Chapter 585: The County Marquis of Retreat and Cultivation
"The Tang Dynasty can send people to help them govern, and secondly, it is necessary to stabilize the hearts of the people in Tibet, send troops to send envoys to invite Songtsen Gampo, and appoint Lu Dongzan as the general of the Luo garrison, and guard the Luo in order to seek stability." The eldest grandson Wuji thought about it, and I have to say that this move is very bold, and it is easy to cause resistance from the Tubo people and criticism from the court.
But thinking about it again, Lu Dongzan is the prime minister of Tubo, it doesn't seem to be reluctant, and it is somewhat suitable. Zhang Yang's words continued,
"Your Majesty is the Khan of the Heavens, and Tubo has surrendered two years ago, so he can naturally crown Lu Dongzan as the general of Tubo, and summon Songtsen Gampo to Chang'an City, and then bring some Tubo people to the Tang Dynasty, enter the country to learn the policies of the Central Plains, and learn the ways and means to make Tubo more stable."
"Tian Khan is worshiped by all countries, but also the father and brother of all countries, as a father and brother, he naturally wants to help the governance of various countries, I think that many tribes in the Western Regions and even in the north and south of the desert will gladly understand, we are for the good of Tibet, and the people of Tibet will also respond to Tian Khan." The voice fell, and the room fell silent.
The eldest grandson Wuji scrutinized these words repeatedly, and always felt that somewhere, this rebellion came very suddenly.
But for a while, he couldn't think of any evidence that could be related, so he asked: "Zhang Yang, how do you know that the Tubo people will respond?" What if they resisted to protect Songtsen Gampo? Xu Jingzong arched his hand and said: "Zhao Guogong is too worried, the Foreign Affairs Yuan has been recording the thoughts of the herdsmen of various tribes in Tibet for the past two years, and recorded the changes in their mood. ”
"The wealth of Gaochang and the richness of the Hexi Corridor are all the work of the governance of the Heavenly Khan, and a Heavenly Khan who can let his people live a peaceful and prosperous life can naturally be worshiped by all countries." Seeing that the night was already dark, Zhang Yang and the eldest grandson Wuji had their own opinions.
Li Shimin said: "This matter will be discussed tomorrow, and you will stay in the palace to rest." Hearing this, the prince said in a low voice: "Please also come with the old slave." ”
"Zhang Shangshu stayed." Because of Li Shimin's words, Zhang Yang's footsteps froze in place, and he turned his head to look at him mechanically,
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, and I'm going to rest."
"Sit down." Li Shimin poured another sip of ale. Zhang Yang could only sit down and look out of the door when he heard this, Li Tai cast a sympathetic gaze, it is very bad to work for the emperor, firstly, there is no overtime pay, and secondly, let alone vacation, it is good not to let people be on call.
And there are no benefits, even if there are benefits, they are only limited to the courtiers valued by the emperor, and ordinary officials don't even think about it.
Of course, if the emperor is rich, it is a different matter. Waiting for everyone to leave, Li Shimin finally spoke,
"Is the civil strife in Tibet this time caused by your Ministry of Rites?"
"It's not." Zhang Yang replied decisively.
"Hehehe......" Li Shimin snorted coldly,
"I arranged for the spies in Tubo to say that in the past two years, your Ministry of Rites has sent many people to Tubo to lobby them everywhere to turn their hearts to the Tang Dynasty, and even many people firmly believe that as long as they follow the Tang Dynasty and hand over Tubo to the Tang Dynasty for governance, the Tubo people will live a better life." Zhang Yang drank tea, trying to suppress his sleepiness and tiredness.
"Your Majesty, that's what they think and what they think, and it has nothing to do with me."
"Yes, of course these have nothing to do with you, even if it is this civil strife arranged by the Ministry of Rites, you will not admit it, you are also a person who can endure." Zhang Yang said again: "Your Majesty's words are inappropriate, I have always been eager to repay it." ”
"You have been planning for many years to run the business of Tibet, isn't it forbearance?" Zhang Yang put down the tea bowl and sighed again,
"Alas...... No one in this world understands me except my daughter-in-law, and His Majesty does not understand me. ”
"This matter must have been arranged by your Ministry of Rites, and even this civil strife was fanned by you."
"Your Majesty laughed, where did we come from such a big ability, it was Songtsen Gampo who disregarded the interests of the masses, and this will be counterattacked, I hope Your Majesty will take this as a warning, and we must stand on the side of the masses in the future."
"Of course I'm thinking about thousands of people." Some people say that Zhang Yang is talented, but his talent is actually not high, Zhang Daxiang and Xu Jingzong are really talented, and they are arranging it up and down the Ministry of Rites.
