Since the day of the fight, Li Zhiyun walked out of the Taiji Palace every hour and mingled with the gang of boys. He always boasted that he was going to be crowned king soon, and those sons and brothers also believed it. Looking at the current posture, it is a matter of time before Li Yuan ascends the throne and becomes emperor. Li Yuan became the emperor, didn't his son have to be crowned king?

Being able to make friends with the future prince is something that the sons can't wait for. So, they took turns to be the banker's treat. In this way, Li Zhiyun cheated and ate and drank outside the palace every day. After eating and drinking, he wandered the streets with this group of people, swaggering through the market, and lived a chic and happy life!

In the afternoon of that day, they came to a street next to Shanglin Yuan, and saw a large group of people gathered in front of them.

It was the guards of the Upper Forest Garden who beat them. Li Zhiyun asked the people next to him, why were these people beaten? The man said, "Because they have stolen trees from the upper forest." ”

"Why are they poaching trees?" Li Zhiyun asked puzzled.

"Little brother, you don't know." An old man next to him said, "The firewood burned by the people of Chang'an is all picked up by the nearby mountain people into the city, but now tens of thousands of righteous soldiers live in the city at once, and there are more people and less firewood, so naturally the price will increase." Nowadays, firewood is more expensive than cloth, and some poor people can't afford to buy firewood, and they can't skip food, so they can only steal firewood! ”

Li Zhiyun now understood that the people stole trees because they couldn't afford to buy firewood. At this time, a young man next to him said indignantly: "Those officials don't let the people cut down, but they themselves send people to cut down and sell it at a high price in the bazaar, so as to fill their own pockets!" ”

"Who is in charge of this Lin Yuan?" Li Zhiyun asked the brother beside him.

"Yao Silian." Wei Xiaobao said, "I heard that when the rebel army entered the city, all the people in the acting king's mansion ran away, and only he stayed by the side of the acting king Yang Yu. After Yang Yu ascended the throne, he trusted him very much, so he handed over this Shanglin Yuan to him to manage! ”

Yao Silian? Li Zhiyun remembered that it was the guy who compared poems with him last time. Li Zhiyun decided to go and find Yang Yu tomorrow, but now he has to rescue those people!

So he went over and asked the soldiers, "Which of you is the head?" A short man glanced at him and said, "I am." What do you do? ”

"I am Li Zhiyun, the son of the Tang King!"

The officer was startled when he heard this. Now in Chang'an City, the title of "Son of the Tang King" is louder than any other name. He saw a group of young people surrounded behind Li Zhiyun, all of whom were richly dressed, with fine skin and tender meat, and some were wearing swords, and at first glance they were the sons and daughters of rich and noble families.

It seems that these people can't afford to offend! The officer hurriedly put on a smiling face and nodded: "Childe, what do you command?" ”

Li Zhiyun pointed at those people and said, "They are also forced to be helpless!" If you don't let them steal the woods, why whip them? Let the people go! ”

"This ......"

Liu Shuyi, who was on the side, glared and shouted, "Let it go!" Do you want King Tang to give you an order in person? ”

"How dare you?" When the officer heard this, he shrank his neck and said, "Okay, okay, just let it go!" Just put it! Then he turned and told the soldiers to stop the scourging, and to untie the ropes from the people.

The next day, Li Zhiyun came to the gate of the palace and said that he wanted to go in to find the emperor, but the two soldiers guarding the gate did not let him in. During the dispute, it happened that Wei Yijie came out of the palace, and when he saw him, he hurriedly walked over.

Li Zhiyun bowed and said, "Lord Wei, I want to see the emperor, but they won't let me in!" Wei Yijie also saluted: "Li Gongzi, the emperor was still chattering a few days ago, saying that he wanted to see you again!" Wei will take you in! ”

When the two guards saw this, how could they dare to stop it? So, Li Zhiyun swaggered into the palace. Wei Yijie led him into a palace, and saw the little emperor Yang Yu sitting on a soft couch reading a book. Wei Yijie stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Li Gongzi wants to face the saint, and the minister brought him!" ”

Li Zhiyun was not used to kneeling and kowtowing to others, so he stood there and made a gesture. Yang Yu was not surprised, first asked Wei Yijie to retreat, and then said to him with a smile: "Li Gongzi, come and sit down!" I want to see you and talk to you about poetry and songs! ”

As soon as Li Zhiyun heard that Yang Yu was going to talk about poetry with him, he blew it violently after sitting down, and then "composed" a poem "Early Spring" by the way: the light rain in Tianjie is as moist as a crisp, and the grass is close but there is nothing; It is the most beneficial spring of the year, and it is absolutely better than the smoke and willows in the imperial capital.

After reading it, Yang Yu let out a burst of exclamation! After making Yang Yu happy, Li Zhiyun began to lure him out of the palace.

"Your Majesty, what do you do every day?"

"Read books, write and write, talk to eunuchs and palace maids, that's all!"

"Don't you feel depressed when you stay in this deep palace every day?"

"What's the solution? I am the emperor, so I can only stay in the palace. ”

"You can have a private interview!"

"What is a private interview with Weifu?" Yang Yu asked curiously.

