At first I felt a little surprised that these words were not meant to curse me.
Now that I know it was written by Xu Jingzong, I am no longer surprised.
"I heard that Xu Jingzong worked with you in the Ministry of Rites, and now he is still the Minister of Rites?"
Zhang Yang said melancholy: "That's right."
Li Chengqian recalled, "He was one of the eighteen bachelors of the Prince of Qin's palace back then?"
Zhang Yang still nodded.
"So many people are calling you Zhang Yang, but Xu Jingzong said such words, which shows that he does not follow blindly and is someone who dares to speak his mind."
"The prince appreciates him so much, does he want to promote him?"
Li Chengqian nodded and said: "There are many people in the court who blindly follow the trend. When everyone agrees with one point of view, few people say other opinions. Now there are so many people calling you a sycophant, and only Xu Jingzong dares to say something different."
Zhang Yang picked up the teapot on the side and wanted to fill it with a sip of water, but found that the water in the pot was already cold, so he swallowed a few mouthfuls of cold water.
"Boil some boiling water." Li Chengqian ordered the palace maid beside him.
Zhang Yang sat cross-legged again and said to Li Chengqian: "If you can judge a person's quality by just looking at his words and deeds, I think this approach is too hasty."
The prince listened attentively, while Zhang Daan was boiling water and shaking a cattail leaf fan to make the fire in the clay stove bigger.
"It's not good to use words to provide a person with shortcuts. Someone who can talk doesn't mean he can do things. It's not advisable to let others take shortcuts on the road of life. It's even worse."
Li Chengqian pondered, "Words can also reveal a person's character."
Zhang Yang added: "Sometimes words can indeed reveal part of a person's character, but if His Highness the Crown Prince plans to promote him just because of Xu Jingzong's words, more and more people who are good at speaking will lean towards the Crown Prince in the future.
, and those who are good at practical work but not good at talking will stay away from His Majesty the Crown Prince."
Seeing that Li Chengqian wanted to explain more, Zhang Yang said again: "Whether people outside call me a traitor or a sycophant, I don't care. The worst is that I won't be an official anymore, and I can peacefully go to the fiefdom to carry out construction.
"
Li Chengqian closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "I know you are not a sycophant. Those opinions are just the narrow-mindedness of people with good intentions."
"Since the prince thinks so, I am not afraid anymore. As the saying goes, if you are upright, you are not afraid of a slanting shadow. If you are upright and upright, you will naturally have nothing to fear."
Zhang Daan carried the kettle and poured the boiled water into tea bowls, giving one bowl to the prince and one bowl to Zhang Yang.
"I just don't know what my father will think if he knows these things?"
Li Chengqian looked sad.
The prince is a loyal and kind-hearted man. Even if Changsun Chong is rude and makes his own decisions, he uses his relationship with the prince to make friends with the scholars and scholars in Chang'an City.
Now facing the scolding from these people, the prince still thinks about himself.
It is this kind of character that is anxious for others. If Li Chengqian was not a prince, he should have a lot of friends with this kind of character.
Zhang Yang was moved in his heart. It turned out that there were good people in the Tang Dynasty, and there were also kind-hearted people.
From the prince's point of view, Li Chengqian is the prince. Unlike Li Tai, Li Shimin is more strict with the prince.
On the contrary, even if Li Tai caused a minor trouble, Li Shimin could just turn a blind eye and let it pass.
So much so that in Li Chengqian's mind, he felt that His Majesty and the Queen were more partial to Li Tai.
Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "The more they clamored, the more guilty they felt. It was just to hide their frustration of not being able to answer the questions. It was because they refused to admit their own shortcomings that this happened, well,
Very hypocritical.”
"Gu Ye thinks so."
As he was talking, a clerk came over in a hurry and said, "Your Highness, this is the map sent by the Ministry of Industry."
Li Chengqian stood up and took the map, "Dai Gu said thank you to Yan Shangshu."
"Here."
First, he opened the map to confirm that it was correct, and then Li Chengqian hung up the entire map. The current territory of the Central Plains and the locations of other small countries were drawn on the map.
It’s just that some of the boundary lines are not very clear, and everything south of Yinshan Mountain has been included in the territory. This is Li Shimin’s first small achievement in opening up territory, but for this achievement, Datang held on for a while and won
Went to Yinshan and won Jieli.
After that great war, the Tang Dynasty is still cultivating its national strength.
"Today's court meeting talked about the mobilization of troops and horses in Tibet, and some people said that the Tang Dynasty and Tibet were about to go to war. I just want to look at the map to see what will happen if a war starts in the future."
