Zhang Yang saw off a piece of wood, then picked up another piece and sawed hard, "You still refute me? I arranged mutual trade for you, and also made suggestions to help you design tariffs. The answer is right in front of you. You God Khan can't even make such a decision."
It doesn’t work, right?”
"damned!"
The blade of the saw finally broke. Zhang Yang threw away the saw, washed his hands and went back to chopping wood.
"Master, why are you angry again?" Xiao Wu asked in a low voice.
"Mostly it's for the affairs of the DPRK." Li Yue looked at this scene distressedly.
Xu Hui held a big peach in her hands and ate it. The peach was almost as big as her face. She took a bite and looked at the angry master with her teacher and sister.
The little bear came out of the forest. It had no harvest today. The little animals on Lishan Mountain have become much smarter recently, which made it very unhappy.
Pushing aside the few little milk bears that came closer, they lay down listlessly next to their little master.
Little Qingqing didn't like it getting dirty when he went to the mountains and forests. While imitating his mother's scolding, he had to work hard to wash all the hair on his body.
Aunt Yang came with another package, which was a memorial for the imperial court to pay for this month.
Zhang Yang saw the volume that the emperor wanted to repair the leaky Wude Hall, and also wanted to spend the preliminary preparations for digging the Taiye Pool.
There is indeed a river to the north of Xuanwu Gate. I remember that when I visited it two years ago, the water in that river was very dark and the water plants were dense.
There is no way there should always be a smelly ditch running across the north side of Xuanwu Gate.
Repairing the Wude Palace did not cost much money. It only cost ten guan. Zhang Yang directly wrote "no", not to mention that repairing the Taiye Pond required 3,000 guan.
Youdao is tit for tat. The emperor does not support the setting of tariffs, and he will not even think about building Taiye Lake.
After writing the memorial and asking Aunt Yang to send it back, Zhang Yang felt much relieved.
Lishan now has sufficient capital, but the sales of 3,700 shi of grain were slow at first, and I felt uncomfortable.
Li Yue often heard her husband talk about these old grains, old grains, old grains, old grains... Once the years pass, they can only be used as feed.
It all depends on sales in the Western Regions. When will these grains be sold? Moreover, what should we do after this summer’s harvest?
My husband also worked hard for the sake of the country.
After receiving Zhang Yang's memorial, Li Shimin took a deep breath and endured the anger in his heart. The thought of eating him alive kept flashing through his mind.
The emperor had the final say on the expenses of the imperial court, and Zhang Yang was just an accountant at best.
The emperor also needs a reason to spend money, and he also needs the support of his courtiers.
Even if the money was spent in the wrong place, the emperor would still be able to pass the blame.
To be a wise king, you must also be an emperor who is thrifty and sets an example.
Li Shimin kept persuading himself in his heart.
Li Lizhi took Xiao Sizi and Li Zhi into the Ganlu Hall and brought a bowl of soup, "Father, please use it."
Seeing his sensible daughter, Li Shimin temporarily let go of his anger towards Zhang Yang. He picked up the soup and took a sip, and then took another sip in surprise.
Li Lizhi looked forward to it and asked, "What do you think, Father?"
Putting the spoon in the bowl, Li Shimin looked at the quality of the soup and asked, "Is this made by your mother?"
Li Lizhi said with a smile: "My daughter cooked this by herself. She learned it from the two aunts in Lishan. She used chicken soup base, and then used some rice soup to thicken it. She was afraid that her father would be too tired to drink it and garnished it with some.
celery."
It tastes really good, with the rich flavor of chicken soup, and even better is the garnish of these celery.
He didn't expect that his daughter could make such a soup. The emperor was in a good mood, "Well, Li Zhi's soup is very good."
Li Lizhi smiled happily, "My daughter takes her younger brothers and sisters to Lishan Mountain ten days a month. The younger brothers and sisters are now very good. They can play with the students of the Imperial Academy, especially in mathematics, fifteen or six.
None of our students can compete with my younger brothers and sisters."
"In addition to Lishan's skills, you must also learn the Li Ming Sutra from Master Kong Yingda."
"My daughter understands."
Li Lizhi pressed her father's shoulders and said, "Father, do you have any arrangements for summer vacation this summer?"
Li Shimin closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Yan Liben has talked about Jiucheng Palace in Tiantai Mountain many times. I often think that now that it has been repaired, I have to go and see it."
After he finished speaking, and seeing his daughter no longer pressing his shoulders, Li Shimin opened his eyes and took another sip of soup.
Li Lizhi stood aside, "My father always said that we should be diligent and thrifty and set an example. It's a long way to the rooftop and how much money it will cost. Do we have to spend all the thousands of silver coins brought from the Hexi Mutual Trade?"
