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Li Longji had been standing outside the gate of the Zuo Zang Vault, watching Li An leave, until Li An completely disappeared from sight, and then he sighed heavily. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Li Shilang is my grandchild, and he is also a great talent that I have once in a hundred years in the Tang Dynasty, but among my grandchildren, there is no such outstanding talent!"

Gao Lishi took a step forward and said respectfully: "There are more than 100 grandchildren in everyone, and there must be many outstanding talents among them, but they have stayed in Baisunyuan for too long and have no chance to show their abilities." ”

This is a comforting word, after all, no matter how many emperors and grandsons can't have such a powerful ability as Li An, however, Gao Lishi is also reminding Li Longji not to manage the princes and grandsons too strictly, so that although these descendants can avoid disrespectful behavior, it will also stifle the ability of these descendants and let them gradually become mediocre.

Li Longji heard this, fell into contemplation, he did a little too much in order to avoid the usurpation of power by his descendants, of course, this can not be blamed on him, at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a change in Xuanwumen, as a father Li Yuan was ousted from power by Li Shimin, and then, there were successive rebellions of Li You, the king of Qi, Li Chengqian's rebellion, Wu Zetian's usurpation of the throne, etc., the power struggle in the court was extremely tragic, and the love of father and son, brotherhood was trampled on incomplete, Li Longji, who grew up in this environment, naturally attached great importance to rightsand did not allow anyone to threaten his throne.

However, Li Longji also understands that he will not live long, and the throne will be handed over to his descendants sooner or later, if the children and grandchildren are managed too strictly, so that they have no chance to show their abilities, then when they inherit the throne in the future, it is very likely that there will be an uncontrollable situation, he knows very well in his heart that if his children and grandchildren are mediocre, it will be difficult to control talents like Li An in the future, and once the emperor can't control the ministers, how serious the consequences are, he knows better than anyone else.

"The crown prince and the princes are higher than Li An, so it is naturally not appropriate to ask Li An for advice, but the emperors and grandchildren should go to see the world."

Li Longji has made up his mind to select some of the most valued grandchildren, let them follow Li An's experience, so as to improve their abilities, so as not to become mediocre in the future, of course, which grandchild to choose, he must think carefully, because which grandchild to choose means that he values the grandchild's father, and this will also cause turmoil in the court, he must be cautious.

In these major matters, Gaolishi does not have the right to share the slightest, everything must be thought about by Li Longji himself, which is related to imperial power and cannot be shared with anyone.

From the north gate of Daming Palace to the Hot Spring Palace, there is a distance of seventy or eighty miles, although it is only one-tenth of the section from Chang'an to Luoyang, but with the national strength and material resources of Datang, laying rails on this section of the road is also a big project.

Li Longji has already handed over the task of laying this railway track to Li An, and Li An naturally wants to do his best to do a good job of it, so as to lay a safe and reliable railway track road to repay Li Longji's trust and support.

As soon as the sky dawned in the morning, Li An got up early, and after eating and drinking, under the escort of Duan Xiushi and more than a dozen Yulin soldiers, he rode his horse out of the city from the Tonghua Gate in the northeast direction, bypassed the Longshou Canal, and went straight to the north gate of the Daming Palace.

This is the northernmost point of Daming Palace, and it is also the northernmost position of the entire Chang'an City, in the future, the railroad track will start from here, all the way to the Hot Spring Palace, and then extend to Luoyang City, and even, paved to the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty.

That is to say, in the future, outside the north gate of Daming Palace, it will be the station of the capital of the Tang Empire, and vehicles from all over the country will meet here to transfer various materials.

Li Ang got up early rarely, thinking that when he arrived near Chongxuanmen, no one would wait here, but unexpectedly, there were still people who got up earlier.

More than a dozen officials of the Ministry of Industry and experts in water conservancy, bridges, surveying and mapping, etc., had been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw Li An's arrival, they all respectfully came over to salute, indicating that they would obey Li An's orders in everything.

Of course, when these people set out, they were all well prepared, and even prepared twenty servants carrying supplies to provide them with the necessary food, drink, and supplies.

However, Li An found that one of the people in the crowd was quite young, and seemed to be a few years younger than himself, and these officials of the Ministry of Industry were quite respectful to this person, but this kid didn't seem to be very suitable for his identity and seemed a little nervous, which surprised Li An and felt that this young kid was very interesting.

"This young young man is also from our Ministry of Industry?"

