Don't be a prince

From the vassal king to the prince's personal long-term follower, from rich clothes and fine food to self-reliance, Li Yin felt that he had understood the suffering of the people.Let me ask, even if I don’t lack firewood and food, I still feel that I can’t live on. There are two old people who have no children under their knees, and even their only house has been burned. Now that the year is approaching, how can they survive!

Li Chengqian came forward from behind, patted Li Yin on the shoulder and said, "You surprised Gu Gu very much. Is this you who beat up and persuaded Chang Shi violently and led his troops to repel the people?"

Li Yin shook his head: "Brother Emperor, if it weren't for your teaching, I might never know how the common people live. In the middle of Shu, I hunted endlessly, and the wild beasts ruined how much farmland. The common people lost their lives. What I depend on for a living, but I just feel that they are messing around. Brother Huang, I wonder if you can allow me to use the power of the palace, I want to compensate those people who have been implicated by me."

"this...."

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "I'm afraid this won't work. It's not just Li You. Your palace has also been cleaned up by my hands. Li Yin, what you lack is someone who can speak out and advise you, not rely on your protection." , the person who led you to act mischievously. My brother had no choice but to clean up all your subordinates, you have to understand."

Li Yin nodded and said: "Since that's the case, the new recruits in the Shu Palace will have to trouble Brother Huang to help hire them."

Although he feels sorry for his team members, Li Yin knows that the prince is using this opportunity to replace his staff.This, he has no way to refuse.If the prince dared to do this, he must have obtained the emperor's permission.Since the crown prince has no intention of punishing them, he can only let the crown prince do so.

Saying goodbye to the two old men, Li Yin also gave them his own animal skin.I just don't know how Li Yin would feel when he knew that these two seemingly miserable old men had actually deceived him.

This happened to be the demolition area, and a wealthy businessman had already bought the yard at a generous price.In fact, the new home of the two old people has already been built, and Li Chengqian thinks it is worthwhile to use this old house to test Li Yin.

Back in Chang'an, after many days of torture, Li Yin and Li You were finally liberated and able to return to their palace.The two who thought they had escaped from birth were told to continue to drink medicine every day before leaving, and at the same time to report to the East Palace Martial Arts Field in the morning, and they suddenly became bitter faces.

The new year is coming, no matter what, we still have to prepare for the new year.

Like Fang Sheng, Fang Shan knows what he should do and how far he should do it without being told.Li Chengqian had just put his butt on the chair in the study, and a list was placed on the table.

Picking up the list and looking at it, Li Chengqian said in surprise: "Zhang Liang has served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the river transportation under him has also been exchanged with the property of King Hejian. Why are there still so many sea goods delivered this year?"

Sending and purchasing are two different things.

Fang Shan cupped his hands and said, "Duke Yun probably told King Hejian about this when he was handing over to King Hejian. The slaves saw the marks on the sea goods boxes, and they were all freshly salvaged and frozen, and they were delivered overnight. The fresh sea fish from Chang'an arrived just in time for the new year. Of course, the signature is now replaced by the Hejian Palace."

Nodding, Li Chengqian said: "Open the treasure house, look for the medium-sized red coral tree that Gu brought back from Lingnan, and send it to Hejian Palace. Anyway, Hejian King is Gu's elder, how can there be an elder? Why give gifts to the younger generation first? You can’t be negligent in returning the gifts.”

Fang Shan was confused: "Your Highness, since you want to give it away, why don't you give it the big one?"

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "The big one is the same size as the one that Gu Yao gave to the emperor. Although the color is different, but the same size will inevitably attract criticism. It is better to be smaller. The big red one is going to be given to the Supreme Emperor."

Only then did Fang Shan realize his slip of the tongue, so how could His Royal Highness consider a mistake in this regard?Hastily agreed.

Looking at the list again, Li Chengqian said in surprise, "Sea cucumbers? There are also high-quality purple ginsengs? Oh, why is it Zhao Yi, the governor of Dengzhou?"

Fang Shan thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "His Royal Highness, to be honest, the slaves are also very confused. There is also a letter sent by the sea cucumber, do you want to read it?"

"Bring it."

After receiving the letter from Fang Shan, Li Chengqian just read it briefly, and smiled wryly.

Zhao Yi, this bastard, this guy clearly stated in the letter that those sea cucumbers wrapped in salt and plant ash to dry in the sun, he was a graduate of the academy to honor the prince. down.However, purple ginseng, or frozen purple ginseng, has a price. He hoped that the academy could select some graduates who failed to enter the officialdom and send them to him.Opening a school, the treatment is favorable.

