After these years of development, the Tang Dynasty was not only militarily powerful.

Political and economic developments have not dragged down either.

Especially now Li Longji does not have the extravagance he later had, not only is he not extravagant and wasteful in life, but he is also extremely frugal.

He specifically stipulated that ministers below the third rank, as well as concubines and concubines of the inner palace, were not allowed to wear ornaments made of gold and jade, and ordered that all parts of the country should not mine pearls and jade and make brocade, changing the extravagance of the harem since Wu Zetian.

Of course, economic development does not depend on saving money.

Since Li Longji has held real power, he has built a total of 26 water conservancy projects, and has also built a large number of tuntian fields throughout the country, and the development of agricultural production has caused the grain stored in the warehouses of the local government to pile up like a mountain.

The handicraft industry is also particularly developed, and the silk weaving industry has many varieties and superb technology. The ceramic industry also appeared in Jingde's celadon, Xingyao's white porcelain and Tang Sancai, which are dazzling.

According to the latest records of the imperial court, the price of rice buckets in various places is to thirteen Wen, and Qingqi Valley Dou is to five Wen. There are no precious things in the world, even if the two Beijing rice buckets are not less than 20 Wen, the face is 32 Wen, and the silk horse is 210 Wen.

It shows that at this moment, the output of grain cloth is abundant, the price is low, and the business is flourishing.

As long as the people of the world are not disabled and lazy, they can have no worries about food and clothing.

This affluent life has raised the people's own ideological consciousness and begun to care about national affairs.

As the sage Confucius said, "If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world." ”

is also like Guan Zhong's famous saying, "Cangqiao actually knows etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace." ”

Chang'an, as the capital of the Tang Dynasty and the core of the entire empire, made the scene of prosperity more distinct.

The people are also more willing to praise such a glorious dynasty, and sincerely feel proud to be in this era.

When Sulu, the Khan of Tuqishi, delivered to Chang'an with the mighty Hexi Longyou soldiers, the enthusiastic people spontaneously organized onlookers.

They looked at the heroic soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, the clown-like Turgish Khan, and a number of tribal leaders and generals.

The excited people chanted Datang Wansheng.

All kinds of praise and discussion in the crowd came and went.

A literati said with a bit of passion: "My Taizong Dynasty has Wei Gong, destroy Xiao Liang, break Fu Gongqi, destroy the Turks, and set Tugu Hun; The Gaozong Dynasty had Xing Guogong, who destroyed the Three Kingdoms before and after, and captured his master; Now there is Pei Guogong in the Tang Dynasty, invincible and invincible, not only recovering the lost territory, but also capturing the Turkic and Turkic Khan to Chang'an, Cheng God bless my Tang Dynasty! ”

A burly man next to him, who had never known him, echoed loudly: "That's true, think about it many years ago, Tubo plotted for me in the land of Jiuqu in Hexi, and entered the Kou all year round. The Turks have ill intentions and invade our borders...... There are also Turkish, Gelulu, Hui and other clans, who are also eyeing my Tang Dynasty. But after Pei Guogong abandoned Wen Congwu, he went to Da'an in the northwest. Tubo has been defeated in successive battles, and the turtle has shrunk into the mountains, like a dog with a broken spine between its tails. Gelulu and Hui even waged their tails and became subordinate to our country. As for the Turks and Turkish, hehe, the Khan is going to dance in front of the saint's palace...... Haha, it's a pleasure to think about, and it's a big white thing. ”

Another humane: "Duke Wei is my god of the Tang Dynasty, Xing Guogong is my god of war of the Tang Dynasty, and what is Pei Guogong?" ”

As soon as his voice fell, someone immediately shouted: "A sword saint who is unparalleled in the world!" ”

When a group of people echoed it, another person said: "It should be the unparalleled Sword Saint Marshal in the world." ”

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Listening to the praise of Pei Min from the surrounding people, a middle-aged scribe in a luxurious carriage couldn't help but snort himself: "Fool's opinion, a group of foolish people who don't understand anything, but it's really ridiculous." ”

Beside the middle-aged scribe was a young man, who was very delicate, with a pair of flexible eyes, but his face was particularly pale and a little cold.

The young man listened to the words of the middle-aged scribe and said softly: "It is indeed an ignorant fool, Pei Min has today's achievements, all of which are supported by my father." Without my father, how could he Pei Min be today? They only know how to praise Pei Min, but they don't know how to praise their father, and they are really ignorant. The father just trusted Pei Min too much, which caused today's situation. If you are alone, you will never be allowed to do this. ”

The young man has a father and a lonely, and he is naturally a member of the royal family.

He is Li Longji's third son, Li Sisheng.

Li Sisheng had a bad hit, and almost killed Li Longji in his mother's womb.

