Chapter Fifty-Eight: On the Shore of Taiye Lake
People are always full of curiosity about the unknown, and the more unknown they are, the more they like to make up for their own brains.
At this moment, everyone in the carriage made up for Xu Yang, a god man, what water turned into ice, stone into gold, flying to the sky, Qimen Dunjia and the like, they looked at Xu Yang's eyes more and more respectful.
Xu Yang had a small copper bowl of shaved ice in his mouth at this time, but unfortunately there was no fruit, just mixed with some goat's milk, which was not very delicious, Xu Yang ate two bites and threw it to Liu Qi who was sitting next to him.
Liu Qi, this guy likes to smack his lips when he eats, chewing ice cubes, rattling, don't you see a carload of people swallowing saliva vigorously? Also chewed so loudly on purpose.
Xu Yang sighed secretly, when he met this servant, the head of the family was unlucky, so he had to make a few more servings of shaved ice and distribute them to everyone, watching everyone chew the ice with a happy and satisfied face, Xu Yang was also a little proud.
"The lord is really a man in the sky, so with a wave of his hand, he can turn water into ice under the scorching sun, presumably such an immortal spell can be presented to His Majesty Xià to watch, and he will definitely be promoted to the lord." Father-in-law Cao said flatteringly, chewing on the ice.
Xu Yang was speechless for a while, and waved his hand? Don't you see the saltpeter I scattered? It's all blind, you can lie to you, is a great god like Li Er that kind of feudal superstition? If Li Er after the age of fifty still dares to fool around, after all, in history, Li Shimin is also old in his old age, old eyes are dizzy, and the whole country is overwhelmed by the conquest of Goryeo, and in the end, he was defeated three times and knelt down completely, and Li Er can't jump out of the one thing that all emperors in the world want to do, immortality.
The older you are, the more afraid you are of death, the more powerful and wealthy you are, the more afraid of death, this theorem is suitable for anyone, Li Er is no exception, he wantonly conscripts the way of immortals, eats immortal pills, and immortal brews, and the others don't know, just the mercury content can make himself burp.
But it is undeniable that Li Er was so wise and martial when he was young, killing all sides, if he dares to play these tricks in front of him now, he may move his head if he is not careful.
"Hehe, what my father-in-law said is very true, and I will think about it in the future." Xu Yang smiled.
That Father-in-law Cao also smiled when he heard it, looking like a girl, and Xu Yang had goosebumps when he saw it.
There was a basin of ice cubes in the car, and it was suddenly cool.
The carriage was under this cool and simple air conditioning, under the scorching sun, heading towards Chang'an
"Fourth brother!" A crisp male voice came from the side of Taiye Lake.
I saw a young man in a pavilion in Taiye Lake holding the "Analects" reading with relish, and when he heard someone shouting at him, he raised his head slightly unhappily, only to see that he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, his face was slightly fat, and he was dressed in a brocade robe that could not cover his slightly fat body, and he was only about eight or nine years old.
"Big brother, what's the matter?" The young man frowned and asked in an unkind tone, as if he was still complaining that the man had interrupted his reading.
"Fourth brother, you have always prided yourself on being erudite and talented, let me ask you, have you ever heard of the Three Character Classic?" The young man who spoke was none other than the crown prince Li Chengqian.
