In October of the fifth year of Xianqing, Li Zhi suddenly fell ill in the eastern capital, and his condition was dizzy and heavy, and he couldn't see. Empress Wu immediately summoned Shang Yao Fengyu, the imperial doctor, the main medicine, and the masseur to come for diagnosis and treatment.

The diagnosis was: Li Zhi lived in Taiji Palace since he was a child, Taiji Palace is low-lying, humid all year round, hot and humid in summer, and the long-term damp environment makes Li Zhi infected with wind paralysis, so there will be symptoms of joint pain, numbness of the mind and temporary blindness of the eyes.

To treat this symptom, it is necessary to change the living environment and live on relatively dry and cool highlands for a long time. The imperial doctor prescribed a prescription for the treatment of wind paralysis and convulsion pain, and the main medicine was boiled into pills and given to Li Zhi to take with calamus wine.

Empress Wu persuaded Li Zhi to live in Luoyang for a long time, Li Zhi said that he grew up in Chang'an, loved the customs of Chang'an, and still had to go back when his condition improved.

Empress Wu asked: "Your Majesty is currently in poor health and cannot look at the court, the imperial court has set a plan for an expedition to Liaodong, dispatching troops and raising food and grass, what should I do with internal and external military and political affairs?" ”

Li Zhi replied: "I have announced the temporary suspension of the court, and the Baisi Concert Chapter will be sent to the Zhenguan Hall from the Chinese book. ”

"Concubine, go take a look." Empress Wu turned around and went out, took Fang Yuan to Zhenguan Palace, and when she entered the hall, she saw that the chapter had been stacked more than one person high, so she returned: "The Baisi chapter has been backlogged like a mountain, what should I do?" ”

Li Zhi sighed: "What should I do? I can't read the text clearly, and I can't read the papers. Hong'er is still young and can't do it for him, so just leave it there! ”

Empress Wu said anxiously: "State affairs are different from family affairs, involving hundreds of millions of people, and they are related to the safety of the country. A country cannot be without a king for a day, and a family must not be left without an owner for a day, and an owner must decline. ”

Li Zhi suddenly got up from the bed and said: "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to ask the lady to go out of the mountain to do the work." The lady is in good spirits, erudite and talented, proficient in literature and history, and wise and eloquent, so she can take on this important responsibility! ”

Empress Wu said: "For the sake of the people of the country, it is better for the concubine to be respectful than to obey her fate." So he went to the Zhenguan Hall to review the recitals and solve the backlog of problems.

Li Zhi rested for two days, took Feng Bi pills, drank calamus wine, his eyes gradually became visible, and he got up in the early morning to take a look at the Zhenguan Palace. Seeing that Empress Wu was still fighting at night, writing hard, and the backlog of concerts had been dealt with for more than half of the time, she couldn't help but nod and smile.

Zhang Neishou said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang has not slept for two days and two nights. ”

"Oh?" Li Zhi was surprised: "It's really a good master for me, her body and spirit are great, I already knew it." I heard that Qin Shi Huang has to see 120 catties of bamboo slips every day, and he doesn't rest if he doesn't finish reading it, and with the queen's workload, I'm afraid he sees 200 catties a day! Hehe, go, go back to the palace. He turned around and went back.

In the evening, Empress Wu couldn't stay up and fell asleep, and Li Zhi came to Zhenguan Hall again to check the approved chapters. The beautiful red letters on it are very pleasing to the eye, and the twenty books of the recital were spot-checked, and the handling opinions turned out to be very satisfactory, Li Zhi was overjoyed, and from then on he entrusted the state affairs to the queen with confidence, and no longer worried about delaying state affairs due to illness.

In February of the following year, Li Zhi's body basically recovered, and at this time he received several reports describing auspiciousness. Yizhou reported that dark clouds were rolling in the sky, and suddenly a silver dragon was seen coming and going; Mianzhou reported looking down from the high mountains and seeing the lake meandering, like a lifelike green dragon swimming on the earth.

Li Zhi Dayue, on the first day of March, changed the Yuan Longshuo, held a banquet on the gate tower of Luoyang Palace, entertained courtiers and foreign envoys, and watched the newly choreographed dance "Yirong Dadingle" by the soldiers of the left and right cantonment camps with the guests, so as to build up momentum for the expedition to Liaodong.