Li An looked at a Ministry of Industry official beside him and asked curiously.

"Li Shilang, this is the fourth prince of King Qing's mansion, a famous man, who was ordered to come to study with Li Shilang."

The official of the Ministry of Industry introduced in a whisper, but his expression was a little unnatural, obviously deliberately avoiding something.

"Oh, it's Li Li, the fourth son of King Qing, whose order did he come over, is it King Qing?"

Li An frowned and asked, if King Qing sent his son here, he would have the intention of making friends with himself.

"No, no, no, it's Your Majesty's will, and besides, the fourth prince is not born to King Qing, but the son of the abolished prince."

The official of the Ministry of Industry was a little unable to hold back, and introduced in a low voice in Li An's ear.

The abolished prince here is Li Ying, the second son of Li Longji, in the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he was falsely accused of rebellion by Yang Xun, and Li Yao, the king of Hubei, and Li Ju, the king of light, were beheaded by Li Longji together, and the young Li Li and four brothers were adopted as adopted sons by the current King Qing, and it is said that Li Li is the most intelligent and clever of the five adopted sons.

Li An still knows a lot about the history of the Tang Dynasty, of course, he understands that the abolished prince Li Ying was wronged, and when he looked at Li Li's eyes, he felt a little more sympathy, and at the same time, he also understood why the expressions of the officials of the Ministry of Industry were a little unnatural.

Li Longji sent Li Li to meet with him, this is a performance of valuing Li Li, and Li Li is the adopted son of King Qing, the biological son of the abolished prince Li Ying, sending such an identity of the emperor and grandson to learn from him, is he missing the abolished prince Li Ying who was beheaded by himself, or does he have the plan to pass on the throne of King Qing?

Li An couldn't guess Li Longji's thoughts, and these ministers naturally couldn't guess either, but Li Longji asked Li Li to come over and have a long understanding with him for no reason, there must be some kind of purpose, and it will never be as simple as having long insight.

"Li Li has seen Li Shilang, last night His Majesty sent someone to issue an order, let me follow Li Shilang for a long time, my father heard about it, he was also very happy, let me must follow Li Shilang to study hard."

Li Li seems a little restrained, maybe because his childhood experience is too cruel, he seems to be polite to anyone, without the domineering and prestige of being a grandson, but this is good, he seems more approachable, Li Ang likes it more.

"Actually, I don't have much knowledge, but the fourth prince follows me, and he can indeed grow a lot of knowledge, if there is anything he doesn't understand, you can ask me at any time."

Li An readily agreed, after all, this was what Li Longji meant, and it was impossible for him to object.

"Li Shilang, don't call me the fourth prince, I don't sound used to it, just call me Shilang!"

Li Yu made a small request, in fact, he has nothing that he is not used to, the subordinates in the mansion call him the fourth prince, but the siblings and elders all call him Shiro, he feels that Li An does not belong to the subordinates, and should belong to the latter.

"Okay, Shiro, how old are you?"

"It's sixteen."

"Sixteen years old, really two years younger than me, it is the age of knowledge, hehe."

Li An said and laughed when he heard a group of men and horses galloping in the distance, and it could be seen from the sound of horses' hooves that there were quite a few people in this group, there were more than a dozen people, and the speed of riding horses was very fast, which was the speed of charging.

"Why, someone else is coming."

Li An looked at a Ministry of Industry official in surprise.

"Squire, the lower officials don't know very well."

The officials of the Ministry of Industry looked puzzled, and when they came, they saw Li Li standing outside the Chongxuan Gate with a horse, and greeted him a few words, only to know that he had come to meet Li Anchang on the order of Li Longji, but they didn't know whether Li Longji had sent other emperors and grandsons to come over to have a long view.

The speed of a dozen war horses galloping was very amazing, and in the blink of an eye, they reached the front of them, and quickly stopped their horses, and all the people on horseback jumped off their horses.

"Li Shilang, this is the eldest grandson Guangping King."

"Oh, it's Li Yu, the king of Guangping."

Of course Li An knows who the king of Guangping is, the famous Tang Dynasty sect Li Yu, in the history of later generations, is still somewhat famous, in the history of the Tang Dynasty, he led the ministers to pacify the Anshi Rebellion, so that the Tang Dynasty's national Zuo can continue to continue for more than a hundred years, but he was a little born at the wrong time, when he succeeded to the throne, the Tang Dynasty was already stormy, and even, before his ass was hot, the capital Chang'an was captured by Tubo, and later, it was not easy to take it back.

