Li Ke looked angry and said: "I am the elder brother. I didn't say I would give the money to my younger brother, so how can I use your money?"
Li Min laughed and said: "Brother, you said that if I, the younger brother, make money, if I don't give it to you and my mother and concubine, who will spend it? Besides, I am investing. After my brother ascends the throne, I will naturally be very happy.
Give me a hundred times more, haha, I don’t do loss-making business.”
Hearing Li Min's words, Li Ke couldn't help being startled and looked around. Fortunately, there was no one around.
Li Ke couldn't help but said sternly: "Sixth brother, please don't say such things in the future. Once spread, you and I will be in big trouble."
Li Min said lazily: "Brother, what are you afraid of? Don't worry, as long as you do your part, brother, I will definitely put you on the throne."
After listening to Li Min's words, Li Ke's heart couldn't help but beat, but he said: "Sixth brother, what are you talking nonsense about again? I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!"
In fact, as a prince, how could he really be indifferent to the throne?
Well, except for lazy guys like Li Min.
However, Li Ke himself also knew that his mother-in-law was a princess of the Sui Dynasty. Without the backing of a powerful family, he basically had no chance.
However, recently his younger brother Li Min has done many surprising things.
Moreover, he became very close to several generals, and the forces around him gradually grew stronger.
If Li Min really helps him, then his chances of succeeding in seizing the throne will be much greater.
In the past, I had always been protecting my sixth brother.
Unexpectedly, my sixth brother has started to protect me as an elder brother now. My sixth brother has really grown up.
Not long after, ten sets of Zhenguan tables and Zhenguan chairs were delivered, along with a thousand coins.
Li Ke declined a little, and accepted it without any politeness.
Li Ke also needed to build his own team and recruited a lot of talents.
Recruiting talents requires money.
If he had no ambition, his food allowance would be enough for him to live a life of intoxication and dreams.
But if you are ambitious, that little income is far from enough.
In fact, one of the biggest reasons why Li Ke, his elder brother, has not come to visit him for so long since Li Min opened his house is because he is short of money.
When a big brother comes to visit, you can’t go empty-handed, right?
Now it's better, with this thousand dollars, it will be enough for him to last for a long time.
…
After dinner at the Prince of Shu's mansion, the two brothers had another conversation before Li Min left.
In the afternoon, Li Min bought some jewelry, fine fabrics, and some rouge and gouache, and brought them into the Hanxiang Hall.
Seeing Li Min, Concubine Yang was about to cry. She hurriedly waved and said: "Come here quickly, Concubine Min, let me see, have you lost weight?"
When Li Min walked up to him, Concubine Yang looked at him carefully for a long time and then smiled and said: "He has gained weight and grown taller. Min'er, why did my mother hear that after you left the palace, you became pregnant again?"
A prodigal and a beater, do you know how worried my mother-in-law was about you when she heard these things in the palace?"
Li Min chuckled and said: "Concubine, don't worry, these are all rumors and rumors spread by others. Concubine, look, I bought these jewelry to honor my concubine. Also,
These cloths, and these rouges and gouache are all children's honor to you. Please keep this thousand dollars with you and spend it!"
As soon as Li Min came, Concubine Yang focused all her energy on him, and she didn't even notice that Li Min came with so many gifts.
Now when Li Min said it, Concubine Yang was immediately shocked and couldn't help but ask: "Min'er, how much money does this cost? Where did you get so much money? You didn't rob it by force, right?"
Li Min chuckled and said: "Concubine, look at what you said, am I that kind of person? Concubine, don't worry, I earned these all by myself. Not only for you, but also for my brother, I will give them to you
I’m going to pay you a thousand guan. I can make a lot of money now, so my mother and concubine, you can spend it without worry.”
When Concubine Yang heard what Li Min said and sent a thousand coins to his brother Li Ke, Concubine Yang's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and she couldn't help but pick up a handkerchief and wipe her eyes.
Min'er has really grown up and become sensible, and Concubine Yang is extremely happy.
At this moment, Li Shimin walked in from the outside and saw Li Min coming, and Concubine Yang was wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
Li Shimin thought that Li Min had made Concubine Yang angry again, so he couldn't help but glared and said: "You brat, why did you make your mother and concubine angry when you came here?"
Concubine Yang quickly said: "Your Majesty, Min'er didn't make me angry! Look at these things, Min'er is filial to me. I'm glad that Min'er has grown up, and I sighed for a moment, then——"
Hearing Concubine Yang's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little disgusted, and couldn't help but ask: "You're such a young boy, you honor your mother and concubine so much, how about you honor your father?"
Li Min couldn't help but murmur in his heart: Please, can we still have some respect? Look at you as the king of a country, and you actually let your woman live such a difficult life! Now you have the nerve to ask me for filial piety with a shy face?
Of course, I can only think about this in my heart and never dare to say it out loud.
Li Min couldn't help but smile and said: "Father, aren't the Hanyu Pinyin and the Tang Dynasty Dictionary the filial piety of sons and ministers to you? Those filial piety are ten thousand times more valuable than the filial piety of sons and ministers to their mothers and concubines?"
Li Shimin snorted, then remembered something, and couldn't help but said to Li Min: "By the way, Min'er, my father will entrust you to be the chief compiler of the Tang Dynasty Dictionary. This is a matter of great importance for generations to come.
Do you have to fix it?"
What? Ask me to edit the dictionary and be the chief editor?
Don't worry, I won't do it. I'll look for whoever I want!
In fact, Li Shimin asked Li Min to be the chief editor and compile the Tang Dictionary, which was a reward for Li Min and also a kind of affection for Li Min.
The Tang Dynasty Dictionary is a great event that will benefit the present and future generations.
The chief editor will definitely be famous for generations to come, and will make all literati break their heads.
You are like the chief editor who compiled Yongle Dadian, Sikuquanshu, etc., which one will not become famous in later generations?
But Li Min doesn't care about fame at all. He is such a person who cares little about fame and fortune.
Therefore, Li Min couldn't help but said to Li Shimin: "Father, why don't you find someone else to do this?"
Li Shimin stared, lamenting his laziness, and said angrily: "Why?"
Li Min's thoughts suddenly changed and he said: "Father, have you forgotten that we still need to make paper and improve printing technology? Compared with dictionaries, reducing the cost of books is the most important thing!"
"By the way, Father, I decided to work with my father on this paper mill. When the time comes, my father will take 10% of the profits. If father and son work together, they will be more profitable than gold, hehe!"