Chapter 201: Early Determination of the Crown Prince! (asking for monthly ticket)
From this point of view, Li Yin was indeed brave.

Li Xiang really admired this kind of person. No matter how badly he was beaten, he always adhered to the principle of being tough on the outside. He would not give in or admit defeat, and would fight to the death.

Generally speaking, such people are called "rolling meat".

"But when fishing at sea, courage alone is not enough. You also need to be patient, able to endure loneliness and hardship." Li Xiang shook his head and sighed, "I'm afraid Sixth Uncle... can't do it."

"Who said I can't do it? You underestimate me, brother!" Li Yan was provoked and immediately said, "Among all the brothers, no one can compare with me in bravery and endurance!"

"Really?" Li Xiang asked with a smile when he saw Li Yin taking the bait.

"Of course I take it seriously!" Li Yin said, patting his chest.

"Good!" Li Xiang slammed the table and said, "I knew that Uncle Six is ​​very determined and far more determined than ordinary people!"

At this point, Li Xiang changed the subject and said, "So Uncle Six wants to go fishing at sea?"

"It's not impossible to go fishing." Li Yan's words were obviously full of meaning: "It's just that I'm in Qizhou, which is too far from the sea."

Li Xiang finally understood. Who said that this sixth uncle was a fool? Isn't he quite cunning?
He said he was asking about fishing at sea, but the meaning between the lines was that he wanted to go to Dengzhou, a newly prosperous place, to be a vassal.

But when it comes to whether he wants to go fishing at sea, Li Yin really wants to go.

The sea is all water, who wouldn’t want to go there?

"Uncle Six shouldn't have said this to me, he should have said it to Grandfather." Li Xiang looked at Li Yin meaningfully, "After all, Grandfather is the saint who can decide where Uncle Six will be enfeoffed."

"Hey, you are Aye's favorite grandson, he listens to you." Li Yan came up with a drooling face: "Good brother, can you help me speak?"

Li Xiang was also hesitating. Actually, Li Yin's idea was not impossible, but this guy was somewhat involved in dirty tricks. What if he caused trouble in Dengzhou?

"I'm not afraid of you, but I'm afraid that you, Sixth Uncle, have a bad temper and will cause trouble to the village when you arrive in Dengzhou..." Li Xiang said in a thoughtful tone.

Li Yin quickly patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, I will never do anything to harm the people when I go to Dengzhou, and I will never hurt any people in the Tang Dynasty!"

"Really?" Li Xiang looked at Li Yin suspiciously and asked.

"I swear on the candle!" Li Yin raised his hand.

However, just as he raised his hand to swear, Li Shimin pushed the door open, bringing in a gust of wind that blew out the candle.

Everyone looked at the candle that was blown out by coincidence, and looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"See? Even the candle doesn't believe the oath you made, Uncle Six." Li Xiang said, pointing at the candle that was emitting green smoke.

This sentence left Li Yingan silent.

When Li Shimin heard what Li Xiang said, he smiled and asked, "What's going on? Why are you swearing?"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, before Li Xiang could reply, Li Yin complained: "What happened just now doesn't count. Aye came at the wrong time!"

A vein popped up on Li Shimin's forehead, but considering that it was New Year's Day, it was not appropriate to be violent with the child.

"Sixth uncle just told his grandson that he wanted to go to Dengzhou to be a fief, and he swore to me that he would never do anything harmful to the people. If he did not, he would cut it off as a punishment." Li Xiang glanced at Li Yin and said.

After hearing this, Li Yin subconsciously clamped his legs together.

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"

"It seems that Uncle Six doesn't want to go to Dengzhou." Li Xiang spread his hands, looked at Li Yun and others and asked, "Uncle Seven, did you hear Uncle Six's oath just now?"

"We all heard it." Li Yun and Li Zhen said with a laugh.

Li Yin felt dizzy. Damn these two brothers...

"Since you have this intention, it is not impossible." Li Shimin glanced at Li Yin and said, "It's just that I am a little worried about your personality. Let's be a villain first and a gentleman later. If you really do something harmful to the people, what should we do then?"

"Then let me give birth to a son without dermatitis!" Li Yan said viciously.

"Bah! How can you treat my grandson like this?" Li Shimin stretched out his leg and kicked Li Yin.

After the kick he still felt unsatisfied, so he went up and started kicking him in the face with electric cannons, punching him in the face, and slapping him in the face endlessly.

"Uncle, please calm down. It's New Year's Day..." Li Xiang tried to smooth things over.

In line with the principle of celebrating the New Year, Li Shimin gave Li Xiang a chance to save face, pointed at Li Yin's nose and cursed: "If you continue to be such a jerk, be careful that I will beat you up!"

