Li Luo did not personally fight this time, but when the army in the Western Expedition went out, he was very worried. If we talk about the number one general in the Tang Dynasty, he was himself. If others led the army to fight, his heart would always be hanging.

In Qiankun Palace, Cui Xiuning saw the worry between Li Luo's eyebrows and comforted him:

"Kublai would never be able to suppress the great anti-Yuan uprising for a period of time. The Westerners were very furious, with millions of rebels, and they were very popular, yelling to overthrow the rule of the Yuan court. Some even ran to Egypt to borrow troops."

"The main force of the Yuan army is now in a state of great difficulty, and there are more and more troops transferred to the West. There are not many Yuan army in Xinjiang and Iran."

Li Luo frowned: "Can I not worry? How could I fight hard? How could it be easy to attack Kublai Khan's new nest? Yili is the capital of the Yuanting, and it is impossible for the troops to be too empty. If our army fails, it will be even more difficult to recover the Western Regions."

Cui Xiuning shook her head: "Why do you think Kublai Khan will fight us to the death in Xinjiang area? Can't he let the city go and retreat?"

"That's so easy?" Li Luo smiled, "He is a man, and it's almost helpless to leave. How could he give up again and again? If he gives up again, will the Yuanting still have morale?"

"It's not necessarily." Cui Xiuning said, "Information shows that the Yuan Dynasty had no intention of building a large-scale construction in Ili at all. Instead, it began to build cities in Constantinople, Moscow and Paris. Also, Kublai Khan also ordered the construction of passes in the north and south of the Caspian Sea. What does this mean? It shows that Kublai Khan guessed that Ili could not defend it. Therefore, he would not fight with us in Xinjiang at this critical moment."

"It is obvious that the focus of the Yuan court's rule will shift to Europe and West Asia, rather than Central Asia. Yili is a good grassland, but it is not conducive to defense at all. If the Yuan army wants to protect Yili and defeat us, they must prepare 300,000 elite troops."

"But the Yuan army in Xinjiang is less than 200,000, and it is still very scattered, and it cannot stop us. Kublai Khan will most likely not mobilize the Western army to return to defense. If that happens, he will fight on two fronts. Besides, even if he wants to transfer back to the main force of the West, it will be too late."

Li Luo said: "I don't know what you said. But it's the first time that such a big battle is completely fought by the ministers. How can I feel at ease? Even if Kublai Khan can't protect Xinjiang, he will not be able to fight a battle. Otherwise, he would not be able to retreat west calmly and would not be able to explain to his ministers."

"So, our price will not be too small and the risk will be relatively high."

Cui Xiuning held his hand and said, "Don't think about it. If it doesn't work, you can just go to the scene in person. Even if you lose, we are now in a big family and have a big business, and we may not be able to afford to lose."

"I'm not too worried about the Western Expedition. What I'm worried about is..." Cui Xiuning pointed to the direction of Tai Chi Palace. "Dad's body has collapsed so much this year. Zheng'er said that his father's hands are getting colder and colder, and his feet are swollen, so I'm afraid..."

Yan Duo is already seventy-six years old this year, and he is over 70 years old. He just goes by.

Li Luo sighed, "The imperial physician told me too. He said yes, it may be difficult to survive this winter. Even the Ministry of Rites is preparing quietly. Zhen Shanggong also told me that the Supreme Emperor is not good. The palace servants and ministers all saw that it should be really impossible."

Cui Xiuning's eyes were red, "At that time, we are not the saddest. The saddest thing is Zheng'er. Their grandparents and grandchildren have a deep relationship. We have been busy with various things, and Zheng'er is actually raised by his father."

Li Luo said: "Everyone has birth, old age, sickness and death. Once the deadline comes, it is difficult for the miracle doctor to stay. What we can do is to go and see it frequently, and then the funeral will be held more grandly."

Cui Xiuning suddenly showed a strange expression and said, "I have something to tell you. Wei'er accidentally found a painting in Zheng'er's room, which was a woman. Not to mention, his paintings learned some of his father's skills, and his paintings were not bad, at least he could see who was painting."

What?

Li Luo asked in surprise: "Zheng'er is only ten years old this year, so she drew a woman? This..."

Could it be that Zheng'er is a passionate seed, and love is premature, that is, premature ripening?

A child who is aged 10 years old will be a primary school student in the fourth and fifth grades in the future.

However, it seems that children in the next generation who are ten years old are not too ignorant, and they will most likely have a vague favoritism towards the opposite sex.

Choi Soo-ning smiled bitterly: "Do you know who he is painting?"

Li Luo was a little nervous, "Who is it? Yang Mi? Wanyan Rong? Ma Lao? Li Lanze? Jiang Xin?"

These little girls are all studying with the princess in the imperial school in the palace, so of course the prince will not be unfamiliar with them.

But every time Li Luo said a name, Cui Xiuning would shake his head once.

