Chapter 139: The Empress is Coming
Li Gen also knows!
If my father was allowed to live in the manor, my father would wake up at least half an hour earlier than the officials who lived in Chang'an City every morning.
In this case, the father is really too hard.
Moreover, there are many eucalyptus pieces in Dali Temple, and the affairs are busy.
If there is an emergency, my father lives in Anshanfang, which is relatively convenient.
Sent away his father, grandfather and Lele.
Li Gen felt a little lost in his heart for a moment.
Even the four dogs, watching the three of them board the carriage, looked unhappy.
However, the whole family is in Chang'an City, and the relatives are not far away, which makes Li Gen feel a lot better.
Since His Majesty has allowed himself to open an academy.
Then it has to be done to the best of its ability.
It can be regarded as an indirect help to my father.
Li Gen returned to his room and began to think about the future of the college.
………
Taiji Palace, in the Lizheng Palace.
Empress Changsun put her hands on her cheeks, thinking about whether Erlang could bring her little princess back.
Thinking of Changle, the eldest grandson queen, her face is full of maternal brilliance.
"Mother, Mother......"
Empress Eldest Sun suddenly remembered in her ears, a familiar voice.
Alas, it seems that he wants to be happy and has come up with an illusion.
Empress Changsun looked at the entire Lizheng Hall with her eyes, and there was Changle's figure there.
"Mother, Mother......"
This. The voice really sounded in the ears of the eldest grandson queen.
Empress Eldest Sun stood up excitedly.
Because at the door of the Lizheng Palace, an extremely familiar figure was staggering towards him.
"Changle, the heart and liver of the queen mother......"
"Queen Mother, son, miss you, miss the Queen Mother so much!"
The mother and daughter hugged each other tightly.
Li Shimin smiled and strode over.
"Changle, you promised your father that you weren't allowed to cry in front of your mother."
"Hmph, Changle didn't cry his nose, Changle was happy to see his mother, happy."
The little girl cried into a big face, still refusing to admit defeat.
Empress Changsun wiped her tears from her tears in distress.
"The little princess of the queen mother has gained a lot of weight recently."
Speaking of this, Changle immediately stopped his tears.
"Queen Mother, the meal from the royal brother is really good, today's dinner, the son will cook in person and cook a delicious meal for the father and the queen mother."
Changle's words made Li Shimin and Empress Changsun widen their eyes.
Their little princess even wants to cook for them!
Not to mention anything else, this filial piety really moved Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.
"Changle, do you know how to cook? Did you ever go down to the kitchen in the manor? ”
Empress Changsun's words made Changle smile and speak.
"The royal brother is reluctant to let Changle cook, every time the imperial brother stir-fries, Changle peeks at the side, and eats a few pieces of fatty meat that have just come out of the pot by the way."
"I've seen it a lot a lot, and my sons will naturally do it."
Changle's words amused Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.
This little princess is ready to cook for them with the cooking skills she sees!
That guy doesn't have to make a pot of pulp lake yet.
"Your Majesty, the Governor of Jingzhou, Wu Shi Tong, asks to see you!"
Outside the Lizheng Palace, there was the voice of Li Delu, the chief attendant of the inner chamberlain.
"Okay, let him wait for me in the imperial study."
Li Shimin knew that Wu Shi Tong came to Chang'an to plan (note: similar to the debriefing of later generations).
Wu Shitong and Li Yuan have a very good relationship, which Li Shimin knows best.
Moreover, during the attack on Chang'an City, Wu Shitong fought with Li Shimin and made great contributions.
Li Shimin strode towards the imperial study.
"Minister, the governor of Jingzhou, see Your Majesty."
Seeing Li Shimin walking into the imperial study, the warrior Tong respectfully saluted.
"Aiqing is not polite, please take a seat!"
Li Shimin nodded with a smile and let the warrior take a seat.
All the collection of the above calculations, Wu Shi Tong has been handed over to Fang Xuanling, and this time he came just to meet His Majesty and accept Li Shimin's simple inquiry.
The two monarchs and ministers sat opposite each other.
Tea is served inside.
The samurai Tong took a sip of it, and instantly became full of energy and praise.