On April 3, the emperor and queen moved to the palace to deal with military and political affairs. Dispatched generals such as Su Dingfang, Qibi He Li, Xiao Siye, and Ren Yaxiang to crusade against Goguryeo.

Li Zhi planned to return to Chang'an next year, and Empress Wu suggested that a new large-scale palace be built on the high ground of Chang'an City to protect the emperor's health.

Of course, Li Zhi had no opinion, and handed over the matter to Empress Wu to handle. Empress Wu immediately summoned Xu Jingzong and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu and general Yan Liben to discuss the matter of building a new palace, Xu Jingzong proposed to renovate and expand on the basis of the old site of the Longshou Palace in the northeast of Chang'an, which was approved by Yan Liben.

Empress Wu unfolded the map of Chang'an City and carefully studied it with the old ministers, and decided to build the main hall and the sleeping hall where the emperor listened to the government on the highland of Longshou Mountain, so as to avoid the disadvantages of the Taiji Palace and protect the emperor's health.

The low-lying place leads the dragon head canal into the lake, and the low-lying and flat places around the lake build the concubine's dormitory and the cockfighting platform, the horse race building, etc.

The design of the palace was handed over to Yan Liben, a family of architects, calligraphers and painters. Yan Liben set off back to Chang'an on the same day, went to Longshouyuan to investigate on the spot, draw topographic maps, carefully planned and designed according to the requirements of the Empress Wu, and sent 600 miles of fast horses to report the design drawings to the emperor and queen for each palace designed.

Li Zhi is also a calligrapher and painter, who can read Yan Liben's design drawings, and whenever he has a whimsical idea, he will draw a pen on the drawings to depict changes.

For example, the south city gate is designed with reference to the style of Chengtianmen, Li Zhi is too small, the east and west are lengthened, the north and south are widened, the doorway is widened, the horse road is lengthened, the confrontation is increased on the city wall on both sides, the width of the north and south streets in front of the door greatly exceeds the Zhuque Street, and the Yongchang Fang and Yishan Fang are divided into four small squares.

The main hall refers to the design of the Taiji Palace, Li Zhi changed it beyond recognition, the base of the temple is increased to 15 meters, the two sides are built Xiangluan Pavilion and the Qifeng Pavilion, there are two slope brick steps that spiral up under the two pavilions go straight to the main hall door, look at the tail of the dragon from afar. The square in front of the palace can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and there is a channel in front of the palace not far in front of Longwei Road, and there are three wooden bridges on the channel.

Li Zhi's inspiration for revising the drawings came from a dream that Empress Wu had. It turned out that Empress Wu looked at Yan Liben's design drawings during the day, recalled the scene of Longshouyuan's play, and had a dream at night.

I dreamed that there was a soft light veil floating on the sea, and the body of Empress Wu was as light as a swallow, drifting up with the sea breeze, and drifting to the mirage in the distance to seek immortal medicine, the mirage seems to be very close, but in fact it is far away.

Suddenly, the clouds dispersed and the fog opened, and the three immortal mountains reached the sky from near to far, and the Empress Wu stood on the majestic reddish-brown mountain rock, and saw a seven-story pavilion standing on the top of the mountain, and Your Excellency had a huge alchemy furnace, and the cigarette smoke was swirling. At this time, the sun rises over the sea, and the red light shines through the sea of clouds on the rippling sea, and the light color changes in myriads.

Empress Wu stretched out her sleeves, flew against the wind, and saw that there was a Hongbi pond on the sea between Penglai Xianshan and Yingzhou, like a blue hole, unfathomable!

"Could this be the entrance to the Dragon Palace? Or is it the place where the sea god needle is inserted? Empress Wu was thinking about it, and suddenly saw kelp swaying in the clear water, and put out the words "Taiye Pool".

From the sea of clouds came the sound of drums, faintly there were immortals raising their glasses, and oolongs coming in and out. Empress Wu let out a long roar, swept over the mighty blue waves, and flew to the ethereal Caixia in the sky, but saw that the abbot Xianshan looked like a reclining Buddha, and there was a thirty zhang high boulder under its armpit, and the outline was like a Buddha. There is a Beique Zhu Palace on the mountain, and there is a whale salamander at the bottom of the mountain.

