Li Longji's birthday is on September 11, and since the imperial court is going to hold a birthday banquet, the banquet must be inseparable from wine.

The department in which Datang manages the brewing is called the "Liang Yu Agency".

According to the records of the "General Dictionary", the "Liang Yu Bureau" is in charge of offering five lents and three wines, and there are two "Ling" (under the eighth grade), two "Cheng" (under the ninth grade), and the rest of the personnel include three people from the "house", six people from the "history", two people from the "supervisor", twenty people from the "palm", thirteen people from the "winemaker", and four people from the "palm".

It can be seen that the scale of the organization of the Liang Xiang Agency is not small at all, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites.

On September 10th, the Liangyu Office was very busy from top to bottom, moving all the wine at the bottom of the box and sending it to the special warehouse of Xingqing Palace, ready to be used at tomorrow's banquet.

That night, several eunuchs in the palace moved the wine used at the emperor's table at tomorrow's banquet to the study of the diligent government building. Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, looked at these unopened wines, and for some reason fell into a stupor, looking at these mediocre-looking wine jars and was stunned.

"Saints? Sage? ”

Gao Lishi called softly beside Li Longji.

"In the second year of Kaiyuan, the kings were at the side gate every day, and they retreated from each other to feast and drink. I set up five guards in the middle of the palace, and I was in the midst of it with the kings. Or talk about poetry, occasionally drinking, gaming, and hunting, how fast. ”

Li Longji couldn't help but sigh and said.

"Li Bai is full of praise for Jiannan Burning Spring, do you want to taste it?"

Colliers asked in a low voice.

"Hey, you old slave!"

Brother Ji smiled evilly, and the two of them opened the wine seal of a jar of wine, and suddenly an indescribable aroma of wine spread, making people want to drink all the wine in this jar immediately!

"Tomorrow's birthday, it's all a scene, it's polite, and there is no taste at all.

I'd rather have a drink with wrestlers here. It's really better to wear clothes than new, and people are not as good as before. ”

Brother Ji sighed with emotion and asked Colliers to pour wine. The latter first poured Li Longji full, and then poured himself a small cup and drank it all.

"Lux is too cautious, if this wine is poisonous, I just need to smell it casually."

Li Longji sneered and waved his hand, and then as if he remembered something, he asked Gao Lishi: "Has Fang Quanzhong returned to Chang'an?" Let him drink with him. There are really not a few old people left now. ”

"Back to the sage, Fang Quanzhong is still on the way, and the road from Lingnan to Chang'an is far away, which is quite inconvenient."

Colliers said slowly, not pouring himself any more wine.

Li Longji nodded slightly, noncommittal.

"That's it, call his only son Fang Chongyong and drink with me, anyway, doesn't he live at the back door of Xingqing Palace."

The emperor is capricious, his thinking is also divergent, and he thinks about it as a play. However, over the years, the Tang Dynasty has been expanding its territory, and the surrounding barbarians are generally subservient to Ji Ge, so this Tang Emperor is still relatively tolerant of the people around him and the ministers around him.

The main thing is that he feels that no one can shake the authority of him, the emperor!

Therefore, nature does not hesitate to show the so-called "generosity".

Calling the son of a trusted courtier to Xingqing Palace for a drink late at night is very unreasonable, but in fact it is just a trivial matter in daily life. With the state of mind that Brother Ji now thinks he is invincible in the world, he doesn't care much about these things.

"Then the slave will go to Yongjiafang."

Gao Lishi saluted Li Longji and then retreated.

After he left, Li Longji's face changed to a haze, and he looked down at the wine jar and thought deeply.

The people he trusts are all foreign ministers, and among the heirs, no matter who they are, he is deeply guarded in his heart.

When Brother Ji was lonely in the dead of night, even if he found a son of a cronie who had nothing to do with him, he was unwilling to say a word to his filial sons and grandchildren.

Is this really the price to pay as an emperor?

Li Longji felt sad in his heart, how close he used to be with his brother, but unfortunately those people also passed away one by one.

As for why they have a cordial relationship, it is of course because none of these people can threaten his throne, and they are all away from government affairs!

Over the years, Brother Ji no longer wants to hear the word "prince". Because he knew that as long as the crown prince was established, then there would be people in the court and the central government who would begin to gather around the prince and form a new group.

This group is far more likely to put the crown prince on the throne than the local town to create a threat against Kigo.

Li Longji will be 60 years old tomorrow, if someone poisons him to death, bribe the imperial doctor to mourn and say that he died of illness, and then let the crown prince ascend the throne, and then block the news, the government and the opposition will collude to change the dynasty...... Brother Ji didn't dare to follow this line of thought at all, he felt that everyone was a thief, and it was possible to change from a loyal minister to a thief!

The prince or something, let's talk about it before I die.

Li Longji laughed at himself, he didn't care so much. What's the point of a strong country that has nothing to do with itself?

