Li Shimin scooped up some beef, chewed it in his mouth, and picked up another piece of bread to nibble.

The food in Lishan is very appetizing and enjoyable.

In particular, there are still some vegetable leaves in the soup of this hot pot, and then a bite of the dish will relieve the greasy, the taste will be better, and then there will be a cup of strong tea to drink, and life is just so comfortable.

Guanzhong has entered winter, and it snows heavily in the winter season.

The matter for the moment was decided, and Li Tai was still gobbling up beef, and the two of them arrived at the Huaqing pool, sat down on a chair and drank a bowl of tea.

Seeing that the emperor put another piece of tea in the bowl, Zhang Yang said again: "Your Majesty, you should drink less strong tea, and you can't rely on strong tea." ”

Li Shimin pinched a few tea leaves from his fingertips and put them back in the tea clay pot on the side, "Why can't you rely on it." ”

The emperor is middle-aged, and the more troubles he has, the stronger the tea.

"It's not good for your health."

Zhang Yang said lightly.

Li Shimin looked at his tea bowl, there were only three or five pieces of tea leaves, and then looked at his own tea bowl, and took a sip of discouragement, "The matter of repairing the Taiye Pool, I handed it over to Yan Liben, and the 150,000 yuan of silver is still very tight, I often think that if you can come to supervise the construction, you can probably save a lot of silver." ”

Zhang Yang frowned: "Your Majesty still has to repair the Taiye Pool after all." ”

After thinking about it for so many years, this stubborn emperor still did not give up on this matter.

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "The stinky ditch behind the Xuanwu Gate is getting more and more smelly, and there is often a smell floating into the Xuanwu Gate, the river is congested, the river water is black, and the aquatic plants are too abundant. ”

Zhang Yang propped up his temple with one hand, "Since Your Majesty has extra money, let's repair it, anyway, the construction period will not be short, it will take many years." ”

"It doesn't matter, you just need to be able to dig the pool well."

The Taiye Pond has been repaired since the Han Dynasty, and the Taiye Pond at that time was located in the north of Jianzhang Palace and the south of Weiyang Palace.

It is a peaceful and luxurious place, an artificial lake dug in the Han Dynasty, and before that it was just a Kunming Pond.

"The front hall is high Weiyang, its east is Fengque, more than 20 zhang high, its west is Tangzhong, dozens of miles of tiger circle, its north governance pool, gradually raised more than 20 zhang, the name is Tai liquid pool."

This is the record of the Thai liquid pool in the Han Book at that time.

However, after several generations, the Thai liquid pool has also become the Taiye pool.

The change of dynasties, several times of chaos in Guanzhong, the luxurious Thai liquid pool is in the north of the current Xuanwu Gate.

After a long period of neglect, the river has not been dredged, the east and west sides have withered, and the grass is in patches, and it is already a land of ruins.

Li Shimin wants to repair the Taiye Pool, and he also has his own purpose.

For the sake of power, but also for the sake of one's own reputation.

It is imperative for Li Shimin to build the Taiye Pond and restore the glory of the Taiye Pond in the Han Dynasty.

However, there is another saying in the Taiye Pool, that is, there are Penglai, Abbot, Yingzhou, Huliang, and the genus of sacred mountains, turtles, and fish in the sea.

There is the jade hall Bimen in the south, the god stands on the platform, the well is dry and the building is high, it is fifty zhang high, and the road belongs to Yan.

Such magnificent scenes all show the power of the Son of Heaven.

Perhaps Li Shimin has a pursuit of Mount Tai Feng Zen in his heart.

The emperor's heart is unpredictable, the emperor's mind is not easy to figure out, and he has to save money to help the emperor repair the liquid pool.

Zhang Yang was speechless: "This thing is not easy to do. ”

Li Shimin snorted coldly: "The things that are built are all done by Yan Li, you just need to help me save money." ”

Before leaving, he looked at his little Qingqing, this very lively granddaughter was very cute, she was playing and laughing with the little son.

The heart of this heavenly khan, who was worried about state affairs, also calmed down.

The emperor wants to spend the winter in Lishan, and these days will be in Lishan, and the younger brothers and sisters can stay in Lishan for some more time, and then return to Chang'an City when the spring of the next year begins.

Unconsciously, Lishan also became a nursing home, with a nursery.

Li Tai was still fishing for beef in the pot, because the beef was very hot, his mouth was still moving, "Brother-in-law, there is so much beef, we can eat it slowly." ”

deliberately waited until Li Tai came to put the beef in the pot, this fat man hadn't eaten beef for a long time.

Zhang Yang sat down again and said in a low voice: "It's arranged?" ”

Li Tai saw that no one was approaching, and whispered again: "It's all arranged, they are already in chaos." ”

Shangguan Yi would stuff sugar into Li Zhengzao's burden, which was not Zhang Yang's intention.

