"Your Majesty is welcome back to the palace——"
It was a windy and snowy day, and Li Zhi and others finally returned to Chang'an City.
More than half a year has passed since he vowed to conquer the West and visited Heaven again. Fortunately, he found nothing. Not only did he obtain a large amount of training resources from Heaven, but he also abducted Fairy Zixia back for Sun Wukong.
"My lords, please stop standing outside on this snowy day and go to the Daming Palace -"
After being away for more than half a year, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supervises the country, some things still need to be handled by Li Zhi personally. It would be good to at least take a look at them.
Li Zhi first asked Nezha, Sun Wukong and Fairy Zixia to go to the mansion in Qinglongfang. The two brothers each had an independent courtyard. Although it was not as grand as the mansion in heaven, it was still as luxurious as the human world.
Li Zhi had never cared too much about these worldly wealth and wealth, but in recent years the Tang Dynasty had been prospering, and the country's fortunes had been booming. The Ministry of Industry had worked hard and tried its best to expand these four neighborhoods.
There were a lot of people cultivating in the Tang Dynasty, including hundreds of people in the Chang'an Ministry of Industry, and those with the worst cultivation levels had reached the "Golden Elixir" stage. Such a large-scale expansion would take a lot of time, but it would not be long, and it would not waste people or money.
Everyone in the harem was also waiting to greet them. Li Zhi simply said hello and asked them to go to the "Lizheng Palace" to wait at the Supreme Emperor's office, and then hurriedly took all the civil and military officials to the "Hanyuan Palace".
"Hanyuan Hall" was originally only used by the Great Chaohui. When Li Zhi came here, the rules were completely changed. Whenever he needed it, he came directly.
Originally, Li Zhi's time to stay in Chang'an was limited. Now that he has finally come back, who knows when he will turn around and leave again?
Therefore, Fang Xuanling, the head of the hundred officials, secretly ordered someone to inform all civil and military officers of fifth rank and above in Chang'an City to worship at the "Hanyuan Hall".
Today, the territory of the Tang Dynasty has long changed. It wishes that most of the southern continent was covered. Of course, the "Tianlang Mountain" on Luzhou in the north was automatically classified as a territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Even the overseas "Yingzhou Island" has now officially appeared in people's sight. It was the overseas palace of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Fang Xuanling even sent dozens of people with the highest cultivation level from the Ministry of Industry, not far away tens of thousands He went to "Yingzhou Island" to build a palace for Li Zhi.
In Fang Xuanling's words, since it was the emperor's "dojo", it couldn't be too shabby.
To this end, the most famous construction master of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Lide, who was nearly 100 years old, was specially sent to go with him to personally design and supervise the construction.
Lao Yantou is definitely a master of the construction line today, but he only has the cultivation level of "Foundation Building Stage". In order to protect this special talent, the Supreme Emperor Li Shimin often gave away life-enhancing things in private.
This route was a bit too far to avoid accidents or excessive bumps. Empress Dowager Ao Ling notified the entire Nanzhan continent of water systems and specifically asked Yan Lide and dozens of other craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to travel from the waterway to the East China Sea.
The ship was a big one from the East China Sea Sect, and the people who were manning it were all from the East China Sea clan. It was safe and fast. Seeing the Tang Dynasty officials and workers fighting in such a battle, Demon Saint Bai Ze had no choice but to go back and take charge of the overall situation.
There are specialties in the art industry, and Yan Lide is in control of the construction. Bai Ze has to be responsible for finding materials. Of course, Donghai Dragon Palace takes care of all the needs. Bai Ze is just connecting, can he really let him Are you looking for it all over the world?
"Your Majesty, my minister, Xuanling, please resign——"
Li Zhi was sitting in the "Hanyuan Hall", with civil and military personnel on both sides. It was full of people. I'm afraid there must have been hundreds of people, right?
"Why is the Prime Minister like this? You have always been a veteran of the three dynasties of the Tang Dynasty. You also know what my temper is. Without the Prime Minister sitting in Chang'an, how could the Tang Dynasty be as prosperous as it is today?"
Li Zhi did not expect that the first thing after the civil and military officials arrived was Fang Xuanling's resignation.
Let's talk about Fang Xuanling. In fact, he is nearly fifty years older than Li Zhi, and he is now over a hundred years old.
He is absolutely incomparable to Li Zhi. Li Zhi is successful in cultivation and his appearance remains in his twenties, but Fang Xuanling has not even reached the "golden elixir stage".
