The two sat opposite each other and opened the food box they brought from Lishan. In the food box was a cooked chicken.
Gao Shilian was not polite. He pulled off a chicken leg and took a bite, and his lips and teeth were covered in oil. A lot of oil even flowed on his beard.
One person has a piece of cake, two people share a chicken, and the rest of the food belongs to the children.
Zhang Yang gnawed on the cake and suddenly lost his appetite when he saw the old man's black nails and unwashed hands grabbing the chicken.
Gao Shilian added: "The court has been arguing for a long time about the strategy of civilizing the barbarians. Since Zhang Daan and Li Yifu came back, these two people have repeatedly argued with Changsun Wuji in the court."
Zhang Yang was still eating the cake by himself.
Gao Shilian also picked up the cake and gnawed it, trying to cover the greasy taste in his mouth, and continued: "Zhang Daan and Li Yifu were able to give such great help to the Ministry of Rites as soon as they returned to Chang'an City. I have seen Pei Xingjian's policies back then. When Pei Xingjian comes back,
The Ministry of Rites will be even more powerful, the younger generation is so sharp, Changsun Wuji will probably have a rival."
Listening to the old man's ramble, Zhang Yang's thoughts completely filtered out these words, and instead he stared at the river in a daze.
Gao Shilian added: "When I first met you and talked with you, I thought you were a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve the goal. Now it seems that I was wrong. After so many years, I rarely misjudged a person.
"
"No!" Gao Shilian said with self-denial: "It's not that I'm wrong, but that you've hidden it too deeply. What else are you hiding?"
"Xu Guogong, I am upright and aboveboard, I have nothing to hide."
"Yes." Gao Shilian's expression became more appreciative, "A young hero should have a city like this."
If you have too much contact with bad people, you will become a bad person. Gao Shilian is a bad person.
In other words, Gao Shilian is a bad person among famous officials, but his good reputation covers up his essence of being a bad person. A bad person among good people is the most terrifying.
According to this old man's way of living, living is too tiring.
There are many people like Gao Shilian in the court, but most of them are not as high as Gao Shilian.
Zhang Yang whispered: "That's why I want to leave the court."
Gao Shilian sighed: "Then have you ever thought about why in the end His Majesty adopted Changsun Wuji's method to govern the Turkic barbarians?"
Barbarians? This is what the older generation calls Turks. In the eyes of the older generation, Turks are uncivilized people and are barbarians.
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "I am no longer the Minister of Rites. What choice Your Majesty makes has nothing to do with me, and what the Ministry of Rites does has nothing to do with me. It has been three years since I left the court, and I have rarely interfered in these three years.
Even if Mr. Xu Guogong told me about this matter, I would have forgotten these words as soon as you left."
Gao Shilian stroked his beard and said, "This chicken is good. Seeing that you don't want to eat it, I took it away."
The old man left with the half-eaten chicken in his hands. Zhang Yang even suspected that the old guy was tearing the chicken with his unwashed hands just to take away the whole one.
Zhang Yang closed his eyes, took a long breath, and erased those hands from his memory, even if he used chopsticks.
But when he opened his eyes, he found this old guy standing in front of him. Zhang Yang asked in confusion: "Does Mr. Xu have anything else to do?"
Gao Shilian stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I heard that His Highness the King of Wei is ill?"
What is Li Tai doing now? He is mostly sitting at home, boiling tea eggs and eating hot pot.
The fat man's life has been very pleasant recently.
Seeing that Zhang Yang didn't answer, Gao Shilian felt that he was bored and left.
The family finished their meal by the Weishui River, and then sat leisurely to eat, then went to Longshouyuan to have a look.
Children are always energetic. As they grow older, Xiao Wu, Xu Hui and Li Lizhi no longer play with these younger siblings.
After a certain age, the things you play around with become different.
Coupled with the cognitive gap, Li Lizhi is no longer interested in diving and skipping.
Li Zhi came holding a small fish and said, "Brother-in-law, let's fry this small fish and eat it."
Zhang Yang took the fish from his hand and threw it into the river under the boy's confused look. "You can't kill the small fish. If you kill the small fish, there will be no fish to eat in the future."
"But Xiao Qingqing said she wanted to eat fried fish! The kind of crispy fried fish."
He was talking about the kind of fish that is fried and coated in flour. He had made it for these children once before, and they ate it very well and remembered it.
No wonder they are both gluttonous at their age.
Zhang Yang held his hands and said: "Some fish won't grow big, and some fish will grow up. The fish that don't grow up can be eaten, and the small fish that can grow up must be raised. Otherwise, everyone will eat the small fish, and the Weihe River will be ruined."
There won’t be any fish.”
"Um."
