He was able to become the Minister of Rites because he contributed to Gaochang, and when he got Lishan, he was given a Minister.
Zhang Daan captured Goguryeo and operated in Liaodong for many years.
It is said that his contribution is not small.
Li Shimin felt the warmth of the sun and added: "Li Yifu wrote a memorial, hoping that I would not agree to the marriage between Tubo and Niboluo."
Zhang Da'an replied: "I told him about this, and I asked him to write it."
"A Li Yifu went beyond his own superiors and remonstrated with me, and you still spoke for him." Li Shimin finally sat up and asked, "Are you too magnanimous, or did Li Yifu convince you with his clever words?"
"If Li Yifu doesn't write it, I will give him advice."
Hearing Zhang Daan's neither humble nor arrogant words, Li Shimin smiled again, "Well, I don't have any prejudice against Li Yifu. You two suffered a lot in Liaodong back then. It's my fault if I make things difficult for you again."
Zhang Daan took a step back and said, "My words were reckless."
His Majesty stood up, and the eunuch beside him quickly handed over his boots for His Majesty to put on.
Li Shimin took two steps and arrived at Taiye Pond, and said again: "What kind of place is Niboluo?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Nibala is located between Tubo and Tianzhu. In the past, Nibala was a vassal of Tianzhu and had been helping Tianzhu to resist the Tubo people. But at that time, Nibala was forced to obey the pressure of Tianzhu."
"Three hundred years ago, Niboluo was the master of Tianzhu, and Nagqu was not the capital of Tianzhu at that time. In recent years, Niboluo has gradually declined, and their evil intentions are not dead. They still want to take over Tianzhu again, and only then do they think about making peace with the Tubo people.
The best thing is to capture Tianzhu again."
"And after Tianzhu was conquered by General Wang Xuance, most of the Tianzhu people have moved south. Now Tianzhu is empty. This time, the marriage with Tubo and Niboluo has the intention of making progress."
Li Shimin put his hands behind his back and said with gloomy eyes, "According to what you said, Tubo's little Zanpu also wants to capture Tianzhu?"
"I think that Tubo's little Zanpu wants to swallow Nibolao in the name of marriage, but the Nibolu people think that Tubo is well-intentioned."
"Hehehe..." Li Shimin suddenly laughed and said: "Tubo, Tianzhu, and Niboluo are too far away from the Tang Dynasty after all."
Zhang Daan added: "In the seventh year of Zhenguan, the Tuyuhun Rebellion occurred. From the eighth to the ninth year of Zhenguan, the Tubo soldiers invaded Liangzhou."
"You want me not to underestimate Tubo?"
"Your Majesty, Tubo is surrendering to the Tang Dynasty and wants to make peace with Nibala at the same time. It has to be careful."
Li Shimin looked at the water in the distance and said: "This is your opinion. If it were Zhang Yang, he would not tell me this."
Zhang Daan was silent and didn't know how to reply.
Li Shimin added: "Zhang Yang will not tell me this. Perhaps Princess Chizun of Nibala died before she was married to Tubo. This is his usual trick."
"I know that you are not him, and you will not do such a thing. Instead, you will explain it to me first."
Li Shimin smiled and said: "At least the way you do things is right, and you will do the same in the future."
"I understand."
"I discussed this matter with Xuan Ling and the others yesterday."
Zhang Daan lowered his head and frowned without making a sound.
Li Shimin patted him on the shoulder, "If I blindly interfere in Tibetan affairs, it will make the Western Regions and Turkic people think too much. If I still oppose the peace between the two places, those foreign envoys will wonder if I am too harsh. This is also Songtsan
Ganbu’s plan, he knows that I can’t oppose it easily.”
Seeing the troubled look on Zhang Daan's face, Li Shimin turned his back to him and said: "Don't worry, I can see Songtsen Gampo's thoughts. Nibala can marry Princess Chizun to Little Zanpu of Tubo, but
Not as a princess, but as a commoner."
"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."
"Da'an, you are a junior. You have been very diligent since Gong Jin passed away. I should take care of you, but you should not be too relaxed in political affairs. Although Li Yifu is your subordinate, you should not let him be too presumptuous.
"
Zhang Daan bowed and said: "I accept the order."
"Well, please step back."
"I excuse myself."
The eunuch on the side said goodbye to Zhang Da'an with a smile. He sent the young Minister of Rites to outside the Taiye Pool courtyard and whispered: "Zhang Shangshu, do you understand His Majesty's beating?"
Zhang Daan said in a deep voice: "You don't need to say it."
