Spring goes to winter, cold and summer comes, and time slips away at your fingertips bit by bit. It has never been contaminated with dust, but it has been touched by the imprint of memory and the traces of time, turning and moving in the long river of time, and the waves are like all beings rising with the wind and flowing wave by wave, and will eventually be drowned in the river of history.

The spring ploughing ceremony is an unchanging agricultural event in the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor and empress still need to cultivate it themselves like the first emperor. At this time, the crops in Guanzhong of the Tang Dynasty mainly include corn and wheat, and in recent years, the wind and rain have been smooth, the country and the people are safe, and the grain in the entire Guanzhong area has basically achieved self-sufficiency.

Coupled with the convenient transportation capacity of the Sui Canal in the former dynasty, a large number of grain transported from the south of the Yangtze River to Luoyang by waterway were stored in the three granaries of Luoyang, and the economic prosperity of the waterway also made Luoyang extremely prosperous, and its status even faintly had a tendency to catch up with and surpass Chang'an.

As the saying goes, the family has surplus food and everything is not in a panic, which also gave Li Zhi enough confidence and confidence in the conquest of the Western Turkic Shabaluo. Now the Tang Dynasty is strong, although it has not yet reached its peak, it is enough to form a deterrent force in the surrounding areas, so that all countries are afraid to hear the wind and fear.

Just like the US imperialists in the previous generation, when attacking a certain country, the strategic mobilization it has to do and the national strategic reserves it needs to use are completely easy for itself, and it can launch a war in a very short period of time without having to devote the whole country to pay for a war.

In this era, the current Datang is completely a behemoth that exists like the US imperialism in the previous life, and if it wants to start a war, it has enough ability and strength in any strategic reserve.

The use of the former emperor's ministers reflects the Tang Dynasty's self-confidence in this war, and also reflects the importance that the Tang Dynasty attaches to this battle.

If the conquest of the Western Turks is an external trouble, then the internal worries are not non-existent, the turmoil in the harem of the imperial palace, the flow of dark clouds, and the deception is no less than the external trouble, and even more thrilling than the external trouble.

However, in the midst of these two torrents, a strange flower has added a little fresh breath to the harem with a deceitful and strange atmosphere. This strange little freshness, even in the cloudy sky of the harem, slowly tore open a crack, revealing the long-lost blue sky and white clouds.

After the spring ploughing ceremony, the five princes who reached the age of three also began to study from 9 to 5, accompanied by the royal brother and sister, and the six royal heirs began to receive education together.

Among the gentlemen who studied for them, Li Hong was most interested in Shangguan Yi, not because of how Shangguan Yi was, but because of Shangguan Yi's unborn granddaughter: Shangguan Wan'er!

But that's the case, less than two months after Li Hong became interested in Shangguanyi, he began to skip class, skip class, pretend to be sick and other tricks to do everything.

Because Wu Mei had just given birth to Li Xian, and was crowned king with Li Hong in the year of Li Zhi's birth, Li Hong was named the acting king by Li Zhi, and Li Xian, who was still drinking milk, was named King Lu. Wu Mei in confinement couldn't completely put her mind on her eldest son Li Hong.

The weather was unusually hot, the sun had just risen above the ground, the whole earth seemed to be set up on a steamer, and the trees in the palace were listlessly drooping their leaves, as if expressing their dissatisfaction with the unbearable heat.

A small figure sneaked out of the back door of the Hongwen Pavilion again, Li Sujie stared at the little eyes, looking at the back in a daze, this guy dared to slip away again? Didn't he just be punished by his mother yesterday? How dare he slip away!

Li Hong was already tired of Shangguan Yi, Guo Yu and others, these ancient texts had been studied for several generations for him, and he was already impatient and couldn't be impatient anymore. And he also regarded Kong Yingda's "Five Classics of Justice" as a compulsory study, which made him even more unbearable, because he was not interested in these at all, and he was only interested in sleeping.

After being punished by his mother just yesterday, he himself knows that if he doesn't do something to please his mother today, he may have to be punished, but fortunately, he already has a plan.

After passing through Menxia Province, turn around and come to a secluded corner, see that there is no one around, this is the time for the courtiers to go to court, and naturally the front of this palace seems to be quieter.

The palace maid Xiaoxue and the eunuch Mang Chong had obviously been waiting for a long time, and when they saw the acting king running over, they hurriedly beckoned.

"Are you all ready?" Acting Wang Li Hong picked up the two soft cloth cushions in Xiaoxue's hand and pinched the thickness, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"Ready, they're already waiting for the courtiers to go down, and you can go in later." The eunuch Mangzhong opened the package in his hand and showed it to Li Hong.

Li Hong picked up a piece of white transparent thing and smelled it, there was no smell, and his heart was estimated to be true. After reading the goods, he motioned to Mang Chong and Xiaoxue to turn around.

Xiaoxue and Hua Meng also understood that in the same way, they were also used to doing their own things on behalf of the king, although these things were their duty as slaves, but the king never let them do these things.

Li Hong looked around at no one, looked up at the hot sun again, and after pondering for a while, he decided not to use these for now, and it would be better to ask Xiaoxue and them to sew it on his knees when he went back.

After thinking about what was going on, Li Hong patted the mangzhong, signaled that it was okay, and then handed the two cloth pads to Xiaoxue and said, "Go back and help me sew it on my knee, so that when the concubine punishes me to kneel again, my knee will not hurt, remember not to tell anyone." ”

Xiao Xue and Mang Chong nodded hurriedly, their master has been assertive since he was a child, a three-year-old child, and his usual performance is simply an adult, much smarter than other princes.

