To the northeast of Tai Chi Palace, there is a huge palace complex.
It is where the Daming Palace is located.
The main body of Daming Palace is a tall building.
At the top of the building, all the civil and military officials were there.
And they also put up red banners on the top, which is no different from the completion of the tenement building at that time.
Li Shimin looked to the south, and the Tanglou of Shengtang Group was right in front of him.
The existence that he once thought was unattainable is now a little lower in front of him.
Even though you can't tell the difference from such a distance, under actual measurement, it is indeed much higher.
Li Shimin said with great emotion: "The Daming Palace has finally been completed. From now on, the first building in Chang'an must be the Daming Palace!"
He and Li Min were secretly competing.
No matter what, you have to compare yourself with others.
This is true even when building a building.
When Tang Tower was the tallest building at that time, Li Shimin couldn't sleep for a long time.
Today, the Daming Palace finally became the tallest building.
He also prohibited others from building tall buildings exceeding five stories, except for towers.
Therefore, from now on, his Daming Palace will firmly occupy the first position.
This made him very refreshed.
And suddenly, Cheng Yaojin came over.
Said cautiously:
"Your Majesty, I encountered a problem when I went to buy a hundred boxes of fireworks from the Sixth Prince."
Li Shimin frowned when he heard this.
"What's the problem? Doesn't he want to sell?"
"No, no, it's not that I don't want to sell it, it's just a bit expensive!"
"Expensive? How expensive can it be?"
"These one hundred boxes cost ten million taels of silver!"
Cheng Yaojin said so.
This made Li Shimin a little ugly.
Why is this Li Min asking for money everywhere?
However, he is not a philanthropist, so why ask for money?
But it costs ten million and one box only costs one hundred thousand taels, which is much cheaper than before.
"Today is the Queen's birthday, I can't lose face, can I? You know, the number of fireworks set off in the tenement building on Li Zhi's wedding day was also the same! If I am less than this number, then there is no need to set off!"
But Li Min had made a start. If he didn't let it go, Li Shimin might not be able to survive.
At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly thought of a good idea.
He then said: "Go and talk to him, and he will say that I can reduce the tax! Just treat it as the cost of the fireworks!"
Li Shimin is really a white wolf with empty gloves.
"What if he refuses?"
"No? If not, let him deduct it from the bank dividends!"
Li Shimin thought of another good way.
"Yes! I will deal with it now!"
As soon as Cheng Yaojin left, Queen Changsun came over.
"Your Majesty, if it is too expensive, there is no need!"
Obviously, she heard the conversation between Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin.
"Queen, I can't be careless about your birthday, which only happens once a year. It also coincides with the completion of the Daming Palace. The so-called double happiness, no matter how much money I have, I still have to spend it! And this money is nothing. Just...
How much does the bank earn in a year? These are considered extra!"
"If possible, wouldn't it be better to keep everything simple?"
"Queen, please don't worry about this matter. I have made up my mind! In the words of that boy, this is called promoting consumption. The money you spend will always fall into other people's pockets. At the same time, the economy will be better.
If it can move and money can be circulated, it will be good."
Empress Changsun remained silent because she knew that she could not defeat Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, the banquet has been set!"
At this time, a eunuch came to report.
"Okay, let's get started!"
Then, he walked to the dragon chair and sat down.
It was quite touching to see all the civil and military officials present.
At the same time, half of the food and wine on this table are produced by Shengtang Group.
He also did not expect that one day, there would be an existence like Shengtang Group.
Because after he kicked Li Min out.
Without thinking too much, he continued: "Today is the Queen's birthday, and it is a double celebration with the completion of the Daming Palace, so I am preparing to hold a grand celebration!"
All civil and military officials shouted, "Her Royal Highness the Queen is a thousand years old!"
Queen Changsun nodded.
Then, someone started giving gifts.
The gifts given by these people were not only paintings and calligraphy, but also poems.
After all, these things can better prove your integrity.
Compared with giving gold and silver treasures, they can arouse Li Shimin's love more.
The gift you gave was so good, and you were afraid that people would check it, and everyone tacitly understood it.
At this time, Fang Xuanling said again: "This February is the month of many blessings. In a few days, the annual imperial examination will be held. There are too many good things happening in this month!"
After what he said, everyone agreed.
"I heard that there are about a hundred talented young people who want to participate in this imperial examination!"
Someone said.
They didn't know that one hundred of these people were Li Min's people.
The one hundred or so people they knew were top figures, but in fact the number of people participating in the imperial examination may have been thousands.
Many people will be brushed off directly.
But this time it seems different.
Someone else said:
"Datang will be even stronger in the future!"
When Li Shimin heard these words, he felt very happy.
But if he knew that these people were Li Min's people, he would not feel like this.
"We wish this imperial examination a great success!"
"Shouldn't we wish Her Royal Highness the Queen a birthday first?"
Hou Junji said at this moment.
Some people followed suit.
"Yes, yes, your Royal Highness the Queen will live forever!"
Queen Changsun's interest gradually became higher.
Finally, I laughed.
This was the first time she had laughed in a while.
Probably he also got over the sadness of losing Changsun Wuji.
The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed the five flavors.
Suddenly, Hou Junji asked: "Why don't you see the Sixth Prince bringing gifts to the palace?"
Li Shimin was unhappy when this question came up.
Concubine Yang on the side spoke for Li Min.
"Min'er is a citizen now. Logically speaking, he cannot participate in royal affairs. It is normal that he does not give gifts."
"Yes, it's normal for Li Min not to send it!"
Queen Changsun also said.
At this time, if he really came in with a gift, she might not accept it.
At least for a period of time, Empress Changsun would not forgive Li Min easily.
"Having said that, the Sixth Prince has a very close relationship with the imperial court. It really doesn't make sense if he doesn't express his feelings!"
Gao Shilian continued.
At this time, the two of them really came together.
When they met someone who slandered Li Min, the two of them stood up directly.
Fang Xuanling said: "No wonder the Sixth Prince is responsible for this. Maybe the Sixth Prince doesn't know that today is the birthday of Her Royal Highness the Queen!"
Hou Junji said, "Your Majesty has already released the news, how could he not know about it? Is it possible that he did it intentionally?"
As soon as these words came out, Concubine Yang was very unhappy.
Li Shiminmin kept a straight face.
"Okay, if you don't send it, you don't send it. I won't miss him anything!"
At this time, a eunuch came to report.
"Shengtang Group sent someone to deliver a big gift!"
As soon as these words came out, they directly slapped many people in the face.