At the beginning, the Khan of the Wild Leaf Protection was invincible in the Western Turks, and could even threaten the four towns of Anxi, whether it was the Western Regions or the Western Turks, he was a violent overlord.

Later, Ni Yu Khan was ordered by the Tang Dynasty to fight alone in the Western Turks against the Yehu, and he pulled up a group of soldiers and horses, from ten to hundred, and then to tens of thousands of warriors.

And finally......

Songtsen Gampo sighed, he did not die in battle, but died of illness, and the Tang Dynasty began to clean up the Western Turks, and the Ni Khan fled to the west.

Songtsen Gampo felt that these two people were heroes of the Western Regions, and they were both very powerful people, but under the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, they were not allowed to die well.

It wasn't until later, when news of war from Persia came, that Songtsen Gampo heard that the mud khan, who had fled to the west, had joined the Great Cannibal.

During the Great Cannibal and Persian wars, the mud khan who fled west was killed by an unknown native of the Western Regions.

At this point, the two khans of the year died, and the Western Turks completely became a place controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and Songtsen Gampo believed that as long as no one could stop Zhang Yang's scheme, the Western Turks and the Eastern Turks would become even the Western Regions, and they would not be far from the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Where will there be Turks in the future? After that, only the Tang people remained.

The Tang people have always grown, and Li Shimin is an ambitious man, and after he recovered Liaodong, the ancient silk road in the west was mentioned several times in the court.

This time at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the Persians sent to kneel and kowtow to the Heavenly Khan, so that the Tang Dynasty is not far from unifying the West, and the Tang is stepping towards the peak of the original Han Wu period, which is very close.

Songtsen Gampo felt a sadness in his heart, and Tubo was like the grasshopper shaking the tree as the Central Plains people said to the Tang Dynasty.

laughed at himself, how ridiculous it was to want to enter the Tang Dynasty back then.

There are too many powerful characters in this Datang, not to mention Zhang Yang, the current Datang also has Li Jing, Cheng Biting Jin, Qin Qiong, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, the younger generation has Cen Wenwen, Pei Xingjian, Chu Suiliang, Zhang Da'an, Xu Jingzong.

Only in Chang'an City, Songtsen Gampuche realized where the strength of the Tang Dynasty came from, whether it was Turkic or Western Regions, a strong person appeared in one place and could rule the Quartet.

But the Tang people are different, the strength of the Tang people is not the strength of Tian Khan alone, but the strength of a group of people.

There is an essential difference in this.

Becoming a hostage in Chang'an City and a pawn to make Tibet stable, Songtsen Gampo looked forward to the day when he could return to Tibet.

But will the day Khan allow it? Will Zhang Yang allow it?

They can't wait to eat Tibet now, how can they let themselves go back.

Walking into the post house, Songtsen Gampo was very tired of the noise here, returned to his room, closed the door tightly, and controlled the impact of the outside noise on him to the minimum.

He took out a book and read it intently, Songtsen Gampo has been in contact with the books in Guanzhong since he was a child, and he can read the books in Guanzhong very smoothly, these books are all borrowed by him from Hongwenguan, from Shangshu to Spring and Autumn, in Chang'an City, he is also addicted to books, trying to forget the failure in the game with the Tang Dynasty.

Lishan

The wind was very cold at night, Xiao Qingqing sat in his father's arms and asked, "Daddy, you made all the fireworks, so can we watch fireworks every night from now on?" ”

Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "In the future, whether there will be fireworks or not, the grandfather in Chang'an City will say." ”

"Grandpa Tai said that the grandfather in Chang'an City will listen to him."

Hearing this, Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Then you go and ask your grandfather tomorrow if you can set off fireworks every day." ”

Xiao Qingqing turned the Rubik's Cube and nodded, "Hmm." ”

Putting her down, Zhang Yang said again: "It's time to wash up and rest." ”

"Okay."

At this time, the daughter put down the Rubik's Cube very sensibly and went to wash herself.

Li Yue took care of her sleeping son, and walked out of the study to see that her husband was still writing on the paper.

She stepped forward and whispered, "When it's already divided, why do you have to sort it out?" ”

The pen in Zhang Yang's hand did not stop, "Well, I still have to write a good chapter and send it to the palace, and the court meeting in the coming year will explain to the court and the central government, and make it clear what Taifu Temple will do this year." ”

Li Yue yawned, she was also very tired, who was still busy with social affairs at this day.

There are only the couples in Lishan, and they have to work overtime on Chinese New Year's Eve.

I don't know when I fell asleep, but the couple fell asleep on the small bed in the study.

was so busy that he didn't know what time he went to bed, and after the biological clock stabilized, Zhang Yang found that no matter what time he went to bed, he could wake up at a fixed time.