Li Shimin finished the soup and thought carefully about what his daughter said.
"Father, let's go to Lishan Mountain to escape the summer heat." Li Zhi looked forward to it. "I heard that my brother-in-law is going to build a big pendulum clock in the four directions of Lishan Mountain. This way, when the villagers of Lishan Mountain look up to Lishan Mountain, they will
You can tell what time it is."
Li Shimin put down the bowl and looked at his son and daughter. He didn't know what Zhang Yang said to them. Why are my children all facing him?
"I will consider it." Li Shimin sat upright again, "I have to review the memorial. You go back to the Li Zheng Palace and study hard. Don't just study your brother-in-law's knowledge all day long."
"Here."
The children left. Li Shimin just picked up the pen and then put it down. He stood up and walked to the window, his heart full of tangles.
Looking at the grape wine on the side, this grape wine is indeed not as fragrant as the Lishan ale. It is the only wine that can be drunk in this season.
After calming down, Li Shimin whispered: "In June, we will go to Lishan Mountain to escape the summer heat. You can take someone to send a message to Qingque to prepare."
"Here." The prince bowed and left in a hurry.
Life in Lishan was leisurely. This was the most comfortable six months for Zhang Yang. He was freed from the shackles of the imperial court and could build a new home to his heart's content.
When he has nothing to do, Zhang Yang will also walk around the old site of Lishan Palace and see the place where King You of Zhou used to play with the princes with beacon fire, and he is full of emotions.
Li Yue looked at a stone tablet in front of him. The beacon tower where King Zhou You used to play beacon fire shows on the princes was long gone. Only this stone tablet recorded what happened at that time.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "So many things happened in Lishan." Li Yue said with a smile.
"Lishan is indeed a place full of legends." Zhang Yang sighed, "Did you know? In fact, our family is still a neighbor of the First Emperor."
"What?" Li Yue was surprised and speechless for a long time.
Zhang Yang held her hand and said, "Well, now we live in Lishan, and we are the neighbors of the First Emperor."
"Husband, don't say it's a joke." Li Yue's expression was a little more nervous, and she even felt that the air around her was a little colder.
The burial place of the First Emperor was discovered only in later generations, and this shocking secret has always been hidden in his heart.
"Auntie sent a message saying that my father is coming to Lishan to escape the summer heat."
"He will come as soon as he comes, and we can't stop him."
Zhang Yang held his wife's hand and walked along the mountain road. This was a rare leisure time for the couple.
May to June is the rainy season in Guanzhong. It was raining on the day when the emperor came to escape the summer heat. Li Yue held her daughter in one hand and held an umbrella in the other.
Zhang Yang stood in front and took the whole family to welcome the emperor to escape the summer heat.
The emperor's chariot was larger than before, and it seemed that he brought more troops and horses with him this time.
Li Tai hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
Li Shimin stepped out of the car, Zhang Yang bowed and saluted, followed by Shangguan Yi and Samurai Xun.
The emperor stepped on the smooth road of Lishan Mountain, and when his footsteps came to his eyes, the words came out.
"On such a rainy day, I don't have to worry about getting muddy on my feet when walking on this road."
"Your Majesty, the accommodation has been arranged."
Li Shimin first looked at his granddaughter. The little girl looked at the most noble person in the world with clear eyes.
But this man's eyes were fierce and not kind at all. Xiao Qingqing withdrew her gaze and buried her face in her mother's arms.
"Such a rainy day is very inconvenient. You should all go back. There is no need to welcome you here. I am just here to escape the heat."
Shangguan Yi and Samurai Yun left.
Zhang Yang and Li Yue followed the emperor to his residence. The emperor's residence was at the foot of Mount Li. After Li Tai's renovation last year, it looked like a small palace. Although there were no pavilions or pavilions, it was at least much more luxurious than an ordinary house.
Li Shimin is in a very bad mood today.
Zhang Yang also looked very unhappy, and the emperor and his ministers almost looked at each other with disgust.
Empress Changsun held her granddaughter in her arms and talked to Yue'er in a low voice.
Li Tai followed his father and a group of younger brothers and sisters and walked straight into the room of this small palace.
There are three floors in the room. The father's residence is on the top floor, and there is a resting place for the younger brothers and sisters below.
Li Tai did not arrange an extra room because his younger brothers and sisters could live with his brother-in-law in Lishan.
His father didn't say a word along the way. At this moment, Li Tai also realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
Li Shimin sat down and said, "You all get out."
Li Tai was a little confused. He wanted to ask but saw his father's old and dark face hesitated to speak, so he had to leave. However, he saw his brother-in-law still standing there and winked quickly.
"He stays."
The father spoke again and stared directly at his brother-in-law.
