Chapter 17 The difference between king and minister, Li Shimin’s helplessness

Author: Eight Coins Tangyuan

Chapter 17 The difference between king and minister, Li Shimin’s helplessness

"Father, that Si son is gone!!"

"But before I leave, Sizi still wants to tell you that in this game, you have to decide whether to rob the landlord based on your own number of cards!!"

"According to what the second brother told Si Zi, if your cards are good, you can naturally rob the landlord. If your cards are bad, you can retreat and choose to cooperate with another farmer. The two of you have a better chance of winning than your own bad cards."

"Just now, Si Zi chose to cooperate with Uncle Du because he saw that the cards in his hand were not good. Father, you should also learn more and stop thinking about robbing landlords."

Xiao Sizi clasped his hands behind his back, tapped his toes, stuck out his tongue at Li Shimin, and quickly left the Tai Chi Palace.

Don’t you want to grab the landlords all together...

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, he was educated by his own daughter.

It’s really embarrassing to be thrown into grandma’s house!!

But when he plays cards, his starting point is not just to play.

Card games are like life.

Every choice you make has endless possibilities.

Li Shimin often calls the landlord a bad hand because the Tang Dynasty he inherited is also in devastation.

Natural and man-made disasters, empty money in the treasury, peeping eyes of aristocratic families, eager eyes from foreign countries, and former Sui soldiers secretly...

There are too many difficulties to face!!

Isn’t this the same as having a bad deck of cards?!

Moreover, now he has no one to rely on. He has to rely on himself and only himself!!

"Du Shangshu, do you think I can save the country and let Li Tang have the absolute right to speak?!"

"This..." Du Chuke thought about it seriously and said, "Your Majesty, I can't see that far."

Li Shimin sighed.

Du Chuke is a very capable guy who can do everything on his own, but he is too cautious. He felt it again when he was playing cards just now.

Let him do things according to the assigned plan. This guy will have no problem and will complete it very well.

But if you let him discuss national affairs, this guy...

Forget it, don't count on him anymore.

Li Shimin had a headache and rubbed his forehead, "Let me change the question, what do you think of this bamboo sign?"

Du Chuke did not answer the question this time and reported the truth truthfully.

"Your Majesty, this bamboo card requires wisdom to arrange every step of the playing method. It is beneficial to intellectual development, and the rhythm is very fast and does not take up too much time. Wei Chen believes that it can be vigorously promoted."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Du Shangshu, you and I thought of going together. If we promote it, how many bamboo signs can the Ministry of Labor and Industry produce in a day?!"

"This, Your Majesty, please allow me to have a look."

Du Chuke picked up the bamboo sign and looked at the composition. He was too nervous about getting along with Li Shimin and didn't look at it carefully. When he looked at it, he realized that the bamboo sign was made of rosewood.

Coupled with master's carving technology.

According to his experience, this set of bamboo cards alone costs nearly two years of an average family's income.

"Your Majesty, if we restore it one to one, I am afraid that the Ministry of Industry will not be able to realize it. Even if it is realized, it can only be supplied to a small scale."

"And if we take the next step and use more ordinary wood as the material, then the efficiency can be greatly improved."

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, "How long will it take to make a pair of bamboo cards from ordinary wood?!"

He had also seen it just now. The main parts of the bamboo cards are numbers and gameplay, which have nothing to do with the material itself and do not affect the gameplay experience.

"There are carving craftsmen in the Ministry of Works. If the Ministry of Works uses the power of the Ministry of Works, we can make thousands of them in a day, but... Your Majesty, you also know that the officials of the Ministry of Works currently have more urgent matters that need to be dealt with."

"The construction of houses after this disaster, the construction of major palaces in Chang'an Palace, Taoist temples, water lakes...the Tang Dynasty has prospered with all kinds of waste, and Wei Chen believes that these are the most important."

Du Chuke raised his hand and made a suggestion.

"That's it, then you can make a few artificial ones first, then send them to the princes, and warn them that poker is like life, every step and every line needs to be considered carefully, just say it was my order."

Li Shimin handed all the bamboo cards in his hand to Du Chuke.

"Your Majesty Du Chuke, take the edict!!"

Du Chuke finished arranging the bamboo cards and bowed deeply, but he still didn't leave.

"Why, Du Shangshu, is there anything else?!"

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Your Majesty, that... that, those around you..."

Du Chuke was a little embarrassed.

Li Shimin looked for him and found a pile of drawings that had been kneaded into balls by Xiao Sizi, "Oh, Lu Ban Suo, you can take them all away too."

"This Luban Suo is said to be magical by you. I don't think it is enough to show its importance just as a chair. Du Shangshu, how about you show me the basis for it to be called a craftsman's treasure as soon as possible?!"

Du Chuke suddenly felt the pressure and bowed deeply again, "I will live up to His Majesty's expectations!!"

Hastily putting all the drawings into his arms, Du Chuke hurriedly left.

"This Du Chuke is really..."

Li Shimin didn't know what to say about him. All the rules were so good that he was speechless just because they were so good.

This is so different from a monarch to a minister.

If you think about it carefully, it was the same as playing cards just now.

It was said that it was a three-man fight against the landlord, but in fact it was just him and Xiao Sizi playing cards from beginning to end, and Du Chuke had no sense of presence the whole time.

His status as emperor puts too much pressure on Du Chuke!!

Even playing cards cannot be treated normally.

I am afraid……

This situation is not unique to Du Chuke.

Auxiliary equipment, Xuanling, Ruhui and other important ministers, the same is true?!

If you want to really play Landlords, you have to win over Guanyin and Xiaosizi. No one else can. Even Prince Li Chengqian will not play cards seriously because he is afraid of him, right?!

Thinking about it this way, this emperor is really quite pathetic.

Although he has the power to control thousands of lives and kills, when a three-person card game is played seriously to fight the Landlord, the entire Tang Dynasty can only find Guanyin and Xiaosizi.

And as time goes by, little Sizi gets older and may become timid in the future.

My eldest daughter Changle is an example.

When I was little, I was like Sizi and liked to play with him.

As I grow up and become sensible, I become timid and pay attention to various parental etiquette.

"Emperors have been so lonely since ancient times."

"After a few years in office, I am no longer the young King of Qin, and I no longer have a bunch of fair-winners. I should slowly get used to... getting used to my status as the number one person in the Tang Dynasty."

Sigh.

Li Shimin clasped his hands behind his back and walked back to the seat where he was handling political affairs with his back bent.

its back,

Vicissitudes of life, loneliness, and helplessness.

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Li Zheng Palace.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother, Sizi comes to see you for dinner!!"

Empress Changsun was deep in the palace. She heard the little Sizi making noise from a distance and couldn't help but smile.

"Queen, Xiaolu will go and invite the little princess..."

"No need, I will go by myself."

Empress Changsun waved her hand and immediately put down her hand to go pick up Xiao Sizi.

Come outside the palace.

At first glance, I saw that Xiao Sizi was dirty, and it was another day full of fun.

Queen Changsun's face turned dark, and she was busy with work again.
Chapter completed!