In the imperial palace and the royal study, Luo Zhang has lost count of the number of times he has proposed to marry Chang Le. Whenever he has made great achievements, he will ask Li Shimin for Chang Le once.
Every time Luo Zhang left in good spirits and returned in despair, His Majesty ignored him at all and only made one request: as long as Tubo collapsed, Changle would marry him.
But if Tubo was so easy to disintegrate, he would really be a god.
This time for meritorious service again, Luo Zhang made this request again.
After Li Shimin heard Luo Zhang's request, he paused slightly. To be honest, he really liked Luo Zhang, and it was not impossible for him to marry Chang Le to him.
As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. He believed that Luo Zhang could take good care of Chang Le, and he also saw that Luo Zhang was sincere to Chang Le, but he just disagreed.
The reason for this is just his imperial mentality and a way to control his ministers.
If Chang Le is married to Luo Zhang, he will have nothing to check and balance Luo Zhang.
That means Luo Zhang cannot be allowed to do his best for him.
Li Shimin proposed that Tubo's disintegration of Changle's marriage to Luo Zhang was also a delaying tactic. When he found another way to check and balance Luo Zhang, this condition would no longer be a condition, and there would no longer be any obstacles to Changle's marriage to Luo Zhang.
Obviously, Luo Zhang was going to fail again this time. Li Shimin shook his head and refused: "It's useless for you to mention this matter. I said that I will marry Changle to you when Tubo collapses. How can I go back on my word?" , don’t think about it, just change it!”
Luo Zhang was quite disappointed when he heard Li Shimin's words. Although he already knew the answer, he still held on to a glimmer of hope that His Majesty would be moved by him and agree to his request.
But in the end, this is the result. I sighed in my heart, when will this day end!
Seeing Luo Zhang's lonely eyes, Li Shimin almost couldn't help but agree to Luo Zhang. Fortunately, he held it back in the end. He was even more satisfied with Luo Zhang's emphasis on love and justice. Where could he find such a son-in-law? Changle married him. He would be a good match. Fortunately, Chang Le was not married to Chang Sun Chong. Chang Sun Chong was completely incomparable with Luo Zhang.
Since he couldn't marry Chang Le, Luo Zhang couldn't let himself suffer. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said: "Since Your Majesty is not willing to marry Chang Le to me so soon, then I can only make other requests! "
"Well, if you ask, as long as I can do it, I will definitely agree to it!" Li Shimin nodded.
"Your Majesty, I want the land in Yushan. The details of the gunpowder are coming to an end and are becoming more and more dangerous. It is no longer suitable to keep it in my home. I want to move it to an outside area. Yushan is a good place. The place can be built into a military fortress, and the gunpowder stored there can not only be kept secret, but also safe!" Luo Zhang said slowly.
"Huh? Are you at the end of the gunpowder research?" Li Shimin said with his eyes lit up.
"Yes, Your Majesty, it is almost over, so I ask Your Majesty to agree to this request!" Luo Zhang bowed!
Li Shimin did not answer immediately. He did not expect that Luo Zhang would make such a request and actually ask him for the Yushan fiefdom. Currently, the fiefdoms are being greatly reduced. Giving Luo Zhang the Yushan fiefdom would have a considerable impact on his subsequent arrangements, at least for those ministers. It won't make it easy for him.
Seemingly sensing His Majesty's thoughts, Luo Zhang explained again: "Your Majesty, I don't want that land as a fief, I just want that land to be used as a construction and storage place for gunpowder! Of course, just now Wei Chen said that a military fortress should be built there, otherwise it will not be able to protect the secret of gunpowder and it will not be safe!"
After listening to Luo Zhang's words, Li Shimin sighed and laughed again in his heart. Look, look, this is my good son-in-law. Even if I didn't agree to his marriage to Chang Le, he was still thinking about Datang, whether he should agree. Luo Zhang's request to marry Changle to him?
This idea was killed by Li Shimin as soon as it came up. Again, unless another way to control Luo Zhang is found, this matter will not be possible for the time being.
"Okay, I will give you the land of Yushan. I will not say that it is your fiefdom to others, but I promise that the land will be your fiefdom. However, although the land belongs to you, after the military fortress is built, I will Those who stationed troops, don’t have any objections when the time comes!" Li Shimin said thoughtfully.
