The disbandment of all officials does not mean that everyone can go back to their respective homes and find their own mothers.
Because after the court meeting, there is usually a "military parade" in the afternoon. His Majesty the Great Emperor is going to review the mighty army of the Tang Dynasty. However, this military parade is not fixed, and it was canceled this year because the emperor may be in a bad mood.
Yes, it saves everyone a lot of trouble.
In the evening, of course, there will be a big banquet for the officials as usual, and everyone will have a big meal together.
Li Yuanjia really had no expectations for the big banquet in the evening.
It would be fine if there were just some ordinary meals at the banquet, and it would be even better if there were stir-fried vegetables. But this is a Yuan Day banquet, and the main thing is to eat something with a strong sense of ritual, and these things Li Yuanjia really
I don't even want to touch it, I feel uncomfortable just thinking about it.
For example, there are five-spice dishes made of onions, garlic, leeks, mugwort and mustard; for example, there are powders mixed with cypress seeds, hemp seeds, asarum, dry ginger and aconite; and there are also peach wood branches boiled to drive away
Peach soup to ward off evil spirits, etc. After Li Yuanjia tasted these things, he no longer had any love for so-called formal banquets.
It's a pity that no matter how much he doesn't like it, as the prince and the shepherd of Yongzhou, he still has to go to the banquet.
So after returning home and resting for a while, Li Yuanjia hurriedly rushed to the palace after checking the sky, and was led to his seat just like the morning meeting.
The location of Yongzhou Mu is quite good.
Li Yuanjia came earlier, and no one at the two tables around him had arrived yet, so after looking around, his eyes immediately lit up and he walked straight to a location not far away.
Seeing him approaching, Wei Zheng quickly stood up and reminded his colleagues: "Ms. Fang, the King of Han is here."
"oh?"
Fang Xuanling looked up and quickly stood up.
Although this is his future son-in-law, after all, his daughter is not married to Li Yuanjia yet... Of course, even if they are married, due to their identity and status, they still have to have the proper etiquette.
After everyone exchanged greetings, Li Yuanjia couldn't wait to ask: "Yuanjia has something to ask your husband, is it convenient now?"
"Haha, Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if you say it."
Nodding, Fang Xuanling replied with a smile.
Taking a deep breath, Li Yuanjia asked in a low voice: "Ms. sir, if I want something that Gaochang Kingdom is paying tribute to today, what should I do?"
"What? A tribute from Gaochang Kingdom?"
After hearing Li Yuanjia's words, Fang Xuanling's eyes suddenly widened.
Wei Zheng's eyes flashed brightly next to him, and he was quite curious about the question Li Yuanjia asked: Speaking of which, the King of Han has been in the court for several months, but he has always kept a low profile in the court, which is surprising. If he didn't go to court every day,
He greeted himself very respectfully, and it was hard for Wei Zheng to even feel his presence!
Even with Fang Xuanling and Li Yuanjia, they basically wouldn't say a few words.
But today I came up to ask about Gaochang's tribute, which made people curious: Li Yuanjia was the prince of the Tang Dynasty, so what was there in Gaochang that could attract his attention, and he even asked Fang Xuanling about it?
"Yes, it's the kapok that Gaochang Kingdom paid tribute to!"
Nodding, Li Yuanjia asked anxiously: "Yuanjia wants to plant a few kapok plants at home, but I don't know what will happen to the tributes from various countries after they arrive at the Ministry of Rites? Can I ask for them? Gaochang also sent them.
If I have a farmer who maintains these kapok, can I also ask for it? Will Wang Shangshu agree? Please teach me."
"..."
After listening to Li Yuanjia's words, the two prime ministers of the dynasty... Oh, Wei Zheng is no longer the minister, it must be that the two big lords of the dynasty were speechless at the same time.
You said it so solemnly, so you just wanted to ask for a few kapok plants?
Wei Zheng shook his head almost subconsciously. Wei Zheng was slightly disappointed with Li Yuanjia. Although the best prince is Li Yuanjia, a prince who only likes promiscuous skills and has no interest in political affairs, but when he sees this kind of prince who does not seek advancement,
As a young man, Wei Zheng still instinctively wanted to sigh. If the other party was an ordinary official, he would have spouted a lot of truths from his mouth.
In contrast to Wei Zheng's barely concealed disappointment, Fang Xuanling's expression remained unchanged and she asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, what do you want that kapok for?"
"Kapok? No, that's kapok!"
Shaking his head, Li Yuanjia seriously corrected Fang Xuanling's statement.
He knew that these days, everyone regards cotton as an ornamental plant, and it is still a rare ornamental plant, so it seems appropriate to call it a flower. But Li Yuanjia himself knows very well how important this thing will be in the future.
!
In the past few years, he had offered a large bounty for kapok seeds. Although he received one once, the servants planted them all to death because they did not understand. At that time, Li Yuanjia was so angry that he actually beat each of them dozens of times! So now it is not easy to see them again.
Cotton, and Gao Changguo also sent people who knew how to grow kapok. How could this not excite him?
This thing must be in your own hands!
In the entire Tang Dynasty, only Li Yuanjia knew the true value of this kapok. Therefore, people, whether they are kapok or not, could only get the treatment they truly deserved when they arrived at the Palace of Prince Han. If they were really brought into the palace or placed outside the city,
In the confines of the garden, one might die again...
But of course Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng didn't know Li Yuanjia's thoughts, but they were speechless at his words: "Kapok? Is there any difference between Kapok?"
Fortunately, Fang Xuanling was too lazy to be serious and just shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, if you want kapok and farmers who grow kapok, it is useless to go to Wang Shangshu. You must have His Majesty's approval!"
"Yes, after all, it is a tribute from the vassal country."
Wei Zheng next to him also nodded and said with a smile: "Even if it is just some kapok, Wang Shangshu would not dare to give it away easily... In fact, if the king likes it, he can just ask his majesty directly. I believe his majesty will not
Rejected.”
"That's it...thank you both!"
He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed with this result, but Li Yuanjia still thanked him seriously, and then began to secretly plan how to ask Li Shimin for the kapok and the farmer.
To be honest, he was not very willing to meet his second brother.
It's not that he's afraid of him. After all, now that the Supreme Emperor has collapsed, Li Yuanjia's threat to him has been reduced to a negligible level, so Li Shimin will definitely not be as wary of his younger brother as he was in previous years. It's just that Li Yuanjia is afraid of being killed.
I was always a little worried about staying in Chang'an and serving as the shepherd of Yongzhou, so apart from keeping a low profile on a daily basis, I didn't really want to hang out in front of the emperor.
and……
If you go to see the emperor to ask for something, you can't go empty-handed, right?
Thinking of this, Li Yuanjia felt more and more headache: "Even if I exchange things, what should I get? Of the gadgets that the house has recently produced, there are not many that I can get rid of..."