Li Shimin in history was only fifty years old when he died. As for the cause of death, some books record that it was dysentery, and some books recorded that he took a kind of elixir. Both of these statements are credible and questionable, so no one can

It's not clear, but one thing is certain, that is, when Li Shimin was here

In the last few years of his reign, his health was indeed very poor, and he would fall ill at every turn. In addition, when Princess Jinyang passed away in history, Li Shimin was so sad that he could not go to court for several days. Although this shows that their father and daughter have a deep relationship, but

It also shows from the side that Li Shimin also had physical problems at that time.

When Li Shimin was eighteen years old, he started a rebellion with his father and brother. He spent almost all the best years of his life in the army. In the army, he not only learned to march and fight, but also experienced the suffering of the people.

, and also gave him a good body. Even at the age of forty, he often went out hunting.

But Li Shimin, who was so physically strong, suddenly took a sharp turn after seventeen years of Zhenguan. In the last few years of his life, he even began to take some pills that were harmful to the body, which further aggravated his health problems.

In the end, it may have been a minor illness, or he may have taken a highly toxic pill. As a result, Li Shimin, who had not yet passed his prime, died. It is really regrettable. If he could have lived a few more years, maybe he would have died.

The Tang Dynasty will be more powerful than ever in history.

So now there is a question, what is the reason that caused Li Shimin's health to begin to deteriorate rapidly in the 17th year of Zhenguan?

This question is actually very simple. Just look at what happened in the 17th year of Zhenguan in history. In that year, Li You first rebelled and was sentenced to death by Li Shimin. Later, Li Chengqian's rebellion was involved, and the result

This broke Li Shimin's heart. Li Chengqian was also demoted from Chang'an and died within two years. Then Li Tai was eager to fight for the throne. He exposed his mean nature. As a result, he did not get the crown prince position and was also demoted.

Chang'an.

The rebellion of his two sons and the deception of his favorite son hit Li Shimin hard as a father. Even with his emperor's character, he probably couldn't withstand this series of blows. It's also worth mentioning that just now,

The second year after Li You and Li Chengqian rebelled. Jinyang was the most favored by Li Shimin

The princess, Si Zi, who was only twelve years old, also passed away due to illness. This made Li Shimin's spirit completely broken. It took a long time for him to pick up the energy to go to court, but since then, his body has been getting worse day by day.

, and finally started taking elixirs like Qin Shihuang, and died at the age of fifty.

Li Shimin is Li Min's father in this life, and he is also his strongest supporter of overseas expansion. The biggest reason why Li Min is able to achieve such a big success overseas is that, in addition to his foresight as a time traveler, the biggest reason is

Li Shimin’s unconditional support, although sometimes Li Shimin

The people would also plot against Li Min and get some benefits from him, but Li Shimin also gave Li Min a great trust. As long as it was a reasonable request made by Li Min, he would never refuse, even in the Tang Dynasty.

Even though the population was not large, they also agreed to Li Min's request to immigrate from Datang.

Li Min also knew very clearly that although he was developing well now, he still couldn't do without the support of Datang. Even in the next dozen years, he would need to continue to introduce people from Datang. Li Shimin was Li Min.

Li Min's father, and he has always loved Li Min the most, so he can support him unconditionally. But if the Tang Dynasty changes to another emperor, even if the emperor is definitely Li Min's brother, he may not be able to support him like Li Shimin.

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It is precisely for this reason that Li Min hopes that Li Shimin can live longer than in history. Even if he does not live to be eighty years old, he must live for at least a few more decades and not die in his prime like history.

That's why he took in Li You and Li Chengqian, and tried his best to help them untie their knots and give them the courage to live. In this way, although Li Shimin was angry with his two sons for rebelling, at least he no longer had to experience the pain of losing a son.

After understanding the above, we also understand why Li Min cares so much about Li Chengqian's life and death. Even though Li Chengqian was deposed, he is the eldest son of Li Shimin and Queen Changsun after all, and the eldest brother of their brothers. He has a very important position in Li Shimin's heart.

Position, if he died, Li Shimin would probably be in great pain, and it would even become a knot in his heart that he couldn't untie.

So as soon as Li Min arrived in Shanghai this time, he immediately asked Li Ke about Li Chengqian's situation. As a result, he found out that Li Chengqian had found a job building railways in Shanghai. Although he didn't know how to build roads at the beginning, he made a fuss about it.

There were a lot of jokes, but Li Chengqian was very willing to learn, and he gradually became effective and accomplished.

When he became one of the main officials in charge of railway construction, Li Min finally felt relieved. Since Li Chengqian was in the mood to help Li Ke build the railway, he had really let go of everything before, and he would not suffer any grievances from Li Ke.

If nothing unexpected happens, it will definitely not end in depression like in history.

