Chapter 450: Return to Chang'an

Five big ships set off from Qinghe Wharf, Sun Zhe Grand Canal, and went straight to Luoyang.

When coming out of the Qinghe River, Li Shimin once again changed the route of travel, and decided not to go to Taiyuan, but to take the canal directly to Luoyang, and after reaching the Yellow River, he could go straight to Chang'an after tracing the river.

The reason why Li Shimin did this was because the purpose of publicizing Goryeo's achievements had been achieved, and there was no need to go to Taiyuan again. At the gate of Qinghe City, Li Shimin and others saw a notice sent by the imperial court, which contained details about the victory of Goryeo. And it is said that this kind of notice has been distributed between the pavilions.

No one objected to Li Shimin's decision, and even agreed with it. After all, the country cannot be without a king for a day, this Li Shimin has been away from Chang'an for more than half a year, and it is time to return to Chang'an as soon as possible.

After Li Shimin returned from Zhang's house that day, he said to Zhang Yunwen in the courtyard: "Yunwen, all over the ministers around me, except for you who are from the civilian family, and the auxiliary machine and others are from the Han clan, most of the rest are from the scholar clan. If I want to suppress the Shi clan one day, I will have to rely on you non-Shi officials! That's why when I heard that Cui Lao'er said that you are a little similar to the old man of the Zhang family, I was a little out of shape! ”

Hearing Li Shimin's explanation to himself, Zhang Yunwen waved his hand again and again: "Your Majesty just doesn't say it, Weichen naturally understands it in his heart!" But since Weichen married Wang Yan, he has also been involved with this family. Sometimes it's a dilemma! ”

Li Shimin smiled lightly: "I believe that you will take care of the overall situation, and everything will be based on Datang!" In my study, there are still those pieces of music about the dangers of the family that you presented to me back then! ”

Seeing Li Shimin's sincere smile on his face, Zhang Yunwen's heart was hot, and he knelt on the ground at the moment: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen will focus on the overall situation and Datang!" ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Yunwen and the others began to pack up and prepare to leave Beizhou and go to Taiyuan. However, when Li Shimin went out to inspect the people's situation, he unexpectedly found the notice sent by the imperial court, and immediately changed his mind and decided to go back to Chang'an by water, instead of going to Taiyuan.

So, Zhang Yunwen had no choice but to take his own soldiers to Cui's house, and let Cui Lao'er come forward and buy three big ships for Li Shimin's return trip.

Although this ship is considered a large ship in the inland river, it is nothing compared to the sea ships, especially the sea falcon warship. The sea falcon warship could carry more than 280 people at full capacity, and the large river boat in front of it could carry 130 people at full capacity. After all, the sea falcon warship needs to be equipped with a lot of weapons and occupies a lot of space. These river vessels, on the other hand, are not armed, but are only used to carry people or cargo.

As the sailors pulled up the anchor, the big ship gradually sailed away from the port of Qinghe.

Glancing back at this Qinghe City, Li Shimin muttered: "Outstanding people! This small Qinghe has given birth to so many families, which is really amazing! ”

The ship that Li Shimin was on was the largest of the ships. It carried some close ministers and dozens of soldiers.

The river wind hunted, blowing a yellow flag embroidered with the word "Li" on this deck swaying.

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Shimin, who was standing on the deck, facing the wind, and couldn't help but step forward and said: "Your Majesty, it's windy here, let's go into the cabin to avoid it!" ”

Li Shimin shook his head, looked at the surging river and the receding scenery on both sides, and said: "I want to take a good look at my Tang Dynasty!" ”

In the cabin, there is a stove, and the fish in the river are the food that is eaten every day. Those scholars often sat on the deck with a fishing rod in their hands, wearing hats and robes, dressed as fishermen. Whenever I catch a fish, I will shake my head and make a small poem, thinking that it is elegant. However, the boat is moving, the water is flowing, how can this fish fall up so easily, often for half a day without even seeing a single scale.

Fortunately, the sailors on this ship, who are proficient in the way of fishing, cast a net, and it will not be long before they can catch a net of fish for everyone to eat. If you rely on those Wenchen to fish and eat, I'm afraid everyone will be hungry and full.

Since it is sailing along the water, the northwest wind blows more at this time. The sails are swollen and the ship is flying.

Within two days, it went down from the Yongji Canal to the Yellow River. However, after reaching the Yellow River, you had to sail against the current, and the wind direction was just unfavorable, so you had to put away the sails and rely on the oars to move forward. Only when the occasional east wind blows, do you set sail.

The speed of the ship was much slower than that of the overland carriage and horse.

When he arrived in Luoyang, Li Shimin could no longer stand the slow speed of the ship and decided to return to Chang'an by land.

As for the five ships, of course, it was the sailors who sailed back to the Qing River again.

When entering Luoyang, all the officials who were guarding Luoyang came out to welcome Li Shimin's arrival.

Because this time he was passing through Luoyang, not on a hunting patrol, Li Shimin only stayed in Luoyang for three days before heading to Chang'an.

In the past three days, Zhang Yunwen took a look at Luoyang City in his memory.

However, I haven't returned to Luoyang for more than ten or twenty years, and there are no more people here. The dilapidated courtyard in my memory, the small courtyard of the Liu brothers next door, the butcher Liu's meat stall, the stall that got up early every day to sell baked cakes, the merchant carrying the burden that Sister Yan walked by, and even the stinky ditch where the sewage flowed on the roadside have all disappeared, replaced by spacious and bright courtyards. The only thing that hasn't changed is the well in the street and the big willow tree next to it.

Zhang Yunwen's imprint in Luoyang has gradually dissipated. As for the tomb of Zhang Yunwen's parents, when Wang Shichong controlled Luoyang, it was erected outside Luoyang City. And after the big battles passed, after Li Shimin led the troops to besiege Luoyang, that place had been razed to the ground.

let out a long sigh and said that he was from Luoyang, but now Luoyang can't even recognize himself, and he has not left any traces in Luoyang. And Chang'an, there is also a home of its own business.

Three days later, Li Shimin left Luoyang with everyone and went to Chang'an.

Along the way, the prestige was great, and local officials heard that Li Shimin was coming, and they went out of the city to greet them. Li Shimin would also ask about the achievements of these local officials and be concerned about the people's welfare.

In this way, at the end of November, Li Shimin finally returned to Chang'an with everyone, ending this year-long foreign campaign.

However, as soon as Zhang Yunwen returned to Chang'an, he noticed that something seemed to be wrong around him, and the people on both sides of the street looked at him and pointed at him. When their eyes were looking, the people turned their bodies away. This made him feel very strange.

first accompanied Li Shimin back to the palace, and at the same time returned the fish charm and placed the soldiers.

When he was on the way out of the palace, he met Lin Ran, and immediately asked Lin Ran: "Old Lin, has anything happened in this Chang'an City recently?" Why did those neighbors point fingers at me as soon as I came back? ”

Lin Ran wanted to speak and stopped, and finally under the persecution of Zhang Yunwen's eyes, he said slowly: "Lord Zhang, your eldest son has caused a lot of trouble during your absence from Chang'an, although it is just a trivial matter, but your reputation is not good for adults!" ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly asked what Zhang Ji had done. Lin Ran smiled bitterly, and then came to what Zhang Ji had done one by one.

With Lin Ran's words, Zhang Yunwen's face gradually turned pale. After Lin Ran finished speaking, Zhang Yunwen hugged his fists and saluted, then hurriedly left the imperial city, beat his horse and went straight home. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted at the empty courtyard: "Zhang Ji, get out of here!" ”