"Your Majesty, the minister came all the way, I didn't expect the drought in Guanlong to be so serious this year, and I only knew that the drought was not only serious, but also had just passed the locust plague that had not been encountered in a hundred years."
"When the minister arrived outside Chang'an City, he originally thought that his eyes were full of barrenness, but he never thought that the fields were full of green sweet potato seedlings."
"Minister, get out of the car and ask the people, only to know that this is distributed by His Majesty to the people, and I also know that this sweet potato seedling is from the hand of the champion of the current imperial examination."
"Your Majesty, the champion of the current imperial examination is really admirable! Establish a heart for heaven and earth! Make a life for the people! For the sake of the saints, continue to learn! Open peace for all generations! ”
"Your Majesty, the minister came to Chang'an City this time, and he still has a wish, I want to visit the champion of the current imperial examination."
This time, the samurai tong was unintentionally inserted into the willows.
Originally, it was just a sigh of emotion, but Li Shimin, who listened to it, was overjoyed.
"Aiqing, I'm afraid you don't just want to take a look at Zhuang Yuanlang, go, the Emperor Taishang has just returned to the palace, but he came back from Zhuang Yuanlang."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The samurai bowed respectfully and retired.
Although he has a very good relationship with Li Yuan!
However, now Datang is Li Shimin's Datang.
As an official of the imperial court, if he visited Li Yuan without his permission.
The consequences ...... It is not an exaggeration to be able to follow the previous premeditated rebellion!
Li Yuan's palace.
Li Yuan has just finished warming up with Concubine Cui.
Good guy, this time the mind has been cultivating for so long.
Let Li Yuan feel that he is really an old man talking about juvenile madness!
The battle lasted for a quarter of an hour or so.
It can be described as sweating, making Li Yuan gasp comfortably!
"Emperor Taishang, the Governor of Jingzhou, the warrior Tong, asks to see you."
When Li Yuan heard this, he immediately tidied up his clothes.
"Let him in!"
Since Li Shimin ascended the throne, only Wu Shi Tong has come to visit him once a year by taking advantage of the opportunity of the plan.
Those others!
Alas!
Don't mention it!
Let Li Yuan deeply feel what it means to be in the hot and cold world and the feeling that the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing.
"Minister, warrior Tong, see Emperor Taishang."
"Letter, come and sit down, come and sit down."
When Li Yuan saw the warrior Tong, his eyes instantly turned red.
(Note, the word letter of the samurai, Li Yuan has always called his character.) )
The maid served the tea.
When the samurai saw it, it was the same as the tea in the imperial study, and his heart suddenly felt a lot better.
At the very least, His Majesty is still good to the Emperor.
The two sat opposite each other, talking to each other's hearts.
I heard that the samurai Tong came with his second daughter Wu Cao, and wanted to visit the current imperial examination.
Li Yuan said with a smile.
"Letter, it's not easy to meet Zhuangyuanlang, that's my eldest grandson."
Li Yuan's words made the warrior Tong a little confused!
Li Yuan didn't hide it from the warriors, and carefully explained Li Gen's life experience!
………
On the second day, a large number of craftsmen and soldiers, under the leadership of Cheng Yanjin, entered the manor.
"Uncle Cheng, is there a leader in this craftsman?"
"Yes, this is Yuan Lei, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, who His Majesty specially sent to supervise official affairs."
After listening to Cheng Yanjin's words, Li Gen and Yuan Lei, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, greeted each other warmly.
"The Marquis of Lantian is young and promising, which is really admirable to the official!"
Yuan Lei, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, was full of smiles.
"Uncle Cheng, Yuan Shilang, please also drink tea in the house."
The three of them walked into the room.
Chunmei and Chunlan served the tea.
Li Gen handed the drawings he had designed overnight to Yuan Lei, the waiter of the Ministry of Works.
"Yuan Shilang, can you let the craftsmen build the academy according to this drawing?"
Yuan Lei took the drawings and carefully investigated.
I agreed with a refreshing sip.
Can he not agree?
His Majesty has explained that everything is subject to the arrangements of the Marquis of Lantian.
Although he is a squire of the Ministry of Works, his official position is much higher than that of a marquis of Lantian County, but he also has to act according to His Majesty's instructions!