Li Zhi nodded heavily to show that he understood what he was saying, and said: "Huainanzi has a saying: burn the forest to cultivate the fields, deplete the lake to fish, is that what it is like?"
This kid has already started to read this kind of classics. It seems that he has been reading books in the library recently.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were not so many fairy tale books and fairy tales. These children began to come into contact with the classics of saints at an early age.
That is to say, because there are no fairy tales, this world lacks a lot of beauty. Some people live realistically, while others live pessimistically.
There are more realistic people than pessimistic people, and most people in the Tang Dynasty are both realistic and pessimistic.
Especially those who started with Li Shimin, they have experienced troubled times, so they have a pessimistic spirit, so much so that the teacher even feels that living is too tiring.
Just like Li Shimin now, people will live more soberly when they reach forty.
When the emperor reached forty, he would also have some confused ideas, such as wanting to build the Daming Palace.
The car started off again, with Xiao Qingqing riding the bear and arrogantly clearing the way. Passers-by saw such a strong animal and all gave way to it. They were also curious about the calmness of the little girl riding on the back of the bear.
Many people would think that this little girl should be a disciple of a certain master. A person who can subdue such a beast is something other than a master.
Until Zhang Yang was sitting on the shaft of the carriage, driving the slow carriage, this figure passed through the crowd, and many people thought it was a carriage driver.
Judging from the attire, this man's clothes couldn't be simpler. He is just cleaner than an ordinary coachman.
Especially his hair, just looking at it makes you feel very soft.
The car drove past the crowd, and after crossing the bridge, there were no longer so many eyes. Along the way, Zhang Yang continued to record the water and soil conditions in Gaoling with a booklet. The snow here is not as thick as Lishan, and there are still many acres of land without
is covered.
Zhang Yang stopped writing to calculate the direction of the wind, and then saw Longshou Plain in the distance. At this time, the high slope of Longshou above Longshou Plain blocked most of the wind and snow.
Seeing this, Zhang Yang took note of the landform features here.
However, the driver of the car was stopped by several county soldiers, who shouted loudly: "Who is crossing Gaoling?"
The other party was wearing a suit of armor and seemed to be from Zhechong Mansion. Xiao Qingqing comforted Xiong Da under her and replied with a sweet voice: "We are taking the road to Longshouyuan!"
"You can also go to Longshouyuan? I advise you to leave quickly." The other party looked at the bear and took a few steps back. Once such a bear pounces, they are no match for them.
Li Yue did not step out of the car, but watched her daughter's every move through the gap in the car curtain.
Now Xiao Qingqing was arguing with the soldier, and Gao Yang stood on the carriage driving behind him, "Who is so brave? Don't you see this princess here?"
The other party didn't know Princess Gaoyang at all and just looked at her suspiciously.
Zhang Yang waved his hand to signal them not to be impulsive, and his younger brothers and sisters were willing to listen to his brother-in-law.
"Whose soldiers are you?"
Before the other party could answer, Zhang Yang thought thoughtfully and said: "By the way, since the Wei Mansion was restructured into Zhechong Mansion, most of the people in this area are leading the military guards after the expansion of Zhechong Mansion. I have some friendship with General Li Daliang, please let us go.
, I won’t argue with you about this matter, otherwise the group of children behind me will be enough to ruin your future."
After thinking about it again, Zhang Yang changed his sitting position and sat cross-legged on the carriage shaft. Seeing that the other party was still indifferent, he said again: "I remembered one more thing. Li Xiaoyi served as the leading military guard five years ago. At that time, the Wei government had not been reorganized.
Zhe Chong Mansion, now this boy is placed in the army by his brother. It was the clan members who gave him the title of a soldier. He serves in the army. He is still young and under twenty years old, so he has no choice but to stay in the army.
Am I right about the power of soldiers and cavalry?"
"Speaking of which, I want to ask one more thing."
The man in front of him kept talking, as if he knew the leading guard very well, and the general who was watching the road became more and more suspicious.
Zhang Yang slapped his forehead and asked, "Is King Li Ke of Shu still here? What is he doing now? How did he learn the military training method given to him?"
After just saying a few words, the Lu soldiers were swaying in their hearts. They saw that the horses used in the opponent's carriage were all tall horses, not geldings from the ordinary Weifu in Guanzhong. The history was not simple.
And there is a little girl who claims to be a princess.
Xiao Qingqing said again: "If you don't give way, I will let the bear bite you! I am the princess, and my brother is the Marquis of Guanxi!"
"Marquis of Guanxi? Princess? Which princess?" The soldier scratched his head and looked back, signaling for someone to send the message.
While the two sides were in a standoff, attracting onlookers from the surrounding villagers, Zhang Yang became increasingly impatient. Youdao said that Cao Cao had arrived.
