The DPRK and China were arguing endlessly over cabinet matters.
Lishan Mountain is still peaceful. Today, Zhang Yang and Li Tai are sitting at the foot of the mountain, thinking about the future development of Guanzhong.
The construction of returning farmland to forest continues.
Three months have passed since the clan rebellion. The anti-land annexation trend has swept across Guanzhong and is now spreading to all parts of the Central Plains.
After the Ministry of Justice and Yushitai inspected the land area, the work of returning farmland to forest went more smoothly. A large area of barren land in Longyou was planted with trees, most of which were still dominated by jujube trees and poplar euphratica trees.
Li Xiaogong brought a piece of appointment, "Qingque, from now on will be the dean of the Institute of Technology."
Li Tai accepted the appointment and said with a smile: "Who else but me can lead the academic academy of Lishan, but..."
He frowned and said: "The identity and title of dean...has anyone called him this before?"
Zhang Yang asked again: "Then what kind of title does His Highness the King of Wei want?"
Li Tai sighed: "Forget it, it's fine just like this."
The uncle and nephew were sitting at the foot of the mountain, drinking tea and talking.
Li Xiaogong sighed: "The Donghai gang is back, and Wen Ting went to see the prince. Do you know about this?"
Li Tai asked curiously: "When did you come back?"
"I just arrived in Chang'an City yesterday."
Li Xiaogong frowned and said: "I don't know how the prince will arrange him. There is a lot of discussion about Wen Ting in the court. Some people say that he killed many people in the Japanese slave territory. Since the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, the Japanese slaves have been severed from the Tang Dynasty.
He came and went, and all the envoys who came to the DPRK were killed by him."
"He killed people without blinking an eye, killing so many corpses all over the Wonu Island that no one was around." As he spoke, Li Xiaogong looked at Zhang Yang.
Li Tai also looked at Zhang Yang.
Li Xiaogong continued: "People in Silla are now afraid of him, and Jin Chunqiu even got a serious illness because of this."
Noticing the gazes of his uncle and nephew, Zhang Yang sighed: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Li Xiaogong nodded and said, "Don't you know? Don't you know?"
Zhang Yang sighed: "It's a pity that Brother He returned to the Central Plains and didn't come to see me again. Maybe he is living happily somewhere now. He is really envious of others."
Seeing that Zhang Yang didn't answer the question, Li Tai didn't want to ask any more questions.
It doesn't matter whether Wen Ting's murderous atrocities on Wonu Island were ordered by his brother-in-law. The important thing is that now is the time when the throne is changing, and the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty are very nervous.
Li Xiaogong added: "The prince is about to ascend the throne. He plans to grant amnesty to the world and says that monk Xuanzang can come back."
Li Tai said disdainfully: "After all these years, it's still the same thing."
Zhang Yang smiled and said nothing.
A child held a file in his hand and ran over quickly, "County Marquis! County Marquis!"
I don’t know whose child he is. He was running very fast with his short legs. He suddenly fell down. He quickly got up and continued running towards here, shouting, "County Marquis! County Marquis!"
Finally he ran up to me and handed over the file. There was still some dirt on his face and he said with a smile: "This is the news from Chang'an."
Zhang Yang took the file and asked with a smile: "Whose child are you from?"
He saluted respectfully and replied: "The boy's father is Wei Shuyu."
Li Xiaogong nodded and said: "No wonder, he is the grandson of Duke Zheng. This child looks like Duke Zheng. He is so similar. He is exactly the same as Duke Zheng."
Li Tai also stroked his beard and smiled, "Yeah, I thought Mr. Zheng was back again."
Zhang Yang opened the file in his hand and looked at it.
The beginning of winter is approaching, and the prince is about to ascend the throne. Envoys from all over the world are coming.
The Persian envoy went to the Taiji Hall to meet. Li Chengqian wanted the Persian king to abdicate, but the Persian king Belus kept pushing back.
Finally, Li Chengqian ordered the Persians to move to the vicinity of the Aral Sea, ceding most of the land and bringing it under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate.
Before he ascended the throne, Li Chengqian gave various envoys a stingy and harsh impression, and asked Persia to give up its land at the slightest disagreement.
Nanzhao was finally merged into the territory of Datang and became the territory of Datang. Due to Nanzhao's several expansions and difficulty in control, Li Chengqian established the Nanzhao Protectorate in Nanzhao to control the South China Sea.
After the Gauls gained Jerusalem, they became more and more unscrupulous, taking the opportunity to expand, and already had conflicts with the Babylonian Protectorate.
Xi Junmai and Zhang Shigui received Li Chengqian's permission, and the two old generals took their troops and horses and began to march north to attack the Gauls.
A war sweeping Europe is about to begin, and this war will be protracted.
When Li Chengqian issued the decree, there were countless officials who advised him, and the memorials quickly filled the East Palace.
The Zhenguan Dynasty had already fought many battles. Since the eighth year of Zhenguan, whether it was to wipe out the Tianshan Mountains or frighten Tibet, these wars continued until the sixteenth year of Zhenguan.
