As for what the prince said, there will be a result after that, and the ministers also understand, after all, the prince needs to discuss it with Fang Xuanling and others before he can make a decision, and even if he can't get it right, he still needs to ask the emperor for help, after all, it is still difficult for the prince and others to make a direct decision about this kind of matter.

Fang Xuanling retreated, and Wei Zheng stood up and said: "Your Highness, the ministers have their own music, and the household department has been generously donated by His Royal Highness, and now the terms of disaster relief are being formulated. ”

Faced with Wei Zheng's proposal, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Gong Zheng, it's just a disaster relief, you need to shout Lone's name?" It's too contrived. ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "Since it is a good thing, everything must be said to others, and it is a good thing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be passed on far to Shandong Dao." In the land of Shandong, because of Emperor Yang's expedition to the east, the population withered, and there were many gate valves, so there was not much good impression of the Tang Dynasty. If you kill two birds with one stone, Your Highness still doesn't want to excuse yourself. ”

Wei Zheng took the lead, and the officials naturally followed. Seeing that they all insisted, Li Chengqian could only order Dugu Fu to do what Wei Zheng said.

The routine court meeting is actually very short, but it is only half an hour, and the court meeting is over? Waiting for the officials to leave? Li Chengqian just walked out of the palace gate, and as soon as he went out, he saw Lu Dongzan.

This guy? I really came to the court today.

"Your Highness is not old? But he already has the temperament of a monarch. You must know that our Zampu also became Zampu when he was twelve years old. What if the two of you could meet? I guess I will definitely become an emperor. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, Lu Dongzan is okay with this? He also believed that he and Songtsen Gampo would definitely become friends after they met? However, this is only on the premise that he is still the crown prince. A tiger may be friends with a lion, but it will never pay attention to a rabbit.

"The prime minister is sitting too far away today, is he lonely and negligent? Why don't you sit in the front tomorrow? It's better to take a closer look at my Datang dynasty. ”

Li Jian on the side frowned, and wanted to speak but finally chose to be silent.

And here, Lu Dongzan is simply ecstatic. Even in the most absurd dreams, he never thought that he would be treated like this in Datang. The more he got to the front of the ranks of civil and military officials, the more clearly he could hear what the court of the Tang Dynasty was like. After all? His Tang dialect is just barely able to speak, when he meets the other party's mouth speed is too fast? There is no time to discern the meaning.

This box of treasures is really worth it!

"Then tomorrow will continue to bother."

After respectfully arching his hand, Lu Dongzan left happily.

Until Lu Dongzan leaves? Li Jian spoke: "Your Highness, why do you want to allow Lu Dongzan to go to court?" And why let him come forward? The slave doesn't believe you'll be bought by that box of treasures? Is there a deep meaning in it that the slave and maid can't guess? ”

Been a royal minion for so long? Li Jian learned to observe words and looks, and he should have stopped it immediately, but thinking of the prince's cleverness, he insisted on holding back until now to ask.

Walking down the steps with his hands behind his back, Li Chengqian said as he walked: "Lone thought you would just be unable to bear it, okay, since you asked, Lone will tell you." Lu Dongzan is the great minister of Tibet, such a person, even if we are at war, out of courtesy, we can't do anything with him. However, Lone promised him to study in the court, just to deter Tubo. Today, Fang Xiang didn't know that Lu Dongzan was also in the court, otherwise he would definitely not mention the matter of Goryeo. Now, Lu Dongzan may not be able to laugh at our Datang.

When something happens, you have to find a way to remedy it. It's impossible to seal up, so let all foreigners see the consequences of annoying Datang! ”

Li Jian was shocked: "Your Highness, you don't want to agree to send troops to Goryeo, right?" This is resolutely not possible, you do not have the power to command the sixteen guards and command the government soldiers, Your Majesty is not here, no one has this power! ”

Glancing at Li Jian, who was about to jump up, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Who told you that Lone is ready to send troops to Goryeo?" In terms of military power, whoever is involved is unlucky, this is still known, and you don't need to worry about it. Okay, you help Gu run an errand and go and call Ouyang Shuo, the warden of weapons, and Li Tai, the king of Wei, to the East Palace. In addition, the team of the forbidden army on the north side of the East Palace has all been replaced with soldiers led by the prince himself, so do it now. ”

Seeing that the prince no longer studied the affairs of Goryeo, Li Jian naturally agreed again and again.

