"The establishment of the Anxi Protectorate is what the Ministry of Rites will accomplish this year, and it is also the current goal of the Ministry of Rites."
After saying these words, Zhang Yang saluted again, "Actually, today I am here to pay New Year's greetings. I wish Your Majesty that all your New Year's wishes will come true, that your ambitions will remain the same, and that you will conquer the world."
"Best... New Year's greetings."
The conversation changed to New Year greetings again. The speed of Zhang Yang's tone caught Li Shimin off guard. Instead of talking about the Ministry of Rites' strategy for the Western Regions, he ended up talking about New Year greetings.
What exactly is in this kid's belly.
"I also want to criticize Your Majesty. Back then, Your Majesty was also a hero who fought in the world. How can you let others look down upon you? It is good to be modest, but the provocation of the Tubo people is intolerable!"
Li Shimin wanted to say something more, but he heard this kid continue to talk.
"Things have their own priorities. The governance of Guanzhong is of course important, but it is equally urgent to recover the areas outside the Guan. The Ministry of Rites has been planning for a long time. Please give your Majesty the Ministry of Rites another year. Today next year, the Ministry of Rites will definitely give you an answer."
First draw a big cake for the emperor.
Looking at Xu Jingzong again, his expression was pale.
Zhang Yang added: "If it can't be done, Xu Jingzong, the Minister of Rites, has said it first. If it can't be done, he will kill himself in front of His Majesty as a thank you to the world."
Anyway, Xu Jingzong’s death is not my death.
His knees went weak and Xu Jingzong almost knelt down on the spot.
Li Shimin had a smile on his face again. The more he looked at his son-in-law, the more satisfied he became. The more arrogant he became, the easier it would be to catch him in the future.
He dared to talk about unifying the Western Regions and establishing the Anxi Protectorate at such a young age. He had no knowledge and experience. He had no idea how difficult it was to govern the Western Regions.
Zhang Yang has indeed accomplished a lot in the past two years, and this kid is becoming more and more ignorant.
Since he dares to say it, there is nothing I dare not agree to.
Just wait for you, Zhang Yang, to kneel down in the Tai Chi Hall and cry.
Li Shimin nodded and said, "You don't have any jokes?"
Zhang Yang saluted again, "You have no joke."
"I feel very relieved that you have come to pay New Year greetings this time, so I will first detain Lu Dongzan and others in the post house. Xu Jingzong and others will be fined for one year for causing trouble in the post house. You all should leave."
Everyone saluted Li Shimin and walked slowly out of Xingqing Hall.
As he was walking, Xu Jingzong's steps faltered, and Zhang Yang quickly supported him, "Old Xu, what's wrong with you?"
Xu Jingzong glared and said with a trembling tone, "Establishing the Anxi Protectorate in one year?"
"Yes." Zhang Yang said with a smile, "Your Majesty and I have made a decision."
Xu Jingzong will never leave, "Zhang Shangshu is seriously not joking. There are seniors and juniors below, but I can't bear it."
First he sighed, and Zhang Yang said to Li Tai: "His Royal Highness, King Wei, could you please help Lao Xu to go to the Foreign Affairs Academy."
"Okay." Li Tai supported Xu Jingzong very loyally, "I usually see you, Mr. Xu, being timid, but now I see your momentum in sweeping the Tubo people in the post house. I admire you very much."
"His Royal Highness, King Wei, will open the Anxi Protector's Palace within one year. Is this something that humans do? I don't want to live anymore."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you senior and junior?"
…
The voices were getting farther and farther away, and Xu Jingzong and Li Tai also walked away.
Looking at Wei Zheng again, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I have a lot to do with Mr. Zheng today."
Wei Zheng waved his sleeves and looked forward, "I underestimate you."
"Aren't you still going to accept me as your disciple?"
"I regret it."
"You can't go back on your word."
"I never promised you. It's getting late. See you in the morning."
After bidding farewell to Wei Zheng, Zhang Yang still stood there for a long time.
In the Xingqing Hall, Li Shimin was in a good mood. He was full of expectations for the days ahead as long as Zhang Yang was unlucky.
Huangkou Xiaoer, the exit is to establish the Anxi Protectorate, and speak openly.
What really makes Li Shimin happy is the New Year greetings. This is the first time that the entire emperor feels that there is family affection around him.
Zhang Yang really regards me as an elder.
Let’s look at the consorts outside who were granted the title of Prince Consort. Who will come to pay me New Year greetings? Let alone Zhang Yang, who often brings household items to the palace.
They will hide when they see me.
In comparison, apart from the fact that this son-in-law is becoming more and more like Wei Zheng in the court and has changed his habit of being careless, it is still very satisfying.
My father has made so many princes-in-law, but no one has fulfilled his filial piety.
Also because of the Xuanwu Sect incident, these people are all very afraid of the palace.
