Zhang Da'an looked at the old residence that had been unoccupied for a long time, rolled up his sleeves to clean up, pushed open the door and walked into the house, and saw a piece of dust-covered furniture.

Open all the windows, fetch water from the well, spread it in the corner of the house, and start cleaning.

This house, which has not been inhabited for a long time, has begun to be cleaned up, and neighbors have come to look around.

Zou Guogong has not returned for some years since he left Chang'an City, and now that the courtyard gate has been reopened, it has naturally attracted a lot of attention.

But he was just curious to take a look, and a familiar neighbor saw that it was Da'an, so he told the neighbor.

It was not until after noon that Zhang Da'an wiped his sweat, walked out of the house again, and went to the Chunming Gate of Chang'an City to meet the county marquis in Lishan.

Li Yifu was here early, he seemed to have just woken up from drunkenness, and he was also dazed when he sat on the horse.

Zhang Daxiang, Zhang Dasu and Xu Jingzong are already here.

Seeing this, Zhang Da'an turned over and got on the horse, and everyone set off from Chunming Gate together.

Lishan, knowing that Da'an was back, Zhang Yang pushed the teacher all the way to the entrance of the village, and the teacher and his wife hurriedly went out with a bag of clothes that had been made.

Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "Da'an, he may have to deal with the affairs of the court, so he didn't come to the village so soon." ”

Zhang Gongjin said in a low voice: "It's okay, just wait a little longer." ”

Da'an has been away for three years, and I don't know how he came over in the past three years, and the teacher and his wife must have a lot to ask.

This is the heart of parents, who are always concerned about their children, no matter how stupid and unsuccessful the child is.

Zhang Yang smiled abruptly, and waited at the entrance of the village with his wife and teacher.

A team of people and horses came towards Lishan, Zhang Gongjin looked from afar, and now he could only see the figure on the horse, he smiled and said: "Da'an is here." ”

is a vague figure that can confirm that it is their son, this is what parents know about their children.

When the group got closer, they finally came closer.

Zhang Daan grabbed the reins of the horse, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, "Daddy." ”

As soon as the words fell, the senior mother covered her mouth and her eyes flowed with tears, "You are back." ”

Zhang Daan said with a smile: "The child has been worried about his father and mother all these years. ”

Zhang Gongjin nodded and said, "Well, I'm calm, and I'm thin." ”

The master grabbed Da'an's arm and looked up and down, "Well, I'm thin and have a beard." ”

The teacher and the wife had a lot to say to Da'an, and Zhang Yang's eyes looked at Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, as well as the elephant and Dasu in front of him.

The Ministry of Rites has developed to this point, and it is said that these few people can make the Ministry of Rites operate smoothly without interfering in matters themselves.

Xu Jingzong bowed down and said: "County marquis, the king of Goguryeo and Yuangai Suwen will arrive in Chang'an in two days." ”

Zhang Yang bowed his head and said, "Hmm." ”

Li Yifu's eyes looked at the county marquis in front of him, who was about the same age as himself, and immediately bowed and saluted, "I've seen the county marquis." ”

Looking at this figure who has been rumored to be a human cat in history, he doesn't look like a human cat, and he talks very politely.

Wearing a light scarlet official robe, he is now a fifth-grade official in the court.

Xu Jingzong explained: "Now Li Yifu is the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple in the court. ”

The official position of Honglu Temple is based on the official position of the former Sui, and the Tang Dynasty follows the Sui system in many places.

There are many official positions have also been retained, which is regarded as the subordinate official residence of the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple is responsible for receiving envoys from various countries, people from afar to Tang and tributary envoys, responsible for greeting and sending off, and arranging the venue.

It's just that in the early years of Zhenguan, because of the confirmation of the DPRK and the central government, this official residence has been idle, and the specific matters are arranged by the Ministry of Rites.

Listening to Xu Jingzong's narration, now Da'an has become the secretary of Honglu Temple, and Li Yifu has become the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, so it seems that the emperor has a meaning of wanting to give up the power of the ceremony.

But Da'an is still a waiter in the Ministry of Rites after all, so he doesn't have to worry about this worry at the moment.

Everyone stood still, and Xu Jingzong talked about the current Goguryeo.

Because they came to Chang'an to report on their work, Zhang Da'an and Li Yifu arrived first, and there were also the King of Goguryeo and Yuan Gai Suwen in the rear, and brought the bones of some former Sui soldiers who remained in Goguryeo.

These bones are all soldiers of the Central Plains, and they are all good men of the Central Plains, and these bones naturally have to be brought back, which is a kind of spirit and a kind of homecoming.

This is what Li Shimin has always been concerned about, these soldiers buried their bones in order to recover Goguryeo, and it was only after nearly 30 years that these bones were recovered.

