Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Zheng Han took a sip of the tea soup first, closed his eyes and enjoyed it for a while, then nodded in satisfaction and said: "Not bad, good tea, top-quality tea cakes."

Chen Yin laughed, and said: "Brother Yu came so far away, how can I be stingy with a cup of tea? This is the good tea that His Majesty rewarded me last year, and there are only three pancakes in total."

"Oh." Zheng Han heard that this is the tea cake given by the emperor, the smile on his face restrained a little, and he turned to laughing, "The tea cake given by His Majesty is of course good. However, Fan Yang is the leader in terms of good tea. "

Speaking of Fan Yang, of course it is Lu Shi. It means that His Majesty's tea is not as good as Lu's tea?

Li Xin narrowed his eyes slightly.

No wonder the great His Majesty Li Er always thinks day and night to overthrow all the gentry except his own family among the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs. If Li Xin were him, Li Xin would also want to do the same thing.

On the one hand, these gentry clans are huge in power, have intricate interests, and have very huge political influence, which greatly affects the centralization of power. To put it directly, it affects the power in the hands of His Majesty Li Shimin - after all, there is only so much power, if you share more, he will have less in his hands, right?

As an emperor who wants to make a difference, the first step is to be assertive. Of course Li Shimin wanted to strengthen his power, that is, to clean up these old clans.

On the other hand, these gentry are very inflated, and they don't care about the royal face at all. There is a saying in Shilin, "It is better to marry a woman with five surnames than enter the emperor's family." What does it mean? It's very simple, that is to say, marrying a princess is not as good as marrying other women with five surnames and seven Wangs.

Li Shimin's daughter is not as good as the daughters of their prominent families? Take a closer look, what kind of expansion can you say?

However, Li Shimin has nothing to do. This is the most annoying.

The current situation is even more outrageous. What Zheng Han means is that Li Shimin's daughter is not as good as others, and even the tea is not as good as others.

Li Xin really couldn't help feeling sorry for Li Shimin for a second.

Throughout the dynasties, most people have acquiesced that royal things are the best. This is also the logic for IKEA to settle down—it is dedicated to the royal family and the government written by Li Shimin himself. However, when it comes to the gentry with five surnames and Qiwang, the situation is different. Not to mention the daughter, even a piece of tea, they all think that their own home is better, which is outrageous.

Not to mention objectively, the royal tributes were carefully selected and sent to the palace from all over the country, and the quality must not be much worse. Even if the quality of the tribute tea was slightly inferior, most people would not so clearly say that the tribute tea was inferior and not as good as a certain tea in order to take care of the emperor's face or express their respect to the emperor.

These aristocrats are really a big problem.

Li Xin shook his head secretly.

Naturally, Chen Yin could not fail to understand Zheng Han's implication. However, he was a little dismissive of this kind of small family's words - what can you do if you don't accept it? It is Li Shimin who sits in the mountains and rivers, even his Li family. No matter how good Fanyang Lu's tea is, it will not be a tribute. It's like you, Zheng Han, no matter how much you think that Zheng Boyang is a learned man, you have to come to Beijing obediently to ask for help before you can send him to serve in the court.

"Really? I think His Majesty's tea is very good. Don't you think it tastes good?" Chen Yin asked with a smile.