At first, I was a little surprised that these words were not scolding me.

I knew that it was written by Xu Jingzong, and I was not surprised.

"I heard that this Xu Jingzong worked with you in the Ministry of Rites back then, and now he is still a waiter in the Ministry of Rites?"

Zhang Yang said wistfully: "That's right. ”

Li Chengqian recalled, "He was also one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace? ”

Zhang Yang still nodded.

"So many people are scolding you Zhang Yang, but this Xu Jingzong said such words, which is enough to show that this person is not blindly obedient, and he is a person who dares to speak his mind."

"The prince appreciates him so much, is he going to promote him?"

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "There are many people in the court who blindly follow the stream, and when everyone agrees on one point of view, few people say other opinions, and now there are so many people scolding you as a minister, only Xu Jingzong dares to say something different." ”

Zhang Yang picked up the teapot on the side and wanted to pour a sip of water but found that the water in the pot was already cold, so he swallowed a few sips of cold water.

"Boil some boiling water." Li Chengqian instructed the palace maid on the side.

Zhang Yang sat down again and said to Li Chengqian: "If you can judge the quality of a person just by looking at his words and deeds, I think this kind of practice is too hasty. ”

The prince listened very carefully, and Zhang Da'an was boiling water on the side, shaking a puff fan to make the fire of the tandoor bigger.

"It's not good to give a person a shortcut with words, people who can talk don't mean they can do things, and it's not advisable to let others take shortcuts on the road of life at will, and it's even worse."

Li Chengqian pondered, "Words can also show a person's morality. ”

Zhang Yang said again: "Sometimes words can indeed show part of a person's morality, but if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intends to be promoted because of Xu Jingzong's words, there will be more and more people who are so good at words in the future to lean towards the Prince, and those who are good at working hard and not very good at speaking will stay away from His Majesty the Prince." ”

Seeing that Li Chengqian had to explain something more, Zhang Yang said again: "Whether people outside scold me for being a traitor or a minister, I don't care, it's a big deal that I don't do it as an official, I go to the fiefdom to engage in construction with peace of mind." ”

Li Chengqian closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Lone knows that you are not a minister, and those opinions are just the narrowness of people with hearts." ”

"Since the prince thinks so, I am even more afraid, the so-called body is not afraid of shadows, and the ministers are naturally fearless and upright."

Zhang Da'an carried the kettle and poured the boiling water that had been boiled into the tea bowl, one bowl for the prince and one bowl for Zhang Yang.

"I just don't know what my father will think when he knows these things?"

Li Chengqian looked worried.

The crown prince is a righteous and generous person, even if the eldest grandson Chong is rude and self-assertive, he uses his relationship with the prince to make friends with the scholars and literati of Chang'an City.

Now in the face of the scolding of these people, the prince still thinks about himself.

It is this kind of character who is anxious for others, if Li Chengqian is not the prince, he should have a lot of friends with this kind of character.

Zhang Yang was moved in his heart, it turned out that this Datang also has good people and kind people.

From the prince's point of view, Li Chengqian is the crown prince, and unlike Li Tai, Li Shimin is more strict with the prince.

On the contrary, even if Li Tai causes a small disaster, Li Shimin can turn a blind eye and pass like this.

So much so that in Li Chengqian's heart, he would feel that His Majesty and the Empress were more partial to Li Tai.

Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "The more they shout, the more fierce they are, the more weak they become, just to hide the frustration that they can't answer the question, it's because they refuse to admit their own shortcomings, that's why it's like this, well, it's very hypocritical." ”

"Lone thinks so."

As he was talking, a small official hurriedly came, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the map sent by the Ministry of Works." ”

Li Chengqian stood up and took the map, "Dai Gu said thank you to Yan Shangshu." ”

"Whoa."

First, he opened the map to confirm that it was correct, and Li Chengqian hung up the entire map, which showed the territory of the Central Plains and the locations of other small countries.

It's that some of the boundary lines are not very clear, and the south of Yinshan has been included in the territory, which is a small achievement of Li Shimin's first expansion of territory, but for this achievement, the Tang Dynasty held on and took Yinshan and Jieli.

After that war, Datang is still cultivating its national strength.

"Today's court discussion, when it comes to the mobilization of troops and horses in Tubo, some people say that the Tang Dynasty and Tubo are about to go to war, and they want to look at the map, what will happen in the future once the war starts."

