The old courtyard gate opened, and a small courtyard came into view. Li Yue stepped into this small courtyard, and the former vegetable field was overgrown with all kinds of weeds.

It's just that now the yard is empty, and the bear den of the year is still there, Li Yue said in a low voice: "At that time, the bear refused to live in the bear den." Zhang Yang opened the door of the house, and the naked eye could see a lot of dust fluttering, two bowls were just upside down on the table, and two pairs of chopsticks were resting.

Looking at his room again, there was only one bed board left. I saw Li Yue walking quickly into his room.

Zhang Yang stepped forward to take a look, only to see that she was rummaging through the cabinet, put a cloth on the table, and put all the toys away.

He took out another booklet. Zhang Yang asked curiously: "Huh? Why do you still have this booklet? ”

"Well, that's the recipe I wrote." Li Yue looked at it, it was still the childish handwriting of the year,

"I don't think I need it anymore." As she spoke, she took the booklet with her, and put the tumbler, the little spinning top, and the little windmill into the package.

Zhang Yang opened the doors and windows and cleaned up the place. Let the dust out of the house. Li Yue rolled up his sleeves, swept the floor and wiped the table.

It took half a day to clean up the house, and the couple sat in front of the house, watching the narrow alley, and occasionally a few children ran by.

Zhang Yang smiled: "There was no such excitement in front of our house before. ”

"Well, it's much more comfortable to look at now." This is a scenery that they have not seen when they lived here, and the couple wanted to see it for a while.

In the early years of Zhenguan, many fang cities in Chang'an City had not been built, and in the past two years, with the population growth of Chang'an City, many fang cities have been rebuilt.

Many dilapidated houses were repaired, and the streets and alleys of Chang'an City also had fireworks. After a while, I smelled the aroma = smell of someone's cooking.

A woman came up with her baby in her arms and asked, "Are you new here?" Looking at the two people in front of him, the woman was holding the man's arm, and the two of them looked to be only in their early twenties, as if they were a young couple.

Li Yue smiled: "We used to live here. The woman nodded and said, "I heard that there are three families living in this alley, and they didn't come back after they moved out. Li Yue grinned: "We still have to come back to have a look." ”

"My family lives on the street, and if there is anything to help in the future, just ask, the men in the family are familiar with the fang here." Li Yue still smiled and nodded.

The two of them were sitting in front of the house, and before they knew it, it was past noon, and Li Yue suddenly got up again and said, "Let's go to Dongshi for a walk." ”

"Okay." Today's Chang'an Chengdong City is bigger than before, and there are more pedestrians coming and going. Zhang Yang took her hand and walked around, and found that the previous vendors were gone, and now they all had new faces.

Li Yue sighed: "The change is really big. ”

"Hmm." You can also see a lot of people from the Western Regions in the East Market, as well as Turkic people. I even met a few Persians, and after the restoration of the Silk Road, Chang'an City entered a grand scene.

Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "Chang'an City will become the center of Datang, and it will also be the center of the world in the future." ”

"Well, hopefully." Li Yue smiled. Walk through Suzaku Street, all the way to the end of the East Market, and then go south, which is the direction of Qujiang Pond.

There are still officers and soldiers guarding outside Qujiang Pond, Qujiang Fang is separated from here, except for specific festivals, this place is still not open.

Zhang Yang took out his waist card and gave it to the officers and soldiers here, and after the officers and soldiers confirmed their identities, they hurriedly got out of the way. When the couple walked into Qujiang Pond, the three or two guards stood together and were discussing.

"It is said that His Majesty handed over Qujiangchi to someone else, but he is such a young man." Cheng Chubi has nothing to do on weekdays, and there is an improperly shaped big brother at home, which causes the old people in the family to be particularly strict with their younger brothers.

Now Cheng Chubi is guarding in Qujiangchi, listening to the discussion of the two guards, he said lazily: "That's Princess Runan and the Marquis of Lishan County, who do you think?" The guard asked curiously: "Little general, why are these two holding Qujiang Pond once in three or two years?" Cheng Chubi snorted coldly: "What do you know, it was given to Her Royal Highness the princess and the county marquis by His Majesty at the beginning, what are you doing in charge of others?" The guard smiled and said, "Humble and curious." Cheng Chubi said again: "You should pay attention to your words, even my father has to give these two a little bit of thin noodles, and it is a friend of life and death of a certain eldest brother." ”

"That's what the little general said." Several guards nodded in flattery. It was quiet in Qujiang Pond, and there were a few birds perched on the eaves.

Grass has grown in the cracks in the pavement, and the pillars of the original water pavilion are showing signs of corrosion. The dilapidated situation in front of them did not affect the couple's good mood in the slightest.

Li Yue walked in front, she turned around and walked back, so that the two of them could talk face to face while walking.

