"Your Highness... Did you design that? Jiang Xingben looked at the three drawings in his hand and asked Li Zhan with some incredulity.

Li Zhan smiled and nodded: "I designed it, but it doesn't work much to design it, and I have to trouble Deputy Chief Jiang to make them all." ”

"Your Highness is modest, your design is the strongest, please rest assured, Your Highness, I will definitely work tirelessly to build the siege equipment needed by the Great Governor within a month." Jiang Xingben bowed down.

Li Zhan nodded and smiled: "It's hard work...!" ”

Jiang Xingben walked out of Li Zhan's big tent with a smile, and just after Jiang Xingben went out, Li Zhan got up and held the letter sent to him by Li Shimin from Chang'an: the letter said some things at home, telling Li Zhan that the book printing has now ended, but this end is the end of collecting books, and soon, the printing workshop will start the printing of basic books, such as what thousand-character essays, Analects, Four Books and Five Classics...!

Li Shimin told Li Zhan that he had invested nearly 10 million yuan, and it was bound to pull down the cost of books in Datang, so that people who like to read could buy cheap books, so that they could greatly increase the number of poor people.

He also said that this matter may have been alerted by the families, and now these families have begun not to take out their collections, and Li Shimin feels very contemptuous of such a family.

Then he also talked about Li Chengqian, and told Li Zhan that Li Chengqian's crown princess and side concubine were pregnant, and Li Chengqian said that in the future, his son would be handed over to the uncle, that is, Li Zhan to educate, because Li Chengqian believed that the children from Li Zhan's education department must be the best.

And finally, the eldest grandson, the queen... Because Empress Changsun's belly is getting bigger and bigger, her miss for Li Zhan is getting deeper and deeper, but Li Lizhi has always been in the palace to accompany Empress Changsun, and there is a little girl named Liu Yanran, this little girl told Queen Changsun to relieve boredom.

Yang Qiao'er is very good, but Ouyang Duoduo made trouble a few days ago, and he fought with a group of Chang'an gangsters, but when he was outnumbered, Changsun Jian and Changsun Jun knew about it, and rushed over together, protecting Ouyang Duoduo and repelling Chang'an's gangsters.

Li Shimin sent Dali Temple to understand the cause and effect, it turned out to be the fault of these gangsters, and Li Shimin finally said that he admired his sassy and heroic daughter-in-law.

However, Li Shimin recently felt that Li Zhi was very strange, Li Zhi always went to Li Zhan's mansion intentionally or unintentionally to find a little girl named Hua Gu, and later made trouble with Queen Changsun, saying that he wanted to make Hua Gu the most Li Zhi's personal maid.

It's just that Empress Changsun didn't agree, after all, Hua Gu is Li Zhan's person, Li Zhan is still fighting, who dares to touch Li Zhan's person.

Later, Li Shimin also went to see Aunt Hua, wanting to know what the charm of this little girl was, but after reading it, he found that she was a little child.

Many people think that Li Shimin likes Wu Zetian, in fact, Li Shimin doesn't like Wu Zetian, when Li Shimin took Wu Zetian into the palace, Wu Zetian was fourteen years old, and he had the charm of youth, but Li Shimin had passed the age of liking the charm of youth.

Wu Zetian was selected as a talented person by Li Shimin when he entered the palace, and he entered the palace with the talented girl Xu Hui. The old Li Shimin likes Xu Hui's gentleness and thoughtfulness, and he doesn't value the equally bright and beautiful Wu Zetian. So Wu Zetian spent 12 years in the harem in obscurity.

There is also the fact that Wu Zetian's character is too strong, and there is a story here... Li Shimin has a horse, which is called a lion skull because of its fur like a lion's. This horse is tall and mighty, and the horse is unusual, but it has a violent temperament, and no one can tame it.

However, Li Shimin is a horse lover and rarely rushes about this. One day, he brought a group of concubines to the stable to see the horse.

Li Shimin circled around the horse and sighed: This is really a good horse, but unfortunately no one can tame it. At this time, Wu Zetian said: Your Majesty, I can subdue it! Li Shimin was taken aback. However, Wu Zetian said again: I need three things, first, an iron whip; second, the hammer; Thirdly, the dagger.

But Li Shimin said: This is not a thing to train horses, what do you want these things for? Wu Zetian smiled and said: Your Majesty, this horse is so violent, special means must be used.

I first whipped it with an iron whip, and if it didn't accept it, I hit it on the head with a hammer, and if it didn't accept it, I stabbed it with a dagger. Hearing this, Li Shimin was so cool in his heart when he heard this, and thought, "Why is this delicate little girl in front of you talking so ruthlessly!" ”

This made Li Shimin not know what to say for a while, and after a while, Li Shimin finally said in a sneering voice: You are amazing. After that, there was no follow-up.

It can be seen how strong Wu Zetian was at that time. After all, Li Shimin was also very strong at that time, and the personalities of the two would definitely cause various contradictions. Li Shimin's favor for Empress Changsun, and Concubine Xu Hui in the later period were relatively favored. In this case, we can also see that Li Shimin prefers women with gentle personalities and good looks.