Of course, Li Min tried his best to extend the lifespan of Li Shimin and Li Chengqian. Although there were some utilitarian purposes, family affection also accounted for most of it. After all, they were his relatives after all, especially Li Shimin, and his love for him was definitely

It came from the sincerity of a father, so Li Min did not want to see Li Shimin die prematurely, whether it was public or private.

Li Chengqian was no longer depressed, and both Li Min and Li Ke were successful in their careers. In addition, the three brothers finally got together, so the three of them got very drunk that night. In the end, Li Chengqian was carried away under the command of his wife Su.

Returning to his home, Li Ke even

After returning to the inner courtyard of the palace drunkenly, Li Min's drinking ability was better, but not much better. He vomited all over the floor. As a result, by the next morning, none of the three of them could get out of bed, and they all lay down

I lay on the bed holding my head and moaning for a long time before I got up.

Originally, Li Min only planned to rest in Shanghai for two days. He planned to visit Shanghai today and leave tomorrow. But now that he is like this, he cannot visit Shanghai at all. It seems that he can only stay in Shanghai for one more day.

In the afternoon, Li Min felt that his headache was much lighter. He drank a bowl of hot porridge under Wen Xin's service, and then, amid the other party's complaints, he vowed again not to drink like this again. But his vow

The credibility is not very high, at most it is only the same as Wen Xin and the others' vow not to swim in Royal Island.

After finishing the porridge, Li Min walked around the garden twice more, and then he felt that he had recovered 70% to 80%. Just then, Xijun came back from outside with his people. When he saw Li Min in the garden, he immediately rushed over to show concern.

asked: "Husband, do you feel better?"

"Much better, what are you doing?" Li Min pulled Xijun to sit down with a smile, and then asked.

Xijun was followed by five women, four of whom were older and were business stewards of the palace. Because Xijun was in charge of the palace's business, she usually needed to deal with outsiders, but she was Li Min's wife after all, and it was not convenient for her to meet outsiders.

, so she trained four female stewards to help her handle business matters. Another young woman Li Min also knew, it was Feng Shijie

His sister Feng Shuyu was originally brought to the palace to serve as Li Min's personal chef, but later Xijun got to chat with her, and Xijun felt that she was smart and a helper worthy of training, so she

He often takes her with him and asks her to help with some business matters. She is equivalent to Xijun's business secretary. Xijun praises her a lot behind his back.

Xijun picked up Li Min's tea bowl, took a sip and said, "What else can we do? Isn't it just to issue silver coins? Shanghai is a big port with a bus from Dengzhou. There are also several branches of Datang Bank here, and

The scale is not small. Since we are here, I naturally want to check to see if they are ready. At the same time, I can also listen to the opinions of the following people. If there are any deficiencies, I can have them corrected in time.

"

Hearing that Xijun was going to investigate the issuance of silver coins, Li Min couldn't help but feel a little interested, and immediately asked: "How is it? Is Shanghai ready? Have you found any problems?"

After hearing this, Xijun frowned and said: "I'm ready, but husband, the silver coins you prepared are too few. Counting from the date of issuance, there are only 400,000 coins, based on the consistent value of each coin."

, then it is only 400,000 guan, and it has to be issued simultaneously in four cities: Chang'an, Dengzhou, Shanghai and Guangzhou. In total, each city is only 100,000 guan. This amount of money is of great significance to our Datang's commercial headquarters.

In terms of quantity, it is simply not worth mentioning.”

Xijun felt that the first batch of silver coins issued was too few, which made Li Min couldn't help but smile bitterly. He didn't know that the silver coins were too few, but the gold and silver output of the Tang Dynasty was not much. Although he had collected some before, he couldn't help but laugh.

It was just a drop in the bucket. If it hadn’t been for occupying Watana’s

As for the Iwami Silver Mine, he didn't have the silver to mint silver coins at all. But now even if he has the silver from the Iwami Silver Mine, it's still not enough. After all, the silver mine has just started, and it is far from reaching its maximum output, and there is no accumulation, so Li

I can only release so many for the time being.

Thinking of this, Li Min sighed and said to Xi Jun: "The current production of silver is insufficient, and there is nothing we can do about it. Fortunately, we only regard silver coins as auxiliary coins with large denominations. In the next few years, copper coins will still be the main currency in circulation.

So it doesn’t matter if there are fewer silver coins. In the future, new coins will be put into the market every month, which will one day be able to meet the current demand. In addition, I heard that there are silver mines in Luzon. If they can be mined, we can increase our silver coin issuance.

quantity."

Xijun naturally knew this, and just complained to Li Min. However, she was not just complaining, but had an idea of ​​her own, so she smiled and said: "Husband, I have an idea.
Chapter completed!