Everyone from the Confucius family came to the scene to salute Li Shimin.
Then, Kong Yingda asked some irrelevant people to avoid him.
Kong Yingda obviously did not expect Li Shimin's arrival.
He was very worried at this time, why?
Because the ice around me still exists, giving off a hint of coolness.
If Li Shimin asks about this matter, how should he respond?
Did you say it was obtained from the private sector?
It doesn't feel right either.
Did you buy it yourself?
Where does your money come from?
What should I say?
No matter how you say it, it's wrong.
You said you got it from the Sixth Prince?
It seems... ok.
It's true.
Li Shimin still found the ice cubes on the side.
He had a sullen face.
"My dear, I think your life seems to be very good. I haven't given you any ice yet, so you bought the ice yourself. Didn't it cost a lot of money?"
Li Shimin's words were full of yin and yang.
It was very uncomfortable to hear.
"Your Majesty, I did not buy this!"
"Where did that come from? Did it fall from the sky?"
"This is...is..."
"What is it?"
"I got it from the Sixth Prince. I just brought it back and am going to pack it up and present it to Your Majesty and the Queen."
Kong Yingda is considered shrewd.
This trick of borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha is very useful.
If he doesn't do this, I'm afraid he can't explain it.
Because once he got involved with Li Min, he couldn't explain it clearly in front of Li Shimin.
Don't say it in a light way, call it a bribe in a serious way.
That's a big sin.
Now Li Min is a citizen, not a prince, so there is no reason to give him anything.
Fortunately, I directly told him to give it to Li Shimin.
The entire Kong family was puzzled. This is not what their master just said!
After hearing this, Li Shimin's expression softened slightly.
But it's still very ugly.
"Where did he get the money to buy all this ice?"
he asks.
"I heard that he came here to sell poems. His poems have been selling well in the past two days. I have collected more than 200 of his poems alone, and they have not yet been collected. However, soon, these two poems were collected.
The sky is ready to be harvested. Also, I saw the ice in his residence, which is really a lot."
In just over a day, Li Min wrote more than 200 poems.
But with Kong Yingda, I only got more than 200.
Kong Yingda tried his best to talk about as many quantities as possible to show that his ten kilograms of ice was nothing.
It's just a fraction of what others have.
"How much can you get by selling poems? Ice is a very precious thing. Even I can't give out too much ice at once to cool down the heat. This guy actually has so much? And giving it away to others is a waste of money!
"
"I don't know this."
When Kong Yingda heard that he was embarrassed, was it a waste of money to give him away? At the same time, he also pretended not to know.
Nothing is your own business!
"Well, what can't this traitor do? His method of doing things cannot be treated as normal."
Since a year ago, Li Min has behaved differently from others.
In terms of various aspects, such as beating officials for no reason, deliberately antagonizing concubines, is there anything he can't do?
Therefore, the fact that Kong Yingda was able to obtain these ices must not be based on ordinary theory.
Although Li Shimin said this, he must be curious in his heart.
How rich is Li Min?
Enjoy something that others cannot enjoy.
Kong Yingda breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that Li Shimin would say more on this issue.
So the topic was dropped.
"Why is Your Majesty looking for a minister this time? You can directly let the old minister enter the palace to meet the saint. I feel guilty after such a long journey."
"There's nothing wrong. It's just that Gan'er's study situation seems to be bad recently. I came over to ask you. I happened to be bored in the palace, so I came out to take a look."
Kong Yingda wiped away the cold sweat, it turned out to be like this!
Make him think something big happened!
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been unable to keep up with his studies recently. He often falls asleep during my lectures. I originally wanted to talk about this after tomorrow morning. Since Your Majesty is here, I will talk about it."
Kong Yingda knew that the relationship between Li Chengqian and Li Min was not good.
At this moment, he was favored by Li Min and casually said bad things about Li Chengqian.
Anyway, he didn't have a good impression of Li Chengqian.
On the surface, he was his teacher, but the prince didn't seem to want to see him, so he didn't want to look at his face.
Talk directly to his father about things he is not serious about.
As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin became angry.
"Why is this child so unbehaved? How dare I hand over my kingdom to him in the future? No, I have to go back to the palace and educate him! Let's see if he still dares not to listen well!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. His Royal Highness is still a child, and he always likes to play."
"Child? No, he is the future king. In terms of maturity, he is not as good as Yin'er..."
Li Shimin blurted out.
It can be seen that Li Min still has a certain status in his heart, but it is just that Li Min has challenged his authority. If not, he might still be fine.
Kong Yingda sounds good. Li Shimin is a sharp-tongued person.
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true!"
"Okay, I'll go first!"
Li Shimin hurriedly wanted to go back and teach Li Chengqian a lesson.
"Your Majesty, I just have something to ask for."
Kong Yingda stopped Li Shimin.
It just so happens that he is here and it would be best to explain things clearly.
"Oh? What else do you want?"
Li Shimin was puzzled. Usually Kong Yingda only came to him to study with the prince. After just talking about studying, what did he want to do?
"It's like this. I met a restaurant owner by chance before. He was very interested in the saltpeter mine in the east of the city. He wanted to rent the saltpetre mine. He also promised to rent the mining rights for one year for three thousand taels of silver. The money is a one-time payment. I would like to ask Your Majesty for permission to settle the matter. Is this possible?"
"But that saltpeter mine in the east of the city that has been abandoned for many years? I stayed there for a while back then. How could anyone want it?"
"That's it!"
"It's just right to rent it out and collect money to replenish the national treasury. But three thousand taels is a little too little, so let's say five thousand taels of silver, which is a lot. Go tell them, and if they agree, you will handle this matter with the Ministry of Household Affairs. I have something else to do, so I’ll leave first!”
Li Shimin said, asking directly for five thousand taels.
Five thousand taels of silver, as much as the Sixth Prince said.
It seems that Li Min still understands Li Shimin.
First, he said three thousand a piece, because he knew that Li Shimin would still raise the price.
This went surprisingly smoothly.
Kong Yingda was immediately shocked. It turned out that Li Min was so powerful that he could guess Li Shimin's decision.
"Your Majesty, this ice..."
"I'll give you this ice. How can a king take something from his subjects? It's outrageous!"
Don't wait for Kong Yingda to react.
Li Shimin has left.
Kong Yingda breathed a sigh of relief.
The whole family came out cheering and could finally drink a bowl of rock sugar water!
Kong Yingda didn't have the intention to drink that stuff.
he shouted:
"Come here, prepare a car and go to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs!"