First, he hurriedly left with a group of younger brothers and sisters. Li Tai closed the door behind his back and whispered: "You go find your mother first, and the emperor will take you to play tomorrow."
Li Zhi, Dongyang and a group of children left. Li Lizhi looked at them suspiciously and realized something, so she had no choice but to leave.
After they all walked downstairs, Li Tai leaned against the door and listened carefully to what was going on in the room. If his brother-in-law and his father got into a fight, would he be protecting his father or speaking for his brother-in-law?
The room was very quiet, Zhang Yang stood in front of the emperor.
Li Shimin also stood in front of the window and watched the rain falling from the sky. The fields in the distance were hazy in the rain curtain. The rain fell on the roof and flowed down the eaves, forming a curtain of water.
There was thunder in the sky.
"Isn't it inappropriate for you to ask Pei Xingjian to go to the Anxi Protectorate?"
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Everyone needs experience. Besides, I believe in Pei Xingjian's ability, and he is protected by Gaochang soldiers and horses."
Li Shimin clenched his fist with one hand, and his tone was a little colder, "Zhongshu Province has asked you to return to the court several times, and you have repeatedly refused. Are you waiting for me to invite you?"
His Majesty's breathing was so heavy that Zhang Yang could hear it clearly even from a few steps away in the room.
"What? Let me ask you, are you silent?"
"Your Majesty is wrong. First of all, I came to Lishan to give birth to Lishan. This is what Your Majesty meant, right?"
"Are you saying that this matter is my fault?"
"I have to take care of the construction of Lishan and take care of the Central Government. How much energy does Your Majesty think I have to cope with it?"
Zhang Yang's tone was a little higher.
"Then you shouldn't refuse like this? The civil and military officials of the entire court are talking about you. Memorials to impeach you are piled up in Zhongshu Province. If I hadn't stopped them, they would have cut you into pieces."
"Your Majesty, the construction of Lishan is all for the sake of the country. Lishan has produced more than 20,000 volumes of books without asking the court for a penny."
Li Shimin turned around with an angry look on his face, slapped his gum and shouted angrily: "How dare you talk about money in front of me?"
"Why can't you say it?"
"I asked you to take charge of the expenses of the imperial court, and I didn't let you get stuck with my expenses."
Zhang Yang sneered and said: "Your Majesty, are you joking? The high expenditure in the court and the rush to dig the Taiye Pond all show that you will become dim in your old age. You are right in thinking about it."
Li Shimin kicked the table in front of him and said, "Do you know what you are talking about? I can chop you down right now based on your words."
The guards in front of the small palace heard the movement upstairs and noticed that this was His Majesty's room. Several guards in front of the palace hurried over.
Li Tai did not stop them in his haste, and the guards rushed into the room.
"Father...Father." Li Tai looked at the situation in the room. The table was overturned and one of the precious inkstones was also broken on the ground.
Li Shimin's face turned pale, "What are you doing here?"
"Humble... humble duty..." The guards looked down at His Majesty's glare and bowed, "Come to protect me."
"Everyone, get out of here!"
"Here."
The guard left in a panic and closed the door very consciously.
Li Yue was sitting under the eaves with her daughter in her arms, looking at each other in silence with Empress Changsun, as if she had long expected that the monarch, minister, and son-in-law would not do anything good when they met.
"Your father has been feeling depressed in his heart for the past six months." Empress Changsun said in a low voice.
"Yes, my husband, after all, he will cut firewood and saw wood every time he gets angry. Many of the saws at home are broken."
Li Yue looked at the rain all over the sky, looked at her younger brothers and sisters sitting obediently under the eaves, and sighed.
Another bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a rumble of thunder.
In the room, Li Shimin certainly would not kill Zhang Yang because of such words, and Wei Zheng and his ilk often talked about such words.
Seeing this person who is living leisurely in Lishan Mountain and still talking about doing it for the country, I feel even more angry.
"Okay! What do you mean when you talk to me about money, not to mention digging the Taiye Pond? I want to repair the leaky Wude Hall, but I want it to be returned."
Facing Li Shimin's anger, Zhang Yang stood up straight: "The government can save money if it is tight. Speaking of money, I would like to ask Your Majesty, the tariff policy I mentioned and the 37 million shi of grain."
, he submitted memorials several times saying that he wanted to turn it into wine."
"Your Majesty has repeatedly rejected objections. I have worked hard to build the Hexi Corridor. How much money did Lishan spend!"
Zhang Yang spoke louder and louder, and the long-standing anger in his heart rose again, "Your Majesty, now you are saying that I am stuck with expenses? The expenses of the government are tight, and I have worked hard to increase revenue and reduce expenses, just because of a tariff policy for brewing wine, for two years!