In Li Chengqian's mind, there was obviously no difference between one thousand people and three thousand people.

At least compared with Master Xuanzang, who prayed for blessings by these 100,000 people, it is a 108,000 miles apart.

He had a bitter face and looked depressed.

I had to let the carriages take a detour, but this detour inevitably led to the direction of the neighborhood, which was even more lively, with the front doors of shops everywhere.

Li Chengqian sighed and said, "You said, how could a monk make so many people love it? It's strange that there are so many admired people in our Tang Dynasty. Let's not talk about father and orphans. There are people like Fang Gong and Du Gong, as for Wu, and there are people like General Li and you. Wen can bring his pen to peace and stability in the world, and Wu can make a horse to determine the world. But why are you not as good as a monk?"

Chen Zhengtai thought for a while and said, "Maybe the people always sympathize with the weak. No matter what he believes in Xuanzang, after all, his original intention has not changed, and now he has encountered danger again, which naturally makes people feel empathy."

Li Chengqian stared at him and said, "Is he still right to be weak?"

Chen Zhengtai was stunned and felt that this was fine!

Chen Zhengtai smiled embarrassedly and said, "Okay, okay, your highness, don't mind it."

Li Chengqian said angrily: "Hmph, I feel displeased when I hear the word Xuanzang now. Don't get involved in this Xuanzang's affairs."

Chen Zhengtai immediately swears: "I am a secular person. What does it have to do with him? I asked him to travel west just to take this opportunity to inquire about the customs and customs of the Western Regions and other places. Don't worry, I will not have anything to do with him."

Li Chengqian was very satisfied. At this time, there were some young men with a clear distinction between black and white in their temperament. The most important thing about this kind of emotion is that if I don’t play with him, you won’t allow it.

The carriage was swaying, but many peddlers walked around the streets. Chen Zhengtai faintly heard the peddler's shout: "Come and buy it quickly, come and buy it. The Buddha statue of Master Xuanzang and produced by Chen's Wooden Warehouse are rare. It only takes one forever, and the Dacien Temple has been opened."

Chen Zhengtai was speechless when he heard this. He saw the peddler holding a Buddha statue in his hand. But he knew if that was Xuanzang!

Li Chengqian looked at it steadily through the glass window, his eyes were about to fall off, and he couldn't help but say, "What do you mean? You still sell Xuanzang's Buddha statue? You always have one? Why not rob it! Chen Zhengtai, you are really distorted."

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "Your Highness, I'm wronged! Don't forget that I just returned to Chang'an. This must be the decision made by the rest of the Chen family, and it has nothing to do with me."

Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said, "I understand now why Xuanzang is so hot and so many believers gather here... It turns out that your Chen family is responsible for fueling the fire."

Chen Zhengtai sighed in his heart, not knowing what to say.

Actually, isn’t this normal to do business?

Deep down, Chen Zhengtai still admires the Chen family's wooden artifacts. Now he doesn't know which Chen family's child is making the decision. He launches new products in a timely manner, seizes business opportunities, borrows the thoughts of the military and civilians at this time, and directly borrows Xuanzang as the brand to generate a huge brand premium. This is TN's talent.

Of course... most of the children of the Chen family have studied books and suffered hardships in the mines at the beginning, and then assigned to various workshops and shops for training. They were the first group of people to come into contact with business, workshop operations and engineering construction. They can be said to be the tide of the times. Now these people are independent in all walks of life, which makes sense.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty was still in a wilderness from the perspective of industry and commerce. Any development was enough to make the pioneers of this industry or the ancestors.

In other words, competition in all walks of life is not fierce at this time. Almost a new production method and a new business plan can fill the gap in the market, and there are no competitors at all.

So much so that when most people are still confused, the Chen family's various industries soar to the sky with these advantages.

"There are really many people who buy it. These people... are really blind." Li Chengqian was obviously mentally unbalanced. At this time, he directly pressed his entire face against the glass window, and his facial features became deformed. He looked envious and his eyes almost fell off.

Chen Zhengtai glanced at him and found that many people were surrounding the peddler, and the business seemed to be very good.

Chen Zhengtai sat still, looking thoughtful.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but say, "If I had known it, it would be so easy to make money, so I would be lonely..."

Chen Zhengtai continued, "Do you sell this Buddha statue?"

Li Chengqian glared at him and said sourly: "If you don't sell it, you won't sell it no matter how much money you earn. I will not do this dirty thing, and I am the prince."

Chen Zhengtai thought, "Have you ever thought that the people's hearts can be used?"

"Hmm?" Li Chengqian looked at Chen Zhengtai suspiciously.

Chen Zhengtai said: "I mean, now everyone in the world is concerned about Xuanzang's safety. If someone can rescue Xuanzang at this time, wouldn't the soldiers, civilians and people in the world praise this person's merits day and night?"

Li Chengqian thought for a while and frowned and said, "Do you want to save someone?"