Fly into the colorful glow, the sea of clouds gradually disperses, there is a magnificent palace looming, the towering city gate tower seems to have the word "Danfeng", behind the city gate is the wide square and the main hall of Cui Wei, the plaque reveals "Hanyuan". Due to the inertia of flight, Wu Hou didn't have time to take a closer look, and flew by, only remembering the distribution location of Qionglou Yuyu.

I wanted to turn around and take a closer look, but suddenly fell from a high altitude, Empress Wu's body sank and frightened, woke up with her eyes open, looked around, and found that she had rolled off the phoenix couch. The maids Hualin and Liushuang hurriedly came over to help, and asked in surprise: "Niangniang, Niangniang, what's wrong?" ”

Empress Wu smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a dream of Nanke!" He sat down on the phoenix couch again and savored the dream, and then said, "Let's go, help the palace to see Your Majesty." ”

Empress Wu told Li Zhi everything he saw in his dream, Li Zhi smiled and nodded, his mouth suddenly opened, and his inspiration flowed, and he changed Yan Liben's design drawings with his hand, which was actually in line with the fairyland in his dream.

By the end of the year, Yan Liben completed the overall layout of the palace and sent it to the Eastern Capital. Li Zhi said to Empress Wu: "The old site of the palace, Taizong, was named Daming in that year, which means that my Tang Dynasty is like the rising sun and is thriving. It seems that it can be used, what does the lady think? ”

Empress Wu got up and stroked Li Zhi's shoulders and said: "Sticking to the old ways is a taboo for reformers, and the meaning of the Ming Dynasty is good, but the new palace is for Jiulang's health and can play a role in prolonging life." No matter how strong the country is and the king is sick and weak, what good is it? The concubine thought that Penglai Xianshan Shou and Tianqi, and the newly built palace was like a Penglai fairyland in the world, so why not name it Penglai Palace? It means that longevity is boundless, one life is prosperous, and all countries are blessed! ”

Li Zhi turned around and hugged Empress Wu and kissed his mouth: "It's still the queen's intimacy!" Just do as the queen wants. Then take down the Zihao Zhu pen from the spotted bamboo pen hanging, and inscribe it "Penglai Palace" on the overall layout of the palace.

Then he ordered the whole country to recruit stonemasons, carpenters, bricklayers and other skilled craftsmen to gather in Chang'an, and sent people to Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other state capitals rich in timber to cut down timber and transfer it to Chang'an.

For a time, 10,000 migrant workers crossed the river and waded through the sand, entered the deep mountains and old forests, and selected one of the 1,000 trees to be cut down.

The sound of the axe and saw reached the Qingyun, the cut down tree trunk moved to the cliff, pulled the wind and broke the thunder, rolled down the valley into the Yangtze River, the Han River, the Grand Canal and the Huai River, a large number of timber feathers and scales, with the flow of water, transferred to the Yellow River, Weishui, and finally piled up on the Longshou Plain north of Chang'an.

On March 5 of the second year of Longshuo, the emperor led the civil and military officials to return to Beijing from the eastern capital, visited Puzhou and Tongzhou along the way, and the state officials paid tribute to the emperor and queen felt fur, basket fan, red dates, phoenix pear, musk, condensate stone and other native products.

After twenty-five days, on April 1, the emperor and queen returned to Chang'an.

Empress Wu has been pregnant for many months, her belly is bulging, and she still takes a Siwang car with Li Zhi despite her hard work, accompanied by Yan Liben and Sinong Shaoqing Liang Xiaoren, to visit and inspect the construction project of Penglai Palace in Chang'an.

Liang Xiaoren pointed to the mountains of fine timber and said: "The materials for building the palace have been prepared, the skilled craftsmen have gathered in Chang'an, and they are separated in various square buildings, and the tents for the temporary dormitories have also been set up. ”

Li Zhi repeatedly praised the goodness, and asked Yan Liben and Liang Xiaoren to command the craftsmen to carry out the construction in strict accordance with the revised drawings, ensure the quality of the project, and strive to build the world's first palace of a thousand palaces.

Empress Wu asked to appropriately speed up the progress on the basis of quality and quantity, rationally arrange, and move Penglai Wonderland from the sky to the earth, giving the feeling that all directions are like Xiaohan and need to look up.

