Winter is coming again, and with it, after crossing the ocean, the princess of the Great Food Country who has safely arrived in Chang'an City after a long absence, Yeyue.

Outside Chang'an City, the royal fertile land originally cultivated by the royal family was already bleak at this time, and in addition to the withered yellow weeds, it was the withered yellow land and the young seedlings that had just crawled out of the soil after the autumn harvest, ready to accept the baptism of the cold winter wax moon.

The royal city guards will still inspect this large area of fertile land, but the palace that ploughs with the people has been empty after the autumn harvest, and the next time the lively scene will start again, it will have to be after the spring flowers bloom next year.

Not far from the wooden palace that was cultivated with the people, there was a small courtyard that was also made of pure wood, and at this time, the smoke of the cooking was slowly rising from the chimney on the roof, which could be regarded as injecting a trace of human flavor into this empty wilderness.

There is never a shortage of firewood here, and even when you go out of the door, you can casually bring enough firewood for a few days, so Fang Muqing, her two palace maids and eunuchs are quite comfortable living here.

It's not that she doesn't want to go back, but she doesn't know how to face the people and things in Chang'an after returning to Chang'an.

Now she is no longer a concubine, she has restored the identity of Princess Pei, and even the mansion has been provided by the royal family in Xinghuafang in Chang'an City.

But for her, instead of living in an empty deep mansion compound, it is better to live in this small courtyard in the desolate wilderness, which can make her feel warm and real.

Although the two sons are still young, they have now been taken into the palace, and at first Fang Muqing will be frightened, afraid that the crown prince Li Hong or the father and mother will confine her two sons in the palace and cut off the relationship with herself.

But with the successful completion of the autumn harvest, Li Guangshun and Li Guangren were not imprisoned as she thought, but had their own palaces in the imperial palace like underage county kings, and they could also go to Hongwen Hall and Guozi Jian to study every day.

Even according to the palace maids around him, in these days, His Majesty seems to be planning to give them the title of county king in a few years, when the two of them are older.

When Fang Muqing heard the news, her heart was full of indescribable bitterness, and she didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

What can make her feel happy in her heart is that the royal family is no longer a ruthless emperor after all, and finally gave her children the title they deserve.

But what worries her is that she is still the husband who was exiled to Anxi, and she is afraid that she will never see her children in the future, once the two are given the title of county king, that is, they are essentially completely separated from the relationship with Li Xian, and even ...... Now the husband's life and death are unknown.

The cold wind in the wilderness is more wanton and arrogant than the cold wind in the city, without the obstruction of the walls and the control of the streets, the cold wind blows everywhere in the wilderness, making the whole wooden courtyard even more depressed.

The cold wind swept over the numb cheeks of Fang Muqing, who was sitting at the door, leaning on the door frame and falling into contemplation, gradually waking up the woman's increasingly numb heart with the cold temperature.

"Maybe you should ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to try." Fang Muqing straightened up blankly, leaning against the door frame, brushed the hair on his forehead that was blown by the cold wind, and muttered: "Yes, you can take the opportunity to go to the palace to see the queen mother and ask to see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

In the end, Fang Muqing's eyes were somewhat bright, like a person who was about to drown, and finally caught a floating object that could survive.

The two palace maids and the two eunuchs hurriedly helped Fang Muqing prepare the carriage and prepare the gifts, until Fang Muqing came out of the inner room after finishing her makeup, and the palace maid pointed to the baskets of new species left for them to make food after this year's autumn harvest, and muttered, "Are these enough?" If there are more, we won't even have enough seeds next year. ”

After dressing up, Fang Muqing, although she has a little less youthful vitality than when she first got married, she is more mature and stable, and the whole person still gives people the feeling of a well-educated woman from a prestigious family.

Looking at the baskets of new species under his feet that were regarded as treasures by the royal family, Fang Muqing's originally straight waist suddenly collapsed: "Put it back, how can these Royal Highness the Crown Prince take a fancy to it, but they were all brought by His Royal Highness the Prince, and now they are given away, isn't it a joke." ”

This year's new species is the first harvest, and now in Chang'an or the entire Tang Dynasty, they are rare items, especially after some are used as food, it is even more joyful for His Majesty and the Queen, and only praise the prince for his immortal achievements in the Tang Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that the Taoist temple where Li Chunfeng lived after Cuiwei Palace was ceremoniously rewarded by Li Zhi this year because of the new species, and the situation of Taoism, which had been suppressed by Buddhism, was also somewhat alleviated.

