When Zhang Gongjin said this, he had a smile on his face, this smile looked very comfortable, and there was no worry and helplessness when he was in Chang'an City.

Zhang Yang sat down beside him, "Teacher, it's not up to you to decide whether this matter is dead or not. ”

Seeing that Zhang Gongjin still had a smile on his face, Zhang Yang said again: "I'm not sure if you want to live for a few more years, in case you return to the light." ”

After another pause, Zhang Yang nodded and said, "What if...... Well! ”

Zhang Gongjin shook his head, laughed angrily and said: "The return to the light is on the occasion of his death, and the old man is not yet at that time." ”

The sun is warm, and I always felt that Zhang Gongjin always had some gloomy air in him, which made people feel that he was cold.

may be because he was a strategist for Li Shimin, who used to calculate people and did too many unsightly things for Li Shimin, and there was always gloom around the teacher.

"Teacher, what do you think of the eldest grandson Wuji?"

Hearing Zhang Yang say this, Zhang Gongjin's expression was disapproving, "I have long expected that the eldest grandson Wuji will target you." ”

Zhang Yang made him tea, "I also asked the teacher for advice." ”

Zhang Gongjin picked up the tea bowl and sniffed it carefully, "In the old man's opinion, the eldest grandson Wuji is indeed a smart person, he is cautious and often plans things first and then takes action, and now the eldest grandson's family has been blessed with holy favors, with your current level......"

"What's wrong with my level now?" Zhang Yang frowned.

Zhang Gongjin snorted coldly: "I don't measure myself, I still want to make the eldest grandson Wuji an opponent, but I can't fight him, the old man gives you a piece of advice, if it really doesn't work, you will worship under the eldest grandson Wuji." ”

"Worship under the eldest grandson Wuji?"

Zhang Yang's tone was a few points higher.

Zhang Gongjin looked around, "So what?" The old man is in his last years, and he can't take care of you for long, how capable do you think your kid is? If you want the eldest grandson Wuji as a backer, your life will be flat. ”

"Just when you keep telling you about the future, I don't care."

I saw a few women from the village walking on the village path, and now that life is better, they are also working hard to increase the population of the village.

Zhang Yang scratched the stubble on his chin, "That's right, I was indeed targeted by the eldest grandson Wuji, it should be said that the entire Ministry of Rites was targeted by him." ”

"You can't compare with the eldest grandson Wuji, not to mention that the eldest grandson Wuji followed him as early as when His Majesty was fighting the world, and the eldest grandson queen, what do you do to fight him?"

"I have integrity." Zhang Yang straightened his back, "Yes, Haoran is right." ”

"The old man has been tortured by illness for so long and doesn't want to live for a long time, but I didn't expect the old man's disciple to be a disciple who doesn't want to live."

Zhang Gongjin's eyes looked at Chang'an City, "Look and think more, learn more and ask more, you have the talent to be a strategist, the old man is still more humble in that sentence, humility will only benefit you." ”

Five miles north of the foot of Li Mountain, Yu Chigong and Cheng Yanjin walked on a high slope.

Looking at the village across the Weishui River.

"He turned a poor village into a wealthy place."

Listening to Cheng Yanjin's speech, Wei Chigong frowned and said, "It only took a year. ”

Cheng Yanjin nodded, "It's just taken a year for a dilapidated village to become like this now, look at how beautiful that house is." ”

Wei Chigong nodded and said, "It is indeed a beautiful village. ”

"Do you know how much money my kid has earned with Zhang Yang?"

"How much silver?"

Cheng Yanjin took a deep breath, "In addition to the silver money taken out, that kid in my family has also earned three thousand yuan with Zhang Yangshao." ”

Wei Chigong asked curiously, "How long has your kid been with Zhang Yang?" ”

Cheng Yanjin snorted coldly: "I don't know about a certain family, and I don't know when he befriended Zhang Yang all day long, and now I vaguely remember that this kid was looking for a guy named Lu Zhishen two years ago." ”

"The old man has also heard about this." Wei Chigong asked curiously, "Did you find it?" ”

"Hahaha." Cheng Yanjin opened his mouth and smiled: "I have searched all over Guanzhong, and there is no monk named Lu Zhishen. ”

Wei Chigong looked at the village, and he could feel the vitality of the whole village under the sun, "He is still young and his knowledge is still shallow, if someone can guide this person well, he will also be a great capable minister in the future." ”

Cheng Yanjin shook his head and said, "Not necessarily." ”

Wei Chi sighed: "Let's see." ”

In the late April of the sixth year of Zhenguan, birds can be heard all over Chang'an City, and the old farmers in the countryside know that the weather is warm, and this is a good time to grow grain.