This kid is not an official, and he doesn't know how to govern, let alone manage his subordinates. is such a person who has no talent, but can use a group of talented people for his own use.
Zhang Yang's only talent is his craftsmanship and materials.
"I think your only talent is to be able to live, and this little money in the court is arranged in your hands, and a penny can be used to make the same money." The night was quiet, the rain had stopped, and the eaves were still dripping.
The tick-tock movement is nice. Zhang Yang shook the pu fan in his hand,
"Your Majesty smiled, I used to come from a poor life, and I was thinking about how to save money every day, how to save money, and save money for the DPRK, and when everything is stable, I can also leave it alone." A sip of tea choked in his throat, the emperor coughed for a while, and the prince hurriedly stepped forward to help calm down.
"It's getting late, so go back and rest."
"The minister retired." Watching him leave, the emperor's face was smiling, and the prince saw His Majesty's smile, and he didn't know what made His Majesty happy.
The night was very dark, Zhang Yang walked to the foot of the mountain, and saw Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui waiting here with small lanterns.
"Have you been waiting here?" Zhang Yang asked. Xiao Wu explained: "When the rain stopped, I waited for the master to go down the mountain, and the teacher said that the stone steps would be slippery on rainy days, and the night was so dark that it was not easy to walk. With two girls carrying lanterns one after the other, Zhang Yang's heart was warm, and sure enough, his daughter-in-law took care of herself.
Walking to Lishan Mountain, by the Huaqing Pond, the rooms here are lit with lights, and the children's figures are by the Huaqing Pond.
Empress Eldest Sun is sewing clothes for the children. Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui hung up the lantern and went to do their own business, the scene was very warm.
Zhang Yang saluted and said, "I've seen the queen." Empress Eldest Sun frowned and nodded,
"Well, it's all for the sake of state affairs, and it's hard for you."
"It's not hard."
"Hmm." The queen nodded slowly and continued to mend her clothes. Zhang Yang bypassed Huaqing Pond and came to his main house, where the two aunts held burning carbon basins and placed them in various parts of their new home.
It smells of wormwood, which is used to repel mosquitoes. After this rain, it is time for mosquitoes to come out, and the two aunts patiently prepare for the new home to get rid of insects.
There are also three or two palace maids by the queen's side, and she wants to take care of the queen here, because in the past two days, Xiaoxing Palace has become a place for His Majesty to discuss political affairs, and the queen will live here for these two days.
Li Yue picked up a baked cake from the stove,
"Husband, you're hungry." The cake made from this year's newly harvested wheat was very fragrant, Zhang Yang ate the cake and said with a smile: "I am really hungry, and I can't eat much on your father's side." Li Yue smiled softly and whispered: "The queen mother has aged so fast in the past two years. "She tore the wheat bread and ate it,
"In fact, the queen mother is very hard, she has too many things to take care of in the palace, she has to deal with the people in the clan, but also to deal with the concubines in the palace, and she has to deal with the female scrolls of all kinds of nobles."
"It is said that the father is the Khan of the sky, and the queen mother is the world, but who knows the tiredness of the queen mother on weekdays." Listening to his daughter-in-law's words, Zhang Yang thought about the arrangements of Tubo, first of all, the longer Songtsen Gampo stayed in Tubo, the greater this hidden danger became.
A talented king, sooner or later, will rise again, and he is also worried that he Songtsen Gampo will raise an army again.
If Datang needs to be rich and strong, it needs long-term stability, and people like Songtsen Gampo, who want to challenge Datang and Tian Khan from time to time, are an obstacle to Datang's prosperity.
It is imperative to subdue Tubo, and the day when Tubo will become the territory of the Tang Dynasty is getting closer and closer. Songtsen Gampo, who has lost the support of the masses, is a monarch who has lost the support of the people, and the confrontation between the aristocracy and the herdsmen is a long-standing and severe contradiction.
It is the best policy to watch the fire from the other side, and it is the best policy to rob while the fire is burning.
"What is the husband thinking?" Hearing his daughter-in-law's question, Zhang Yang lay on the recliner and hugged his daughter-in-law's shoulders.
"I'm thinking, I'm not far from going crazy if I don't retire." Li Yue smiled: "Why did the husband say this? Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "I have a voice in my heart that keeps saying to me, obviously the truth is in front of you, you know what the most powerful weapon is, why don't you use it, the masses are always the most powerful force, the emperor doesn't understand, don't you understand?" As he spoke, Zhang Yang held his forehead and buried his face in his daughter-in-law's arms.
