Chapter 19: Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty Li Shimin

"Okay! Haha, the men of the Sun family are all good!"

The Tai Chi Palace came from the Tai Chi Emperor Taizong Li Shimin's laughter.

The minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe Fang Xuanling, the counselor Wei Zheng, the secretary of the Secretariat Du Zhenglun, and Xiao Yu, Tang Jian and other ministers.

Du Rumei is not here because he is seriously ill at home.

It must be for the sake of national affairs to get them together.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the Eastern Turks are destroyed and the northern border of the Tang Dynasty can be stable!"

Tang Jian said a slander: "Your Majesty is wise, the Tang Dynasty will surely usher in a prosperous era!"

This is a great thing. Tang Jian flattered him a few words, so it is hard for others to say anything.

"Sun Fei, the fourth son of Sun Baisun's family?"

Wei Zheng also praised Li Bai's poems and essays very much. He had met Li Bai many times, but he did not communicate much.

Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty Li Shimin nodded: "It was Sun Bai's fourth brother Sun Fei. I heard that he had the talent of generals in the army before, but I never thought that Sun Fei, who was less than 20 years old, made great achievements in this battle against the Eastern Turks and captured Jili, haha..."

Today, a great victory came, and the Eastern Turks were destroyed. Among them, Yue Fei made many military achievements and captured Khan Li himself.

In history, Khan Li was also captured, but this time the credit fell on Yue Fei.

Du Zhenglun said: "I have also heard that the Sun family's wine lovers are all talented, and Sun Bai's poems are unparalleled, and calligraphy is also excellent. Yu Shinan is brother and brother, and he married his favorite granddaughter to Sun Bai..."

There is no doubt that the Sun family showed their faces in front of Emperor Taizong of Tang and many important officials, and was even more impressed.

"Please let Du Rumei tell this good news. Maybe when you hear the good news, your love will get better faster."

Du Rumei fell ill, which made Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin very worried. Fang Xuanling and Du Rumei were his right-hand men and were unwilling to lose any one.

After the meeting was over, Emperor Taizong of Tang was about to go to Empress Changsun to share the happiness with her.

As for Changsun Wuji, he should avoid suspicion, so he should avoid others saying that he is too powerful. Therefore, he rarely consulted Changsun Wuji for discussion on major national affairs, but he had a lot of exchanges with Emperor Taizong of Tang in private.

Emperor Taizong of Tang himself intended to make Changsun Wuji the prime minister, but he was a relative of the foreigners and was afraid of many court officials, so he failed.

"Your Majesty, Sun Bai has sent some more things."

The eunuch seized the opportunity and reported to Emperor Taizong of Tang.

"What strange thing has been sent again? I am going to go to the queen and send it to you together."

Emperor Taizong of Tang was no longer surprised by this.

When we arrived at Empress Changsun, the queen was taking over Li Zhi, one or two years old.

"Sun Jiashiro captured Khan Jili?"

When Emperor Taizong of Tang said that Empress Changsun was surprised and congratulated: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, there are successors to the Tang generals!"

Emperor Taizong of Tang liked Empress Changsun's caterpillar words and said with a smile: "Yes. Li Jing saw it. He originally felt that he was still a little worried with Li Ji. Now, there is another Sun Fei, God bless me, God bless the Tang Dynasty."

Li Jing is already sixty years old and is old. And he has earned too much credit, and some of his achievements are overwhelming, which makes Emperor Taizong of Tang a little worried.

Li Ji was in his thirties and had already grown up. He was an excellent general and could barely take over Li Jing's burden. He was the future general of the Tang Dynasty. The veterans who fought with Emperor Taizong of Tang were old and needed fresh blood.

Therefore, Yue Fei's appearance surprised Emperor Taizong of Tang.

While the couple was talking, the eunuch brought over the things that Li Bai sent: "Your Majesty, Empress, these are the things that Sun Bai brought this tribute to this time."

When Emperor Taizong of Tang and Empress Changsun saw it, they were stunned.

There are a few boxes of vegetables and fruits in front of me!

And they are basically common vegetables and fruits, not rare items they used to give.

"What are these things, aren't you wrong?"

Emperor Taizong of Tang questioned, "It's wrong, is this not playing according to common sense? What's the promise? He was still looking forward to it in his heart."

Queen Changsun was careful and found the point: "Your Majesty, look carefully. It seems that these vegetables and fruits should not appear at this time."

Emperor Taizong of Tang took the vegetables and fruits and looked carefully, thinking, and then suddenly realized: "Yes, these vegetables and fruits should be found in midsummer, but now they are just spring. Where did they get them?

I know that the southernmost part of the Tang Dynasty is like summer, with many kinds of vegetables and fruits, but they are far apart. When transported to Chang'an, it was already rotten and inedible. However, these are very fresh in front of me. It should have been picked in one or two days, right?"

Empress Changsun, who was standing by, was also observing and agreeing with Emperor Taizong of Tang: "It seems that the Sun family used some special methods to grow these vegetables and fruits that could appear in the north in midsummer."

Emperor Taizong of Tang nodded and looked at the eunuchs, and kept asking the eunuchs to arrange people to secretly observe the movements of Zhang Hao of the Sun family. What should he know.

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty, in recent months, Sun Hao covered a house-like thing with glass, and then planted vegetables inside. I guess these vegetables were grown from that place."

A house covered with glass?

But used to grow vegetables?

What is the operation?

Glass is very expensive, isn't it luxurious?

Emperor Taizong of Tang advocated frugality because he was still poor in the early Tang Dynasty and had to fight wars.

Emperor Taizong of Tang was not happy with waste and luxury.

Empress Changsun saw the thoughts of Emperor Taizong of Tang and said, "Your Majesty, glass was made by the Sun family. No one else can make it. It's just that rare things are precious, and the impact is not great."

Emperor Taizong of Tang suddenly realized, yes, this is the reason. He was a little bit stubborn before, slightly embarrassed, changed the topic, looked at some watermelons and said, "This is a cold melon. I heard that it came from the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty and was rarely seen in the Tang Dynasty. I had tasted wars before, and it was midsummer. The weather was hot. But after eating this cold melon, I not only quenched my thirst, but also felt cool. But the cold melon only had it in the midsummer..."

At this moment, Emperor Taizong of Tang was very curious about how Zhang Hao planted vegetables and fruits that could only be grown in summer.

The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, I heard from Sun Bai that they call cold melons "watermelons". These vegetables and fruits seem to be planted by controlling the temperature... It's too complicated and difficult to understand, and I don't understand."

"Watermelon? Melons from the Western Regions are also appropriate." Emperor Taizong of Tang smiled, "I will go and see if I have time in the future and listen to Sun Hao tell me what it means."

Then ask the eunuch to cut a watermelon and taste it.

"It's refreshing, sweet, very good, your majesty, please try it."

Empress Changsun tasted it first and said in surprise.

When Emperor Taizong of Tang tasted it, his eyes lit up. It was much sweeter than the watermelon he had eaten before: "It's very good!"

Then someone divided the fruits and gave some to each concubine in the palace to try them together.

So, the Sun family became famous in the harem.

Princess Gaoyang was eating the melon and said with a smile: "Sun Family, it sounds so interesting. It turns out that Baibao House belongs to this Sun Family. Sun Bai's poem is very well written. Sun Hao can always make some strange and interesting things..."

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Chapter completed!