Chapter 154: Hollowing out the Western Regions
This day is too bizarre for Wang Xuance.
His eyes were good, and of course he saw the questions that floated by.
Why did Wang Xuance put a question mark, Wang Xuance angrily scolded the Tang Dynasty historian.
Combined with the previous text, in just a few sentences, Wang Xuance summed up an unbelievable fact:
He made a name for his efforts to destroy the country.
Xiao Ma Zha sat a little tired, but Wang Xuance couldn't help but straighten his spine.
Is it true? It should be true.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain why the imperial court would go to such great lengths to a county far away in Rongzhou.
When he first arrived in Rongzhou, the Huangshui County Commander said that since he came here, he should first prepare to serve for five years.
As a result, the preparations were ready, but it was only half a year before waiting for a paper to return to Beijing.
Thinking of the expression of the county order when he came to leave, Wang Xuance was a little ashamed for a while.
And this seems to be the only way to explain why he is so favored.
But on the contrary, the pressure doubled: it was true that he was Wang Xuance, but he didn't know what happened to the Wang Xuance who destroyed the country in the mouth of the light curtain.
It is no wonder that when we met Your Majesty for the first time, we talked so ramblingly, talking about the Japanese Kingdom in the east and the Western Regions in the west.
At this time, remembering that his head was dizzy at that time, and he couldn't even remember what he answered clearly, Wang Xuance couldn't wait to grab the ground with his head.
The messy mentality made him a little less curious about General Li Jing's ability to send the calligraphy into the light curtain.
And after the light curtain ended, Li Shimin was the most unsettled:
"This Hexi is really a treasure land!"
Later generations said that it was complicated, but Li Shimin understood it quite simply:
There are heavy mines, horses can be raised, and the Western Regions are connected, what else can be asked for in such a treasure land?
Although he didn't know how the county was divided in the later years, Li Shimin remembered that he had read the detailed division of Hexi by the uncompetitive descendants of the late Tang Dynasty in Zhang Yichao.
Among them are Ganzhou and Suzhou, which is enough to determine where Gansu is.
After all, everyone is Chinese, and the place names follow the ancient ones, which is really commonplace.
"I am willing to scuttle the west of the river for Your Majesty!" Li Tao took the lead in the battle.
This is not only for Datang, but also for his own name.
He's a famous general, not a Taoist!
Su Lie also didn't give an inch:
"Your Majesty's sword is pointing out, and the minister will never give up!"
The two generals who are like Li Shimin are full of fighting spirit, and Li Jing also gave up his hand, which couldn't be simpler.
Li Shimin laughed for a long time: Even if you can't drive the expedition in person, how can you lose with three generals in hand?
Qin Qiong looked at Wei Chi Jingde, who was also watching the excitement, and felt a little regretful in her heart.
If he had a strong body like Wei Chi Jingde, he would definitely want to ask for battle in the name of the door god.
It is natural to sit in the Western Regions and defend the country.
But alas...... Coughing lightly, Qin Qiong planned to talk to this old brother when he left the palace later.
It is necessary to consult with the general medicine master more about the art of war, and also to see more information about the Western Regions.
Thousands of miles in the Western Regions, there is no shortage of places to make meritorious contributions, and now that they are not dying, how can they live by His Majesty's honor?
And he also has to drag his weak body to visit this new imperial doctor's order.
I hope that as the medicine king said, he can be allowed to lead the army in battle, so that he will not lie on the sickbed for the rest of his life.
Li Shimin has always been efficient, and since the light curtain is over, he waved his hand to signal them to disperse.
At the end, I don't forget to explain:
"Hou Junji and the matter of Cheng Qian, don't spread it."
Then he seemed to remember the "don't leak" in "Li Weigong Asks Right", and hurriedly added:
"Nor shall it be found in writing."
An important minister and a prince, even if they just spread some words to catch the wind and catch shadows, it is possible to arouse the suspicion of the court.
Everyone naturally knew, and at the same time they all looked at Li Jing and smiled, so laughing that the old general shook his head and left first.
Wang Xuance was inexplicably left by Li Shimin for a while.
Sitting on the little horse, he watched the eldest grandson Wuji turn around step by step, and reluctantly left the Manna Palace.
Then he watched a monk with a tranquil face turn out of the screen of the inner hall.
"Does Master Xuanzang have a decision?" Li Shimin asked.
The monk bowed with his hands together:
"I am willing to chisel the Western Regions for me."
I still have to travel...... Li Shimin felt no surprise in his heart.
Looking at the records of later generations, recalling the conversation for more than a month, this Xuanzang is by no means lacking in perseverance.
"Wang Xuance, would you like to go with you?" Li Shimin turned his head and said.
Wang Xuance was startled, shook his head violently, and whispered:
"The minister still doesn't want to leave home......"
Li Shimin laughed:
"I want to dispatch eighteen elite guards to escort Master Xuanzang westward."
"Remember the customs of the Western Regions, investigate the feelings of thousands of ethnic groups and hundreds of countries, and return to Tianzhu."
"This trip is very dangerous, would you like to go with you?"
Wang Xuance was silent, only feeling that the experience of life in the past three months was too crazy.
But all kinds of thoughts finally hit one result:
"The minister is also willing to serve the Tang Dynasty, for His Majesty, to follow the old things of Bowang Hou and hollow out the Western Regions!"
……
Chengdu.
Kong Ming went to the east kitchen and picked and picked.
Even if they took out all the remaining cane sugar, it wasn't too much, so they didn't have to bother.
The copper kettle and copper tripod will definitely not be used, and neither will the large pottery urn.
A small copper pot was picked up by Kong Ming, and the size was just right.
