Chapter 424: He is a bad person who reads books from sages
Seeing that the water in the pot was boiling, Zhang Yang picked up the kettle and poured a bowl of tea.
Li Shimin sighed: "Gao Shilian said that you are a talent that can be developed and that you can become the mainstay of the court and the pillar of the country in the future."
"really?"
"Yes." Li Shimin picked up the tea bowl and was about to drink it before putting it down, "I told you before that I asked you to read more books by sages."
"I'm reading."
Zhang Yang helped Xiao Wu arrange the tables and chairs while talking.
"Do you always think about these calculations?"
"It's just a little hobby."
"Hobby?" Li Shimin smiled in astonishment, "I have seen scheming people. You should be high-spirited and high-spirited at a young age."
"I'm very high-spirited, eh." Zhang Yang nodded and said, "I'm so high-spirited that the nobles want to kill me and skin me alive."
"I hope you can cultivate more righteousness by reading the books of sages."
"I am full of righteousness, and everyone in Chang'an knows that I am magnanimous, and everyone knows that I will judge my spending, and I will retaliate for my anger."
"Is this what you call righteousness?"
"That's right."
The emperor and his ministers looked at each other in silence for a long time. This son-in-law had a weird temperament. Even if he was asked to read more books by sages, he hoped that he would have more of a gentleman's spirit in his heart.
I usually look like a very bookish person.
Li Shimin knew in his heart how sinister Zhang Yang was in his heart under this appearance, and how many lives he had lost at his hands in the countries outside the Pass.
He has always measured his gains and losses stingily.
Faced with such courtiers, Li Shimin asked himself how to control him.
His eyes fell on his daughter who was talking to the queen. Now that Yue'er was pregnant with his flesh and blood, she felt a little more confident.
When the food was on the table, Zhang Yang said again: "Your Majesty, there is no wine in our house."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter."
The father sat down, and a group of princes and princesses also sat down.
Li Shimin picked up a piece of beef with soy sauce and put it in his mouth to taste. The salty beef tasted very good, and it also had such a crisp texture that made him want to drink more while eating it.
Seeing Zhang Yang add some more tea, his mouth felt even more tasteless.
Zhang Yang whispered: "If your Majesty likes it, you can take some back."
Li Shimin nodded, "Okay, beef is hard to come by. Where did Chumo get the beef?"
Zhang Yang whispered: "It is said that a cow broke its leg in their Cheng family's field."
The chopsticks in his hand stopped for a moment, and Li Shimin hesitated to speak and had to give up.
The children ate happily, especially Li Zhi, who ate three large bowls of rice. The child didn't eat much food, so he shoveled the rice into his mouth with all his strength.
It makes people feel distressed to see it. The life in the palace must be very hard, Zhang Yang thought in his heart.
Gao Yang looked back at the roof from time to time while eating. This bear would rather be hungry than dare to come down at this time.
Li Shimin ate a plate of beef with soy sauce with gusto, but his children did not dare to eat what their father was enjoying.
After the meal, Li Shimin and his family were about to leave, and Li Yue specially packed two large pieces of beef with soy sauce in a food box, weighing more than five kilograms.
This is almost half of the inventory at home.
Li Yue handed the food box to the queen, "These soy sauce beef can be brought back to the palace for my father to eat."
Seeing that the queen did not take the food box, Li Yue handed it to Li Zhi directly, "If the father doesn't like it, you can give it to your younger brothers and sisters."
Li Lizhi nodded obediently.
The couple walked out of the house to say goodbye.
Seeing the emperor's car driving out of the alley, Zhang Yang said melancholy: "It's a pity that there is so much beef."
Li Yue stretched out her hand and twisted the soft meat around her husband's waist, "I can have more beef. I'll make more some other day."
Zhang Yang endured the pain, "We still have to wait and see when Chumo's cow will break its leg."
Li Yue let go of her hand and returned to the courtyard with satisfaction.
Xiao Wu put the broth, rice, and some broken chicken bones into a bowl. She knocked on the bowl, and the little bear popped his head down from the roof.
After confirming that the little devils below were gone, it climbed down.
Zhang Yang was cleaning up the house, "Da'an sent a letter saying that he found a few more bear cubs in Liaodong and was thinking about sending them over."
Li Yue moved all the chairs in the yard into the house, "That's good. We can raise a few more when we move to Lishan."
Because Li Shimin and his family came to visit, the yard was in a mess at the moment.
It took half an hour to clean up the yard. Zhang Yang put some items back to their original places and confirmed that nothing was missing at home.
When I returned to the house, I heard the sound of water in the room. Xiaowu and his wife were taking a bath.
Zhang Yang sat at his desk, took out some parts from the drawer, and patiently assembled them.