To say that what happened to Shangguanyi has a lot to do with Yu Wenhua and the mutiny he launched in Jiangdu.

And Shangguan Yi has a personal grudge with Li Zhengzao.

Li Tai and Zhang Yang did not ask, nor did they meddle in this matter.

Just sit and watch things change, as for Shangguan Yi's own thoughts, let him decide for himself.

Li Tai said in a low voice: "I always feel that this time he is leaving Lishan." ”

"He has been in Lishan for five years, and he has done so many things for Lishan in the past five years, and he should be given a future."

Li Tai said with a smile: "I don't need my brother-in-law to give it, my father will arrange it, and Shangguan Yi can make my father greedy, but I asked him on the side, and I will leave after I am busy with the construction of Lishan." ”

People like Shangguan Yi can't be retained, he is very young, and such a young courtier with a clean background is Li Shimin's favorite.

In the cold winter of Zhenguan for ten years, a military report was sent to Guanzhong.

The military report was sent by the Anxi Protectorate, Persia fought with the Great Eclipse, lost dozens of cities, the Persian king and the royal family retreated to the rear of the royal city, and the Persian king had abdicated, giving up the throne to the Persian prince Belus.

The transition of power was smooth, unbelievably smooth.

However, after the Persian king gave up his seat to Belus, he fled to the northwest with his only family and gold and silver.

It's more like the king of Persia giving the city to his son, asking him to help him delay time so that he, the father, could run for his life.

Belus could only order the city to be defended, and he still had the remnants of the Persian soldiers and horses in his hands and the Western Turkic soldiers and horses brought by Ashnadur, which could stop the great food for a while.

The soldiers and horses of the Great Eclipse were led by a man named 'Umar, who was rumored to have an iron will and was Muhammad's most loyal supporter.

He was also one of the first followers of Muhammad and had considerable prestige among the Great Cannibals.

This man led 300,000 soldiers and horses, and at this moment 'Umar led his troops to garrison Nehawangd, facing the Persian king, ready to destroy the Persian kingdom at any time.

Once Persia died, the territory of the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food would be completely bordered.

The Tang Dynasty has not sent troops to aid Persia, but let the Western Turks come to help, after this matter was known by the Great Cannibal, the general of the Great Eclipse Umar threatened to take Persia first, and then attack the Tang Dynasty.

In the end, the big cannibals have no wisdom, this is the West Asian War, and even if the Middle East is in flames, there is nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty.

But if you say so, then this is not the case, the Tang Dynasty also has to take care of its own interests, from the interests of the Tang Dynasty and Persia, this Silk Road cannot be in the hands of the cannibals.

Since Da Shi said that after fighting Persia, he didn't want to live in peace with Datang, so don't blame Datang for being polite.

Because of this incident, Li Shimin held a court meeting at the foot of Lishan Mountain.

Zhang Yang held his hands and shrunk his neck in the cold wind, and walked into the small palace at the foot of Lishan Mountain.

Also present were Wei Chigong and the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Li Ji.

Zhang Yang came to the door and saw Li Tai also standing by the wall, curling his neck and enduring the cold wind.

Seeing that his brother-in-law was coming, Li Tai smiled and said, "My father has been waiting for a long time. ”

The matter involves a foreign war, and the Ministry of Rites needs to be present.

In this cold winter, Zhang Yang wanted to study the flintlock pistol at home, and there were still some technical problems that had not been solved.

Walk into the palace where two stoves are lit to keep warm.

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Zhang Yang, where did the big cannibal this Umar come from. ”

In the early years, Xu Jingzong sent people to inquire about the situation of the Great Eclipse, and Zhang Yang replied: "Your Majesty, this Great Cannibal General 'Umar was the most determined group of people who followed Muhammad in his early years and supported the Prophet. ”

Li Shimin gestured and continued.

Abu Bakr, who is now in power at the Great Eclipse, is the son-in-law of the Great Cannibal Prophet Muhammad, to whom he gave power when he was dying.

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, and even the expressions of the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling were not good-looking.

According to the rules of the Central Plains, since ancient times, relatives have been playing with fire when they have been in power, and even Li Shimin is cautious now.

How could the king of this great food hand over power to his son-in-law, and also inherited the kingdom to his son-in-law, it is really incredible, what does this big cannibal think?

Li Shimin frowned and stared at Zhang Yang, anyway, I will not hand over the power to this kid, sooner or later I will hang him in front of Chengtianmen, and now he is still alive because this kid still has use value.

The crowd whispered and came to the conclusion that the king of the Great Food was revered as a prophet, but the people thought that he was a fool.

If something goes wrong with this son-in-law of Muhammad, the next successor is likely to be this 'Umar, who is brave.

