Kong Yingda listened to the conversation outside the courtyard wall and murmured: "You young people are too reckless in doing things." Cen Wenwen said: "Old Master, let us first clear the siege in front of us and then discuss right and wrong." came from outside the courtyard wall. There were screams and curses, and it was obvious that both the civil and military parties had begun to take action.
There has always been a civil and military discord between the DPRK and the DPRK. Now in Chang'an City, the civil and military parties were fighting fiercely. The scene was so big that it ranged from the official academy to the Imperial College, and even Pingkangfang was implicated. It was very lively for a while.
In the end, it was Yuchi Gong who led the military guards on his left and right to quell the turmoil. Seeing that there was no movement outside, Cen Wenwen reopened the door. At this moment, there were only a few officers and soldiers in front of the door scolding the troublemakers.
Upon seeing this, Kong Yingda said: "It seems that this kind of official education is the most important thing in the country. No matter whether it is military or literati, it is necessary to cultivate one's health." Chang'an City was in constant trouble because of this incident, and Li Shimin took a group of people with him. Everyone arrived at Lishan early.
Zhang Yang and Li Yue came to the village entrance to greet him. Li Shimin got off the carriage and said loudly: "There is an urgent report from Chang'an City."
"Urgent report? Could it be that the Prince of the East Palace has rebelled?" Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly as Li Shimin stared at him.
"The power of the East Palace is weak, and I won't rebel even if I want to. Even if I rebel, it won't cause any trouble." Still being stared at by the emperor and his wife's surprised eyes, Zhang Yang explained again: "I just said it casually to liven up the atmosphere. ." Weng and son-in-law had bad words when they met.
Empress Changsun smiled and smoothed things over.
"Your Majesty, don't keep father waiting." Li Shimin waved his sleeves and said, "Follow me." A group of younger brothers and sisters followed.
Zhang Yang followed behind,
"Then His Majesty just said that there was an urgent report from Chang'an City. What kind of urgent report was it?"
"Because of your question, now the literati and military men of Chang'an City are fighting on the streets."
"How could this happen?" Li Shimin said with a straight face as he walked.
"The Wei Mansion has been in constant trouble with many literati."
"I'm very confused."
"What's wrong with you?"
"That's it. My topic is given to General Li Daliang. How could I let other guards and many scholars know about it?" Li Shimin's face became more gloomy and his steps became a little faster.
Zhang Yang looked back at Li Lizhi and a group of younger brothers and sisters in confusion. A group of them still looked at them to indicate that they didn't know.
Li Yue saw this and realized something, but did not say anything. Building a strong country and strong army has always been the emperor's goal. It is the emperor's lifelong wish to enrich the country and the people, all for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course he hopes that all the talents in the world will work hard for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Did you take this question and hand it over to the three provinces and six ministries?
Then after being known to many people in Chang'an City, both the civil and military parties took action? To say that the people of the Tang Dynasty were strong, martial, and heroic, the literati were not easy to mess with.
Just from the fighting postures in the court, we can see that it is not uncommon for civil and military parties to fight.
Even the literati and warriors of Tai Chi Hall would fight, let alone in the public. Zhang Yang let out a long sigh,
"It seems that the gap between the literati and warriors of the Tang Dynasty will become even greater in the future." Following the emperor and the queen, they came to the residence of the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan with a group of younger brothers and sisters.
Li Yuan is playing chess with Ouyang Xun. Li Shimin and the Queen saluted,
"Father." The Supreme Emperor Li Yuan had a straight face at first, but when he saw a group of children surrounding him and calling him Grandpa Emperor, the old man finally had a smile on his face.
Zhang Yang saluted Ouyang Xun. Ouyang Xun returned the courtesy and left silently. Li Shimin asked about the physical condition of the Supreme Emperor. After more than half a year of cultivation, Li Yuan's health had improved a lot.
After quitting drinking, he became ascetic in Lishan, doing Tai Chi and playing with the children in the village. I really have nothing to do, read books and farm, and live a leisurely and contented life.
Li Yue had to take care of his younger siblings, while Zhang Yang stood in front of the hospital.
"The question you asked is very good, and I like it too." The emperor's words came from behind. Zhang Yang said with a smile: "When the teacher set the question, I saw this question and wrote it down."
"Oh? Really? When did it happen?"
"I can't remember. In short, it's all for the sake of our family, country, and world. We are born in the world and of course we must set an example. Living in this era, we must have our own mission. This mission may be big or small. The small one may be because the parents are short-sighted. You look at your family, your country and your country, what do you think, Your Majesty?"
"If everyone is like this, why worry about my Tang Dynasty not being strong?" Zhang Yang smiled and nodded,
"If Your Majesty can keep working hard like this, the Tang Dynasty will definitely be powerful." Li Shimin took a few steps forward, and Zhang Yang followed suit.