This person was devoted to the government affairs of the Tang Dynasty, especially since the Tang Dynasty was "tortured" by Li Zhi.
Out of the mundane realm, Fang Xuanling's handling became even more labor-intensive.
"Haha, your majesty is overly complimentary. With my humble talent, I have been able to serve three emperors of the Tang Dynasty successively. I have already devoted myself to it."
"Besides, the veteran is over a hundred years old and his energy is no longer as good as in his prime. Now that the Tang Dynasty is booming and talents are emerging in large numbers, it's time for the veteran to rest."
"With the grace of the Supreme Emperor, the old man left a place for me in the 'Lizheng Palace'. From now on, I will follow the Supreme Emperor to practice." "
Fang Xuanling accepted Li Zhi's compliments calmly, and even the entire "Hanyuan Hall" did not complain about it.
There was nothing I could do. His merits, hard work, and hard work were all there. He had dedicated his life to the Tang Dynasty for seventy or eighty years. In terms of merit, it was really unmatched by anyone.
"Well, since Mr. Fang wants to take a rest, I won't force you. From today on, Mr. Fang will be promoted to 'Special Jin' just like Mr. Pharmacist." "
"The Prime Minister has worked hard for the Tang Dynasty for decades. He has worked hard and worked hard without complaining. However, his dedication to serving the public has caused his own cultivation to stagnate. Naturally, I cannot treat you lightly."
After saying this, Li Zhi raised his right hand, and nine white lotus shadows were shot out, and all of them disappeared into Fang Xuanling's body.
Immediately afterwards, Li Zhi mobilized a small amount of spiritual water to wash Fang Xuanling's muscles, bones, acupoints, and veins over and over again.
In this "Hanyuan Hall", Li Zhi acted like this just to let the hundreds of civil and military ministers present see with their own eyes how Li Zhi treated the heroes of the Tang Dynasty.
In the time it took to drink some tea, Li Zhi stopped what he was doing.
Looking at Fang Xuanling again, the golden elixir in his dantian has been formed, and his posture can break the elixir and turn it into a baby at any time.
His gray hair is now completely black, his waist is straight, and there are no traces of wrinkles on his face. He is already the same age as Wei Zhengzhuang next to him, and he looks like he is in his fifties.
"Old sir, I would like to thank your Majesty for the kindness of reincarnation——"
To be honest, Fang Xuanling is good in all aspects, but in terms of cultivation...that can't be called ordinary, it is simply terrible.
Perhaps, Laofang is destined to only enjoy wealth in the world.
It's a pity that he met someone like Li Zhi, a person who completely ignored "God's will" and changed his fate against the will of heaven. He had been doing it since he was a child.
"You don't need to be polite to the Prime Minister. This is what you deserve. You still have to practice these two skills of 'Heart Dao' and 'Physical Jue'. Even if you don't want to fight in battle, you can live a thousand more lives." Eight hundred years old."
Two more white lights flashed past and disappeared into Fang Xuanling's sea of consciousness.
"Di Qing, since the prime minister wants to take a rest, the burden on your shoulders will become heavier from today on. Please recruit both Yao Chong and Song Jing back to Chang'an."
After so many years of development, both the "Qinghai Road" renamed by Tuyuhun and the "Xizang Road" renamed by Tubo are now on the right track.
Although the level of prosperity is far from comparable to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, the necessary infrastructure has been put in place, and the rest is nothing more than the accumulation of time.
Putting talented people like Yao Chong and Song Jing there is somewhat overkill.
Fang Xuanling resigned, Wei Zheng had retired to the second line as early as last year, and among the military, Li Yaoshi, Qin Shubao, and Cheng Yaojin had already moved into the "Lizheng Palace".
Perhaps it was because Li Shimin had made great progress in his practice, and he preferred to "show off" in front of these old ministers, and he was also willing to take these old ministers with him to pursue a higher realm.
It is said that every emperor has his own ministers, but in the decades since Li Zhi came to power, he has still retained the "veteran ministers" of the Zhenguan Dynasty. Now they have to be replaced after all.
In the "Yonghui" dynasty, the future civil servants will be led by Di Renjie, supplemented by Yao Chong and Song Jing. How can these three people sustain it for more than a hundred years?
Unlike Fang Xuanling, they have very good cultivation. Now Di Renjie has even broken through to the realm of "Taiyi Xuanxian".
