Chapter 367: A Legend from Persia
Lu Dongzan pointed to the mutton stall in the distance, "The broth is delicious, so I came early." ”
Zhang Yang frowned and said, "That's really a coincidence, I also deliberately came early to buy vegetables and went back." ”
"The Central Plains has a saying that heroes see the same."
Hearing him say this, Zhang Yang said with a smile: "There is also a saying in the Central Plains that the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other. ”
Lu Dongzan frowned and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”
"It means that you are here to drink mutton soup, I am here to buy vegetables, and we are different."
Lu Dongzan stood in place and was stunned for a long time.
Zhang Yang said goodbye.
The situation at the border was tense, and at this time, sending Lu Dongzan to Chang'an also showed that Songtsen Gampo wanted to wrestle with Li Shimin.
Counting the natural disasters and the battle of Yinshan that year, the Turks have been in a slump so far, and there are too many capable people in Li Shimin's hands, and the Turks have also kept their voices low in the past two years.
Not to mention Xue Yantuo, who was used by Li Shimin and was thrown aside and ignored.
The Western Turks had no time to take care of themselves due to civil strife.
Looking at the world, the speed of the rise of Tubo and the Tang Dynasty has been obvious to many small surrounding countries.
In terms of age, Songtsen Gampo is younger than Li Shimin.
If you want to talk about ambition, an immortal Zampu brought together many tribes in Tibet, Songtsen Gampo, and Li Shimin, who extinguished the arrogance of the Turks and was respected as the Heavenly Khan.
In a certain sense, Tibet occupies the geographical advantage of the plateau, which makes Songtsen Gampo fearless.
Li Shimin has many capable ministers and generals in his hands, so he is naturally not afraid.
Which of the two sides is stronger and which is weaker, the young and vigorous Songtsen Gampo wants to compete with Tian Khan, so many small countries naturally want to go and see a lively scene.
Zhang Yang carried the vegetable basket home, and his daughter-in-law and Xiao Wu helped to arrange the firewood and make a fire, wash and cut vegetables.
The house is very busy.
"This bear is really lying where it is warm." Zhang Yang looked at the bear lying on the earthen stove helplessly, and every time he drove it away, it climbed back again.
The dishes were fried one by one, especially this braised pork ribs was very tempting, and Xiao Wu and Li Yue stole a few pieces.
I made ten dishes and put fragrant rice in the food box.
It's almost noon when you're ready.
In time for lunch, the couple hurried to the palace.
Zhang Yang was carrying layers of food boxes, Li Yue was also carrying one, and Xiao Wu was holding a smaller one.
While the food was still hot, he hurried to the Lizheng Hall after showing the token to the guards of Chengtianmen.
If you want to go to the main hall, you must pass by the Wude Hall.
Li Yuan, who had just returned to the palace not long ago, came out when he smelled the smell, followed by Li Chengqian.
"Hahaha! It was when I was hungry that I smelled the smell of food. ”
Li Yue carried the food box and said, "Grandpa Huang, let's go to the main hall to have dinner together." ”
"Very good." Li Yuan responded loudly and followed towards the Lizheng Palace.
Zhang Yang came at the right time, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, originally after the emperor's grandfather learned that his father had smashed the Wude Palace, he was about to find his father to theorize.
Seeing Zhang Yang and Yue'er coming, the original anger of the imperial grandfather immediately dissipated.
When I walked to the Lizheng Palace, a group of children also gathered around.
Li Yue looked at the queen, "I wonder if the queen mother has used food?" ”
Empress Eldest Sun hugged her little son, "I haven't eaten yet." ”
"The daughter and her husband bring the meal together, and the mother eats together later."
Empress Eldest Sun smiled and nodded, "It's okay." ”
Let the children in the hall put all the tables and chairs together, put together a large square table, and then take out the pots of dishes.
Where have the palace maids in the palace seen a group of princes, princesses and queens sitting together for dinner.
In the past, they were eaten at separate tables, and the food was very tempting, especially the large box of rice, which made people feel hungry just by smelling it.
Li Yue took the empress's arm and said, "This year, I decided to go to Lishan with my husband to spend Chinese New Year's Eve, so I first prepared to come to the palace to find my father and queen and mother to have dinner together. ”
Empress Eldest Sun nodded and said, "Your mind is understood. ”
Li Yue smiled, "Father is still busy with political affairs." ”
"Prepare some of the food here and send it to the Manna Temple."
"Whoa." Listening to the queen's instructions, the palace maid put some into each dish, decorated it and left the palace.
After the children sat down, Li Yuan patted and said, "How can there be dishes without wine." ”
Empress Changsun asked the palace maid to take out the Tibetan brew of the Lizheng Palace.