The premise of whether a thing is good or not is first of all to see whether it belongs to oneself or not, which is the premise of evaluation.

While thinking about these messy things, Gao Lishi had already brought Fang Chongyong to him.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, why do you look so burly?"

When Li Longji saw Fang Chongyong again, he was almost unrecognizable!

If it weren't for the fact that the other party's face shape and Fang Youde were almost carved out of the same mold, he would have doubted that Gao Lishi had found the wrong person.

"Back to the saint, I sweat a lot and eat a lot on the west side of the river, so I grow faster."

Fang Chongyong is serious nonsense. In fact, he was taken care of better by Anaye, and his nutrition kept up.

"Come, have two drinks with me."

Li Longji asked Fang Chongyong to sit opposite him.

Gao Lishi poured Fang Chongyong a glass of wine and gave him a quiet look.

"I've sent you an invitation for tomorrow's birthday, do you have any gifts for me?"

Li Longji asked with a smile.

"Of course, there is."

Fang Chongyong glanced at Gao Lishi gratefully, if it wasn't for Gao Lishi reminding him to bring a gift, he really didn't remember this incident.

And the latter opened a small box beside him, which contained something similar to Fang Chongyong's "globe" in his previous life.

It's made of sheepskin-filled rags. A rudimentary map is outlined on the sheepskin with black lines. The part of the ocean is painted with blue paint.

"When Weichen was in Shazhou, he met a strange person, who was said to be from Daqin.

He said that he sailed from Panyu, Guangzhou, sailed all the way to the east, and visited many strange places. Then I walked along this road, and I actually arrived at Daqin (Eastern Rome), which was far west of the Tang Dynasty, and came to Shazhou from the Western Regions.

At that time, he was already destitute and seriously ill, so he pawned it for money. As a result, he was still not cured, and finally died in Shazhou.

The shopkeeper who was in the pawn business in Luo Cheng saw that this thing was very extraordinary, and it seemed to be a map, so he dedicated it to the Shazhou Mansion. Weichen didn't dare to take credit, and dedicated this thing to the saint to celebrate his birthday and talk about his heart. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a respectful cross-handed salute.

"Oh? It turns out that the place where we are is really a round ball. ”

Li Longji suddenly became interested, but he did not show gaffe expressions such as "extremely shocked", "incredible", "kneeling and crying and shouting father" as Fang Chongyong expected.

"Back to the saint, what the man said about the strange things he experienced, Wei Chen felt that it was not very credible, but when he thought about it carefully, there was some truth, so he offered it to the saint, but he didn't know the truth or falsehood, and he didn't dare to make a conclusion.

The saint will be happy after reading it. ”

Fang Chongyong said humbly.

Globes and globes are just a matter of doing it.

In case Brother Ji had a whim and asked Fang Yanei to lead a thousand people out of Guangzhou by boat, and then come back from Hexi, wouldn't he stop cooking?

If the stall is wide, it won't end!

If you don't go, you are deceiving the king, you are cowardly, and you can even say that you have bad intentions and deliberately coax the saint to invite pets.

Go, with the current navigation conditions, basically the circumnavigation of the world will be dead and dead.

Even if all difficulties are eliminated, there is a fairy blessing on the road and it is really back, it is estimated that it will be ten years later, and whether there will be war in Datang at that time has to be said!

Therefore, Fang Chongyong drew the map on the "globe" very sloppily, except for the Tang Dynasty and the surrounding places, plus the West Asia and the Mediterranean region further west of the Western Regions, it still looks like that, and the others are almost all made up.

"The master of the first line said that the sky is round and the place is full of heaven, and formulated a great calendar for me as the Tang calendar, calling the Hun Tian theory the right reason.

I would have been skeptical. Now that I see this thing, I know that what the master said is true. ”

Li Longji laughed and laughed, the expression on his face was very perfunctory. Obviously, at the age of sixty, he has no interest in pursuing this knowledge.

In fact, what Fang Chongyong didn't know was that when the masters of the Tang Dynasty made the "Great Yan Calendar", they deliberately selected 13 points to observe the height of the North Star.

Its southernmost point is in Vietnam in Fang Chongyong's previous life, and the angle of the North Star is measured to be about 17.07°; The northernmost point is in the territory of Russia in Fang Chongyong's previous life, and the angle of the North Star was measured at 52°, from which the latitude was discovered.

The line also measured the arc length of the Earth's meridian by one degree, and it was already clear that the Earth was round.

In fact, Ji Ge ordered Nangong Shuo, the eunuch of Taishi, to observe the shadow of the sun and the position of the North Star on the flat ground on the south and north banks of the Yellow River. This calculates the diameter of the Earth, which is about 18,333 kilometers.

Although this figure is extremely inaccurate, it is an order of magnitude correct.

Astronomy has come to this point, which can be said to be the pinnacle in the feudal era, so Ji Ge's patience is gone, because even if he continues to get it, these things will not bring him actual benefits and over-specification enjoyment.

