As the daughter-in-law said, there are still many things to be prepared in order to fight against her father and preserve the family fortune in Lishan.
At night, Lishan adds a bit of mystery. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Looking up from the foot of the mountain, the entire Lishan Mountain looked hazy.
At this time, on Lishan Mountain, Xiao Wu was holding the scroll in his hand, reading the title, and kicked the shuttlecock towards Xu Hui. While the shuttlecock was being passed back and forth before it hit the ground, Xu Hui thought for a moment and came up with her answer. Then she asked Xiao Wu to answer the question.
These two girls can now concentrate on answering questions. I have to admire the learning ability of these two girls.
The main reason is that my daughter-in-law teaches well, and these two children are the ones she teaches most attentively. The little bear squatted aside and stared at the shuttlecock going back and forth. When he got a little tired, he leaned down.
After plowing the ground for a day, it was tired. Even twisting its neck was too hard, and now only its eyes could move.
Zhang Yang was shaving himself in front of a bronze mirror. The bronze mirror was difficult to use at night. He had to put the oil lamp aside and then lift his chin and get closer to see the details of the stubble on the skin.
Seeing her husband struggling to shave, Li Yue took the slender razor in his hand.
"I'll do it." He took the small bronze mirror on the side and held his husband's chin with one hand, shaving it carefully. Feeling the coolness on his wife's fingertips, Zhang Yang frowned and said, "I should shave during the day, but I don't pay so much attention when I'm free. But today I noticed Pei Xingjian's eyes, and I realized that I hadn't taken care of myself for a long time. Li Yue laughed softly and said, "Does he dislike it?"
"I can't say I'm disgusted, it's just that my eyes are a little weird." He held a blade in one hand and carefully shaved the husband's chin. The beard at the pores grew again, and you could see his Adam's apple moving when he swallowed.
After scraping for a while, he put the blade into the basin and washed it. Because of the high-ranking relationship, Li Yue noticed her husband's gaze. She glared at her and said angrily, "Aunt Wang took some cotton cloth today and went to the dyeing workshop in Chang'an City to dye the cloth. I heard something." After a pause, The cold blade continued to scrape against the skin, and she whispered: "We Lishan have taken so many books out. Some people wonder where we in Lishan got so much paper. Some people suspect that Lishan has its own papermaking technology." Low As they talked loudly, the sound of shuttlecock kicking outside the door also stopped. Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui were sitting by the Huaqing Pool washing up.
The Huaqing Pool at night is very beautiful, especially when the moonlight is bright and the stars in the sky are falling in the pool, it can always make people admire it for a long time.
I helped my husband shave his temples, and then wiped them carefully with hot water.
"Well, it looks much cleaner this way." Zhang Yang took a sip of tea and said
"Today is different from the past. What can we do if we know that Lishan has papermaking technology?" Aunt Yang walked down from the second floor.
"Your Highness, the little princess has gone to bed."
"Well, Aunt, let's go to bed early." Aunt Yang bowed briefly and left. I saw my husband walking into the study, an oil lamp was lit, and there were many drawings hanging here.
Li Yue walked inside and looked at the walls full of drawings. Various detailed dimensions were marked on the drawings. For others, these dismantling drawings were incomprehensible, but for Li Yue, it was easy to understand these anatomy diagrams. .
Putting a drawing on the shelf, Zhang Yang held the teacup in his hand.
"What do you think of this greenhouse?" Seeing that the greenhouse is semicircular, he asked in confusion.
"Why is it arranged like this?" Zhang Yang held a glass bead in his hand.
"Because I want to fill it with light-transmitting glass. The growth of plants cannot be separated from temperature and humidity, let alone light. I want to use the pool in the hot spring palace to build a greenhouse around this pool. In this way, it will be a greenhouse." In autumn and winter, our family can also eat fresh vegetables.”
"Alas..." Li Yue had no choice but to feast,
"I used to think that my husband wanted to use colored glass to decorate doors and windows, but now he wants to use it to build a house."
"What I regard as a treasure to others is just something easily obtainable in the periodic table of elements." Li Yue sat down and helped polish the ink.
"The periodic table of elements is that weird formula I wrote before?" Zhang Yang nodded,
"The teacher taught me well back then, and I can now pick up the knowledge I learned by rote." There was a little yearning in her expression, and she looked forward to: "It would be great if I could plant flowers in winter, and it would be like spring all year round. Flower field.”
"The conditions for growing flowers are too harsh and require pollination by flying insects. The easiest and most practical way is to grow vegetables." She stopped grinding her ink and pursed her lips unconvincingly: "Are you only allowed to grow vegetables and not me? ?”