Songtsen Gampo should still be accumulating strength on his plateau, Zhang Yang looked at the map and was puzzled: "This kind of thing should already be advocated by the DPRK and China, right?" ”

"It's hard to say." Li Chengqian's expression was solemn, "Some people want to fight, some people want to fight, every time I talk about this matter, the court will quarrel, if it weren't for my father and emperor going down early, maybe the ministers of the civil and military factions would fight again." ”

Under the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty, even literati need to know how to do a few kung fu, firstly, for self-defense, and secondly, in case of theorizing with the other party, but even if they do it, they will not fall behind.

Zhang Yang grinned, "Our court has a strong political style and abundant martial virtues, which is also a good thing, and there is a lot of vitality in the court." ”

Li Chengqian pondered, "Where do you think we will be the first to start a war, and where should we send our troops?" I remember that when you were in the Ministry of Rites, you had a conversation with the Tubo Great Minister Lu Dongzan. ”

"Well, Lu Dongzan is a lover of personality, and our conversation is very harmonious."

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly: "How did I hear that Lone broke up unhappily. ”

"Really? It's been so long, and the minister has almost forgotten it. ”

"Such an important thing, you can forget it if you say it, I admire you." Li Chengqian said with emotion: "No wonder some people say that people who are confused and alive can live well, but Lone just thinks that it involves exchanges between the two countries, and he should not be confused." ”

Zhang Yang arched his hand and said: "At that time, Lu Dongzan put down his cruel words, saying that he was going to fight with us. ”

Li Chengqian clenched his fists, as if there was fire in his heart and light in his eyes, "Then fight!" ”

There is no shortage of military generals in Li Shimin's hands, but what is lacking is national strength and foundation.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the confidence of the Central Plains was almost finished, and after fierce internal friction, it was not easy to harvest in the past two years, and I was able to save a sum of money.

Zhang Yanghu said suspiciously: "Even if the war starts in a hurry, Tubo may not be able to get benefits, and Datang can't afford to fight this battle." ”

Li Chengqian looked at the map, "You said that if there is a war, where should the troops attack first?" ”

Zhang Da'an stood aside and listened quietly, and continued to refill the tea for the prince and Zhang Yang.

"Actually, war is not as simple as the prince thinks." Zhang Yang explained: "Even if you want to go to war, you must first understand the right and wrong of going to war, if you want to stand on the right side, Datang must first give yourself a reason to send troops, and the whole reason is just, and then you need to look at the benefits of sending troops to fight, which can be to deter countries or improve Datang's diplomatic strength." ”

"The most intuitive thing to say is to get resources from other people's territories to make up for the costs you pay."

Seeing that Li Chengqian was still looking at the map.

Zhang Yang pointed to a place on the border of Tubo, and then pointed his finger along a line and said, "The minister thinks that the most direct way for Tubo to attack the Tang Dynasty is to start from the old road of Tuyuhun, follow the route they used to attack Tuyuhun, first move the Hexi Corridor, and then seize Liangzhou." ”

Li Chengqian looked at the map, "Isn't Yumen Pass closer?" ”

"Yumen Pass is indeed close, but if they start from Yumen Pass in a straight line, they can't be stationed in the long desert, and they can't get any supplies."

Li Chengqian nodded clearly, "If they go to Tuyuhun's hometown, they can still get water from it, and they can even be stationed." ”

Zhang Yang said again: "If you fight, I think that Tubo's chances of winning are even smaller." ”

"The people in the court are all experienced generals, so they are naturally not afraid of Tibet."

Zhang Da'an listened to the conversation between the two and lowered his head to think.

From Tubo to Nanzhao, and then from Turkic to Goguryeo and Wa.

……

"Is there really a lot of silver in this country?"

Zhang Yang nodded, "There shouldn't be a mistake, and the geological activity of the Wa Kingdom is very active, there are many volcanoes, and there are earthquakes and tsunamis at every turn." ”

"Lone always thought that the country was a very barren place."

"There are disadvantages and advantages, the Japanese country is an island, and their materials are indeed scarce, but where geological activities are active, they are often rich in minerals."

After chatting with the prince for a while, Zhang Yang went to the Lizheng Palace to pick up his daughter-in-law and Xiao Wu.

Li Chengqian transcribed the conversation and then watched it carefully.

Li Shimin was listening to Wei Zheng's narration in the Ganlu Palace.

"The prince set up a suggestion box in front of the Suzaku Gate, so that he could give advice to the people, and the old minister thought that the same should be done in the counties and state capitals, and the officials needed to have a dialogue with the people."

