When Li Yuan heard Li Xuanba call Li Jiancheng’s name directly, his expression turned dim.
Li Xuanba smiled and said, “I thought my father had already gotten used to it. Li Jiancheng was nearly ten years older than my second brother and I. When my second brother and I were still worried about literacy and verbs, he had already obtained a polite official and could go to the palace. What happened? He was also the prince of the Duke of Tang’s mansion, and he still had the eldest son. He was the only son of the Duke of Tang who had been accustomed to his name for nearly ten years. So his death now is not very consistent with his personality?”
“He came in a huge momentum and died quietly. The whole process of the palace transformation was like sleepwalking, and he didn’t know what he was doing. No one cared about him after his death, but only cared about the fact that there were nobles in the city who privately hooked up with the Turks. Everyone knew that he couldn’t make the decision on this matter, and he was completely a pawn.”
Li Xuanba took a deep breath and laughed louder: “But he is like his father like this. Father, you probably hear rumors that I can prophecies and see the future without me. Do you want to know that future?”
Li Yuan’s expression was horrified.
Before he could speak, Li Xuanba said to himself: “If it weren’t for me, my second brother would have to be the emperor seven years later. You are still the same, taking Li Jiancheng to balance with your second brother, thinking that he is superb, but in fact he is despised by later generations.”
“You have been an emperor for nine years, and all the time of reigning among all emperors is considered to be a regular one, but when later generations worship the imperial temple, you moved your tablet out of the founding emperor.”
“The people of the Tang Dynasty themselves completely ignored you. Whenever they talk about ‘our ancestors’ overcoming obstacles and creating great achievements’, they are all mentioned by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin. You, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, seem to be a posthumous title, but a posthumous title.”
“So father, stop pretending, the more you pretend you are, the more you are ridiculed. You are also a person who is familiar with history books. The historian’s eyes are bright. Do you think you can really be innocent if you hide behind Li Jiancheng?”
Li Xuanba did not look at Li Yuan’s expression and turned around and left, so as not to rush to him in a panic. He is a son, and his father chases him and he can’t fight back.
I have long wanted to spoil Li Yuan, but today I finally got what I want.
Run away after spoilers, it’s exciting!
Chapter 202 Let’s be happy for the time being
After Li Xuanba created Li Yuan, he made an excuse to stay in the suburbs for a few nights.
He is now the King of Jin in the Tang Dynasty, and the real estate of the Royal Sui Dynasty has become his own. He is renovating his new house.
Although Li Shimin had already set up the palace where Li Xuanba and Li Zhiyun lived in the palace, the King of Jin and King of Chu must have their own palace outside the palace.
Now everything is in trouble. Li Shimin will be advised if he wants to be extravagant, but the prince will feel relieved if he is extravagant.
So Li Xuanba spent his money to build an exquisite garden courtyard for his second brother and his second sister-in-law to live in.
Li Xuanba also took over the decoration of the mansion assigned to Li Zhiyun. From now on, Li Shimin was tired of seeing the palace and wanted to take a vacation. His two younger brothers’ palaces and other courtyards were his other palaces. This not only satisfies Li Shimin’s desire to live in a new house, but also reduces the cost of hard work and money.
If the emperor wants to build a palace, it must be built in accordance with the regulations, and it is necessary to requisition civil servants, which is a cost of money.
The emperor pays for someone to build a smaller garden, which does not comply with the rules and etiquette. Moreover, in the eyes of court officials, the emperor’s private money in the treasury is also the country’s money and cannot be used without any automatic use.
In short, there were many rules in the feudal era.
Of course, if Li Shimin is not a wise ruler, he can do whatever he wants. But Li Xuanba knew that his second brother had a slight perfect obsessive-compulsive disorder, just like he had to lead his own troops for the greatest victory rate. Once he became the emperor, he would try his best to be a wise ruler. This has nothing to do with his success, he is such a person.
Li Xuanba’s big mansion on the outskirts of the city is right on the banks of the Weishui River.
I heard from the teachers that when the Sui Dynasty was first established, this area was full of forests.
Li Xuanba once saw the beautiful scenery of the natural forests of Qinchuan in Guanzhong.