Everyone looked at Wei Zheng suspiciously.
"Oh?" Li Shiming was the only one who remained calm. Please speak, dear minister."
Wei Zheng stood up and everyone saw that Wei Zheng was holding something in his chest. This thing was covered with cloth.
Although Pei Xingjian knew about it in advance, he was also instructed to act with Wei Zheng. Hence, he stepped forward and blocked Li Shimin.
Li Shi Min: " Aiya, Commander Pei, move a step away. You've blocked my sight. What are you still looking at?"”
"Commander Pei?" Everyone was puzzled.
"He is Pei Xingjian, the son of Pei Renji."”
Everyone was enlightened. Cheng Yaojin said," So it's you. Call me uncle."”
Fang Xuanling covered his face." Duke, we're in the middle of a meeting. Don't tease us, okay?"”
Cheng Yaojin smiled awkwardly,"What business could Wei Zheng have?"”
Wei Zheng hurriedly said,"Your Majesty, this is a serious matter."”
"Go ahead." Li Shimin smiled.
Wei Zheng tore off the cloth, revealing a slightly rusty but very smooth bronze mirror.
"Today, the construction of the Dragon Head Plain's palace started. The first hoe dug down and this was dug up.”
"A mirror?" Fang Xuanling asked suspiciously. What kind of mirror is this?"
Wei Zheng said," This is a mirror from the Qin Dynasty. Why is there a mirror on Longshou Plain? I've flipped through the history books and found a possibility. It's Epang Palace."”
Everyone's expression changed drastically.
Epang Palace, a place built by Qin Shihuang to enjoy himself, was burned down by Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Chu.
Of course, this part of the historical records was fake, but no one in the Great Tang knew this except Fang Yang.
Li Shi Min's expression didn't change.
Zhangsun Wuji stepped forward." Your Majesty, when I heard about the Dragon Head Plain's temporary residence, I thought of something. I hope Your Majesty can make a decision."”
"Lord Zhangsun, why are you like this? Why are you interrupting?"”
Zhangsun Wuji: " Of course we have to interrupt. This matter is more serious and we have to mention it."”
"Oh?" If Uncle has something to say, you go first."
Wei Zheng took a step back gloomily.
I haven't even started to act out about the Epang Palace mirror. I'm about to put on a show.
He was forcefully interrupted.
Let's see what you can say.
Zhangsun Wuji: " Back then, His Majesty proposed to use his own palace treasury's gold and silver to build a palace to support the Retired Emperor in his old age.”
"The Retired Emperor is already riding the dragon as a guest of honor, but many things in the palace have already been prepared. If we stop work rashly, thousands or even tens of thousands of merchants, craftsmen, and commoners related to it may starve to death on the streets. However, I suggest that we stop work temporarily.”
Wei Zheng was dumbfounded. What? Was the palace built to fulfill filial piety?
What? Would the suspension cause millions of people to starve to death on the streets?
"Why stop?" You already said that if we stop work, tens of thousands of people will starve to death.”
Zhangsun Wuji: " In this season, the wind is blowing from the northeast to the southwest. Sand from the construction site will blow into the palace. I'm afraid it's ominous. Moreover, the sand will cause people to get lung diseases. There are many women in the palace, so they can't be affected by lung diseases.”
Li Shiming was furious." Uncle, what are you thinking? You stopped work and starved ten thousand people to death just for my harem?"”
"Why didn't all of my harem move to Huaqing Mountain and come back after it was completed?”
Zhangsun Wuji was 'enlightened.'" It's my fault for not thinking things through. Your Majesty's method is fine, but I don't know if it's against etiquette.”
Li Shimin: " Even the Minister of Rites doesn't know as much about etiquette as Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng, tell me about it."”
Wei Zheng: " This…This…For the sake of tens of thousands of people, I can only let His Majesty and the concubines, princesses, and princes in the harem suffer.”
"Right, Wei Zheng, what did you want to say just now?" Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction.”
Wei Zheng was dumbfounded.
Li Shimin built the palace to fulfill his filial piety.
Tens of thousands of people would starve to death if they stopped building the palace.
I originally wanted to stop the construction of the palace.
Now that the construction of the temporary palace had been stopped, what should they do?
Who will help me out?
Help me dig a hole and I'll bury myself?
Wei Zheng lowered his head and wanted to bury his face in his arms. When he saw the mirror in his hand, he had an idea."It's an auspicious sign from the heavens, Your Majesty!"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Didn't they just mention Epang Palace? Since ancient times, Epang Palace had been ominous. How did it become auspicious?
Wei Zheng: " I have flipped through the history books and finally saw a passage in the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Great Scholar Zheng Xuan.”
"In the Qin country, Qin Shihuang had a divine weapon called the Qin Mirror.”
"Qin Jing can see through people's hearts."
"You can judge right from wrong and monitor corrupt officials.”
"Great Qin used Qin Jing to intimidate the world and rule the six countries.”
"Later on, Qin Shihuang died and Qin Jing was accidentally lost. In the end, Qin lost the divine weapon of the state and perished.”
"Now that Your Majesty has the divine weapon of the state, the Imperial Jade Seal, and the divine weapon of the state, the Qin Mirror, isn't it an auspicious sign from the heavens?”
"The great scholar Zheng Xuan also mentioned this matter?" Why didn't I see it?"
Wei Zheng blushed." That's an out-of-print Spring and Autumn Annals. It was lost in the war. I only recalled it by chance when I flipped through the history books."”
"Good!" Li Shimin clapped the table and cheered. It was indeed a good thing that such a divine weapon was found under the palace!”
Wei Zheng smiled." Your Majesty, why don't we remove the rust from this mirror after the palace is repaired and hang it above the palace? We can use it as a mirror to intimidate the night."”
Li Shimin nodded. F * ck, Fang Yang could even predict how Wei Zheng would remedy the situation and how he would lie?
"Minister Wei Zheng, what do you think the palace should be called after it is built?”
Wei Zheng rolled his eyes.”
Wei Zheng,"What am I doing here today?" To name the palace? Something felt wrong!
Li Shiming took a deep breath, and Zhangsun Wuji gasped.
Fang Yang was so terrifying.
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