Tang Shanshi stepped into the side room, and Chu Suiliang was standing here, looking at the copybook.
When he saw the person coming, he put down the pen in his hand and said again: "Brother Tang."
After sitting down first, Tang Shanzhi said with a smile on his face, "Uncle Chu really doesn't want to stay?"
Chu Suiliang smiled and said: "Actually, we have talked about this three or two years ago, and we have only recently made preparations."
Now that everyone has official positions, Chu Suiliang will still stay in Chang'an City.
"Brother Chu, don't you think Duke Zhao is getting more and more tired recently?"
"Well, the good consciousness has also noticed it?"
Outside the house, there was talk of servants moving things. Tang Shanshi whispered: "Recently, His Majesty has also deliberately distanced himself from Duke Zhao. It is natural for him to distance himself from his relatives, but the same relatives, Lishan, withdrew from the court early."
Chu Suiliang replied: "Even if he is a relative, Duke Zhao is the most trusted relative by your Majesty."
"Can……"
"Xu Jingzong, Zhang Daan and others seem to be highly valued by His Majesty, but these people are too young." Chu Suiliang stood up and took two steps back and forth, and continued: "Furthermore, Zhao Guogong was one of the first people to follow His Majesty.
Zhao Guogong has the ability and reputation, so a wise man should not be discouraged."
Tang Shanshi lowered his voice and said, "I'm worried that Duke Zhao will be disheartened before we give up."
Chu Suiliang nodded and said: "The court needs young talents. Although Zhang Daan and Shangguan Yi are outstanding, they have not settled down. Your Majesty will still trust Zhao Guogong more in the future. As for now, Zhao Guogong only needs to hide his power and bide his time, and he will still be reused by your Majesty in the future."
"Well, your perspective is better." Tang Shanshi had a plan in his mind.
Chang'an City has begun to rebuild the Qujiang Pool nervously, and there will be another square city in Chang'an City in the future.
It is not easy to get the emperor to demolish the city wall, and it is very thankless to convince the emperor.
There needs to be enough interest for the emperor to take the initiative to do so.
Xiao Qingqing added: "What a person my father is. The costs paid by Lishan have always been recovered. Our family has never done a business that lost money."
Li Xiaogong was grilling mutton skewers, and in his ears was the conversation between the prince's son Li Xiang and Xiao Qingqing.
Li Xiang is a child. He is not stupid, but he is still arguing with the little princess.
But who is Xiao Qingqing? She is Zhang Yang’s child.
How could such a child be so weak as Li Xiang?
In terms of momentum at first, Xiao Qingqing overwhelmed Li Xiang, but now in terms of logic, Li Xiang couldn't explain it anymore.
It’s not his fault. The knowledge and principles that children can accept are limited.
He can't compare with Xiao Qingqing, who has many children since elementary school, and the teachers who teach her are all first-class people.
While other children are still playing at this age, Zhang Yang arranges classes for her own children every day. She has been attending classes almost every day since she was five years old.
In addition to the words and deeds of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Li Xiaogong felt that adults were not necessarily her opponents, and would be plotted by this little girl if she was not careful.
At the foot of Mount Li, Zhang Yang and the prince were also talking.
Li Chengqian has changed a lot now, and he looks much calmer.
"Your Highness, what books have you been reading recently?"
"I haven't read a book for a long time." Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "I am very envious that you can live such a leisurely life. Whenever I help my father handle state affairs, I always ask myself whether it is right or wrong to do so.
"
When the emperor is ambitious, the entire court will follow suit, and the prince is no exception.
As the prince grew older, he participated in more state affairs.
Li Tai left Chang'an City, and no one could shake the crown prince's position as heir apparent.
As long as the prince does his job honestly, as long as he doesn't make any mistakes and remains firmly in the position of crown prince, he will be able to ascend the throne in just a few days.
Li Chengqian drank tea and said: "In the past, my father often punished me, and I also thought about what kind of prince my father wanted."
He added: "Back then, I thought he should be a benevolent and filial prince."
Zhang Yang nodded.
"Ke Gu now feels that benevolence and filial piety are not enough. Benevolence and filial piety can be used as an example. It is useless in national affairs. You must be capable, responsible and magnanimous."
This great uncle has changed so much now because of the environment he is currently in.
It is said that after leaving the court, the distance between Lishan and the East Palace was too far.
I have no idea what the prince's situation is.
I don’t know about the changes in the East Palace.
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "What do you think, Your Highness, the Crown Prince now?"
