The prince couldn't compare to Zhang Yang's strange power, and he saw the emperor who was laughing and talking with the old people in the village.

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "I want the prince to stay for dinner, it is rare to have a Chinese New Year's Eve banquet." Li Yuan glanced up,

"Then I'll use it up for dinner." Lao Wang no longer struggled, and there was more confusion and struggle in his eyes. Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Look, the Emperor Taishang and his old people have said so, it is important to return to His Majesty, but the Emperor's will cannot be disobeyed." ”

"The county marquis is really ......"

"We killed three pigs in our village, and we have a feast just a few days a year." Lao Wang sighed,

"County marquis, the old slave will return to the palace after finishing his meal." Zhang Yang arranged a place on the long table in his village, and served pots of fragrant and steaming meals.

"You must eat and drink well tonight, and then go back to the palace to report to Your Majesty when you are full."

"The county marquis is kind, and the old slave is ashamed." Zhang Yang smiled and said to Niu Chuang: "Brother Niu, you can enter the banquet." Niu Chuang smiled and nodded, and shouted at the villagers, and the children in the village were the fastest to enter the table.

Li Yuan, Zhang Gongjin, Ouyang Xun, and Sun Simiao sat on the seat. After that, there were Wu Shi Tong and Shangguan Yi, as well as Niu Chuang and others.

The cold winter night is very cold, but at this moment, the village is very lively on Chinese New Year's Eve, as if the sky is not so cold again.

Zhang Yang returned to his home at the foot of Lishan Mountain, where there was also a banquet, and the children were already seated. The two aunts cooked the meals themselves, and the big cakes were placed on the table.

Zhang Yang took out two marinated chickens and fried them in a pot. Li Tai smelled the smell and came,

"Sure enough! I knew you were going to make fried chicken today. The two fried chickens came out of the pot, and the fat man feasted on them.

Zhang Yang drank tea,

"At this moment, there is also a banquet in the palace." Li Tai tore off a chicken leg and ate it,

"The taste of this fried chicken was unique before, but now that I taste it, it is indeed not as delicious as scallion oil chicken and roast duck." The fat man wiped his mouth after eating and left, as if the purpose of his trip was to eat.

Zhang Yang glanced at a few little bears in the yard, and they crawled on the bears one by one, and every time the bears pushed them away.

However, these little bears regard it as their only relative. Eventually, the bear gave up and let them crawl on it, as long as it didn't interfere with the fried chicken.

When the banquet in the village dispersed, Lao Wang was about to leave, but he saw the emperor standing at the entrance of the village. He bowed and saluted,

"Old slave, I will go back to the palace to report to Your Majesty." Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "Erlang, what did you want to do in Lishan?" Lao Wang told the cause and effect of the matter, from the matter in Luoyang to the discussion between the court and China, and then to the current Lishan to spread the message.

"Zhang Yang is a good boy, Erlang shouldn't be so guarded against him, you also bring him a message, just say that he dares to do something to Lishan, and I can't do it."

"Whoa!" The prince hurriedly walked out of Lishan and got into a carriage back to the palace. The children are still playing, it is a holiday, and it is temporarily up to them.

Gao Yang and Li Zhi are arguing over a little milk bear, and Qinghe and Princess Lanling are also arguing over building blocks.

The yard was noisy, Xiao Qingqing was also lively, and she walked among a group of uncles and aunts, doing trick-or-treating things from time to time.

She overthrew the building block house she had just built and tore the windmill apart, making a group of aunts annoyed with this little niece and reluctant to be angry with her.

The one-year-old Xiao Qingqing began to mischievous, in order to show how naughty she should be in the future. The two aunts doted on the little county lord in their eyes.

There was an explosion in the night sky, and huge fireworks exploded in the night sky. Xiao Qingqing pointed to the night sky and spoke, she was still babbling, and she could only express her cheerful emotions in this way.

The courtyard and the village were silent at the moment, and everyone looked at the fireworks that bloomed on the top of Lishan Mountain.

The old prince was sitting in the carriage, and the movement of fireworks exploding in the night sky frightened the horses.

The coachman pulls on the reins to control the horses. Lao Wang leaned on the door of the carriage, leaned out and looked back at Lishan, the light of the fireworks shone on the cloudy eyes, he trembled and said: "It should be Lishan, it should be him." Five fireworks bloomed, celebrating the arrival of Zhenguan's ten years.

At this moment, in the palace, the banquet has just dispersed, but the night sky of Lishan is auspicious, but Chang'an City cannot be seen. Maybe early tomorrow morning, there will be villagers near Lishan who will bring this matter to Chang'an City.