"I feel like I'm going to be the devil." Li Yue stroked her husband's hair and whispered: "Husband is too tired, thinking too much, and doing too little to do to be like this." "Power is a very strange thing, and different people have different decisions when power is in different hands.
soothed her husband's emotions, and it was not easy for the husband and wife to rely on each other to survive so far. At that time, he was weak and had no strength, let alone the strength to confront his father.
Now with Lishan and the power in my hands, I can now breathe bravely, bravely face difficulties, and bravely seek well-being for this small world.
And these things are things that I couldn't have imagined when I was a child.
"In the future, we will live well in Lishan, and have a few children to teach well." Li Yue hugged his sturdy body in his arms, and felt that this body was very heavy.
Zhang Yang raised his head again,
"The closer I get to your father, the more distorted I feel, I plan to retreat for a period of time, and re-practice Haoran righteousness, only if I have a firm enough concept in my heart, and a clear enough understanding, can I not be bewitched by your father." straightened her husband and asked him to sit down, and the couple hugged each other at the door of the house, and it was still a little embarrassing to be looked at by the younger brothers and sisters.
Li Yue pressed his temples,
"How did my father bewitch me?" With his eyes closed and feeling the strength of his daughter-in-law, Zhang Yang put all the weight of his body on the chair, his body relaxed, and his breathing became smoother.
"Your father used power, status, fame and hereditary decay to confuse me, and he wanted to use these to eat away at my will, make me a puppet for him to drive, and let me shed blood for his country."
"Some people say that it is true that a man should shed his blood for Sheji, but it is one thing to do things for Sheji, and it is another thing to do things for the emperor, this is not a concept, if this concept is confused, then it will really become the emperor's puppet." Zhang Yang whispered,
"That kind of life is boring and painful." Knowing each other, getting along and living together, if it weren't for the husband and wife, they wouldn't know each other's thoughts.
Li Yue said with a smile: "Tonight, the little son said that he wanted to sleep with the queen mother. Seeing that he suddenly came to his senses, Li Yue quipped: "The will of the husband has been eaten away so quickly? With a grin, Zhang Yang said with a serious face: "This is not a matter of encroachment, this is life, I would rather be eaten by my own life than be eaten by your father's bewitchment." As he spoke, Zhang Yang began to take off his coat,
"I'll go wash first." Li Yue was ashamed and angry, and her husband's position was too unfirm. The night was quiet, the children had already gone to sleep, and late at night, Zhang Yang got up from the messy bed.
After a brief wash, Zhang Yang came to his study and continued to write a scientific outline. Li Yue changed his clothes, his body was still weak, and he walked into the study with a somewhat weak and vague footsteps.
Looking at her husband's expression, Li Yue put down the tea,
"How?" Zhang Yang drank the tea and turned the chair around,
"What and how?"
"I couldn't push away my husband before, but now I can write so calmly." Li Yue frowned and said, "If I can't read it at the moment." ”
"When I sink my body and mind, I can calm down a lot, otherwise how can I solve it?" Glaring, Li Yue raised his eyes to look at the stacked papers,
"I'll help my husband tidy up."
"Well, the outline of the mechanics volume is all written, you check it."
"Okay." Under the candlelight, the husband and wife were harmonious and busy. The next morning, Zhang Yang sat cross-legged by his Huaqing Pool, exhaling and breathing in the morning light.
Li Lizhi is in a very good mood when she gets up early,
"Sister Huang, what do you eat in the morning?"
"Auntie is already making steamed buns."
"Okay, I'm going to eat pickled vegetable buns."
"I'm going to eat a meat bun." Seeing the children running one by one, Li Yue nodded,
"It's all there, it's all there." Li Zhi was sleepy-eyed, walked out of the side room in straw sandals, and said curiously: "Brother-in-law, what are you doing here?" Zhang Yang sat cross-legged, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled,
"Doesn't His Royal Highness King Jin see that I'm cultivating?" Li Zhi also learned to sit down cross-legged, and also took a deep breath,
"Well, it's very fragrant, it's the smell of steamed buns."
"If His Royal Highness King Jin can't meditate, don't disturb my cultivation."
"Dare to ask what my brother-in-law is refining?"
"It is the righteousness in the heart, the willpower to strengthen the mind, and the righteousness that makes the mind clean without being bewitched." As he spoke, Zhang Yang took a deep breath again,
"Has His Royal Highness King Jin felt it?" Li Zhi said in a low voice: "I feel hungry in my belly." ”
"And what are you doing sitting here?"
"Let's go eat first." Li Zhi left in a hurry because he saw the steamed buns coming out. Zhang Yang took another deep breath,
"Haoran righteousness, always protect my heart."