Now after two years of hard work, we have to go north to conquer the Gauls.
People worry that more wars will become a burden on the country.
Not only the external war, Li Chengqian began to tighten the internal control. This strict prince focused on increasing the intensity of supervision.
In addition to military power, Li Chengqian gave greater power to the Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment and the Dali Temple, with the scope of supervision reaching down to the county magistrate, up to the clan princes, and even all the princes.
An official residence for civil supervision was also built, and now ordinary people could sue local county magistrates and even prefectural governors.
This is an unprecedented change.
Zhang Yang left the court.
Li Chengqian abolished the official position of Prince's Young Master, and Zhang Yang was the last Prince's Young Master in the Tang Dynasty.
Furthermore, future prince teachers will no longer be selected from within the court.
In accordance with Zhang Yang's wishes, Li Chengqian implemented the goal of putting the masses as the core purpose, using tens of millions of civilians to restrict officials, and using the Yushitai to exercise supervisory power.
The court in the Tang Dynasty became more tense, and being an official in the Tang Dynasty required more caution.
Some people say that Tian Khan of the Zhenguan Dynasty was a very grand emperor and a very charming emperor.
But not all emperors in the world are the same. Li Chengqian is a harsh and stingy person. He will be an emperor who can't tolerate sand in his eyes and can't tolerate mercy.
So many things happened in Chang'an City in the past two years. Li Shimin cleared all the obstacles in order for the prince to ascend the throne.
The Xuanwu Sect incident has become a knot in the minds of many people. For Li Shimin, the fact that the prince can ascend the throne smoothly and no more rebellion is the greatest comfort in his heart.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As the beginning of winter approaches, Zhang Qingqing and Tian Khan didn't know what they were thinking, but they actually wanted to build the wall of Chang'an City.
Many craftsmen were brought in for this purpose.
Naturally, the courtiers and officers and soldiers did not dare to stop them, and allowed Tian Khan and the Tian Khan's granddaughter to "act wildly"
A few peaceful days passed. Zhang Qing went out early in the morning and came back late these days.
Li Yue tidied up the house and said, "I don't know what happened to my father recently. Everything is up to Qingqing."
Zhang Yang lamented, his wife was letting her daughter go, even Li Shimin let her daughter go, and the parents didn't want to take care of her anymore.
On the day of Beginning of Winter, during Li Chengqian's enthronement ceremony, civil and military officials from all dynasties were in front of the Tai Chi Hall, as well as envoys from various countries, witnessing the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Until Li Chengqian sat on the throne, civil and military officials cheered, and the soldiers under the Chengtian Sect shouted: "The Tang Dynasty will be victorious."
Li Chengqian waved his sleeves and looked at the neat queues in the Tai Chi Hall. At this moment, his energy reached its peak.
After resigning, Fang Xuanling once again walked to the Tai Chi Hall and recited the decree for the Tang Dynasty for the last time.
The sound of reciting the will echoed in front of the palace, the year name is: Zhengqian!
Today is the first day of the first year of Zhengqian, which means to rectify the world and lead the world.
When the Tang Dynasty was about to reach the top of the world, Li Chengqian still had a doubt in his mind. That was many years ago, when Zhang Yang was still the head of the East Palace. He once said that what was the meaning of unifying the world and what was the great power to unify the people of the world.
What would the world look like if people all over the world worked in the same direction?
At this moment, outside Chang'an City, Li Shimin was like an old naughty boy after letting himself go. He did not go to attend Li Chengqian's enthronement ceremony. Instead, he took his granddaughter and a group of craftsmen to work outside Chang'an City.
Li Xiaogong and Li Tai watched from a distance, also worried.
Zhang Qingqing asked: "Grandpa, have the people evacuated?"
Li Shimin glanced around and said, "Everything has been arranged."
Zhang Qingqing patted Xiong Da on the back, making him retreat, and then said loudly: "Detonate!"
Her childish voice echoed in front of the city, and then she blew the whistle again.
As the fuse burned out, the entire city wall of Chunming Gate in Chang'an City was emitting white smoke.
"Bang!"
There was only a shocking explosion, the smoke and dust were so thick that people couldn't see clearly, and the city wall of Chang'an collapsed.
Zhang Qingqing shouted loudly: "Chang'an City has collapsed!"
This was a gift for the crown prince's enthronement ceremony. Li Shimin looked at his granddaughter dotingly, "The prince must be very happy now."
Zhang Qingqing's eyes were shining, and he nodded: "Yes."
A group of craftsmen also cheered.
Li Chengqian, who was currently attending the enthronement ceremony, was startled by the huge explosion.
The courtiers were also frightened. Some people commented, "Lishan rebelled? Shelling Chang'an City?"
A guard came to report in a panic, "Your Majesty, Chunming Gate was blown down."
Li Chengqian held his forehead and asked, "What's going on?"
"It was Tian Khan who brought the little princess of Lishan to blow up the entire city wall of Chunming Gate, but he didn't bring any troops."
