In the Xiaoxing Palace, a group of palace guards exited the room in embarrassment, and Li Tai looked back, these people were still waiting for the appearance, ready to rush into this room to escort his father.

The quarrel in the room was getting louder and louder, and Li Tai wiped the sweat from his forehead, worried about his brother-in-law and father, and didn't know if he would move.

Here you can hear the sound of rain falling on the rooftops, and this sound is not distracting, but rather calming.

In the room, speaking of the Hexi Corridor, because of the huge burden of the construction of Jiayuguan, Li Shimin was angry.

Now hearing Zhang Yang say this, Li Shimin waved his sleeves,

"You can make money even with wool that the Turks don't want, and you can't sell that grain?" Zhang Yang glared at this emperor, looked away and shook his head,

"37 million stone grain, all sold? Even if I can't finish stuffing food into the mouths of the people in the Western Regions, is Your Majesty joking with me? Scold! It's really interesting. Li Shimin breathed heavily,

"Well, let me ask you, Lishan has seventy percent of the taxes in the Hexi Corridor, and now the tariffs are increased, and then the tariffs are collected when the wine is sold, and in the end, whether it is the sale of alcohol or the tax, it will all go into your pocket." Stretching out his hand and pointing at him, the emperor was a little trembling with anger,

"Zhang Yang, you are so calculating."

"Hahaha!" Zhang Yang raised his head and laughed and said: "That is my Lishan's capital, since Your Majesty is reluctant, then put our Lishan into the construction of the Hexi Corridor a total of 57,000 yuan, just pay back the money, and Lishan will not interfere in the matter of taxation." ”

"You ......" Li Shimin was so angry that his face twitched right now, how could there be 57,000 guan in the court, and there was 5,000 guan thankfully.

Whoever is arrogant will not be allowed to be arrogant. Li Shimin picked up a jar and threw it to the ground,

"Presumptuous! Zhang Yang, you dare to blackmail me. As the words fell, the crockpot on the ground was shattered, and a group of palace guards pushed the door in again.

Before anyone could speak, he heard His Majesty shouting: "Get out!" The guards were so frightened that their heads shrank and they hurriedly retreated and closed the door.

"The minister is not threatening His Majesty, he is just explaining the facts." At this moment, there is fire on both sides, and the heavier the rain outside, the more angry the emperor is in his heart.

"You were just a country kid, and now you can talk to me?" Zhang Yang looked directly at each other,

"Can Your Majesty be unreasonable?"

"What do you know? Do you have a sense of reverence for me? ”

"Didn't Your Majesty blush when he said this? Did His Majesty do less in secret? Spy on Lishan, arrange eyeliner to the Foreign Affairs Academy, and even your own son can use it! Zhang Yang said loudly: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, how can you be in awe of the ministers, it's too late for the ministers to hide, how can you be open and honest?" How to be honest with each other. Li Shimin was also a general who galloped the world and killed countless people, and his heart was burning with anger at this moment, and his eyes were bloodshot at the moment.

"You bastard, how dare you talk to me like that."

"I'm a bastard! But I want to be faced. ”

"You say I'm shameless?" Li Shimin took two steps back and forth, wanting to take advantage of the weapon and chop this kid up.

Picking up the chair on the side, there was a voice in his heart admonishing, which was the emperor's family affection and conscience hidden in his heart.

After all, he is Yue'er's husband and the children's brother-in-law. Gritting his teeth, he put the chair down again.

The two of them blushed and stretched their necks and scolded for a long time, just like the two partners are now unevenly divided. The room was quiet again, and Li Tai's ears were pressed against the door, trying to hear the next conversation in the room, frowning and moving his ears.

Li Zhi walked up cautiously, watched the movements of the imperial brother, and listened carefully with his ear against the door. The two of them sat down again, said the words that were held in their hearts, and calmed down again at this moment.

When the words that are held in my heart are spoken, I feel much more comfortable. Li Shimin looked at the rain scene outside for a long time and did not speak, and looked at a yellow-green crop in the field from a distance, and the rain continued to fall above.

The water in the field ditch flows rapidly to the Weishui River.

"You said that I don't want to be ashamed, how can you be a good person." Counting the many bad things that the two of them have done over the years, and they quarreled for half an hour, Li Shimin didn't want to reconcile with Zhang Yang.

Datang is the time to employ people, and after his value has not been used up, it is not the time to hang him in front of Chengtianmen.

