Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

Seeing that Li Shimin was so angry, Wang De quickly said;

"Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Ji's actions seem ridiculous, but there are deep meanings behind them. This newspaper spends a lot of money every year to distribute to the scourges in the capital.

But now it seems very worthwhile. The old slave heard that they have a clear division of labor. If any state government dares to interfere with the newspaper branch's writing,

These dudes would go and find trouble, and state and county officials would not dare to go against so many second-generation disciples, even officials from aristocratic families. "Wang De told what he knew, and he didn't forget to praise Li Shen.

There is a saying that when the younger comes, the older comes. There are more than 100 second-generation officials and dozens of court officials. Anyone can drink a pot of it from him.

"What is written in Jinwuwei's memorial?" Li Shimin asked after feeling relieved.

"Back to Your Majesty, the memorial said that the Crown Prince had just mobilized the Prince's Sixth Army to search for orphans without fathers and mothers among the victims. It is said that six to seven hundred children were taken away."

After Wang De finished speaking, he kept observing Li Shimin's face. This matter is not a trivial matter. You must know that cultivating dead soldiers are also orphans.

The reason why the prince took away so many orphans is somewhat intriguing. The most important thing is that the prince did not inform His Majesty about this matter.

Li Shimin was silent for a while and then said;

"Go to the East Palace."

No matter what Li Chengqian's reason was, he had to go and see it. The prince finally got on the right track, and Li Shimin didn't want to get off track again.

There is only a wall between the East Palace and the Imperial Palace. Li Shimin arrived at the East Palace in a short time.

Li Shimin went straight in without any announcement. As soon as he walked in, he heard the noise.

Then I heard Li Chengqian's voice,

"Quick, that one over there is running away, catch him."

"Isn't that person over there doing something convenient? Hurry up and ask someone to clean it up."

"Why are you crying all the time? Are you sick? Call the doctor."

Li Shimin quickened his pace and walked into the back house. He saw that the yard was full of children, big and small, and hundreds of guards were maintaining order.

But they are all soldiers, so how can they take care of children? Those over seven or eight years old are okay, they are more sensible, and they wait quietly as arranged.

But when the younger ones are in a strange environment, they either cry, make fuss, or run around, especially those three or four years old.

Li Chengqian was holding a swaddled baby in his hands and standing in the middle of the yard, also giving instructions in a hurry.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian standing in the middle, and suddenly felt that this boss was the most suitable to be the emperor. An emperor must have a benevolent heart.

Li Shimin believed that water can carry a boat and capsize it. If the people in the world support you, even if there is rebellion, the people will help the emperor to fight against the rebellion.

When Li Shimin approached, Li Chengqian discovered Li Shimin.

"I've seen Aye."

Li Shimin did not speak, but stepped forward and looked at the crying baby in Li Chengqian's arms.

"You must be hungry. Call the wet nurse."

"Oh, oh. Go and call the nurse." Li Chengqian quickly ordered.

Three or four of these children are still milk babies. So Li Chengqian had already found several wet nurses.

After the wet nurse came, she took the baby down to breastfeed, so it’s not convenient to go into details.

Li Shimin turned around and told Wang De

"Go back to the palace and summon three hundred maidservants. How can a man take care of a child?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang De quickly returned to the palace. There were many maids, Ye Ting. They are all family members of prisoners.

After a while, Empress Changsun came to the East Palace in person with hundreds of maids. The harem is under the jurisdiction of the queen, and the recruitment of maids must of course require the queen's order.

When Empress Changsun heard that three hundred maids were to be mobilized to the East Palace to take care of the children, as a mother she immediately came in person.

She was afraid that Li Chengqian would be punished if he did something wrong again, so she came to solve her son's troubles.

Under the command of Queen Changsun, these children were finally settled, and Queen Changsun mobilized some bedding from the harem.

The queen and the princess were busy with work, so Li Shimin and his father came to Li Chengqian's study when they had nothing to do.

"Gao Ming, why are there so many children?" Li Shimin asked knowingly.

"Aye, these are all orphans outside the city. After their parents came here, some contracted diseases and died, and some froze to death. However, there should be some whose parents are still alive and were just sent in to give their children a way to survive."

"Alas," Li Shimin sighed.

"Aye, I just watched it. Many of them are young children of several years old. It's hard for me to imagine how they are alive.

Looking at them, I felt that they might not be able to survive tonight. I asked Wu Wei and they said that there were many young children among the corpses handled today. "

"Why did you think of bringing them all to the East Palace?" Li Shimin took a sip of tea.

"The tenth brother came to see his son at noon." After much hesitation, Li Chengqian betrayed Li Shen.

"Old Ten?" Li Shimin was surprised.

"Yes, Aye, my tenth brother went to the east of the city to give porridge this morning and encountered something..." Li Chengqian then told Li Shimin the story Li Shen told him. Then he continued. .

"Then my tenth brother found me and asked me to help build an orphanage specifically to take in orphans. But we haven't found a place to put so many people there yet, so I decided to temporarily put them in the East Palace. Please forgive me, Aye. "

Looking at Li Chengqian, Li Shimin was very pleased.

"You are the prince, and the East Palace is yours. You can do whatever you want. Besides, this is a good thing, so there is nothing wrong with it."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he thought for a moment and then continued;

"However, putting it in the East Palace is not a long-term solution. We still have to find a place outside."

"Yes, my son and my tenth brother think so too, and are looking for somewhere else. But it's winter now, and my junior brother said he wanted to build an orphanage but it's too late," Li Chengqian replied.

"Well, tell Lao Shi that I will give him a piece of land to build the orphanage. Alas, Lao Shi asked you to do it. In fact, Lao Shi has concerns. This child is good at everything, but he is too timid.

Since he pays you to do it, just do it. The people of the Tang Dynasty are all subjects of my Li family, and my Li family should take care of them. "

Now that my son has done it, I can't be too stingy, otherwise his bastard son won't know how to call him stingy behind his back.

Li Shimin gave Li Chengqian a few more instructions and got up to return to the palace. Li Chengqian and his wife sent Li Shimin to the door.

"Gao Ming, these children are so pitiful, you must take good care of them." Empress Changsun wiped her tears gently.

Empress Changsun felt heartbroken when she just heard the Crown Princess talk about the life experiences of these children.

"Don't worry, mother, I will take good care of them." Li Chengqian quickly stepped forward to comfort them.

"Yes, Gao Ming will take care of it, so don't be sad." Li Shimin was also comforting him.

At this moment, a carriage came quickly from a distance. Originally, Li An was preparing for martial law, but when he saw that it was the carriage from Prince Ji's Mansion, he was not so nervous.

Li Shen came to tell Li Chengqian that he had found a place to place the orphans, and asked Li Chengqian to prepare them tomorrow.

When the carriage approached the entrance of the East Palace, the guard reminded Li Shen, and Li Shen naturally took a look through the carriage window.

"Damn it, don't stop, hurry up."