When Zhang Gongjin said this, he had a smile on his face. This smile looked very comfortable, without the worry and helplessness he had when he was in Chang'an City.
Zhang Yang sat down next to him, "Teacher, this matter of death or death is not your decision."
Seeing that Zhang Gongjin still had a smile on his face, Zhang Yang added: "I'm not sure how many more years you want to live, what if you come back to life again?"
After another pause in speaking, Zhang Yang nodded and said: "What if...hmm!"
Zhang Gongjin shook his head, laughed angrily and said, "It's only when you're dying that you can regain your glory. I haven't reached that time yet."
The sun is warm, but I always felt that Zhang Gongjin always had a gloomy air about him, which made people feel that he was cold.
Maybe it was because he worked as a counselor for Li Shimin. In the past, he was a scheming person and helped Li Shimin do too many shameful things. There was always a sense of gloom about the teacher.
"Teacher, what do you think of Changsun Wuji?"
Hearing what Zhang Yang said, Zhang Gongjin looked disapproving, "I've long expected that Changsun Wuji would be targeting you."
Zhang Yang made tea for him and asked the teacher for advice.
Zhang Gongjin picked up the tea bowl and smelled it carefully, "In my opinion, Changsun Wuji is indeed a smart man. He is cautious and always plans things first before taking action. Now that the Changsun family has obtained the Holy Scroll, with your current level...
"
"What's wrong with my current level?" Zhang Yang frowned.
Zhang Gongjin snorted coldly: "You are not overestimating your own capabilities, and you still want to make Changsun Wuji your opponent. You can't beat him. I'll give you a piece of advice. If it doesn't work out, just become a disciple of Changsun Wuji."
"Become a disciple of Changsun Wuji?"
Zhang Yang's tone was a little higher.
Zhang Gongjin looked around and said, "So what? I'm already in my old age and can't take care of you for much longer. How much do you think your kid is capable of? If you have Changsun Wuji as your backer, your life will be smooth."
"Just treat it as if you've always made arrangements for your funeral, I don't care."
I saw several pregnant village women walking on the paths of the village. Now that life is getting better, they are also working hard to increase the population of the village.
Zhang Yang scratched the stubble on his chin and said, "Yes, I am indeed being targeted by Changsun Wuji. It should be said that the entire Ministry of Rites is being targeted by him."
"You can't compare with Changsun Wuji. Let's not mention that Changsun Wuji followed His Majesty when he was conquering the world. There is also Empress Changsun. How can you fight with him?"
"I am righteous." Zhang Yang straightened his back, "Yes, Haoran is righteous."
"I have been tortured by the disease for so long and have long since stopped thinking about living. I didn't expect that my disciple also doesn't want to live."
Zhang Gongjin looked at Chang'an City, "See more, think more, learn more and ask more. You have the talent to be a counselor. I'd better be more humble as I said. Humility will only benefit you."
Five miles north of the foot of Mount Li, Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin were walking on a high slope.
Looking at the village across the Weishui River.
"He built a poor little village into a wealthy place."
Listening to Cheng Yaojin's speech, Yuchi Gong frowned and said, "It only took a year."
Cheng Yaojin nodded, "It only took a year for a dilapidated village to become like this. Look at how beautiful that house is."
Yuchi Gong nodded and said: "It is indeed a beautiful village."
"Do you know how much money my boy has earned from following Zhang Yang?"
"How much silver?"
Cheng Yaojin took a deep breath, "Except for the money I took out, my boy also made three thousand guan by following Zhang Yang."
Yuchi Gong asked curiously: "How long has your boy been following Zhang Yang?"
Cheng Yaojin snorted coldly: "I don't know about a certain family. I have been fooling around all day and don't know when he made friends with Zhang Yang. I still vaguely remember that this kid was looking for a guy named Lu Zhishen two years ago."
"I have also heard about this." Yu Chigong asked curiously: "Have you found it?"
"Hahaha." Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "I have searched all over Guanzhong but there is no monk named Lu Zhishen."
Yuchi Gong looked at the village, and he could feel the vitality of the whole village under the sun. "I am still young and have little knowledge. If someone can guide me well, I will be a great minister in the future."
Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said, "Not necessarily."
Yuchi sighed respectfully: "Let's see."
In late April of the sixth year of Zhenguan, the chirping of birds could be heard all over Chang'an City. Old farmers in the countryside knew that the weather was getting warmer and it was a good time to grow food.
A group of soldiers and horses set off from the city gate of Chang'an City and headed towards the west of Chang'an City.
Hundreds of cavalry and horses lined up in a row, and the horses' hooves kept stepping down, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Zhang Elephant said goodbye to the team worriedly, "My second brother has never been to a place so far away."
Xu Jingzong comforted him: "Whether it's better to go out or get more experience, this time finally someone from our Ministry of Rites will go outside the customs. This is the time when we need such people."
Zhang Elephant put away his emotions and said, "Don't you have a lot of informants outside the customs?"
"Those are other people, not our own."
"Keep your eyeliner protected."
"Brother Elephant, don't worry. We have already sent people to deliver the message to Gaochang. Before the Dasu brothers enter the Western Regions, there will be soldiers and horses from Gaochang to respond."
Zhang Elephant said worriedly: "Changsun Wuji sent someone again today to ask what kind of strategy we gave Gaochang."
"That's poison. The fate of Prince Gaochang and his son shows how terrible this strategy is and how evil the slavery system is. I will never tell this strategy in my lifetime. It will poison the whole party. I, Xu Jingzong, am not willing to do such a thing."
the wicked."
Zhang Elephant shook his head and sighed, waving his sleeves and walked into Chang'an City.
In the East Palace, Li Chengqian was holding a book and listening to Wei Zheng's lecture.
Zhang Yang felt drowsy after listening to it. Wei Zheng's lecture was difficult to understand. It seemed that he didn't care about the prince's level or whether he could understand it. He just finished the whole article and then talked about his own insights.
If the prince does not understand, it means that the prince himself is not enlightened enough.
Looking at Li Chengqian again, his eyes were distracted and his thoughts might have been somewhere else.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Teaching is not about stuffing all the knowledge into other people's heads. You should start teaching from the basics and then slowly improve.
It's like you are still learning to describe scenery and are still in the stage of choosing words and making sentences. Your teacher suddenly gives you a reading comprehension question, which is a profound ancient Chinese reading comprehension question.
Isn't this embarrassing students? Bullying honest people?
Being a reading companion to the prince is really heart-breaking.
I'm just a reading companion, I'm just a reading companion... Zhang Yang kept reminding himself in his heart to be humble, humble, and pretend to be a grandson.
It wasn't until Wei Zheng finished his lecture that Zhang Yang restrained his urge to slander others.
"Dong Zhongshu talked about the Spring and Autumn Period and wrote dozens of articles. There are two volumes of "Wen Ju" and "Jade Cup". It can be seen that Dong Zhongshu advocated Gongyang Studies at that time. Although I don't agree with some of the views, you can still read it."
"I will remember Duke Zheng's teachings."
"Yeah." Wei Zheng nodded with satisfaction.
When Wei Zheng finally left, Li Chengqian let out a sigh of relief, "Today's article by Zheng Gongjiao is really too difficult to understand."
Zhang Yang nodded expressionlessly, "I almost fell asleep."
Li Chengqian smiled heartily, "Actually, Gu is about to fall asleep. It turns out that you and Gu are the same."
An inexplicable friendship can always be established between poor students and poor students because everyone's understanding ability is at the same level.
"In the past, there were people of similar age to Gu who showed off their knowledge in front of Gu, and occasionally recited a few sentences to make others think that he was full of knowledge. Gu could see that he actually just memorized a few sentences before going out and then read them out.
"
"There are indeed such people. They just want others to think they are knowledgeable."
Li Chengqian nodded vigorously, "That's right."
Zhang Yang replied with firm eyes: "Chang Sun Chong is such a person."
"The eldest grandson..." Li Chengqian suddenly coughed violently, "The eldest grandson doesn't usually reveal his talents too much."
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, knows people, faces but not hearts. Beware of villains."
Li Chengqian clapped his hands and asked the servants of the East Palace to bring in a table. Dossier after file was piled on the short table.