Li Luo suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "That must be a palace maid. He should just draw and practice writing casually. Well, my son must be reliable."

"It's hard work." Cui Xiuning said quietly.

The supreme Emperor of Tang Dynasty was shocked as if he was stung by a scorpion, and looked at Cui Xiuning in surprise, "What did you say? Who?"

"It's hard work." Cui Xiuning sat down, "Although I saw that the painting was hard work, I still asked Zheng'er who was painting."

"Zheng'er didn't lie, she just said that the painting was hard."

Li Luo's face looked strange and a little ugly.

Cui Xiuning thought about the words, "I asked again why it was hard to draw. He said that he didn't know why, he just wanted to draw, and he wanted to see it often. He also asked me if this is a beautiful lady and a gentleman."

"He also took the initiative to tell me that he wanted to give me something to work hard, but I stopped him."

The queen's expression was also very embarrassed.

"No." Li Luo shook his head, "This little brat, how old is, you just miss a woman? How come you look like me?"

When Cui Xiuning heard this, she suddenly became stunned and smiled bitterly: "It's not that serious. If he is a few years older, he may not think about hard work."

Li Luo was speechless, "Thank you for your hard work this year, 21 years older than Zheng'er, this is absolutely not possible. Besides, thank you for your hard work is a minister, how can you succeed? You can't set this precedent."

Cui Xiuning showed a worried look, "Zheng'er has a great impression of hard work. But he is still young and his interest in women is different from that of adults. When he is a few years older, his mind may become weak."

Li Luo shook his head, "If you are so relieved, why don't you hide it for Zheng'er and tell me? I'm afraid it's not that simple, right? You are mother, you know the most about Zheng'er's thoughts. You are afraid that Zheng'er will really recognize the hard work, right? I'm afraid that he will have an obsession with hard work?"

Cui Xiuning sighed. She was indeed worried. Because she had professional research on psychology and knew that children's obsessions were often far more deadly than adults. According to children's psychology, they would make a lot of spontaneous and instinctive image processing of the objects they were concerned about.

Some such obsessions will become clearer as they grow older, and may even affect their lifelong life.

Why did Zheng'er become interested in hard work? This started two years ago.

Two years ago, I worked hard to go to the palace to report things, chatted with her, and talked about the past when I was a beggar when I was a child.

At that time, Zheng'er was right next to him, and was fascinated by the hard-earned past, and seemed to have a deep sense of immersion.

I remember that after a hard time, I said this: "I was about the same age as His Highness the Crown Prince."

It should have been that time that the little guy can never forget the hard work.

That is, the seeds are planted in the heart.

This already has all the elements of children's psychological obsession. The richer the emotions a child is, the more stubborn such obsession will be.

Generally speaking, this is not a bad thing, nor is it a big deal. But for the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, it is definitely not a good deal or a small deal.

Cui Xiuning suddenly laughed, "When Zheng'er was eighteen years old, she worked harder than thirty, which is not necessarily bad, right? Thank you for being a typical baby face and it is not easy to look old."

Li Luo gritted his teeth, "Eleven years older! Eleven years older! Don't even think about it! We are so hard and we are so kind to her, we are actually trying to catch my son! I said why didn't she get married yet? It turns out that she has this idea."

This man was angry.

"Oh." Cui Xiuning stamped her feet, "Who wants to catch your son? Why do you say so badly? I haven't said a few words to Zheng'er even though I have met many times, I have never been alone. Why did I catch your son?"

Li Luo stood up, walked back and forth alone, sighing, "Zheng'er is too young, Ku'er is too big. If I were only three or five years old, I wouldn't be able to pinch my nose and accept it. But the gap between eleven years old is really bigger."

"Ming Xianzong was seventeen years younger than his Concubine Wan. But the reason why he favored women who were seventeen years older than him was because he lacked the shadow of his parents' love when he was a child. What about Zheng'er? He had the love of his parents, the love of his grandfather, and the love of his brothers and sisters, and he lacked nothing."

Cui Xiuning smiled and said, "The more people can't get it, the more they are eager for it. Zheng'er is too happy. He is born with a rich and elegant family, and is the most noble child in the world. No one dares to hurt him or bully him. He has not experienced any suffering, and it is difficult to imagine a miserable life."

"But the hard work is the opposite. She begged when she was five years old, and experienced a lot of hardships. With her cleverness and ferocity, she escaped from the back and forth, and became a Buddhist girl from the White Lotus Sect. Zheng'er did not have this experience. Therefore, Zheng'er thought that her experience was very precious and worthy of his appreciation. This is why he liked hard work."

Li Luo thought, "What do you mean is that Zheng'er understands the meaning of suffering experience from the hard-working past. Or, he has a great resonance with this experience? If so, it is not a bad thing."