Good guy, just a good guy, this guy is already thinking about improving things?It seems that Dengzhou has made a lot of money during this time!

The starting point is good. Although half of the gift giving is utilitarian, this is what Li Chengqian likes to see. It may seem annoying at first glance, but this is actually the truth.I don't know how much better it is than the practice of laying ambushes all the time and finally dragging them into the water together.

Remembering that he was still the vice president, Li Chengqian wrote a letter to Yang Du.It is estimated that several old gentlemen in the college are also entangled in the fact that they can support the promising graduates of the college without giving up the gift factor. This kind of behavior is similar to short-term protection.However, even so, it cannot solve the most obvious problem - Dengzhou is too far away!

At this stage, Yang Du's idea is to open a branch of a college in Luoyang, that is, a branch of the highest school, so that the problem of upgrading students from ordinary schools can be solved.In this way, the opening of the original elementary school has become a radiation surrounding the higher education institution. Although the spread is a little slower, at least there will be no problems.And now the college in Chang'an may be able to upgrade again on this basis, and become a graduate from a local institution of higher learning.

Well, it is very similar to the change from six-year compulsory education to 13-year compulsory education.

Dengzhou, because the distance is really far, so it takes a long time to be covered by the college's network, and the elementary school is opened in advance. After the education is over, the graduates have no way to upgrade. Isn't it for nothing?

This is the worry that old gentlemen probably have.

However, this problem is not without a solution.The most direct way is-Guaranteed!

The local junior schools select real elites, contract the travel expenses, and send them directly to Chang'an to study.The left and right are just some travel expenses. Although this will separate the students from their families for many years, the students who study in this era and the university monks of later generations are still the same?

After writing his plan into a letter, he handed it to Fang Shan and asked him to find someone to send it to Yang Du's house. Li Chengqian then crossed his legs and looked at his list.

I have nothing to do, and I can only rely on this to pass the time.

I just saw the vegetable column, and when I was worried about the lack of Flammulina velutipes, someone knocked on the door suddenly.

"His Royal Highness, Li Jian asks to see you!"

"Well, come in... um? Come in!"

Putting away the list, Li Chengqian put away his legs, sat upright and waited.

The door opened and Li Jian walked in.

Seeing Li Jian's expressionless expression, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief.

This paralyzed face rarely shows any other emotions. It is really difficult to read information from his face.

But after so many years, Li Chengqian still found some rules.For example, if this guy is all smiling, that's a good thing.This guy has an ordinary expressionless face, just fine.If it is extremely expressionless, it is dangerous, and it is probably a bad thing.

Arching his hands together, Li Jian spoke: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has orders. A feast will be held tonight in the Chongjiao Hall of the East Palace. Your Majesty is going to entertain a meritorious official."

"Hero? Do you know who it is?"

Setting up a banquet is not a problem, but Li Chengqian is still very confused.Generally speaking, the rewards for meritorious officials are usually held at the court meeting at the end of the year. Even if it is now the New Year's Eve, it should be a banquet in the palace. Why did it become a reception in the East Palace?And, how did it become an evening reception?This is not suitable for etiquette!

Li Jian shook his head: "I don't know, it's just that Your Majesty gave an order, and my servant passed on the message."

"Okay, go back and tell your father that before dark, the Chongjiao Hall will prepare the banquet. If you need to change the time, you can come and pass the message."

Li Jian nodded, saluted again, turned and left.

Looking at Li Jian's back, Li Chengqian found himself extremely curious.

It's so weird!

But no matter how curious he was, he could get the truth tonight, so Li Chengqian could only resist his curiosity and ordered the kitchen to prepare a banquet.Although I don't know who it is, but the one who deserves to be entertained by the emperor himself must have made a great contribution.You must know that the last time the emperor personally entertained in person was Li Qian and 19 people.Going back further, it is Li Jing.As for the state banquet and the emperor's personal reception, there is still a difference.

The sun is very annoying, or time is very annoying. It is not slow when it should be slow, and it is not fast when it should be fast.After finally getting dark, Li Chengqian deliberately brought his bow and arrows to the martial arts arena to practice, not to pass the time, but to see who is coming as soon as possible.At the same time, archery can also allow yourself to focus a little bit, so as not to think about it.

Another arrow was nailed to the previous arrow, so Li Chengqian had no choice but to take a few steps back.

"His Royal Highness's archery skills are really superb, and the humble minister is absolutely inferior."

