Zhang Xin'an said happily: "The child went to choose a place to live for Fang Xiang." ”

The emperor is a person who values faith and righteousness, even if he leaves Chang'an City, there are a group of old ministers who follow him, except that faith is related to his personal charm.

There are always many capable people around such people.

It's like Li Shimin said, what I gave you, I won't take it back.

Young Master of the Prince, he really didn't take back the official position of Shangshu Zuocheng, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who took these back.

In the autumn after the pass, the autumn rain is dripping.

Zhang Yang ordered many houses to be built in the village, and these houses became the retirement places of the old ministers who followed the Heavenly Khan.

Lishan seems to be more lively.

Li Shimin still has no intention of abdicating, the time to abdicate has not yet come, and there are many things that have not been done.

Zhang Yang and the emperor sat opposite each other by the Huaqing Pond in Lishan.

"Your Majesty, are you going to talk about abdication?"

"If you agree to my terms, I can abdicate."

Zhang Yang straightened his clothes, "Say it." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "I have been on the throne for eighteen years, and there have been many uneasy things in these eighteen years, I often think that it would be good if Zheng Gong was still here, but they can't be the enemy of life, old age, sickness and death, and I can't be the enemy." ”

"And now? Does Your Majesty also feel that the years are merciless? ”

"In the past, some people told me about the elixir that can live longer, and some people offered it, and I accepted it, but the queen persuaded me not to take it, and I also killed the person who offered the elixir."

Zhang Yang ate the dates, grabbed a handful and put them in front of him, "This is a date grown in Lantian County, it is a little astringent to eat now, and it is good to relieve loneliness." ”

Li Shimin was still talking to himself.

"Later, when Gong Zheng passed away, I regretted it in my heart, and I couldn't bear to let anyone leave the court, I was often frightened, and I couldn't sleep well at night, coupled with the rebellion in Qizhou, Li Yuanchang's rebellion, I was exhausted, and I was often awakened by nightmares at night."

"During that time, I had a very painful time, but I knew the importance of the society, and I didn't dare to show mercy, I was the emperor, I shouldn't protect them, and I also knew that there were people in the clan who did wrong, not to mention Li Yuanchang and others."

"You are a person who will stick to the bottom line, if you refused at the beginning, I will not embarrass you, and I will not order you to go to the clan to fight to the death."

Zhang Yang said: "You are my daughter-in-law's father, but also Yue'er's father, if I don't help you, no one will help you, just like Your Majesty said, we are a family, I am your son-in-law, there are difficulties at home, this is what I should do." ”

"Okay, these things are over, those talents in your hands are doing very well, I appreciate them very much, and those people will also become the pillars of the court, but their conduct is too bad."

Li Shimin ate a jujube and said: "You have done a good job, and you can also be willing to give you the wealth and power that I have given you." ”

"Your Majesty, we have been a son-in-law for so many years, there is no need to hide it, if I don't retreat, you will also have murderous intentions."

Li Shimin said with a smile: "No, if you refuse to retreat, you will be blinded by me, and it will not be enough to kill you." ”

"It turns out that you are right, I will not stay in the court for a long time, I will definitely resign, and the prince will definitely allow it." Zhang Yang folded his hands and frowned: "The emperor's power technique is really boring. ”

"Alright." Zhang Yang poured him a bowl of tea, "Now tell me the reason why you refuse to abdicate." ”

"Your Lishan family property is too big, I don't feel at ease."

Zhang Yang just picked up the kettle and wanted to pour it for the emperor, but put it down again, and said, "What's not to worry about." ”

Li Shimin spit out a jujube core, "Nanzhao." ”

Zhang Yang snorted coldly: "I made an offer, but you didn't agree." ”

Li Shimin seemed to be a little weak-hearted, and coughed his throat a little reluctantly, "I can write an IOU." ”

"Thirty million, does this price still need to be negotiated?"

"In addition to Nanzhao, there are also Liaodong, Goguryeo, Silla, and the territory of the Japanese slaves should all belong to the Tang Dynasty, and you should hand over all these, including the silver mines."

Zhang Yang said again: "Yes, but Lishan also has conditions." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Speak." ”

"The DPRK and the Central Committee should give full authority to Lishan to run it, and all the cadres of the original Eastern Expedition are my people, and these people will be officials if they want to leave, and Your Majesty should not interfere and give them the right to choose."

"I promise you."

Zhang Yang asked his daughter to bring paper and pens, wrote an IOU, listened to the sound of rain falling in Huaqing Pond, and frowned: "You obviously have other options, why do you want to write this IOU?" ”

"You don't understand that you are not in my place, for me to expand the territory is priceless, every time the territory of the Tang Dynasty expands, I will feel that the old diseases on my body have been cured, and there is no good medicine that can compare to the expansion of the territory."