Li Sisheng's mother was a famous family in the Guanlong area, and when she married Li Longji, Li Longji had just been canonized as the crown prince.

At that time, Li Longji had a tense relationship with Princess Taiping.

Li Longji was very afraid of Princess Taiping, he was worried that Princess Taiping would take advantage of the topic, like Yang Yong, the crown prince of Emperor Wen of Sui, and Li Chengqian, the crown prince of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, under the pretext that the prince was too difficult to be a woman and abolished. So he ordered someone to find an abortion pill, planning to abort all the pregnant wives and concubines and strangle them in the mother's womb.

At that time, Yang happened to be pregnant not long ago, and became the target of medication.

But fortunately, Li Longji did not make a final decision, and Li Sisheng was saved.

Because the crown princess Wang has no queen, the Yang family is only the crown prince's concubine. The Yang family realized that the shift was under the princess, and they did not dare to enjoy the joy of being a mother alone, so they handed over Li Sisheng to the Wang family to raise.

Wang was the later queen Wang.

Queen Wang is virtuous and virtuous, and she is especially fond of Li Sisheng. But Wu Jieyu's favor made Queen Wang take care of herself, especially after the false accusation, Queen Wang and Li Longji no longer had any husband and wife relationship.

Li Sisheng left his biological mother since he was a child, and his adoptive mother and biological father had various reasons for emotional discord.

Li Sisheng's temperament is also cold and withdrawn, and he has a sense of cynicism.

The middle-aged scribe beside him was his mentor, a generation of famous scholars and emperors.

Huang Fubin was very famous in Chang'an, so he was able to serve in Jixian Academy.

In his early years, he studied under Li Yong, and was instructed by Li Yong to achieve today's achievements.

However, Li Yong relied on the old and betrayed the old, and the rebellious Li Bai was angry, which made Li Bai infamous.

Pei Min came forward for his apprentice and made an eternal article, which made Li Yong humiliate himself.

Li Yong's unknown old stories were also revealed due to the great increase in exposure.

As a result, Li Yong has become a greedy man who sells his reputation from a generation of Confucianism, and is despised by the world.

For some reason, Huang Fubin hated Pei Min very much, and when he saw that the people of Chang'an admired Pei Min so much, he couldn't help but make a few noises, but he didn't want Li Si to have the same thoughts, and even said such ambitious words as "being alone as the son of heaven".

It is a great rebellion for others to say this, but Li Sisheng is the third son of Li Longji and the adopted son of Queen Wang.

is the second heir to the throne of the Tang Dynasty, but he said this is not a big rebellion.

Huang Fubin looked at the thirteen-year-old boy in front of him with a little shock, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, the cheers around him became even more solemn.

Huang Fubin lifted the curtain and looked out: a heroic young general walked at the head of the procession, dressed in a white robe and riding a bright red war horse, holding a huge Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, leading the elite soldiers to press the captives past them.

Li Sisheng looked curiously at the young general who was dissatisfied with the weak crown, and said, "He is the Wang Zhonghei who resisted 50,000 Tibetans with 4,000 soldiers?" Sure enough, a talent ......"

Huang Fubin only hated Pei Min, but he didn't have any extra anger towards Wang Zhonghei, and said: "The tiger father has no dogs, nothing more than that." In the past, his father Wang Haibin became famous in a war, and now his tiger son is better than the blue, this son was deeply cherished by His Majesty back then, and praised him as Huo Quai, and even moved the idea of accepting him as a fake son. It's just that because his mother is still alive, he can't bear to see him just lose his father and leave his mother, so he asked Pei Min to take care of it. Now His Majesty heard that he was young, and with great merit, he personally ordered him to enter Beijing to see the driver. ”

After a pause, he tried to say: "This son is not as young as a weak crown, with such an achievement, the future is limitless." If I can get his help......"

Before he finished speaking, Li Sisheng suddenly glanced sideways.

Huang Fubin's voice stopped abruptly, only to feel that his back was cold, that glance was full of warning and cold, and the evil aura was extremely heavy, and the pores were terrifying, how could Li Sisheng be so evil at such a young age?

Li family, another monster?

Huang Fubin muttered with a chill in his heart.

Li Sisheng said indifferently: "Although the lonely king is young, he has his own opinions on everything, and he can't tolerate the noise of others. Mr. is the academic teacher of the lonely king, and the lonely king is respected. But if the gentleman compares the lonely king with my stupid second brother of the crown prince, it would be a big mistake. ”

Huang Fubin hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "My subordinates understand!" ”

He really had this idea in his heart, and the current prince's temperament had already been understood by everyone.

A real person is especially easy to trust others, and he believes in the words of his teacher.

If Li Si is promoted to the crown prince, it will be the same as the current prince?

This thought was dispelled by Li Sisheng.