"As you said before, we must start with understanding." Li Chengqian picked up one of the volumes, "This is the expense file in the womb these days. I specially asked the people in the inner treasury to move it."
Zhang Yang also picked up a volume, "His Royal Highness, you want to start from the palace, and then learn about Chang'an City? Understand Guanzhong? Understand the Central Plains? It's really good to be down-to-earth step by step. Congratulations to Your Highness, Your Highness, for having a good starting point."
"How about we take a look at these files first?"
It is a good thing that the prince can learn. If you are willing to understand something, you can find the starting point.
Zhang Yang opened the file in his hand and looked at the contents. His original smile gradually disappeared and became serious.
Li Chengqian lowered his head and stared at the contents of the file.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Zhang Yang was puzzled as he held the file.
"What's wrong?" Li Chengqian raised his head.
Spreading the files in front of Li Chengqian, Zhang Yang pointed to one of them, "On April 2, the third year of Zhenguan, your Majesty spent three hundred coins on a banquet for the generals of the military guards on the left and right."
Li Chengqian looked at it and said, "Yes, three hundred strings."
Zhang Yang couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, "I'd like to ask you, a meal of three hundred guan? What is our majesty eating?"
Li Chengqian thought about it, "I don't know very well."
"Is the price of food in Chang'an City so expensive? What kind of food and wine do we eat? Is it reasonable to spend three hundred guan on a meal?"
"Perhaps my father still has money to spend on other things?"
"Your Highness, please look here." Zhang Yang pointed to another article, "During the Mid-Autumn Festival in the third year of Zhenguan, His Majesty spent 600 yuan and 93 money on the banquet of wine and meat in the Taiji Hall. What did our Majesty eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
Li Chengqian pondered for a long time but couldn't say anything.
No wonder the daughter-in-law said that the house would become chaotic if she was not controlled.
This is the advice the queen gave to her daughter-in-law.
Taking advantage of Li Shimin's father-in-law's experience of spending money recklessly, it seems that Empress Changsun is not less worried.
It turned out that the changes in my daughter-in-law were caused by Li Shimin's reckless spending as emperor.
My day is fifty cents.
Zhang Yang was so angry that if it weren't for the fact that Li Shimin was the emperor, he would have wanted to go to him with a stick and argue with him.
"What's your expression?" Li Chengqian asked in surprise.
Zhang Yang retracted his anger and said, "Perhaps Your Majesty has no idea about money."
Li Chengqian explained: "However, these banquets are necessary expenses. I have also looked at other accounts and found that the palace is very frugal on weekdays. Only on various banquets would my father spend such money."
Zhang Yang looked melancholy, "You can't spend so much. I suggest His Highness the Crown Prince to give you some advice."
"What are you admonishing?"
"I would like to advise Your Majesty not to spend so much money on the banquet. We are so poor in the East Palace. We can't afford pepper or rice paper. Life is too difficult."
Li Chengqian's eyebrows twitched hard, "Why don't we look at other files."
The rest of the files describe the arrangements within the palace, such as the geometry of palace maids and the geometry of eunuchs.
There are nearly a thousand people in the entire palace alone.
This is despite several reductions.
"Your Highness, don't just read, take notes and highlight the key points."
Li Chengqian nodded blankly, "I understand."
Reading with the prince is also a process of gaining insights. You can see how outrageous Li Shimin is financially, and you can also see thousands of people running the entire palace.
I read until noon, and it was time to eat.
Zhang Yang put down the scroll and pressed his eyebrows, "Your Highness, don't look at it for too long. It's bad for your eyes. I'll cook two dishes and let's eat some together."
Li Chengqian supported his waist and stood up, "I will prepare some drinks for you and I to have a good drink."
"Since the prince is treating you to a guest, I would rather be respectful than obey."
"Hahaha, it's better to be respectful than to obey."
There were not many ingredients in the East Palace, only half of a sheep that had been killed. This sheep had just passed away and was still steaming hot.
Change the knife to make a roasted lamb, which saves trouble and can be enjoyed with wine.