The young eunuch smiled and said: "There are many talented people in the court. Your Majesty wants loyal people. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Yang is enough."
Zhang Daan looked at the eunuch with disgust, waved his sleeves and left quickly.
Tian Khan allowed the marriage between Tubo and Nibala, but Nibala could not let Princess Chizun marry as a princess, and wanted to demote the princess and marry her to Tubo's little Zampu.
This is like a hard slap to Nibala and Tubo.
The two places can make peace, but cannot unite.
This is the bottom line of Datang.
An Yanyan came to the post house from Sifang Pavilion and said with a smile: "Little Zamp is too reckless."
Songtsengan preached: "The Heavenly Khan has always been a saint."
"The people of the Tang Dynasty are very smart. Your tricks were seen through by Tian Khan. Now the Western Regions and Turks are laughing at you."
Songtsen Gampo lowered his head and was repairing a pair of straw sandals. He whispered: "There are more and more new children born in Tubo. These children have to read Tang Dynasty articles and listen to Tang Dynasty stories since they are sensible."
"The current court is still planning the foundation of Tubo according to the ambitions of Zhang Yang and Tian Khan. When these children grow up in the future, will they still be Tubo people? The better the Tang people treat them, the more obedient they will be."
"If they had not been forced to a dead end, Tubo would not have taken this road. It was Gongri Gongzan who was too anxious, and there was nothing we could do about it."
An Yanyan said with a smile: "Tian Khan doesn't care, so what if you get married, do the Tang people care? For the Tang people, it's just another attack, so why bother with these tricks."
Songtsan Gampo raised his head expressionlessly and said slowly: "My child has been weak since he was a child. Some people are worried that he will not live long, so he is so anxious."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You are desperate."
Anyanyan looked at this loser.
"Yes, it's not just me. The old people in Tubo are very desperate. After the Luoche Protectorate was built, the Tang Dynasty began to intensify the education of the Tubo people, but there was nothing they could do."
An Yanyan poured him a bowl of wine and said, "You also become a Tang Dynasty person. From now on, Tubo will be the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Isn't that good?"
Songtsen Gampo nodded and said: "Not good."
"Even you have said that the Tang people have intensified their efforts to educate Tubo. How long will you continue to persist? In twenty or thirty years, perhaps the Tubo people will remember you as Zampu, and the Tubo children will grow up.
Yes, those children will dedicate their territory with both hands and hand it over to the Khan of Heaven."
"Besides, your child is weak and sick. If something happens one day, who will inherit the position of Tubo Zampu?"
Songtsen Gampo laughed and said: "Lu Dongtsen is still in Tubo, at least he is still there. His children have not accepted the education of the Tang people. He will keep the foundation of Tubo."
Anyan Yan shook his head and walked out of the room disappointedly. Songtsen Gampo was very stubborn.
If one day all the people of Tubo will be included in the Tang Dynasty, what will be the meaning of the Tubo Kingdom?
Did Lu Dong praise him? Didn't he still suffer less when he came to make Datang suffer?
Do the Tang people care that you will still raise troops to attack?
The Tang people who had artillery no longer cared.
A month later, in Lishan's workshop.
Zhang Yang held a screw made of copper in his hand and recited as he measured it: "The length is one foot and a half, the diameter is two and a half inches, the pitch is 0.3, the nut goes in smoothly, and the head is square."
After trying it again with great satisfaction, Zhang Yang said happily: "This is the first screw of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Tai also held one in his hand. He fixed two iron plates with screws, tried it, and replied: "It's very strong."
"Come here, give one to Your Majesty, just to say that we in Lishan have once again solved a good problem."
"Here."
The success of the screw is very exciting. This time it is different from the original spring.
At that time, Lishan was very poor, and trying to make a spring almost drove everyone crazy.
Now Lishan has its own foundation. From design to verification again and again, Lishan spent four months to create a real screw.
Although it is a large size, it looks a bit rough.
Zhang Yang added: "Our steam engines used to be too cumbersome, now we can redesign them."
Li Tai scratched his scalp, "Brother-in-law, are you going to overthrow and rebuild?"
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Just improve it. Manufacturing industry must be optimized again and again. We cannot stand still and strive for excellence."
"well……"
A long sigh came out of King Wei's mouth.
Seeing that the magistrate had gone away, the guard quickly stepped forward and asked, "Do you really want to overthrow it and start over?"
Li Tai sat down discouraged, "How about Father's artillery?"
"They said it could be delivered in the next two days."
"Well, after the artillery is handed over to the Central Government, we can then consider the steam engine."
"Here."
Tonight, Li Tai invited Yan Liben to have a drink.