"Father's Taiye Pool is about to be completed, and the Qujiang Pool will continue to be abandoned in the future."

"Well, it's empty, I'll build it here."

"My father's money hasn't been returned to our family yet."

"Your father probably can't pay it off." Hearing this, Li Yue covered her mouth and chuckled. The fish in the pond were fatter, and Zhang Yang rolled up his trouser legs, and then tied the hem of his clothes to his belt.

With both feet on the steps and hands in the water, the fish here are not afraid of people and look silly. Grab two big fish and grill them here.

A eunuch in the palace came in a hurry, and with a flattering smile, he arched his hand and said: "Marquis of Yuxian, Your Royal Highness the Princess, Your Majesty has prepared a meal in the palace, I don't know if I will go to the palace to eat." Li Yue waved his hand and said, "No need, it's too bothersome." ”

"Whoa." The little eunuch walked away quickly. Zhang Yang carefully grilled the two fish, the heat should be well controlled, and when he observed the fish meat, he found that the fish here was too fat, and it might not taste good.

Before the fish was cooked, I saw a few more eunuchs coming with a table, and a few palace maids putting food boxes on the table.

After that, I saw Li Shimin, who was wearing a yellow robe, striding over. Zhang Yang sighed: "Knowing that we eat the food in the palace, your father and the emperor came in person." ”

"Well, maybe my father was ready to come to Qujiangchi for dinner, so let people ask." The couple looked at each other and thought of going together.

The emperor wanted to have dinner together, but he just asked a eunuch to come and ask. is a brutal emperor, and he has to pretend to be very reluctant.

Zhang Yang sighed discouragedly,

"Sure enough, we can't hide, next time we'll come back in disguise so as not to be disturbed." Li Yue nodded heavily,

"It's fine." A pot of dishes was placed on the table, Li Shimin first sat down and said: "There are a few cooks from Lishan who have come to the palace to learn art, and the cooking is not bad." Zhang Yang and Li Yue sat on the side, looking at the dishes.

Li Shimin took a bite of the ribs and said, "Now you can eat these in the palace." The eunuch poured another bowl of wine for His Majesty.

Seeing that the eunuch was still pouring wine, Zhang Yang hurriedly said, "I have quit drinking recently." Li Yue took a bite of cabbage and nodded: "This is the cabbage we grow in Lishan." ”

"Well, the cabbage in Lishan is grown with sweetness." Li Shimin took a sip of wine and said: "Others may not be able to eat it, but after eating the cabbage from Lishan, they can eat the difference." "The soil and fertilizer in Lishan are carefully blended, especially the fertilizer.

Zhang Yang took two grilled fish, used chopsticks to clip off the fish head, and shaved off the fish meat on both sides.

Li Shimin glanced at it, and also took a piece of fish meat and tasted it carefully.

"Your craftsmanship is still as good as ever."

"Yes, you can't forget the craftsmanship of eating."

"The prince told you?" Zhang Yang nodded and said, "I said about streamlining the six parts." Li Shimin wiped his mouth, put down his handkerchief and put his hands on the table, and said in a low voice: "Do you think Zhang Da'an is very suitable to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites?" Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Xu Jingzong is the waiter of Zhongshu Province, I think it's not bad, Li Yifu should also enter Zhongshu Province, it's good to be a housekeeper, at least let him follow Xu Jingzong." ”

"Well, you go on, I'm listening." Zhang Yang said: "The Ministry of Rites does need to be streamlined, but Xu Jingzong can't do this well, Zhang Daxiang is too thoughtful, thinks too much and is not bold enough, and Zhang Dasu is not familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites on weekdays." Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and made a mistake: "You said that you brought out the Ministry of Rites, and these people are also the most familiar to you, what about Pei Xingjian and Di Zhixun?" ”

"Di Zhixon is good at governance, but he is not good at presiding over the affairs of the Ministry of Rites...... The others are still in Persia, they are still young and have young qualifications, and they still need to be tempered. Li Shimin couldn't stop nodding and said, "Sure enough, Zhang Da'an is left." After having dinner with the emperor, the couple left Qujiangchi and walked patiently out of Chang'an City.

Half a month later, Tubo sent news again, the Tubo Protectorate was completed, and the Tubo people took over many pieces of land in Tianzhu.

Wang Xuance went to Persia with 30,000 Tibetan soldiers and horses and 5,000 coolies from Tianzhu, and joined Pei Xingjian's army.

It took half a month for the news to arrive in Chang'an, at least a month ago. Zhang Yang was very impatient with the lag of this kind of information, and he couldn't find a way for a while.

On this day, His Majesty summoned Xu Jingzong again.