Hearing the sound, Li Chengqian turned his head, only to see Zhang Liang standing by the side of the martial arts arena with a playful smile on his face.

Putting away his bow and arrows, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Mr. Yun, who did Gu think, it turned out that you have made great achievements. Tell me, what achievements have you made? I want my father to entertain me personally!"

There is no doubt that Zhang Liang came to the banquet, otherwise, as a foreign minister, he must first inform the prince before entering the East Palace.Now if you come in without notification, you can only go through the training door, and you have the emperor's order.

It's just that Li Chengqian is very confused. Zhang Liang is now in the Ministry of Officials. What credit can he have to surpass his immediate boss, Shang Shuling?

Zhang Liang waved his hands again and again: "How can I make any contribution? I am lucky to be able to not make mistakes in the official department. I came to accompany you today. Before coming here, I saw Tang Jian's car at the gate of the palace. , Guess what credit this guy made again!"

"Tang Jian? Could it be that this guy recruited Khitan or something? That's not the case. Gu really can't figure out what he has done."

If it was Tang Jian, Li Chengqian would not be surprised.When this guy was annihilating the Eastern Turks, he was entertained by the emperor himself because of his determination to become a benevolent man.Honglu Temple is the department that has the most contact with diplomacy, and it is not surprising that they have made any achievements during the Taiping period.

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "I don't know, I was just invited by His Majesty to attend the banquet. Your Highness, how about the two of us waiting at the Chongjiao Hall?"

Li Chengqian nodded, put away his bow and arrow, went back to the Lizheng Hall and changed his clothes before going to the Chongjiao Hall to wait with Zhang Liang.

When the sky became a bit chaotic, the emperor finally appeared in front of the Chongjiao Hall, but to Li Chengqian's surprise, Tang Jian did not stand side by side with the emperor, but a step behind, being held by the emperor's hand like a mountain behind his back , is a dark guy.

Li Chengqian searched his memory, but he didn't recognize who this guy was, so he could only hold back his curiosity, and opened the door of the palace to invite everyone to enter.

The Chongjiao Hall was originally decorated as the banquet hall of the East Palace, because there are currently only three concubines in the East Palace, and there is enough room for Li Chengqian to live in, so Li Chengqian has not changed it.Even Mingde Hall is only a symbol of the Hall of Discussion.

To Li Chengqian's surprise, the black man sat on the right side of the emperor, and did not compete with the prince on the left side.This is not normal, Li Chengqian is very clear, this kind of reception banquet, it can be said that everyone except the emperor bows his head, and he is the only one, and he, the prince, will sit aside.

Seeing Li Chengqian's surprise, Tang Jian on the other side smiled and said: "Although this kid has made great achievements, His Royal Highness has the grace to teach and promote him. How can he compete with you for the seat?"

"Teach? Promote?"

Glancing at the black man again, Li Chengqian suddenly thought of someone: "Wang Xuance?"

The emperor who was talking turned his head and gave Li Chengqian a dissatisfied look. On the contrary, Wang Xuance stood up and cupped his hands and said, "No wonder His Royal Highness doesn't recognize the student. The student has gone through hardships in the past two years. He has been with wild animals in the mountains and wild forests, and he has also fled under the scorching sun. The tan is like this. Not to mention you, even my father dare not recognize the student when he sees him like this."

"What did you go through? How did you become like this? Didn't you go on an envoy to the countries of the Western Regions and Tianzhu? Could it be?"

Wang Xuance smiled wryly: "Could it be."

After finishing speaking, Wang Xuance cupped his hands and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, aren't you also curious about this experience? Why don't I just talk about it, and treat it as a snack before dinner."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Then you can talk about it, and it's okay to delay the meal."

Sitting down again, Wang Xuance sorted out his thoughts and said: "I should have traveled all over the Western Regions and took a long way to go to Tianzhu. But Tibet has always been a serious problem in the Central Plains, so I changed my mind temporarily and went to up the plateau!"

Tang Jian nodded slightly, and had no objection to Wang Xuance's change of route. In fact, when he went out, he allowed Wang Xuance to choose on his own.

"Because of his status as an envoy, I went straight to the plateau and entered the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain area. The vicinity of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the fiefdom of Lu Dongzan. He warmly entertained me. After leaving all the entourage in Yulong Snow Mountain, he took Weichen to To put it more logically, it was on this journey that he watched Weichen very closely, and because he was trapped by the epidemic when he suddenly went up to the plateau, it took him a long time to recover, and he didn't have a comprehensive view of Tubo."

