Li Lizhi saluted and said: "If the school is satisfied with the examination, will the prime minister be willing to accept this child as a disciple regardless of the past grievances?"
After putting the basket on the table, Li Lizhi explained: "This is the pumpkin pie that the child brought for yesterday's rude remarks. It is his apology."
Fang Xuanling glanced at the pumpkin cake and said, "Children are always angry. I won't argue with you about what happened yesterday."
Zhang Xin'an said: "Then ask the prime minister to come up with the question."
Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and said, "If one day the imperial court comes to attack Lishan, what should you do?"
Zhang Xin'an frowned and said: "Why did the DPRK attack Lishan?"
Li Lizhi explained in a low voice: "Xin'an, this is a question for the prime minister, and it's not really about attacking Lishan."
Fang Xuanling said seriously: "Just answer it."
The hall was quiet for a long time. Zhang Xin'an searched through the memories in his mind and remembered a story his father told him and his sister. He said: "Khan Tian has all the soldiers and horses in the world, why did he come to attack Lishan? Lishan.
What's wrong with the mountain?"
He took two steps back and forth and continued: "Lishan only has more than a hundred acres of land for his home, and Tian Khan has the country and thousands of miles of land, so why worry about not having land? Lishan is not guilty, but the emperor wants to attack it is unkind.
, The Prime Minister has always understood the truth and should advise His Majesty. If he refuses to advise or argue, then the Prime Minister is disloyal."
As Fang Xuanling listened, a smile gradually appeared on her face.
Although Zhang Xin'an's words are immature, they are powerful.
"Your Majesty is the most noble person in the world, but it is unjust that he cannot even tolerate a single person from Lishan Mountain."
Fang Xuanling asked with great interest: "So, your Majesty's attack on Lishan would be unkind and unjust, and I would be disloyal?"
"Your Majesty is in charge of tens of millions of horses and soldiers in the world, but there are only three hundred people in Lishan. The soldiers and horses are no match for your Majesty's soldiers and horses in the world. Your Majesty enjoys the world's money, food and taxes, but Lishan only has a few taels of business to make a living. Your Majesty enjoys the worship of all nations, Lishan
Mountains only have the courtesy of human exchanges, and Lishan Mountain is nothing but a puddle compared to Your Majesty."
Zhang Xin'an saluted and said, "I dare you to ask Your Majesty."
Li Shimin's expression became more solemn, "Say."
The childish voice sounded again, "Your Majesty, if the imperial court wants to attack Lishan, then dad can only dedicate the entire Lishan to Your Majesty."
"For this reason, the construction of Lishan is preserved and the villagers of Lishan can continue to live. What Lishan wants is nothing more than the safety of the villagers. What dad gets is benevolence and righteousness and the respect of all people."
"Even though dad lost everything and gained the respect of the world, your Majesty was an unkind and unjust person when he took Lishan."
"I dare to ask, even if my father really gave Lishan Mountain to His Majesty like this, would Your Majesty dare to ask for it?"
The hall became quiet again.
Li Shimin suddenly laughed, the laughter was loud and echoed in the hall.
The two living men sitting aside wrote down today's words on the living notes.
Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "Did your father teach you these words?"
Zhang Xin'an replied: "It's not professor dad, but when dad and sister were arguing, I accidentally heard that my sister often said that she wanted to blow up Chang'an City, so in order to persuade her, I told such a story."
Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and looked at His Majesty, who was full of smiles.
Li Shimin stopped laughing, waved his sleeves, stared at the child, and said: "Zhang Yang was also an eloquent person back then. You have your father's demeanor."
"My parents are my role models in my life. My father has never let anyone down. I should follow the same example. If Fang Xiang can accept me as his disciple, I will not let him down either."
Li Shimin nodded and said: "I am glad that Fang Xiang has such a disciple."
Fang Xuanling raised her voice and said, "I am ashamed of such a disciple."
Li Lizhi stood beside him and lowered her body and said, "Why don't you worship the Master?"
Hearing this, Zhang Xin'an quickly saluted, "Disciple, I feel at ease. I pay my respects to the teacher."
His Majesty's laughter came from the hall again, and Fang Xuanling finally accepted Zhang Xin'an as his disciple.
"Since you live in Lishan, I will come to my house every two days in the afternoon to teach you what you lack."
"Thank you, teacher."
Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and nodded.
After Zhang Xin'an left, Li Shimin said: "I didn't expect that I actually contributed to this matter."
Fang Xuanling added: "If Your Majesty intends to let me accept this child as my disciple, I will definitely teach him carefully."
Li Shimin said discouraged: "Look at this child from Lishan, he is so extraordinary."
Fang Xuanling replied: "Not only this child, but also the King of Jin, Princess Changle, and Princess Dongyang, their knowledge and vision are beyond the comparison of ordinary people of the same age, let alone Zhang Yang's children."
