The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Shimin put down the account book, took Empress Changsun's hand, and patted it slowly.

"You are the one who understands me the most." Li Shimin said.

"Yes, I understand. With this thing, in the future, it will be one step closer to what Erlang wants to do. What Erlang wants to do is also good for the Tang Dynasty and the country. So, I think that no matter how much is transferred from the inner court, it is worth it." Empress Changsun said gently.

"Today, I mentioned this matter to Huairen, but he avoided it like a snake and scorpion." Li Shimin said with emotion: "He is afraid in his heart, afraid that he knows too much."

"Is he so cautious?" Empress Changsun asked.

"Yes, he has shown me everywhere that he has no desire for power, but only wants to be a free and easy prince, only wants to make some money and live a good life. Even if he makes a lot of money, he is not at ease. You say, he is like this, how can I treat him to make him feel at ease?" Li Shimin frowned and said.

Li Fu was the closest brother to him among the Li family.

He had already done this, so how could he be suspected of having bad intentions? He was completely different from Li Xiaochang and the others.

If his intentions were not pure, he would not do anything and would not think of coming to the palace to discuss with him.

Especially the matter of Xiao Yu, it was just to stay at the manor for a few days next year and be his teacher for a few days. There was no need to come to the palace to tell him.

Did he do this because he was afraid that he would think too much?

It was he who thought too much.

Empress Changsun sighed, and she could not think of any good way to deal with it.

"Perhaps, he has seen too many things since he became a prince." Empress Changsun said: "After all, he grew up outside since he was a child, so he is a little timid, which is understandable."

Li Shimin smiled and shook his head.

"If you say he is timid, he is not timid in some things, but he is timid only in matters of the court."

"But it doesn't matter, let him do whatever he wants, anyway, I know it in my heart, but he is too reserved about some things, and I always feel that he lacks a sense of intimacy." Li Shimin said: "Only when it comes to money, he is not polite at all, hum."

Thinking of Li Fu's face when he sat in the Liangyi Hall in the afternoon, Li Shimin began to get angry again.

"So, today Erlang looked at the account book, so that you can use it to fool Huairen?" Empress Changsun smiled and looked at Li Shimin.

"I..." Li Shimin was choked by his words, and then he defended himself, "How can it be called fooling around? If it had nothing to do with him, when would the palace have held such a grand banquet? And why did we need to invite so many people? Am I asking for his money? No, I am taking his money to do his business!"

Well, this was said by Li Fu himself.

Li Shimin still remembered the heart-wrenching feeling when he took out 130,000 strings of copper coins.

Originally, the country was not rich. To build the Da'an Palace, the money approved for Li Fu alone was 130,000 strings, which made the already poor treasury even worse.

This time, he finally got the chance, and let Li Fu taste the heartache!

After so long, he can finally wait to see the money back.

How difficult it is! Once you miss this village, you will never get this shop again.

Besides, what does Li Fu need that little money? He is not short of money!

"Make a new account book and study it carefully." Li Shimin said: "Write down all the places where money is spent."

"By the way, keep the most important one." Li Shimin pointed to the real account book he put down next to him: "I will have someone check the account later."

See how much money the inner court can save after this event, and maybe even make some money.

"Okay, okay, I will do as you said, Erlang, and prepare two sets of account books." Empress Changsun smiled and said: "I am on your side."

Hearing this, Li Shimin also smiled.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival. During the day, Li Fu stayed at home honestly and did not go out, waiting to enter the palace in the evening to attend the banquet.

But he did not wait until dark to set off. After all, Li Fu still remembered that there was an important matter today.

He came to the palace in advance and went straight to the East Palace.

As the crown prince, Li Chengqian must follow Li Shimin to attend the court banquet, but this does not prevent him from finding an excuse to go to the inner court and to Empress Changsun halfway through the banquet.

Who made him young?

So, Li Fu went to the East Palace in advance to catch Li Chengqian and give him some advice.

Don't ask, the question is what the crown prince's tutor wants to give to the crown prince.Who dares to stop me from assigning homework?

Li Fu swaggered into the East Palace. Li Chengqian sat at the table at the top of the hall. In front of him, there were a lot of memorials.

"How old are you? His Majesty lets you handle government affairs?" Li Fu entered the hall and felt sick when he saw this scene.

Li Shimin's education of Li Chengqian was a bit too advanced, wasn't it?

At the age of eleven or twelve, he could read books fluently, which was already a good student. Now he actually let Li Chengqian read memorials?

"Uncle Wang!" After seeing Li Fu, Li Chengqian stood up from his seat excitedly and walked down the steps to greet Li Fu.

Li Fu stepped forward and picked up Li Chengqian.

"How have you been in the palace these days? You look like this, are you very tired?" Li Fu asked with concern.

"Not tired." Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Although those are memorials submitted by court officials, they are all memorials reviewed by Aye. Aye specifically wrote down the results and reasons on the memorials, and then asked the palace servants to bring them to me. I don't need to make any decisions or comments, I just need to learn how Aye governs. Aye said that there is no harm in taking a look in advance."

Li Fu was relieved.

"So that's how it is. How is it? Can you understand it?" Li Fu asked.

"I can understand it. Aye has written it in great detail." Li Chengqian said, "Aye also wrote so much on it specifically for me. For ordinary memorials, Aye would just simply comment on a few words after reading them."

"That's good. Is it more interesting to read a book or to read a memorial?" Li Fu asked, pulling Li Chengqian to sit down on the steps.

"It's all about the same. When reading a book, you need to understand what is recorded in the book. When reading memorials, you need to understand what happened, why my father gave that reply, why the court did that. Anyway, it's quite tiring." Li Chengqian supported his cheeks with both hands, feeling a little depressed.