Songtsen Gampo should be still building up strength on his plateau. Zhang Yang looked at the map and wondered: "The DPRK and China should already have an opinion on this matter, right?"
"It's hard to say." Li Chengqian's expression was solemn, "Some people want peace, and some want to fight. Every time I talk about this matter, the court will quarrel. If my father hadn't left the court early, there might have been two factions, civil and military.
The minister is going to fight again."
In the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty, even literati needed to know how to use fists and kicks, firstly for self-defense, and secondly, in case of an argument with the opponent but they would not be at a disadvantage even if they started fighting.
Zhang Yang grinned, "Our court has a strong political style and strong martial ethics. This is also a good thing. We have a dynamic court."
Li Chengqian thought about it, "Where do you think the war will start first, and where should we send troops? I remember that you had a conversation with Lu Dongzan, the Prime Minister of Tubo, when you were in the Ministry of Rites."
"Well, Lu Dongzan is a very charming person, and our conversation was very harmonious."
Li Chengqian smiled bitterly and said: "Why did I hear that I broke up on bad terms?"
"Really? It's been so long, I've almost forgotten about it."
"You can forget such an important thing at will. I admire you." Li Chengqian said with emotion: "No wonder some people say that people who are confused can live a good life. I just feel that it involves the exchanges between the two countries, so I shouldn't be confused.
yes."
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said: "At that time, Lu Dongzan stopped talking harshly and said he wanted to fight us."
Li Chengqian clenched his fists, as if there was fire in his heart and light in his eyes, "Then hit!"
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At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, which almost destroyed the confidence of the Central Plains. After intense internal strife, it was finally possible to have a good harvest in the past two years and save a fortune.
Zhang Yang said suspiciously: "Even if the war is started in a hurry, Tubo may not be able to benefit, and the Tang Dynasty is not unable to fight this war."
Li Chengqian looked at the map, "If a war breaks out, where should we attack first?"
Zhang Daan stood aside and listened quietly, and continued to serve tea to the prince and Zhang Yang.
"Actually, war is not as simple as the prince thought." Zhang Yang explained: "Even if a war is going to start, you must first understand the right and wrong of starting a war. If you want to be on the right side, Datang must first give yourself a reason to send troops, and
The whole reason is just, and besides, sending troops to fight depends on the benefits, which can be to frighten other countries, or to increase the diplomatic power of the Tang Dynasty."
"The most intuitive thing is to use the resources obtained from other people's territories to make up for the costs you pay."
Seeing Li Chengqian still looking at the map.
Zhang Yang pointed to a place on the border of Tubo, and then said along a line with his finger, "I thought that the most direct way for Tubo to attack Tang Dynasty was to start from the old road of Tuyuhun and follow the route they used to attack Tuyuhun.
, attack the Hexi Corridor first, and then seize Liangzhou."
Li Chengqian looked at the map, "Isn't Yumen Pass closer?"
"Yumen Pass is indeed close, but if they start from Yumen Pass in a straight line, they will not be able to station themselves in the long desert, and they will not be able to obtain any supplies."
Li Chengqian nodded clearly, "If they go to the old place of Tuyuhun, they can still get water from it, and they can even stay there."
Zhang Yang added: "If we fight, I think Tubo's chances of winning are even smaller."
"There are generals in the court who have experienced hundreds of battles, so naturally they are not afraid of Tubo."
Zhang Daan listened to the conversation between the two, lowered his head and thought.
From Tubo to Nanzhao, and then from Turks to Goguryeo and the Japanese Kingdom.
…
"Does Japan really have a lot of silver mines?"
Zhang Yang nodded, "It shouldn't be wrong, and the geological activities in Japan are very active. There are many volcanoes, and there are earthquakes and tsunamis at every turn."
"I always thought that Japan was a very barren place."
"There are disadvantages but also advantages. The Japanese country is an island, and their supplies are indeed scarce. But places with active geological activities are often rich in minerals."
After chatting with the prince for a while, Zhang Yang went to the Lizheng Palace to pick up his wife and Xiao Wu.
Li Chengqian transcribed the conversation and then watched it carefully.
Li Shimin was listening to Wei Zheng's story in Ganlu Hall.
"The prince set up a suggestion box in front of Zhuque Gate so that he could receive advice from the people. The old minister believed that the same should be done in every county and state capital. Officials need to have dialogue with the people."
Li Shimin frowned worriedly, "I will consider it."
