Yuchi Gong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
If you publish in the newspaper that the imperial court is going to use troops against the Turks, the Turks will definitely receive the news.
But after waiting for a while and seeing that Tang Dynasty did not make any move, the Turks would really think that Tang Dynasty was bluffing.
Li Shimin said decisively: "Xuanling, you are responsible for selecting the envoys. Tell them that they must show the anger of the Tang Dynasty."
The angrier they appear, the more the Turks will believe that Datang is bluffing.
"It's cold now. I've asked people to prepare some vegetables for you to take back and try." Li Shimin said.
Although the ancients were particular about not eating from time to time, they gave up using greenhouses to grow vegetables.
But they still know that they can't grow vegetables in winter because of the cold weather.
Therefore, the ancients thought of growing vegetables beside hot springs.
There are not many hot springs around Chang'an, and even fewer vegetables can be grown, which can only be supplied to the royal family.
However, in order to win over ministers, Li Shimin would reward ministers with some rewards every winter.
When Fang Xuanling and others heard that there were vegetables to eat, they all looked happy.
Vegetables are not rare in normal times, but in winter, there is no place to buy them if you have money.
However, a few people did not show joy.
Even Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong showed disgust.
Although vegetables can be grown near the hot springs, the temperature cannot be controlled, so the vegetables grown are somewhat malnourished and taste much worse than usual.
When there are no vegetables, it would be nice to have vegetables, so naturally no one would care.
But they all have vegetable greenhouses built with Lin Xuan's help, so there is no shortage of vegetables, so they naturally look down upon those vegetables that are malnourished.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
All the ministers bowed to express their gratitude. Even though Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong were not grateful, who dared not refuse the reward from Li Shimin?
The vegetables grown by the hot springs were not enough for even the royal family. Li Shimin rewarded the ministers just to win over the ministers. He was very happy to see them thanking them, but when he saw Cheng Yaojin, he was stunned.
You must know that in previous years when he rewarded vegetables, Cheng Yaojin would come to him and want more.
But what happened this year?
Not only did Cheng Yaojin not ask him for anything, he didn't even smile. Li Shimin even saw disgust in his eyes.
That's right, it's just disgusting.
"My lords, your hard work has paid off, it's just some vegetables, no need to be polite." Li Shimin waved his hand and said.
"Zhijie, the amount of vegetables this year is so small that I don't even have enough to eat. After you finish eating, you can't come to me for more," Li Shimin said.
He was a little surprised why Cheng Yaojin didn't ask him for vegetables, but he couldn't ask directly.
Otherwise, what would he do if Cheng Yaojin really asked him for help?
You know, in addition to giving rewards to ministers, harem concubines, princes, princesses, and clan members, he can't even eat the rest.
Therefore, he thought of testing Cheng Yaojin in a roundabout way.
"Since Your Majesty doesn't have enough, then those ministers who rewarded me will not want it," Cheng Yaojin said.
When Li Shimin saw what Cheng Yaojin said, he felt more and more that there was something wrong with it.
"Oh? In the past years, I rewarded you, and you not only accepted it, but also asked me for it. Why did you suddenly change your gender this year?" Li Shimin asked.
"hey-hey."
Cheng Yaojin chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, Zichu helped me build a vegetable greenhouse, and I can grow vegetables in winter. There is no shortage of vegetables in my family."
"Greenhouse?"
Li Shimin was stunned and asked: "What is a vegetable greenhouse?"
"It's just to build a house on the ground, use coal to make a fire to heat it, and grow vegetables. If Your Majesty doesn't have enough to eat, I will send you some back." Cheng Yaojin said very generously.
"Your Majesty, I still have ministers. I can also send some to Your Majesty." Yuchi Gongye said.
Li Shimin was stunned: "You have one too?"
"Yes, Zichu helped our family build a vegetable greenhouse." Yuchi Gong showed off.
"us?"
Li Shimin looked at Qin Qiong and Li Jing.