I'm not a person who doesn't recognize my relatives.
Zhang Yang returned to the Lizheng Hall, and Li Yue was teaching a group of children.
Seeing that his brother-in-law was coming, Li Zhi quickly stepped forward and said, "We have done everything that my brother-in-law told me before."
"Well, what was the result?"
"We found that the water basin being buckled on the bottom of the water has nothing to do with the size of the bucket, but to do with the amount of water."
Zhang Yang shook his head, "His Royal Highness, this statement is wrong."
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Yang added: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, it should be said that it has nothing to do with the width of the water, but everything to do with the depth of the water."
After hearing this, Li Zhi nodded, "Yes, that's what I should say."
"The bucket is just a reference condition, and the reference variable is water."
With these words secretly written down in his mind, Li Zhi's eyes brightened again, "Brother-in-law, do you have any other questions for me?"
Listening to his milky voice, Zhang Yang asked puzzledly: "Does His Highness Prince Jin like doing questions very much?"
"These things are very fun, and they are also rewarding and beneficial."
Listening to the conversation between Zhang Yang and Li Zhi, Empress Changsun smiled and coughed twice unconsciously.
"Okay then, I will give His Highness the King of Wei another question. Count ten thousand beans and give them to me. When you have counted them clearly, you will give me your answer."
"Okay." Li Zhi responded loudly.
Li Yue shook his head again. Zhinu didn't know the trap in the husband question. It seemed that he was very busy these days.
Hearing the Queen cough twice again, Li Yue stepped forward with concern, "Is the Queen feeling unwell?"
Empress Changsun waved her hands and said: "It's okay, I just feel uncomfortable breathing sometimes."
Li Yue lowered her voice, "Does your mother always act like this?"
"Well, it doesn't matter if it happens from time to time."
There was something obviously wrong with the Queen's cough. There was no phlegm sound in her cough.
People who cough like this for a long time may have hidden diseases. In this period of medical shortage, some diseases are particularly troublesome to treat.
Just like the teacher's illness, as long as the root of the disease is removed, it will be cured. At present, the root of the disease cannot be removed, and the teacher can only take good care of it.
I noticed the potted plants growing nearby. Not far from the queen was the stove and incense.
Zhang Yang asked: "Queen, I also know some medical skills. Please stay away from the stove, stop using incense burners, and don't plant flowers in the yard. Just keep the air clean."
Li Yue nodded, "My husband's medical skills even amazed Dr. Sun."
Seeing the couple standing on the left and right, Queen Changsun nodded and signaled the palace maid to take away the incense burner and stove.
Zhang Yang added: "Let's live like this for a while and see if the situation changes."
Generally speaking, the aromatherapy in the palace is used to either refresh or calm the mind.
The smoke produced by this kind of incense burner contains many impurities.
"Some things smell fragrant when burned, which may be caused by incomplete combustion. Please ask the Queen not to use the incense burner again in the future."
Queen Changsun nodded, "I have recorded all your words."
Zhang Yang looked at Gao Yang again.
Gao Yang also blinked.
Gao Yang was the most naughty one in the palace, and among the children, Li Lizhi was the most sensible.
"Princess Gaoyang, from now on, if anyone brings incense burners to the Li Zheng Palace, they will be thrown out and no one can bring them in."
Gao Yang nodded, "Remember, I also told my younger brothers and sisters that no one is allowed to send incense burners."
These words made Queen Zhang Yang shake her head.
The palace maids waiting on the side listened, and one after another they took away the incense burners stored in the palace.
Li Yue gave a few more instructions before leading Xiao Wu out of the Zhengdian Hall. She was doubtful, "Is the incense burner really bad?"
Zhang Yang nodded, "The smoke coming out of the incense burner is very fine. They will enter along our respiratory tract, and over time they will become the root of the disease."
"Then the Queen Mother isn't..."
Zhang Yang held his wife's hand and said, "I don't know if someone will add highly toxic substances to the incense burner. If the symptoms are mild, it may get better if you stop using it for a while."
Li Yue raised her head again, "My husband's medical skills are so good, even if my mother is sick, she will definitely be cured."
Zhang Yang smiled.
Unknowingly, Empress Changsun became a very important person in her daughter-in-law's heart.
It has never been clear what the real cause of Empress Changsun's death was in history. It was indeed related to respiratory diseases.
Now there are no obvious symptoms in terms of the Queen's complexion or symptoms.
The royal family has many bad living habits, such as Li Yuan's big fish and meat, Li Shimin not eating breakfast, and the queen's incense burner in the Zhengdian Hall.
The environment of the Li Zheng Palace was not bad at all. Zhang Yang whispered: "Can you record the queen's living habits and what she usually does? I will see if there are any problems with her living habits."
Li Yue stopped and said, "It's hard to inquire about this kind of thing, and even the maids in the palace don't know how to talk about it."
