Lin Xuan was a little speechless, but you said it lightly.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, no matter what they impeach you for, as long as it's not true, I will help you solve it."
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "As long as what you mean is true, you don't care about me. Why does he feel that Li Shimin is so unreliable?"
"By the way, there is news from the Western Turks that something seems to have changed." Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, what happened? Is it possible that they didn't buy it?" Lin Xuan asked.
Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Someone launched a mutiny, and now the Western Turks have changed people. As for whether they will buy the Glazed Wolf, we haven't received any news yet, so we can't be sure yet."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this matter. It doesn't matter whether they buy it or not. It's only 120,000 yuan anyway." Lin Xuan said nonchalantly.
Historically, Western Turks and Xue Yantuo were eventually wiped out by the Tang Dynasty. No matter how well they calculated, they would not have survived for a few more years.
Li Shimin glared at Lin Xuan and said, "Did I think of the 120,000 guan? I thought of the low-priced war horse."
"Your Majesty, we are not short of money now. Although war horses are a bit more expensive, it is not difficult to buy them, right?" Lin Xuan said nonchalantly.
The lack of war horses before the Tang Dynasty was due to the blockade of the grasslands and the high attrition of war horses.
Now that there are horseshoes, the loss of horses has been reduced a lot. As long as you spend money to buy some horses, it will be enough for the Tang army.
"What you said is easy. There are many places where Datang needs to spend money. As you said last time, I arranged for people to sell the salt to the grasslands, but the price was too high and no one bought it." Li Shimin
He said angrily.
Lin Xuan was startled and asked: "How could it be? Isn't there a lack of salt in the grassland?"
The grassland is short of salt and iron. Even if the price of salt and iron is higher, as long as it is not too outrageous, it stands to reason that there should be no need to worry about selling it.
Li Shimin said with a sinister face: "I asked someone to investigate and found out that the Cui family sold the salt to the grassland. The price is a little cheaper than what the imperial court sold to the grassland."
Since Lin Xuan came up with the idea of making salt, not only was there no shortage of salt in the Tang Dynasty, but the price of salt was very low.
If the sea salt produced by the Cui family is sold at this price, it will only make a loss.
The Cui family sold all the salt they produced to other countries, and even bought salt from the government and resold it.
Of course, Li Shimin could sell the salt to the grassland at a lower price than the Cui family.
But he can't do this. Once he does, it will be the prairie people who get the advantage in the end.
The Cui family could ignore Datang's interests, but he couldn't.
Lin Xuan was dumbfounded. No wonder the Cui family didn't react much to the emergence of the method of making salt.
"Your Majesty, the family must have the help of the border generals to transport the salt out of the customs." Lin Xuan said.
A large amount of salt, not a small thing, can be transported out without anyone noticing.
Li Shimin said: "Of course I know this. I just got the news not long ago, and I am still thinking about how to find out about it."
Lin Xuan didn't say anything. There must be many people involved in this matter and covering each other, otherwise it would be easy to investigate.
Once this matter is investigated and understood, no one knows how many people will be killed. Lin Xuan does not want to participate.
"If I hadn't sent people to sell salt on the grassland and discovered this, I might not have known about it until now. Do you know what this means?" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said.
What does this mean?
This means that many generals and aristocratic families at the border are getting involved.
It means that the hand of the noble family has reached out to the army.
Although the aristocratic families have private soldiers, some of the imperial soldiers are even in the hands of the aristocratic families.
But the border army was different. Now they could transport the salt without telling Li Shimin.
One day we may collude with the various tribes in the grasslands and let them in.
This is what Li Shimin is most worried about.
"I want to find someone to investigate this matter, but there has been no good candidate." Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan smiled bitterly, Li Shimin meant that he wanted him to be responsible for this matter.
"Your Majesty, I don't know how many people are involved in this matter, so we can only investigate it secretly," Lin Xuan said.
To be honest, he didn't want to be involved in this.
Once this kind of thing is discovered, the people involved will definitely lose their heads.
If anyone knew that someone was investigating them, those people would definitely jump into a panic.
If Li Shimin can be concealed, the other party's status must be very high.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Li Shimin asked.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, it is best to send someone who is familiar with the army and very prestigious to investigate this matter."
Li Shimin nodded, he also thought of what Lin Xuan said.
"But once the ministers in the DPRK are sent out, they may arouse the vigilance of those people. If you act rashly, who knows what those people will do." Li Shimin said.
In comparison, Lin Xuan was not only capable, but also had a relatively low sense of presence, so he wanted to send Lin Xuan to investigate this matter.