"Yeah." Li Shimin nodded and said, "Are you satisfied with the prime minister?"
Fang Xuanling said: "With such a quick mind, how can others of the same age be the opponent of this child? I did not have such grace when I was a child. Compared with him, I am afraid that I will accept this disciple."
"There is also a very remarkable child in Lishan."
Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and said, "The person your Majesty said is the eldest daughter of Lishan, Zhang Qingqing?"
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Back then, the queen wanted to accept that child as her disciple, but she refused. The child was not only quick-thinking and eloquent, but also a highly qualified student in terms of mathematics and academic attainments. Before Zhang Gongjin passed away, he would spend his whole life
All my skills were passed on to her."
"This is what Zhang Gongjin said himself. There were some things that he didn't teach Zhang Yang, but he taught them to Zhang Yang's children. That's all. She learned the art of war from Li Jing, strategy from Zhang Gongjin, and Ouyang Xun.
He is talented and knowledgeable, and even has Yue'er personally teaching him math skills."
"In addition to Zhang Yang's long-standing teachings, if my brother is like this, my sister can imagine that each of the juniors of the Tang Dynasty is more brilliant than the last."
Fang Xuanling lowered her eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "It's enviable, but also disturbing."
Li Lizhi took Zhang Xin'an out of the palace gate. Li Tai had been waiting here for a long time. He asked: "How is it today?"
Zhang Xin'an said: "Prime Minister Fang has accepted me as his disciple."
Li Tai patted him on the back with satisfaction, "Well done, that's what a man should do, don't back down."
"whee."
Zhang Xin'an followed Aunt Li Zhi into the carriage.
Li Tai himself sat on the shaft of the carriage and drove the horse back to Lishan Mountain.
Zhang Yang and his wife are busy in the fields in the village. After winter, they have to check the condition of the frozen soil in the fields.
Xiaohui and Xiaowu are both very busy, and there is no helper at home.
The couple came together to check the frozen soil conditions in the fields.
Li Xiaogong was still talking to a county magistrate.
"Prince Hejian, why is this year's model labor county not Xinfeng County?" Yanzhang, the county magistrate of Xinfeng County, looked anxious, "In terms of output, the soap workshops in our county have always been very good."
Li Xiaogong took the trouble and explained: "Look at the accounts of Weinan County, their cloth and silk output value is several times that of yours."
Yan Zhang said: "The profit of this soap is naturally not as high as that of cloth. Lishan cannot comment on the model worker county like this. There are also many dissatisfied in the townships and counties."
Li Xiaogong added: "The selection of the model worker county is not just about who produces more. It also depends on the management ability. If your soap is well managed, the output value will not be less than that of other cloth factories, right?"
Yan Zhang hesitated to speak, but what he said made sense.
Li Xiaogong consoled him: "This is only the first year of selection. The selection will continue in the coming year. It is just a banner and a little support."
Yan Zhang, the county magistrate of Xinfeng County, added: "To others it is just a banner, but to the lower official it means a lot."
"Don't worry, I personally took people to each county to review the selection this time. It involves not only quality and quantity, but also production standards, villagers' rumors and business efficiency. You county officials
We should learn more from the good ones, and the Model Worker Counties are role models. Follow the examples and make adequate preparations for the coming year."
"These are the conditions for the evaluation. I have told you them all. If you still can't get it next year, don't ask me again. All your counties should also move around. Don't just close the door and do things on your own. Communicate more.
Not a bad thing."
The magistrate of Xinfeng County bowed and said, "Thank you, Prince Hejian, for your advice."
Li Xiaogong handed him a handful of pumpkin seeds and finally sent the county magistrate away.
As soon as Zhang Xin'an arrived at Lishan, he rode Xiong Er to find him, "Father! Mother! The prime minister has accepted me as his disciple."
Zhang Yang straightened up.
Li Yue wrote the record and looked at it after hearing the sound.
Xiong Er came over with hot breath still coming from his mouth. Zhang Yang opened his head and asked, "Do you really agree?"
Zhang Xin'an replied: "The child met the prime minister and the emperor, and then asked questions, and the child answered them."
Zhang Yang said: "Okay, you go home quickly and do today's homework."
"The kid is back."
The couple stood in the field, Li Yue held the scroll in her hand and said with a smile: "This child is really lucky."
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Our children are all blessed."
Li Yue smiled happily, "Look at our children, what silly children they are."
In the evening, the wind in Guanzhong became colder, and it started to snow at night.
Afterwards, Zhang Yang learned that the reason why the child was accepted as a disciple by the Prime Minister was because he told the emperor a story about the King of Chu who attacked Song Dynasty, but was persuaded by Mozi to give up.
