The prince went to prepare the banquet, and Li Shimin stood on the bank of the Taiye Pond, where craftsmen were now building embankments, and stones and timber were constantly being transported here.

The original stagnant water in the riverbed has dried up, and the depth of the riverbed has been excavated several times.

Those strange things in Lishan can't be made, but Yan Liben's craftsmanship in construction is still first-class.

Knowing that His Majesty was coming, Yan Liben hurriedly walked and saluted: "Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Now that I am not in the palace, there are no outsiders, and Qingque is also married, so you and I don't need to be polite." ”

Seeing that His Majesty turned around and continued to walk, Yan Liben straightened up, half a step behind and followed, telling about the current situation in the Taiye Pool.

"Your Majesty, the excavation of the Taiye Pond has reached the third stage, and when the riverbed is dug and the water pavilion in it is restored, the water can be released."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "There is no need to waste manpower and money, just keep what you should have, and you don't need to add more." ”

"Whoa."

After thinking about the fact that Lishan would lose money, it can be known that Zhang Yang has spent a lot of money on coal and iron recently.

With the experience of the past, Li Shimin felt that the use of this liquid pool could also be less.

Seeing that some of the wood in front of him was fine purple wood, Li Shimin advised: "This kind of high-quality wood can be used less, so use less." ”

"I understand."

Yan Li originally thought of sending craftsmen to help Lishan build the academy that said that the academy was not a academy.

When facing His Majesty, he was a little weak-hearted, and he wanted to tell the truth about Lishan Academy, but he didn't know how to speak.

Just when Yan Liben was still hesitating to report this matter truthfully, when he looked back at his senses, His Majesty had already left.

Stopping in place, Yan Liben felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart, this sadness came from his loyalty and responsibility for many years, and he owed more at the moment.

His Majesty's banquet this time was very sudden, and all the generals invited were there.

Chang'an City has been very busy recently, Cheng Yanjin is sitting in the Xingqing Palace, His Majesty has not arrived at this moment, and everyone is talking in a low voice in the hall.

Everyone is a military general, Wenchen is not present, and there is no need to hide his words.

Cheng Yanjin kept pouring wine into his mouth.

Li Daliang first glanced at the old horseman, "What kind of choking smell on the old killer?" ”

"Hmph, I've been going to Lishan to fire lately, and the sound of the explosion is the weapon that men should use."

Speaking of firearms, everyone whispered again, Qin Qionghu doubted: "I don't know which Wei Mansion the ten big iron buckets were given to before, do you have any news?" ”

Everyone was silent, indicating that none of the guards in the army had ever received artillery.

Where did all the artillery go, just those at the entrance of Lishan Village?

The generals looked at each other and came to the conclusion that the firearms were not distributed to the army at all.

In the end, everyone's eyes fell on Wei Chigong.

"Everyone, don't look at the old man, Your Majesty has never talked about this matter."

Niu Jinda sat upright and said in a tangled voice: "I heard that Your Majesty is going to continue to increase troops to the west, what does Jingde think?" ”

Now the one who is closer to His Majesty is Wei Chigong, and now everyone is interested in asking about this matter.

Only Li Daoyan and Su Dingfang were calm and speechless.

Cheng Yanjin said with a smile: "The doll of the Niu family has never even been out of Guanzhong, so don't say that you are going to the west." ”

Niu Jinda slapped the table and said angrily: "Old man Cheng is going to be arrogant, and the son of the old man's family is better than your family." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Yanjin was also angry.

Qin Qiong hurriedly persuaded: "Okay, Your Majesty now intends to help the younger generation like Liang Jianfang, why should I wait for the old ones to argue again." ”

The two of them sat down separately.

Not long after, His Majesty came, this is not a festival day, and it is very strange to suddenly have a banquet.

Since Your Majesty has set up a banquet, you have to think about the intention.

At this banquet, His Majesty did not talk about firearms, nor did he talk about the Western Expedition.

When the feast was over, everyone left in twos and threes.

Cheng Yanjin held his hands and asked, "Second Brother Qin, you said that this Lishan is so slow to build a firearm, it has been two months and there has not even been a message." ”

Speaking of firearms, Niu Jinda pricked up his ears and put them together.

Cheng Biting Jin was very unhappy, and said angrily: "Old cow! You're almost on someone. ”

Niu Jinda smiled and said with a courteous expression: "Old man Cheng, how about you say a favor in the army and let someone try the artillery?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Cheng Yanjin speed up and leave.

Niu Jinda said anxiously: "If the old man is going to be arrogant, he will give it a try." ”

As he spoke, he chased after him again.

The prince stood in front of the Xingqing Palace, watching many old generals leave, and from here he could see the Chengtian Gate in the distance at a glance.

