The first day of the first month of the fifth year of Zhenguan.
The sound of bells and drums echoed continuously.
The entire city of Chang'an seemed to be very quiet for a moment.
Chengtianmen, palace gates, and various palaces have been renovated.
When you enter the palace gate, your eyes will suddenly open up. Looking forward from the flat ground, you will see the magnificent Tai Chi Hall in the front, where the highest power of the Tang Dynasty lies.
The officials in the Tai Chi Hall shouted to Li Shimin.
The Great Court Meeting was held as scheduled, and all the ministers were waiting in the Taiji Hall, waiting for the envoys from various countries to come and see them.
The banquet ended at midnight last night, and he didn't sleep for an hour or two. Cheng Yaojin stood in the courtroom and dozed off, then turned to look at the civil servants on the other side of the courtroom.
Among the civil servants, Cheng Yaojin saw Wei Zheng standing with his eyes closed as if in trance. The old guy must have fallen asleep.
He then whispered to Yu Chigong beside him: "Look at Wei Zheng who can fall asleep even while standing. This old guy is very good at what he does."
Yuchi Gong was not very energetic either, and just shook his head helplessly at Cheng Yaojin's words.
It seems that Cheng Yaojin and Wei Zheng may not be able to get over their feud.
If an old bastard and an old stubborn can get into a tangle, I'm afraid these two people will have troubles in the future.
Yuchi Gong ignored Cheng Yaojin's words. At this moment, he was looking forward to the court meeting ending soon so that he could go home and catch up on his sleep.
When the envoys from various countries entered the palace, they spoke New Year's greetings one after another, came forward to congratulate them, spoke loudly and slowly, and held court robes.
Prince Li Chengqian, King Li Tai of Wei, and King Li Ke of Shu were also present.
Compared with Li Chengqian's noble status as the prince and His Majesty's love for Li Tai, Li Ke's brilliance cannot compare with that of the prince and the King of Wei.
The three children are similar in age, and Li Ke is only thirteen years old now. He was appointed the Governor of Yizhou by His Majesty long ago. He was too young to take up the post and stayed in Chang'an. This shows that His Majesty also has high hopes for Li Ke.
Your Majesty's heart is unpredictable. Maybe that's what it looks like on the surface. Who knows what your Majesty is really thinking about.
Only Li Shimin's three sons were present at the Dachao meeting, and these three sons were also the ones Li Shimin valued most at the moment.
Last night, envoys from various countries sent tributes, and Li Shimin responded accordingly. This is also an example of courtesy exchanges in the Central Plains.
After completing the general etiquette, when faced with the war between Tubo and Tuyuhun, Li Shimin still said that we would discuss it later in court. Such a sentence was an understatement and he did not say much.
Rang Ludongzan and the envoy Tuyuhun were also rejected. Now that there are so many people in the court meeting, it is not easy to ask questions.
Civil servants and generals are also waiting for His Majesty's decision on the war in the Western Region. Some people speculate that His Majesty still intends to sit back and watch?
Since His Majesty has made no decision, the ministers have also remained silent on the war in the Western Region for the time being.
Today, there may be conflicts internally in the court, within the civil servants, or between civil servants and military generals, but externally everyone still maintains a high degree of unity in their strategic stance.
Family matters are family matters, and everyone is willing to stand on a highly unified front regarding external matters.
It was not easy for Datang to have what it has now.
The administration is also very clear.
It has only been a few years since His Majesty took the throne, and it has been the best few years since many ministers devoted themselves to repaying the country.
The imperial meeting did not end until noon.
Li Shimin was in a good mood. Although the Dachao meeting was a bit frugal, he could still cope with it.
When he thought that life in the palace would become tight again, Li Shimin lost most of his good mood.
The DPRK is very short of money, and now it is a situation of frivolous corvee and low taxes.
Returning to the Manlu Palace, Li Shimin took off his heavy court clothes and said to the eunuch beside him: "Please ask Dr. Sun to check Princess Runan's condition."
"Here!" The little eunuch on the side received the words and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute."
Li Shimin stopped him again, "Princess Runan's consort is quite talented in mathematics, but his temperament is out of control and he has never been properly disciplined. Let Li Chunfeng teach him properly."
"Here."
If Zhang Yang could stop thinking about money all day long and could teach well, he might also be a useful talent.
I thought with the mentality of giving it a try.
After a while, Li Junxian walked into the palace and said, "Your Majesty."
Li Shimin drank tea and nodded and said: "How was the investigation last night?"
Li Junxian bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, what happened last night was indeed not a vision in the night sky or a miracle. Maybe it was man-made."
Li Shimin put down the tea bowl in his hand and looked serious, "Let's talk about it."
"The leading guard who inspected last night went to check. There were traces of wax oil. I went to check it myself. There were burnt traces on the ground, and there were bamboo tubes on the ground."
After speaking, Li Junxian took out a bamboo tube and said, "This is it."
Walking forward quickly, Li Shimin looked at the bamboo tube. The inside of the bamboo tube was still a little charred, as if it had been burned. There was a layer of sealing soil underneath, and there was some powder inside. It was pungent after smelling it carefully.
"Then the strange phenomenon in the sky comes from such an ordinary and ubiquitous bamboo tube?"
"I can't say for sure, but this is all I have at the scene, and no one has been found."
After Li Junxian finished speaking, he lowered his head.
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Go on and check."
"Here!"
What kind of ghosts and snakes came to Chang'an City to cause such a strange phenomenon to appear in the night sky on the day of the banquet? What was the intention?
Many doubts lingered in Li Shimin's mind.
The vision that happened last night has become a topic of conversation among the neighbors in Chang'an City today. Whether they saw it or not, everyone was talking about what happened last night.
It was the first time in my life that I saw that kind of vision.
At home, Li Yue was knitting clothes, and she was in a good mood.
Zhang Yang looked at the two decrees, which said that there were two hundred households in the city and a hundred acres of farmland. "How big is the hundred acres of farmland?"
Li Yue was a little dumbfounded, "The decree states that one hundred acres of fields will not be counted until the field register is obtained."
"Why?"
Li Yue said solemnly: "The so-called rewards are often referred to as large numbers. For example, if you give thousands of coins, you don't really give thousands of coins. Maybe you only give a few hundred coins, or a thousand coins, etc."
There is really one for Wan Guan."
I don’t know how much land was actually given until I got the land register.
The daughter-in-law has a fiefdom and finally has a field in her hands, but she still needs to plan it carefully.
"Daughter-in-law."
"Um."
Zhang Yang thought: "What do you think we should do when we have a fiefdom in our hands?"
Li Yue raised her chin and thought for a while, "Grow half of the flowers for me and half of the vegetables for you."
A big package, half for one person...
Apparently my wife doesn’t know much about economic benefits.
There are also two hundred households in the city.
If you have land and people, you still need to plan carefully. With this fiefdom, maybe the matter of retirement care will also be taken care of.
Aunt Wang is helping to roast the duck. The cooking of roast duck is not difficult. Apart from the ratio of sauces, you can only roast a duck once you learn it. The only trick is to control the heat so that the duck is heated evenly.
"I heard there was something strange in the sky last night, and some officers and soldiers went to investigate."