Li Yuan first took a sip of wine, and then picked up a piece of pork ribs, "Well, the taste is not heavy, and the meat is cooked just right, I will know that it is your craft as soon as I taste it." ”
Seeing Li Yuan moving fast, the children in the palace also feasted on it.
Zhang Yang accompanied Li Yuan to drink, "How is your health lately?" ”
Li Yuan smiled and said, "Just the blood pressure you said? ”
"You still have to pay attention to your blood pressure, it's better to drink less alcohol at ordinary times, and come to Lishan to live more when you have time."
"As soon as the imperial grandfather returned to the palace, he became an old drunkard." Li Lizhi said very inappropriately.
The words fell, and all the children's eating movements paused slightly, and they all looked at Li Yuan.
Li Lizhen added: "What my father said. ”
"Hahaha! Erlang, this kid is really ......" Li Yuan picked up the wine bowl and said: "Before I returned to the palace, I heard that the Wude Hall was smashed, and I was about to find him to reason well. ”
Li Yuan didn't care too much about his granddaughter's words, but even more about Li Shimin's smashing of the Wude Palace.
A group of children continued to eat their meals quickly.
Zhang Yang whispered, "After the New Year, you continue to come to Lishan to live, and the house has always been kept." ”
Seeing that Li Yuan ate a mouthful of rice and drank wine, Zhang Yang continued: "In the village, I can improve your food, at least eat more food to lower blood pressure. ”
Whether Li Yuan can go to Lishan or not depends on Li Shimin's permission.
The eldest grandson queen is naturally not easy to decide.
Seeing that the old man couldn't make up his mind, Zhang Yang whispered to him: "Don't worry, I will advise Your Majesty, if Your Majesty doesn't agree, I will advise him every day, annoying him." ”
Li Yuan couldn't help but smile and nodded.
It is inevitable that the elderly will neglect to take care of them when they live in the palace all the time, especially when it comes to dietary balance.
At Li Yuan's age, there are some things to eat less, and drinks to drink less.
The health concept of the ancients was not very good.
Judging from Li Yuan's current physical condition, it shouldn't be difficult to catch it right now.
"On Chinese New Year's Eve this year, we will not come to the Taiji Hall for a banquet, so we prepared a meal for the empress and a group of younger brothers, and everyone used a meal together to make up for the absence of Chinese New Year's Eve."
The queen and Li Yue whispered their words.
The group of children had little left to eat on the table.
Zhang Yang noticed a gaze looking at him, and then confirmed the owner of the gaze and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness King Jin, is there something wrong with you?" ”
Li Zhi walked briskly and pointed to the door frame, "Brother-in-law said that the mist condenses water in low temperatures. ”
Seeing the water droplets on the door frame, Zhang Yang nodded.
"I tried to breathe on my hands in the cold air, and my hands would get wet."
Li Yuan snored like thunder, and this old guy slept when he was full of wine and food.
Li Zhi's behavior is no different from spitting on his own hands, and the bear child will always make some unbelievable actions on the road to knowledge.
"What's the matter with the water droplets on the door frame?"
Zhang Yang explained: "Because the air outside is very cold, and the inside of the house is warm, when the warm air in the hall meets the cold door frame, it will naturally condense into water droplets. ”
Li Zhi nodded thoughtfully.
After Li Yue finished talking with the queen, the family left.
Before leaving, Zhang Yang left a problem for the children, prepare a watertight iron basin, and then prepare several buckets of different sizes, and turn the iron basin upside down into the bucket filled with water to judge the relationship between the variables.
The topic is not complicated, and it is also a very interesting little experiment.
After writing down the methods of the experiment, the family left.
It began to snow again in Chang'an City, and the wind was getting stronger.
Li Shimin sat by the stove and held a piece of music in his hand, which was sent by the Foreign Affairs Academy, and the words of the Persian prince were written on it, and the people of the Foreign Affairs Yuan recorded it.
Persia is far from the Tang Dynasty, which is the boundary west of Tibet.
Perhaps there would have been some records of Persia in the Zozangku.
Zhang Yang and his Foreign Affairs Yuan should know better.
Even if the Persian prince Belus talked about the affairs of the West in a bizarre way, the court had little interest in Persia at the moment.
The eunuch bowed over, "Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Lishan Ling and Princess Lishan have gone back." ”
Li Shimin flipped through the chapters, "What did they say?"
The eunuch replied in a low voice: "It is said that Her Royal Highness Lishan Linghe Princess Lishan will not come to the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and it is said that she will spend Chinese New Year's Eve in Lishan." ”
Li Shimin frowned and said, "The queen agreed?" ”
"The queen said that she understood the intentions of the couple and would report back to Your Majesty."
