The prince couldn't match Zhang Yang's strange strength, so he saw the Supreme Emperor laughing and chatting with the old people in the village.
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I want the prince to stay for dinner. It's a rare New Year's Eve banquet." Li Yuan looked up and said,
"Then let's use it for dinner." Lao Wang stopped struggling, and there was more confusion and struggle in his eyes. Zhang Yang smiled and said, "You see, the Supreme Emperor has said so, returning to His Majesty is important, but the Supreme Emperor also means
You can't be disobedient."
"The County Marquis is really..."
"Three pigs were killed in our village, and there were only a few big banquets a year." Lao Wang sighed.
"Marquis of the County, this old slave has to go back to the palace after finishing his meal." Zhang Yang arranged a place for him on the long table in the village, and brought basins of fragrant and steaming meals to him.
"You must eat well and drink well tonight. When you are full, you will return to the palace to report to His Majesty."
"I'm sorry for the kindness of the Marquis of the County." Zhang Yang smiled and said to Niu Chuang, "Brother Niu, let us all sit down and have a banquet." Niu Chuang nodded with a smile and shouted at the villagers, "The fastest
At the table were children from the village.
Li Yuan, Zhang Gongjin, Ouyang Xun, and Sun Simiao sat on the seats. Then came the warriors Xun, Shangguan Yi, Niu Chuang, and others.
It is very cold in the winter night, but the village is very lively on New Year's Eve, and it seems that it is not so cold anymore.
Zhang Yang returned to his home at the foot of Lishan Mountain. There was also a banquet here, and the children were already seated. The two aunts cooked the meals themselves, and placed large cakes on the table.
Zhang Yang took out two marinated chickens and put them in the pot to fry. Li Tai came after smelling the smell.
"As expected! I knew you would make fried chicken today." The two fried chickens came out of the pan, and the fat man started to eat them.
Zhang Yang drank tea,
"There must be a banquet going on in the palace right now." Li Tai tore off a chicken leg and ate it.
"The fried chicken had a unique taste before, but now that I tasted it, it was indeed not as delicious as the scallion chicken or roast duck." The fat man wiped his mouth after eating and left, as if the purpose of his trip was just to eat.
Zhang Yang glanced at the few cubs in the yard. They kept crawling on the cubs, and each time the cubs would push them away.
However, these little milk bears regarded him as his only relative. In the end, the little bear gave up and let them crawl on him, as long as it did not affect him from eating the fried chicken.
When the banquet in the village dispersed, Lao Wang was about to leave, but he saw the Supreme Emperor standing at the entrance of the village. He bowed and saluted.
"Old slave, I will return to the palace to report to His Majesty." Li Yuan said solemnly, "Erlang, what do you want to do in Lishan?" Lao Wang told the story of the cause and effect of the matter, from the Luoyang incident to the discussions between the court and the present, and now.
Oral edicts passed down from Mount Li.
"Zhang Yang is a good boy. Erlang shouldn't be so guarded against him. You can also give him a message. Just say that if he dares to attack Lishan, I can't do it."
"Here!" Wang Gonggong hurriedly walked out of Lishan Mountain and got on a carriage returning to the palace. The children were still playing around. It was a festival, but they were left to their own devices for the time being.
Gao Yang and Li Zhizheng were quarreling over a little milk bear, and Qinghe and Princess Lanling were also quarreling over building blocks.
The yard was noisy, and little Qingqing was also lively. A group of her uncles and aunts walked around and did some mischief from time to time.
She overturned the block house she had just built and tore apart the windmill, which made a group of aunts angry with the little niece and reluctant to be angry with her.
The one-year-old little Qingqing started to make trouble in order to show how naughty she would be in the future. The two aunts could not help but notice how much they doted on the little princess.
There was an explosion in the night sky, and huge fireworks bloomed in the night sky. Xiao Qingqing pointed at the night sky and said, she was babbling, and she could only express her joyful emotions in this way.
The courtyard and the village were quiet at this moment, and everyone was watching the fireworks blooming on the top of Lishan Mountain.
The old prince was riding in a carriage, and the sound of fireworks exploding in the night sky frightened the horse.
The coachman pulled the reins to control the horse. Lao Wang held on to the door of the carriage, leaned out and looked back at Lishan. The light of the fireworks shone in his cloudy eyes, and he tremblingly said, "It should be Lishan, it should be Lishan."
He did it." The five fireworks finished blooming, celebrating the tenth year of Zhenguan.
At this moment, the banquet in the palace has just dispersed, but the auspicious night sky of Lishan Mountain cannot be seen in Chang'an City. Perhaps early tomorrow morning, villagers near Lishan will spread the news to Chang'an City.
