Chapter 14: Eleven Years

Tempus fugit.

The sun and the moon are like a shuttle.

Day after day.

Years.

Time flies.

Every inch is golden.

In the blink of an eye, eleven years have passed, and now it is the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, and Li Zhen is sixteen years old.

Since the accident of the eldest grandson Chong, in the next ten years, Li Zhen has never done anything particularly shocking, either to study with a pure heart in the Hongwen Pavilion, or to practice martial arts with Qin Qiong, and now he has grown into a real master.

It is worth mentioning that since that time after Sun Simiao's treatment, Qin Qiong, under the persuasion and supervision of Li Zhen, Li Shimin and others, insisted on exercising and purifying her heart. Originally, he and Yu Chigong were only half a catty and eight taels, but now the fight is already three or seven, and Yu Chigong can't stand it, so he also hid in the Taoist temple to cultivate his body. There is also Du Ruhui who has a similar fate to Qin Qiong, he did not die in Zhenguan for four years as in history, and he is also alive and kicking up until now, with him by his side, Li Shimin will naturally not use the eldest grandson Wuji, so even if he has a high reputation in the government and the opposition, the eldest grandson Wuji is still an idler.

Although Li Zhen has not made any major moves in the past ten years, this does not mean that his influence is no longer there.

Zhenguan six years did not have a big deal, Li Zhenwo studied in the Hongwen Pavilion for a year.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Princess Jinyang was born, and Li Zhen continued to study in Hongwen Hall after sending congratulatory gifts.

In the eighth year of Zhenguan, something finally happened, and the Wa State, who was killed by Li Zhen and half of the envoys who drove away half of the envoys, finally reacted, and sent envoys to hold them accountable, shouting that the murderer should be severely punished, Li Shimin was furious, beat the Wa envoys, and drove them back. In the same year, after living in Datang for four years, his life finally came to an end, which may be a good choice for this former grassland overlord. In the same year, Princess Xincheng was born, which was the last child of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, and since then the eldest grandson's health has deteriorated.

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Tang Gaozu Li Yuanxu completed his complicated life. In the same year, Li Zhen finally recruited Liu Renliang into the Yue Wangfu and granted him a guest of the Yue Wangfu.

Zhenguan ten years, the eldest grandson queen funeral, coincided with Li Shimin's support by Li Zhen, Li Shimin spent money to build the Wuzhuang Temple was also completed, Li Shimin ordered the master Li Chunfeng to offer the eldest grandson spirit into the temple, and repaired the house, let the palace people settle in, like serving the queen like a living person.

In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, after several years of development, led by Li Zhen, the Datang King Bank in which the princes became shareholders finally showed its due power, and the Datang money and wealth were half into the bank, which is the most vivid description of the King Bank. Its profits are so huge, even Li Shimin is jealous, and in the end, the Li Zhen brothers can only precipitate their shares to Li Shimin, so that he can occupy a hundred percent of the shares. Even so, Li Shimin is still dissatisfied, because Li Zhen still holds nearly 30% of the shares, and his own money is not as much as that of his son, which is not what Li Shimin wants to see. But after Li Zhen had another all-night long talk with him, Li Shimin could be regarded as giving up his shareholdings.

In the twelfth year of Zhenguan, the three avenues leading to Shuzhong were finally completed completely under the supervision of Li Shimin at the cost of life and work, at the cost of a whole year of tax consumption in the Tang Dynasty and the lives of more than 100,000 slaves. At this time, the 100,000 young and strong slaves that Li Zhen got back were almost exhausted, but it was extremely difficult for the Datang machine that had been started to stop.

So the Tang Dynasty, who was forced to be anxious, had to look around for the source of slaves, prisoners who committed serious crimes, war captives bought from other countries, or other ways, in short, as long as they were not good people, they were filled in, but it was still a drop in the bucket, and the road from Chang'an to the Western Regions was also being built at a high rate of loss of manpower, and Wang Tingchu's hair was half white in order to find the source of slaves.

It was also at this time that the Tang Dynasty, which was in a hurry to find the source of slaves, was like a person who had been hungry for seven days and saw a basket of steamed buns, his eyes were red, and the entire 100,000 Tang troops rushed directly to the foot of the Luo Wangcheng, and Songtsen Gampo was almost frightened.

For this battle, the Tang Dynasty has been preparing for nearly ten years, militarily there are 100,000 troops secretly trained on the Tang-Tibet border, economically pinching the lifeblood of Tubo through grain trade, politically the Tang Dynasty promised to liberate the slaves, and the combination of three moves came down, Songtsen Gampo was directly beaten, and when he came to his senses, he was already a prisoner of the Tang Dynasty.

In this battle, the Tang Dynasty once again got 100,000 slaves (not serfs, but Tubo nobles and Bon believers), and gave a hard milk to the Liyu Si who was about to collapse.

Zhenguan thirteen years, nothing serious, Li Zhen continued to study, but although Li Zhen was fine, Li Chengqian had something, because Li Yuanchang gave him a very interesting person - satisfaction, Li Chengqian was gradually bent......

In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, because Songtsan Gampo was arrested, Princess Wencheng naturally did not marry Songtsan Gampo, and after two years of recuperation, the people of Tubo found that the Tang Dynasty was more than ten times better than the original Tubo, and gradually accepted the rule of the Tang Dynasty psychologically.

In the same year, Li Shimin, who was forced by the family, finally released a big move that had been prepared for 14 years, the three hundred and sixty states of the Tang Dynasty, the states and states all set up the Tang Royal Library, and there were also royal bookstores in each county, a large number of books were put into the market, and the children of the poor family finally had the step to enter the body, and the family was ruthlessly blooded, with the addition of the children of the Han family, I believe that in a few years, the Tang Dynasty will no longer be the dominant family, but if you want to completely eliminate the shortcomings of the family, you have to continue to work hard.

In the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Zhen was assassinated again, Li Shimin was furious and searched Chang'an, but in the end it was still over. It is also worth mentioning that because of the lack of Li Zhen to attract firepower, and because Li Shimin has always refused to let him become an official, Li Tai's ambition was slowly stimulated again. gradually jumped out instead of Li Zhen to sing against Li Chengqian, and the two sides became more and more intense, and their brains came out, but fortunately, both of them were still sensible, knowing that if they fought together, they would only let Li only pick up the cheap, and they have always been very restrained.

Although Li Chengqian became more and more displeased with Li Shimin, because he was not forced into a corner, he did not do anything to rebel, or he had no intention of rebelling for the time being. This is a good thing for Li Zhen, because his influence is still too small, if Li Chengqian and Li Tai die together, it may not be Li Zhen who will benefit, because Li Zhi is also gradually growing up, and the eldest grandson will definitely not let Li Zhen be the prince for his own interests. Rather than this, it is better to be so stiff, and wait for Li Zhen's wings to harden, even if he can't be a real emperor, he can be a soil emperor.

In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, with Chang'an as the center, the highway construction from the west to the west and Luoyang in the east was completed, and the next stage was ready to continue to build to the east, until the Bohai Bay.

At the same time, preparations had begun for the construction of longitudinal roads from Luoyang to Tangzhou, Yuezhou, Hengzhou, and Shaozhou, and eventually to Yuezhou, and the only thing that hindered this plan was a sufficient number of slaves.

Weili is looking for a new source of slaves, Li Zhen proposes a plan to go south, Li Shimin agrees, and Li Zhen's official ......

(End of chapter)