After moving the bricks and stones for a day, Li Tai's appetite was also better, and he ate half a roast duck alone.

Zhang Yang instructed: "Your Royal Highness King Wei, you are the most critical age for growing your body, you need to eat more meat, and don't overeat." ”

Li Tai wiped his mouth, "Just full." ”

"How well have you learned about geography lately?"

"Recently, I have been reading the gazetteer of the Hexi Corridor." Li Tai sat cross-legged, "Since the Han Dynasty, there have been four counties in Hexi, maybe others didn't notice it, and after reading the ancient books, they realized that Hexi is actually a very rich place, Zhang Dasu found that the war horses and sheep were in a flock when he passed by the Hexi Corridor, and it was not unreasonable for Huo Qubing to set up the largest horse farm in the Hexi Corridor in the annals of history. ”

"Brother-in-law, in fact, there is still something in my heart that I don't understand." Li Tai drew a line on the ground, "The Hexi Corridor connects Longxi in the east, passes directly through Guanzhong, connects Xizhou in the west and leads directly to the Western Regions, and this is a place where soldiers must fight for in the past dynasties, the Central Plains has repeatedly won the Hexi Corridor, but it has been repeatedly lost, and the money and salary required to rebuild the four counties of Hexi are innumerable, and there will be a risk of losing the Hexi Corridor." ”

Li Tai's words began to intensify again.

Zhang Yang listened distressedly.

"The re-establishment of Xizhou and then connecting to Gaochang, the decision of the emperor Wei Zheng has repeatedly mentioned opposition, I think this will cause a lot of burden to the court, if the Hexi corridor is lost, these efforts and efforts of the court will be in vain."

Thinking of the Hexi Corridor, Zhang Yang thought of Jiayuguan, the three major Xiongguan in the Central Plains.

The construction of this Xiongguan began in the early Ming Dynasty, and it was also the most important part of the Ming Dynasty's construction of the Ming Great Wall.

Let's not talk about whether Li Shimin will invest a lot of manpower and material resources to build such a pass.

The completion of Kejiayuguan has indeed given the Hexi Corridor long-term stability.

Zhang Yang drew a circle at the other end of this line, "You can try to build a pass in the Hexi Corridor, as long as there is such a pass, it can give a good guarantee to the four counties of Hexi behind, whether it is Tuntian or the transfer of troops, it can give a lot of convenience." ”

Li Tai looked at this line and thought for a long time.

Zhang Yang said again: "I call this pass Jiayu Pass. ”

"Why Jiayuguan?"

"Because there is a mountain at the western end of the Hexi Corridor called Jiayu Mountain."

Li Tai raised his head and suddenly asked, "Has my brother-in-law been to the Hexi Corridor?" ”

Zhang Yang smiled, "You just let me be." ”

Only in the evening did he leave Lishan and enter the gate of Chang'an City, Li Tai took a deep breath and said loudly: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, geography is beneficial to Sheji, I will compile it well, and I will not disappoint my brother-in-law." ”

Listening to his rhetoric, losing weight is a matter of three days of fishing and two days of netting for him.

It's a matter of perseverance in doing business.

I don't know if he can persevere in compiling geography.

Lu Dongzan's cantata was sent to the court, one in the Tibetan script and the other in the translation written by the Foreign Affairs Yuan.

Looking at the music in front of him, Li Shimin was somewhat suspicious, Lu Dongzan bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and thanked the Ministry of Rites so abnormally, most of them were also forced by the situation.

Looking at Fang Xuanling again, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "What does Xuanling think? ”

"Since the Tibetan minister feels that there is nothing wrong with Zhang Yang's words and deeds, he can naturally recall him and let him continue to arrange negotiations."

Li Shimin looked at the night outside, "Let him come to the Lizheng Hall tomorrow." ”

The queen admired Zhang Yang's son-in-law very much, so much so that some of the furniture in the palace was also sent by Yue'er.

Tonight, Li Shimin invited the people in the clan to a banquet, and the horses that Li Yuan had sealed at the beginning were also present.

Let the eunuch pour the white sugar on everyone's dishes, and the emperor today shares the wonderful use of this white sugar with everyone.

After everyone tasted it, they were also amazed.

When someone asked, Li Shimin avoided talking about it, this is an agreement with Zhang Yang, as for how this white sugar will appear in the market in the future, and what is the origin?

Li Shimin believes that Zhang Yang can make up many stories about this.

Everyone in the clan here was talking about this white sugar, and some people dipped it in bitter herbs and ate it with some sugar, and found that the flavor was better.

They had also heard that Zhang Yang would often take out some strange things to offer to His Majesty and the Empress.

There are also a lot of home-cooked food, everyone is a colt, and when these ponies come back to taste, they unexpectedly find that they are about to be swept to death by Zhang Yang, the colt.