Originally, this man was supposed to fight Byzantium in Damascus in the east, but as early as this autumn, the Great Cannibal finally won, and with the fall of Byzantium, the territory of the Great Eclipse expanded again.

Just this year, they can finally clean up Persia.

When the king of Persia heard that it was Umar, the fierce general of the Great Eclipse, he himself came with his army and handed Persia over to his son, but he himself fled.

The people present were even more contemptuous of the Persian king's son betrayer.

The tangled expression of the eldest grandson Wuji seemed to say that this Persia still has a foothold, destroy it.

This Umar is the son-in-law of the prophet in power compared to the godson of the Great Prophet?

Fang Xuanling's expression was solemn, there were many things that could not be done in this alternation of power, all of which were done by this big food king.

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the great cannibal is not far from being destroyed. ”

Zhang Yang bowed his head and said: "The minister has asked Pei Xingjian to form the Anxi Army in the Western Regions, as long as they dare to offend the Tang Dynasty, they will be punished even if they are far away." ”

Wei Chigong said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the big cannibal dares to offend the Tang Dynasty one step, and the last general is willing to lead troops to sweep away the big cannibal!" ”

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling persuaded: "Jingde, don't be reckless, Persia is far away from the whip, and you still have to think in the long run." ”

As he spoke, everyone's eyes looked at Zhang Yang again.

The heart said, "I don't have any soldiers and horses in my hands, what are you watching me do?" Zhang Yang replied: "Your Majesty, the minister has arranged that Ashinadur will take part of the Western Turkic soldiers and horses to help Persia resist the great cannibals. ”

Li Ji said in a deep voice: "When the last general went north to conquer the Uighurs, I heard from the Uighurs that Ashina's 5,000 soldiers and horses were all remnants left behind by the Western Turks, and they were old, weak, sick and crippled in battle. ”

The atmosphere in the room was not very good, Zhang Yang said: "In fact, the Persian prince is still very conscious, he is willing to hand over the Persian state and declare himself a minister to the Tang Dynasty. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji sighed: "How easy is it? ”

This matter is indeed not easy, under the attack of 300,000 soldiers and horses, maybe Persia will die at this moment.

"Your Majesty, Xu Jingzong of the Foreign Affairs Yuan has arrested a group of big food merchants in the past two years, and in the autumn, he has sent those big food merchants to the big food realm, so that they can tell the meaning of the Tang Dynasty, Persia has declared itself to the Tang Dynasty, and I hope they don't want to go to war again, and now the news has been delivered."

Zhang Yang looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said: "This is all thanks to the eldest grandson Gongzi who invited the big cannibals to do business, so he had the opportunity to catch them all." ”

Speaking of this, I wanted to deal with him Xu Jingzong, but because of a letter from Pei Xingjian, the eldest grandson Wuji gave up and didn't care, and then Pei Xingjian went to the Western Regions.

Waving his sleeves and snorting coldly, "Zhang Shilang doesn't need to thank you, it's the dog in the family who is ignorant and took in the big cannibal, and he won't do it again in the future." ”

Is there such an entanglement in this?

Wei Chigong and Li Ji were very surprised, and once again refreshed their understanding of the grievances and grievances between Wenchen.

One thing can hold a grudge for two or three years, both of them are wary of the eldest grandson Wuji, this person is careful, and he can remember the grudge for three years, and sure enough, none of the strategists in the world are good people.

Zhang Yang made clear the attitude of the Ministry of Rites to everyone, "First of all, the Persian prince Belus has ascended the throne, so Persia must submit to the Tang Dynasty and be under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"No one can save the destruction of Persia, and it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to such a far place."

The hall was very quiet, and everyone listened to Zhang Yang's narration that this was a justifiable war, and the plan to help the Persian prince recover Persia and return Persia to the Tang Dynasty was slowly rolled out in front of everyone.

The Tang Dynasty does not want to save Persia, but to get Persia, which is the real purpose of the Foreign Affairs Academy.

When leaving, Li Ji and Wei Chigong walked together, and the two of them talked all the way with a cold wind.

"The thief raised it, and the old man said that if you offend anyone, you can't offend these strategists."

"Jingde is right, the thief is raised, that Zhang Yang should not be offended, this person is too calculating, and he is better than the eldest grandson Wuji."

"There is no good thing for the Chinese courtiers."

"It's a pity to say that kid is a civil official, if he is a general, we martial artists still need to look at their civil ministers' eyes, let Zhang Yang give them all calculations to death, hate that Wei Zheng Lao'er bit the ear of a certain family, and it is not good so far." Wei Chigong scratched the bloody scab on his ear.

"Nothing good." Li Ji put his hands in his sleeves and shivered and scolded in the cold wind.

In fact, the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling are not far apart, and they can also hear the words of the two generals in front of them, saying Who was raised by a thief?