"Actually, Your Majesty shouldn't be so anxious to present this question to everyone." Li Shimin snorted coldly: "Do you think I did something wrong?" Zhang Yang raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you were punished for doing something wrong. Isn’t there too little discussion that the public commentator has come up with to draw inferences?”
"His Majesty used to be the eldest brother, the eldest brother who led his brothers to conquer the world. As the eldest brother, of course he had to be the one and only one. Many heroes and warriors in the rivers and lakes listened to the orders and acted upon the news." Li Shimin thought of those days, when the glory was indeed unlimited.
Zhang Yang added: "But being an emperor is different. Whenever you do something wrong, you will often be cited and draw inferences."
"Don't tell me anything about this matter."
"Then when will your Majesty come back this time?" Li Shimin found a clean stone on the side of the road.
"Stay for two days and return to the palace before New Year's Eve." Zhang Yang also sat down beside him.
"Luoyang has begun to close the net." As soon as the words were spoken, Li Tai came in a hurry.
"Father, our living quarters have been arranged."
"Well, thank you for your trouble. Go meet your mother."
"Here." When Li Tai walked into the courtyard, Li Shimin said again: "Luoyang has been operating for a long time, how much money can you get from it."
"It will be transported back and forth several times. If everything goes well, it will be no less than 500,000 yuan." There was a bitter smile on the emperor's face.
I was a little surprised when I heard this number, but I was more helpless and ironic. The expenses of the DPRK were tight, and even the dispatch of troops had to be carefully calculated.
The court was so poor that it was almost impossible to open the pot, and it had to rely on the children's brother-in-law to support it. Local powerful people have hidden wealth, often worth hundreds of thousands of coins.
What an irony. Since the Tang Dynasty was established, it has conquered the Turks in the north, held imperial examinations, and defended against enemies in the Western Regions. It has almost emptied its family fortune.
But the wealthy people in those places can live such a wealthy life. Drinking pool and meat forest all day long.
"Whatever Luoyang gets this time is all yours."
"I will use this money for construction, and then the construction results will be distributed to the court."
"That's very good." Li Shimin put his hands on his knees, his eyes filled with dissatisfaction and a bit of hatred.
"I want to confiscate their family assets." Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Shaoqing is in Luoyang. Since Your Majesty wants money and wants to deal with the aristocratic family, I have an idea." Although there is no harmony between the monarch and his ministers, in the aristocratic family Before they fell, both of them had the same goal, and they both wanted to overthrow these old factions.
The aristocratic families are entrenched in one party, and once the political situation becomes unstable, they will break away from each other, or even find a reason to rebel.
If the country is stable, they will reach out to the court and eat away at power step by step, thus becoming their way of absorbing nutrients from the soil of the country to strengthen themselves.
This has been done by aristocratic families for hundreds of years in all dynasties. And aristocratic families will train their own scholars. Whenever one of them achieves something, they will firmly control this person and become the mouthpiece of the court. They will even pave the way for him to climb up as high as possible. .
That is to say, after Gao Shilian left the court, many old officials also left the court, including many old officials from the gentry who supported Li Jiancheng.
Lu Chengqing is one of them. He has now been demoted to Hexi to work as a coolie. Yan Shigu is also one. This person was exiled and now he does not know whether he is alive or dead.
Zhang Yang sat aside and shook the cattail leaf fan in his hand.
"As long as they do evil, the government will have a reason to confiscate their property. As long as Your Majesty is willing to seize those children of the aristocratic families, they can make a lot of money."
"This is what your Majesty is thinking. When Zhao Guogong proposed to let the children of the aristocratic families go for the time being, your Majesty must be unwilling to do so. He must also think that I have been operating in Luoyang for so long. If I let them go, it will lead to my previous problems. All the previous efforts in setting up were wasted.”
"Put me on the opposite side of Duke Zhao and let me make enemies in the court. This will make the situation much clearer. If things fail, Your Majesty can demote me or even kill me to set an example and appease the anger of the family."
"So let Zhao Guogong, who previously persuaded His Majesty to let go of the children of the aristocratic family, go to appease him. After the matter is settled, it will not have any impact on Your Majesty."
"If we say that Changsun Wuji is an old fox, His Majesty is the one who is vicious. He uses the old fox's thoughts to maintain balance in the court." Zhang Yang smiled,
"Your Majesty is really a saint. He has done both good and bad things. He used this to win me and all the achievements of Lishan. In the end, he got everything he wanted. He planned and planned here. I admire you."
"If I succeed, Your Majesty will be able to confiscate a rich family property, and even wield a knife at the aristocratic family. At this point, the aristocratic family will be defeated, and the name of Tian Khan will be resounded throughout the Central Plains. No matter who wins or loses, Your Majesty will be the one Winner."