"Then tell me what you have seen and heard. In the past few years, you are the only envoy who has entered Tibet. I am very curious about what Tibet looks like."

Regarding Tubo, Li Shimin was still very curious. Although the Tang Dynasty had many foreign enemies, the biggest foreign aggression was Tubo and the Turks.It's not that they have never sent envoys before, but because of the epidemic, these envoys rolled down after going up to the grassland not long after.

It is rare to see someone like Wang Xuance who is not afraid of death just to the end.

Wang Xuance thought for a while before he said: "Actually, if I have to say it, as far as I know, the regime of the Tubo people is actually similar to that of the Western Turks. However, they have the purpose of learning from the political reform of our Tang Dynasty. Many tribes, Now there is no ability for civil strife. It is not only due to Lu Dongzan, Tubo Zanpu is also a promising emperor, probably not inferior to your Majesty.

Your Majesty, don't be fooled by the previous news. It seems that Tubo is controlled by Lu Dongzan. However, from Weichen's point of view, it may have been like this in the early days, but now Tubo has been completely controlled by Zanpu.All kinds of external appearances are just a disguise.Weichen's speculation can be proved from two points, one is that Lu Dongzan is basically not in the state now, and more often he is in the fiefdom.The second is that Lu Dongzan seems to be strong, but every time Zanpu makes a decision, he will habitually nod in agreement and never resist. "

Li Shimin was not angry, but nodded and said: "The news you brought back is indeed precious, and I have never underestimated the heroes of the world."

"However, even so, Weichen feels that Tubo Zanpu still admires Datang more, and that respect does not seem to be fake. When chatting with Weichen, he personally asked if he could marry the princess of Datang. Your Majesty may I don't know, he has already married Princess Chizun of Nibora, but he has not been appointed as the main wife, and the position of the main wife has been reserved, so it can be seen that his respect for Datang is indeed true."

Li Shimin nodded: "Respect is true, otherwise, he would not have lent you troops without asking why, and let you take revenge. One person destroys a country, I am proud of you now that I think about it, what you have done this trip Why, no less than the ancient Ban Gu!"

"One person destroys one country!"

Li Chengqian was shocked, it turned out that this guy really accomplished this thing, fierce man!But, shouldn't this be what happened to Zhenguan for more than 20 years?How did you come here early?Isn't the King of Jieri not dead yet?

Chapter 429 Scared!

Wang Xuance's face turned a little red, but because his face was too dark now, it wasn't obvious at all.

"How dare I compare myself with Ban Gu? If I don't have your majesty's dragon power, how can I borrow soldiers? I think I would have been driven away by others. Relying on your majesty's dragon power, I and other ministers can point fingers in front of foreigners qualifications, if you were a Korean, you wouldn’t even know how you died.”

This ass is shot...

Li Chengqian was on the other side, and he could clearly see the emperor raising his legs and bouncing them up and down, obviously feeling extremely excited.

Even so, his upper body remained calm: "Okay, I naturally know that the majesty of the emperor is the support of you envoys, but I don't know how majestic the emperor of the Central Plains is, but people like Ban Gu are only as powerful as you now." That's all. I appreciate your bravery, even if you are a little reckless, I still appreciate it, come, have a drink with me!"

With Wang Xuance's status, even if he has made such great achievements, he is still not qualified to be toasted by the emperor, but it is already a great honor to accompany the wine. Wang Xuance, who came from an ordinary background, at least when he just graduated, never thought that there would be such a day.Surprised, the hand looking for the wine glass twitched badly.

Li Chengqian turned his head and ordered the dishes to be served, then looked at Tang Jian and said, "A good disciple of Ju Gongjiao, Wang Xuance is famous all over the world, you should take the lead."

Tang Jian smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass and signaled to the prince: "This is the face he earned by himself, and I have no interest in supporting my face with the achievements of my disciples."

Li Chengqian also picked up the wine glass and drank with Tang Jian.Some people can rely on one achievement to eat for a lifetime, and Tang Jian is one of them.Some people only envy, envy and hate, but few people dare to do it if they are asked to give up their lives.This is the gap, which cannot be compared with a mouthful of blood on the lips.

Teams of maids brought up the dishes, all of which were large plates, which were pleasing to the eye on the round table, and as long as they were rotated, they could transfer the dishes they liked to their faces.

