The Spring Festival and Shangyuan Festival are both major events of the country, and Li Congjing has no reason to be absent, even if the things in Huazhou and Puzhou have not been completed, under the repeated urging of Li Siyuan, he still rushed back to Luoyang before the end of the year.

This year has been a year of twists and turns for Li Siyuan and Li Congjing's family, with huge ups and downs, and the magnificent and dangerous meaning in it is really not enough for outsiders. Fortunately, the situation is good now, so that Li Congjing forced the Khitan to sign the alliance under the city, and it also lives up to the tears left by Li Siyuan in Weizhou. Looking back on this year now, I feel a lot of emotion, but the harvest and pride in life are also the best.

Back in Luoyang, Li Congjing never returned home, and went directly to the palace to meet Li Siyuan. In the cold winter, the snow is flying, the snow in Luoyang City is very thick, the city is covered with silver light, and the eaves gallery is winter. The cavalry entered the city, galloped past from the royal road, passers-by avoided it, there was no shortage of people who stopped and looked, and occasionally there were extraordinary people, stroking their palms and sighing: "Look carefully, that's His Royal Highness King Qin!" ”

When the King of Qin returned to Beijing and entered the palace, the news had already spread, and when everyone heard it, their reactions were different.

Anfu, now a white body, An Chongzhi, who is idle at home to care for the elderly, heard this, his face changed several times, and then said left and right: "The king of Qin returned to Beijing, did not return to the palace, but went straight to the palace, which shows his vigorous color, even more than before!" ”

Left and right asked suspiciously, "What is this?" Why is the prince so worried? ”

An Chongzhi shook his head and said: "King Qin regards me as an enemy, hated me for a long time, Li Shoujing's matter, and made the old man draw the ground as a prison, I thought that it would take time for King Qin to return to Beijing, and the old man could stay in Luoyang for a few days, but I didn't expect him to be so fast." When the king of Qin returns, the old man gives someone a handle, how can he be safe, you wait and pack up quickly, and I will leave Luoyang tomorrow. ”

Shocked when they heard this, they hurriedly retreated to prepare, and whispered to each other: "King Qin Fanggui, blaming the prince of the mansion did not express the slightest intention, and the monarch of the mansion avoided it like a tiger wolf, how is it different from a dog who has lost his family, sad, lamentable!" ”

Shangshu Province, Ren Yuan is burying the case to deal with the documents, hearing the return of the King of Qin, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said to Feng Dao, who came on official business: "The King of Qin traveled eastward, one destroyed the arrogant soldiers, the second moved the power of the feudal town, the third persuaded the agriculture and mulberry, and the fourth helped the local prosperity. All three of these are important state affairs. The Tang Dynasty wants to be strong, and it needs to be like a slippery and Pu state in the whole country, you and I are worried about this matter, and now that the King of Qin has returned, he just went to ask for advice. ”

"Ren Gong is in such a hurry!" Feng Dao smiled, "King Qin is the son-in-law of Duke Ren, and now that he has returned, he has not rested, and Duke Ren is going to bother, but he has no sympathy for King Qin's hard work?" King Qin has been in Hua, Pu and other states for several months, and his achievements are remarkable, how can he not feel deeply tired? Now that the King of Qin has returned, he has not slept on the couch, and Ren Gong wants to disturb him with official business, if I am Ren Gong, I will never be so unkind! ”

Ren Yuan knew that Feng Dao was making fun of him, but the words were very real, Ren Yuan came back to his senses when he heard this, and he was silent, and he didn't speak for a while, and at the end, he looked at Feng Dao and said seriously: "Human nature, harshly reprimanding sages, and forgiving and unscrupulous." When the sages make the slightest mistake, they are often scolded by the people, and they do not do a little good deed, and their neighbors praise each other. At present, the king of Qin is virtuous, running around for several months for state affairs, going through dangers, drinking wind and frost, and once returning to Beijing, we do not want to sympathize with his hard work, but ask for more, isn't this a big mistake? As everyone knows, sages are also mortals, and they will be thoughtful, tired, and make mistakes, and the world is so stupid that they don't have a little respite. ”

"That's a great thing!" Feng Dao did not hesitate to admire, just hit the knot, his face was weird, "Ren Gong said this, he intended to mock us for being stupid?" ”

This is a joke, Ren Yuan listened to it, but said with a straight face: "It's not to mock you and me, it's really a blessing for the Tang Dynasty and a blessing for the world!" ”

Feng Dao was stunned for a moment, and then he understood, and sighed: "Zhuangzong was in the first dynasty, the government was dark, and the officials bent the law, resulting in the withering of the people's livelihood and the hoarse style of the country, and now His Majesty has succeeded to the throne, and intends to practice benevolent government, rule by officials, and rejuvenate all industries, and restore the majesty of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Ren Yuan bowed his head solemnly, and then said with a smile: "Feng Gong has the talent of Wang Zuo, and now the government is clear, this is the time when Feng Gong is showing his ambitions, full of poetry and books, and a talent, but don't bury it." ”

Feng Dao hurriedly humbled one or two, and said: "Ren Gong is a great talent, and Xingbang has to be Ren Gong to show his cultivation!" ”

"Haha"

Therefore, Chang'an is Kyoto, one hundred and eight squares in the city, there were millions of people, the world is prosperous, and Luoyang is the eastern capital after that, and it is also prosperous. Although Chang'an was prosperous in the front and Luoyang in the back, in fact, Luoyang was Kyoto for a long time, and in terms of the period, it was much earlier than Chang'an, and legend has it that the Xia Dynasty was built here - of course, it was not the same city.