Li Shimin frowned worriedly, "I'll think about it." ”

Wei Zheng saluted slightly, "Your Majesty, now that everyone in the Hongwen Pavilion has a lot of discussions about the crown prince and young master Zhang Yang, can you calm down the words." ”

Li Shimin took a deep breath, and in the face of Wei Zheng's words, he could deal with it, "I have also heard about this matter, but Zhang Yang's kid has two very tricky questions. ”

"I've seen those two questions too."

"What does Gong Zheng think?"

"It can be used for thinking, but it takes great wisdom to answer the questions."

Li Shimin nodded, "I understand Zheng Gong's words. ”

"The old minister retired."

After Wei Zheng left, Li Shimin took out the hidden West Chamber Records from under the table, and then looked at it with great interest.

Compared with the Red Mansion, the turmoil caused by the West Chamber is not so big.

This is another impact of love and etiquette.

It is indeed a dangerous thing to talk about the freedom of marriage and the freedom to love in this day and age.

People will scold you for your violation of etiquette.

The ending of the West Chamber is that lovers eventually become married.

At least the turmoil is not as big as the Red Mansion.

Zhang Yang listened to Aunt Yang talk about the market feedback of the West Chamber, and like the Red Mansion, such a love story is equally attractive.

"These books are like a knife, a knife pierced into the hearts of young people from strict religious rules, and sooner or later they will feel the pain of this knife."

Li Yue smiled indifferently.

Xiao Wu was taking a nap, and the couple was sitting in the courtyard with a chair each.

The production of the factory has been officially launched, and Qin Qiong's people are very fast, and now many people have left Chang'an City and are heading in the direction of the Hexi Corridor.

The more you use this kind of thing, the less you use it.

For people with good character, especially Qin Qiong gives favors to such people, the greater the gain.

In November of the sixth year of Zhenguan, a cold wave swept through Guanzhong, and the village hurried to collect all the rice in one day.

There is still a lot of rice that is not ripe and there is no way, the cold wave swept for a while, and the rice in the field was about to freeze to death, which was really no harvest.

Finally, there was some harvest, and the rice was not full, and it was all grain.

The summer harvest is once, the autumn harvest is again, what are you afraid of, this winter came very early.

The rice planting in Lishan Village has also become a joke in other villages, and people have talked about the rice that they have spent a lot of effort to grow rice, but the result is a poor harvest.

"Better than nothing." Shangguan Yi said to Wu Shi Tong.

"Did you send it to Her Royal Highness the Princess and the colt?"

Hearing him ask, Shangguan Yi nodded and said, "Don't worry, your daughter can eat this rice, and let people send it early in the morning." ”

Half a month after the autumn harvest, the cold wind from the north swept south across the Central Plains.

Li Yue was wearing plain clothes and put on a thick jacket for Xiao Wu, "It seems to be just right." ”

After bringing it back from the village and getting acquainted with the life at home, Xiao Wu's usual smile also appeared, and she was beating the bear with her little fist.

The animal enjoyed this kind of beating very much, but Xiao Wu's fist had little strength, so it was suitable for beating it on the back.

Li Yue was curious: "Why do you divide the rice into three parts?" ”

Zhang Yang packed the rice into three sacks, "one for us to eat, one for us to eat slowly, and one for rice wine." ”

"Isn't there a rice wine seller in Chang'an City?"

Zhang Yang wiped his sweat, carried a bag of rice into his warehouse, then took out a large wooden barrel and a pot, and first used the small grinding plate at home to hull the rice.

Li Yue pushed the little grinding plate hard, and she was very tired after pushing for a long time, and her eyes finally fell on the little bear.

The bear grew very fast, and now it is getting heavier, but it has not grown much in size.

As if he understood the meaning in Li Yue's eyes, he twisted his fat body and wanted to run, but he couldn't run fast, and was grabbed by Li Yue.

It is tied with a rope and a grinding disc attached to the other end.

Li Yue first fed it a raisin, first let the bear spin around, and then give a raisin every turn.

"Well, it's still very sensible." Li Yue watched the bear take a bulky step and nodded with satisfaction.

Aunt Wang walked into the courtyard door with the package, "Your Royal Highness Princess, this is the cotton cloth that our village spun ourselves. ”

Taking the cotton cloth handed by her aunt, Li Yue opened the cloth and looked at it, "It's indeed much smoother than mulberry linen." ”

Aunt Wang smiled and said, "The women of the village have tried many times, and they have made this kind of cotton cloth by stringing cotton thread with 30% of fine twine. ”

As she spoke, she took out another post from her baggage, and Aunt Wang said again: "This is sent by the palace people, saying that she wants the princess and the concubine to go to Qujiang Pond together and go to the autumn garden." ”