Li Yifu stood behind him, and he couldn't help but gasp, and the whole person was as if he had been struck by lightning.

I never thought that Monk Xuanzang and the county marquis, as well as Xu Shangshu, were really entangled, and Xu Shangshu swore in front of the Vermilion Bird Gate that he didn't know Monk Xuanzang.

At the moment, Xu Shangshu still has such a plan, using the most simple feelings to deceive Monk Xuanzang, such a vicious method, such a sinister person.

Li Yifu raised his head slightly, this court is really dark, and this court is really full of bad people.

Zhang Yang patted him on the shoulder, "This matter is up to you." ”

Xu Jingzong frowned and said, "The matter of Persia ......"

"You don't have to tell me about Persia, just do it yourself, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you should have your own opinions."

With that, Zhang Yang stood up and walked towards the village.

You should also have your own opinions...... Xu Jingzong's expression was serious and respectful when he heard this, and he saluted the back of the county marquis before turning around and leaving.

Li Yifu followed up and said: "Xu Shangshu has strategized and arranged far-reaching, and I admire it." ”

Xu Jingzong said in a low voice: "Originally, I couldn't take these words with you. ”

"The ability of the lower officials to have it all depends on Xu Shangshu's arrangement today, and Xu Shangshu will definitely look forward to it in the future!"

Xu Jingzong said in a low voice: "The old man doesn't like people who are looking forward to the horse, and what the Ministry of Rites lacks now is a cadre who can do things." ”

Xia Guan understood.

"Well, it's good if you can understand, your current official status is not easy to come by, and you should understand that nothing can be achieved overnight, nothing is simple, and don't be too eager for quick success."

Li Yifu followed the official road from Lishan all the way to Chang'an City, what kind of person the Ministry of Rites needs, what kind of person he can become.

Xu Jingzong's mind is easy to guess, but the Hou of Lishan County, a person who lives in Lishan, is really incomprehensible.

Regardless of the affairs of the DPRK and China for so many years, it can still be so favored by His Majesty, and he is also very young.

In the three years of Goguryeo, I don't know how much happened in Chang'an City.

Li Yifu felt that he had stepped into the tiger's den in Longtan, and Xu Shangshu was in the same boat, and there was no way out.

After Zhang Yang finished talking with the two, he walked on his own, thinking about how many artillery battles he would prepare for Chinese New Year's Eve.

"You shouldn't be walking around with these ministers."

Hearing this, Zhang Yang looked up and saw that it was General Li Jing, and said with a faint smile: "General, Xia Guan used to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Jingzong and they have some things to ask, but they just deal with it." ”

Li Jing grimaced and said in a low voice: "The old man is saying that you should devote more energy to firearm casting. ”

"Don't worry, the general will definitely make a firearm, let the general blow up more, I don't know if the artillery is enough, and I will give you some."

General Li Jing didn't answer, and left with a straight face.

After Xu Jingzong went to Lishan, he hurried to see His Majesty alone.

When I came to Chengtian Gate to inquire, I learned that His Majesty had gone to Zuo Wuwei's schoolyard.

Before leaving, Xu Jingzong frowned and glanced at the three or two eunuchs who were wiping the Chengtian Gate, and he didn't ask much if he was curious.

Leaving from here, I went out of the Vermilion Bird Gate and came to a school field on the outskirts of Chang'an City.

His Majesty was inspecting the soldiers here, Xu Jingzong said what he meant, and then went to a big tent under the leadership of the soldiers.

Hearing this, Xu Jingzong took a deep breath and stepped into the big tent.

When His Majesty was eating, he held the rice bowl with a solemn expression and sent millet to his mouth.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been to Lishan."

Hearing this, Li Shimin chewed the food in his mouth and nodded, picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth and continued to eat.

There were only two monarchs and ministers in the big tent, Xu Jingzong said: "The minister and the county marquis talked about the matter of Nanzhao, the county marquis means to put it aside first, and then discuss it, and rush to help Nanzhao to go through Shu Dao Not to say, whether the matter of Nanzhao is so serious still needs to be explored, and I heard that the county marquis arranged for the ministers to send people to Nanzhao to investigate the situation." ”

After that, seeing that His Majesty suddenly put down his chopsticks, Xu Jingzong was shocked and lowered his posture.

Seeing that His Majesty just pulled out the flesh between his teeth and picked up the chopsticks again.

Xu Jingzong breathed a sigh of relief again.

Li Shimin was puzzled: "Nanzhao has been in chaos for two years. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the envoy of Nanzhao talked about this matter at the beginning of this year, and the inference of the lower officials should be last autumn."

"Well, since you already have a plan, your Ministry of Rites will come forward to appease you, and Zhang Yang's kid will probably watch from the wall."

Xu Jingzong said again: "The lower official still wanted to talk about Persia, but was interrupted by the county marquis, and said that the Ministry of Rites would make its own decision. ”

A word of the words is appropriate, the original.