All the guests in the Taiji Hall dispersed, but Li Shimin still looked at the memorial in his hand. This was Li Chengqian's preparation for the official policy. He prepared a thousand concubines. Some of these concubines were people who failed the imperial examination, and some were officials after the imperial examination.
Not satisfied with the current situation, he plans to become a wife.
Many people think that those who can be masters are old people, but in the decision-making process of Cen Wenwen and Li Chengqian, they chose ministers under forty years old.
These people are young, and after serving as teachers in remote places, they will be able to join the court as officials in the future. If they were old people, they might not be able to go to remote places.
Li Shimin then thought of Wang Gui, who was originally going to Liaodong to serve as county governor. He fell ill on the way and went to his hometown in Taiyuan to recuperate.
Li Junxian walked into the palace,
"Your Majesty, there is auspiciousness in the direction of Lishan Mountain, just like in previous years." Li Shimin put down the memorial in his hand and said solemnly, "I know, you send someone to Lishan Mountain to inquire."
"Here." The prince walked into the palace and saluted.
"Your Majesty, Lishan's oral edict has been delivered. The Supreme Emperor has kept this old slave for two hours." Li Shimin said solemnly, "Is there any auspiciousness in Lishan?" The Manlu Hall was very quiet, and the prince's eyes looked tired. He was already very tired.
He is old and has been serving His Majesty for a long time.
His energy at this age could no longer cope with it. The prince whispered, "Your Majesty, the old slave did not see the auspiciousness in the night sky when he came." This was the first time that the prince told a lie to his majesty. At that time, he was not far away from Lishan Mountain.
It’s too far away. If you want to talk about what this auspiciousness is, the county magistrate of Lishan at that time must know it best.
Even if he said it, what could he do? Li Junxian had been investigating this matter for four years, but he had not been able to find the person behind it in these four years.
His Majesty had suspicions and could not tell who was responsible. Li Shimin frowned and glanced at him. He was a little surprised to get this reply. He didn't think much and just said calmly, "What did Zhang Yang say after the oral edict was delivered."
"The county prince said that he does not want to owe His Majesty any favors."
"Favours? I didn't want him to owe any favors." Seeing that he was still standing in front of him, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You should go and rest too." Wang Gonggong bowed and nodded.
"Here." When Queen Changsun came back, Li Shimin said in a low voice, "Year after year, I feel that this palace is getting more and more deserted." Queen Changsun asked the palace servants to bring the brazier into the palace.
"The weather is still so cold, your Majesty should also pay attention to keeping warm." Li Shimin nodded slightly.
"That auspicious sign has appeared again." Queen Changsun poured a cup of tea and said
"This matter has troubled Your Majesty for a long time, have you found out anything about it?"
"I doubt Li Shan."
"I have never heard of someone being able to create abnormalities in the night sky before. If it is man-made, does your Majesty doubt Zhang Yang?"
"How can we say it was Zhang Yang who did it?" Li Shimin sighed as he spoke.
"It's the New Year's Eve. Your Majesty shouldn't sigh like this." Li Shimin said with a smile, "There will be many things to do in the court in the coming year, and I will never relax." When it just dawned, there were officials on the bell tower of Chang'an City holding His Majesty's hand.
The New Year's resolution was recited loudly.
Zhang Yang and Li Yue brought a group of younger brothers, sisters, and daughters to pay New Year greetings to His Majesty. The carriage arrived at Chunming Gate. After receiving the news, Wang Gonggong waited in front of the city gate early in the morning.
"I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess, and I have met the County Lord." The children played until very late last night before going to bed, and all the children were drowsy at the moment.
Zhang Yang took out the soap,
"Today is the New Year. Just keep this piece of soap. It's not a valuable thing, so I hope you don't dislike it." Such a piece of soap only cost twenty coins.
The prince took the soap and said with a smile, "The county lord, your highness the princess, come with the old slave." On the first day of the new year, Chang'an City was very lively.
We walked in from Chunming Gate with a group of princesses and princes, and then walked towards the Imperial College. Passing by the Imperial College was the Zhuque Gate.
Zhuque Street is bustling with activity. Walking into the imperial city of Zhuque Gate, the place seems deserted and empty.
It seemed that the small world suddenly became quiet. Gao Yang and Li Zhi were having fun fighting for a piece of cake along the way.
Echoes can be heard in this imperial city. After walking through the imperial city and entering Chengtian Gate, Li Chengqian was waiting here.
The couple saluted together,
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Li Chengqian looked back at the children. Zhang Yang said loudly, "Report!"
"One! Two! Three...six...eleven." Although the voice of counting was sparse, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Your Highness, please see, none of these children are missing." Li Chengqian smiled awkwardly,
"It's a novel and easy-to-use method." Li Shimin has many children, so calling them by name is not as convenient as counting them.
