Just when the people outside were working hard, Li Shimin found Yuan Shan again. \ In the palace, Li Shimin was in a good mood, because the curfew had indeed more than doubled Chang'an's taxes, and speaking of which, the emperor was quite frugal, and he was considered a poorer emperor.
Although the world of Emperor Yang of Sui was obtained, the imperial city heritage left to the Li family was okay, but it still could not change the destruction and stagnation of development of the Tang Dynasty after years of war.
After the Li family won the world, they began to fight against the many forces that fought for the world at the beginning, followed by the crisis on the Turkic border, the repeated invasions of Tibet, and the crisis of Gaochang, Silla, Baiqueo and other Fanbang countries.
There are also barbarian contradictions within the Tang Dynasty, and after Li Shimin became emperor, there were years of natural disasters and rivalries in the court, the threat of the family, and the gossip of the world.
All of them were faced by the Tang Emperor, especially the imperial merits after the Xuanwu Gate were facing a lot of pressure.
Now after several years of development, the situation in the Tang Dynasty has become better, especially the desire for money is simply indescribable, and the Tang Emperor is not exempt from vulgarity, and now Li Shimin is happy with the growth of Chang'an's tax revenue, which is a tax that will be collected every year.
For this reason, he invited Yuanshan to the palace to carry out a drama of harmony between the monarch and the ministers, and mutual friendship.
"The Yuanshan dinner party has been prepared, today you and I, the monarch and the minister, we have to have a few drinks."
Li Shimin said with a smile.
It can be seen that Li Shimin is in a really good mood today, and he has dinner with the emperor, and Yuan Shan is still a little looking forward to it, although he knows that the companion is like a tiger, although he doesn't like flattery very much, he doesn't want to miss such a rare opportunity to taste the royal banquet.
Unlike previous banquets, today's banquet is really not a banquet, at most it is a sumptuous dinner, and it is also a big move to look at the exquisite delicious Yuanshan.
"How does the cooking in the Imperial Dining Room taste like your cooks?"
Li Shimin asked with a smile.
"The cooking skills of the imperial dining room are really the best in the world, and the ministers have a soft spot for nothing, and the palace banquet is really delicious."
There is no way, Yuan Shan can only answer against his will.
If the emperor is unhappy, then no one should be happy, and Yuan Shan feels that Li Shimin today is a little strange, he has not thought about Chang'an taxes, and thinks that this emperor has some intentions, and now that everyone is in the palace, what else can he do.
Seeing Li Shimin's happy appearance, Yuan Shan opened his mouth and asked, "Your Majesty, the minister has eaten, and if there is nothing to do, the minister will retire." ” "Eh, we haven't finished drinking this wine yet, what's the hurry, Chang'an City curfew time hasn't come yet, I'm going to drink a few more glasses with me."
Li Shimin said.
"Okay."
Yuan Shan had no choice but to pick up the wine glass again and drink with Li Shimin.
Li Shimin was happy and took a sip of wine, and then began to say: "Aiqing said that the extension of the curfew can double the tax revenue of Chang'an, he is really a god, the ministers of the DPRK and China have a lot of words about the things you have studied, and I have impeached you every day in the twists and turns I deal with every day, do you know why I ignore it." ” Why, Yuan Shan muttered in his heart that it wasn't because of interests, but he couldn't say it at this time.
"Your Majesty is a Ming Jun, and I know that a lot of words are nonsense, but what the minister does is to care about His Majesty and the Tang Dynasty."
Yuan Shandao.
Li Shimin said with a smile: "You kid, it seems that you have learned smoothly in Chang'an." ” Yuan Shan knows that what he said is a bit exaggerated, but life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills, and sometimes you have to pretend, and when only two people are alone like today, you should be the most careful.
Yuan Shan still knows a little about Li Shimin, the emperor, not to mention his ability, the problem of suspicion and careful eye is well known to everyone, and the more new the human and animal harmless, the more deadly.
Li Shimin invited him to dinner on a whim, and he could only accompany him.
The two did not continue to talk about this issue, the stakes are well known, the annual dividend is a lot of income, especially the dividends of the two treasure ships of Cangzhou Shipyard are as high as 1,000 per person, which is not much, but you must know that there are several people involved in the financing of Cangzhou Shipyard, and such dividends are only two ships, and how many ships can Cangzhou Shipyard have in the future.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Li Shimin, who drank some wine, spoke more, probably because he was happy that Yuanshan was a capable minister who governed the world, and the whole person who listened to Yuanshan was nervous, and he sweated more.
As soon as the conversation changed, Li Shimin suddenly asked: "You said that Hou Junji is good at serving as the secretary of the military department." ” Yuan Shan's reaction was not as fast as Li Shimin's topic, he didn't know why Li Shimin asked him such a question, he had nothing to say for a while, and he looked confused.
"You don't have to worry too much, you have served as the secretary of the military department, and you have also trained soldiers such as ghost hunter cavalry, so I want to hear your opinion."
Li Shimin continued.
Li Shimin likes to ask the minister to discuss things when he has nothing to do, and Yuan Shan, who has always disliked participating in government affairs, was arrested today, and inviting guests to dinner should be regarded as pulling in feelings, maybe.
The question of the emperor must be answered, in fact, Hou Junji is not very familiar with Yuan Shan, but he can't stand Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chigong and others talk about it when they are with him, and they talk about any military gossip.
Yuan Shan had already done some homework, although he didn't know if what was written in history was true, but this person was ashamed to denounce his mentor.
Hou Junji is very powerful, even if he has not learned and has no skills since he was a child, he is brave and ruthless, but since he followed Li Shimin into the Qin Palace, he has been studying hard.
In the final analysis, in fact, Hou Junji's ability will not be said, but it is indeed the person who followed Li Shimin from the beginning, although Xuanwumen does not have any important historical notes, but there are many benefits from the dragon's merits.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were not many achievements, and it was quite low-key, but the time to really be active should be about the same.
It stands to reason that Li Shimin should know more about Hou Junji than him, and even asked him about the stakes in it, but it was different, and Yuan Shan didn't dare to answer rashly.
"Wei Zheng has recommended Hou Junji many times, saying that he has the ability to be a prime minister, but I am a little hesitant and think that you can be objective, and it doesn't hurt to talk about it."
Li Shimin said.
Compared with this question, Yuan Shan wanted to know if Li Shimin was really a little drunk or deliberate, and it was disgraceful to talk about the courtiers behind his back.
"Chen Guogong is diligent and studious, and he has long become a model for the children of the army, and he has a lot of experience as a member of the military department all the year round, so he doesn't know about other things."
Yuan Shan said with a smile.
Yuan Shan continued: "The minister seems to be drunk, his eyelids have become heavy, and he also asks His Majesty to allow the boy to retire first." ” Waiting for Yuan Shan to be in the carriage except for the imperial city, there is no drunkenness, tonight's things are too weird, but Wei Zheng's recommendation of Hou Junji is very intriguing, because this is not the first time Wei Zheng has recommended this person, there must be a demon when things go wrong, in Yuan Shan's opinion, this is definitely an unchanging truth.
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