Chang'an in the third year of the Apocalypse ushered in the first heavy snow, but it was the first heavy snow of the year, for the north, the snow is a good year, and the heavy snow brings rich nutrients and moisture to the winter wheat, and also brings a bumper harvest in the coming year. Therefore, the people of the whole north did not suffer from the cold at all, but greeted each other as soon as they saw each other. Moreover, the north is the first place where the Tang Dynasty was unified, after the land reform, agriculture was stimulated all the vitality, the Tiance Army's last year's conquest of the huge military foster supply made the commercial grain planting farms across the country seize the time to reclaim more land in the winter, prepare more seeds. However, this behavior was stopped by Zhang Quanfu's Ministry of Water Resources and Environmental Protection, which even directly dragged Li Xuanqing to issue the highest imperial order a year ago, stipulating that farms and localities in all localities must obtain the approval of units at all levels under the Ministry of Water Resources and Environmental Protection before reclaiming farmland, and that all those who violate the regulations will be disqualified from reclamation, and a national farmland reclamation area entry table has been made to guide the planting and reclamation work of local agricultural departments.

Zhang Quanfu's approach was strongly supported by Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi, as a person who had seen the large-scale retreat of deserts in Sanfeng, Hexi, and the Yellow River, and the former Zhang Quanfu personally managed the region, and admired Zhang Quanfu's theory on the relationship between soil erosion and plants.

However, at this time, Chang'an City was still immersed in joy, thanks to the vigorous development of all walks of life, the spiritual life of the people of Chang'an after having surplus money in their hands also improved rapidly, and there was already a trace of the temperament and demeanor of the people of the imperial capital, and goods from all over the country were traded and exchanged in Chang'an, and then transferred to other places.

"Did you hear that? It was the wedding of the two great generals, and I heard that it was given by the emperor. "Among the pedestrians who came and went, there were people walking on the sidewalk.

"That is, that General Xu is the highest-ranking general of our Datang Tiance Mansion, and our Datang troops are all under his command. I heard that she married the niece of Minister Yang's family. The other is also the generalissimo of the previous southern expedition, and he married the high priest of the Qiqi. A person next to him pulled the person who had just spoken to a restaurant next to him and said with a smile: "Let's be happy today, let's go, I invite you to drink, and it can be regarded as congratulating the two generals." The two began to order food and drink while laughing.

Similar to this kind of conversation is everywhere in Chang'an City, the wedding of Xu Tianxiang and Xue Yang spread all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an in a short period of time, and the people of Chang'an, who quickly recuperated after the war, regarded the wedding of the high-level of the Tang Dynasty as their own New Year's talk, and talked about this grand wedding everywhere.

However, unlike the folk talking about weddings, the prime minister of the cabinet was a little stunned at this time with a letter of state about Nanzhao transferred by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and after pondering for a while, Cen Tianshi sent someone to find Yang Tiancheng to go to Changqing Palace, and he also got up and went to Changqing Hall to find Li Xuanqing. At the time of the New Year's Day, most of the officials in the base camp of Chang'an had already taken a holiday, and only some personnel were arranged to be on duty every day, and there was basically no major event. It's just that the letter of Nanzhao was handed over by the envoy, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn't dare to slack off, and urgently went to Cen Tianshi.

In the past few days, Qiaoxi and Li Xuanqing are basically busy with the marriage of Xu Tianxiang, so in addition to checking the wedding scene, they are basically arranging other things for the New Year in the Changqing Hall or Wanfu Palace. Nowadays, many enterprises under Qiaoxi have become the imitation objects of Datang's industrial and commercial circles, and all kinds of novel systems have been spread out from this.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the letter of state presented by the envoys of the Nanzhao Kingdom." Cen Tianshi didn't bother to sit down, so he handed the national credentials he received to Li Xuanqing. Qiaoxi next to him walked up to Li Xuanqing curiously and looked at it, and then frowned.