This is the first time that white sugar has appeared in front of people's eyes, and many people will definitely be impressed by it at this banquet.

Li Shimin is very satisfied with the results this time.

said that he was grounded for a month, and Zhang Yang did not ask about the affairs of the DPRK and China for two months.

Immerse yourself in the construction of your new home.

So much so that Li Yue's room deliberately vacated a wall for hanging drawings.

Waking up early in the morning, Zhang Yang prepared breakfast, and Xiao Wu drank porridge and looked at the questions left yesterday.

Look again at the daughter-in-law is still asleep.

Xiao Wu whispered: "Recently, the teacher has become more and more sleepy. ”

Looking at the room, Li Yue had just woken up, and he was listless when he got dressed and walked out.

After washing up and taking care of myself, I sat down and ate my meal slowly.

Xiao Wu ate the porridge in the bowl and washed the bowl himself.

Looking at Li Yue's complexion again, Zhang Yang asked in a low voice, "Have you been feeling unwell lately?" ”

Li Yue whispered: "It's not that I have slept so late in the past two days, I usually go to bed very early." ”

The voice was soft, and only the couple could hear it.

Aunt Yang hurriedly came, "Lishan Ling, Her Royal Highness the princess said that there are some fine peaches and fruits in the palace." ”

Li Yue nodded and said, "Got it, let's pack up and go to see the queen mother." ”

He didn't go to the palace for more than a month, Li Yuan was recuperating in the village, and the medical team of the medical hall and Sun Simiao naturally didn't have to worry too much.

I mentioned with my daughter-in-law about the expansion of the medical center, and the income of the factory is about to enter a stable period, and the village's silver income is gradually stabilizing.

She refuted this several times.

Especially after seeing the expansion of the carriage business outside the city, the business was not as good as in previous years, which made her a little wary and more cautious in expansion.

After tidying up the house, the couple took Xiao Wu out of the house.

The palace maid led the way and said: "Recently, the queen has stopped coughing again, and the medical officers of the Imperial Doctor's Department have also discovered the crux of the problem and have taken out all the incense burners in the palace. ”

As a luxury, the incense burner is often used as a calming effect.

This soot often has the property of incomplete combustion.

In order to make the aroma stronger, they will add something more resistant to burning to the various incense.

Sulfur, for example, is one of them.

After not seeing the queen mother for a long time and hearing the palace maid say this, Li Yue's pace sped up a little.

There is a palace maid to lead the way, and there is no obstacle to enter the court from Chengtianmen.

When he came, he could still notice that the officials in the imperial city were pointing at him, and he had long been accustomed to this kind of gaze, and Zhang Yang understood that he was an alternative in the eyes of many people in the court.

When you are sober enough, you look at them as if you were a mortal.

It is important to understand right and wrong, and if you have seen the more prosperous world, as long as you are firm in your heart, you can confirm that your direction is correct, and you don't have to care about their fingers.

They talk because they don't know what's going to happen ahead and they're just curious about the unknown.

Walking into the palace, the eyes were also cheerful, no one stopped on the wide field in front of the Taiji Palace, and only after approaching could I see four or five guards standing in front of the palace.

Turn around from the Taiji Hall and walk all the way to the Lizheng Hall.

Before he walked to the front of the hall, he saw Li Zhi standing outside alone, a seven-year-old child wearing an overly long shirt, and was stopping to look around.

Seeing people, Li Zhi seemed to have his eyes lit up and ran quickly, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, the beans have been counted, and the imperial brother taught me." ”

knew that Qingque came to ask at that time, just to solve his brother's problems.

The couple took Xiao Wu without stopping and continued to walk.

Li Zhi followed quickly, "Brother-in-law, what other interesting topics do you have?" ”

Walking to the front of the hall, Zhang Yang said again: "How to weigh a war horse." ”

Li Zhi asked again, "Do you need to weigh the war horse in eight pieces?" ”

"The premise is that you can't kill the horse, and the specific method still depends on the intelligence of His Royal Highness King Jin."

As he spoke, he had already entered the Lizheng Palace, where Li Shimin and the Empress were.

Li Yue first saluted, and then walked to the queen's side.

Zhang Yang looked at Li Shimin, and the two looked at each other speechless for a while.

"I've done what you've done."

Li Shimin spoke first.

Zhang Yang took out a small jar of sugar, "Your Majesty wants to eat less of this on weekdays, and I will give it so much every month." ”

A thumb-sized jar, when I opened it, I saw that there was only half a jar of sugar inside.

After putting it down again, Li Shimin said helplessly: "This thing is too sweet and greasy, I don't like to eat it anymore." ”

Zhang Yang smiled, "It can be used to make some sweets for the children." ”

Hearing the word sweet, Gao Yang immediately came over and listened carefully.

