When the fireworks ended, peace returned to Lishan Mountain. Not long after, Li Tai, Li Yuan, and Li Xiaogong came with their family members.
Aunt Yang prepared a table of meals.
Li Yuan stroked his beard and said: "Yue'er, you are the eldest daughter of Lishan and the head of Lishan's family. Naturally, I and others will come to visit you."
Li Yue supported the Supreme Emperor and whispered: "Grandpa Huang, how is your health lately?"
Li Yuan clicked his tongue and said: "It's still the same."
The old man was sitting at the main seat of the dining table, putting his crutches aside. His old face still looked a little tired, "I'm old, so it won't be strange for me to be buried anytime."
Li Yue whispered: "You will live a few more years."
"Yes." Li Yuan nodded slowly, "I only recuperated my body in Lishan, so I hope I can live for another two years."
With so many things going on in the Tian family, Li Yuan was still able to control the emperor.
Zhang Yang sighed and poured a bowl of tea for the old man, "It's cold, please drink some hot tea to keep away the cold."
Li Yuan looked at the couple sitting on either side of him and whispered: "Okay, okay."
Today's Tian Khan is suspicious, especially after what happened to Qizhou, not to mention that Li Shimin's ambition began to expand with the emergence of firearms.
After everyone and the children were seated, the dinner on the mountain began.
Li Yuan likes children very much. He holds little Sanqiu in his arms, and is surrounded by little Qingqing and Xing'an.
Even in this cold winter, the water in Huaqing Pool is still flowing, and when the hot spring water flows down, there is still a trace of hot steam coming out.
The Supreme Emperor was old and fell asleep without realizing it while holding the child in his arms.
Until Li Tai and Li Xiaogong were ready to leave.
Xiao Sanqiu pulled his beard, and then Li Yuan woke up. He opened his eyes in a daze, looked at the concerned expressions of Li Xiaogong, Zhang Yang and Li Tai in front of him, and said in confusion: "It's not dawn yet?"
Li Tai whispered: "Grandpa Huang, it's almost time."
"Oh, I'm in Lishan, I'm in Lishan. Today is New Year's Eve."
Li Yuan had some hindsight.
Seeing Grandpa Huang's dazed look, Li Yue's heart seemed to be stung by something.
Li Tai and Li Xiaogong helped Grandpa Huang down the mountain.
The couple stood at the top of the hill, letting Xiao Qingqing walk in front with a lantern, until they walked down the hill until Grandpa Huang's house was lit with candles.
Li Yue then looked away with relief, "I hope Grandpa Huang's health will always be good."
Zhang Yang held her hand and whispered: "I really hope he can live a few more years."
Li Yuan is already old, in his seventies, and now he is showing signs of forgetfulness of what is happening in front of him.
Xiao Qingqing came back, she ran into the house shivering, and both of them approached the stove to keep warm.
In the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, the emperor promulgated an edict to calm the people, encourage farming and mulberry cultivation, lighten corvees and reduce taxes, and provide disaster relief and famine preparedness as the basic purpose.
The basic strategy of the Tang Dynasty was still to rest with the people.
Zheng Gong was sixty years old, and Zhang Yang wrote another letter, hoping that the old man could retire from the court.
I sent the letter, but there was no response for a long time.
In addition to various places in Guanzhong, there are still braised gangs operating in Chang'an City, and it is easy to get some information.
Zhang Yang soon learned about Wei Zheng's medication in recent days.
Looking at the medicinal materials on the prescription, it can be seen that the medicinal materials Mr. Zheng takes are mainly for replenishing qi and nourishing energy.
They all seemed to be good tonics, but in his old age, Mr. Zheng's physical and mental strength were no longer what they used to be.
There was a glimmer of hope in my heart that Mr. Zheng would retire.
Zhang Yang whispered: "I hope he can figure it out and retire from the court."
Li Yue said again: "Mr. Zheng is concerned about state affairs and will not agree easily."
Duke Zheng's reply came. The letter was full of his worries about His Majesty and the country today, and also stated the policy he proposed when he was in the East Palace.
At that time, a suggestion box was placed outside the East Palace, but this suggestion box had been abandoned for many years.
Now Zheng Gong brought up the old matter again.
Zhang Yang wrote down the purpose of the suggestion box, as well as the reasons why it was abandoned, and sent a letter to Duke Zheng.
The next day, Duke Zheng wrote again.
The court has not yet begun this year, but there are several letters exchanged between the Marquis of Lishan County and Duke Zheng.
Zhang Yang wrote in the letter: Doesn't it prove Lishan's sincerity that Lishan has repeatedly resisted the decree and prevented the emperor from mastering so many firearms?
Duke Zheng wrote another letter, saying that many matters in the court require someone to watch over His Majesty, not Changsun Wuji, not Fang Xuanling, only he can.
Zhang Yang looked at himself in the letter and rubbed his brow in distress.
