The next morning.
Originally, Lin Fei did not need to attend the morning court. He was only a nominal son-in-law. He had not married Princess Changle and did not have an official position or title, so he did not need to attend the court.
But this morning, before he even got up, a young eunuch came to his residence and asked him to attend the morning court session.
"Something big has happened!" Lin Fei muttered softly when he saw that the expressions of the civil and military officials were not very good.
"The food that the emperor gave to the victims in Shandong was robbed the day before yesterday. If we don't find this food, many people in Shandong will starve to death this year.”
Cheng Yaojin had already reached Lin Fei's side and whispered to Lin Fei.
"The emperor called you here today probably to let you handle this matter. You have to be mentally prepared. Those people in Shandong are not easy to deal with.”
"What?" Lin Fei glared at him and said,"The imperial court has so many talents. Why would the emperor send a child like me?"”
Seeing Lin Fei's expression and recalling the 500 taels of gold that he had cheated out of yesterday, he chuckled and said,"Who told you to call yourself the Hui Wen Star? Such a troublesome matter should naturally be handled by a talented Hui Wen Star like you.”
"You guys joined forces to trick me?"
"We wouldn't dare to trick you. It's the emperor who thinks highly of you!”
Seeing that Cheng Yaojin was still gloating, Lin Fei wanted to bite him. This was too much.
However, when he thought of the 20,000 taels of gold that the officials had sent to his house yesterday, Lin Fei felt that he had not lost anything.
After all, it was only the early Zhenguan period, and they were not as rich as they were in the later period. 20,000 taels of gold could almost be compared to the gold in the national treasury.
Just as Lin Fei was wondering if he should accept Li Shiming's mission, Li Shiming walked in and sat firmly on the dragon throne.
"Dear ministers, the disaster relief food allocated to Shandong the day before yesterday was stolen. Do you have any good ways to get it back?”Li Shi Min asked the officials angrily.
No one stepped forward immediately. After two seconds, all the officials cupped their hands at Li Shimin and said,"Lin Fei becoming the Prince Consort of the Jin Dynasty is the time to make contributions. We suggest that this matter be handled by Prince Consort Lin Fei.”
The officials 'movements and voices were neat, as if they had been trained.
The corner of Lin Fei's mouth twitched. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he did not say it.
Yesterday, he had conned the officials because he needed to establish his authority. If he conned these officials today, they would probably all retaliate. Even Li Shiming would not be able to stop them. If he were to deal with the entire Great Tang by himself, it would not be fun.
He also knew that from the moment he appeared in the throne room, the officials knew who Li Shiming was going to send. They were only following Li Shiming's orders to take revenge for yesterday's trap.
"Forget it, forget it. Let these officials go. They might not be able to find the food. This concerns the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.”
Lin Fei thought to himself and cupped his hands at Li Shiming."Father-in-law, I'm willing to go to Shandong to retrieve disaster relief food.”
Eh, when did Lin Fei become so easy to talk to?
Li Shiming blinked his eyes, trying to see something different from Lin Fei.
Not only Li Shiming, but even the officials turned their heads and sized up Lin Fei.
"Father-in-law, there's no need to look. It's me. This matter concerns the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and the country of the Great Tang. This son-in-law knows that this is not the time to joke, and this son-in-law feels that no one here can handle this matter better than me.”Lin Fei said with a smile.
When they heard the first half of the sentence, the officials thought that Lin Fei had changed. However, when they heard the second half of the sentence, the officials 'faces instantly darkened. As expected, he was still looking down on them.
However, Li Shiming didn't care. He felt that Lin Fei's performance today was f * cking special. He was very happy that Lin Fei had given him face.
"Alright, alright, I'll allow you to go. I'll also transfer 3,000 soldiers from the Xuanwu Army to your command. I hope you can destroy the mountain bandits as soon as possible and retrieve the disaster relief food.”
"Yes, this son-in-law will not fail his mission. I will ensure that the disaster relief food will fall into the hands of the disaster victims.”
"I really believe you, haha!"
Seeing that the matter had been settled, all the officials bowed and flattered."Your Majesty is wise!"
After talking about the disaster grain, Lin Fei saw that Li Shiming didn't mention a word about the potatoes. He knew that Li Shiming still didn't believe the potatoes, or rather, he didn't believe his own words. Therefore, he would wait until the first batch of potatoes was harvested and verified before mentioning it.
Since Li Shiming didn't mention it, Lin Fei didn't mind. He had taken out the potatoes mainly to prevent the Great Tang from starving to death. As for this little credit, he didn't care.
Lin Fei didn't care about what Li Shiming discussed with the officials. He stood in the throne room and fell asleep.
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