Li Chengqian brought two small jars of wine to the table, and the mutton was roasting nearby.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After drinking, the conversation started, and he talked about the time when Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, and Li Chengqian was still young at that time.
It's just that His Highness the Crown Prince's drinking capacity is very bad. He didn't eat a bite of the mutton, and he was a little drunk just from drinking.
"Your Highness, would you like to take a rest?" Zhang Yang asked tentatively.
"Yeah." Li Chengqian nodded unsteadily.
It was confirmed that the prince was drunk and unconscious.
Without letting Li Chengqian rest, Zhang Yang wrote a poem on the spot. I don't know what Li Shangyin was feeling when he wrote the poem.
Fortunately, I used to learn by rote.
Zhang Yang handed the written poem to Zhang Daan and said, "Da'an, this is a poem written by the prince. Please have someone give it to your majesty."
Zhang Daan scratched his head, "Didn't you write this?"
Zhang Yang tore off a piece of mutton and ate it, "What I wrote, this was written by the prince."
"But I clearly saw it, your handwriting..."
"Shut up!"
Zhang Yang interrupted him.
Zhang Daan nodded, "Hey."
"Forget everything you just said."
"Why."
"Forget what you just saw."
"Why."
"Remember, this poem was written by the prince. The prince wants to advise your majesty and hopes that your majesty will be frugal and not spend money indiscriminately."
"knew."
…
Every time Zhang Yang said something, Zhang Daan nodded.
"You help the prince to rest, and have someone give this poem to His Majesty." Zhang Yang adjusted his sleeves, "It's getting late, so I'll go back first."
What happened in Gaochang quickly spread throughout the government and the public.
Li Yue was sitting at home grooming the little bear, listening to Aunt Wang's narration.
"This time, His Majesty sent a team of troops to investigate the reality of Gaochang."
Li Yue had a warm smile on her face, "Father has long had plans for the Western Regions, and sending people to investigate now is just to prepare for the future."
The little bear's hair was very good, and it was shiny in the sun. Li Yue stood up and relaxed his back, "The purpose of sending people to Gaochang now is to prepare for the future. To see clearly what the strength of Gaochang is now and what its military strength is."
Aunt Wang still looked worried, "Once the affairs of Gaochang are known to the court, Your Majesty will definitely ask the consort to hand over Gaochang. Will the long-term strategy in Gaochang be in vain?"
Li Yue's smile was nonchalant, "Auntie, sometimes your husband's words still make sense."
Aunt Wang said in astonishment: "The words of the consort?"
Li Yue sat down and drank tea, "Only by mastering production can we master wealth. The wealth of the Western Regions does not lie in this land, but in production. What my husband wants is actually cotton land. This land in Gaochang is like my husband going out to buy vegetables. By the way,
It's just some meat, even if Gaochang is handed over to the father, as long as the production is still in our hands, the wealth is still in our hands."
"If no one produces it, the land is just a wasteland. If the cotton cannot be made into clothing, then the cotton is just cotton. This is where the wealth lies."
Aunt Yang, who was drying her clothes, observed Li Yue's words.
Li Yue now doesn't look like that ignorant little girl.
The princess's eyes showed a kind of shrewdness, and she also had a bit more aura.
This kind of aura is not revealed in front of Zhang Yang, but in front of others, Li Yue's inexplicably strong aura makes people listen to her quietly.
Aunt Yang smiled and said: "Your Highness Princess is different."
Li Yue lazily put her feet on the bear's back, "It's not that I have changed, it's that I have learned more."
It is true to say that the more your Royal Highness the Princess studies with her consort, the more she learns, the better she becomes.
Zhang Yang returned home with a basket of vegetables, "I listened to Mr. Zheng's lectures all morning today, and my mind is still a little dizzy."
Li Yue stepped forward and wrinkled her nose, and smelled carefully, "My husband has been drinking."
"Well, the prince asked me to stay and drink, but his ability to drink is not good and he got drunk as soon as he drank."
Li Yue put her eyes on the basket, "What are you going to eat today?"
"Stir-fried spring bamboo shoots with celery, and then make scallion chicken."
"Okay." Li Yue looked forward to it.
The two aunts looked at each other, and the princess immediately became obedient in front of the consort.