"This is natural. Even if Your Majesty does not want to station troops, I will ask for this. After all, gunpowder is too important, and I am not confident that I can protect it. Moreover, the construction of the fortress requires Your Majesty to send the Ministry of Works to build it. I You don’t have that much money!” Luo Zhang said with a slight smile.
"You kid, you are waiting for me here, which is equivalent to saying that I will pay for you to build a fiefdom. You have a clever plan, but I am right!" Li Shimin waved his hand and agreed.
After all, Luo Zhang's request to build this military fortress was not for himself, but for gunpowder. It was reasonable for him to ask the Ministry of Industry to build it. Otherwise, if Luo Zhang was to build it himself, what would others think? I'm afraid everyone will suspect that Luo Zhang has rebellious intentions. After all, Yushan is too close to Chang'an, has gunpowder, and is such a military fortress. People will think wrong if they don't even think about it.
Only then did Li Shimin realize how smart Luo Zhang was. He actually thought of all these things. Monster, monster. Those people's evaluation of him was really right.
When Luo Zhang walked out of the palace, there was a smile on his face.
Luo Zhang wanted Yushan to be in his hands not just as a military fortress. It was true that the military fortress stored gunpowder. Luo Zhang did not fool His Majesty, but Yushan also had a role for him. Luo Zhang wanted to use Yushan as his agricultural experiment. At the base, Luo Zhang wants to plant various ingredients in the system over a large area. If they can be planted and have a role in the system, then he can save a lot of points, and he can also sell them to make a lot of money. It can be said to be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. This is also an idea that Luo Zhang has had for a long time, but he has never implemented it.
"Luo Zhang, His Majesty is looking for you again?" Wu Shaobin saw Luo Zhang coming out and hurriedly came up to greet him.
"Well, I had a chat with His Majesty, and this time I made some merit. Your Majesty rewarded me with Yushan, which is regarded as the new fiefdom of our Luo family!" Luo Zhang slowly explained to his uncle.
"What? Your Majesty gave Yushan to our family as a fief?" Wu Shaobin exclaimed in surprise.
If nothing else, Yushan is not small. With such a large fiefdom, how much contribution must be made.
Regarding his brother-in-law, Wu Shaobin was already speechless. His official position was rising slowly, and the same was true for his title. Nowadays, the fiefdoms are getting bigger and bigger. If he takes the Yushan fiefdom, wouldn't he be able to be granted a different surname in the future? Prince?
You must know that the founding of the Tang Dynasty has not yet granted the title of prince with a different surname. Maybe Luo Zhang can do it!
While Wu Shaobin was thinking wildly, Luo Zhang hurriedly confessed to him.
"I said uncle, it's fine if you know. As for shouting so loudly?" Luo Zhang rolled his eyes.
"What? Obtaining a fiefdom is a huge event and a great joy. Why can't you say it loudly? Why do you do it secretly?" Wu Shaobin asked doubtfully.
"Although Yushan is my fiefdom, it cannot be told to the outside world..." Luo Zhangjiang told Wu Shaobin roughly what happened in the palace.
After understanding the whole story, I realized why Luo Zhang reacted like that just now!
"Then what's the use of our family coming to this fief? After all, it doesn't belong to His Majesty, and we won't get any benefits! My happiness is in vain!" Wu Shaobin shook his head speechlessly.
"Hahahaha, my uncle, do you really think your brother-in-law is a fool? Wanting a useless land?" Luo Zhang was amused by Wu Shaobin.
"Isn't it true? We have built military fortresses and stationed troops, so what's the use of that land?" Wu Shaobin asked confused.
"This is kept secret for the time being. The mountain man has his own clever plan. You will know it when the time comes!" Luo Zhang said with a slight smile.
Luo Zhang was all smiles here, but the Changsun family was in a dull mood. Dai Zhou went to the Changsun Mansion after going to court. The purpose of his visit was naturally to ask for taxes from Changsun Wuji. His Majesty had told him this, and Dai Zhou did not dare to neglect it.
Thinking of the scene where Changsun Wuji had someone kick him out when he came to Changsun Mansion to ask for money, and looking at the thoughtful hospitality now, Dai Zhou felt extremely grateful to Luo Zhang. This was not an ordinary way to relieve his anger.
Originally, Dai Zhou should wait for Changsun Wuji to get better before coming back, but after the scene that happened before, how could he be polite to Changsun Wuji? Just like Luo Zhang said, it would be a scourge for thousands of years, so it would be better to die as soon as possible.