Li Yue whispered: "Mr. Zheng has always been like this."
Zhang Yang still wrote a reply and expressed his concerns about Mr. Zheng. Health is the first priority. If you can't take good care of your body, how can you talk about the country?
The letter was sent out again, but this time the letter was sent, but Zheng Gong did not reply.
Zhang Yang was so angry that he walked back and forth at the entrance of the village.
Li Xiaogong ate the fried pumpkin seeds and whispered: "There are always some people in this world who will never let go of what they are doing. You can't persuade them."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "This old man is really unreasonable and unsophisticated."
Li Xiaogong clicked his tongue and said, "If he knew the ways of the world, he wouldn't point his finger at His Majesty's nose and scold him."
There will always be people like this who are adorable and stubborn and stick to their lifelong beliefs.
On this day, Zhang Yang wrote a line, "If the sky is sentimental, the sky will also grow old."
This is one of the lines in Lishan's poems. Zhang Yang single-handedly took out the words "If the sky is affectionate, the sky is also old."
In the palace of Chang'an City, Li Shimin learned about Zhang Yang's repeated attempts to persuade Duke Zheng to retreat. He looked at these words and read: "If the sky is affectionate, the sky will grow old..."
The emperor stood up and whispered: "Is he saying that I am ruthless, or is God ruthless? How presumptuous!"
The laughter of children came from outside the palace, it was the princes and princesses playing.
In the words of the palace, these princes and princesses were used to being wild in Lishan Mountain, and their behavior in the palace began to be unrestrained.
But His Majesty allowed them to be unbridled. Even when reviewing memorials, he also allowed the princes and princesses to have fun in the palace. They studied in Lishan Mountain for several years and stayed in the palace for this period of time when they came back every year.
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Has Lishan done anything else recently?"
The young eunuch whispered: "Back to Your Majesty, I heard that Lishan sent many doctors to Shanxi recently."
"Do doctors from Lishan go to Shanxi?"
"Indeed."
There are many doctors in Lishan's medical clinic. Most of these doctors come from all over the Central Plains and work under the name of Sun Simiao's miracle doctor.
After repeated screenings, Lishan already has a very capable doctor.
These doctors all work as a team.
Ordinary doctors do not do things this way.
Li Shimin frowned and said, "How many people did Lishan send?"
The eunuch replied: "A total of forty-five doctors, three teams, and many villagers were brought there. They said they had discovered clues to the epidemic in Shanxi."
"Why have I never heard of it?"
The little eunuch bowed and did not dare to say a word.
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Cen Wenwen is here."
"Here."
It was originally time to take a break in the middle of the court. Shortly after New Year's Eve, Cen Wenwen was still dealing with relatives at home.
It was already noon when we arrived at the Manna Hall.
Li Shimin looked at Shanxi's reports over the years. Taiyuan, Shanxi, was the place where the Tang Dynasty raised its troops. The DPRK had always attached great importance to Taiyuan.
When he saw Cen Wenwen, he asked: "I heard that there is an epidemic in Shanxi. Why didn't any county in Shanxi report this?"
"Your Majesty, there are indeed rumors of epidemics in various rumors traveling to and from Chang'an, but..."
Cen Wenwen first saluted and then said: "The state governments in various places hope to suppress this matter. Instead, they will deal with the epidemic with the counties. If the matter can be eliminated, there will be no need to report it."
Li Shimin slapped the case and said, "How dare they hide it from me like this?"
Cen Wenwen added: "Your Majesty, since the beginning of Zhenguan, everyone in the country will talk about your Majesty when there is an epidemic. In order to prevent more people from knowing about it, they will hide it and not report it. They are afraid that some people will talk about it and cause chaos, which will affect the four areas of Shanxi Province."
All the officials in the twenty-six counties have spent half their lives in official career, so naturally they would not dare to report this matter to the court easily."
"Now that the epidemic can still be controlled, they naturally hope to suppress this matter in various counties. I have not seen any reports, but only heard various rumors."
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Let Ma Zhou and Chu Suiliang go to Shanxi to inquire in person. The Imperial Medical Office will send doctors to inquire."
"Here."
After saying that, Cen Wenwen just turned around and came back.
Li Shimin looked unhappy and said, "What's wrong?"
Cen Wenwen took out a memorial and said, "When Zhang Yang was in the East Palace, he used a suggestion box. Now the Marquis of Lishan County and Duke Zheng mentioned it again."
Li Shimin asked someone to hand over the memorial, opened it and read its contents.
Cen Wenwen continued: "Your Majesty, this is what happens when civil society is inaccessible. The power of local and state governments is still very great. Now that there is an epidemic in Shanxi, the government and the government are slow to respond. Perhaps the government and the government have never even heard about it due to repeated local cover-ups.
If the epidemic spreads, it will be too late."
Many years have passed since this incident, and Zhang Yang often talks about the voice of the masses and the importance of the masses.