On April 22, Li Zhizhi ordered the construction of Penglai Palace, officially starting the construction of Penglai Palace, and Liang Xiaoren was responsible for supervising the construction.

Liang Xiaoren is shrewd and capable, serving as the chief manager of Sinong Temple, Shanglin, Taicang, Goudun, Mai Guan, subordinate to the director of Kyoto Zhugongyuan, Zhuyanchi Supervisor, Zhutun, Hot Spring Soup Supervisor, Zhucang Supervisor, Sizhu, etc., there are many responsibilities to manage, Liang Xiaoren can deal with it in an orderly manner, take charge of the grain storage, and supply the grain and grass required by the Kyoto Hundred Officials Luyu, the court meeting, and the sacrifice on time.

Under the command, supervision and dispatch of Liang Xiaoren, the construction project of Penglai Palace was carried out in an orderly manner, and the city gates, palaces, and towers were all rammed earth and built piers, bricks and walls in their respective positions, and were promoted as a whole.

On June 1, Empress Wu gave birth to another prince, named Li Xulun, and was later named King Yin. Empress Wu invited a few nurses for her son, and the nurses raised him, and continued to take care of court affairs after her confinement, giving advice to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi referred to the opinions of Empress Wu and formulated the names of the gates, halls, pavilions, buildings, platforms and pavilions of Penglai Palace. The name was set, of course, the plaque needed to be inscribed, Li Zhi decided to personally write the plaques of the main city gate and the main hall, such as Hanyuan Palace, Danfeng Gate, etc., and the plaques of the pavilion within the Chongming Gate were handed over to the Empress Wu to write, such as the Greenhouse Palace, the Taiye Pavilion, etc., and the Empress Wu invited several talented officials to write the plaques to show praise.

In the spring of the third year of Longshuo, due to the huge project and the large number of craftsmen, the state budget could not cover the expenditure, Liang Xiaoren formulated a detailed list of project costs and reported it to the emperor.

Li Zhi ordered the collection of household registration taxes in 15 prefectures, including Longzhou, Yongzhou, Tongzhou, and Qizhou, and deducted one month's salary from Beijing officials to help repair Penglai Palace.

With the full support of the imperial court, such a huge project also progressed rapidly. On the twenty-third day of April, it is the solar term of Mangzhong, and the main gate of Penglai Palace and the majestic Hanyuan Hall are all completed.

Empress Wu immediately encouraged Li Zhi to move to Xingong to work. Li Zhi drove the jade chariot, Shang Yi, Shang She, and Shang Yin were entouraged, and Tang Zhongjian and Kong Nei Shi guided the five guards of the Ya Nei to hug and go to the Hanyuan Palace. In front of the Danfeng Gate, change to the chariot, and after entering from the middle doorway, "Wow, it's so empty!" Li Zhi and his entourage all exclaimed.

There is a distance of about 500 meters from Danfeng Gate to the Bell and Drum Tower, and the Longshou Canal passes through the square, with the Royal Bridge and the left and right dismounted bridges on it. Walking across the Imperial Bridge, there are left and right Kingo Shrines in front of you, and there is an empty square in the middle. Continue to walk along the middle line, past the bell and drum tower is the east and west court, and in front of the court hall is the majestic Hanyuan Palace.

Li Zhi wanted to go up to the palace from Longwei Road, but Tang Zhongjian said: "Longwei Road is specially designed for courtiers to go to court, and Your Majesty is not feasible!" Guide Li Zhi to enter from the Zhaoqing Gate, and turn to the West Preface Gate of the palace from the back.

Li Zhi entered the Hanyuan Hall from the West Sequence Gate, sat on the new throne with resplendent gold, and looked up and down. The head is carved and the beams are painted, the wood fragrance is fragrant, the gold bricks under the feet are smooth and flat, the footsteps are crisp, and the black walls, the mats, the smokers, and the incense cases have been placed and laid in place. Spring Peach and Summer Lotus played peacock fans behind the throne.

Pang Tongshan, the general of the right Jin Wuwei on duty, played: "The left and right compartments are safe inside and outside. Then they sent a team to fight, and led the three guards and sixty people to stand in the court hall on the left and right, and the forty-six people in the inner hall stood outside the inner corridor pavilion, and the five guards in the yamen carried knives to catch the battle, and sat under the east and west corridors. Tang Zhongjian, Kong Neishi, Shang Yin Fengyu and others stood on the left and right of the peacock fan.