This year is the first day of the new year, and Li Yue also got up early.

"Jing Chu Sui" has a saying: On the first day of the first month, the eldest and youngest are dressed up, and they congratulate each other, enter the pepper and cypress wine, and enter the Tusu wine.

This is what Zhang Yang saw in ancient books, and during the Han and Han dynasties, this custom was only among the families of the powerful.

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the custom of New Year's greetings after the former Sui Dynasty began to become common.

Li Yue also started to prepare clothes early, today is also the most lively day in Lishan, and it is also the most troublesome day at home.

The first person to come to Lishan to pay New Year's greetings was the teacher, Zhang Gongjin came with his wife and three brothers.

Zhang Yang took a book from the teacher.

"This is an old man's idle work to make up a plan to discuss things, you can see it, it is beneficial."

"Thank you, teacher, I was going to visit you at home."

Zhang Gongjin waved his hand and said: "You are the master of Lishan, it should be the old man who came to see you." ”

The teacher's family just sat by the Huaqing Pool for a while, Li Yue took her daughter's hand to recognize people, she was already very familiar with the teacher and her mother, but in the face of the teacher's three sons, she was still a little afraid of life.

"Brother, the affairs of Liaodong have been taken care of, and now the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Rites have sent people to Liaodong." Zhang Daan said with both hands.

Today's Da'an looks a lot better, but if he takes a closer look, he is the same honest and wooden appearance as before.

Zhang Yang patted him on the shoulder, "There are some things I didn't tell Xu Jingzong, and now I want to tell you, and I also want to talk to Elephant and Dasu." ”

In addition to the teacher and his wife, the elephant and the family of Dasu also came.

Seeing that the three of them were looking at him, Zhang Yang asked them to sit down first, "We haven't seen each other for a long time, many things were told to me by Xu Jingzong, and there are some things I haven't said to Xu Jingzong, I want to explain them to you alone." ”

After a pause, and then looking at the solemn expressions of the three of them, Zhang Yang let out a sigh of relief and said: "The Ministry of Rites has always been very isolated in the court, although Da'an, although you are the servant of the Ministry of Rites, you are also the Honglu Temple, and you are the safest." ”

"Brother Elephant, do you feel that there have been more and more people targeting the Ministry of Rites in the DPRK and China recently."

Before Zhang Daxiang could speak, Zhang Dasu nodded and said, "That's true." ”

Zhang Yang took a sip of tea, "The biggest problem of the Ministry of Rites now is that the tail is too long, Xu Jingzong will not stay in the position of the Ministry of Rites for a long time, now the Ministry of Rites has such a long tail and so many manpower, and when Xu Jingzong leaves the Ministry of Rites one day, our Ministry of Rites should also change." ”

Zhang Da'an was puzzled: "Is the tail that my brother said about the Foreign Affairs Academy?" ”

"You start from scratch to collect and summarize the resources of the Ministry of Rites, and be ready to cut at any time, the emperor doesn't want this place to be too complicated, the more complicated it is, the more uneasy the emperor will be."

The three brothers were silent.

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "It's such a good day, it's better for you to stay and eat." ”

"No need, the old man still has relatives at home, so it is inconvenient to stay in the mountains for a long time."

Zhang Gongjin didn't know when he was pushing a wheelchair from behind, and he obviously heard the words just now.

The teacher motioned for the three brothers to prepare to leave.

Elephant, Dasu and Da'an left separately, and when the three brothers left with their families, Zhang Yang glanced at the teacher who was still beside him, "The teacher still doesn't want me to talk too much to Da'an, right?"

Zhang Gongjin said: "Da'an's potential has always been very good, better than elephants and Dasu, and the old man is the most worried about him among the three children." ”

He put his hands on the sides of the wheelchair and said in a low voice: "Zhang Yang, you are a smart child, and Da'an has been an idiot since he was a child, you are different, there are some things you don't have to tell him, he will naturally understand." ”

"The old man also understands that as long as you give Da'an a little guidance, his ability will not be worse than Xu Jingzong, and he will not be inferior to Cen Wenwen."

Zhang Yang nodded stunnedly, "The teacher hopes that Da'an can live a simpler life in the future, so he has been curbing his talent since he was a child, but the student thinks that this talent can't be contained, and one day he will be able to stand in the court and take charge alone." ”

"That's all in the future, the old man can't control the future, it's good that these three children can be simpler, the old man has done too many things in his life, strategist, you don't know how many things the old man helped King Qin do behind his back, and how many people died because of the strategy between several parties."

"It's just that the elephant and Dasu are like this, Da'an, this kid is too much like the old man, I really don't want him to be a person like the old man, a person who has been plotting and calculating for half his life."

