The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Yes." Li Shimin lowered his head and responded.

Yesterday, after the empress returned to Lizheng Hall from Da'an Palace, she told Li Shimin that the matter had been settled. When Li Shimin returned to Lizheng Hall after handling the government affairs, the couple figured it out while eating.

In addition, Li Chengqian often went to Da'an Palace these two days, so this matter was really simple to handle.

With Li Chengqian's involvement, Li Yuan also knew everything about Zhuangzi.

They were all old hands, and Li Yuan could hear from Li Chengqian's words what Zhuangzi was like now.

Yesterday afternoon, Li Yuan even looked at the drawings of the school on Zhuangzi.

However, what Li Shimin didn't expect was that the emperor had to pay from Da'an Palace to take over the land of the Pei family, so there was a reason for this.

In this way, it is obvious that the emperor will stand behind King Jingyang and support everything King Jingyang does on the farm.

The emperor supports King Jingyang, and King Jingyang supports him as the emperor and the prince.

This family is interesting.

In Da'an Palace, Li Yuan prepared a banquet, music and dance, waiting for Pei Ji to come.

Pei Ji followed the eunuch to Da'an Palace and stepped into the hall.

"I pay my respects to your majesty." Pei Ji bowed respectfully.

He also felt that the relationship between him and the emperor was no longer the same as before.

Perhaps, the relationship is still close, but this closeness is mixed with many other things, and it is no longer as unrestrained as before.

"Pei Sanna, come on, come on, sit down and talk." Li Yuan smiled and asked Pei Ji to sit down and accompany him.

Pei Ji responded, then walked to the bottom of the steps and sat down.

"I heard that there is a locust plague outside recently." Li Yuan said, "Even in the garden of Da'an Palace, you can occasionally see a few locusts."

"Yes, there is a locust plague, but now the locust plague has passed, your majesty does not need to worry." Pei Ji said with a folded hand.

"Alas, it is not easy for the people. With this disaster, they may not be able to eat enough if they rely on the land." Li Yuan said, "But I also heard that the court handled this locust plague very well."

Talking about this, Pei Ji has something to say.

"Yes, the court, while releasing grain for disaster relief, led the people to catch and kill locusts. In just a few days, hundreds of thousands of locusts were killed. If too many locusts were killed, it would naturally not be a big deal." Pei Ji said, "This time, dealing with the locust plague has also opened up a way that has never been used before."

"Catching hundreds of thousands of locusts?" Li Yuan was shocked.

He didn't know that so many locusts were caught and killed.

Therefore, I was shocked when I heard this from Pei Ji.

Hundreds of thousands of locusts, if only the corpses were piled up, they would become a mountain, right?

Isn't this a bit too unkind to nature?

"Yes, it is precisely because of such thundering means that the locust plague can be controlled." Pei Ji said: "But, I think this method is really unkind to nature."

"However, for the people, there are still some benefits. At least the crops in the fields, although there are losses, are not completely destroyed. Perhaps, this is what your majesty wants."

Li Yuan sighed.

He and Pei Ji had the same opinion. Killing locusts in large numbers, killing hundreds of thousands of locusts, was something that they dared not think of in the past.

But now, the court is leading the people to do it.

It is really different from before.

Pei Ji was silent after he finished speaking, lowered his head, looked at the food on the table, and raised his eyes from time to time to observe Li Yuan's expression.

Seeing Li Yuan standing there in a daze, a barely perceptible sneer appeared on his face.

You only know that there is a locust plague outside, but you don't know that His Majesty has ordered the extermination of locusts now.

Killing hundreds of thousands of locusts without fear of angering the heavens is really courageous.

Li Yuan thought about it and said nothing, but just silently picked up the wine cup and drank a sip of wine.

"I have been to your farm near Chang'an. The farmers on your farm are also planting land. If you kill locusts, you can save part of the harvest on the land, right?" Li Yuan asked.

Pei Ji was stunned and nodded.

"Yes, yes, it saved part of it." Pei Ji responded.

He also remembered that he took Li Yuan to that farm.

He tried hard to please Li Yuan, but he didn't expect that Li Fu caught Li Yuan's eye. Who would have thought that Li Fu in the farm next door was actually His Majesty's nephew.

If he had known this, he would not have bothered to get Li Yuan out.

This is good, he has found such an opponent for himself.

If nothing had happened between the two villages before, then Li Fu would have owed him a favor, what a pity.

The son is a mortal enemy.

"Even if it is only part of it, it's good." Li Yuan nodded and said: "Recently, a lot of things have happened outside. Even if I don't want to know specifically, the news has spread to Da'an Palace, which really makes people uneasy."

"Your Majesty is joking. Who dares to make you uneasy in the whole Tang Dynasty?" Pei Ji said.

"That's hard to say." Li Yuan said: "I am an old man. Logically, I should enjoy my old age and not worry about anything, but I can't just ignore everything. People are old, but there are so many nephews and nieces in the future, I can't worry about them at all. Pei San, you are the same age as me, you should understand this feeling."

Pei Ji smiled.

"Yes, yes, yes, your Majesty is right. In the past, you always said that your children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, but when you die, you are still worried. Whatever happens, you want to consider them." Pei Ji hurriedly took over the conversation.

Isn't this the opportunity?

Speaking of children and grandchildren, you can "incidentally" mention the matter of your son going to Jingzhou to the emperor.

"This is how it has been for generations." Li Yuan smiled and said, "People live to be a hundred years old, and they often worry about ninety-nine. This is what it means to worry about the affairs of children and grandchildren."

"Who says it's not." Pei Ji echoed, wanting to speak for Lawyer Pei, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only respond first and find an opportunity to mention this matter.

"Your Majesty mentioned this, but which of your descendants has made you worry recently?" Pei Ji asked.

Li Yuan smiled.

"I have many nephews and nieces, but the only one I care about is Prince Jingyang. As for the others, I have known them since childhood. Most of them have been with me and have been served by their families. They have never experienced hard times. The only one is Huairen. He had a hard life before. After I found him, he had a status and lived a decent life." Li Yuan said with emotion: "He is also the only child of my third brother. On weekdays, I must worry more about him."