Li Zhi got up, walked to the front of the hall and stood in front of the Xuan, looking high and far away, and could vaguely see Zhongnan Mountain!

The muddy water, the wet water, the water and the water float on the earth like a cloth belt. A close look can be seen on the left Xiangluan and the right perched phoenix, the left bell tower and the right drum tower, the left lung stone and the right Dengwen! It can also overlook the Danfeng Gate. In the distance, the streets are accessible, and the whole Chang'an City is in full view.

At this time, there was a team of colorful flags fluttering across the dismounted bridge, there were pheasant tail fans and canopies in front, Li Zhi fixed his eyes and saw that it was the Empress Wu who led the harem concubines to come, and hurriedly waved his hand. Lu Shanggong and Jiang Shangyi guided Empress Wu to go up to the palace from Longwei Road, and when they came up, many palace maids were tired and out of breath.

Empress Wu led the internal officials to Li Zhi to congratulate him on the housewarming, Li Zhi laughed with his dragon beard in his hand, and got up to overlook the beautiful scenery of Chang'an together.

Empress Wu saw the Taiji Palace in the southwest and said, "The terrain is so low, no wonder Your Majesty is infected with wind disease!" How does Shingu feel? ”

Li Zhi said happily: "It's really like Penglai Wonderland in the sky!" I can't find anything wrong with it, the queen has worked hard! In order to build this palace, the queen, Yan Liben, and Liang Xiaoren all used the power of the wilderness! ”

Empress Wu said: "Your Majesty is blessed with heaven, God blesses, so Penglai Palace is progressing quickly and smoothly!" ”

After a while, Empress Wu led the internal officials to the Inner Dynasty Ayaqi Palace. As soon as Empress Wu left, two more teams came from the left and right dismounted bridges, and Li Zhi knew that they were here to worship his civil and military officials.

The eastern team is the civil official sequence led by the young master of the crown prince, Xu Jingzong, including Si Yuan Taichang Bo Dou Dexuan, Si Xing Taichang Bo Liu Shendao, Si Xian Dafu Yang Deyi, the prince's right middle Hu Le Yanwei, Xitai Shilang Sun Chuyu, Xitai Shilang Shangguanyi and other civil officials.

The western team is a military attache sequence led by Sikong Li Tao, including Su Dingfang, the general of the left military guard, the general of the right Xiaowei, Qi He Li, the general of the left military guard, Xue Rengui, the general of the right military guard, the general Duhu Qingyun of the right military guard, Jiang Ke, the general of the left guard, and Liu Wenxiang, the general of the left guard.

The civil and military teams entered the square in front of the palace from the Zhaoxun Gate and the Guangfan Gate respectively, and lined up in the east and west courts.

When the time came, the inner door of the two views opened, and the supervising imperial history led the hundred officials to enter the brick road of the court. The officials who were named by name chanted: "In", and then they each entered the east and west courts, and stood in order at the Tonggan Gate and the South Gate of the Observation Gate.

After the door opened, Yuguan boarded the dragon tail road and entered the Hanyuan Palace. Xu Jingzong and Li Tao took the lead in kneeling, congratulating the emperor on the joy of housewarming, praising the majesty of the new residence, and offering poems: "Thousands of officials look at Chang'an, and all countries worship Hanyuan." After the battle, the light of the furnace came out, and the floating frost smoke turned over. fluttering in the inner hall, indifferent in front of the Xuan. Li Zhi was overjoyed.

After the ceremony, they each knelt on the tiptoe seat, and Si Zan shouted: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat!" "If a courtier has something to do, he will go out to participate in the matter.