A team of soldiers and horses set off from the gate of Chang'an City and headed all the way to the west of Chang'an City.

The horses of the hundred cavalry lined up in a row, and the hooves of the horses kept stepping down and rolling up a cloud of dust.

Zhang Daxiang said goodbye to the team worriedly, "The second brother has never been to such a far place. ”

Xu Jingzong comforted: "It's okay to go out, have a lot of experience, this time there are finally people from our Ministry of Rites to go outside the Guan, it is the time when this kind of person is needed." ”

Zhang Daxiang put away his emotions, "Didn't you put a lot of eyeliner outside the gate?" ”

"It's all someone else, not our own."

"Let your eyeliner protect the big vegetarian."

"Brother Elephant rest assured, he has already asked people to send a message to Gaochang quickly, and before Brother Dasu enters the Western Regions, there will be Gaochang's soldiers and horses to respond."

Zhang Daxiang said worriedly: "Eldest Sun Wuji sent someone to ask what kind of strategy we gave to Gaochang today. ”

"That's poison, King Gaochang and his son ended up like this, it can be seen that this strategy is terrible, the evil slavery system, I will not say this strategy in this life, it will poison one party, I Xu Jingzong is not willing to be such a wicked person."

Zhang Daxiang shook his head and sighed, waved his sleeves and walked into Chang'an City.

In the East Palace, Li Chengqian held a scroll and listened to Wei Zheng's lecture.

Zhang Yang listened drowsily, and Wei Zheng's lecture was obscure, as if he didn't care what level the prince was, and he didn't care whether the prince could understand it or not, he just finished the whole article, and then talked about his own feelings.

If the prince doesn't understand, it's because the prince himself doesn't understand enough.

Looking at Li Chengqian again, his eyes were scattered, and his thoughts might have been somewhere else a long time ago.

Teaching is such a thing as not stuffing all knowledge into other people's heads, but should start from the basics, and then slowly improve.

It's like when you're still learning to write and describe scenery, and you're still in the stage of choosing words and forming sentences, and your teacher suddenly gives you a reading comprehension question, or advanced reading comprehension of ancient texts.

Isn't this embarrassing for students? Bullying honest people?

It's really heartbreaking to be a companion to the prince.

I'm just a companion, I'm just a companion...... Zhang Yang constantly reminded himself in his heart to be humble, to be humble, and to pretend to be a grandson.

waited until Wei Zheng finished his lecture that Zhang Yang suppressed his urge to spray people.

"Dong Zhongshu said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, he wrote dozens of articles, two volumes of "Wenju" and "Jade Cup", which shows that Dong Zhongshu advocated the ram science back then, although the old man did not agree with some of these views, he could also read it."

"Remember Zheng Gong's teachings."

"Hmm." Wei Zheng nodded in satisfaction.

Finally waited for Wei Zheng to leave, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, "Today's article on Zheng Gongjiao is really too difficult to understand. ”

Zhang Yang nodded expressionlessly, "I'm almost asleep." ”

Li Chengqian smiled heartily, "Actually, Lone is about to fall asleep, it turns out that you and Lone are the same." ”

There is always an inexplicable friendship between poor students and poor students, because everyone's comprehension ability is at the same level.

"In the past, there were people of the same age as Lone, who showed off his knowledge in front of Lone, and occasionally recited a few sentences to make others feel that he was full of talent, and Lone could see that he actually wrote down a few words before going out, and then read them out."

"There are people who just want to think they're knowledgeable."

Li Chengqian nodded vigorously, "That's right." ”

Zhang Yang replied with a firm gaze: "Eldest Sun Chong is such a person. ”

"Eldest grandson......" Li Chengqian suddenly coughed violently, "Eldest grandson doesn't show his talent too much on weekdays. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows people and faces, but he doesn't know his heart, beware of villains."