In Datang, salt is expensive, and sugar is even more expensive.

Li Shimin took out a will, "This is your will to lift the ban, and I won't let people send it." ”

Zhang Yang took the will and nodded, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin drank tea, "Whether it is this will or sugar, it is just my effort, and I still want to know how you will deal with Tibet." ”

"To be honest, I didn't really think about what to do, let alone have any specific ideas."

Li Shimin put down the tea bowl, "Then what do you mean by treating the Tubo people like this?" ”

Taking the chair handed by the palace maid, Zhang Yang sat down on the side, "No one at the card table knows what the opponent's hole cards are, only cheating." ”

"You don't know how much land Tubo can give, you just want to test the bottom line of Tubo?"

"Exactly."

Li Shimin smiled again, "It seems that you are nothing more than that." ”

Zhang Yang said melancholy: "I am just an ordinary person, I am the same as everyone else. ”

There were also whispers from the queen and her daughter-in-law.

Noticing that Zhang Yang looked at the layout of the Lizheng Palace, and finally his gaze fell on a piece of paperweight, Li Shimin closed his eyes and said, "I've sent you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Yang put the gold-encrusted paperweight into his arms.

"The queen's body has improved a lot because of your suggestion, and now she won't be wheezing and coughing, or if you remind you well, it will be counted as your credit."

Zhang Yang said: "There are also many people in the powerful clan who use this thing, and it would be best if everyone could not use it. ”

"As long as I don't use it, they won't use it if I think about it."

After discussing with Li Shimin for a long time, and after explaining to the emperor, the next things can be much more convenient.

The next morning, Zhang Yang still did not go to the court, and slept until dawn and came to the Foreign Affairs Yuan early.

Xu Jingzong stepped forward, "Lu Dongzan will come to the Foreign Affairs Academy every day to ask when I can see Zhang Shangshu. ”

Xu Jingzong's ability is very good, and he can take care of the Foreign Affairs Institute in an orderly manner.

There is also a recital he asked Lu Dongzan to write, even if Lu Dongzan is forced by the situation now, no matter how the officials in the court guess, it is also a bad breath to let them shut up and stop impeachment.

Sometimes it becomes the center of these official discussions at every turn, and it is also quite distressing.

Zhang Yang was surprised: "When does Lu Dongzan come every day?" ”

Xu Jingzong took the kettle from the stove and poured a bowl of hot water, "Is Zhang Shangshu planning to arrange negotiations here?" ”

Zhang Yang smiled, "I don't plan to negotiate today, you and Lu Dongzan agree on a date." ”

"It's okay, this is the formal negotiation between Tubo and Datang, and we should also prepare well."

Looking at the current Foreign Affairs Yuan, since the establishment of the Foreign Affairs Yuan, diplomatic relations with other countries have also been carried out here.

There are many files on the bookshelves next to the wall, and there is a backyard in the Diplomatic Academy.

The backyard looks empty, originally this is a restaurant, and it has been vacant for a long time.

After buying it, it was converted into the Diplomatic Academy.

There was also a big stove, and Zhang Yang asked hesitantly: "Do the scribes of our Foreign Affairs Academy solve the three meals a day by themselves?" ”

"That's right, we never ask about food."

"Recruit a cook to cook three meals a day for the staff of our Foreign Affairs Academy, and there is food to eat every day, which does not cost much money, and can take care of many people."

Xu Jingzong nodded and asked the little officials on the side to make arrangements.

After listening to Xu Jingzong's narration, I realized what was happening in Tibet now.

According to the military reports sent these days, Xu Jingzong talked about the battle situation in Tibet.

First of all, the 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Niu Jinda were besieged by Songtsen Gampo's people in Hehuang for half a month, during which the Tubo people were resisted several attacks.

Su Dingfang and Li Daoyan went south from Tubo, and after learning the situation, they began to help General Niu get out of trouble.

It was impossible for a team of 300 people to fight against the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Songtsen Gampo, so Su Dingfang let the soldiers who had learned the Tibetan dialect sneak into the enemy camp and began to spread rumors.

Having already experienced the defeat of Songzhou, the Tubo army was unstable.

And Songtsen Gampo divided his troops everywhere, and it was difficult to distinguish the truth from the false rumors for a while.

Among them, many people were helpless to follow Songtsen Gampo to attack the Tang Dynasty.

After the end of the First World War in Songzhou, some people had already lost the heart to fight again.

Rumors spread in the Tubo army, and General Niu Jinda also adapted to the plateau climate in the past half month, and Su Dingfang sent someone to contact General Niu's headquarters.

Li Daliang's soldiers and horses also came to help.