Li Shimin took Zhang Yang's pen and signed it.

Zhang Yang handed over the seal letter of the king of Nanzhao and the roster of the kings of Nanzhao in the past, and the handover work was over.

The emperor got Nanzhao and the East China Sea, and Lishan got wealth.

The management rights of Lisan in Namzhao, Silla, Baekje, and U were retained, and Datang obtained the land.

Zhang Yang took out another stack of letters, "This is the letter I have exchanged with Liaodong over the years, Your Majesty can check it, they have been going to the sea for three years, I think there should be a letter delivered this winter, and the entire East China Sea, including the Japanese slaves, will be the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Shimin said with a smile: "You and Yue'er will become the richest people in the world, and I will give you this wealth." ”

Zhang Yang's expression was flat, and he said a little impatiently: "Your Majesty doesn't need to talk to me about these empty words, the wealth of Lishan has always been earned by himself." ”

Li Shimin picked up a volume of letters, frowned at the contents on it, and asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

"Whew...... It turned out that Qingqing took the wrong girl. Zhang Yang also took a closer look, "I originally planned to use this to force Your Majesty to abdicate." ”

"What?"

Weng Son-in-law's two faces were very close, and he talked with eyebrows and eyes.

Zhang Qingqing looked at this scene, doubtful in his heart, raised his foot and kicked his younger brother beside him.

Zhang Xin'an was kicked and stumbled and asked, "Sister, what are you doing!" ”

"What do you say Daddy talked about with Grandpa?"

Zhang Xin'an stood still, raised his eyes, and said, "Does it have anything to do with my brother?" ”

Zhang Qingqing glared at his hopelessly stupid younger brother and turned his head to leave.

Suddenly, Li Shimin looked up to the sky and laughed, and walked down the mountain happily.

Zhang Yang packed up the letters in front of him, hurriedly burned all the letters in various counties with a fire, and then scratched his head, glanced around, and said to himself: "Huh? Where's my pen? Alas...... This is retired, and my memory is getting worse and worse. ”

His Majesty was still in a good mood when he returned to the Xiaoxing Palace at the foot of the mountain, and before he could wait for the eldest grandson queen on the side, he saw His Majesty slamming the door shut.

Then there was an angry scolding from inside the room.

"Zhang Yang! You are so bold that you dare to threaten me! ”

"I'm blind, I should hang you under the Chengtian Gate!"

A short time later, there was the sound of smashing things in the house.

A group of palace maids came in a hurry, and Empress Changsun stopped them, and said helplessly: "It's all gone, it's okay, Your Majesty has lost his temper." ”

Li Shimin, who was in the room, had a black and white beard that moved in the wind, lifted a precious purple wood chair and slammed it on the ground, "Zhang Yang! Am I so unbearable in your heart? ”

Angry, the heavenly khan's forehead was bruised, and the scolding words became hoarse and hoarse, and finally coughed.

seems to have sent out all the grievances that have been held in my heart for the past two years.

The room was quiet for a long time, Li Shimin's breathing was heavy, and his eyes were still red from bloodshot anger.

He no longer looked at the mess all over the ground, straightened his clothes, spat some spit on his hands, combed his beard in front of the glass mirror, and then turned and opened the door.

Empress Eldest Sun hurriedly saluted, "Your Majesty, you can eat." ”

Li Shimin breathed out of his nostrils, and his voice was hoarse when he opened his mouth, and said, "I ...... I want to abdicate and let Cheng Qian succeed him. ”

Hearing this, a group of palace maids outside the house were very surprised when they stood beside the queen, it was too sudden.

Empress Eldest Sun said in a deep voice, "Are you deaf?" ”

The palace maids scattered in a panic and ran away, and they all went to prepare, and someone asked: "Where is the pen and ink?" ”

"Where is the proposed yellow silk...... What kind of silk was the abdication edict written on? ”

"Ahh Shouldn't the day Khan change his clothes and be more solemn. ”

Empress Changsun held her forehead and watched these palace maids hurry, and in the end, it was Li Lizhi who prepared everything for her father.

The emperor's abdication process was very simple, he just wrote a decree saying that he wanted to abdicate, and asked people to send it to Chang'an City to Li Chengqian, and the abdication edict was written with a pen.

Li Shimin calmly put the fountain pen from Zhang Yang on his desk.

And Li Shimin continued to stay in Lishan, unable to go to Chang'an City on the grounds of physical discomfort, and asked Li Chengqian to arrange the succession by himself.

The fast horse left Lishan with his will.

Li Shimin frowned and looked at the autumn rain outside the house, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Yang said that if I don't abdicate, he can stop work and production in Guanzhong with one sentence, and even force the county officials of the thirty-six counties in Guanzhong to write a guarantee. ”

Empress Eldest Sun cleaned up His Majesty's study and replied, "How is Your Majesty better than Zhang Yang?" ”

The queen's words were very direct, and Li Shimin's old face changed from black to ruddy.