Li Yin wiped the snot from his nose, still feeling a little unconvinced.

Li Xiang had seen how tough this sixth uncle was.

Unfortunately, although he was a bit clumsy, he never made any serious mistakes, which made Old Li very uncomfortable.

In short, he is in a state where he makes mistakes all the time, big or small, and it's impossible to teach him a lesson.

"Since Sixth Uncle wants to go, let him try." Li Xiang hesitated for a moment and said, "If you are worried that Sixth Uncle will make a mistake and endanger the people in Dengzhou, why not let Feng Qing deal with him?"

"Alright." Li Shimin nodded and said, "Then let Feng Qing serve as the King of Shu's teacher."

This is the good thing about Li Yin, he really respects his teacher.

You see, when Quan Wanji followed him, he disciplined him so that he seemed obedient on the surface.

"Thank you, Aye, and thank you, brother!" Li Yin stood up happily and bowed to them.

As long as he can go to Dengzhou, he will do anything.

Hearing the word "brother", Li Shimin's face darkened again.

Damn it...I still didn’t get a good beating!
"Look how happy you are. Did you eat bee shit?" Li Shimin asked with a dark face.

Li Yan's face suddenly fell.

I was in a happy mood today, why did you say such things?

"Oh, it's New Year's Day..." Li Xiang once again tried to smooth things over and divert Li Shimin's attention.

Old Li was pushed by Li Xiang, groaning, and went to the side hall to have dinner together.

That's how it was settled. Although Li Yin was beaten up, it was still worth being excited about overall.

Finally, I don’t have to go back to that desolate place in Qizhou. I’m happy, joyful and beautiful!

At noon, Li Mingda brought Li Xiang a newly knitted sweater and trousers. After measuring them up and down, he found that the sizes were just right.

Aunt is still the best... Li Xiang sighed and asked Fubao to put away the sweater and trousers and wear them until the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"If you grow any taller, your aunt will have to take your clothes apart and redo them." Li Mingda complained to Li Xiang, but even though he was complaining, there was still a smile on his lips.

"Then I will try hard this year and grow no taller. I won't grow any taller anymore." Li Xiang said, scratching his head.

He is now conservatively estimated to be at least 1.75 meters tall...

In the Tang Dynasty, this height was not considered short.

If compared to the "monkey riding a dog" country on the other side of the sea, Japan can already be called a giant.

"Higher?!" Li Mingda stood on tiptoe, stretched out his hand to compare his height with Li Xiang, and then put his hand down dejectedly, "Huh, stinky elephant, you are so much taller than me."

Li Xiang thought, how fresh, what should I do if I am shorter than a normal woman? The Tang Dynasty is not France, it does not need a short man to save it.

In the Tang Dynasty today, there is still a custom of eating dumplings during the New Year. Just like in later generations, people eat dumplings during the New Year’s Eve dinner after staying up until midnight on the first day of the New Year.

Li Xiang was a northerner in his previous life, so naturally he had this tradition.

He had already prepared a few golden ruyi, which he boiled in a pot for an hour to disinfect, and then prepared to wrap them in dumplings for good luck.

The dumplings were not made by the dining bureau. Li Xiang came up with an interesting idea this year. He wanted the whole family to get together and have fun making dumplings together.

Let's make dumplings together!
As the saying goes, what goes up must come down. With the royal family taking the lead, it won’t be long before the custom throughout the country is to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year…

"What is this?" Li Mingda asked curiously when he saw the golden ruyi.

"This is Ruyi." When Li Xiang spoke, he glanced at his father Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian had almost forgotten about Ruyi. After hearing what Li Xiang said, his face darkened.

Li Xiang smiled secretly and said to Li Mingda, "This golden Ruyi should be wrapped in dumplings. Whoever eats the Ruyi will have everything going his way in the coming year and good luck for the whole year."

"Well, then I'll have to eat a few more and give you one later." Li Mingda said with a smile.

The filling of today's dumplings is celery and meat.

In Li Xiang's words, eating celery means being diligent all year round.

This was said when his grandmother was still alive. However, his grandmother often complained about his father in his previous life, saying that he had eaten for many years but he had not become more diligent...

"How do you make dumplings?" Li Shimin asked curiously, holding the dough rolled out by Li Xiang.

Li Xiang took the dumpling wrapper and began to demonstrate to Lao Li.

"This is it, this is it, look, the dumplings are ready, aren't they?"

"Hmm..." Li Shimin followed suit. It must be said that Tian Khan had a strong learning ability and he quickly mastered the skills of making dumplings.