When he went to the Ordnance Supervisor to call Ouyang Shuo to the East Palace, on the way to the academy, Li Jian thought about it again and again, and still wrote a letter to the emperor to inform him of the incident.

The soldiers delivering the letter didn't run long at all, and caught up with the emperor who was out of Beijing.

Just like Li Chengqian guessed, the emperor had no intention of going back quickly, and the team was as slow as a turtle crawling when it left Chang'an.

When I saw the people who were farming in the fields, I had to get out of the car and talk to them, especially after I found that my dragon robe scared the knees of the people, I simply changed into the dress of a businessman, and specially made a truck to fill the appearance.

Now, his conversation went a lot smoother.

He has always believed that only what he really hears from the mouths of the people is the truth.

Two days! The team that went out of Beijing did not even go out of Chang'an County.

In the evening, after the army set up camp and guarded the emperor in the center, the night began.

I spent all day talking with the old farmers in the fields, or the old men basking in the sun at the head of the village, and even helped the people do some work when they were interested, so Li Shimin was disgraced and cleaned after washing.

"You, I don't know what is crazy, the dignified emperor, but he helps the people pull weeds, don't you see that you pulled a lot of seedlings by mistake? You're doing you a disservice! ”

Li Shimin laughed, sat on the chair and enjoyed the queen's scalp massage, and moaned comfortably before saying: "Actually, this is what I am most interested in. After living in the deep palace for a long time, the Tang Dynasty I saw was all built up with the words in the folds, imagining and seeing with my own eyes are two different things.

Now that I see the people living and working in peace and contentment, although I am not grateful to the imperial court, I am also very sure, and I am happy. Since the Han Dynasty, the strife in the world has hardly stopped. I really want to make the Tang Dynasty a country as powerful as the Han Dynasty, so I have to start with the smallest details. This trip is to satisfy my desire to play, but it is also an opportunity for me to have a good look at Datang, so I can't just look at the flowers! ”

"You, whatever you say makes sense!"

The eldest grandson pressed hard, and the emperor rolled over and got up, so frightened that the eldest grandson thought that he was too strong.

"There is the sound of horses' hooves."

After speaking, Li Shimin sat behind the table.

Under the encirclement of the army, the interior is the scope of the emperor's camp, and there is no one who does not dare to ride a horse here. Unless, it's the red feather who sent the letter.

Sure enough, a Hongling envoy brought a letter into the bill and knelt on his knees and presented Li Jian's letter.

When he opened the letter, Li Shimin's face was serious. When he came out this time, he had already told Fang Xuanling that unless it was something really important, he couldn't bother him with letters, and deliberately said the wrong thing when he left, the prince should also know what was going on, under such a premise, it can only mean that things are very important.

Praying that it would not be the content of letting him go back, after reading the letter, Li Shimin was overjoyed and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, but what's the big deal in Chang'an?"

The eldest grandson was worried that the prince's son had done something wrong or had encountered something big.

Yang Yang the letter in his hand, Li Shimin said with a smile: "I ordered the Baiqi Division to send me a letter every five days, telling me what happened in Chang'an, but now it's just in advance." The letter was sent by Li Jian, who was afraid that Cheng Qian would give the order to attack Goryeo. However, Cheng Qian also said that he would not use the Sixteen Guards or the government soldiers, which made me wonder how he would clean up Goryeo. Anyway, I wanted to see what he was capable of this time, so let him do whatever he wanted! ”

After speaking, he picked up the pen and wrote a reply to Li Jian, ordering Li Jian not to interfere more, he really wanted to see what strange tricks the prince would make this time....

The night passed.

Early this morning, Li Taicai rushed back to Chang'an, entered the East Palace, yesterday coincided with the first pillar of the bridge, after learning that he could postpone his return, he decided that he had to wait until the bridge pillar was completely formed before leaving.