What's more, the Marquis of Lantian in front of him feels very similar to His Majesty.
Cheng Yanjin, who likes to be grinning the most, is also full of smiles in front of him, and Yuan Lei has already guessed in his heart.
Yuan Lei held the drawings in his hand, walked out of the room, and handed the drawings to the craftsmen.
Naturally, the craftsmen did as the squire wanted.
Outside the manor, there were horse-drawn carriages full of blue bricks and tiles.
Li Gen led the crowd to the northernmost point of the manor.
Since the academy was built in a manor, it was natural to choose a quiet place.
After everything is explained.
The craftsmen and soldiers got busy.
The construction of schools and houses is really not much difficult for craftsmen.
However, the construction of a well in the vicinity of this place really tossed them a lot.
At that time, digging a well was not an easy time.
It is more time-consuming and laborious than building a house.
Fortunately, when I dug to a depth of about six steps, a spring gushed out.
This made the craftsmen breathe a sigh of relief too.
There can only be one person in the well, and the cat has to shovel the soil, and the people above hang a bamboo basket with a rope.
The excavated soil was put in a bamboo basket and hung up.
Before digging a layer of soil, the craftsman had to smash the surrounding area into the soil with green bricks.
In this way, the well water can be guaranteed to be clear, otherwise not only the well water is turbid, but also the well can easily collapse in the event of heavy rain.
In the past few days, Li Gentonton has been a big pot of dishes, and there are a lot of fatty slices in it.
Craftsmen and soldiers, all brought their own dry rations.
A bowl of big pot dishes, let them eat wolf, especially happy.
Looking at the school and the rows of houses, towering over the land at the northern end of the manor at a speed visible to the naked eye, Li Gen's face was also full of smiles.
………
Counting the days, grandpa and Lele have also lived with their father for seven days.
Li Gen felt like he missed them.
Early in the morning, Li Gen took four dogs and began to jog in the manor.
In order to build a school, a road was forcibly stepped on in the manor.
Sure enough, there is no road in the world, but there are more people who walk, and there is a road.
Suddenly, the four dogs shook their heads and tails happily, and then ran to the door.
Li Gen smiled.
If there is no accident, it should be grandpa or Lele is back.
Li Gen trotted all the way to the door.
"Brother, brother......"
Changle was the first to run into the door, waving his little hand, and went straight to Li Gen.
Giggles......
Li Gen lifted Lele above his head, causing the little girl to laugh happily.
"Brother, Lele misses you, you see that Lele has lost a lot of weight!"
Li Gengang put her on the ground.
Changle all had small mouths and said aggrievedly.
"Hey, it seems that I have really lost some weight, no problem, it won't take a few days, Lele will grow flesh again."
"Well, Lele likes to eat meat the most, and the braised pork made by my brother is the best."
Listening to Li Gen's words, Changle laughed happily.
"Why hasn't Grandpa come in yet?"
Changle raised his eyes and looked at the door.
"Grandpa is here too, it's great, let's go meet grandpa."
"Well, there is also an old man who was introduced by his father, and there is a cute little girl next to him!"
"Grandpa brought them here, and our father said that they wanted to see Zhuangyuanlang, and His Majesty has agreed."
"Brother, that old man's official position is so big, he is a metropolitan governor!"
When Li Gen heard this, he thought in his heart and quickened his pace.
The governors are in today's Tang Dynasty, and they are all powerful figures.
How could you come to the manor and want to see yourself?
Li Gen took Lele's hand and just walked to the door.
Li Yuan appeared at the door with an old man about fifty years old, and behind the old man, there was a little girl like a porcelain doll.
A pair of big black eyes looked at Li Gen without timidity.
"Grandpa, who is this old man?"
Listening to Li Gen's words, Li Yuan took out a letter from his sleeve.
"Eldest grandson, this is a letter from your father to your grandfather, he is busy with official business, and he really can't get out of it."
"Eldest grandson, just look at the letters."
Li Gen took the letter handed by his grandfather and carefully spread it out.
In an instant, Li Gen put away the letter, clenched his fists and saluted.
"Li Gen, I've seen Wududu."