"It's just to put on the same clothes as me," Li Zhiyun said, "and then sneak out of the palace and go to the people to investigate the people's feelings." ”

"Is that possible?" Yang Yundeng's eyes narrowed. Li Zhiyun asked again: "Have you ever been to the main street of Chang'an?" Yang Yu nodded and said, "There have been a few times when I passed by in a carriage." ”

"In this way, I will take you out of the palace today," Li Zhiyun said, "There are still many sons waiting for us outside." Let's go to the streets of Chang'an together, how about it? When Yang Yu heard this, he remembered the prosperity and liveliness on Chang'an Street, and couldn't help but be moved. He said to the eunuch standing next to him: "Go, help me find a dress that is the same as that of Li Gongzi!" When the eunuch heard this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't leave the palace without permission, in case the king of Tang ......"

"Shut up! Why don't you go soon? ”

The eunuch thought to himself, the emperor had to leave the palace, and he was afraid that he would not be able to stop it! Anyway, it was this Li Gongzi who bewitched him, in case King Tang was held accountable, and he had a top tank, he wouldn't be able to rely on his own head. So, he turned and walked away, and after a while found a civilian outfit.

After Yang Yu changed his clothes, Li Zhiyun took his hand and walked out of the palace, came to the palace gate, and sent a signal outside. Liu Shuyi, Lawyer Pei and others, who had been hiding behind the corner, came out and shot the two guards with slingshots. Enraged, the two guards forget their duties and run after the bad boys. Li Zhiyun pulled Yang Yu and took the opportunity to sneak out of the palace.

They met at the designated place. Yang Yu took a look, hey, they are all teenagers, and they must fall in love with themselves. It didn't take long for him to mingle with the group. They first went to the West Market to hang out, and Lawyer Pei paid for a lot of food. Yang Yu didn't dare to eat it at first, but it can be seen that others are eating well, and they also tentatively take a few bites. I thought it was better than the imperial chef in the palace, so I ate all the things in my hand.

Walking around until noon, naturally some people pay out of their pockets for a treat. After being full of wine and food, Li Zhiyun led everyone to a house next to Shanglin Yuan and walked into a house. The owner of this family was one of the people who had been whipped by the guards last time. When he saw that the boys were coming again, he hurriedly invited them into the house with a smile on his face. When Yang Yu entered the door, he looked: "Hey, why is there no door in this house?" ”

"Back to Gongzi, the small family is poor and has no money to buy firewood, so he split the door as firewood!"

"What did you do if the thieves came that night?"

"Hehe, there's nothing to steal from the villain's house! ……”

Yang Yu entered the house and took a look, and sure enough, it was a family with four walls, and he was destitute. Coming out of that house, Yang Yu sighed: "I didn't expect that the people would be so poor!" Li Zhiyun said to him: "Your Majesty, let's go to Shanglin Yuan again!" ”

When the group came to Shanglin Yuan, the guards saw that it was this group of boys again, and they didn't dare to stop them, so they swaggered in. The area of Shanglin Garden is so large that you can't see the end at a glance. This royal forest garden was built by Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian, and the garden is full of trees, and many jackals, tigers and leopards are also stocked so that Yang Jian can come here to hunt in his spare time. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he built the eastern capital of Luoyang, and moved many yamen of the imperial court to Luoyang, and Shanglin Yuan was no longer cared about. In addition, there has been a war in the past few years, and there is no one to manage it, and the fierce beasts in the garden have long starved to death, and the garden is overgrown with trees and is barren.

They had walked a short distance along the almost weed-covered road when they heard the sound of trees being cut down. When I got closer, I saw more than a dozen soldiers cutting trees there. They had already cut down a lot, and some soldiers were sawing off trees and tying them. Li Zhiyun walked over and shouted: "Wow, you don't allow the people to cut down, but you are cutting it yourself!" An officer in armor came over, looked at him, and said, "What are you doing?" ”

Yang Yu stepped forward and said, "I am the Son of Heaven!" Tell me, who sent you to cut down? What is the use of the felled firewood? When the officer heard this, he laughed and said, "Little hairy boy, it is really funny to dare to pretend to be the Son of Heaven!" A soldier next to him walked up to him and whispered, "My lord, he is really the emperor!" I used to stay in the Acting King's Mansion, and he was the former Acting King, and the current Emperor! ”

When the officer heard this, he was so frightened that he knelt down with a "plop" and trembled: "The villain doesn't know the holy face, and the crime deserves death!" Ask the emperor to be angry! ”

"Quickly answer my question!"

"It was assigned by Lord Yao and Master Zhang, and the felled trees were sold in the market, and the money obtained was handed over to them!"

"You mean Yao Silian and Zhang Xu?" Seeing the other party nodding, Yang Yu hated: "I didn't expect these two people to be so greedy for money!" Then, he said: "Shanglin Yuan is the private property of the royal family, I will not allow you to steal again, leave quickly!" ”

After the officer got up from the ground, he waved his hand to his men, and the soldiers took their tools and left.

Back at the palace, Yang Yu issued a royal decree, stipulating that the trees in Shanglin Yuan were allowed to be cut down freely, but each household was limited to one load of firewood per day, and it was not allowed to be sold on the market. The imperial decree was copied on the imperial list, stamped with the imperial seal, and posted in the market, and the people of Chang'an were all happy to see it.

"Li Gongzi, today's private visit to Weifu is very pleasant, when will you come again?"

"Okay, I'll come back to you someday!" ……