After Zhang Da'an finished talking to his teacher and wife, he explained, "Brother, how are we going to arrange the king of Goguryeo. ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhang Yang shook the pu fan in his hand and said, "Lao Xu, what do you think?" ”

Xu Jingzong bowed his head and said: "Naturally, let him make amends." ”

Li Daxiang said again: "I also want him to make amends in the Taiji Palace." ”

"That's not enough." Li Yifu took a step forward and said: "This King of Goguryeo is cowardly and inactive, which leads to the chaos in Goguryeo by Yuangai Suwen, and the lower officials have the courage to say a word. ”

Looking at the faces of everyone present, Li Yifu said again: "When the identity of the king of Goguryeo is abolished, a new king is supported in Goguryeo, and the Andong Protectorate is built in the future, and the state capital, county and county system is implemented in Goguryeo, and the Central Plains officials take over." ”

Zhang Yang observed and Li Yifu, and there was Xu Jingzong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the rest were all attendants of the Ministry of Rites.

Li Yifu is still just a small literary official, at best he is just a young secretary of Honglu Temple, so he still has the courage to grab the talk in front of the three waiters and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

It is enough to show this person's devotion to utilitarianism.

The teacher and his wife first took the elephant, Dasu, and Da'an into the village, and the family was finally reunited.

There are only Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu left in front of them.

Zhang Yang has also been in the officialdom of Datang for so many years, and it is a bit of a connection to be known, to say that there is almost no power, and he can be regarded as an old oilman in officialdom for seven years.

I inexplicably felt in my heart that in the future, the power of this Li Yifu would even be even greater than my own.

Of course, there is also a Xu Jingzong above Li Yifu, and Lao Xu also has a utilitarian heart, but his utilitarian heart is not as sharp as Li Yifu.

A person like Li Yifu, as long as he is given a ladder, he will kick everyone down and climb up by himself.

It's just that Li Yifu doesn't know what kind of person he is facing and what kind of monster Zhang Yang is.

In the long river of history, people like Li Yifu are just a drop in the ocean, and there are too many people like him.

Zhang Yang smiled: "What does Lao Xu think? ”

Xu Jingzong frowned and said: "Brother Yifu is right, Goguryeo has been very turbulent since ancient times, and because Liaodong is negligent in control, this will be like this, take the identity of the king of Goguryeo and depose him to a concubine, and there will definitely be criticism in the court." ”

Hearing Xu Jingzong's words, Li Yifu suddenly woke up, and immediately understood Xu Jingzong's worries, and hurriedly said: "It's because the lower officials are not thoughtful, what Xu Shangshu said is more far-sighted, and the worries are not thought of in the future, and I will ask Xu Shangshu for more advice in the future." ”

Zhang Yang couldn't help but laugh in his heart, this Li Yifu was really a human cat, and he began to show his humble and flattering posture so quickly.

"How's Wen Ting?"

This Wen Ting is the son of Mr. Wen Yanbo, because the old gentleman took the guest to Liaodong without saying a word.

is worthy of being the son of an old gentleman, and he went to Liaodong for his family and country without hesitation.

Li Yifu lowered his head and explained: "After taking Goguryeo, the Wen Ting brothers learned the news of the old man's death, and then the lower officials and Da'an rectified the affairs of Goguryeo, and the Wen Ting brothers have been wearing linen and filial piety, and after returning to Liaodong, he went to the ancestral land along the way to worship the old gentleman in person, and then returned to Liaodong, and now it seems that he has probably crossed the river and gone to Goguryeo. ”

Zhang Yang listened to his words, what he didn't say was that Wen Ting was very resentful when he learned the news of the old man's death, and led people to kill people indiscriminately in Baekje.

Of course, not many people knew about this, but after killing a few Baekje people who were causing trouble, it was easy for the Ministry of Rites to suppress these things.

Zhang Yang drew a circle on the ground and said in a low voice: "I have been reading classics from time to time recently, and I have seen Su Qin's biography from Shang Jun's theory. ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Yifu's expression was shocked, with the status of the Marquis of Lishan County today, as well as this huge family business, do you still need to read so many classics? From Shang Jun's theory, I have always seen Su Qin.

I secretly have a little more admiration in my heart, I am already a county marquis and a person who is reused by His Majesty, and I can still study so hard, thinking about it is enough to see the hard work of this county marquis.

Li Yifu also saw a lot of people in the imperial examination back then, most of them studied hard before the imperial examination, and after the imperial examination, they burned the books as firewood, because these people had already entered the office, and those books were the source of their pain.

It's just that what this person doesn't know is that Zhang Yang went to read those books when he was completely idle, don't doubt how many boring things a boring person would do, and read most of the Hanshu Historical Records.

Reading books in this Tang Dynasty, which is not rich in spiritual life, has become the only pastime, and this look has seen Chongde Fang from the original Prince's East Palace, and then from Chongde Fang to His Majesty's treasury.

