The definition of a lonely minister refers to a distant minister who is isolated, helpless or not valued. Nowadays, it often refers to a person who has his own thoughts and personal ethics, does not pursue fame and fortune, and does not follow the crowd.
Although Lin Xuan was on good terms with Cheng Yaojin and others, if they lost Li Shimin's trust and respect, Cheng Yaojin and the others might not completely break up with the family because of him.
So in a different sense, Lin Xuan is a lonely minister, a lonely minister who is different from Wei Zheng.
Such a person will end up very disastrous in the hands of a faint king, or a relatively cold-blooded king.
Take the commander of the Jinyi Guards in the early Ming Dynasty as an example. As the head of a secret service, he was definitely a lone minister among lone ministers.
However, the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty were widely implicated. In order to calm the public anger, Zhu Yuanzhang killed two Jinyiwei commanders.
In particular, Mao Xiang, the first commander of the Jinyiwei, was the first person to hold the title of commander of the Jinyiwei. He single-handedly set off the entire Hu Weiyong case. His accomplices were investigated and he killed more than 30,000 people in total. Among the heroes involved were:
Duke, 20th Marquis. In the end, although the matters assigned by the emperor were completed, Zhu Yuanzhang still executed Mao Xiang in order to appease the public anger. The reason was that he was regarded as an accomplice of Hu Weiyong.
It's very ironic.
But Li Shimin was different. Li Shimin paid great attention to his reputation. He already had the reputation of killing his brother and imprisoning his father, so naturally he didn't want to have the reputation of killing a hero.
Even though someone like Yuchi Gong was so proud of himself, Li Shimin only beat him up and did not do anything to him.
Rather than saying that Li Shimin is broad-minded, it is better to say that Li Shimin does not want his reputation to be affected.
Changsun Wuji has been with Li Shimin for many years, so he naturally knows Li Shimin very well. Lin Xuan's existence has seriously threatened his status.
"It seems that they are joining forces with the Shandong clan. We cannot let Lin Xuan continue to develop like this." Changsun Wuji thought to himself.
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Lin Xuan didn't know what was happening in the court hall. He was leading a family of young and old to welcome Li Chengqian and Li Zhi at the entrance of Zhouzhuang.
Empress Changsun did not notify Lin Xuan in advance. It was not until Li Chengqian picked up Li Zhi that she sent someone to inform her.
What an honor it is to have a prince and a prince visit us.
However, Lin Xuan was not very happy after receiving the news.
There is no way, it will be very troublesome to entertain.
And if one of them is not good enough, if Li Chengqian or Li Zhi scratches his skin, he will be impeached by the official.
In Lin Xuan's view, this is not an honor, but two troubles.
But seeing Li Lizhi looking very happy, Lin Xuan could only pretend to be very happy.
After waiting for nearly half an hour, Li Chengqian's guard of honor arrived.
Lin Xuan quickly came forward with his parents, sister and Li Lizhi.
"I see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Jin."
"Common people see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Jin."
"My sister, I have met the prince brother."
Lin Dongyang and Zhang Qing did not have official titles and could only call themselves ordinary people. Li Lizhi was older than Li Zhi, so naturally there was no need to salute like Li Zhi.
"No gift!"
Li Chengqian walked out of the carriage dressed in regular clothes. His good education gave him an aura of nobility in every move he made.
Li Zhi got off the carriage from behind and said politely.
"Thank you to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Jin."
Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Pheasant slave wants to come over and see the beauty, but the queen mother is worried about letting Gu accompany her here, so she is bothering her."
Lin Xuan repeatedly said that he did not dare and invited Li Chengqian and Li Zhi into the house.
Although Li Chengqian has never been to the Lin family, he has heard about some things about the Lin family. After entering, he was not too surprised.
But Li Zhi was different. After all, the five-year-old child saw that the windows of the Lin family were all covered with glass. He stepped forward and took Li Lizhi's hand and asked: "Sister Huang, are these all colored glass?"
"That's right." There was a hint of pride in Li Lizhi's tone.
Now in the whole of Chang'an, except for the windows of Li Shimin's Tai Chi Hall, only the windows of the Lin family are equipped with glass.
Li Shimin originally wanted to replace all the windows in the palace with glass, but was persuaded by Lin Xuan.
The palace is so big. If all the windows in the palace were replaced with glass, those furnaces would not do anything but burn glass for the palace.
This alone is naturally not enough to convince Li Shimin that there are not enough fire kilns, so just build a few more.
Lin Xuan had no choice but to say that now is the time to make money from colored glaze. If all the windows in the palace were replaced with glass, everyone would know that colored glaze was not that thin anymore, and who would be willing to spend so much money on it? This gave up Li Shimin's idea.
However, the windows of the Lin family and the Taiji Hall were all made of glass. The princes, nobles, and dignitaries were very jealous. They all went to the Liulic Pavilion and asked to buy glass, but they were rejected.
In Lin Xuan's eyes, these people are just leeks. Now when those glassware ornaments can still be bought, naturally they can't sell glass.
When they can't be sold, it's time to take out the glass and harvest the leeks.
Closer to home, although the windows of the Tai Chi Palace have been replaced with glass, Li Zhi is young and Empress Changsun does not allow him to go to the Tai Chi Palace at all. Naturally, he has never seen it. This is the first time he has seen it, so it is naturally very strange.
"Sister Huang, there are so many glazed windows in your house. Can you take them down and give me some? I want to replace them with the ones in the palace where I live." Li Zhi said with his little face raised.
He didn't know how much Lin Xuan wanted this thing. He thought the colored glaze was very precious. Considering that the Lin family had so many, he took some down and put them back in his palace.
"Uh." Li Lizhi looked at Lin Xuan with some embarrassment.
She didn't know that Liuli was very common to Lin Xuan at first. Ziyi accidentally broke a piece before, and she even scolded Ziyi.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xuan waved her hand and asked someone to replace it directly, telling her that this thing was made from sand and was worthless.
She naturally knew that the less she knew about this news, the better. Both the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Lin family relied on this to make money.
"Pheasant slave, have you forgotten what the queen mother said when you came here?" Li Chengqian scolded.
Li Zhi frowned, but he didn't pester Li Lizhi for glass anymore.
Queen Changsun knew that Lin Xuan had many strange things, and she told him when he came here that he was not allowed to ask for them, otherwise he would not be allowed to leave the palace in the future.
For a five-year-old child, he has no idea what to enjoy. Playing is more attractive to him.
Arriving at the hall, Lin Xuan asked Li Chengqian and Li Zhi to take their seats, Lin Dongyang and Zhang Qing sat on the right, and Lin Xuan and Li Lizhi sat on the left.
Li Chengqian saw that Lin Dongyang and Zhang Qing were a little nervous, and with a warm smile on his face, he chatted with Lin Dongyang for a few words.
Lin Dongyang and Zhang Qing relaxed a lot when they saw that Li Chengqian was so approachable.
"Sister Huang, I want to eat corn." Li Zhi couldn't sit still, thinking of his purpose of leaving the palace this time, he said it directly.
"Pheasant slave, I don't have corn here anymore. Can I have someone make something else delicious for you to eat?" Li Lizhi said.
"No, no, no, I want to eat corn." Li Zhi said somewhat unhappily.
For him, he has never eaten the delicious food Li Lizhi said and has no idea at all, but he has eaten corn, so he naturally wants corn.