"Oh, growing vegetables is a man's passion. Back then, there was a guy named Liu Bei who also liked growing vegetables." Li Yue suddenly lost interest in staying here, got up, slammed the door and left.
I sat alone in my study and worked hard until late at night. When I felt sleepy, I washed up and returned to the bedroom.
Li Yue was sleeping on her side. Lifting the quilt and lying down, Zhang Yang put his arms under his head, thinking about the eucalyptus in Luoyang. The situation in Chang'an City must be very tense at this moment.
After catching those children of the aristocratic family, Li Shimin must also want to catch bigger fish. Those fish are the people who kidnapped the prisoners in the first place. Whose soldiers and horses are they, and whose private army are they.
As for those officials who have connections with aristocratic families, most of them will not be dealt with because of the emperor's character of keeping them as long as they can.
After all, when Li Shimin first came to the throne, he was tolerant of Li Jiancheng's faction. As long as they did not rebel or make trouble, the emperor could still tolerate them generously.
Rather than showing off his wisdom, it is better said to be the emperor's method to win people's hearts. The damned emperor uses benevolence and righteousness as a tool for power, and there are no good people under power.
The emperor not only wanted to deal with the aristocratic family, but also wanted to take back local military power. Zhang Yang felt that it was enough to help the emperor get to this point. Lishan just needed money, and he couldn't intervene in the next thing.
Li Shimin now has a lot of talents at his disposal, and he needs skills, tactics, and strategies. If he wants to go to war, he has countless capable generals under his command.
Li Shimin has reached this point, and he has become a heavenly khan respected by thousands of people and worshiped by all nations. Tian Khan, who has enough power in his hands, is the most terrifying. Now is Li Shimin's career rise. The emperor will not make choices, he will only let his ministers make choices.
Li Yue turned over and hugged her husband's arm, closed her eyes and murmured: "Still worried about something that you can't let go of?"
"Well, I'm thinking about Luoyang."
"After transporting so much money from Luoyang, my husband sleeps very late every day." It involved a big family matter, and there were so many people who couldn't sleep all night, so Zhang Yang let go of his worries.
April of the tenth year of Zhenguan. A group of prisoners were sent to Chang'an City. Sun Fujia read aloud their crimes, raised private troops, robbed prisoners, killed local officials, and brought harm to the villagers.
After reading out the charges, Sun Fujia looked at the onlookers in the city. He waved his sleeves and said: "Your Majesty's decree, behead!" With the order, heads rolled down one by one.
It's frightening to see a child crying. No one knows where these prisoners were caught, let alone their identities. There are only rumors in the court that they are members of aristocratic families. Family members raise private armies and strengthen local forces to deceive superiors and subordinates in the name of tribes.
This is nothing new. It is only a matter of time for people in the DPRK to have something like this happen. After cleaning up the execution ground, the residents of Chang'an City dispersed, but the people were still the same as before.
I don't know who spread the news. Those who beheaded were the private soldiers of the noble family, and they were the ones who kidnapped the prisoners on the road.
Those who dare to rob prisoners, dare to disturb official roads, or even rush to kill Tang Dynasty officers and soldiers are punished by death. The emperor did not immediately kill the children of the aristocratic families, but began to slaughter their arms.
They are not afraid when the knife is cut down, but they are most afraid when the knife is placed on their neck.
While keeping the children of the aristocratic family motionless, as if they were being held hostage, he began to clean up the influence of the aristocratic family.
The emperor at the peak of his power was the evil dragon, which swallowed up everything in the world and was now beginning to liquidate the family.
The emperor who had been patient for many years began to fight back. Li Shimin told everyone in a very direct way that during the Zhenguan Dynasty, no matter how big the family was or how majestic it was, they would have to lie down in front of the Tian Khan of the Tang Dynasty.
As for the children of the aristocratic families who were imprisoned in the dungeon of Dali Temple, they never imagined that things would progress to this point since they started participating in the sugar business. At this moment, these people were so frightened that they opened the cell door and shouted, they confessed and confessed to everything.
But the jailers here paid no attention to them, and no one responded to them. It seems that from the first day they were imprisoned here, no one remembered them except for the regular meals delivered every day.
The news began to spread from Chang'an City, and after leaving Tongguan, more and more scholars and scholars, whether they were poor nobles or the original high-ranking families, their anti-aristocratic sentiments were once again ignited after the emperor wielded the butcher's knife.
Outside the city of Chang'an, Cen Wenwen read His Majesty's will loudly, and three thousand masters shouldered the mission of supporting education and went to remote places in the Central Plains to teach and educate people.