"It's not that I want to save people." Chen Zhengtai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "But... Your Highness wants to save it! I don't care whether you want to save it! After all, I am a minister and don't need fame. But Your Highness is different. Doesn't Your Highness want to be loved by the people of the world? But... Your Highness is too embarrassing. If you want the people to love you, you can neither use literary to settle the world, nor do you have to go on a horse to determine the world. If you have too much control over the affairs of the court, your Majesty will inevitably doubt whether Your Highness has long been looking forward to being the emperor. But if you don't care about anything, it will be difficult. Your Highness is too unfamiliar. The civil and military officials do not like the prince. They think that Your Highness is weak and has a bad temperament. They don't look like a king. This is a great disadvantage to Your Highness."

Chen Zhengtai continued patiently: "As a prince in all dynasties, it is the most difficult to be a prince. If you are proactive and aggressive, you will be suspicious of the palace. But if you are scattered and waiting for death, your subjects will be disappointed. But if your prince actively participates in the rescue, it will be different. After all,... participating in it is just a civil act and does not involve military and political affairs. But if you can rescue people, then this process will be thrilling and will make the subjects all over the world realize that your highness has a compassion and what the people think of. Although Your Highness has not shown the ability to have the heroic lord as your Majesty, he can also adapt to the expectations of the people and make the subjects have confidence in your Highness."

After hearing this, Li Chengqian was a little confused. He frowned, thought for a while, and hesitated and said repeatedly: "Gou Yi has always been compassionate, but you have seen this. But I am a little worried. Will the father not think that Gou is buying people's hearts?"

Chen Zhengtai said, "During this period, there must be a degree. For example... For example, King Li Ke of Wu, King Li Yanren of Shu, etc., which one is better than His Royal Highness? But they still know how to buy the hearts of the people and create a wise image for people. If His Royal Highness cannot do anything, I am afraid that Your Majesty will doubt whether it is appropriate to hand it over to the Prince. Now that Your Majesty is getting older and more doubtful about the future inheritance of the imperial tradition. Your Majesty is a powerful lord. Because of his civil and military skills, no son is qualified in his heart. Once he has these thoughts, he will inevitably be criticized by the Prince."

"But if the crown prince is not interfering in political affairs, but can make the soldiers, civilians and people in the world be regarded as wise, then the crown prince's status will never be shaken. Even Your Majesty will have some confidence in the crown prince."

Whatever Mr. Li Chengqian said was very reasonable, so he thought for a while and said, "This matter... Rong Gu thought about it again."

While they were talking, the two of them arrived at the East Palace, but they saw a eunuch hanging a sign of peace in front of the East Palace.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but be furious and scolded: "What are you going to do?"

Seeing this, the eunuch hurriedly said respectfully: "The Changshi said that now all households in Chang'an are hanging peace signs. To celebrate the East Palace and the people, a peace sign for praying for blessings can make the people..."

The chief historian of the Eastern Palace was Ma Zhou.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but complain: "Ordinary people are ordinary people, and the East Palace is the East Palace. How can the East Palace be the same as the people?"

The eunuch thought for a while and said, "Your Highness has something unknown... The King of Wu and King of Shu both went to Dacien Temple to pray for Xuanzang. Many people were cheering and thundering..."

When Li Chengqian heard this, he was speechless.

Now it seems that everyone is enjoying the light of Xuanzang!

The man surnamed Chen ran to sell Buddha statues while his two brothers went to pray for blessings. For a moment, he didn't know what he should say.

After a pause, he couldn't help but look back at Chen Zhengtai and said, "Look at these people, they are all obsessed with interests, a monk... It's such a big deal, Li Ke and the other two are even more distorted. We are the descendants of my son, but now we are going to post a monk's cold face. You just talked about the rescue plan, come, let's go in and say."

Chen Zhengtai said: "Didn't your highness show me something good?"

"Now I don't have the time to show you this, let's talk about the plan first." Li Chengqian said seriously: "If not, the limelight will be stolen."

Chen Zhengtai said speechlessly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince... is also a very real person."

Li Chengqian screamed, "Why can they rub, why can't I rub? It's so outrageous."

Chen Zhengtai: "…"

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Li Shimin returned to Ziwei Palace.

Empress Changsun has been in a bad state these days, but when His Majesty returned to the court, it was still a big happy event. He naturally put on rouge and covered the pale face. He was so happy that he greeted Li Shimin in front of the palace gate. After sitting down, he carefully poured tea for Li Shimin.

Li Shimin sat upright and smiled and said, "It's all for the palace slaves to do these things."

Empress Changsun smiled slightly and shook her head and said, "I am the lord of the harem, but also the wife of Your Majesty. These are all things that should be done, and they are the duty to do. Besides, I haven't seen you for a long time, so it's good to do a little thing for Your Majesty."

Li Shimin smiled happily, took a sip of tea, and said, "I have been fighting outside these days, but I have been working hard in the palace."

The couple met again after a long separation, so they had a lot to say, but Empress Changsun changed the subject: "Your Majesty... I heard that there is a monk from Xuanzang outside who is in danger in the Western Regions?"

Li Shimin didn't expect that wherever he went, he could hear the news about Xuanzang, and couldn't help but say, "Just Maid is just a monk, and Guanyin Maid is so concerned?"