Li Ke came over in a hurry, "I've seen my brother. Is he out to play?"
Seeing Li Ke come out, Zhang Yang sat down again and said, "It's us who disturbed the garrison."
Li Ke bowed and said: "Brother, please don't say that. If you want to go to Longshouyuan, just go straight there."
Zhang Yang then let the horse move forward, and Xiao Qingqing glared at the soldier just now with dissatisfaction.
As the carriage passed in front of Li Ke, Zhang Yang pulled the reins to indicate a stop, "His Royal Highness, King of Shu, has grown a lot taller."
Li Ke also had a beard on his face. "The next spring will be my brother's wedding. I also invite my brother to come to the banquet."
"I won't go to your wedding banquet. You are in the army and I am a civil servant."
Li Ke still had a sullen face, as if he still didn't know the stakes as before. Zhang Yang whispered: "I will ask someone to send a congratulatory gift."
After finishing his words, Zhang Yang drove the carriage and continued forward.
There is no need to talk too much about Li Ke. Although Concubine Yang has entrusted her, the two families do not need to get too close. This is actually because Li Ke is in the army.
His status in the military is a high-voltage line, and his status is even more dangerous.
Seeing that the carriage was about to pass by, Li Ke quickly said: "My mother-in-law said that as long as my brother can send congratulatory gifts, it will be enough..."
Seeing that his brother didn't reply, all he could see was his waving hands.
Li Ke said loudly: "The one I want to marry is the Yang family, the Yang family of Huayin."
The car drove further and further away. Li Ke watched the car drive away with a complicated mood.
In this way, the car passed smoothly in front of the officers and soldiers stationed at Zhechong Mansion, and no one dared to stop it.
According to the soldier's words, Li Shimin valued Longshouyuan so much that he even asked Zhechong Mansion to be stationed here. It seemed that the construction of Daming Palace had already been made up in the emperor's mind.
In the carriage, Li Yue whispered: "The Yang family of Huayin had an expert during the Han Dynasty. It is said that he was called Confucius in the West."
Zhang Yang grinned and said: "My son is still the Marquis of Guanxi."
Seeing her husband's proud look, she reached out and twisted it away, "Father didn't issue the decree, how dare you call yourself the Marquis of Guanxi now?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "I can fight for it."
The carriage went uphill very slowly and reached the high slope of Longshouyuan, which is a flat land.
Finally, I saw the whole picture of Longshouyuan. They said that the mountains and rivers of Longshouyuan are beautiful, the foundation of Dingding is eternal, and endless industry is there. Now it looks like a barren highland.
Zhang Yang understood after thinking about it again. The description of Long Shouyuan was in the Sui Dynasty Book. After Yu Shinan, who was in charge of Wenhan in the court, resigned, the compilation of the Sui Book was handed over to Wei Zheng.
The Sui Book was written by the Tang Dynasty. In order to build the Daming Palace, it didn't matter what Li Shimin wanted to write in the Sui Book, not to mention that Yuan Tiangang was willing to endorse him.
The carriage moved very slowly. Longshou Mountain covers an area of more than 200 acres and spans more than ten kilometers. The Han Dynasty records that Longshou Mountain is sixty miles long, with its head entering the Weishui River and its tail reaching Fanchuan.
In the Guanzhong territory of the Tang Dynasty, Longshouyuan occupied a larger area than in later generations.
Zhang Yang had no choice but to drive down to the southwest, passing through Gaoling on the way back. There were still some ice fragments floating on the spacious river. At this time of year, the clear scene at the intersection of the Gaoling river could not be seen.
Only in autumn, when the flow of the Jinghe River is strong, can you see the wonders of the clear Jingwei River.
Zhang Yang and his family were on their way back from a winter outing.
At this moment, Li Shimin's eyes were filled with memorials of remonstrances. The emperor said angrily: "What a bunch of good ministers. I just wanted to build the Daming Palace. These ministers actually compared me to the Second Emperor of Qin and said that I wanted to build the Daming Palace."
Follow the example of Qin II in building Afang Palace!"
The emperor was furious in the Ganlu Palace. He had finally saved some money recently and wanted to build the Daming Palace. There were as many memorials as a snowflake from all over the court.
The prince came with a food box and said, "Your Majesty, these are the tea eggs sent by His Majesty the King of Wei."
"Does this kid have nothing but tea eggs in his eyes? He knows how to forge those ingenious things in Lishan all day long!"
Eunuch Wang added: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei will vomit after looking at the drawings. It is rumored that he is no longer involved in the casting of Lishan Mountain."
"Then he shouldn't eat tea eggs all day long!"
Li Shimin said as he peeled an egg and started eating it.