A hair-thin iron needle was fixed on the compass. Zhang Yang held his breath and placed a thin iron piece on top and observed the movement of the iron piece.
I slowly turned the compass and saw the pointer moving, and I felt happy for a moment.
But the pointer only moved for a moment and then stopped moving again.
When he came back to his senses, Zhang Yang discovered that his wife had been standing aside in loose pajamas. Her long wet hair was being wiped, and she was wearing thin pajamas.
"Failed again?" Li Yue whispered.
"Yes." Zhang Yang held her in his arms, "But we are very close to success."
Sitting on her husband's lap, Li Yue looked at the pointer, "It has been worn so thin, is it still not good?"
"There was some movement at first, but it was short-lived."
“Would the iron hands not be light enough?”
Zhang Yang blinked hard and quickly slapped his wife on the face, "Wake up the dreamer with one word."
Li Yue's pretty face turned red and she looked at Xiao Wu in the room. Fortunately, she didn't see him or she would have been so embarrassed.
Li Yue got off her husband's lap and walked to Xiao Wu's room to teach her how to do the questions.
My wife is right, changing the materials may solve the entire dilemma at hand.
That would require materials that are more susceptible to magnetism.
Among natural metals, copper, silver, and gold can be ignored.
When changing the material, you need to consider forging it and change it to a material that is more affected by magnetism. The same is true for adding carbon powder when forging iron and adding copper powder when calcining gold.
After all, it still depends on technology, Zhang Yang came to a conclusion in his mind.
Now that I have a new look, my mood has improved a lot. I took a bath and then went to bed early with my wife in my arms.
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On the morning of the next day, Zhang Yang was dozing off in the morning class.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Shimin said loudly: "Now that the western region of Tubo has been quiet, I am determined to worship my ancestors in mid-October to show God, and invite envoys from all countries to a banquet."
Hearing this emperor, Zhang Yang's original sleepiness disappeared, "Your Majesty, I object."
Li Shimin's face immediately darkened, "Why?"
"I believe that Your Majesty should be diligent, frugal and self-disciplined, and it is naturally good to worship ancestors. However, the Western Region has only been temporarily conquered and has not yet been governed. Furthermore, although Tubo has been stabilized, many tribes in Tubo have been enlightened."
After the words fell, the emperor closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Do you think my words of worshiping our ancestors are exaggerated?"
"Your Majesty should not take credit and be arrogant. You should take advantage of this moment to work hard, make further progress, for example, complete the construction of the official school as soon as possible."
There was silence in the hall for a moment, and Li Shimin lowered his voice: "Zhang Shangshu is right, I should be diligent, frugal and self-disciplined, and so should you."
"I accept your orders." A group of civil servants and generals saluted.
"In the third year after I came to the throne, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong. In the past four years, there have been successive bumper harvests. I want to reduce taxes again, especially in Luoyang and many state capitals east of Tongguan."
Zhang Yang once again stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I object."
As if his throat was being strangled, Li Shimin blushed and said solemnly: "Why do you object again? I have always been adhering to the principle of frivolous corvee and low endowment."
"It's right to be light on corvee and thin on taxes, but it can't be too much. Nowadays, taxes are very thin and the central government's finances are tight. If taxes are reduced further, not to mention the construction of official schools will come to a halt. Where will the money come from for the construction of the Hexi Corridor pass? Moreover, grain
If the tax is low, the rich will not be farmers, but the landlords and nobles."
"Your Majesty, I am here to make the Tang Dynasty prosperous and powerful! It is the right way to leave your money and family wealth to use in key construction."
Wei Zheng also stood up and said, "I also agree with the proposal that farmers should be given small taxes, but landowners and nobles should be strictly controlled."
Wei Zheng and Zhang Yang, one old and one young, suppressed His Majesty's thoughts.
Li Shimin looked very unhappy, and he said loudly: "Many people in the palace have mentioned that there are still many palaces that are abandoned and unused, and I want to rebuild them."
Zhang Yang once again stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I object."
After nodding and looking at Zhang Yang for a while, Li Shimin stood up abruptly and said, "If there is no further performance, we will withdraw from the court."
Without listening to any excuse, Li Shimin quickly left the Tai Chi Hall.
Seeing this, Zhang Yang sighed and walked among the crowd, lamenting that Tian Khan was getting more and more swollen, and would have to give more advice in the future. He also greeted Xu Xiaode: "Now that Xu Changli has stepped out of the East Palace, he is already on the censor's stage.
The imperial censor."
Xu Xiaode replied: "Because of Yan Shigu's matter, Your Majesty saw that the officer had merit in exposing it, so he arranged it at the Yushitai."
Walking along with his hands folded, Zhang Yang warned: "I hope Xu Yushi will monitor the officials in the court more in the future."
Xu Xiaode bowed slightly and said, "As a lower official, I must persevere and report everything I know if there is evidence."
