On the first day of June, at six o'clock in the morning, it was still dark.
Outside Zhenguan Hall.
A large group of mother-of-pearl embroidered clothes, Qianniu Guards in green clothes and elephants holding swords, stepped from outside the hall, with neat appearance and solemn formation.
The leader was none other than General Zuo Qianniuwei, Prince Li Jingjia of Beiping County.
Following Li Jingjia was Nanchang County Prince Li Xuan, the commander of the inspection school Zuo Qianniu Wei Zhonglang.
The two of them led a large group of Qianniu Guards to the front of the Zhenguan Palace and lined up in order, waiting for the emperor's arrival.
At this time, the two commanders of Shancheng and Shangyuan were standing outside the Zhenguan Hall with carriages, books, ceremonial guards, dragons, Liqing, parasols, drums, etc., waiting for the emperor.
"Let's go!" Li Jingjia nodded to Li Xuan, and then took the lead towards Zhenguan Hall.
Li Xuan held the Qianniu knife handle with one hand and followed Li Jingjia forward.
His eyes also fell on the imperial guards surrounding Zhenguan Hall.
If you take a quick look at these people, you will know that they are all elite players.
In the Zhenguan Palace, at this moment, beautiful palace maids of various colors kept coming and going, carrying wooden trays, clothes, hangings, washbasins, towels in their hands, and quickly came out, and then someone came in from the outside.
I don’t know when the yellow curtains around me have become much less numerous.
A cold and majestic figure stood in the center of the hall, wearing a black gold-rimmed Nine Dragons and Nine Chapters yellow robe, and a white jade twelfth bow on his head.
Open your hands and let the maids and eunuchs around you put belts, jade pendants, and other various things on your body.
The old eunuch Wang Fulai stood guard on one side, instructing the eunuchs and maids to place each treasure on the dragon robe in an orderly manner.
"I, General Zuo Qianniuwei, Li Jingjia, Prince of Peiping County, and Commander Zuo Qianniuwei, Zhonglang General, Li Xuan, Prince of Nanchang County, pay homage to the saint, may the saint be safe!"
Li Jingjia and Li Xuan were also dressed in golden light armor and bowed their hands to the emperor with great solemnity.
"Get up." Li Zhi's steady gaze fell on Li Xuan and Li Jingjia, and he asked in a deep voice: "Prince Peiping, is everything okay in the palace?"
"Everything in the palace was safe last night. In the outer court, several official documents from the Ministry of War arrived. I sent people to inquire. They were regular reports on the military situation in the Western Regions and Tubo. There was nothing unusual." Li Jingjia reported thousands of people in the imperial city and palace last night. All affairs within Niuwei are reported in detail.
"I ordered it." Li Zhi's eyes moved slightly, fell on Li Xuan, and chuckled: "Look, this is our only wish in life, everyone has three autumn grains." Sanqiu King, Twenty-seventh Lang, yours The reputation has spread from outside the palace to the palace. "
"My brother is ridiculous, your majesty is laughing!" Li Xuan bowed again, with a sincere face and a slight fear.
"Oh, you are right." Li Zhi waved his hand, motioning for Li Xuan to stand up, and then said with emotion: "I have worked hard for more than 20 years, but even now, I can only manage to store food for a year in ordinary people's homes. Even less, October, or even half a year is a blessing... I can only hope that in my lifetime, I can make a little progress, and in a year, except for diseases, famines and floods, no one will be hungry anymore."
"Your Majesty is the most holy and wise, wise and resolute. He is wise in internal affairs, frugal and loves the people. He is as built as the sky and as contained as the earth. He will be able to rule under the rule of Yao and Shun and the world will be at peace." Li Xuan and Li Jingjia raised their hands at the same time, and a series of horses immediately clapped their hands. Go up.
"I know what my Tang Dynasty is like. It is a little stronger than the late emperor, but it is also limited." Li Zhi sighed with emotion. However, although he was modest in his words, there was pride in his words. In his life, besides leaving Apart from such a huge hidden danger as Wu Zhao, he is no better than Emperor Taizong.
Destroying the Western Turks, leveling the earth and valleys, attacking the Khitans, annihilating Gaochang, defeating Baekje and Goguryeo, and conquering Silla Japan, the territory was unprecedentedly vast.
"Your Majesty..." Li Xuan and Li Jingjia were about to pile up a new pile of congratulations. Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop saying flattery."
Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan again, chuckled, and said: "Prince of Peiping, do you know that what Prince of Nanchang said, everyone has more than enough food for the next three years? Prefecture, not only built roads and bridges, connected water conservancy, but also personally climbed mountains and waded in rivers to find and cultivate high-yielding grains. Now he has gained a small income, including the fief of King Peng and the fief of Nanchang.