Entering the East Palace with Li Tai was Ouyang Shuo of the Ordnance Warden.

When he got the news, Ouyang Shuo immediately came to the spirit, judging from the fact that the prince wanted a few elite craftsmen, it was estimated that he had a new idea. Thinking about the eight-bull crossbow that had been transformed before, Ouyang Shuo's heart was on fire, and he recalled several elites of the ordnance prison overnight, and only opened the door with black circles and rushed to the East Palace.

As soon as he entered the East Palace, Li Tai felt different from usual.

Usually, there is no depressing feeling in the East Palace, and the palace maids and eunuchs who work have said and laughed, unlike the Imperial Palace, where laughing for no reason will be punished. Today, the main entrance of the East Palace is guarded twice as many as usual, and the internal entrance is also guarded by heavily armed soldiers. The palace maids and eunuchs who came and went were all in a hurry.

What's going on?

Unlike Li Tai, who was confused, Ouyang Shuo saw this scene but strengthened his conjecture even more, clenched his fists excitedly, and under the leadership of the eunuch who led the way, he passed through the heavy curfew and came to the Yiqiu Palace in the East Palace.

Yiqiu Palace is in the northwest corner of the East Palace, because it has been in disrepair for a long time, it has been dilapidated, and it was even used as a cold palace of the East Palace.

Compared with the deserted Yiqiu Palace on weekdays, today it is much more lively, surrounded by layers of personal soldiers, and the most confusing thing is that a large amount of sand and soil has been prepared around, and there are even water tanks filled with water, and there are many more.

What is this for? Fireproof?

A group of more than a dozen people, under the leadership of the eunuch, passed through the encirclement of the soldiers led by the relatives and entered the Yiqiu Palace.

Inside the main hall, there are no lights, because there is no need, and a lot of light will be put into the broken doors and windows here. And Li Chengqian, dressed in sackcloth, was looking at a large pile of materials in front of him in a daze.

"Brother Huang, why are you wearing this?"

Li Tai did not salute, but walked directly to Li Chengqian's side and asked.

"There's too much dust in here, change your clothes, go next door, I have something to tell these people."

Li Tai wanted to say something, but seeing that the imperial brother had a firm gaze, he quickly shut up and honestly went next door to change clothes.

Ouyang Shuo bowed his hand before asking, "Your Highness, you asked your ministers to come over today, but what idea do you have to transform the weapon?" ”

Li Chengqian didn't return the salute, turned around, and didn't answer: "Gu called you here today to have a very important matter for you, which is very important and very important. Although your father is not there, Lone can also make a wish for you, and when this is done, you will become real officials, not officials in the artisan system. Even if you don't want to use this qualification, the children of your family can enter the government because of your shadow.

However, once you take over this matter, your freedom will be completely deprived, whether you eat and go to the toilet or with your daughter-in-law, you may be monitored by special people, and other people, even relatives at home, will not be able to interact with each other anymore. If something goes wrong, it's light to lose your head, and maybe it will affect your family, think clearly, whether you want to agree or not. ”

Li Chengqian's words shocked everyone, do one thing, change merit, and it is a merit that can overshadow future generations? Give us these craftsmen?

The difficulty of craftsmen being officials, they are still very clear, craftsmen are under the people, and they are only a little stronger than businessmen, their ancestors became craftsmen, and their descendants will also be craftsmen, and they want to be officials? There is also a faint possibility for the poor scholars, but the children of the craftsmen still don't be whimsical!

Under such temptation, they naturally ignore the following conditions, as long as future generations can become officials, let alone lose their freedom, even if they die immediately, they don't care!

The sound of breathing, which was originally imperceptible, immediately became heavy.

Ouyang Shuo looked back at his subordinates, and when he saw that no one shook their heads, he led his subordinates to kneel down on one knee and said, "Your Highness, leave this matter to me and wait!" If we leak the things you have entrusted me to the slightest, the whole family will die! ”

Li Chengqian nodded, the Tang people never made promises easily, let alone made such a poisonous oath. Except for a few hypocrites with human faces and beast hearts, almost all of the rest can believe their oaths.