"Then let them spend Chinese New Year's Eve in Lishan, and visit them again after the New Year."
Yue'er and Zhang Yang were already estranged from the clan, and there were many people in the clan who formed gangs, and Li Shimin also had a headache for this.
Naturally, they isolated the couple, who had been estranged from the clan.
That's fine, at least their husband and wife are not affected by the clan.
Li Shimin does not like the style of the people in the clan now, and the extravagant style of these clan nobles has been impeached by many people.
"Your Majesty." The eunuch whispered again: "This time, the Lishan Order talked about letting the Emperor Taishang go to Lishan to recuperate. ”
Thinking of his father's physical condition, Li Shimin put down the music in his hand, and the people from the Imperial Medical Department said that his father's body could no longer drink excessively.
The father and emperor in Lishan will also control it, and there will be Sun Shenyi to take care of it.
When he returned to the palace, his father began to drink again.
I hope that my father can stay by my side, and I hope that my father can pay attention to his body.
After some calculation in his heart, Li Shimin sighed: "After Chinese New Year's Eve, let my father go to Lishan to cultivate his body." ”
Chang'an City is celebrating the New Year, and this year is a bumper year
Zhang Yang took his daughter-in-law and Xiao Wu through the crowd and into the deserted alley.
No matter how lively Suzaku Street is, the alleys of your house have always been so secluded.
Walking into the house, Li Yue and Xiao Wu lit the stove to keep warm.
Zhang Yang cracked the firewood, and every time he took out the wood from the firewood room at home, the bear would be provoked to spin in place to show resistance.
He took the wood of the firewood house as if he had taken his possessions.
Firewood is used for burning, not to mention that in winter, the consumption of firewood is also increasing.
Li Yue listened to her aunt's story about Chang'an City, and asked curiously: "Husband, did any Persians come to sell things at the beginning of this year?" ”
Zhang Yang nodded, "I bought some olives, and now we grow cabbage in our village, which was also brought by the Persians." ”
"I heard that this time the prince of Persia is also here."
At the beginning of the year, Persian merchants came to Chang'an City, and when they returned to Persia, they knew about the peace and wealth of the Central Plains, and this news would definitely be known to the Persian royal family.
Li Yue sat on the recliner and asked, "What kind of place is Persia?" ”
"That place occupies the pass of the ancient road in the Western Regions, it is not wrong to say that this place is barren, it is also a rich country, and the geographical advantage allows Persia to be rich."
and his daughter-in-law told the history of Persia, the history of the West is very chaotic, when the Central Plains was still in the Han Dynasty, there were four very powerful countries in this world, Rome, Anxi and Kushan, and then the Han Dynasty.
At that time, there was no small country of Persia, and after the division of Rome, there was the prototype of what later Persia was.
After several years of war and peace, Persia had risen before the Former Sui could really gain a foothold.
Zhang Yang told Li Yue while using the wooden stick in his hand to draw a territory on the ground.
"This is the Central Plains, all the way west through Tibet, and after the Tianshan Mountains, there is another place, where is the west."
Li Yue was curious: "Is the West all deserts?" ”
In many people's perception, the Central Plains to the west is a desert.
Zhang Yang explained: "In fact, what we know now is not the whole picture of the world, and the higher dimensional West is also a very rich place, of course, it is very barbaric now. ”
Looking at the huge territory drawn by Fujun, Li Yue frowned and said, "It stands to reason that Persia should be a very powerful and wealthy country. ”
The strength of Persia was not strong, because a guy named Muhammad appeared.
Probably during the reign of Yang Jian of the former Sui Dynasty, this Muhammad had been expanding his strength as an adult, and according to the current calculation, Muhammad should have just defeated the Eastern Romans a few years ago.
And this large force led by Muhammad has even endangered the survival of Persia.
Zhang Yang whispered: "In our current words, the power possessed by Muhammad is a name that appears in our Central Plains texts, called Great Food. ”
Li Yue listened to it half-understood, and she was still digesting this information, which made her silent for a long time.
After taking a sip of tea, Li Yue said in a deep voice: "It is said that the father is a Ming monarch, and the father is also bent on opening up the career of his predecessors, and now there is a Songtsan Gampo who also endangers the Tang Dynasty with Tubo." ”
Xiao Wu had already refilled the kettle, and she struggled to put the kettle on the stove.
Then sit down obediently and continue to work on the questions.
Li Yue turned his attention to the territory painted by her husband, "Now there is another Muhammad, how does he compare with his father and Songtsen Gampo." ”
"Not good." Zhang Yang shook his head.
"But the territory of Da Shi is also very large, and the territory painted by Fujun is almost the same as that of the Central Plains, and a large area of western territory as far as the eye can see has been taken by them."