In fact, as long as the three of them are willing, I am afraid they can always preside over the dynasty of the Tang Dynasty.
Government, so that Li Zhi can be a completely hands-off shopkeeper.
Of course, this also depends on when Li Zhi is "tired" and has become too addicted to the emperor, and then he will let Li Chenxiang succeed him.
And what about Prince Agarwood?
In the past few years, there is not much difference between supervising a country and being an emperor. Anyway, I am such a "lazy man" and I am not afraid of my own prince usurping the throne. If he likes to do things, he will do more. If he doesn't like to do things, at least there is something below. There are so many capable ministers.
The military is equally powerful. Qin Shubao has gone to accompany the Emperor. The highest-ranking general now is Xue Rengui.
Then there are Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian, Hou Junji, Qin Huaiyu, Luo Tong, Cheng Chumo, Cheng Chuliang, etc. Each of these people is stronger than the other, but they are always useless.
Yes, for generals who are warlike at heart, they are useless if they cannot go to the battlefield to fight.
Unfortunately, judging from the current trend, it is really difficult for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to go to the battlefield.
Take the recent Western Expedition as an example. All the people recruited were people above the "Xuanxian" level. Even so, they were still the masters of soy sauce at the foot of Lingshan Mountain.
In fact, the Battle of Lingshan was quite exciting for the entire Tang Dynasty military.
During the recruitment, only a few hundred people were selected for the Tang Dynasty election.
Only after those few hundred people saw the heavenly soldiers and generals, Yang Jian's twelve hundred grass-headed gods, and the more than a thousand elite Tianhe naval forces under Zhu Bajie, did they know what kind of army could be used.
As a result, the armies of the Tang Dynasty have been training for half a year.
The troops were better but not too numerous. After several military bosses held several meetings, they reported to the Supervisory Crown Prince Li Chenxiang for instructions to cut down half of the entire Datang army, leaving only about 200,000 soldiers.
Of course, the process of abolition is long, so we can’t just punish them without teaching them, right?
Every other month, a large-scale military training was held throughout the Tang Dynasty to eliminate a certain number of people. It is expected that the final rectification of the Tang army will be completed in one year.
At the same time, if multiple recruitment offices are set up throughout the entire Nanzhan continent, wouldn't it have to be in the "foundation building" stage, which is equivalent to the "Martial Arts and Gods" decades ago?
Anyway, there is only a quota of 200,000, whether it is five years or ten years, the military bosses are stuck at the lowest level, at least to the "foundation building" stage, right?
The upper limit of the lowest level doesn't matter. There are so many heavenly soldiers and generals, but they all started as "celestial beings".
"Ti Jue" is the most popular technique in the military. This was decided by the Empress Yang Chan herself. While combat power is important, loyalty to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty comes first.
Accustomed to the intrigues and deceit among all parties in Heaven, Yang Chan did not want such a situation to happen in the Tang Dynasty.
Fortunately, among Li Zhi's generation, the second oldest Li Chengqian has not entered the Tang Dynasty for many years, the third oldest Li Ke has long been a die-hard member of Li Zhi, and the fourth oldest Li Tai... is good to be alive.
The other brothers, who are well-educated in civil and military affairs, can also be placed in appropriate positions. They are really completely ignorant. As long as they don't mess around, they will definitely be able to maintain a wealthy life for decades.
When it comes to the next generation, well, now there are only two sons and three daughters, and the five wives are not empty. The youngest daughter is Li Baicao, born to the eldest grandson Pingting, who is now two or three years old.
With such a children’s structure, what’s the point of fighting? Let Li Aoting and Li Chenxiang fight?
If it weren't for Li Zhi's "laziness" and the "supervision" of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Li Chenxiang himself would not be willing to take care of government affairs.
The second prince, Li Aoting, was even less interested. He focused entirely on his cultivation. Especially after seeing how "powerful" his eldest sister Li Liluo was, he became even more eager to become stronger.
...
"My lords, I visited the Heavenly Court a few days ago, and the Great Heavenly Lord rewarded me with a lot of cultivation resources. In addition to the rewards given to the soldiers of this Western Expedition, the surplus can be put into the national treasury, and will be used as rewards for outstanding ministers of the year from now on. "
"Di Qing is fully responsible for this matter, and will be approved together with Marshal Xue and Commander Yan. Every year, ministers who have outstanding performance will be ranked among the top ten civil and military officials.