Lishan Construction is also built with this purpose in mind.
Relatively speaking, Zhang Yang did not place Lishan itself in a high position.
Li Shimin whispered: "Should I implement this strategy?"
Cen Wenwen added: "Perhaps at the beginning, implementing this strategy would have encountered many obstacles, but now that something like this has happened in Shanxi, I think the time has come."
"Well, I will discuss this matter with the courtiers at the court meeting."
Cen Wenwen bowed and said in salute: "Your Majesty, this matter may not need to be discussed by the court. It can just be issued by decree. Since the construction of Lishan, we have collected opinions from people in various counties and counties, and it has been quite effective. All we need to do is implement it."
Thinking of Zhang Yang, Li Shimin drank tea with a faint feeling of unwillingness in his heart.
His voice seems to be echoing in my mind. I told you a long time ago that you just don't listen. Not only do you not listen, you also don't do anything.
Now you regret it and you want to do this.
Li Shimin closed his eyes and took a deep breath to let the voice in his mind recede, and slowly said: "In the past, the time has not come, but now it is the time."
"I have also discussed this matter with the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister also quite agrees with it."
"Well, I will consider it."
"I excuse myself."
When Cen Wenwen went to prepare for the control of epidemics in various places, he had to go through the Imperial Medical Office to send people, the Ministry of Personnel to arrange officials, the Ministry of War to arrange manpower, and the province to give approval.
If you want to do something in North Korea, you need to pass various checkpoints.
This is not the first time that Cen Wenwen feels that being in court is very cumbersome.
Just after leaving the province, he gave all the instructions and ran to various official residences as fast as possible to pull these officials out of their sleep. It also took two days.
Seeing the officers and soldiers setting off, Cen Wenwen walked back to the imperial city.
Li Zhi stood in the distance and looked at Zhong Cheng. Other officials were probably in groups. Even Duke Zhao's reputation in the court was not good, and there were still three to five people following him.
But now that Cen Wenwen is the Prime Minister, he is always alone in the court.
He stopped and noticed His Royal Highness Prince Jin looking at him.
"I've met Zhongcheng."
"Your Highness."
Li Zhi stepped forward quickly, "Cen Zhongcheng seems to have no friends in the court."
Cen Wenwen smiled and said, "Yes."
"I wonder which one it is?"
"Shang Shuzuo Cheng is also the Marquis of Lishan County, Zhang Yang."
Li Zhi said discouraged: "My brother-in-law has not set foot in the court for a long time in Lishan."
Cen Wenwen explained: "The county prince and I are friends, but we don't need to get together often. We can know each other's thoughts by hearing some news from each other."
"I just saw that Cen Zhongcheng looked bad. Is there something on your mind?"
Cen Wenwen smiled awkwardly, "I just feel that the DPRK is very slow in issuing political orders."
Li Zhi saluted and said, "I would like to hear the details."
"Since His Majesty issued an order to inquire about the epidemic in Shanxi, it took two days to send out the people, but it only took half a day for Lishan to get the news and send out the people."
Li Zhi nodded and said, "I heard about this, but I thought it was all rumors."
Cen Wenwen continued: "In Lishan, Shanxi has already begun to take over the treatment of the epidemic."
"That's because Lishan has a simple structure and a small number of personnel. It is inevitable that the three provinces and six ministries of the DPRK and Central Government will perform their respective duties."
Cen Wenwen stroked his beard and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin put down the rebellion in Qizhou, can he be rewarded?"
"Originally I was offered a reward, but I declined."
Cen Wenwen nodded heavily and left quickly.
Gongsun Xiaoniang, who was following Li Zhi, said: "This Zhongcheng always walks alone. He seems to have endless things to do."
"There are many unfinished things in this court."
Li Zhi walked out of the imperial city while talking.
This time, the rebellion in Qizhou was put down, and Li Zhi got a man named Du Xingmin, so he asked Pei Xingjian to move him to Jingzhao Prefecture, and he became a member of Jingzhao Prefecture from then on.
Many things cannot be known until the beginning of the dynasty. King Li You of Qi was finally sentenced to death.
I found Di Renjie at the Hongwen Hall. He had just come out and said, "King Qi is dead. I heard Mr. Xu said that this matter has caused a lot of discussion in the clan."
"What were they talking about?"
"Discuss your Majesty's treatment of King Qi."
"What's there to discuss?"
Di Renjie said with emotion: "From now on, people in the clan will be wary of Your Majesty."
"If they don't have bad intentions, why should they be trembling when facing their father?" Li Zhi looked around, "Where are Zhang and Cambodia's people?"
Di Renjie said helplessly: "Zhang Jianzhi finally made a meritorious service. Now he talks to some people all day long about how brave he was in Qizhou."
The two of them walked to a wine shop and listened to Zhang Jian's words: "Back then, a certain family faced more than ten rebels alone and did not give in at all."