Why His Majesty held the banquet, some people say that there is another reason, and some people say that it is His Majesty's recklessness.

There are also people who praise the Heavenly Khan for having the style of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

All in all, in Li Shimin's career as emperor, before Zhang Yang entered the Ministry of Rites, many external measures were indeed effective in imitating Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty

A person who is an emperor also has idols.

After all, the Khan of the day has not yet reached his old age, if the Khan really wants to act like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the generals and the people of the world should be cautious and tremble.

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't care about His Majesty's intention to invite the generals this time, he walked to a wine shop and saw Zhang Da'an eating food.

Quietly eating the millet in the bowl, Zhang Da'an enjoyed this moment very much, when he was serving in the East Palace, his brother said that he could eat here and not have to pay money.

It seems that the owner of the liquor store here has a great kindness to his brother, so the store listens to his brother.

I didn't have to pay money back then, and now I don't need to pay money when I come back from Liaodong.

The shopkeeper is a man who keeps his promises and has the air of a ranger, and this person often says that it is just one more bite of food.

Now he is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, not to save money for this meal, but to sit here and remember the past, so that he does not forget to entrust and warn himself.

The eldest grandson Wuji sat down on the side, looked around and said, "It's too noisy here." ”

Zhang Da'an ate all the food in the bowl, put down the chopsticks and said, "Why did Zhao Guogong come to find the official office?" ”

"It's a pity that you're just a ceremonial squire with your talents."

"What does Zhao Guogong mean?"

"You should enter the Zhongshu Province, only in the Zhongshu Province your talents will be useful."

Zhang Da'an wiped his mouth and put his hands on his knees, "Zhao Guogong laughed, Xia Guan wanted to continue to stay in Liaodong, and there were still many things that were not done and he was recalled to Chang'an City in such a hurry." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji lowered his voice and said, "You are still young, and there will be opportunities in the future." ”

"Hmm."

However, the answer made the eldest grandson Wuji more and more confused, and he didn't know how to tell the young man the purpose, he continued: "Is it because of Zhang Yang's arrangement that you feel indebted? ”

Zhang Daan said again: "Zhao Guogong, my brother's kindness is more than that. ”

"The old man is a cherished talent, and I hope that the talents of the Tang Dynasty will not take a detour, don't you understand who Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu are? Follow them and sooner or later you will become like them. ”

Eldest Sun Wuji's tone was a little heavier.

"It turned out that Zhao Guogong cherished the talent of the lower officials, so he came to persuade him with good words."

"If Xu Jingzong and this person get into trouble in the future, several servants of your Ministry of Rites will be implicated, and the old man advises you to find another way out as soon as possible."

Zhang Daan nodded and said, "Zhao Guogong remembered what the lower officials said. ”

Without showing any intention of leaving the Ministry of Rites, the young man was more calm than expected, and sat down for a moment before getting up and leaving.

All this was seen by an idle ruffian outside the liquor store.

Half an hour, this ruffian came to Xu Jingzong's side and said, "Xu Shangshu, that Zhao Guogong first read at home, and then danced the sword for a while. ”

"Well, the eldest grandson Wuji still dances the sword? What did he do with his sword? ”

"I don't understand it anymore, but people continue to stare at Zhao Guogong's every move."

Xu Jingzong sank his face and said, "Go on." ”

"Whoa." The ruffian continued: "Later, Zhao Guogong went to the toilet, and he didn't come out until half an hour......

"Alright." Xu Jingzong said with a straight face: "Is there anything important?" ”

said that he wanted to keep an eye on the eldest grandson Wuji's every move, and there was no need to report such a thing as going to the toilet.

"Well, I just don't know what's important and what's not."

"Then you're all there to say."

also said that the eldest grandson Wuji saw Zhang Da'an, it seems that the two talked for a long time, and in the end, they broke up unhappily in the wine shop.

What did he do when he saw Da'an?

Looking at the ruffian next to him, he also frowned and thought.

Xu Jingzong sighed, took out a string of copper coins and handed it to him.

"Thank you Xu Shangshu."

"You don't need to do things here, you find a remote place to live for a while."

"Whoa."

People who dare to move the Ministry of Rites, his eldest grandson Wuji is poor in donkey skills? Zhao Guogong is just like this, Xu Jingzong feels that it is not himself who should be damned, but someone else who should be damned.

The blue sky is very beautiful, and Zhang Yang can't get tired of looking at this blue sky.

Today, Songtsen Gampo came to visit Lishan again, Zhang Yang sat by the Weishui River fishing for fish, and said sadly: "Are you really not afraid of being blown up?" ”

Another blast of artillery.