The yield per mu will be at least 40% higher than in previous years this year. "
Hearing what Li Zhi said, Li Jingjia looked at Li Xuan in great surprise.
Before, when Li Xuan's poem "The only wish in life is that everyone has three autumn grains" came into his ears, he already felt that something was wrong.
After all, these words not only satirized the emperor for failing to bring peace to the world, but even coveted the artifact.
A narrow-minded emperor might have arrested Li Xuan directly after hearing what he said.
Turning sideways and looking at Li Xuan's calm face, Li Jingjia finally knew why Li Xuan dared to say that.
It turns out that he was cultivating high-yielding grains to increase the amount of food left in people's homes, so there was no problem.
"Your Majesty, although I have made some efforts, today's rice has very strict requirements on water quality, weather, fertilizer, and spacing. Although I have made some gains in Pengzhou and Hongzhou, it is still far from being promoted all over the world. It’s still far away.”
With that said, Li Xuan took out a memorial from his arms and handed it forward: "I originally wanted to report to His Majesty after I have gained something this autumn, but that person had no choice but to talk nonsense, so today I can only report it to His Majesty. I would like to share some of my past experience with you, and hope that your majesty will forgive me!"
"Twenty-seventh Lang is interested!" Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction, and with a flash of his eyes, Wang Fulai immediately stepped forward to take the memorial.
"Speaking of which, I also have a memorial here. Take a look." Before Li Zhi finished speaking, a young eunuch on the side came to Li Xuan with a wooden tray on which was placed a red book. Leather memorial.
Li Zhi raised his head slightly and motioned to Li Xuan to open it.
After pondering for a moment, Li Xuan stepped forward to pick it up, opened the memorial, and saw the words: "My lord, Wang Fanglin, the governor of Wuzhou, respectfully greets you..."
After reading this memorial, Li Xuan's expression couldn't help but change slightly.
This memorial was dictated by Wang Fanglin, the governor of Wuzhou, and written by his staff.
Because although the current Wang Fanglin's health has improved a lot since the assassination, he is still unable to handle state affairs, so he petitioned the emperor to remove him from the post of governor and appoint a new governor.
Li Xuan understood Li Zhi's arrangement instantly.
He wanted Li Xuan to carry out his ideas as unimpeded as possible after arriving in Wuzhou.
The emperor is using him as much as possible, and using him as much as possible while being on guard against him.
Li Xuan was completely relieved now.
After all, no matter what he did, he never thought of rebelling against Li Zhi.
Even Wu Zhao couldn't do it, let alone him.
In today's political situation between the government and the opposition, if there are ten points, Li Zhi will account for at least seven of them. Empress Wu will occupy two of the remaining three points, and then share three points with Li Zhi. When Prince Li Hong was alive, If you can account for the remaining one point, you can share two points with Li Zhi. .c
But now that Li Hong has passed away, a lot of his share has been occupied by Empress Wu.
Even if Li Xian ascends the throne, he will only occupy half of it, and other emperors will share one share.
As for more, Li Xian needs to work hard himself.
Although Empress Wu had all the power in the government and the public, everything was always in the hands of the emperor, at least that's how the people in the world thought.
They also make the world think so.
Naturally, the same goes for Li Xuan. As for the deeper game between emperor and empress, it is not something Li Xuan can see.
"Tell me, what are you going to do after arriving in Wuzhou?" Li Zhi turned slightly sideways. The palace maids and eunuchs around him had finished taking care of his dragon robe.
Li Xuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I don't have many meetings. I want to build water conservancy projects, connect roads, build docks, and expand business travel..."
After a slight pause, Li Xuan said seriously: "After that, I plan to consolidate the silk farms and purchase grain at high prices so that people's families can have more money. After all, there is no shortage of grain in the southeast."
"Indeed, in this way, the people will be safe and sound at home. Yes, but this is not enough." Li Zhi's eyes turned cold and he said, "I not only want you to stabilize Wuzhou, but also what you have collected in Wuzhou this year
The amount of land tax is 30% more than in previous years. Some people have occupied some things for so many years and it’s time to spit them out. "
"My brother obeys the order." Li Xuan agreed without any hesitation, which actually made Li Zhi couldn't help but laugh: "It can be seen that Ouyang Tong has gained a lot from the training he has received in the past two days. No wonder even when people from Dali Temple came to look for you, they were blocked. That’s good.”
After a short pause, Li Zhi asked with deep meaning: "Twenty-seventh Master, I want to ask you a question: Ouyang Tong and Zhao Gong are both your uncles. How do you evaluate these two people?"
"Ah!" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment.