With anger in his eyes, Li Shimin slowly spoke: "Those grains can be made into wine, but Lishan must not be sold to Guanzhong." ”

"Your Majesty can repair the Wude Palace, and you can also repair the river outside the Xuanwu Gate, but now is not the time to dig the Taiye Pool." Zhang Yang also looked out the window.

There were two windows in this room, both facing southeast, and there was still thunder in the sky.

"I will also give a sum of money for other purposes."

"Please also explain the purpose of your majesty."

"Long Wujun." Li Shimin said in a low voice. The Long Wu Army is a soldier and horse directly under His Majesty, and what this army wants to do is under the command of His Majesty, and it rarely appears in front of people.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he transformed the original Longwu Army into the Yulin Army, guarding inside and outside the imperial city. But this Yulin Army was only a part of the original Longwu Army, and there was still a Longwu Army outside, but it was erased from the file of the Ministry of War.

When it comes to military power, the emperor will also keep his own soldiers and horses in his hands. And the founding general of the year, how many people still hold military power now?

Since Gao Shilian left the court and Li Shimin returned to power, he cleaned the court and reshuffled the court pattern, and the current civil and military situation in the Tang Dynasty has become what the emperor wants.

There are some things that you can't ask too much, and it's easy to fall on the ground if you know too much. It's okay to do bad things with the emperor, but you have to ask the emperor about the power in his hands, and you know the emperor's strength, and it's not far from the head of the people.

Zhang Yang stood with his hands behind his back,

"Yes." Li Shimin said again: "The affairs of Shangshu Province are still entrusted to you to preside, you can not come to the court, Lishan must also print another 30,000 volumes within this year, and Lishan needs to take out 5,000 stone of iron materials and hand them over to the court." "The iron material of Lishan is the iron nail that was handed over to Li Shimin at the beginning, and the emperor has shown the way to cast.

Zhang Yang said: "I said at the beginning, Your Majesty can know the method of casting, but the army cannot cast, if you want Lishan to provide high-quality iron, Your Majesty must abide by the original agreement." ”

"If someone else were to negotiate this condition with me, he is already dead."

"Sheji needs Lishan to provide high-end technology and large-scale productivity." Zhang Yang raised his head and said: "This is all for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the strength of the Central Plains." Li Shimin glanced at him sideways, and this person was still a little sad.

I always feel that this kid is hypocritical. Lishan has been built for many years, and now it has finally achieved some results, Li Shimin's expression is solemn, and he has a little more greed.

Whether it is movable type printing or the method of calcining iron, this is what is needed in the DPRK and China now. Lishan's productivity is all about people's livelihood, and it seems to be the same today.

For this son-in-law, you can't trust 100%, and the people who believe in him will not end well. For example, Gaochang and Tuyuhun, or the children of Luoyang's family, and the Western Turks.

Li Shimin watched little by little as Gaochang went from short-lived prosperity to self-destruction. watched the children of the family in Luoyang go from crazy to now prisoners.

Zhang Yang is a person who will hide his true thoughts deeply, he is not like Li Jing, nor is he the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling.

It is difficult for such a person to be trusted by him. Father and Xiaogong always said that Zhang Yang was pure and good-hearted and a good child.

But he is Zhang Gongjin's disciple, and since he worshipped Zhang Gongjin as his teacher, his actions have become more and more bold, and his plans have become bigger and bigger.

Zhang Gongjin was also a world-famous strategist. There are no good people among the disciples of the counselors. Li Shimin's eyes were gloomy, and he stood up again and opened the door.

As the door opened, Li Tai and Li Zhi, who were eavesdropping on the door, lost their support, and the two fell to the ground.

He glanced at his father a little timidly, stood up and saluted in embarrassment, and said in unison: "Father." Seeing that his son was eavesdropping, Li Shimin's forehead jumped straight, and he looked at them with his chin,

"What do you do?" Li Tai coughed his throat,

"Erchen...... Erchen came to Zhang Yang and asked him for some salted duck eggs. Noticing Li Tai's pleading gaze, Zhang Yang sighed: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei went to the duck pen to get eggs by himself." Li Tai straightened his clothes and saluted: "Father, the son has gone to prepare a meal." Li Shimin glared at Li Zhi,

"You're here to ask for salted duck eggs, too?"

"Erchen?" Li Zhi glanced at Li Tai, who was going downstairs, and followed down the stairs in a panic.

"Brother Huang waits for me, I also want salted duck eggs." Li Shimin glared at the group of guards standing at the top of the stairs again.

