Princess Yicheng died. Li Shimin buried her according to the rules of a princess and hanged her as " Han ". Jie Li Khan survived in an extremely disgraceful manner. In the end, he did not fight like a warrior, but shouted to surrender. Therefore, everyone despised Jie Li Khan. Li Shimin neither humiliated him nor gave him an official position like in history. He directly raised him in captivity.
The weather gradually became hot in the summer. Li Shiming gave the school and his children a two-month holiday according to the custom of the later generations. Therefore, Li Shiming's children stayed in the palace every day. On this day, Li Shiming went to Empress Zhangsun's Administrative Hall for lunch. Oh…so many people were here. As soon as he entered the Administrative Hall, he saw a group of children here.
Li Shiming's children were still very close to each other, so they often got together. But why were they all gathered here this time? Because in addition to Empress Zhangsun's children and Yuzhang, even Li Ke was there. What was going on?
When the group of kids saw Li Shiming, they quickly greeted him and then sneakily stood aside. Li Shiming glanced at Empress Zhangsun and then looked at her with interest without asking.
Empress Zhangsun was also smiling as she watched all of this. When she saw Li Shimin looking over, she only covered her mouth and smiled.
The few of them gathered together and discussed for a while. Finally, they pushed out Changle as the representative. Haha…They now knew that Li Shiming was a womanizer. As long as his daughter came forward, there was nothing he couldn't do. This time, they pushed Changle out.
"Aye, we want to open a shop to sell ice.”Chang Le looked at her brothers and sisters from left to right. He grabbed the corner of his clothes and said to Li Shiming, looking a little nervous.
"Oh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows. There was no shortage of ice in the palace now. After entering summer, Li Shimin used saltpeter to make ice in large quantities, so there was no shortage of ice in the palace now.”
Although there was no shortage of ice in the palace now, it was only a seasonal item after all, so he did not sell it.
"Summer ice is very expensive now." Changle stared at Li Shiming. Of course, it was very expensive, so he could earn a lot of money.
Li Shimin was speechless." I'm asking why you need so much money. Didn't he get his monthly allowance every month?”
"Money isn't everything, but you can't do without money.”Chang Le said confidently.
Li Shimin felt as if a crow was flying over his head. He was extremely depressed. He had always said these things, but now that Changle had mentioned them, Empress Zhangsun burst out laughing. She couldn't help but see this scene.
"What you said makes sense. Tell me, what are you going to do?”What else could he say now? Li Shiming rubbed his chin helplessly.
"Do I need to prepare for this?" Changle didn't understand. Ice could be sold directly in the shop. She had heard that ice was very expensive now. A basin-sized piece of ice cost one or two silver coins.
Well, it was true that they could only sell ice cubes now. Li Shiming was also interested in these little guys, so he said," Do you want me to help you?”
So Li Shimin wrote down the cooking methods of various ice cream, shaved ice, and ice cream, and asked the chamberlain to get someone to make them.
The next step was naturally to eat. These guys ate quickly because they had their own thoughts. After eating, they pestered Li Shiming to give them their ideas.
"How many people are you preparing? Just the few of you here?" Li Shiming looked at Li Chengqian and Li Ke and said. Needless to say, it must be the idea of these two guys.
When Li Chengqian saw Li Shiming looking over, he knew that it was his idea." It's us."”
"Hmm? You're all brothers and sisters. Shouldn't you share your blessings and hardships together? Those who are not here are your brothers and sisters, right?”
What was the meaning of this? "Imperial Father, they are still young and don't understand what we're saying. Besides, they can't afford it.”
Li Shi Min slapped his forehead." Why are you so stupid? They don't understand, but their consort mother does. Later, take the things that zhen wrote and the cold drinks that zhen made and go find their consort mother. When the time comes, each of you will get a share. You can keep the money you earn.”
Before he left, he said," The cold drink is too cold. Be careful not to eat too much.”
He had just returned to the Dew Hall and had barely sat down when he heard the chamberlain say that Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Wei Zheng had arrived.
What did this mean? Wei Zheng actually came with them. Since he couldn't think of it, he didn't want to. He directly asked the chamberlain to invite them in.
"What are you guys here for today?”It was definitely not a good thing for these people to come together.
Wei Zheng bowed and said," Your Majesty, please appoint a crown prince for the sake of the country.”
So they came together for this. Li Shimin understood, but he didn't plan to do as they wished. He didn't want to appoint a Crown Prince now. In history, the Crown Prince Li Chengqian was used as a target and was picked on every day. This involved a very deep power struggle.
"I would like to ask my dear ministers, who will inherit your family business after a hundred years? The eldest son or something else?" Li Shi Min asked playfully.
Was there a need to ask? It must be the eldest son, so they all answered that according to the rules, it should be inherited by the eldest son.
"Then what if the eldest son is trash and the youngest son is smart and capable?”
"If one day your butler comes to you and tells you that you should confirm that your eldest son will inherit the family business, what kind of situation do you think it will be? Or do you often criticize your eldest son's faults in front of you so that you can re-establish your youngest son to inherit the family business for the sake of the servants and stabilizing the mood of those farmers?”Li Shimin spread his hands," I don't understand. Can you help me?"”
Everyone understood that this was not to clear their doubts. It was clearly aimed at the question of the crown prince that they had just raised.
Li Shi Min immediately said with a gloomy face,"Do you think I'm a fool? Since you know the rules, do you still need to say it? The logic was the same. Or is it that without a crown prince, if something happens to me, I won't be able to ascend to the throne? Someone would fake the imperial edict, just like Bei Zhou? Or was it that after the crown prince was appointed, some powerful officials decided to depose the crown prince based on whether the crown prince could be controlled?”After saying that, he glared at Zhangsun Wuji. This guy was like this in history.
The ministers broke out in cold sweat. This was almost a conspiracy to usurp the throne.
Li Shi Min didn't need them to answer anything. He only needed them to understand that the matter of appointing a Crown Prince wasn't something that officials like them could do. Officials should act like officials. Since when could officials discuss the appointment of a Crown Prince?
"Don't use the excuse that the Crown Prince wants to learn how to handle government affairs. In the future, no matter which prince, they will learn how to handle government affairs from me, because no matter which prince, they will have a vassal state.”Li Shi Min waved his hand and said," In the future, anyone who talks about the crown prince will be punished according to conspiracy."”
"Tell those ministers to focus on their duties and not think too much. The Great Tang has already conferred the corresponding titles according to their contributions, so don't come and ask for a princess. This Emperor's daughter will not be used as a political bargaining chip, nor will she become someone's amulet. If that's the case, what do you think this Emperor's daughter is? If you want to become the emperor's son-in-law, you have to see if you have the ability, not rely on your father's generation. Don't just eat and wait for death because of your father's contribution. That will only ruin the family business. Such a person can't be the emperor's son-in-law, nor is he worthy of being the emperor's son-in-law. Therefore, please tell the ministers not to ignore the discipline of their children because of official business.”Li Shi Min took this opportunity to say what he was thinking. He didn't care what these people would think after hearing it. He had to take care of his own sons and stop staring at my children.
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