It seems that they are not rebelling, but they want to blow up Chang'an City.
Li Chengqian said discouraged: "If it's going to blow up, just blow it up. My father blew up the Tai Chi Palace, and I have no complaints."
"Well, that city wall..."
Li Chengqian recalled Zhang Yang's memorial admonishing his father to demolish the city wall of Chang'an City, and said: "That's it, there is no need to repair it, clean up the rubble, and don't disturb my father and the little princess."
"Here."
The whole city of Chang'an was in panic. The officers and soldiers moved around and ran towards Chunming Gate, but were stopped by the officers and soldiers arranged by Li Chengqian.
When everyone learned that Tian Khan and the little princess of Lishan had done this, they were very surprised.
This matter is settled.
The Zhenguan Dynasty ended in the 18th year. In the first year of Qian's reign, Chang'an City was renovated. Chunming Gate was gone and many houses in the city were moved out. Chang'an City was finally no longer crowded and the streets were paved.
Arrived outside Chunming Gate.
Chang'an City became the only city missing a city wall.
Lishan still did not give the secret recipe of the artillery to the emperor, let alone the current emperor.
In the cold winter of this year, the wind and snow drifted into Guanzhong, and the vast land was covered with silver.
There was a figure who entered the pass from the Hexi Corridor and walked all the way to the pass. He was leaning on a cane and wearing a thin monk's robe.
The new emperor of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne, the emperor granted amnesty to the world, and he finally came back.
A group of officers and soldiers blocked the monk's path and shouted, "Where is the monk?"
Xuanzang's monk's robes rustled in the cold wind, and he recited the Buddha's name, "The poor monk Xuanzang left Chang'an City in the third year of Zhenguan, fifteen years have passed, and he has been trapped in Shazhou for five years, and now he is able to return to his hometown.
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The officers and soldiers asked: "Where are you going?"
Xuanzang said: "I'm going to meet an old friend I've never met before. He's in Mount Li."
The officers and soldiers asked again: "Old friends? People who have never met before are also called old friends?"
"His name is Zhang Yang, and he is the county prince of Lishan."
"Lishan has long been a forbidden area, and people like you are not allowed to enter."
"The poor monk will wait outside Lishan Mountain until... he can meet the poor monk." Xuanzang said with a calm expression.
So Xuanzang passed by these officers and soldiers, and he built a shed beside the official road outside Lishan Mountain. He lived here on weekdays, sitting and waiting for the day when he could see the Marquis of Lishan County.
In the dark night of winter, Lishan Mountain, which was hidden in the night, suddenly had a little light, and then the light and stars became more and more numerous.
"What kind of light is that? Can it be so bright in the cold night?"
The entire Lishan Mountain was shrouded in this light, and Xuanzang was fascinated by it for a moment. He felt that he was hallucinating.
Xuanzang waited alone outside Lishan Mountain for a month, during which time food and clothing were provided by passers-by on the official road.
On the night of the twelfth lunar month, flowers exploded in the night sky.
Zhang Yang was sitting in the study room. It was very quiet here. He could hear the sound of fireworks exploding outside, which was a bit hazy.
Li Yue sat aside and sorted out her family's accounts. The house was very quiet and the children had already fallen asleep.
Zhang Yang suddenly said: "I remembered a kind of dance."
"Dancing?" Li Yue asked curiously: "My husband wants to dance?"
"I almost forgot how to dance this kind of dance. I heard it from the teacher before, but it was only a three- to five-day hobby training. Since the first three days were free, I only learned it for three days and stopped going after that.
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Noticing his wife's strange gaze, Zhang Yang cleared his throat and said, "I was doing a work-study program at that time, and I worked as hard as I could."
As she spoke, Li Yue looked at her husband standing in front of her in surprise, their hands holding each other's, and her husband's hand on his waist.
The couple faced each other.
Zhang Yang was chanting and stepping on his feet: "One, two, three, four, two, two, three, four..."
Li Yue followed her husband's words and stepped on her feet. She was a little clumsy, but she soon adapted to it. The dance was very simple. Sometimes she walked sideways and sometimes circled.
With a smile on her face, she asked again: "What is this password?"
Under the candlelight, Li Yue's eyes seemed to have a little light.
Zhang Yang held her wrist in a circle, then held her cold hand with his backhand, "How do you feel?"
She raised her head and smiled: "I learned."
The couple danced quietly, their figures intertwined, moving forward, backward, moving left, moving right, turning left, turning right.
Sometimes we are so close that we can feel each other's breathing.
It's as if time is slowing down at this moment, as if a lifetime can pass just like this.
The years are quiet, the sun and the moon alternate, and time seems to have stopped in Lishan Mountain.
The two aunts are getting older, and their hair is getting more and more gray. They are sitting by the Huaqing Pool, listening to the sound of the water.
Under the candlelight, you can see the figures shining on the window. The couple dance looks very quiet and peaceful.
The two aunts looked at each other for a long, long time.