Yan Liben listened to King Wei's complaint and consoled him: "The county prince hopes that Lishan will be more refined so that it will not be overtaken by the outside workshops, and even the imperial court will be far behind."
Li Tai took a sip of wine and said, "Well, let me help my brother-in-law again."
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei, don't worry about this, just leave it to me."
Weng and son-in-law drank until late at night, not to mention that the steam engine had to be redesigned, starting from the previous rivet structure, let alone the screw.
Lishan's productivity is still not enough. The use of steam engines has solved the problem of speed and power, but I always feel that there is still something missing.
After helping Yan Liben sleep, Li Tai took out a book from the bookshelf that had been there for a long time.
This was a gift from my brother-in-law, and what is recorded on it is the knowledge related to electromagnetism.
Li Tai sat by the oil lamp and opened the book again. Electromagnetism is invisible and intangible. What is drawn on the pages are the two ends of the magnetic poles and the coil.
"Your Highness, King Wei, the night is getting dark."
The usually quiet Princess Wei walked into the room and asked.
Li Tai sighed and said with a smile: "I will no longer participate in the casting in the village. I will leave everything to your father."
Princess Wei whispered: "That's how it should be."
"I plan to settle down well these days."
"What is written in this scroll?"
"It's a kind of electromagnetic knowledge. I've searched through the classics but couldn't find any relevant evidence."
Princess Wei sat aside, "Does that mean you have to create something from scratch?"
"Yes, this is not only invisible and intangible, but it also requires a very complete theoretical basis to create."
"Since it was given by the county prince, the county prince should understand."
"Do you know why my brother-in-law left it to me?"
"Why?" Princess Wei frowned in confusion.
"Lishan knowledge needs to be demonstrated, and it needs the help of others."
"That is a great blessing given to King Wei by the county prince, and His Highness King Wei will leave his name in the annals of history."
Li Tai smiled and said: "Whether we can succeed or not depends on my luck."
The emperor placed an order for 3,000 artillery pieces from Lishan in the winter of last year.
It was not until August this year that Lishan completed 3,000 artillery pieces.
This time Yu Chigong personally came to Lishan to receive the artillery. There was a sound of cannon outside Lishan Village, the artillery fired out, and the shells landed a hundred steps away.
"Report to the general, one hundred and eighty steps."
Yuchi laughed loudly and said: "Okay, raise the barrel and try again."
There was another cannon blast, and the artillery fired, this time from a greater distance.
"Report to the general, two hundred and thirty steps."
Yuchi Gong was even more happy. He held a book in his hand, still unfinished.
Yan Liben explained: "General, the higher the barrel, the farther it hits. That's not how the parabola is explained."
"Someone will read it." Yu Chigong looked at the instructions in the book and looked not far away, "Huh? I remember that when the artillery was tried out in the past, there would be a little girl riding a bear watching."
Yan Liben replied: "That is the daughter of the county marquis. That girl has long been tired of seeing such scenes. She is studying hard recently."
Yuchi Gong asked the soldiers to line up more than a hundred artillery pieces and fire them together.
The sound of artillery outside Lishan Village continued, and they tried again and again to see if these artillery pieces were defective.
Occasionally, a few artillery pieces misfire, or the barrels burst, so just take them back to Lishan and rebuild them.
Yu Chigong asked: "There must be some leftover iron material given to Lishan before."
Yan Liben replied: "There is some leftover, and it has been used for other castings in Lishan Mountain. It will not be used to cast weapons. Don't worry, General. Please don't worry, Your Majesty. I'm keeping an eye on it."
Yuchi nodded respectfully and said: "If Lishan can always abide by the rules, all the rich people in the future will be Lishan."
Yan Liben lowered his head. In fact, what Yu Chigong said was wrong. Knowledge is eternal. Even if dynasties change, this knowledge will still exist. War can destroy everything, but it cannot destroy people's memories.
"Let's go, thank you Master Yan."
Yan Liben came to his senses and saluted quickly: "If anything unusual happens, I will inform the court. General Yuchi will go slowly."
The artillery pieces were pulled away one by one.
Lishan could concentrate on casting his own things again. Yan Liben was in a good mood today. When he walked back to the workshop, he found His Highness the King of Wei shaking something.
An iron pestle is tied with copper wire and magnets are placed on both sides.
Li Tai stopped, asked someone to touch it, and asked, "Is it warm?"
"Your Highness King Wei, the coil is cold."
Li Tai rolled up his sleeves and said angrily: "My hand is almost broken from exhaustion. Why doesn't it heat up? Tell me why it doesn't heat up!"