Li Chengqian clapped his hands and asked the subordinates of the East Palace to bring a table case, and there were files on the low table case.

"Like you said before, start with understanding." Li Chengqian picked up one of the volumes, "This is the dossier in the womb these days, and I specially asked the people from the inner library to move it." ”

Zhang Yang also picked up a volume, "Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to start with the palace and then learn about Chang'an City?" Know Guanzhong? Know the Central Plains? It's really good to be down-to-earth step by step, and congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for having a good starting point. ”

"Shall we take a look at the files first?"

It is a good thing that the prince can learn, and if he is willing to understand something, he can find a starting point.

Zhang Yang opened the file in his hand and looked at the contents on it, his original smile gradually disappeared and slowly became solemn.

Li Chengqian stared at the contents of the dossier with his head bowed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince." Zhang Yang held this dossier and wondered.

"What's wrong?" Li Chengqian raised his head.

Spreading out the dossier in front of Li Chengqian, Zhang Yang pointed to one of them, "On the second day of April in the third year of Zhenguan, Your Majesty spent three hundred yuan on the banquet for the generals of the left and right military guards. ”

Li Chengqian looked at it and said, "Yes, three hundred times." ”

Zhang Yang couldn't help but gasp, "Xiaguan asks more, three hundred yuan in one meal?" What does Your Majesty eat? ”

Li Chengqian pondered, "It's not very clear about Lonely. ”

"Are the prices in our Chang'an City so expensive? What kind of meat and wine are you eating? Can you spend 300 yuan on a meal, is this reasonable? ”

"Maybe my father still has money to spend elsewhere?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please look here." Zhang Yang pointed to another one, "In the Mid-Autumn Festival of the third year of Zhenguan, Your Majesty spent 600 yuan on a banquet of wine and meat in the Taiji Palace, what did your Majesty eat in the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ”

Li Chengqian couldn't say anything after a long silence.

No wonder the daughter-in-law would say that the house would be chaotic if it was not controlled.

This is the advice that the queen gave to her daughter-in-law.

With Li Shimin's experience of spending money indiscriminately, it seems that the eldest grandson queen is not less worried.

It really cleared the clouds and saw the light of day, and it turned out that the change in the daughter-in-law came from Li Shimin, who was the emperor, spending money indiscriminately.

My day is fifty dollars.

Zhang Yang was angry, if it weren't for Li Shimin's face as the emperor, he would have wanted to go to him with a stick to theorize well.

"What's that look on your face?" Li Chengqian was surprised.

Zhang Yang retracted the anger on his face, "Maybe Your Majesty doesn't have any concept of money." ”

Li Chengqian explained: "However, these banquets are necessary expenses, and Gu also looked at other accounts, and he is very frugal in the palace on weekdays, and only at various banquets, my father will spend money like this." ”

Zhang Yang's face was melancholy, "That can't cost so much, I suggest that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can give advice." ”

"Advice on what?"

"Advise Your Majesty not to spend so much money on the banquet, how poor our East Palace has become, we can't afford to eat pepper, we can't afford rice paper, life is too hard."

Li Chengqian's eyebrows twitched vigorously, "Why don't you take a look at other files." ”

The rest of the dossier is about the arrangements in the palace, such as the geometry of the palace maids and the geometry of the eunuchs.

There were nearly a thousand people in the entire palace alone.

And that's after a few reductions.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, don't just look at it, take notes and highlight the key points."

Li Chengqian nodded stunned, "Understood." ”

Reading with the crown prince is also a process of insight, you can see how outrageous Li Shimin's finances are, and you can also see thousands of people taking care of the entire palace.

Reading until noon, and it's time to eat.

Zhang Yang put down the scroll and pressed his eyebrows, "His Royal Highness the Prince, don't look at it for too long, it's not good for your eyes to look at it for a long time, I'll cook two dishes, let's eat some together." ”

Li Chengqian stood up with his waist on his back, "Gu prepares some drinks, you and Gu have a good drink." ”

"Since the prince has a treat, it is better to be respectful than to obey his orders."

"Hahaha, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate."

There are not many ingredients in the East Palace, only half of the sheep that has been killed, this sheep has just passed away, and it is still steaming.

Change the knife to make a roast lamb, save trouble and drink.

Li Chengqian carried two small jars of wine and water on the table, and the mutton was roasted on the side.

