Chang He as a retainer.

Later, Old Li ordered all officials to write memorials to discuss the gains and losses of the government. Since Chang He was a military officer and had no knowledge of classics, Ma Zhou wrote a memorial for Chang He stating more than 20 suggestions that were beneficial to the country and asked him to submit it. All the suggestions were to the liking of Old Li. After questioning Chang He, he learned about such a talented person as Ma Zhou.

If it weren't for Chang He, it would be extremely difficult for Ma Zhou to catch Li Shimin's eye.

"Now that you have given them a way out, how can they not flock to it?" Li Shimin added, "And in my opinion, whether they follow the caravan or go out alone with a few people to talk, it is an opportunity to gain experience. This can also effectively avoid the situation of being an official and not having to eat meat. Good, good, very good!"

Li Mingda also went on to say: "What's more, the rule of appointing officials based on the number of years proposed by Xiang'er will make them do their best to complete the task."

Li Shimin nodded deeply, and just when he wanted to confirm this matter, he suddenly heard Wang De's voice outside.

"Everyone, six hundred miles, urgent."

Six hundred miles express delivery usually means big matters.

Li Shimin immediately asked someone to come in. After Wang De came in, he presented the expedited document to Li Shimin.

After opening the document, he looked down and angrily slammed it on the table.

"Gai Suwen has such an ambitious mind, how dare he kill the king! I will definitely send troops to Goguryeo to punish the people and suppress the rebellion!"

(The third update is delivered, I have already fainted)
(End of this chapter)