"Three Character Sutra?" The little fat man racked his brains and couldn't remember that he had heard of the book "Three Character Classic". Then he said: "I haven't heard of it, it must be some vulgar articles, it is difficult to get into the elegant hall of the young people to do, and only the eldest brother you like to read such books." ”
Li Chengqian heard that his face was a little red, and he originally wanted to lose this Li Tai's ignorance, but now he was actually sarcastic, and said angrily: "Where is it done by the young people, it is everyone's famous article at that time, my father has seen this book and can stroke his palm and laugh three incense sticks, and show it to Mr. Li Gang and Mr. Zhang Xuansu, both of them praised this article as a strange book of enlightenment for students in the world, and have ordered the Ministry of Rites to carve it into a plate and print it into a book for the princes to read for enlightenment, what book can you make the emperor so admired, you have never heard of it, It's really shallow. ”
Li Tai was a little impatient when he heard that even his father and the two emperors praised the book, he was a natural student who loved books, and he didn't care about Li Chengqian's ridicule, but hurriedly asked: "Then where can I see this book?" ”
Li Chengqian took out a yellowed book from his back, shook it in his hand, and said, "This is a handwritten copy for my brother word by word, do you want to read it?" ”
Li Tai's eyes lit up and he nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
Li Chengqian said proudly: "Then you must apologize to me for the vulgar words you just said." ”
Li Tai fought for a while, but in the end, his desire for a new book made him choose to give in temporarily, and bowed and said, "Please forgive the imperial brother." ”
Li Chengqian was immediately overjoyed, he and Li Taiming had fought many times, Li Tai was obviously much more cunning than him, so every time he suffered a loss, this time he could make Li Tai deflated, and he was also very happy.
Carefully handed the book to Li Tai, only to see that he suddenly read it hungrily, and suddenly a sense of superiority arose, he saw it before Li Tai, and this text was catchy, and he could memorize it
The scale of Taiye Lake at this time is still very small, until the eighth year of Zhenguan will begin to officially build and take the name of Taiye Pond, a total of 28 years before and after, until the second year of Longshuo was put into use, its scale is unusually large, spanning five counties, around 300 miles, "there are 26 Yuan, 20 palaces, 35 views. "Jianzhang Palace is one of the largest palace cities," its Beizhi big pool, gradually more than 20 zhang high, called Taiye Pool, there are Penglai, abbot, Yingzhou, Huliang like the sea in the sacred mountain, turtle fish genus. It can be said to be the pinnacle of the pond and mountain in the palace.
At this time, Li Er took Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang to play in Taiye Lake.
In the Tang Dynasty, ten days were ten days, and "ten days and one rest", and the official system of the Tang Dynasty was all in accordance with the way of nine days and one day of leisure.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the affairs were complicated, so the system of ten-month leave was implemented. "Ten days off" for the tenth, twentieth day and last day of the month of the holiday, "to be wide and hundreds of people rest", according to the first, middle and second half, called "Shanghuan", "Zhonghuan", "Xiahuan".
There are two core things during the ten-day holiday, one is to take a vacation, and the other is to take a bath, the vacation is like going to the bar KTV leisure in the future, and taking a bath is like going to the bathhouse in the future to take a bath and the rich do the SPA.
If he didn't go to work today, Li Er naturally took his two favorite concubines to Taiye Lake for a leisure.
"Your Majesty is so good today, I have never seen Your Majesty so interested in taking your concubines to swim on weekdays, and I like to lead soldiers to hunt every time I rest, can I tell my concubines?" Empress Eldest Sun is worthy of being a roundworm in Li Er's stomach, as soon as she heard that Li Er took her and Concubine Yang to swim, she felt that something was wrong, and she felt uncomfortable without asking.
"Hahaha" Li Er's mood was really good, he took out a snow-white book, and said: "I got a strange book yesterday, which can enlighten the children of the world, and the book said that my Li dynasty is the foundation of the world, and I am really happy to jump out of the pain of changing hands in the world." ”
"Oh~ Originally, His Majesty's world would not change hands, and the Li family's world will always belong to the Li family." Empress Eldest Sun also smiled.
"Yes, what Sister Eldest Sun said is very true." Concubine Yang also said hurriedly.
"Haha" Li Shimin laughed heartily again.
"Your Majesty might show this book to my two sisters?"
Li Er happily handed the book to Empress Changsun, and Concubine Yang came up and looked at it carefully.
The three-character scripture is not long, it was originally for children, of course, it is not obscure, after reading it, the eldest grandson queen also sighed: "Tang Gaozu, the rebel division, in addition to the Sui chaos, create a national foundation." Qianqiu Gong, Wan Shiye, King Li Tang, the world. Although the last sentence has no rhyme, it has the meaning of my Li family jumping out of reincarnation, and it is really the industry of eternity, I don't know which one made this strange book? ”
Li Er stared at Empress Changsun with interest, and said with a smile: "Xu Yang, Xu Xiaoyao." ”