There is even a momentum to resist, so now in Chang'an, after the royal family bestows Taoism this time, its scenery is likely to return to the heyday of Taoism during the reign of the first emperor.

Most of the new species need to be kept as seeds for the next year, so starting this year, it is not an exaggeration for the royal family to regard the new species as a national treasure.

Instead, they were all replaced with new species after the autumn harvest, and these new species were naturally favored by the royal family and nobles under the royal fanfare, but now the royal control and supervision are extremely strict, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people to even get a glimpse, let alone get it.

Therefore, whenever Li Zhi and Wu Mei wanted to reward someone with something, these people would cautiously ask, could they exchange the royal gifts of gold, silver and jewelry for new crops harvested this autumn?

So between the coming and going, between the royal family, the nobles, and the wealthy families, in the coming and going, the gifts in their hands became these new crops.

Even without Li Zhi and Wu Mei's special instructions, these royal family relatives, dignitaries and nobles, as well as wealthy families, have rarely chosen to collect these new crops as seeds, waiting for more harvests after they plant them next year.

After all, no matter what era it is, especially in this era when the general public is relatively ignorant, coupled with the inherent conservative plot of Confucianism, it will be extremely difficult for them to accept new things and then promote them.

Rather than trying to promote it, it is better to list it as a royal treasure, so that it can not only arouse people's curiosity, but also truly appreciate the benefits of new crops in people's upward and downward effects, so as to achieve real promotion.

Governing the country and the country depends on these so-called literati, wealthy families, or among them to select outstanding talents to serve the imperial court, promote and apply some new things, and want to bypass them and reach the people directly, Li Hong does not think this is an easy thing.

No matter how tense his relationship with the five surnames and seven wangs and famous families is, when there are common interests as the starting point, the consensus of working together can be reached between each other without words.

Interests, in this era, are always a conflict between the imperial court and famous families, and the thousands of Li people have become a balance and bargaining chip between the two.

The tension between Li Hong and the famous family lies in the fact that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince deprived the interests of the famous family and benefited the people of the world, so this allowed him to always have the upper hand in the struggle with the famous family, and the reason why the famous family, which was closer to the people in class, could not gain an advantage.

Celebrity families are different from ordinary people, because their self-proclaimed high status makes them disdain to be mixed with the common people, so they seem to be closer to the people than the royal family in terms of class level, but in their bones, they are not easy to be recognized by the people without the royal family.

And Li Hong in order for the people to be able to enter the office, govern the country, and get rid of the dependence on the famous family, he must benefit the people with the benefits deprived from the famous family, so that sooner or later, one day, the five surnames and seven hopes can be driven by him to Anxi, Anbei and other places, and then leave the entire Central Plains region to the students who are truly loyal to the Tang Dynasty to benefit the people for the imperial court.

"That's why you're going to cease?" Li Zhi stroked his beard, covered with a blanket, Li Ye sat on the blanket, and Li Zhi, who was squeezing his eyebrows at Li Ye, asked Li Hong casually.

Wu Mei on the side kicked Li Hong's calf: "Are you idle and have nothing to do!" Feet are so cheap! ”

Li Ye, who was swaying and learning to walk, passed by Li Hong, but he didn't want to be tripped on the thick carpet by his father's deliberately stretched foot.

Li Ye, who had no heart and lungs, smirked and didn't wait for the palace maid on the side to help him, so he pouted his little ass and took the initiative to get up, and turned his head to his own father who tripped him, showing a silly and sweet smile.

As for his imperial grandmother who just kicked his own father, the little guy's attention is not fully taken into account now, so he didn't pay attention to his imperial grandmother who kicked his own father in revenge for him, continued to stagger his steps, walked to Li Zhi, and wanted to pull down Li Ye, who was sitting on the blanket.

Li Zhi looked at Li Ye with a smile and pulled Li Ye on his knee, helping him from time to time, so as not to fall, and Li Hong's words sounded in his ears at the right time.

"Five surnames and seven hopes entered Tocharian this year, and now the royal city has been controlled by Heiya Changzhi and Xue Rengui, Zhang Cambodia is taking care of post-war affairs behind him, the weather is cold, and it is not possible to stop the war, no matter how rich the food supply Datang is, the supply line that stretches for thousands of miles is unbearable for the household department and the military department." Li Hong nested in the comfortable sofa, and when he tripped Li Ye just now, his waist was pinched by Pei Wanying, and he was still in a faint pain.

(End of chapter)