The dumplings made by each family member also have their own characteristics. For example, the dumplings made by Li Chengqian are a little crooked; the dumplings made by Li Ke are pretty good, but slightly worse than those made by Lao Li; the dumplings made by Li Tai are as big and fat as his belly; the dumplings made by Li Zhi are like children's works, with the fillings a little exposed; on the contrary, the dumplings made by Li Mingda are the most perfect, two points better than those made by Li Shimin.

The most outrageous thing was the dumplings made by Li Yin. It was as if he had vowed to make the biggest dumplings possible, and they were almost like leek dumplings.

"You made the dumplings yourself, so you should eat them yourself." Li Shimin glared at Li Yin.

Li Yin was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, his face was neither red nor white.

Since the dumplings he made were so unique, he didn't put golden ruyi inside.

He also took the dumplings away and gave them to the eunuchs as rewards.

The celery and meat dumplings tasted good, at least that's what Li Xiang thought.

At the beginning of the midnight, Mr. Li and his family lit the old brooms again in the courtyard, hoping for a good luck that the warehouse would not be empty.

After burning the broom, we have the New Year’s Eve dinner.

People in Northeast China always dip dumplings in soy sauce, but after he went out and went to school, he learned not to dip them in soy sauce, but only in vinegar and chili oil, with a little mashed garlic.

Considering that I had to go to court, I didn't make any mashed garlic to eat.

I just used a little chili oil squeezed from wild pepper in Yunnan, added a little Sichuan pepper oil for garnish, and ate the dumplings with vinegar.

"Ouch." Li Xiang groaned and pulled out a piece of Ruyi from his mouth.

He smiled at the elders and said, "Aunt, aunt, father, uncles, I'll have a piece first—"

Then one after another, several more Ruyi were eaten.

In this meal, most of the Ruyi dumplings were eaten by Li Xiang. If he hadn't secretly given one to Li Shimin and Li Mingda respectively, his front would have been almost full of Ruyi dumplings.

Li Mingda still took Li Xiang, as well as younger children such as Li Xin and Li Jue, to the well with sesame seeds and red beans to make a wish and throw them in, praying that there would be no typhoid fever or plague in the coming year.

When the cockcrowed, accompanied by the sound of igniting explosives, Li Shimin, with his children and grandchildren, prepared to go to the Taiji Hall to hold a grand court meeting.

This year's grand court meeting will be more grand than the previous two years.

After all, last year, the Tang Dynasty conquered two countries in succession and captured the monarchs and civil and military officials of the two countries. Not only did they have to offer tributes of victory, but they also had to boast of their achievements.

Although the procedures for the Taimiao have been completed, the procedures for the New Year's Day court meeting have not yet been completed.

What's more, this is the result of the emperor's personal expedition, so it should be more grand.

After accepting the worship at Chengtian Gate, Li Shimin came to the top of Taiji Hall and sat down.

Under the guidance of the Tongshi Sheren, all the officials came to the outside of the Taiji Hall in court robes.

What’s different from last year is that there are several more prisoner of war representatives this time.

After the envoys from all four barbarians prostrated themselves to congratulate the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it was time to present the captives.

King Go Zang of Goguryeo, Quan Gaesomun of Daemoriji, and King Yici of Baekje humbly prostrated themselves on the ground, waiting for the announcement of their fate.

However, what relieved them was that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not intend to put them to death, but pardoned their sins, and conferred the title of Prince of Shunde on the former Goguryeo King Gao Zang, the title of Prince of Chengde on the former Baekje King Buyeo Yici, and the title of Marquis of Shunde on Quan Gaisuwen.

Being able to survive is naturally great.

The three of them knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly in gratitude and tears.

Originally, the three of them were still somewhat unwilling to give in and refused to admit defeat, but after staying in Chang'an for a few months, they had long since given up on this idea.

In addition, today's New Year's Day court meeting allowed them to witness the grand scene of the Tang Dynasty's submission to all foreigners, which made them dare not raise the slightest thought of resistance.

After announcing the solution to the conquered areas, it is time to reward those who have made contributions.

Li Xiang is also looking forward to the rewarding session.

After all, this reward not only concerns himself, but also the gift he will give to Lao Li later, whether it will be a giant phoenix, a big phoenix, or a small phoenix.

The little elephant never suffers any loss!

The Prince's Grand Tutor Xiao Yu stepped forward to accept the order, and then he went to the northeast side of the officials, facing west, and said loudly: "There is an order!"

All civil and military officials and envoys from all ethnic groups bowed again.

Xiao Yu loudly proclaimed: "I celebrate the inauguration of the new position with you all!"

Then he opened the second edict.

However, when he saw this, Xiao Yu held his breath.

Then he looked up at Li Xiang.

Seeing Xiao Yu's expression, and then following his gaze to look at Li Xiang, all the civil and military officials were worried.

It seems... Your Majesty has really made up his mind this time to establish the crown prince as soon as possible!

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