Zhang Yang looked at the water and shook his head and sighed, "I've been fishing hard lately, and it's not easy for my family to eat a fish." ”

Songtsen Gampo stood aside and said, "There are also fish in Tibet, and there is a kind of fish in that holy lake, and they will swim against the current when they are breeding. ”

"I remember that you Tibetans don't eat fish."

"Well, in the eyes of the Tibetan sages, the fish of the holy lake cannot be eaten."

Speaking of the holy lake, Songtsen Gampo's expression was much more solemn, and he explained: "Some people say that the Tibetan people guard such a large lake, but they can only use it to bow down, because they see it narrowly, satisfy the appetite of the mouth, but it will also make all things in Tibet wither. ”

"Some people say that it's nothing disrespectful to eat just a fish, but those people don't know that Tubo is not like the Central Plains, which has many kinds of crops and livestock, but Tubo is a barren place."

"There are only a few kinds of crops and livestock in Tibet, and it takes years for the fish in the sacred lake to grow from juveniles to big fish, and they grow very slowly, and once they are caught aggressively, they can eat all the fish in the sacred lake in a few years."

"If the fish in the holy lake are gone, the waterfowl will not come to roost, and without the nourishment brought by the waterfowl, the aquatic plants will not be dense, and the livestock will have no aquatic plants to feed, and the cattle will starve to death, and the Tibetan people will starve to death."

Songtsen Gampo took a deep breath, slowly exhaled it, and said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, compared with Guanzhong, Tubo is very fragile, so fragile that even fish dare not eat." ”

Zhang Yang sat on the small bench by the river, with more appreciation in his eyes, and nodded in agreement: "Zampu's understanding of the ecological chain is far better than many people now, you must miss your hometown very much." ”

"It is precisely because the Tibetan people were born under the barren snow-capped mountains that the Tibetan people cherish every grass and tree, and since I was a child, I have traveled all over the Tibetan region to see the people of Tibet and the creatures of Tibet."

Songtsen Gampo spoke, his expression was a little more proud, and he continued: "Zhang Yang, you should be proud when you were born in Guanzhong, I envy you. ”

"Zampu is different from those big cannibals, the big cannibals are ignorant."

"Zhang Yang, if it weren't for the fact that you were an important minister of the Heavenly Khan, if it weren't for the battle between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty back then, I wouldn't be a hostage of the Tang Dynasty, and you wouldn't be the Marquis of Lishan County, I would have become a friend."

Songtsen Gampo bit the word friend very hard.

Zhang Yang smiled: "It's also possible that we will never become friends in this life." ”

Songtsen Gampo admires Zhang Yang, but also admires Tian Khan, he admires all talented people, this person of the same age as himself in front of him is an opponent, since he can't be a friend, he is an opponent for life.

He also sat down by the Weishui River, "Now let's get down to business." ”

"Huh? I thought Zampu was idle and had nothing to do, so I came to Lishan to relax. ”

Songtsen Gampo was accustomed to this kind of words that were about to ruin the fun in a few words, and explained distressedly: "Actually, this time I came to Zhang Daxiang to arrange. ”

"What did Brother Elephant ask Zampu to do in Lishan?"

"Borrowed soldiers."

"What kind of soldiers?"

"Your Ministry of Rites sent Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, and Wang Xuance to Persia to aid the original Persian prince Belus, and now the king of Persia has been saved, but the big cannibals will come back sooner or later."

"No matter how clever Pei Xingjian is, he can't stop the big cannibals with just this little force in his hand and the stragglers in the Western Regions, and he also has to beware of the Tianzhu people, so Wang Xuance went to Tianzhu first in winter, hoping that Tianzhu can give the Tang people soldiers and horses."

Songtsan Gampo paced back and forth as he spoke, and said: "I have a good understanding of the art of war in Guanzhong, if I guess correctly, Pei Xingjian's purpose is two, let Wang Xuance go to Tianzhu The purpose is to test, if Tianzhu is willing to lend troops to the Tang people, then the future of the Tang Dynasty has no worries." ”

"But the war is cruel, the people's hearts are also sinister, the last time the big cannibals will be defeated because they are arrogant, this time if they come back, they no longer underestimate the Tang people, and Tianzhu refuses to borrow troops, if the critical moment Tianzhu people and the big cannibals form an alliance and attack the rear of the Persian royal capital, the Tang people will lose this battle."

"Because of this, Pei Xingjian has made a decision, he hopes that Wang Xuance can first borrow the soldiers and horses of Tubo to destroy Tianzhu, not so much that Tianzhu is a concern, then let this concern disappear, since Tianzhu is unwilling to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, nor is he willing to rush to the aid of the Tang Dynasty, it doesn't hurt to destroy it."

After listening to Songtsen Gampo's big talk, Zhang Yang finally caught a fish.