Chang'an City, Prince East Palace.

The snow was fluttering, but the backyard of the East Palace was full of laughter.

Li Zhi sat under the eaves, wrapped in a thick cloak, and watched Princess Taiping play happily in the courtyard with a smile, his eyes soft.

Turning sideways, Li Zhi looked at Empress Wu and said softly: "If Twenty-Seven Lang is here, he will definitely be able to make a good poem." ”

Empress Wu said helplessly: "Your Majesty is too exclusive to the King of Nanchang, there are so many talented people in the court, Your Majesty will call one at will, and the poems you make will not be too bad." ”

"Okay, okay." Li Zhi smiled, then looked up at Li Xian, and said, "Prince Chongwen Pavilion, there should be a lot of talents, ask a few people who are willing to come over and make a poem or two for me...... Remember, I came here today to relax, not to listen to anyone's advice, and those who speak bitter words will not be used. ”

"Son's command." Li Xian immediately accepted the order solemnly, then turned around and said a few words to Xue Yao, the prince next to him, and Xue Yao immediately turned around and arranged.

"Ruixue is a good year, and the weather next year may be much better."

Li Zhi turned sideways, and behind him was the Yichun Hall of the East Palace, and the crown princess Fang Shi, who was already pregnant for more than eight months, was sitting in it.

This time, Li Zhi came to the East Palace to check the situation in the East Palace.

In another month, the crown princess will give birth, and he will not allow his eldest grandson to do anything.

"If the weather is good, the world will be good, and the king of Nanchang easily pacified Xituguhun, which really surprised the concubines." Empress Wu casually talked about the war in the west.

Li Zhi nodded and said: "The king of Nanchang has also seen it, the east and west Tuyuhun are not the climatic generation, although the Tubo people are not weak, but most of them rely on the plateau terrain and lose the terrain, in the Qingxi Basin, they are not much stronger than the Tuyuhun people. ”

Empress Wu nodded approvingly, Li Xuan had clearly indicated in the recital that the terrain of the West Tuyuhun Basin was lower than that of the East Tuyuhun, so there, the Tang Dynasty warriors could exert more combat power.

But in the same way, the West Tuyuhun is too low, which means that it is more difficult to kill the Tubo Plateau from the West Tugu Hun.

"The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs have taken over several salt and jade mines in Xituyuhun, and it will not be long before a large amount of finance and taxes will be credited to the accounts, and even if there is another disaster next year, it will be much easier to deal with it." Empress Wu showed a sincere smile on her face, and the fullness of the treasury was what she wanted to see the most.

Li Zhi nodded with the same satisfaction.

What he admired the most was that after Li Xuan took the Qinghai jade mine, he turned around and left, as if he didn't pay attention to these things at all.

Maybe Li Xuan attaches more importance to rights, but Li Zhi knows that rights without enough money support are like a castle in the air.

"Before the Qinling Tomb returned to Luo, the Qingxi-Dafeichuan-Xinghai three roads arranged supported each other, Qingxi was taken half, and Dafeichuan was blocked by the ice road, leaving only Xinghai, so that the entire Qingnan Qingxi Basin, as well as the Qingbei Mountainous Area, all fell into my hands."

Li Zhi raised his head, looked in the northwest direction, and said softly: "Now I only need to take Wuhai, and I can truly surpass everything that my father has and the emperor." ”

Empress Wu sat aside and breathed a sigh of relief.

Why does Li Zhi always stare at Tubo, no, in fact, he has never been staring at Tubo, but at the old land of Tuguhun .

The whole old land of Tuyuhun

At that time, Emperor Taizong sent Li Jing, Hou Junji and others to destroy Tuyuhun and directly hit the south of Wuhai, and even Tubo was extremely afraid.

Li Zhi now occupies more territory than Li Shimin in the Eastern Island, Turkic, and Western Regions, only Tuyuhun, because of Tubo's intervention, he lost control of the entire Tuyuhun, so he has to take it all back.

What Li Zhi wants has never been logical, what he wants is only Wuhai.

Of course, if he can destroy Tubo and completely surpass the emperor, he is also the most willing to see it.

But alas, that takes time.