Just name. "
There are more and more people cultivating. Ordinary gold and silver treasures, beautiful homes and fertile fields can no longer satisfy their appetites. Cultivation resources and techniques, and even magical weapons and magic weapons are their next pursuit.
It's a pity that Li Zhi himself is "poor"!
It's time for Yun Zhongzi on "Yingzhou Island" to refine more treasures. Even the most common "acquired spiritual treasures" are very tempting to reward the civil and military ministers.
"In addition, the New Year is coming soon, and I will hold a wedding in Chang'an City for my beloved brother, the Monkey King, the Monkey King, and Fairy Zixia. "
"Our Chang'an City has not been lively for a long time. Let's have a grand party of the subjects. Prime Minister Di will treat this as a top priority before the New Year. Let's put it on the New Year's Eve in five days-"
This is another happy event. Many details of the westward expedition to Lingshan have already spread throughout Chang'an, Datang, and even Nanzhan Buzhou with the return of the army.
Fang Xuanling also ordered people to secretly and deliberately guide Li Zhi and others' achievements, especially the fight between Li Zhi's four brothers against Tathagata Buddha.
Fang Xuanling keenly discovered that this was a rare opportunity.
Wasn't your Buddhist spiritual mountain occupied by demons? I, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, led my army to exterminate the demon clan and restored Lingshan for your Buddhist sect.
Between the loss and the recovery, is it still unclear which one is strong and which one is weak?
Of course, Fang Xuanling would not speak "bad words" about Tathagata Buddha. After all, he was the World Honored One of Buddhism. Even in the Tang Dynasty, he had a very lofty position.
Buddhist believers spread all over the Tang Dynasty and even the entire Nanzhan continent.
However, "it is better to guard against others than against rivers." If the common people "spontaneously" defend their emperor and say a few "excessive" complaints, is it understandable?
More than half a year has passed. Not only Emperor Li Zhi, but also Yang Jian, Nezha, Sun Wukong, Xiao Bailong, Zhu Bajie, and even the Bull Demon King have established a tall image in the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty.
In particular, the three worshiping brothers of Li Zhi have now been invited to the "Tangjun Temple" and enjoy their own divine status in the side hall.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will definitely hold a magnificent wedding for the Great Sage, and the whole city will definitely celebrate together, and all the people will rejoice together——"
The Tang Dynasty was so powerful and wealthy, but Li Zhi, the emperor, never coveted enjoyment. Many civil and military officials and even the people of the Tang Dynasty were "quite critical" of it.
It was difficult for Li Zhi to make a request to the ministers. How could Di Renjie not try his best to satisfy him?
"In addition, after the New Year, I will leave Chang'an. The Great Heavenly Lord has other important matters to entrust me with. I hope that all the ministers will give their full support to the Crown Prince in supervising the country."
Li Zhi would never say anything about going out to conquer the "foreign demons" on such an occasion, and there was no need. Even if he said it, how many people would be able to understand it?
Li Zhi's statement did not attract much attention. Anyway, he had only stayed in Chang'an for a few days since he succeeded to the throne.
Fortunately, the prince has grown up. Even if Li Zhi is floating outside every day, it will not affect the development of the Tang Dynasty. It is just that more people will come to worship at the "Tang Army Temple".
After Li Zhi made his own decision, what was left was the "annual report" of the chief officers of the six departments, which were approved by several prime ministers. Li Zhi listened patiently and gave verbal praise.
...
"Father, mother, the pheasant slave is back——"
After finally waiting for the ministers to finish their reports, Li Zhi was able to leave the "Hanyuan Hall". He didn't even have time to wait for his son Li Chenxiang, and ran over first.
"You, you, how old you are, and you are still the 'Human Emperor' promoted by the three holy emperors, and yet you are like a child——"
As soon as he saw Li Zhi coming in, the eldest grandson Wugou stood up, took the youngest granddaughter Li Baicao with one hand, and personally helped Li Zhi, who had fallen to the ground, up.
"Haha, my son is the 'Human Emperor' outside, but in front of you and my father, he is the 'Son of Man'! Xiaocao'er has grown taller again, please let daddy hug him——
"
Li Zhi also stood up and picked up Li Baicao in Changsun Wugou's hand.