After that, in order to maintain the stability of the political situation, he wantonly canonized the envoys, which further aggravated the situation of the Tang Dynasty's feudal towns, and finally buried the entire Tang Dynasty and the most glorious era of the entire Chinese civilization.

"Li Shilang, I'm very sorry, Xiao Wang is late."

Li Yu was full of momentum and confidence, and walked over in stride, in stark contrast to the restrained Li Li, seeing that Li Li was also there, he smiled slightly and greeted: "Oh, Shiro is also there!" ”

"Shiro has seen King Guangping."

Li Li didn't dare to trespass, so he hurriedly saluted, looking cautious.

The two of them, one is the son of the current prince, the other is the son of the abolished prince, although they were both the sons of the prince, but now their status is very different, as the eldest grandson, Li Yu must have a large number of soldiers to protect, just like Li An, and Li Li has no hard requirements to travel, even if he goes out alone, there will be no problem.

"King Guangping also came to see it by His Majesty's holy decree?"

Li An asked lightly, although King Guangping is the future Tang Dynasty Sect, but the time is still early? At this moment, there is no need for Ang Lee to behave too restrained in front of Li Yu, of course, this is not Ang Lee's character.

"Yes, last night His Majesty sent someone to deliver an edict, asking me to go to Chongxuanmen early this morning to inspect the road with Li Shilang and increase my knowledge, but I overslept carelessly for a while, delaying Li Shilang."

Li Yu is very confident, but not arrogant, and treats people politely, which makes Li An very comfortable to watch.

The two imperial grandsons sent by Li Longji are really good, they are very young, and they know how to be polite and respectful of people, which shows that the usual education is still very good, which is enough to reflect the seriousness and responsibility of the Tang royal education.

"King Guangping is too worried, I just arrived not long ago, only a short time ahead of King Guangping, and I didn't delay anything?"

Li An explained, and then asked, "By the way, besides the two of you, who else did Your Majesty send over?" ”

Li Yu glanced at Li An and said that he didn't know, and Li Yu also shook his head, saying that he didn't know anything.

Seeing this, Li An suddenly made a difficulty, Li Longji asked the two emperors and grandsons to come over and meet him, but he did not inform himself in advance, nor did he tell the two emperors and grandsons, God knows if he sent others.

"Li Shilang, the palace gate is open, and someone is riding a horse."

Duan Xiushi immediately found the open Chongxuan Gate and saw someone riding a horse.

'The heavy gate of Daming Palace has actually opened, will there be more heavyweights coming. ’

Li An was puzzled in his heart, the eldest grandson Li Yu and Li Yu both went out of the city from the Tonghua Gate, and this group of people actually ran out of the palace gate directly, which was naturally a little abnormal, but the only people who were more important than the eldest grandson were the crown prince and a few princes.

"Li Shilang is a eunuch in the palace."

Duan Xiushi looked at the eunuch who was riding a horse and reminded.

Seeing that it was the eunuch who was running, Li An immediately understood that it was the emperor who sent someone to inform him and let him take care of his two grandchildren.

"Li Shilang, Your Majesty has instructed the two emperors and grandsons to follow Li Shilang to study, and specially let the slaves and maids come over and say something."

The little eunuch didn't talk too much nonsense, and seeing that the two emperors and grandsons were present, he directly and concisely explained the matter.

There are only two imperial grandsons, that is, no one will come over, Li An prepared slightly, and led the team along the official road to the direction of the Hot Spring Palace.

This team, including the guards and servants, has a total of more than 80 people, which is very large, but Li An felt that it was too crowded, so he asked the two guards, one in front and one behind, to keep a distance of 100 steps from the main personnel, and the servants and horses had to stay behind, so as not to interfere with their exploration of the road.

Excluding Li An and Li Yu's guards, there are less than 20 people left in the team, and the scale is smaller, which is more convenient for Li An to discuss the direction of the railroad tracks with everyone.

The requirements of the rail for the road must be much higher than that of the ordinary road, for example, the ordinary road can be laid into a curved shape for convenience, but the rail must be straight, even if it is bent, it can not be bent too much, a little bend is understandable, too much bend will cause the track can not be laid, so the railway track road can not be completely laid along the official road, according to the characteristics of the track, redesign a road, and this requires a comprehensive investigation in advance, any negligence of the investigation, will lead to missing the best construction route, which will increase the difficulty and cost of construction.