Wei Zheng bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, everyone in the Hongwen Hall is talking a lot about the Prince's Young Master Zhang Yang. Can you calm down the conversation?"
Li Shimin took a deep breath, and faced Wei Zheng's words, he dealt with them as much as he could, "I've also heard about this, but it's just that boy Zhang Yang who asked two very tricky questions."
"I have also read those two questions."
"What do you think, Mr. Zheng?"
"It can be used for thinking, but answering the questions requires great wisdom."
Li Shimin nodded, "I understand everything Mr. Zheng said."
"Old minister, please retire."
After Wei Zheng left, Li Shimin took out The West Chamber from under the desk and read it with interest.
Compared with The Red Mansions, The West Chamber caused less turmoil.
This is another impact on love and ethics.
Talking about freedom of marriage and love in this era is indeed a very dangerous thing.
People will come up with reasons why you violate ethics and scold you severely.
The ending of Romance of the West Chamber is that the lovers finally get married.
At least the turmoil is not as big as the Red Mansion.
Zhang Yang listened to Aunt Yang talking about the market feedback of The West Chamber. Like The Red Mansion, this kind of love story is equally attractive.
"These books are like a knife that pierces the hearts of young people from aristocratic families with strict ethics and regulations. Sooner or later, they will feel the pain of this knife."
Li Yue smiled calmly.
Xiao Wu was taking a nap, and the couple were sitting on a chair in the yard.
The factory's production has officially been put online. Qin Qiong's people worked quickly. Now many people have left Chang'an City and headed towards the Hexi Corridor.
The more you use this kind of thing, the less it becomes.
For people with good character, especially Qin Qiong, if you give favors to such people, the rewards will be greater.
In November of the sixth year of Zhenguan, a cold wave swept through Guanzhong. The village seized the time to put away all the rice in one day.
There is still a lot of immature rice and there is nothing we can do about it. If the cold wave sweeps for a while, the rice in the fields will freeze to death, which means there will be no harvest.
Finally there is some harvest, the rice is not full, but it is still grain after all.
Harvest once in the summer and again in the autumn. I'm afraid something will come. Winter came very early this year.
The rice planting in Lishan Village has also become a joke in other villages. People have talked about how they spent a lot of effort to grow rice, but the harvest was poor.
"It's better than nothing." Shangguan Yi said to the warrior Xun.
"Did you send it to Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Consort?"
Hearing his question, Shangguan Yi nodded and said: "Don't worry, your daughter can also eat this rice. It was delivered early in the morning."
Half a month after the autumn harvest, the cold wind from the north sweeps south across the Central Plains.
Li Yue wore plain clothes, and Xiao Wu also put on a thick coat, "It seems just right."
After being brought back from the village and getting familiar with life at home, Xiao Wu's usual smile has returned. She is beating the bear with her little fists.
The animal enjoyed the beating very much, but Xiaowu's fists were weak, so it was very suitable to beat it on the back.
Li Yue asked curiously: "Why do you need to divide the rice into three parts?"
Zhang Yang packed the rice into three sacks, "one for us to eat ourselves, one to save for later eating, and one to make rice wine."
"Isn't there a rice wine seller in Chang'an City?"
Zhang Yang wiped his sweat, carried a bag of rice into his warehouse, then took out a large wooden barrel and a pot, and first used a small millstone at home to shell the rice.
Li Yue struggled to push the small millstone. She was tired after pushing it for a long time. Her eyes finally fell on the little bear.
This bear has grown very quickly, and now it is getting heavier and heavier, but it has not grown much in size.
As if he understood the meaning in Li Yue's eyes, he twisted his fat body and tried to run, but he couldn't run fast and was caught by Li Yue.
A rope was tied to its body, and the other end was connected to a millstone.
Li Yue first fed it a raisin, then asked the bear to turn around once, and then gave it a raisin for each turn.
"Well, he's still very sensible." Li Yue nodded with satisfaction as she watched the little bear take clumsy steps.
Aunt Wang walked into the courtyard with the package and said, "Your Highness, this is cotton spun in our village."
Taking the cotton cloth from her aunt, Li Yue opened it and looked at it, "It is indeed much smoother than mulberry linen cloth."
Aunt Wang smiled and said: "The women in the village tried many times. They used 30% fine linen thread to string cotton thread and made this kind of cotton cloth."
As she spoke, she took out another post from her bag, and Aunt Wang added: "This is from someone in the palace, saying that the princess and the consort are going to Qujiang Pool together for an autumn garden visit."