Chapter 47: Crown Prince's Marriage, Chai Shao Visits

"I will definitely produce the paper as soon as possible so that the Great Tang Bookstore can open early."

"Haha... Good, good, good, then I will trouble you, brother-in-law, with this matter!" Li Er laughed loudly.

Among his several brothers-in-law.

Li Er was most satisfied with Chai Shao, Duan Lun, and Yang Shidao.

Among Li Yuan's sons-in-law, Chai Shao had the highest military achievements, but he rarely went on expeditions with Li Er.

When they were conquering the world, Duan Lun fought north and south with his brother-in-law and was the brother-in-law with whom Li Er had the best personal relationship, so he was also highly valued by Li Er.

Chai Shao was Li Er's only direct brother-in-law, and his wife, Princess Pingyang Zhao, was Li Yuan's only direct princess. Empress Taimu Shunsheng (posthumously conferred) Dou gave birth to five children for Li Yuan, four of whom were sons, and only one was a daughter. Princess Pingyang Zhao was heroic, and the Women's Army she established was world-renowned.

As for Yang Shidao, Li Er's original intention was partly to win him over, after all, Yang Shidao came from the Hongnong Yang clan, and partly because he was pure, kind, had a good writing style, and was deeply in line with Li Er's wishes, so Li Er was naturally very happy.

However, Li Er did not know at this moment that Yang Shidao in history almost ruined the Li Tang Dynasty.

Although Yang Shidao did not enter the ranks of the meritorious officials in the Lingyan Pavilion, he was Li Shimin's highest-ranking brother-in-law. Yang Shidao successively served as the two prime minister positions of Shizhong and Zhongshu Ling, becoming the representative figure of the Yang family.

After Wu Shiyue died, his sons inherited the family property, and the step-sons could not tolerate their stepmother, Yang Shi. They also could not tolerate the three half-sisters.

Yang Shi had no choice but to take her three underage daughters and rely on the representative figure of her maiden family, Yang Shidao.

In the time that followed, Yang Shidao, for the sake of the Yang family's prominence, constantly fawned over Li Er and even sent his two nieces, Yan Shi and Wu Shi, to Li Shimin.

The Wu Shi among them was naturally Wu Zhao, Wu Zetian!

"Hehe..."

Duan Lun also laughed upon hearing this. Li Er hadn't called him that for a long time: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter properly."

"Good, good, good... Brother-in-law handles things, I am naturally at ease. Another day I will treat you to something delicious!" Li Er couldn't help but set his sights on the crayfish in Furong Garden at this moment.

"Brother-in-law, there is one more thing, I also want you to advise me."

"Now that the Crown Prince has reached the age of marriage, who do you think is suitable to be the Crown Princess among the ministers' daughters?"

As the words fell, Duan Lun couldn't help but frown and ponder.

This matter was a major one; the Crown Princess would be the future Empress. Now that His Majesty was asking for his opinion, he had to think about it carefully.

Before this, Li Er had already discussed it with Zhangsun Wuji and had a relatively suitable candidate.

Today, just as his brother-in-law was here, he also wanted to hear his brother-in-law's opinion to see if he could get a different answer from his brother-in-law's mouth.

It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that Duan Lun spoke leisurely.

"Your Majesty, I think Su Xu's daughter is very good. Whether it is talent, appearance, or family background, she is enough to be worthy of the Crown Prince."

"Hahaha... Good, good, good." Li Er laughed loudly upon hearing this.

Then he looked at Duan Lun with a proud look and said: "Hehe... I won't hide it from you, brother-in-law, the Uncle and I have exactly this intention."

Su Xu, one of the eighteen scholars of the Hongwen Library, was the grandson of Su Wei, a famous minister of the Northern Zhou, a prime minister of the Sui Dynasty, and one of the four nobles.

His grandfather Su Wei's background was even more impressive; his prestige in the Sui Dynasty once reached its peak.

Not only did he reform the tax system, reduce the burden of taxes and labor, which was conducive to the recuperation of the country in the early Sui Dynasty, but he also led the revision of the "Kaihuang Law," establishing general standards for legal provisions and institutional systems.

During this period, he also recommended many good officials who were recorded in history books, which played a positive role in the healthy development of the Sui Dynasty's officialdom and contributed to the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty.