"Nan Zhaoguo took the initiative to submit the letter of state, but we have no choice but to speak." Li Xuanqing hurriedly read the national letter and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid this is a delaying tactic." ”

"Although Nanzhao is located in the southwest border, the geographical location is very important, and this place cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of forces that are unknown to the enemy, and Nanzhao has been the land of my Tang Dynasty since Taizong. Moreover, Nanzhao attacked Sichuan three times before, and the fact that the people of our Tang Dynasty suffered countless casualties has not been properly calculated with them. Cen Tianshi was obviously not very interested in this Nanzhao State Book, and said in a deep voice: "It's just that now that the other party is coming according to the etiquette, it's not good for us to use the sword directly." ”

"Actually, this matter may not be so troublesome, since the other party is soft, we can also use diplomatic means to achieve the goal. Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs draw up a treaty and let Nanzhao sign it. Li Xuanqing smiled, threw the national letter on the desk and continued: "It's just that the content of the treaty should be that the people of the Tang Dynasty in Nanzhao enjoy the right to trade, mine, live and walk freely, if there is a dispute between the two sides, the people of the Tang Dynasty enjoy the right of independent trial, and it is judged in accordance with the laws of our Tang Dynasty, and from the date of signing the treaty, the Nanzhao Kingdom will cancel the country name and become a subject country of our Datang, and the supreme command of the army belongs to my Tiance Mansion." Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs think about the rest for itself, draw it up as soon as possible, and hand it over to the envoy of Nanzhao after the Imperial Conference for his signature. ”

Li Xuanqing's words made Qiaoxi around him smile slightly, according to this treaty, Nanzhao will inevitably not sign, Li Xuanqing's move must also be a reminder to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the gradual unification of the Tang Dynasty, after Anxi is won, the people who deal with it are basically foreigners, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must learn the treaties of the great powers in later generations in order to be able to strive for the greatest interests of the empire in the subsequent game.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Xuanqing finished speaking, Cen Tian frowned and said, "How can the emperor agree to this kind of treaty that the Nanzhao Kingdom said?" This is no different from losing power and humiliating the country? Before the words were spoken, he suddenly understood what Li Xuanqing meant, and suddenly laughed and said: "The emperor is still powerful, if Nanzhao agrees, then this kind of treaty will inevitably make Nanzhao weaker and weaker after it is imperceptible, and finally it will be owned by my Datang, if you don't sign it, then we can also break their delaying strategy." ”

"Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs handle this matter, and it's time for them to enter the diplomatic arena. Sooner or later, the diplomacy of our Tang Empire will have to go out. Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "Foreign affairs are complicated and calculating, and they need to be trained as soon as possible to be able to fight for the interests of my Datang in the future." ”

After saying this, Yang Tiancheng walked in, Li Xuanqing handed him the Nanzhao Guoshu and briefly said what had happened, Yang Tiancheng smiled and said: "The idea of surrendering without a fight is not bad." However, if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to succeed, I am afraid that it still needs the army as a backing, I think that Chen Yu should lead the troops to be stationed on the border of Nanzhao, and suppress the resistance forces in Nanzhao with troops, and be prepared, in case of any recurrence in Nanzhao, he can directly lead his troops to attack, so as to achieve results. ”

"I think Chen Yu's side has been prepared for a long time, right?" Cen Tianshi glanced at Yang Tiancheng, who was talking eloquently, and said with a smile: "Tianxiang, how are you preparing for their wedding?" I've heard that you've formed a large group of groomsmen ready to greet you. This best man is a new word. ”

"Sir, this wedding is still very interesting, but it is winter, otherwise there will be more tricks. I plan to open part of the quota to the people at that time, and let Brother Xu and them bring some people to visit, so that this new trend can spread to the people. It's simple and not luxurious, and it's still a sight to behold. Qiaoxi smiled.

The ninth day of the first lunar month soon arrived, and early in the morning, the groomsmen and the greeting team led by Yang Tiancheng were divided into two ways, one was personally led by him to follow the groom official Xu Tianxiang to Yang Qiu's mansion to greet Yang Fuyao, and the other way was led by Chen Fan and Li Yang to follow Xue Yang to the post house to pick up the high priest Lan Jin. The two groups of people were fanfare, and the gongs and drums shook the sky along the way, and the sound of firecrackers also made the onlookers follow the welcoming team to the two places.

Xu Tianxiang was happy because Yang Fuyao had been dating for a long time. It's just that the great elder here in the post house looked at Lan Jin, who was dressed in a red wedding dress, and sighed faintly, Xue Yang He understands, but the other party is in a high position, and he is a senior general of the Tang Dynasty. Although Lan Jin's marriage is a blessing for Qi Qi, but for her granddaughter-

"Is Grandpa worried about the future?" Lan Jin, as the high priest of Qiqi, has been in the center of power in Qiqi since he was a child, so he naturally understood his grandfather's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Grandpa knows when he sees the emperor that His Majesty the Tang Emperor of this generation may be different from the previous one. ”

Before he finished speaking, the voice of the guards came from outside the door, "Great Elder, Uncle and the welcoming family horse have arrived." Sure enough, the two almost forgot when they were talking, and the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers along the way had already arrived.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely be happy." Lan Jinqiao's face flushed, and as soon as she replied to the words of the great elder, Xue Yang broke in with his best man group outside the door, and Qiaoxi arranged seven bridesmaids to block in front, but Xu Tianxiang slowly agreed to the other party's request and walked in, Xue Yang's side was full of violence, and several groomsmen almost took these bridesmaids away directly one by one, and the good post house was almost made by them. Xue Yang looked at the actions of several people around him and smiled slightly, walked to Lan Jin's side by himself, bowed deeply to the Great Elder, and looked at Lan Hibiscus with a phoenix crown and a big red Xipa next to him, and his heart moved slightly.