Cui Xiuning nodded: "So, don't worry too much, let it go. Even if he grows up, he still misses his hard work, which is not a bad thing. People with hard work experiences are not completely unhealthy. At worst, they will be exempted from hard work in a few years in advance."

Li Luo looked gloomy and looked at it, weighing in his heart the pros and cons of his son's true love for hard work.

"It's really hard work. Wouldn't it be better to get married soon? Or should I give him a marriage?" Li Luo asked.

Cui Xiuning shook her head: "Don't give a marriage. She is not Shanhu and Chan'er. Giving a marriage to Shanhu and the others is grace and love for them. After all, they want to marry themselves. But it's different. Her vision is too high and her experience is too complicated. Most people dare not marry. Giving a marriage to her will backfire, and Zheng'er's obsession will not ease."

Li Luo frowned, "Who does Zheng'er look like this? Alas, Lu'er still looks like me."

Cui Xiuning's heart thumped, "Don't think about it all, how big a thing? Fan can't exaggerate it."

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A few days later, a good news came, which gave Tang Ting a good omen to the west.

The people sent to Huwei Ao, Taishan, to find the Yanzhou tripod, after nearly a year of carpet-style search, finally found the Yanzhou tripod buried by Emperor Qin Shi.

The man who searched for the tripod flew to Chang'an, and the Yanzhou tripod was already on the way to Guanzhong!

When the news came, the Tang court was very excited and went to the palace to celebrate the world. The Tang lord was very happy and told the people of the world that the Tang Dynasty was favored by God and then obtained the Yanzhou Baoding.

But unfortunately, those who went to Qinwang Mountain in Kuaiji County (Shaoxing) to find Yangzhou tripods have not yet found the whereabouts of Yangzhou tripods in Qinwang Mountain. After all, the area of ​​Qinwang Mountain is much larger than that of Huwei Ao on the south side of Mount Tai.

Li Luo was only happy, but he was not in a hurry. He sent an order to Qin Wangshan to search for the tripods and searched slowly and carefully. Because he ruled that Yangzhou tripods were mostly in Qin Wangshan.

On the sixth day of the April 1st, the Yanzhou tripod was finally transported to Chang'an. After observation by the ministers, it was unanimously confirmed that it was the Yanzhou tripod.

The emperor held a banquet for Zhan Dings again and invited the ministers at Penglai Palace in Taiyechi. Afterwards, he invited the Yanzhou Ding into the "Nine Dings Hall" specially built for the Tibetan Dings.

The Jiuding Hall is also in the Daming Palace, and there are three ancient tripods: Yongzhou tripod, Jizhou tripod and Yanzhou tripod.

Behind the Jiuding Hall is the Tianyi Hall, which specializes in the preservation of precious classical books. The so-called Tianyi Shengshui. In order to prevent fire, Tianyi Hall not only uses bricks and stones to build a library, but also dug a water well and equipped with a fire water truck.

It can be said that in a sense, the most important places in the three major palaces are the Jiuding Hall and the Tianyi Hall.

At the banquet, Duke Wen Tianxiang of Lu toasted the emperor and said to all officials:

"In the past, Emperor Song had no jade seal and was called the Whiteboard Emperor. However, the loss of nine tripods and heavy weapons in the Han and Tang dynasties was also a big flaw. As for the ancient classics, after the First Emperor collected books, Xiang Yu burned the palace, and lost half of them, most of them were not completed."

"But I, the Tang Dynasty, first received ancient scripts, then passed the seal, and then obtained the Nine Cauldrons. In this way, I received the destiny of Haotian, and my luck was unprecedented. Therefore, the Holy Emperor repaired the shortcomings of the sky with only one hand, created the universe, and restored the Han industry. This is unprecedented and no one came after him!"

"Since ancient times, who can compare with Your Majesty's righteousness and the country's righteousness? The emperor sits in the Mingtang, has ancient simplified scripts, lists nine tripods, and holds the seal of the imperial seal. Since the First Emperor, His Majesty is the only one!

Wen Tianxiang's words made the ministers even more respectful.

This is really not a flatterer by Mr. Wenshan, but a fact, and no one can deny this. Judging from Your Majesty’s merits and fortunes, it is rare to reach it. It can even be said that only Your Majesty has passed away for three generations.

Even the achievements of the First Emperor are not as good as His Majesty in the hearts of all officials.

That's right, Emperor Qin did unify the six kingdoms and unified the weights and measures of writing. His achievements were spread throughout the ages, and all the Qin system was implemented in all generations. However, after all, he was the "relative force of the six generations". He was standing on the credit book of his ancestors and accomplishing the great cause of eternity.

On the other hand, although Your Majesty is from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it has been destroyed for hundreds of years, and there is no trace of ancestral foundation to rely on. All the Yuan Congs knew that when Your Majesty was in a state of humble state, he was just a refugee in the Central Plains, and later he became a ninth-rank capital village.
To be continued...