Not to mention that he is a well-read person, he is also quite insightful, and he is especially interested in the records of various places in ancient times.

For example, Lingnan, where prisoners were exiled, was not a barren place.

Shuzhong is the granary of the Central Plains, not a remote place because of a difficult Shu road.

Zhang Yang's words continued, "Around the Bohai Sea, there is Mount Tai in the south of Qi, Langxi in the east, Qinghe in the west, and Bohai in the north, which is the land of Sisai, and the Bohai Sea is connected with the Yellow Sea, starting from Liaodong in the north, Laizhou in the south, and Goguryeo in the east. ”

With Zhang Yang's words, Xu Jingzong frowned and thought for a while before he said, "Does the county marquis mean to take Silla and Baekje?" ”

Zhang Yang grinned, "You still understand quickly, and the affairs of the Ministry of Rites will depend on you a lot in the future." ”

Xu Jingzong's body lowered, "The lower officials must go all out." ”

Li Yifu also said: "The people of Baekje are all barbarians, and they have been to the border of Baekje when they were in Goguryeo, and they mostly live in villages, with few soldiers and armor, and there are not many villages, and the king of Baekje often has to look at Goguryeo's face and act. ”

Whether it is Baekje, let alone Silla, Goguryeo is naturally the most powerful in that land, and Goguryeo is also the most powerful in that land.

There is also a place where Yuangai Suwen can be awe-inspiring.

People like him dare to provoke even Liaodong of the Tang Dynasty, let alone Silla Baekje.

Li Yifu said in a low voice: "County Marquis, if it weren't for the court's will to recall you, the lower officials and the Da'an brothers would have to march into Baekje." ”

Expanding the territory for Datang is the highest achievement, and people are naturally vying to be the first under the current folk customs of Datang.

Zhang Yang looked at the circle he had drawn, and now it seems that all Baekje Silla is just a group of barbarians, and it is easy to take them down.

If it's an easy task, why not take it?

Xu Jingzong had doubts, "County Marquis, if you attack Silla Baekje now, it will inevitably cause criticism from the court." ”

Zhang Yang sighed: "The minds of this group of civil officials are really unclean, they are nitpicking all day long, and they will be impeached for the slightest non-compliance." ”

Li Yifu smiled.

This is the case, since Li Shimin wants to speak widely, the spring of the speech officials has arrived, and their eyes are fixed on the emperor, even if the emperor's words and deeds have the slightest wrong posture, these people will come out to point fingers.

Of course, the best of these is Wei Zheng, who relied on scolding the emperor and was promoted all the way to the state prince.

Zheng Gong has now become a role model for civil officials in the Tang Dynasty.

This situation is good, at least it can be in the middle of the atmosphere.

Li Yifu whispered: "Xu Shangshu, it seems that this matter is easy to do, but anyone who sends troops to the Tang Dynasty needs a reason, the so-called division is famous, we can find a reason, the existing Wen Ting brothers are sitting in Goguryeo, and they are fighting hard, Baekje and Silla, the land of projectiles, can be taken in three or five days." ”

"I'm afraid that there will be another Lingnan king, just like Feng Ang back then, this person is brave and good at fighting, Emperor Wen of Sui named him Hanyang Taishou, and later learned that the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, someone said that Feng Ang would occupy the important place in Lingnan and proclaim himself king."

Later, Feng Ang really occupied the important place in Lingnan, but there was no official king.

This buried a huge hidden danger for the Tang Dynasty, and it was also that there were many far-sighted people in the court at that time, and in the fifth year of Wude, Feng Ang was afraid of Li Jing and handed over the land of Lingnan Prefecture, and then came to Chang'an in the early years of Zhenguan, and also recalled his son.

Since then, the Lingnan crisis in Datang has been resolved.

This kind of thing is the same for Wen Ting, now it is possible to get rid of a Goguryeo king, but who would believe that Wen Ting would not become the second Feng Ang when he was in Goguryeo.

Zhang Yang still believes in the character of Mr. Wen Yanbo's son.

It is not wrong that the DPRK and China will have suspicions, but guessing like this, you are guarding against me, and I am on guard, so if you don't turn back, how can it develop? How to expand the territory.

With these thoughts in mind, Zhang Yang said, "I will personally write a letter and send it to Wen Ting, asking him to take Silla and Baekje within a month, and build a warship." ”

Xu Jingzong said loudly: "Huh." ”

There is a risk in this matter, there is a lot of risk.

If the court knew about it, it would definitely lead to a lot of impeachment, and Li Yifu found that he had already boarded the ship of the Ministry of Rites.

If the ship capsizes, his future will be ruined.

His heart was crossed, and he also said loudly: "Oh! ”

For the sake of his career, he has the same ruthlessness as Xu Jingzong, that is, he will do what he says.