Standing still, Zhang Yang asked again: "Do you have a direction?"
Xu Xiaode thought for a moment and then said: "I wonder where the direction Zhang Shangshu is talking about is?"
"The matter with Yan Shigu has come to an end now. Does Xu Yushi think that this matter can really end here?"
"I would like to hear the details."
Zhang Yang whispered: "After Yan Shigu fell, there must be more people behind him, especially Lu Chengqing, the Minister of Household Affairs. After being cross-examined by the Ministry of Punishments, it seemed that his words were fine, but was there really nothing weird in it?
The blame is that he picked himself too cleanly."
Xu Xiaode looked solemn and said, "I understand."
"As a censor, it is necessary to supervise all officials, but we must also maintain the spirit of supervision and let all officials know that there is always a knife hanging over their heads."
Hearing this, Xu Xiaode subconsciously looked at the top of his head.
"You have to have a direction and keep your eyes on the target. You can't just listen to one thing, and you have to step up your own investigation." Zhang Yang said with a smile on his face, "I still have to go to the warehouse, and I will stay there soon."
These words made Xu Xiaode find a new direction as a censor. Not only did he not bear any grudge when he impeached Zhang Shangshu of Lishan, but he still came to enlighten him now. He must be an open-minded person.
Just as he was about to say something else, he saw that Zhang Yang had already walked away.
Xu Xiaode straightened his clothes, raised his head and headed outside Chengtian Gate.
He had almost finished reading the books at home. When Zhang Yang walked towards Zuozangku, he noticed that the eunuchs in the Manlu Hall were coming and going in a hurry.
"Your Majesty's temper has been very bad lately."
"I'm still angry, so I need to go to the Imperial Medical Office."
"We should be careful in our words and deeds. The last eunuch who offended His Majesty with his words died somewhere."
"It is said that the flowers and plants beside Yechi are very dense, maybe..."
"well……"
The two eunuchs were walking faster and faster as they talked. After Zhang Yang heard this, he continued towards Zuozangku.
Now the Zuozangku has been packed out, and there are guards guarding the door.
As soon as I walked to the door, I bumped into Li Ke.
This kid is standing straight in front of the door.
The prince also needs to guard this place?
He walked into the library with doubts in his heart.
"Don't you see me?"
With a sudden word, Zhang Yang stopped in his tracks, turned around and said, "I saw it."
Li Ke was holding a horizontal knife, and the little man still showed a military spirit, "My mother said that you are a very wise person."
Zhang Yang was rummaging through books in the library, "Study more, read more, experience more, think more, and ask more questions will make people wiser."
Li Ke took a step forward and said, "My mother-in-law hopes that I can become your teacher."
Zhang Yang looked at a volume of books and frowned: "I have no plans to accept disciples for the time being."
The warehouse became quiet again, and Li Ke just stood aside.
Zhang Yang walked towards another bookshelf, and this kid followed closely, "Your Highness, King of Shu, I said I have no plans to accept any disciples."
Li Ke said with a straight face, "I know."
"Then why are you still following me?"
"My mother-in-law hopes that I will become your disciple."
Is this kid not good at words? Zhang Yang scratched his head in distress.
Li Ke added: "I know you often come to the warehouse, but this time you came very late, after a month."
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu has been waiting here this month?"
"Um."
Zhang Yang put the volume back on the bookshelf, "I don't have much to teach you. What do you want to learn, Your Highness, King of Shu?"
Li Ke's expression relaxed a lot. He hesitated and asked, "Did Zhang Shangshu agree?"
Zhang Yang took a few volumes and put them into a package, "I'm thinking about it."
"I want to be a general, like General Li Jing."
"It's difficult, maybe completely impossible." Zhang Yang directly gave him a basin of cold water.
"I'm very diligent."
"This has nothing to do with diligence, but has something to do with His Highness's status as King of Shu." Zhang Yang thought for a moment, "But I have been studying military training methods recently, and I want to get practical results."
"really?"
His words were simple, his questions and answers were true to his temperament in the army. Li Ke was a model soldier, and a pacesetter.
"Please go and prepare the pen and ink, Prince Shu. I will write one for you now. It may not be complete. You can practice it first. If it works, I will add more later."
"Okay! Let's make arrangements now."
Li Ke is the emperor's heir, and military power is a high-voltage line for the emperor. Leading troops in war is not suitable for Li Ke at all in his future plans.
The emperor insisted on throwing him into the army.
This child has been training in the military since he was a child. His foundation is all in the military. It is difficult for him to learn other knowledge. He has missed the most critical age. Now he seems to be a child with a serious partiality in subjects.
I found a few books about astrology for my wife, and then I found books about cast iron for myself. This is a technical need.
There are quite a few unique ancient books, but there are not many collections of highly practical books.