"Champion Lang is polite, this official has admired Champion Lang for a long time."
"Today, when I saw it, it was really a talent, Zhuang Yuanlang was talented, a song of spring river flowers and moonlit nights, famous all over the world. Those four sentences are the way of officials, which makes Wu even more embarrassed. ”
Listening to Wu Shitong's words, Li Gen said solemnly.
"The Governor of Wudu is the founding father of the Tang Dynasty, the great hero of the troubled times, and the younger generation is just a champion, how can he be compared with the Governor of Wudu."
"When a distinguished guest comes to the door, he is disappointed! Governor Wudu, please inside! ”
Samurai smiled and nodded, and everyone headed into the room.
Chunmei and Chunlan served the tea.
Crystal clear glass cup.
Let the samurai Tong's eyes shine, and the little girl next to him has sparkling eyes.
"It's better to see than to hear, I didn't expect to invent and manufacture, the champion of the method of engraving books, is still the owner of the glass shop, if the old man did not guess wrong, this glass cup is also made by the champion Lang, right?"
"Wudu Governor, good vision, don't hide it, it's really from the hands of juniors."
Li Gen's frankness made the samurai Tong appreciate it very much.
"Zhuangyuanlang, the old man came to Chang'an this time, and the little girl Wu Cao insisted on following her, but the old man couldn't resist her, so he brought her to Chang'an City."
When Li Gen heard this, he looked at the little girl beside the warrior Tong.
Wu Cao?
Oh my God!
Isn't this the future Empress......
Li Gen took a deep breath.
Continue to listen to the samurai Tong confess the purpose of this trip.
"Little girl, she has been smart and studious since she was a child, and although she is only five years old now, all that the old man can teach her has been taught."
"Even the gentleman who invited her, she was very dissatisfied."
"Until that day, His Majesty announced to the world that the current imperial examination is the thirteenth year of the Yuanlang, and the three subject examinations are all on the top of the volume, and the spring river flower moon night and the four sentences are also widely praised among the people!"
"Not long after, Zhuang Yuanlang invented the method of engraving books, and His Majesty issued a holy decree to let all places open churches."
"Champion Lang, the little girl has admired Champion Lang's talent for a long time, and I heard that the old man is coming to Chang'an City to plan, so I have to come together, and I insist on worshipping Champion Lang as a teacher!"
"For the sake of the old man, who is not far away, please accept the little girl."
The samurai Tong's voice landed, and Li Gen was a little confused.
Because Li Gen knows very well that once he accepts Wu Cao's words.
The cause and effect of one's own contamination is too big.
What will happen in the future?
It will definitely deviate from the trajectory of history.
From the time the samurai brought Wu Cao to visit him, he had already deviated from the historical trajectory.
Before Li Gen came back to his senses, Wu Cao had already given a salute.
"Student Wu Cao, I've seen the teacher!"
Li Gen quickly stood up.
"Since you are dedicated to learning, what hardships may you suffer?"
"Wu Cao is not afraid of hardship."
The little girl's untimid appearance made Li Gen frightened.
"When you miss your parents, have you ever thought about what to do?"
Listening to Li Gen's words, Wu Cao replied with a little hesitation.
"If you miss your parents, Wu Cao will secretly cry alone at night, and never cry to the teacher."
When Li Gen heard this, he was stunned for an instant!
Wu Cao's answer was the same as his situation in Lantian County.
Alas!
At that time, even if I wanted to cry, I couldn't find someone to cry about.
"Just now Wudu Governor said that you have been smart since you were a child, but you can recite poems?"
"The tide of the spring river is even with the sea, and the bright moon on the sea is born together. Yanyan follows the waves for thousands of miles, where there is no moon in the spring river! The river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlit flowers and forests are like hail. The frost in the air does not fly, and the white sand on the Ting cannot be seen......"
Li Gen didn't expect that Wu Cao would memorize all the moonlit nights in the Spring River in one breath.
Li Gen took the four treasures of the study room and studied the ink himself.
"Just write a few words!"
Wu Cao nodded, and dipped his pen in ink.
I started to write hard.
Changle stood behind Wu Cao, his eyes widening in astonishment.