"Your Majesty, don't forget it." Empress Changsun smiled and said, "The Guanyin maid is my nickname. I have been weak and sick since I was young, so my parents gave it this name, hoping that the Buddha can bless me with peace. Now that I have this great blessing today, isn't it just that someone is blessed? Not to mention whether I admire Buddha, just talking about Xuanzang's deeds is really touching. Although this person is stubborn, isn't such persistence worthy of admiration?"

After a pause, Empress Changsun said again: "In the past, the world was divided into Southern and Northern Dynasties. There were countless people worshipping Buddhism in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Therefore, they were given countless wealth and land to the temple, and thus many monks who did not do anything to produce were also produced. In the eyes of many monks, they obtained a monk's book and could enter the temple. They could make a living by just chanting scriptures and no longer worry about hunger. Xuanzang could do the same. Not to mention the life of being rich and well-being, with his reputation, he was enough to have food and clothing without worries. But after many hardships, he traveled to the Western Regions several times to seek the true scriptures, and with such obsession, how could he not be respectful to such people?"

"Over the years, he has been dead for a lifetime, and now, bad news has come from him. I am afraid that Xuanzang has passed away at this time. The people are grateful to such people. Although I am the queen, I am also a living creature, flesh and blood, and it is natural to be grateful in my heart."

Li Shimin heard what Empress Changsun said was reasonable, but he couldn't help but nodded and said, "In this way, Xuanzang is indeed worthy of it."

The eunuch beside him said, "Early this morning, the King of Wu and the King of Shu went to Dacien Temple to pray for Xuanzang. I heard that the pilgrims in the Great Cifeng Temple were cheering and thunderous, and they all called the two nobles, King of Wu and King of Shu."

Li Shimin couldn't help laughing: "They know how to make fun of it."

Queen Changsun said, "Although these two sons were not born by concubines, they were right to do this. The royal family should have thought about what the people think and what the people think. If they only know the civil and military achievements, they will seem ruthless. If the royal family does not have the thought of compassion, how can people believe that the world can be better with the Li family? In Your Majesty's heart, this is a matter of interest, but this... is actually great wisdom. People of the royal family do what they do and do not. If they can do something that is worthy of praise from the people, what's wrong? I think Ke'er and Li'er have great wisdom."

Li Shimin sighed in his heart that his Guanyin maid was truly wise. Neither King Wu nor King Shu were her own sons, but was born to Concubine Yang. However, Guanyin maids were treated equally and praised without hesitation. This style of mother-in-law in the world is indeed very comparable to people.

Li Shimin couldn't help but respect Queen Changsun a little more.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Well, if I have time, if I have time, I should have issued an order to show that I am also concerned about Monk Xuanzang."

Li Shimin couldn't help but mutter when he said this.

What's this? The people of the world are so full that they are full. I have pacified Goguryeo, and you won't be so concerned about it.

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It is not as simple as rescuing Xuanzang. The food is too far away, so it can be said to be far away in the sky.

This ruled out the possibility of direct use of force, and... the rescue plan was to increase the reputation of the prince. If he sent a hundred and eighty thousand troops and horses to go on an expedition, it took more than a year to arrive at Dashi and fight a war with the Dashi people, even if the person was rescued, then Xuanzang's tenth throne would be already dead.

Besides, if the prince could mobilize an army of 100,000 to 80,000... Li Shimin was afraid that he would slap Li Chengqian to death without hesitation.

It turns out that you guy... still have so many soldiers and horses hidden, what do you want to do?

It is embarrassing that the troops cannot be moved and the distance is far.

"Why not send envoys to negotiate with the cannibal?"

Chen Zhengtai shook his head and said, "I heard... this great cannibal has always believed in their great food education and is particularly fanatical about the great food education. I think it is because of this that I am particularly sensitive to Xuanzang's identity. If I sent envoys, my Tang Dynasty was not bound by them, and the great cannibal is expanding everywhere at this time, I am afraid that I may not be willing to make a promise. Even if it is promised, it will cost a huge price. I must have to surrender to it. If so, I am afraid that it will hurt the national system."

Li Chengqian also felt that this was the case and said, "What should we do?"

Chen Zhengtai thought for a while and said, "The easiest way is to send people to rescue. This team cannot have too many people. If there are too many people, it requires a lot of food and grass, which is too eye-catching. Just find a way directly. If it can pose a direct threat to the cannibal, it would be best."

Chen Zhengtai thought for a while and said, "You said, if you take a beheading operation directly, take down a certain important minister of the other party, or even their leader, and then propose the conditions for exchange, what about? If this can be done, on the one hand, it will also show the might of the Tang Dynasty. On the other hand, what we want at that time is Xuanzang, you can ask for a lot of wealth and make a lot of money."

Li Chengqian couldn't help but be stunned: "This... is better to recruit a large army of 100,000 to 80,000. It is difficult to seize the heads of people among the thousands of troops. What's more, it's a group of thousands of troops to tie them out?"
Chapter completed!