After the wine was drunk, the words opened, and he talked about when Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, and Li Chengqian was still young at that time.

It's just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a very bad amount of alcohol, and he didn't eat a bite of mutton, and he was a little drunk just by drinking.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, do you want to rest for a while?" Zhang Yang asked tentatively.

"Hmm." Li Chengqian nodded slowly.

It was confirmed that the prince was drunk and delirious.

didn't let Li Chengqian go to rest, Zhang Yang wrote a poem on the spot, and I don't know what Li Shangyin's mood was when he wrote Yongshi.

Fortunately, I read books by rote back then.

Zhang Yang handed the written poem to Zhang Da'an, "Da'an, this is a poem written by the prince, you have someone give it to Your Majesty." ”

Zhang Da'an scratched his head, "Isn't this what you wrote?" ”

Zhang Yang tore off a piece of mutton and ate it, "What I wrote, this is written by the prince." ”

"But I saw it clearly, and you wrote it yourself......"

"Shut up!"

Zhang Yang interrupted him.

Zhang Da'an nodded, "Hey." ”

"Forget everything you just said."

"Hey."

"Forget what you just saw."

"Hey."

"I remember that this poem was written by the prince, and the prince wanted to give advice to His Majesty, hoping that His Majesty would be thrifty and not spend money indiscriminately."

"Got it."

……

Every time Zhang Yang said a word, Zhang Da'an nodded.

"You help the prince in to rest, and let people give this poem to Your Majesty." Zhang Yang straightened his sleeves, "It's not early, I'll go back first." ”

Gaochang's matter soon spread throughout the government and the opposition.

Li Yue sat at home and sorted out the bear's hair, and Aunt Wang's narration was in her ears.

"This time, Your Majesty sent a team of soldiers and horses to investigate the truth of Gaochang."

Li Yue's face had a warm smile, "My father has long had a plan for the Western Regions, and now he is only sending people to investigate to prepare for the future." ”

The bear's hair is very good, it is shiny in the sun, Li Yue stood up and relaxed his waist, "Sending people to Gaochang now is to prepare for the future, and see clearly what Gaochang's strength is now and how the strength is and how the troops are?" ”

Aunt Wang's expression was still worried, "Once Gaochang's affairs are known to the court, Your Majesty will definitely let the concubine hand over Gaochang, so will the long-term strategy in Gaochang be in vain?" ”

Li Yue's smile was indifferent, "Auntie, sometimes my husband's words are still very reasonable. ”

Aunt Wang was stunned and said, "The words of the horse? ”

Li Yue sat down and drank tea, "Only by mastering production can we master wealth, the wealth of the Western Regions does not lie in this land, but in production, what the husband wants is actually cotton land, and the land of Gaochang is like the husband going out to buy vegetables and taking some meat, even if Gaochang is handed over to his father, as long as the production is still in our hands, the wealth is still in our hands." ”

"If no one produces it, then the land is just a wasteland, and if cotton cannot be made into clothing, then cotton is just cotton, and this is where the wealth lies."

Aunt Yang, who was drying her clothes, observed Li Yue's words.

The current Li Yue doesn't look like the ignorant little girl.

The princess's eyes showed a kind of shrewdness, and she also had some more aura on her body.

This kind of aura is not revealed in front of Zhang Yang, but in front of others, Li Yue's inexplicably strong aura allows people to listen to her quietly.

Aunt Yang smiled and said, "Her Royal Highness the princess is different. ”

Li Yue lazily put his feet on the bear's back, "It's not that I've changed, it's that I've learned more." ”

In this way, it is true that Her Royal Highness the princess studied with the horse, and the more she learned, the better the spirit and spirit in her body became.

Zhang Yang returned home with a basket of vegetables, "After listening to Zheng Gong's lecture for a morning today, my brain is still a little dizzy. ”

Li Yue stepped forward and wrinkled Qiong's nose, and sniffed carefully, "Husband has drunk." ”

"Well, the prince asked me to stay and drink, but he didn't drink well, and he got drunk as soon as he drank."

Li Yue put his eyes on the basket, "What are you going to eat today?" ”

"Stir-fried spring bamboo shoots with celery, and then make a scallion oil chicken."

"Okay." Li Yue looked forward to it.