"Get up, you wait a minute, and when the people of the Hundred Horsemen come over, you can begin. Tonight, I will give you the last night to prepare, go home and say goodbye to your wife and children, and say goodbye to the high hall, and tomorrow will really begin. Once it really starts, it's going to be hard for you to get back into the crowd. ”

Li Tai poked his head in from the outside and said, "Brother Huang, what are you going to do?" How do I feel what it was like to be in the pulley period? Even more, you won't lock me up too, okay, I don't want to be locked up! ”

What Li Tai values most is his own freedom, and for this reason, the subordinate officials of the Wei Wangfu don't know how many have been beaten.

Li Chengqian smiled, patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said, "Brother Huang, I won't cheat you, I called you over, there is a new job for you." The construction of the bridge is not a matter of one or two days, and you are always watching from the construction site, and it is also boring, so I found you a difficult job. Come, all of you. ”

Calling everyone to the desk, Li Chengqian took out the drawings, pointed to the arrows drawn on them and asked, "I ask you, can Datang's existing forging process make such a hollow arrow shaft on a large scale?" ”

Ouyang Shuo picked up the drawings and looked at them, and said in confusion: "What does Your Highness want to do to build such a bow and arrow?" The inside of the shaft of the bow and arrow is hollowed out, and the weight itself will decrease, even if it is made of iron, it will also affect the flight of the arrow, which is nondescript! ”

"Shut up! Lone asks if you can make it on a large scale! ”

Ouyang Shuo found out that his occupational illness had come up, and hurriedly said: "Naturally, we now have a hydraulic giant hammer, and the forging ability has improved I don't know how much!" ”

Li Chengqian nodded, handed over the drawings to Li Tai and said: "Qingque, you will take this drawing to the weapons workshop of the Ordnance Supervision now, organize some craftsmen, and start to make such arrows, from small bows and arrows to large eight-ox crossbows, moreover, after the inside of the arrow shaft is hollowed out, the surrounding side walls are not allowed to leak a little, understand?" ”

Li Tai immediately agreed, took the drawings and left.

After sending Li Tai away, not long after, the people of the Hundred Cavalry Division also arrived, and the leader was Duan Yunzhi, the mysterious leader of the Hundred Cavalry Division.

Duan Yunzhi originally refused the prince's order, a person like him should only obey the emperor's orders, even if the queen didn't know about his existence, but Li Jian personally ordered it, and he could only come to see the prince with a hard head.

After bowing his hand, Duan Yunzhi said: "Duan Yunzhi, the leader of the Hundred Cavalry Division, has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, but I don't know what happened when His Royal Highness came down to the East Palace?" ”

Glancing at the members of the Hundred Cavalry Division brought by Duan Yunzhi, Li Chengqian asked instead of answering, "How about these people you brought?" Is it loyal enough? ”

Duan Yunzhi said without hesitation: "As long as Your Majesty orders it, we can cut it ourselves!" ”

Seeing that Duan Yunzhi's words were categorical, Li Chengqian nodded, pointed to the craftsmen of the Ordnance Prison and said: "From today on, these people don't need to participate in the other work of the Hundred Cavalry Division, they just need to watch these people almost inch by inch, don't contact others, don't send letters to the outside world, as long as one of these people leaks secrets, the person in custody will be punished for the same crime." As for what Lone is going to do, let Lone sell it first, and you can see it tomorrow. Now, they can go home with these craftsmen, and you follow Lone, and Lone has something to tell you to do. ”

Duan Yunzhi wanted to resist a little, but when he saw that the prince's order was cold and blunt, he immediately knew that his work would be very important, so he endured it.

Leaving Duan Yunzhi behind, Li Chengqian said to Ouyang Shuo and the others: "Lone knows that this order is a little impersonal, but when you know your = work content, you will be able to understand Lone." When you leave the palace, you will receive 500 yuan per person at the steward of the East Palace, which can be regarded as compensation for you! ”

Ouyang Shuo hurriedly shirked and said, "Your Highness, since we have already agreed, we naturally won't care about this bit of money." ”

"Take it, go home today and arrange your housework, and from tomorrow, even if you want to go home, you won't be able to go back."