A group of guards put their swords into their scabbards, bowed and hurried away. Zhang Yang straightened the table again, picked up all the fragments of the crockpot on the ground, and then carefully swept the floor.

Li Shimin sat down, watched him do these things quietly, and said in a low voice: "None of my sons are decent. Zhang Yang continued to sweep the ground.

Li Shimin said: "The prince is kind to others, but he is too submissive, and he has no own opinions in his heart, such a person will be swayed sooner or later, I often think about how to teach him, but I also have a weak heart." "Li Chengqian is the prince, he is different from Li Tai.

As long as Li Tai doesn't make big mistakes, Li Shimin naturally doesn't care. But the prince is different, he needs to inherit the national throne of the Tang Dynasty, he must be able to control the courtiers, and he must be able to see and know people.

I just listened to His Majesty whispering and counting the prince, King Wei, Li Zhi and other sons. Zhang Yang took a closer look at the ground and saw that there was no dirty thing, it looked more pleasing to the eye, and it was nothing to break some things, anyway, King Wei bought it.

"The iron material cast by Lishan can be handed over to the court, how much does Your Majesty offer?" Speaking of the price again, Li Shimin wanted to speak again and again, wondering if this son-in-law still wanted to quarrel.

"If the court can't come up with enough money, it doesn't matter, you can exchange more iron ore for one pound of iron for seven hundred pounds of iron ore, how about it?"

"Seven hundred for one? You can really speak. Zhang Yang wiped the table in front of His Majesty again, and said with a smile: "Technology is worth the price, Lishan is only for the court, not for others." The anger that was about to rise in my heart was extinguished again.

Just as Zhang Yang said that the technology is worth this price, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Can Lishan's wrought iron technology be further refined?" Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Technical production is not like practicing mood and physical strength, in addition to hard work and perseverance, the next bottleneck period in Lishan is construction." ”

"Elaborate." After calming down, what I am most concerned about is the construction of Lishan's production results. Today's Lishan is a treasure trove, and when it begins to explode with potential, Li Shimin feels that the day when Zhang Yang hangs himself in front of Chengtianmen is closer

"The next goal is to increase the investment in the construction of the blacksmith workshop, and we will continue to expand the use, and build new furnaces and die-casting facilities, which is not something that can be achieved overnight, and when our wrought iron in Lishan reaches a certain strength, we can enter the next stage."

"What's next?" It was still raining outside the window, and the rain in June had no intention of stopping, and from the window, the water level of the Weishui River was much higher.

It's not so much that it's raining, it's that the sky is pouring water. Zhang Yang sighed: "I don't know where the goal of the next stage is, and I look at the limit of the current productivity saturation to have future arrangements." "The rain is so heavy that it won't stop for a while.

Zhang Yang saw that a group of palace people and eunuchs had moved everything in, and there were more and more people in this small palace, so he said, "Your Majesty, it's good to rest." There were still many things in his stomach that he hadn't taken out, but Li Shimin smiled,

"It's raining so much so that the child doesn't catch a cold, and the green finch has already asked people to prepare food, so you can stay and use the meal, and then go back."

"It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Under the eaves, Li Yue and the queen still had a group of children, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw His Majesty and Zhang Yang walking out safely and soundly.

The little son ran happily,

"Brother-in-law." The palace maid on the side saw it in her eyes, although the little princess and Zhang Yang did not see each other many times, but there was an emotional connection between the little princess and the county marquis, because the first call of Princess Jinyang was this brother-in-law.

Zhang Yang picked up the little son,

"Her Royal Highness has grown a lot taller."

"Hee-hee." The little son grinned,

"The royal brothers and sisters all went to Lishan to learn skills, and the queen mother said that when her son grows up, she can also go to Lishan to learn skills." Seeing that the little son is so close to this brother-in-law, and other children are also looking towards this brother-in-law, as their father, Li Shimin felt a little sour in his heart, and unconsciously Yue'er and Zhang Yang of Lishan have become the backbone of the children's hearts.

Zhang Yang frowned and said: "Lishan's skills are difficult to learn, and your imperial brother is very stupid, and he can't learn it after learning it for a long time." She looked up with some pride,

"My son is very smart." Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang, nicknamed and called her son, is a child with very smart eyes, and the annals record that Princess Jinyang died early.

Li Tai or Li Chengqian. As a brother-in-law, the most important thing is that these younger brothers and sisters are doing well now.

They are all their own younger brothers and sisters, and in the words of their daughter-in-law, they will have to worry about a lot of things in the future. But now it seems that everyone is fine, and this Datang should also be well.