Zhang Yang folded his hands and said, "Actually, I thought this method could also be used in the military."
"When I am alone, I will remonstrate with my father. Now it is a good idea to lead the army guards and the Qianniu guards on the left and right to run the army." Zhang Yang and Li Chengqian walked in the front, and behind the children Li Yue drove a row of children from Gao Gao.
When the time came, there was another queue.
After walking to Xingqing Hall, the children saw their father and mother before entering the hall and saluting one after another.
The dishes were already served on the table. The monarch and his subjects met each other, talking for a while and laughing in tacit understanding.
"You come with me."
"Here." Zhang Yang followed the emperor's footsteps towards the backyard of Xingqing Palace. The pool here was still covered with a thin layer of ice, and there was a hint of cold air on the ice.
There were only two people in the backyard, the emperor and his ministers, and the laughter and chatter of the children in the palace could be heard here.
"It makes you and Yue'er happy to take care of them." Zhang Yang heard this and sat down by the pool.
"The ones who are heartless are all my younger brothers and sisters. As a brother-in-law, I should also keep an eye on them."
"The incident in Luoyang has become such a big deal that the Menxia Province has piled up memorials from all over the country. I will discuss with the Zhongshu Province how to calm down this matter."
"So your Majesty wants to restrict merchants?" Li Shimin said solemnly, "The Tang Dynasty needs merchants, but the Tang Dynasty cannot have a second Lishan Mountain." Just one Lishan Mountain is enough to give the court a headache, let alone another one.
Come out of Lishan Mountain.
After deliberation, the Ministry of Education defined this matter as a scam by businessmen. In this way, North Korea and China could also minimize the impact of this matter.
Seeing that Zhang Yang did not answer, Li Shimin said again, "I hope you can keep your promise back then and promise that the technology of Lishan in the DPRK will never be leaked."
"I understand." Zhang Yang looked at the pond. The water was as black as the emperor's heart.
"Lishan accepted all the five hundred thousand guan from Luoyang?"
"Accepted."
"How do you plan to arrange this money?" Zhang Yang fell into silence again this time, and Li Shimin smiled and said, "Many people in this world love money, but I thought you were a minister of the Tang Dynasty, and an important minister in the court should also be a minister of the country.
Consider it." The emperor almost said that he would give all the money to the court to contribute to the country.
Don't think that the emperor is a contented person, especially an emperor like Li Shimin, who has a huge appetite.
Even if all the 500,000 guan were handed over to the court this time, Li Shimin would only want more, and the 500,000 guan would not satisfy his appetite.
"Your Majesty, they all say that Lishan is rich. In fact, they only see the surface. Lishan's production requires costs. Putting aside taxes to the government, labor, and huge resources, these costs have made Lishan
Overwhelmed." Walking to the emperor's side, Zhang Yang whispered, "Xue Yantuo has a batch of coal mines to be sent to Chang'an City. I hope that the government can give me a fair price by then."
"Zhao Guogong is doing things decently, please relax."
"Speaking of Zhao Guogong, at the beginning he advocated treating those children of aristocratic families with care, and even wanted to let them go. What are your Majesty's plans now?"
"What do you want me to do?" Zhang Yang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the two scholars in Luoyang were beaten to death by them. They wanted to shut up the scholars, but they thought justice could never finish killing them, and they would do it again in the future.
There are more people like this who will come forward, not just scholars, but perhaps many villagers."
"I also hope that Your Majesty can stand on the side of the masses, stick to the ideals in your heart and never give up. The prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty is just around the corner."
"The prosperous age..." Li Shimin looked into the distance and said slowly, "The Tang Dynasty has only been based in the Central Plains for thirty years. In these thirty years, it has been recuperating and recuperating, and the household registrations in each county have also increased. But can I see this prosperous age?" The Great Rebellion of the Sui Dynasty.
, the vitality of the Central Plains was severely damaged, and countless people were lost.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has been pursuing a national policy of light corvee and low tax and encouraging population growth. Only with population can there be productivity, and with productivity can national strength be boosted.
Merchants did not engage in farming or production, which was contrary to the government's policies. After the Luoyang Incident, the court once again firmly took measures to restrict merchants.
Perhaps reaching the level of prosperity cannot be accomplished by one generation. It may take two or three generations.
It is a good thing that the emperor is ambitious, but it is not a good thing that the emperor has a big appetite. From this matter, you can probably guess what the emperor was thinking, how to shamelessly share a piece of the five hundred thousand yuan to the imperial court, and also be justified.
Tian Khan is sage and benevolent, but all bad things have nothing to do with him. Even if the Emperor of Luoyang is half an accomplice in the scam, he will not admit it.