Li Shimin said to Xu Jingzong that he believed and believed, and said that he did not believe it and had suspicions.

He was an old man in the Qin Palace, but he was not allowed to reuse it until he entered the Ministry of Rites and followed Zhang Yang to do things.

"In the past, I don't care about it, the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is given to you by me, and everything will be explained to me in the future."

"Xiaguan understands."

Li Shimin nodded, "What did the envoy from the East China Sea say?" ”

The history books said that the Japanese slaves in the East China Sea were them, and Xu Jingzong whispered: "As in previous years, they all want a country name, and the Ministry of Rites has not given a reply on the grounds that the DPRK and China are discussing. ”

"I'm going to ask you if they send money?"

"It didn't come this year."

"Well, what if you don't send it later?"

They know the value of silver ore in Datang, so they naturally want to keep it for themselves, and they don't want to give it to Datang for nothing.

Xu Jingzong's face turned and he replied: "When we unify the north and south of Goguryeo, everything about the Japanese slaves who go to sea when the warships go to sea will be ours." ”

At this point, Wei Chigong walked into the big tent, glanced suspiciously at Xu Jingzong, who appeared here at an inopportune time, and reported: "Your Majesty, everything is ready. ”

"Hmm." Li Shimin nodded, put down the dishes and chopsticks and stood up, "Xu Shangshu and go back, you should also take care of yourself after taking a break in the middle of the court." ”

"The minister retired."

Wei Chigong straightened out the school field, there were a few targets in front of him, and he also selected three or five good war horses.

Li Shimin took the bow from the soldiers on the side, stretched out an arrow towards the target, and the arrow hit the bull's-eye two hundred paces away, and the school field was filled with the shouts of the soldiers.

This thing is like a toy thrown by Zhang Yang, and there is a better killing weapon in that kid's hand.

Seeing with his own eyes that the firearm could blow up the city wall, the emperor felt apprehension and uneasiness in his heart.

He became more and more dissatisfied with Zhang Yang's perfunctory attitude.

Wei Chigong said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the left and right guards have been used. ”

Now Zhang Yang has not yet offered firearms, and this divine arm bow can only be regarded as a relatively light weapon among weapons.

If you hadn't seen firearms blast through the city walls, you might have regarded this divine arm bow as a treasure.

After seeing the power of the firearm, Li Shimin did not have much interest in this kind of archery and sword soldiers.

"The drills of the officers and men in the army can't be left behind, Liang Jianfang has probably already passed Shazhou and is about to arrive at the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, right?"

Li Shimin asked, and returned the divine arm bow in his hand to the soldier.

Wei Chigong replied: "Judging from the footsteps, Your Majesty has deduced well, and in the spring of the next year, he will prepare soldiers and horses in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

Li Shimin's eyes looked at the decorations in the school yard and the expressions of these soldiers, and then asked, "What do you think of those Gaochang soldiers and horses?" ”

"The last general has heard of the Gaochang soldiers and horses, judging from the previous battle reports, they are indeed brave, but they are only brave."

"How does it compare to the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong?"

Wei Chigong said again; "If compared with the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, as long as you are good at arranging formations for the generals, you can exterminate them."

When it comes to Wei Chigong's ability, Li Shimin is very satisfied, he is very experienced in judging the combat strength of a team of soldiers and horses.

"I heard that Gaochang only left some soldiers and horses to transport cotton, and most of them were taken by Pei Xingjian to help Persia."

"Your Majesty, no matter how brave the Gaochang soldiers and horses are, they are not as good as Liang Jianfang."

"In the future, the affairs of Persia will be handed over to Liang Jianfang, and I want Pei Xingjian and Wang Xuance to come back."

Seeing his solemn expression, Li Shimin smiled helplessly: "What? Do you have a hard heart? ”

"Your Majesty, it's not that the last general has a grudge, it's just that Pei Xingjian is an official of the Ministry of Rites."

Speaking of the Ministry of Rites, Li Shimin felt disappointed again, left a sentence to discuss the opening of the dynasty, and left the school.

Since His Majesty has said so, Pei Xingjian's return to Chang'an City is a foregone conclusion.

Until now, Zhang Yang has not given a word, whether he will come to Chang'an City for Chinese New Year's Eve.

The emperor returned to the palace, and the court was resting, so Li Shimin could be idle.

It's just that the Lizheng Hall has no children, and it suddenly feels very boring.

Empress Changsun looked at the rosters sent by Zongzheng Temple, which were all the princes and princes who returned to Chang'an City this year.

Approaching Chinese New Year's Eve, Chang'an City also lifted the curfew as usual, and Li Shimin sat down to write a will, and ordered Yuan Tiangang to also write this year's congratulatory message.

At the beginning, many people thought that the vision of the night sky was an auspicious omen, and the villagers of Chang'an City also believed that it was auspicious.