Receiving this special "gift" from Fang Chongyong, Li Longji was both happy and disappointed, with mixed feelings in his heart, and for a while he began to feel that the years are urging people to grow old.

"Do you want to continue to serve as the general of Jin Wuwei? I think you've been doing a good job for more than a month. ”

Li Longji suddenly threw out a sweet bait.

"Back to the saint, Weichen is afraid of delaying the saint's major affairs. Jin Wuwei is not trivial, how can a person like Weichen be a general of Jin Wuwei? ”

Fang Chongyong said with sincere fear.

Li Longji nodded slightly and didn't say anything. In fact, he just tried it, even if Fang Chongyong said that he wanted to be the general of Jin Wuwei, it was impossible for Brother Ji to agree.

If you change your official position, how can you let Fang Chongyong receive Jin Wuwei!

Nanya Sixteen Guards is a place that pays great attention to "ranking seniors according to seniority", just look at the former left Jin Wu Wei Zhonglang general Li Mi and right Jin Wu Wei Zhonglang general Pei Min to know that whether they can fight or not, they are all old qualifications!

Although Ji Ge knew that Nanya had been completely abolished due to the collapse of the government and military system, this was a gold-plated place in the circle of elites in Chang'an, and it was not suitable for Fang Chongyong to be in a high position here.

"It makes sense, it's rare that you're so sober, and you're really young."

Li Longji sighed inexplicably, and then continued: "Then let's do it, when the imperial examination is over, you come to Xingqing Palace to find Gao Lishi, and I will arrange an errand for you at that time." ”

Seeing that he didn't care about it, Fang Chongyong had no choice but to bow and say: "Thank you for the grace of the saint, the saint takes care of the dragon body, Weichen doesn't dare to disturb the saint's rest, so he will retire." ”

Fang Chongyong's cautious appearance made Li Longji feel a great sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Brother Ji just likes the courtiers to look submissive in front of him! He's old, and he's no longer as ambitious as he once was.

Corporal Lixian or something, I'm not interested in pretending anymore. Respect and orderliness is the ideal situation in Ji Ge's heart.

A courtier who does not know his dignity in front of Brother Ji will make him feel embarrassed and feel that this person is not controlled. And then there is a real threat.

He will want to nip the danger in the cradle!

"Wait, I have something else to ask you."

Li Longji raised his hand and stopped Fang Chongyong, who was about to leave.

"Sage, please ask, Weichen must know everything and speak endlessly."

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted.

"Before the siege of those hooligans and ruffians in Chang'an City this time, how did you know that they would definitely make trouble in front of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion?"

Li Longji suddenly asked with great interest, and he didn't say how he knew the inside story.

"Back to the saint, it's just to lead the king into the urn. If they don't come, then Wechen will set up another set. Wechen keeps setting up sets, and they always have a time to come.

Thanks to the blessing of the saint, Wechen only tried once and succeeded. ”

Fang Chongyong bowed and saluted, lowering his head and not looking at Li Longji.

"These people have something to do with Long Wujun, do you know about it?"

Li Longji asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the saints, in the eyes of Weichen, these people are all Chang'an ruffians and hooligans who do all kinds of evil.

As for whether they have anything to do with the Long Wu Army, or even the soldiers of the Long Wu Army at all, that is not something that Wei Chen should consider.

These people have now been ambushed, and Chang'an, where the saint lives, has also restored peace, which is really gratifying. ”

Fang Chongyong replied with a glance.

"Go ahead, I'm still disturbing your rest."

Li Longji smiled and waved his hand, signaling Fang Chongyong to get out quickly.

After the other party left, he looked at Gao Lishi thoughtfully and asked, "What does Lux think?" ”

"This person is brave and resourceful, and he also knows how to advance and retreat, which can be of great use.

What's more, he is the son of Fang Quanzhong and has the style of his father. ”

Colliers said with a cross-handed salute.

"That's right, then you tell your brother tomorrow that Fang Chongyong will be the champion and not give him an official position. Let him be a guard for me for three years, anyway, Jinshi will wait for the officials to be elected, won't it take three years? ”

Li Longji said very casually.

"Sage, will the starting point of the Su Guard be too low?"

Colliers asked in a whisper.

"It's not low, I plan to draw the elite from the Longwu Army, form a separate army, and serve as the guard of Xingqing Palace."

Li Longji clasped his arms and said meaningfully.

This time, the Chang'an ruffians and hooligans made such a big disturbance, which made him a little worried about the fall of Long Wujun.

But now Datang's plate is too big, and the composition of the Long Wu Army is too complicated, and many things affect the whole body, and it is not easy to change it.

On the contrary, it is to transfer another part of the Longwu army, such as the establishment of a battalion of 500 people, to be responsible for the security work of Xingqing Palace, and it will be more efficient and safer for people who can be trusted and have less involvement with foreign dynasties.

In this way, Brother Ji can have fun with confidence.

(End of chapter)