In the main hall of the back house of Li Mansion, wine and food have been put on the table.
Li Po was in a much better mood. He had been "resolved" by Luo Shixin on the way. Now that the steaming hot meal was on the table, he ate half full of it without hesitation with his index finger.
Recently, he has been busy with government affairs, so he no longer drinks alcohol, but just drank a few sips of tea to calm down.
Mrs. Chen, as usual, drank some with her son-in-law, while nagging about some family feud.
For example, this year, a grandson and a granddaughter were added to the family. Her son wanted her to name them, but she was already tired of doing this.
Her son took advantage of the situation and encouraged her to go to the palace to ask for a name or something, so she taught her son a lesson. As her two sons grew older, they could no longer listen to her words. It didn't matter whether she said it or not.
There are more than a dozen grandchildren, plus grandsons and granddaughters, the eldest is seventeen or eighteen, and the younger one is just born. Today this one will be engaged and she will make the decision. Tomorrow the other one will be sent to live in the house for a while, and she will try her best to live together.
The bowl of water was level, and she couldn't keep up with it.
For these family matters, Li Po just needs to be a good listener and doesn't need to be comforted at all.
Despite the fact that Mrs. Chen is full of complaints and seems dissatisfied with everything, in fact, Li Jing is away from home all year round and Ms. Chen is at home alone. She would definitely not be able to bear it without these children and grandchildren who often come to visit her.
Nowadays, the Li Mansion is not an ordinary family. Even if it is the top sect in the capital, it is inferior to the Li Mansion. Naturally, the gates and courtyards are becoming lively.
In the words of people of the time, these are all signs of a prosperous family. If the descendants of the Miyuan Li family can gain some momentum, they will be able to create a popular family within one or two generations.
What is more reassuring is that there does not seem to be any outstanding talent emerging from the Li family.
Li Jing's two sons were both useless, and his in-laws, the Chen family, were from a small family. Except for those who followed Li Po in his early years, they didn't look like they could be high-ranking officials.
So the two families can only place their hope in their grandchildren, which will happen ten or twenty years later.
By that time, Li Jing was old and missed the best time to develop and grow his family.
Li Bi wanted to try to win the hearts of the Li family in Longxi before, but it was actually because of this that the descendants of the family are now quite powerful, but they lack the foundation, that is, the skeleton that can support a huge family.
That's not something that can be driven by the emergence of one or two outstanding talents.
Later, there was no news about this matter, mainly because Li Bi stopped his hand, probably because he figured it out. It was true that the Longxi Li family fell apart, but no one could compare with the Miyuan Li family.
If you put the Miyuan Li family in front of others, you are like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. It is of no use having her take care of you. People will subtly swallow up the dregs of you without leaving anything behind.
What's more, Li Po also disapproved of his wife's move. Without her husband's support, Li Bi, as the queen, would not be able to do such a big thing.
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"The teacher may come back later this year. It should be at the beginning of winter at the latest. My family is not busy preparing. When the teacher comes back then, we can have a good time."
Mrs. Chen must be very happy in her heart with a smile, but she said, "I can't count on him for anything at home. I've long been used to it. I can come back whenever I want."
Anyway, he was restless when he came back. He always wanted to go out, and no one could hold him back.
I entered the palace a few days ago, and Sanniang told me that she wanted to make him a capital official. I said, that is of no use. Just wait and see. In less than a year and a half, he will have to be released, and then your majesty will
Should it or shouldn’t it?”
Li Po was also happy, "You are the teacher's confidant... The teacher doesn't value his achievements too much. He just has wasted many years and has no way to display his ambitions. Now that he can use his skills and feet, how can he be free? Do you think so?"
Mrs. Chen looked at her cheerful son-in-law and couldn't help but sigh.
Back then, she was not very happy when she heard that Sanniang had found a husband in the north who was not from the right family.
Later, Li Po led his troops to occupy Jinyang, and when his status improved, he became the senior member of their Sanyuan Li family. She began to worry about her daughter's bad temper and not to break her son-in-law.
Now that she has been in contact with him for a long time, she has come to understand that the ten daughters together are not as thoughtful as this son-in-law. He is really born to be an emperor.
If you listen to what these words say, it does sound pleasant to your ears, but as long as you think about it carefully, you will know that they are saying that the teacher is very talented and I can trust him, so I will naturally use it.
As long as the teacher wants to go out to serve as an official or lead the army, I have nothing to say here. I will not lock the teacher in the capital just because you say a few words.
Seeing the smile on Mrs. Chen's face gradually disappear, revealing a hint of sadness, I knew she understood what I meant.
So he quickly comforted him and said: "You don't have to think too much. This time the teacher returns to Beijing to report on his work. I discussed it with the court officials and wanted to make the teacher Zuopushe, the minister. He is in the central position and has great powers and responsibilities.
The teacher has received an official position and he is a sensible person. If he wants to go to Beijing again, he will have to think about it himself."
Mrs. Chen blinked her eyes and thought carefully about how old Shangshu Zuopushe was. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and the smile reappeared on her face. She nodded and said, "That's good, that's good..."
Then he explained rather embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, don't blame me for nagging, your teacher is older... If he were ten or twenty years younger, I definitely wouldn't say anything.
It’s a good thing for a man to aspire to success, and I will never stop him, but he..."
Li Po said with a smile: "I know everything you are going to say. With the teacher's current achievements, not to mention unprecedented, there are not many people who can compare with him.
Later, when the teacher returns to Beijing, you should also advise that being competitive is a matter for young people, so that the teacher should not compete with young people for credit..."
As soon as the joke came out, the mother-in-law and mother-in-law became happy, but Mrs. Chen was worried. If she could persuade her husband, how could she let him run away to the East China Sea?
The son-in-law is digging a hole again, but now that the good words have reached this point, Mrs. Chen can't force anything more. Otherwise, if you become a son-in-law, will he really be your son-in-law? He is still the emperor.
After giving his mother-in-law some psychological support, Li Po relaxed and ate meat and drank tea.
In fact, Chen's worries are unnecessary. Li Jing should not be able to leave Beijing again within a year or two after returning to Beijing. Whether there will be another war will have to wait until after the alliance.
Even if there were, it would not be Li Jing or Li Pharmacist who would lead the army. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, all the elite soldiers and generals were there, so why use Li Jing like a donkey?
Zhang Lun has been leading troops to station in the West Sea, and Zhang Shigui has led troops to station in Zhangye. Do you think that is a joke?