His distant ancestor could be traced back to Su Ze, a famous minister of Cao Wei; his grandfather Su Xie was the Governor of Wugong County in Northern Wei; his father Su Chuo was a famous minister of Western Wei during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, serving as Minister of Revenue, posthumously conferred as Duke of Pi, and was famous at the time.

However, by comparison, the most powerful was Su Wei's father-in-law, the first powerful minister of the early Northern Zhou, Grand Prime Minister Yuwen Hu.

That was an existence that killed three emperors in four years!

But such a ruthless person, when he saw Su Wei, not only treated him with great courtesy but also married his daughter, Princess Xinxing, to him.

Later, Su Wei saw that Yuwen Hu was dictatorial and arrogant, fearing that disaster would implicate him, so he once fled to live in the deep mountains, taking pleasure in reading.

"Then has Your Majesty set a wedding date for the Crown Prince?" Duan Lun asked.

"Hehe... Brother-in-law is joking, I haven't mentioned this to Su Xu yet," Li Er laughed.

"Since Your Majesty has had this intention for a long time, you should pick an auspicious day for the Crown Prince to get married early. Changle has already been married for several months now," Duan Lun urged.

As the words fell, Li Er also nodded frequently.

Last year, Li Er had already set his sights on Su Xu's daughter, and his son also had exactly this intention.

"I will naturally arrange this properly. After Changancheng is renovated, I will have them get married. After all, the Crown Prince's marriage cannot be rushed."

"Good, good, good, then I will go and get busy."

Duan Lun, seeing that there was nothing else, immediately took his leave.

Now that his brother-in-law treated him so well, he would definitely not let His Majesty down, so he had to handle this matter well.

At this moment, inside Furong Garden.

Su Liang was drawing a simple map of the renovation of Changancheng. Now that the curfew had been lifted, some of the infrastructure in the wards and markets needed to be properly changed.

Su Liang was quite confident in the wisdom of the Great Tang ministers; they would definitely be able to arrange the management of the residential areas properly.

Su Liang was just incorporating modern police stations and police offices into it and planning it well.

He set up police offices in each residential area and built a police station every few residential areas.

Just at this moment, Chai Shao came to visit.

"Hehe... Uncle-in-law, how do you have time to come to my place today?" Su Liang also joked with a smile. For Chai Shao's arrival, Su Liang probably also knew what it meant.

It was nothing more than coming for the renovation work of Changancheng.

Now that Chai Shao was the Grand General of the Left Gate Guard, Li Er would naturally let him be responsible for this matter.

"Prince of Chu is joking, I'm just here to discuss the future public security of Changancheng with you," Chai Shao didn't beat around the bush and immediately stated his purpose: "It's shameful to say, I should have come to visit the Prince of Chu earlier."

"Hehe... Uncle-in-law, you are too serious."

"Didn't you also just transfer from the Left Guard this year? It's normal that you didn't have time before," Su Liang laughed.

He had met Chai Shao a few times before. To be honest, Su Liang still admired Chai Shao quite a bit. Since Princess Pingyang Zhao passed away in the sixth year of Wude, Chai Shao had not remarried.

This situation was rare in ancient times. When Princess Pingyang Zhao passed away, Chai Shao was only thirty-six years old.

"Alright, I won't say anything else. I have already arranged the personnel for each ward and market in Changancheng on the way here."

"Today I just want to chat with the Prince of Chu about building government offices." Chai Shao, after all, still had official business and didn't have much time to chat with Su Liang.

"Cough cough... Uncle-in-law, you should just call me Little Su."

Su Liang didn't expect Chai Shao to be so direct, so he didn't talk nonsense anymore and explained the general situation of building police stations and police offices to Chai Shao in detail.

"Tsk tsk... Little Su, your idea is very novel. According to your design, you don't need 25,000 people."

"If an accident happens, the soldiers can also provide timely support."

Facing Su Liang's renovation plan, Chai Shao couldn't help but praise it greatly.

A full half-hour later.

The two of them determined the personnel arrangements for each ward and market and the number of police stations and police offices to be built.

After all, the functions of each ward and market in Changancheng were different, and their sizes were also different, so naturally, the number of people, police stations, and police offices needed were all different.

After Chai Shao left, Su Liang also continued to devote himself to the cause of building the car. ===== CHAPTER 48 =====