The guests of the Taiji Hall dispersed, and Li Shimin still looked at the music in his hand, this is Li Chengqian's preparation for the official strategy, he prepared a thousand masters, some of these masters are people who have failed in the imperial examination, and some people are not satisfied with the current situation after entering the imperial examination, and plan to be a master.

Many people think that those who can be masters are elderly, but in the decision of Cen Wenwen and Li Chengqian, they chose courtiers under the age of forty.

These people are young, and after teaching in remote places, they will be able to re-enter the court as officials in the future. If you change to an elderly person, I am afraid that you will not be able to go to a remote place.

Li Shimin thought of Wang Qi, who was originally going to Liaodong to serve as the county guard, but he fell ill halfway through the road and went to his hometown in Taiyuan to recuperate.

Li Junxian walked into the hall,

"Your Majesty, auspicious clouds have appeared in the direction of Lishan, the same as in previous years." Li Shimin put down the piece in his hand and said in a deep voice: "I know, you send someone to Lishan to investigate." ”

"Whoa." The prince went into the temple and saluted,

"Your Majesty, Lishan's oracle has been delivered, and the Emperor Taishang has left the old slave for two hours." Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "There can be auspicious appearances in Lishan. "The hall of Ganlu is very quiet, and the eyes of the prince are tired, he is very old, and he has served His Majesty for a long time.

His energy at this age is no longer able to cope with it. The prince said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the old slave didn't see the auspiciousness in the night sky when he came. "This is the first time that the prince told a lie to His Majesty, it was not too far from Lishan at that time, if you say what is going on with such auspiciousness, the county marquis of Lishan must have known it best.

Even if you say it, what can you do, Li Junxian has investigated this matter for four years, and he has not found anyone behind the scenes in the past four years.

His Majesty has doubts and cannot conclude who did it. Li Shimin frowned and glanced at him, he was a little surprised to get this reply, and he didn't think much about it, but just said: "After the oracle was delivered, what did Zhang Yang say?" ”

"The county marquis said that he didn't want to owe His Majesty favors."

"Favors? I didn't want him to owe him a favor. Seeing that he was still standing in front of him, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You should also go and rest." The prince bowed and nodded,

"Whoa." When Empress Changsun came back, Li Shimin said in a low voice: "Year after year, I feel that this palace is becoming more and more deserted. "Empress Eldest Sun asked the palace people to walk into the hall with braziers,

"The weather is still so cold, Your Majesty should also pay attention to the cold." Li Shimin nodded slightly,

"That auspicious rui has reappeared." Empress Eldest Sun poured a cup of tea,

"This matter has been bothering Your Majesty for a long time, have you found out some eyebrows?"

"I suspect Lishan."

"I've never heard of anyone being able to make an abnormality in the night sky before, if it is artificial, Your Majesty suspects Zhang Yang?"

"Evidence, how can I say that Zhang Yang did it." While speaking, Li Shimin sighed.

"It's the New Year, Your Majesty shouldn't sigh like this." Li Shimin said with a smile: "There will be many things in the court in the coming year, and I will never dare to relax. "When the day was just dawning, there were officials on the bell tower of Chang'an City holding His Majesty's New Year's will and reciting it aloud.

Zhang Yang and Li Yue brought a group of younger brothers and sisters, as well as their daughters, to pay New Year's greetings to His Majesty. The carriage walked to the Chunming Gate, and the prince was waiting in front of the city gate early in the morning when he got the news.

"The old slave has seen Her Royal Highness the princess and the county marquis." The children played until late last night and went to bed, and the children are sleepy-eyed at the moment.

Zhang Yang took out the soap,

"Today is the New Year, you can keep this piece of soap, it's not a valuable thing, I hope you don't dislike it." Such a piece of soap is now only twenty wen.

The princess accepted the soap and said with a smile: "County marquis, Her Royal Highness the princess, come with the old slave." "On the first day of the new year, Chang'an City was very lively.

With a group of princesses and princes, he walked in from the Chunming Gate, and then walked to the Guozijian, and passed by the Guozijian is the Suzaku Gate.

Suzaku Street is bustling endlessly, and when you enter the imperial city of Suzaku Gate, it seems deserted and empty.

It seems that this small world has suddenly quieted down, and Gao Yang and Li Zhi are frolicking along the way in order to compete for a small cake.

Echoes can be heard in this imperial city. Walking from the imperial city into Chengtianmen, Li Chengqian waited here.

The husband and wife saluted together,

"His Royal Highness the Prince." Li Chengqian glanced back at the children. Zhang Yang said loudly: "Report the number!" ”

"One! Two! Three...... Six...... Eleven. Although the voice of reporting the number was sparse, Zhang Yang smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, please look, none of these children are missing." Li Chengqian smiled awkwardly,

"It's a novel and easy way to use." Li Shimin has many children, and it is not as convenient as reporting the number by name.