Li Xuan once proposed to follow Huo Quai's example and enter Luo, but this idea was rejected by Li Zhi.

He didn't want Li Xuan to become the Huo Qubing of the Tang Dynasty, not because Huo Qubing died too early, but because if Huo Qubing didn't die, one Huo Qubing and one Huo Guang, the world would probably change hands.

So the best thing is to press Li Xuan in the northwest and slowly grind him, and he is also slowly grinding Tubo.

This is good for Li Xuan, and it is good for Datang.

Retracting his thoughts, Li Zhi turned to look at Li Xian and asked in a low voice, "How is the situation in the Nanchang Palace?" ”

Li Xian glanced at Empress Wu, and then said in a low voice: "Since the king of Nanchang left Beijing, the princess of Nanchang has stayed in the mansion and has not come out, except for Ouyang Siqing and Doctor Chaosan, as well as the Liu family, no one else has come to the door. ”

Li Zhi nodded, his expression calm.

Li Xian continued: "Jin Wuwei Qin Ming has strengthened the patrol around Kaihuafang, and some scoundrels in the city have avoided it far away when they arrive at Kaihuafang. ”

"That's a good thing." Li Zhi leaned sideways, looked in the direction of the Kaihua Workshop, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Where the clan gathers, it is best to have less chaos." You are also a person who wants to be a father, you must be considerate of the hard work of your father in the world, and it will be the end of the year in another month, and you will order Yongzhou Mansion and Chang'an Wannian County to increase the cleaning up of public security in the capital, and those messy things will appear a little less this year. ”

"Whoa!" Li Xian had just given up his hand, and at this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded.

Wang Fulai came from outside in a hurry, and the snow fell all over his collar, but Wang Fulai didn't care about it at all.

Coming to Li Zhi, Wang Fulai immediately bowed: "Your Majesty, the Northwest Dao is urgent." ”

Li Zhi immediately took it, glanced at it, handed it to Empress Wu, and then looked at Li Xian and said, "Xinghai, take it." ”

"Ahh Li Xian was surprised and unbelievable, it has only been a few days, he just won Qingxi, and now he has already won Xinghai?

"Three days ago, the left guard Zhonglang broke Wang Xiaojie Xinghai City, the right leader Wei Zhonglang broke Li Duozuo broke Guinan, the right leader Wei Zhonglang broke the black tooth Changzhi department broke Tongde, and Zhou Qian, the captain of Qianniu under the command of the king of Nanchang, sneaked into Xinghai in advance and controlled the granary before the Tubo people burned grain."

Empress Wu raised her head, looked at Li Zhi and said, "This winter, you only need to transport grain according to the plan, and you don't need to transport more." ”

"Hmm!" Li Zhi nodded slightly, but his fists clenched and let go, and finally he breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Empress Wu approached Li Zhi's side and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it is time for the Ministry of Affairs of Xinzhou to prepare, and in addition, it is time for Zuo Xiang to return to the court." ”

Li Xuan is about to take office as the assassin of Xinzhou, which is something to prepare.

The same thing that has been prepared, that is, it is time for Liu Renliang to return to the court.

Liu Renliang is Li Xuan's father-in-law, and only one person can be left on the front line of these two people.

Li Zhi bowed slightly, then looked ahead and said: "Spread the decree, order King Ying, King Xiang, and King Nanchang to properly handle the front-line affairs, and all return to Beijing before the second day of the next month." ”

"Whoa!" Li Xian immediately gave up.

Li Dan is going to get married on the eighth day of the first month of next month, so he naturally wants to come back.

Li Xian, as an elder brother, also wants to come back.

Li Xuan, as a bridesmaid, also wants to come back.

"Passing the decree, Liu Renliang, the generalissimo of the Northwest Road March, and Liu Xianli, the head of the Ganliang Road March, will return to the dynasty on December 23 to report on their work."

"Whoa!" Li Xian gave up again.

"Spread the decree, tell the whole city about the military situation on the front line, and the whole city celebrates."

"Whoa!" Li Xian bowed deeply.