Team after team of people left, bringing books with them to cultivate the next generation of scholars for the Tang Dynasty. Cen Wenwen asked Kong Yingda in a low voice,
"Old Master Kong, in the future, the scholars will not join the aristocratic family." Kong Yingda, who had white hair and beard, said with a smile: "It is very complicated to explain this matter. The aristocratic family is a local power that conflicts with the emperor's power. Let's see who is stronger." Zhang Yang has been in Lishan these days and ignored the affairs of the court. Today he brought his wife and daughter to visit the teacher.
Two of the teacher's three children are serving in the imperial court, and Da'an is far away in Liaodong. The couple can also come here more often.
The teacher's wife was very happy holding Xiao Qingqing, as if she were her granddaughter.
"This child is adorable, and he will be as alert as you in the future." Zhang Gongjin stroked his beard and smiled.
Zhang Yang said worriedly: "The teacher doesn't know what he is doing. This child is a slow learner and has little patience."
"Child, how much patience can you have?" Zhang Gongjin took a sip of warm tea and said,
"Have you heard about what happened in Chang'an?"
"Yes, I heard about it." Zhang Yang poured tea for the teacher again, his eyes still on the chessboard.
"" Zhang Gongjin picked up a puppy that came to his feet and said, "Erazing aristocratic families is not something that can be accomplished overnight."
"Yes, the teacher is right. This cannot be eliminated overnight. They have been entrenched in the Central Plains for hundreds of years. The trees are big and have deep roots. To deal with them, we need a firmer stance. Now it seems that the emperor has picked up the butcher's knife. This butcher's knife is called The law of heaven is clear."
"You are very wise. You did not participate in this matter. It is a correct decision to leave Chang'an City for this year's imperial meeting. If it were me, I would not be as decisive as you." Zhang Yang moved his chess piece.
"My teacher and I live in different eras. My teacher is in troubled times, but I am in this peaceful world, and my thoughts cannot be compared with my teacher's."
"Speaking of..." Zhang Yang sighed again, looking troubled.
"Today the imperial court sent someone again, saying that the Prime Minister wanted me to go back and continue to preside over the affairs of the imperial court." The emperor was at the peak of his career. At this time, the emperor was high-spirited, but he was also really short of money. This situation has not improved yet.
Zhang Gongjin smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt to go and ask."
"I have to be responsible for Lishan's production. This is for the sake of Sheji. I really can't leave." Knowing that this child would say this, Zhang Gongjin didn't say any more. He looked at the situation on the chessboard and said, "Playing with you is always chess." It’s just one move away and it’s boring.”
"Teacher is already very good." In the palace, Li Shimin listened to Hou Junji's report.
"So Pei Xingjian has led three thousand soldiers and horses in the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions?"
"Back to Your Majesty, judging from the distance, we should be almost at Shazhou." Judging from the distance, the urgent news from the Hexi Corridor arrived in Chang'an City, and Pei Xingjian set off to the west. The estimated time was indeed correct.
Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling aside,
"Why did Zhang Yang choose Pei Xingjian, a young man, to serve as the Protector of the Anxi Protectorate? I checked his household registration and found that he was from the Pei family in Hedong. He was only fifteen years old." Fang Xuanling replied: "Back to Your Majesty, at the time Pei Xingjian wrote a strategy for the Western Regions that was highly appreciated by Zhang Yang." The Protectorate of the Western Regions was established by the Foreign Affairs Commission, and Li Shimin did not have a clear idea of the leading position of the Protectorate.
The DPRK and China do not yet have a complete system for the governance of the Western Regions, and the Foreign Affairs Council does all these things, not to mention the DPRK and China spend money.
All the manpower and material resources are handled by the Diplomatic Academy, and the Ministry of Rites simply reports these matters, and the Zhongshu Sheng gives me my approval.
It is indeed a matter for the Ministry of Rites to send Prince Perus back to Persia. But Zhang Yang's act of taking charge without permission made Li Shimin feel very uncomfortable.
Looking at the money in the imperial treasury now, Li Shimin felt his eyes darken, wondering how he would spend this year with the remaining 10,000 yuan.
Just as he said that if the Shangshu Province collapsed, the Tang Dynasty would go bankrupt. The development of the country cannot be separated from money, so it is not a headache.
"Zhang Yang is still in Lishan and refuses to come?" Fang Xuanling bowed and said, "Back to Your Majesty, I have sent people to inquire several times. The village is very tightly guarded. Let alone seeing him, even if you enter Lishan Will not work."
"I don't believe that he stayed in Lishan Mountain and never came out." Li Shimin's eyes were gloomy.
"Send more people...please!" The word "please" came out from between His Majesty's teeth, which shows how dissatisfied His Majesty is with Zhang Yang at this time.