After thinking about it again, Li Yue added: "However, the aunts still have some connections in the palace. When they left the palace, there were still many old friends left in the palace. Let's give it a try."
It feels like as long as the daughter-in-law says a word, the two aunts will get things done through fire and water.
Lu Dongzan and others were detained by officers and soldiers in the post house. On weekdays, except for the special personnel delivering water and meals, they were no different from prisoners.
Lu Dongzan walked back and forth in his room and said to the people around him: "At this moment, Zanpu still doesn't know Tian Khan's intentions..."
Speaking in Tubo dialect, Lu Dongzan kept talking to his servants.
The news from Guanzhong must be sent to Zampu, and everyone in Tubo must know the Tang Dynasty's intentions. This battle must be fought, and the Tang Dynasty has made complete preparations.
Zhang Yang told Li Shimin his plan in the palace. Once the war started, Gaochang would definitely come to help.
Zampu will definitely be attacked by Gaochang by then.
After many worries in his heart, Lu Dongzan wrote all these words on a piece of sheepskin, opened the window and watched the night cover Chang'an City.
"Even if you surround the post house, you can't fly into the sky."
Lu Dongzan blew a whistle into the night sky, and the sound of the whistle echoed in the silent city of Chang'an.
Listening to the sound going further and further away, Lu Dongzan patiently stood in front of the window.
After a while, there was a response in the night sky, and an eagle stopped in front of the window. This eagle was raised on beef, and the moonlight shone on its feathers.
You, Zhang Yang, would never have thought that we Tubo people also raise eagles.
Tie the sheepskin to the eagle's talons, Lu Dongzan stroked its feathers and released it into the night sky again, watching it circle several times in the night sky with its loud chirping echoing above.
After closing the window again, Lu Dongzan's expression became more confident.
Zhang Elephant, Zhang Dashu, and Xu Jingzong, who were guarding outside the post house, were also discussing the placement of the four towns in Xizhou and Anxi.
Suddenly hearing a loud cry in the night sky, the three of them looked up and saw an eagle hovering above them.
Xu Jingzong said in confusion: "This eagle's cry is loud and clear, and it is a rare good eagle."
Zhang Xiang said sadly: "Some people outside the customs like to raise eagles."
Zhang Dasu quickly called to the guards on the side, "Can you shoot this eagle down?"
"Here."
After receiving the words, the man got on his horse and rode towards the eagle under the moonlight.
Seeing the eagle flying higher and higher, the man stretched his bow and arrow on his horse, held his breath and shot out an arrow.
I couldn't see clearly in the dark, and I didn't know whether I was hit or not.
When the guard came back, he was carrying an eagle with a roll of wool tied to its talons.
Zhang Dashu took the eagle and said with a smile: "Thank you so much for this brave man. What should I call him?"
The other party waved his hand and smiled, "It's nothing."
Nodding solemnly to show respect, Zhang Dashu took off the sheepskin tied to his paws, which had many Tibetan characters written on it.
Xu Jingzong looked at the window where Lu Dongzan was sitting and said with a smile: "It's lonely at night, so we might as well bake it and eat it."
Zhang Xiangxiang also felt hungry, "It's still fresh not long after he died."
The three of them lit firewood and began to barbecue. The war between Tang Dynasty and Tubo was about to begin, and Lu Dongzan was most worried about it.
Xu Jingzong originally wanted to guard it by himself, but Zhang Dashu and Zhang Xiangxiang insisted on coming.
The three of them guarded it together, and there were dozens of officers and soldiers guarding the post house.
Lu Dongzan packed everything and was about to fall asleep when he smelled the aroma of barbecue. He reopened the window and faced a gust of cold wind, and smelled it carefully again.
There were several people warming themselves on the fire under the window, and they seemed to be roasting something.
Seeing some feathers next to the firelight, Lu Dongzan opened the window, his eyes widened, and he cursed a few words in Tubo dialect.
Xu Jingzong waved from below and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for the eagle. It's enough for the three of us to roast and eat. It's a good way to relieve boredom in the loneliness at night."
Holding the window sill with both hands, Lu Dongzan was so angry that he was shaking all over. This eagle was raised by Zampu and himself. Even if it flies thousands of miles, it can still come back.
He was so angry that he was about to jump out of the window and fight to the death with these three people, but he was held back by his followers.
Lu Dongzan glared angrily and gnashed his teeth, beat his chest with his fists, and cursed angrily in Tubo dialect.
It was almost dawn, and Lu Dongzan did not fall asleep. To him, this was no different than losing a relative.
There was one less method of contacting Zanpu. Lu Dongzan stood up slowly with an ashen look on his face. He whispered a few words in Tubo dialect, overturned the oil lamp and lit the bed. The flames started to burn and soon burned along the wall.