Li Shimin obviously likes oily dishes, whether it's braised meat or meatballs, he will use a serving spoon and chopsticks to put a lot of them on his dinner plate without any pretentiousness.Now this round table eating method has become popular in all places other than the Tang Palace. In fact, the people of the Tang Dynasty are very capable of contacting new things. No more resistance.

The big guys eat together, without sharing the meal, so that the possibility of poisoning can be ruled out. Besides, in the past, when eating at separate tables, there were always people cheating when drinking. Now that we are a little closer, we can still spy on each other, so why not?

Naturally, Zhang Liang knew the goods. When he saw the black pieces on the plate, he knew they were sea cucumbers, so he kept picking up vegetables for himself.

Eat something before continuing to drink.

Seeing Wang Xuance's sincerity in front of the emperor, the emperor just tasted it, but he was bored.Li Chengqian hurriedly asked: "Wang Xuance, now Tianzhu seems to be the king divided into the north and the south. The king of North Tianzhu is timid and fearful, while the king of South Tianzhu is far away. Nibhara and Tubo are very close, so they will definitely not offend you. Could it be, yes What you did was the king of Zhongtianzhu, the king of Jieri?"

The chopsticks in Wang Xuance's hand almost fell on the table, and he said in surprise, "How did His Royal Highness know about it? Regarding Tianzhu's introduction, I haven't drafted it yet."

"Ah, this, when I was alone in Lingnan, I heard Haishang talk about such a thing. If you analyze it again, you will know what's going on."

"..."

Seeing the prince's calm expression, Li Shimin, Zhang Liang, and Tang Jian looked at each other, not knowing what to say.Is this so easy to analyze?

After recovering from the shock, Wang Xuance said: "Your Highness is right, that is, King Jieri made a move on Weichen. However, you still made a mistake. There are not three kings in Tianzhu, but five kings. There are three regimes. With more than 30 entourages, the ministers crossed the snow-capped mountains from Tubo, passed Niboluo and entered Tianzhu. They were greatly welcomed by the kings of North Tianzhu. At the same time, the five kings of Tianzhu promised to pay tribute to the kingdom of heaven. Every family gave out a lot of gifts, which were gathered at King Jieri.

For so many years, relying on the distance, Tianzhu sent envoys to pay tribute at most, but never paid tribute.It was also because the humble minister was temporarily confused by the property that he entered the territory of King Jieri.In the past, King Jieri had always respected Datang, and Weichen never doubted him, but who would have thought that Weichen and more than 30 people entered King Jieri's royal city and was caught by him.All the subordinates were killed, and the humble minister escaped because he was an envoy.

King Jieri wanted to get the minister to surrender, and promised him the official position of the national teacher. If he refused, he would torture him severely.Weichen is born as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, and died as a ghost of the Tang Dynasty, how can he bear the burden of humiliation?Fortunately, thanks to God's blessing, on the third day, when the minister was about to be unable to bear it, the jailer guarding the minister passed out drunk.Weichen is thin and thin, and just happened to be hungry and lost a lot of weight..."

Having said that, Wang Xuance filled the wine glass, walked up to Li Chengqian and cupped his hands and said, "Fortunately, when His Highness was teaching Weichen and other students, he once said that normally a well-proportioned person encounters a hole. As long as the head can get through, the body is also likely to get through. The prison of King Jie Ri, the vent is like this. This minister can easily get through, so, this minister owes His Highness a life!"

Seeing that Wang Xuance was about to kneel down, Li Chengqian quickly stretched out his hand to hold him and said, "It's just a small talk, it's your own luck to remember and use it. What will happen after you escape from prison?"

Returning to his seat, Wang Xuance continued to narrate: "This is still His Highness's kindness. When you went out for activities, you once talked about how to identify the direction in nature. I have identified the northeast and kept running. At the worst time, Besieged by chasing soldiers on the top of the mountain for several days, he did not dare to move. After surviving several times, he entered the territory of Nibora. By way of Nibora, the minister went to Tubo again, found Tubo Zanpu, and asked him to Lend troops to humble ministers to avenge their shame.

Unexpectedly, Tubo Zanpu agreed without hesitation, sent more than 1000 two hundred of the most elite soldiers, and invited Nibhara to send [-] troops.The deputy envoy Xue Shiren stayed in Nibhara to recuperate because of his serious illness and escaped. Even though he was sick, he still accompanied the humble officials and led the troops to attack King Jieri.

We attacked Chabo and Luocheng in Zhongtianzhu. In just three days, we broke through Chabo and Luocheng, beheaded more than [-] levels, and almost [-] enemies were drowned.