Zhang Yang leaned down and squatted beside him, "Teacher, I know, I will watch Da'an." ”

The conversation between the teacher and Li Yue ended, and the couple stood at the gate of the mountain to bid farewell to the teacher's family.

Seeing her husband's solemn expression, Li Yue asked curiously: "What did the teacher say?" ”

Zhang Yang put his hands behind his back and explained: "The teacher wants to keep the intrigues away from his son. ”

Da'an is now serving as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and he fights against Zhao Guogong in the court, and he is also straightforward.

The heart of a child is rare, and it is good that Da'an can maintain it like this.

Last night, the Emperor Taishang had dinner in Lishan and planned to visit his old man's house today, but the arrival of the prince made the family have to cancel the plan.

His Majesty and the Empress came, and a large group of children came.

said that he came to visit Li Yuan, except for the queen and the children, Li Shimin did not go to see the emperor at all, but came straight to Lishan.

The monarch and the minister had not seen each other for a long time, and Zhang Yang personally greeted him at the bottom of the mountain and greeted the emperor up the mountain.

Li Shimin said: "Last night's fireworks were very good, but they were too short. ”

"Lishan has limited manpower, can His Majesty deliver the 1,000 yuan?"

"In a while, I've been pretty busy lately."

"Your Majesty, we have written evidence."

There is a flat ground on the steps up the mountain, where you can rest for a while, Li Shimin stopped and looked at the top of the mountain, "In the past, when I came to Lishan, your family was greeted at the entrance of the village, and you have been a lot of slacking off in the past two years. ”

"Your Majesty came suddenly, and Lishan was not prepared."

Zhang Yang casually found an excuse and prevaricated.

Li Shimin could hear the prevarication, and he didn't pursue it, the emperor was in Lishan, and as a son, he naturally wanted to visit his father.

There was still some distance from the mountain, Li Shimin didn't plan to go up any more halfway up the mountain, but sat down on the steps, he glanced at the village, and then looked at Zhang Yang, "You should be dressed like this on weekdays, what did you look like in the past." ”

Originally, there were not many clothes at home, and there were not enough clothes and fabrics for the children, let alone making clothes for themselves.

When you have children, you have even fewer clothes.

This dress was cut by the daughter-in-law last year, and it was worn for two days this year, and the material was a tie clothes, which were originally used to make robes for the emperor and princes.

However, since the Qin and Han dynasties, there have been fewer emperors who wear this kind of clothing, because it is a black cloth, and this kind of clothing has slowly flowed into the homes of the civil magnates after the two Han Dynasty.

However, the clothing of the silk cloth has always been very scarce and very expensive, and there are very few craftsmen who can make this kind of clothing in the Central Plains, and the price of this clothing is comparable to silk.

It is also the most expensive of his own clothes, the ceiling level of ancient luxury clothing.

I wear this dress a few times a year, and I can wear it next year.

Li Shimin said again: "Before the retreat, some courtiers impeached the captive breeding of chickens and ducks in Lantian County, a food town in Lishan, but is there such a thing? ”

Zhang Yang didn't deny it when he heard this, and if he was curious, he would be impeached for this kind of thing?

Li Shimin said in a serious voice: "It's nothing to raise some poultry, thousands of chickens, six hundred ducks, it's too much." ”

"Doesn't Your Majesty think that captivity is necessary?"

"Oh?"

Li Shimin was interested, "You can talk about it." ”

Zhang Yang took a deep breath and explained: "The population of Chang'an City has reached two million people, and with such a huge population, it takes five million stones to transport grain in a month, not to mention meat, and the sheep in the Hexi Corridor are not enough to slaughter. ”

"Chang'an City alone has overwhelmed the entire Guanzhong, dare to ask Your Majesty how many years can this situation last?"

I hadn't thought about this problem before, and Li Shimin felt that the people in Chang'an City were quite wealthy.

"That's why Taifu Temple will increase the diversity of crops to supplement the needs of Chang'an City, what point are the prices in Chang'an City out of control, the price of three vegetables is two yuan, but the rice is only four yuan, dare to ask Your Majesty This outrageous price does not need to be adjusted?"

After another twenty years, Guanzhong will really be unsustainable, and the population of Chang'an City will continue to rise, and the supply of Guanzhong will not be enough for Chang'an City to consume.

Now Guanzhong is also facing the dilemma of having less and less cultivated fields.

What Taifu Temple is worried about is to increase productivity, increase the value of acres, do a good job in adjusting crop diversity, maintain good prices, and have sufficient supplies for Chang'an City.

Let's not say that Taifu Temple has to take care of the jobs of the Central Plains people, when I think of raising the entire Chang'an City in the future, it is really not a human thing, and the couple is working overtime for this.

I am the only one in this Datang who is congenitally worried.