"Brother, this little sister is more neat and beautiful than Lele's handwriting!"
Li Gen originally asked her to write a few words, but she didn't expect that Wu Cao would write down a poem of Spring River Flower and Moonlight in one breath.
That's a real deal!
"Wududu, are you really willing to leave her behind?"
"As long as the champion is willing to accept the little girl, the little girl can be happy, and the old man will be willing even if he is not willing!"
"Okay, since that's the case, the juniors will accept it, and you can be a companion with Lele."
Li Yuan and Wu Shi Tong both smiled and nodded.
At noon, Li Gen was entertained, Samurai Tong.
The wine and food made the samurai Tong and Wu Cao very happy.
"I didn't expect that the little girl not only worshiped the master, but also made the old man envious of this blessing in the future!"
After lunch, the samurai left some of Wu Cao's change of clothes.
insisted on giving Li Gen some money, but Li Gen couldn't put it off, so he had to accept it with a smile.
Everyone sent the samurai to the gate of the manor.
Wu Cao kept watching his father go away, and he didn't shed a single tear.
……
Tai Chi Palace!
In the Imperial Study.
Li Shimin and Wu Shi Tong sat opposite each other.
"Your Majesty, the minister will return to Jingzhou tomorrow, and the little girl can be taken care of by His Royal Highness the eldest son of the emperor, and the minister will be relieved."
Li Shimin smiled and nodded.
I'm happier than Samurai Tong in my heart.
Wu Cao stayed in Chang'an City, Wu Shi Tong was in Jingzhou, and he would manage Jingzhou's affairs well.
It's really the best of both worlds.
After Wu Shitong left, Li Shimin was accompanied by Li Junxian.
Ride a horse, leave the palace, and head straight to the south of the city.
"Dad, why are you free to go home?"
Seeing his father's arrival, Li Gen said happily.
"Father just finished disposing of a eucalyptus, isn't it that I haven't seen you for many days, my father came to see you, by the way, to see if the academy can be built."
Li Gen led his father to the front of the academy.
"Dad, it's completely built."
"Oh, Dad go to the academy and have a look."
Li Shimin listened to Yuan Lei, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, describe that the tables and stools in the school are all made according to the drawings.
Li Shimin has long been a little curious.
When he entered the school, Li Shimin's eyes lit up instantly.
Neat tables and chairs, arranged in an orderly manner.
And the four windows in the north and south made Li Shimin gasp.
"Gen'er, you, you use glass to make window screens?"
No wonder Li Shimin feels that the school is so bright and bright.
It turned out that this ruined thing actually used huge glass on all sides as a window screen.
"Dad, this is all done by the child himself, if you like it, the child will also put glass on the windows of our mansion!"
Li Shimin smiled and nodded, and instantly shook his head vigorously.
"For my father's thoughts, forget it, if our mansion is equipped with this glass, my father is worried that the mansion will be moved."
Listening to his father's words, Li Gen couldn't help laughing.
"Father, step by step, in the future, the glaze shop will slowly start to sell this glaze, as long as the other party provides the size of the window sill, we can customize it for them."
Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, and spoke.
"Your Majesty asked you to run a school and cultivate talents for Datang, can you still be distracted to make these glasses?"
"Father, don't worry, now the child has taught Zhao Si and Feng Wu, and the two of them can make all kinds of glass."
Li Shimin is happy!
Zhao Si and Feng Wu, these two goods, no matter what, can't run out, he Li Shimin's palm.
"Gen'er, this table and chair are really good, and my father wants to come to the school to take classes."
Li Shimin walked to the front table and chairs and sat down, with a look of yearning in his expression.
"If the father wants to come, he can come at any time, but the child stands on top of the school, and the father must abide by the discipline of the school."
Li Gen's serious appearance made Li Shimin laugh.
"Okay, my father still has business to go to Dali Temple, so I won't delay much."
"By the way, this school can start classes, right?"
This is Li Shimin, the ultimate purpose of this trip.
"Father, everything is ready, only the students are owed."
"Okay, for the sake of my father, I will start Your Majesty and let Your Majesty post notices in all the prefectures and counties of Chang'an City."
Li Shimin smiled and strode out!