It is the time when a daughter-in-law needs to supplement her body with nutrition, so meat and vegetables cannot be missing.
At the dinner table, the couple shared a scallion chicken, and Li Yue patiently gnawed on the chicken wings while listening to her husband talk about what happened in the East Palace.
"I didn't know this before. I read the files in the palace and found out that your father really spends money like water." Zhang Yang finished eating a chicken leg and threw the bone to the little bear.
"How did your father spend the money?" Li Yue put the tip of the chicken wing in her mouth, shredded the skin and meat and discarded the chicken bones.
"A meal costs hundreds of dollars. Chang'an city can promote consumption, and your father has a share of the credit." Zhang Yang took a mouthful of food, "For those who don't know, you think your father is not a human being. One meal can
How much do you want to eat? Ordinary people can handle it even if it costs a hundred dollars for a sumptuous meal."
Li Yue smiled softly and said, "If outsiders hear this about Tian Khan, someone will question my husband."
After eating, the couple sat in the yard together, and Zhang Yang taught her how to do factorization problems.
"When will my husband teach me how to calculate latitude and longitude?"
"After a while, mathematics needs to lay a foundation."
"Well, then I'll learn slowly."
…
The couple sat next to each other, and Zhang Yang patiently explained the topic.
It started to rain again in the evening of spring. Zhang Yang was holding a homemade wrench and twisting the valve. "It's raining today. The buckets above are just right for collecting water. Let's test whether these bamboo pipes will leak first."
The room was a little dark. Li Yue held up the oil lamp and looked towards the roof. The water pipe went up the wall until it came out of the roof and connected to the bucket above. "What will happen if there is a water leak?"
"If there is a leak, close the water valve above. If the leak continues, the water will seep into the wall and it will be very troublesome in the long run."
Li Yue nodded thoughtfully.
Zhang Yang screwed up the valve and said, "I also thought about using iron pipes, but the cost is too high and the casting process is too difficult. Let's try using bamboo pipes first."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yue put her ear against the bamboo pipe, "Huh? There is the sound of water."
It's not raining heavily outside. I want to see if it's leaking. We'll know early tomorrow morning.
After finishing these tasks, the couple sat down again and began to count the money at home. In today's Zhenguan Dynasty, only a few people in the Tang Dynasty could be considered truly rich, and 99% of them were poor.
The copper coins in the homes of wealthy people may have piled up like mountains, and they have become patina and cannot be spent.
In the Tang Dynasty, where material resources were scarce, more people were still willing to pursue a noble spirit. This also led to the fact that although most literati lived in poverty, they would use knowledge to enrich their material wealth.
In the Tang Dynasty, for ordinary people, money could not change their status. Only by studying and becoming an official could they transcend class and have another way of living.
Li Yue skillfully flipped the abacus in her hand, "The profit from the Red Mansion made us 600 yuan, but we have to farm this season, and the people in the village also plan to buy a cow. After counting various expenses, and the work of the villagers,
The amount of money we will spend in these three months is about one hundred guan."
Seeing his wife's solemn expression, Zhang Yang shook the cattail leaf fan and said, "How wonderful. The profit of Red Mansion is quite large."
Li Yue drooped her little face, "The famous Red Mansion in Chang'an City has only made a few hundred guan. We will raise the price for the second half of the volume!"
The wife left these words behind and returned to her room.
Zhang Yang picked up his family's account books, and he was afraid that his wife, a little miser, could not change her temper.
There are still house rules at home, so I picked up a pen and added one more house rule to the house rules. The seventh house rule: If husband and wife have conflicts, they must discuss them and cannot slam the door and leave.
I feel much better after writing this house rule.
After a good sleep, Zhang Yang got up in the morning and ignored Li Yue who was staring at the house rules.
I went to the back of the house to check the condition of the water pipes, and found that water was still leaking and flowing out of the drain.
Remove the last half of the bamboo pipe, which will need to be replaced later.
"snort."
Hearing a cold snort from his wife, she seemed to be very disdainful of the seventh added family rule.
It’s up to her to decide the family rules. Anyway, our family’s rules will come out sooner or later.