In the early winter of the 17th year of Zhenguan, when the first cold current from the northern desert invaded Chang'an City, the nobles and the people immediately felt the smell of winter.

The entire Daming Palace also became desolate.

Although no matter whether the temperature drops or not, the Xuanzheng Hall, which has heating supply, cannot feel the cold.

However, when Li Shimin thought of the beautiful scenery in the Summer Palace, he felt a little itchy.

"Lanhe, you said that Kuan'er spent so much effort to design the unprecedented Summer Palace, which is now vacant, seems a bit wasteful."

After reviewing today's memorial, Li Shimin looked at Lan He who was standing next to him motionless, and couldn't help but speak out his concerns.

It was said that it was a concern, but Li Shimin himself was itchy, but he was embarrassed to say it out directly.

After all, he is the emperor of the ages and a wise ruler.

How can you pursue enjoyment all day long?

The Daming Palace has only been built for many years, are you already dissatisfied?

Although he did think that the Daming Palace was not so satisfying, he couldn't say this.

The reason why Li Shimin told Lan He about this and ignored Li Zhi, who was also sitting in Xuanzheng Hall, was because he wanted Li Zhi to take charge in the Daming Palace so that everyone would feel that the court had moved to the Summer Palace.

"Your Majesty is wise and His Highness the King of Chu is full of filial piety. The Summer Palace is a rare spectacular garden in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. Even in winter, you can still feel the greenery in the courtyard. It is really a rare place to go in the entire Chang'an City. The most important thing is that you don't need to go to the Lishan Palace again. Your Majesty can enjoy the hot springs in the Summer Palace. This is not something you can enjoy, whether it is the Daming Palace or the Tai Chi Palace.

At the same time, Your Majesty is doing everything he wants. His Highness, the King of Chu, built an indoor swimming pool in the Summer Palace, so that His Majesty can relax while working. So whether it is to avoid wasting the materials consumed in the construction of the Summer Palace, to live up to the filial piety of His Highness, or to make your Majesty's health and longevity, I think Your Majesty can stay in the Summer Palace for a few days."

Who is Lanhe?

He has been with Li Shimin for more than 20 years, and he can see clearly what Li Shimin thought at this moment at a glance.

So this "evil" can only be Lan He.

Anyway, even if it is recorded in the daily life notes, His Majesty was bewitched by the "brutal" and went to the Summer Palace to enjoy himself.

"This is very reasonable, but the Summer Palace is outside the city and is still a little far from the Daming Palace. Once I live in the Summer Palace, it will be a problem to deal with state affairs."

"Your Majesty, not only has the Summer Palace been built in the Shufang City, but the yamen of the various departments of the Shangshu Province been built. But no yamen has been moved so far. If Your Majesty lives in the Summer Palace, I believe the six ministries will follow you to the Shufang City to work, and it does not require the extra money from the Ministry of Households. Your Majesty can also summon officials from various departments to ask questions faster."

Since it has begun, Lan and this "evil man" must continue to move on.

"Your Majesty, the Hundred Riders' Office has arranged all the security matters in the Summer Palace. Although there is no wall in the Workshop City, if there is a Hundred Riders' Office, the Summer Palace will definitely be foolproof."

Li Zhong, who was like a wooden man on the side, also stood up and said something.

He is on Li Kuan's side in public and private affairs.

Obviously, Li Kuan built the Summer Palace, which was definitely not beautiful.

Besides, Li Zhong still has a house in the Shufang City. Only when Li Shimin moved to the Summer Palace can he drive more people to buy houses in the Shufang City, which indirectly promotes the rise in housing prices in the Shufang City.

Now his son is going to sea with the "Yang Benman" and has never heard of him. That is, the changes in house prices in the past few days in the Workshop City can make Li Zhong worry a little.

"Since you all said that, Lan and you will make arrangements. I will live in the Summer Palace tonight."

Li Shimin took advantage of the donkey and was about to go to the Summer Palace to try to stay for a few days.

As for how many days this will be, only God knows.

...

After the court meeting, Xiao Yu and Fang Xuanling stayed in the Secretariat to handle government affairs.

"The autumn harvest situation in various places has been reported this year, and it is another year of great harvest."

Xiao Yu looked at the information on the grain harvest situation in Guanzhong Road and Huainan Road, and his face was full of smiles.

"That's true, especially in Xiangyang. I heard that a large amount of fertilizer was used, and the rice yield was 20% higher than that in other places, which was really beyond everyone's expectations."