The two aunts glanced at each other, and Her Royal Highness immediately became well-behaved in front of the concubine.

The daughter-in-law is the time when the body needs to supplement nutrients, and meat and vegetables are indispensable.

At the dinner table, the couple shared a scallion oil chicken, and Li Yue patiently gnawed on the chicken wings and listened to her husband tell what happened in the East Palace.

"I didn't know it before, but I read the files in the palace and realized that your father really spent money like water." Zhang Yang finished eating a chicken leg and threw the bone to the bear.

"How did my father spend the money?" Li Yue took the tip of the chicken wings in his mouth, cleaned the skin and flesh and threw away the chicken bones.

"It costs hundreds of times to eat a meal, and this Chang'an City can promote consumption, thanks to your father." Zhang Yang took a bite of food, "I don't know, I still think that your father is not a person, how much can you eat in one meal?" Ordinary people can cope with a meal even if it is a hearty one hundred dollars. ”

Li Yue smiled softly, "Talking about Tian Khan, if this is heard by outsiders, someone will inquire about the husband." ”

After eating, the couple sat in the courtyard together, and Zhang Yang taught her to do the problem of factorization.

"When will my husband teach me to calculate latitude and longitude?"

"After a while, math needs to be laid."

"Well, then I'll learn slowly."

……

The couple were next to each other, and Zhang Yang patiently explained the topic.

It rained again in the evening of spring, and Zhang Yang was holding a homemade wrench and twisting the valve, "It's raining today, and the bucket on it is just right to catch water, let's try to see if these bamboo pipes will leak." ”

The house was a little dim, Li Yue held the oil lamp and looked towards the roof, the water pipe went up the wall until the roof went out of the wall, connecting the bucket above, "What will happen if the water leaks?" ”

"If there is a leak, close the water valve on the top, if the water continues to leak, the water will seep into the wall, and it will be very troublesome in the long run."

Li Yue nodded thoughtfully.

Zhang Yang screwed the valve, "I also thought about using iron pipes, but the cost is too high, and the casting process is too difficult, so let's try using bamboo pipes for the time being." ”

Li Yue put his ear on the bamboo tube, "Huh? There was the sound of water. ”

The rain outside is not heavy, and if you want to see if it is leaking, you can know early tomorrow morning.

After finishing these couples, they sat down again and began to count the money in the family, in today's Zhenguan Dynasty, only a few people in Datang can be regarded as really rich, and 99% of them are poor.

The copper coins in the homes of the rich and noble may have been piled up, and they are all piled up and can't be spent.

In the materially scarce Tang Dynasty, more people are still willing to pursue a noble spirit, which also leads to the fact that although most literati live in poverty, they will use their knowledge to enrich their material scarcity.

In Datang, for ordinary people, money cannot change their identity, and only by studying and entering the government can they cross the class and have another way of living.

Li Yue skillfully dialed the abacus in his hand, "The profit of the Red Mansion has allowed us to earn 600 yuan, but we have to farm this season, and the people in the village plan to buy a cow, counting various expenses, as well as the wages of the villagers for their labor, we will spend about 100 yuan in silver in these three months." ”

Seeing his daughter-in-law's solemn expression, Zhang Yang shook his fan, "How good, the profits of the Red Mansion are still quite large." ”

Li Yue drooped his little face, "The Red Mansion in Chang'an City has only earned a few hundred yuan, and we will increase the price in the second half of the volume!" ”

The daughter-in-law shook off this sentence and went back to her room.

Zhang Yang picked up the account book at home, and his daughter-in-law's little miser's temper couldn't be changed.

There are still family rules at home, pick up the pen and add one more family rule to the family rules, the seventh family rule: husband and wife have conflicts to discuss, and they can't slam the door and leave.

After writing this family rule, I felt much more comfortable.

After a sleep, Zhang Yang got up in the morning and ignored Li Yue, who was staring at the house rules.

When I went to the back of the house to check the condition of the water pipe, it was still leaking and was flowing out of the drain.

Remove the last half of the bamboo pipe, and then replace it.

"Hmph."

Hearing a cold snort from her daughter-in-law, she seemed to be very disdainful of the added seventh family rule.

The family rules are set by her, anyway, our family's family law will come out sooner or later.

(End of chapter)