In the evening, the family had hot pot. Zhang Qingqing had already started to help Aunt Xiaohui with work and started to participate in the management of Lishan.
Zhang Qingqing said: "My daughter wants to do these things with Aunt Xiaohui, but my brother is too stupid to count on him."
Zhang Xin'an smiled naively, "My sister is still smarter."
Zhang Qingqing said again: "Peace of mind, you are just too proud in the outside world. Let's forget it this time. From now on, you must put away your pretentious aura in front of outsiders and be more humble. Don't talk about your father and mother casually in front of the prime minister."
Taught these.”
Zhang Xin'an couldn't help but nodded, chewing the mutton in her small mouth and said: "Don't worry, sister, my brother will be careful."
In this way, Zhang Qingqing was satisfied and continued to take care of his younger brother Qiu'er.
My daughter is growing up very fast, and she has already started to help the family at the age of nine.
In her words, there are two ignorant and stupid younger brothers in the family. If she, the elder sister, doesn’t grow up early, will she still point at these two stupid younger brothers?
After taking care of Qiu'er's brother, she ate by herself. Originally, these things were done by her aunts, but now the two aunts have to clean up the yard.
Zhang Qingqing ate his rice and said, "Dad."
Zhang Yang nodded while eating his food, "Yeah."
"Is there any memorial sent from the DPRK for this year's model worker county evaluation?"
"Yes." Zhang Yang pointed to the study behind him, "It's on the desk. You can go and see it yourself."
Zhang Xin'an was eating her meal and looked at her sister with admiration in her eyes. Her sister's temperament and demeanor made her look like the little master of the family.
"Concentrate on eating, don't look around."
"Ouch..."
Hearing his mother's words, he lowered his head and took two big mouthfuls of rice.
After eating, Zhang Yang likes to drink a cup of strong tea and watch the wind and snow outside.
Zhang Qingqing, wearing an underskirt and a scarf, walked outside the house and asked curiously: "Dad, who is this Guo Zhengyi?"
"The newly promoted civil servants in this year's imperial examination, who passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination, are now bachelors of Hongwenguan."
Zhang Qingqing said displeasedly: "How can a bachelor from Hongwenguan impeach Lishan like this and use the evaluation method? The court wants to replace Lishan and evaluate the model labor counties."
Zhang Yang drank tea and said with a smile: "Even if the court wants to replace Lishan, the counties must obey them."
Zhang Qingqing said disdainfully: "He is just a little trick to ask for directions. If someone in the court supports his statement, someone will advocate it, and he will not even participate in this matter in the future. Anyway, there is a lot of discussion about Lishan in the court now."
, that’s what he said.”
"Even you can see it, and those old foxes in the court can't see it. Sooner or later, the model worker county will be related to the promotion of county officials. If it can't be fair and just, it's better not to comment on whose retainer and whose disciple.
Who can tell?"
"My daughter understands."
The lanterns on the eaves moved with the wind, and I could only vaguely see the snowflakes falling in front of me.
"General Yuchi and General Li Daliang have both retired. The retired veterans all love weapons and good horses." Zhang Yang continued to warn: "Tell the people in the village and ask them to forge two good swords, and then use them this year."
The two sweat-blooded horses that the Turks gave to Lishan were given to the two generals."
"Daughter, I will make arrangements early tomorrow morning."
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Go to rest early."
She watched Zhang Xin'an grow up, and she is now taking care of Qiu'er. Zhang Qingqing knows best what the two brothers are thinking.
She whispered: "These two brothers are really lucky to have me as their sister."
Zhang Yang sighed while drinking tea.
Walking back into the warm house, Li Yue was still busy at the loom.
Zhang Yang took her hands and said, "On this freezing day, we have to use the loom, and my hands are so red from the cold."
"I haven't seen my biological mother since I was a child, so I wondered if other mothers were like this." She smiled softly.
Holding her cold hands, she sat next to the loom. Since the glass was installed in the house, there was no cold wind coming in, and it was even warmer.
Feeling the cold hands in his hands gradually becoming warmer, Zhang Yang lowered his head and said, "I read the memorial in the imperial court. Lu Zhaolin sent someone to Tianshan to ask for medicine, and they asked about a medicine called snow lotus."
"Going to Tianshan to ask for medicine?"
"Well, although I didn't say who this medicine was for, I thought it was for the emperor. The emperor's physical condition is the most severe. I guessed that he went to Zhongnan Mountain when he came back, and he stopped attending court for three days after he came back. He was probably ill.
Now Lu Zhaolin has sent someone to ask for medicine."
Li Yue looked confused, "Father?"
Zhang Yang put his arm around her shoulders and said, "It's probably related to your father's health. Judging from the current situation, the condition shouldn't be serious."