"Uncle, the auspicious time has arrived, and I invite the girl to get on the sedan chair early." Before Xue Yang could speak, the Etiquette Division, who was hurrying behind him, took a slight breath and said. Just now he could be regarded as seeing how terrible the people on the battlefield were, so many bridesmaids were frightened by the best man's actions and screamed and made a mess, and he finally rushed over.

"Please also ask grandpa to go to the New Year's Hall to wait for a while, the emperor is already there." Xue Yang thought that after the Great Elder saluted, he picked up Lan Hibiscus and turned around and walked out of the post house and put it in the sedan chair that came with the welcoming group.

Xue Yang walked back from the post house with the greeting group, all the way were the cheers of the people, and the continuous blessings sent also moved Xue Yang, a soldier on the battlefield, and the people of the Tang Dynasty finally recovered their confidence and temperament under the leadership of the emperor. By the time he came to the palace to pray for the New Year, Xu Tianxiang had already arrived. The two grooms led the bride across the long red carpet and walked to the prayer hall with the blessing of the surrounding people.

Cen Tianshi personally rushed to serve as the ceremonial officer, stood up and said with a smile: "Two grooms, the emperor has a decree, my chief of staff of the Tang Tiance Mansion Xu Tianxiang, and Xue Yang, the chief of the West Road Group Army of the Jiangnan Command of the Tiance Army, received the order: There is more than a good year, pay for the heavens, I feel the way of the combination of yin and yang, Fu Shun Yu Cha, the Yang family has a female Fu Yao, pretty and intelligent, in the mood for love, the high priest Lan Hibiscus, the appearance and posture, and the Hui quality orchid heart drama is the best choice. I hereby grant marriage to two couples today, and look forward to a happy marriage and a hundred years of good togetherness. ”

Li Xuanqing is not very good at writing the holy decree of crepe, so it is very brief, but for everyone present, the emperor's marriage means that they have received the greatest blessing, and the two couples are introduced into the prayer hall to worship heaven and earth after receiving the decree, and complete the sacred wedding ceremony. Qiaoxi prepared a lot of small links for this wedding scene, changing the solemn atmosphere of the wedding in the past, in a relaxed atmosphere, the brides were sent to their respective mansions, and the groom officials were kept by a group of people.

"Your Majesty, why did you come out? Xue Yang and Tianxiang are still waiting to give you a toast. In the blink of an eye, Li Xuanqing walked out of the wedding scene, and was just about to be lazy when he was stopped by Cen Tianshi behind him.

"Here they are just going through the motions, and they are about to return to their mansion." Li Xuanqing smiled and said, "Let them mess around tonight, Chen Fan and their ability to drink is not an opponent." ”

"Won't the big brother go with him to the cave room?" Qiao Xi also came over and said with a smile: "The hole room link I prepared this time is different from the past, there are still many checkpoints waiting for the two groom officials, Wan Yi can't enter the cave room after drinking too much?" ”

"Mr. took the time to see the Great Elder of the Qi Dynasty, and conveyed his compliments on my behalf, Datang treats the Qi Society equally, and hopes that he will lead the Qi people to integrate into the mainstream society of my Datang as soon as possible and become a member of the Datang Dynasty." Li Xuanqing suddenly remembered something and said slowly: "Although the Great War of Qiqi dispelled the doubts of most of the Qiqi people by building cities and roads for them in the later stage, since it was decided to accept Qiqi, it is necessary to eliminate future troubles, and Datang cannot leave hidden dangers." ”

Cen Tianshi understood Li Xuanqing's thoughts, nodded and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will handle this matter well, if the four realms of the Tang Dynasty cannot be stabilized, then our strength and energy will inevitably be involved, so that we will not be able to go out and achieve the grand cause." ”

"After taking the southwest, I plan to spend a while to reorganize the interior, coordinate the internal forces, and then realize our dreams." After Cen Tianshi left, Li Xuanqing pulled Qiaoxi and smiled.