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Wang Zhongsi led the captives all the way to Chengtianmen, and faced the Tang Dynasty Emperor on the city tower, Wang Zhongsi offered a group of captives.

Li Longji was the most overjoyed, and when he saw the Turgist Khan kneeling in front of him, he was infinitely satisfied with his vanity.

He looked at Gao Lishi beside him and smiled: "I have finally experienced the feelings of Emperor Gaozong!" ”

Compared with Li Shimin, the immediate emperor, Li Zhi is undoubtedly a black-bellied Wenzhi emperor.

But with the generals of Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, Li Zhi lived in the palace, and all kinds of martial arts exploits rolled in.

Now Li Longji also feels the same way, living in the deep palace, it seems that he has not done anything, the border matter, if there is something unusual, just an order to transfer troops, Pei Min will handle it properly.

Li Longji didn't have the slightest worry about this, on the one hand, he did trust Pei Min very much.

On the other hand, it is also his personal nature.

Li Longji's nature of great joy is far superior to that of Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and even any emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

He has a great tolerance for the border marshal who can make meritorious contributions and give him a long face, and even because of this indulgence, individual border marshals in the Tang Dynasty often ignore the overall situation, kill the good and take the risk, and wantonly act as a prestige.

Pei Min won his trust again, and he could bring him supreme imperial glory.

Taken together, Li Longji's trust in him is better than his trust in Wang Zhonghei in history.

Gao Lishi is a roundworm in Li Longji's stomach, knowing the meaning of this Tang Dynasty emperor's words, he responded: "That's Your Majesty's Hongfu Qitian, who is good at knowing and employing people, so that he can promote invincible generals one after another when he can't defeat Xue Ne and Guo Yuanzhen." ”

Li Longji stroked his beard lightly, making Gao Lishi very comfortable, and said: "I have promoted so many generals, and what really satisfies me is Jingyuan. Although Zhang Shouqi has frequent good news, there is good news almost every month. But the twenty war reports from the Northeast are not as good as Jingyuan's. Fight the Tibetans, kill their marshals, fight the Turks, capture their kings alive, and fight the Turks to capture their kings alive. In the future, if you compete with the Great Food Country, you may be able to capture the king of the Great Food Country, which will give me a long face. ”

He was satisfied with the acceptance of the captives, and specially invited Wang Zhongsi to the side hall of the Wude Hall to speak.

"The loyal heir of the minister and the king meets His Majesty......"

Wang Zhongji respectfully greeted Li Longji.

Li Longji Changsheng laughed and walked quickly to the nearest place, pointed around and asked, "Do you remember here?" ”

Wang Zhongsi said: "The last general remembers that this is the side hall of the Wude Palace, and it is the place where the minister first met His Majesty. ”

Li Longji sighed with emotion: "Yes, I also remember clearly, it should be the second year of Kaiyuan, and the Wude Hall held a celebration banquet. At that time, your father had just died, and I saw you in this side hall, remember you were still so old at that time......" He gestured, in his lower abdomen, and then looked at Wang Zhonghei, who was already as tall as him, and was stronger than him, and said: "Now you are going to surpass me, and your father was killed by a traitor, and I can't let go of it today." And now you have achieved this, and I am very grateful. ”

Wang Zhongsi thought of his father, and a trace of sadness also appeared in his heart, and said: "My father can be remembered by His Majesty so far, and the minister believes that he has no regrets. ”

The more Li Longji looked at Wang Zhonghe, the more he admired it, and asked, "What position are you in now?" ”

Wang Zhongsi said respectfully: "Ziting is guarded!" ”

Li Longji sighed: "It's too small, with your current merits, how can you be caught in the Yizi Pavilion?" I promoted you to the rank of military envoy and ordered you to create the Victorious Army. The Anxi army suffered heavy losses this time, are you willing to transfer to Anxi? ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Zhongsi was actually not so happy, compared to Li Longji's heavy reward, he would prefer to hear Pei Min's verbal praise, even if he didn't reward anything.

It's just an edict from Li Longji that summoned him to Chang'an, but he failed to meet Pei Min.

However, Wang Zhonghei has a calm temperament, and he still understands some taboos in the court, and he happily accepts it, and at the same time says: "The last general hopes to continue to guard Ziting!" ”

Li Longji was stunned and said, "Why is this? ”

Wang Zhongsi said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Pei Shuai uses troops to seek far, far better than the last general. He has a long-term layout, and the geographical location of Ziting is critical. It is precisely because of Pei Shuai's special arrangement that the last general can get today's merit. The minister is more willing to serve His Majesty for the Tang Dynasty at the critical point. ”

Li Longji bowed his head and said: "Yes, there was Jingyuan who didn't care about personal gains and losses, and was dedicated to the country's style, so I agreed to you......"

"By the way, I want to test you, what do you think of the situation in the Western Regions?"