Zhang Yang waved his hands and said: "Actually, I thought that this method could also be used in the army. ”

"Lone will advise his father at that time, and at this moment, it is a good way to lead the army guard and the left and right Qianniu guards to govern the army." Zhang Yang and Li Chengqian walked ahead, and the children Li Yue was followed by a row of children, and a line formed from tall to short.

All the way to the Xingqing Palace, the children saw their father and mother, and then they walked into the hall and saluted.

The dishes had been served on the table, and the two of them met each other, and they smiled tacitly for a while.

"You come with me."

"Whoa." Zhang Yang followed the emperor's footsteps all the way to the backyard of the Xingqing Palace, where the pool was still covered with a thin layer of ice, and the ice was bubbling with a hint of cold.

There are only two monarchs and ministers in the backyard, and you can still hear the laughter of children in the hall.

"Taking care of them makes you and Yue'er both heartfelt." Zhang Yang sat down by the pool when he heard this,

"I don't have a heart, they are all my own brothers and sisters, and I, as a brother-in-law, should also watch them."

"The matter in Luoyang is so big, Menxia Province has piled up the concerts sent from all over the country, and I have discussed with Zhongshu Province how to calm this matter."

"So Your Majesty wants to restrict merchants?" Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Datang needs businessmen, but Datang can't have a second Lishan. "Just one Lishan is enough to give the court a headache, let alone another Lishan.

After deliberation, the Ministry of Books defined the matter as a scam by the merchants. In this way, the DPRK and China can also minimize the impact of this incident.

Seeing that Zhang Yang didn't answer, Li Shimin said again: "I hope you can keep your promise back then, and promise that the technology of Lishan in the DPRK will never leak out." ”

"I understand." Zhang Yang looked at the pond, the water was black, as black as the emperor's heart.

"Luoyang's 500,000 guan, Lishan has taken it all?"

"Take it."

"How are you going to arrange this money?" This time Zhang Yang fell silent again, and Li Shimin smiled: "Many people in this world love money, but I think you are a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, and you are an important minister in the court, and you should also consider the society." The emperor almost didn't say that he would give all the money to the court and make a contribution to the society.

Don't think that the emperor is a person who will be content, especially an emperor like Li Shimin, who has a great appetite.

Even if all the 500,000 guan is handed over to the DPRK and the central government this time, Li Shimin will only want more, and this 500,000 guan will not satisfy his appetite.

"Your Majesty, they all say that Lishan is rich, but in fact, they only see the surface, Lishan's production requires costs, and aside from the taxes paid to the court, counting labor, and a huge amount of resources, these costs overwhelm Lishan." Walking to the emperor's side, Zhang Yang whispered: "Xue Yantuo has a batch of coal mines to be sent to Chang'an City, and I hope that the court can give me a fair price at that time." ”

"Zhao Guogong is doing things decently, you can relax."

"Speaking of Zhao Guogong, at the beginning, he advocated that the children of those families should be taken lightly, and even let them go, what is Your Majesty's plan at this moment?"

"What do you want me to do?" Zhang Yang bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the two scholars in Luoyang were beaten to death by them, they wanted to shut up the scholars, but they thought that justice could not be killed, and there would be more such people in the future, not only scholars, but also many villagers." ”

"I also hope that Your Majesty can stand on the side of the masses, insist on the ideals in your heart and don't give up, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is just around the corner."

"Shengshi ......" Li Shimin's eyes looked into the distance, and said slowly: "Datang has only been based in the Central Plains for thirty years, and in these thirty years of recuperation, the household registration of each county has also increased, but can I see this Shengshi?" "The chaos of the former Sui Dynasty greatly damaged the vitality of the Central Plains, and countless people were lost.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has always pursued the national policy of lightly leviing on small burdens and encouraging population growth. Only with the population can we be productive, and only with productivity can we boost our national strength.

Merchants do not engage in farming or production, which is contrary to the government, and it is also after the Luoyang incident that the court once again firmly restricts the measures of merchants.

Perhaps reaching the level of prosperity is not something that can be accomplished in one generation. Maybe two generations, three generations.

It is good that the emperor is ambitious, but it is not a good thing that the emperor has too much appetite. Most of this matter can be guessed in the emperor's heart, how can these 500,000 guan be cheekily given a piece of the pie to the court, and it must be justified.

Tian Khan is holy and benevolent, but all bad things have nothing to do with him, even if the Luoyang scam emperor is considered half an accomplice, he will not admit it.