Chapter 50 West Lake Longjing
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The King of Wu in front of him has a big figure, red lips and white teeth, elegant but not weak, handsome but not malnourished. At first sight, people feel that he is more handsome than Daniel Wu and is ashamed of Louis Koo.
A brocade robe with light yellow lace embroidered with various patterns, and a golden belt embellished with several pairs of pendants. It was generous and luxurious, and she was extremely handsome.
In fact, this handsome guy is not without the chance to seize the supreme throne. In the 17th year of Zhenguan, he was infinitely close to that seat.
According to historical records, King Li You of Qi and Crown Prince Li Chengqian rebelled one after another, and Crown Prince Li Chengqian was deposed. The crown prince accused Li Tai of conspiring for the throne, so Li Shimin imprisoned Li Tai and made King Li Zhi of Jin as the crown prince.
Later, Li Shimin thought that Li Zhi was weak and sought the opinions of the ministers in the court: "Crown Prince Li Zhi was weak and might not be suitable to be an emperor. King Li Ke of Wu was brave and brave. I want to change him to be the crown prince. What do you think?"
But Li Shimin's suggestion was strongly opposed by the Guanlong family headed by Changsun Wuji. Changsun Wuji said: "The crown prince is kind and kind, and is a successful monarch. The position of the crown prince is so important, how can it be changed at will? Besides, His Highness of the King of Wu has half the bloodline of the previous dynasty. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
Of course, Changsun Wuji said this not to stabilize the court, but to the interests of the Guanlong family.
Li Zhi is his nephew, with a cowardly and easy to control, while Li Ke is very similar to Li Shimin. For many years, Li Shimin has been suppressing the forces of the aristocratic family. Of course, he cannot let Li Ke become emperor.
Li Shimin also had a little hesitation about Li Ke's former Sui Dynasty. Seeing the ministers objected so much, he gave up the idea of making Li Ke the crown prince.
From this we can see that if it were not for the obstruction of the Guanlong family such as Changsun Wuji, Li Shimin might have made Li Ke the crown prince.
But history has no ifs, so the Tang Dynasty embarked on a completely different path.
It is now the tenth year of Zhenguan. Li Ke had just been renamed King of Wu from King of Shu and was appointed as the governor of Anzhou. As soon as he went to Hubei to take office, he was impeached by the censor Liu Fan to hunt excessively and damage crops, so he was removed from the governor of Anzhou and returned to Beijing.
Regarding the incident of Li Ke being removed from office, there is also a good story between Li Shimin and Liu Fan.
Liu Fan impeached Li Ke. Li Shimin wanted to favor Li Ke, so he said to Liu Fan who complained: "Qiang Wanji assisted my son, but he could not correct his fault. The blame lies with him, not with the King of Wu."
Liu Fan was not afraid at all and tried his best to advise according to reason: "Many ministers in the court could not stop His Majesty from hunting. How could Quan Wanji stop the King of Wu?"
Li Shimin left in anger and took a long time to summon Liu Fan alone: "Why are you so disrespectful to me and blame me in front of everyone?"
Liu Fan replied seriously: "I heard that the Lord of the Holy and Intellectuals should dare to speak out loudly. How dare I ignore Your Majesty's benevolence and wiseness now?"
Finally, Li Shimin calmed down his anger and made a beautiful story about the wise ruler of the two saints of Li.
Looking at the handsome Li Ke in front of him, Yang Fan was very jealous.
Seeing Yang Fan in a daze, Li Shimin stroked his short beard under his chin and felt satisfied. No matter from which perspective, only Li Ke can compare with the boy in front of him. The others are really different.
This is also the reason why I brought Li Ke here today, it was just to show off.
Yang Fan didn't care about these things. After some emotion, he could only say that this person was not at the right time in life, so he stood up and bowed to Li Ke and said, "I didn't pay attention to your goodbye to you. I hope your highness will not be surprised."
Although Yang Fan's random movements seemed a bit rude, Li Ke did not dare to put on airs at all. After all, the great man in front of him dared to pat his father's shoulders. This was the first time he had seen such a bold person when he grew up.
He stopped Yang Fan from giving a tribute in a panic. His handsome face immediately became gentle and said with respect: "The Wannian County Master is exempt from gifts. Today, he followed several uncles and uncles to visit without prior notice. However, I was rude. The County Master provides treatment for smallpox plague, and even provides advice to the father to solve the urgent need for disaster relief. Such all kinds of things are the actions of the saints. I should come to visit soon, but I have never been able to escape and ask the earl not to be surprised."
Seeing Li Ke put his position so low, he couldn't help but secretly praised His Royal Highness Wu for having a high emotional intelligence and being a prince with high personal charm.
However, Yang Fan quickly turned red and felt embarrassed. He was just a porter. He could bear such praise and then changed the topic: "How come your highness has the time to come to the humble house today?"
Li Shimin, who was standing by, interrupted without waiting for Li Ke to reply, "I thought everyone was as idle as you. The King of Wu was ordered by His Majesty to be responsible for the relief work. He would come together when he met us on the way."
Seeing the father and son acting, Yang Fan was too lazy to expose it, so he replied: "So that's the case. The weather is stuffy. Lao Li, please rest for a while. I just got some new tea today. Please ask some to taste it later, which can be considered as repaying the kindness of today's hand.