Immediately, Kong Ming looked left and right and said with a smile:
"Is there a bamboo strip?"
There was no shortage of this in the kitchen, and someone immediately found it for Kong Ming.
Take these together to the small courtyard in front of the mansion, and hand the small copper pot to Pang Tong and let him find a way to place it.
Kong Ming borrowed a knife from the lord and cut the bamboo strips into several sections, and then sharpened the ends of each section.
So in this small courtyard, a small stove was erected.
The small copper pot sat on it, and Liu Bei carefully put a few pieces of cane sugar into it.
In addition to what Zhang Fei took, Zhao Yun, Liu Ba and Pang Tong also took a piece each.
Stretching out his head to watch the sucrose gradually begin to melt, he saw Zhang Fei coming back from outside with an excited face.
Running to Liu Bei like offering a treasure, he unfolded the front robe he was carrying, and Liu Bei saw the dense fruit:
"Got lychees? Yes, this plum is fat, and this green one should be the hawthorn? ”
Zhao Yun nodded:
"I went to the nearby mountains to find it, the hawthorn will be ripe in September, and now it is still sour, and the third brother insists on bringing it back."
Zhang Fei hurriedly squeezed Zhao Yun away:
"Brother, look, there are grapes! I don't know if it can be used to make rock sugar grapes, and I don't know how good it tastes. ”
"How can there be grapes...... Liu Bei didn't understand.
Grapes are quite difficult to grow in Yizhou, and it seems that the north, or the western regions, is the most suitable as the light curtain said.
And looking at Zhang Fei's expression of squeezing his eyebrows, Liu Bei Deng understood:
"Wu..."
At this moment, Kong Ming wiped the thin sweat on his forehead and sharpened the last bamboo stick.
"Yide quickly bring the fruit, I'll wait for it to be skewered on a bunch."
"Hey!" Zhang Fei hurriedly agreed, and just carried the front coat to the military advisor.
With a basin of water from Zhao Yun, several people dressed these fruits into small skewers while cleaning.
On the other side, Pang Tong and Liu Ba also carefully rolled the skewered fruit in a small copper pot, and after hurriedly taking it out, Mi Zhu and Zhang Song fanned the wind with a fan to let it solidify quickly.
Liu Bei looked around and decided to squat next to the small copper pot, not to think about anything else for the time being, and to burn firewood silently.
The flame licked the small copper pot, stirring up the sucrose syrup in the pot one by one, and then Mi Zhu took Kong Ming's feather fan and waved it hard, and the unique sweet fragrance of sucrose went around and left the yard in the breeze.
The students of Xiaotaixue, who had just suspended class, followed the smell and crowded outside the gate of the small courtyard.
When Liu Bei looked up and saw this scene, he was startled.
Liu Bei had an idea in his heart, so he looked towards Kong Ming and got an encouraging look from Kong Ming.
So Liu Bei happily beckoned in the direction of the courtyard gate:
"Come on, come on, one for each person, don't take more!"
Although the students couldn't wait, they still lined up to come and pick it up in turn.
Zhang Fei had already finished wearing the fruit, and came over to change him to light the fire, and by the way, he watched the eldest brother send this rock sugar gourd.
Liu Bei recognized most of these students, and the rest could roughly tell where they lived even if they couldn't name them, so the students had a better impression of this Uncle Liu Huang.
"I remember you, your name is Fox Du, right?"
Liu Bei pinched a bunch of grapes and handed it to Hu Du, praising him:
"The day before yesterday, I met my father at the mouth of Xixiangkou, and I told him at that time that the fox must be the pillar of the Han Dynasty."
"Don't let me break my trust in your father."
The fox pinched the string of food, looking at the Yizhou Mu who had just finished the fire and was still winking at him, with mixed feelings in his heart.
In terms of the majesty of Shangguan, this imperial uncle is not even as good as the Langzhong Taishou he has seen, but he can make people can't help but believe it.
Respectfully, the fox also made up his mind in his heart.
Kong Ming had already moved a chair and sat aside, watching a group of children be inspired by the lord's simple words, with a smile on his face.
Pang Tong's face was unbearable, because he saw that the rock sugar gourd dried by the elk on the side was already only a cyan hawthorn.
The unbearable color is to himself, because he still remembers that Zhao Yun once said that this thing is sour, but if he doesn't eat it, he is always curious.
looked at the lord's appearance of a child king, which reminded Pang Tong of one person:
"Emperor Guangwu was studying in Luoyang at the beginning, and he was accompanied by those sons of the family, or it was like this."
Although according to the light curtain, those Nanyang surnames who supported Emperor Guangwu to raise troops also have the meaning of strange goods.
But before that, Pang Tong believed that Emperor Guangwu must have relied on his charm to impress those family members.
Kong Ming smiled slightly:
"It seems that Shi Yuan is planning to leave his name in Yuntai."
For them, Emperor Guangwu's Yuntai Twenty-Eight Generals are also well known.
Pang Tong seemed to be in high spirits:
"With our help, the lord's foundation will surely surpass Emperor Guangwu!"
Kong Ming believed it, and said casually:
"What has Jiang Wei been reading lately?"
"Liutao" ...... What Jiang Wei? ”
Pang didn't notice it when he was unified, and looked at Kong Ming's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and he looked away with a weak heart for a while.
Kong Ming's face was still relaxed, and he even had time to shake it in his chair:
"The record of the light curtain, Jiang Wei will be able to watch it sooner or later."
Pang Tong was silent, this was also what he was worried about, and Jiang Wei would probably still have to go to Kong Ming at that time.
Just listen to Kong Ming and say:
"After enlightening Jiang Wei in the art of war, send it to me."
"My apprentice is still young, don't teach too many strange ways."
(End of chapter)