The open and secret struggle between Weng and his son-in-law has not stopped for more than ten years.

said that Zhang Yang was ready to force His Majesty to abdicate, and His Majesty also wanted to put a knife on Zhang Yang's neck and make him hand over Nanzhao.

When His Majesty dealt with the family, Zhang Yang took the opportunity to take advantage.

When Zhang Yang dealt with the clan, His Majesty was also thinking about how to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

Fortunately, this son-in-law can retreat bravely, even if he has the slightest attitude of greedy for power, His Majesty will kill him to appease everyone.

If he really turns his face, once Zhang Yang rebels, people's hearts and family feelings will be torn apart, and the price will be that the Central Plains will once again fall into a catastrophe.

Fortunately, Zhang Yang and His Majesty did not go to this extreme, and each took a step back.

The emperor and son-in-law are not good people, tacitly.

The emperor abdicated, Zhang Yang relinquished power, and the matter was over.

The two of them calculated, but in the end, these methods were not used, and they were in vain.

A child walks by the railroad with his parents by the hand.

The boy pointed to the beautiful mountain in the distance, and there was a tall bell tower in the middle of the mountain, and asked in a childish voice, "Daddy, what is that?" ”

His father and mother smiled and said, "What lives there is the sun and moon of the Tang Dynasty. ”

The ignorant child asked, "Aren't the sun and the moon in the sky?" ”

His father and mother explained: "In people's hearts, the sun and the moon are the ones who give me light and light. ”

The child asked, "Then do we want to thank Lishan?" ”

"We remember in our hearts those who gave light and brightness, and our return is not worth mentioning to them, so just keep it in mind and tell the people in the future that such a character has appeared in Datang, don't forget it when you look up."

"Daddy! Mother! The child must remember. ”

In Chang'an City, people everywhere were reading out the will of the abdication of the Heavenly Khan.

Half a month later, more and more people gathered outside Lishan Village, and they bowed to Lishan to thank the Heavenly Khan for bringing benefits to Sheji.

Among them were the Uighurs, the Tibetans, the Turks, the Western Regions and the Persians, and many more, who came from all over the Central Plains.

Zhang Yang stood on the mountain, "Tian Khan, look at it, abdicate peacefully, and the world will remember you." ”

Li Shimin waved his sleeves and snorted coldly: "You are very proud now? ”

"I'm not happy, it should be Your Majesty who is proud."

"The thing I regret the most in my life is that I didn't hang you in front of Chengtianmen earlier."

"Hehehe, you old black face finally said what was in your heart, I should have rebelled a long time ago."

"You...... Ok, good, good! Li Shimin trembled with anger, pointed at Zhang Yang and said hello three times, gritted his teeth and said: "You really have a heart to rebel." ”

Zhang Yang said again: "I don't know my heart, you don't want to kill me once or twice." ”

"I've put up with you for a long time!"

……

On the mountain, a palace maid came to report, "Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, it's not good!" ”

Empress Eldest Sun and Li Yue put down the needle and thread in their hands at the same time and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The palace maid replied: "Your Majesty and the county marquis have a fight. ”

"Huh? How's it going? Li Yue asked with concern.

"I don't know ......," the palace maid said in surprise and twisting: "It's still fighting." ”

Everyone sighed at the same time, since the retirement of the county marquis, the abdication of His Majesty, this noisy day has not stopped.

Zhang Qingqing sat cross-legged on the bear's back and said distressedly: "There is no end to it." ”

If you don't fight and don't get angry, when Weng and her son-in-law returned to the mountain, they were much calmer and a lot more embarrassed, with some minor injuries on their bodies and tattered clothes.

"If I were ten years younger, I would have been able to cut you off the horse."

"A good man is not brave back then, and if he has the ability, he will kill me now."

"I'll admit that you're very good, but you're much worse than I was back then."

As soon as the arrogance of the two disappeared for a moment, the words quarreled again, and the queen and Li Yue hurriedly persuaded them.

The crown prince's enthronement ceremony was scheduled for the beginning of November, His Majesty abdicated, the Marquis of Lishan County retired, and a large mess of affairs was handed over to Li Chengqian.

After putting down the throne, Li Shimin began to live a life of self-indulgence, and he was kicking the shuttlecock with Zhang Qingqing and Xin'an.

Tian Khan, who sat on the throne at the beginning, occasionally secretly played with his granddaughter, like a child, and like a crazy old man.

Kicking the shuttlecock was originally a very interesting thing, but after Li Shimin participated, Zhang Yang felt bored, and sat next to his daughter-in-law peeling walnuts and eating them without a bite.

Li Yue suddenly put down the book, her eyes looked at her father and daughter, "Somehow lately, I've always been restless." ”