Li Chengqian stood up and said: "Under my father's rule, there were many capable ministers. The generals who followed my father at that time valued loyalty and friendship. They accommodated and helped each other, especially between the clans and the powerful."
"I thought that this kind of atmosphere would not last long. They helped my father revitalize the country. My father could tolerate them for a while, but I didn't think so. Since the country has laws, we should act according to the laws, not the so-called
Humanity and magnanimity, what do you think?"
Zhang Yang didn't want to answer this. Don't persuade others to do good without suffering others' suffering.
What kind of person the prince wants to be has nothing to do with him.
Furthermore, people are subject to change. Many young emperors worked hard to govern in their early years, but some were greedy for pleasure in their later years.
Zhang Yang looked at Li Chengqian, his expression was quite serious.
"Your Highness, how long has it been since you played chess?"
"That's what it's like when chatting with you. We're obviously talking about one thing, and then you suddenly talk about another thing. Among the talented people I've met, you are the only one who hasn't changed. You're still the same after so many years."
Zhang Yang picked up the wooden box on the side, which opened into a chessboard. He placed the chess pieces in both hands and said, "I haven't played chess for a long time. I'm rarely interested. Prince, please don't refuse."
Li Chengqian looked around and nodded: "That's fine."
Life in Lishan is very warm, with playful children, and the older children are learning crafts from adults, reading and writing articles.
When women walk together, they often laugh and laugh.
The chessboard is laid out and the chess game begins.
Chess has been around for a long time, but this chess was created by Zhang Yang based on the memory of later generations, and the wood used is all high-quality mahogany.
There are words engraved on the chess pieces, written in red ink and black ink respectively, divided into two sides: red and black.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The fighting started on the chessboard, just like two armies fighting.
Li Chengqian's chess moves became more aggressive in the second half, with killer moves hidden in every move.
Xiao Qingqing watched from the sidelines when she became interested. She knew the rules of chess, but she could never play well. Aunt Xiaohui usually liked to play chess with Aunt Xiaowu.
Li Chengqian found that every killing move arranged by Zhang Yang was easily resolved by Zhang Yang. He thought in his mind that he neither attacked nor aggressive, and even if he was given a chance, he would still adopt a defensive posture.
His face dropped, and Li Chengqian moved his horse upwards.
Zhang Yang moved his pawns to block the horse's path.
Li Chengqian put his hands on his knees and fell into deep thought again.
Talking about chess skills, Zhang Yang remembered that he used to play chess with the old men in the park. Those old men were all experts in the chess circle.
Ordinary young people are no match for them. Fortunately, after being tortured thousands of times by those old men, they can also learn some skills.
From the perspective of chess skills, don't underestimate the old man sitting in the park, especially the old man who likes to sit on the stone table. Regardless of his age and hair, his skills on the chessboard are like those who have been sweeping in front of the temple for a lifetime.
The sweeping monk of the floor.
After a long while, Li Chengqian closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "I lost."
Zhang Yang placed the chess pieces again, "Your Highness, do you want to play another game?"
"No, Gu's chess skills are far from your match. No matter how I attack, I can be easily defeated by you."
He opened his eyes and frowned, "How did you do it?"
Zhang Yang grinned and said: "His Royal Highness, you often use abandoned children to lure me into a trap, but I always avoid you?"
"Um."
"His Royal Highness the Prince and I have the same number of chess pieces. Both the offensive and defensive sides can be in a stalemate. The Prince's attack seems fierce, but the chess pieces are limited. As long as you attack, you have to have chess pieces cross the river. After crossing the river, you will face the risk of being killed.
, I stuck to one side, and the more the prince attacked, the more losses he suffered, and then he started to lure me in?"
Li Chengqian took another sip of tea, "You obviously have many chances to end this game."
Zhang Yang raised his head and said: "There are many ways to win chess. I just chose the one with the lowest cost. It just took a little more time."
The mountain wind blew through the foot of the mountain, and Li Chengqian nodded and said, "I have learned a lesson."
Zhang Yang added: "I haven't played chess for a long time and I feel unfamiliar."
"I listened to my mother and brought Li Xiang to Lishan to relax. This child has been living in the East Palace for a long time and should come out for a walk."
Zhang Yang added: "We can let him stay in Lishan for a few more days."
"That's not necessary."
Li Chengqian refused quickly.
Zhang Yang no longer forced himself, and when his aunt brought the food, he said again: "Let's eat."
In the evening, I bid farewell to the prince's family.
Seeing the driver from the East Palace walking away, Li Tai asked in a low voice: "Brother, don't you want to leave Li Xiang behind?"
"He has a grudge against Lishan."