So Li Shimin wouldn't feel a little bit even if he saw Wu Zetian, at most he would think that the other party was a little girl, that's all, this is why Li Shimin doesn't understand why Li Zhi likes Wu Zetian so much.

Talk endlessly... A letter was written for almost five pages, this should be the longest family letter Li Shimin wrote to his son, Li Zhan was also very moved when he saw it, an emperor can write so much for his son, which shows that this emperor is more showing his father's love.

So for a while, Li Zhan's tears were uncontrollable.

"Your Highness... You okay...? At this time, Hou Junji walked into Li Zhan's big tent, and when he saw Li Zhan crying, Hou Junji asked in some surprise.

When Li Zhan saw someone, it was still Hou Junji, so he quickly wiped his tears and said: "Let the chief manager smile, the letter from my father to me made me a little homesick for a while... By the way, congratulations to the manager, Ruixin is pregnant. ”

"Really...?" Hearing that his daughter was pregnant, Hou Junji immediately showed a happy expression.

Li Zhan nodded and said, "It's true... My father's words shouldn't be deceiving, when the children are born, I will take them away, educate them well, and let these guys be useful to Datang in the future. ”

"Then thank you, Your Highness." Hou Junji said slightly excitedly.

"That's right... Why did the chief manager come to Liuyun Valley. Li Zhan asked.

"Ahh I have received the will of His Majesty... His Majesty knew that the expedition to Gaochang was far away from the Central Plains, that is, there was no reinforcement, and there was no logistical support, so it was necessary to fight quickly, so His Majesty specially recruited a total of 150,000 troops such as Tiele, Huifu, Xue Yantuo and other tribal cavalry to form the Western Regions Expeditionary Force of the Tang Empire.

I'll mix it up with you... In order to make the teacher famous, His Majesty also issued the "Edict on Seeking Lu Wentai", which listed various crimes such as Lu Wentai's capriciousness, treachery, revenge, aggression against neighboring countries, and collusion with the Western Turks to infringe on the prestige of the Tang Empire and national territorial sovereignty.

This shows that the crusade against Lu Wentai is an internal affair of the Tang Empire, and it is a legitimate means taken by the emperor against traitors, and it is hoped that external forces will not intervene.

I came this time to ask His Highness's opinion, should we wait for the Tang Empire's Western Regions Expeditionary Force to attack Gaochang as soon as it arrives, or wait for the siege equipment to be completed? ”

Li Zhan thought for a while and said: "Father's idea is right, however, it should be no problem for us to wait for more than ten days, so I think it is better to wait for the siege equipment to be built, and then we will conquer, after all, the life of every Tang soldier is precious." ”

"Your Highness is kind... Please rest assured that Hou Junji will definitely carry out His Highness's order...! After speaking, Hou Junji knelt down on one knee and expressed his determination.

Li Zhan nodded and said with a smile: "It's all a family, don't talk about two families, this time the manager will help me, I must get Gaochang Wealth, of course... I won't let the army suffer, but the manager and everyone will have to wait... Let me use your money for the first time. ”

"Your Highness, please rest assured, as long as Gaochang falls, Ben will definitely not let a trace of money flow out of the Gaochang Palace, everything is His Highness, no one wants to get involved, His Royal Highness Dengzhou built, Hebei scattered money, Your Majesty also told me, that is for the country to hurt the vitality.

Whoever dares to touch His Majesty's money, I, Hou Junji, will be the first to refuse. ”

"Huh...!" Li Zhan smiled happily: "Thank you to the manager, please rest assured, I, Li Zhan, will not treat the brothers of this expedition to the west, in fact, we have taken this place, there are also good things, here is rich in a plant called white stacks."

Gao Changguo's guys, don't know the role of white stacks, I can tell the manager that the white stacks can be made into cotton clothes, quilts, cover the body is particularly warm, and the price is one-tenth of the current cotton clothes.

Hehe... When we occupy Gaochang, I will plant white stacks in Gaochang all over the country... At that time, in the cotton and quilt business, I would give thirty percent of it to the Hou family, which was a promise given to you by Lonely. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness...!" Hou Junji on the side knelt down again.

Li Zhan laughed and said, "Get up, get up... As long as the manager is not too little, the manager should also know that it is already the limit for you to give you thirty percent, my father looks at it, and my uncle must also be filial, if you don't give it, the queen mother should blame me.

Thirty percent is the one who can come up with the most shares. ”

"Your Highness... The last will know... The end will be truly content...! A family doesn't speak two words...! Hou Junji got up and laughed happily.

Li Zhan nodded slightly and smiled, "Let's go... Boss, go and see our siege engines, I don't think you will be disappointed...! ”

"Well... Your Highness... You please...! After speaking, Hou Junji made a gesture of please, Li Zhan was not pretending to be polite, and walked directly in front, Hou Junji followed behind Li Zhan, and the two went to see the construction of siege equipment together.

And at this time, King Gaochang received the "Edict of Seeking Koji Wentai" drafted by Li Shimin... Later, it was learned that Li Shimin had requisitioned a total of 150,000 troops from Tiele, Hui, Xue Yantuo and other tribal cavalry.

At this time, Lu Wentai was already crying without tears, and he hurriedly signaled to invite the Western Turks, but the Western Turks gave Lu Wentai a head drink!

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