Li Jing and Qin Qiong were not as high-profile as Cheng Yaojin and others, but when Li Shimin looked over, they had no choice but to nod.
Li Shimin was so angry, Lin Xuan was almost a prince-in-law, but he refused to give him anything good.
If Cheng Yaojin and others hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known about it until now.
"Gong Su, Duke E, aren't you talking about the greenhouse? The greenhouse has been around since the Han Dynasty, and it's not uncommon. The vegetables grown in the greenhouse are an occasional thing, how can you give them to your majesty?" Wei Zheng
said.
"What an untimely thing? The vegetables grown by the hot spring are also an untimely thing. How can your majesty eat them?" Cheng Yaojin said unhappily.
"Hot springs are a normal phenomenon. How can they be compared with a greenhouse or using charcoal fire to heat it?" Wei Zheng argued with reason.
"Why can't they be compared? Is it possible that the vegetables in the greenhouse don't grow in the ground?" Cheng Yaojin asked.
"You are using strong words to make excuses." Wei Zheng was at a loss for words.
He also read about growing vegetables in greenhouses in ancient books.
It is recorded in the book that it was abandoned because it was an untimely thing.
Therefore, when he saw that Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong wanted to offer food to Li Shimin, he quickly objected.
In fact, the reason why people gave up growing vegetables in greenhouses was because the Han Dynasty at that time had insufficient national strength.
The cost of growing vegetables in a greenhouse is so high that it’s really not worth it just to get a bite of vegetables.
But naturally those ministers couldn't say that to the emperor, so they found an unexpected thing to prevent the emperor from growing vegetables in the greenhouse.
Many people may think that it is not expensive for Lin Xuan to build a vegetable greenhouse?
In fact, it is also very high, but it is much cheaper than when it was a big man.
If you want to heat a greenhouse, you must keep it warm.
You should know that growing vegetables requires a lot of space and consumes a lot of wood and charcoal.
Coupled with some other consumption, the cost is very huge.
But Lin Xuan and the others use coal, which is worthless.
The only valuable thing is glass.
But it is only valuable in the eyes of outsiders, and to Lin Xuan, it is nothing at all.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Stop arguing. Since I know it's okay for them to eat, I can naturally eat it too."
"Hey, I will send some to His Majesty when I get back." Cheng Yaojin said.
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"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Jingyang County wants to see you." Li Mu said.
"Okay, before I even looked for him, he came to my door." Li Shimin thought to himself.
Li Shimin was naturally unhappy that Lin Xuan built a greenhouse for Cheng Yaojin and others but not for him.
"Let him come in." Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan walked into the hall and saw Li Shimin looking unhappy. He was a little confused. Could it be that Queen Sun was ill again?
That shouldn't be the case. If Empress Changsun becomes ill, there's no way she won't receive any news at all.
"See Your Majesty." Lin Xuan suppressed his doubts and bowed.
"No courtesy." Li Shimin waved his hand and said impatiently: "Why are you here?"
Lin Xuan said: "I wonder what happened to make Your Majesty so angry?"
He came to Li Shimin to talk about making soap, but Li Shimin was obviously unhappy now, and he was thinking about coming back another day.
He doesn't want to be a punching bag.
"They are not Turks yet, but they have come to the border to plunder again." Li Shimin said.
He originally wanted to ask Lin Xuan why he didn't build a greenhouse for him, but Lin Xuan was also involved in the conspiracy against the Turks. He wanted to hear Lin Xuan's opinion.
Lin Xuan was not surprised at all when he heard that Turks were raiding the border of Tang Dynasty.
Nomads have always been a thorn in the side of the Central Plains dynasty. When the Central Plains dynasty was strong, they would plunder at the borders.
And when the Central Plains dynasty declines, they will invade directly.
This kind of thing happens all the time, so there is nothing surprising about it.
When the Central Plains dynasty became powerful, they would also take action against the nomads.