"Haha..." Li Tai snorted coldly: "What kind of grudge does he have? Lishan didn't do anything to him."
"If His Highness the King of Wei becomes emperor, he will definitely be a coward."
"No, I must be a wise king."
"His Royal Highness, King Wei, is delicious, and he also holds a grudge."
"Have it?"
"Um."
Li Tai stood there for a long time.
Before leaving, Xiao Qingqing whispered: "What dad means is that Uncle Wei Wang is very vindictive."
Only then did Li Tai come back to his senses and shouted towards Lishan: "Can't a person who holds a grudge be a wise king?"
Does Li Shimin hold grudges? Of course he holds grudges, but he can clear up his past grudges.
Therefore, people should be employed regardless of past grudges.
Li Tai would probably not be able to do this kind of thing.
"Dad, the prince's family seems to be very poor."
"It doesn't matter if the prince is poor, the emperor is rich."
Xiao Qingqing whispered: "Li Xiang has worn his clothes several times. He wears those clothes every time he comes here. Isn't there any other clothes?"
Zhang Yang glanced at his daughter and said: "When the family was poor, your mother still wore patched old clothes. No matter what Li Xiang is wearing, you can't say anything."
"My daughter understands." She asked again: "Dad, what should we eat for dinner?"
"It depends on what your mother wants to eat."
"Whatever mother wants to eat, she will definitely listen to the two grandmothers. The two grandmothers always eat bland food recently, and my daughter wants to eat meat."
Zhang Yang said distressedly: "There is still some mutton in the kitchen at home, and I have marinated it."
"Thank you dad."
"Remember to wipe your mouth and rinse when you come back so you don't get discovered."
"Um."
"Take your brother with you, he also wants to eat meat."
"Okay, my daughter understands."
At night, the two siblings ate a roast lamb meal outside. When they came back, they burped and pretended to have another dinner.
This prompted the two aunts to always observe the two siblings, but no oil stains were found around their mouths, and there were no strands of meat between their teeth.
In May, the fourteenth year of Zhenguan.
A whistle sounded from Lishan Village, and under the astonished eyes of the villagers, the steam locomotive slowly drove out of the factory workshop.
It travels very slowly and is very huge. The front of the car is as huge as a house, and more than ten people can stand in the car.
Someone also added coal to the front of the locomotive to make the steam engine burn more powerfully, and the steam locomotive traveled faster.
There are wheels on the back of the steam engine. The steam engine looks simple, like a large hollow iron box that can seat people inside.
Xiao Qingqing led a large group of children of the same age and walked behind the steam engine.
The whistle sounded loudly until they reached the entrance of the village, and there was a sound of metal collision inside the car.
The car stopped, the steam engine was still running, but the car couldn't move.
Yan Liben and Li Tai walked into the car together, stopped the steam engine first, and checked the internal situation.
Li Tai took a magnifying glass and carefully looked at the internal situation, pointed at a broken spot and said: "The air pressure is too high, and the air outlet is broken."
Yan Liben looked around the wheel hub and said: "There is also a problem here with the wheel hub. The connection between the gears is loose."
The first steam locomotive of the Tang Dynasty stopped after traveling for three miles. It had many internal faults.
Li Tai is used to this kind of failure. When he first built the steam engine, he failed many times, but now he is used to it.
This difficulty is nothing to him.
Yan Liben recorded the location and cause of the failure. This was Lishan's habit, and it has now become his habit.
After sorting and recording, let Xiao Qingqing ride on the back of a bear and send it to the mountain.
This kind of car does not require manpower or animals to pull it. If you feed it coal, it will keep going. This thing is of great significance.
Lishan now plans to build railways and trains at the same time, which was something that would have been unthinkable before.
Now we have enough manpower, and there is also a team from the Ministry of Industry to share the burden.
It is normal for Li Tai to fail a hundred times, but once he succeeds, it can change many things, and the current efforts are worth it.
This feeling was the same as when he was building a steam engine. He was very determined at this moment.
"Your Highness King Wei, can the county prince really do what we can't do?" Yan Liben asked worriedly.
"When we were building the steam engine, my brother-in-law gave me a lot of advice. I made some guesses at first, but later my brother-in-law's ideas were proven correct time and time again."
Lishan is a new world, Yan Liben thinks so.
In the past, his craftsmanship was passed down from his father's generation, but now Yan Liben suddenly realized that what he had learned throughout his life was obviously not enough in Lishan.
When the experience accumulated in the past was not enough to support the current demand for skills, Yan Liben entered a state of hard study as he got older, and lived every day as if he was approaching the college entrance examination.