Chapter 3043 I'm still waiting for the grandest ancestral temple sacrifice
Li Shimin is not staying in the Pyongyang Palace at this moment, but in the current palace of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
He was sitting leisurely in the private room on the third floor of Chengjia Restaurant, sipping fine wine, eating side dishes, and admiring the scenery and people outside the window.
As soon as you see it, there are rows of buildings in Pyongyang City, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going.
You can even hear many people talking in Tang Dynasty Mandarin with a slightly weird accent, but they are already very fluent.
Who could imagine that just two months ago, this was the capital of Goguryeo that was full of wariness and fear towards the Tang Dynasty.
Now, I actually feel like I am living in a bustling and noisy town in the Tang Dynasty.
Speaking Tang Mandarin, learning Tang Chinese characters, wearing Tang clothes, eating Tang food, and using Tang objects have become the favorite things for people in Lelang Province today.
Not long after, Li Shimin heard the sound of footsteps. Zhao Kun, the leader of the imperial guard, immediately came to the door of the private room and saw that it was Li Ji and Na Ma Zhou who were arriving hand in hand.
"Why do you two dear ladies have the time to come here to look for me?" Li Shimin smiled and waved his hand, motioning for the two of them to come and sit down.
After Li Jing sat down with a smile, he couldn't help but sniffed.
"Your Majesty has such a leisurely and refined taste, so I naturally want to join in the fun. Hey... I seem to smell the fragrance of the bamboo rat in the pot..."
"Haha, I didn't expect that Li Aiqing not only has sharp ears and eyesight, but also has a first-rate sense of smell."
Li Shimin nodded and pointed to the small clay pot with a small charcoal stove underneath.
"This is what King Qi sent from Dengzhou. When it comes to making such delicacies, this Cheng's restaurant is the most authentic."
"And after adding some chili peppers, the taste is even better than the dry-pot bamboo rat I tasted in the past..."
"Zhao Kun, ask someone to send you two more portions. If you two Qings are not taboo, you should also try it."
Ma Zhou is also a gourmet. Hearing these words, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"Then I'm sorry, I've never tasted the hot pot bamboo rat with chili pepper added to enhance the spiciness..."
After a short while, two pots of dried pot bamboo rats were brought up. These dried pot bamboos were on the pots.
The thick soup is slowly bubbling, and as the fire continues to simmer, the soup will be absorbed by the bamboo rat meat.
It will turn into fat and slowly fry the bamboo rat meat in the pot, so that the bamboo rat meat becomes more fragrant and chewy.
Li Ji stayed in Luzhou for a while and ate a lot of bamboo rats, which was also very good.
Slowly chewing the skinned bamboo rat meat, the elastic skin became more and more fragrant, and the fragrant taste overflowed between the lips and teeth.
It's fragrant, spicy and refreshing, which makes Ma Zhou's mouth full of oil and he's addicted to it.
I almost wanted to stick out my tongue to slow down the spicy taste in my mouth, so I quickly took a few bites of cold dishes to slow down.
He couldn't help but continue to pick up the kuaizi and deal with the delicacies in the pot.
Li Shimin smiled and looked at the two Qings' uncontrollable eating looks. He couldn't help but laugh and was about to speak.
Then I heard the noise coming from below. It turned out that the play was about to start on the square stage not far from the Chengjia Restaurant.
"This city of Pyongyang is really much more lively than in the past. I heard that these days.
Whenever there is a play on the fifth or tenth stage, people from the surrounding areas of Pyongyang City also come to join in the fun."
"Fortunately, several large stages have been set up inside and outside the city for the people to watch the show.
Otherwise, I am really worried that the people will get into trouble because of watching such a big show."
I heard Li Ji and Ma Zhou chatting about the stage and the plays.
After all, these plays are actually considered old-fashioned. After all, these are the ones performed on major stages in Liaodong.
Now that we're here, it's still the same routine. At most, we just change the characters or the plot, and then continue acting.
But even so, the people of Goguryeo... well, it should be said that they are in Lelang Province are enjoying it endlessly.