Lin Xuan said quickly: "Your Majesty, the aristocratic family is keeping an eye on me now. Once I go to investigate, it will definitely arouse their vigilance."
"You're a fool. With your little courage, how can I trust you to hand over your beauty?" Li Shimin said with disdain.
Lin Xuan's little thoughts couldn't be hidden from him at all.
However, Li Shimin also knew that Lin Xuan was indeed being targeted by the aristocratic family and was not suitable for this matter.
What! Are you saying I don’t have any seeds?
Lin Xuan almost jumped up, but after thinking about it, he held it back.
As long as we can avoid this big trouble, we can do nothing if we don’t sow.
"Your Majesty, I would like to pay attention to this," Lin Xuan said.
He doesn't want to take over, but it doesn't stop him from coming up with ideas.
"Tell me about it." Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty didn't send several generals from the court to investigate, isn't it because he was worried about arousing their vigilance? As long as there is a legitimate reason, that's all."
"What you said is correct, but we are not going to fight now. Where is the valid reason?" Li Shimin asked.
Lin Xuan said: "The stability of the border is related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty can send people there on the grounds of rewarding the soldiers and inspecting the border fortress."
"Then which general in the court do you think is suitable?" Li Shimin asked.
Lin Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know much about the generals in the court, so it's hard to say."
No matter who takes over this matter, it will be a hot potato. Let him recommend people. In the end, if people know about it, they can still thank him.
Li Shimin did not embarrass Lin Xuan at this moment, waved his hand and said: "You go down, I will consider this matter carefully."
"Your Majesty, I wonder if His Highness the King of Jin is in the Lizheng Palace? I have something to give to His Highness," Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin said with some curiosity: "What is it? Just give it to me, I will have someone send it over."
"Your Majesty, most people don't know how to use this thing. I have to personally teach His Highness King Jin how to use it." Lin Xuan said with some embarrassment.
How dare he show those things to Li Shimin? If Li Shimin knew that he gave toys to Li Zhi, he would probably want to kill him.
Although princes in ancient times were born noble, they did not have much childhood.
At a young age, Li Zhi had to learn etiquette and read and practice calligraphy every day.
As for toys, they don't exist.
Li Shimin didn't think much about it and asked Li Mu to arrange for someone to take Lin Xuan there.
Li Zhi lived in a courtyard of Lizheng Palace, not far away.
Don't build a political palace. If there is a word "dian", it means a palace.
In fact, the Li Zheng Palace is very large, otherwise Li Shimin would not have allowed Empress Changsun to live here.
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, please ask for an audience with the Marquis of Jingyang County!" the eunuch who led the way reported.
Li Zhi's eyes lit up and asked: "Where are the people?"
"Go back to Your Highness, you are waiting outside the courtyard!"
"Let him come in quickly. Wait, I will go in person." Li Zhi said.
"See His Royal Highness King Jin!"
When Lin Xuan saw Li Zhi coming out, he quickly saluted.
Li Zhi ignored Lin Xuan, looked around and found that Lin Xuan didn't bring anything, and asked: "Where are the things you promised me?"
"Back to Your Highness, the things have been brought and are now outside the Li Zheng Palace. Your Highness still needs to send someone to pick them up." Lin Xuan said.
He can bring things into the palace, but he cannot bring them to the Li Zheng Palace without permission.
Li Zhi quickly said to the eunuch beside him: "Go outside the Lizheng Palace and ask someone to bring in the things brought by the Marquis of Jingyang County."
"yes!"
After a while, the eunuch led several forbidden soldiers and brought the things in.
Li Zhi looked at the things made of wood and asked curiously: "How to play with these things?"
"Your Highness, don't worry, wait until I finish it first." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Lin Xuan directed the imperial troops to secure the slide in the courtyard, and asked the palace maid to find a carpet and spread it on the ground.
After it was done, Lin Xuan said: "Your Highness, climb up here, sit there, and then slide down."
"Then let me give it a try." After Li Zhi finished speaking, he climbed up the small stairs.
The eunuchs and maids quickly stepped forward to support Li Zhi, fearing that he would fall.
After Li Zhi climbed up, he slid down from the upper door as Lin Xuan said.
"It's fun!" Li Zhi said excitedly.
Li Zhi played a few more times, pointed at the wooden horse and asked, "How do you play this?"
"Your Highness, just sit on it." Lin Xuan said.
Li Zhi heard this and rode on the wooden horse.
The bottom of the wooden horse was curved, and it began to swing with Li Zhi's weight.
"Drive, drive, drive!" Li Zhi shouted as if he was really riding a horse.
Seeing that Li Zhi liked it, Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Your Highness, let's play for now. I'll take my leave now."