Li Zhi saw that no one opened his mouth for a long time, and said with a smile: "The ode that Young Master Xu presented just now is very good, I am very happy, why don't you come in to offer a hymn if you have nothing to do?" Looking at my new home is majestic and majestic, standing in the middle of the pass, looking down on the world, and all the ministers are martial arts, is there no word to praise? ”

Shangguan Yi's eyes were slightly closed, pondered for a while, and then sang: "The silver candle is purple and long, and the forbidden city is bright in spring. Thousands of weak willows are weeping and trivial, and hundreds of warblers are around the chapter. The sound of the sword followed the jade step, and the clothes provoked the incense of the royal furnace. On the pond of Enbo, the king of the dynasty dyed Han. ”

When everyone heard this, they applauded in unison. Li Zhi said happily: "Good poems, good poems, there are paintings in poems, there are sounds in paintings, Shangguan bachelors are good literary talents, and they are worthy of being the pioneers of Shangguan's new poetry!" Ha ha. ”

Li Chunfeng in the secret pavilion Lang played: "Shangguan Shilang's poem does not seem to be original, the minister is proficient in astronomical calendars and astrology, and can know a little bit about the past and the future!" If the minister's calculation is good, this poem should be written by the later generation poet Jia Zhi, can Shangguan Shilang be able to travel through the times? ”

Shangguan Yi replied: "Today, Your Majesty moved to the new palace, the ministers are overjoyed, and the export is a poem, this poem is purely fictional, if there is any similarity, it is pure coincidence!" ”

Li Chunfeng opened his mouth and stammered, and said: "You are not honest and quibble, people die, you can plagiarize wantonly, no one is held accountable, people are not born, can you also infringe on his intellectual property rights?" ”

Li Zhi said in a loud voice: "I wear a crown, it is used to cover the light, and the two sides of the sage are used to stuff the cong, people are not sages, who can be incapacitated?" What I can do is to raise great virtues and forgive small mistakes, and not ask for all the blame on one person! Li Langzhong, Jia Zhi was not born, what evidence do you have to prove that he owns the copyright of this poem? ”

Li Chunfeng said: "The minister relies on his ability. ”

"Abilities?" The crowd burst into laughter and ridiculed him for being a madman.

Li Zhi touched the slumber and said loudly: "Quiet, Li Lang has a special ability, I am clear." But ordinary people have not opened their eyes to the sky, and they can't see the things that can pass through the future, so it's useless to talk about it, and it's just adding trouble, so let's stop talking! ”

Sun Chuyue came out and played: "The minister also made a poem, which is better than that of Shangguan Bachelor!" ”

"Oh? I thought that the poetry of Shangguan Bachelor had reached the extreme, could it be that there was a sky outside the sky? Li Zhi took out a few Puzhou tribute fans and said: "Today's poems are all shared, and I will give you the inscribed fans!" ”

Sun Chu said loudly: "The chicken people report the dawn, and the clothes enter the Cuiyun Qiu." The palace was opened in nine days, and all the nations were crowned with crowns. The sun is approaching the cactus moving, and the cigarette wants to float on the dragon. The court must cut the five-color edict, and the sound of Pei will return to Fengchitou. ”

Everyone claimed to be kind, Li Zhi applauded, took out the best fan award to Sun Chuyu, and gave Guan Yi and Xu Jingzong a handful each.

Li Chunfeng sighed: "Hey, this is the masterpiece of the descendant Wang Wei!" Even Young Master Xu's poems are also the works of the descendant Cui Lizhi! ”

Everyone ignored it, and Si Zan shouted: "Today's pilgrimage is over, retreat!" Li Zhi walked into the east preface gate and went back to the harem to rest, the courtiers got up and slowly withdrew from the palace, and the honor guards in the palace and the five guards in the yain were still respectfully waiting for their posts, and they could not go down to the court until seven minutes.

After Li Chunfeng left the palace, he looked up at the sky, danced with his hands, and sighed loudly: "God, when will the Celestial Empire be able to protect intellectual property rights!" ”

The day of excitement passed, and two days later, the Zichen Hall of the Inner Dynasty was also renovated, and Li Zhi began to move to the Zichen Hall to listen to the government. The people who can enter the Zichen Hall to start the speech are all ministers who are close to the emperor and queen.

Since Li Zhi moved to Penglai Palace, he has been refreshed and in good spirits, although he still feels dizzy from time to time, his symptoms have been reduced.

This year, the Tang Dynasty was politically harmonious, the people were in Fu'an, and the military was also victorious. At the end of the year, someone found a unicorn in Jieshan, Jiangzhou, and the guards also found a lintoe in front of Hanyuan Palace. Under the rule of Li, the edict was changed to the Yuan, and the first day of the first month of the year was the first year of Linde.