"This kind of drama is so perfunctory that even I feel a little tired of it. I will ask that boy Cheng Sanlang to come up with something new."
Li Ji laughed, and after swallowing the delicious food in his mouth, he started talking about serious things.
"Your Majesty, all the ships that have been mobilized to cross the sea have arrived at the pier at the mouth of Alishui."
"In addition, His Majesty the King of Qi has received news that the cement official road from Luoyang to Dengzhou was fully opened to traffic ten days ago..."
"And according to the news coming back, the post train of the Han and Tang Dynasties Commercial Bank has been put into trial operation. The whole journey from Luoyang to Dengzhou is a cement official road. Their post train will arrive in Dengzhou in about thirteen to fourteen days."
"Less than half a month?" Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up.
Li Ji nodded and smiled.
"Exactly, but compared to the express train between Chang'an and Luoyang, it is much slower."
Ma Zhou nodded, but he also said something fair.
"That's different. The express train from Chang'an to Luoyang will change horses many times along the way, but their long-distance train will change horses once a day. It's normal for it to be slower."
"Okay, okay, in that case, everything in Lelang and Liaodong provinces is in order, and with you, Li Qing, in charge of Lelang, I have nothing to worry about. It's time for my teacher to return to the court."
"I'm still waiting. After returning to Luoyang, I will organize the most grand ancestral temple sacrifice.
In order to let all the countries in the world know that I have defeated the enemy and returned victoriously, and that the kings and ministers of Goguryeo have been my prisoners under the Tang Dynasty..."
Li Shimin stood up, with his face glowing red, and stood with his hands behind his back, captured Goguryeo, took the Goguryeo monarchs and ministers, and held captives in the ancestral temple in front of the people of the world.
For the Tang Dynasty, and for me, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the sense of accomplishment it brought was far inferior to that of Jieli Khan who was bound to Chang'an City in the past.
After all, he personally led Wu Ben of the Tang Dynasty to successfully defeat Goguryeo, capture its monarchs and return them.
Who else in the world dares to say something wrong, that I am not a wise master recognized by the world, and that the Tang Dynasty is not as good as the Sui Dynasty?
As for Baekje in the south, let's keep it for now. As a father, I have already overcome the most difficult difficulties.
You can't let your own son, the Crown Prince, inherit the throne. There won't even be a chance to improve your prestige in the future...
Well, then think of it as a tool to give to your own son to increase his prestige after he ascends the throne in the future.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but reveal a kind smile on his face. At this moment, he also missed his relatives far away in Luoyang.
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At the same moment, the King of Baekje, Buyeo Eui-ji, was slumped limply on the eucalyptus table in the palace. The leftover wine in front of him proved what he had gone through.
He was not happy to see the Tang Dynasty easily controlling the old land of Goguryeo, but he really couldn't spare the energy to cause trouble.
As the saying goes, there is more than enough ambition but not enough power. The current affairs in Baekje have already made him anxious and dejected.
After undergoing repairs throughout the winter, the Dengzhou Navy once again resumed various previous operations.
It can be said that the people of Baekje today are either broken and lying flat on their backs.
Or, they can only retreat to the inland far away from the coast and waterfront to make a living.
Because only in that kind of place, the people, soldiers and civilians of Baekje would not encounter harassment from the Tang Dynasty Navy and the naval landing force.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo Reading recently to catch up on books, change sources, and read aloud with many sounds, and it can be used on both Android and Apple.]
Otherwise, you will watch helplessly as the crops you planted are destroyed, the city walls are torn down, and even the government offices are blown up.
The soldiers who defended their country were directly taken away by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. I heard that they were all sent to Liaodong to work as coolies.
Faced with such a result, none of the Baekje soldiers were willing to face this known helpless fate.
The sound of silk and bamboo echoed in the hall, and there were also dancing girls with beautiful features, twisting their beautiful vines.
But Fuyu Yiji stared blankly at the ceiling with a pair of red drunken eyes, like a wise man trapped in the time of the wise.
There was only one question he was thinking about, and that was, Datang, what the hell do you want to do?