The next day, in Taiji Palace.
Thinking that he was going to take Empress Zhangsun to the Qin manor to see a doctor today, Li Shimin planned to end the morning court session early. After the three provinces and six ministries briefly reported their work and saw that there was nothing else, he said directly,："Do all the ministers have any important matters to report? If there is nothing important, you can withdraw from the court.”
The ministers looked at each other. It was rare to see the emperor urging the court to end early. What was wrong with him today?。
He couldn't show his abnormal feelings. After all, it was more than he could wish for to end the morning court session early and rest.，They bowed to Li Shiming and ended the morning court session?。
Seeing that most of the ministers had left, Wei Zheng pulled Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde and said,："The emperor ended the morning court session so early today. Don't you feel that there's a problem?”
"What problem can there be?" Cheng Yaojin asked with a puzzled look.? The earlier the court session ends, the earlier I can go home and hug my wife to sleep.”
Yuchi Jingde also echoed Cheng Yaojin?："It's good to get off the morning court early. I also want to go home and catch up on sleep.”
"You two think about it carefully. Is it because the emperor is going to the Qin residence that he is in such a hurry to leave the morning court?”Wei Zheng saw that the two of them did not understand, so he simply pointed it out.
Cheng Yaojin slapped his head." Your reminder is true. The emperor left court so early to find Young Master Qin, but the emperor didn't inform us to follow him. What should we do?"”
Yuchi Jingde? He laughed." Cheng Heizi, why can't your brain work at a critical moment? If the emperor doesn't bring us, we can just go and meet him. Don't you miss the hotpot in the Qin family?"”
Cheng Yaojin's eyes immediately lit up when he heard the word hotpot, and his saliva was about to drip down.：“? Of course, how could she not? Ever since I ate the hotpot of the Qin Family, I've been thinking about when I could have another meal there. The red chili hotpot, the fresh beef and the vegetables make me drool.”
Wei Zheng patted Cheng Yaojin. "Cheng Hei Zi, if you continue to think about it, you won't be able to meet the emperor in a while. Quickly go back and disguise yourself. We will wait for the emperor at the west gate.”
Cheng Yaojin chuckled and immediately quickened his pace. Wei Zheng and Yuchi Jingde also quickened their pace and went home to disguise themselves.
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Li Shimin had just finished the morning court session and went straight to Empress Zhangsun's Taiji Palace.："Guanyin maidservant, quickly put on a disguise. In a while, zhen will bring you to the Qin manor to find Qin Fang.”
"I was wondering why Second Brother left court so early today. So you're planning to go to the Qin Manor.”As Empress Zhangsun spoke, she called for a maid to dress her up.。
Li Shimin didn't need anyone's help. After the morning court session, he and Li Junxian had already changed their clothes.
After Empress Zhangsun changed her clothes, Li Junxian drove Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun to the west gate.
Wei Zheng, Cheng Yaojin, and Yuchi Jingde, who had been waiting at the west gate for a long time, recognized the emperor's carriage at a glance. Although there were many carriages in this era, there were still very few people who used high-quality horses like Li Shimin.。
The three of them rode their horses forward.
"Wei Zheng, Cheng Yaojin, and Yuchi Jingde pay their respects to the emperor?。”? In order to attract unnecessary attention, the three of them only bowed on their horses and did not get off their horses to kneel.。
Hearing the voices of Wei Zheng and the other two, Li Shimin couldn't help but twitch his mouth. If he didn't call the three of them, would they have followed him?。
At this moment, Li Junxian sent a message, "Reporting to the emperor, it's Lord Wei, General Cheng, and General Yuchi.”
"Let them follow?" Li Shi Min replied.
Just like that, the group of six headed towards the Qin Village in Jingyang County.
Four hours later, at the entrance of the Qin Manor, the six of them dismounted and walked into the manor.
As soon as he entered the Qin Manor, he saw a child throwing grains and feeding some wild birds.。
Seeing the children casually scattering the grains, Wei Zheng couldn't help but feel a little distressed. Although the Emperor had relied on Qin Fang's plan to relieve the people with work and let the people tide over the most difficult difficulties, the Great Tang was still in a state of food shortage.
"You guys are too much. In this year of famine, many people can't eat porridge, but you actually used grain to feed the birds.”Wei Zheng said angrily.
Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun nodded slightly, thinking that Wei Zheng was right.
Empress Zhangsun was the mother of a country. She usually set an example and never wore gold or silver. She only had two or three dishes for a meal and could not bear to waste any food. This was too much.
The old man sitting under the eaves watching the children feed the birds laughed.："I can tell that all of you are foreigners. You don't understand our Qin Manor at all.”
"This amount of grain is nothing. Which family doesn't have a few thousand catties of grain?”
The six of them were shocked. A few thousand catties of grain? He was already a big landlord, especially in this year of famine. Who could take out a few thousand catties of grain? And every household?
The Qin Residence was not small. There were at least 1,000 households. Even if each household had 4,000 catties of grain, that would be 4,000,000 catties of grain.
"Old man, you really know how to joke. I have never seen such a rich village with thousands of catties of grain per household.”Empress Zhangsun wanted to goad her into entering the house to take a look.
"My old man is a little old and can't do too much. Fortunately, Young Master Qin is kind and kind-hearted. He has set up a minimum living allowance for us old people. Not only does he not allow us to pay food, but he also subsidizes us with some food every month?，They would even give us meat during the holidays.”
The old man ignored him, as if there was no need to argue with a foreigner about such a reasonable and normal matter.
"It's okay if you don't believe me. You're not the first one who doesn't believe me.”
" What's a low-income guarantee?" Li Shi Min asked in confusion.
"Young Master Qin will arrange for people to apply for a minimum living allowance for those who have lost their ability to work or are severely disabled.”
The old man's indifferent words completely broke Li Shimin's mental defense. He had never thought that Qin Fang could do such a good deed, which was better than many officials of the Tang Empire.
The child ran over and said happily,"Grandpa, give me some more food. The little bird is not full yet.”
"Alright." The old man took out a handful of wheat from his pocket and fed it to the bird.
Wei Zheng picked up the wheat that had fallen to the ground. The wheat was full and was of high quality. Such good wheat was actually used to feed birds.，This old man was not lying.
Ah Huang, who was at the door, ran over and circled Empress Zhangsun. The old man took out a steamed bun from his pocket. "Ah Huang, come here." Ah Huang went over to sniff it and left in disgust.
"Hey, this little bastard is used to eating mutton. He doesn't eat white flour and steamed buns.”The old man scolded with a smile.
"Uncle Zhang, my Ah Huang is a pampered child. You're going too far by using a steamed bun to trick him.”At this moment, Er Niu walked over and said with a smile.
Li Shi Min, Wei Zheng, and the others almost vomited blood on the spot. In the palace, steamed buns with white flour were only given to the royal family and high-ranking military officers. Even the palace maids and eunuchs could not eat them. Here, even dogs were not eaten. This was the most outrageous thing.
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