Zhangsun Wuji had returned, but he walked out and came back lying down.
Although Zhangsun Wuji was in his prime, thirty strokes of the stick was not a good feeling for him. His buttocks were broken, and fresh blood dyed his clothes red. It was a shocking sight.
Li Shi Min saw Zhangsun Wuji's appearance and knew that it was not suitable for him to go to court at this time. He asked the guards to send him back first, and then ordered the Imperial Academy of Medicine to send the imperial doctor to treat him.
Zhangsun Wuji left, completely defeated, leaving behind Lin Fei's legend for future generations to worship.
Li Shiming saw that no one was against Lin Fei marrying Princess Chang Le. Although he was unwilling, he had already guessed that this might happen. It was just that Zhangsun Wuji was suffering.
"Lin Fei, come forward and listen to the seal!"
"Son-in-law is here!"
After Li Shi Min spoke, Lin Fei took a few steps forward and cupped his hands, waiting for Li Shi Min to continue.
Seeing that Lin Fei still did not kneel down at this time, Li Shiming was very helpless. He knew that it was impossible for Lin Fei to kneel down to him in this lifetime.
According to the laws of the Tang Empire, Li Shiming could punish Lin Fei for not kneeling, but Li Shiming did not dare to. After all, not to mention Lin Fei's various methods, the gunpowder formula was still in Lin Fei's hands!
Li Shiming knew that the most important thing now was to settle the marriage between Lin Fei and Princess Changle, so that Lin Fei would not cause trouble again.
"Conferring Lin Fei as the current emperor's son-in-law and conferring marriage to Princess Changle! Pick a day to get married!" As soon as Li Shiming finished speaking, the eunuch standing beside him immediately took the imperial edict that he had prepared and left.
In the Tang Empire, the marriage of a princess was a major event, not to mention the Changle Princess. As one of Li Shiming's two most beloved daughters, her marriage was a major event, so it had to be announced to the world. The eunuch who took the imperial edict out had to announce it to the world.
"Thank you, father-in-law!" Lin Fei cupped his hands at Li Shiming.
Seeing Lin Fei's casual expression, Li Shiming thought to himself,'You're calling me father-in-law. Can I do anything?'
By now, the matter of Lin Fei marrying Princess Chang Le had been settled. Even Retired Emperor Li Yuan could not change it.
"Is there anything else? If you don't, then withdraw from court!"
Today, Li Shiming was already confused by Lin Fei's matter. He didn't want to deal with other things, so he asked casually and prepared to leave the court.
"Emperor, this subject has something important to say."
In the Great Tang, no one who could become an official was stupid. Observing people's expressions was the most basic skill, and these officials usually displayed this skill quite well.
But today, for some reason, it was as if everyone's IQ had dropped. They didn't even notice Li Shiming's obvious impatience, and someone even stood up to speak.
As the voice rang out, Lin Fei saw Fang Xuanling step forward.
Fang Xuanling was the most severe case of henpecked husband in the Great Tang. As a high-ranking official of the Great Tang, he only married one wife in his life.
"Minister Fang, what's the matter?"
Li Shimin saw that the person who spoke was Fang Xuanling, so he had no choice but to sit back down on the dragon throne.
If it were any other official, he could have pushed it to tomorrow. But Fang Xuanling was different. He had followed him for many years and had never had any requests. Therefore, at this time, he had to give Fang Xuanling some face.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the locust plague is becoming more and more ferocious, and it has already spread to Chengan City. If we don't come up with a good plan, many people will starve to death this year.”
Li Shimin was no longer in the mood to go back and rest when the locust plague was mentioned. They had discussed this matter many times before, but there was no good result. They could only open the granary to release food.
However, there was a limit to the amount of grain in the national granary. If this continued, there would be a day when all the grain would be eaten up.
There were also people who said that they would collect grain from the landowners, but the landowners would not let go. It was like they would slowly release the grain after the price increased.
For this reason, some generals wanted to pull out those landowners and cut them down, but they couldn't. Li Shimin's country needed the support of these landowners.
This wouldn't do, and that wouldn't do. In the end, this matter could only be put on hold. However, today's matter couldn't be delayed. Otherwise, the world might really be in chaos.
"Does anyone have any good ideas?"
Li Shi Min looked at the civil and military officials below. Although he knew that there might not be any results, he still did not give up.
Sure enough, when Li Shiming asked this question, the officials all lowered their heads.
"Emperor, this lowly official feels that the Prince Consort is extremely talented and is also the descendent of the Hui Wen Star. He definitely has a way to deal with this locust plague!”
As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, all the officials raised their heads and looked at him in shock.
They didn't expect that Fang Xuanling would still dare to step forward with Zhangsun Wuji in front of him.
How brave!
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Then, he knelt down. Kneel!
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