"You have guessed my thoughts, but I have nothing to say." Li Shimin said solemnly: "Then what are your plans now?" The palace servants serving the royal family walked into the village, and the puppies in the village The big dogs barked one after another, wary of the strangers entering the village.
Zhang Yang took a deep breath watching this scene,
"Did His Royal Highness the King of Wei give the secret recipe for sugar to His Majesty?"
"certainly."
"Then your Majesty is going to make sugar?"
"Of course." Zhang Yang suddenly smiled,
"Your Majesty, Lishan will no longer produce white sugar in the future, and the name of white sugar has spread throughout Luoyang and even Henan and Hebei. If Your Majesty takes out the white sugar, then all aristocratic families will know that the sugar comes from His Majesty. How can the hatred here be easily resolved?" Li Shimin His originally confident expression froze.
"The government is short of money, and sugar does have huge benefits. As long as your majesty makes sugar and sells it, you can get huge profits. But if you can't eradicate the influence of the family, then the family will always regard your majesty as their enemy. This will They will remember the grudge for a long time.”
"Unless your Majesty holds the secret recipe for sugar, it will never be produced, and you can only watch it but not use it for yourself." Li Shimin suddenly stood up, breathing heavily and staring at the son-in-law,
"You are plotting against me!"
"Your Majesty plotted against me first!"
"Who do you think you are? You learned a few things from Zhang Gongjin, and now you want to plot against me and throw dirty water on me!"
"His Majesty accepted the secret recipe himself. Who forced him to do so? He must have been so happy that he couldn't sleep the night he got the secret recipe." Zhang Yang stood up slowly.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I forgive you." Li Shimin stared, listening to his heavy breathing. The surroundings were quiet, with only the laughter coming from the yard, and the children playing with the Supreme Emperor.
"You bastard! You said those words yourself. I have never thought of dealing with you like this."
"You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others."
"You are my son-in-law, and Yue'er is your wife. You treat those children as your own, but you are always on guard against me!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and lowered his voice.
Not long after, Li Lizhi and Li Zhi came out together, and Dongyang also obediently pushed the cart. The cart was filled with food sent by Grandpa Huang.
With the smiling faces of the children in front of him, Zhang Yang said again: "I have never dealt with Your Majesty like this before. I just gave the secret recipe to Your Majesty and never thought about it." The children were facing the wall, and Li Shimin suddenly laughed again,
"You and I have always been of the same mind. We treat you as one of our own family members. From now on, these children will be your younger brothers and sisters."
"What your Majesty said is that I will definitely take good care of them in the future." Li Lizhi listened to the conversation between her father and her brother-in-law with a happy smile. A harmonious family is better than anything else.
There are smiles on the faces of both the monarch and his ministers, how wonderful! With so many children coming out laughing and laughing, only Li Tai noticed the cold murderous intent hidden under his father's smile, and his brother-in-law's expression with a hint of vigilance.
Weng's son-in-law smiled like a knife. Li Tai felt a chill on his spine, it was terrible.
Zhang Yang saw off Li Shimin's family and then said goodbye to the Emperor. Walking back to her residence with her daughter-in-law, she turned to look at Lishan.
"I really want to live in my new home now. When my younger brothers and sisters come to Lishan, I will build more houses for them."
"We can live in it after I repair the drainage ditch. No matter how windy or rainy it is, our new home will stand firm." Li Yue asked curiously: "What did your husband and father say just now outside the courtyard?"
"It's nothing. It just means that our family needs to get along well and I need to take good care of my younger brothers and sisters."
"Seriously?" Zhang Yang smiled gently,
"Look at my sincere eyes."
"Not sincere at all." Holding his wife's hand, Zhang Yang whispered: "You know? Only when you have enough strength can you sit down and negotiate terms with others. Otherwise, you can only accept being slaughtered by others."
"So my husband has never given up on firearms research?" Li Shimin came to the residence arranged by Li Tai. It was still the same place. It could be seen that someone had been cleaning up the place.
Li Lizhi helped her mother pack her clothes.
"What did my father and brother-in-law say just now outside the hospital?" Looking at his daughter, Li Shimin smiled and said: "Your brother-in-law said that when you grow up, you can live in Lishan, and you will be a family and don't have to be unfamiliar with each other. "
"Really? My brother-in-law doesn't seem like someone who would say such a thing." Li Shimin turned his back and the smile froze on his face again, waiting for the queen to leave with the children in the afternoon.
The anger that had been held in his heart for a long time finally burst out in the emperor's heart,
"Shu Zi! How dare you threaten me?" Li Shimin was so angry that he went crazy and smashed the things in front of him.
"Do you think I will be afraid of you? Sooner or later, I will hang you in front of Chengtian Gate, you bastard, you despicable person..." The prince stood aside, looking at His Majesty's anger and was speechless.
"I am the Khan of Heaven! I am respected by thousands of people, you monster with three faces and two hearts!"