Although he always skips school after entering the school in the spring this year, every time His Majesty takes the school examination, he can pass it successfully, which also makes His Majesty feel very relieved, and he does not pursue him for skipping class every day like Zhaoyi, and then punish him every three or five times.

Each punishment is obviously ineffective, after the punishment is over, people will leave this matter behind, and then go their own way, every day is a big mistake, small mistakes are constant, and Wu Zhaoyi, who is angry, has no way to do it.

Li Hong secretly hid at the corner of the Taiji Hall, watching the ministers sweat and complain about the sweltering weather, and then slowly left.

He waved behind him: "Prepare to go over, the courtiers are going down." ”

Li Hong flashed out from around the corner, followed by him Xiaoxue and Mangzhong, one of whom held a wooden basin full of water in his hand, and followed closely behind him towards the Taiji Palace.

"Acting king? You should be studying at Kobunkan right now, right? Li Zhi's personal eunuch Yang Wu stuck his head out of the door, looked at the sun hanging in the sky, and asked in surprise.

"Mr. Shangguan has diarrhea today, so we don't have to teach." Li Hong pushed Yangwu's body back, so as to leave a gap for Mang Chong and Xiaoxue behind him to come in.

Yang Wu looked at him with a smile, and then saw Xiaoxue and Mangzhong walking inside with two wooden basins, one large and one small, and hurriedly stopped and asked, "Acting King, what do you mean by this?" Your Majesty has just come down to court, you ...... What do you mean by sending two basins of water? Intended to be given to His Majesty...... Wash? ”

"Wash your head, the weather is so hot, my father is reluctant to use ice to escape the heat, most of them are put in my mother's concubine, I naturally sent ice to my father." Li Hong couldn't push Yangwu who was blocking the door and didn't let him in, obviously if Li Hong couldn't say it clearly, it would be impossible for him to let these two basins of water in.

"This is ice?" Yang Wu looked at the two basins of clear water and asked in surprise, his eyes were about to fall into the basin.

"You don't care, it can turn into ice in a while, you get out of the way, it's hot outside." Li Hong said impatiently.

Before Yang Wu could speak, Li Zhi's voice came from inside: "Let him come in, this is a rare guest, he actually ran to my Taiji Hall during the school time." ”

Yangwu hurriedly flashed to the side when he heard Li Zhi's words, Li Hong passed by and glared at him, and by the way, he kicked Yangwu's calf with his little short leg, I don't know how Yangwu felt, Li Hong felt that his toes were about to go numb anyway.

"Yang Wu, you make a trick." Li Hong lowered his leg and glared angrily.

Yang Wu hurriedly smiled bitterly and apologized: "The slave and maid should die, how dare the slave and maid ......." ”

"The little thing comes in quickly, you kick him and do it, if he is not completely restrained, your little leg will not be saved." Li Zhi stood in the main hall with a smile, looking at Li Hong looking up at Yang Wu with an angry face.

When he walked inside, he still stepped back and stepped on Yangwu's feet, Yangwu didn't know if he reacted, he only felt that the soles of his feet hurt, no different from stepping on stones.

"Little thing, what are you doing here without going to class? Aren't you afraid that your mother will punish you? Li Zhi leaned over and looked at him with a smile and said.

"Hong'er has seen his father." Li Hong saluted.

Then he looked up and saw that he was wearing a thin court robe, but his chest was already soaked with sweat, so he said, "Father, you don't have ice here, right?" ”

After finishing speaking, he began to look left and right around the Taiji Palace, and muttered in his mouth: "The mother concubine asked me to come over and take a look, saying that you are very fortunate to deal with the government and politics, and the weather has been extremely hot recently, and I am afraid that you will be reluctant to use ice for summer vacation, so I sent my sons to come and see if you have used a lot of ice here as you told the mother concubine." ”

After listening to Li Hong's words with a smile, Li Zhi couldn't help but look up and laugh happily, these words sounded cooler than a large piece of ice.

"It's rare that your mother and son have a heart, don't worry, this little bit of heat is not as difficult as your father, and your father can stand it, not to mention that the courtiers can also stand it." Li Zhi followed behind Li Hong and said.

Li Hong turned around and looked up at Li Zhi, giggled and said, "Father, the son is here today to bring you ice, take a look." ”

"This is ice?" Li Zhi pointed to a large and a small set of wooden basins placed together, and asked in surprise.

"It'll be ice in a moment, you watch." After Li Hong finished speaking, he motioned to Mangzhong to take out a small piece of the wall frost he bought, that is, saltpeter, and throw it into the big wooden basin.

Then in the stunned eyes of Li Zhi, Yangwu, and other palace maids and eunuchs, they saw that the water in the small wooden basin turned into ice in a short time.

Seeing the water in the small wooden basin turn into ice, the palace maids and eunuchs couldn't help but let out inhales and surprised sounds.

"This ...... How is this done? The look on Li Zhi's face changed from surprise to surprise, and he pointed to the ice in the small wooden basin and asked.

Li Hong raised his head and giggled: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked." Okay, Erchen has retired, and you can rest assured that you can use ice to escape the heat in the future, and you don't have to worry about running out of ice. By the way, Yangwu, remember to send a few eunuchs with big barrels in a while, and I will make ice for you. ”

After the little adult finished speaking, he didn't wait for Li Zhi to react, he took the lead in climbing over the tall threshold of the Taiji Hall and ran out, and Xiaoxue and Mangzhong behind hurriedly saluted Li Zhi, and then hurriedly chased out.