"oh……"
For a moment, Lao Li and the others were immediately full of expectations. You must know that nothing the things this kid took out were simple.
But he was stunned in an instant. Yang Fan picked up a few pieces of tea leaves and put them in the teacup, brewed boiling water and brought them over.
"Try it, this is my new tea made with an exclusive secret recipe, and it should taste good."
Li Ke didn't say anything and thanked Yang Fan politely. Cheng Yaojin and Fang Xuanling frowned slightly and opened their mouths to speak, but they held back their hearts, this is too casual.
At this time, Li Shimin's eyes were wide open. Damn, you kid answered like this? You are too stingy. Although you don't ask for any reward in your heart, it's too simple.
Where are the three rolls and four soaks? Where are the ginger, garlic, and lamb oil?
There is nothing in this, what kind of tea is this? You kid are fooling people like this?
And he also said that the taste should be good. Isn’t this obviously making him a guinea pig? I really don’t know how to write the word “death”.
Seeing that Li Shimin's heroic and resolute face became cloudy and was as if the storm was about to come, Yang Fan was immediately confused.
You are not happy to serve yourself. No wonder others say that you are unpredictable. Seeing that Yang Fan is staring at him, Li Shimin became more and more angry. Does this kid want to be a guinea pig to make a fool of himself in public?
Just as he was about to get angry, he heard Fang Xuanling's voice and said in surprise: "My friend, this is what kind of tea? It smells the fragrance and refreshes the heart and lungs. The fragrance is long and fresh, and it has a unique flavor, but I have never seen such a way to drink it."
Knowing that Fang Xuanling was helping him, he looked at him gratefully and replied: "I named this tea West Lake Longjing, produced in Hangzhou. It is made from a unique secret recipe. It inherits the essence of heaven and earth and retains the natural energy. It can be called the best tea in the world. Why don't you try it in the old house?"
Seeing Yang Fan blowing the sky, Li Shimin was no longer indignant. His eyes were immediately shifted and he couldn't help but look at the tea in the tea cup.
In just a while, the originally curled tea leaves were scalded by boiling water and gradually stretched out.
This Longjing tea is made of the tenderest tea buds. It is tender green and clear in color. The tea is light yellow. Although it looks a little light, it is filled with fragrance and a unique fragrance comes to the nose.
Everyone in the Tang Dynasty likes tea, but everyone has never drunk such a fresh and fragrant tea. They all picked up the tea cups and took a sip.
Seeing that Li Shimin also picked up the teacup, the old eunuch standing behind him was immediately anxious and hurriedly stopped him: "Everyone, this tea has not yet..."
Of course, I was afraid that there was something wrong with the tea. Judging from the conversation just now, this count was the first time he drank this kind of tea.
But after all, Li Shimin was an emperor who came out of the battlefield. He waved his hand and signaled that he had nothing to do and then came to his mouth and took a sip.
The fragrance of the tea in the mouth is long. Even in the hot summer, the tea is slightly hot, and I feel a sense of ease all over my body.
It does not show greasyness and dry tongue, which gives the taste buds a fresh and fragrant stimulation, mixed with a natural smell, moistens the throat, penetrates the heart and lungs, and makes people's mind clear.
While Li Shimin closed his eyes and savored, Cheng Yaojin praised: "Good tea..."
When his temperament was destroyed, Li Shimin couldn't help but glared at Cheng Yaojin fiercely, you are a fool, you can only know how to chew mudans, so how can you understand any tea ceremony?
However, Li Shimin did not refute it. It was the first time he knew that without those messy condiments, the special tea leaves were soaked directly to drink, which made it look more natural.
And it seems that it has the function of clearing heat and eliminating dryness, awakening the mind and refreshing the mind. I drank tea for decades and it suddenly became less fragrant.
So he turned to Yang Fan and said, "Hurry up and order someone to prepare some things. I will leave for a while and prepare dozens of kilograms of tea like this."
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Yang Fan almost sprayed out the tea he had drunk and looked at him with an idiot-looking look.
I thought I was an emperor. I could do whatever I wanted. Besides, I wouldn’t ask how the tea yield was. As Uncle Fu said just now, it was only seven or eight kilograms in total.
Seeing Yang Fan's constipated expression, he thought that this boy was stingy and refused to give it to him. Li Shimin was immediately unhappy. He just wanted you a few pounds of tea, so he said unhappily: "Today I helped you so much, what's wrong with asking you a few pounds of tea? At most I'll spend money to buy it."
Looking at Li Shimin who is rich and generous, Yang Fan was upset. Your money was not what I just sent. What are you doing:
"Tea leaves are 1,000 guan per pound, and you can only buy one pound. Do you want them? Besides, if you beat Fusang envoys, the court should reward me, what are you asking for help?"
When Li Shimin heard the bad temper, he immediately came up and laughed furiously: "Oh, then I want to hear why the court wants to reward you."
Seeing that the two of them were not giving in to each other like cockfighting, Cheng Yaojin and Fang Xuanling looked at each other and smiled helplessly. Every time they met like this, they would easily fight each other. They were really two live treasures, so they quickly smoothed out the situation.
"Nephew, hurry up and apologize to Lao Li. Isn't it just a few kilograms of tea? Don't talk nonsense."
Yang Fan, who was so angry, was so easy to persuade him. He said with dissatisfaction: "I don't even have any apology, and I'm not wrong if I say it."
Chapter completed!