Luoyang has this heritage, the city has been repaired, and the momentum is extraordinary. Today's Luoyang City, for the former Sui Yu Wenkai handwriting, was ordered by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty to build, had the intention of moving the capital here. The south of the city is to Yique, the north is dependent on the mountain, the east is over the Qianhe River, the Luoshui runs through it, it is divided into the outer city, the palace city, the imperial city, the east city, the Jiacang city, the round wall city and the Yaoyi hori, the scale is large, the layout is orderly, and Chang'an is not allowed.

There was a young man, born with an ugly face and a short body, but he was dressed in a green robe, holding a folding fan, with a leisurely face, pretending to be chic in his gestures, wandering around the street, looking left and right from time to time. Whether it is the snow, the streets and shops, or the children playing, he is full of interest, and he stops to watch from time to time, and the corners of his mouth are always smiling.

This person is either insane, or idle.

Walking outside the palace, he happened to bump into the cavalry of King Qin. The young man just glanced at it, and was so surprised that he almost knelt down on the street.

Although the cavalry of King Qin is lightly armed, the prince's guard of honor and logos are there, the royal travel, majesty is everywhere, etiquette is everywhere, no matter how simple it is, it is not something that ordinary people can imagine.

"King Qin, King Qin, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Royal Highness King Qin, can be regarded as a return, can be regarded as a return! In order to keep the king's return, the servant has been looking forward to it for a long time! The expression on Sang Weihan's face was indescribable, like a hundred flowers blooming, and it seemed like five flavors churning, "If Your Highness doesn't return at this time, the world will be in the future, how can I use Sang Weihan!" ”

King Qin's cavalry has disappeared at the palace gate, there is naturally no smoke and dust in the snow, so that people can't look at the dust and think about people, Sang Weihan packed up his mind, took a step towards the palace of Qin, and said in his heart: "Since the king of Qin has returned, I should go to the palace to wait, so as not to be summoned by the king of Qin, I have not seen me for a long time, I am impatient, and I am malicious." You don't know me, but this is the first time we meet, so you need to be more cautious and prepared! ”

Don't look at Sang Weihan wandering on the street these days, in fact, in order to wait for King Qin's summons, he has been preparing for a long time in private. He inquired about the King of Qin, and knew that the King of Qin used people in an eclectic manner, but he was the only one, and he could be said to have some ability to give a few bowls of rice, and he couldn't rub sand in his eyes.

Sang Weihan believed that he was extraordinary, and King Qin's move was just right for him, and his strategy was prepared for a month or two, revised and modified, and he thought that it was perfect. Now, it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

Li Congjing saw Li Siyuan and knew from the other party's demeanor that the other party had been waiting for a long time.

In the end, the first thing Li Siyuan did when he summoned Li Congjing was not to ask how the situation was in Slip, Pu and other prefectures, nor to wait for Li Congjing to go to the table, but to pull Li Congjing to sit at the dinner table.

A table of wine and food, there are not many patterns, not even how exquisite - Li Siyuan does not like luxury, advocating frugality - but it is definitely hearty enough, and the table full of wine, meat and vegetables is full!

At this time, it was Shen Shi, Li Congjing had been on the road for most of the day, and he was already hungry, and when he saw the table full of wine and meat, he was naturally not polite, and sat down at the table, burying his head in a big meal.

After a while, Li Congjing discovered one thing, that is, Li Siyuan also ate very happily. There is only one possibility-Li Siyuan did not eat lunch, but waited for Li Congjing for two hours.

Li Congjing didn't know what to say for a while. In later generations, he had a rigid understanding of the life of the emperor and the palace, but now that he has experienced it himself, he has found that the scene is very different. Not to mention the emperor's family, it is an ordinary large family, if you miss a meal, there will be no people waiting for people, one is that there is no shortage of food at home and there is no shortage of servants who cook, and the other is that starvation is indeed not a pleasure.

This meal was naturally eaten heartily, but he didn't drink too much wine, after all, Li Congjing came directly to the palace, not to get drunk.

Li Congjing traveled eastward this time and did four things: exterminate the arrogant soldiers, move the power of the feudal town, persuade the farmers to teach the mulberry, and rebuild the local economic order.

Slippery and Pu Erzhou are just stepping stones, and what Li Congjing did on his eastward trip was, in the final analysis, a test and experiment for the policies that Li Siyuan would implement throughout the country in the future.

The two talked about it for three days and three nights.

Three days and nights later, Li Siyuan summoned several prime ministers into the hall for another detailed discussion. Compared with the discussion between father and son, the discussion with the prime minister is much more lengthy, because once the agenda is over, it means that the specific strategy of the new policy for the coming year will soon surface.

Time always waits for no one, and in the blink of an eye, the second year of Tiancheng has arrived.

There were a lot of drastic changes in the first year of the Tang Dynasty, and there was a lot of waste to be revived, and there was no balance in the imperial court's wealth. Not to mention that the harem concubines and ministers don't have many rewards, and even the festival banquet is not large, compared to the extravagant and extravagant scene of Zhuang Zong, it is very pitiful in comparison.

Li Congjing knew that Li Siyuan advocated frugality, and the three meals on weekdays were very simple, not to mention things like repairing the palace, but all year round, during the Spring Festival and Shangyuan Festival, there were still not many rewards for concubines, palace people, and ministers, so that the banquet scene was shy, which was about the face of the king and the court, and Li Siyuan couldn't not care.

At the dinner party of the ministers of the conference, when Li Congjing saw from the hazy light that although Li Siyuan forced a smile, he couldn't hide the melancholy in his eyes, and a few wrinkles on his face seemed to be full of melancholy, he thought that no matter what, at this time in the coming year, Datang would have at least a real grand banquet.

In that case, at least Daddy's smile won't be too heavy to look at.