Now Li Shimin feels that this should be an auspicious omen, and covers up the speculation that the fireworks are man-made.

You can't be too deliberate.

But when he thought that Zhang Yang blew up the temple back then, and I had to hide it from him, even if I was unhappy in my heart, I should use this charge to put him in prison and hang him in front of Chengtianmen on a certain day.

Fireworks have become auspicious, auspicious is the will of the people, before the society and the people, not only to cover up the crime for the bastard Lishan, but also to hide it for him.

Heaven is intolerable, it is really intolerable.

There are some things that can be one or the other, and the emperor's tolerance for this bastard is decreasing day by day, and every time he thinks about it, his forehead will be bruised, and the three corpses will jump violently.

With so many young talents in the DPRK and China, he is not the only one in my thousands of acres of fertile land.

The palace maid hurriedly reported, "Your Majesty, the queen, Lishan has sent a message, and the princesses and princes will come back in two days, and it should be the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month." ”

Empress Eldest Sun also missed her child, and after glancing at His Majesty's expression, she said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the music sect of Taichang Temple has recently praised a woman who dances with a sword. ”

Li Shimin nodded absentmindedly when he heard such idle things.

"It is said that it is the Gongsun family, and there are few women in the market who dance swords brilliantly."

Li Shimin was not interested in this kind of female prostitute, and said lightly: "The surname Gongsun is rare." ”

"That woman is only six years old now, and it will take time for her to earn in Taichang Temple, and now she is still raised in a good family."

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, there were three or five cars driving at the foot of Lishan.

Wang Gonggong smiled and talked to Zhang Yang, "It's going to be the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet soon, Your Majesty is really not going to set up a banquet in the Taiji Hall?" ”

Zhang Yang waved his hand and said, "I won't go, please inform Your Majesty that there are too many things in Lishan." ”

The prince looked regretful, "A few days ago, Taichang Temple has been busy with banquets, and the music of Taichang Temple found a woman who is good at dancing swords, and the music education originally wanted to include the woman in Taichang Temple, but the woman was raised by a good family, and the queen read that she was too young, so she did not agree to enter the Taichang Temple. ”

"Later, the queen still saw her sword-dancing posture with her own eyes and praised it, and the old slave specially asked the little lady's surname Gongsun."

Gongsun? Zhang Yang stood in place and thought that there was indeed a strange woman in the Tang Dynasty who was good at sword dancing, called Gongsun Auntie.

There are very few historical materials about this woman, and if you really want to trace it, it should be in the Yonghui period after Zhenguan.

The advantage of dealing with the prince is that you can say a word or two about everything in the palace.

Zhang Yang made a note of this matter in his heart, and seeing that the children had already been on the frame, Li Lizhi confirmed the number, "Brother-in-law, they are all here." ”

"Well, remember to supervise your younger siblings and let them sing less."

Li Lizhi covered her mouth and said, "Got it." ”

The prince nodded and greeted the palace people and guards, and drove back to Chang'an.

I taught the children three or two songs, and it was okay not to teach them, but after they taught them, they sang them every day, like blessing you and good luck......

With doubts about the person Gongsun Auntie in the historical materials, Zhang Yang returned to the mountain.

It was already the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and there were two hundred bamboo tubes lined up in the workshop, which were the fireworks for Li Shimin's Chinese New Year's Eve grand scene.

It's not for the follow-up remuneration of a thousand times, but I'm busy these days.

It was also the matter of being busy with fireworks that a lot of work in Taifu Temple was delayed.

At night, on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the village was very lively, with relatives coming to visit every family, and children who had gone away returned.

The two aunts were about to go up the mountain with buckets, and when they walked to the mountainside, they could still hear the laughter of the mountain, and they could not hear it when they walked a few more steps to the quiet mountain.

By the Huaqing pool, Xiao Hui was teaching Xiao Qingqing to write, and Xiao Wu was grooming a few bears.

At this time that should be celebrated, Her Royal Highness the Princess and the county marquis are still busy in the study, and the two are sitting opposite each other, holding a pen and writing.

Occasionally say a sentence or two, or check the acres of land in the Taifu Temple and other books.

The two aunts look distressed, they are always busy with things, and these days they are so busy that the husband and wife have no leisure to look at the stars together.

Check the land production, Zhang Yang also has to mark on the map, this is a map of Qinchuan in Guanzhong, rivers and acres, villages and counties have been marked.

More than a dozen marked places are the places used to grow vegetables in the coming year, and Zhang Yang has to write and mark these fields.

The work of Taifu Temple has been delayed for too many days, so I can only stay until now and pull my daughter-in-law to rush to work together.

Li Yue is also used to it, since her husband served as Du Zhilang, she has been helping to deal with the chapters and files, to say that she is completely qualified to serve in the court, and she has more unique views on political affairs than ordinary officials.