The little girl will be three years old after the Chinese New Year. She was born with a "Celestial Immortal" cultivation level. She doesn't know how to practice at such a young age, but her cultivation level has never stopped growing. Now she has reached the "Mysterious Immortal" realm.
I heard that when passing through the thunder tribulations of "Heavenly Immortal", "True Immortal" and "Xuanxian", a big cauldron automatically appeared above the head, and the little girl sat on the ground and ate the pastries from the palace, and passed through the thunder tribulation easily. Tribulation.
The big cauldron that appeared was unknown to others, but Changsun Pingting was familiar with it, and even felt a little "jealous" about it.
That was actually the "Shennong Cauldron" of the "Emperor of the Earth" Shennong!
"Shennong's Cauldron", also known as "The World-Creating Cauldron", is one of the top ten ancient artifacts. Along with "Fuxi Qin" and "Xuanyuan Sword", it is the ancient cauldron used by Holy Emperor Shennong to refine hundreds of medicines in the past.
Although it was originally a spiritual treasure refined in the day after tomorrow, due to the accumulation of elixir energy for thousands of years, countless elixirs were refined to save thousands of people, and finally returned to the innate nature and became an "innate meritorious spiritual treasure".
Different from the attack attributes of "Fuxi Qin" and "Xuanyuan Sword", the strongest thing about "Shen Nong Cauldron" is defense. Its super defensive power is no less than that of the innate five-color flag. It can't deal with the mere "Xuanxian" thunder calamity. Next words.
"Are you the daddy? Cao'er has already forgotten your appearance. You look about the same age as the prince brother. How can you be our daddy?"
After all, a child of two or three years old, even if he has a good level of cultivation, still has a "normal" human mind.
"Haha, then, just look at daddy more often and don't forget what daddy looks like."
Li Zhi really didn't get along with this daughter very well.
He was not with her when she was born. He was already over a year old when we first met him, and he went west to conquer Lingshan Mountain within a few days.
Now that the child is almost three years old, how can he know his father?
Li Zhi held Xiao Baicao with some "guilt" while secretly checking his little daughter's cultivation level.
Sure enough, this little girl's magic power is more inclined to the wood attribute. It seems that the inheritance she received is not from the eldest grandson Pingting, but directly from the Holy Emperor Shennong.
When he was born, there were "Baicao Sutra" and "Baicao Ruler of Merit" placed next to him. "Baicao Sutra" was submerged into Xiao Baicao's sea of consciousness, while "Baicao Ruler of Merit" turned into a hairpin and was inserted diagonally in Xiao Baicao's body. On Baicao's bun.
"Dad, Sister Huo Ling can breathe fire. Cao'er thinks it's fun and can help mother refine medicine. But Sister Huo Ling said she can't pass it on to others. Can you teach Cao'er?"
The Fire Spirit, the spirit of the "True Sun Fire", originally followed Li Zhi. Later, after the "True Sun Fire" further evolved into a magical power, the Fire Spirit was able to escape from the body independently.
Because Changsun Pingting had awakened her memory and would refine some elixirs from time to time, Li Zhi asked Huo Ling to follow Changsun Pingting.
Xiao Baicao must have experienced the fire spirit's magical skill of "breathing fire", so the child's character would have this question.
"That's called 'True Sun Fire'. Dad can teach it to you, but I can't guarantee whether you can learn it." "
Li Zhi had many magical powers. He would never hide his secrets from his children and disciples, and wished he could give them to all, but no one could learn them all.
This is not a question of being smart or not, nor is it a question of being diligent or not. It seems that it can only be described as "fate".
For example, the best practitioner of the Formation is Bai Suzhen, the eldest disciple, and the best practitioner of "Breaking the Illusion Golden Eyes" is Li Aoting. That kid has already cultivated "Flower", and it is all in using green to surpass blue. You underestimated him.
Unfortunately, no one has been able to inherit this "True Sun Fire" so far. Instead, Ao Ling got inspiration from it and strengthened his own fire-based magical powers.
...
"Wow, what a cute little flame——"
An obscure rune was slowly transported into Xiao Baicao's sea of consciousness by Li Zhi. It was a method that Li Zhi deduced on his own after the "True Sun Fire" evolved from a spiritual object into a supernatural power.
Door.
In just one meal, when Xiao Baicao opened her eyes again, her eyes moved a few times, as if she was thinking about something?
Then...then I saw a small flame dancing between Xiao Baicao's thumb and index finger.
She... actually made it?