At this time, Empress Wu came to Li Zhi's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, this morning, the history of Chenzhou Thorn has been in Beijing, Wanqiu is now a "phoenix" set, tens of thousands of birds, flying back and forth, neatly arranged, and the color is different. ”

"Oh!" Li Zhi suddenly looked at Empress Wu in great surprise, and said in disbelief: "I remember that the last time there was such an auspicious omen, it was Zhenguan for ten years, and it was also Wanqiu, and it was also the auspicious omen of the current "Phoenix". ”

"Yes!" Empress Wu nodded slightly.

Li Zhi glanced at the Yichun Hall behind him, patted Li Xian's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Summoning the Chinese book and changing the Yuan Yifeng." ”

"Whoa!" Li Xian immediately bowed.

Yifeng, Yifeng, isn't she a girl?

……

In Xinghai County, in the study, a brand-new map appeared in front of Li Xuan's eyes.

"Lord Wang!" Yu Ze stood behind Li Xuan, held a tray in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Xinghai, Tongde, Guinan, Zeku, Tongren, Qugou, all the population, livestock, and land in the six places, all the books and maps are here. ”

Li Xuan nodded slightly and said, "For the establishment of Xinzhou, these things are necessary. ”

When the new state is established, the household department must first approve the population, land production, livestock, etc., and register and classify them.

This new state, whether it is the upper state, the middle state, or the lower state, is among these.

"Lord Wang, will this Xinzhou Thorn History really be the prince?" Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan with some caution.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and said: "Not necessarily, it is difficult to make a history of assassination, the competition between the court and China is very dramatic, although this king is the first choice, but if he is impeached and guilty, it is inevitable that this assassination history will fall." ”

"That ......" Yu Ze didn't finish speaking, but his eyes had already fallen on these household registers, and his meaning was self-evident.

Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "There is no need to expose yourself, besides, these things are not taken into account by Your Majesty." ”

The emperor owns the four seas, a newly established border state that is in ruins, and there is really no need to hide.

And what Li Xuan really cares about is not here.

"Yes!" Yu Ze bowed his head.

Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "Since Xinghai has won, then the matter of next year's spring planting must be properly prepared." ”

"Yes!" Yu Ze nodded, then walked to the map, and said in a deep voice: "Xinghai, Guinan, and Tongde are all on the banks of the Yellow River, plus the high mountains block, the climate is warm, the east bank of the Yellow River can be completely replanted with barley, and the west bank of the Yellow River can be all grazing, but the barley seeds need to be selected well, and the grass seeds also need to be improved. ”

Li Xuan nodded, looked at the map and said, "Self-sufficiency and worry-free, but if you want to gain a foothold, these are not enough." ”

Li Xuan's finger moved to Maduo Snow Mountain, and said softly: "I have to transfer more medicine pickers from Chengdu, there are good medicines all over the mountains and fields, if it can form a scale, it will not be bad." ”

"Yes!" Yu Ze breathed a heavy sigh of relief, if they could gain a foothold in the world with herbal medicines, they would be regarded as standing in this new state, and followed closely, Yu Ze said: "But, Tubo...... Xinghai is downstream, and if someone stops the water on the mountain, the entire Xinghai will be in danger. ”

"It doesn't matter, they block the dam, we dig the lake, there won't be much of a problem, and it happens to be irrigated, this king wants to see if this place can grow wheat." Li Xuan's expression became solemn.

Highland barley can only solve the temporary worries, and only the large-scale production of wheat with high yield per mu can completely solve the grain worries.

Otherwise, everything in New South China will always be held hostage from behind.

"In addition, there is also the right guard to advance forward, the Tubo people are gone, and we are advancing a hundred miles away." After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "In the battle of Wuhai next year, Xinghai will not be peaceful, and if you can't say it, you need to strike first." ”

"Whoa!" Yu Ze nodded seriously.

At this moment, hurried footsteps outside sounded.

Zhou Qian appeared outside the door and arched his hand at Li Xuan: "Lord Wang, the holy decree has arrived." ”

Zhenguan ten years (636 A.D.), Wanqiu "Phoenix" set, tens of thousands of birds, front and back from the front, neat ranks, color group.

In November 676, the "Phoenix" set in Chenzhou was changed to "Yifeng".

(End of chapter)