Food is the most important thing for the people, so Fang Xuanling is naturally very concerned about the harvest of grain.

In recent years, with the promotion of Nanyang rice, granaries in various places are almost full of food, which is something that people never dared to imagine before.

"I am going to propose to Your Majesty that new granaries should be built in Xiangyang, Chang'an, Luoyang, Liangzhou, Shuozhou, Youzhou, Ezhou, Yuzhou, Suzhou and other places respectively so that grain prices can be maintained more stable. In case of local natural disasters, food can be allocated nearby to provide timely relief."

Xiao Yu hoped that the Tang Dynasty could also be like when Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty first ascended the throne, and the grain in the major granaries in the world was piled up like mountains, so there was no need to worry about food issues.

Even in the late Sui Dynasty, there was still a lot of food in the granary that could be eaten.

"Mr. Xiao's words are very reasonable. I also feel that it is necessary to expand the granary and store more grain. I just happened to discuss with Your Majesty the matter of promoting the construction of cement roads to the Jiangnan region. Why not go to Xuanzheng Hall together?"

"Can!"

The two big men did it as soon as they said they could do it and came to the gate of Xuanzheng Hall, but they were stopped by a little eunuch.

"Xiao Xiang, Fang Xiang, Your Majesty is not in Xuanzheng Hall now, why don't you come back later?"

"Not in Xuanzheng Hall?"

Xiao Yu looked at the little eunuch in confusion.

The dynasty meeting has only ended for less than an hour, why is Your Majesty not in Xuanzheng Hall?

In the past, he must have been dealing with memorials at this time.

"Yes!"

"Where has Your Majesty gone?"

"Xiao Xiang, how can I know where Your Majesty is going?"

After being turned away, Xiao Yu was a little unhappy.

Fortunately, Fang Xuanling next to him was open-minded and knew that Li Shimin often went out of the palace or went to the harem. He was not in Xuanzheng Hall now, so he would come back in the afternoon.

"Xiao Xiang, let's come over later, and there's no rush to do this for a while."

"Okay, then come here later."

Although Xiao Yu was unhappy, he had no choice.

If people are not here, it doesn’t make any sense to break in.

What's more, I came here to discuss things, not to find trouble.

In this way, Xiao Yu and Fang Xuanling left Xuanzheng Hall.

Two hours later, Fang Xuanling guessed that even if Li Shimin had left the palace, he should have come back, so he came to Xuanzheng Hall with Xiao Yu again.

"What? Your Majesty is still not here?"

This time, Xiao Yu's expression was obviously unhappy.

As an old minister, he dared to say anything in front of Li Shimin.

Xiao Yu felt that it was obviously abnormal that he could not find Li Shimin for a day.

As long as he knew where Li Shimin was going to travel, Xiao Yu must be ready to make a statement and advise.

"Xiao Xiang, it would be too late for us to come back, or we would find His Majesty after tomorrow's meeting."

Although Fang Xuanling was a little disappointed, she was still very emotionally controlled.

"Hmph! Let's go!"

Xiao Yu supported Fang Xuanling's statement with his actions.

However, when the sun was about to set, when Xiao Yu and Fang Xuanling came to Xuanzheng Hall again, they received news that Li Shimin was still not in Xuanzheng Hall.

"Where is that Li Zhong? Are you there?"

"General Li is not in there either."

"Where is Lanhe? Is he here?"

"Master Lan is not here either."

"So, Li Junxian is not here either?"

"Yes!"

The little eunuch felt that he was so unfair.

I was originally thinking that Li Shimin was not in Xuanzheng Hall and that he would be on duty by himself, so it should be very relaxed.

Who knew it looked like this.

That Xiao Yu's anger could no longer be covered up.

As an unlucky guy, this little eunuch endured a lot of Xiao Yu's anger.

"Xiao Xiang, forget it, let's come again tomorrow."

Fang Xuanling was almost certain that Li Shimin must have secretly conducted a private visit again.

Even if he comes back later, it will be too late, and he is not suitable for him to stay in the Daming Palace.

"Xuanling, how can a big national event be a joke? Today we are looking for Your Majesty. Although the matter is not so urgent, what if it is very urgent? Your Majesty is not in Xuanzheng Hall, not even in Daming Palace, nor does he say hello to the Shangshu and the Junxia Province. Isn't this delay?"

Xiao Yu felt that Fang Xuanling was too protective of Li Shimin today and had no prestige as a prime minister at all.

So he was so angry that half of it was directly exposed to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling was not able to say anything except a bitter smile.
To be continued...