"Xu Jingzong, now that the matter of Tianzhu has arrived, I still want you to continue to watch, and this matter is still handed over to the Ministry of Rites." Xu Jingzong bowed down and said, "The minister understands. Li Shimin said: "Zhang Yang is Shangshu Zuocheng, and he is no longer an official of the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites will decide its own affairs in the future." "Xu Jingzong saluted again,

"Whoa." Seeing Xu Jingzong's attitude, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and sighed: "I know that you have a good relationship with Zhang Yang, and it is also his intention to streamline the Ministry of Rites. Xu Jingzong lowered his head and his expression flashed with surprise.

"Zhang Yang said that there are too many people in the Ministry of Rites now, and if it remains as it is, it will be easy to lose the tail in the future, and he is also worried that the officials of the six ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee will be redundant, and it will be difficult for the court to return in the future, so I will think about streamlining the three provinces and six ministries."

"Now the Ministry of Rites has the largest number of people, since you want to streamline the various ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee, it is natural to start from the Ministry of Rites, I know that the Ministry of Rites is your hard work, and you must be reluctant in your heart." It was raining outside the palace, and this year's rainy season was abnormal, obviously it was a dry season in Guanzhong, but it was rainy and cloudy.

Xu Jingzong said again: "Your Majesty, the minister is not reluctant, he is a little relieved at the moment, and a stone has fallen to the ground in his heart." Li Shimin frowned and looked at him, and said in a low voice: "Give Xu Shangshu tea." The prince brought the tea.

Xu Jingzong clasped his hands together and arched his hand: "Your Majesty." Li Shimin said again: "What do you need to arrange?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister hopes to keep Yuan Gongyu in the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites needs good people, but it also needs people who are mercenary, if an official office only has good people, it will appear weak." Li Shimin's head,

"I will arrange it, and you will go to the Ministry of Rites to wait for the will."

"Whoa." Three days later, the will of the court came down. At the Zhao Guogong Mansion, Chu Suiliang said in a low voice: "Your Majesty let Xu Jingzong be promoted to the waiter of Zhongshu Province, since Zhang Yang served as Shangshu Zuocheng, and the position of Zhongshu Provincial Shilang was replaced by Xu Jingzong. The eldest grandson Chong drank the tea and was silent, looking at his father.

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't say a word at the moment. Chu Suiliang said again: "At the same time, Li Yifu served as the provincial secretary of Zhongshu and the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple. Tang Shanzhi said in a low voice: "Most of this matter was arranged by Zhang Yang, I heard that Zhang Yang came to Chang'an City to have a banquet with His Majesty in Qujiangchi. Chu Suiliang nodded and said, "In this way, it is reasonable." A little servant hurriedly walked into the palace and said, "Zhao Guogong, the will will go to the Ministry of Rites again." Chu Suiliang took the note knowingly, looked at the slender note straightened, and said: "Zhang Daxiang serves as the servant of the ministry, Zhang Dasu serves as the secretary and supervisor in charge of compiling the classics, and Zhang Da'an is the ......" The words paused, and the words stopped abruptly, Tang Shanzhi asked anxiously: "What's wrong with Zhang Da'an?" Chu Suiliang said slowly: "Zhang Da'an is ...... Served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. The hall was quiet for a while, and Zhang Da'an was already a scholar of the Ministry of Rites at the age of more than twenty.

Everyone couldn't accept it for a while. This Ministry of Rites Shangshu is so young, Chu Suiliang said again: "Even if Di Zhixun is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, it is suitable." The eldest grandson Wuji said slowly: "Regardless of qualifications, in terms of ability, Zhang Da'an is indeed the most suitable." "A good rite ministry was split by His Majesty's three wills.

The first few people in the Ministry of Rites, except for Zhang Daan, all left. Zhang Da'an seemed to know that this day would come sooner or later, and he behaved unusually calmly, calmly laying off more than 300 people, like a branch plucking off the fragmentary leaves, leaving only the most important leaves and a few branches.

Three days later, there was only one Shangshu left in the Ministry of Rites, Pei Xingjian, a waiter in Persia, and Di Zhixun in the Hexi Corridor, two waiters.

Xu Yushi and Yuan Gongyu were retained, and five small officials were retained, and the establishment of the Foreign Affairs Yuan was retained.

At this point, the split of the Ministry of Rites ended in a very calm way. The Ministry of Rites is the Ministry of Rites, and it has been restored to its original appearance, which is what the emperor hoped for, and it was also arranged by the Marquis of Lishan County.

The streamlining of the various ministries of the DPRK and China also began, and many officials were transferred and abolished. Centralize the scattered power, and the day khan further centralizes power.

In addition, many officials were assigned to the local area, and most of them were sent to the old land of the family and controlled the local area. Zhang Yang sat at the foot of Lishan Mountain and listened to Cen Wenwen talk about the recent situation in the DPRK and China.